Ships
Built
By Noah
Ge 6:13-22
By Solomon
1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 8:17
By Jehoshaphat
1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 20:35,36
Of gopher wood
Ge 6:1,4
Of fir wood
Eze 27:5
Of bulrushes
Isa 18:2
Sealed with pitch (tar?)
Ge 6:15
-Equipped with
A helm
Jas 3:4
A rudder
Ac 27:40
Tackling
Isa 33:23; Ac 27:19
-Sails
Isa 33:23; Ac 27:1,9,17,40
-Sails embroidered
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I. THE HEBREWS AND THE SEA
II. SHIPS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA
1. Among the Hebrews
(1) In Early Times
(2) During the Monarchy
(3) In Later Times
2. Among Neighboring Nations
(1) Egypt
(2) Assyria and Babylonia
(3) Phoenicia
3. General References
III. SHIPS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
1. In the Gospels
2. In the Acts of the Apostles
3. In Oth...
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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with
Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were
broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish....
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early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen.
49:13).
Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to
them, and
Balaam speaks of the "ships of Chittim" (Num.
24:24). Solomon
constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance
of Hiram's
sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chr. 8:18). Afterwards,
Jehoshaphat
sought to provide himsel...
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Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my
servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat
would not....
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The ancients of Gebal and the wise [men] thereof were in thee
thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were
in thee to occupy thy merchandise....
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And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and
wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were
made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her
costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate....
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Among the earliest shipbuilders were the Phoenicians, whose
commerce and voyages made them foremost in the maritime
science of early ages, and traces of whose ships are
frequently met with. (On PAUL'S voyage, see EUROCLYDON;
MELITA; CNIDUS; CRETE; FAIR HAVENS.) Paul was first in the
Adramyttian coasting vessel from Caesarea to Myra; then in
t...
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No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman
literature has supplied us with so much information
concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in
the narrative of St. Paul's voyage to Rome. Acts 27,28. It
is important to remember that he accomplished it in three
ships: first, the Adramyttian vessel which took him from
Caesa...
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And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the
servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and
fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon....
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