THE CITY OF JERUSALEM BY THE SAME AUTHOR TENT WORK IN PALESTINE 1878 HANDBOOK TO THE BIBLE 1879 JUDAS MACCABÆUS 1879 HETH AND MOAB 1883 PRIMER OF BIBLE GEOGRAPHY 1883 SYRIAN STONE LORE 1887 ALTAIC HIEROGLYPHS 1887 PALESTINE 1891 TELL AMARNA TABLETS 1893 THE BIBLE AND THE EAST 1896 THE LATIN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM 1897 THE HITTITES AND THEIR LANGUAGE 1898 THE HEBREW TRAGEDY 1900 THE FIRST BIBLE 1902 CRITICS AND THE LAW 1907 THE RISE OF MAN 1908 [Illustration: HEROD’S TEMPLE. From the model by Miss M. A. Duthoit. _Frontispiece_] ] THE CITY OF JERUSALEM BY COL. C. R. CONDER LL.D., M.R.A.S., R.E. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1909 PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. PREFACE The object of this volume is to present in a convenient form the results of research and exploration concerning the history and buildings of the city of Jerusalem--results which have accumulated during the last half-century, but which are scattered in many expensive works not easily accessible for the general reader. The story of forty centuries is carried down to the present year, and reliance is chiefly placed on monumental information. CHELTENHAM, _January 5th, 1909_. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. BEFORE DAVID 25 III. THE HEBREW KINGS 48 IV. EZRA AND NEHEMIAH 74 V. THE GREEK AGE 86 VI. HEROD THE GREAT 108 VII. THE GOSPEL SITES 139 VIII. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM 159 IX. THE ROMAN CITY 188 X. THE BYZANTINES 208 XI. THE ARABS 233 XII. THE TURKS 256 XIII. THE LATIN KINGDOM 275 XIV. FRANKS AND MOSLEMS 308 LIST OF AUTHORITIES, ETC. 327 INDEX 329 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS HEROD’S TEMPLE (MISS DUTHOIT’S MODEL) _Frontispiece_