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Bench
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
(קרשׁ , ḳeresh ): Found only in English Versions of the Bible in Ezekiel 27:6 , in the prophet's "lamentation over Tyre": "They have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim," where the word evidently stands for the "benches" of the boat whose "mast" (Ezekiel 27:5 ) and "oars" (Ezekiel 27:6 ) have just been described, in the vivid figs. of speech in which the city itself is pictured as a merchantship. Compare Ezekiel 27:8 , "Thy wise men, O T yre, were in thee, they were thy pilots." See SEAT .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bench'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​b/bench.html. 1915.