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Tyre

Tyre (Biblical Place • 33.276°N, 35.193°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 , 2 Sam 5:11 , 2 Sam 24:7 , 1 Kgs 5:1 , 1 Kgs 7:13 , 1 Kgs 7:14 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Solomon's Temple & Wisdom Literature—King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tyre (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 , 2 Sam 5:11 , 2 Sam 24:7 , 1 Kgs 5:1 , 1 Kgs 7:13 , 1 Kgs 7:14 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 23:15 : "And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot."; 1 Kings 7:13 : "And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre."; Ezekiel 27:2 : "Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;". Related canonical books and chapters: 2 Chronicles 2 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)), Ezekiel 27 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 27 (36 verses)), 1 Kings 5 ( 1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Tyre
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Biblical Place • 33.276°N, 35.193°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 , 2 Sam 5:11 , 2 Sam 24:7 , 1 Kgs 5:1 , 1 Kgs 7:13 , 1 Kgs 7:14 .

μαρτυρέω
martyreo (martyréō) [mar-too-reh'-o]
G3140 Greek verb 76x
to be a witness, bear witness, testify

Primary meaning: to be a witness, bear witness, testify, to witness favourably. Strong's: to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: prop., to be a witness , bear witness , testify : absol. (Pind., al.), Jo 15:27 , Ac 26:5 ; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), II Co 8:3 ; c. dat. pers. (comm. et incomm.; Bl., § 37, 2), Ac 22:5 , He 10:15 ; id. seq. ὅτι , Mt 23:31 , Ro 10:2 , al.; acc. et inf., Ac 10:43 ; c. acc. rei (cl.), Jo 3:11 , Re 22:16 , 20 ; c. acc. cogn., seq. περί , Jo 5:32 , I Jo 5:10 ; c. dat. rei, Jo 5:33 , Ac...

Derivation: from G3144 (μάρτυς);
2 Chronicles 2
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .

Ezekiel 27
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Ezekiel • Chapter 27 (36 verses)

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre ; And say unto Tyre , O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of p... Mentions: Lud , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Haran , Tyre, Senir , Lebanon , Bashan , Kittim .

1 Kings 5
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1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David . And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ... Mentions: Solomon, David, Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Lebanon , Solomon's .

Ezekiel 26
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Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Luke 10
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Luke • Chapter 10 (42 verses)

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harv... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Sodom , Chorazin , Bethsaida , Tyre , Sidon .

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King Solomon constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah ( 1 Kings 6 , 2 Chronicles 3 ) to house the Ark of the Covenant and fostered Israel 's golden age of biblical wisdom literature.

Isaiah 23
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Isaiah • Chapter 23 (18 verses)

The burden of Tyre . Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And b... Mentions: Tyre , Tarshish , Kittim , Egypt .

1 Kings 7
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1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pi... Mentions: Solomon , Naphtali , Boaz , David , Lebanon , Tyre , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zarethan .

Zechariah 9
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Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .

1 Kings 9
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1 Kings • Chapter 9 (28 verses)

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon . And the Lord said unto him, I... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Esau ( Edom ), Solomon's , Gibeon , Egypt , Tyre , Galilee .

2 Chronicles
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Old Testament • 36 Chapters

2 Chronicles (Old Testament, 36 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Judah , Dan . Key places: Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria , Tyre , Lebanon . Opens with: "And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly...."

1 Chronicles 22
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 22 (19 verses)

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel . And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. And David prepared ... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Solomon , Moses , Tyre .

Map of Solomon's Maritime Trade Routes & Ophir
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Port of Ezion-Geber on the Red Sea and Phoenician seafaring ventures with King Hiram of Tyre .

Historical Near Eastern Cartography Project • Wikimedia Commons Cartography Public Domain Mark 1.0
Acts 12
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Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Mentions: James ( Jacob ), Mary , Saul , Caesarea , Tyre , Sidon , Jerusalem .

Mark 3
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Mark • Chapter 3 (35 verses)

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Galilee , Jerusalem , Jordan , Tyre , Sidon .

Luke 6
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Luke • Chapter 6 (49 verses)

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabb... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon .

1 Chronicles 14
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (17 verses)

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel . And David took more... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Shobab , Nathan , Solomon , Tyre , Jerusalem , Japhia , Rephaim , Baal .

Matthew 15
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Matthew • Chapter 15 (39 verses)

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem , saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Canaan , David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee .

Ezra 3
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Ezra • Chapter 3 (13 verses)

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem . Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and his brethren, and b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Moses , Judah , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Tyre , Lebanon , Joppa .

Mark 7
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Mark • Chapter 7 (37 verses)

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem . And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their ha... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee , Decapolis .

Matthew 11
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Matthew • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ , he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come,... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Chorazin , Bethsaida , Tyre , Sidon , Capernaum .

Ezekiel 28
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Ezekiel • Chapter 28 (26 verses)

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre , Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou se... Mentions: Daniel , Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Eden .

2 Samuel 5
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2 Samuel • Chapter 5 (25 verses)

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron , and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, David , Hebron , Saul , Judah , Jerusalem , Zion , Millo , Tyre .

Mark
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New Testament • 16 Chapters

Mark (New Testament, 16 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Levi , David . Key places: Jerusalem , Jordan , Nazareth , Galilee , Capernaum , Tyre . Opens with: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;..."

Joel
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Old Testament • 3 Chapters

Joel (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Joel, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jehoshaphat , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Zion , Eden , Jerusalem , Tyre , Philistia , Shittim . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel...."

2 Esdras
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Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters

2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."

Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah • Chapter 13 (31 verses)

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaa... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zadok , Pedaiah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Tyre , Ashdod , Ammon .

Psalms 87
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Psalms • Chapter 87 (7 verses)

His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob . Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion , Rahab , Babylon , Philistia , Tyre .

Joel 3
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Joel • Chapter 3 (21 verses)

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem , I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat , and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel , whom they... Mentions: Judah , Jehoshaphat , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Jerusalem , Tyre , Philistia , Zion , Shittim .

Jeremiah 27
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Jeremiah • Chapter 27 (22 verses)

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, And send them to the king of Edom , and to the king of Moab , and to the ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Esau (Edom), Moab , Edom, Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Jeremiah 47
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Jeremiah • Chapter 47 (7 verses)

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and the... Mentions: Gaza , Tyre , Caphtor , Ashkelon .

Zechariah
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Old Testament • 14 Chapters

Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."

Psalms 45
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Psalms • Chapter 45 (17 verses)

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,... Mentions: Ophir , Tyre .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (50 verses)

But the aforesaid Simon , he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of these evils. And him that was the benefactor of the city, and the guardian of his ... Mentions: Simon , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Jerusalem , Antioch 1 , Tyre , Egypt .

Scripture Passages (24)

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre .

Ezekiel 27:2 (KJV)
Ezekiel 27 KJV

Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre ;

Gebal , and Ammon , and Amalek ; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre ;

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon .

Ezekiel 27:3 (KJV)
Ezekiel 27 KJV

And say unto Tyre , O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre , thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise.

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre : every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyre , for the service that he had served against it:

But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre , which shall devour the palaces thereof.

As at the report concerning Egypt , so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre .

Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David .

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

Ezekiel 27:8 (KJV)
Ezekiel 27 KJV

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyre , that were in thee, were thy pilots.

Ephraim , as I saw Tyre , is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.

But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre , the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

And when we had finished our course from Tyre , we came to Ptolemais , and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

And all the kings of Tyre , and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia , and Tyre , with Ethiopia ; this man was born there.

And Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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