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a group of Tyrians went to the coast of Africa and founded Carthage, the most famous colony of Tyre. jud.', VIII, 13:2 'Contra Appionem', I, 18 also 1 Kings 16:31) calls her father 'King of the Sidonians', another allusion to the Sidonian origin of Tyre. Jezabel was undoubtedly a Tyrian princess Menander in Josephus ('Ant. It was Ethbael's daughter, Jezabel, who married Achab, King of Israel. Phalia, an intruder, usurped the power he was dethroned in turn by his brother Ithobael or Ethbael, high priest of Astarte, a goddess who, with the god Melkart, was much venerated in Tyre. Shortly afterwards court intrigues disturbed the city and gave rise to a bloody revolution. He united the two parts of the island hitherto separated by a canal which to a certain extent made them two cities, and besides he built a great aqueduct which brought the waters of Ras- el-Ain to the land.

Hiram accomplished great works in his capital. Nevertheless, the two kings were allies and their combined fleets left the ports of the Red Sea for Ophir and Tharsis to obtain gold ( 1 Kings 9:26-28 10:11 sq. In return Solomon gave Hiram the district of Cabul (Chabul) in Galilee, which included twenty small cities, but the gift seems not to have been to the taste of the King of Tyre ( 1 Kings 9:11-14). The architect and his master workmen were Tyrians. He sent to David the stone-cutters and carpenters to build his palace ( 2 Samuel 5:11), and to Solomon Lebanon cedar and cypress wood for the construction of the Temple ( 1 Kings 9:11 2 Chronicles 2:3 sq.). King Hiram was one of its greatest sovereigns. The city was very proud of its wealth and ships, which plied along the whole of the Mediterranean coast, in Africa as well as in Europe, and the pride of Tyre became almost as proverbial among the prophets of Israel as that of Moab. It was its sovereigns who made it the 'queen of the sea', as it loved to call itself, and its merchants nobles of the earth, as Isaias says ( 23:3-8). Tyre seems always to have had kings, like the other Chanaanite cities. The reference in Josue (xix, 29) is not exactly identified, but in the El-Amarna Letters the island is referred to, unless the Egyptians who occupied all the seaboard cities had not subjected it also to their dominion. It is generally held, however, that the continental preceded the insular city. On the other hand, it is impossible to state which of the two cities, Palaetyrus, on the sea-coast, or Tyrus, built on a rocky island 1968 feet above the sea, existed first. It is true that in a short time the colony overshadowed the mother, but the inhabitants continued to call themselves Sidonians. Despite objections which have been made to this, the statement is correct, and on its coins Sidon claims to be the mother of Hippo Regius, in Africa, of Tyre etc. Ancient writers, particularly Isaias ( 23:12), call Tyre 'daughter of Sidon', that is, they make it a colony of the latter city. King Abimelech was then reigning there independently, though his capital was much coveted by the Egyptians, who forced the Tyrians to ally themselves with their neighbours, especially the Philistines (see Sirach 46:21). jud., VIII, iii, 1) and according to Justin (Hist., xviii, 3) its foundation dates from the thirteenth century B.C., but this is manifestly erroneous, for Tyre is mentioned under the name of Sour-ri in the tablets of El-Amarna, between 13 B.C. According to the authors cited by Josephus (Ant. Isaias himself ( 23:7) says that its origin was ancient. If we are to believe priests of Melkart quoted by Herodotus (II, 44) it was founded in the twenty-eighth century B.C. The city is called in Hebrew, Zor, and in Arabic, Sour, from two words meaning rock. Melchite archdiocese and Maronite diocese. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.

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