Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-11
HIsToRY oF IERrsALEAI.

" ~ 1E ~ NAAsAN AAAt ~ =
a call ''The citadel or stronghold of
~ Zion"
III HISTORY or JERUSALEM.
- We first read of it as Salem (Gen.
- xiv, Isl, the city Of AIelchisedeck;
10 then as Jebus, the city of the Jebus-
=, ties, Joshua xviii, 2S), in whose
. hands the Benjaminites were obliged
n to leave the stronghold Of Mount
= Zion, themselves inhabiting only
r. the lower part Of the city, until King
! David captured the citadel, which
I henceforth took the name of the City
! of David. Jerusalem then became
the centre Of the kingdoms Of Israel
and Judah, both in civil and re-
ligious matters. David placed the
ark in Mount Zion; Solomon built a 4
temple on Mount Moriah and trans |
ferred the ark thither. God promised
to defend the city as long as it
should remain true to Him. From
Solomon on, under many Of the
kings, gross idolatry usurped the
place Of the worship OF Jehovah, and
to this the sacred historians attri-
butte the fall Of the city. Under
Shishak, king Of Egypt who be- .
sieged the city, commenced a long
series Of disasters, woes and !
suherings. Great nations like ;
the Arabians, Syrians, Assy- /
rians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Philis- j
tines, ETC., ravaged Ii and despOiled ,
the Temple of its treasures. Heze- |
klah fortified and beautified il again, a
ana drew the waters Of Gihon into
II. His son was taken captive by
the ASSyrians- JehOahaZ was after
wards taken TO Egypt. Later Nebu- n
chadnezZar pillaged it three times. Il
The Temple and palaces were Of
burned down, the walls lcvelled 10 l.
the ground, and King Zedekiah and II
all the people left there flor many N
had been already taken) carried Al
captive to Babylon. This was BIC. b,
oIS. After the 40 years captivity a
the temple was slowly rebuilt. In on
~ b. C., Alexander the Great took ar
the city and conferred benefits upou sic
u. Some years later Ptolemy Softer, Cl
King of Egypt, besieged il on the VI
when the people in their &c
reverence for the day would not de- Sc
lend themselves and went into can he
.ivlty. In 1866 Il. c. an instruction HI
Under the Maccabees led 10 a resto- mi
alton. In IS b. G. the Romans.
Inder POmpey, captured it aud ha
made II tributary 10 Rome. Cras- int
us again plundered the Temple. In inl
ID. 20 occurred the siege and In
'omplete destruction Of the Holy OILS
lily, accompanied by scenes OF I'M FO:
aralleled horror and suffering. De
The Temple ground was plowed tin
nd temple to Jupiter erected in sol
S stead by the Romans. Suisse mil
uenuy Julian gave the Jews per iml
lissiOn TO rebuild the Temple. but in
ley could not. 'Balls Of fire. par
istory says, 9 came out Of the earth 4
nd repealed the workmen.v TIT
In 6li they came in great mum. Tn,
ers with the King of Persia. sun
assacred the Christians. and abr
llled down the churches. In 63T con
half Oman took the city and II Mo-
came MOslem sacred CITY called JeH
Il Guds," or 1.-THE Holy, - and in to il
,ad Of the Jewish and Pagan the
NIPPLES, the Mosque Of Omar wss side
lit up. In 1875 the Turks can ply
red II. In 1897 a host under hav
'dfrey de Bullion formed n crusade. that
chard of England, Philippe Au- thai
stus, OF France, Jean de Brienne. non
ederick III, Of Germany, etc, OBJ He
ned the city in log. In 1859 il hou
into the hands Of the ATosIems: tivai
N tribe Of Tartlrs took il. II p,
yer enjoyed long peace. War land
er war desOlated il. In 1900 Ma fIouI
eon Bonaparte planned a siege artiC
lnst II, but gave up the idea. In will
y y tlle iurks Dom6arded 1t. In Peep
i II submitted to the Pasha of TO IN
ypt. Now the Turks have il prop
III, III Mon
yn, and in beholding UniI
MODERN JERUSALEM agriC
see no longer as David and Solo- PaIa,
n chanted: Jerusalem is build Jews
rs city that is compact together. back,
Peace be within thy walls The
prosperity walk about Zion, and loan,
-ound about her; tell the powers hold
reof Mark We well her bull socie
ks; consider her palaces, that We from
tell the generations follow and
,ho ooiiions songs, VI, ~ II apI
e were all gone at turns
early date. These ran around conc
J portion Of the western wall. stav
three great towers to shelter tipe
Roman soldiers. but all the CITY. b,.r,ir
D, Aka, and the Temple. was Cha,
a mass Of scarcely distinguish neve,
ruins, and We take up the touch have
voices OF prophecy, which like the p
ng vail through the ages have NOT n,
Irned for Zion. This is the bur af hi
OF the Lamentations /, j, 3-6. are N,
Nv doth the city sit solitary that eyer
III VI eopie; HOW Is she be- land |.
ng the nations and princes ..IL'
ng the provinces; how is She EhI.o
me tributary? She weepeth I .iIou
in the night, and her tears are s stohes
,mong tho p,,io,. IN Ine uwei- cred q
81 ; -. ,i7Lie,t iinIe'n gather
ion all her beout,, ~ S La ntef wing,
snreadstb f,rtL - IS your
. e none 70 - canieIs eI iianus ana late. -
Is is Friday, the day of the The
In which, above all, the forego- mas s.
can be appreciated. Tune;
went out to the western wall the dc
c Temple enclosure. The slabs sore.
using portion Of the lower HIS he
are great blocks OF lime stone ''Becal
wall is one of a very few well gone 8
ified sites OF the city. This who hi
of real estate was bought from, and We
ultan by Sir Moses Montef;ora other c
veral millions. Thousands NJ fort the
It Israelites wall and lament LEM Il
he departed glory of this holy put fort
2.
sight Of men and women. -