In New Testament times, Galilee was a Roman-occupied territory where Phoenicians had settled. Galilee today overlaps part of northern Israel and Lebanon.

Jesus was raised in Galilee and began his ministry in that region.
Towns in Galilee include Capernaum, Bethsaida, Kedesh, Hazor, Chinnereth, Cana & Nazareth. Mount Tabor and Mount Moreh also resided within the region of Galilee.
The Sea of Galilee is stated in John 6:1.

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Galilee references:

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Unless otherwise stated, links applicable in both King James & NIV.

• Joshua 20:7; 21:32 - Kedesh set as a city of refuge
• 1 Chronicles 6:76 - Kedesh in Galilee (during allocation to the tribes of Israel after Joshua led them into Canaan)
• 1 Kings 9:11 - King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre
• 2 Kings 15:29 - Assyrians conquer Galilee & deport the Israelites to Assyria
• Isaiah 9:1 - Jesus birth prophesied
• Luke 1:26 - the angel Gabriel appears in Nazareth to the virgin Mary; 2:4, 39; 3:1 - Herod tetrarch of Galilee; 4:14; 4:31 - Capernaum also stated as being in Galilee;
  5:17; 8:26; 17:11; 23:5, 48, 54; 24:6

• John 1:43 - Jesus begins his ministry; 2:1, 11 - Jesus turns water into wine in Cana;
  4:3, 43-47;
  7:1, 9, 41, 52 - Jesus ministers throughout Galilee;
  12:21 - Bethsaida also stated being in Galilee;
  21:2 - Nathanael from Cana in Galilee

• Acts 1:11; 9:31 (Saul's conversion); 10:37; 13:31

Galilee (King James only)

Acts 5:37 - Judas of Galilee

Galilee (NIV only)

Matthew 11:1