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The Valley and Lower Pool of Gihon.
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| Title | The Valley and Lower Pool of Gihon. |
| 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 | THE VALLEY AMD LOWER POOL OF GIH0H, HE city of Jerusalem is built upon a broad elevated ridge, which lies between two valleys : the one separates it on the east from the Mount of Olives; the other, commencing on the west, runs soutliAvards for a short distance, and then, sweeping round to the east, finally joins the former valley below the city. The latter is the Valley of Gihon, or, as it is now called, Jehennam, a name evidently derived from the Hebrew name usually given to it in the Old Testament, the " Valley of the Son of Hinnom." The position of the Valley of Gihon has rendered it an important feature in the history of Jerusalem, both as a boundary line and as a defence. It is first mentioned in the Bible in the description of the boundary line between Judah and Benjamin: " And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward" (Joshua xv. 8). Its present features exactly correspond with this description. The upper part of the valley resembles a large shallow basin, in the centre of which is situated "the Upper Pool of Gihon." This was the spot where Solomon, by David's command, was anointed king; "when Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon; and Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon" (1 Kings i. 38, 39). About 800 yards lower down, the valley is crossed by the arched aqueduct which conveyed the water to Jerusalem from Solomon's Pools. |
| 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_073.jpg |
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