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They have made all your planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Commentators explain that this verse details the high-quality construction of Tyre's ships. They used durable fir or cypress wood from Senir (the Amorite name for Mount Hermon) for the planks and tall, strong cedars from Lebanon for the masts. This illustrates Tyre's immense wealth and access to the best resources of the ancient world.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
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Fir-trees (or, cypress) of Senir - The name by which the Amorites knew Mount Hermon.
19th Century
Bishop
Ship boards. —Planking for the sides of the ship. The word in the original is in the dual, with reference to its two sides.
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17th Century
Pastor
They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir The same with Sion and Hermon, which the Sidonians called Sirio…
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Minister
Those who live at ease are to be lamented if they are not prepared for trouble. Let no one consider themselves beautified any further than they are…