CONTENTS PAGE Prologue 1 CHAPTER I Gezer — Its Site and History 7 CHAPTER II The Horites 41 CHAPTER III The Iniquity of the Amorite 53 CHAPTER IV The Home of Rebekah 83 CHAPTER V The Golden Calf 109 CHAPTER VI Achan's Spoil 121 CHAPTER VII The Death of Samson 127 CHAPTER VIII The City Walls 141 CHAPTER IX The Craftsmen of Jedah 149 CHAPTER X The Rebuilding of Jericho 165 CHAPTER XI The Maccabean Conquest 175 Epilogue 197 APPENDIX The Previous Work of the Palestine Exploration Fund 203 Index 225 Index of Scripture References 231 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece — The Trench across the Western End of the Mound facing Fig. 1. The Mound of Gezer at the Conclusion of the Excavation 7 " 2. General View of a Section of the Excavation 8 " 3. Scarab of Amenhotep III 10 " 4. A "Brazen Serpent" 10 " 5. One of the Boundary Inscriptions 23 " 6. Two Modern Gezerites 27 " 7. Assyrian Contract Tablet (first face) 33 " 8. Assyrian Contract Tablet (second face) 33 " 9. Cave-dwellers' Pottery 45 Fig. 10. The "High Place" of the Cave-dwellers 46 " 11. "Crematorium" of the Cave-dwellers 50 " 12. Standing Stones of the High Place of Gezer 50 " 13. Altar found at Taanach 55 " 14. The Seventh Stone in the High Place 59 " 15. The Laver 65 " 16. The Sacred Cave 69 " 17. Skeleton of a Girl sawn asunder 73 " 18. Sacrificed Infant buried in a Jar 73 " 19. Figure of the "Two-horned Astarte" 96 " 20. Baking Oven 96 " 21. 'Ain Yerdeh, the principal Spring near Gezer 85 " 22. Waterpots found in ancient Cisterns 86 Fig. 23. Stone Trough from a Cistern Mouth 88 " 24. Large Jar from a Granary at Gezer 90 " 25. Diagram of a Gezerite House, Restored 92 " 26. Lamp in Form of a Bird 92 " 27. Stone Quern 98 " 28. Corn Grinder 98 " 29. Bronze Spear-heads, etc. 100 " 30. Gold Earrings 103 " 31. Limestone Seal 103 " 32. Stone Amulets 103 " 33. Figure of the Cow Divinity 104 " 34. Bronze Pin and Brooches 104 " 35. A "Household God" 106 " 36. The "Tongue of Gold" 106 " 37. Foundations of a House showing Column Bases 136 " 38. Portion of the two City Walls 141 " 39. Bastion of Bacchides 142 Fig. 40. The same Bastion, with a corner removed to expose the Solomonic Tower 144 " 41. Jarhandle Stamps 157 " 42. Foundation Sacrifice 169 " 43. Lamp and Bowls, a symbol of Foundation Sacrifice 171 " 44. The Imprecation of Pampras 171 " 45. Votive Altar 176 " 46. The Castle of Simon Maccabaeus 192 " 47. Syrian Bath Establishment at Gezer 196 Digitized by Google.
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