Palestine Collection (page 18)

Jerusalem Destroyed
Jerusalem is besieged, taken, sacked and destroyed by the Romans led by Titus (later emperor)

Jews at Babylon / Martin
The Jews, taken in captivity to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, grieve by the rivers of Babylon (the Euphrates) and hang their harps upon the willows in the midst thereof

Bedouin Encampment
A Bedouin encampment in Palestine

Antiochus VII in Judea
Seleucid emperor Antiochus VII Sidetes invades Judea with his elephants, and takes the town of Bethsura

Promoting Land in Poland
A supplement to the Jewish Rundschau promoting the land of Palestine

Napoleon Visits Hospital
During his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon visits a plague hospital at Jaffa, in Palestine

Babylon Falls / Martin
BABYLON FALLS Kurash II (Cyrus) king of Persia, takes Babylon.. Babylon is taken, her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces

Simon Maccabeus
When Jonathan Maccabeus is treacherously murdered, his brother Simon buries him along with their father Judas and other members of the family in a magnificent tomb

Seleucids and Maccabees
Fighting between Antiochus Eupator, Seleucid emperor, and the rebel forces of Judas Maccabeus

Judas Maccabeus Success
Judas Maccabeus maintains a successful war against the Seleucids who dominate Israel

Heliodorus and Angels
Emperor Seleucis II sends Heliodorus to plunder the Temple of Jerusalem, but he finds it under the protection of angelic security guards who drive him out with canes

Jews Allowed to Go Home
When Babylon has been taken by Kurash II (Cyrus), king of Persia, he allows the Jews to return to Jerusalem, and approves plans for the citys reconstruction

Joachim Released
Joachim, king of Judah, taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, is released by his successor Awil-Marduk (Evil-Merodach in the Bible)

Nebuchadnezzar Attacks
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, takes and loots Jerusalem, making captives of its inhabitants and taking them back to Babylon

The Temple Rebuilt
The Jews rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon

Nebuch. Takes Jerusalem
The army of Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon, attacks Jerusalem, sacking the city and taking the Jews into exile where they will be very miserable

BEN-SCHEMEN COLONY
Ben-Schemen colony in Palestine

Jews Return to Israel
Babylon is taken by Kurash II (Cyrus) king of Persia, who allows the captive Jews to return to Israel, where they will rebuild Jerusalem

Shepherd, Palestine
A Palestinian shepherd with his flock

Sidney Smith (Eckstein)
SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH naval commander, depicted at the siege of Acre in Palestine

Salome (Reznicek)
Salome dancing elegantly before Herod - her reward was the head of John the Baptist

Romans Sack Jerusalem
The Romans, led by Titus, take Jerusalem, and burst into the Holy of Holies in the Temple

Maccabees V Bacchides
The Jews led by Jonathan (Maccabaeus) are attacked by the Macedonians under Bacchides : some escape by swimming the river Jordan to safety

Cyrus Returns the Jews
Kurash II (Cyrus), king of Persia, takes Babylon and allows the captive Jews to return to their own land, where they will rebuild Jerusalem

Shalmaneser in Triumph
Shalmaneser IV, king of Assyria, attacks Hoshea of Samaria, leading away many captives behind his chariot

WWI / 1916 / MECCA
Arabia : the sons of the Sherif of Mecca drive the Turks from the Holy Places of Islam

Jews in Captivity
Nebuchadnezzar II, after defeating the Jews, takes many of them captive to Babylon, where they are very unhappy

Passover in Samaria
Passover celebrated by the Jews of Samaria, Palestine (at the time under Turkish rule)

CEPHEUS 1681
CEPHEUS, named after a king of Ethiopia or Palestine, husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda

Mount Tabor, Israel
A goatherd waters his flock in a pool within sight of Mount Tabor, Palestine, in present- day Israel

Richard at Acre
THIRD CRUSADE - After landing at Acre, in Palestine, Richard I meets the Master of the Knights of Saint John

Looters Destroyed
When Herods guards attempt to ransack the tomb of King David, flames burst out of his coffin and destroy two of them

Siege of Jerusalem
Jerusalem is besieged, taken and sacked by Titus (later emperor)

Jerusalem Besieged
Jerusalem is besieged and sacked by Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylon : the Jews are taken into exile and weep by Babylons waters

Ancient Palestine Scroll
An ancient Palestinian scroll of the Pentateuch, (the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah to the Jews) said to have been written by Eleazar, the son of Aaron

Robert in First Crusade
Robert, Duke of Normandy, the eldest son of William I, goes on the First Crusade, thus losing the crown of England first to his brother William II, then Williams son Henry I

Idols of Bible Times 4
Succoth Benoth - a hen - is the deity to which the heathen men of Babylon, in their blindness, bow down. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Idols of Bible Times 3
Adremelech, in the form of a peacock, is the deity to which the idolatrous Sepharvites sacrifice their children, burning them in fire. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Idols of Bible Times 2
Nibhaz, human but with a dogs head is one of the gods of the Avites, a people settled in Samaria by the king of Assyria. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Ww1 Guns Captured
British troops pose with guns and stores captured from the Turkish army in Palestine

Defeated Turkish Troops
Turkish troops defeated by the British army under Sir Edmund Allenby retreat through Jerusalem by the Jaffa Gate

Jerusalem Captured
Jerusalem is captured by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon, and the Jews are taken captive to Babylon

Racine / Berenice
BERENICE Berenice, queen of Palestine

Dead Sea & Jericho C1840
View of the Dead Sea, Jericho and the mouth of the River Jordan

Crusades / Acre Defended
Guillaume de Clermont tries to defend Acre, the last Christian possession in Palestine, but it falls to Sultan Malek al Aschraf

Richard I in Palestine during the Third Crusade
King Richard I in action in Palestine, during the Third Crusade

Omar captures Jerusalem
Moslem conqueror, Omar, enters the captured city of Jerusalem

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