Ezekiel 27:23

The places named may be regarded as an extension of the line from S. to N. in Ezekiel 27:19, though the names are given rather in the order W. to E. Harran in Mesopotamia, two days" journey S.E. of Edessa, on a branch of the Euphrates, was a sacred city and place of pilgrimage, and also an emporium of trade. The defeat of Crassus by the Parthians took place there. Canneh may be Calneh (Genesis 10:10; Amos 6:2), otherwise Calno (Isaiah 10:9), a city in Babylonia. Its site has not been identified. Von Gutschmidt (Ency. Brit., art. Phœnicia) identifies Canneh with Cænæ. Eden, spelled somewhat differently from the Eden of Paradise, is elsewhere named in connexion with Haran, Isaiah 37:12 (2 Kings 19:12), and said to be in Telassar (Tel Asshur).

the merchants of Sheba It is strange that these should be mentioned again (Ezekiel 27:22). For "Eden … Sheba" LXX. reads: these were thy merchants, i.e. Haran and Canneh. It has been supposed that the merchants of Sheba frequented the fairs of Haran and thence made their way westward along the trade route to Phenicia.

Asshurand Chilmad LXX. reads andbetween the words. Asshur if taken in its usual sense would be Assyria. Others think of Sura, or Essurieh, on the Euphrates. G. Smith conjectured that Chilmad was Kalwâdha near Bagdad. LXX. renders Charman, which suggests Caramania. The rendering: "Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic" (Hitz. Corn.), besides being a conceit, misses the whole idea of the chapter.