Zidon

Zidon is named in Jacob’s blessing of Zebulun as the coastal limit of the tribe’s territory: Zebulun is to dwell by the sea, serve as a shore for ships, and have its flank toward Zidon. The place thus gives a specific geographic edge to a poetic prediction about the tribe’s maritime setting.

Zidon in Jacob’s Blessing

The reference occurs among Jacob’s final words to his sons. In a compact territorial image, the blessing joins Zebulun’s dwelling at the seashore to ships and to Zidon, anchoring the tribe’s position in a named coastal place. The text supplies no further account of Zidon or of events there.

Geographic and Narrative Role

Zidon functions as a boundary marker within the blessing rather than as a setting for narrated action. Its mention makes Zebulun’s relationship to the coast concrete, while the surrounding blessings assign the other sons distinct images and prospects.