Dictionary entry

Tyre

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Antiquity of Isa 23:7; Jos 19:29

CALLED

The daughter of Zidon Isa 23:12

The daughter of Tarshish Isa 23:10

The joyous city Isa 23:7

The crowning city Isa 23:8

The renowned city Eze 26:17

Insular position of Eze 26:17; 27:4,25

Strongly fortified Jos 19:29; 2Sa 24:7; Eze 26:17; Zec 9:3

Governed by kings 1Ki 5:1; Jer 25:22

CELEBRATED FOR

Its beauty Eze 27:3,4

Its commerce Isa 23:2,3; Eze 27:3,12-25

Its wealth Eze 27:33; 28:4,5; Zec 9:3

Strength and beauty of its ships Eze 27:5-7

Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c Eze 27:10,11

INHABITANTS OF

Sea-faring men Eze 26:17

Mercantile men Isa 23:8

Proud and haughty Isa 23:9; Eze 28:2,17

Self-conceited Eze 28:3-5

Superstitious Jer 27:2,3,9

Wicked Eze 28:18

Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their calamities Ps 83:7; Eze 26:2; Am 1:9

David and Solomon formed alliances with 1Ki 5:1; 2Ch 2:3

SUPPLIED

Seamen for Solomon's navy 1Ki 9:27; 2Ch 8:18

A master-builder for the temple 2Ch 2:7,13

Stones and timber for building the temple 1Ki 5:6,9; 2Ch 2:8,9,16

Timber for rebuilding the temple and city Ezr 3:7

The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath Ne 13:16

CHRIST

Alluded to the depravity of Mt 11:21,22

Visited the coasts of Mt 15:21; Mr 7:24

Was followed by many from Mr 3:8; Lu 6:17

Paul found disciples at Ac 21:3,4

Depended for provision upon Galilee Ac 12:20

Propitiated the favour of Herod Ac 12:20

PROPHECIES RESPECTING

Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction Eze 26:2

Pride a cause of its destruction Eze 28:2-6

To be destroyed by the king of Babylon Isa 23:13,14; Jer 27:3,6; Eze 26:7-13

Inhabitants of, to emigrated to other countries Isa 23:6,12

To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for the spreading nets Eze 26:3-5,14

The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt for his service against Eze 29:18-20

To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years Isa 23:15

Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years Isa 23:16,17

Its second destruction by the Macedonians Eze 27:32; 28:7,8,18; Zec 9:2-4

The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre Eze 26:12

Never to recover its greatness Eze 26:21

Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompence for their selling the Jews Joe 3:4-8

All nations to be terrified at its destruction Eze 26:15-18; 27:29-36; Zec 9:5

To participated in the blessings of the gospel Ps 45:12; Isa 23:18