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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 27:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 27:5	King James	They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Senir--the Amorite name of Hermon, or the southern height of Anti-libanus (Deu 3:9); the Sidonian name was Sirion. "All thy . . . boards"; dual in Hebrew, "double-boards," namely, placed in a double order on the two sides of which the ship consisted [VATABLUS]. Or, referring to the two sides or the two ends, the prow and the stern, which every ship has [MUNSTER]. cedars--most suited for "masts," from their height and durability.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Senir--the Amorite name of Hermon, or the southern height of Anti-libanus (Deu 3:9); the Sidonian name was Sirion. "All thy . . . boards"; dual in Hebrew, "double-boards," namely, placed in a double order on the two sides of which the ship consisted [VATABLUS]. Or, referring to the two sides or the two ends, the prow and the stern, which every ship has [MUNSTER].

cedars--most suited for "masts," from their height and durability.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Fir-trees (or, cypress) of Senir - The name by which the Amorites knew Mount Hermon.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Fir-trees (or, cypress) of Senir - The name by which the Amorites knew Mount Hermon.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
They - The shipwrights. Shipboards - The planks and benches, or transoms for their ships. Fir - trees - Of the best and finest fir - trees. Lebanon - Whose cedars excelled others.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

They - The shipwrights. Shipboards - The planks and benches, or transoms for their ships. Fir - trees - Of the best and finest fir - trees. Lebanon - Whose cedars excelled others.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deu 3:9. It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Fir trees of Senir - Senir is a mountain which the Sidonians called Sirion, and the Hebrews Hermon, Deu 3:9. It was beyond Jordan, and extended from Libanus to the mountains of Gilead.

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