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Solomon entered into a matrimonial alliance with the Zidonians, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the land of Israel ([1 Kings 11:1](/1kgs#1Kgs.11.1), [33](/1kgs#1Kgs.11.33)). This city was famous for its manufactures and arts, as well as for its commerce ([1 Kings 5:6](/1kgs#1Kgs.5.6); [1 Chr. 22:4](/1chr#1Chr.22.4); [Ezek. 27:8](/ezek#Ezek.27.8)). It is frequently referred to by the prophets ([Isa. 23:2](/isa#Isa.23.2), [4](/isa#Isa.23.4), [12](/isa#Isa.23.12); [Jer. 25:22](/jer#Jer.25.22); [27:3](/jer#Jer.27.3); [47:4](/jer#Jer.47.4); [Ezek. 27:8](/ezek#Ezek.27.8); [28:21](/ezek#Ezek.28.21), [22](/ezek#Ezek.28.22); [32:30](/ezek#Ezek.32.30); [Joel 3:4](/joel#Joel.3.4)). Our Lord visited the “coasts” of Tyre and Zidon = Sidon (q.v.), [Matt. 15:21](/matt#Matt.15.21); [Mark 7:24](/mark#Mark.7.24); [Luke 4:26](/luke#Luke.4.26); and from this region many came forth to hear him preaching ([Mark 3:8](/mark#Mark.3.8); [Luke 6:17](/luke#Luke.6.17)). From Sidon, at which the ship put in after leaving Caesarea, Paul finally sailed for Rome ([Acts 27:3](/acts#Acts.27.3), [4](/acts#Acts.27.4)).\n\n This city is now a town of 10,000 inhabitants, with remains of walls built in the twelfth century A.D. In 1855, the sarcophagus of Eshmanezer was discovered. From a Phoenician inscription on its lid, it appears that he was a “king of the Sidonians,” probably in the third century B.C., and that his mother was a priestess of Ashtoreth, “the goddess of the Sidonians.” In this inscription Baal is mentioned as the chief god of the Sidonians.","latitude":33.560243,"longitude":35.371208,"featureType":"City","hasBeenHere":[{"name":"Aristarchus","slug":"aristarchus_306"},{"name":"Paul","slug":"paul_2479"},{"name":"Julius","slug":"julius_1763"}],"verses":[{"osisRef":"Gen.10.19","title":"Gen 10:19"},{"osisRef":"Judg.1.31","title":"Judg 1:31"},{"osisRef":"Mark.3.8","title":"Mark 3:8"},{"osisRef":"Matt.11.22","title":"Matt 11:22"},{"osisRef":"Judg.10.6","title":"Judg 10:6"},{"osisRef":"Gen.49.13","title":"Gen 49:13"},{"osisRef":"Matt.15.21","title":"Matt 15:21"},{"osisRef":"Luke.4.26","title":"Luke 4:26"},{"osisRef":"Luke.10.13","title":"Luke 10:13"},{"osisRef":"Isa.23.2","title":"Isa 23:2"},{"osisRef":"Jer.47.4","title":"Jer 47:4"},{"osisRef":"Isa.23.4","title":"Isa 23:4"},{"osisRef":"Acts.12.20","title":"Acts 12:20"},{"osisRef":"Luke.6.17","title":"Luke 6:17"},{"osisRef":"Jer.25.22","title":"Jer 25:22"},{"osisRef":"Ezek.28.21","title":"Ezek 28:21"},{"osisRef":"Zech.9.2","title":"Zech 9:2"},{"osisRef":"Joel.3.4","title":"Joel 3:4"},{"osisRef":"Jer.27.3","title":"Jer 27:3"},{"osisRef":"Luke.10.14","title":"Luke 10:14"},{"osisRef":"Matt.11.21","title":"Matt 11:21"},{"osisRef":"2Sam.24.6","title":"2Sam 24:6"},{"osisRef":"Acts.27.3","title":"Acts 27:3"},{"osisRef":"Ezek.28.22","title":"Ezek 28:22"},{"osisRef":"Isa.23.12","title":"Isa 23:12"},{"osisRef":"Judg.18.28","title":"Judg 18:28"},{"osisRef":"Mark.7.24","title":"Mark 7:24"},{"osisRef":"1Kgs.17.9","title":"1Kgs 17:9"},{"osisRef":"Mark.7.31","title":"Mark 7:31"},{"osisRef":"Ezek.27.8","title":"Ezek 27:8"}]}],"timeline":[{"title":"Journey to Rome begins","sequence":5,"sortKey":59.05,"year":[{"formattedYear":"59 AD"}],"eventGroup":[{"title":"Journey to Rome"}],"verses":[{"verseId":44027001,"osisRef":"Acts.27.1","title":"Acts 27:1"},{"verseId":44027002,"osisRef":"Acts.27.2","title":"Acts 27:2"},{"verseId":44027003,"osisRef":"Acts.27.3","title":"Acts 27:3"},{"verseId":44027004,"osisRef":"Acts.27.4","title":"Acts 27:4"},{"verseId":44027005,"osisRef":"Acts.27.5","title":"Acts 27:5"},{"verseId":44027006,"osisRef":"Acts.27.6","title":"Acts 27:6"},{"verseId":44027007,"osisRef":"Acts.27.7","title":"Acts 27:7"},{"verseId":44027008,"osisRef":"Acts.27.8","title":"Acts 27:8"},{"verseId":44027009,"osisRef":"Acts.27.9","title":"Acts 27:9"},{"verseId":44027010,"osisRef":"Acts.27.10","title":"Acts 27:10"},{"verseId":44027011,"osisRef":"Acts.27.11","title":"Acts 27:11"},{"verseId":44027012,"osisRef":"Acts.27.12","title":"Acts 27:12"}],"participants":[{"name":"Aristarchus","slug":"aristarchus_306"},{"name":"Julius","slug":"julius_1763"},{"name":"Luke","slug":"luke_1836"},{"name":"Paul","slug":"paul_2479"}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"sidon_1093"}}}