[152]. 1 Kings x. 4, 5.
[153]. If we adopt Mr. Fergusson’s theory as to the site of the Temple, a line running through the Altar and the Holy of Holies would cut the middle of the Wailing Place.
[154]. Matt. xxvii. 25.
[155]. John v. 1-9.
[156]. Psa. lxxxiv. 2, 3.
[157]. So Dean Stanley. It is difficult to compare objects so entirely dissimilar. For my own part I should be disposed to give the preference to the Mosque of Omar.
[158]. John vii. 37, 38. It has been often said that the main reservoir was immediately beneath the Altar of Burnt Offering. This, though probable, cannot be affirmed absolutely in our present uncertainty as to where the altar really stood.
[159]. 2 Sam. xxiv. 18-25. 2 Chron. iii. 1.
[160]. The late Emmanuel Deutsch told me that he had found one reference to it in the Talmud; but his lamented death prevented his giving me further information on the subject.
[161]. John iv. 9-23.