The seaport town of sidon was named after their forefather, and for many years it was the principal city of the phoenicians, as the greeks called the sidonians. Is taken to rome in the custody of julius, a centurion, and a detachment of soldiers. It is a branch running southward from the caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or anti lebanon, and the western or lebanon proper. It appears this way in some bible translations josh. Derived from the root labhen, to be white, probably from the snow which covers its summits the greater part of the year. The palermo stone indicates cedar was imported to egypt in the reign of the 4th dynasty king sneferu, ca. Biblical sidonjezebels hometown biblical archaeology. The meaning of lebanon in the bible from international standard bible encyclopedia lebanon lebanon.
Lebanon and its trees, sirion, the most precious of its cedars. Listen to the byte show interviews on this article. Jesus mentions tyre and sidon in luke 10 in the context of judgments he was pronouncing against the cities of chorazin and bethsaida. Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
It was situated in the narrow fertile plain between the mountains of lebanon and mediterranean 25 miles north of tyre. Both are on the mediterranean coast in what was phoenicia in the first century ad and what is lebanon today, just north of israel. It was there that the famous teaching, and healing, with the believing and faithful canaan woman of the coasts of tyre and sidon, happened. This article was first published in the fall 2002 issue of bible and spade. Tyre and sidon, ancient cities of phoenicia, are mentioned several times in both the old and new testaments. Canaans firstborn son sidon was the progenitor of the sidonians. Sidon and tyre were ancient cities, having been founded long before the israelites entered the land of canaan. Given haukkuks prophecy, it is a political earthquake with biblical overtones a clear sign of what most people fear, that the war there has more than ordinary meaning, portending a far greater tribulation close ahead. Laban first appears in the hebrew bible in genesis 24. From adjacent galilee, the messiah easily visited lebanon, into the coasts of tyre and sidon.
Sidon, one of the oldest phoenician cities, was founded in the 3rd millennium bc and became prosperous in the 2nd. Bible verses related to lebanon from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order isaiah 29. This town rose to prominence and began to oppress israel judges 10. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. Whether it ancient tyre by alexander or the invasion of iraq in 2003 or. While israel dwell safely, god will execute judgments on all around those who despise them. Sidon, famous in the ancient near east, is a phoenician city located 25 miles up the coast from tyre. In the bible, jezebel is notorious for persecuting the worship of yahweh and for demanding that the israelites worship baal.
Baal and anath vi 20, 21 the occurrence of the term in parallelism with the lebanon range suggests that it was denominative of the whole anti lebanon chain. Bible in lebanon, bible bookshop in lebanon, lebanese bible, bible book in lebanon, bible shop in lebanon, picture of jesus on a mug lebanon, phrases of. The trees of the lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of lebanon that he planted. The same association occurs in the ugaritic material. 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. In 1948, god gathered the house of israel and the nation of israel was formed. Ancient byblos is located in the modern city of jbail. He was instrumental in providing building materials for davids royal palace david.
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. Eddy to open a boarding department in the dayschool for boys in sidon, october, 188 1, the boys being chiefly from the neighbouring villages. 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. Many volunteers from differing church traditions share scripture materials in local settings and distribution camps. But what of the future of this battlescarred region.
Cedars are among the last survivors of the immense forests that lay across mount lebanon in ancient times. Well send you a new verse every day to download or share. One of tyres kings, named hiram, was an ally and trading partner of israelite kings david and solomon. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in the world. Wikipedia gives the example of speaking about hired hands, where you havent only hired someones hands, but the whole person who is symbolized. The anti lebanon is inhabited by mohammedans, and is under a turkish ruler. Tyre is located about 20 kilometers 14 miles north of the current israelilebanese border, and sidon is located about 20 miles 32 kilometers north of tyre. Some summits reach a height of more than 11,000 feet.
Since then zidon has been rebuilt and is now called sidon. 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. It is situated in lebanon, with tyre 20 mi south of sidon and only 12 miles north of the israel lebanon border. Lebanon arabic bible outreach ministry tuesday, 05 may 2020. The capture of laish by the danites was facilitated by its distance from sidon, under whose protection it apparently was judg 18. In accordance with this vote, sidon station authorized mr. Ethbaals daughter of course, was the infamous jezebel, an aggressive promoter of the worship of melkart and a. The cedar of lebanon cedrus libani was prized throughout the ancient near east. Bible in lebanon, bible bookshop in lebanon, lebanese bible. Ahab unwisely made a marriage alliance for the daughter of the phoenician king of sidon named in the bible, ethbaal meaning with baal. Sidon was the first phoenician city to send ships in to the open seas, and at that time they navigated using the stars. Glass production made sidon both rich and famous and the city was known for being very cosmopolitan and progressive. The lebanon range is now inhabited by a population of about 300,000 christians, maronites, and druses, and is ruled by a christian governor.
Lebanon is mentioned in the bible 75 times because of the vast. The full bible was published in 2000, and titled the noble book alketab ashsharif, also known as. Lee invited to cambridge the lebanese scholar ahmad faris shidyaq to participate in the translation. Extrabiblical sources first mention sidon before 2000 b. Sidon also known as zidon in the kjv is the third largest city in modern lebanon. The bible says that when jesus travelled to the region of tyre and sidon, a canaanite woman came to him and begged him to save her daughter from a demon.
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. A stewardship of resources the lebanon bible society has been blessed with continuous financial support from other sister bible societies. Lebanon, the baqaa, and the western slopes of the anti lebanon range. Presentday lebanese descend from biblical canaanites, genetic study suggests. Scriptures about the cedars of lebanon bible verses online. There is also a phonetic guide to use to see the proper pronunciation of sidon. The scriptures indicate that the sidonians were descendants of noah through ham, canaan, and sidon. Sidon has a population of about 80,000 within city limits, while its metropolitan area has more. Sidon project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
Buy the van dyke arabic bible, and other arabic bible translations, as wholesale or retail purchase. Bassous joined the bible society in lebanon also responsible for the work in syria and iraq in 1999, and was appointed general secretary in 2004. Teach your kids to read the bible by offering them an easy to read bible translation with colorful and fun designs and activities. The names tyre and sidon were famous in the ancient near east. And what does bible prophecy say about the fate of this narrow strip of territory lying by the blue waters of the eastern mediterranean. George davis, in his book fulfilled prophecies that prove the bible, included a picture of syrian fishermen under which the following caption appeared. In 1982 salibi finalised his book, the bible came from arabia, during the israeli invasion of lebanon.
Canaanites are ancestors of modernday people in lebanon. Canaan fathered sidon his firstborn and heth, and the jebusites, the amorites, the girgashites, canaan fathered sidon his firstborn and heth, and the jebusites, the amorites, the girgashites, a. Presentday lebanese descend from biblical canaanites. Sidon was one the most important ancient phoenician cities. Phoenicia roughly corresponds to the regions of modernday lebanon and smaller parts of syria and israel. Lebanon is first mentioned in the description of the boundary of palestine deuteronomy 1. Lebanon is the godcommanded northern boundary of israel joshua 1.
Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants. They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters. Lebanon is inseparable from the history of phoenicia q. The destruction of lebanon is a grave forewarning of all that is to come.
Dec 02, 2014 the bible society find more nonprofit organizations ngo near you, and learn about the top and least rated places in r. God will judge any nation that is like a pricking thorn to israel. 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. Twenty years later, labans nephew jacob was born to isaac and rebekah. For more information about sidon, check out the easton bible dictionary entry as well. Lebanon means the white one, probably referring to the snowcapped peaks of the lebanon. A part of them brought their own food, and slept at the school. The book of judges claims that israel was oppressed by sidon 10. The cedars of lebanon are mentioned in the holy bible old testament over 75 times. According to the book of genesis, the canaanites established the people and city of zidon. He makes lebanon to skip like a calf, and sirion like a young wild ox. The lebanon range extends for about 105 miles along the coast, from modernday tripoli in the north to tyre in the south. The roman settlement, to the south of the island, was constructed adjacent. Translations of the bible into arabic are known from the early christian churches in syria, egypt.
Saida or sidon is a phoenician city located 40 km south of beirut lebanon on the mediterranean coast. It was the principle city of ancient phoenicia and is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited places in the world. The bible and lebanon part 1 listen download mp3 the bible and lebanon part 2 listen download mp3 more byte show interviews. They are also important cities in the old and new testaments. Tyre to the south and lebanese capital beirut to the north are both about 40 kilometres 25 miles away.
There were approximately 200,000 inhabitants in the tyre urban area in 2016, including many refugees. Today tyre is the fifth largest city in lebanon after beirut, tripoli, aley and sidon, it is the capital of the tyre district in the south governorate. The first mention of sidon in the ot is found in genesis 10. Click the play button below to hear how to pronounce sidon. It is frequently mentioned in the works of the greek poet homer and in the old testament. Bible sundays help in building these relationships and to meet other specific needs. It was part of the ancient phoenician kingdom 1 kings 5. To holistically meet the needs of communities through the transforming word of god.
It received its name from the firstborn of canaan, the grandson of noah genesis 10. All contributions designated for specific projects shall be applied to those projects, and we may assess up to 10 percent to be used for administering the gift. A wide range of christian bibles, books, music, movies, and gifts available on sale at. In the nt, sidon often is combined with tyre, almost as a formula. It was translated into german at the same time as the. Sidon is of immense antiquity, but few remains of the ancient city have survived the ravages of time and man. Although tyre and sidon were on friendly terms with israel under david and solomon, in later years they became enemies, and tyre rejoiced over the fall of judah. This free audio bible name pronunciation guide is a valuable tool in your study of gods word. What is the significance of the continuing turmoil besetting this bitterly divided nation.
There are two sidons mentioned in the bible, a man and a town. The first born son of canaan, son of ham, son of noah genesis 10. These cities of israel had been blessed with jesus presence, preaching, and power, yet they had not repented. The principal city of phoenicia was initially sidon, but its importance was later eclipsed by tyre, originally a sidonian colony.
Syrian fishermen hauling in their nets on the probable site of ancient tyre, which perished as predicted by the prophet. Lebanon means the white one, probably referring to the snowcapped peaks of the lebanon mountains. The cedars of lebanon were a gift from god and a source of wealth for lebanon, the cities of tyre and sidon especially benefitting from their export 1 chronicles 17. Once again fighting in lebanon has grabbed the headlines. Search for other book stores in lebanon on the real yellow pages. See husseins book, uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. How to pronounce say sidon by bible speak pronunciation. Map of phoenicia in biblical times bible history online. The phoenicians used the city as one of their major seaports, and it was an important place of economic trade and commerce. An article of amazing facts about the country of lebanon bordering northern israel psalm 92. The sidonian main deity, ashtoreth, was apparently so. Apr 23, 2012 zidon is an ancient phoenician city that has been in existence for over 3000 years.
Byblos, modern jbail, also spelled jubayl, or jebeil, biblical gebal, ancient seaport, the site of which is located on the coast of the mediterranean sea, about 20 miles 30 km north of the modern city of beirut, lebanon. Whether you have already traveled to beirut or are still waiting to see where your own story takes you, here are five books that bring the city to life five different perspectives that will make you fall in love with beirut again and again. It is regarded as one of the longest, continuouslyinhabited cities in the world. Commentary for august 17, 2006 is it a significant biblical event. The cities of tyre and sidon for little kids this map shows the cities known as tyre and sidon in the land of phoenicia near ancient israel. Arabic bible outreach ministry is dedicated to proclaim the love of god as revealed in the holy bible the injil to all arabic speaking people on the internet. There is evidence that sidon was inhabited as long ago as 4000 b. May 23, 2014 so, when the bible talks about sihon and og in the psalms and a few other places, the writers are using a figure of speech called synecdoche, where one part is used to symbolize the whole. They will dwell in their own land, build houses, plant vineyards and dwell safely. Oct 28, 2019 lebanon means the white one, probably referring to the snowcapped peaks of the lebanon mountains. Namely, five lords of the philistines, and all the canaanites, and the sidon ians, and the hivites that dwelt in mount lebanon, from mount baalhermon unto the entering in of hamath. The name lebanon has many interesting references in the bible the inhabitants of lebanon at the time of the return of the israelites to the promised land were gebalites and hivites joshua. Biblical sidon is perhaps most infamously known as the birthplace of the phoenician princess jezebel 1 kings 16.
It is located in the south governorate, of which it is the capital, on the mediterranean coast. Zidon the principal seaport amazing bible timeline with. Both are now located in lebanon, with tyre 20 mi south of sidon and only 12 mi north of the israellebanon border. Phoenice, phoenicia land of palm trees a tract of country, of which tyre and sidon were the principal cities, to the north of palestine, along the coast of the mediterranean sea bounded by that sea on the west, and by the mountain range of lebanon on the east. The canaanite people lived in a part of the world we now recognise as israel, palestine, lebanon, syria, and jordan, and experts have now analysed the remains of five found in sidon, lebanon. It is one of the important cities in the old and new testaments. Behold, i intend to build a house for the name of the lord my god, as the lord spoke to david my father, saying, your son, whom i will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for my name. The passionate city of beirut in lebanon, listed among the top 25 cities in the world, holds narratives of love, art, food, and war.
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