OLD TESTAMENT

Ezekiel 27:11

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The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valiant men were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around. They have perfected your beauty.

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Verse 11. The Pygmeans. That is, strong and valiant men. In Hebrew Gammadim. Challoner.—He does not speak of those fabulous men hardly a cubit high. Gomed signifying a “cubit,” has caused them to be styled so here. Septuagint “guards;” or Sym. “Medes.” Ezechiel (38:6) speaks of the Gomerim.

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