* there.
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* Tiberias.
Tiberias was a celebrated city of Galilee, on the western
shore of the lake to which it gave name, so called because
built by Herod Agrippa in honour of the emperor Tiberius;
distant 30; furlongs from Hippos, 60; from Gadara, 120; from
Scythopolis, and 30; from Tarichea. It is still called
Tabaria, or Tabbareeah, by the natives, is situated close to
the edge of the lake, has tolerably high but ill-built walls
on three of its sides, flanked with circular towers, and is of
nearly a quadrangular form, according to Pococke, containing a
population estimated at from 2,000; to 4,000; souls.
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* where.
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