Acts 12:20

Modern English Version

Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. But they came to him in unity, and having made Blastus, the king’s personal servant, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

Cross References

Genesis 10:15

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn and Heth,

Genesis 10:19

The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon toward Gerar to Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

2 Chronicles 2:10

I will provide for the woodsmen, your servants who cut timber, twenty thousand dry kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand liquid baths of wine, and twenty thousand liquid baths of oil.”

2 Chronicles 2:15

“Now the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine that my lord has declared, may he send these items to his slaves.

Ezra 3:7

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and to the people of Tyre so that they would bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, at Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so stop the contention before fighting begins.

Proverbs 20:18

Every purpose is established by counsel; so by wise counsel wage war.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the angry spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your position, for calmness pacifies great offenses.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and the land of Israel, they were your merchants. They traded in your market with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balm.

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:21

On an appointed day, Herod, dressed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave a public speech to them.

Acts 21:3

Having come in sight of Cyprus, we passed to the south of it and sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship’s cargo was to be unloaded.

Acts 21:7

When we finished our voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for one day.

Joshua 19:29

Then the border turned to Ramah, reaching the fortified city of Tyre. Then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea by the region of Akzib,