Tyre and Sidon – in which tribe’s inheritance were they?
In Jacob’s blessing to his sons, it is explicitly mentioned that Sidon is in Zebulun’s portion. But in the book of Joshua we see that the tribe of Asher received Sidon!
Surprisingly – the answer is related to…the prophet Jonah. According to the Sages, he was the son of the woman from Sidon, yet there is a dispute among the Sages as to whether the prophet Jonah was from the tribe of Zebulun or Asher.
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