'Merchants' in the Bible
So you extended your prostitution to Chaldea, the land of merchants, but you were not even satisfied with this!
He plucked off its topmost shoot,brought it to the land of merchants,and set it in a city of traders.
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your goods.
Men of Dedan were also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your regular markets. They brought back ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.
Judah and the land of Israel were your merchants. They exchanged wheat from Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm, for your goods.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They exchanged gold, the best of all spices, and all kinds of precious stones for your merchandise.
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets, which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize great spoil?’