Hebrew life and times . REMAINS OF WALLS OF THE CANAANITE CITY, MEGIDDO. PART OF CITY WALL AND GATE, SAMARIA Cuts on this page used by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund. THE GOOD DAYS OF NEHEMIAH 135 to go to Jerusalem and help the people there to rebuildthe walls. Why walls were greatly needed.—All cities inthose days were surrounded by walls. These werenecessary, because no government had yet been strongenough to rid the country of the bands of robbers whomade their dens in almost every cave or lonely only the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, ofwhich Jesus tells, but
Hebrew life and times . REMAINS OF WALLS OF THE CANAANITE CITY, MEGIDDO. PART OF CITY WALL AND GATE, SAMARIA Cuts on this page used by permission of the Palestine Exploration Fund. THE GOOD DAYS OF NEHEMIAH 135 to go to Jerusalem and help the people there to rebuildthe walls. Why walls were greatly needed.—All cities inthose days were surrounded by walls. These werenecessary, because no government had yet been strongenough to rid the country of the bands of robbers whomade their dens in almost every cave or lonely only the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, ofwhich Jesus tells, but on almost all roads one was indanger of falling among thieves. In the deserts on theedge of Palestine whole tribes lived by robbery, andwere large enough and well enough organized to defeatgood-sized armies. Hence no city was safe unless itwas well fortified. Nehemiahs request was granted by the king ofPersia. So, with letters to the governors of the prov-inces through which he was to pass, the young leaderset out, perhaps on camel-back, to Jerusalem. Afterlooking
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