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egypt, past and present.
obelisk lying in the third area of the temple, bears his
inscription and his portrait, of which I have a copy taken
on paper. I have also an unburnt brick with a part of his
royal stamp upon it. More perfect specimens of this may
be seen in Dr. Abbott's museum. It comports with the
Bible narrative that a Pharaoh, who is represented upon the
monuments as a great builder in stone and in brick, should
have compelled his subjects to make brick, wearily and
under the lash, for the building of cities.
But the most direct and remarkable confirmation of the
Scriptures is found in the monumental history of Sesonchis,
or Shishak, which is sculptured on the outer wall of the
grand hall of Ivarnac. We read in the twelfth chapter of the
Second Book of Chronicles, that "in the fifth year of King
Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jeru-
salem,— because they had transgressed against the Lord,—>
with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen;
and the people were without number that came with him out
of Egypt; and he took the fenced cities which -pertained to
Judah, and came to Jerusalem.....So Shishak, king of
Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treas-
ures of the king's house." Now, among the sculptures on
the walls of the temple of Karnac, are some pertaining to
the reign of Sheshonk I., who reigned from b. c. 980 to
E. c. 950, which represent the captives taken by She-
shonk in his expedition against Jerusalem, and also "the
names of the captive towns and districts " taken in the same
expedition. Among these names, Champollion deciphered
that of " the kingdom of Judah," and also such familiar
names as Taanach, Bethshan, Lehi, Megiddo, Hebron —
all cities of Palestine — and also the valley of Ilinnom
and the great place, or Jerusalem. And here — what every
one may read — are Jewish captives, their physiognomy
as marked 'in the sculpture as that of any tenant of the
egypt, past and present.
obelisk lying in the third area of the temple, bears his
inscription and his portrait, of which I have a copy taken
on paper. I have also an unburnt brick with a part of his
royal stamp upon it. More perfect specimens of this may
be seen in Dr. Abbott's museum. It comports with the
Bible narrative that a Pharaoh, who is represented upon the
monuments as a great builder in stone and in brick, should
have compelled his subjects to make brick, wearily and
under the lash, for the building of cities.
But the most direct and remarkable confirmation of the
Scriptures is found in the monumental history of Sesonchis,
or Shishak, which is sculptured on the outer wall of the
grand hall of Ivarnac. We read in the twelfth chapter of the
Second Book of Chronicles, that "in the fifth year of King
Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jeru-
salem,— because they had transgressed against the Lord,—>
with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen;
and the people were without number that came with him out
of Egypt; and he took the fenced cities which -pertained to
Judah, and came to Jerusalem.....So Shishak, king of
Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treas-
ures of the king's house." Now, among the sculptures on
the walls of the temple of Karnac, are some pertaining to
the reign of Sheshonk I., who reigned from b. c. 980 to
E. c. 950, which represent the captives taken by She-
shonk in his expedition against Jerusalem, and also "the
names of the captive towns and districts " taken in the same
expedition. Among these names, Champollion deciphered
that of " the kingdom of Judah," and also such familiar
names as Taanach, Bethshan, Lehi, Megiddo, Hebron —
all cities of Palestine — and also the valley of Ilinnom
and the great place, or Jerusalem. And here — what every
one may read — are Jewish captives, their physiognomy
as marked 'in the sculpture as that of any tenant of the