Yosua 19:29

19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, ¹  turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,

Yosua 19:1

Simeon’s Tribal Lands

19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ² 

1 Raja-raja 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ³  King Hiram of Tyre ⁴  sent messengers ⁵  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

Yeremia 47:4

47:4 For the time has come

to destroy all the Philistines.

The time has come to destroy all the help

that remains for Tyre ⁶  and Sidon. ⁷ 

For I, the Lord, will ⁸  destroy the Philistines,

that remnant that came from the island of Crete. ⁹ 

Yoel 3:4-8

3:4 Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ¹⁰ 

Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ¹¹ 

I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ¹² 

3:5 For you took my silver and my gold

and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. ¹³ 

3:6 You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,

removing them far from their own country. ¹⁴ 

3:7 Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.

I will repay you for what you have done! ¹⁵ 

3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to ¹⁶  the people of Judah. ¹⁷ 

They will sell them to the Sabeans, ¹⁸  a nation far away.

Indeed, the Lord has spoken!

Amos 1:9-10

1:9 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Tyre has committed three crimes ¹⁹  –

make that four! ²⁰  – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ²¹ 

They sold ²²  a whole community ²³  to Edom;

they failed to observe ²⁴  a treaty of brotherhood. ²⁵ 

1:10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; ²⁶ 

fire ²⁷  will consume her fortresses.”

[19:29]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[19:1]  ² tn Heb “and the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon by their clans.”

[5:1]  ³ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “his servants.”

[47:4]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[47:4]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[47:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “For the Lord will.” The first person style has been adopted because the Lord is speaking (cf. v. 2).

[47:4]  ⁹ sn All the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon and that remnant that came from the island of Crete appear to be two qualifying phrases that refer to the Philistines, the last with regard to their origin and the first with regard to the fact that they were allies that Tyre and Sidon depended on. “Crete” is literally “Caphtor” which is generally identified with the island of Crete. The Philistines had come from there (Amos 9:7) in the wave of migration from the Aegean Islands during the twelfth and eleventh century and had settled on the Philistine plain after having been repulsed from trying to enter Egypt.

[3:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

[3:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “districts.”

[3:4]  ¹² tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation.

[3:5]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps, “temples.”

[3:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “border.”

[3:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”

[3:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “into the hand of.”

[3:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”

[3:8]  ¹⁸ sn The Sabeans were Arabian merchants who were influential along the ancient caravan routes that traveled through Arabia. See also Job 1:15; Isa 43:3; 45:14; Ps 72:10.

[1:9]  ¹⁹ tn Traditionally, “transgressions” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV) or “sins” (NIV). For an explanation of the atrocities outlined in this oracle as treaty violations of God’s mandate to Noah in Gen 9:5-7, see the note on the word “violations” in 1:3.

[1:9]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Because of three violations of Tyre, even because of four.”

[1:9]  sn On the three…four style that introduces each of the judgment oracles of chaps. 1-2 see the note on the word “four” in 1:3.

[1:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “I will not bring it [or “him”] back.” The translation understands the pronominal object to refer to the decree of judgment that follows; the referent (the decree) has been specified in the translation for clarity. For another option see the note on the word “judgment” in 1:3.

[1:9]  ²² tn Heb “handed over.”

[1:9]  ²³ tn Heb “[group of] exiles.” A similar phrase occurs in v. 6.

[1:9]  ²⁴ tn Heb “did not remember.”

[1:9]  ²⁵ sn A treaty of brotherhood. In the ancient Near Eastern world familial terms were sometimes used to describe treaty partners. In a treaty between superior and inferior parties, the lord would be called “father” and the subject “son.” The partners in a treaty between equals referred to themselves as “brothers.” For biblical examples, see 1 Kgs 9:13; 20:32-33.

[1:10]  ²⁶ sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.

[1:10]  ²⁷ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.