Commerce of the Jews
8 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Checked in Jehoshaphat's Time
- 1 Kings 22:48–49 Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber. …
Commenced After Their Settlement in Canaan
- Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Judges 5:17 Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
Greatly Extended by Solomon
- 1 Kings 9:26–27 King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. …
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Under Strict Laws
- Leviticus 19:36–37 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. …
- Leviticus 25:14 If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
- Leviticus 25:17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
Related topics
CommerceEzion-Gaber (Ezion-Geber)
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.