Herod, after all, only repaired and strengthened this tower, for it had
been built by Hyrcanus and passed under the name of Baris before being
renamed Antonia, and even Hyrcanus was not the first at this work (page
265).
[_Authorities and Sources_:--“Quarterly Statements of P. E.
Fund.” “The Recovery of Jerusalem.” Sir C. Warren. “The Works
of Josephus.”]
5. _The Walls and Gates of the City._
“Even stone walls,” says Mr Lewin, “cannot fail to awaken some degree
of interest, when it is remembered that upon the result of the inquiry
depends the question, Where was Calvary? and where the Holy Sepulchre?”
If we desire to understand Old Testament events as well as those of the
Gospels we shall take some interest in the question of the correct line
of the walls. The walls were perambulated by Nehemiah’s two companies
on the Thanksgiving Day; certain of the gates are mentioned by name
in connection with events of the history; and our reading of the
narrative will gain in vividness if we can follow the events like those
acquainted with the ground.
_The First Wall, or Wall of the Upper City._--Josephus says there were
three walls; but as the third or most northerly was not built until
A.D. 43, we will leave it out of account for the present. We
shall endeavour to fix the lines of the walls and the positions of the
gates as they were in Nehemiah’s time, and then we shall have those of
still earlier date, for Nehemiah only repaired walls and gates which
had been thrown down, and did not build afresh.
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