Dictionary of Bible Themes Traders who bought and sold goods and articles of value, often transporting their wares from one country to another according to the demands in different localities. Genesis 37:25-28Some merchants transported their goods by caravan See also Job 6:15-21Proverbs 31:14 Some merchants traded by sea See also 1 Kings 9:26-281 Kings 10:11-12 pp 2Ch 8:17-18 1 Kings 22:48pp 2Ch 9:10-11 Psalms 107:23Isaiah 23:2-3 pp 2Ch 20:35-37 Ezekiel 27:25Zephaniah 1:11 Merchants often lived close to one another See also Nehemiah 3:31-32Ezekiel 17:4 Genesis 23:16 Merchants set the standards for weights and measures See also Hosea 12:7Amos 8:4-6 Proverbs 31:24 Ordinary citizens sold goods to merchants See also Genesis 37:28Proverbs 31:18-19 Matthew 13:44-46 Merchants were credited with wisdom and shrewdness Revelation 18:11-13Goods traded by merchants See also Songs 3:6Ezekiel 27:12-24 1 Kings 10:14-15 Merchants flourished during Solomon's reign See also 1 Kings 10:21-22pp 2Ch 9:13-14 1 Kings 10:26-29pp 2Ch 9:20-21 pp 2Ch 1:14-17 Nehemiah 13:15-22Foreign merchants in Jerusalem See also Cities famed for their merchants Ezekiel 27:1-36Tyre Ezekiel 38:13Jonah 1:3 Tarshish Revelation 18:2-24See also Babylon the Great 5242 buying & selling5403 masons 5518 seal 5587 trade 5614 weights & measures, laws 5948 shrewdness |
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