G. F. Maclear

A.

Aaron

his parentage, 81;

appointed spokesman to Moses, 85;

fashions the calf, 112;

rebuked by Moses, 113;

made the first High-priest, 130;

rebels against Moses, 171;

priesthood of his race confirmed, 178;

excluded from the Promised Land, 180;

his death on Mount Hor, 182

Abana

river, 412

Abdon

the judge, 258

Abednego

at Babylon, 457;

in the fiery furnace, 456

Abel

his sacrifice, 10;

death of, 11

Abel Beth-Maachah

death of Sheba at, 343;

its position, 343

Abel Meholah

meaning of, flight of the Midianites to, 249;

residence of Elisha, 391

Abiah

son of Samuel, 275

Abiathar, the priest

joins David, 305;

has charge of the Ark, 326, 338;

rebels against David, 347;

degraded from the Priesthood, 352

Abigail

David’s wife, 309, 318

Abihu

the sin of, 131

Abijah

king of Judah, 376;

defeats Jeroboam, 377

Abimelech

made king of his tribe, 252;

destroys Shechem, 254;

his death, 255

Abiram

rebellion of, 176, 177

Abishai

David’s nephew, 304, 310, 319;

captain of the mighty men, 329, 343;

saves David’s life, 345

Abner

Saul’s general, 310;

supports Ishbosheth, 319;

kills Asahel, 320;

joins David, 320;

killed by Joab, 321;

effect of his death, 321

Abraham

the call of, 26, 36;

his descent and abode, 27;

promises to him, 28, 34, 37;

sets out for the Promised Land, 28;

arrives at Shechem, 31;

builds his first altar there, 32;

removes to Bethel, 32;

goes down to Egypt, 33;

returns to Bethel, 33;

separates from Lot, 34;

removes to the oak of Mamre, 34, 44;

rescues Lot, 35;

blessed by Melchizedek, 36;

solemn covenant to him, 37;

his name changed, 38;

entertains three angels, 39;

pleads for Sodom and Gomorrah, 40;

his offering of Isaac, 43;

his subsequent history, 44;

death, and burial at Machpelah, 45;

summary of his character, 76

Absalom

murders Amnon, 336;

forgiven by David, 336;

his rebellion, 337;

enters Jerusalem, 339;

his defeat and death, 341

Achan

his transgression and death, 208

Achish

his policy towards David, 303, 311

Achor

valley of, 208

Adam

the creation of, 3;

placed in Paradise, 3;

his life there, 4;

his disobedience, 6;

the curse upon him, 7;

the Promise to him, 8;

his expulsion, 10;

his sons and descendants, 10, 11;

their longevity, 12;

their general wickedness, 12

Adoni-bezek

his capture, 226

Adonijah

rebels against David, 347;

his life spared, 348;

his rebellion against Solomon, 350, 351;

put to death, 352

Adoram

stoned to death, 369

Adullam

David at, 303

Agag

chief of the Amalekites, 103;

spared by Saul, 292;

slain by Samuel, 293

Ahab, king of Israel

married to Jezebel, 381;

effects of her influence on him, 383;

the drought during his reign, 385;

denounced by Elijah, 383, 385, 397;

his wars with Benhadad, 391–395;

his death, 399;

slaughter of his descendants, 421

Ahasuerus

the Xerxes of history, 471;

chooses Esther for queen, 472;

exalts Mordecai, 474

Ahaz

king of Judah, 433;

his idolatry, 434

Ahaziah

king of Israel, 400;

summons Elijah, 403

Ahaziah

king of Judah, 418

Ahinoam

David’s wife, 309, 318

Ahithophel

joins Absalom, 337;

his counsels, 340

Aholiab

artificer of the tabernacle, 119

Ai

Abraham settles near, 33;

its position, 207;

reverse of the Israelites there, 207;

its destruction by Joshua, 209

Altar of Burnt Sacrifice

in the Tabernacle, 120;

in Solomon’s Temple, 357;

its re-erection after the Captivity, 470

Altar of Incense

in the Tabernacle, 123;

in Solomon’s Temple, 357, 358

Amalekites

their settlements, 103;

attack the Israelites, 103;

their defeat, 104;

destroyed by Saul, 292;

they burn Ziklag, 312;

David’s vengeance upon them, 313

Amasa

Absalom’s general, 341;

promoted by David, 342;

slain by Joab, 343

Amaziah

king of Judah, 427;

taken captive by Jehoash, 428

Ammonites

their ancestry, 41;

invasion of, 255;

overthrown by Jephthah, 256;

defeated by Saul at Jabesh-Gilead, 284;

David’s conquests over them, 331–335

Amnon

killed by Absalom, 336

Amon

king of Judah, 446

Amorites

their locality, 32, 184, 201;

their total defeat, 185;

their five kings killed by Joshua, 211–213

Amos

the prophet, 428

Anak

the sons of, 173, 216

Animals

prohibited by the Mosaic law, 156

Aphek

its position, 393;

defeat of the Syrians at, 394

Araunah, threshing-floor of

purchased by David, 346;

becomes the site of the altar of Burnt Sacrifice, 358

Ark, Noah’s

its construction and dimensions, 14;

locality of its resting-place, 17

Ark of the Covenant

in the Tabernacle, 124;

directs the march of the Israelites, 168;

at the passage of the Jordan, 203;

at the destruction of Jericho, 206;

taken by the Philistines, 271;

placed in the Temple of Dagon, 272;

its sanctity vindicated, 273, 274;

given up to the Israelites, 273;

removed to Kirjath-jearim, 274;

removed from thence, 326;

rests with Obed-edom, 326;

its procession to the new tabernacle in Jerusalem, 326;

placed in Solomon’s Temple, 358, 359;

displaced under Manasseh, 444

Armenia

the probable site of Paradise, 3;

of the Ark’s resting-place, 17

Army of David

its organization, 329

Asa

king of Judah, 377;

reforms the religion, 377, 378;

overcomes the Egyptians, 378;

attacked by Baasha, 378;

his alliance with Benhadad, 379

Asahel

David’s nephew, 319;

killed by Abner, 320

Asenath

Joseph’s wife, 63

Ashdod

Philistine city, 259, 263, 272;

the Ark carried there, 272

Asher

Jacob’s son, 52;

the tribe of, its portion, 220;

its neglect of duty, 221

Ashkelon

Philistine city, 259, 263;

Samson’s exploit there, 260

Assyrian Empire

the rise of, 430;

its decline, 448;

table of its connection with Israel, 488

Athaliah

married to Jehoram, 397;

her usurpation and death, 424

Atonement

the day of, 146

Azariah, or Uzziah

king of Judah, 428;

his prosperous reign, 429;

struck with leprosy, 429

Azazel

explanations of, 147

B.

Baal, worship of

established by Jezebel, 383;

overthrown by Elijah, 387;

by Jehu, 423

Baalath

fortified by Solomon, its position, 360

Baal-Peor

the apostasy at, 193;

the plague there, 193

Baasha

usurps the throne of Israel, 377;

his hostility to Asa, 378, 379;

murder of his family, 380

Babel

Tower of, 18;

Town of, founded by Nimrod, 21

Babylon

captivity of Judah there, 452;

contrasted with Jerusalem, 455;

condition of the Jews there, 455;

taken by Cyrus, 456

Babylonian Empire

table of its connection with Israel, 488

Balaam

his country, 187;

sent for to curse Israel, 188;

his failure, 188–192;

his ass speaks, 189;

his prophetic parable, 191, 192;

his wiliness, 193

Balak

king of Moab, 187;

entreats the aid of Balaam, 188;

his disappointment, 191

Barak

summoned by Deborah, 238;

overthrows Sisera, 240

Bashan

the land of, 185

Bathsheba

David’s sin with, 333;

the mother of Solomon, 334

Beer-Elim

the Israelites at, 183

Beersheba

Abraham at, 41;

Isaac at, 48;

Jacob’s vision there, 69

Belshazzar

the feast of, 466

Belus, or Bel

first worship of, 21

Benaiah

his command in David’s army, 329;

kills Adonijah, 352;

Joab, 352;

Shimei, 353

Benhadad I.

his alliance with Asa, 378;

with Omri, 381

Benhadad II.

his wars with Ahab, 391–395;

with Jehoram, 414–416;

his death, 418

Benjamin

birth of, 57;

goes with his brethren to Egypt, 66;

Joseph’s conduct to him there, 66, 67;

the cup found in his sack, 67;

tribe of, its portion, 217;

the war against, 232;

massacre of, 233;

revolt of, against David, 342

Berachah

valley of, 401

Bethel

Abram settles near, 32;

its position, 51;

Jacob’s vision and vow there, 51;

its fulfilment, 56;

acquired by the descendants of Joseph, 226;

school of the prophets there, 276;

Jeroboam establishes idolatry there, 372;

Josiah overthrows it, 446

Beth-horons

the two, 212;

the battle there, 213;

fortified by Solomon, 360

Beth-shan

situation of, 316;

Saul’s body there, 316

Beth-shemesh

the ark at, 273;

battle at, between Jehoash and Amaziah, 428

Bezaleel

artificer of the tabernacle, 119

Bildad

friend of Job, 24

Birthright

oriental privileges of, 46

Boaz

his kindness to Ruth, 265;

marries her, 266

Brazen Serpent

the uplifting of, 182;

destroyed by Hezekiah, 436

Breast-plate

of the High-priest, 132

Burning bush, the

vision of, 84–86

Burnt-offerings

137;

ceremonies for, 137;

their symbolical meaning, 137

C.

Cain

his sacrifice, 10;

murders Abel, 11;

his condemnation, 11;

his descendants, 11;

builds the first city, 11;

sin of his posterity, 12

Caleb

the faithful spy, 173;

the promise to him, 175;

his portion, 215, 216

Calendar

of Jewish Months and Seasons, 155

Calf, the

construction of, 112;

its destruction by Moses, 113

Canaan

son of Ham, 17;

the land called by his name, 20

Canaan

the seven nations of, 32, 201

Canaanites

their locality, 32, 201;

their position at the death of Joshua, 224

Candlesticks, the golden

in the Tabernacle, 122;

in Solomon’s Temple, 357, 358

Canon, the

of the Old Testament, close of, 481

Captain, the

of the Lord’s host, 204, 207

Captivity, the

period of, 450–469;

its effects on the Jews, 470

Carmel, Mount

Elijah’s sacrifice there, 386

Census

of Israelitish forces at Sinai, 167

commenced by David, 345

Character

Mosaic laws regarding, 164

Chedorlaomer

defeated by Abram, 35

Cherubim

in the Tabernacle, conjectures upon, 124

Children

Mosaic law regarding, 159

Christ

typified in Melchizedek, 35;

in Joseph, 76;

in Moses, 199;

in Joshua, 223;

in David, 351

Circumcision

established, 39;

renewal of, after passing the Jordan, 204

Cities of Refuge

the institution of, 164;

names of, 220

Civilization

in the Patriarchal age, 74

Cluster, Valley of the

173, 215

Commandments, the Ten

delivered from Sinai, 108;

written on the Tables of Stone, 111

Confusion, of Tongues

16–20;

approximate date of, 19;

its teaching, 20

Coniah

see Jehoiachin.

Convocation

days of, 144

Courses

of the priests, 358

Covenant, the

with Noah, 16;

with Abram, 37;

with Moses on Sinai, 106;

its condition, 107;

its solemn ratification, 110;

broken in absence of Moses, 113;

further renewal of, 116;

its fulfilment under David, 342

Creation, the

1–4;

heathen notions of, 1;

Scripture declaration concerning it, 1;

its progressive order, 2

Cyrus

captures Babylon, 466;

permits the return of the Jews, 469

D.

Dagon

the Philistine Deity, 263;

the Ark in his temple, 272

Damascus

Elisha at, 417

Dan

Jacob’s son, 52;

tribe of, its portion, 218;

dispossessed by the Amorites, 227;

expedition of, to Laish, 229;

oppressed by the Philistines, 259

Daniel

taken captive to Babylon, 450;

his life there, 457;

interprets the visions of Nebuchadnezzar, 458, 463;

his exaltation, 459;

interprets the writing on the wall, 467;

preserved in the lions’ den, 468

Darius

viceroy of Babylon, 467

Dathan

the rebellion of, 176, 177

David

his genealogy, 294;

anointed by Samuel, 295;

his shepherd life, 295;

slays Goliath, 297;

his friendship with Jonathan, 298, 302, 306;

persecuted by Saul, 300;

flies to Naioth, 301;

to Nob, 303;

seeks refuge with the Philistines, 303, 311;

at Adullam, 303;

Ziklag, 306, 309;

spares Saul at Engedi, 308;

and at Ziph, 309;

his reign over Judah at Hebron, 319;

becomes king of all Israel, 323;

removes to Jerusalem, 325;

his army and its conquests, 329–335;

his deed of shame, 333;

denounced by Nathan, 334;

Absalom rebels, 337;

his flight from Jerusalem, 338;

grief for Absalom, 342;

numbers the people, 346;

the plague sent, 346;

purchases the Temple site, 346;

makes Solomon his successor, 347;

his last charge, and death, 349;

summary of his life, 349;

his character, 350;

a type of Christ, 351

Day of Atonement, the

146;

rites observed upon it, 146;

its distinction from other solemn rites, 148;

its typical meaning, 149

Dead Sea, the

its low level, 30

Debir

captured by Othniel, 216

Deborah, the prophetess

summons Barak, 238;

rouses the tribes, 239;

her song of triumph, 242

Debt

Mosaic laws regarding, 166

Dedication

the feast of, 154

Delilah

betrays Samson, 263

Dinah

Jacob’s daughter, 52;

outrage upon, 55

Disobedient Prophet, the

372;

his tomb spared by Josiah, 446

Divining cups

the use of in Egypt, 67

Doeg

the treachery of, 305

Dothan

Joseph sold at, its position, 58, 59;

Elisha’s miracle there, 414

Drink-offerings, the

134

Dura

the plain of, the golden image upon, 460

E.

Ebal, Mount

the altar there, 209;

ratification of the law there, 210

Ed

the Altar of, 222

Edom

Esau so called, 47;

gives the name to a country, 55;

passage through it refused to the Israelites, 181

Edomites, the

David’s conquests over, 330;

defeated by Amaziah, 427

Eglon

killed by Ehud, 236

Egypt

Abram goes there, 33;

Joseph carried there, 54;

the seven years’ famine in, 63;

Joseph’s government of, 63, 64;

Jacob settles there, 69;

its idolatrous worship, 79;

the plagues of, 88, 94–96

Ehud

kills Eglon, 236

Ekron

Philistine city, 259, 263, 272;

refuses to receive the Ark, 273

Elah

king of Israel, 380

Eldad

the elder, 170

Elders, the seventy

appointed, 169

Eleazar

succeeds Aaron as high-priest, 181

Eli

high-priest and judge, 267;

wickedness of his sons, 269;

rebuked by God, 269;

through Samuel, 270;

his death, 272

Eliab

David’s brother, 294;

his taunts, 297

Eliakim

see Jehoiakim.

Elihu

friend of Job, 24

Elijah

his denunciations to Ahab, 383, 385, 397;

fed by ravens, 384;

his miracles at Zarephath, 389;

overcomes the prophets of Baal, 386;

flies from Jezebel, 389;

his interview with the Lord at Horeb, 390;

calls Elisha, 391;

his interview with Ahaziah, 403;

his translation, 404

Eliphaz

friend of Job, 24

Elisha

called by Elijah, 390;

witnesses his translation, 404;

his miracles, 404, 408–410, 413, 426;

cures Naaman, 411;

his sickness and death, 426

Elkanah

father of Samuel, 267

Elon

the judge, 258

Endor

Saul at, 314

Engedi

David’s generosity at, 308

Enoch, son of Cain

11;

the first city named from him, 11

Enoch, son of Jared

his translation, 12

Ephod, the

of the high-priest, 131

Ephraim

Joseph’s son, 63;

Jacob’s dying blessing upon, 70;

the tribe of, its position, 218;

its rivalry with Judah, 370

Ephraimites, the

chide Gideon, 249;

their complaint to Jephthah, 257;

massacred by him, 258

Esau

character of, 46;

sells Jacob his birthright, 47;

his marriage, 48;

threatens Jacob, 50;

his reconciliation to Jacob, 55

Esdraelon

plain of, its fertility, 219

Eshcol

the valley, 173, 215

Esther

queen of Ahasuerus, 472;

intercedes for her nation, 473, 474

Euphrates

River, 3, 17, 18

Eve

the creation of, 3;

beguiled by Satan, 5;

the curse upon her, 7;

its mitigation, 8

Evil

the origin of, 6

Exodus, the

from Egypt, 96

Ezekiel

prophecies of, 457

Ezra

his reforms at Jerusalem, 476

F.

Fall of man, the

4–9;

its teaching, 6

Family

relations in the patriarchal age, 74;

under the Mosaic law, 159

Famine

seven years’, in Egypt, 63;

three years’, in reign of David, 344

Feast

of the New Moon, 143;

of Trumpets, 144;

of the Passover, 95, 150;

of Weeks, 152;

of Tabernacles, 153;

of Purim, 154;

of Dedication, 154

First-born

death of the, 96

First-fruits and tithes

offerings of, 134

Flood, the

10–16;

Scripture account of, 15;

its duration, &c., 15;

numerous heathen traditions of, 16

Frankincense

description of, 135

G.

Gad

Jacob’s son, 52;

tribe of, their pastoral character, 78, 194;

the portion of, 195

Gad, the prophet

David’s friendship with, 301, 304;

his mission to David, 346

Galilee

position and extent of, 219

Gath

Philistine city, 259;

the ark removed there, 273

Gaza

Philistine city, 259, 262;

Samson carries off its gates, 263

Geba

Jonathan at, 286

Gedaliah

assassination of, 452

Gehazi

the sin and punishment of, 413

Gerizim, Mount

ratification of the law on, 209;

Jotham’s parable from, 253

Gershonite

section of Levites, 127

Gezer

probable site of, 361

Gibeah

outrage at, 231;

taken by the tribes, 233;

Saul’s retirement there, 283

Gibeon

situation of, 210;

the Tabernacle there, 126;

combat at, 319;

Solomon’s convention there, 353

Gibeonites, the

embassy of, 210;

its result, 211;

the covenant with them broken by Saul, 344;

their vengeance, 344

Gideon

the Angel’s message to him, 244;

throws down the altar of Baal, 245;

the sign given him, 246;

his army at the spring of Jezreel, 247;

enters the camp of the Midianites, 247;

his victory over them, 248, 249;

slays their kings, 250;

declines being king, 251;

his ephod, 252

Gihon, River

3

Gilboa, Mount

313;

the battle there, 315

Gilgal

encampment at, 204, 210;

school of the prophets there, 276;

inauguration of Saul there, 284;

general gathering at, 286;

Elisha’s miracles at, 410

Golden Altar

of the Tabernacle, 123

Golden Lamp

of the Tabernacle, 122

Goliath

defies the Israelites, 296;

killed by David, 297

Gomorrah

34;

its destruction, 41

Goshen

meaning of the word, 68, 77;

Jacob settles there, 70;

its position and fertility, 77;

escapes the plagues of Egypt, 91, 94

Greeks

their tradition of the Flood, 16

H.

Hadad

his revolt against Solomon, 365

Hagar

gives birth to Ishmael, 38;

dismissed by Abraham to the wilderness, 42

Haggai

the prophet, 470, 471

Ham

son of Noah, 14;

mocks his father, 17;

the curse upon him, 18;

its fulfilment, 18;

his descendants and their settlements, 19

Haman

his jealousy of Mordecai, 472;

his execution, 474

Hannah

mother of Samuel, 266

Hanun, king of Ammon

insults David’s embassy, 331

Haran

its situation, 27;

Jacob serves Laban there, 52

Hazael, king of Syria

his interview with Elisha, 417;

success against Judah, 425;

and Israel, 425

Hazor

its position, 201;

its destruction by Joshua, 215;

fortified by Solomon, 361

Heathens

their notions of the Creation, 1;

their numerous traditions of the Flood, 16

Hebron

Abram dwells near, 34, 36;

Jacob dwells near, 57, 58;

its conquest by the tribe of Judah, 215;

David king there, 318;

Absalom at, 337

Heroes of David’s army

329

Hezekiah, king of Judah

his religious reforms, 436;

his policy, 437;

contention with Sennacherib, 438–441;

his life prolonged, 441;

his death, 442

High-priest, the

lineage of, 131;

his vestments, 131;

his peculiar functions, 132

Hiram or Huram

architect of Solomon’s Temple, 356

Hiram, king

his embassy to David, 325;

his treaty with Solomon, 355

Hittites

their locality, 32, 201

Hivites

their locality, 32, 201

Hobab

accompanies the Israelites, 168

Holy Convocation

days of, 144

Holy of Holies

in the Tabernacle, 123;

in Solomon’s Temple, 357

Holy Place

of the Tabernacle, 122;

of Solomon’s Temple, 357

Homicide

Mosaic law regarding, 163

Hophni, son of Eli

wickedness of, 269;

his death, 271

Hor, Mount

death and burial of Aaron there, 181

Horeb

the scene of the burning bush, 84;

Elijah at, 390

Hosea

the prophet, 428

Hoshea

king of Israel, 435;

deposed by the Assyrians, 434

Huldah

the prophetess, 447

Husbands

Mosaic law regarding, 160

Hushai

the friend of David, 338;

his policy with Absalom, 339

I.

Ibzan

the judge, 258

Ichabod

birth of, 272

Idolatry

the rise of, 21;

its prevalence under the Judges, 227, 234, 243, 252, 255

Incense

offering of, 135;

its composition, 135

Interregnums

in Israel, 432, 435

Isaac

the promise of, 39;

his birth, 41;

offered by Abraham, 43;

marries Rebekah, 45;

his two sons, 46;

the promise confirmed to him, 47, 48;

his blessing on Jacob, 49;

and on Esau, 49;

his death, 57;

his character, 76

Isaiah

the prophet, 437;

encourages Hezekiah, 439, 440, 441;

his violent death, 444

Ishbosheth

succeeds Saul, 319;

quarrels with Abner, 320;

his murder, 321

Ishmael

the promise concerning him, 38;

is circumcised, 39;

his subsequent history, 42

Israel

Jacob so named, 54

Israel, kingdom of

first called so, 342;

its extent and area, 371;

drought in, during Ahab’s reign, 385;

interregnums, 432, 435;

its extinction, 436;

its connection with the surrounding nations, 488

Israel and Judah

alliance between, 397;

summary of their duration, 453;

of their mutual relations, 453;

of their contrasts, 454

Israelites, the

in Egypt, their numbers, 78;

their pursuits, 78;

corrupted by its idolatry, 79;

their grievous bondage, 80, 83;

Moses announces himself their deliverer, 86;

their toil increased, 87;

their Exodus, 96;

their numbers at Sinai, 167;

their wanderings in the wilderness, 175;

their position at the death of Joshua, 224;

they demand a king, 278

Issachar

Jacob’s son, 52;

tribe of, its portion, 219

J.

Jabal

introducer of nomadic life, 11

Jabesh Gilead

its destruction, 233;

the Ammonites defeated there, 284;

its position, 316

Jabin

the country of, 201;

withstands the Israelites, 214;

overcome and killed by Joshua, 215

Jabin, 2nd

invasion of, 237;

his success, 238;

reverses under Sisera, 240

Jacob

his disposition, 46;

buys Esau’s birthright, 47;

craftily obtains the blessing, 49;

flies from the wrath of Esau, 50;

his vision and vow at Bethel, 51;

the promise renewed to him, 51, 56, 69;

serves Laban 20 years, 52;

his wives and children, 52;

separates from Laban, 53;

wrestles with the Angel, 54;

name changed to Israel, 54;

reconciled to Esau, 55;

dwells at Shechem, 55;

fulfils his vow at Bethel, 56;

his preference for Joseph, 57;

and grief at his supposed death, 59;

parts with Benjamin, 65;

goes down into Egypt, 69;

settles at Goshen, 70;

blesses his children, 70, 71;

his death, 72;

his burial in the cave of Machpelah, 72;

his character, 76

Jael

kills Sisera, 242

Jair

the judge, 255

Japheth

son of Noah, 13;

the blessing upon, 18;

his descendants and their settlements, 19

Jebusites

their locality, 32, 201;

their fortress at Jerusalem, 323;

captured by Joab, 325

Jeconiah

see Jehoiachin.

Jedidiah

a name of Solomon, 334

Jehoahaz

king of Israel, 425

king of Judah, taken captive to Egypt, 449

Jehoash

king of Israel, 426;

his interview with Elisha, 426;

overcomes the Syrians, 426;

captures Amaziah, 428

Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah or Coniah

king of Judah, carried captive to Babylon, 451;

released from prison, 465

Jehoiakim, or Eliakim

king of Judah, overcome by Nebuchadnezzar, 450;

his death, 450

Jehonadab

joins Jehu, 422

Jehoram, king of Israel

403;

his idolatry, 406;

overthrows the Moabites, 407;

his wars with the Syrians, 414;

slain by Jehu, 420

Jehoram, king of Judah

marries Athaliah, 397;

threatened by Elijah, 403;

death of, 418

Jehoshaphat

king of Judah, 379;

his successful reign, 382;

his alliance with Ahab, 397;

his wars, 400

Jehu, king of Israel

anointment of, 419;

kills Jehoram, 420;

puts down the worship of Baal, 422;

his reign, 423

Jephthah

overthrows the Ammonites, 256;

his vow, 256;

sacrifices his daughter, 257;

massacres the Ephraimites, 258

Jeremiah

the prophet, 449, 457;

his prophecies in the reign of Zedekiah, 451;

shares the lot of his countrymen, 452

Jericho

its important position, 201;

mission of the spies there, 202;

divine instructions for its capture, 205;

the fall of, 206;

the curse upon rebuilding it, 206;

its fulfilment, 206;

Elisha there, 404, 413

Jeroboam I.

assured of being king, 366;

his appeal to Rehoboam, 368;

declared king of Israel, 371;

establishes idolatry, 372;

denounced, 372;

defeated by Abijah, 376;

extinction of his race, 377

Jeroboam II.

king of Israel, his prosperous reign, 428

Jerusalem

its elevated site, 30;

the city of the Jebusites, 32, 201;

the lower city captured, 226;

its peculiar situation, 323;

the fortress taken, 324;

becomes the city of David, 325;

effects of its conquest, 325;

occupied by Absalom, 339;

invested by Shishak, 370;

taken by Jehoash, 428;

delivered from Sennacherib, 440;

taken by the Assyrians, 445;

by Nebuchadnezzar, 450, 451, 452;

its destruction, 452;

its contrast to Babylon, 455;

rebuilt by Nehemiah, 477

Jeshua

high-priest at the restoration, 471

Jesse

genealogy of, 294

Jethro

father-in-law of Moses, 83;

meets Moses at Rephidim, 104;

his advice, 105

Jewish

Calendar, the, 155;

weights and measures, 492;

money, 493

Jews

taken captive to Babylon, 451;

their condition there, 456;

their return to their native land, 469;

effects of their captivity, 470;

their position at the close of the Canon, 481.

See Israelites.

Jezebel

married to Ahab, 381;

her character, 383;

establishes the worship of Baal, 383;

threatens Elijah, 389;

causes Naboth’s murder, 396;

Elijah’s denunciation of her, 397;

its fulfilment, 421

Jezreel

meaning of the word, 219;

Ahab at, 383, 391;

death of Jezebel at, 421

Jezreel, the spring of

Gideon’s army at, 247

Joab

David’s nephew, 304, 319;

kills Abner, 320;

cursed by David, 321;

takes the fortress of Jerusalem, 325;

made commander-in-chief, 325, 329;

kills Absalom, 341;

and Amasa, 343;

rebels against David, 347;

put to death, 352

Joash, father of Gideon

244

Joash, king of Israel

see Jehoash.

Joash, king of Judah

424;

restores the temple, 425;

his apostasy, 425;

death, 425

Job

probable country and era of, 22;

his character, 23;

afflicted by Satan, 23;

his resignation, 24;

his three friends, 24;

his contrition and recompence, 25;

his death, 25;

the Book of, uncertainties concerning it, 22, 26

Joel

son of Samuel, 275

Jonah

the prophet, 428;

his mission to Nineveh, 430

Jonathan

at Geba, 286;

his valour at Michmash, 288;

falls under Saul’s curse, 290;

saved by the people, 291;

his friendship for David, 299, 302, 306;

his death, 315;

David’s lament for him, 317

Joppa

the one port of Palestine, 29

Jordan, River

its physical features, 30;

the passage of the, 203

Joseph

son of Jacob and Rachel, 52;

his father’s favourite, 57;

meaning of his coat of many colours, 57;

his dreams, 58;

their fulfilment, 64;

cast into a pit, 58;

sold to the Ishmaelites, 59;

carried into Egypt, 59;

bought by Potiphar, 59;

his prosperity and its termination, 60;

interprets dreams in prison, 61;

and Pharaoh’s, 62;

his exaltation, 62;

his wife and sons, 63;

his government of Egypt, 63, 64;

his conduct to his brethren, 64–67;

makes himself known to them, 68;

sends for Jacob, 68;

their meeting in Egypt, 69;

Jacob’s dying blessing upon him, 70;

buries his father, in the Promised Land, 72;

his death and commandment concerning his bones, 72;

his character, 76;

a type of Christ, 76;

probable place of sepulture of his bones, 210, 222;

conquests of his descendants in the Promised Land, 226

Joshua

defeats the Amalekites, 104;

ascends Sinai with Moses, 111;

one of the twelve spies, 173;

the promise to him, 175;

assumes the leadership of the Israelitish forces, 200;

crosses the Jordan, 203;

mysterious appearance to him, 204;

his curse upon Jericho, 206;

takes Ai, 209;

his ratification of the Law, 209;

commands the sun to stand still, 212;

his military successes, 215;

his division of the Land, 215;

his inheritance, 220;

his last address to the Tribes, 222;

his death, 222;

a type of Christ, 223;

the position of the Israelites at his death, 224

Josiah, king of Judah

foretold, 372;

his religious reformations, 446;

restores the Temple, 447;

killed at Megiddo, 449

Jotham, king of Judah

430

Jotham, son of Gideon

his parable, 253

Jubal

inventor of musical instruments, 11

Jubilee

the year of, 145

Judah, Jacob’s son

52;

pleads with his father, 65;

with Joseph in Egypt, 67;

Jacob’s dying blessing upon, 71

Judah, Tribe of

its portion, 217;

its conquest of Hebron, 215;

its subsequent conquests, 226;

its degraded state, 262;

its rivalry with Ephraim, 370

Judah, Kingdom of

physical geography of, 30;

its area and extent, 370;

its degradation under Jehoiakim, 450;

the captivity of, 452

Judah and Israel, kingdoms of

alliance between, 397;

summary of their duration, 453;

their mutual relations, 453;

their contrasts, 454

Judges, Hebrew

word denoting them, 234;

their office and position, 235

Judges, Book of

purport of its last five chapters, 227

K.

Kadesh-Barnea

encampment at, 172;

mutiny of Israelites there, 175;

rebellion of Korah at, 176;

the Plague at, 177;

Miriam buried there, 179

Keilah

rescued by David, 305

Kerak (Kir-haraseth)

situation of, 407

Keturah

Abraham’s second wife, 45

King

the Israelites demand one, 278;

Divine promises concerning, 279;

Saul elected, 282;

regulations of the office, 282

Kings of Judah and Israel

chronological table of, 486

Kirjath-jearim

the ark removed to, 274;

fetched thence by David, 326

Kirjath-sephir

taken by Othniel, 216

Kishon, River

account of, 241

Kohathite

section of the Levites, 127

Korah

rebellion of, 176, 177

L.

Laban

Jacob’s uncle, 50, 51;

his unfairness towards him, 52

Laish

229;

taken by the Danites, 230

Lamech

institutes Polygamy, 11

Lamp, the golden

of the Tabernacle, 122

Land

Mosaic laws regarding, 166

Land of Promise

description of, 28;

Abram arrives there, 32.

See Palestine.

Laver

for purification, 121

Law, the

delivered from Sinai, 108;

committed to writing by Moses, 109;

copy of, given by Moses to the Priests, 196;

its ratification by Joshua, 209

Laws, Mosaic

of purity, 156

Leah, Jacob’s wife

substituted for Rachel, 52;

her children, 52

Lepers

Mosaic laws regarding them, 157

Leprosy

description of, 157

Levi, Jacob’s son

52;

attacks Shechem, 56;

Jacob’s dying blessing upon, 71

Levi, the sons of

their zeal in the destruction of the Calf, 114, 126;

separated for the Service of the Sanctuary, 126;

the Cities of Refuge assigned to them, 195;

the portion of, 220

Levi and the Priesthood

genealogical table of, 485

Levites

their special functions, 127, 128, 354;

the three sections of, 127;

tithes assigned to them, 128;

transgressions of two of them, 221, 231

Life

Mosaic laws affecting, 162;

the sacredness of, 163

Longevity of the antediluvians

advantage of, 12

Lot

nephew of Abram, 27;

accompanies him in his journeys, 33;

they separate, 34;

rescued by Abram, 35;

escapes from Sodom, 40;

his wife perishes, 41

M.

Machpelah, Cave of

purchased by Abraham, 44;

he is buried there, 45;

and Sarah, 44;

and Jacob, 72

Mahanaim

origin of its name, 53;

Ishbosheth reigns there, 319;

David retreats to, 341

Makkedah, the Cave of

213

Mamre, the Oak of

Abraham dwells under, 34, 36, 44;

and Isaac and Jacob, 57

Man

the creation of, 2;

his distinctive position, 3;

the fall of, 4;

his sinfulness before the Flood, 12, 14;

after the Flood, 26

Manasseh, Joseph’s son

63;

Jacob’s dying blessing upon, 70;

the portions of, 195, 218

Manasseh, king of Judah

his idolatry, 443;

taken captive to Babylon, 445;

his return and repentance, 445

Manna in the wilderness

conditions regarding it, 102

Manoah

father of Samson, 259

Marah

the waters of, 101

March of the Israelites from Sinai

order of, 168

Marriage-bond

in the Patriarchal age, 74;

Mosaic law regarding it, 160

Masters

Mosaic law respecting, 161

Mattaniah

see Zedekiah.

Measures, Scripture

table of, 493

Meat-offerings, the

134

Medad

the Elder, 170

Megiddo

a Canaanite stronghold, 226, 240;

position of, 361;

Josiah killed there, 449

Melchizedek

conjectures concerning him, 35;

blesses Abram, 36;

a type of Christ, 36

Menahem

king of Israel, 432

Merab

Saul’s daughter, 300

Merarite

section of Levites, 128

Mercy-seat

in the Tabernacle, 124

Merom

battle of, 214

Meshach

at Babylon, 457;

in the fiery furnace, 461

Methuselah

great age of, 12

Micah

idolatry of, 228

Micaiah

the prophet, 398

Michal, David’s wife

her devotion, 301;

is taken from him, 309;

restored, 320;

scoffs at him, 328;

her punishment, 329

Michmash

occupied by the Philistines, 286;

Saul there, 286;

battle of, 289

Midian

Moses dwells there, 82

Midianites

sacred war against, 194;

the invasion of, 243;

overthrown by Gideon, 248, 249

Mighty men

of David’s army, 329

Miriam

sister of Moses, 81;

her song at the Red Sea, 99;

rebels against Moses, 171;

struck with leprosy, 172;

her death, 179

Mizpeh

assembly of the tribes at, 231;

Jephthah at, 257;

Philistines defeated there, 275;

school of the prophets there, 276;

Saul chosen king there, 281;

the station of the ChaldÆan Guard, 452

Moabites

their ancestry, 41;

their territory, 187;

the invasion of under Eglon, 235;

David’s conquest over, 330;

routed by Jehoram, 406

Money, Jewish

table of, 493

Month-Sabbath

or New Moon festival, 143

Moon

the Eastern worship of, 144

Mordecai

Haman’s jealousy of, 472;

his triumph, 474

Moriah, Mount

the site of the Temple, 43, 346, 356

Mosaic Law

the chief features of, 117

Moses

his parentage, 81;

rescued from the Nile, 81;

meaning of his name, 81;

his education, 81;

flies to Midian, 82;

his life there, 83;

vision of the burning bush, 84;

is called by God, 84;

returns to Egypt, 86;

appears before Pharaoh, 87–94;

works signs and wonders in Egypt, 88–94;

leads out the Israelites, 96;

draws water from the rock, 103;

the covenant renewed to him on Sinai, 106, 116;

receives the two tables of stone, 111;

intercedes for the people, 114;

Miriam and Aaron turn against him, 171;

his position confirmed, 172;

pleads for the people at Kadesh-Barnea, 174, 177;

his sin at the ‘Waters of Strife,’ 180;

appoints Joshua his successor, 195;

his final counsels to the people, 196;

views the promised land from Mount Nebo, 197;

dies, 198;

summary of his career, 198;

a type of Christ, 199

Murder

Mosaic law regarding, 163