Arbela... out of Antioch and came into Judea and pitched his camp at Arbela, a city of Galilee, and having besieged and taken those that were there in caves (for many ... /a/arbela.htm - 9k. or "the caves," 3 miles from Jabneh and 2 1/2 southwest of Ekron, because ... /m/makkedah.htm - 12k. xv. The early Pharisaic leader, Nittai of Arbela, may have originated from this area. 2ff.) Cent. Josephus fortified the caves of Arbela in lower Galilee (Vita, 37), "near the lake of Gennesar" (BJ, II, xx, 6). These indications leave little doubt that Arbela of Galilee, with its fortified caverns, may he identified with the present Kulat ibn Maan and the adjacent ruins now known as Irbid (probably a corruption of Irbil, the proper Arabic form of Arbela). 4f. Josephus fortified the caves of Arbela in lower Galilee (Vita, 37), "near the lake of Gennesar" (BJ, II, xx, 6). The references in Josephus point plainly to the caves in the cliff forming the south wall of the tremendous gorge of Wady el-Chamam which opens on the … XIV. ; War, 1. xvi. that it was from the village of Arbela in Galilee that Herod dislodged the robbers that were plaguing the countryside and fortified the caves of Arbela in lower Galilee (Life, 37). ARBELA är be’ lə (̓́Αρβηλα, en Arbelois).A place along Bacchides’ line of invasion from Syria to Judea (1 Macc 9:1ff. Arbel was established in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the depopulated Arab-Palestinian village of Hittin. c. 85). Arbel (Hebrew: אַרְבֵּל ‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Antiq. In 161 BCE "Arbela" was the site of a battle between the supporters of the Maccabees and Seleucid general Bacchides, who defeated and killed his opponents (1 Macc. The reference is apparently to the caves in the vicinity and the connecting stairways. Josephus mentions in his Antiquities that the Greek general captured the many people who had taken refuge in the caves at Arbela… ; Jos. The best description of the neighbouring caves is that of Burckhardt (p. Dens (10 Occurrences)... Dens (10 Occurrences). Caves of Arbela: The ultimate hiding place Even Herod could not vanquish the guerrilla cave dwellers who lodged in these extremely steep cliffs atop a very deep valley By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am XII, xi, 1).Josephus also wrote (Antiq. Located on Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.In 2019 its population was 735. After the destruction of the Second Temple, priests of the House of Jeshua settled at Arbel. The references in Josephus point plainly to the caves in the cliff forming the south wall of the tremendous gorge of Wady el-Chamam which opens on the … 9:2).