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Bible side-lights from the mound of Gezer a record of excavation and discovery in Palestine

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 t

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