Ships

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ships
     early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13).
     Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and
     Balaam speaks of the "ships of Chittim" (Num. 24:24). Solomon
     constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram's
     sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chr. 8:18). Afterwards, Jehoshaphat


     sought to provide himself with a navy at the same port, but his
     ships appear to have been wrecked before they set sail (1 Kings
     22:48, 49; 2 Chr. 20:35-37).
     
       In our Lord's time fishermen's boats on the Sea of Galilee
     were called "ships." Much may be learned regarding the
     construction of ancient merchant ships and navigation from the
     record in Acts 27, 28.