Ezekiel 27:9

"The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, Tyre, were in you. They were your pilots."

Key Reflection

These verses metaphorically depict the wealth and prosperity of Tyre through its skilled and dedicated labor force. The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad served as physical rowers, while Tyre’s wise men acted as expert navigators, symbolizing the strategic and intellectual support that maintained Tyre's trade and economic power.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Gebal -i. e., Byblos (modern Gebeil) in Phoenicia, the chief seat of the worship of Adonis, and situated on an eminence over-looking the river Adonis, north of Beirut, not far from the Mediterranean sea. The “ancients” is a term for the council that presided over maritime cities.

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