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A Bible Illustration Showing the Battle Led by Joshua During Which It Is Said r That c the the Sun Stood Stood- Still on L Gibeon and the he Moon on in the thet B Dr Clifton Levy By Y Harby Darby Valley VaIley of Ajalon t lJ A r 4 I HEN Col Cot Roose Roosevelt elt mentioned tho the Battle of Armageddon Arma Arma- WHEN AI geddon men and women took up their Bibles to see I what hat ho he was vms talking about Searching the Book of off r- r f Revelations Re they found in Chap xv 16 the mention of oft t I. this place with a reference to the Hebrew but only th the tho scholars understand t. t nd the reference for the layman laymon would hardly recognize recognize recognize nize the Hebrew word l In the word Armageddon Yet the writer of Revelations Re predicting the great spiritual battle z the end of ot time referred to the great historical battle battlo of or la iq which King Josiah II Chron 22 the tho great reformer was slain Strangely enough on the site of or orthe the town of or excavators have lately brought to light an ancient red bowl on are still to t be 00 e traced pictures of or orthe the ancient warriors of M idd They are drawn rudely in dark red on the lighter red clay background of or the bowl andr find end r appear armed with a small round shield holding a battle battle- axe and wearing a breastplate terminating in an apron of or leather for further protection But nut the Old Testament is filled with tales of or battle show Ing that Israel had to fight its existence ph physically as aswell aswell s sw w well Il as spiritually Abraham first established himself himsel in Canaan by fighting with the King of Sodom against his enemies and his prowess 1 went ent far toward establishing his reputation in the land When the Israelites came out of Egypt at the tho Exodus we learn that there were a large largo number of ot fighting men who had under the tho generalship of Joshua to defend the people from Crom the frequent attacks of tho the almost as long as they were traveling through the wilderness It is Joshua's siege of Jericho the first great city which ho he attacked in Canaan that we read how he and his army marched around the city for six days and on the seventh day encircled It seven seyen times When the trumpets blew the walls fell down and the triumphant Israelites marched in It was of or Joshua too that the miracle was related of ot his fighting so long and hard that the sun stood still on Gibeon and the moon In the valley vaney or of Aalon Ajalon A study of the Bible shows showE that the weapons used were bow and arrow spear and battle axe war chariot sword and sling for throwIng throwIng throwing throw- throw Ing stones and that all of the methods practised by ancient nations for attackIng attacking attack attack- ing besieging and capturing walled towns w were ere resorted to Sometimes a dispute was settled b by the single combat of two champions as In the well known a. a Instance of Goliath und and David They wore armor made of or leather for the v vor poorer infantry and of metal f for or officers and monarchs The Instance of the taking of or Ai At r Illustrates how sometimes sometimes' aa as arm army at attacked at- at at tacked a city pretended to flee arid haying having hav hay ing already planted an ambuscade fell upon the pursuers and took the town fI Warriors of from Which t r Name Is Isi 1 1 f i Drawn y I l i. i Armageddon I Y I Ivr vr r ri i r rI rY Y J Ji l F. 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B C. C was a n wall 2814 feet teet long and from 16 to 32 feet teet high built of baked brick on a foundation of three layers of or heavy stones and from 20 to 27 feet thick Yet with all of or the of or the people and with their preparedness the prophets of or the earlier and later periods alike aUke inveighed against the trust in war To these prophets the great ideal was the time when the swords would be beaten Into ploughshares and the spears into hooks pruning and there would be no more war At T 1 T The he Ancient Tablet Shown Below Depicts a Triumphal Procession with Prisoners c t liS C I r. r 0 1 p r r S c.- c. S 4 j T Y- Y I. I II II I CW r i c i F It p o. o J 0 J of 0 T If oJ J J r- r i t it 0 OJ J O Lifry U oi f 1 J 7 I of c n I Ii ci WI k r Ii rr f. I tt r. i r J r. r j f v J. J V 1 1 II r i tf II u IA W po 1 Yo v r IE art I I r. J z a r fn t. j War Chariot r v i ij J. J i III R I. I l 11 I j M 1 iI 1 r O t. t e r 4 I rJ I L U. 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