Ezekiel 27:8-11
Summary for Ezek 27:8-11: 27:8-11 a The ship of Tyre was manned by a crew gathered from the most famously skilled men in the world.• The locations described in this account cover most of the known world at the time. Tyre’s influence was vast.
Summary for Ezek 27:8-9: 27:8-9 b Sidon, Arvad, and Gebal were Mediterranean coastal towns.
27:10 c Persia, Lydia, and Libya: Persia was far to the east over land, while Lydia was northwest in what is now Turkey. Libya was southwest on the shore of the Mediterranean.
27:11 d Helech is Cilicia, the area around Tarsus on the northeast shore of the Mediterranean.
• The location of Gammad is less certain, but it may have been in northern Syria.
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