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ARBELA

(Gk. Arbḗla)

A village in lower Galilee probably to be identified with Khirbet Irbid/Arbel (1955.2467) on the southeastern side of Wadi Hamam. The site faces a precipitous cliff with numerous strategically important caves which were favorite hideouts of refugees, rebels, and brigands. Josephus reports that the Seleucid armies besieged and captured many Jews who had fled there (Ant. 12.11.1; cf. 1 Macc. 9:2) and that Herod had great difficulty dislodging bandits from the caves (Ant. 14.15.4-5; BJ 1.16.2-5). Josephus himself had the caves fortified in preparation for the First Jewish Revolt (BJ 2.20.6; Vita 37) and held an important conference of Galilean Jews in the village (Vita 60).

Randall D. Chesnutt






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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