Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle · leaf 78
when be-Bieged by Vespasian. The principal cities in Lower Galilee were Ace, or Ptolemais(Acre), memorable for its siege by Richard Coeur de Lion in the time of the Crusades;CancB ; Sepphoris, afterwards called Dio Caesarea; Nazareth and Jezreel.—A largelake in Galilee was called the Sea of… … p. 1. ASIA. WESTERN DIVISION. JUDiEA. 51 Itahyrms or Tahor, the scene of our Lords transfiguration.—Between Galilee andSamaria stood Bethsan, the chief of the ten confederate cities called Decapolis, which,dreading the power of the J as, entered into a confederacy against the Asmoneanprinces, who…
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