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 . HAMATH. ONE OF KINO SOLOMON S STORE CITIES. namatli is a very ancient city; and was tne princi-pal city of upper Syria at the time of the exodus (). This city, like Jerusalem and Damascus, hasretained considerable importance from the very earli-est times to the present day. It is 250 miles n. n. e. of Jerusalem, and is si-tua
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 . HAMATH. ONE OF KINO SOLOMON S STORE CITIES. namatli is a very ancient city; and was tne princi-pal city of upper Syria at the time of the exodus (). This city, like Jerusalem and Damascus, hasretained considerable importance from the very earli-est times to the present day. It is 250 miles n. n. e. of Jerusalem, and is si-tuated in the valley of the Orontes, about half waybetween its source, near Baalheh and the bend whichit makes at Jisr Hadid. A part of the valley of theOrontes at one time constituted the kingdom ofriamath. King Solomon took the kingdom of Hamath, andmade the city a depot for stores and supplies. Healso huilt other store cities in the district. The government of Ilamath includes about 120inhabited villages, and 75 that have been abandoned,comprising most of the ancient kingdom of city now, as of old, stands on both sides of theriver, which is spanned by four bridges. The upperpart of the city is supplied with water from the riverby means of immens
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