Ituraea
/ Iturea /
Ancient Greek: Ἰτουραία , Itouraía) is the Greek name of a Levantine region north of Galilee during the Late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. It extended from Mount Lebanon across the plain of Massyas to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in Syria, with its centre in Chalcis.[1]
The Itureans (Greek: Ἰτουραῖοι) were semi-nomadic Ismaelite Arab tribe. The first non-Biblical source to mention them is Eupolemus, as cited by Eusebius,[2] who identifies them as one of the tribes, together with the Nabateans, Moabites and Ammonites, against whom David waged war east of the Jordan. Modern scholarship identifies them as an Arab or Aramaean people. They first rose to power in the aftermath of the decline of Seleucid power in the 2nd century BCE, when, from their base around Mt. Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, they came to dominate vast stretches of Syrian territory,[3] and appear to have penetrated into northern Palestine as far as the Galilee and built their own state there.[4]
Ancient Greek: Ἰτουραία , Itouraía) is the Greek name of a Levantine region north of Galilee during the Late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. It extended from Mount Lebanon across the plain of Massyas to the Anti-Lebanon mountains in Syria, with its centre in Chalcis.[1]
The Itureans (Greek: Ἰτουραῖοι) were semi-nomadic Ismaelite Arab tribe. The first non-Biblical source to mention them is Eupolemus, as cited by Eusebius,[2] who identifies them as one of the tribes, together with the Nabateans, Moabites and Ammonites, against whom David waged war east of the Jordan. Modern scholarship identifies them as an Arab or Aramaean people. They first rose to power in the aftermath of the decline of Seleucid power in the 2nd century BCE, when, from their base around Mt. Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, they came to dominate vast stretches of Syrian territory,[3] and appear to have penetrated into northern Palestine as far as the Galilee and built their own state there.[4]
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[ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ]
In the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea,
and
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
and
his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias(Lys-An-anias) tetrarch of Abilene,
____________________________________ [ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ] In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
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[ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ]
In the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea,
and
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
and
his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias(Lys-An-anias) tetrarch of Abilene,
____________________________________ [ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ] In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 3:1-3 (in Context) Luke 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations