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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Hammath
Its name means hot springs, and it was a fortified town of Naphtali on the Sea of Galilee. The thermal baths just south of Tiberias are the site, where a synagogue with a zodiac mosaic floor has been dug up.
Its name means hot springs, and it was a fortified town of Naphtali on the Sea of Galilee. The thermal baths just south of Tiberias are the site, where a synagogue with a zodiac mosaic floor has been dug up.
Hammath was one of the fortified towns allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 19:35). Its name means hot springs, and it is identified with the thermal baths still found just south of Tiberias, a site known in Roman times as Hammat Tiberias, where excavations have uncovered an ancient synagogue with an elaborate zodiac mosaic floor.
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- Joshua 19:35
