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ENNAdnCRIB. tb great King
of ABsrrla, who reigned from
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.The ilishty; King Sennacherib' Shooting Lions for Amttsciriem in Hla Palace Arenas-Painting by FA..:Bndgman. , ;
! ir afneteesth chapter; f U ' ' 'v ' T Jarnaalem.' I buCt . line of forts about rl m assailing the defenders. Here and reh series'of " sculptures Sennadxen f , "
i gSTAhd It camel to pwthat nlgbC. i pun, ana.waoereT.cauioiortairwa t uera soaung uwoenijw- iw v- ju. vuf"?.v.""rr',i: .
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rrf f the Lord want out. "gate'Ot the city 'I punished.": ' - Against' the walls. 1 V , ; and cajren. iTorie. , while -his great
In' rfia4cainpJof theV - ! The British Museum has .:mrlp-..:- From'the principal 1 gate : captlTes : officers present, the prisoners from
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I '' Syrians ah hundred, fourscore and.
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ftvV v We series ;.pfyepturea; frm re, Issuing, J and i Inthelmmediate Uhe' fallen jdty. rAboTd.lsihe lascrip.,, v J
irtyi' 'ruins of Sennacherlh's alice at Nla foreground two" soldiers'; are 'la the tion;" ; " 1, v. - ,
; gjj;-y eh," showing'. th1,stomIn I" ?'Vct";oft impaling' 'yogthfurprlsonW' SennerlT I
Judah. ;'t:Ide-tyf'sidO jWlth Tils .fathes; and,fi , Wng or Assyria sai ion a inronejana vt (
le first plctures w " see ' the r '" 'brolheiHin atrociously cruel 'mode .of v6111180 ' cJLsxhisa. to pass .
clty,-ltS'towerk;.liaediwltl Mecutlori practisedbyf theJAssyrlaa ' Before-him."',, f J i" ; '
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:,A -"i corpses. i;v.v- ;V.t 'ir
I .'.V'. fit. Sennacherib King tof iAa-,f 5 ,
V-V; v-.r .r--i t feniWti o f 4 ''-!rdhers and others,, who -ntla-llghted wngs n imitoHant-capUtes, and stnitvi -; Ills interesting o know that Sehn.,
'U-i'Si ini it rtM. t. rflks- at Ii wat torches uppn.tb. wooden cars, under .v , nT0gue among the ;Turka and Bul-; s cherib. also' tarred record of ,fcN
.a."? 1 hSn S the housJ'of ' Wa2 'wnlt,a tni b'ttertngms are garlans. Herodotus relates that when - ' expldlts hi?h ipoB.t-e . c-r-1 -KBi-i-lv,
worsnippmg, in tne.npuse 01 Nisrocn A u .vm . .' tkHna ai nahvtnn h imna.id ahmit. v." tains, so that tUcT mU:ht be rrstrvel
rSl hi god that Adrammclech ahd Shar pronsr"! n'ltch. ennisrrlVs-" J.OOD t the cMf men of r r'. .'..'. 'or future Bf"s, even tLouj'a I'l.ieve'j
' . ?r'e2r hls-fcys fc.aotall.i uh 1,0 o.ca'.i.U i-coa an4 saivfS,,i 1 la the second pprtioa t; j,lae . "lell Uta rui-j ,".
wcu"., sword; and they tescped Into th . ' . 1 -i ; . J . ' . ' f Jf ;
; f-Twl -' lana or . Anneniai -Ano. jusarnaaaoB
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Pf':x yThI etentls.sJso-the su15ject,of
Sennsy1'' tbrd Byron's "stlnns: poenw, which
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High ? . " on the fold, t - f ' '
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1 'Purple and 'gold., T t
tn sneen 01 ui spears mi ua iira
' deep Galilee."4'' r1..5 v4' 'r
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:MouVv cherih's Inscriptions that ;ht erer" tost
" fSia. - J1 his army la a night, W Indeed, suf.
. fered any lerlous' rerer'se. 'BTery-la-;
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v '"Sennacherib.' King of. Assyria; King
ViiV1 ot.the World, etc.-,- "r, !, ; .; ;
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'' , sor Leonard King;
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. itfe This Is he mountain which modern
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Evidence MShoW
FlobH; butvMJJudi.'Paglvmere? the ;Great
Assvhari'Kfainfir Larvied; the btorvf Hia Life:
a ' Cmlllo Sanchtx, member. of the Royal Spanish Ceoflraphtcal Society Is si, noted explorer and archseoloaftt' He
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B s was uii iagri, ffkivvivw )bk in nmuinani m ini nwrui 01 nnauv kvtmj any noi mi, nririb Upon WnlCn XnS
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' . . . n ric mna irur znm usiuao. aavancia or im niv. BTonir n. uainsr. 01 new Torn.- E.miiio sanenez in tna rauavMb ,
f? H lfl trtlels displays hit beef in the theory of the New York clergyman..'1 , t r .- T vr- "th
1 ft ! - 1, If Jt was fnpon Jqdi Dagh, two ; hundred miles f 7,000 Utt high, von the- edge of , tie MesoptalXkn :., ... v
? 'from"Mt'AraraV,powHch Noah'a Atk tested t rtaln,' which plains 'would hare, heen'ioore, likely ! .
IV, I' - , . . -vk, J ! other section of the country. ,
Avil, intere-to arehaeologists.and .- Wding' flood; in 'the plains, 'a' boat '
I' , .1 Bible research.4for.it.was here, aaishownion Jthis" ''-v. ' ni " j. ut.'. : .
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"' been most probably the place;-where
the ark rested aftapr the flood,' InstoVd U
st " " .of Mount Ai-arat:
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r the flood, Instead C
tions found by ' Pro-'., ' L
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. . - Jenwfir Klhf.wint tilun nn iTinvi I i !t . . 1 p ' j r . A . r T.. J! FV-.I. HI. uwiLi-La? --I.." ."
' , j.-.; gorge on one side of .the mountain.. :, 4; :ligWSculptures,and GnLUlbqlient Records- t,
' , - No on had .succeeded In reachlns vit;"ltii::'?t' ..:!;''- ' K:M'r ( ' vt-' t vtJ ., -'
4 ,'r '; of. Sennacherib's-- Jnscrjpttons on this i .royal.robes and he.addreem.XAnd oft laaguageVWha Jlt'omes to! the turnr;
-..r , mounuin eince Sir Henry Xayard,. the fV.he-.flat gi'n
, , pioneer British "archaeologist, discbr 'scriptloncommemiratln'gbls Tictorlaa;" "Bnt as'for ijlezeklah of Judah, who
, ' ' a "ered them.orer flfty years' ago, :,. and'achlevemeuWl''vi, -;6ad''not(sul)mltte'd to'myokei forty.",
'tThe Jnecrlptlon's foundry professor
J , King were not reached by Layard, Oa Uon'i'concernlngihe ' water , supply. of , ftumberlees, r fortresses- and; vmall ;
- ' 4 j descending r ttelmounuia 'r face
, " . found at -a lower leyelfa
' iv taOf 8aueexe paperUsl -hyA-
t ' , . f yftvrfl"rM 2 lhmr,- the attackfof toot itol-
" - tog tracing of 1-MtoeoTerlefc dtewilnea sid. txonJ It brought',
r Tbe newI' 8C0Tered'. outfroin'the.midst'of'Vtheia'. aid
, r , , Indude pictures of . Sennacherib; and ,M. toradlng Judah- la h telgakof -KnltT -.'oonnted. as spoil 200.150 persons, young A
t achievements r and long descrlp. 't f. 'ieieklani "When' he attacked Jerusa. ' " and oid, male . and female; horses; ;
, , tiionaoi jawer in cuneuorm leuers. - om is said that 'the whole host'of' tnures, asses, camels, oxen and sheep;
er are; arranged la,, pane the ."i without number.,-';' rU t.i II
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j - Kins. . factag; to tha lcn;-and cladjlaj orii)fliia ,th secoocUbobgv'ot.JClnga., ;?..lrsl .'laS
himself, I shut, felnv up Uko
.' cags . la his -ro3',aLlty 'of V
page, thaf.the.mighty KiDft Sennacherib, left.the h;gh - d-e ; aV r- fcV.
Story pthis reign.; ;j t . ftr.litVV : timS liW. Ararat, t miW from ; the "V.lAfr.
i -;?..n 4a ha'antnmit ftf Jndi ....' r . ... m . . . i . . r . t i J
't-r. ir.-;:LTT -.-.:witri.inany otner,hign peats interreninff. M.i v I
uagtne itevyaney uasner owparingi. ; There Js a la- itiitaVor:sancttiry; .at'-the'tcj j-
mew-Episcopal, Church, New , Yorkr, discovered' :of. Judi , Dagh , wherV.' every August . a great .
wharhe.believestobo indispuUbIet evidence that,, AssembJy' held, attended, by thousands' fvener- ' ' .
-the'Ark.'lande'd on this jgreat mouitain.; v ; ' getio'lioaiemaV Christians fand Tezidia, ' '
Ugri:Daghor?Urartuto No"shthe Patriarch vandhier of then '
evidently .th mounUW 'referred to in' the Bible as1. ali; ; v:'.: 1V; V'm1v' 'S"
'MUAfaratl.The natives around JudiDagh; ChrisA The,'building ontop' 'of , the "m'onntaWji called '
tians; Moslems, HebrewaVand Yezidia (Devil AVor-Noah Ark while' alittle lower 'down '.are 'the ii '
-shippeYs),-,ha'v believed for centuriesnhatNoahr"2 Vemaini'of a very ancient; Christian monastery-'-" it '
and his-flock flrst set - foot .upon', their peak.' after , V The - local 'peasants' will .'show you. the '.exact cr ot ' ;
the' floods No such 'claim' hasever .been msde'by wllfcre:theArk:rested,lan in one, village, "calk 1 '!
the'' natives dwelling ,within the -ahadpw'.-of Mt Hassanah, they point out' Noah's grave-and the vine-
Ararat: !v!'t .vV'v-'l v-anJ.in wch Indulged, too.frcely in .the juice cf
v The geographfcaTTormation of the country about. u. the grape, as told in Genesis, , ix., 22. The pr e ' cr.t
Judi-Dagh,'1 ; which' I fparticiilarly ob'seryed,. on:,Jfny.7. owner ' alleges thst ha is descended of" Nonh.' cr. 3
last' expedition, would tend to,6upport the belief 5 of ? that th vineyard ' has passed 'from father to'fcca
.the Rev.,PrUsshenflJndl Dagh'is a-1
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