² sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.

² sn Sidon was located 25 miles north of Tyre.

³ sn Sidon and Arvad, like Tyre, were Phoenician coastal cities.

¹ sn Another Phoenician coastal city located between Sidon and Arvad.

² sn Sidon is another seaport 75 mi (120 km) north of Caesarea.

³ sn Zarephath was a Phoenician coastal city located some ten miles south of Sidon.

¹ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

² sn The Arkites lived in Arka, a city in Lebanon, north of Sidon.

² map For the location of Sidon see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

³ sn The connection with Tyre and Sidon suggests that these were Phoenician colonies. See also Isa 23:2.

¹ tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible.

⁴ sn Sidon was an ancient Phoenician royal city on the coast between Berytus (Beirut) and Tyre (BDAG 923 s.v. Σιδών).

⁹ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

⁴ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

¹ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

⁵ tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

² tn Heb “The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco, the people living in Sidon, Ahlab, Acco, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.”

¹ sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.

⁴ sn Myra was a city on the southern coast of Lycia in Asia Minor. This journey from Sidon (v. 3) was 440 mi (700 km) and took about 15 days.

⁵ sn Although not explicitly stated, the ship put out to sea from the port of Caesarea (where the previous events had taken place (cf. 25:13) and then sailed along the Asiatic coast (the first stop was Sidon, v. 3).