. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. th blame that the people,in the best times, continued to offer sacrifice * 1 Sam ix. 12, 19, 25 ; x. 5; 1 Kings iii. 4. &c. and burn incense at the high places, to whic h(as we understand) they lawfully resorted, intheir several disiricts, on the Sabbaths andother o(;casions for worship. That there shouldbe such ])laces of resort, at which servicesmight be rendered similar to those whichafterwards distinguished the synagogues, is notonly probable, and almost necessary in itself,but appears to be in
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. th blame that the people,in the best times, continued to offer sacrifice * 1 Sam ix. 12, 19, 25 ; x. 5; 1 Kings iii. 4. &c. and burn incense at the high places, to whic h(as we understand) they lawfully resorted, intheir several disiricts, on the Sabbaths andother o(;casions for worship. That there shouldbe such ])laces of resort, at which servicesmight be rendered similar to those whichafterwards distinguished the synagogues, is notonly probable, and almost necessary in itself,but appears to be indicated in some passages:*and it would be difficult to show what thesewere but the high places, at which it was so dif-ficult to wean the people from rendering thosefurther and higher services of sacrifice andoblation, which should have been peculiar to theTemple and the altar tlici-e. It is quite un-likely that they had other places of religiousresort than those at which they were so niuclidisposed to render higher services than thelaw allowed. * Isalm ; ; Isa. vii. LThe Aggie-Stone.] CHAPTER VIII, ISRAEL, FROM 895 , to 719
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