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| Title | The Well of En-Rogel. |
| 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 WELL OF EN-ROGEL THE Well of En-Rogel is situated in the bottom of the Kidron Valley, a little below its junction with the Valley of Gihon, or Hinnom. It is one of the landmarks mentioned by Joshua for determining the boundary between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. " The goings out thereof were at En-Rogel, and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side of the Jebusitc" (Joshua xv. 7, 8). Bir Eyub, or " the Well of Job, " is the name by which it is noAV knoAvn to the Arabs, though it docs not appear very clear \\ hence this name has been derived. It is also sometimes called "the Well of Nehemiah, " from a tradition that the sacred fire of the Temple was hid in it during the Babylonish captivity, and that Nehemiah, on his return to Jerusalem, was thus enabled to recover it. This picture of it, taken from a photograph, represents its southern side, as one stands below it, and looks up the Valley of the Kidron toAvards Jerusalem, the walls of which are just seen in the distance, with the dome of the Mosque of El-Aksa rising above them. The Avell itself is 125 feet deep, walled up with large stones, terminating in an arch above; the rude masonry proves it to be of great antiquity. The ruined building which now stands over it is of more modern construction. Like most eastern wells, it is surrounded with troughs, into which the water is poured when drawn. In olden times, numerous reservoirs within the walls of the city of Jerusalem supplied its inhabitants with water; but almost all of these are now rendered useless, having fallen into ruins or been choked with rubbish. The aqueducts, also, which conveyed the water to these reservoirs, have been allowed to perish; and, consequently, the scarcity of water in a |
| 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_076.jpg |
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