14 They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war horses and mules.
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Togarmah - Armenia.
Togarmah - The Sarmatians. Some think Cappadocia. With these they dealt in horses, mules, and horsemen; or probably draught horses and war horses are intended.
They of the house of (h) Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
(h) Which are taken for a people of Asia minor.
They of the house of Togarmah,.... The Targum is,
"they of the province or country of Germany.''
Jerom understands it of Phrygia, near to which was Cappadocia; and perhaps is here meant, since it abounded with what these people are said to trade with Tyre in:
these traded in thy fairs with horses, horsemen, and mules; for the Cappadocians paid for their yearly tribute to the Persians fifteen hundred horses, and two thousand mules, as Bochart (c) from Strabo observes; and as they sold horses and mules to the Tyrians, so likewise horsemen, men that were skilled in riding and taking care of horses; and these were sold along with the horses, as servants for that purpose.
(c) Phaleg. c. 11. col. 178.
Togarmah--Armenia: descended from Gomer (Genesis 10:3). Their mountainous region south of the Caucasus was celebrated for horses.
horsemen--rather, "riding-horses," as distinct from "horses" for chariots [FAIRBAIRN].
Of the house - Of the country. Togarmah - Armenia the lesser, Phrygia, Galatia, or Cappadocia. Horsemen - It is likely they might sell grooms, as best able to manage, and keep those horses.
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