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Capernaum was a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, inhabited from the Hasmonean era in about 150 B.C. to sometime in the Crusader era, possibly around the 11th century A.D. Thus, it contains New Testament and later remains, but was settled long after the end of the Old Testament writings. In addition to being mentioned in the New Testament, the town also appears in the writings of 1st century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. The name comes from the Hebrew Kfar Nahum, meaning village of Nahum.
