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Galilee 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 the
Gentiles"
(Matthew 4:15) and also "Upper Galilee," to distinguish it
from the extensive addition afterwards made to it toward the south,
which was usually called "Lower Galilee." In the time of our Lord,
Galilee embraced more than one-third of Western Palestine, extending
"from Dan on the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, to the ridges of
Carmel and Gilboa on the south, and from the Jordan valley on the east
away across the splendid plains of Jezreel and Acre to the shores of
the Mediterranean on the west." Palestine was divided into three
provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, which comprehended the whole
northern section of the country
(Acts 9:31) and was the largest of
the three. It was the scene of some of the most memorable events of
Jewish history. Galilee also was the home of our Lord during at least
thirty years of his life. The first three Gospels are chiefly taken up
with our Lord's public ministry in this province. "The entire province
is encircled with a halo of holy associations connected with the life,
works, and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth." "It is noteworthy that of
his thirty-two beautiful parables, no less than ninteen were spoken in
Galilee. And it is no less remarkable that of his entire thirty-three
great miracles, twenty-five were wrought in this province. His first
miracle was wrought at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, and his last,
after his resurrection, on the shore of Galilee's sea. In Galilee our
Lord delivered the Sermon on The Mount, and the discourses on 'The
Bread of Life,' on 'Purity,' on 'Forgiveness,' and on 'Humility.' In
Galilee he called his first disciples; and there occurred the sublime
scene of the Transfiguration" (Porter's Through Samaria). When the
Sanhedrin were about to proceed with some plan for the condemnation of
our Lord
(John 7:45-52) Nicodemus interposed in his behalf. (Comp.)
(Deuteronomy 1:16,17; 17:8) They replied, "Art thou also of Galilee?. Out
of Galilee ariseth no prophet." This saying of theirs was "not
historically true, for two prophets at least had arisen from Galilee,
Jonah of Gath-hepher, and the greatest of all the prophets, Elijah of
Thisbe, and perhaps also Nahum and Hosea. Their contempt for Galilee
made them lose sight of historical accuracy" (Alford, Com.). The
Galilean accent differed from that of Jerusalem in being broader and
more guttural
(Mark 14:70)
