The evening world., 1917-12-10
MOST OF THE OTHER CITIES OF
BIBLICAL DAYS ARE GONE.

Most OF the cities whose affairs
were treated by the historians of tho
Old Testament have passed into
decay or utter ruin. while the
vitality OF Jerusalem through all its
misforiunes has held 10 one site.
Sack. pillage, demolition ana tho
general havoc OF war. ago ana chang
ing rule. however. have cxactcd
harsh penalties OF Jerusalem, 10 the
degree that tho original topography
or the Hill town has undergone many
variations: hills razed and hollows
fllled, boundaries turned and cx-
tended, and tho best evidence OF for
mer conditions has been left TO dis
covery In the last century. when
archaeologists have been setting the
spade to adjust and rcctify tho con
tentions OF countless religious and
secular disputants
In the days of tho Old Testament
Jerusalem was tho seat OF ono of the
most warllke peoples in the then
known world. The pride and glory
or the city OF David spread and
lrlumphed over enemies until Eing
NcbuohadneZ2ar at the head OF tho
Babylonian host laid Siege to the CITY
ana captured 1t In the year 800 Is. &.
Followed tho long period OF tho
captivity told In the Book of Daniel
and tho story OF Ruth. when the
Holv Temple built by solomon was
raZed 10 the ground and the place
where the city had once stood was
accursed.
According 10 the Prophet jeremiah.
tho exile was to last seventy years
ana this is reckoned from tho nCces-
SION or NebuchadncZ2ar to the first
year of Cyrus (b3S B. c., or from the
actual destruction OF tho Temple tC
the dedication OF the second Temple
rebuilt under tho leadership OF Ezra
and nehemiah. The reconstructet
kingdom OF Judah flOurishoI moro OF
.css Independently until the Romans
IN thor struggle for world conquest
took Jerusalem by siege, in the yeal
20 A. u. Persia, Syria, Rome itself
had dominated Palestine, and whol
Herod tho Great died, JudcI rCyOlto,
against Rome, which had been oNar
cising ktnd of prOteCtorato, appoint
ing kings and governors. lndu
Agrippa Jerusalem had reached IN
climax Of it5 prosperity Al A. D an,
this monarch had erected a new wal
to tho north TO defend the new srb
urbs, but the IIJman Emp .rol
Claudius. ordered tho building OF tn
wall stopped.
In his time the city must have Gov
cred about 800 acres and had som
$4,000 Inhabitants. In 40 a. D., undC
Nentidus CumanuS, Roman soldicI
insulted the Temple at the Feast {
| lAggnNRI A fDlInW
tho feasting into mourning In
Felix became Governor and the Jew
ish discomfort increased, especial
when Nero became Emperor tW
years later.
Tho last Roman procurator VI
Gessius Florus The Jews rebellC
under his harbarities and Nespnsiu
began a march OF conquest, stortir
IN Galilee and driving south and Yves
on July /, 60, Nespasian bocamc Ron
an Emperor and his son, Titus, toe
tho leadership OF an army Of coo
men and laid siege 70 Jerusalem. ~
city fell after desperate resistanc
lust seventy years after the birth
Christ. so passed for all time Il
sovereign state OF Judea.
In the obscurity following the decF
OF the Roman Empire Jerusale
changed hands many times Witho
tho accompaniment O' assault. Tn,
came tho great world movement
Moham mechanism. and in tho We
a3i A, d, Omar the CHNph. disciple
Mohamm"d, himself besleged the ri
tor four months and captured IL.
The Cl,y ~ David once more T,
the heavy nand OF war when :
- Selluk Turks, under the leadership
n A'si&, disscnigr from tho pure faI