The wealthy Phoenician city-state on the Mediterranean coast about 25 miles south of Sidon (in modern Lebanon). Originally a mainland city, Tyre established a fortified island stronghold half a mile offshore that proved nearly impregnable. Tyre was ally to David and Solomon: King Hiram of Tyre supplied cedar wood, gold, and skilled craftsmen for both David's palace and Solomon's temple (2 Sam 5:11; 1 Kgs 5; 9:11-14). Solomon's alliance with Tyre involved a twenty-year trade relationship that brought immense wealth to Israel. Later, however, Tyre's pride and trade-in-souls drew severe prophetic judgment. Ezekiel 26-28 contains an extended oracle against Tyre, with chapter 28's lament against the king of Tyrus extending into typological description of the original prince of pride (commonly interpreted as Satan): thou wast in Eden the garden of God... thou art the anointed cherub that covereth. Tyre fell to Nebuchadnezzar (after a 13-year siege) and later Alexander the Great (332 BC). Christ Himself visited the region of Tyre (Mark 7:24-31).