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Sidon

Where Sidon sits on the map, and the 37 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon
Coordinates
33.5610, 35.3719
Mentions
37 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

37 verses, in biblical order.

Genesis

  • Genesis 10:19

    And the borders of Canaan went, as one travels, from Sidon to Gerar, even to Gaza, until one enters Sodom and Gomorrah, and from Admah and Zeboiim, even to Lesa.

  • Genesis 49:13

    Zebulun will live at the seashore and by the outpost of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.

Joshua

  • Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they struck them, and they pursued them as far as the great Sidon, and the waters of Misrephoth, and the field of Mizpeh, which is toward the eastern region. He struck them all, so that nothing was left of them to remain.

  • Joshua 13:4

    truly, to the south are the Hivites, all the land of Canaan, and Mearah of the Sidonians, as far as Aphek and the borders of the Amorite

  • Joshua 19:28

    and to Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, as far as the great Sidon.

Judges

  • Judges 1:31

    Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.

  • Judges 10:6

    But the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, joining new sins to old, and they served idols, the Baals and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria and Sidon, and of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and the Philistines. And they abandoned the Lord, and they did not worship him.

  • Judges 18:7

    And so the five men, going on, arrived at Laish. And they saw the people, living in it without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and peaceful, having hardly anyone to oppose them, and with great wealth, and living separately, far from Sidon and from all men.

  • Judges 18:28

    For no one at all sent reinforcements, because they lived far away from Sidon, and they had no association or business with any man. Now the city was situated in the region of Rehob. And building it up again, they lived in it,

2 Samuel

  • 2 Samuel 24:6

    And they continued on through Jazer, into Gilead, and to the lower land of Hodsi. And they arrived in the woodlands of Dan. And going around beside Sidon,

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 11:1

    But king Solomon loved many foreign women, including the daughter of Pharaoh, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Idumea, and of Sidon, and of the Hittites.

  • 1 Kings 17:9

    “Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 22:4

    Also, the cedar trees, which the Sidonians and Tyrians had transported to David, were not able to be counted.

Ezra

  • Ezra 3:7

    And so they gave money to those who cut and laid stones. Similarly, they gave food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, so that they would bring cedar wood, from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, in accord with what had been commanded of them by Cyrus, the king of the Persians.

Isaiah

  • Isaiah 23:2

    Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.

  • Isaiah 23:4

    Be ashamed, O Sidon! For the sea speaks, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been in labor, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men, nor have I promoted the development of virgins.”

  • Isaiah 23:12

    And he said: “You shall no longer increase so as to glory, while enduring calumny, O virgin daughter of Sidon. Rise up and set sail for Kittim; in that place, too, there will be no rest for you.”

Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 25:22

    and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the land of the islands that are across the sea,

  • Jeremiah 27:3

    And you shall send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the sons of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who came to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, the king of Judah.

  • Jeremiah 47:4

    because of the arrival of the day on which all the Philistines will be devastated, and Tyre and Sidon will be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord has depopulated the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Cappadocia.

Ezekiel

  • Ezekiel 27:8

    The inhabitants of Sidon and of Arwad were your rowers. Your wise ones, O Tyre, were your navigators.

  • Ezekiel 28:21

    “Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and you shall prophesy about it.

  • Ezekiel 28:22

    And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have executed judgments in her, and when I will have been sanctified in her.

Joel

  • Joel 3:4

    Truly, what is there between you and me, Tyre and Sidon and all the distant places of the Philistines? How will you take vengeance on me? And if you were to revenge yourselves against me, I would deliver a repayment to you, quickly and soon, upon your head.

Zechariah

  • Zechariah 9:2

    Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.

Matthew

  • Matthew 11:21

    “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in haircloth and ashes.

  • Matthew 11:22

    Yet truly, I say to you, Tyre and Sidon shall be forgiven more than you, on the day of judgment.

  • Matthew 15:21

    And departing from there, Jesus withdrew into the areas of Tyre and Sidon.

Mark

  • Mark 3:8

    and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan. And those around Tyre and Sidon, upon hearing what he was doing, came to him in a great multitude.

  • Mark 7:24

    And rising up, he went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he intended no one to know about it, but he was not able to remain hidden.

  • Mark 7:31

    And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities.

Luke

  • Luke 4:26

    And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

  • Luke 6:17

    And descending with them, he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples, and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast, and Tyre and Sidon,

  • Luke 10:13

    Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that have been wrought in you, had been wrought in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in haircloth and ashes.

  • Luke 10:14

    Yet truly, Tyre and Sidon will be forgiven more in the judgment than you will be.

Acts

  • Acts 12:20

    Now he was angry with those of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him with one accord, and, having persuaded Blastus, who was over the bedchamber of the king, they petitioned for peace, because their regions were supplied with food by him.

  • Acts 27:3

    And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself.

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