Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Javan—the Ionians or Greeks: for the Ionians of Asia Minor were the first Greeks with whom the Asiatics came in contact.
Tubal . . . Meshech—the Tibareni and Moschi, in the mountain region between the Black and Caspian Seas.
persons of men—that is, as slaves. So the Turkish harems are supplied with female slaves from Circassia and Georgia.
vessels—all kinds of articles. Superior weapons are still manufactured in the Caucasus region.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 27:13:
Isaiah 23:1
Ezekiel 32:26
Joel 3:6
Revelation 18:13
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