[It was a time of political unrest, and] Herod was in bitter conflict with
[the neighboring] people of
[the Phoenician coastal cities] Tyre and
Sidon. Together,
[their representatives] came to the king
[Herod Agrippa I, who was now back at his residence in Caesarea Maritima]. Once they had won over his chamberlain
(closest advisor) Blastus, they asked for peace. They were dependent on the king's territory for their livelihood.
[Phoenicia was dependent on grain supplies from the interior areas ruled by Herod Agrippa I. They finally reached an agreement, and Agrippa organized festivities to celebrate this.] 
