The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and [a]Dodanim.

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  1. Genesis 10:4 Sam. Rodanim and 1 Chr. 1:7

The sons of Javan:

Elishah,(A) Tarshish,(B) the Kittites(C) and the Rodanites.[a]

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  1. Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites

Of (A)oaks from Bashan they made your oars;
The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks
With ivory from (B)the coasts of [a]Cyprus.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

Of oaks(A) from Bashan
    they made your oars;
of cypress wood[a] from the coasts of Cyprus(B)
    they made your deck, adorned with ivory.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.

30 (A)For ships from [a]Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage.

“So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

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  1. Daniel 11:30 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

30 Ships of the western coastlands(A) will oppose him, and he will lose heart.(B) Then he will turn back and vent his fury(C) against the holy covenant. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

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