Ταλαλαία), the Greek form of the name given to one of the three principal divisions of Palestine, the other two being Judaea and Samaria. This name of the region was very ancient. It occurs in the Hebrew forms of Galil and Gatilah, Josh. xx. 7; xxi. 3; 1 Kings ix. 11; 2 Kings xv. 29; and in Isa. viii. 23 we have יִתְרָא גַּלְיל "Galilee of the nations" (Ταλαλαία ἀλλοῦ ἐπὶ ὁμόνων, 1 Macc. v. 15; Matt. iv. 15.)

Galilee was the most northern of the three divisions, and was divided into Upper and Lower. The former district had Mount Lebanon and the countries of Tyre and Siden