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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49583" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49583" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ARVAD </strong> (modern ( <em> Ruwâd </em> ) was the most important of the northerly cities of Phœnicia. It was built on an island 70 miles north of [[Beyrout]] a sort of second Tyre, with another town on the mainland opposite. In Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:11 it is named as furnishing oarsmen for the galleys of [[Tyre]] and warriors for its defence. In the ethnological list of [[Genesis]] 10:18 ( 1 Chronicles 1:16 ) it is mentioned among the chief settlements of the [[Canaanites]] or Phœnicians. Throughout antiquity it was a place of renown for trade and general enterprise, ranking next to Tyre and Sidon. It is the <strong> [[Aradus]] </strong> of 1Ma 12:53 . </p> <p> | <p> <strong> ARVAD </strong> (modern ( <em> Ruwâd </em> ) was the most important of the northerly cities of Phœnicia. It was built on an island 70 miles north of [[Beyrout]] a sort of second Tyre, with another town on the mainland opposite. In Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:11 it is named as furnishing oarsmen for the galleys of [[Tyre]] and warriors for its defence. In the ethnological list of [[Genesis]] 10:18 ( 1 Chronicles 1:16 ) it is mentioned among the chief settlements of the [[Canaanites]] or Phœnicians. Throughout antiquity it was a place of renown for trade and general enterprise, ranking next to Tyre and Sidon. It is the <strong> [[Aradus]] </strong> of 1Ma 12:53 . </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69554" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69554" /> == | ||
