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upon EZEKIEL. 213
Ver. 8. The Inhabitants of Zjdon and eArvad Chapter
were thy Mariners, &o] Thou madeft ufe of the XXVII.
People of other Cities and Countries, to undergo L/~s/~\)
the Servile Office of being Mariners or Rowers, Ver « &•
whilft thy own Citizens pretended to the Skill of
Steering thy Ships, and profefled the Art of being
Pilots. ZJdon was a famous Seaport Town, the
Mother of Tyre: See the Note on Ifa, xxiii. 12.
and eArvad the fame with tArfad or eArphad,
2 Kjngs xviii. 33. lfa. x. 9. Jer. xlix. 23. called
eAradws by the Greek and Latin Authors, was an
Ifland and Town in the Neighbourhood of Tyre.
Ver. 9. The oAntients of Gebal were thy Gz/- Ver. o..
hers.~\ Thou employeit the Inhabitants of Gebal for
calking thy Ships, as being remarkably skilful in
that Trade : Gebal w^as a Province of Thcenicia
near Tyre : See Tfal. lx xxiii 8. 1 Kjngs v. 1 8. The
LXX Interpreters fuppofe it the fame with the
City IBjblos, with whom agree Eufebius and St.
Jerom y de locis Hebraicis.
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Ver. 10. They of Terfia> of Lud and T hut. ] Ver. 10.
Thy Citizens being all given to Trading, thou ma^
deft ufe of Foreign Sou'diers for thine Army when
thy City was befieged. Lud and 'Phut are two
Nations elfewhere mentioned together. See Chap.
xxx. 5. Jer. xlvi. 9. Our Interpreters understand
by them in thefe two Places, the People of Libya
and Lydia. But Thut and Lubim being mentioned
asdiftintl People, Nahum iii. 9. Thut p jbably fignifies
fome part of eAfrica near Egyj>t, and Ludot
Ludim, the eAbyJfines. Thefe People, tho* pAfrz*
cans y are joined with the Terfians 7 Chap. xxxviiL
Ibid.