Were the Pharisees correct: "no prophet arises out of Galilee" (Jn. 7:52)?

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In the Gospel of John, the following exchange takes place between the Pharisees and Nicodemus:

John 7:50-51: "Nicodemus (he who came to [Christ] before, being one of them) said to them, ⁵¹‘Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?’ ⁵²They answered him, ‘You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee‘" (emphasis added).

Is it true that no prophet ever arose from Galilee?