In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste.He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye,like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young,that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him. Deuteronomy 32:10-12 I’ve written about Gamla before, which was a key city during the first Jewish revolt. Situated northeast of the Sea of Galilee, it tragically fell to the Romans early in the war. The […]
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For it was situated upon a rough ridge of a high mountain, with a kind of neck in the middle; where it begins to ascend, it lengthens itself and declines as much downward before as behind, insomuch that is like a camel in figure. Josephus, The Jewish War, IV, 1 Situated northeast of the Sea of Galilee is an ancient town called Gamla. While not mentioned in the Bible, it would have been in existence during Jesus’ time. Its claim to fame was during the First Jewish Revolt. Vespasian and his troops besieged and destroyed the city. Today it is […]