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     # Jos 15:63; 18:28; Jud 1:21; Ne 11:1,7-9|
     * Jerusalem.
       Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated in long.
       35; degrees 20. min. E., lat. 31; degrees 47; min 47; sec. N.;
       and, according to the best authorities, 136; miles S. W. of
       Damascus, 34; miles S. of Shechem or Nablous, 45; miles E. of
       Jaffa, 27; miles N. of Hebron, and about 20; miles W. of
       Jericho.  The city of Jerusalem was built on hills, and
       encompassed with mountains, (Ps 125:2,) in a stony and barren
       soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say Strabo.
       The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the Jebusites,
       was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that on which
       the temple was erected.  Here David built a new city, called
       the city of David, wherein was the royal palace.  Between
       these two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by
       David and Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another
       city is mentioned, called the second.  The Maccabees
       considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a
       third hill; and Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called
       Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former:  this new city
       lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron.  See note ch.
       9:34.