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| Title | Hebron. |
| Creator | Holland, Frederick Whitmore, 1837-1880.
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| Description | Sinai and Jerusalem; or, Scenes from Bible Lands: Illustrated by Twelve Colored Photographic Views, Including a Panorama of Jerusalem, With Descriptive Letterpress. |
| Caption | HSBROH HIS view of Hebron is taken from the hill which faces it on the south, and is that which first meets the traveller's eye as he approaches it from Beersheba. Hebron is situated about twenty miles to the south of Jerusalem, about midway between that city and Beersheba; and is described in Joshua xx. 7, as being " in the mountain of Judah." It is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing: rivalling Damascus in this respect. It was built, we are told (Numbers xiii. 22), " seven years before Zoan in Egypt." Unfortunately, we do not know exactly when Zoan was built; but this very early notice of it proves at least its great antiquity. Its original name was Kirjath Arba, " The city of Arba, " the father of Anak. It was conquered by the children of Israel, and given to Caleb (Joshua xv. 13); and it was afterwards assigned to the LeAites, and became one of the cities of refuge (Joshua xxi. 13). When David came to the throne of Israel, before he took Jerusalem from the Jebusites, he made Hebron his capital, and lived there for seven and a-half years (2 Sam. v. 5). We do not hear much of it in later times, but it was rebuilt after the captivity; then conquered by the Edomites; rescued again by Judas Maecabseus; and burnt at the time of the capture of Jerusalem by the Romans. In the twelfth century we again read of it as having been taken by the Crusaders; and at last it fell, with the rest of Palestine, into the hands of the Mohammedans. The modern name of Hebron is " El Khulil, " " The Eriend, " the name still given by the Mohammedans to Abraham, and which has been handed down at least from the time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. xx. 7). He was called " the Eriend of God" (James ii. 23). This reminds us that the chief interest of this sacred spot arises from its having been the home of |
| Date | 1870 |
| Publisher | London: Printed by Jas. Truscott and Son, Suffolk Lane, City. |
| Subject.Topical (LCSH) | Palestine -- Description and travel.
Sinai Peninsula -- Description and travel.
Jerusalem -- Description and travel.
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| Subject (Geographic) | Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
Jerusalem
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| Original Item Location | http://library.uh.edu/record=b3601783~S11 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
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| File name | meast_201009_056.jpg |
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