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Show Thefecond Bookeof thefirt part. Cuar.7.§.s, Caar.7.$.5. ekin7.atd Arofeth gentinm, neere the waters ofAterom or Samivchonitis, the Citie of A ivoths Bier. arenexvy beak A rmy of thefecond labin : from whence wy offia "Bra He Sed'of Galilec,is Edrai,or Edrehisa ftrong Cities befides many =ners,i hercof finde Mane NO paiticular ftorie of importance : as Ser-inJof#ae.19.07%35.called Tri im-Tzer, and 1keNi$90-.» thefirft of their fenced Cities: whence they maketwo Cities, Affedim & Ser, FAG 1Se9" paniedfor "Then Adama,which theycall Edna "alfo Hiom which theycall Abiow, of a in the tarcé.s3~ BOOkes of Kings :-Then the ftrong Citieof Ciznereth after called Gennexareth, whence Litt $10 we téade of the Land and Lake ofGeamesareth,the fame Lake whichis alfo calledthe Sea This place of OF Tiberius. In the body ofthe Land they place'Galga/a to the South border : of which The laftand greateftof the Cities onthat. * Sea,andthe Lake of Géxezzareth within * The names 10 Zabulon,wasthat ofTiberias,from whenceafterward the Galilean Seaalfo as changed ee name, ? of thechiefe f > Cities feated and wascalled the Sea of ue the Citie Tiberias, fo : namedin the honour Of Tiberias Cafar 3 aboutthis Sea, the ‘Matchab- " Adac.1.9.2.alfo divers others named,/o/-19.as Vcuca or Chakkok Horem and Azanothei warrants 19 zabor (which they place towards the Eaft parts)and out of the fameplace of Lofus,lereon, Cieainnepe Lakkumm Iepnael, Heleb,and ® Raccath, whichtwolat they place neere Cefares Philipi: rheba may Tothele they adde out of Jo/ua, Nekeb, and Adami : for which two /umins readeth Fofi it,;was oneof the ten Cities, and the Metropolsof the Region Decapolitan, Hes ie teft andlaft of the lower Galilee. From henee our Seuiour called Matthew, a fromthe toll vialsheed oe tporal Adame', makingit no Towne but Ditchcaftby fome of Adameth, as it feemes; or at f ilood of ih'Bemiaminor Jeaft the cuftodie of which March or Limit belonging to the Towne: To thefe out of in'maitalfe: Num.34.10.they adde Sephana,which 1 Sam.30.21.feemestobecalled Sipmoth, Astor k This ‘Keccath orxacath Tichon and Helo, whereof the former they fetch out of Ezek.4.7.16.and thelaterout of Hinius. thinks' Jo/ua't 9:33. itsmay appeare by Juxixs-his Tranflation| thatneicherare to be taken for Ci- orcuftome raigne of T2berins Cafar , inthe moft fruirfull part of Galilee ; but in 7, f atiche, and aground fullof Sepalchers Quam insta Hoftras leges (faith hee ) ‘adSeptemdies imabutis they - Cina habeatur,quiin talibuslocishab iter 3 Whereasby our law hee howld be‘fenen daics held as wa» 7th which 7 " in foretimes cleanc, whe inhabited in fuchaplace : by which words} and b y the wholeplace of fofephus gaue name td #0 it appeates, tharthis Tileriavis nor (as fome : one hiauc thought)the fame as the old Cinseréth, cthe Lake and whichwas feated, not in Zaéw/oz, but in , Nephtalims Kartban( one © Nephthalins which they makethenatiue place of Tobie,and Naa/ffon neere vntoit, they? of thefe being fetchoutof the /ulgar Tranflation, T0b.7.7.butin the Greeke Textthereis no figne,nei de of the o- nian Math. 9. Neerevntothis T#bersas; av Emaws,there were hot baths, where Vefpafian the Empe- Lue. s: rour encamped theeby Trang. ther of the one ior of the other: pofition of flee) of which Kavthaa wee haue noted already,that itis alfo called Kivia-thaym. 1 Inthe place,1 Xeg.4.itis, which allo they bring to prooue that there was a Citic called Nepthlim, asit is euident bythe following Verles : the Ttibe ofNNtphthalim is meatit;and totany Citie of that name. againkt Tiberias. More intothe Land toward the South.welt is Bethulia, | feated ona very high Hill, andof great ftrength, famotis by the ftorie of Holofernesand . Judithfachas it is. Neerewhich ftandeth Bethleem of Zabulon + and adioyning vatoit Capharath,torrified by ofephusagainftthe Romans: and Japhaan exceeding 3 ftrong place 3 lofein vit. fata, ae afterward forced by Tits: whoin the eritrance,and afterward §. V. Citizens: and carried away aboue twothoufand prifoners. THE TRIBE OF ZABYLON: . F Zabulon ot Zebulon, another ofthe fonnes ofLacob by Zea, there were; muttered We © at Mount Sizai, 574.00.ablemen, befides women, children, and aged vnableper* Mahe fons': allwhich dying i inthe Defarts,there entred the Holy. Land oftheir ifllues that part. of Canaan; fromm Afper to' the Riuet Canis im the C4U/ow Southward, and from the Sea of Galilee to the Adediterran, Falk and Welt. Tribeof afer. \\ithe Cities withinthis Tribe sehich border A/ber; sicamizum on the Sea thore ; of |Sept hay. Which fafeph.dxt.1 3.0.19. Debbafet of * which Yo/.1are 9.1.1. Jekonam or Joknebam (whole : Cinrites,, thaninthefame place, he is faid to be buried ar.asslon, Nvord| "Dorhe Eatt ofthis City ofZabulonis Cateth,of which Jof.19.15 onthe border of4" ‘per anid beyond ircheleffer:*) Caza of,Galilee, whiere Chrift conuerted Water into Wine:the ded' by MatMaGizic of Wathariel, in Mounitaines of Zebulon :and then the Citic Of Cethrom (in Zeigler, Ghiltrom )whicho Hambethiir, fended ie felfe again Zabulon. (ae per and nether Gadsee; fortified Then Berfabe which tandeth in. the partition of the vp" by Joféphusapainttthe Romanesi. Not farre from hen| ) peas hen Damne or Dituna,a Citic of the Lewites sthenWozorrather Neha, ofwhich i see 19E36Then Dothan or Dothain, where ‘ofp found his brethren feeding jayne twith thefanie whetein Elisens thei flockes* befiegedby the Syrians; ftrookethem the ae * Beyond itrowardsthe Eaft all blinde. ; they imagine © 4athar or Amathar: then Remmos of reades Nimmo. Seitites." Thelait of the Cities onthe north borderof Zebulon is Bethfaida, ope-08 F rena Meter tenGiries of Decapelis, fituare ofr Sea, and watered by the fprings ofCapen fave! ys waum, the natiue Citie of the Apoftles, Peter, andrev and Philip. Herein. chrit Lagjio. Dieimirdeles; but thele People dido* beitignoleffe incredulous than the Capharnattel wm0. , : 30phws in his owne life,then Zaffe according to Adrichowsius (of which Tof.19.12.) for hee lth thaboras thinkesthatitis not. thatveph2of which wee {pake but‘ nowontof Jofephis. Tideala; of 12s : < thinkes . s be " Which loft 5.15. Hieromecallsit ladelaé vnderit Wellward, Legio, ypon lof.19.12(afterward a Bifhops wieieet Coe feate ). andthe Citie Belma, ih ancient times exceeding ftrong, rememibred Judith 7.3, ee 677.itis called otherwife Che/may Berweene Legtoand Naxerét is the Citic Saffé or Saffra, the' Gitie of Zebedins, 3 Alpheus, lamesand Iehn : Then Sephoris; or Sephora, according birch? > to Ld. toban, de mons d > o Sephus Sephorumaccording to Brochard: which afterward) faith f Hegeffypasand Hierome. senile fA, was Called Didcefareas the Citie of Joachimand Anna;the Parents of wascalled by Hered the Tetrarch,and by him, as Lofephus {peakes, the Virgin Marysit made the head and 1/p.ant. eae 18.33 defence of Galilee: in another place he faith,rbium Galilearum maxinie Stphoris & Tibe» & "taLens qortas, This Sephoris greatly vexed Ve/afianere he wannci t. Herod Antipas when he made itthe Regal! feat of the'ncther-Galilee, and furrounded secratorida, which isas muchto fay as Inyperiall, faith itwith a ftrong wall, called it y= Jofephus; and itis now but a Cas ile called Zaphet, Tothe South-wettef this sephoris or Diocefarea was that bleffed place of Nazareth, as * - Di the Citic of azarythe Mother of Chrift; in which hee himfelfe was conceiued; ir ftandeth betweene Mount Tabor, andthe Adediterran Sea. Inthis Citie hee' abode chiefly foure and twenty yeares, and wastherefore called a Naxarite,as the Chriftians afterward were for Beyond it begin . Aruba, 1ec 13; HandethShitwrow of Atcron, whofe King was flaine by, Jo/ua. 5 ? nd the \Citie of Horfemen, of a Regimentthere garrifond by Hered... Then Citywhic , bedoubeed; Deateththe name of Zzbulon, onthe Citie o men, exceeding ancient andthemagnificettyy! fotgilt *eburnrte the ground by. Ce/lus, Lieutenant Wirtos gh.itthe birth-Citie of; ¢ Elon ludge of .i/rael, of the Romane Armie. Adrichomins nals becaufe heis called Zabulonita : nor marking andas itis thought, of simon Zelotes. in furie flew 1 sooo.ofthe Jo/ep-2.Ber25. : Onthe (id 24.35. O05 ELIS South fide aM arethe Citles of .Garthe ofthe Lewites, and Gabara, of which : (44*435a sofe2 therwife Ki/z03 : . robee ofcant King was *lainebyWo/ia, andthe Witie was giuento the Lewites: )and Gabaafter tale Roe. p? ndthe grea- orlake,thorow houle, to bean Apoftle, and neere vntoitraifed the daughter of fairus from caperva death: itwas built (as /oféphas reports) by Herod te T:etrarch, the brother of Philip, in oe the beginning ofthe 24456. thavie is the ties ¢ for the former hee readeth Mediana, and forthe. later Quercetum. ‘The Citic of fare with : . ° t Greate 6s odo. fit to bearearmes whoinhabired of the Eiftorie oftheWorld, athers, receined the fame fame .Curfe: of. threatened Miferies; as, Woe bee unto thte Bethfaidanoe. Alongftthe Weft borderof Galilee, towards the South from Bethfaida,was the Caftleof A2agdalam;the habitation of Marie Magdalen; not longfince ftanding. fit ong Andbeyonditthe ftrong and high feared: Citie of lotapata:: fortified by Lofephus in the Reman Warte: butin the end afteriailong fiege furprifed by ¢/pafian, who flaughteredmany thoufand of the Citizensjand.held r200. prifoners, whcreof /o/ephusthe Hiftorian was one. " many years. It was erected into an Archbifboprick inthe following age. Neere vatoit arethe Cities Buria( afterward well defended againft the Twrkes )and Nabalal.of So Which of 19:15 .and Jud. r.gowhere it is called: webs laband Jof-2 135.whereit i$ a Citic of theXeuitrs,neerethe'Sea ;adioyning tothe Riuer of Chifon is Sarid, notediti Fofua forthe vrretmok of Zahulén. In this Territorie of Zebulon there ate divers final Mountaines': but Thor is the moft renowned, by the Aparition of A4ofes and Elias: and by the Transfiguration ‘of Chrift in the prefence of Peter, lames, and tobe: Ynto whom Mofes and Elias appeared ; 10 memori¢ whereof on Chappell, the top of the Mountaine, the Bypreffe Helen built a fam pruous The chiefe Riner of ZabulonisChifon, Which rifing out' of Tabor, runneth with one ftreame Ie |