Editing Sidon (section)

===Hebrew Bible/Old Testament===
The [[Hebrew Bible]] describes Sidon ({{Script/Hebrew|צִידוֹן|Tsīdōn}}) in several passages:
* It received its name from the "first-born" of [[Canaan (Biblical figure)|Canaan]], the grandson of [[Noah]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|10:15}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Genesis|19}}</ref>
* The [[Tribe of Zebulun]] has a frontier on Sidon<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Klein |first=Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) |date=April 2018 |title=Nations and Super-Nations of Canaan |url=https://tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10900/148214/jbq_462_kleincanaan.pdf |journal=Jewish Bible Quarterly | issn=0792-3910 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=84}} cites [[Rashi]] and [[David Kimhi|Radak]] as reading that verse as saying that the city of Sidon itself was not said to be part of Zebulun's territory, while the  medieval exgete [[Eleazar of Worms|Elazar Rokeach]] understood that it was.</ref><ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|49:13}}</ref>
* It was the first home of the [[Phoenicia]]ns on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city.<ref>{{bibleverse|Joshua|11:8}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Joshua|19:28}}</ref>
* It was the mother city of [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]]. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued.<ref>{{bibleverse|Judges|1:31}}</ref>
* The Sidonians long oppressed [[Israelites|Israel]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Judges|10:12}}</ref>
* From the time of [[David]] its glory began to wane, and [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]], its "virgin daughter",<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|23:12}}</ref> rose to its place of pre-eminence.
* [[Solomon]] entered into a matrimonial alliance with the Sidonians, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the [[land of Israel]].<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|11:1}}, {{bibleref2-nb|1 Kings|33}}</ref>
* [[Jezebel (Bible)|Jezebel]] was the daughter of King [[Ithobaal I]] of Sidon.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|16:31}}</ref>
* It was famous for its manufactures and arts, as well as for its commerce.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|5:6}}; {{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|22:4}}; {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|27:8}}</ref>
* It is frequently referred to by the prophets.<ref>{{bibleverse|Isaiah|23:2}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Isaiah|4}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Isaiah|12}}; {{bibleverse|Jeremiah|25:22}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Jeremiah|27:3}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Jeremiah|47:4}}; {{bibleverse|Ezekiel|27:8}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Ezekiel|28:21}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Ezekiel|22}}, {{bibleref2-nb|Ezekiel|32:30}}; {{bibleverse|Joel|3:4}}</ref>
* [[Elijah]] sojourned in Sidon, performing miracles.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|17:9–24}}; see also in the New Testament, {{bibleverse|Luke|4:26}}</ref>