Places of the Bible

Tyre

Phoenicia, Mediterranean coast (Lebanon) · both · 56 verses

Tyre was a wealthy Phoenician port city on the Mediterranean coast of modern Lebanon, partly built on an offshore island. It was a leading center of sea trade. The name appears in Joshua, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 16 more in the King James text.

About Tyre

Tyre was a wealthy Phoenician port city on the Mediterranean coast of modern Lebanon, partly built on an offshore island. It was a leading center of sea trade.

Its place in the story

Hiram, king of Tyre, supplied cedar and craftsmen for David's palace and Solomon's temple. The prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Amos pronounced oracles against proud, trading Tyre. It was renowned for its merchants and its purple dye.

Tyre in Scripture (KJV)

“And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:”

Joshua 19:29 (KJV)

“And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.”

2 Samuel 5:11 (KJV)

“And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.”

2 Samuel 24:7 (KJV)

“And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.”

1 Kings 5:1 (KJV)

“And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.”

1 Kings 7:13 (KJV)

“He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.”

1 Kings 7:14 (KJV)

“(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”

1 Kings 9:11 (KJV)

“And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.”

1 Kings 9:12 (KJV)

Tyre is named 56 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Jesus traveled to the region of Tyre and healed a Canaanite woman's daughter there, and He named Tyre in warning to unrepentant Galilean towns.

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