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DAPIINAE—TAHPANHKS
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towns and the desert could be seen over the camp
wall, to sonic ten or twenty miles. The camp was
defended by a wall forty feet thick, and probably as
high ; but this is now completely swept away down
to the ground by the winds and rains. Beneath each
corner of the fort was placed a set of plaques of
various materials, both metals and stones, with the
name of Psamtik, and at the south-west coiner were
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also the bones of a sacrifice and other ceremonial
deposits. This fort was enlarged by chambers added
to it during a couple of generations later : and it must
have been over that threshold which still lies in the
doorway that the Jewish fugitives entered, when
llophra gave them an asylum from the Assyrian
scourge. We cannot doubt that Tahpanhes—the first
place on the road into Egypt—was a constant refuge
for the Jews during the series of Assyrian invasions ;
especially as they met here, not the exclusive
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towns and the desert could be seen over the camp
wall, to sonic ten or twenty miles. The camp was
defended by a wall forty feet thick, and probably as
high ; but this is now completely swept away down
to the ground by the winds and rains. Beneath each
corner of the fort was placed a set of plaques of
various materials, both metals and stones, with the
name of Psamtik, and at the south-west coiner were
?,9. Foundation Deposit. 11 j.
also the bones of a sacrifice and other ceremonial
deposits. This fort was enlarged by chambers added
to it during a couple of generations later : and it must
have been over that threshold which still lies in the
doorway that the Jewish fugitives entered, when
llophra gave them an asylum from the Assyrian
scourge. We cannot doubt that Tahpanhes—the first
place on the road into Egypt—was a constant refuge
for the Jews during the series of Assyrian invasions ;
especially as they met here, not the exclusive