. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... tly as com-plete as Avhen abandoned centuries ago. Reared in the second century by Jonathan Maccabreusas a strong defensiv^e work, the fortress of Masada was en-larged and rendered impregnable by Herod the Great. De-signed by him at once for a palace and a fortress, he strength-ened the i^osition, and connected Avith his royal apartmentsbaths, adorned Avith porticoes and colonnade
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... tly as com-plete as Avhen abandoned centuries ago. Reared in the second century by Jonathan Maccabreusas a strong defensiv^e work, the fortress of Masada was en-larged and rendered impregnable by Herod the Great. De-signed by him at once for a palace and a fortress, he strength-ened the i^osition, and connected Avith his royal apartmentsbaths, adorned Avith porticoes and colonnades. Confident ofits impregnability, here the Idumean kii>g deposited his raresttreasures against the day of danger. Prior to the fall of Jerusalem, the Sicarii, Avho had SAVornnever to submit to the Roman arras, obtained by treachery thepossession of this fortress. Commanded by the bold and skill-ful Eleazar, 600 of these patriots, with their Avives, children,and servants to the number of 967, retired to Masada as the 2 Sam., viii., 13. == 2 Kings, xiv., 7. PROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 205 last refuge of the Jewish nation. The strong-holds of Machae-rus and Herodium had yielded to the powerful arms of Lucil-.
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