Mark 6:32

they departed into a desert place They crossed the Lake of Gennesaret (John 6:1) and proceeded in the direction of Bethsaida-Julias, at its north-eastern corner (Luke 9:10), just above the entrance of the Jordan into it. Bethsaida-Julias was originally only a village, but was rebuilt and enlarged by Herod Philip not long after the birth of Christ. He raised it to the dignity of a town, and called it Juliasafter Julia the daughter of Augustus. Philip occasionally resided there, and there died and was buried in a costly tomb (Jos. Antiq. xviii. 4. 6). To the south of it was the green and narrow plain of El-Batîhah, "with abundant grass, and abundant space for the multitudes to have sat down" (Tristram's Land of Israel, p. 439).