Browse other questions tagged, Like any library, Christianity Stack Exchange offers great information, but, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. Learn more about Stack Overflow the company, and our products. We have only one instance of their attempt to colonize the Hinterland, and that ended in disaster (Judges 18). The width of the country probably did not exceed 25 or 30 miles at the most, and in many places it was much less, a very small territory, in fact, but one that played a distinguished role in ancient times.There are few harbors on the whole coast, none in the modern sense, since what few bays and inlets there are afford but slight shelter to modern ships, but those of the ancients found sufficient protection in a number of places, especially by means of artificial harbors, and the facility with which they could be drawn out upon the sandy beach in winter when navigation was suspended. The worship of the Canaanitish Baal and Ashtoreth, or Astarte, led the Israelites astray and produced most disastrous results.There can be little doubt that the chief deities of the Phoenicians, as well as the forms of their cult, were derived from Babylonia, brought with them probably when they migrated to the West, but afterward modified by contact with Egypt and Greece. That fact did not admit this Canaanite woman to the benefits of the covenant made with the Jews. 5:1; Isa. Porter. (Many students of the Bible for one reason or another are afraid of this race issue; but the people of the times were very much aware of it. You will discover that while Caleb is recorded in Numbers 13 as of the line of Judah, you will discover that Caleb is in fact a gentile [proselyte] grafted in, of the the Kennizites [descendants of Esau]. Paul, on his way to Rome, was permitted to visit some friends at Sidon (Acts 27:3). So this lesson will focus on the meeting with the Canaanite woman. The myth of his death by the wild boar led to the peculiar rites celebrating it, instituted by the women of Gebal at Apheca and on the river named after him (see TAMMUZ). 26 He replied, It is not right to take the childrens bread and toss it to their dogs. 27 Yes, Lord, she said, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table.. Acts 21:2 Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail. It occurs in the Bible only in Acts (11:19; 15:03; 21:2), the land being generally designated as the "coast" or "borders of Tyre and Sidon" (Matthew 15:21 Mark 7:24, 31 Luke 6:17). The contrast is truly striking: in Israel Jesus was trying to convince people He was the Messiah, and was being challenged to prove it with a sign. The Book of Judges claims that Israel was oppressed by Sidon (10:12), but it is probable Sidon stands here for Phoenicia in general, as being the chief town. The Bible Journey | Jesus in Tyre and Sidon He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice. In its greatest extent Phoenicia included the broad plain of Sharon and that of Acre, between Carmel and that city, and a portion of the region watered by the Kishon, but the plains of Phoenicia, strictly speaking, are much more restricted. My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession." 23 Jesus did not answer a word. Besides, the Gospel of Matthew had already included such a statement by Jesus in Matthew 10:6. Sidon became early distinguished for its manufactures and the skill of its artisans, such as beautiful metal-work in silver and bronze and textile fabrics embroidered and dyed with the famous purple dye which became known as Tyrian, but which was earlier produced at Sidon. Commerce and Trade:Trade was the very life of Phoenicia. Mark 7:27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. They applied themselves to industrial arts, and this led them to seek the means for distributing their wares. Our collection of maps are simple and they are free. Generating points along line with specifying the origin of point generation in QGIS, "Signpost" puzzle from Tatham's collection. It is possible that they were among the Hyksos invaders of Egypt (Paton, Syria and Palestine, 67).That the Phoenicians took to the sea at a very early date and became the most skillful mariners of the ancient world is certain. But this is one passage where the reader will have to read up on the ethnic controversy, the Old Testament background of conflict between the kings of Israel and the Canaanites. Joshua is from the tribe of Ephraim which ultimately is the representation of the 10 lost tribes. She had no resentment, no anger about her situation; she only knew that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah who came to heal people, and for some reason He was in her town. ), when it passed to the Seleucids and from them to the Romans, who granted it a degree of autonomy with native magistrates and a council, and it was allowed to coin money in bronze.3. But the womans answer is marvelous: even the dogs eat the crumbs that the children drop. UNTO ZIDON [SIDON]. The prophet Ezekiel has given us a remarkable catalogue of the wares of Tyre and of the countries with which she traded (Ezekiel 27). Mark 3:8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. 23. The Faith Of A Canaanite Woman (Matthew 15:21-28) - Bible The remains of their language are very scanty, mostly inscriptions, and these generally very brief. The settlers readily mingled with the Phoenicians, and Sidon rose to power again when Assyria fell, was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar at the time of his siege of Jerusalem and Tyre, and was taken, having lost about half of its inhabitants by plague.