COMMERCE: - The barter of one commodity for another 1Ki 5:8,11 - The exchange of commodities for money 1Ki 10:28,29 - CALLED . Trade Ge 34:10; Mt 25:16 . Traffic Ge 42:34; Eze 17:4 . Buying and selling Jas 4:13 - ARTICLES OF, CALLED . Merchandise Eze 26:12; Mt 22:5 . Wares Jer 10:17; Eze 27:16; Jon 1:5 - PERSONS ENGAGED IN, CALLED . Merchants Ge 37:28; Pr 31:24 . Chapmen 2Ch 9:14 . Traffickers Isa 23:8 . Sellers and buyers Isa 24:2 - Carried on in fairs, Eze 27:12,19; Mt 11:16 - Inland, by caravans Job 6:19; Isa 21:13 - Maritime, by ships 2Ch 8:18; 9:21 - Persons of distinction engaged in Isa 23:8 - Increased the wealth of nations and individuals 2Ch 9:20-22; Pr 31:14-18; Eze 28:4,5 - CARRIED ON BY . Ishmaelites Ge 37:25 . Egyptians Ge 42:2-34 . Ethiopians Isa 45:14 . Ninevites Na 3:16 . Syrians Eze 27:16,18 . People of Tarshish Eze 27:25 . People of Tyre Eze 28:5,13,16 . Jews Eze 27:17 - OF THE JEWS . Under strict laws Le 19:36,37; 25:14,17 . Commenced after their settlement in Canaan Ge 49:13; Jud 5:17 . Greatly extended by Solomon 1Ki 9:26,27; 2Ch 9:21 . Checked in Jehoshaphat's time 1Ki 22:48,49 - Success in, led to pride, Eze 28:2,16-18 - Evil practices connected with Pr 20:14; Eze 22:13; Ho 12:7 - Denunciations connected with abuses of Isa 23:11; Eze 7:12,13; 27:32-36; 28:16-18 - ARTICLES OF . Blue cloth Eze 27:24 . Brass Eze 27:13 . Corn 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17 . Cattle Eze 27:21 . Chests of rich apparel Eze 27:24 . Chariots 1Ki 10:29 . Clothes for chariots Eze 27:20 . Embroidery Eze 27:16,24 . Gold 2Ch 8:18 . Honey Eze 27:17 . Horses 1Ki 10:29; Eze 27:14 . Ivory 2Ch 9:21; Eze 27:15 . Iron and steel Eze 27:12,19 . Land Ge 23:13-16; Ru 4:3 . Lead Eze 27:12 . Linen 1Ki 10:28 . Oil 1Ki 5:11; Eze 27:17 . Perfumes So 3:6 . Precious stones Eze 27:16,22; 28:13,16 . Purple E
ze 27:16 . Slaves Ge 37:28,36; De 24:7 . Silver 2Ch 9:21 . Timber 1Ki 5:6,8 . Tin Eze 27:12 . White wool Eze 27:18 . Wine 2Ch 2:15; Eze 27:18 - Illustrative of intercourse with the apostasy Re 18:3-19