Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

At the Well, Samaria--Where Ahab, King of Israel, built a temple to Baal, the God of the Sidonians [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 17.5 cm ( 10 x 6.875 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(I. Kings, xxi:18.)--'Arise, go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, which is in Samaria.' The city of Samaria was built by Omri, king of Israel, and became the capital of the ten tribes until the captivity. Ahab built a temple to Baal here, which was destroyed by Jehu. 'He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove: and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.'--I. Kings, xvi: 32-33. We give above a picture of the well in Samaria. The prophecy uttered with reference to this place in Micah, i:6, is literally fulfilled: 'I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.' This has literally come to pass." Copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph. See 5246BAI/LVi164CAJS (Voyager # 359831)

People collecting water at a well; there are several large jugs on the ground; stone walls are in the background and surround the well

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Water

Wells

5438BAI/LVii164CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5438 LVii164CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Samaria