The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . MODERN CITY AND LAKE OF TIBERIAS. LOOKING EAST. Tiberias was rebuilt by Herod Autipas, son of Herod the Great, (and tbe one wbotook his brother Philips^wife, Matt. xiv. 1), on a spot previously memorable asthe site of another city. The Lake of Tiberias lies beautifully calm in the sunshine,surrounded by picturesque and lofty hills. (Page 306.). THE PRESENT VILLAGE OF BETHANY.(The home of Mary and Martha and of Lazarus.)Situated on the road to Jericho, 1 mile east of Jerusalem, at the Mount of Olives,(Mark xi. l; Luke xix.
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . MODERN CITY AND LAKE OF TIBERIAS. LOOKING EAST. Tiberias was rebuilt by Herod Autipas, son of Herod the Great, (and tbe one wbotook his brother Philips^wife, Matt. xiv. 1), on a spot previously memorable asthe site of another city. The Lake of Tiberias lies beautifully calm in the sunshine,surrounded by picturesque and lofty hills. (Page 306.). THE PRESENT VILLAGE OF BETHANY.(The home of Mary and Martha and of Lazarus.)Situated on the road to Jericho, 1 mile east of Jerusalem, at the Mount of Olives,(Mark xi. l; Luke xix. 29.) (Page 306.) PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 307 Jerusalem, the garden of Gethsemane,1 and on the other side, the villageof Bethany. The top of the Mount2 overlooks them both, and the twopassages are quite consistent. In Isa. xxviii. 1, Samaria is called the crown of pride, and herglory is compared to the fading flower of the drunkard. The custom re-ferred to in this passage (and which is mentioned in Wisd. ii. 7, 8), is thatof wearing chaplets in seasons of festivity. Samaria, moreover, was builton the top of a round hill,3 and the fact suggested the appropriate imageof a wreath of flowers bound around the head of the drunkard. The chief city of Edom is described, with equal truth, as dwellingin the clefts of the rock, and holding the height of the hill, (Obad. 3);a most accurate description of the wondrous city o
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