Much of the profit derived from the area’s economic activities and the exploitation of its natural resources may have gone to the elite rather than to the common people, who did most of the work.
وقد قُسمت الى ملكيات كبيرة (‏ عِزَب )‏ وزَّعها هيرودس انتيباس هدايا على نبلائه وغيرهم .‏