* smelt.
  Jos 15:63  18:28  Jud 1:21  Ne 11:1,7-9 
 * Jerusalem.
   Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated in long.
   35; degrees 20. min. E., lat. 31; degrees 47; min 47; sec. N.;
   and, according to the best authorities, 136; miles S. W. of
   Damascus, 34; miles S. of Shechem or Nablous, 45; miles E. of
   Jaffa, 27; miles N. of Hebron, and about 20; miles W. of
   Jericho.  The city of Jerusalem was built on hills, and
   encompassed with mountains, (Ps 125:2,) in a stony and barren
   soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say Strabo.
   The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the Jebusites,
   was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that on which
   the temple was erected.  Here David built a new city, called
   the city of David, wherein was the royal palace.  Between
   these two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by
   David and Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another
   city is mentioned, called the second.  The Maccabees
   considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a
   third hill; and Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called
   Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former:  this new city
   lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron.  See note ch.
   9:34.