Arvadites

A quiet family name in Genesis 10 turns into sailors and soldiers in Ezekiel. The Arvadite is listed among the descendants of Canaan, along with “the Zemarite, and the Hamathite”, and the same line is repeated in 1 Chronicles 1. Centuries later Ezekiel describes the wealthy port of Tyre and says “The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners.” The men of Arvad also stood guard on her walls. The passages give just a few glimpses of its people, first as a clan and later as hired hands.

4 verses

Genesis

Genesis 10:18

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:16

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 27:8

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

Ezekiel 27:11

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.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.