A Glimpse of Solomon's Pools
A Glimpse of Solomon's Pools From Bethlehem Joseph, Mary and the Babe went to Egypt to escape the cruel decree of Herod. The history of Egypt is interwoven with the Jewish history. Once the Israelites were pilgrims and fugitives from Egypt to Canaan; now the true King of the Israelites, the King of kings, is pilgrim and fugitive from Canaan to Egypt. The holy family probably journeyed southward passing through the narrow valley, as one would do to-day in going to the south-east. On the way he would pass the pools of Solomon, which still remain. They are called by the Arabs El Burak—“The Pools.” Near the pools is a large castellated building called Kulat el Burak. It stands near the north-west corner of the upper pool. Condor calls these reservoirs “the Great Tanks near Urtas,” and says that though they are commonly called “Solomon’s Pools they are more probably of the same date with the aqueduct passing by them which was constructed by Pontius Pilate.” Dr. Robinson spe...