The Wheat Exported from Israel to Tyre

Raanan Eichler

doi:10.1163/15685330-bja10190

The Wheat Exported from Israel to Tyre

Raanan Eichler

The Zalman Shamir Department of Hebrew Bible at Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

The Hebrew Bible contains three references to the export of wheat from Israel to Tyre. Difficult and suspiciously similar phrases occur in the Masoretic Text of each: in 1 Kgs 5:25 (Eng. 5:11); in the parallel 2 Chr 2:9 (Eng. 2:10); and in Ezek 27:17. Moreover, in each passage, the ancient translations reflect further variant readings. This paper integrates textual criticism with information on wheat in antiquity in order to clarify all three passages. The paper may contribute to our understanding of international trade in the first half of the first millennium BCE.

Original language	English
Journal	Vetus Testamentum
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-bja10190
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

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© Raanan Eichler, 2025.

Keywords

Hiram
Mediterranean
Solomon
Tyre
economics
trade
wheat

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