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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Joshua, x:10.)--'And the Lord discomfited them
before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon,
and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.' In the neighborhood of this mosque of Wady 'Ali we are upon a part of the scene
where the great battle occurred when Joshua routed the host of the five kings. They are supposed to have fled from Gibeon
down by the upper Beth-horon to the lower, and then southward. The places referred to in the tenth chapter of Joshua, which
records his great victory, are still to be found in this neighborhood. The mosque of Wady 'Ali was dedicated to Imam Ali.
It is a sacred Moslem shrine, overshadowed by a magnificent terebinth tree. The glen in which this mosque stands is beautiful."
Copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph, along with "Franklin Co Eng-Chi." See
5349BAI/LVii75CAJS (Voyager # 361747)
A large tree provides shade for a stone structure
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