Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Blue and purple
Elishah
General references
Bible References
Linen
1 Kings 10:28 Also Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
Proverbs 7:16 “I have spread my couch with coverings,
With coloredlinens of Egypt.
With colored
Isaiah 19:9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of whitecloth will be utterly dejected.
And the weavers of white
Blue and purple
Exodus 25:4 blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
Jeremiah 10:9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
Andgold from Uphaz,
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all thework of skilled men.
And
The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all the
Elishah
Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
General references
Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.