¹² cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;^(A)

⁴ The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.^(A) She held a golden cup^(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.^(C)

¹² “‘Tarshish^(Q) did business with you because of your great wealth of goods;^(R) they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.

¹³ “‘Greece,^(S) Tubal and Meshek^(T) did business with you; they traded human beings^(U) and articles of bronze for your wares.

¹⁴ “‘Men of Beth Togarmah^(V) exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.

¹⁵ “‘The men of Rhodes^[c](W) traded with you, and many coastlands^(X) were your customers; they paid you with ivory^(Y) tusks and ebony.

¹⁶ “‘Aram^[d](Z) did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise,^(AA) purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen,^(AB) coral^(AC) and rubies for your merchandise.

¹⁷ “‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat^(AD) from Minnith^(AE) and confections,^[e] honey, olive oil and balm^(AF) for your wares.^(AG)

¹⁸ “‘Damascus^(AH) did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods.^(AI) They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar ¹⁹ and casks of wine from Izal^(AJ) in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia^(AK) and calamus.

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

²¹ “‘Arabia^(AM) and all the princes of Kedar^(AN) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

²² “‘The merchants of Sheba^(AO) and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices^(AP) and precious stones, and gold.^(AQ)

²³ “‘Harran,^(AR) Kanneh and Eden^(AS) and merchants of Sheba, Ashur^(AT) and Kilmad traded with you. ²⁴ In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

¹¹ (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir;^(A) and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood^[a] and precious stones. ¹² The king used the almugwood to make supports^[b] for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)