The Sidonians
42 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
- Ahab Intermarried With
- Character of Careless and Secure
- Character of Idolatrous
- Character of Superstitious
- Character of Wicked and Impenitent
- Cities of Mentioned: Governed by Kings
- Cities of Mentioned: Zarephath or Sarepta
- Cities of Mentioned: Zidon
- Descended from Sidon, Son of Canaan
- Dwelt on the Sea Coast
- Engaged in Extensive Commerce
- Formerly a Part of the Phoenician Nation
- Having Revolted from Herod, Were Obliged to Propitiate Him
- Hostile and Oppressive to God's People
- Israel Followed the Idolatry of
- Israel Unable to Expel
- Many of, Attended Christ's Ministry
- Predictions Respecting: All Their Helpers to be Cut off
- Predictions Respecting: Partaking with the Other Nations of God's Judgments
- Predictions Respecting: Territory of, to be Given to Nebuchadnezzar, King of
- Predictions Respecting: That God should be Glorified in the Judgments Upon Them
- Predictions Respecting: Their Spoiling and Oppression of the Jews to be Fully
- Solomon Intermarried With
- Supplied from Judea with Provisions
- Supplied the Jews with Timber
- Territory of Allotted to the Tribe of Asher
- Territory of Bordered on the Land of Canaan
- Territory of Given by God to Israel
- Territory of Visited by Our Lord
Ahab Intermarried With
- 1 Kings 16:31 And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
Character of Careless and Secure
- Judges 18:7 So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away …
Character of Idolatrous
- 1 Kings 11:5 Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Character of Superstitious
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:9 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
Character of Wicked and Impenitent
- Matthew 11:21–22 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. …
Cities of Mentioned: Governed by Kings
- Jeremiah 25:22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
Cities of Mentioned: Zarephath or Sarepta
- 1 Kings 17:9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
- Luke 4:26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
Cities of Mentioned: Zidon
- Joshua 11:8 and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
- Joshua 19:28 It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
Descended from Sidon, Son of Canaan
- Genesis 10:15 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- 1 Chronicles 1:13 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Dwelt on the Sea Coast
- Luke 6:17 Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
- Acts 27:3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
Engaged in Extensive Commerce
- Isaiah 23:2 Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
Formerly a Part of the Phoenician Nation
- Matthew 15:21–22 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. …
- Mark 7:24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
- Mark 7:26 Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
Having Revolted from Herod, Were Obliged to Propitiate Him
- Acts 12:20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s …
Hostile and Oppressive to God's People
- Judges 10:12 Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
- Ezekiel 28:22 And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My …
- Ezekiel 28:24 For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
- Joel 3:5–6 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. …
Israel Followed the Idolatry of
- Judges 10:6 And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- 1 Kings 11:33 For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My …
Israel Unable to Expel
- Judges 1:31 Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
- Judges 3:3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Many of, Attended Christ's Ministry
- Mark 3:8 Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
Predictions Respecting: All Their Helpers to be Cut off
- Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
Predictions Respecting: Partaking with the Other Nations of God's Judgments
- Jeremiah 25:22–28 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; …
- Ezekiel 32:20 They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
Predictions Respecting: Territory of, to be Given to Nebuchadnezzar, King of
- Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 27:6 So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
Predictions Respecting: That God should be Glorified in the Judgments Upon Them
- Ezekiel 28:21–23 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. …
Predictions Respecting: Their Spoiling and Oppression of the Jews to be Fully
- Joel 3:4 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Joel 3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans — to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Solomon Intermarried With
- 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh — women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
Supplied from Judea with Provisions
- Acts 12:20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s …
- Ezekiel 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
Supplied the Jews with Timber
- 1 Chronicles 22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
- Ezra 3:7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
Territory of Allotted to the Tribe of Asher
- Joshua 19:24 The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:
- Joshua 19:28 It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
Territory of Bordered on the Land of Canaan
- Genesis 10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Territory of Given by God to Israel
- Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Joshua 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim — all the Sidonians — I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
Territory of Visited by Our Lord
- Matthew 15:21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.