And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
And Herod was highly displeased with, х thumoomachoon (G2371)] - 'bore a hostile grudge' at (as in the margin),
Them of Tyre and Sidon - for some reason unknown; but the effect of this on their commercial relations made the latter glad to sue for peace.
But they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country - as of old. Thus (Ezekiel 27:17) "Judah and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants [O Tyre!], they traded in thy market wheat," etc. Solomon and Zerubbabel got the Tyrians to send them cedars from Lebanon for the building of the first and second temples, for which they paid in grain (1 Kings 5:9; Ezra 3:7). Perhaps the famine (Acts 11:28) had some effect in bringing about the reconciliation.