They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What [say] you?
"The Bible refers to the country as Phoenicia only in the New Testament (Mark 7:26; Acts 11:19; Acts 15:3; Acts 21:2). The Old Testament regularly uses merely the name of either or both of its principal two cities, Tyre and Sidon. These two cities, both prominent in merchandising activity, continue to the present day and are only twenty miles apart. They never seem to have enjoyed any real political cohesion, however, which means that the country never did either. In fact, the boundaries of the country, at any given time, are difficult to fix because this was true. The people often are called simply ’Sidonians’ in the Old Testament (Deuteronomy 3:9: Joshua 13:4; Joshua 13:6; Judges 3:3; Judges 18:7; 1 Kings 5:6; etc.). This is because Sidon was more important than Tyre in early history." [Note: Wood, Distressing Days . . ., p. 79.] 