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Show SITJ3 OF JERUSALEM CITY ONCE EXTENDED FAR BK-YOND BK-YOND PRESENT WALL. Intensely Interesting Associations for the Student of Biblical History Visit to the Famous Pool and VII-lage VII-lage of Siloain. As ntio IcmiIik iivi',' iiu- h.ic nf Ipi-iis i nlem lie ory noon ih.UvUh tuui thu city Ih cut off on nil sldos, savo tho north and northwest, from the surrounding sur-rounding hills by two doop trenches, tho Valley of Iilimom on the west and fcoiti', ami tho Vnlloy of tho Kadron on tho east. Those two valleys nro ordinarily dry. but lit tho rnluy senson become Hooded with rushing waters that unlto their currents at the junction junc-tion of tho nlloys near tho old well En ltngel, and U,ov (ogcUior on through it contliiiintlou of the Kedron Vallny to tho Jordan. It Is easy to seo how Important strategically wore theso trenches around tho undent walls of the city On ilia south tho oldest settlenimit enmo to tho very edge of tho clilT that looks down upon tho Junction of the two vnlley3 uud on the western hill the city was ox-tended ox-tended in Heiudlnn times far to tho south beyond tho present wall. Valley of the Sons of Hlnnom. Tho Vnlloy of tho Sons of Hlnnom Is Interesting for mnny reasons. It wns the ancient dumping ground of Abbey of Knlghtr of Malta. Jerusalem, w hoi v all manner of rcfuso nnd debris wore heaped, to bo burned in those Humes that suggested themselves them-selves to our Lord a? tho fitting symbol sym-bol of the quenchless lire, for tho Valley of the Sons of Illunoni is tho Gerbon Hlnnom or (lolienua of Jesus' graphic words, "Whero tho worm tiles nut nnd tho lire is not quenched." Along tho southern side oppnslto the open giound which was otico built up south of tho prosent wall, runs a scries of rock tombs extending up to tho littlo patch of ground called Akol-damn, Akol-damn, traditionally tho "Held of blood," associated with Judas' blood money nnd suicide. In tills spot, on a ledge of lock that overhangs the road leading down to En Rogcl and Mar Saba, is a Greek monastery which Is built over tho blto of other ancient tombs which nro still included within Its walls. Just bouiml this spot ncros.s tho Junction of tho valleys there Hot the village of Hllonm on tho 'loping sides of the Mount of Olives, or more properly on that portion of tho Mount of Olives to tho south called tho Mount of Offense. This Is supposed to bo tho place where tho undent altars al-tars to false gods woro oreoted In the times of Solomon and later kings. This vlllago of Sllnam Is a dirty, un-kept un-kept settlement which tprawls on the side of tho hill and seems on tho point of sliding off Into tho vnlloy below. be-low. At Its oxtromo buiithern end there Is a littlo settlement of lepers, banished to this remote point by pub- lie sentiment, and permitted to live about as they pleaso within buildings constructed very much on tho community com-munity plan for tholr accommodation. As ono threads his way down tho bed of tho Kedron boyond tho well En Rogcl In tho direction of tho Jordan, ho has only to look upward to his left to seo theso wretched creatures sitting sit-ting In tho sun outsldo tholr squalid homes, or cultivating In nn Indifferent Indiffer-ent way Uio mcagor patches of vegetables vege-tables upon tho hillside. Where Adonljah Feasted. The Well En Rogcl Just mentioned is perhaps tho Job's WU of Christian tradlUon, and is near tho ill-omened spot whore tho feast of Adonljah took plh Q H tho ' R ther, wi& ' U guests jiciu,- " j VM the Pool of Glhbrf'tut.. ... - . . , .' H ley. whero Nalhnn and Bonii4r were M proclaiming the accession of Solomon, ' M that the feast broke up In tenor and , H the guests mado tholr way hurriedly $ M and under cover or darkness hack to lH tho city. M On tho sidos of the vnlloy of Kod - ion wi.irli separates thn Tcmpla U Mount from tho Mount of Olives, ono H passes by tho ancient situ of tho 'fl King's Gnrdons. now occupied bv fields or artichokes, a voKetublu largo- H ly cultivated In Palestine. Going , fl northward from the Junction of the I fl two valleys, keeping to tho left side S of tho .slopo of Kedron, ono come &S coon to tho double pool of Slloam, tho S upper and lower, close together. The S upper pool Is an opening In tho rnrk, fH tonchod bv a descent of omo doon t or more steps, and farming ft small, I H shallow l,n si n of fresh rpijig waiir, t led by tin- conduit loading from thu H trglnV Fountain, n third of it mlfo up tbo vnlli y. Tho lower pool Is a largo. jH rectangular walled enclosure, qulto H open to the sky, and now nearly dry H mid In ruins Thonn wore the "softly ,'H Mowing wnters of Siloah," which H Israel too lightly esteemed, and lit H place of which thp prophet threatened H them with thu overflowing tlooda of H Assyrian Invasion (lea. 8:0). To Uils H pool the blind man was sent by Josus, 'I nnd came again seeing. (John 9:7.) H Ahaz at the Pool of Slloam. jH Tho water supply Is now mcagor, t but If tho pools were kept In good M condition It would bo ample. During H tho reign of Hezoklnh this pool was ( enclosed within tho walls, and prob- lM ably i his is the spot referred to in tho J seeutli chapter of Isaiah, whero lM King Alinz, tho predecessor of He.c- 'al klah, Is reported to havo gono with ' some attendants to inspect tho water M supply nf the olty, in vlow of tho ,M probable tdege to which It was soon ,' to bo subjected. Tills conduit of tho j upper pool Is there said to have been M In the "highway of tho fuller's Held." ;M Whcihor tho Pool of Slloam itself is- M referred tn or tho upper pool now jfl known as the Virgin's Fountain, can- M not be quite certainly decided, but M the two nro connected by an under- : H ground conduit, and probably this low- M cr one. thu Pool of Slloam, is tho ono IH visited by tho king. I-Il Just inside tho narrow rock riper- !ial turc through which water pours Into- Jafl the smaller or upper pool, Is the pluce H whore there was discovered tho celo- H brated Slloam Inscription, ' quito thn ; U most important nnd almost tho only Inscription over found In tho Hebrew U language. Tho water conies from tho M Virgin's Fountain, another rock foun- l tutu n third of a mile farther up tho H Kedron Valley, it Is named in lion- M or of tho Virgin Mary, and It is prob- H ublo that It represents tho very an- !H clout Pool or Glhim of Old Testament j records. Herbert L. Willot in Chris- j M tlnn Century.' j ,H ' - - tt-- ' iTTrf , H Mosque Within City. H |