The Holy Land and the Bible; . dinglyto his soul, as seen in tlie contemptuous curl of his nose, and heard insome rather narrow-minded expressions. So bitter and unlovely issectarian feeling everywheie! But he was a good soul. Nothingwould content him but that T should lie down on one of the comfort-able beds, which I very gladly did, and was soon in a sound sleep, fromwhich my friends aroused me when it was time to leave. The view from Tabor is very fine. On the south the recess in thegreat plain, towards Jezreel, lay at my feet, with Jebel Duhy soaringup in the background in naked bareness o
The Holy Land and the Bible; . dinglyto his soul, as seen in tlie contemptuous curl of his nose, and heard insome rather narrow-minded expressions. So bitter and unlovely issectarian feeling everywheie! But he was a good soul. Nothingwould content him but that T should lie down on one of the comfort-able beds, which I very gladly did, and was soon in a sound sleep, fromwhich my friends aroused me when it was time to leave. The view from Tabor is very fine. On the south the recess in thegreat plain, towards Jezreel, lay at my feet, with Jebel Duhy soaringup in the background in naked bareness of rock. Nearer the northernslope was Endor with its spring, its cave-dwellings, and its tragicmemories of Sauls visit, and straight before me Nain, one of the fewvillages of Galilee of which the name is given in the Gospel. To theeast the eye ranged over a sea of hills, imdistinguishable by shapefrom each other, towards the range which encloses the Sea of Galilee,which, however, lay hidden in its deep bed except from one point. Am] it came to pass, when Ahab sawEiljali. tliat Aliat) said unto Jiim. Artthou lie tliat troubleth Isinel? And heanswered, I have not troubled Israel : butthou and thy fathers house, in that yehave forsaken the commandments of theLord, and thou hast followed , therefore, send and gather tome all Israel unto Mount Carmel. andthe prophets of Baal, four liundred andfifty, and the prophets of the groves fourhundred, which eat at Jezebels Ahab sent unto all the children ofIsrael, and gathered the prophets untoMount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people,and said. How long halt ye betweentwo opinions? if the Lord be God, followhim : but if Baal, then follow him. Andthe people answered him not a word.—1Kings, xviii, 17-21. MONASTERY ON MT. CARMEL, (See page 528.) ^i^i TABOR. EL-MAHRAKAH, CARMEL. 521 below the summit, where a gap in the hills gives a glimpse of it. Inthe north rose the mighty Jermuk mountain, with the hill-town ofSafed
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