A PLAIN
DESCRIPTION
OF
JERUSALEM.
JERUSALEM was a principal city in Joshua's time, when Adonizedek was king, ⟨who⟩ was slain by him; yet the Jebusites held it ⟨for⟩ four hundred years after, till David won it; ⟨though⟩ the inhabitants boasted that their blind ⟨and⟩ their lame would defend it, 2 Sam. v. 6. ⟨David⟩ strengthened it with a castle, and beautified ⟨it⟩ with palaces; after this Solomon enlarged it; ⟨the⟩ palace gates and walls could not be matched ⟨in⟩ all the world. It had within the walls one ⟨hundred⟩ and fifty thousand inhabitants, besides ⟨women⟩ and children.
The trenches about it were sixty feet deep, ⟨cut⟩ out of the rock, and two hundred and fifty ⟨broad⟩. Not long after Shishak king of Egypt ⟨took⟩ it, and became master of Solomon's riches, ⟨and⟩ of all king David's spoil, which he had ⟨taken⟩ from many nations, 2 Kings xiv. it was again ⟨plundered⟩, and part of the wall broken down ⟨by⟩ Joash king of Israel, in Amaziah's reign, (illegible text) Kings xvi. Not long after, Anaz the fifteenth ⟨King⟩ of Judah, impoverished the temple, to ⟨present⟩ Tiglathpilnezer with the treasures thereof, (illegible text) Manasseh lost what remained.
