8-10, where Zacharias entered the temple to
burn incense, 'and the whole multitude of the people were
praying without.
burn incense, 'and the whole multitude of the people were
praying without.
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rejoice before the Lord your
God seven days' (Lev. xxiii. 40).
[488] Over Coele-Syria, from the range of Lebanon.
[489] i. e. from Mount Hermon, nearly 9,000 feet high.
[490] Merom; Gennesareth; the Dead Sea.
[491] 'Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he
overthrew those cities, and all the Plain' (Gen. xix. 24).
[492] These were not concentric, but an enemy approaching from
the north-west would have to carry all three before reaching
the temple, which stood on Mount Moriah at the eastern
extremity of the city.
[493] Cp. Luke i.
8-10, where Zacharias entered the temple to
burn incense, 'and the whole multitude of the people were
praying without. '
[494] The Seleucids.
[495] Antiochus Epiphanes (176-164 B. C. ).
[496] This was really in the reign of Antiochus II (260-245 B. C. ).
[497] Of the Hasmonean or Maccabean family.
[498] 63 B. C. when he was called in to decide between
Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus.
[499] At the invitation of the Maccabean Antigonus, who thus
recovered the throne.
[500] Ventidius and Sosius were Antony's officers. The former
was famous as having begun life as a mule-driver and risen to
be a consul and to hold the first triumph over the Parthians.
[501] Herod the Great, who on the return of Antigonus had fled
to Rome and chosen the winning side.
God seven days' (Lev. xxiii. 40).
[488] Over Coele-Syria, from the range of Lebanon.
[489] i. e. from Mount Hermon, nearly 9,000 feet high.
[490] Merom; Gennesareth; the Dead Sea.
[491] 'Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he
overthrew those cities, and all the Plain' (Gen. xix. 24).
[492] These were not concentric, but an enemy approaching from
the north-west would have to carry all three before reaching
the temple, which stood on Mount Moriah at the eastern
extremity of the city.
[493] Cp. Luke i.
8-10, where Zacharias entered the temple to
burn incense, 'and the whole multitude of the people were
praying without. '
[494] The Seleucids.
[495] Antiochus Epiphanes (176-164 B. C. ).
[496] This was really in the reign of Antiochus II (260-245 B. C. ).
[497] Of the Hasmonean or Maccabean family.
[498] 63 B. C. when he was called in to decide between
Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus.
[499] At the invitation of the Maccabean Antigonus, who thus
recovered the throne.
[500] Ventidius and Sosius were Antony's officers. The former
was famous as having begun life as a mule-driver and risen to
be a consul and to hold the first triumph over the Parthians.
[501] Herod the Great, who on the return of Antigonus had fled
to Rome and chosen the winning side.
