. Modern research as illustrating the Bible . a. 3 Joshua xv. 55 ; 1 Sam. xxiii. 14^//., now Tell Zif, 4 miles south of Hebron. 4 Either the Socoh of Joshua xv. 35 (in the lowland), 1 Sam. xvii. 1,now probably esh-Shuweikeh, 16 miles south-south-west of Jerusalem, 13 milesnorth-west of Hebron, and 5 miles north-east of Tell ej-Judeideh ; or the Socohof Joshua xv. 48 (in the hill country of Judah), now esh-Shuweikeh, 10 milessouth-west of Hebron. 5 Probably (Hommel, Expos. Times, March, 1901, p. 288, cf. April, p. 336)the Mapsis of Eusebius, Onom. (ed. Lagarde) 210. 86, and the Mampsis of Jerom
. Modern research as illustrating the Bible . a. 3 Joshua xv. 55 ; 1 Sam. xxiii. 14^//., now Tell Zif, 4 miles south of Hebron. 4 Either the Socoh of Joshua xv. 35 (in the lowland), 1 Sam. xvii. 1,now probably esh-Shuweikeh, 16 miles south-south-west of Jerusalem, 13 milesnorth-west of Hebron, and 5 miles north-east of Tell ej-Judeideh ; or the Socohof Joshua xv. 48 (in the hill country of Judah), now esh-Shuweikeh, 10 milessouth-west of Hebron. 5 Probably (Hommel, Expos. Times, March, 1901, p. 288, cf. April, p. 336)the Mapsis of Eusebius, Onom. (ed. Lagarde) 210. 86, and the Mampsis of Jerome,On out. U~>. 8, a days journey (= about 20 miles) south of Hebron. 8 Six, with (as far as could be read) the same names, were also found bySir (. Warren deep down at the south-east angle of the Haram area atJerusalem (Recovery of Jerusalem, p. 474 f.). Several have also been found atGezer, including one with the name •.Mamshith, but without Of the king(QS. ). STAMPED JAR-HANDLES I) QO or LJ Q_ X0) UJ >- <ru l- HOa. < I-. 76 CANAAN AS KNOWN THROUGH EXCAVATION was under the rule of a number of petty local kings—the kings ofHebron, Lachish, Gezer, Beth-el, &c. (Joshua xii. 9-2-i). Furtherconsideration, however, of the position of the debris in which thehandles were found soon made it evident that they could not beof this early date, but that they must belong to the period of theJewish monarchy. What, then, was the meaning of the legends, Of (or For) the king. Hebron, Of (or For) the king. Ziph,1 &c. ?Professor Sayce suggested l that they indicated that the vessels towhich the handles belonged were made at potteries belonging to theking, and worked as royal monopolies, situated at the places named;and he pointed in confirmation of this view to the curious passage in1 Chron. iv. 23 which speaks apparently of royal potteries: Thesewere the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah : with theking in his work they dwelt there. M. Clermont-Ganneau2 suppo
Size: 1236px × 2023px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbible, bookyear1922
