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 . ful capital is now deso-late, its only inhabitants being lions, wolves, lynxes,and jackals. m ^1 SniLOH. This was a famous city of Ephraim; about 18miles north by east of Jerusalem, and 10 south ofShechem. The Ark of the Covenant remained herefrom B. c. 1444 to 1116 b, c. In honor of the presenceof the Ark, there was a feast of the
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 . ful capital is now deso-late, its only inhabitants being lions, wolves, lynxes,and jackals. m ^1 SniLOH. This was a famous city of Ephraim; about 18miles north by east of Jerusalem, and 10 south ofShechem. The Ark of the Covenant remained herefrom B. c. 1444 to 1116 b, c. In honor of the presenceof the Ark, there was a feast of the Lord in Shilohyearly, in one of which the daughters of Shiloh wereseized by a remnant of the Benjamites. The ruins found here consist of fragments ofcolumns, and large stones of various shapes. Animmense oak, evidently of great age, stands amongthe ruins. Just beyond the precincts of Shiloh standsa dilapidatea edifice, called by the natives the moskof Seilun. At a short distance from the ruins is anancient fountain, which first flows into a pool, andthence into a large stone reservoir—from which flocksand herds are watered—presenting a scene the sameas might have been witnessed here 2000 years ago. was a very strong place east of the Jordan,. g^4^fe:^^i 1 a n A ^ /% Of r^/
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