Talmud for Shevi'it 9:1

“⁵³All Tosephta texts are from 6:11, a rather badly preserved text. It may be assumed that all sentences starting with “what is” and the answers given come from a baraita. What is the Valley in Galilee? For example, the valley of Genezareth⁵⁴Not the Jordan valley but the side valley pointing towards Safed. Similarly, all deep side valleys of the Jordan valley are “Valley”. and its companions,” and all similar ones. What is the Mountain in Judea? King’s Mountain⁴³Cf. Demay Chapter 5, Note 115, and Note 63 below.. Its Lowlands are the Southern lowlands. Its Valley from En Gedi to Jericho. What is the Mountain in Transjordan? It was stated: “Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar said, for example Mount Machaerus and Gadara and all similar ones. Its Lowlands, (Jos. 13:17) ‘Ḥesbon and all its towns in the plain, Dibon, Bamot Ba‘al, and Ba‘al Me‘on’ and all similar ones. Its Valley (Jos. 13:27) ‘Bet Haran⁵⁵In Scripture, “Bet Haram”, possibly Tell Bet Haran, S. E. of Jericho., Bet Nimra, Sukkot, and Ṣaphon, the remainder of the kingdom of Siḥon’ the Emorite king who ruled in Ḥesbon.” Bet Harim is Bet Ramata, Bet Nimra Bet Nimrin⁵⁶Today Nīmreïn., Sukkot Tar‘ala⁵⁷Eusebius and St. Jerome put Tarala due East of Bet Shean on the East bank of the Jordan. [Nelson Glueck (AASOR xxv-xxviii, 1945-1948) identifies Tar'ala with Deir 'Alia; added from Addenda and Corrigenda by Guggenehimer], Ṣaphon Amato⁵⁸Mentioned by Josephus (Antiquities XIII v 10), today Amatheh..

Rebbi Aḥa said, in the days of Rebbi Hoshaiah they wanted to vote on King’s Mountain¹¹⁵A conquest of king Alexander Yannai, not part of the settlement of Judea and Galilee by the returnees from Babylonia, but part of the Jewish state in the later Hasmonean times. It seems that in early Amoraic times King’s Mountain was entirely in Gentile hands., to free it from tithes. They said, let Rebbi Hoshaiah come. Before he could come, the opportunity was lost¹¹⁶A war was going on and the assembly was dispersed..