Ziddim was an
ancient
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city in
Naphtali
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Some biblical commentators have suggested that the name ''Naphtali'' ma ...
. It is described in the
Book of Joshua
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19:35 as one of sixteen or nineteen
fortified
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cities, the others including Zer, Hammath, Rakkath and
Chinnereth.
[Bromiley, 1995, p. 1196.][Neusner, 1982, p. 9.] The
Talmud
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identifies Ziddim with ''Caphar Hittaia'', the site of the
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
Hattin, located about west of
Tiberias
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, north of the
Horns of Hattin
The Horns of Hattin ( ) is an extinct volcano with twin peaks overlooking the plains of Hittin, Hattin in the Lower Galilee, Israel. It is most famous as the site of the Battle of Hattin (1187).
History and archaeology
Excavations were carrie ...
.
[ This identification is not certain, and the exact location today remains unknown.][
]
See also
* Place names in Palestine
References
Bibliography
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Hebrew Bible cities
Former populated places in West Asia
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