One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Sidon. Every Sidon in the Bible
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Sidon
צִידוֹןΣιδών
Sidon, also called Great Sidon, was a prominent Phoenician city known for its trade and culture, and was the hometown of Jezebel, wife of King Ahab (1Ki. 16:31). It is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible, including the Old Testament (Gen. 10:19; Josh. 11:8; Judg. 10:6; Isa. 23:2-4; Jer. 27:3; Ezek. 28:21-22) and the New Testament (Matt. 11:21-22; Luke 4:26; Act.27.3).
- verses
- 47
- first named
- Genesis 10:19
- last named
- Acts 27:4
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 33.56°N · 35.37°E
Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Sidon in the text
Sidon was an ancient Phoenician city located on the Mediterranean coast. First mentioned in Genesis as a border marker of Canaan (Genesis 10:19), it was named among the territories that Israel failed to conquer (Judges 1:31).
The city was known for its maritime expertise. Sidonians were skilled sailors and craftsmen, particularly noted for their lumber trade. They supplied cedar for both Solomon's temple and the post-exile reconstruction (1Ki.5.6; Ezra 3:7). Ezekiel described Sidon's mariners as skilled oarsmen (Ezk.27.8).
Sidon frequently appears in connection with idolatry. The city's deities, particularly Ashtoreth, influenced Israelite worship during periods of apostasy (Judges 10:6). Solomon's Sidonian wives led him into idol worship (1Ki.11.1,5), and Jezebel, a Sidonian princess, promoted Baal worship in Israel (1Ki.16.31).
Several prophets pronounced judgment against Sidon. Isaiah depicted it as a mourning merchant city (Isaiah 23:2,4,12). Jeremiah included it among nations to drink God's cup of wrath (Jeremiah 25:22). Ezekiel prophesied against it, declaring God would be glorified through its judgment (Ezk.28.21-22).
In the New Testament, Jesus mentioned Sidon in comparing it favorably to unrepentant Jewish cities (Matthew 11:21-22). He visited the region of Tyre and Sidon (Mrk.7.24,31), and people from these areas came to hear him (Luke 6:17). The apostle Paul visited Sidon during his journey to Rome (Act.27.3).
The city maintained commercial relations with Herod's territories, as evidenced by the reference to Tyre and Sidon's dependence on Herod's country for food (Act.12.20).
Probably corresponds to modern Saida in Lebanon, which has maintained continuous habitation since ancient times.
Relations
Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Sidon is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
47 verses across 18 of 66 books; 48 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (4), Judges (6), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (6), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (4), Joel (1), Zechariah (1), Matthew (3), Mark (3), Luke (4) and Acts (2).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 47, across 18 books. The name is written 48 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 1 Chronicles 22Cedar logs from Sidon were brought to David.
- Ezra 3Sidon supplied people to bring cedar logs by sea toward Joppa.
- Isaiah 23Sidon was told to be silent and to cross over to Cyprus, where no rest was promised.
- Jeremiah 47Sidon was left without a remaining ally.
- Ezekiel 28Sidon is warned of plague, blood in its streets, and a sword on every side.
- Ezekiel 32Sidon goes down in disgrace with the slain and lies uncircumcised among those slain by the sword.
- Zechariah 9Sidon is included among the shrewd cities facing the word of the LORD.
- Matthew 11Sidon is paired with Tyre in the comparison about repentance, sackcloth, ashes, and the day of judgment.
3 more chapters, from Mark 7 to Acts 27
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