Bible Character Studies
Hammath
First appears at Joshua 19:35
First named in Scripture at Joshua 19:35 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
warm springs, one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a little to the south of Tiberias under the name of Hummam Tabariyeh (“Bath of Tiberias”).
