The Bible Story Part 40

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Give the name of some of the gates in the ancient wall of Jerusalem and explain their use 216 T.J.

322, 338 L.J.

What was the fate of the first wall that surrounded the city? 224 T.J.

Does any of the wall still exist? 224, 230 T.J.

When and for what reason did the ancient Jews gather at their wailing place in Jerusalem? 244 T.J.

What two important mounts are separated by the valley of Jehosaphat, also known as Kidron? 252 T.J.

Name something that distinguishes each mount. (264 L.J., 461 H.T.)

What important roads run through the valley of Jehosaphat? Tell some other interesting features of the valley. 260, 264 T.J.

What little village at the base of the Mount of Olives is remembered because of its pool, which was the scene of one of Jesus' miracles? 274 T.J. (197 L.J.)

What interesting discovery has been made in connection with this pool? 304 T.J.

What was the system of water supply in ancient Jerusalem? 298 T.J.

What astonis.h.i.+ng discovery has been made by excavation concerning the mound that covers the ancient city of Lachish in Palestine? 310 T.J.

What mount was made a rival of Jerusalem by the erection of a temple which marked it as the central shrine of the nation? 366 T.J.

What range is the great mountain barrier of northern Palestine? 372 T.J., 60 S.A.

Locate this range on map. 213 L.J.

Tell the name and character of the famous monument of Mesha, king of Moab. 376 T.J.

What can be said of the city of Damascus both as to character and location? 406 T.J.

What great man of New Testament times is a.s.sociated with this city? (371 L.J.)

In the midst of Mohammedan occupancy to-day, what portion of the old Christian city of Damascus is left to preserve the prophecy, "Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom"? 378 L.J.

What river at Damascus was once compared with the Jordan river? 410 T.J.

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By whom was it compared? (144 T.J.)

What two famous cities on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean held the commercial supremacy of the East? 436, 442 T.J.

How did a king of one of these cities come into business relations with a king of Israel? (457 H.T.)

What Judean city possessed such fertile soil that it was called the "House of Bread"? 478 T.J.

What beautiful character is a.s.sociated with these harvest fields? (35 T.J.)

What is the meaning of the name "Gethsemane,"

and why was the garden so called? 260 L.J.

How did the location of Lydda make it a business center? 352 L.J.

Name and locate the Roman city in which Paul the Apostle grew to manhood; and give two sources of civic pride. 374 L.J.

What great prophet had his home in Anathoth, a little city near Jerusalem? 316 S.A.

What scenes in the lives of two great men of Judea were laid in the hill country of Judea now marked by the Convent of Mar-Sarba? 358 S.A.

What were some of the distinguis.h.i.+ng features of the city of Corinth in the time of Paul? 418, 432 S.A.

How did her situation contribute to Corinth's greatness? 402 L.J.

For what characteristics did Corinth became proverbial in the ancient world? 410 L.J.

(408-412 L.J.)

Name and describe the most p.r.o.nounced object in Ancient Athens. 406 L.J.,442 S.A.

What Bible hero visited these scenes on his travels? 398 L.J.

(404-408 L.J.)

Tell how the situation of Antioch made it a place of concourse for all cla.s.ses and kinds of people. 446 S.A.

Locate Antioch on map. 381 L.J.

What historical ground did Paul's route in Macedonia cover? 428 L.J.

What natural cause accounts for the decay of the city of Miletus which was in Paul's day one of the leading centers of Greek civilization? 420 L.J.

(425,426 L.J.)

Describe the aspect, as seen from the sea, of the city of a.s.sos, visited by Paul on his third missionary journey. 424 L.J. (425 L.J.)

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What is the appearance of the AEgean Sea to-day, commercially speaking, as compared with cla.s.sic times? 432 L.J.

Of what historical events was the city of Salonica the scene and by what name was it known in the time of Paul? 436 L.J.

(403,404 L.J.)

What interesting points might have been viewed by Paul from the deck of the "Twin Brothers," as it lay in the port of Puteoli? 440 L.J.

Name and give the interesting events that centered about the mount known as the "Mount of G.o.d". 94 S.A.

What stands on the island of Malta to-day commemorating Paul's visit there? 480 L.J.