The first mention of sidon in the ot is found in genesis 10. Sidon, ancient city on the mediterranean coast of lebanon and the administrative centre of aljanub. This territory, known as the levant, is roughly the areas of modernday israel, palestine, lebanon, western jordan, and western syria. It is a branch running southward from the caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or antilebanon, and the western or lebanon proper. Those familiar with the biblical text will recall that sidon was an influential, wealthy phoenician city when the kings of israel and judah ruled during the iron age. History edit persian style bull protome found in sidon gives testimony of the aecheminid rule and influence. Tyre and sidon, ancient cities of phoenicia, are mentioned several times in both the old and new testaments. How to pronounce say sidon by bible speak pronunciation. The british museums fourteenth season excavating at sidon, lebanon, continues to reveal astounding artifacts at the biblical city. A fishing, trade, and market centre for an agricultural hinterland, it has also served as the mediterranean terminus of the transarabian pipeline, 1,069 mi.
Jesus christ, the son of god, visited the phoenician cities along lebanons coast. One of tyres kings, named hiram, was an ally and trading partner of. The remains of five ancient people who died nearly 4,000 years ago were. Sidon has a population of about 80,000 within city limits, while its metropolitan area has more. Home content index books of the bible luke tyre and sidon. In the nt, sidon often is combined with tyre, almost as a formula. Established from the start as a port city, sidon was. All the inhabitants of the hill country from lebanon unto misrephothmaim, and all the sidon ians. Sarepta as a christian city was mentioned in the itinerarium burdigalense. Sidon also known as zidon in the kjv is the third largest city in modern lebanon. Sidon is the greek name meaning fishery for the ancient phoenician port city of sidonia also known as saida in what is, today, lebannon located about 25 miles south of beirut. Sidon is of immense antiquity, but few remains of the ancient city have survived the ravages of time and man. The book of judges claims that israel was oppressed by sidon 10.
Ancient dna reveals fate of the mysterious canaanites science. Sidon has been inhabited for six millennia, and the excavations have exposed strata from the early bronze age beginning around 3000 b. Entry for sidon faussets bible dictionary one of 28 bible dictionaries freely available, this book, with a clear and concise writing style, stands as one of the best dictionaries ever written. One visit by jesus to the region of tyre and sidon is recorded in the gospels matt 15. It was the principle city of ancient phoenicia and is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited places in the world. Sidon and tyre holman bible dictionary bible dictionary. They are also important cities in the old and new testaments. The blue letter bible ministry and the blb institute hold to the historical, conservative christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of scripture.
Recent excavations have exposed part of the ancient canaaniteand later phoeniciancity, including a massive temple and depictions of deities worshiped at sidon. The principal cities of the phoenicians were originally byblos, sidon and tyre but they established colonies all along the northafrican coast and as far west as portugal and spain. Zidon the principal seaport amazing bible timeline with. There is a story in the hebrew bible that tells of gods call for the annihilation of. Sidon was one the most important ancient phoenician cities. The hittite word for cypress or juniper is close to the hittite name for the lebanon mountains, so lebanon could refer to the trees of lebanon. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in sidon, lebanon on tripadvisor.
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of tyre and sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it. The city has a sizable christian maronite community. Tyre to the south and lebanese capital beirut to the north are both about 40 kilometres 25 miles away. The roman settlement, to the south of the island, was. Sidon is believed to have existed prior to 2000 bc, with tyre being just a little younger. There is evidence that sidon was inhabited as long ago as 4000 b. The latest archaeological discoveries shed light on biblical sidon and.
Why will tyre and sidon zidon have a lesser judgment than the people of jesus. All the inhabitants of the hill country from lebanon unto misrephothmaim, and all the sidon ians, them will i drive out from before the children of israel. The city was built on a promontory jutting into the sea. Study suggests that canaanites survived a biblical war.
People came from sidon to hear jesuss teaching, and later he travelled through the territory of sidon mark 3. Tyre and sidon where are these phoenician cities and why. And the border of the canaanites was from sidon, as thou comest to gerar, unto gaza. Canaans firstborn son was sidon, who shares his name with the phoenician city of sidon in presentday lebanon. Pictures and text illuminating the biblical site of sidon. Since then zidon has been rebuilt and is now called sidon. Along with the city of tyre, sidon was the most powerful citystate of ancient phoenicia and first manufactured the purple dye which made tyre famous and was so. The sidon incident opens with ghostly figures in hooded garments accompanying a corpse from jerusalem. The sidonians were the inhabitants of ancient sidon, a seaport on the mediterranean sea in modern lebanon. It is situated in lebanon, with tyre 20 mi south of sidon and only 12 miles north of the israellebanon border.
Sidon was ruled by kings and had a close relationship with tyre. In new testament times, tyre was the main seaport of the roman province of syria and phoenicia a prosperous city with pagan temples and twin harbours built on either side of a small island see map 8. Sidon was another prosperous port, and a popular place of healing in roman times with a temple to echmoun, a local god who was regarded by the romans as asclepius, the greek god of healing. A phoenician city located 25 miles up the coast from tyre.
It is one of the important cities in the old and new testaments. For you know that no one among us can equal the skill of the sidon men in cutting timber. Since the text and audio content provided by blb represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not. It is also called sagette or sayette during the crusades and sidon in the bible.
Both jesus and saint paul are said to have visited it, too see biblical sidon, below. Sidon is the greek name meaning fishery for the ancient. In the book of genesis, sidon was the firstborn son of canaan, who was a son of ham, thereby making sidon a greatgrandson of noah. Located only 14 miles 20 kilometers apart, type and sidon are in lebanon today. Sidon, famous in the ancient near east, is a phoenician city located 25 miles up the coast from tyre. Sidon, ancient city on the mediterranean coast of lebanon and the administrative centre of aljanub south lebanon mu. Ancient tyre, like the palestine city of sidon situated twenty miles from it, is located in modern lebanon and is mentioned several times in scripture 2samuel 5. Sidon and tyre were ancient cities, having been founded long before the israelites entered the land of canaan. Click the play button below to hear how to pronounce sidon. The city of sidon on the coast of modern lebanon is mentioned 38 times in the hebrew bible.
Discovery in lebanon used to attack the bible life, hope. Sidon and those who lived in it referred to as zidonians in the kjv are mentioned at least 45 times in the king james bible. Biblical sidonjezebels hometown biblical archaeology society. The ancient city covered an area of about 40 acres, from the castle of st. It was situated in the narrow fertile plain between the mountains of lebanon and mediterranean 25 miles north of tyre. Most of ancient sidon lies buried beneath the modern city of saida. Lebanon means the white one, probably referring to the snowcapped peaks of the lebanon mountains. The names tyre and sidon were famous in the ancient near east. Biblical sidonjezebels hometown biblical archaeology. Atiu king south governorate ning lebanon, king bebe dayatmalat ning mediterraneo, manga 40 km 25 mi king pangulu ning tyre at 40 km 25 mi king mauli ning tungku o capitolio ning bangsa, ing beirut. The song of songs is the only postexilic book in the bible in which the word.
But when examined closer, the headlines were wrong. British museum excavations at sidon expose millennia of. Sidon project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Sayda ing katlung pekamaragul a lakanbalen o ciudad king in lebanon. This is the only recorded instance in the ministry of jesus that he went outside the boundaries of pal. The new samples come from sidon, a coastal city in lebanon. The main attraction of sidon is its sea castle, built by the crusaders in the th century. Tyre and sidon are port cities located in modern lebanon on the mediterranean coast.
A recent genetic discovery was used to attack and discredit the bible in the media. Remnants from an ancient canaanite found in the sidon excavation site. Tyre and sidon where are these two phoenician cities and why are they mentioned so often in the bible. Sidon also hosts the seats of the sunni mufti and the shiite ayatollah of south lebanon. It is located in the south governorate, of which it is the capital, on the mediterranean coast. Civil war in lebanon put an end to the excavations. The 15 best things to do in sidon coronavirus update.
The princess jezebel, who later would become queen of israel as related in the biblical books of i and ii kings was the daughter of the king of sidon, ethbaal in the 9th century bce, and married king ahab of israel to cement ties between the two kingdoms. The biblical cities of tyre and sidon associates for biblical. Jesus then turns back south and returns to the region of the decapolis on the eastern shore of the sea of galilee see 6 on map 8. Jesus mentions tyre and sidon in luke 10 in the context of judgments he was pronouncing against the cities of chorazin and bethsaida. This free audio bible name pronunciation guide is a valuable tool in your study of gods word. Both are now located in lebanon, with tyre 20 mi south of sidon and only 12 mi north of the israellebanon border.
Ptolemais, sidon, tyre new testament churches bible study. Sidon was the first phoenician city to send ships into the open seas, and was the first. So, hiram, command them to hew me cedar trees out of lebanon. David priest captivates and takes the reader on a global journey involving ancient rituals, intermingled with modern intrigue, cloaked in the trappings of religion. Sift through the archaeology and history of this ancient land in the free ebook. There is also a phonetic guide to use to see the proper pronunciation of sidon. King james bible king james version kjv search the bible. Sarepta was a phoenician city on the mediterranean coast between sidon and tyre, also.
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