Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . until about 1049 , whenDavid with an army of 280,000 men, choice warriors,the flower of Israel (1 Chron., xii. 23, 39), advancedto the siege, and with little trouble took the lowercity, but, as before, the citadel on Zion held out untilthe Jebusites tauntingly said to him: Except thoutake away the lame and the blind thou shalt n
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . until about 1049 , whenDavid with an army of 280,000 men, choice warriors,the flower of Israel (1 Chron., xii. 23, 39), advancedto the siege, and with little trouble took the lowercity, but, as before, the citadel on Zion held out untilthe Jebusites tauntingly said to him: Except thoutake away the lame and the blind thou shalt not comein hither (2 Samuel, v. 6, Y, 8). Which roused Davidsanger, and he proclaimed to his host, that tlie first whowould climb the rocky side of the fortress and kill aJebusite should be made chief captain of the host;upon which a crowd of warriors rushed forward to theattempt, but Joabs superior agility gained him theday, and the citadel—the fortress of Zion—was at lasttaken. The fall of this hitherto impregnable strong-hold created a great sensation throughout the lengthand breadth of the land. David at once proceeded to fortify and secure himself in his important acquisition by enclosing the cityand citadel with a strong wall. The ark was brought i.
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