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Galilee (SEA OF called also in the New)

SEA OF, called also in the New Testament LAKE OF GENNESARET and SEA OF TIBERIAS, and in the old Testament SEA OF CHINNERETH or CIN- NEROTH, a large lake in the N. half of Palestine. Lying 626 feet below sea-level, it is 13 miles long by 6 broad, and 680 feet deep. It occupies the bottom of a GALILEI great basin, and is undoubtedly of volcanic origin. Its shores on the E. and N. sides are bare and rocky; on the W. sloping gradually, and luxuriantly covered with vegetation. The surrounding scenery is hardly beautiful, but its associations are the most sacred in the world.