Acts 12:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

Cross References

Genesis 10:15

Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

Genesis 10:19

And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

2 Chronicles 2:10

I will give for your servants, the hewers who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand cors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”

2 Chronicles 2:15

Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants;

Ezra 3:7

So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 20:18

Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.

Ezekiel 27:17

Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat, olives and early figs, honey, oil, and balm.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:21

On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an oration to them.

Acts 21:3

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

Acts 21:7

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

Joshua 19:29

then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre; then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,