Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 76
en be-sieged by Vespasian. The principal cities in Lower Galilee were Ace, or Ptoiemais(Acre), memorable for its siege by Richard Coeur de Lion in the time of the Crusades;Canes ; Sepphoris, afterwards called Dio Caesarea; Nazareth and Jezreel.—A largelake in Galilee was called the Sea of Tiberias… … p. I. ASIA. WESTERN DIVISION. JTJD.EA. 51 Ilabyrius or Tabor, the scene of our Lords ansfiguration.—Between Galilee andSamaria stood Bethsan, the chief of the ten cc. lerale cities called Decapolis, which,dreading the power of the Jews, entered into a confederacy against the Asmoneanprinces, who…
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