Zidonians
Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet
the inhabitants of Zidon. They were among the nations of Canaan; left to give the Israelites practice in the art of war, (Judges 3:3) and colonies of them appear to have spread up into the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, (Joshua 13:4,6) whence in later times they hewed cedar trees for David and Solomon. (1 Chronicles 22:4) They oppressed the Israelites on their first entrance into the country, (Judges 10:12) and appear to have lived a luxurious, reckless life. (Judges 18:7) They were skillful in hewing timber, (1 Kings 5:8) and were employed for this purpose by Solomon. They were idolaters, and worshipped Ashtoreth as their tutelary goddess, (1 Kings 11:5,33; 2 Kings 23:13) as well as the sun-god Baal from whom their king was named. (1 Kings 16:31)
In other dictionaries
Read “Sidon” in the 9 dictionaries- SidonEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- ZidonEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SidoniansInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Zidon; ZidoniansInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- SidonSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- SidoniansSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- Zidon, or SidonSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- Sidon, SidoniansTranslation Words
Source of the article
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 1.3, based on the 1884 Peloubet revision with later digital enrichments preserved