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The Bounds of the Earth Revealed in the End of Days

In ancient times, the people of God walked the land with staff in hand and Scripture in heart. They knew the hills of Judea, the waters of Galilee, and the gates of Jerusalem — for their stories unfolded upon the soil. Today, though the feet of students no longer tread those same paths, the call to remember remains. And lo, in this generation, the ...

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Of Galilee and Judea Where the Child Was Raised and the Word Was Made Known

In the Days of Herod the King And it came to pass in those days, when Herod reigned over Judea, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, unto Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, to be taxed with Mary his espoused wif...

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Ancient Galilee - Kids Bible maps

This map shows the region known as Galilee in the land of ancient Israel. The northern region of Israel called Galilee was mentioned many times in the New Testament. Jesus spent a lot of his time in Galilee, which gave him the nickname "the Galilean." Nazareth was located in the region of Galilee, which is where Jesus grew up and lived for mo...

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Galilee Scripture - 2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria....

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Galilee Scripture - Joshua 20:7

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah....

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Galilee in Naves Topical Bible

1. The northern district of Israel A city of refuge in Jos 20:7; 21:32; 1Ch 6:76 Cities in, given to Hiram 1Ki 9:11,12 Taken by king of Assyria 2Ki 15:29 Prophecy concerning Isa 9:1; Mt 4:15 Called GALILEE OF THE NATIONS Isa 9:1 Herod (Antipas), tetrarch of Mr 6:21; Lu 3:1; 23:6,7 Jesus resides in Mt 17:22; 19:1; Joh 7:1,9 Teaching a...

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Galilee Scripture - Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,...

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Galilee Scripture - Matthew 4:15

The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;...

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Galilee in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

gal'-i-le (ha-galil, hagelilah, literally, "the circuit" or "district"; he Galilaia): 1. Galilee of the Nations: Kedesh, the city of refuge, is described as lying in Galilee, in Mt. Naphtali (Josh 20:7; compare 21:32). The name seems originally to have referred to the territory of Naphtali. Joshua's victorious campaign in the north (Josh 11), ...

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Galilee in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(circuit). This name, which in the Roman age was applied to a large province, seems to have been originally confined to a little "circuit" of country round Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the twenty towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem. Jos 20:7; 1Ki 9:11 In ...

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