“ ‘ “Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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“ ‘ “Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 27:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.
- Genesis 14:15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- Genesis 15:2 Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- 1 Kings 11:24-25 He gathered men to himself, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them of Zobah. They went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus. He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, in addition to the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
- Ezekiel 47:16-18 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. “The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.
- Acts 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Damascus; a very ancient and wealthy city of Syria,…
Damascus; a very ancient and wealthy city of Syria, and the royal city.
The wares of thy making; see the phrase Eze 27:16.
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For the multitude of all riches: though the Tyrians had many rich and lovely commodities, yet it pleased the Damascenes to bring chiefly two of their commodities in exchange, richest wines to please the palate of the luxurious Tyrians, and finest wool to clothe their pride.
Halbon; this place I meet no where else; Ptolemy hath Chalinonis in Syria, perhaps they may be it. Others, to save trouble, make it a common name; sweet, or smooth, or fat wine; for
Helbon comes from a word that signifies fat.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied…
Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs,.... Either the inhabitants of the tribe of Dan in general; or of Laish, sometime called Dan, and in later times Caesarea Philippi, which was in that tribe: though Grotius thinks that Taprobane, or the isle of Zeilan, is meant, where, and not in Dan, were the things after mentioned, in plenty; and where also, according to Ptolemy (t), was a city called Dana or Dagana: and Bochart takes Javan not to be Greece, but a people of a country in Arabia, the metropolis of which was Uzal; and so he renders it, as some of the Greek versions do, Javan of Uzal, or Asel, to distinguish it from the other Javan, Eze 27:13, where also, and not in Greece, the sweet spices grew, which these are said to trade in:
bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market; brought from the above places; polished iron or steel, and the sweet spices of cassia and calamus, or the aromatic cane or reed, which came from afar, Jer 6:20.
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(t) Geograph. l. 7. c. 4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Damascus wine of Helbon] Now called by…
Verse 18. Damascus wine of Helbon] Now called by the Turks Haleb, and by us Aleppo.
White wool.] Very fine wool: wool of a fine quality. Some think Milesian wool is meant.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rich. Hebrew Chelbon; perhaps the city Chelba, Judges i.…
Rich. Hebrew Chelbon; perhaps the city Chelba, Judges i. 31. The kings of Persia used this wine, and planted vines at Damascus on purpose.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Helbon--or Chalybon, in Syria, now Aleppo; famed for its…
Helbon--or Chalybon, in Syria, now Aleppo; famed for its wines; the Persian monarchs would drink no other.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Damascus — This city, the wonder of the…
18. Damascus — This city, the wonder of the ancient world, still remains great because of its three highways — running to Egypt, Arabia, and Persia. It has been from the dawn of history the capital and chief city of Syria, and celebrated because “of the multitude of all kinds of riches” (R.V.). Schrader gives several texts in which the wine of Helbon is mentioned. Nebuchadnezzar brought his wine from the “country of Helbon” (Hi-il-bu-nu), and Strabo mentions that this was the favorite wine of the Persian kings. The locality has been identified with Halbun, very near Damascus, a place still celebrated for the finest vineyards in Syria.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. wares of thy making] the multitude of thy…
18. wares of thy making] the multitude of thy works, i.e. the works done for Tyre, all of which are hers.
multitude of all riches] or, because of every kind of riches.
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wine of Helbon] This is repeatedly mentioned as a choice wine in the Assyrian inscriptions (Schrad. KAT. p. 425). The Persian kings also preferred it on their table. Cf. Hos_14:7, Son_8:11. The place is identified with Chalbûn, N.E. of Damascus.
white wool] Possibly, wool of Zachar, though a place of this name is unknown.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Wine of Helbon.—Helbon is identified with a village…
(18) Wine of Helbon.—Helbon is identified with a village of the same name, three and a half hours north of Damascus, rich in ruins, and still devoted to the culture of the vine, from which the costliest wine of the country was made. It was probably the same with the wine of Chalybon, so much prized in Persia.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Damascus. The chief expert of the great capital of…
Damascus. The chief expert of the great capital of Syria was the wine of Helbon. The name occurs only here in the Old Testament. The LXX gives Chel-ben; the Vulgate, as if it described the quality of the wine, vinum pingue. It has been identified with Aleppo and with Chalyben, but both of these places are too remote from Damascus, and Mr. J. R. Porter ("Dict. Bible," s.v.) finds it in a place a few miles from Damascus, still bearing the name, and famous as producing the finest grapes in Syria. Strabo (Ezekiel 15. p. 735) names the wine of Chalybon as the favorite drink of the Persian kings, and Athenaeus (1:22) says the same of the wine of Damascus. The name appears in Egyptian monuments in conjunction with Kedes, as a Hittite city, and Brugsch ("Geogr. AEgypt., " 2:45) agrees with Porter as to its position. White wool. The adjective has been taken as a proper name (Smend) "wool of Zachar,"the region being identified with Nabatheaea, which was famous for its sheep. The LXX gives wool of Miletus," the city most famous in Greek commerce for its woollen fabrics.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:18 Helbon was a town ten miles north of…
27:18 Helbon was a town ten miles north of Damascus. Zahar may have been nearby, although its exact location is unknown.
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