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Show 298 me ThefecondBookeof tbefirst pare Cuar.7.§.6, Cuar.7.§.7.40, ftreame Baftward tothe Sea of'Gadilee, andowith another {tteame Weltward into the farthermoft fhore beginneth Mount Carme/, not farre from the Riuer Chifon; where E- greatSea. This River ofChifon whereit rifeth, and {0 farreas it runneth Southward,is Lijah aflembled all the Prophets and Prielts of Beal,and prayed King Achab aud the peo. pleaffembled, to make triall whether the Godofi/rae/, or the Idoll of Bzal were to be worlhipped, by laying afacrifice without fire on the'Altar : which done, the Priefts of Baal prayed, and cut their owne flefh after their manner, butthe fire kindled not, while Elijabin derifiontold them thattheir'God was cither in purfuite of his enemies, nor at Leys Sure, or perchance a-fleepe,érc. but at the prayer of Elijah hisfire kindled, notwithftanding that he had canfed the peopleto caft many Veflellsof water theteon: by which miracle called'Chedumim or Cadumiméand tor mige owne opinion, I takeit to be the fame which Prolomie calleth Chorféts: though others diftinguith themi, and fer Chor/ens by. Ce/faria Palefine. Thereisa fecond Torrent orBrooke that riferh in the Hills 6f Bethulia, and falleth into the Sea ofGalilee by Aagdalum: andthe thitd isa branch of river rifing out ofithe Fountaines of Capharnahms;which falléchalfo intothe fame Sea, and neere Map: Seetaicfans dalum; which Torrent theycall Detham, from the name ofthe Citic, from whichit paf Haein rte «fech Ealtwardto Beth/aida,and fo joyning With Yordanisparuw, which runneth from was. Valley of Lephthael, which lofuareckonethin the bounds of Zabulon, ix endeth in: the they Seaof. Galilee, to §. Vie the widowes onely fonne. eft,was 1/4 siepe a char,who. inhabited apart of thenether Galileewithin Jordan : ofwhomthere @ were increafed in Egypt,as appeared by their mufters ar able and warlike men, who leauing their bodieswith Mount Sitti, 5 4400) the reft in the Deferts,* ticreentred the Holy Land,64300, Sea of Galilee, was Tarichea, diftant from Tibtriascight Englith miles,or fomewhat more; a City wherein the Zewes( by the practice of a certaine mutinousvpftart, Zobz the fonne of Leni) tooke armes againit Lofephus the Hie ftorian, then Gouernour of both Galilee,Th is Citie wasfirftraken by Cafsinsjand 3000. Zemes carried thence captiue ; and afterward with gteatd ifficaltic by Vefpajian, whoo tredit by theSea fide, hauing firft beaten the femes ina fea-fi ght vpon the Lake or Sea of Galilee she put to the fwordallforts ofpe ople;andofall ages ::fauing thathis firrie beitig quenched Withthe Riuers ofbloud tunning through euery ftrect:he refered the remit detfor flauesand bond-men, < Nextto Tarichea is placed Ces ‘7, Ot Cifbion, ofthe Lenitessand then dfachar, remem 4 east.at bred in the firt of Kings 4.1 7-then Abesor Ebets, Jof49.20: and Remieth; of which Pats 40.19.21. otherwife Ramo th yI Regie 6:13. tarmath, toa 1.29. this alfo was a City called Kedyh. ofthe Leuétes,from whof e ‘eis, 33am, : T etritorie the Mountaines ofGilboe tak inning:and range them{elucs tothe Adediterran {ea,and towards the Wetltas Rigeecie' "%‘Citic of an erecta Whichand Remoth,are the Cities ofBethphefes, or Bethpaffes, accordingto Zé & Kings10. } and Enadda, or Hen chadda, ncere whichSaid flew himfelfe': Tathe later36,288 4pP¢¢4, which Adrichoming placethin sachar: vnder.chofe, Aphecot betweene which and Suna; hee faith; two places Ju. thePhiliflims thit incamped againth hee /rael,& ni in kesafin4afterward againft Sant a Land thirltie ofbloud, , fOrherrel einalfo, faijth he, the 7 accordingto tered Achab: and i Were over iy Igioim 2 mof t memorable an{wer, Deohadad, ret wor him tha tgi placeth it in ah y. which rdethb his harn | eis. § aalt Himfelfe ashe that putteth itoffa [ }vda,our of Dingchat glorie fol lowed aftfeervictoric, but ought Shs 5 not to precedeir. Mn the yeere: mes lowing, in the fields, as folthe y fay 24G/0YNing to this Citie,was the {ame vaine-glorious 5 714% veterly broken andd if Syrians {laine : before whi or Ofthe Aramitts t Ringgte #0.2363..d .25 fe crifo ionpe of tpatelF yy= U f ) told Bi laf i tsbat the Gods of Ifrael a were o Godsn eySought with therm oftl he Muir Vader <Aphec towardst j he Sea they 4 j let, at "G : inieiia. & called alfo the greatfield of E/dreoa aoil oofe . ofGalilety Efdrel s= plaines on;inthe § cu edo: in the'border whereofa are the Stabeko): a oe iene faith Brochard, teins ee are the Cities e Volare 7? as A. fe Bias ha fcahg a Lduem Or Hen-Gannim of the Leuitesyand Seefines ! ; cltborderof : ing tht Sea coaft, thereis found th okLather ak Which 49/:19. 224 Etom hence: cane Sea, fometimetthe -h nuSandMa metim 8 Giles s a. fteong -Gaftl cae {ta tore-hou inuiro e ned ht Magafine ofthe Chrifjans d built bythewith Earle ©. Gtles or Tolon/e, 920d but by sy : Atthe foot of this Mountaine to the North ftandeth Caiphas, built, as they Caiphas the high Prieft. Itis alfo knowneby the name of Porfiva and Porphyria fay, by , fometime a Suffragane Bifhopsfeate. Returning againc fromthe Sea-coalttowards Tiberias by. the bankes of Chifon,there ate found the City ofHapharaimor phraim, and the Caftles of Mezra,and Saba: of which Brochardand Breidenbach + and then Naim 6 He nextadioyning Tetritory to Zaba/on,tothe Sourhand Southw Thefirft Citie ofthis Tribe neetethe the people incenfed,flew all thofe Idolaters on the bankes of Chifon adioyning. the River Chifon :a beautifull Cirie while it ftood, in the Gates whereof Chriff raifedonfrom death THE TRIBE OF ISACHAR, Taricheain ofthe Eiiftory ofthe World, z From the Caftle ofPilgrivns theSeq imaketh a great Bay. towards the:N orh, 204 & farthermo™ 30 BY, : Luky, Then Seon or Shion named, fof-1.9. betweenc the two Hills of Hermon,in Ufachar ; : beyond it ftandeth Exdor, famous by reafon of the Inchantrefle thar vadertoo keto raife vpthe body of Samuel at the inftigation of San/. Beyondit ftands Anaharathand Rabbith; named Lof.¢.19.v.19. 20.Then Dabarat h, as itis named, /0/-2 1.28.0rDobratha, asic is named, 1 Chron.6. 71. This Citic cheth it felfe ouer Chifon ) was a Citie ofrefuge belonging to the Leuites. (which ftretNext to Daberathis Arbela fituaté, neere the Caues of thofe two greatly molefted Galilee in Herods time. It ioyneth on one fideto the Theeucs which {0 *Called cams" Mountaine of eg ebeSeg thar Ot Hermon, and oti the other tothe Valley ofzefrael:which valley continuethit felfe jn4 pipes from Bethfan or Scytbopolss,the Eaft border of Jachar, euen to the Afediterran Sea : two for Harabath. parts whereof are inclofed by the Mountainesof Gilbee on the South, and the Riner Chi/om on the North. In thele * plaines Gideon ouerthr and by, Hermon, |Nace-523« and herein, they thinke; Sau/ fought again{t the Philistinss: Achab ew the Adadianites, Yudg.6. « againtt the Syrians,and * £23 %gothe Tartars againtt the Saracens. Ng. 20, §. VIE THE HALFE OF THE TRIBE OF MANASSE. 7; 1: Ofthe bounds of this balfe Tribe tendof Scythopolis Salem, Therfa,and others. Henext Tribe whichioyneth it felfe to Yahar towards theSouth,is ofAtana/fé, on the Welt fide of tordan. Manaffes wasthefirft begottethe halfe. n of Jae Jb, the cleuenth fenneof secab. His mother was an Saypei, the daughter of Putiphar, Prictt and Prince of Helsopolis: which Mawa(fe s, with th his brother Ephraim, the gtand-children of Jacab, were byadopt ion numbred amongft thefonnes of facob, and made vprhe number ofthe twelue Patriarkes. Of Mamaffe there weré increal ed in Egypt, as they were numbred ar Mount Sinai, 32290.ablemen : all which being confumedin the Défarts, there entred oftheir iffaes, 52700. bearing armes. The Territory whichfell on 3° ded by 4ordan, on the Eaft, and Dora vpon the Meditethis one halfe of Mauaffe,vias bounrran Sea on the Welt, s</racl on the North, and Atachmata is the Southbord er, The firft and principali Citie which ftood in this Territorie was Beth/ an, fometime ; Nyfa, faith Plimie, built by Léber Pater, in honour of his Nurfe chete burie of d, the famepénib, 56,43; Bame .which Selin a: confrmes. Afterward when the Stythians inuaded Affe thelef and picrc'tinro the South,to thevrtermoft of Celo/pria, they builtthis Citie a-new fe, , and Very maenificent : andit had thereupon the name of Seythopolisor the Citie of Scythians £'ec0 by the Greckes. hete barbarous Nofthren people conftrained the Zewes co fight again ft their owne Natioa |