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Palestine in the days of Christ 2 01 Mediterranean Sea 02 Sea of Galilee 03 Nazareth 04 Mt Carmel 05 Judea 06 Sychar 07 Idumea 08 Bethlehem 09 Wise men – East 10 Egypt 11 Galilee 12 Jerusalem 12 Jordan 14 Betharabah 15 Cana 15 Capernaum 17 Gennesaret 18 Dalmanutha 19 Nain 20 Gergesa 21 Bethsaida 22 Phoenicia 23 Tyre 24 Sidon 25 Decapolis 26 Caesarea Philippi 27 Mt Hermon 28 Samaria 29 Jericho 30 Bethphage 31 Bethany 32 Gethsemane 33 Cyrene 34 Arimathea 35 Golgotha 36 Emmaus 37 Mt Olives 38 Dead Sea Where are these places ?

3 Palestine Region Nazareth. Mt Carmel. Bethlehem. Wise men – East Jerusalem. Egypt JUDEA Jordan River GALILEE. Bethsaida Gennesaret. IDUMEA Tyre. Sidon. DECAPOLIS Jericho. Bethphage. Arimathea.. Bethany. Betharabah Cana.. Nain. Gergesa. Mt Hermon Samaria.. Sea of Galilee Dalmanutha. Capernaum. Mediterranean Sea. Emmaus Jerusalem Gethsemane Golgotha Mt Olives Sychar. Dead Sea. Caesarea Philippi PHOENICIA Sidon

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Historical and Biblical Significance 5 Sidon is mentioned very early in the biblical record. Noah's great- grandson was named Sidon. It is possible that Sidon gave his name to the city because of the territory of Canaan, Sidon's father, which extended from the city of Sidon to Gaza in the south (Gen 10:15,19).During the northern campaign of the Conquest, Joshua defeated the coalition of northern kings and pursued them as far as Sidon (Josh 11:8). Joshua assigned the surrounding region to the tribe of Asher (Josh 19:28). Joshua 11:8 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining.

Tyre and Sidon – Woman of Canaan came to Jesus to ask Him to heal her daughter Called a Greek Syro-Phoenician (Mark 7:26) Tyre and Sidon were the two main cities of Phoenicia Later the Romans included it as part of the province of Syria 6 Gospel in Geography

7 Mark 3:8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him.

8 Genesis 10:19 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. One of the oldest Phoenician cities, situated on a narrow plain between the range of Lebanon and the Sea

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Sidon 10 Sidon Sidon: (Zidon) Sidon was the city of the Sidonians, a name given to the inhabitants of the city-state of Sidon and a name that all Phoenicians were called from the 11 th to 8 th centuries B.C.

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12 Sidon – Closer view

13 Aerial view of the port

Sidon – Old City 14

Sidon’s Fort 15

Sidon’s Fort 16

Sidon – Old and New – Fort in foreground 17

Aerial view of the Fort 18

Aerial view of the Fort 19 The Port of Sidon with view of the Fort

Aerial view of the Fort 20 The Old and the New of Sidon

21 Sidon – New Fort