Tyre
Rock. “The strong city” (Josh. 19:29); an important commercial and seaport town of Syria, in alliance with David (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1); with Solomon (1 Kgs. 5; 2 Chr. 2:3–16; see also 2 Sam. 24:7; Isa. 23; Joel 3:4–8; Amos 1:9); its destruction (Jer. 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Ezek. 26; 27:2–3, 8, 32; 28:2, 12; 29:18; Zech. 9:2–3); supplied men and material to Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:7). See also 1 Kgs. 7:13–14; 9:11–12; Neh. 13:16; Ps. 45:12; 83:7; 87:4; Hosea 9:13; Zech. 9:2–3; Matt. 11:22; Mark 3:8; 7:24, 31; Luke 6:17; 10:13–14; Acts 12:20; 21:3, 7.