* the morrow.
9
* Cesarea.
This city, once an obscure fortress called Strato's Tower, was
built and superbly decorated by Herod the Great and called
C(9173)area, in honour of Augustus C(9173)ar, to whom he dedicated it
in the 28th year of his reign. It was situated on the shore
of the Mediterranean, between Joppa and Dora, with a haven,
rendered by Herod the most convenient on the coast: according
to Ibn Idris and Abulfeda, 30; miles from Jaffa or Joppa, 32
from Ramlay, and 36; from Acco or Ptolemais; and, according to
Josephus, 600; stadia, or 75; miles from Jerusalem, though the
real distance is probably not more than 62; miles. Nothing now
remains of the former splendour of C(9173)area: the supposed
sites of the ancient edifices are mere mounds of indefinable
form; the waves wash the ruins of the mole, the tower, and the
port; the whole of the surrounding country is a sandy desert;
and not a creature except beasts of prey, resides within many
miles of this silent desolation.
* and had.
Isa 2:3 Mic 4:2 Zec 3:10 8:20-23 Mt 9:9,10 Mr 5:19,20 Lu 5:29
Joh 1:41-49 4:28,29 1:1-3
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