1 Chronicles 8

Notes on the verses

I r It appears to be the same as Neara, mentioned by Josephus, trom whence, he says, they brought the water which watered the palm trees of Jericho. |— Bagster. Chap. Vill. Ver. 9. Hodesh.—This, according to the ‘Targum, was another re-married, and therefore called name for Baara, whom he had put away, and her Hodesh, or Chodesh, which means anetr; 7. é. married anew. —[ Lod, or Lydda, was situated about four leagues from Joppa, Ver. 12. Lod and a day’s journey, or about 32 miles N. W. from Jerusalem; and, according i Eleutheropolis, and tothe Antonine Itinerary, \2 miles from Jamnia, 18 from not yielding to a city in 92from Bethar. Josephus says it was a village, and that it was one of three toparchies dismembered from Samagreatness; It was destroyed by Cestius in the Jewish war, ria, and given to the Jews.

and, when rebuilt, was called Divspolis. It is now called Loudd, and is a poor village, situated in a fine plain about a league to the E. N. E. of Ramla.) Ver. 8. Jerusalem.—| Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated; and, according to the best authorities, 136 i long, 35° 20 E. lat. 31° 47 47’ N. W of Damascus, 34 miles S. of Shechem or Nablous, 45 miles EF. of. The city of Jaffa, 27 miles N. of Hebron, and about 20 miles W. of Jericho. hills, and encompassed with mountains, (Ps. exxv. 2.) Jerusalem was built on toa stony and barren soil and was about 16 furlongs in length, says 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, dalled 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 Wactabens considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a third hill; and Josep/ws mentions a fourth hill, eallea Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former: this new city lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron, See note on ch. iv. 3. J—Bagster. is Ver, 38, Siz sons,—Rabbi Sol. Jarchi says, that the allegorical expositions of these six ingenious men, would load 13,000 camels: whata treasure to some preachers and commentators !;