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upon EZEKIEL. 219
Ver. 22. The Merchants ofSheba and Raamah.~\ Chapter
Thefe were People ofaArabia Felix, dwelling near XXVII.
the
42.
Terfian Gulph : See Ver. 1 5. and Chap, xxiii. U^V^SJ
They traded in the rich Produces of their own Ver. 22t
Countrey, which were Spices, precious Stones,and
Gold. Compare 1 KJngs x. 2, u. Tfal. lxxii. 1 5.
Ifa. Ix. 6. 'Bochart places Ophir fo famous for Gold,
in ^Arabia Felix . See his Thaleg, I. n. c. 27.
Ver. 23. Haran and Canneh and Eden.~] Haran y^. 2 i.
is the place where oAbraham dwelt when he came
out from Ur of the Chaldees, Gen. xi. $ 1 . called
Charr* by the Romans, and noted for the Defeat of
CrajJ'tit. Canneh fome fuppofe to be the fame
place that is called Calneh, aAmos vi. 2. or Calno,
Ifa. x. 9. a City near Euphrates. Others take it
for Ctefiphon, a noted City fituate upon the River
Tigris. Eden is join'd with Haran, 2 KJngs xix.
12. as it is here. Huetius fuppofes Taradrfe was
called the Garden of Eden, from the Name of the
Countrey where it was placed, which was where
the two Rivers Tigris and Euphrates meet. See
hisTradt, DefituTaradiJi, c. 2. n.j.
Ibid. The Merchants of Sheba.~] There were
two Shebd'-s, as there were two ^Dedans : one defcended
from Ramuab, Gen. \. 7. the other from
Jockjhan, ^Abraham's Son, Gen. xxv. 3. As the
, T enty fecond Verfe is explained of the former,
fo the latter may be underftood here : They were
both Inhabitants of oArabia.
Ibid. Qhilmitd^ Both the Chaldee and LXX explain
this by Qarmania.
Ver. 24.' In Che ft s of rich oApparel.'] The Word Ver. 24*
in the Original translated Chejis, is Ginze, which
is elfewhere render'd Treasuries; See 1 Chron.
xxviii.