the company of the Ashurites, &c.. a daughter (or branch) of the Ashurites, &c. Ginsburg thinks this clause should read, "they have made thy benches with ivory [and] box. wood (or cypress)"; reading bith'ashshurim instead of bath-'aehshurim (=. daughter, or branch of the Ashurites), dividing and pointing the words differently. See note on Ezekiel 31:3. and compare Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13.
Chittim. Probably Cyprus.