| Show I Biblical F Fortress s of Siche I Geographically was one of the most Important points In 10 Pales Pales- tine Situated In tn the narrow mountain mountain moun moun- tain pass between Mounts and Ebal the Ebal-the the high road of trav j between bet the east list and west west west-it It blocked the route roule from the Jordan valley alley to the coast plain and protected pro the coastal region from the Invasions of the nomadic hordes coming from the east Its strategic function Is thus obvious of of- a bold spectacle with the horIzontal horizontal horizontal hor hor- lines of the walls wails one on luperI superImposed superImposed super super- I Imposed upon the other with the gigantic dimensions of Its lis stones all concentrated In the elliptic city plan the fortress loomed In 10 the landscape Standing at Its side the two natural bulwark Mounts and Ebal Eba reinforced the Impression of Impregnability Im tm- Even today one who stands at the foot of these gigantic walls hat has the sense of being a a. a t V e a Biblical people people peo pea pie walled wailed In our own sight as grasshoppers One Is Impressed by Its sheer physical strength and understands the fearful tearful panic of the Israelites as they listened In Rados Kadesh Darnea Darnen to the reports which their spies brought back from the Land Landof Landof Landof of Canaan The builders of Uhl fortification system were the Hittites who were known to have dwelt In ai as early as liS the time of Jacob 1500 1100 B. B a C Gen Oen 34 3 |
