"The City of David," because he had caused it to be taken from the
enemy.




THE TOWER OF BABEL.


The sons of Noah were named Shem, Ham and Japheth. These sons in turn
became the fathers of children so that the descendants of Noah were very
numerous.

One of these descendants, named Nimrod, was a mighty hunter and a man of
power and authority in the land, and it has even been said that the
people worshiped him as a god.

In those days men liked to build high towers reaching away up toward the
heavens. Perhaps they were afraid of another flood, and perhaps they
simply wished to show what they could do; but however that may be, ruins
of towers can still be seen in various parts of the world, one of the
most noted of which is that of the "Tower of Nimrod." It is forty feet
high and stands on the top of a hill near the River Euphrates in Asia.

In the time of Nimrod, the people said, "Let us build us a city and a
tower, whose top may reach unto Heaven; and let us make us a name, lest
we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." So they began
to build the tower, and they made it very strong indeed, and kept
raising it higher and higher toward the heavens, thinking, Jewish
tradition, or story, tells us, that they would have a shelter in which