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... feet , of which more than half ( 1525 feet ) on the is occupied by the Haram , or area of the Great This wall overhangs the steep brow of the Va Jehoshaphat , which continues its upward course North , some distance beyond the N. E. ...
... feet , of which more than half ( 1525 feet ) on the is occupied by the Haram , or area of the Great This wall overhangs the steep brow of the Va Jehoshaphat , which continues its upward course North , some distance beyond the N. E. ...
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... feet from the Damascus Gate . Hence , taking a south - easterly direction from the Valley Ben - Hinnom , 878 feet to the Jaffa Gate ; then due South to the S.W. angle , ( 1400 feet ) it bisects Mount Sion from West to East , and ...
... feet from the Damascus Gate . Hence , taking a south - easterly direction from the Valley Ben - Hinnom , 878 feet to the Jaffa Gate ; then due South to the S.W. angle , ( 1400 feet ) it bisects Mount Sion from West to East , and ...
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... feet making the whole circuit of the walls 12,978 feet , or 4326 yards , nearly two miles half . The walls may be said broadly to face t cardinal points ; and the situation of the fou towards the same quarters will much simplify ...
... feet making the whole circuit of the walls 12,978 feet , or 4326 yards , nearly two miles half . The walls may be said broadly to face t cardinal points ; and the situation of the fou towards the same quarters will much simplify ...
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... feet : the N.E. or Tower of David is seventy feet three inches long , by fifty - six feet four inches broad . The sloping bulwark is forty feet high , from the bottom of the trench ; but this is much choked up with rubbish . " To the ...
... feet : the N.E. or Tower of David is seventy feet three inches long , by fifty - six feet four inches broad . The sloping bulwark is forty feet high , from the bottom of the trench ; but this is much choked up with rubbish . " To the ...
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... feet high , surmounted by a rampart of fifteen feet , in- cluding the battlement1 . Who can doubt that this rock is part of the crest of the hill described by Josephus as thirty cubits , or forty - five feet high , still standing firm ...
... feet high , surmounted by a rampart of fifteen feet , in- cluding the battlement1 . Who can doubt that this rock is part of the crest of the hill described by Josephus as thirty cubits , or forty - five feet high , still standing firm ...
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Acra Acta Sanctorum aisle altar ancient angle appears apse architectural Arculfus Basilica Bernardino Bezetha body buildings Calvary cave chamber choir chre Christians cloister columns Constantine court Cross Crucifixion Crusaders cubits cupola Damascus Gate described dome Domini door Dr Robinson East eastern Ecclesia edicula Emperor entrance erected Eusebius excavated existence feet Fergusson floor gate Golgotha Greek Haram hewn Holy Sepulchre inches Jerusalem Jewish Josephus loculus Lord Lord's marble mentioned monument Mosk Mount Sion North occupied original ornamented outer passage pavement piers pilgrims Plate pointed arches porch present probably quĉ Quaresmius recess rock rocky roof Rotunda Round Church sacred Sakhrah Sawulf says second wall Sepul sepulchrum shew shewn side South southern spot square St Helena stone Street supposed Temple tion tomb tower tradition transept triforium valley vaults West western William of Tyre writers δὲ καὶ τὸ τοῦ
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