“Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they traded with you,

They exchanged the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.”

Javan (compare Isaiah 66:19) originally indicated the Ionians (Assyrian Iamanu), but came to refer to the Grecian empire as a whole (Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:2). The three names mentioned are fairly closely connected, especially the last two (Gen 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5; Isaiah 66:19). Tubal and Meshech (Ezekiel 32:26; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1) were a warlike people, named in Assyrian inscriptions as Tabal and Musku. They probably came from south east of the Black Sea, establishing themselves in Anatolia. They traded in slaves and bronze. (Any connection with Moscow and Tobolsk is extremely tenuous).

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