Ezekiel 27:14
in Ezekiel 27The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
KJV
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
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This verse in Ezekiel 27
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Togarmah--Armenia: descended from Gomer (Ge 10:3). Their mountainous region south of the Caucasus was celebrated for horses. horsemen--rather, "riding-horses," as distinct from "horses" for chariots [FAIRBAIRN].
This site's exposition
Tarshish was thy merchant
on Ezekiel 27:12-15
The trade list opens with Tarshish, likely a distant western port, supplying silver, iron, tin and lead in bulk, and turns next to Javan, Tubal and Meshech, peoples of Asia Minor, who traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market, one of Scripture's plainest references to a trade in human beings run through Tyre's markets. Togarmah in the far north supplies horses and mules, and Dedan in the Arabian south supplies ivory and ebony, the list stretching from one edge of the known world to the other within four verses. Clarke reads the human trafficking named at verse 13 without any softening, the same matter-of-fact list format used for iron and ivory applied to men, letting the weight of it sit in the plainness of the accounting.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 13, 14.) Greece, Tubal, and Meshech themselves brought slaves and bronze vessels to your people. From the house of Togarmah they brought horses and horsemen, and mules to your market. Also, Greece and its surroundings, your merchants brought souls of men and bronze vessels to your market. From the house of Togarmah, they brought horses, horsemen, and mules to your trading post.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Of the house - Of the country. Togarmah - Armenia the lesser, Phrygia, Galatia, or Cappadocia. Horsemen - It is likely they might sell grooms, as best able to manage, and keep those horses.
), which is designed to make its ruin the more lamentable. A prediction of its fall and ruin, and the confusion and consternation which all its neighbours shall thereby be put into,
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Togarmah - The Sarmatians. Some think Cappadocia. With these they dealt in horses, mules, and horsemen; or probably draught horses and war horses are intended.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִבֵּ֖ית | mibeit | from Beth | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| תּוֹגַרְמָ֑ה | togarmah | Togarmah | H8425 → | |
| סוּסִ֤ים | susim | horses | H5483 → | 140 times |
| וּפָֽרָשִׁים֙ | ufarashim | and horsemen | H6571 → | 57 times |
| וּפְרָדִ֔ים | uferadim | and mules | H6505 → | |
| נָתְנ֖וּ | natenu | they exchanged | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃ | izvonayikh | wares your | H5801 → | 7 times |
מִבֵּ֖יתfrom Beth
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
תּוֹגַרְמָ֑הTogarmah
togarmahH8425 →
סוּסִ֤יםhorses
susimH5483 →140 times
וּפָֽרָשִׁים֙and horsemen
ufarashimH6571 →57 times
וּפְרָדִ֔יםand mules
uferadimH6505 →
נָתְנ֖וּthey exchanged
natenuH5414 →2011 times
עִזְבוֹנָֽיִךְ׃wares your
izvonayikhH5801 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 38:6as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:2–3
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5–6
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Daniel 11:40
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading…
- Genesis 10:2–3
Through
Genesis 10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:27
“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses…
- Jeremiah 51:27
Through
1 Chronicles 1:6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
- Genesis 10:3
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.