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The Least of All Lands; Seven Chapters on the Topography of Palestine in Relation to Its History
The Least of All Lands Seven Chapters on the Topography of Palestine in Relation to Its History Author:William Miller General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1888 Original Publisher: Blackie Subjects: Palestine History / Middle East / Israel History / Jewish History / Middle East / General Religion / Biblical Biography / General Religion / Biblical Reference / General Travel / Middle East / General Notes: This is a ... more »black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V. ELAH. In illustrating Israel's War of Independence from such topographical observations as I was able to make for myself, I have traced the main results of the victory at Michmash. It secured the freedom of Benjamin; but it probably left Ephraim and the tribes dependent on it, or by far the larger part of them, still subject to the Philistines. But if in subjection, they were not easy under it. The patriotic party among them would be ready to move on any favourable opportunity. Benjamin and Saul would be ready to support any movement they might make. Certainly, after Michmash, there was no approach to settled peace in any part of the northern dominion of the Philistines. Of course there was not a systematic war of the Roman or the modern type. Every now and then, some Ephraimite clan would refuse the customary tribute, or, when it got the chance, cut off some party of the enemy. Every now and then, some small Philistine garrison would be suddenly assailed, -- successfully or unsuccessfully as the case might be. At Bethel or at Rimmon, expeditions would often be organized to carry help to those who struck for freedom. The Philistines would often send reinforcements to their garrisons, without any general levy of the forces of the state or any invasion on a grand scale. Their government would hope against hope that the agitation would subside in cours...« less