. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . e side. But perhaps the most remarkable pecu-liarity of the kiipogeum is the sarcophagus chamberI), in which two sarcophagi were found. All tendsto make it probable that this was really the sepul-chre of Herod. There seems no reason for doubtingthat, all the architectural tombs of Jerusalem belongto thr ape of the Romans, like every tiling that hasyet been found either at Petra, Baalbek, Palmyra,or Damascus, or even among the stone cities of the I lam an.— Tomb of Helena of Adiabi ne. Of the veryfamous tomb of Queen Helena of Adiabene not onevestige
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . e side. But perhaps the most remarkable pecu-liarity of the kiipogeum is the sarcophagus chamberI), in which two sarcophagi were found. All tendsto make it probable that this was really the sepul-chre of Herod. There seems no reason for doubtingthat, all the architectural tombs of Jerusalem belongto thr ape of the Romans, like every tiling that hasyet been found either at Petra, Baalbek, Palmyra,or Damascus, or even among the stone cities of the I lam an.— Tomb of Helena of Adiabi ne. Of the veryfamous tomb of Queen Helena of Adiabene not onevestige exists. We are told that she and her sonIzates were buried at the pyramids which she haderected more than three stadia from Jerusalem ( 4, § 3). These pyramids were situated outsidethe third wall, near a gate between the TowerPsephinus and the Royal Caverns (Jos. B. J. v. 22, ni l v. 4, §2). They remained sufliciently entire inthe fourth century to form a conspicuous object inthe landscape.—Since the destruction of the city by. Plan of TombBOf Herod.—(From De Snaky.) Titus, none of the native inhabitants of Jerusalemhave been in a position to indulge in much sepul-chral magnificence, or perhaps had any taste for thisclass of display ; and we in consequence find no rock-cut hypogea, and no structural monuments that arrestattention in modern times. The people, however,still cling to their ancient cemeteries in the Valleyof Jehoshaphat (Jehoshaphat, Valley of) with atenacity singularly characteristic of the East. Abel ;Cave; Ctrcs; Ezra; Modin; Mordecai ; Pillar;Rachel ; Shecheji, &c. * Tongs (Heb. melkdhayim, or melkachayim, mda-tsdd). Axe 6 ; Snuffers. * Tongue [tung] (Heb. Idshon ; , dialeklos[= dialect, or speech]), literally the organ in themouth, used by animals for tasting, licking, &c, and by mankind for articulation also (Ex. xi. 7 ; Judg-vii. 5; Mk. vii. 33, 35; Rev. xvi. 10, &c), also meto-nymically = speech (Job xv. 5; 1 Jn. iii. 18, &c),languag
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