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Sidon

Phoenicia · today Saida

A Phoenician port north of Tyre, where the centurion taking Paul to Rome lets him visit friends.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Ṣidon Biblical Hebrew
  • Sidōn Greek
  • Sydone Latin
  • Ṣidūnu Akkadian
  • ṣdn Phoenician

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Zarephath Zarephath Philistia PHILISTIA Moab MOAB Galilee GALILEE Edom EDOM Dan Dan Chorazin Chorazin Bethsaida Bethsaida Aram ARAM Ammon AMMON Tyre Tyre Jerusalem Jerusalem Sidon Sidon 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH TYRE · AMMON · JERUSALEM · MOAB 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Zarephath ABOUT 8 MI (13 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Tyre ABOUT 22 MI (36 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Dan ABOUT 27 MI (43 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Chorazin ABOUT 46 MI (74 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 120 MI (200 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 9 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

34 PASSAGES · 16 BOOKS

Genesis 2
Joshua 3
Judges 4
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
Ezra 1
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 2
Joel 1
Zechariah 1
Matthew 2
Mark 3
Luke 3
Acts 2

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