Jerusalem Explored Part 45

[Sidenote: Altar of stones.]

"And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy G.o.d, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them." xxvii. 5. (p.

54.)

[Sidenote: Of whole stones.]

"Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy G.o.d of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy G.o.d." xxvii.

6. (p. 54.)

JOSHUA.

[Sidenote: Jerusalem.]

"Now it came to pa.s.s, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai," &c. x. 1. (pp. 1, 2.)

[Sidenote: Jebusites.]

"As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day." xv. 63. (p. 2.)

[Sidenote: Valley of the son of Hinnom.]

[Sidenote: Valley of the giants. En-Rogel.]

"And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel." xviii. 16. (pp. 17, 22, 188, 204, 290.)

JUDGES.

[Sidenote: Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem.]

"And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day." i. 21. (pp. 2, 22.)

[Sidenote: Jebus, which is Jerusalem.]

"But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two a.s.ses saddled, his concubine also was with him." xix. 10. (p. 1.)

2 SAMUEL.

[Sidenote: David went to Jerusalem.]

"And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither." v. 6. (pp. 2, 16, 22.)

[Sidenote: Stronghold of Zion. City of David.]

"Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion: the same is the city of David." v. 7. (pp. 2, 16, 22, 210.)

[Sidenote: Millo.]

"So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward." v. 9. (pp. 2, 16, 22, 23, 24, 210.)

[Sidenote: Hiram. Masons.]

"And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house." v. 11. (p. 22.)

[Sidenote: Valley of Rephaim.]

"The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim." v. 18. (p. 194.)

[Sidenote: Mount Olivet.]

"And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up," &c. xv. 30. (p. 21.)

[Sidenote: Absalom.]

"And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him; and all Israel fled every one to his tent." xviii. 17. (p. 182.)

[Sidenote: His place.]

"Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place." xviii. 18. (pp. 47, 182.)

[Sidenote: Araunah the Jebusite.]

"And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite." xxiv. 16. (pp. 24, 46.)

[Sidenote: Altar on his threshingfloor.]

"And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite." xxiv. 18.

(pp. 24, 46.)

"So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver." xxiv. 24. (pp. 24, 46.)

"And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel." xxiv. 25. (pp. 24, 46.)

1 KINGS.

[Sidenote: En-Rogel.]

"And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants." i. 9. (pp. 188, 290.)

[Sidenote: Gihon.]

"So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon." i.

38. (p. 21.)

"And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?" i. 41.