Belad Bechara, also spelled Bilad Beshara (Arabic: بلاد بشارة), is a popular and historic name for a mountainous region in Jabal Amel in Southern Lebanon.
Some historians believe that the name Belad Bechara means the "Country of the Gospel" in reference to the teaching and revelation of Christ in the region while others believe it is in reference to an Ayyubid prince by the name of Bechara.[1]
According to Abrahamic traditions, Belad Bechara is the northernmost part of the Promised Land, which was the division of the tribes of Azer and Naphtali, and later took the name of Upper Galilee.[3]
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