Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . iah met Ahaz, according to the word of theLord— Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upperpool in the highway of the fullers field.—Isa. vii. King had heard with terror that Rezin, King ofSyria, and Pekah, King of Israel, were approachinghis capital, and the prophets message was: Takeheed, and be quiet, fear not, neither be faint-heartedfor the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for thefierce
Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . iah met Ahaz, according to the word of theLord— Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upperpool in the highway of the fullers field.—Isa. vii. King had heard with terror that Rezin, King ofSyria, and Pekah, King of Israel, were approachinghis capital, and the prophets message was: Takeheed, and be quiet, fear not, neither be faint-heartedfor the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for thefierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son ofRemaliah. Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son ofRemaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let usmake a breach therein for us, and set a king in themidst of it, even the son of Tabcal: Thus saith theLord God, it shall not stand, neither shall it come topass. For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the 300 Toward the Sunrise ; or. head of Damascus is Rezin; and witliin three scoreand five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not. Phcknician Makks on Stones of Undeeground Passage. a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, andthe head of Samaria is Remaliahs son. If ye will notbelieve, surely ye shall not be established.—Isa. vii. Sketches of Travel. 301 4-10. Here also was delivered to the messengers ofHezekiah the haughty message of Sennacherib: Andthe king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish toJerusalem unto King Hezekiah with a great he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in thehighway of the fullers field.—Isa. xxxvi. 2, Descending the valley to where it widens, belowMount Zion, directly opposite the Tomb of David, wecome to an immense reservoir, covering a space ofthree and a half acres, and known as the Lower Poolof Gihon. Here the youthful Solomon was anointedking, as the successor of David. So Zadok thepriest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benai
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