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Show , # ' . e By LEtVIS B RO F 0 Vcaure Nevnpaper Syndiate . n , - A4JrTh I 4 . 'L- 'L L 'LILOdJ ' - ILOdJ : 1 " t3 ; Rt + kryy 1 . f ' . ; , erwalvm t ttI . .r r . .rtr : tr trf f b -tI tI - Here Comes Pompey of RomeT RomeHL Rome RomeN1113 HL ' three requests for Inter Intervention . N1113 TIID T \ vention entlon Sentlon furnished Pompey Pompeywlth Pompeywith wlth \ lth a perfect excuse excuc.c excucc : . for Cor In tn Invading . \ vading alling Palestine Of Ot course coursethe coursethe , the Arab nrm arm } \ which hlch had bad been b be- be besieging be besieging - sieging Jerusilcm Jerus\lem Jerus lem Jerusi1em ' \ fled the vcrymoment very IDO mo IDOment moment ment It he\l he l heiid helid ' \ d of ot the approich appro\ch appro ch ' \ or of orthe ofthe ofthe the Roman Homan host Aristobulns Arlstobulus , , sus suspectlng suspecting BUSpecting pectlng pecting that Pompey would not fa favor . \ vor or him 111m , shut himself hlmselt up In the thefortress thefortress thefortress fortress of Ale-tindrlon Ale tindrlon AJenndrIon Meeandrlon - ( or Alex Alexandrlum Alexandrium Alcxandrlum andrlum andrium ) ; but his courage Cnlled failed Cnlledhim failedhim failedhim him at the last moment , and nnd he ab abjectly abjectly nbjectly jectly surrendered when Pompey PompeyarrIved Pompeyarrived Pompeyarrived arrIved . Arlstobulus ' * ' followers followershowever , however ho\\ ho hoe \ \ e\ e eer \ er , were less easJ easily ] ' cowed cowedand , and when Pompey reached rCJ.ched rCJched . Jeru Jerusalem Jerusalem Jcrusalem salem they refused to lay down downI downtheIr downtheir downtheir I theIr arms , but Instead intrenchedthemselves Intrenched Intrenchedthem"elves Intrenchedthemselves IntrenchedI I them"elves themelves themselves " on the Temple hill hIlI And Andso Andso Andso so strong were the fortIfications fortIficationsI fortIficationsthat fortificationsthat fortificationsthat I that It required three months be before before before fore the rebels were forced to sur surrender Surrender surrender surrenderllh render . . \\llh llh With , ' \ \ Ilh the capital In his hands hands.Pompey handsPompey . , Pompey proceeded Immediately to toput toput toput put the fear of ot Rome nome Into the heartsof hearts heartsot heartsof ot of the Jews Ills His first act was to toput toput toput put 2,000 2000 , of the rebels to the s\\ord s ord sword sordills swordHis swordIlls \ ills His nc\t nc t ne\.t ne.t ne .t next \ ' . act was w\s w s w1s ' \ to 1m Investigate estigate the thetemple thetemple thetemple temple He hid h\d h d ' \ heard he'lrd helrd helyd ' much about aboutthis aboutthis aboutthis this strange edifice , and nnd was v \ verycurious ery erycurIous erycurious curIous to enter It It . . But the Jews Je\\s Je s \ had strict laws la\\s la s \ Cor for for-biding for biding - . bldlDg biding all aU save sa\e sa e \ Israelites Israehtes to enter enterthe enterthe enterthe the Inner courts , and nnd all sa\ sa save sae \ e the theHIgh theHigh theHigh HIgh Priest to enter the Holy IIoly ofHolies ot of otIIohes ofHopes IIohes Hopes Pompe Pompey , ho\\ ho however hoever \ ever , paid no noattention noattention noattention attention to these l ' \ liws 1\\\5 1 5 tvis \ , and uncere uncere- unceremoniously unceremoniously - . moniously monlously tramped rl right ht into the theholy theholy theholy holy placePompe placePompey place placePompev Pompev Pompe Pompey tiled hied to settle the ch chil chilstrife civilstrife 11 11strife strife In Palestine bv b\1 b 1 by \ ImprisoningAristobulus Imprlc.onlnb Imprlconlnb Imprisoning Imprlc.onlnbArlstobulus ImprisoningAnstobulus : . Arlstobulus Aristobulus and glvln giving H Hyrcanus Hyrcanusthe Hvrcanustlie rcanus rcanusthe the title of Ethn : Ethn-uch Ethn uch Lthn\lch Lthn lch ' \ - uch , which winch meant meant"gO meant"governor meant"governor meantgovernor "gO\ "gO gO "gOernor "governor governor " \ ernor of a nation nahon " But It.1S it \\.1S .1S was wasonly ' \ wasonly .1Sonly . only a sony sorry fiagrocnt flagment fragment of a n\ton n ton nntlon nntlonthat ntonthat nitlontliat ' \ ! that Hvrcanus Hyreanus II rcanus " was "as as permitted to togO togovern togovern gO\ gO gOern govern \ ern His II1S territory ' \ was as cu cut t down downuntil do downuntil " n nunlll unlll until it included little llttle more than thanthe thanthe thanthe the central lilll hlII hill countr country aiound mound around the thecity thecity thecity city of Jerusilem erus\lem erus lem Jerusllem JerusllemBut J JerusilemBut eruslemBut ' \ But even e\en e en \ though the Jews Jc\\s Jc s ' \ "ere ere were "ereIcft wereleft " wereleft Icft left IcftIth \ with \\Ith Ith so little tenitorv terlJtor territory , , they theystill theystill theystill still knew hneW ' no pcicc pe\ce pe ce pence ' \ The sons of ofthe ofthe ofthe the defeatedrl defeated . Aribtobulub Aristobulus \rl rl \ tobulu : . tnd h'1d h1d hid ' been beentahen beentaken beentaken tahen taken c\pth c pth ciptlve c'tptfve ctptfve ' \ ' e to ] Rome Home tome , but , e-cap e cap ecapIng c e ' - cap caping capIng Ing thence , they had returned tostir to tostir tostir stir up trouble in J Jerusalem erus\lern erus lern Jerus'tlem Jerustlem ' \ ' IIyr IIyrcanes II Hvrcanus ) r rcanus canus canes and his pition p\tlon p tlon ' \ , Antipater Antlpaterwere , I were \ ere temporarily tempor'lrJly temporlrJly temporlrily ' 0\ 0 0erthro overthrown \ erthro\\ erthro erthron \ n nnd and nndonly andonly andonly only \ with ith ( difficulty l1mculty did they m\n m n min manage minMtge ' \ 1 ' Mtge e to ret retain ret\ln ret ln ' \ tin their thclr power A see sec secand second I Iond ond and time they \ were ere attacked attached , , and anda anda a third Tlien Then Crassu Crassus " < : , , the noman Roman nomangenc1S11 Romangeneral Romangeneial genc1S11 general In Ch\l Ch l chaige ch'uge chuge ' \ ' ge of the East L'1st L1st ' , need needing needIng needing ing money to carry C'1rry C1rry ' on Ills his wars \ warsmarched ars , marched down don do\\ do \ n ' and 'lnd lnd 'ind ind ' plundered thetemple thetemple the thetemple temple treasuryThis treasury treasur treasuryTills Tills This Antlp Antip Antlpitcr Itcr iter was a man ofs of \s s ' \ astounding is isfounding stounding tounding founding .shredne.S shrewdness . .shrew shrew .shre\\ .shre . \ dne&s dnes dne.S : . & , and he saw sawthe sawthe sawthe the \ wisdom isdorn of thro\\ thro throwing throIng \ Ing In his lot lot1th lotwith lotwith \1th 1th with , \ Caesar Caes'1r Caes1r Caes'ir Caesir ' ' while the ltteras ' \ latter l\tter l tter litter \\as as was wasstill \ wasstill asstill still engaged In his life and nnd death deathsl1 deathstruggle deathstruggle struggle sl1 uggle " vvith "ith ith with Pompey . As a re resuIt resuit resuit suIt , , \ when hen Caesar CJ.esar CJesar . emerged the \ vic sic victor Ie . tor and became master of the Ro Roman Roman Roman man empire . Antipater AnUpater came In for fora fora fora a rich reward re\\urd re urd \ He was appoInted appointedno I no les less tll tlun than ln < procurator over oer , Ju Judea Judeai Judea dea-\ dea dea-i i deapoc.lUon - a ' \ position poc.lUon poclUon : . \ which hlch ' \ was wis 'IS IS ' really reallyof reallyof reallyof of far greater gre\ter gre ter greeter ' \ Importance Import\nce Import nce ' \ than that thatof thatof thatof of II Hircanus Hreanus } rcanus . , who w \ was 1S is ' merely the thenominal thenominal thenominal nominal ruler with tlie the title of Lth Eth LthmIrch Ethnarch : Ethnarch EthnarchAntlpater . mIrch narch narchAntipater Antlpater Antipater did not enjoy his POer pow PO\\ PO power \ . er for long Four l'our lour jour ' years ; ears after his hisele hiselevation hiselevation ele\ ele elenUon elevation \ nUon to the procuratorship procuratorsblp he hewas hewas was \ as treacherously poisoned by a rival ri rival rival I val politician But nut his death deathbrou deathbrought deathbrought I brou brought h t no relief rellet to the Jews , on onthe onthe onthe the contrary , their pllglit plIght nobe now no\\ no \ be became became became came \ worse \ O1"se O1se " than e\ e ever eer \ er , for .Anti Anti .Antipater's AntiPeter's . Antipater's Antipaters pater's paters Peter's Peters ' ' PO\\ PO power POer \ er fell Into the h\nds h nds binds bindsof hndsof handsof ' \ of his son , Herod llerod , one of ot the craf craftlest craftiest craftiest tlest tiest men that had h\d h d hid ' \ ever e\er e er \ ruled o\er o er over oerJudea overJudea overJudea \ Judea Like Llhe his father , Herod re\l re l re'U reU rel17ed re'Ulied realIzed ' \ ' 17ed lied that th\t th t ' \ the supremacy supremac } of Home Homecoulll homecould Romecould coulll could never neer Beier ne\ ne \ er be broken brohen , and thattherefore th'1t th1t thtt th'1ttherefore thtttherefore ' therefore It \ was \ as wisest wlcest ; always tosIde toside to ! side \ with lth \ whoever hoe\ hoe hoeer \ er happened to be beruling beruling beruling ruling the empire Caesar C'1esar C1esar Cesar ' having havingbeen ha havingbeen ' log logbcen bcen been ass assassinated nss\ssInate nss ssInate ' \ issinated . , Herod IJerod no\\ no now nowfawned nofa nowfawned \ fa fawned \ lled on Mark Iarl Iarlntony " . Antony \ntony ntony \ llerod Herod llerodbent Herodbent Herodbent bent him bIm bribes and flattered hIm himwith himwith with \ ith fine line speeches speeche : . ? , and nnd as a rE- rE rEward reward reward - ward vvas was confirmed as governor of ofJudea ofJudea ofJudea Judea and nnd C Galileo G\lJlee G lJlee ' \ tutee , , though still stIlI un under under under der tlie the nominal nomln\l nomln l nominvil ' \ rule of the dod doddering doddering doddering dering ol old Hyrcanus IIyrc\nus IIyrc nus IIyrcinus ' \ . . The central centralnnd centraland centraland nnd and e'1 e1 cibtcrn eastern ' tern parts of the land rc re rcmlned rerelined remalned m\lned m lned relined ' \ Independent IndeleDllcnt ) of all Jcwish Jewish Jcwishrule Jewishrule Jewishrule rule . The ten Greek Greet . cities clUes which whichdomln'1ted whichdomin'ited whichdominated domln'1ted domln1ted domin'ited dominited ' ' these regions were or organIzed organized organlzed ganIzed into a separate state called calledthe calledthe calledtlie the Decapolls Dcc'1polls Dcc1polls Decapolis ' The wholelof whole wbole < of U the thecoastland thecoastland e ecoastland coastland \ was 'IS IS ' gh given en by Murk Murh Mark An Antony Antony Antony tony to Cleopatra , the fascinating I I I I I Egj.J ; --.J .J - . . EgyptIn queen q " < .en en . o of t Egypt Egj 1rttb isftb -In In - ' " ia in 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e . , 'lbcz lbcz who ' n < ! 3H ni4 ni4But : it nut But een es-enith es enith - , "Ith Ith " ildcd Irildcd \ Illed there nos \ " 3S no noOal the Mate OalMate 11:4 114 lad 11:411a : > ; , , 11a Oal : . Ir . . - R Reign elgn of Hero Herod d tb tbt e r r tbtH EnOD EIIOD tbtEIIOD "ti ti " : H HEnOD In ofin became kin Id Ide Id"ti ; Of ofr oft t r tas t ; the year 3 3as 31 7 B . C . as 1knew I ha\"e ha "e e have ve \ " said sold saidC ' , a chretr hrewd lIt ge 1 t.new tnew knew . that his d tldlng siding tldlnglth ; \\lth lth with withfd \ h thsafetT the safet fd fdh la1 lay fa fal 3i l f ruling fl f . - nome Rome . A And n de because becausei becauseiparted h I Ipartt bed partt parted ' from frombed bedm m thl this s t ' twell POUt7 polls . ; , It Itt well ell t A ) \ rewarded by b bs y tbe the het head headA . J- J - JOt empire Th Thy They knewids . ids 11f * - t . tof ey I.new Inew knew I.newie1lll \ie1lll ie1lll w \ . Ot of Herod Herodw n ney iele ie 'C C " ' Tl1 erod ] r le , . , , - - - - "c c " coolrapd vuniroiB lrOl ! bridge vuniroiBbridge ' betw between the thef theand : t1 f and the whol whole r rIn twi security securityof 1 of altynpoi in th thsecurity the e Fast de dependedalty depended e : : npoi t pon ai lb 1S . 1 ally alty . t tTherefore r rTherefore Therefore as thehe the 1 1merely he andto toson "as as was " given Ien ; more and : jem fun : rIIt : son > i ' I : ( td tdf tdIn - t ttory tory to ry o\"er o "er er over \ " which to ru11tO't ru11tOt rule ruler f r i1q : i1qmerely ruleIn In 31 31B n c . C , he was ma mode i1qt t i I K ( Kmerely merely over Judea f fover and od Cilg G GtB + k ' over kover \realm realm almost all of ot rales 1 Palestlyrealm Palestly alesUb alesUbrealm . \ realm extend extendt extended ed from from UK the q ? t ! t tand the tthe west to the th deserton desert dE'Sert ' oati t tand : e1 ( and from the wild wilde1 wildern wilderni wildernsouth wlldenxsi erotsJ n u 4i S t tereon i , south4i south tto to Mount Iount Bernoa Bermoa ereon n st ynorth &north north y & north Only the Greek Gr k c CJIJ ) g matthe CJIJthe gthe IY.J IYJ . ' the Decapollg Decapolls "ere ere were ft " ere left I b bcnt ' t tBut cnt ent eat of bis his rule . . . But nut despite that Ole the UieJtncinow Jen Jew tq tqnow now once more boast a * kc : } KctSewere u ; . "ere ere were " not happy 1Iap1IY . They IoaJiedl Ioa loiJxifeod od because he " was "as as not enedtz olecl oae : riteown I : ! c ' cown 0\\ 0 0n own \ n stock stoch . . . Besides be he mugscrupulous I1S sisun sisunscrupulous U D scrupulous tyrant , , and I itcr tbiijimercy ( ii imercy I i . . mercy to all who dared dued to rya ryahim vyhim hIm in anything One OneotS of { ht ! khb khbacts fcacts acts in his accession to t tit Ue e Ea ( rawas I ' Iwas was \ as to execute 45 4.3 43 . of the tbelei4mt tbelei4mtthe thekiteKtlie I t the old aristocracy And lr lrout t tout out his reign he new nem never CWIIIa cttgll cttglloppress CWIIIaoppress : cnsdtoppress oppress the people fflth with north eiotpz eiotpztaxes uor ' . ; taxes taxesHerod Herod ne needed ( > detl ; 'so so 10 ' much rx cc . Baqkcause . ! cause he dreamed of ot mktrealm m I mkt : ; aatl i firealm realm a great cotmopolltia cocmopollw coemopohtsa ; cc oy : ! oyinstead cffInstead Instead of the bac backward ! . ward 11 II Le tee teeit up"it upit " " ] Jt it had been for tor centuriei centuries centurlealitts centurlealittsI centurlealittsed . . lIe B ( vsed S Sed I \ ed to build up Its cities , , kR kRlog laling ? IDg log and Ilclknizlns IIelllnlzlng IIelltnlzing them thtiaTlAtforate xlaR3 xlaR3orate .l l . orate baths nnd llnd and gymnssiassIIerod gymiastaa gymll1sus gymnssiass ! : . | Herod IIerod IIerods b s : . cro\\ cro crow crowning cronlng \ \ nlng ning work ffork.twwai fforktwwai , , . trvr trvrwas ? wac was ; the new temple he be eic4t eic4tTerusalew W erK WJerusalem , ' ' Jerusalem Tcrucalem Terusalew : Repeated TIepeated sa sra stes ! ! ; ( ; kI b kIleCt bleft Uleft leCt left the sacred place pl3ce ilcas1ruins sat ! i 6 iruInc 6ruins ruInc ruins ; , and though Herod lIerod IIerod dx dxthe isfsthe the Jews and hated their thell t rt'4 rt4 ' rw rwhe 1 4 > 4s 4he < s ( he felt Celt it his duty us ns as theIr tbekt thriftyrebuild I s srebuild IrebUild rebUild tlie the sanctuarytint sanctuary sanctU3rj sanctuaryMrst enlarged enlared Use tbe the tl-1 tl 1 tl1summit nir nirsummit , . - } . Mrst .lrc.t lrc.t lrct tint : . he : ; summit of or : ML m . Morlnb 3loriah ) Iorlab bya Ij b7 by a huge stone platform TU irs- irs irssupporting ! trcu trcusupporting ( - 1 1supporting supporting the stn.ctnre stnctnre stricture stactDrttiPand . CI ti Jl ' } and arches . . This p p11fQT5about plaltors p11fQT5 t/o t o / " cql1't cql1t orK ! . ' rI d rICo dc dtor thonsand feet c t aIJon about n a & ' tti ttof"f l tt ( tJ tJoM on't ont Coered ered the site not 1 i Co\ Co tor \ aod ixd aodj aodp'll'1ce : oM of"f off " temple but also of tM GM j , ley arctf : \ , p'll'1ce pll1ce p-dice p dice ' - ' ot of Solomon Al All Hem IItrod 1 1edge edge of this plat/orm plat orm platform / of 01 ofroofing i iroofing cloisters ed beautiful roofing them In f lith with C t ! roofingLebanon Lebanon Lcbanon 1 I rom thee these the thet1yarose : , clos clok , ! f1 f's fs f'sc f'sarose t1yarose , ' c ( oflIghts of /lIghts lIghts fl1gbG / Qft Qftleading ! " t1 t1leading arose |