As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous. The Khirbet el-Maqatir Rams Head: Evidence of the Israelite Destruction of Ai? And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim, against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasarfour kings against five. 1997 Tyre. facebook twitter youtube instagram newsletter Search. Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the Kings Valley). And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim. All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). The rest are left to the just judgment of God in the general body of the condemned, where they of Tyre and Sidon are left, who might have believed had they seen Christ's many miracles; but since it was not given them that they should believe, therefore that through which they might have believed was also withheld. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. A Typical Israelite Community in the OT Period, Secrets of the Bible: The Fall of Jericho with Dr. Bryant Wood, 2014 Excavations at Kh. You will be brought down to Hades. Jesus teaching perhaps mildly interested them, and His miracles entertained them, but nothing more. It would seem that during the second millennium BC, Sidon was the pre-eminent of the two port cities. Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. All of them have become to Me like Sodom, For the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb concerning you, saying, Like mother, like daughter.. And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans pride,Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Matthew 11:24 is the 24th verse in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Trans. The inhabitants of those ancient cities will still have to appear before the great white throne; there they shall be dealt with individually, and not judged as communities. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed. 1969b The Ancient Near East in Pictures, second edition. For if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, They would have repented long ago in sackcloth and, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Tyre and Sidon. How can we understand this? The words, It shall be easier in the day of judgment, clearly prove that there are divers punishments in hell, as there are divers mansions in the kingdom of heaven. In dealing with our Lord's remarks about Tyre and Sidon in Matthew 11:21and similarly about Sodom in Matthew 11:23we should observe that the judgments that came on Tyre and Sidon, and upon Sodom in the ancient world, were temporal judgments; that is . Most Recent Articles Written by Scott Stripling, Most Recent Articles Written by Bryant Wood. They came to see Him (Mk 3:8) and be healed by Him (Lu 6:17). So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. -Michael Luddeni. by Kevin DeYoung. Yet because they ignored and rejected the Son of God, their fate on the day of judgment will be worse than that of Sodom. Works (66) Titles . Christians in the Public Square: How Far Should Evangelicals Go in the Creation-Evolution Debate. The king of Sodom said to Abram, Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself. Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, I have made Abram rich. I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share.. 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Since the question you ask is a knotty question indeed, I think that the best I can do by way of reply is to make a number of suggestions. Whoever, therefore, thinks thus must suppose that this was spoken twice. Sidon was included in the inheritance of Asher, on its northern boundary (Jos 19:28), but it was not taken by that tribe in conquest (Jgs 1:31, 3:3). Although Hades is sometimes used in Scripture to represent the place of all the departed dead, it is often used, as here, to represent hell, the place of eternal punishment for the unsaved. Yet, while Sidon was mentioned many times during the Canaanite and early Israelite periods in the Bible, Tyre first appeared as part of Asher's western boundary (Jos 19:29). Ruins of the Castle of St. Louis on a hill south of the port are believed to sit over the ancient acropolis. Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative. Unfortunately for archaeologists, the area of ancient Sidon remains occupied today and only minimal archaeological evidence for New Testament Sidon is available. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram. m r /) were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. 'Phoenicia' was the name given to the region by the Greeks, from their word for purple. While Tyre and Sidon were considered Canaanite during the second millennium BC, scholars call the Lebanese coast after the time of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan, Phoenecia. The mound was formed by tens of thousands of crushed murex shells from the city's famed purple dye industry. woe unto thee, Bethsaida! Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they. A Christian Apologetics Ministry Dedicated to Demonstrating the Historical Reliability of the Bible through Archaeological and Biblical Research. Although the dates of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are still in dispute, only Sidon and Sidonians are mentioned (17 times: Iliad 6.290-91; 23.743-44; Odyssey 4.83, 84, 618; 13.272, 285; 14.288, 291; 15.118, 415, 417, 419, 425, 473). You should not enquire into times when you see the salvation of those that believe. They also took Lot, Abrams nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment. The whole teaching of St. Paul in Romans 2, all the wider hopes of later times as to the future of mankind, are but the development of the truth partly declared and partly suggested here. There were many in Corozaim and Bethsaida who would believe, and many in Tyre and Sidon who would not believe, and therefore were not worthy of the Gospel. I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.. Ethbaal was the father of Jezebel and king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Sidon was included in the inheritance of Asher, on its northern boundary (Jos 19:28), but it was not taken by that tribe in conquest (Jgs 1:31, 3:3). Register. The expression of their faces bears witness against them. Please respond to confirm your registration. It exports tobacco, oil, fruit, and silk, but the amount of exports is small. He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people. Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here. Ezekiel also pointed out that Tyre's world-wide trade would cease with this event (Ez 27 and 28). But I say unto you, it shall be easier for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you. Bible prophecy shows that Jesus Christ will soon return and set up His Kingdom on earth for a thousand years (Revelation 20:26). This text is from a letter written by David Gooding in 2003. "[3], Chrysostom: " This makes the accusation heavier, for it is a proof of extreme wickedness, that they are worse, not only than any then living, but than the wickedest of all past time. At that time, Judah was lost in idolatry and rebellion against God. "[3], Augustine: "Luke also gives this as spoken in continuation of some other of the Lords discourses; from which it appears that he has rather followed the actual order of events; Matthew to have followed his recollection. E. M. Myers. If Tyre and Sidon had seen half of the powerful miracles you have seen, they would have been on their knees in a minute. But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. The port of ancient Sidon is believed to have been located in this area. On the island of Tyre, near the site of the ancient Egyptian (southern) port today sits impressive ruins from the Roman and Byzantine periods. And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). King David and Solomon: Men or Myths? As their wealth and prosperity engendered luxury and its concomitant evilsirreligion and moral degeneracytheir overthrow was repeatedly foretold in ancient prophecy, and once and again fulfilled by victorious enemies. And Capernaum! In sackcloth and ashes - Sackcloth was a coarse cloth, like canvas, used for the dress of the poor, and for the more common articles of domestic economy. Jesus Christ explained that in the future, the men of Ninevah and the queen of the South would be resurrected alongside the men of His day, and would condemn those of Jesus day who rejected His message (Matthew 12:4142). In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim. Well, here's the thing. Consider the magnitude of the time of judgment that Jesus is describing! If this translation were correct, it would mean that the judgment that fell on the citizens of these ancient cities was the eternal judgment to which the unconverted will be consigned at the great white throne. Even today, there is only one hotel and few restaurants for tourists. Therefore I removed them when I saw it. With numerous hammams (Turkish baths), souqs (markets) and mosques, it feels like an old world city. But they said, Stand aside. Furthermore, they said, This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them. So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door. These include a western extension of the colonnaded street from the mainland site, the agora (market place), an unusual arena, and a huge bathhouse. Take, for example, the judgments of God that befell the cities of Canaan through the military campaigns of Joshua. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness. But if they be not by the high sentence of God set apart from the mass of perdition through the predestination of grace, then neither words nor works are set before them by God, which yet, could they have seen or heard them, would have stirred them to believe. Compare Ezekiel 26:4-14. Does the Merneptah Stela Allow for a 12th Century Exodus? While both were significant Roman cities on the eastern Mediterranean, their leaders felt the need to keep in Herod's favor. The ancient world's purple dye industry developed from extracting a fluid from a Mediterranean mollusk, the murex. Millions today wrongly believe either that God is capricious, sending to damnation billions who never heard His message preached, or that He is inconsistent, giving salvation to some who did not hear His gospel preached. And which, if it had been only performed in such a manner by the inhabitants of Chorazin and Bethsaida, would have saved them from temporal judgments, which their sins now called for. Yet their sin was worse than if they had done those things. Why did Lot offer up his daughters to be gang raped? Just as during the "Church Age," people will be judged by their obedience to Gods word. God promised pestilence, blood in her streets and death by sword (Ez 28:23). They are also important cities in the Old and New Testaments. Why did Jesus mention Tyre and Sidon in Luke 10:14? Woe unto thee, Chorazin!