A.

AARON, his parentage, 81; appoint-
ed spokesman to Moses, 85; fa-
shions the calf, 112; rebuked by
Moses, 113; made the first High-
priest, 130; rebels against Moses,
171: priesthood of his race con-
firmed, 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 She-

ba at, 343; its position, 343
Abel Meholah, meaning of, flight
of the Midianites to, 249; re-
sidence 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; de-
feats 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; sup-
ports Ishbosheth, 319; kills Asa-
hel, 320; joins David, 320; kill-
ed 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; re-
turns 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 subse-
quent history, 44; death, and
burial at Machpelah, 45; sum-
mary of his character, 76
Absalom murders Amnon, 336;
forgiven by David, 336; his re-
bellion, 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 gene-
ral 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 in-
fluence 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 de-
scendants, 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; sum-
mons Elijah, 403

king of Judah, 418

Ahinoam, David's wife, 309, 318
Ahithophel joins Absalom, 337;
his counsels, 340
Aholiab, artificer of the tabernacle,

119

Ai, Ábraham settles near, 33; its
position, 207; reverse of the Is-
raelites there, 207; its destruc-
tion 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 Taber-
nacle, 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

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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, pur-
chased by David, 346; becomes
the site of the altar of Burnt Sa-
crifice, 358

Ark, Noah's, its construction and
dimensions, 14; locality of its
resting-place, 17

Ark of the Covenant, in the Ta-
bernacle, 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 So-
lomon's Temple, 358, 359: dis-
placed under Manasseh, 444
Armenia, the probable site of Pa-
radise, 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
Asenah, 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 con-
nection 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 Is-
rael, 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 dis-
appointment, 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; Jo-
seph'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 pro-
phets there, 276; Jeroboam esta-
blishes idolatry there, 372; Jo-
siah 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

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 Si-
nai, 167

commenced by David, 345
Character, Mosaic laws regarding,
164
Chedorlaomer defeated by Abram,
35

Cherubim in the Tabernacle, con-
jectures upon, 124

Children, Mosaic law regarding,

in Joseph, 76; in Moses, 199; in
Joshua, 223; in David, 351
Circumcision established, 39; re-
newal of, after passing the Jor-
dan, 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, III
Confusion of Tongues, 16-20; ap-
proximate date of, 19; its teach-
ing, 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; bro-
ken in absence of Moses, 113;
further renewal of, 116; its ful-
filment under David, 342
Creation, the, 1-4; heathen no-
tions of, 1; Scripture declara-
tion concerning it, 1; its pro-
gressive order, 2

Cyrus captures Babylon, 466; per-
mits 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 Phi-
listines, 259

Daniel taken captive to Babylon,
450; his life there, 457; inter-
prets the visions of Nebuchad-
nezzar, 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,

303: seeks refuge with the Phi-
listines, 303, 311; at Adullam,
303: Ziklag, 306, 309; spares
Saul at Engedi, 308; and at Ziph,
309; his reign over Judah at He-
bron, 319; becomes king of all
Israel, 323; removes to Jerusa-
lem, 325; his army and its con-
quests, 329-335; his deed of
shame, 333; denounced by Na-
than, 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 succes-
sor, 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 dis
tinction 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; out-
rage 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; pas-
sage through it refused to the
Israelites, 181

Edomites, the, David's conquests
over, 330; defeated by Amaziah,

427

Eglon killed by Ehud, 236