Bible Dictionary: Commerce: Maritime, by Ships

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2 Chronicles 8:18
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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Library

Commerce
... foreign trade signally failed; "for the ships were broken ... Palestine on the subject
of commerce still existing. ... 68), "we neither inhabit a maritime country, nor ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 12 commerce.htm

Introduction
... the Atlantic is the highroad of commerce and trade ... enterprise and the source of maritime
wealth for ... true, to the requirements of modern ships, but sufficient ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... in Phoenician glass and goldsmiths'work"Commerce with Egypt ... and the Achaeans in Cyprus;
maritime expeditions in ... of their dependence, and their ships sailed up ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

Babylonia and Assyria
... built, which soon became a centre of maritime trade. ... Commerce is still the great
civiliser, and the traders and ... it must have been brought in the ships of Eridu ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... At this period Egyptian ships were ploughing the Red Sea, and their captains were ...
of the "Royal Messengers," as well as, probably, the maritime commerce of the ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

The Close of the Theban Empire
... this time the seat of a maritime empire, whose ... collected cargoes for their galleys
and ships, consisting of ... of foreigners attracted hither by commerce or held ...
/.../chapter iiithe close of the.htm

The Eighteenth Theban Dynasty --(Continued)
... The coast towns, which were in maritime communication with ... demands of the consumer,
the waning commerce which had ... except on furniture or in ships equipped with ...
/.../chapter ithe eighteenth theban dynastycontinued.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... their colonization"Their commercial proceedings, their banks and factories; their
ships"Cyprus, its ... that portion of the desert and of the maritime plain on ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... been entered by the most insignificant of our modern ships. ... a rapid falling off in
their maritime prowess; it ... of the Nile, and of this commerce the Phoenicians ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... that had been pillaged remained uninhabited and fell into ruins; commerce dwindled
and ... to crush his adversary with the sheer weight of his ships and battalions ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm