Caesarea Philippi
Located at the foot of Mt Hermon, it is known as the place of Peter's confession
(Mat 16:13). Its original name was Baal-Gad (Josh. 11:17), or Baal-Hermon (Judg.
3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), when it was a Canaanite sanctuary of Baal. Its modern name
is Banias. It was here that Herod built a temple, which he dedicated to Augustus
Caesar. The town was enlarged and embellished by Herod Philip, the tetrarch
of Trachonitis, whose territory it was part of, and was called by him Caesarea
Philippi, partly after his own name, and partly after that of the emperor Tiberius
Caesar and therefore distinguished from the Caesarea of Palestine.
Scriptures
Mat_16:13
Mar_8:27
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