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Helbah - Fatness, a town of the tribe of Asher (
Judges 1:31 ), in the plain of
Phoenicia
Hel'Bah - (fertile ), a town of Asher, probably on the plain of
Phoenicia not far from Sidon
ge'Bal - (mountain ), a maritime town of
Phoenicia, near Tyre, (
Ezekiel 27:9 ) known by the Greeks as Byblus
Arkite - Tribe descended from Canaan, son of Ham; it probably resided in Arca, in the north of
Phoenicia, about 15 miles north of Tripoli, now called Tell Arka
Phoenicia - New Testament
Phoenicia reached south to Dor. The forests also provided timber for export,
Phoenician cedars being the featured material of Solomon's Temple (
1 Kings 5:8-10 ). ...
Culture
Phoenician religion was akin to that of the Canaanites, featuring fertility rites of Baal. The
Phoenician princess Jezebel imported devotion to Baal to Israel.
Phoenicia introduced the alphabet to the western world, but little of their literature survived. ...
History City-states rather than central government dominated
Phoenicia. led to
Phoenicia's decline. The Persian Empire gave virtual independence to
Phoenicia, using the
Phoenician fleet against Egypt and Greece. Alexander the Great put an end to
Phoenician political power, but the great cities retained economic power. Persecution beginning with Stephen's death, led the church to spread into
Phoenicia (
Acts 11:19 ; compare
Acts 15:3 ;
Acts 21:2-3 )
Zemarites - Bochart conjectures Samyra, a city of
Phoenicia, on the sea coast, on the river Eleutherus; its ruins still are called Samra
Patara - Here he found a larger vessel, which was about to sail across the open sea to the coast of
Phoenicia
Patara - Paul coming from Rhodes at the end of his third missionary journey here found a ship going to
Phoenicia, and in it completed his voyage
Dor - Ancient royal city of Canaan, on the most southern border of the coast of
Phoenicia
Patara - Paul, in passing from Philippi to Jerusalem, found here a ship for
Phoenicia, in which he embarked,
Acts 21:1
Arkites - of
Phoenicia, called subsequently Caesarea Libani (at the base of Lebanon) from being Alexander Severus' birthplace; well known to the crusaders
Phoeni'ce, Phoenic'ia - The native name of
Phoenicia was Kenaan (Canaan) or Kna , signifying lowland, so named in contrast to the ad joining Aram, i. The length of coast to which the name of
Phoenicia was applied varied at different times.
What may be termed
Phoenicia proper was a narrow undulating plain, extending from the pass of Ras el-Beyad or Abyad , the Promontorium Album of the ancients, about six miles south of Tyre, to the Nahr el-Auly , the ancient Bostrenus, two miles north of Sidon. ...
A longer district, which afterward became entitled to the name of
Phoenicia, extended up the coast to a point marked by the island of Aradus, and by Antaradus toward the north; the southern boundary remaining the same as in
Phoenicia proper.
Phoenicia, thus defined is estimated to have been about 120 miles in length; while its breadth, between Lebanon and the sea, never exceeded 20 miles, and was generally much less. The whole of
Phoenicia proper is well watered by various streams from the adjoining hills. --The
Phoenicians spoke a branch of the Semitic language so closely allied to Hebrew that
Phoenician and Hebrew, though different dialects, may practically be regarded as the same language. Concerning the original race to which the
Phoenicians belonged, nothing can be known with certainty, because they are found already established along the Mediterranean Sea at the earliest dawn of authentic history, and for centuries afterward there is no record of their origin. , that the
Phoenicians were of the same race as the Canaanites. --In regard to
Phoenician trade, connected with the Israelites, it must be recollected that up to the time of David not one of the twelve tribes seems to have possessed a single harbor on the seacoast; it was impossible there fore that they could become a commercial people. (
2 Samuel 5:11 ;
1 Kings 5:9,17,18 ) The religion of the
Phoenicians, opposed to Monotheism, was a pantheistical personification of the forces of nature and in its most philosophical shadowing forth of the supreme powers it may be said to have represented the male and female principles of production. Their worship was a constant temptation for the Hebrews to Polytheism and idolatry -- ...
Because undoubtedly the
Phoenicians, as a great commercial people, were more generally intelligent, and as we should now say civilized, than the inland agricultural population of Palestine. ...
The
Phoenician religion had in other respects an injurious effect on the people of Palestine, being in some points essentially demoralizing, For example, it mentioned the dreadful superstition of burning children as sacrifices to a
Phoenician god. Again, parts of the
Phoenician religion, especially the worship of Astarte, fended to encourage dissoluteness in the relations of the sexes, and even to sanctify impurities of the most abominable description. The only other fact respecting the
Phoenicians that need be mentioned here is that the invention of letters was universally asserted by the Greeks and Romans to have been communicated by the
Phoenicians to the Greeks. For further details respecting the
Phoenicians see TYRE and ZIDON .
Phoenicia is now a land of ruins
Berothai - Near Beyrut are Assyrian tablets of a king (Shalmaneser), who overran
Phoenicia
Accho - Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of
Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never acquired by them (
Judges 1:31 )
Gebal - Maritime city of
Phoenicia
Cinnamon - Imported into Judaea by the
Phoenicians. It reached
Phoenicia overland from China by way of Persia
Phenicia - (
Acts 21:2 ) = Phenice (11:19; 15:3; RSV,
Phoenicia), Gr. "In the Egyptian inscriptions
Phoenicia is called Keft, the inhabitants being Kefa; and since Keft-ur, or 'Greater
Phoenicia,' was the name given to the delta of the Nile from the
Phoenician colonies settled upon it, the Philistines who came from Caphtor or Keft-ur must have been of
Phoenician origin" (Compare
Deuteronomy 2:23 ;
Jeremiah 47:4 ;
Amos 9:7 ). ...
Phoenicia lay in the very centre of the old world, and was the natural entrepot for commerce with foreign nations. " "The trade routes from all Asia converged on the
Phoenician coast; the centres of commerce on the Euphrates and Tigris forwarding their goods by way of Tyre to the Nile, to Arabia, and to the west; and, on the other hand, the productions of the vast regions bordering the Mediterranean passing through the Canaanite capital to the eastern world. The far-reaching commercial activity of the
Phoenicians, especially with Tarshish and the western world, enriched them with vast wealth, which introduced boundless luxury and developed among them a great activity in all manner of arts and manufactures. ) ...
The
Phoenicians were the most enterprising merchants of the old world, establishing colonies at various places, of which Carthage was the chief. The Royal Engineers found, buried deeply among the rubbish of many centuries, great stones, costly and hewed stones, forming the foundation of the sanctuary wall; while
Phoenician fragments of pottery and
Phoenician marks painted on the massive blocks seem to proclaim that the stones were prepared in the quarry by the cunning workmen of Hiram, the king of Tyre. ) ...
The
Phoenicians have been usually regarded as the inventors of alphabetic writing. The recent discovery, however, of inscriptions in Southern Arabia (Yemen and Hadramaut), known as Hemyaritic, in connection with various philogical considerations, has led some to the conclusion that the
Phoenician alphabet was derived from the Mineans (admitting the antiquity of the kingdom of Ma'in,
Judges 10:12 ;
2 Chronicles 26:7 ). Thus the
Phoenician alphabet ceases to be the mother alphabet. ) ...
"The
Phoenicians were renowned in ancient times for the manufacture of glass, and some of the specimens of this work that have been preserved are still the wonder of mankind. In the matter of shipping, whether ship-building be thought of or traffic upon the sea, the
Phoenicians surpassed all other nations. " "The name
Phoenicia is of uncertain origin, though it may be derived from Fenkhu, the name given in the Egyptian inscriptions to the natives of Palestine. Among the chief
Phoenician cities were Tyre and Sidon, Gebal north of Beirut, Arvad or Arados and Zemar
Tam'Muz - A festival in honor of Adonis was celebrated at Byblus in
Phoenicia and in most of the Grecian cities, and even by the Jews when they degenerated into idolatry
Gebal - A seaport and district of
Phoenicia north of Beyroot, called Byblos by the Greeks, now Jebail; population, 2,000
Cyprus - , 148 miles long, about 40 broad for the most part, facing
Phoenicia and Lebanon on the E. In sailing from Rhodes and Patara Paul's ship "sighted" Cyprus, leaving it on the left in going to
Phoenicia (
Acts 21:3). of it, to be under lee of land, and to take advantage of the current, which flows northward along
Phoenicia and westward along Cilicia (
Acts 27:4)
Palestine - He places it between
Phoenicia and Egypt
Elath - Elath would then be the mainland base to which goods were transferred for loading onto pack animals for the long caravan travels northward to Judah, Israel, Syria, or
Phoenicia or for travels eastward to Assyria or Babylonia or westward to Egypt
Carmel - )...
According to the beliefs of Baalism that Jezebel introduced into Israel from
Phoenicia, Mt Carmel was a sacred Baal site
Ship - This was one reason why the
Phoenicians became a famous seafaring nation in Old Testament times (
Ezekiel 27:2;
Ezekiel 27:25;
Ezekiel 28:2; see
Phoenicia). ...
In the time of the Israelite monarchy, King Hiram of
Phoenicia and King Solomon of Israel established a fleet of ships to operate between the Red Sea port of Ezion-geber and India. Because of the Israelites’ lack of seafaring experience, Solomon had to rely on the
Phoenician seamen to guide and teach his men. ...
God’s judgment on the greedy commercial giant
Phoenicia (Tyre) was pictured by the prophet Ezekiel as the sinking of a great ship
Ptol'Emee, - He stood in the favor of Antiochus, and received from him the government of
Phoenicia and Coele-Syria
Philis'Tia - It was, moreover, a commercial country: from its position it must have been at all times the great thoroughfare between
Phoenicia and Syria in the north and Egypt and Arabia in the south
Gebal - The fine sarcophagus of King Ahiram found there contained the earliest evidence we have of the
Phoenician alphabet. Tyre replaced Gebal as the strongest city of
Phoenicia
Tin - " (Kenrick, "Phoenicia," p
Rib-Lah -
Riblah in the land of Hamath, a place on the great road between Palestine and Babylonia, at which the kings of Babylonia were accustomed to remain while directing the operations of their armies in Palestine and
Phoenicia
Palm Tree - " The whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans
Phoenicia, i
Zidon, Sidon - Eldest son of Canaan, son of Ham, and the city in
Phoenicia founded by his descendants. In scripture Tyre is nearly always mentioned first, though it is probable that in early days Zidon had the supremacy, which led to the district of
Phoenicia being called Sidon, and the people thereof Zidonians
Missionaries of la Salette - Settling in the diocese of Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1902, they were placed in charge of a parish at Stanstead, Quebec, and in the Archdiocese of New York, a parish at
Phoenicia, Ulster County, was entrusted to them
la Salette, Missionaries of - Settling in the diocese of Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1902, they were placed in charge of a parish at Stanstead, Quebec, and in the Archdiocese of New York, a parish at
Phoenicia, Ulster County, was entrusted to them
Pontianus, Bishop of Rome - Except the priests of Palestine Arabia,
Phoenicia, and Achaia, the world consents to his condemnation
Mediterranean Sea, the - Most of the important nations of ancient times were either on the Mediterranean's shores or operated in its 2,200 miles of water: Israel, Syria, Greece, Rome, Egypt, Philistia, and
Phoenicia. Only with the aid of the
Phoenicians was Solomon able to assemble and operate a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber on the Red Sea.
Phoenicians were famous in the ancient world for their capacity as sailors and pilots. The extensive use of the Mediterranean by the
Phoenicians was continued by the Romans, who called it “Our Sea. See
Phoenicia ; Tyre ; Transportation and Travel
Jabin - Joshua suddenly fell upon them and "chased them unto great Zidon (then the metropolis of
Phoenicia, but later in David's time outstripped by Tyre), and Misrephoth Maim and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, until they left them none remaining
Shalmaneser - Hezekiah king of Judah successfully resisted him,
2 Kings 18:7 : but he appears to have ravaged Moab,
Isaiah 10:9,15,16,23 ; and is said in Josephus to have conquered
Phoenicia, with the exception of insular Tyre, which he besieged in vain for five years
Syria - ...
The valley between the ridges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon was called Coele-Syria and
Phoenicia were subject to the king of Babylon, and they afterwards were tributary to the Persian monarchs
Dispensations - It is made an objection to the Jewish dispensation that it was restricted to one nation; but its influence extended beyond Israel to the adjoining nations, Egypt famed for wisdom, the Canaanites for war,
Phoenicia for commerce, and ultimately to Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. ...
Judea's position at the head of the Mediterranean, near
Phoenicia, Egypt, Assyria, and Greece, adapted it for a worldwide influence
Palm Tree - " The word
Phoenicia, which occurs twice in the New Testament -- (
Acts 11:19 ; 15:3 ) --is in all probability derived from the Greek word for a palm. ) It is curious that this tree, once so abundant in Judea, is now comparatively rare, except in the Philistine plain and in the old
Phoenicia about Beyrout
Ahab - Before coming to Israel’s throne, he had married Jezebel, daughter of the king-priest of
Phoenicia, in a political alliance that had disastrous consequences for Israel. ...
Besides accepting the Baal worship that Jezebel brought with her from
Phoenicia, Ahab gave it official status in Israel by building a Baal temple in his capital city (
1 Kings 16:29-33)
Gad - Syrian god known from inscriptions from
Phoenicia and Palmyra and used in biblical names such as Baal-gad (
Joshua 11:17 ) and Migdal-gad (
Joshua 15:37 )
Sidon And Tyre - (ssi' dahn, teere)
Phoenician cities located on the coastal plain between the mountains of Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea (
Genesis 10:15 ). , Ahab married Jezebel, the daughter of the
Phoenician king, bringing Baal worship to Israel's court. See
Phoenicia
Menahem - Situated on the western bank of the Euphrates on the great trade road from Egypt, Syria, and
Phoenicia to Mesopotamia, it was important for Menahem to secure it
Golden Calf - ...
Ancient Near Eastern Background and Biblical References Living bulls were important in the religion of some regions of ancient Egypt, and bull images appear in the art and religious texts of Mesopotamia, Asia Minor,
Phoenicia, and Syria
Caesarea - Being situated on the main north-south coastal road that linked
Phoenicia and Egypt, the city developed into a prosperous centre for inland and overseas trade
Hiram - ...
Hiram was the son of Abibaal (“my father is Baal”) and was nineteen years old when he succeeded his father as king of Tyre on the
Phoenician coast, just north of Israel. See David ;
Phoenicia ; Solomon ; Tyre
Syria - Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of
Phoenicia, extending to beyond the Euphrates and the Tigris
Javan - ...
Some germs of civilization probably passed into Greece through Jewish slaves imported from
Phoenicia
Asher - Asher's territorial allotment was in
Phoenicia in the far northwest reaching to Tyre and Sidon on the Mediterranean coast (
Joshua 19:24-31 )
Photius, Bishop of Tyre - Photius at the same time undertook to clear
Phoenicia of all clergy tainted with Nestorianism (Martin, u
Glass - In Egypt and
Phoenicia glass was opaque and was used chiefly to make ornamental objects—especially beads, jewelry, and small bottles. The Egyptians and
Phoenicians made small bottles for perfume by welding sticks of glass round a core of sand and clay built around a bar of metal
Ahab -
Phoenicia in general. Menander mentions a drought in
Phoenicia; compare 1 Kings 17. ...
The close relation of the northern kingdom with Tyre in David's and Solomon's time, and the temporal advantage of commercial intercourse with that great mart of the nations, led to an intimacy which, as too often happens in amalgamation between the church and the world, ended in
Phoenicia seducing Israel to Baal and Astarte, instead of Israel drawing
Phoenicia to Jehovah; compare
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Edesius - On their return to
Phoenicia by way of the Red Sea, they landed "at a certain port," where there was "a safe haven," and there suffered from the barbarous assault of the "Indians," who murdered all the ship's company except the two youths, who were conveyed as prizes to the king
Elijah - Therefore, to show the powerlessness of Baal, Elijah announced a three-year drought throughout Israel and
Phoenicia. God’s miraculous provisions of food, both in Israel and in
Phoenicia, showed that he, not Baal, was the God of nature (
1 Kings 17:1-4;
1 Kings 17:9;
1 Kings 17:16; cf
Cup - Solomon and the Assyrians probably derived their art mainly from
Phoenicia
Riblah - Riblah or Riblathah in the land of Hamath, on the high road between Palestine and Babylon, where the Babylonian kings remained in directing the operations of their armies in Palestine and
Phoenicia; where Jehoahaz was put in chains by Pharaoh Necho (
2 Kings 23:33), and Zedekiah, after seeing his sons slain, had his own eyes put out (
Jeremiah 39:5-7; literally,
Jeremiah 39:9-10), and other leading captives were slain, probably by the Assyrian death of impaling (
Jeremiah 39:24;
Jeremiah 39:27), as depicted on the monuments
Nebuchadnezzar - The Egyptians met him at Carchemish, where a furious battle was fought, resulting in the complete rout of the Egyptians, who were driven back (
Jeremiah 46:2-12 ), and Syria and
Phoenicia brought under the sway of Babylon (B. Having completed the subjugation of
Phoenicia, and inflicted chastisement on Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar now set himself to rebuild and adorn the city of Babylon (
Daniel 4:30 ), and to add to the greatness and prosperity of his kingdom by constructing canals and aqueducts and reservoirs surpassing in grandeur and magnificence everything of the kind mentioned in history (
Daniel 2:37 )
Lebanon - Lebanon was the name of a mountain range north of Israel between
Phoenicia and Syria. It ran parallel to the coast, leaving only a narrow coastal plain for the
Phoenician cities, most important of which were Tyre and Sidon (see
Phoenicia)
Nebuchadnezzar - "...
Became master of Coelo-Syria,
Phoenicia, and Palestine. ...
Next,
Phoenicia revolted. )...
Phoenicia submitted to him (Ezekiel 26-28; Josephus,
Phoenicia, Tyre
Gaza - Amos charged that along with the city of Tyre, in
Phoenicia, Gaza engaged in slave trade with the Edomites (
Amos 1:6-10 )
Ptolemies - He and his successors ruled an empire that included at times Cyrenaica, Palestine,
Phoenicia, Cyprus and some parts of western Asia Minor and the Aegean
Jehu - After Jezebel of
Phoenicia had married King Ahab of Israel, she set about establishing her
Phoenician Baalism as Israel’s official religion
Hadad -
Phoenicia (this accords with
2 Samuel 8:5, 'the Syrians of Damascus came to support Hadadezer,' being his vassals); he contended against David king of Judea in many battles; in the last, which was by the Euphrates, he suffered defeat (making his third defeat:
2 Samuel 8:3;
2 Samuel 8:5;
2 Samuel 10:18), showing himself a prince of the greatest prowess
Hiram - finns, and
Phoenicians in Gilead, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Ituraeans, and Nabathaeans; and made an expedition against Suron (Huram?) king of Tyre and
Phoenicia, and compelled them all to pay tribute to the Jews. " This confirms 2 Samuel 8; 9, and adds particulars drawn probably from
Phoenician or other non-Israelite sources
Banking - banking had spread eastward to the sea-traders of
Phoenicia on the northern coast of Palestine. Banking spread to the
Phoenician trade centers by 1000 B
Banking - banking had spread eastward to the sea-traders of
Phoenicia on the northern coast of Palestine. Banking spread to the
Phoenician trade centers by 1000 B
Elijah - Thence he resorted to Zarephath, in
Phoenicia; where one miracle provided him with sustenance and another restored to life the child of his hostess
Pharaoh - , Egypt, Syria, and
Phoenicia revolted; so he sent his son Nebuchadnezzar to recover those countries. He took Gaza of the Philistines (
Jeremiah 47:1), and made himself master of Philistia and most of
Phoenicia; attacked Sidon, and fought by sea with Tyre; and "so firmly did he think himself established in his kingdom that he believed not even a god could east hint down" (Herodotus ii
Publican - Levi's post was on the great road between Damascus and the seaports of
Phoenicia
Coelicolae - The Coelicolae of Africa, like their congeners the Θεοσεβεῖς of
Phoenicia and Palestine, and the Hypsistarii of Cappadocia, were soon stamped or died out
zi'Don, - (
Genesis 10:15,19 ;
Joshua 11:8 ; 19:28 ;
Judges 1:31 ; 18:28 ;
Isaiah 23:2,4,12 ;
Jeremiah 25:22 ; 27:3 ;
Ezekiel 28:21,22 ;
Joel 3:4 ) (
Joel 4:4 );
Zechariah 9:2 ;
Matthew 11:21,22 ; 15:21 ;
Mark 3:8 ; 1:24,31 ;
Luke 6:17 ; 10:13,14 An ancient and wealthy city of
Phoenicia, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, less than twenty English miles to the north of Tyre. This view is confirmed by Zidonians being used as the generic name of
Phoenicians or Canaanites. When the people called "Zidonians" are mentioned, it sometimes seems that the
Phoenicians of the plain of Zidon are meant. (
Jeremiah 25:22 ; 27:3 ) During the Persian domination Zidon seems to have attained its highest point of prosperity; and it is recorded that, toward the close of that period, it far excelled all other
Phoenician cities in wealth and importance
Assyria, History And Religion of - ...
As Tiglath-pileser, also called Pul, arrived on the coast of
Phoenicia, Menahem of Israel (
2 Kings 15:19 ) and Rezin of Aram-Damascus brought tribute and became vassals of Assyria. A number of states in
Phoenicia and Palestine were also in rebellion, led by Hezekiah of Judah. , he reasserted control over the city-states of
Phoenicia, sacked Joppa and Ashkelon, and invaded Judah where Hezekiah had made considerable military preparations (
2 Kings 20:20 ;
2Chronicles 32:1-8,2 Chronicles 32:30 ;
Isaiah 22:8-11 ). He warred with nomadic tribes to the north and quelled a rebellion in
Phoenicia, while Manasseh of Judah remained a loyal vassal.
Phoenician attempts at revolt were also crushed
Solomon - One profitable operation was a sea-land trading partnership he established with Hiram of
Phoenicia. Goods from the Mediterranean were collected at Hiram’s port of Tyre, carried overland to Israel’s Red Sea port of Ezion-geber, then shipped east (
1 Kings 9:26-28;
1 Kings 10:22; for map see
Phoenicia)
Galilee - of Zebulun) was inhabited by a mixed race of Jews and Gentiles of the bordering
Phoenician race (
Judges 1:30;
1 Kings 9:11). The northern boundary reached from Dan westward to
Phoenicia (
Luke 8:26). 1); in fact, the whole mountain range between the upper Jordan and
Phoenicia
Nebuchadnezzar - Having been successful, he marched against the governor of
Phoenicia, and Jehoiakim king of Judah, tributary of Necho king of Egypt. ...
Nabopolassar dying, Nebuchadnezzar, who was then either in Egypt or in Judea, hastened to Babylon, leaving to his generals the care of bringing to Chaldea the captives taken in Syria, Judea,
Phoenicia, and Egypt; for according to Berosus, he had subdued all these countries
Kings, Books of - ...
When Omri’s son and successor Ahab married Jezebel of
Phoenicia, the Baalism of
Phoenicia threatened to become Israel’s national religion
Lebanon - The plain of
Phoenicia, two miles wide, runs at the base of Lebanon between it and the sea. It was under the
Phoenicians in Solomon's time and subsequently (
1 Kings 5:2-6;
Ezra 3:7)
Joppa - The
Phoenician form of the term comes from the name Jafe, the daughter of Aeolus, god of the winds. ...
Phoenicia gained control of Joppa by the time of Jonah
Ahab - ...
Ahab's marriage to a
Phoenician princess had both commercial and political benefits. Politically, it removed any military threat from
Phoenicia
Sidon - An ancient mercantile city of
Phoenicia, in the narrow plain between Lebanon and the Mediterranean, where the mountains recede two miles from the sea; 20 miles N. Sidonians is the generic name of the
Phoenicians or Canaanites (
Joshua 13:6;
Judges 18:7); in
Judges 18:28 Laish is said to be "far from Sidon," whereas Tyre, 20 miles nearer, would have been specified if it had then been a city of leading importance
Gal'Ilee - The river Jordan, the Sea of Galilee, and the upper Jordan to the fountain at Dan, formed the eastern border; and the northern ran from Dan westward across the mountain ridge till it touched the territory of the
Phoenicians. Upper Galilee embraced the whole mountain range lying between the upper Jordan and
Phoenicia
Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea - Pamphilus was a native of
Phoenicia, and, if we accept the doubtful authority of Metaphrastes, born at Berytus, of a wealthy and honourable family
Lebanon - It is frequently featured in the Old Testament, in a general way, as the northern boundry of Palestine (
Deuteronomy 1:24 ;
Joshua 1:4 ), dividing it from
Phoenicia and Syria. Along with the older port of Sidon, it was one of the centers of
Phoenician civilization. ...
Many foreign powers have controlled the
Phoenician city-states
Philistines - ...
They were partially subdued by Esar-haddon king of Assyria and afterwards by Psammetichus king of Egypt; and there is great probability that they were reduced by Nebuchadnezzar, as well as the other people of Syria,
Phoenicia, and Palestine, during the siege of Tyre
Sozomen, Author of a History - Thence he seems to have gone to Berytus, a city of
Phoenicia, to be trained in civil law at its famous school
Taxes - The contract sum for those of
Phoenicia, Judea and Samaria had been estimated at about 8000 talents
Month - The three latter names are found only in Solomon's reign, when there was much intercourse with
Phoenicia; they are probably
Phoenician in origin
Assyria - 729, and invaded
Phoenicia, took the city of Samaria, and, B. Newton, "the Assyrian empire seems arrived at its greatness; being united under one monarch, and containing Assyria, Media, Apolloniatis, Susiana, Chaldea, Mesopotamia, Cilicia, Syria,
Phoenicia, Egypt, Ethiopia, and part of Arabia; and reaching eastward into Elymais, and Paraetaecene, a province of the Medes, and if Chalach and Chabor be Colchis and Iberia, as some think, and as may seem probable from the circumcision used by those nations till the days of Herodotus, we are also to add these two provinces, with the two Armenias, Pontus, and Cappadocia, as far as to the river Halys: for Herodotus tells us that the people of Cappadocia, as far as to that river, were called Syrians by the Greeks, both before and after the days of Cyrus; and that the Assyrians were also called Syrians by the Greeks. This Chyniladon is supposed by Newton to be the Nebuchadonosor mentioned in the book of Judith,
Judges 1:1-15 , who made war upon Arphaxad, king of the Medes; and, though deserted by his auxiliaries of Cilicia, Damascus, Syria,
Phoenicia, Moab, Ammon, and Egypt, routed the army of the Medes, and slew Arphaxad
Philistia - It was the commercial thoroughfare between
Phoenicia and Syria on the N. (See
Phoenicia
Dress - Dyed robes were imported from foreign countries, particularly from
Phoenicia (
Zephaniah 1:8 )
Assyria - From an early period Assyria had entered on a conquering career, and having absorbed Babylon, the kingdoms of Hamath, Damascus, and Samaria, it conquered
Phoenicia, and made Judea feudatory, and subjected Philistia and Idumea
Colour - ...
Purple, a colour obtained from the secretion of a species of shell-fish (the Murex trunculus) which was found in the Mediterranean, and particularly on the coasts of
Phoenicia and Asia Minor. The
Phoenicians excelled in the art of dyeing this colour (
2 Chronicles 2:7 )
Containers And Vessels - Most of that found in Palestine originated in
Phoenicia. Discovered probably in
Phoenicia, blown glass became the vessels of choice in Palestine during the Roman period
Irenaeus, Bishop of Tyre - His doctrinal views seem also to have received some modification during this period, for at its close the banished heretic suddenly reappeared as the unanimous choice of the bishops of the province of
Phoenicia for the vacant metropolitical see of Tyre, their choice being ratified by the leading members of the episcopate of Pontus and Palestine and accepted with warm commendation by Proclus of Constantinople
Jezebel - By her marriage to King Ahab of Israel, Jezebel helped to join
Phoenicia and Israel together in a political and religious alliance. She was daughter of the king-priest of the
Phoenician cities Tyre and Sidon, and set out to make
Phoenician Baalism the official religion of Israel
Lycia - From these ports ships sailed east to
Phoenicia, south to Egypt and west to Greece and Italy
Phoenicia - To the north of Palestine, along the narrow coastal strip between the Mediterranean Sea and the Lebanon Range, was the land known in Bible times as
Phoenicia. The wealth of the
Phoenicians came partly from their fleets of merchant ships and partly from the large forests of cedar trees in the Lebanon Range (see LEBANON)
Rahab (1) - The flax she spread on her roof and the scarlet line make it likely she manufactured linen and dyed, as did the
Phoenicians; compare
Joshua 7:21 the "Babylonian garment," implying a trade in such articles with Mesopotamia. Jericho, near the fords of Jordan, would be an emporium between
Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt
Canaan - The territory stretched along the Mediterranean coast from
Phoenicia (Sidon) in the north to Philistia (Gaza) in the south, and extended inland to the hills of Syria and the valley of the Jordan River (
Genesis 10:15-19)
Canaan, History And Religion of - Canaan's identity as merchants probably goes back to a time when Canaan was limited to the area of
Phoenicia, the rather small and narrow country along the seacoast of Canaan.
Phoenicia was particularly known for a special purple dye produced from crushed mollusks. See Amorites ; Anath ; Asherah ; Baal ; El ; Elijah ; Israel ;
Phoenicia ; Ugarit
Damascus - Nicholaus of Damascus says Hadad (so he named him) reigned over "all Syria except
Phoenicia," and began the war by attacking David, and was defeated in a last engagement at the Euphrates River. These state that in spite of his having the help of the
Phoenicians, Hittites and Hamathites, he was unable to oppose Assyria, which slew 20,000 of his men in just one battle
Monotheism - Competition between the people of Israel and the people of
Phoenicia was highlighted by a competition for loyalty of the people between the Lord and Baal
Colors - The peoples of Crete,
Phoenicia, and Canaan produced the dye from mollusks taken from the Mediterranean Sea
Elisha - At the time of the ministry of Elijah and Elisha, Israel’s ancient religion was threatened by the Baalism that Jezebel had brought with her from
Phoenicia. Through her husband, King Ahab of Israel, Jezebel had tried to establish
Phoenician Baalism as the official religion of Israel (
1 Kings 16:30-33)
Medes - ) The Median empire then was separated from Babylonia either by the Tigris or by a line half way between the Tigris and Euphrates; Syria,
Phoenicia, and Judaea falling to Babylon
Calendars - In
Phoenicia, Canaan, and Israel, however, the fall date was chosen, probably for the reason that harvesting marked the end of one agricultural cycle and prepared for the next. The other Canaanite months are known from
Phoenician inscriptions
Language - The Hebrew or Canaanites dialect,
Isaiah 19:18 , was spoken in Palestine, and probably with little variation in
Phoenicia and the
Phoenician colonies, as for instance, at Carthage and other places. The remains of the
Phoenician and Punic dialects are too few and too much disfigured to enable us to judge with certainty how extensively these languages were the same as the dialect of Palestine. It flourished in its purest form in Palestine, among the
Phoenicians and Hebrews, until the period of the Babylonish exile; soon after which it declined, and finally was succeeded by a kind of Hebraeo-Aramaean dialect, such as was spoken in the time of our Savior among the Jews. ...
The remains of the ancient Hebrew tongue are contained in the Old Testament and in the few
Phoenician and Punic words and inscriptions that have been here and there discovered
Ptolemae'us, - (
Daniel 11:14,15 ) The Romans interfered, and in order to retain the provinces of Coele-Syria,
Phoenicia and Judea, Antiochus "gave him
a young maiden"
Matthew, the Gospel of - The place of writing was probably some place along the coast of Phoenicia or Syria such as Antioch. This is because of Matthew's several references to Gentiles, a reference to Phoenicia and Syria, and the terms (in the Greek text) used for coins (Matthew 17:24 ,Matthew 17:24,17:27 )
Joel - Judgment was pronounced against
Phoenicia and Philistia (
Joel 3:4 ) and eventually upon all nations as they were judged by God in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, which literally means âThe Lord judgesâ (
Joel 3:2 , 3:12 )
Petrus ii., Archbaptist of Alexandria - Peter tells us that the pagans esteemed Lucius as the favourite of Serapis, because he denied the divinity of the Son; and dwells on the brave confessorship (1) of 19 priests and deacons whom Magnus, after vain attempts to make them Arianize, transported to the pagan city of Heliopolis in
Phoenicia, sending also into penal servitude 23 monks and others who expressed their sympathy; (2) of 7 Egyptian bishops exiled to Diocaesarea, a city inhabited by Jews, while some other prelates were "handed over to the curia," their official immunity from onerous curial obligations being annulled in requital of their steadfastness in the faith
Flavianus (4) i, Bishop of Antioch - Even here the bishops of Egypt, Cyprus, and Arabia recognized Paulinus, and demanded the banishment of Flavian, who was supported by the bishops of Palestine,
Phoenicia, and Syria (Socr
Egypt - The writers are
Phoenicians, Amorites, and Philistines, but in no instance Hittites, though Hittites are mentioned. , the last of this dynasty, from the kings and governors of
Phoenicia and Palestine
Daniel - Berosus speaks of Nabopolassar's "satrap of Egypt, Coelosyria, and
Phoenicia
Canaan - By heathen writers, the Holy Land has been variously termed Palestine, Syria, and
Phoenicia
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata - 13) through
Phoenicia and Palestine, ordaining presbyters and deacons, and must thus have become known to Basil, who on the death of Eusebius of Caesarea wrote to Gregory (Bas
Antiochus - , went forth with great fury, on the way took Arad in Judah, devastated
Phoenicia (according to Porphyry), "planting the tabernacles of his palace between the seas" (the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean), attacked the temple of Nanae at Elymais, ("the desire of women," the Syrian Venus; but the antitypical reference is to Messiah, whom Antichrist shall try to supplant,) to replenish his treasury, so as to renew the war with the Jews
Palesti'na - As lying next the sea, and as being also the high road from Egypt to
Phoenicia and the richer regions no of it, the Philistine plain became sooner known to the western world than the country farther inland, and was called by them Syria Palestina-Philistine Syria. Above this is the ancient
Phoenicia
Babel - So the Babylonian empire was extended over the whole Euphrates valley to the Taurus range, over Syria,
Phoenicia, Palestine, Idumaea; and the Jews passed as tributaries under Babylon, as they had been under Assyria. He reigned 43 years, during which he recovered Syria and Palestine, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried away the Jews to Babylon, reduced
Phoenicia and Tyre, and ravaged Egypt; above all he was the great builder of the most beautiful monuments of his country and city
Assur - He himself overran Cappadocia, Armenia, Azerbijan, Media Magna, the Kurd mountains, Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Syria,
Phoenicia
Pentateuch - The Greek alphabet borrows its names of letters and order from the Semitic; those names have a meaning in Semitic, none in Greek Tradition made Cadmus ("the Eastern") introduce them into Greece from
Phoenicia (
Apostle - Stephen, several of the leading men among the Christians were dispersed; some of them travelled through the regions of Judea and Samaria, and others to Damascus,
Phoenicia, the Island of Cyprus, and various parts of Syria; but the twelve Apostles remained, with undaunted firmness, at Jerusalem, avowing their attachment to the persecuted interest of Christ, and consulting how they might best provide for the emergencies of the church, in its infant and oppressed state
Palestine - ...
The Carmel range divides the Plain of Sharon from the narrow coastal plain of
Phoenicia
Canaan - The
Phoenicians were Semitic (from Shem), but the Canaanites preceded them in Palestine and Lower Syria. Sidon, Area, Arvad, and Zemara or Simra (
Genesis 15:19-21) originally were Canaanite; afterward they fell under the
Phoenicians, who were immigrants into Syria from the shores of the Persian gulf, peaceable traffickers, skillful in navigation and the arts, and unwar-like except by sea. Mythology connects the
Phoenicians' ancestors Agenor and Phoenix with Belus and Babylon, also with Egyptus, Danaus (the Ethiop), and Libya. Inscriptions represent the Khatta or Hittites as the dominant Scythic race, which gave way slowly before the Aramaean Jews and the
Phoenician immigrants. ; the plain of Sharon and seashore between Jaffa and Carmel; that of Esdraelon, or Jezreel, behind the bay of Acta; that of
Phoenicia containing Tyre and Sidon (
Numbers 13:29). So we find them in the upper Jordan valley at Bethshean, Esdraelon (Jezreel), Taanach, Ibleam, Megiddo, the Sharon plain, Dor, the
Phoenician Accho and Sidon (
Joshua 17:16;
Judges 1:19;
Judges 4:3. It lay midway between the oldest world kingdoms, on one side Egypt and Ethiopia, on the other Babylon, Assyria, and India; then it had close by the
Phoenicians, the great traffickers by sea, and the Ishmaelites the chief inland traders
Idol - ...
The
Phoenicians anointed stones (often aerolites, as that "which fell down from Jupiter," sacred to Diana of Ephesus,
Acts 19:35) to various gods, like the stone anointed by Jacob (
Genesis 28:18;
Genesis 28:22) at Bethel, called therefore Baetylia (compare also
Genesis 31:45). Chamman, is a synonym of Baal the sun god in the
Phoenician and Palmyrene inscriptions, and so is applied to his statues or lofty, obelisk like, columns (
Isaiah 17:8;
Isaiah 27:9 margin). The
Phoenician Adon or Adonis, the Ammonite Moloch or Milcom, the Moabite Chemosh, the Assyrian and Babylonian Bel, and the Syrian Hadad, the Egyptian Ra, are essentially the same sun god. This horrid consecrated pollution prevailed in
Phoenicia, Syria, Phrygia, Assyria, and Babylonia, and still in Hindu idolatry
Ships, Sailors, And Navigation - During this period the
Phoenicians gained a reputation as the ablest of seamen and maritime traders. The
Phoenician shipwrights should be credited with many of these important innovations. Ultimately, however, the sailing ship with a rounded hull and a single square sail became the primary cargo ship from
Phoenicia to Italy. The
Phoenician shipwrights increased the height of their vessels to accommodate three-level rowing. In both
Phoenician and Greek navies of the period, the primary innovation was the construction of larger and larger vessels, though the exact nature of oaring is not clearly understood
Antiochus - Tryphon, thus abandoned, retired to Dora, in
Phoenicia, whither Antiochus pursued him with an army of 120,000 foot, 800 horse, and a powerful fleet
Egypt - History also records their having sway over
Phoenicia, and carrying on severe wars with the Hittites, with whom they at length made a treaty, which is given in full on the monuments. The writers were
Phoenicians, Philistines, and Amorites, but not Hittites, though these are mentioned on the tablets
Palestine - In his inscriptions, and those of Thothmes III, Τu-netz , "Holy Land," occurs, whether meaning "Phoenicia" or "Palestine"
Julius (5), Bishop of Rome - Other bishops and priests, from Thrace, Coelesyria,
Phoenicia, Palestine, and Egypt, are said by Julius in his subsequent synodal letter to have been present to complain of injuries suffered from the Eusebian party
Tatianus - To Babylonia they owed astronomy, to Persia magic, to Egypt geometry, to
Phoenicia instruction by letters. In proof of this, Tatian appeals to the Chaldeans,
Phoenicians, and Egyptians. Berosus, the Babylonian historian, "a most competent authority," spoke of the wars of Nebuchadnezzar against the
Phoenicians and Jews which happened 70 years before the Persian rule, and long after the age of Moses.
Phoenician historians, such as Theodotus, Hypsicrates, and Mochus had referred to events connected with Hiram of Tyre, whose date was somewhere about the Trojan war
Chrysostom, John, Bishop of Constantinople - 399, for the destruction of the temples in
Phoenicia, which was carried out at the cost of some Christian ladies of Constantinople, who also supplied funds for missionary exertions in that country ( ib
Clementine Literature - , with the heading "from Tripoli in
Phoenicia"; and the 14th homily headed "book xiv