. A description of the East, and some other countries . ONPAL^STINE. 23 that it was farther to the fouth weft, beyond the vale of if this was the kings dale in which Melchifedeck king of Salemcame to meet Abraham °, it would be a circumftance to prove, thatJerufalem was the ancient Salem. If we fuppofe that this was the pillarof Abfalom, cut out of the rock, and raifed higher by art, it mufthave been much altered fince that time, as it appears in the fixthPlate: for it is now of the Ionic order, which probably was not in-vented at that time. It is not unlikely that feme perfons ha
. A description of the East, and some other countries . ONPAL^STINE. 23 that it was farther to the fouth weft, beyond the vale of if this was the kings dale in which Melchifedeck king of Salemcame to meet Abraham °, it would be a circumftance to prove, thatJerufalem was the ancient Salem. If we fuppofe that this was the pillarof Abfalom, cut out of the rock, and raifed higher by art, it mufthave been much altered fince that time, as it appears in the fixthPlate: for it is now of the Ionic order, which probably was not in-vented at that time. It is not unlikely that feme perfons have longlince beautified thefe places, according to the rules of Greek architedlure,particularly this, and the tomb of Zachariah. There is a room cut outof the rock in Abfalonis pillar, confiderably above the level of theground on the outfide ; the plan of it is in the fame plate. There areniches in the lides of the room, probably defigned to receive cofEns orbodies: The entrance is by a hole, which feems to have been latelybroke out; and if it ferved
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