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 . BATTLE WITH THE EPHRAIMITES. And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves to-gether, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah,Wherefore passedest thou over to fight against thechildren of Amnion, and didst not call us to go withthee ? we will burn thine house upon thee with lire. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my peoplewere at g
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 . BATTLE WITH THE EPHRAIMITES. And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves to-gether, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah,Wherefore passedest thou over to fight against thechildren of Amnion, and didst not call us to go withthee ? we will burn thine house upon thee with lire. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my peoplewere at great strife with the children of Ammon; and FoldOut. •7l 218 PASS OF THE JOKDAU. The difficulties in the way of determining theplace where the army of Jephtha held the ford of theJordan againt the Ephraimites, disappear on an ex-amination of the topography of the country on eachbank of the river. Its tributaries on the east and west side, all runbetween ranges of rocky hills, the ravines all runningsouth-east or south-west, towards the river. At thejunction of the Wady Ferah with the Jordan, a sand-bar -has been formed,which constitutes this foi-d or pass. The travel between two important cities—Shechemon the west side of the river, and Kamoth Gilead onthe east, was over a main highway, wliicli leads tothe river at this ford. This is also the most reliableford between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea,especially after a rain, when the other fords are sui-eto be impassable, this one, from the great width ofthe river at this place, is practicable; this, with thehistorical and traditional evidence, leaves no room todoubt that this is
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