Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5407 merchants 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. Some merchants transported their goods by caravan Genesis 37:25-28 See also Job 6:15-21 Some merchants traded by sea Proverbs 31:14 See also 1 Kings 9:26-28 pp 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 1 Kings 10:11-12 pp 2 Chronicles 9:10-11; 1 Kings 22:48 pp 2 Chronicles 20:35-37; Psalm 107:23; Isaiah 23:2-3; Ezekiel 27:25 Merchants often lived close to one another Zephaniah 1:11 See also Nehemiah 3:31-32; Ezekiel 17:4 Merchants set the standards for weights and measures Genesis 23:16 See also Hosea 12:7; Amos 8:4-6 Ordinary citizens sold goods to merchants Proverbs 31:24 See also Genesis 37:28; Proverbs 31:18-19 Merchants were credited with wisdom and shrewdness Goods traded by merchants Revelation 18:11-13 See also Songs 3:6; Ezekiel 27:12-24 Merchants flourished during Solomon's reign 1 Kings 10:14-15 pp 2 Chronicles 9:13-14 See also 1 Kings 10:21-22 pp 2 Chronicles 9:20-21; 1 Kings 10:26-29 pp 2 Chronicles 1:14-17 Foreign merchants in Jerusalem Cities famed for their merchants Tyre See also Ezekiel 27:1-36 Tarshish Babylon the Great See also
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