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HULEH, LAKE

The northernmost and smallest of the three lakes along the course of the Jordan River. It is not mentioned in the Bible. In Arabic it is called Baheiret el-Huleh; Josephus calls it Lake Semechonitis (Semechonitidos limnas; Ant. 5.5.1; BJ 3.10.7; 4.1.1). Huleh was a body of fresh water, the basin of which was formed by the geological fault system which extended north through Syria into Turkey and south through the Jordan River Valley, the Red Sea, and to Africa. The natural dam which formed the lake was made of lava which issued from fissions in the rock. The lake was 11 km. (7 mi.) long and 4.8 (3 mi.) wide, with a large papyrus swamp in the north. Its surface was 70 m. (230 ft.) above sea level. Since the founding of the modern state of Israel the lake has been drained and the bottom used for agricultural purposes.

Bibliography. D. Baly, The Geography of the Bible, rev. ed. (New York, 1974); E. Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine (1856, repr. Jerusalem, 1970).

Lawrence A. Sinclair

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HULEH, LAKE

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)