This area was never really under Israel’s control, though David and Solomon were in friendly relations with King Hiram, who gave them cedars to make the temple. Tyre and Sidon were known as a place where Israelites would go to pick up idolatrous practices of the Canaanites. The Canaanites were the children of Ham who the Israelites were supposed to completely wipe out when they came to the promised land. This did not happen fully, and so Israelites picked up Canaanite practices, worshipping their god Baal and goddess Ashtoreth. To a lesser or greater extent this was the norm for the typical Israelite – worship Yahweh and also Baal and Ashtoreth depending on what you need and how things are going. This is what led to Israel’s ultimate judgment.
