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Tyre


‎The scene is a segment of the picture gallery on the city gate of Balavat, which was protected by metal panels, and dates back to the time of Shalmaneser III (858–824 BCE). The segment shows the silhouette of Tyre, which is located on an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Hence the tribute to the Assyrian king had to be brought to the mainland with boats.
‎Josh 19:29; 2 Sam 5:11; Ezra 3:7; Ps 45:12; Jer 47:4; Ezek 26; 27; Hos 9:13; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:9–10; 1 Macc 5:15; 2 Macc 4:18, 4:32, 4:44, 4:49; Matt 11:21–22; Mark 3:8; Luke 10:13–14; Acts 21:3, 21:7

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