Ezekiel 27:8

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Summary

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

Arvad

Wise

Bible References

Arvad

The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.

“Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?

Concerning Damascus.
“Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They are disheartened.
There is anxiety by the sea,
It cannot be calmed.

Wise

“At the sound of the cry of your pilots
The pasture lands will shake.

Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

“Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding,