Summary

Sidon (Tzidon) is the name of a major Phoenician city, north of Tyre (Tzor).

  • Zevulun is described as being next to Sidon (Genesis 39, 13).
  • After Eliyahu declares a drought in the days of Ahav, God commands Eliyahu to go to Tzorfat in the vicinity of Sidon where a widow would provide him with sustenance (I Kings 17, 9).
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