Ezekiel 27:13

Eze 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they [were] thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Ver. 13. Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, ] i.e., Grecians, Spaniards, and Muscovites or Cappadocians, who were naturally of a servile disposition: they were anciently called Meschines, saith Josephus, a of Meshech, the son of Japhet. Gen 10:2

They traded the persons of men, ] i.e., They bought and sold slaves, as now they do in Turkey.

a Lib. i. cap. 6.