CHAPMAN . A chapman is a trader, the word being still used in some places for a travelling merchant. It occurs in 2 Chronicles 9:14 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and BV, and also in 1 Kings 10:15 RV [Note: Revised Version.] . The Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] has ‘trader’ in both places.
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