Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 3:6

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6. Grecians —literally, "Javanites," that is, the Ionians, a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor who were the first Greeks known to the Jews. The Greeks themselves, however, in their original descent came from Javan ( Genesis 10:2 ; Genesis 10:4 ). Probably the germ of Greek civilization in part came through the Jewish slaves imported into Greece from Phoelignicia by traffickers. Ezekiel 27:13 mentions Javan and Tyre as trading in the persons of men. far from their border —far from Judea; so that the captive Jews were cut off from all hope of return. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jol-3-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jol-3-6

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological