Mark 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem, ¹  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ²  and around Tyre ³  and Sidon ⁴  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

Genesis 10:15

10:15 Canaan was the father of ⁵  Sidon his firstborn, ⁶  Heth, ⁷ 

Genesis 10:19

10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended ⁸  from Sidon ⁹  all the way to ¹⁰  Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to ¹¹  Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 49:13

49:13 Zebulun will live ¹²  by the haven of the sea

and become a haven for ships;

his border will extend to Sidon. ¹³ 

Joshua 19:28-29

19:28 and on to Ebron, ¹⁴  Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ¹⁵  19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ¹⁶  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Isaiah 23:1-4

The Lord Will Judge Tyre

23:1 Here is a message about Tyre:

Wail, you large ships, ¹⁷ 

for the port is too devastated to enter! ¹⁸ 

From the land of Cyprus ¹⁹  this news is announced to them.

23:2 Lament, ²⁰  you residents of the coast,

you merchants of Sidon ²¹  who travel over the sea,

whose agents sail over 23:3 the deep waters! ²² 

Grain from the Shihor region, ²³ 

crops grown near the Nile ²⁴  she receives; ²⁵ 

she is the trade center ²⁶  of the nations.

23:4 Be ashamed, O Sidon,

for the sea ²⁷  says this, O fortress of the sea:

“I have not gone into labor

or given birth;

I have not raised young men

or brought up young women.” ²⁸ 

Isaiah 23:12

23:12 He said,

“You will no longer celebrate,

oppressed ²⁹  virgin daughter Sidon!

Get up, travel to Cyprus,

but you will find no relief there.” ³⁰ 

Ezekiel 28:2

28:2 “Son of man, say to the prince ³¹  of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Your heart is proud ³²  and you said, “I am a god; ³³ 

I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” –

yet you are a man and not a god,

though you think you are godlike. ³⁴ 

Ezekiel 28:21-22

28:21 “Son of man, turn toward ³⁵  Sidon ³⁶  and prophesy against it. 28:22 Say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Look, I am against you, ³⁷  Sidon,

and I will magnify myself in your midst.

Then they will know that I am the Lord

when I execute judgments on her

and reveal my sovereign power ³⁸  in her.

[3:8]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ² tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

[3:8]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:8]  ⁴ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

[10:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathered.”

[10:15]  ⁶ sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.

[10:15]  ⁷ tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.

[10:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “were.”

[10:19]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “as you go.”

[10:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “as you go.”

[49:13]  ¹² tn The verb שָׁכַן (shakhan) means “to settle,” but not necessarily as a permanent dwelling place. The tribal settlements by the sea would have been temporary and not the tribe’s territory.

[49:13]  ¹³ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[19:28]  ¹⁴ tc Some Hebrew mss read “Abdon.”

[19:28]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[19:29]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[23:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[23:1]  ¹⁸ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for it is destroyed, from a house, from entering.” The translation assumes that the mem (מ) on בַּיִת (bayit) was originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. This assumption allows one to take בַּיִת as the subject of the preceding verb. It is used in a metaphorical sense for the port city of Tyre. The preposition min (מִן) prefixed to בּוֹא (bo’) indicates negative consequence: “so that no one can enter.” See BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b.

[23:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the Kittim,” a designation for the people of Cyprus. See HALOT 504-05 s.v. כִּתִּיִּים.

[23:2]  ²⁰ tn Or “keep quiet”; NAB “Silence!”

[23:2]  ²¹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[23:3]  ²² tc The Hebrew text (23:2b-3a) reads literally, “merchant of Sidon, the one who crosses the sea, they filled you, and on the deep waters.” Instead of מִלְאוּךְ (mil’ukh, “they filled you”) the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads מלאכיך (“your messengers”). The translation assumes an emendation of מִלְאוּךְ to מַלְאָכָו (mal’akhav, “his messengers”), taking the vav (ו) on וּבְמַיִם (uvÿmayim) as improperly placed; instead it should be the final letter of the preceding word.

[23:3]  ²³ tn Heb “seed of Shihor.” “Shihor” probably refers to the east branch of the Nile. See Jer 2:18 and BDB 1009 s.v. שִׁיחוֹר.

[23:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the harvest of the Nile.”

[23:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “[is] her revenue.”

[23:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “merchandise”; KJV, ASV “a mart of nations”; NLT “the merchandise mart of the world.”

[23:4]  ²⁷ tn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:430-31) sees here a reference to Yam, the Canaanite god of the sea. He interprets the phrase מָעוֹז הַיָּם (ma’oz hayyam, “fortress of the sea”) as a title of Yam, translating “Mighty One of the Sea.” A more traditional view is that the phrase refers to Sidon.

[23:4]  ²⁸ tn Or “virgins” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).

[23:12]  ²⁹ tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible.

[23:12]  ³⁰ tn Heb “[to the] Kittim, get up, cross over; even there there will be no rest for you.” On “Kittim” see the note on “Cyprus” at v. 1.

[28:2]  ³¹ tn Or “ruler” (NIV, NCV).

[28:2]  ³² tn Heb “lifted up.”

[28:2]  ³³ tn Or “I am divine.”

[28:2]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and you made your heart (mind) like the heart (mind) of gods.”

[28:21]  ³⁵ tn Heb “set your face against.”

[28:21]  ³⁶ sn Sidon was located 25 miles north of Tyre.

[28:22]  ³⁷ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[28:22]  ³⁸ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” God’s “holiness” is fundamentally his transcendence as sovereign ruler of the world. The revelation of his authority and power through judgment is in view in this context.