to the sultan. (Modern Jerusalem, called by the Arabs el-Khuds, is built upon the ruins of ancient
Jerusalem. The accumulated rubbish of centuries is very great, being 100 feet deep on the hill of
Zion. The modern wall, built in 1542, forms an irregular quadrangle about 2 1/2 miles in circuit,
with seven gates and 34 towers. It varies in height from 20 to 60 feet. The streets within are narrow,
ungraded, crooked, and often filthy. The houses are of hewn stone, with flat roofs and frequent
domes. There are few windows toward the street. The most beautiful part of modern Jerusalem is
the former temple area (Mount Moriah), “with its lawns and cypress tress, and its noble dome
rising high above the wall.” This enclosure, now called Haram esh-Sherif, is 35 acres in extent,
and is nearly a mile in circuit. On the site of the ancient temple stands the Mosque of Omar,
“perhaps the very noblest specimen of building-art in Asia.” “It is the most prominent as well as
the most beautiful building in the whole city.” The mosque is an octagonal building, each side
measuring 66 feet. It is surmounted by a dome, whose top is 170 feet from the ground. The church
of the Holy Sepulchre, which is claimed, but without sufficient reason, to be upon the site of
Calvary, is “a collection of chapels and altars of different ages and a unique museum of religious
curiosities from Adam to Christ.” The present number of inhabitants in Jerusalem is variously
estimated. Probably Pierotti’s estimate is very near the truth,—20,330; of whom 5068 are Christians,
7556 Mohammedans (Arabs and Turks), and 7706 Jews.—ED.)
Jerusha
(possessed), daughter of Zadok and queen of Uzziah. (2 Kings 15:33) (B.C. 806.)
Jerushah
(possessed). (2 Chronicles 27:1) The same as the preceding.
Jesaiah
(salvation of Jehovah).
•Son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah and grandson of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. after
536.)
Jeshaiah
(salvation of Jehovah).
•One of the six sons of Jeduthun. (1 Chronicles 25:3,15) (B.C. 1014.)
•A Levite in the reign of David, eldest son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Amram through Moses.
(1 Chronicles 26:25) [ISSHIAH] (B.C. before 1014.)
•The son of Athaliah, and chief of the house of Bene-Elam who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:7)
[Josias] (B.C. 459.)
•A Merarite who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:19)
Jeshanah
(old), a town which, with its dependent villages, was one of the three taken from Jeroboam by
Abijah. (2 Chronicles 13:19)
Jesharelah
(right before God), son of Asaph, and head of the seventh of the twenty-four wards into which
the musicians of the Levites were divided. (1 Chronicles 25:14) [Asarelah] (B.C. 1014).
Jeshebeab
(father’s seat), head of the fourteenth course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:13) [Jehoiarib]
Jesher
(uprightness), one of the sons of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah. (1 Chronicles
2:18) (B.C. before 1491).
frankie
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