John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 27:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants, &c.] This Sheba was the son of Raamah, (<011007>Genesis 10:7) who settled in Arabia Felix; where, according to Ptolemyf473, is a city called Rhegma; and so Raamah is pronounced in the Septuagint version of (<011007>Genesis 10:7): they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices; as with myrrh and frankincense, with which they abounded: Plinyf474 says that the Arabians paid annually to the kings of Persia a thousand talents of frankincense; and that the Sabaeansf475 boiled their food, some with wood of frankincense, and others with wood of myrrh: and with all precious stones, and gold; as jaspers, emeralds, carbuncles, and others, which Plinyf476 says are found in Arabia; and mention is made of the gold of Sheba, (<197215>Psalm 72:15) and Bochart thinks that Ophir, from whence the famous gold of that name was fetched, was in Arabia Felix; and it may be observed, that the queen of Sheba gave great quantities of gold, of spices, and of precious stones, to Solomon; and that he had much of these kinds yearly from the spice merchants, and kings of Arabia, (<111010>1 Kings 10:10,14,15), (see Gill on “<236006>Isaiah 60:6”).

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