They that go down to the sea in ships. That many of the Israelites engaged in maritime pursuits appears from 1 Kings 9:26-28; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chronicles 20:36; as also from 5:17; Psalms 48:7; Proverbs 23:34; Proverbs 30:19; and from many passages of the Apocrypha.
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Psalms 107:23
Psalms 107:23
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