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- Sidon is the Greek name (meaning 'fishery') for the ancient Phoenician port city of Sidonia (also known as Saida) in what is, today, Lebannon (located about 25 miles south of Beirut).
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BETHSAIDA. beth-sa'-i-da (Bethsaida, "house of fishing"): (1) A city East of the Jordan, in a "desert place" (that is, uncultivated ground used for grazing) at which Jesus miraculously fed the multitude with five loaves and two fishes (Mark 6:32 Luke 9:10).
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The city of Sidon grew in wealth through maritime trade. The Phoenicians were known for their skill in ship-building and navigating the wide expanse of the MediterraneanSea. The historian Richard Miles writes: The popularity of Phoenician trade is attested to by artifacts manufactured at Sidon which have been found ranging from Egypt, throughout Me...
The city flourished as part of a loose confederacy of city-states spread along the coast of the land of Canaan. Although they shared "a common linguistic, cultural, and religious inheritance, the region was very rarely politically united, with each city operating as a sovereign state ruled over by a king or local dynast" (Miles, 26). This brought S...
Sidon was conquered by a number of different nations (along with the rest of Phoenicia) including the Syrians, the Persians and, finally, Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. Having heard of Alexander's exploits, and his campaign to topple Darius III (r. 336-330 BCE) of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the Sidonians surrendered to him without a fight. The...
- Joshua J. Mark
Sidon (/ ˈ s aɪ d ən / SY-dən) or Saida (/ ˈ s aɪ d ə, ˈ s ɑː ɪ d ə / SY-də, SAH-id-ə; Arabic: صيدا, romanized: Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital.
To make matters even more perplexing, et-Tell sits east of the Jordan River, placing it in the Golan region; the Gospel of John, however, says Bethsaida was in the Galilee (John 12:21), which is west of the Jordan.
Bethsaida (in red) is located at the top of the map right beside the Sea of Galilee located in Decapolis.
Jan 4, 2022 · Who were the Zidonians in the Bible? Answer. Zidon, also called Sidon, was the capital city of Phoenicia, located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea approximately 20 miles north of its sister city, Tyre. Today, Zidon is called Saida (or Sayda) and remains a port city in Lebanon.
Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from. (ASV) John 12:21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus. (BBE)
