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Hammath

Meaning: warm springs

This is one of the “fenced cities” of the Tribe of Naphtali mentioned in the book of Joshua.

Now the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth, —Joshua 19:35

It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees Fahrenheit to 144 degrees) still found on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, a little to the south of Tiberias under the name of Hummam Tabariyeh (“Bath of Tiberias”).

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