Sidon
18 references
- 1. Also called ZIDON
- Son of Canaan Gen. 10:15; 1 Chr. 1:13
- 2. A city on the northern boundary of the Canaanites Gen. 10:19
- Designated by Jacob as the border of the tribe of Zebulun Gen. 49:13
- Was on the northern boundary of the tribe of Asher Josh. 19:28; 2 Sam. 24:6
- Belonged to the land of Israel according to a promise Josh. 13:6
- Inhabitants of, lived in security and without a worry Judg. 18:7
- Israelites failed to make conquest of Judg. 1:31; 3:3
- The inhabitants of, contributed cedar for the first and second temple 1 Kgs. 5:6; 1 Chr. 22:4; Ezra 3:7
- Solomon marries women of 1 Kgs. 11:1
- Ahab marries a woman of 1 Kgs. 16:31
- People of, come to hear Jesus Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17
- Inhabitants of, offend Herod Agrippa I Acts 12:20-23
- Commerce of Isa. 23:2,4,12
- The sailors of Ezek. 27:8
- Prophecies concerning Jer. 25:15-22; 27:3-11; 47:4; Ezek. 28:21-23; 32:30; Joel 3:4-8
- Jesus visits the region of, and heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman Matt. 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-31
- Visited by Paul Acts 27:3
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.