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Title: "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land ...
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, Bp., 1826-1899
Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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orinthian columns. ModernGaza has neither walls, gates, nor fortifications of any kind.Though thus exposed to the attacks of the predatory bands ofBedouins, yet the inhabitants are seldom molested, for no otherreason, perhaps, than the fact that they themselves in jDart arefreebooters. With an antiquity that ranks it among the oldest cities inthe world,1 Gaza Avas originally inhabited by the Hivites, thedescendants of Canaan,^ who in the lajjse of time were dis-possessed by the Philistines, who elevated it to the dignity ofa royal city. In the days of Moses it was the home of thosegiants known as the Anakims, whose formidable stature andwarlike character alarmed the Hebrew spies, and, though sub-sequently captured by the tribe of Judah, it was repossessedby the sons of Anak, who enslaved the Israelites.^ But Gazaappears most prominent in sacred history as the scene of manyremarkable events in the life of Samson, and from him it has * Gen., X., 19. ^ Josh.,xiii., 3. ^ Judges, xiii., 1.
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FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA. 263 derived an imperishable name. In his happier days he hereperformed one of the most astonishing feats of his supernaturalstrength. Besieged by his enemies, he arose at midnight andcarried the gates of the city upon his shoulders to the top of ahill that is before Hebron.^ It was prior to his alliance withDelilah, and when in full possession of his marvelous strength,that he thus bade defiance to a whole race of giants. But, de-ceived by the duplicity of an unworthy wife, he afterward be-came, in the very city of his triumph, a blind, fettered, impris-oned captive, the sport of woman, and the ridicule of man. Dreading him more than an army with banners, the Philis-tines had taken every precaution to secure their powerful anddetermined foe. Having consigned him to eternal darknessby the destruction of his eyes, they fastened his limbs withfetters of brass, and, thrusting him into a loathsome dungeon,appointed him to the menial work of an Eastern woman.^ Butlie

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