CHAPTER XIII

JERUSALEM[229]

SITUATION. GIHON. CAVE-DWELLERS. THE EL-AMARNA PERIOD. JEBUSITE JERUSALEM. THE CITY OF DAVID: Millo. David’s reign. SOLOMON’S JERUSALEM: Site of Solomon’s buildings. Solomon’s temple. Solomon’s palace. FROM SOLOMON TO HEZEKIAH. HEZEKIAH. FROM HEZEKIAH TO THE EXILE. THE DESTRUCTION OF 586 B. C. THE SECOND TEMPLE. NEHEMIAH AND THE WALLS. LATE PERSIAN AND EARLY GREEK PERIODS. IN THE TIME OF THE MACCABEES. ASMONÆAN JERUSALEM. HEROD THE GREAT: Herod’s palace. Herod’s theater. Herod’s temple. THE POOL OF BETHESDA. GETHSEMANE. CALVARY. AGRIPPA I AND THE THIRD WALL.

=1. Situation.=--Since 1867 excavations have been made at Jerusalem from time to time. The most important of these were mentioned in