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the left. The flat bottom of the Wddi is divided by the course of a
streamlet, and its banks were cultivated with wheat. It runs into Wd
di Salim, which opens into Wddi Sedder: and the last named Wddi is
said to communicate with the Grhor through the great Wddi Fdrah,
which would appear to be the principal channel into which these tribu
taries debouch before arriving at the Grhor.
Exclusive of delays on the road, the time taken from Jerusalem to
Anathoth (hodie An&ta ^ was an hour and ten minutes, which will
make the distance by the road at my usual rate of walking little more
than four miles. General direction from Jerusalem, N. 38° E.
The site of Anathoth, its distance and direction from Jerusalem, have
been clearly specified by Josephus, Eusebius, and Jerome. The present
village of Amta has long been known to the Monks of Jerusalem as the
site of Anathoth, a city of the priests of Benjamin, a city of refuge, and
the birth place of the Prophet Jeremiah. “ Now therefore, why hast
thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a
Prophet unto you ?”
And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me saying,
< Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum thine Uncle, shall come unto thee,
saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemp
tion is thine to buy it.’ So Hanameel mine Uncle’s son came to me in
the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said un
to me, “Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the
country of Benjamin : for the right of inheritance is thine, and the re
demption is thine.’ And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncles
son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen
shekels of silver. And I subscribed the evidence and sealed it, and took
witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. So I took the
evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to t m
law and custom, and that which was open. And I gave the evidence oi
the purchase unto Baruck the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiai, i
the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son ; and in the presence o ie am -
nesses that subscribed the book of purchase, before all the Jews a sa
in the court of the prison. And I charged Baruck before them saying,
-Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, The God of Israel; Take these evidences
this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vesse that
they may continue many days. For thus saith the Lord of Hosts,