Ezekiel 27:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Dedan: see Ezekiel 25:13. This Dedan was in Arabia, built by Dedan the son of Regina, not far from the Persian Gulf, and now called Daden, whence through the Red Sea they might convey their own merchandise. Many isles, in the Indian Seas and in the Red Sea, traded with thee. For a present; knowing how acceptable they were to get thy favour, they either made presents, and gave these things, or brought them to sell. Horns; elks horns, or wild goats; some think it is meant of the unicorn, but the first is likeliest. Ivory; ivory, not of, the Hebrew is not in regimen, but in apposition, and should be read, They brought thee presents, horns, ivory, and ebony, which is a very solid, heavy, shining, and black wood, fit for many choice works.

Ezekiel 27:15

15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.