Tyre.

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Antiquity of. Isa. 23:7, with Josh. 19:39.
CALLED
The daughter of Zidon. Isa. 23:12.
The daughter of Tarshish. Isa. 23:10.
The joyous city. Isa. 23:7.
The crowning city. Isa. 23:8.
The renowned city. Ezek. 26:17.
Insular position of. Ezek. 26:17. Ezek. 27:4, 25.
Strongly fortified. Josh. 19:29. 2 Sam. 24:7. Ezek. 26:17. Zech. 9:3.
Governed by kings. 1 Kin. 5:1. Jer. 25:22.
CELEBRATED FOR
Its beauty. Ezek. 27:3, 4.
Its commerce. Isa. 23:2,3. Ezek. 27:3, 12-25.
Its wealth. Ezek. 27:33. Ezek. 28:4, 5. Zech. 9:3.
Strength and beauty of its ships. Ezek. 27:5-7.
Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c. Ezek. 27:10, 11.
INHABITANTS OF
Sea-faring men. Ezek. 26:17.
Mercantile men. Isa. 23:8.
Proud and haughty. Isa. 23:9. Ezek. 28:2, 17.
Self-conceited. Ezek. 28:3-5.
Superstitious. Jer. 27:2, 3, 9.
Wicked. Ezek. 28:18.
Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their calamities. Psa. 83:7. Ezek. 26:2. Amos 1:9.
David and Solomon formed alliances with. 1 Kin. 5:1. 2 Chr. 2:3.
SUPPLIED
Seamen for Solomon's navy. 1 Kin. 9:27. 2 Chr. 8:18.
A master-builder for the temple. 2 Chr. 2:7, 13.
Stones and timber for building the temple, &c. 1 Kin. 5:6, 9. 2 Chr. 2:8, 9, 16.
Timber for rebuilding the temple and city. Ezek. 3:7.
The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath. Neh. 13:16.
CHRIST
Alluded to the depravity of. Matt. 11:21, 22.
Visited the coasts of. Matt. 15:21. Mar. 7:24.
Was followed by many from. Mar. 3:8. Luke 6:17.
Saint Paul found disciples at. Acts 21:3, 4.
Depended for provision upon Galilee. Acts 12:20.
Propitiated the favor of Herod. Acts 12:20.
PROPHECIES RESPECTING
Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction. Ezek. 26:2.
Pride a cause of its destruction. Ezek. 28:2-6.
To be destroyed by the king of Babylon. Isa. 23:13, 14. Jer. 27:3, 6. Ezek. 26:7-13.
Inhabitants of, to emigrate to other countries, &c. Isa. 23:6, 12.
To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for spreading nets. Ezek. 26:14, 3-5.
The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt for his service against. Ezek. 29:18-20.
To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years. Isa. 23:15.
Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years. Isa. 23:16, 17.
Its second destruction by the Macedonians. Ezek. 27:32. Ezek. 28:7, 8, 18. Zech. 9:2-4.
The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre. Ezek. 26:12.
Never to recover its greatness. Ezek. 26:21.
Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompense for their selling the Jews. Joel 3:4-8.
All nations to be terrified at its destruction. Ezek. 26:15-18. Ezek. 27:29-36. Zech. 9:5.
To participate in the blessings of the gospel. Psa. 45:12. Isa. 23:18.