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 . \k old and young, prince and peasant; and the womenviolated in Mt. Zion itself. On the Tth day of thofollowing month Nebuzaradan arrived, collected thecaptives and booty, and on the tenth the temple, theroyal palace, and all the more impoi-tant buildings ofthe city were set on fire, and the walls thrown downand left as heaps of rubb
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 . \k old and young, prince and peasant; and the womenviolated in Mt. Zion itself. On the Tth day of thofollowing month Nebuzaradan arrived, collected thecaptives and booty, and on the tenth the temple, theroyal palace, and all the more impoi-tant buildings ofthe city were set on fire, and the walls thrown downand left as heaps of rubbish. This destruction of thecity and deportation left the land nearly deserted. The subsequent history of Jerusalem may be epi-tomized as follows :—About 332 it was taken byAlexander of Macedon. Shortly after his deathPtolemy Lagus, of Egypt, took it by assault on theSabbath, when it is said the Jews scrupled to B. c, Scopus, an Egyptian general, recoveredJudea to the King of Egypt. 170 b. c, it was takenby Antiochus Epiphanes, who razed its walls, set upan image of Jupiter in the Temple, and used everymeans to force the people into idolatry. Under theMaccabees the Jews again recovered their independ-ence 165 B. c. About 100 years later it
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