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

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always quite leliable.<br />

two <strong>and</strong> a half hours north-west <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancient<br />

Kiriathaim (<strong>the</strong> CHAP, modem KurSiydt), <strong>the</strong> site<br />

<strong>of</strong> Chedorlaomer^s victory.* MachsBros xxvni (<strong>the</strong><br />

modem HfJehaur) marked <strong>the</strong> extreme point south,<br />

as Pella that ^ ' ^ north, in Perasa. As <strong>the</strong> boundary<br />

fortress in <strong>the</strong> south-east (towards Arabia), its<br />

safety was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> greatest importance, <strong>and</strong><br />

everything was done to make a place, exceedingly<br />

strong by nature, impregnable. It had been built by<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Jannseus, but destroyed by Gtabinius in<br />

<strong>the</strong> wars <strong>of</strong> Pompey.^ It was not only restored, but<br />

greatly »j«wiih enlarged, by Herod <strong>the</strong> Great, who<br />

surrounded it with <strong>the</strong> best de- ^•'*''-* fences<br />

known at that time. In hct, Herod <strong>the</strong> Oreat built a<br />

town along <strong>the</strong> shoulder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hill, <strong>and</strong> surrounded<br />

it by walls, fortified by towers. From this town a<br />

far<strong>the</strong>r height had to be clunbed, on which <strong>the</strong><br />

castle stood, surrounded by walls, <strong>and</strong> flanked by<br />

towers one hundred <strong>and</strong> sixty cubits high. Within<br />

<strong>the</strong> inclosure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> castle Herod had built a<br />

magnificent palace. A large number <strong>of</strong> cisterns,

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