1. THE LAW, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF BIBLICAL PEOPLE GROUPS
JoLynn Gower
Fall 2018

2. ABOUT THIS CLASS YOU WILL NEED: Workbook Good Bible translation
Concordance keyed
to that translation
Bible Atlas
Bible Dictionary
AUDIO – for link or guardingthetruth.org
When worship/or opening prayer starts, the kitchen is closed until prayer time is over; if you leave before prayer time, you are leaving before the meeting is over; LEAVE QUIETLY

3. LOOKING AT GALILEE Kinsman Redeemer model! Cities of Refuge:
Joshua 20:7  So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
2 Samuel 5:10-12  David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him. Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David. And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
The alliance with Hiram would have consequences for Galilee

4. ALLIANCE WITH TYRE
Hiram provided David with cedar and stones and gold for his house; also to store for the future temple
Hiram provided Solomon with the same
1 Kings 5:1-2  Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David. 
1 Kings 5:8-9 So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber. My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household."

5. PROBLEMS WITH ALLIANCE
After Solomon, when Israel was divided, Galilee became part of the northern kingdom; twenty cities (villages) had been offered to Hiram, who declined them
The northern kingdom had no good kings!
After the kingdom split, Judah had two bad kings, then Asa and Jehoshaphat, who were good.
Unfortunately, Jehoshaphat’s son, Jehoram, married into the lineage of the northern kingdom: Athalia daughter of Ahab and Jezebel; she named her son Ahaziah after her brother, the son of Ahab and Jezebel
Jezebel was from the alliances with Tyre and Sidon
Her father was Ethbaal, a priest of Baal, from Sidon

6. KINGS OF ISRAEL: INFILTRATION
Asa son did right
Jehoshaphat son did right
Jehoram son did evil
Ahaziah (AKA Azariah or Jehoahaz) son did evil
Athaliah mother did evil
Nadab son did evil
Baasha none did evil
Elah son did evil
Zimri captain did evil
Omri captain did evil
Ahab son did evil
Ahaziah son did evil Jehoram(AKA Joram) son of Ahab did evil

7. STRONG PAGAN INFLUENCE
From the time of Ahab and Jezebel ( B.C.) until the northern kingdom fell to Assyria in 722 B.C., there was a strong pagan influence
Elijah confronting prophets of Baal and Ashtoreth on Mt. Carmel (lower Galilee)
After the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria, the numbers of God worshipers dwindled
In 165 B.C., Simon the Maccabee, claims to have rescued them and moved them all to Judea.
Later, Aristobulus reclaimed Galilee and annexed it to the Hasmonean kingdom. He required people to adopt the Jewish religion and customs and obey Jewish law

8. THE TIME OF CHRIST
By the time of Jesus, Galilee had many Jewish people
The Zealots were headquartered in Galilee; one of Jesus’ disciples was a Zealot
By the time of Jesus, those in Galilee were Aramaean, Iturean, Phoenician, and Greek. Their language usage and accent were distinguishable from people in Judea.
John 7:49-52  "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."  Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them, "Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?" They answered him, "You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee." (Jonah, Nahum, Hosea, Elijah, Elisha???)

9. MAJOR CITIES Sepphoris, about 3 miles north of Nazareth
Tiberias, built by Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch, in 18 AD
Kedesh, a city of refuge
Chorzain
Bethsaida
Capernaum
Nazareth
Jotapata
Cana
Nain

10. AFTER THE TIME OF JESUS
Acts 12:20  Now he (Herod Antipas I) was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king's country.
This happened in the theater at Caesarea
After Jerusalem fell, Galilee became the seat of Jewish learning, headquartered in Tiberias
The Mishna was committed to writing and the Jerusalem Talmud was composed in Tiberias
Several caravan routes trading with Egypt, Syria, and the ships of Phoenicia went through Galilee; this is why Solomon had 2 fortress cities in Galilee: Hazor and Megiddo

11. PRODUCE OF GALILEE Grapes in the northern regions
Pomegranates along Mt. Carmel
Olive trees throughout the valleys
Wheat (especially around Chorazin,
which was famous for its wheat)
The average rainfall in CU = 41”

12. RIVERS, SPRINGS, WELLS, CISTERNS
Springs: usually preceded by En
Given the infrequent rain in certain months, collecting rainwater was extremely important
Well: usually preceeded by Beer or Baar
This word was also used for a cistern – sometimes
an acre or more
Genesis 26:32-33  Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac's servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
Today, Galilee still remains an agricultural center in Israel