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“‘“The men of Dedan traded with you. Many islands were the market of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony in exchange.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Dedan. Septuagint “Rhodians;” or rather Arabs are meant. verse 20. They might receive ivory from Ethiopia.—Teeth. Hebrew “horns or tusks,” which the elephant casts every year. The ivory is less brittle. 3 Kennicott. 10:18. Calmet.—Ebony; a hard black wood, like horn. Bochart.
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