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1. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Zidon
   a fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles
   north of Tyre. It received its name from the "first-born" of
   Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:15, 19). It was the first
   home of the Phoenicians on the coast of Palestine, and from its
   extensive commercial relations became a "great" city (Josh.
   11:8; 19:28). It was the mother city of Tyre. It lay within the
   lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judg. 1:31).
   The Zidonians long oppressed Israel (Judg. 10:12). From the time
   of David its glory began to wane, and Tyre, its "virgin
   daughter" (Isa. 23:12), rose to its place of pre-eminence.
   Solomon entered into a matrimonial alliance with the Zidonians,
   and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the
   land of Israel (1 Kings 11:1, 33). This city was famous for its
   manufactures and arts, as well as for its commerce (1 Kings 5:6;
   1 Chr. 22:4; Ezek. 27:8). It is frequently referred to by the
   prophets (Isa. 23:2, 4, 12; Jer. 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Ezek. 27:8;
   28:21, 22; 32:30; Joel 3:4). Our Lord visited the "coasts" of
   Tyre and Zidon = Sidon (q.v.), Matt. 15:21; Mark 7:24; Luke
   4:26; and from this region many came forth to hear him preaching
   (Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17). From Sidon, at which the ship put in
   after leaving Caesarea, Paul finally sailed for Rome (Acts 27:3,
   4).
   
     This city is now a town of 10,000 inhabitants, with remains of
   walls built in the twelfth century A.D. In 1855, the sarcophagus
   of Eshmanezer was discovered. From a Phoenician inscription on
   its lid, it appears that he was a "king of the Sidonians,"
   probably in the third century B.C., and that his mother was a
   priestess of Ashtoreth, "the goddess of the Sidonians." In this
   inscription Baal is mentioned as the chief god of the Sidonians.
   

2. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Zidon, hunting; fishing; venison


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