Ezekiel 27:12-13 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:13

Javan (father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, and son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2 , Genesis 10:4 ) stands generically for Greece, and probably represents Ionia. Tubal and Meshech are sons of Japheth in Genesis 10:2 , and are always grouped together, except in Psalms 120:5 , where Meshech appears alone, and in Isaiah 66:19 , where Tubal is named, but not Meshech. In Ezekiel 32:26 they are associated with Elam and Asshur (Assyria); in Ezekiel 38:2 , Ezekiel 38:3 and ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:13

The slave-trade. Among the wares that the Phoenicians imported into Asia were Greek slaves. "With the persons of men … did they trade for thy wares" from Javan and elsewhere. Thus early have we a picture of that hideous traffic in human flesh which is desolating the continent of Africa in our own day. I. THE SLAVE - TRADE IS CARRIED ON TO A TREMENDOUS EXTENT . This is no small evil. Every traveler into the interior of Africa writes of its wide prevalence; Whole... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:12-24

The thread broken at Ezekiel 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre.Ezekiel 27:12Tarshish - Tartessus in Spain (marginal references). Spain was rich in the metals named.Merchant - Especially applied to those who traveled about with caravans to carry on trade (see Genesis 23:16).Fairs - Or, “wares” Ezekiel 27:33. The word occurs only in this chapter. The foreign merchants gave their wares in return for the products delivered to them by Tyre.Ezekiel... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 27:12-15

Ezekiel 27:12-15. Tarshish was thy merchant Trafficked with thee. Of Tarshish, see note on Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 23:1. Javan, Tubal, and Meshech By Javan is to be understood Greece, in which sense Alexander is styled king of Javan, or Greece, Daniel 8:21. So the LXX. translate it here, and in that place of Daniel. And all Greece, except Peloponnesus, was anciently called Ionia. Tubal and Meshech are names usually joined together in Scripture. Two of Japhet’s sons are so called,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

Mourning for Tyre (27:1-36)This chapter continues the theme of Tyre’s overthrow. It is in the form of a funeral song that Tyre’s trading partners sing as they mourn the city’s death (27:1-2).The song begins by recalling the glory of Tyre’s past. The prosperous commercial city is likened to a magnificent merchant ship, beautifully made from best quality materials taken from all parts of the trading world. Her planks, masts, oars and decking were made of the best timbers, her sails from the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish . See note on 1 Kings 10:22 . fairs , Occurs only in this chapter, and here, seven times: verses: Ezekiel 27:12 , Ezekiel 27:14 , Ezekiel 27:16 , Ezekiel 12:19 , Ezekiel 12:22 , Ezekiel 12:27 , Eze 12:33 ("wares "). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 27:13

Javan = Ionia. Compare Genesis 10:4 . These are named together in Genesis 10:2 . persons = souls. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13 . Referring to the slave trade. See Revelation 18:13 . men = mankind. Hebrew 'adam. App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:12

"Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares. Javan, Tubal, and Mesheck, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise. They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and war-horses and mules. The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy land: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony,"MERCHANDISE... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 27:12

Ezekiel 27:12. Tarshish— Or, Tartessus. Michaelis thinks that there was only the Spanish Tarshish; and that ships sailed to it from Ezion-geber round Africa. Spic. Geogr. Spain was anciently remarkable for silver mines. Plin. l. xxxiii. c. vi. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 27:13

Ezekiel 27:13. Javan, Tubal, and Mesech— Greece, the Tibareni, and Moschi, [situated near the Euxine sea] the associates of thy merchandize, bring to thy marts slaves and brazen vessels. Houbigant. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 27:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 27:12-24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 27:12-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 27:1-36

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 27:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 27:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 27:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 27:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 27:13

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