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Identifier: homeoffadelesssp00whituoft (find matches)
Title: The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Whittingham, George Napier, 1865-
Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Hutchinson
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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nd, shortly after, Beisan. This town is theancient Bethsan or Beth Sean, the House of Rest, mentioned inScripture in connection with the disastrous battle of Gilboa, whereSaul, defeated by the Philistines, committed suicide. ThePhiHstines cut off his head and fastened his body to the walls ofBethsan.^ The surroundings of this towTi, watered by four differentstreams, are most picturesque, with luxuriant vegetation muchin evidence. Rabbi ben Lakisch said of Beisan : H Paradiseis to be found in Palestine, its gate is Beth Sean. We crossedthe Jordan about three miles before reaching Samakh, and on theleft obtained a view of the picturesque Djisr el Moudjamia, theBridge of the Meetings, which dates back to the times of theSaracens and is composed of a large pointed arch fianked on eachside by small and low arches. Semak, or Samakh (Arabic for fish ), is fifty-four milesdistant from Haifa and some 600 feet below the level of the 1 Sir Edwin Arnold. The Light of the World. I Samuel xxxi. 10.
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PI < a (I.o tn►J THE GLORIES OF GALILEE 243 Mediterranean. The village, picturesquely situated on a smallcliff, consists of a collection of Arab hovels. For some time therehas been a British encampment here, for Bedouin raids on Jewishcolonies are still not infrequent in this district. The view of thelake and the surrounding mountains is magnificent; the sun shoneand the lake was calm and peaceful. A few minutes walk tookus to the edge of the lake, and there we found a motor-boat fullof natives ready to undertake the forty minutes voyage toTiberias. By the time we had all squeezed into the boat it wasfilled to its utmost capacity, but fortunately the weather wascalm. Tiberias is hidden away by promontories, but Tabigah in itsglory of verdure can easily be seen, while Capernaum can bedistinguished at the northern end of the lake lying at the entranceof the valley through which runs the Jordan. Soon after leaving Samakh clouds obscure the sun, the windrises suddenly, the

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  • booksubject:Palestine____Description_and_travel
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