This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...the fourth century A. D. The word means Jehovah judgeth. JE'HUD, a village, now called Yehudiyeh, 8 ms. e. of Joppa, 27 ms. w. of Jerusalem, about 800 population. JERICHO, now er Riha, pop. about 200, 15 ms. e. of Jerusalem, 8 ms. n. of the Dead Sea. The ancient Jericho was farther w. nearer the fountain es Sultan--the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...the fourth century A. D. The word means Jehovah judgeth. JE'HUD, a village, now called Yehudiyeh, 8 ms. e. of Joppa, 27 ms. w. of Jerusalem, about 800 population. JERICHO, now er Riha, pop. about 200, 15 ms. e. of Jerusalem, 8 ms. n. of the Dead Sea. The ancient Jericho was farther w. nearer the fountain es Sultan--the N. T. Jericho was a mile or more, southward. JERUSALEM, now el Khuds "theHoly," Pop. about 25,000 (1884). Circumference three miles; height above the Mediterranean about 2600 ft. in the highest part; walls entirely surround it with four gates permanently open. The modern city is built over ruins. Distance from the Mediterranean is 35 miles. Mt. Zion is on the southern part of city where also is David's tomb, so called, just out of the south gate called the gate of Mt. Zion. The valley of Kidron is on the e., the Pool of Siloam is on the s.e. For other places see the map No. 6, in which Mt. Zion is that hill between Hinnom and the words "PIRST WALL." JESHI'MON was a term meaning "waste land" and very probably bad no reference to any special waste land, Numb. 21: 20, 1 Sam. 23: 19, 24,"etc. JEZREEL, now Zerin, 52 ms. n. of Jerusalem, a little village on a hill in the great plain of Esdraelon whicb is the Greek form for Jezreel, used only in the Apocrypha. The village is 402 ft. above the Mediterranean and consists of about 15 to 20 houses with many ancient cisterns. The valley of Jezreel is that valley extending eastward from the village, down to Bethehean, see map No. 3, and to the Jordan 14 ms. e. of Jezreel. The Jordan at this point is 700 ft. below the Mediterranean, 1102 ft. below the village. JIPH'THAH-EL, a valley, but named after a town, now Jefat, but only ruins, 1363 ft. above the Mediterranean, 14 m...
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