The Tribe of Zebulon (King Ba'al)

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When the Bible initially speaks of the Phoeniciansi it refers to them as Sidon because Sidonii was their major city-state. The people were descendants of Ham's grandson Sidon.

In Homer's Iliad and Odysseyiii, only Sidon and Sidonians are mentionediv. According to the historian Herodutus a monument existed in his day in Tyre (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) that claimed that Tyre had existed since about 2000 B.C. (era of Abraham). But if this was so, it apparently was an insignificant settlement for Tyre is said to have been colonized from the greater city Sidon; one source says it was populated following an attack by the Philistines upon Sidon.v At any rate, Tyre did not replace Sidon's prominence and leadership role among the Phoenicians until about the 10th century B.C. 700 years after Jacob and around 400 years after Joshua.vi

Meaning of Zebulun: Possibly derived from Ugartic zbl meaning “prince”. Zebulun is the tenth son of Jacob in the Old Testament and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Genesis 30:20 implies two different roots for the name: זָבַל (zaval) “to honour” or “to dwell”, and זֵבֵד (zeved) “gift, dowry”.

Ugaritic mythological literature the title zbl “prince” is attached to several gods as to Yariḥu (KTU 1.18 IV 8; 1.19 IV 2) and to Yammu (KTU 1.2 III 8, 16, 21, 23; IV 7, 14, 16, 22, 24–25, 29), but especially to Baal who is called zbl bʿl “prince Baal” or also zbl bʿl ʾrṣ “prince, Lord of the earth/netherworld." 

Some even feel that the description of Zebulun’s “borders” being “Zidon” is also a clue, because the word for border also means thigh which includes the pubic region. Many feel this hints of the Holland being the “red light district” of the world with its abundance of pornography, prostitution and tolerance of sexual promiscuity. Zebulon’s territory in the Promised Land was previously occupied by the ancient S(Z)idonian fertility cults of Baal and Ashtaroth.  The Wicked Queen Jezebel, known as a sexual temptress was a S(Z)idonian.

Source: https://www.biblestudylessons.net/articles/evidences/zebulun.html