10:15 Canaan was the father of 1 Sidon his firstborn, 2 Heth, 3
3:7 So they provided money 4 for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon 5 and Tyre, 6 so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport 7 at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.
1 tn Heb “fathered.”
2 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
3 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
4 tn Heb “silver.”
5 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
6 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
7 tn Heb “to the sea”