The fall of Jerusalem and the Roman conquest of Judea . or fifty years, says Merivale,marble had been piled upon marble in constructing it.*It occupied the whole summit of the hill of Moriah—nextto Zion, the most prominent quarter of the city—andrising upon enormous substructions from the deep valleysbeneath, seemed like one immense citadel, the Sanctuaryof the Jewish nation. On the rival summit of Mount Zion, continues thehistorian, the highest elevation in Jerusalem, wasplanted the royal residence; no modest mansion for themost eminent of Roman senators, but a Palace worthy of * According to
The fall of Jerusalem and the Roman conquest of Judea . or fifty years, says Merivale,marble had been piled upon marble in constructing it.*It occupied the whole summit of the hill of Moriah—nextto Zion, the most prominent quarter of the city—andrising upon enormous substructions from the deep valleysbeneath, seemed like one immense citadel, the Sanctuaryof the Jewish nation. On the rival summit of Mount Zion, continues thehistorian, the highest elevation in Jerusalem, wasplanted the royal residence; no modest mansion for themost eminent of Roman senators, but a Palace worthy of * According to Josephus, the Jewish historian, Herod began to rebuildthe Temple in the eighteenth year of his reign, b. c. 20. It was not completedat the death of Christ. 14 THE CITY. tlie name; an abode befitting an Oriental potentate, erectednot by the contributions of the populace, but by confis-cation of the estates of the great and powerful of theland. Surrounded with lofty walls and towers, springing,like the Temple, from the depths of the gorges beneath,. MOTTNT MORI AH. containing vast halls and ample corridors, its courts filledwith trees and grass-plots, with reservoirs, fountains, andrunning streams, it was a palace, a villa, and a fortressall in one. Zion and Moriah faced each other across the THE CITY. 15 deep and narrow trench of the Tyropoeon, and the Templeand the Pahice were connected by a bridge or causeway,across which tlie sovereign marched above the heads ofhis subjects, as the sun passes in the heavens from cloudto cloud.
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