The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
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Gill's Exposition
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden,.... Haran was a city of Mesopotamia, the same with Haran, where Abraham dwelt awhile, Act 7:2, the Charrae of the Parthians, famous for the defeat of Crassus. Canneh is…
The thread broken at Eze 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:12 Tarshish - Tartessus in Spain (marginal references). Spain was rich in the metals…
Adam Clarke
Sheba and Raamah - Inhabitants of Arabia Felix, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, who were famous for their riches and spices.
Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Eze 27:2. It was yet in the height of its prosperity, and there appeared not the least symptom of its decay; yet the prophet must…
Cambridge Bible
merchants of Sheba The abode of this people was in the S.W. of Arabia, the ruins of their capital Marib still remain, six days" journey E. of San-âa, the capital of Yemen. Their caravans (Job 6:19)…
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