. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ?Ill m !»?»**? i;i;:;[fr.;. FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 2T1 sad. On her rests the burden of prophecy: Askelon shallbe a desolation. Askelon shall not be inhabited.^ Though it was allotted to the tribe of Judah, the Philistineslield possession of their city throughout the whole period of theJewish monarchy. Its significance in sacred history is derivedfrom its gross idolatry, and the fearful
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ?Ill m !»?»**? i;i;:;[fr.;. FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 2T1 sad. On her rests the burden of prophecy: Askelon shallbe a desolation. Askelon shall not be inhabited.^ Though it was allotted to the tribe of Judah, the Philistineslield possession of their city throughout the whole period of theJewish monarchy. Its significance in sacred history is derivedfrom its gross idolatry, and the fearful judgments denouncedagainst it by the prophets, rather than from any great eventshaving occurred within its limits. But, beyond the inspiredIecordjit has a history in which figure many illustrious charac-ters. Regarding its maritime location as invaluable, Herodthe Great adorned the city with baths, porticoes, and fount-ains, and after his death his sister Salome resided there in apalace Avhich her brother had built. SuflTering greatly in theAvars between the Jews and the Romans, the original citizensbecame the allies of the latter, and Askelon was the scene ofa horrid massacre, in which 2500 Jews were put to death. Inafter years t
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