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Cave of Kureitun

William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)

Price

£2,500

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

5 x 8 ¼ inches

Provenance

The Estate Sale of Bartlett's Watercolour Drawings,
Southgate and Barrett, 22 Fleet Street, London, 29 January 1855, Lot 123, as 'Cave of Kureitum'

Exhibited

'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2016', No 13

Where is this cave of Adullam? [In the Land and the Book of 1859, William] Thomson places it at Mugharet Kureitun, southeast of Bethlehem, as the only place that could furnish a sufficient stronghold for David's army [I Chronicles 9]. This is a good seven miles away, a long run for these valiant men, if David were still there, for he may have moved nearer to the enemy, and to Bethlehem.
(The Reverend J T Durward, Holy Land and Holy Writ, Baraboo WI: Pilgrim Publishing Co, 1913, page 204)