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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
in some degree the people of the hill country only a few miles away. Flax for its looms,
timber for its ships, corn, wine, oil, sheep, and cattle to feed its inhabitants, as well as for
LAKE HDLEH (WATERS OF MEROM) FROM HUNIN.
Looking towards the south-east, with the uneven table-land
of Jaulan (Gaulanitis) in the distance.
export to other countries, would be
largely furnished by its nearest neighbour,
Galilee, which was especially favoured in
the production of all these staple articles
of consumption and merchandise.
Among the cities of Upper Galilee, Kedes has special claims
upon our attention, because it is undoubtedly the site of the
famous Kedesh in Galilee, mentioned in Joshua xx. 7, and hence
has not only great antiquity, but historical associations which
make it a point, of unusual interest. In the time of Joshua it
was called Kedesh in Galilee, to distinguish it from other towns of the same name in other
parts of the country ; and it was sometimes further designated as Kedesh Naphtali, because it
was situated within the limits of that tribe (Judges iv. 6) (see pages 334 and 335). Fourteen
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
in some degree the people of the hill country only a few miles away. Flax for its looms,
timber for its ships, corn, wine, oil, sheep, and cattle to feed its inhabitants, as well as for
LAKE HDLEH (WATERS OF MEROM) FROM HUNIN.
Looking towards the south-east, with the uneven table-land
of Jaulan (Gaulanitis) in the distance.
export to other countries, would be
largely furnished by its nearest neighbour,
Galilee, which was especially favoured in
the production of all these staple articles
of consumption and merchandise.
Among the cities of Upper Galilee, Kedes has special claims
upon our attention, because it is undoubtedly the site of the
famous Kedesh in Galilee, mentioned in Joshua xx. 7, and hence
has not only great antiquity, but historical associations which
make it a point, of unusual interest. In the time of Joshua it
was called Kedesh in Galilee, to distinguish it from other towns of the same name in other
parts of the country ; and it was sometimes further designated as Kedesh Naphtali, because it
was situated within the limits of that tribe (Judges iv. 6) (see pages 334 and 335). Fourteen