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History Of Masonry.
Maccabees , fought their way to pre-eminence against the Syrian kings , and also obtained it as hi g h-priests and princes of the Jews , during about 130 years , till Mark Anthony and Octavitts got the senate of Rome to create Herod the Edomite , or Idumean Jew , King of Judea in the Capitol- ; and , by the help of the Romans , Herod conquered Atitigonusand mounted the throne at Jerusalem . [ A . M .
, 39 67 . Before Christ 37 . 3 He got rid of all the Asmonaeans , made the Sanhedrim useless , and set up high-priests at his pleasure . But with all his great faults , Herod became the greatest builder of his day , the Patron or Grand Master of many Lodges , and sent for the most expert fellow-crafts of Greece to assist his own Jews ; for , after the battle of Actitim , Herod ,
being reconciled to Augustus , began to shew his skill in masonry , by erecting a splendid Grecian theatre at Jerusalem ; and next built the stately city Sebaste , ( so called from Sebastos or Augustus ) formerly Samaria , with a curious little temyle in it like that of Jerusalem , lie made the city Caesarea the best harbour in Palestine , and built a temple of white marble at Paneas ; the cities Antipatris , Phasaeiis andCypron ; and the tower of Phasael at Jerusalem , not inferior to the Pharos of Alexandria , & c .: but his most amazing work was his rebuilding of the temple of Zerubbabel .
Herod , being in full enjoyment of peace and plenty , formed a design of new building the temple at Jerusalem , whereby he thought lie should not only reconcile to himself the affections of the Jews , but also erect a monument of lasting honour to hisovvn name . The temple built after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity , though an admirable , building , r , co years being elapsed since its erectionwas greatly decayedboth by the length of timeand
, , , also by tlje violence of enemies . Herod proposed to build the whole : temple a-new ; but when , in a general assembly of the people , he found them startled at the proposal , he , to deliver them from thenfears , assured thern that he would not take down the old temple-,. till he had all the materials ready for erecting a new one in its place . [ Before Christ 19 . 3 Accordingly , he forthwith made all mannerof
preparations for it ; employing therein 1000 waggons for canyingof the stone and timber ; 10 , 000 masons , beside labourers , to fit all things for the building ; and , marshalled them into lodges under icoo priests and Levites , skilful in all parts of architecture , to supervise and direct them in the work . Himself acted as Grand Master , with his Wardens , Hillel and Shamrnai , two learned rabbins of great reputation ; and , in two years time , he had got all things ready for the building ;" when , and not before , he pulled down the old temple to the very foundation .
The foot-stone of the new temple was levelled just forty-six years before the first passover of Christ ' s personal ministry ; at which time the Jews told him , John ii . 20 , Forty and six years bath this temple been in building : for , although then forty-six years had passed from the time it was begun , yet that part which was most ' properly the temple , that is , that which contained the holy place , the hol y of holies
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
History Of Masonry.
Maccabees , fought their way to pre-eminence against the Syrian kings , and also obtained it as hi g h-priests and princes of the Jews , during about 130 years , till Mark Anthony and Octavitts got the senate of Rome to create Herod the Edomite , or Idumean Jew , King of Judea in the Capitol- ; and , by the help of the Romans , Herod conquered Atitigonusand mounted the throne at Jerusalem . [ A . M .
, 39 67 . Before Christ 37 . 3 He got rid of all the Asmonaeans , made the Sanhedrim useless , and set up high-priests at his pleasure . But with all his great faults , Herod became the greatest builder of his day , the Patron or Grand Master of many Lodges , and sent for the most expert fellow-crafts of Greece to assist his own Jews ; for , after the battle of Actitim , Herod ,
being reconciled to Augustus , began to shew his skill in masonry , by erecting a splendid Grecian theatre at Jerusalem ; and next built the stately city Sebaste , ( so called from Sebastos or Augustus ) formerly Samaria , with a curious little temyle in it like that of Jerusalem , lie made the city Caesarea the best harbour in Palestine , and built a temple of white marble at Paneas ; the cities Antipatris , Phasaeiis andCypron ; and the tower of Phasael at Jerusalem , not inferior to the Pharos of Alexandria , & c .: but his most amazing work was his rebuilding of the temple of Zerubbabel .
Herod , being in full enjoyment of peace and plenty , formed a design of new building the temple at Jerusalem , whereby he thought lie should not only reconcile to himself the affections of the Jews , but also erect a monument of lasting honour to hisovvn name . The temple built after the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity , though an admirable , building , r , co years being elapsed since its erectionwas greatly decayedboth by the length of timeand
, , , also by tlje violence of enemies . Herod proposed to build the whole : temple a-new ; but when , in a general assembly of the people , he found them startled at the proposal , he , to deliver them from thenfears , assured thern that he would not take down the old temple-,. till he had all the materials ready for erecting a new one in its place . [ Before Christ 19 . 3 Accordingly , he forthwith made all mannerof
preparations for it ; employing therein 1000 waggons for canyingof the stone and timber ; 10 , 000 masons , beside labourers , to fit all things for the building ; and , marshalled them into lodges under icoo priests and Levites , skilful in all parts of architecture , to supervise and direct them in the work . Himself acted as Grand Master , with his Wardens , Hillel and Shamrnai , two learned rabbins of great reputation ; and , in two years time , he had got all things ready for the building ;" when , and not before , he pulled down the old temple to the very foundation .
The foot-stone of the new temple was levelled just forty-six years before the first passover of Christ ' s personal ministry ; at which time the Jews told him , John ii . 20 , Forty and six years bath this temple been in building : for , although then forty-six years had passed from the time it was begun , yet that part which was most ' properly the temple , that is , that which contained the holy place , the hol y of holies