i. 50, and are perhaps a late addition to Chronicles derived from
Jeremiah; compare Jeremiah xxvi. 5. See note on verse 5 above.
¹⁶but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy¹.
¹ Hebrew _healing_.
=16.= _mocked the messengers_] Jeremiah was imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death, Urijah (Jeremiah xxvi. 20‒23) was put to death. Of the fate of Habakkuk (who probably lived during the Chaldean period, Habakkuk i. 6) nothing is known.
¹⁷Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or ancient: he gave them all into his hand.
=17.= _Chaldeans_] Their name in Hebrew is _Casdim_ and in Assyrio-Babylonian _Caldu_ (the change of “s” for “l” before a dental is not uncommon in the latter language). They were a people originally living south of Babylon on the sea, but Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadrezzar, conquered Babylon and established a Chaldeo-Babylonian Empire.
_in the house of their sanctuary_] Compare Ezekiel’s vision of the slaughter; Ezekiel ix. 1‒11.
¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
=18.= _all the vessels_] i.e. all the vessels which remained after the previous spoliation (verse 10). They were perhaps chiefly of brass; compare 2 Kings xxv. 13‒15.
¹⁹And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
=19.= _brake down the wall_] The Hebrew verb here used (_nittēç_) implies a more thorough breaking down than the _pāraṣ_ of xxv. 23 (see note), xxvi. 6.
=20, 21= (= 1 Esdras i. 57, 58). THE CAPTIVITY.
²⁰And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
=20.= _to him and his sons_] Compare Jeremiah xxvii. 7. There were three kings of Babylon after Nebuchadrezzar before Cyrus established Persian rule, viz. Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk) (2 Kings xxv. 27), Neriglissar (Nergalšar-uṣur), and Nabonidus (Nabu-na’id). The last two kings were usurpers. Neriglissar was (it seems) son-in-law to Nebuchadrezzar (Hommel, BABYLONIA in Hastings’ _Dictionary of the Bible_, 1. 229a, or Sayce in _Encyclopedia Britannica_¹¹, III. pp. 105, 106). Whether Nabonidus was connected with the royal house is not known.
²¹to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: _for_ as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
=21.= _by the mouth of Jeremiah_] Compare Jeremiah xxv. 11, xxix. 10.
_her sabbaths_] i.e. years, occurring every seventh year, when the land was to be allowed a respite from cultivation; compare Leviticus xxv. 1‒7, xxvi. 34, 35.
_threescore and ten years_] i.e. two whole generations. It is probable that the Chronicler intended to suggest that the Sabbatical years had been neglected throughout the period (about 490 = 70 × 7 years) during which the kingdom lasted; but, if so, he treats the point somewhat loosely, not troubling about the objection that the reigns of the several God-fearing kings (David, Solomon, Jehoshaphat) would need to be subtracted from this total, and that actually the number of violated Sabbatical years would fall considerably below 70.
=22, 23= (= Ezra i. 1‒3a] 1 Esdras ii. 1‒5a). CYRUS DECREES THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.
These verses are obviously inappropriate as the conclusion of Chronicles, and their proper place is as the opening words of the book of Ezra, _where also they are given_. Their exposition properly belongs to the commentaries on Ezra or Esdras, to which accordingly the reader must be referred for fuller notes. These verses were retained here when the separation of Ezra‒Nehemiah from Chronicles was made (see Introduction, § 2), either through mere accident, or perhaps to indicate that Chronicles had originally formed one work with Ezra and Nehemiah, but most probably in order to avoid a depressing termination to the book. This last point carries no small weight in view of the fact that in the Hebrew Bible Chronicles is the last book. It is interesting to note that to avoid closing the book of Isaiah with the terrible verse (lxvi. 24) which is actually its conclusion, it was customary to repeat after verse 24 some hopeful words taken from verse 23. Compare also the last verses of 2 Kings.
²²Now in the first year of Cyrus¹ king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and _put it_ also in writing, saying,
¹ Hebrew _Coresh_.
=22.= _Cyrus king of Persia_] Cyrus, the Persian, was at first king of a small state in Elam, to the east of Babylonia. In 549 B.C. he conquered the king of the Medes, and so became founder of the Medo-Persian Empire. In 546 B.C. he overthrew the famous Croesus, king of Lydia, and advancing against Babylon entered it after a short and easy campaign in 538 B.C.――a career of meteoric brilliance. By his “first year” is meant 537 B.C., his first year as ruler of the Babylonian Empire.
_stirred up the spirit_] Compare 1 Chronicles v. 26; Haggai i. 14.
_made a proclamation_] compare xxx. 5. The phrase is characteristic of the Chronicler.
²³Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
=23.= _All the kingdoms of the earth_] The king of Babylon bore the title of “king of the four quarters of the world.” Cyrus succeeded to this title on his conquest of Babylon.
_let him go up_] i.e. to Jerusalem; compare Ezra i. 3. Since Chronicles is the last book according to the order of the Hebrew Canon, these encouraging words conclude the Hebrew Bible.
INDEX
Abiathar, 39 f., 102, 120, 142, 167
Abib, 339
Abijah, 218 ff.
Abimelech (Ahimelech), 102, 120, 142
_addīrīm_, 273
Adullam, the cave of, 81, 88, 211
Adversary, the, _see_ Satan
Ahab, 240 ff.
Ahaz, 292 ff.
Ahaziah (Jehoahaz), 263 ff., 284
Akaba, the Gulf of, 202
_Alamoth_, set to, 104
Alexander the Great, xv, xix, xlix, 4
Algum trees, 174, 204
Aliens in Israel, 98, 120, 134, 173, 176, 312
Altar of incense, the, 139, 162, 185, 289
Altar-pillars, 83, 224, 313
Amaziah, 279 ff.
Ambushment, 223, 254
Amen, 111, 115
Amerce, 346
Ammon, Ammonites, 121, 125 f., 249, 291 f.
Amon, King of Judah, 329
Anachronisms, 164 f., 261
Anathoth, 84
Angel, 130 f.
Antonia, the Tower of, 163
Apes, 206
Arabians, 1, 238, 287; invasion by, 226, 262 f.
Aram (= Syria), 9, 17, 119, 122
Aramaic, 9, 321
Ariel, 83
Ark, the, 94 ff., 101 ff., 186 ff., 339
Armourbearer, 74
Asa, 223 ff.
Asaph, 42 ff., 103, 107, 112, 145, 188
Ascent of the sepulchres, the, 324
Ashdod, 287
Asherim (Ashērah, Ashērim, Ashēroth), 224, 231, 237, 247, 277, 313, 320, 325 f., 331
Ashtaroth (Ashtoreth), 49, 75
Asshur-bani-pal, 6, 317, 327
Assyria, Assyrians, 8 f., 297 ff., 316 ff., 327
Assyrian monuments, 122, 206, 317, 320, 327
Athaliah, 266 ff.
Attent (=attentive), 194
Augury, 325
_‘azārāh_, 184, 250 f.
Azariah, another name for Uzziah, 23, 285
Azariah the prophet, li, 228 ff.
Baal (Baalim), use and disuse of the title, 22, 31, 59, 63, 180, 236, 275; the house of, 272; altars of, 325, 331
Babylon, 327; kings of, 351
Bädeker, _Palestine_, referred to, 32, 34, 47, 50, 57, 96, 99, 119 f., 150, 199, 211, 231 ff., 250, 264, 266, 287, 291, 297 f., 318, 320, 323
Balsam trees, 100
_bāmōth_, 231, 320
_bānāh_, 211
Barnes, W. E., referred to, lx; (in _Expositor_), 78, 81; (in _Expository Times_), 118; (on Kings), 172, 185, 240, 285, 293, 322; (in _Journal of Theological Studies_), 180
Bashan, 35
_Bath_ (a measure for liquids), 175, 182
Bearers, 173, 176
Beauty of holiness, 110, 254
Beer-sheba to Dan, 128, 308
_bĕgādim_, 335
Belial, sons of, 219
Ben-hadad, 233
Benzinger, I., referred to, xxxiii, 238, 307
Beracah, valley of, 255
Beth-Dagon, 75
Beth-el, 57, 222
Beth-horon, 49, 199
Beth-shean (Beth-shan), 58, 75
Beth-shemesh, 47, 283, 298
Bezalel, 17, 170
_bīrāh_, _bīrāniyyōth_, 163, 238
Bliss, Dr, _Excavations at Jerusalem_, 318 f.
Boaz, 180
Book of the law, _see_ Law
Brasen altar, the, 180 f., 196, 201
Brasen sea, the, _see_ Sea
Brass, 118
Brook of Egypt, 196
Brother (= fellow-tribesman), 88
Burning for the dead, 235, 263
Burning of the dead, 76
Burnt offerings, 106, 141, 195, 306, 313
Cadytis, 344
Cake of raisins, 107
Caleb (Chelubai), 15 f., 19, 27
Calebites, 16 ff., 19 f., 154
Canaan, 6
Candlesticks, the golden, 183
Captivity, the, 351
Caravans, halting stations of, 21
Carchemish, 172, 344
Carites, _see_ Cherethites
Carmel, 85, 288
Castles, 163, 238, 291
Caterpillars, 192
Causeway leading to the Temple, 150
Cedars, 173 f., 207
Census, David’s, 31, 127 f., 155 f.
Chaboras, the river, 122
Chaldees, Chaldeans, 9, 350
Chambers, 70 f., 315
Champions, Philistine, 126 f.
Chapiters (= capitals), 179, 184
Chapman. _Introduction to the Pentateuch_, xiii _note_, 12, 338
Chapmen, 204
Chariot cities, 30, 171, 200, 206
Chariots and horsemen, 122 f., 171, 206
Cherethites (Carites), 120, 167, 267, 273
Cherubim, 162, 178 f.
Child-sacrifice, 293
Choir, 138
Chronicler, the, characteristic treatment of subjects by, xxxviii ff., 11, 25, 37, 38, 73, 77, 87, 92, 95, 97, 98, 100, 105, 106, 114, 117, 121, 124, 127, 128, 133, 153, 167, 173, 191, 195, 200, 214, 217, 218, 222, 223, 225, 229, 237, 238, 256, 274, 275, 276, 278, 280, 283, 284, 289, 292, 297, 300, 301, 308, 326, 330, 333, 352; facts omitted by, xliv f., 22, 33, 73, 76, 77, 106, 114, 116, 117, 121, 125, 126, 167, 173, 200, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 223, 256, 273, 325, 329, 330, 346, 347, 348, 349
Chronicles, the, relation of, to Ezra and Nehemiah, xvi f.; date and authorship of, xvii ff. contents of, xxiv ff.; the sources of, xxix ff.; the historical value of, xlii ff.; the religious value of, liv ff.; name and position of, in the Canon, lvi ff.; text and versions of, lviii f., and _see_ under “Text,”; recent literature on, lix f.
Cities, fortified, 211, 215, 224
City of palm trees, 297
Commandments, the Ten, 274
Conaniah, 340
Confection, 71
Congregation, 163
Coniah, _see_ Jeconiah
Cook, S. A., (on 1 Esdras), xxiii, xlvii, 339 f.; (in _Journal of Theological Studies_), xxxiv; (in _Encyclopedia Britannica_), xlvii, 52, 57; _Notes on Old Testament History_, 17; (in _Encyclopedia Biblica_), 19; (in _Expository Times_), 226, 258; (in _Jewish Quarterly Review_), 265
Cornet, 105
Coronation, 271
Corvée, 173
Courts, the Temple, 183 f., 325
Covenant, 77, 94, 113, 190, 219, 230, 336 f.
Crete, 7
Crown, 125, 270
Cubit, 177
Curtis, E. L., _Chronicles_, referred to, xvii, xxi, xxxiv, lvi, lix, 16, 38, 45, 53 f., 67, 74, 102, 104 f., 138, 140, 152, 157, 187, 235, 276, 308, 332, 342
Cush, Cushites, 6 f., 225 ff., 262
Cyprus, 5
Cyrus, xvi, xxiv _note_; rebuilding of the Temple decreed by, 351 f.
D, or “Deuteronomic” narrative, xx, 338 f.
_D_ and _R_ easily confused in Hebrew, 6, 250
Damascus (Darmesek), 116, 118, 233, 298 f.
Daric, xviii, 165
Daughters, inheritance of, 139
David, descent of, 14, 15; sons of, 21 f.; king over Israel, 76 f.; the city of, 77 f., 186, 207, 217; adherents of, in exile, 87 ff.; his dealings with the Ark, 94 ff., 101 ff., 105 f., 107; Psalm of praise of, 107 ff.; desires to build a Temple, 112 ff.; foreign wars of, 117 ff.; officials of, 120; numbers the people, 127 ff.; prepares for building the Temple, 133; charges of, to Solomon and to the princes, 133 ff., 158 ff.; organises Levites, 137 ff.; organises the priests, 141 ff.; organises the military and civil officials, 153 ff.; the blessing of, 165 f.
_dĕbhash_, 314
Debir, 47
_dĕbīr_, 178, 180
Demons (_jinn_), 213
_Dhirrīh_ (_Zirrīh_), 226
_dibs_, 314
Dittography, 22, 49, 55, 58, 116, 318
Doorkeepers (= Porters), xvi, 67 ff., 104 f., 137, 149 ff., 273
Drachma, 165
Drink offerings, 307
Dukes of Edom, 13
E, or “Elohistic” narrative, xx
Edom, 11 f., 119, 260, 281
Egypt, 172
Elephantine, Jewish Temple at, xxxviii
Eliakim, _see_ Jehoiakim
Elijah, writing of, 261
En-gedi, 250
Ephod, 106
Ephraim, 56 f.
Ephraimite mercenaries, 281
Ephron (Ephrain), 222
Eponymous ancestors, 3
Erman, _Ancient Egypt_, 157, 209, 242
Esar-haddon, 317, 327
Esdrelon (Esdraelon), 74, 171, 345
Ethan, 42 f., 103, 112, 145
Ethanim, 186
Ethiopia, Ethiopians, 6, 225 ff., 262
Eunuch, 159, 241
Euphemisms, 114, 258, 266, 277, 289
Euphrates, 116 ff., 122, 206, 344
Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk), 347, 351
Ezekiel (Jehezkel), 143
Ezion-geber, 202, 258
Familiar spirits, 325
Fasting, 76, 250
Father (= eponymous ancestor), 18; as a title of honour, 175
Fathers’ houses, xvii, 34, 52
Feast of dedication, the, 195 f.
Feast of harvest, the, _see_ Feast of weeks
Feast of tabernacles, the, 186, 196 f.
Feast of unleavened bread, the, 310
Feast of weeks, the, 230, 314
Fir trees, 174
Folds, 323
Foreigners, _see_ Aliens
Fortresses, 211, 224
Gad the seer, 130, 168, 305
Gates of the Temple, 68, 268 f., 272 f., 291
Gehenna (Gē-ben-hinnōm, Gē-hinnōm), 293
Genealogical Table of the Nations, 2 ff.
Genealogies, a prominent feature in Chronicles, xvi, xlvii; the practical purpose of, 1 f.
Genealogy, reckoning by, xvii, 35, 217
Genesis, stylistic similarity of Chronicles to, 27
Gezer, 49, 199 f., 224
Giant, 126 f.
Gibeon, 169, 171
Gihon, the spring of, 323 f.
Gilboa, campaign of, 73 f.
Gilead, 17, 34 f.
Gimirrai, 4
Goliath, 126 f.
Governor of the city, 332
Governors, 205
Habor, 37
Hadarezer (= Hadadezer), 117, 124
Hadoram (Adoram, Adoniram), 210
Hagrites, 34, 36
Hamath, entering in of, 96, 196; (= modern Hama), 117, 119
Hamath-zobah, 199
_ḥamman_ 224
Hanani the seer, 234
Handcock, _Latest Light on Bible Lands_, 317, 320, 327
Hanoch (Ḥanôkh) (= Enoch), 2, 11, 33
Harps, 96 f., 188
_ḥāṣer_, _ḥăṣêrîm_, 31, 184, 250 f.
_hăṣōṣĕrāh_, 230
Havvoth-Jair, 17 f.
Heart, the, considered as the seat of the mind, 113, 189, 220
Heaven, 296, 321
_ḥebel_, 108
He-goats (= _jinn_), 213
Heman, 42 f., 103, 112, 145, 188
Hercules, the temple of (Melkart), 180
Herodotus referred to, 4, 180, 317, 320, 344
Heroes, list of, 79 ff.
_hēykāl_, 163, 348
Hezekiah, 300 ff.; the great Passover of, 308 ff.; the prayer of, 321
_ḥidoth_, 203
High places, 169, 171, 223, 231, 236, 256, 320
High-priests, list of the, 37 ff.
Hilkiah the priest, 337 ff.
Hinnom, the valley of the son of, 293, 325
Hiram, _see_ Huram
Hittites, 8, 172, 200
Hivites, 8
Hogarth, _Authority and Archaeology_, 317, 322, 327
Hogg, (in _Encyclopedia Biblica_), 31; (in _Jewish Quarterly Review_), 60; (in _Expositor_), 308
Hölscher, _Palästina_, xlviii, 20, 229, 309
Holy of Holies, the, 161, 178, 183
Holy place, the, 141, 177
_ḥōmer_, 175, 291
Honey, 314
Hooks, used by Assyrians, 327
Horn, lift up the, 147
Host of God, the, 91
Host of heaven, the, 243, 325
Houghed (= hamstrung), 117
House (= dynasty), 114
House of the forest of Lebanon, 205
Houses of the Temple, 161, 164, 333
_ḥōzai_, 329
Huldah, the prophecy of, 336
Huram (artificer), 175, 184
Huram (king), 98, 173 ff., 184, 198 f., 202
Iddo, 207, 217, 223
Idols, _see_ Asherim
Incense, 201, 221, 289, 291
Instruments, musical, 96 f., 138, 196, 305, 311
Ionians, 4
Isaiah, 290, 320 f.
Israel, (= laymen), 64; (= the covenant-people), 210 f.
J, or “Jahvistic” narrative, xx, 2
Jachin, 180
Jahaziel, the prophecy of, 252 f.
Jashar, the Book of, xi, 189
Javan (= the Ionians), 4
Jebusites, 8, 177, 200
Jeconiah (Coniah, Jehoiachin), 23, 348 f.
Jeduthun, 42, 112, 145, 188
Jehoahaz, _see_ Ahaziah
Jehoahaz (Shallum), 346 f.
Jehoiachin, _see_ Jeconiah
Jehoiada, 153, 273 f.
Jehoiakim (Eliakim), 347 f.
Jehoram, 258 ff.
Jehoshaphat, xlix ff., 235 ff.
Jehu the prophet, 246 f.
Jerahmeel, Jerahmeelites, 18 f.
Jeremiah, 345
Jericho, 297
Jeroboam, 208, 210, 218 ff.
Jerome, St, lvi, lix, 338
Jerusalem, 78, 171, 217; destruction of, 349 ff.
Jezreel, 264
_jihād_, 221
Joab, 78 f., 119, 123, 125, 128 f.
Joash, King of Israel, 282 f.
Joash, King of Judah, 273 ff.
Joppa (Jaffa), 176, 287
Josephus, _Antiquities of the Jews_, xix, 5; _War of the Jews_, 277
Josiah, 329 ff.; celebration of the Passover by, 310, 330, 339 ff.; lamentations for, 345 f.
Jotham, 291 f.
Jozabad, 340
Justice, administration of, 171, 237, 247 f.
Karnak, the temple of, 180, 214
Kassite dynasty, the, 7
_ḳĕdēshim_, 331
_ḳeṣeph_, 247, 249, 277, 323
Kidron, the brook, 231, 303
King’s friend, a title, 157
_kinnōr_, 97
Kinship, traced through the mother, 16
Kiriath-jearim, 94, 170
Kiriath-sepher, 47
Kirkpatrick, (on 1 Samuel), 99; (on Psalms), 110; (on 2 Samuel), 116, 120
Kition, 5
Kittel, R., referred to, xxxiii, lx, 238, 307, 316
_kiyyōr_, 190
Knops, 182
_ḳōnēn_, 345
_kōr_ (_kōrīm_), 175, 291
Korah, Korahites, 43, 253 f.
Koran, the, referred to, 197
Kuë, 172
Lachish, 260, 285, 319 f.
Lamentations, 345 f.
Lavers, the, 182
Law, book of the, discovery of the, 332, 334, 337 ff.
Leprosy, 289
Levi, sons of, 37 ff.
Levites, xvi, 51 f., 70, 186 f., 307, 312; the cities of the, 46 ff.; duties of the, 71 f., 140 f.; David’s organisation of the, 137 ff.; families of the, 144 f.; help to cleanse the Temple, 303
Levy, 173
Libnah, 47, 260
Libyans, 7, 215
Lots, drawing of, 143, 148
Lowland, _see_ Shephelah
Lubim, 215, 226, 234
Lydians, 7, 9
Maacah, 56, 122
Maacah (Micaiah), daughter of Absalom, 213 compare 218; Queen-mother, 230
Macalister, R. A. S., _The Philistines_, 7; _Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement_, 28, 31, 32; _The Excavation of Gezer_, 49; _Bible Side-lights from the Mound of Gezer_, 199, 224
Machir, 17
Magdolus, 344
_māgēn_, _māginnōth_, 205, 323
Magog, 4
Manasseh, 325 ff.; the prayer of, 328
Mareshah, 225 ff., 258
_maṣṣēbāh_, _maṣṣēbōth_ 180, 224
Meal-offering, 132, 141, 196
Medes (Madai), the, 4
Megiddo, 58, 266, 345
_Megillōth_, lvii
Mesopotamia, 122
Meunim, 32, 249, 251, 260, 287
Micaiah, the prophecy of, 240 ff.
Michal, 105 f.
Midianites, the, 11
_midrash_, xxxi _and note_, xlvi, xlix, 223, 279
Midrashic narrative, characteristics of, xlix; in sources of Chronicles, xxxii; exemplified in Chronicles, 136, 217 f., 225, 239, 249, 294
_migdānōth_, 259, 323
Millo, 79, 319
_mishkān_, 94 f., 274
_mishma‘ath_, 83
_Mishōr_, 288
Miṣraim (= Egypt), 6, 19, 172
_mizlāgōth_, 184
_mizrāḳōth_, 184
Moab, 116 f.
Moabites, invasion by, 249 f.
Molech (Malcam, Milcom), 125, 293
Mount Gerizim, Samaritan Temple on, xxi, xxxviii
Mount Moriah, 176
Mount Seir, 32, 251, 281
Mount Zion, xxxviii f.
Mulberry trees, 100
Music, the Levitical service of, lii, 305 f.
Musical guilds, xxiii, 145, 333
Muski, 5
Muṣri, 19, 172
Nabonidus (Nabu-na’id), 344, 351
Nabopolassar, 344, 350
Nabulus, 49
_nāgīd_, 33, 92, 295
_naḥal_, 252
Names, significant, 24, 145 f.; lists of, in oriental Histories, 1 f., 79
Nathan the prophet, 113, 168, 207, 305
Navy, 206
_nēbhel_, 96 f.
Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar), 347 f., 351
Neco I and II, 327, 336, 343 f.
_nēr_ (_nīr_), 259
Neriglissar (Nergalšar-uṣur), 351
Nethinim, 65, 137
New Testament (passages of) referred to: Matthew i. 3‒6, 15 Matthew i. 7, 23 Matthew v. 22, 293 Matthew v. 39, 244 Matthew xxiii. 35, lviii, 277 Matthew xxv. 15, 290 Mark ii. 26, 102 Mark ix. 43, 293 Mark xi. 2, 7, 96 Mark xvi. 1, 235 Luke i. 5, 143 Luke i. 7, 266 Luke ii. 36, 335 Luke iii. 31, 22 Luke vii. 44‒46, 297 Luke xi. 51, 277 Luke xii. 55, 192 Luke xv. 18, 21, 296, 321 Luke xix. 4, 172 John i. 45, 16 John iii. 27, 296 John xi. 54, 222 John xii. 3, 7, 235 John xviii. 1, 303 John xix. 39, 40, 235 Acts vii. 60, 278 Acts viii. 40, 287 Acts ix. 32, 27 Acts xii. 1, 228 Acts xii. 21, 159 Acts xii. 23, 222 Acts xiii. 2, 138 Acts xxi. 37, 163 Acts xxii. 24, 163 Romans i. 1, 138 Romans xi. 2, xxxii Galatians i. 15, 138 2 Thessalonians ii. 11, 243 1 Timothy iii. 15, 114 Hebrew ii. 16, 297 1 John i. 9, 215 Revelation ii. 20, 335 Revelation xxi, 12‒16, 182
Nimrod, 7
Nineveh, 327
Nisan, the first month, 89, 301, 310, 339
Nobles, the, 273
Numbering of the people, _see_ David
Numbers high in Chronicles, xlix, 92, 133, 135 ff., 164 f., 178, 195, 204, 210, 218 f., 221 f., 225 f., 239, 281, 294
_ōb_, 325
Obelisk of Shalmaneser II, 122, 206
Oblations (_tᵉrūmāh_) 314
Obsolete English words: At (after verbs of asking), 241 Grave (verb = carve), 174 Magnifical, 134 Play (= dance), 96, 106 Polls (= heads), 137 Skill (verb), 174, 333
Oded, 229, 295 f.
_ōhel_, 197, 274
Omar, the Mosque of, 181
_‘ōnēn_, 325
Onyx, 164
Ophel, 291, 328
Ophir, 164, 202, 257
Oracle, the, 180, 185, 187
Ornan, 131, 177
Osorkon, 226
Overseers, 173, 176, 333
P, or “Priestly” narrative, xx, 2 f.
_paḥōth_, 205
Palace, the, 163, 166
Palmyra, 199
Paphos, the temple of, 180
Parbar, 151
Parvaim, 178
Passover, the, of Hezekiah, 308 ff.; of Josiah, 310, 320, 339 ff.
Pelethites, 120, 167
Pentateuch, the, xiv, xx, 238, 337 ff.
Perfect heart, a, 93, 160, 165 f., 231, 248
Pestilence, 130 f.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders, _History of Egypt_, 226, 344
Philistines, the original seats of the, 7; war with the, 74, 99 ff., 126, 286 f., 297; invasion by, 262 f.
Phinehas, 69
Phœnician language, 173
Physicians, 235
Pillar, 271
Pillars (Jachin and Boaz), 179 f., 184
Plague, 193
Play on words, 15, 57, 254, 282
Poll-tax, 274, 347
Porch of the Temple, 177
Porters, _see_ Doorkeepers
Posts (= runners), 309
Precious stones, 178
Priesthood, the double, 102, 167
Priests, 51 f., 303, 307, 312 ff.; courses of, 66; sons of the, 71; David’s organisation of the, 141 ff.
Princes of the sanctuary, 142
Princes of the tribes of Israel, 155
Prophetess, 335
Psaltery, 96, 103, 146, 188, 204
Psalms xcvi, cv, cvi, 107
Pul, 34, 37
Punt (Put), 6
Rabbah, 121, 125
Ramoth-gilead, 51, 240, 245
Rechabites, the, 21
Recorder (= chronicler), 120, 332
Rehoboam, 211 ff.
Rephaim, 126 f.; valley of, 81, 99
Rhodians, 5
River, the (= the Euphrates), 13, 206
Robertson Smith, W., _Old Testament in the Jewish Church_, 16; _Religion of the Semites_, 83, 180, 213, 219, 224
Robinson’s Arch, 150
Ruler of the house of God, the, 66, 315, 340
Ryle, _Genesis_, referred to, 2 f., 6; (on Ezra and Nehemiah), 143, 163, 273, 296, 334 f.; _Prayer of Manasses_, 328
Sabbath, 351
Sackcloth, 131
Sacrifice, consumed by fire from heaven, 195; daily morning and evening, 141, 276; sevenfold, made by Hezekiah, 304; of thank offerings and burnt offerings, 306 f.; of peace offerings, 106, 132, 307, 328
St Mary’s Well, 323 f., 327
Salt, covenant of, 219; the valley of, 119, 281
Samaria, 266, 309
Samaritan schism, the, xxi, xxxviii
Samuel, the descent of, 41; the seer, 70, 168, 234
Sargon, 309, 317
Satan (= the Adversary), 128
Saul, genealogy of, 62 f., 72; defeat, death and burial of, 73 ff.
Saws, 126
Scorpion, 209
Scribe, 120, 142, 157
Sea of the Temple, the, 119, 181 f., 184, 300
Seer, 70, 168, 234
Sennacherib, threatened invasion by, 316 ff.
_sēpher hattōrah_, 338
Septuagint, the, version of Chronicles, lviii f.
Shalmaneser, 122, 206, 309
Sharon, 35; the great maritime plain, 156
Sheba, 6 f.; Queen of, 202 ff.
_shēbhet_, 83
Shechem, 48, 56, 207
_shelaḥ_, 270, 319
_shĕlāṭīm_, 118, 270
Shemaiah, 210, 215
Sheminith, set to the, 104
_Shephēlāh_, 156, 172, 207, 288, 298
Shewbread, 71 f., 139, 141, 162, 174, 221, 304
Shields of gold, 118, 205, 270, 323
Shihor, brook of, 96
Shishak, invasion by, 214 ff.
Siloam, the Lower Pool of, 318
Singers, the families of the, xvi, xlii, 38, 42, 104, 145 ff., 341
_ṣinnah_, 205
_sippim_, 269
Slings, 288
Smith, G. A., _Historical Geography of the Holy Land_, 74 f., 81, 83, 171, 184, 192, 207, 212, 226, 249 f., 255, 294, 297; _Jerusalem_, 78 f., 163, 288, 291, 318 f., 324, 327; (in _Encyclopedia Biblia_), 118; _Early Poetry of Israel_, 294
Sojourners, 165 f.
Solomon, 133 ff., 160 ff.; twice crowned, 167; great sacrifice of, 169 f.; vision of, 170 f.; horses and chariots of, 171 f.; makes preparations for building the Temple, 173 ff.; begins to build the Temple, 176 ff.; brings the Ark into the sanctuary, 186 f.; blessing and prayer of, 189 ff.; the night vision of, 197 f.; cities of, 198 ff.; arrangements of, for the Temple worship, 201 f.; the fleet of, 202; the greatness of, 204 ff.
Sorcery, 325
Spices, 204, 235
Stir up the spirit, 37, 262, 352
Store cities, 233, 238
Strangers, _see_ Aliens
Suburbs, 47, 95, 212, 316
Sun-images, 224, 331
Sycomore, 156, 172, 207
Syria, Syrians, 9, 17, 116, 124; invasion by, 278
Syriac Version, the, lix
Syro-Ephraimite war, the, 294 f.
Tabali, 5
Tabernacle, 70, 94, 133, 274 f.
Tabor, 50
Tadmor, 199
Tamar, 199
_ṭaph_, 252
Tarshish (= Tartessus), 5, 54, 205 f., 257 f.
Tarsus, 5
Task-work, 126, 134, 200
Tekoa, 18, 26, 254
Tell el-Amarna letters, 5, 58, 78, 121, 212
Teman, 11
Temple, the, gates of, 68, 268 f., 272 f., 291; David’s preparations for building, 133 ff.; measurements of, 134, 177; the pattern of, 161 ff.; Solomon prepares to build, 173 ff.; description of, 176 ff.; dedication of, 186; restoration of, 274 ff.; cleansing of, 301 ff.; repair of, 332 ff.; Cyrus decrees the rebuilding of, 351 f.
Tenderhearted, 220
Tent, 69, 94, 101, 106, 186, 274
_tĕrū‘ah_, 106, 230
_tĕrūmāh_, 314
Testimony, the, 270 f., 274
Text of Chronicles, the, xxii, lviii, 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 27, 28, 35, 41, 42, 46, 49, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 68, 82, 85, 115, 182, 214, 217, 227, 248, 255, 259, 323, 336
Thistle (= thorn), 283
Threshing-floor, 97, 131 f., 242
Thucydides referred to, xlviii
Tigris, 122
Tilgath-pilneser (Tiglath-pileser), 34, 37, 292, 297 ff., 309
Times (= changes, opportunities), 93, 168
Tisri, the seventh month, 186
Tithe, 313 f.
Titus, Arch of, 230
_tōrah_, 191, 228, 338
Torrey, C. C., _Ezra Studies_, xxxiii f., xlvi, lviii, lx, 38, 218, 237, 264 f., 343, 345
Treasuries, the, 161
Trees, large, 76, 294
Tree-worship, 224
Trumpets, silver, 105, 112, 188, 196, 221, 230, 305
Tyre, 5, 8, 134
Tyrseni, 5
Uriah, 86, 120
Urim and Thummim, 99
Uzziah, 285 ff.
Valley of salt, the, 119, 281
Veil of the Temple, the, 179
Ventriloquism, 325
Vessels of gold, 185 f.
Vulgate, the, lix
Wardrobe, keeper of the, 335
Wellhausen, J., references to, lvi, lix, 20, 237, 271
Wilson’s Arch, 150
Wrath, 247, 249, 277, 323
Zadok, 39 f., 92, 102, 111, 142, 155, 167, 314
Zechariah, martyrdom of, 277
Zedekiah the king, 349 f.
Zedekiah the prophet, 242, 244
Zemaraim, the battle of, 218 ff.
Zerah the Ethiopian, 225 f.
Zidon, Zidonians, 8, 134
Ziz, 252
Zobah, 116 f., 122, 124, 199
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