Phoenicia was a region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Due to the sea-side location, Javan's descendants probably traveled through this area at some point in history. The Phoenicians were best known for a purple dye called indigo from a fish gland. Nobility often used this dye for their garments.
Biblical towns mentioned were Gebal (Byblos), Tyrus (Tyre) and Zidon (Sidon). Zidon was a grand-son of Ham, son to Canaan.
Modern day countries that reside in the boundaries of Phoenicia include Lebanon, Israel & possibly a portion of southern Syria.
A reference to Gebalites occurs in Joshua 13:5 (NIV translation only).
Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3 and 47:4; 26:2-4, 7 and 15; 27:2,3, 8, 32; 28:2, 12 and 29:18
Zidonites were also mentioned in 1 Chronicles 22:4 (King James version) while they were called Zidonians in Judges 10:12 and 18:7, 1 Kings 11:1,5 and 16:31, 2 Kings 23:13, and Ezekiel 32:30.
