ELISHA, the Fountain of Elisha; it takes its rise at the distance of two bow’s shot from mount Quarantana1. It runs through the plain of Jericho, which is sixty furlongs in length, and twenty in breadth. Joseph. de Bello, l. 5. c.4. Sanut. Secret. fidel. crucis, p. 247.It passes to the south of Gilgal, and dividing itself into several streams, it falls at last into the river Jordan. This is the Fountain, the waters whereof were sweetned by Elisha, as we have seen above.
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Translators’ note. This is the Mountain unto which, they say, the Devil took our Blessed Saviour, when he tempted him with the visionary scene of all the Kingdoms and Glories of the World. It is, as St. Matthew stiles it, an exceeding high Mountain, and in its ascent not only difficult but dangerous. It has at present a small Chappel at the top, and another about half way up, founded upon a prominent part of the rock. Near this latter are several caves and holes in the side of the Mountain, made use of anciently by Hermits, and by some at this day for places to keep their Lent in; in imitation of that of our Blessed Saviour. Maundrell’s Journey to Jerusalem. ↩