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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark
approach (see page 155). And the cart came into the field of Joshua, and the Levites among
them set down the ark upon the great stone of Abel,
and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices unto the
Lord. Now the five lords of the Philistines had
followed the ark until they arrived at the border of
Beth-shemesh, and when they had seen the ark in
possession of the Israelites they returned to Ekron
('Akir) the same day. And the people of Beth-
shemesh suffered, as did the Philistines, because
they looked into the ark of the Lord ; and they sent
TIBNEH, THE SITE OF TIMNATH.
The home of Samson's wife, and the scene of his encounter with the young lion
in the vineyard.
messengers to the people of Kirjath-jearim, which lay about ten miles farther to the east in
the mountains of Judah. And the men of Kirjath-jearim came and fetched up the ark of the
Lord out of Beth-shemesh. Beth-shemesh was in after years the scene of a contest between
Jehoash, King of Israel, and Amaziah, King of Judah, when the people of Judah were put to
flight and their king taken prisoner (see 2 Kings xiv. 13, and Josephus, "Ant." chap. ix.). And
afterwards, in the days of King Ahaz, it fell into the hands of the Philistines (2 Chron. xxviii.
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark
approach (see page 155). And the cart came into the field of Joshua, and the Levites among
them set down the ark upon the great stone of Abel,
and offered burnt offerings and sacrifices unto the
Lord. Now the five lords of the Philistines had
followed the ark until they arrived at the border of
Beth-shemesh, and when they had seen the ark in
possession of the Israelites they returned to Ekron
('Akir) the same day. And the people of Beth-
shemesh suffered, as did the Philistines, because
they looked into the ark of the Lord ; and they sent
TIBNEH, THE SITE OF TIMNATH.
The home of Samson's wife, and the scene of his encounter with the young lion
in the vineyard.
messengers to the people of Kirjath-jearim, which lay about ten miles farther to the east in
the mountains of Judah. And the men of Kirjath-jearim came and fetched up the ark of the
Lord out of Beth-shemesh. Beth-shemesh was in after years the scene of a contest between
Jehoash, King of Israel, and Amaziah, King of Judah, when the people of Judah were put to
flight and their king taken prisoner (see 2 Kings xiv. 13, and Josephus, "Ant." chap. ix.). And
afterwards, in the days of King Ahaz, it fell into the hands of the Philistines (2 Chron. xxviii.