It was destroyed more than 300 years before the Lord, so the Lord Jesus has never been there. Ancient Lebanon, a slave city-state in northern Phoenicia on the eastern Mediterranean, is now Saida in Lebanon. Founded in early 2000 BC, it is also known as the two major commercial port cities of Phoenicia with Tyre. Handicraft industry is developed, especially famous for dyes and glass products.
At the end of 2000, it colonized the ocean and occupied islands such as Cyprus, which was the most prosperous. It was ruled by Persia in the sixth century BC. It was occupied by Alexander of Macedonia in 333 BC. It was incorporated into Rome in 64 BC.