Jokshan was the father of Sheba(A) and Dedan;(B) the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.

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And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

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13 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand(A) against Edom and kill both man and beast.(B) I will lay it waste, and from Teman(C) to Dedan(D) they will fall by the sword.(E)

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13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

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20 “‘Dedan(A) traded in saddle blankets with you.

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20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

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Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.

Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.

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Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,(A)
    you who live in Dedan,(B)
for I will bring disaster on Esau
    at the time when I punish him.

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Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

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23 Dedan,(A) Tema,(B) Buz(C) and all who are in distant places[a];(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

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19 The caravans of Tema(A) look for water,
    the traveling merchants of Sheba(B) look in hope.

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19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

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The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(A)

10 When the queen of Sheba(B) heard about the fame(C) of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.(D)

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10 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

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10 May the kings of Tarshish(A) and of distant shores(B)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(C) and Seba
    present him gifts.(D)

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10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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He made him king over Gilead,(A) Ashuri(B) and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.(C)

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And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

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