Tyre
Phoenician port on the coast of Lebanon, once an island. Its king Hiram supplied Solomon’s temple, the prophets spoke against it, Alexander took it by siege in 332 BC, and Jesus and Paul both visited its district.
Tyre was a city of the Phoenician coast, built on an island close to the shore. Its king Hiram of Tyre supplied cedar and cypress timber for the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 5:1–12), and Ezekiel describes its trade and foretells its fall (Ezekiel 26:1–14) (Ezekiel 27:1–9). Alexander the Great took it in 332 BC by building a mole from the mainland to the island (Arrian, Anabasis 2.18). Jesus went into its district (Mark 7:24–31), and Paul stayed a week with the disciples there on his way to Jerusalem (Acts 21:3–7).
What happened here
- 332 BC, firm dateAlexander the Great Conquers the Near East
Alexander of Macedon defeats the Persian king, takes Tyre and Gaza by siege and founds Alexandria in Egypt. Judea passes from Persian to Greek rule. Josephus, centuries later, tells of a visit to Jerusalem.