and trekking through some tunnels we began the hike out of the canyon to a Turkish Fortress
on top of the hill.
We had a spectacular view from the top of Arbel, overlooking the Sea of Galilee. It was so clear and we were able to identify
many of the sites located around
the northern end of the sea.
We hiked down Mt Arbel and saw some cave’s that were used by the Jews during the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans. It was amazing and very sad to know that people were living in these. Josephus gives an heartbreaking account of Herod watching a Jew send his family out of the cave as he killed them one by one.
Since this is all we did this day I decided to include day 6 in with this day.
We hiked down Yehudiah to a waterfall and some cliffs, hiked along the river and down a ladder, through a pool and back up. This has been my favorite hike so far, it was so beautiful and for a second I thought that I was in Colorado.
After our hike we went to the traditional site of Bethsaida, like many other places we have been in Israel, this is not the real site. It is most likely the site of Geshur in 2 Samuel 13. At the real site of Bethsaida is where Jesus healed a blind man, and fed the 5000 on a plain nearby.
Our last stop of the day was a the Jordan River. We blew up tubes and jumped into the river. Although I have never been on the Amazon River this is what I imagined it to be like, there were palm trees and other shrubs overhanging the river and tons of birds. The Jordan River is MUCH small than I had imagined it to be. It is like the White River and even smaller in some places.
These were probably my favorite parts of Galilee, I am so thankful for all of the time that our teachers have put in to make this trip enjoyable for us!
the northern end of the sea.
We hiked down Mt Arbel and saw some cave’s that were used by the Jews during the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans. It was amazing and very sad to know that people were living in these. Josephus gives an heartbreaking account of Herod watching a Jew send his family out of the cave as he killed them one by one.
Since this is all we did this day I decided to include day 6 in with this day.
We hiked down Yehudiah to a waterfall and some cliffs, hiked along the river and down a ladder, through a pool and back up. This has been my favorite hike so far, it was so beautiful and for a second I thought that I was in Colorado.
After our hike we went to the traditional site of Bethsaida, like many other places we have been in Israel, this is not the real site. It is most likely the site of Geshur in 2 Samuel 13. At the real site of Bethsaida is where Jesus healed a blind man, and fed the 5000 on a plain nearby.
Our last stop of the day was a the Jordan River. We blew up tubes and jumped into the river. Although I have never been on the Amazon River this is what I imagined it to be like, there were palm trees and other shrubs overhanging the river and tons of birds. The Jordan River is MUCH small than I had imagined it to be. It is like the White River and even smaller in some places.
These were probably my favorite parts of Galilee, I am so thankful for all of the time that our teachers have put in to make this trip enjoyable for us!
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