Identifier: holylandbible01geikuoft (find matches)
Title: The Holy Land and the Bible;
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Geikie, John C. (John Cunningham), 1824-1906
Subjects: Bible Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rtyfeet of water, and it scarcely ever quite dries up. Towards autumn,when many cisterns in Jerusalem have but little water, and that verybad, a great quantity is obtained from En Rogel, hundreds of assesbeing employed daily in carrying filled water-skins up to the city,wdiich lies from 600 to 700 feet above it, on the other side of the nar-row valley. Women and maidens, also, resort to it, and have done sofor immemorial ages, for it was by taking advantage of this that thefaithful wench came and told the spies of David—Jonathan andAhimaaz, sons of the high priest—that Absalom had rejected thecounsel of Ahithophel.^ The villagers of Siloam, upon the hill to thenorth-east of the well, drive a trade of their own in carrying water upto the city for sale to the poorer people; but they are a sorry set ofcheats, often filling their skins, more or less, with air. Their extremepoverty is their only excuse, for they get no more than from a penny 11 Kings ii. 13, fE. 2 2 Sam. xvii. 17—22.
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His branches shall spread, and his beautyshall be as tiie olive tree and his smell asLebanon. They that dwell under hisshadow shall return ; tiiey shall revive astilt corn and grow as tlie vine : the scenttliereof sh:dl be as the wuie of Lebanon.—Hosea xiv. 6, 7. Although the fig tree shall not blossom,neither shall fruit be in the vines: the laborof the olive shall fail, and the fields shallyield no meat: the flock shall be cut offfrom the fold, and there shall be no herd intliestalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,I will joy in the God of mv salvation.—Hab. iii. 17, 18. OLIVE GROVE BELOW .TOB-S AVELL. (See page 346.) XXIV.) ROUND JERUSALEM. 347 to sixpence for a skinful of water delivered in the city. It mighthave been thought that, with a valley between it and the town, thewater would be sweet; but, though much better than that of Siloam,it still shows traces of sewage. The view from En Rogel is very striking. The hills rise high, toboth east and west. On the north, arc the ou

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