The Arbel Cliffs hang over the sea of Galilee, and its natural caves were used as shelters for rebels against Herod, and as a fortress during the revolt against the Romans and was fortified again in later periods. The ruins of a Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine villages lie below the cliffs and on its south-western side. Arbel is also a potential site for the Mount of Beatitudes and due to it’s proximity to Capernaum and Magdala Yeshua probably visited it as well.