CHAPTER III.

Mount Moriah. ―― Site of Solomon’s Temple. ―― Surrounding Walls. ―― Great Fosse. ―― Pasha’s Palace. ―― Council Chamber of the Jewish Sanhedrim. ―― Jews’ Place of Wailing. ―― Their cruel Treatment. ―― Scene on Friday Afternoon. ―― Mournful Spectacle. ―― High-priest. ―― Prophecy fulfilled. ―― Solomon’s Bridge. ―― Its Antiquity. ―― Temple Area. ―― Tower of Antonia. ―― Shrines within the Inclosure. ―― Imposing View. ―― Dome of the Chain. ―― Mosque of Omar. ―― Its grand Exterior. ―― Its History. ―― Its Portals. ―― Its magnificent Interior. ―― Sacred Rock within the Mosque. ―― Traditions. ―― Scene of the Offering of Isaac and of other Scriptural Events. ―― Mosque of El-Aksa. ―― Its Interior and History. ―― Solomon’s subterranean Passageway. ―― Extraordinary Workmanship. ―― Mosque of Jesus. ―― Solomon’s great Vaults. ―― They reflect his Genius. ―― Evidence of their Antiquity. ―― Solomon’s great Lake beneath his Temple. ―― His Work. ―― Vicissitudes of Mount Moriah.