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both in Genesis and In Hebrews in con-
nection with the story 81 Abraham re-
turning from the pursuit OF the kings
who had captured Lot. and being met by
Melchizedek. CGen. 14:1S-20; Heb. 1:l-Sl. IL
Is a question whether king OF salem
meant that he was '.i<ingi OF Peace, as
the word implies, or that he was the
TIE king OF a place called Salem. or ooth'
as is probable. II he was king OF
place called Salem. then the place was
what Is now known as Jerusalem From
earliest times there seems TO have been
a city there its location being deterInin-
ed BY the natural ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
on the crest OF the ridge. the mountains
round about. the hills with the valleys
between them and around them' ali
affordinS natural protection
ITS HISTORY.
According to Josephus. Jerusalem was
21s7 wears old when overthrown by IT,
tus. In the year 20 AID. This would make
IL now 1857 years old AT the time OF
Abraham II was known as Salem In the
time OF the Judges Il was called Jeous
Judges Is:iO) and also Jerusalem Judges
RID. where I: is said the Jebusites
Inhabited Jerusalem The word Jerusa-
lem seems to be a combination OF Jehus
and saIeun-like Winston-Salem. y. C.
for instance and for the sake OF eu-
phony was contracted TO Jerusalem. oy
which name il was known as early as
the time Of Joshua Joshua 1O:l. o. IL was
set on fire by the men OF judah (Juoses
Isl. The citadel. or stronghold, was
captured from the Jebusites by DAVID
In the seventh year OF his reign as KING
OF Israel and his capital was moved there
from Hebron. This first brought the city
into Great prominence. AS the capital of
the kingdom OF Israel II grew rapidly
during the 50 years Of David's reign
there Solomon, with his immense
wealth, beautifed II and made 1t prob
ably the most magnificent city IN the
world at the time His temple aodeo
greatly 10 its splendor. But under Solo
mons son. RehobOam, II was captured
BY ShIshak. king OF Egypt, and pun
dered OF its wealth. as we are told IN
Chronicles 20. and also by shishak
himself on the walls OF the temple OF
Luxor. II was restored by Jehoshaphat'
hut under Jehoram. his son. was again
pIundered by the Philistines and Arabians.
Under Athaliah IL became the shrine OF
the most abominable Bsal worship. As a
punishment Il was sacked by Hazael'
king OF Syria II was entered by the
Egyptians under Necho. Its utter oe-
Ftructfon. though. was accomplished by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. who left it heap OF
ruins. and carried its inhabitants INTO
captivity. II was occupied By Zerubbaoel
under the decree OF Cyrus. after ~
years. and then after another loo years
was rebuilt by Nehemiah. and again De-
came the metropolis as well as the capital
OF the Jewish nation Under JUDAS Mac
cabsus and his brethren IL was prosper
Gus. II was besisged by Pompey In %
"a c Herod the Great. enlarged and
beautffied II. and erected the nlagnifi-
cent temple known as the temple Of Her
I'd. the third to be erected on the temple
area and the finest OF all
This was the city Of our LORDS time.
These were the streets In which he
walked This was the temple In which
He taught And the Damascus gate OF
that city was the gate through which He
was carried out 10 be cruciheo- That
city. though. was utterly destroyed oy-
Titus in 70 A. D. He besfeged II for some
time. and when he captured IL, he left IL
heap Of rubbish. not one stone being
eff on the other. as Jesus predicted The
MAGNIFICENT temple OF Herod was burned.
md the people OF the city put 20 the
trord II remained q barren waste, with
cut q single inhabitant. for over 30 years
when IL was settled by Jews and Romans.
On account OF the rebellion OF the Jews
was destroyed again by the Emperor
Hadrtan In 112 A. D, but soon afterwards
rebuilt and called Aelia- II was made
A heathen city and q temple OF Jupiter
vas built upon the site OF the temple
" Hsrod. which continued until the time
" Constantine, about as A D.. who re-
rtored the ancient name OF the city, and
made IL a Christian city, after a visit TO
by his mother. Helena, and her sup
,osed vision Of the true cross. In So
A d. the city was taken by the follow
.rs Of Mohammed. and has ever since
seen under the Moslem domination, ex-
sept for one century. when II was held
~ the crusaders
This Is a bare outline OF the city's his
.ory. II has sustained q sieges. has
seen three times utterly destroyed. por-
lions Of II being literally ploughed as
seId Thus one city has been built upon
mother The present city is really the
tighth built upon the ruins OF its seven
predecessors II Is estimated that II you
would find the ruins OF the first city you
must dig down through is feet of rub
oish. and that the city Of Solomon's time
q from 20 70 80 feet under the present
,ne. As jeremiah predicted would be
he case. the Jerusalem OF today is
-builded upon its own heap" The Holy
cfty OF the prophets, kings and apostles
q an underground city. An explorer, re-
viewing 30 years OF excavation and dis
,overy, says: IF we examine II we have
determine al every sNcP AAAC
ruins of which city we are standing, Solo,.
non. Nehemiah, Herod. Hadrian, Con-
Itantine, Omar. Godfrey. Saladin, Sulei-
nan each IN turn representing a city
From all this, you will see the utter
rnpossibIlity Of Identifying absolutely the
,acred places Of Jerusalem and how few
~ its reputed sacred sites can be genu-
ne. And yet, after all, much OF the old
Jerusalem is still there-''the mighty
framework OF everlasting hills" the
Mountains round about II. the deep val
eys. the walls similar TO those OF the
lder cities, the narrow. crooked, dirty
streets. Even the people are very much
he same IN looks, in dress. IN manners.
DIVISIONS OF THE CITY.
Jerusalem is built upon two promi-
aent hills, Mt Zion on the west and Mt.
Horfah on the east Between these was
ne Typorean OF Cheesemonger's valley.
N the time of Christ It had a great
ridge which reached from the temple
urea on Mt. Moriah TO Mt. Zion. II is
,ow so filed with the rubbish OF cen
arrfes as TO have almost disappeared.
Besides AIts Moriah and Zion. there are
.wo other hills OF less Importance in
ne city-Akrs and Bezetha- on the east
u the city is the valley OF Kedron. or the
Valley OF Jehoshaphat. On the west is
he Valley OF Hinnom. which also sweeps
around the south. meeting the Valley Of
gedron The old city Is surrounded by