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According to the [[Bible]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] rewarded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_I Hiram I] for certain services by giving him the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtali Naphtali]. Hiram called it "the land of Cabul". In [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Isaiah (9:1)], the region is referred to as "the District of the Nations" (גְּלִיל - הַגּוׁיִם; lit:Glil HaGoyim), with much of this name being retained in its present name of Galil or HaGalil. According to one view, during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmoneans Hasmonean period], with the revolt of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees Maccabees] and the decline of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire Seleucid Empire], Galilee was conquered by the newly independent state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judaea], and the region was resettled by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews]. However, according to another view there were not particularly large-scale population movements during this period, Galilee became [[Jewish]] because its population decided to [[recognize]] the [[authority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_temple Jerusalem temple] rather than the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_temple Samaritan temple].

According to the [[Bible]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] rewarded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_I Hiram I] for certain services by giving him the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtali Naphtali]. Hiram called it "the land of Cabul". In [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Isaiah (9:1)], the region is referred to as "the District of the Nations" (גְּלִיל - הַגּוׁיִם; lit:Glil HaGoyim), with much of this name being retained in its present name of Galil or HaGalil. According to one view, during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmoneans Hasmonean period], with the revolt of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees Maccabees] and the decline of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire Seleucid Empire], Galilee was conquered by the newly independent state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judaea], and the region was resettled by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews]. However, according to another view there were not particularly large-scale population movements during this period, Galilee became [[Jewish]] because its population decided to [[recognize]] the [[authority]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_temple Jerusalem temple] rather than the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_temple Samaritan temple].

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], the country was divided into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], and ''Galilee'', which comprised the whole northern section of the country, and was the largest of the three regions. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas], son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod the Great], ruled Galilee as tetrarch.

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], the country was divided into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judea], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria], and ''Galilee'', which comprised the whole northern section of the country, and was the largest of the three regions. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas], son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod the Great], ruled Galilee as tetrarch.