Ezekiel 27:9

Eze 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise [men] thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

Ver. 9. The ancients of Gebal. ] Great architects, 1Ki 5:18 but persecutors of the Church. Psa 83:7

Thy calkers. ] Or, Stoppers of chinks, stuppa, pice, aliaque materia, when the ship springeth a leak.