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
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and out of Kue. The king's merchants received them from Kue at a price.
Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with striped cloths of Egyptian linen.
Isaiah 19:9
And the workers in fine flax, and the weavers of white cloth shall be ashamed.
Blue and purple
Exodus 25:4
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and bleached linen, and goats' hair,
Jeremiah 10:9
Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.
Elishah
Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish and Kittim and Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7
And the sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
General references
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.