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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(II.Chron., xxiv:20, 21.)--'And the Spririt of
God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada, the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God,
Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have foresaken the Lord. He hath also forsaken
you. And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of
the Lord.' According to the traditions of the Jews, this tomb stands for Zechariah who was stoned in the reign of Joash. It
is a cubical, monolithic structure excavated from the natural rock. Christians look upon the tomb as standing for the Zacharias
spoken of by our Lord in Saint Matthew, xxiii: 35. The tomb of Saint James is for the apostle by that name who was hurled
to death in the valley below the tomb. This tomb is also an excavated chamber in the side of the cliff, having in front a
porch supported by two columns and two half columns. The porch is eighteen feet wide by nine feet deep, and is approached
by a door and staircase on the north side."
Tombs of St. James and Zechariah in the Kidron Valley
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