Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 27:22

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they [were] thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

22. merchants of Sheba ] The abode of this people was in the S.W. of Arabia, the ruins of their capital Marib still remain, six days’ journey E. of San‘a, the capital of Yemen. Their caravans (Job 6:19) traded to Syria and other countries with gold, precious stones and aromatics (1Ki 10:2; 1Ki 10:10; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Psa 72:10; Psa 72:15).

occupied in thy fairs ] they brought chief of all spices as thy wares. Raamah was son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan (Gen 10:7). Raamah probably lay on the Persian Gulf.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 22. Sheba and Raamah] Inhabitants of Arabia Felix, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, who were famous for their riches and spices.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Sheba; a country in Arabia Felix, whence the queen came that visited Solomon.

Raamah; it is read Rhegma by change of v into G, as in Gomorrah, another people of the same Arabia. This Rhegma, brother to Sheba, settled near him in that fruitful land, and built towns there, and grew to fame.

Chief of all spices: this country affords all sorts of the best aromatics, or spices, which were carried to Tyre.

All precious stones, rich jewels of all sorts,

and gold too.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

22. Sheba . . . RaamahinArabia.

chief of . . . spicesthatis, best spices (De 33:15).Obtained from India and conveyed in caravans to Tyre.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants,…. This Sheba was the son of Raamah, Ge 10:7 who settled in Arabia Felix; where, according to Ptolemy x, is a city called Rhegma; and so Raamah is pronounced in the Septuagint version of Ge 10:7:

they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices; as with myrrh and frankincense, with which they abounded: Pliny y says that the Arabians paid annually to the kings of Persia a thousand talents of frankincense; and that the Sabaeans z boiled their food, some with wood of frankincense, and others with wood of myrrh:

and with all precious stones, and gold; as jaspers, emeralds, carbuncles, and others, which Pliny a says are found in Arabia; and mention is made of the gold of Sheba, Ps 72:15 and Bochart thinks that Ophir, from whence the famous gold of that name was fetched, was in Arabia Felix; and it may be observed, that the queen of Sheba gave great quantities of gold, of spices, and of precious stones, to Solomon; and that he had much of these kinds yearly from the spice merchants, and kings of Arabia, 1Ki 10:10,

[See comments on Isa 60:6].

x Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. y Nat. Hist. l. 12. c. 17. z “—-Solis est thurea virga Sabaeis”. Virgil. Georgic. l. 2. a Nat. Hist. l. 37.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(22) Sheba and Raamah were both Hamites, descended from Cush (Gen. 10:7). They occupied that part of Arabia in the south-east which lies on the Bay of Oman, in the Persian Gulf, and were famous in antiquity for the products mentioned in the text, and which, with the exception of gold, are still found there.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

22. Sheba See note on “Arabia,” Eze 27:21; Gen 10:7; Gen 10:28; 1Ki 10:2; 1Ki 10:10; Isa 60:6; Job 6:19; Jer 6:20; Psa 72:10; Psa 72:15. In their inscriptions the Sabaeans distinguished themselves from the nomadic Arabs.

Raamah The tribe is named in Gen 10:7. Glaser thinks it was located on the Persian Gulf (at Regma); Cornill by a slight change instead of the merchants of reads “Havilah” (Gen 2:11), which Glaser identifies with a district in central and Northeast Arabia.

Precious stones Such as onyx, jasper, rubies, agate, and carnelians. (See also 1Ki 10:2.)

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eze 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they [were] thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

Ver. 22. The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, ] i.e., Ethiopians and Indians. Erat enim Tyrus emporium propemodum totius mundi. a

With chief of all spices. ] All aromatic wares. Pliny reports of cinnamon that in his time a pound of it was worth a thousand denarii, that is, 150 crowns of our money. Galen writeth that it was hard to be found, except in the storehouses of great princes.

a Oecolamp.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Sheba: Gen 10:7, 1Ki 10:1-13, 1Ch 1:9, 2Ch 9:1-12, Psa 72:10, Psa 72:15, Isa 60:6

Reciprocal: Exo 30:23 – thee principal Job 6:19 – Sheba Jer 6:20 – Sheba Eze 27:27 – Thy riches Eze 28:13 – every Eze 38:13 – Sheba

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Eze 27:22, Sheba and Raamah, like some other words, were originally names of certain men, but finally were applied to groups of people who descended from them. They were among the ones who traded in the market of Tyrus.

Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary

Traders from Sheba and Raamah, other areas of Arabia, paid for their wares with spices, precious gems, and gold. Haran (in Aramea), Canneh (or Calneh, in Mesopotamia), Eden (south of Haran), Sheba (in eastern Arabia), Asshur (Assyria), and Chilmad (probably in Mesopotamia or Arabia) exchanged garments, carpets, and finely crafted clothing materials.

Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)