The Holy Land in the light of recent surveys and explorationsA hand book for Sunday-school teachers and Bible students . enorth is indefinite. The cities of Naphtali named inJoshua are fenced cities. They have nearly all beenidentified. Ziddin is well known as Hattin ; Madon isnow Madin ; Hamath is at the hot springs two milessouth of Tiberias. Chinneroth probably stood upon thePlain of Gennesaret ; Adamah may be recognized inDamieh, five miles southwest of Tiberias. Ramah liesfifteen miles west of the north end of the Sea of Galilee,and Hazor has been identified with Hadireh, twelvemiles nort
The Holy Land in the light of recent surveys and explorationsA hand book for Sunday-school teachers and Bible students . enorth is indefinite. The cities of Naphtali named inJoshua are fenced cities. They have nearly all beenidentified. Ziddin is well known as Hattin ; Madon isnow Madin ; Hamath is at the hot springs two milessouth of Tiberias. Chinneroth probably stood upon thePlain of Gennesaret ; Adamah may be recognized inDamieh, five miles southwest of Tiberias. Ramah liesfifteen miles west of the north end of the Sea of Galilee,and Hazor has been identified with Hadireh, twelvemiles northeast of Ramah. Kadesh, famous as a 236 THE HOLY LAND. stronghold, lay west of the Lake Huleh. The othercities will be found in a central line north and the north of Lake Huleh lay Abel, Dan or Laish ;and far north, at the uttermost boundary of the tribe,Ijon, now Merj Ajun, by which the westmost branchof the Jordan flows. The territory of Naphtali wasamong the largest, having an area of 800 square miles,or twice as much as Issachars. To it belonged Kedesh,the northmost city of refuge in Western JEW WITH PHYLACTERY. CHAPTER XVII. JERUSALEM. 95. Ever since the days of David, Jerusalem hasbeen the chief city of Palestine. Although it iswokxd-wide small, only about a mile square, and interest. perhaps never larger than at present,it has been the theater of strange events, and it claimsan attentive study. Half the world are interested iftits wonderful history. To the Jews it was the holycity of their temple; to the Christian it is connectedwith the life, death and resurrection of the worldsRedeemer, and by the Mohammedan even, it is be-lieved to be the future judgment seat of their greatprophet. England and Germany join in the supportof a mission school; Russia, France, Italy and Spainsend their monks and priests; Turkey holds possessionas the ruling power. Rome cultivated physical strength, Athens intel-lectual power, but Jerusalem spiritual wisdom andholiness
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