"The strong city" (Josh. 19: 29); an important commercial and seaport town of Syria, in alliance with David (2 Sam. 5: 11; 1 Chr. 14: 1); with Solomon (1 Kgs. 5: 1 ff.; 2 Chr. 2: 3 ff.; see also 2 Sam. 24: 7; Isa. 23; Joel 3: 4-8; Amos 1: 9); its destruction (Jer. 25: 22; Jer. 27: 3; Jer. 47: 4; Ezek. 26; Ezek. 27: 2-3, 8, 32; Ezek. 28: 2, 12; Ezek. 29: 18; Zech. 9: 2-3); supplied men and material to Zerubbabel (Ezra 3: 7). See also 1 Kgs. 7: 13-15; 1 Kgs. 9: 11-12; Ps. 45: 12; Ps. 83: 7; Ps. 87: 4; Hosea 9: 13; Zech. 9: 2-3; Neh. 13: 16; Matt. 11: 22; Mark 3: 8; Mark 7: 24, 31; Luke 6: 17; Luke 10: 13-14; Acts 12: 20; Acts 21: 3, 7.