. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. y of Feiran was then, doubtless, as now,the principal seat of those who occupied the peninsula; and, indeed, the Arabian historianspreserve the tradition that the valley contained ancient settlements and towns of the are some ruins of an old city, which they say was Faran or Paran, and that it was * Noticed at p. 1 of thf Physical H story. Here tliey show the rock struck by Moses, of which a representation lias been givenin p. Iviii. t Wliicli name is uudoubtedly the same as
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. y of Feiran was then, doubtless, as now,the principal seat of those who occupied the peninsula; and, indeed, the Arabian historianspreserve the tradition that the valley contained ancient settlements and towns of the are some ruins of an old city, which they say was Faran or Paran, and that it was * Noticed at p. 1 of thf Physical H story. Here tliey show the rock struck by Moses, of which a representation lias been givenin p. Iviii. t Wliicli name is uudoubtedly the same as , a name-wliicli Scripture applies to Mount Sinai. Now this valley, stillbearini, this name, extends in front of Serbal. Lord Lindsay has a fine description of this valley, i. 275-281. t liecause of the contention of the Israidites, and because they temjited the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among «s or not?—Ixod. xvii. 7. Chap. IV.] SINAI. 197 founded by, and belonged to, the Amalekites; and they affirm that the numerous excavationsin the mountains near, were tlic sepulchres of that people.*. [Wady Feiriiu.] These Amalekites determined to resist the further progress of the Israelites, who had now,as we have supposed, reached the very borders of their chief settlements in Wady knowledge of the wealth with which the Hebrews were at this time laden—the spoilsof Egypt,—probably tended the more to excite and strengthen this resolve. That they shouldventure to assail such an immense body as that of the Hebrews may, at first, seem strange;but we are to consider that they probably looked upon them as a confused body of spiritlessslaves—as, in fact, they were,—debilitated, morally at least, by their long bondage in Egypt;and they had doubtless military experience enough to know that tlie numbers of a host com-posed like this, and encumbered with women and children, flocks and herds, did not renderkhem the more formidable. I When the hostile intentions of the Amaleki
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