Editing Safed (section)

==Biblical reference==
Legend has it that Safed was founded by a son of [[Noah]] after the [[Great Flood (Biblical)|Great Flood]].<ref name="vilnai" /> According to the [[Book of Judges]] ({{bibleverse|Judges|1:17}}), the area where Safed is located was assigned to the [[tribe of Naphtali]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2004/04_DEC/traveler.asp |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120804185810/http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2004/04_DEC/traveler.asp |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-08-04 |title= Hadassah Magazine |publisher= Hadassah.org |access-date= 2009-05-06 }}</ref>

It has been suggested that [[Jesus]]' assertion that "a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden"<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|5:14|NKJV}}</ref> referred to Safed.<ref>[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/5.htm Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/matthew/5.htm Meyer's NT Commentary] on Matthew 5, both accessed 9 December 2016</ref>