John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 27:23

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, &c.] Haran was a city of Mesopotamia, the same with Haran, where Abraham dwelt awhile, (<440702>Acts 7:2), the Charrae of the Parthians, famous for the defeat of Crassus. Canneh is thought to be the same with Calneh, (<011010>Genesis 10:10), afterwards called Ctesiphon; and here, by the Targum, Netzibin, a place not far from Tigris; and Eden also was between Tigris and Euphrates. All three places seem to be in Mesopotamia, and not far from each other; the latter is thought by some to be the place where the garden of Eden was. The merchants of Sheba; this was another Sheba, distinct from that in (<262722>Ezekiel 27:22), this Sheba was the son of Jokshan, a son of Abraham by Keturah, (<012503>Genesis 25:3), these were the Sabaeans, who were not far from the former, and dwelt near the Persian sea. Ashur and Chilmad were thy merchants; or dealt in “thy merchandise”; took goods of them. Ashur designs the Assyrians, who had their name from Ashur, the builder of Nineveh, (<011011>Genesis 10:11) and Chilmad is by the Targum rendered Media; and by Grotius thought to be the Gaala of Media in Ptolemyf477; and so Hillerusf478 takes it to be a city of Media.

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