Travels in Palestine, Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the DecapolisLongman, 1821 - 553 pages |
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Page 186
... Mount Sion , we had on our right a deep valley , in which were several olive - trees , and on our left the celebrated holy hill on which the walls of the city now stand , although Sion is said to have been nearly in the centre of the ...
... Mount Sion , we had on our right a deep valley , in which were several olive - trees , and on our left the celebrated holy hill on which the walls of the city now stand , although Sion is said to have been nearly in the centre of the ...
Page 187
... Mount Sion which was in its centre , as well as to have extended its limits to the northward , so as to bring the sepulchre of Jesus and Mount Calvary , which were without the ancient walls , into the centre of the modern city . Near ...
... Mount Sion which was in its centre , as well as to have extended its limits to the northward , so as to bring the sepulchre of Jesus and Mount Calvary , which were without the ancient walls , into the centre of the modern city . Near ...
Page 188
... Mount Sion and the Mountain of Offence , " the hill that is before Jerusalem , where Solomon built high places for Chemosh and Molech . " * At the southern extreme of this valley , we were shown a well , bearing the name of the prophet ...
... Mount Sion and the Mountain of Offence , " the hill that is before Jerusalem , where Solomon built high places for Chemosh and Molech . " * At the southern extreme of this valley , we were shown a well , bearing the name of the prophet ...
Page 190
... Sion on the west , where the temple of Solomon once stood , and on which the eastern front of the city walls now lead along , and the foot of the Mount ... Mountain of Offence . In the rainy season , this narrow bed is filled by a torrent ...
... Sion on the west , where the temple of Solomon once stood , and on which the eastern front of the city walls now lead along , and the foot of the Mount ... Mountain of Offence . In the rainy season , this narrow bed is filled by a torrent ...
Page 203
... Mount Sion . The form and exact direction of the western and northern walls are not distinctly seen from hence ; but every part * St . Luke , xi . 1 , 2 . of this appears to be a modern work , and DD 2 . CHIEFLY WITHOUT THE WALLS OF ...
... Mount Sion . The form and exact direction of the western and northern walls are not distinctly seen from hence ; but every part * St . Luke , xi . 1 , 2 . of this appears to be a modern work , and DD 2 . CHIEFLY WITHOUT THE WALLS OF ...
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