[64] The signs used are those for “man,” “good,” and “do,” variously rendered _Arad-Khi-ba_ and _’Abd-Ṭobba_, but perhaps better _’Abd-ṣadaḳ_, “servant of the just.” Cf. _Melchi-ṣedeḳ_ (“my king is just”), _Adoni-ṣedeḳ_, “my lord is just.” See “Tell Amarna Tablets,” pp. 139–51. [65] Lepsius, “Letters from Egypt,” 1844, English trans. 1853, pp. 484 _seq._ [66] Gen. xlvii. 11; Exod. i. 11. [67] Josh. x. 3. See “Tell Amarna Tablets,” p. 137, and Josh. x. 33. [68] Ruth i. 2. [69] Amarna Tablets, No. 102, Berlin Collection: “_tarayamu ... amili ’Abiri_.” [70] _Sarru b’elu._ [71] _Pitati_, an Egyptian word, either from _pet_, “bow,” or _pet_, “foot”--bowmen, or otherwise infantry, and not a chariot force such as is often mentioned in the plains, in the Amarna letters. [72] No. 106, Berlin Collection. [73] Baalah = Kirjath-jearim (Josh. xv. 10), near which was Rabbah (ver. 60). See Josh ix. 17. [74] No. 104, Berlin Collection. [75] _ina Bit-amilla-ma._ [76] No. 103, Berlin Collection, line 54 on back of the tablet. [77] No. 199, Berlin Collection. [78] _’Ati_, see Isa. x. 28, = Ai. [79] Josh. xv. 8, xviii. 16; Judg. i. 8, 21, xix. 11, 12, xx. 28; 2 Sam. xxiv. 23 (“Araunah a king”); Josephus, “Ant.,” V. ii. 2, 5, 8. [80] Josephus, “Ant.,” XV. xi. 5. [81] The dome of the rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre Cathedral is fixed in N. lat. 31° 46´ 45´´, E. long. 35° 13´ 25´´. [82] Bliss, “Excavations at Jerusalem,” 1898, pp. 231–3; Warren, “Recovery of Jerusalem,” 1871, pp. 306–8; G. A. Smith, “Jerusalem,” 1907, vol. i. p. 284. [83] This is the usual explanation, but I have some doubts whether the word is not really _malaḳeh_, meaning “smooth stone.” [84] In 1878 I consulted the late Prof. A. B. Davidson as to this translation of the sentence in 2 Chron. xxxii. 30, and I retain still his letter of December 30, 1878, pronouncing that this is “the natural translation of the words.” [85] _Pal. Expl. Fund Quarterly_, Jan. 1902, p. 32. [86] The channel starts at the level 2,087 feet above the sea. Bottom of Pool of Siloam, 2,081 feet. The channel north of the old pool at Siloam is about 2,120 feet. [87] 2 Chron. xxxii. 4. [88] “Fountain of the fuller,” or “of the spy,” with reference to David’s spies. See Josh. xviii. 16, 2 Sam. xvii. 17. I suggested many years ago a comparison with the Arabic _rujeileh_, “water-channel.” Dr. G. A. Smith (“Jerusalem,” 1908, i. p. 109) takes the same view, and compares the Syriac _rogûlo_, a “water-channel.” [89] 2 Macc. i. 18–36; Brocardus, 1283 A. D.; Zuallardo, “Dev. Viag.,” p. 142; Robinson, “Bib. Res.,” i. p. 332, note 5; Warren, “Recov. of Jer.,” pp. 256–64; Wilson, “Ord. Survey Notes,” p. 84; “Mem. Survey West Pal.,” Jerusalem vol., pp. 371–5. [90] Ḳorân xxxviii. 40, 41; see 1 Kings i. 9. [91] See my account, “Mem. Survey West Pal.,” ii. pp. 18–23. [92] Neh. ii. 13; Josephus, “Wars,” V. iii. 2, xii. 2. [93] Isa. xxii. 9. See 2 Kings xviii. 17; Isa. xxxvi. 2.