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Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen,
    and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
    made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.

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They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish
    and gold from Uphaz,
and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen
    who make their idols.
Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes
    made by expert tailors.

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blue, purple, and scarlet thread;
fine linen and goat hair for cloth;

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The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:4 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 1:7); most Hebrew manuscripts read Dodanim.

There will be no flax for the harvesters,
    no thread for the weavers.

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16 My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,
    with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.

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The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt[a] and from Cilicia[b]; the king’s traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:28a Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia; also in 10:29.
  2. 10:28b Hebrew Kue, probably another name for Cilicia.

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