Jerusalem Explored Part 48

"And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead." ix. 31.

(p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Asa buried.]

"And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him." xvi. 14.

(p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Jehoram buried.]

"Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings." xxi. 20. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Athaliah.]

"So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there." xxiii. 15. (p.

26.)

[Sidenote: Joash buried.]

"And they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings." xxiv. 25. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Amaziah buried.]

"And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah." xxv. 28. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Uzziah built towers at the corner gate and valley gate.]

"Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them."

xxvi. 9. (p. 26.)

[Sidenote: Uzziah buried.]

"So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead." xxvi. 23. (p.

310.)

[Sidenote: Jotham. Ophel.]

"He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much." xxvii. 3. (p. 25.)

[Sidenote: Ahaz buried.]

"And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel." xxviii. 27. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Hezekiah stopped the waters of the fountains.]

"He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him."

x.x.xii. 3. (pp. 241, 252.)

[Sidenote: The people stopped all the fountains.]

"So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of a.s.syria come, and find much water?" x.x.xii. 4.

(pp. 241, 252.)

[Sidenote: Hezekiah repaired Millo.]

"Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and s.h.i.+elds in abundance." x.x.xii. 5. (pp. 25, 252.)

[Sidenote: Stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon.]

"This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David." x.x.xii.

30. (pp. 21, 241, 251, 252.)

[Sidenote: Hezekiah buried.]

"And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David." x.x.xii. 33. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Mana.s.seh built on the west side of Gihon. Ophel.]

"Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compa.s.sed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height."

x.x.xiii. 14. (pp. 2, 17, 21, 26.)

[Sidenote: Mana.s.seh buried.]

"So Mana.s.seh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead." x.x.xiii. 20. (p. 310.)

[Sidenote: Chaldees burnt the house of G.o.d, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem.]

"And they burnt the house of G.o.d, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof." x.x.xvi. 19. (p. 50.)

EZRA.

[Sidenote: House of G.o.d. Zerubbabel.]

"But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy." iii. 12. (p. 51.)

[Sidenote: Zerubbabel builds the house of G.o.d.]

"Then rose up Zerubbabel, ... and began to build the house of G.o.d which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of G.o.d helping them."

v. 2. (p. 51.)

[Sidenote: House of G.o.d. Cyrus.]

"In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of G.o.d at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits." vi. 3. (p. 51.)

NEHEMIAH.

[Sidenote: Gate of the valley. Dragon well. Dung port.]