a city on the west side of the sea of Galilee, near Dalmanutha;
Jesus, after the miracle of the seven loaves, being said by St. Matthew
to have gone by ship to the coasts of Magdala, Matt. xv, 39; and by St.
Mark, to the parts of Dalmanutha,” Mark viii, 10. Mr. Buckingham came to
a small village in this situation called Migdal, close to the edge of
the lake, beneath a range of high cliffs, in which small grottoes are
seen, with the remains of an old square tower, and some larger
buildings, of rude construction, apparently of great antiquity. Migdol
implies a tower, or fortress; and this place, from having this name
particularly applied to it, was doubtless, like the Egyptian Migdol, one
of considerable importance; and may be considered as the site of the
Migdal of the Naphtalites, as well as the Magdala of the New Testament.
Jesus, after the miracle of the seven loaves, being said by St. Matthew
to have gone by ship to the coasts of Magdala, Matt. xv, 39; and by St.
Mark, to the parts of Dalmanutha,” Mark viii, 10. Mr. Buckingham came to
a small village in this situation called Migdal, close to the edge of
the lake, beneath a range of high cliffs, in which small grottoes are
seen, with the remains of an old square tower, and some larger
buildings, of rude construction, apparently of great antiquity. Migdol
implies a tower, or fortress; and this place, from having this name
particularly applied to it, was doubtless, like the Egyptian Migdol, one
of considerable importance; and may be considered as the site of the
Migdal of the Naphtalites, as well as the Magdala of the New Testament.