The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
The ancients of Gebal - a Phoenician city and region between Beirut and Tripolis, famed for skilled workmen (margin, 1 Kings 5:18, 'the Giblites;' Psalms 83:7).
Were in thee thy calkers - stoppers of chinks in a vessel: carrying on the metaphor as to Tyre.
All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise - i:e., to exchange merchandise with thee.