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The inhabitants of Zidon and its neighbourhood. At times the term was applied to the Phoenicians generally. They were renowned for cutting timber and as being fishermen and seamen. Deut. 3: 9; Joshua 13: 4, 6; Judges 3: 3; Judges 10: 12; Judges 18: 7; 1 Kings 5:
6; 1 Kings 11: 1, 5, 33; 1 Kings 16: 31; 2 Kings 23: 13; 1 Chr. 22: 4;
Ezek. 32: 30. The Zidonians were idolators: Baal and Ashtoreth were their gods. This is mentioned on the sarcophagus of Ashmanezer, apparently one of their kings.