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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 5:9
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea, etc.] The Mediterranean sea, on which Tyre stood: and I will convey them by sea in floats; which were either a sort of carriage for the timber the Tyrians and Sidonians had, being furnished with various navigable vessels; or these were the timber itself, and the planks of it, which being fastened together, were set afloat under the direction of some boats with oars, of which they had plenty: unto the place that thou shalt appoint me; which was Joppa, as appears from (<140216>2 Chronicles 2:16); belonging to the land of Israel, in the same sea: and will cause them to be discharged there; either to be unloaded from the vessels, or to be unloosed and taken up separately: and thou shalt receive [them]; by his servants appointed there to bring them to Jerusalem, which was forty miles from Joppa: and thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household; signifying, that all that he desired in return was, that he would supply him with corn or wheat, which he stood in need of, and his letter in Josephus f79 expresses; and we find in later times this place was supplied with bread corn from Judea, (see <150307>Ezra 3:7 <262717>Ezekiel 27:17) (<441220>Acts 12:20).
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