* smelt.
Jos 15:63 18:28 Jud 1:21 Ne 11:1,7-9
* Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated in long.
35; degrees 20. min. E., lat. 31; degrees 47; min 47; sec. N.;
and, according to the best authorities, 136; miles S. W. of
Damascus, 34; miles S. of Shechem or Nablous, 45; miles E. of
Jaffa, 27; miles N. of Hebron, and about 20; miles W. of
Jericho. The city of Jerusalem was built on hills, and
encompassed with mountains, (Ps 125:2,) in a stony and barren
soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say Strabo.
The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the Jebusites,
was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that on which
the temple was erected. Here David built a new city, called
the city of David, wherein was the royal palace. Between
these two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by
David and Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another
city is mentioned, called the second. The Maccabees
considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a
third hill; and Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called
Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former: this new city
lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron. See note ch.
9:34.
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