The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . iron, both they of Bethshan and her towns, and they whoare of the valley of Jezreel, and therefore they could notdrive them out.^ This is the earliest mention of Jezreel;and it is interesting to find that this famous valley still re-tains its original characteristics. Chariots of iron have in-deed disappeared, bvit the inhabitants are eminently imprac-ticable and rebellious; and one can readily believe thatwhen the jumping chariot raged through the vale ofJezreel, and
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . iron, both they of Bethshan and her towns, and they whoare of the valley of Jezreel, and therefore they could notdrive them out.^ This is the earliest mention of Jezreel;and it is interesting to find that this famous valley still re-tains its original characteristics. Chariots of iron have in-deed disappeared, bvit the inhabitants are eminently imprac-ticable and rebellious; and one can readily believe thatwhen the jumping chariot raged through the vale ofJezreel, and down the ghor of Beisan, the children of Jo-seph found it impossible to expel the inhabitants. In my walk this morning I noticed an immense tell fardown toward the Jordan: has it a name ? It is called Husn, and is the centre of those ruins thatmark the site of Bethshan—the Scythopolis of the Greeks—the Beisan of the Arabs. Indeed! it seems much nearer than that city should be,according to my geography; and it must be uncommonlyhigh,, and of gigantic proportions every way. .Joshua xvii. 16. 172 THE LAXD AND THE
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