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10 “‘Your army includes men from far-off Paras, Lud, and Put.[a] They serve you—it is a feather in your cap to have their shields hang upon your walls; it is the ultimate of honor.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:10 Paras, Lud, and Put. These were three cities of ancient North Africa.

10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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11 Men from Arvad and from Helech[a] are the sentinels upon your walls; your towers are manned by men from Gamad. Their shields hang row on row upon the walls, perfecting your glory.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:11 Helech, a region in ancient Cilicia known from Assyrian records as Hilakku.

11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

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