Arvadites

The Arvadites were a Canaanite people descended from Canaan son of Ham, listed in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16). They are associated with Arvad (modern Ruad or Arwad), an island city on the Syrian-Lebanese coast that was a prominent Phoenician trading and maritime center throughout the ancient period. Arvad is also mentioned in Ezekiel 27:8, 11 as providing sailors and warriors for the great Phoenician trading city of Tyre. The Arvadites represent one of the northern Canaanite maritime peoples whose history intersected with Israel primarily through trade contacts rather than direct territorial conflict.