Ezequiel 27:15

Dedan. — This Dedan is a descendant of Ham through Cush (Gênesis 10:7). The tribe was located in Arabia, probably upon the shores of the Persian Gulf (Isaías 21:13). The Dedan of Ezequiel 27:20, on the other hand, is a Semitic tribe, spoken of also in Ezequiel 25:13; Jeremias 49:8. The “many isles” of this Dedan were the islands in the Persian Gulf, on the Arabian coast, and they were “merchandise” in the sense of supplying material for the commerce of Tyre. “Brought thee for a present” might seem to imply tribute, but the original rather conveys the idea of return payment. “Horns of ivory” is, literally, horns of teeth; the name “horn” being simply a commercial term derived from the shape of the elephant’s tusk. “Ebony” is a word used only here. It was brought both from India and Ethiopia, the wood from the latter being preferred.