Reference: Javan,
Hastings
JAVAN, the Heb. rendering of the Gr. Ia
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The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
"I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory And they will declare My glory among the nations.
"Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
"Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.
"The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Then he said, "Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the prince of Greece is about to come.
"And now I will tell you the truth Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,