 | John R. Miles - 1846 - 512 pages
...which it was built, and which was above them. But besides that great advantage as to the place where they were situated, it was also built very strong,...following kings, were very zealous about this work. It is subsequently added, as the city grew more populous, it gradually crept beyond its old limits,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situate, it was also built very strong : because David, and...following kings were very zealous about this work." After some further account of the walls, which has no immediate connection with our present subject,... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1852 - 712 pages
...which it was built, and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situated, it was also built very strong...at the tower called Hippicus. and extended as far * Perhaps, iavt Dr. Hudson, here was that gate, called the ' Gate i,( the corner' ,in 3 Chron. xxvi.... | |
 | William Allen - 1855 - 816 pages
...which it was built, and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situated, it was also built very strong,...that wall began on the north, at the tower called Ilippicus, and extended as far as the Xistus, a place so called ; and then joining to the council-house,... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1856 - 604 pages
...was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situated, it wa* also built very strong ; because David and Solomon,...tower called Hippicus, and extended as far as the Xislus, a place so called, and then joining to the council-house, ended at the west cloister of the... | |
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 734 pages
...and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situate, d when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the...and laid upon his bed. 03 He went in therefore, and After some further account of the walls, which has no immediate connection with our present subject,... | |
 | 1856 - 790 pages
...above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situate, it was also very strong : because David and Solomon, and the. following kings were very zealous ahout this work." After some further account of the walls, which has no immediate connection with our... | |
 | Emily A. Beaufort, Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford - 1862 - 498 pages
...Sooraya, Pasha of Jerusalem. f The words used by Josephus are as follows : " Now that Wall " (the First) " began on the north at the tower called Hippicus, and extended as far as the Xystus, a place so called, and then, joining to the councilhouse, ended at the west cloister of the... | |
 | 1868 - 818 pages
...The original or old wall is described by Josephus as being exceedingly strong and hard to be taken, " because David and Solomon and the following kings were very zealous about this work." The walls were built of immense stones, and in the highest style of workmanship, and " the niceness... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1869 - 612 pages
...which It was built, and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situated, it was also built very strong...following kings, were very zealous about this work. C. Iv.] JERUSALEM. 175 Now that wall began on the north, at the tower called Hippicus, and extended... | |
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Now, of these three walls, the old one was hard to be taken, both by reason of the valleys, and of that hill on which it was built, and which was above them. But besides that great advantage, as to the place where they were situated, it was also built... 
