Tyre
This map shows the cities known as Tyre and Sidon in the
land of Phoenicia near ancient Israel.
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 woman pleaded
and pleaded with Jesus until Jesus turned to her and
said, "Woman, you have ...
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This map shows the cities known as Tyre and Sidon in the
land of Phoenicia near ancient Israel.
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 woman pleaded
and pleaded with Jesus until Jesus turned to her and
said, "Woman, you have ...
Read More
tir (tsowr. tsor, "rock"' Turos, "Tyrus"; modern Sur):
1. Physical Features:
The most noted of the Phoenician cities situated on the
coast, lat. 33ΓΈ 17 minutes, about 20 miles South of Sidon
and about 35 North of Carmel. The date of its foundation is
uncertain, but it was later than that of Sidon. It is
mentioned in the travels of the Egyptian ...
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1. Kingdom of
Hiram, king of
1Ki 5:1; 2Ch 2:3
Sends material to David for his palace
2Ch 2:3
Men and materials sent from, to Solomon, for the
erection of
the temple and his castles
1Ki 5:1-11; 9:10,11; 2Ch 2:3-16
See HIRAM
-2. City of
Situated on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea
On the northern boundary of the tribe of Asher
Jos 19:2...
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(a rock), a celebrated commercial city of Phoenicia, on the
coast of the Mediterranean. Its Hebrew name, Tzor, signifies
a rock; which well agrees with the site of Sur, the modern
town, on a rocky peninsula, formerly an island. There is no
doubt that, previous to the siege of the city by Alexander
the Great, Tyre was situated on an island; but...
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a rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23
miles,
in a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of
Sidon. Sidon
was the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a
longer and more
illustrious history. The commerce of the whole world
was
gathered into the warehouses of Tyre. "Tyrian
merchants were the
first who ventured to navigat...
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Joshua 19:29; 2 Samuel 24:7; Isaiah 23:1; Ezekiel 26-28. In
Phoenicia, E. of the Mediterranean, 20 miles S. of Sidon.
Justin says the Sidonians founded Tyre after having been
defeated by the king of Ascalon, 1209 B.C. according to the
Parian marble. A double city, part on the mainland, part on
an island nearly one mile long, and separated from...
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([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his
desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in
the land of Galilee....
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The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father
[was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver,
in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in
blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any
manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be
put to him, with thy cunning men, and with th...
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