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Sea of Galilee

Sea of Galilee



‎The last rays of the sun take their leave of the Sea of Galilee on a long summer day. To the east the Golan Heights are already in darkness. Israel’s only fresh water lake is at the north of the Jordan Valley Rift, 210 meters below sea level. It is 21 kilometers long and its maximum width is 12 kilometers. Its main sources are the River Jordan and rain water. It appears in the Book of Joshua as Kinneret, the name of a Canaanite town on its shores: “…  sea of Chinnereth on the other side of Jordan eastward” (Joshua 13:27). Perhaps the lake’s name comes from its resemblance to a violin, “Kinnor” in Hebrew. Around its fertile shores and in the neighboring towns Jesus preached his sermons and performed miracles.

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