O

THE

DESTRUCTION

OF

JERUSALEM,

INCLUDING A NARRATIVE

OF THE CALAMITIES WHICH BEFELL

THE JEWS.

WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE

CITY AND TEMPLE.

THIRD EDITION.

PORTLAND:

PUBLISHED BY HEZEKIAH PACKARD.

1858.

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY B. THURSTON.

By Exchange A Pimple tog

PREFACE.

HISTORY records few events more generally interesting than the destruction of Jerusalem, and the subversion of the Jewish State, by the arms of the Romans. Many eminent and learned men have employed their pens in the illustration of it; but the fruits of their labors are, for the most part, contained in large and expensive works, out of the reach of numbers, to whom the discussion might prove equally interesting and improving. For the use and gratification of such, the present Treatise, in a more accessible and familiar form, is diffidently offered to the public. G. H.

LONDON, 1st Jan. 1805.