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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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Jewish settlement. It boBsteA ^ <strong>of</strong> a S3^iiagogae,<br />

said to have been built by King Jechoniah with<br />

stones that had been brought from <strong>the</strong> Temple.' In<br />

this fortified city <strong>the</strong> vast contributions intended<br />

for <strong>the</strong> Temple were deposited by <strong>the</strong> Eastern<br />

Jews, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>nce conveyed to <strong>the</strong>ir destination<br />

under escort <strong>of</strong> thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> armed men. Ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Jewish treasure-cities was Nisibis, in<br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rn Mesopotamia. Even <strong>the</strong> fact that wealth,<br />

which must have sorely tempted <strong>the</strong> cupidity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

hea<strong>the</strong>n, could be safely stored in <strong>the</strong>se cities <strong>and</strong><br />

transported to Palestine, shows how large <strong>the</strong><br />

Jewish population must have been, <strong>and</strong> how great<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir general influence.<br />

In general, it is <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> greatest importance to<br />

remember in regard<br />

to this Eastom dispersion, that only a minority <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Jews, consisting<br />

in all <strong>of</strong> about 60,000, originally returned from<br />

Babylon, first under

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