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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 in Easton's Bible Dictionary

circuit. Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of Naphtali. Hiram was dissatisfied with the gift, and called it "the land of Cabul" (q.v.). The Jews called it Galil. It continued long to be occupied by the original inhabitants, and hence came to be called "Galilee of th...

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Galilee Scripture - Acts 1:11

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven....

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Galilee Scripture - Mark 7:31

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis....

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Galilee Scripture - 1 Chronicles 6:76

And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs....

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Galilee in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(gal' ih lee) Place name meaning, "circle" or "region." The northern part of Israel above the hill country of Ephraim and the hill country of Judah (Joshua 20:7). The Septuagint or early Greek translation referred to a king of the nations of Galilee in Joshua 12:23, though the Hebrew reads, "Gilgal." Many scholars see the Greek as original (NR...

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Galilee Scripture - Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:...

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Galilee in Hitchcock's Bible Names

wheel; revolution...

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