Editing Tyre, Lebanon (section)

==== Hebrew Bible / Old Testament ====
* According to Joshua 19, "the fortified city of Tyre" was allotted to the [[Tribe of Asher]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Joshua|19:29|}}</ref>
* [[King Hiram I]] of Tyre allied himself with [[King David|David]] and [[King Solomon|Solomon]] in 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|5:11|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse|1|Kings|5:1|KJV|}}, and {{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|14:1|KJV|}}</ref> Hiram provided architects, workmen, [[Cedar of Lebanon|cedar wood]], and gold to build the royal palace in [[Jerusalem]], as well as the [[Solomon's Temple|Temple]].<ref>{{harvnb|Dever|2005|p=97}}; {{harvnb|Mendels|1987|p=131}}; {{harvnb|Brand|Mitchell|2015|p=1538}}</ref>
*Tyre is listed among an alliance of ten nations that would conspire against God's people.<ref>{{Bibleref2|Psalm|83:3-8}}</ref> 
* Tyre is mentioned in the [[Book of Isaiah]] as being forgotten for 70 years when her "fortress is destroyed" and after which "her profit and her prostitute's wages will be sacred to the Lord."<ref>{{Bibleref2|Isaiah|23}}</ref>
*The [[Book of Joel]] groups Tyre, [[Sidon]] and [[Philistia]] together and it states that the people of [[Judah (son of Jacob)|Judah]] and Jerusalem were sold to the Greeks, and there would thus be punishment because of it.<ref>{{Bibleref2|Joel|3:4–8}}</ref>
*Tyre is also mentioned in the [[Book of Ezekiel]],<ref>{{Bibleref2|Ezekiel|26-28}}</ref> [[Book of Amos]],<ref>{{Bibleref2|Amos|1:9–10}}</ref> the [[Psalms]], and the [[Book of Zechariah]]<ref>{{Bibleref2|Zechariah|9:3–4}}</ref> which [[Prophecy|prophesied]] its destruction.