BOOK II.

JUDEA INDEPENDENT

Judea's Rulers and Teachers. ROME.

B.C.E. B.C.E.

Jose b. Joezer and Jose Final subjection of Carthage

b. Jochanan170and Greece146

Judea independent142

Simon, Prince142Pompey takes Syria and

Joshua b. Perachia and closes the Seleucidan

Mattai the Arbelite140-110dynasty65

John Hyrcanus I135

Aristobulus I105Pompey takes Jerusalem63

Alexander Janneus104

Judah b. Tabbai and Simon 1st triumvirate Caesar,

b. Shetach100-90Pompey and Crassus60

Salome Alexandra78Caesar48

Aristobulus II69

Shemaiah and Abtalion65-35

Hyrcanus II (tributary to Rome)632nd triumvirate, Antony,

Octavius and Lepidus44

Antigonus46-371st Emperor, Augustus30

Hillel and Shammai30B.C.E.—14 A.C.E.

Herod37—4 B.C.E.

The Temple of Jerusalem.—As Restored by Chipiez.

Ground Plan of the Temple Area, Representing One Thousand Square Feet.

A.: The colossal Royal Bridge, on arches, that spanned the Tyropoeon valley from Mount Zion to Mount Moriah, and led eastward into the Court of the Gentiles.

Court of the Gentiles: The outer portions of the Temple area within the walls. The dots in the dotted lines show the number and position of the Corinthian columns forming colonnades that enclosed the Court. Within these colonnades was the Royal porch on the south, and Solomon's Porch on the east. In these porches the oxen, sheep, and doves selected for sacrifices were sold, as in a market.

Beautiful Gate: The broad gate leading from Solomon's Porch into the Court of Women.

B. B. B.: A terrace ten and a half feet high and fifteen feet broad, which bounded the inner wall of the Sanctuary.

A. A.: The inner wall of the Sanctuary.

The Sanctuary consisted of the three courts: The Court of Women, the Court of Israel, and the Court of Priests, beyond which were the Holy and Most Holy Places, forming lower apartments of the Temple proper.

C. C. C. C.: Four south-side flights of steps that led up to the gates in the terrace that opened into the Courts above.

D. D. D. D.: Four north-side flights of steps that led up to the gates on the north side.

E. E.: The thirteen money chests, forming the Treasury of the Temple.

F. F.: Courts and chambers within the Sanctuary.

G.: Nicanor Gate, leading from the Court of Women into the Court of Israel.

H.: The fifteen terrace steps on which the Levites stood when they sung the fifteen "Psalms of Degrees" at the Feast of Tabernacle: and in the door-way of the gate, all took place that was ordered to be done "before the Lord."

J.: Twelve steps leading up to the Porch of the Temple.

B.: The two Tables, the one of marble, the other of gold, within the porch.

The Holy Place contained the Tables of Shewbread, the Golden Candlestick, and the Altar of Incense. In the "Holy of Holies" a solitary stone marked the place where should have stood the ark, which Nebuchedrezzar had taken away.—From The Wonderful Story of Old.]