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So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah.

and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common-land, and Kartan with its common-land: three cities.

(Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.

Isaiah 11:1-9">[xr] Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, As when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And afterward more heavily oppressed her, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, In Galilee of the Gentiles.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee.

Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21,22; John 1:29-34">[xr] Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

Mark 1:14,15; Luke 4:14,15">[xr] Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.

"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:

Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11">[xr] And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:44; 6:17-19">[xr] And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

Great multitudes followed Him--from Galilee, and from Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Mark 7:31-37">[xr] Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there.

Now while they were staying [fn] in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,

Mark 10:1-12">[xr] Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee."

Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18,25-27">[xr] Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee."

And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,