Summer House of Shammiah, Damascus--Where Naaman the Syrian Lived (I. Kings, xx,xxii; II. Kings, v:6).

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A two-story house with columns and many wood-slatted windows.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Jeremiah, lii:9.)--'Then they took the king, and carried him unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.' The army of the Chaldeans pursued after and overtook King Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. In going from Jericho to Riblah and Hamath they would necessarily pass through Damascus, for it was the most direct route between Jericho and Riblah. We give a picture of a summer house in Damascus to illustrate this important event in Jewish history. It was at Riblah that the Egyptian king Pharaoh Necho put the youthful Jehoahaz in chains, and made Eliakim king, as we learn from II. Kings, xxiii:29-35. Nebuchadnezzar also encamped here while he directed his military operations in Palestine. This summer house in Damascus is the property of Shammiah, a very wealthy Jew." "Vol.2 " and "G2" are printed beneath the text.; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)