Originally Posted by DOC
I guess that's why they accepted the authority of Nebuchadnezzar. You get to survive and suffer no more damage from him. And it's logical to assume that a guy that can destroy Jerusalem could do some serious damage in 13 years on Tyre.
From Wiki on Nebu.
After the destruction of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar engaged in a thirteen year siege of Tyre (585–572 BC), which ended in a compromise, with the Tyrians accepting Babylonian authority.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II
In my book if you accept the authority of an invading army, you lost, and your nation as you knew it is no more, no matter what name you give it.