Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

Bible References

The oaks

Isaiah 2:13
For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,
Zechariah 11:2
Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.