Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
WOOL, as the principal material for the manufacture of clothing, was highly valued by the Jews, Lev 13:47; Deut 22:11; Job 31:20; Prov 31:13; Eze 34:3; Hos 2:5, and the wool of Damascus enjoyed a great reputation in the market of Tyre. Eze 27:18.