The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-13

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bought the site for the temple
from Ornan, the circumstances
being unusual. After David had
vanquished the Jebusites about
1856 before the Christian era, he
built castle and transferred to
it the Ark of the Covenant and
later began the temple which
Solomon finished.
There were many buildings of
great magnitude and magnifi-
cence in Jerusalem, but the most
wonderful of all was the Temple
of Solomon. 1t is said that 150,-
900 mer were engaged seven and
a half , ears in its construction,
and the palace which Solomon
erected for himself and his some
what numerous family required
thirteen years in the building.
Solomon taxed the people 80
heavily that ten Of the tribes re-
volted and established an inde-
pendent kingdom north of Judea,
and remained loyal to Rehoboam.
Things went along smoothly
until Jeroboam, the King of the
new federation invited Pharoah
Sesac of Egypt to invade Juda.
The King in 976 B. c.. took Je-
rusalem, plundered the Temple
and the palaces.
The next disturbance of the
peace of Jerusalem came in 1893
B. c., when the Philistines, in
alliance with the Arabs, pillaged
the Temple.
The next couple of hundred
years appear to have been rea-
sonably quiet ones for Jerusa-
lem, until about TAO B. c., when
King Achaz substitu ted the wor-
ship of Baal Moloch instead of
that of Jehovah. Thirteen years
later Ezechias abolished the baal
worship, restoring that of God,
and erected a wall around the
Temple and Mount Zion.
After a series of more or less
unfortunate happenings Nebu-
chadnezzar. King of Babylon in,
COL b. c., took Jerusalem and
transported an army of its most
notable citizens, including the
young prophet Daniel, to Baby
lon. The remaining population
revolted against Nebuchadnezzar
who thereupon took 10000 more
to Babylon. including King Joach-
i'm. In 507 B. c., another revolt
was put down with awful rigor.
Nebuchadnezzar this time vent
ing his rage in brutal manner.
Sixty-one years later Cyrus. the
benign enlightened ruler of Per-
sia, allowed the Jews to return
to Palestine and rebuild the Tenn
pie.
1t was not until GA B. c., in
the sixth year of King Darius of
the Persians that the new house
of God was completed. @
Again nearly two hundred
years pass, and now King Alex
ander tie Great marches against
Jerusalem. which had remained
loyal to Darius iii. in opposing
the young Macedonian conquer
er. He spared the city. After
his death Jerusalem suffered
frightfully in the long struggles
for supremacy between his sue
cessors, the kings of Syria and
those of Egypt, the Seleucide and
Ptolemies, respectively.
In 305 B. G. Ptolemn Soter's
army carried many inhabitants
into Egypt. A hundred years
later Antiochus the Great, of
Syria, took Jerusalem from
Egypt, but it again fell into the
hands of the Ptolemies three
years later. The Jews, however,
aided Antiochus in the ensuing
battle and drove the Egyptians
forever out of Palestine.
Antiochus Epiphancs entered
the Holy City, massacred 10000
inhabitants and carried off many
other thousands into bondage.
WARS OF THE MACCABEES
A priest of noble character,
Matathias Hasmon, who had five
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