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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80986" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80986" /> == | ||
<p> a small brook which, rising near Jerusalem, runs through the valley on the east of the city, between it and the Mount of Olives. Descending into the valley from St. Stephen's gate, the traveller comes to the bed of the brook Kedron, which is but a few paces over. This brook is stated by Pococke to have its rise a little way farther to the north, but its source does not appear to have been ascertained. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year; its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters that have found some other and probably subterranean course. There is now no water in it, except after heavy rains. A bridge is thrown over it a little below the gate of St. Stephen; and they say, that when there is water, unless the torrent swells much, which very rarely occurs, it all runs under ground to the north of this bridge. The course of the brook is along the valley of Jehoshaphat, to the south-west corner of the city, and then turning to the south, it runs to the | <p> a small brook which, rising near Jerusalem, runs through the valley on the east of the city, between it and the Mount of Olives. Descending into the valley from St. Stephen's gate, the traveller comes to the bed of the brook Kedron, which is but a few paces over. This brook is stated by Pococke to have its rise a little way farther to the north, but its source does not appear to have been ascertained. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year; its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters that have found some other and probably subterranean course. There is now no water in it, except after heavy rains. A bridge is thrown over it a little below the gate of St. Stephen; and they say, that when there is water, unless the torrent swells much, which very rarely occurs, it all runs under ground to the north of this bridge. The course of the brook is along the valley of Jehoshaphat, to the south-west corner of the city, and then turning to the south, it runs to the Dead Sea. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73505" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73505" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75422" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75422" /> == | ||
<p> A wady E. of Jerusalem, traversed by a brook in the rainy season, and which runs in the direction of the | <p> A wady E. of Jerusalem, traversed by a brook in the rainy season, and which runs in the direction of the Dead Sea. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16023" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16023" /> == | ||
