Aaron, 12.
called to join Moses, 15.
Aaronides, See Priests.
Abdon, the judge, 66.
Abiathar, advises Adonijah, 152.
deposed, 168.
high priest in Jerusalem, 120.
priest of Nob, flees to David, 100.
sides with David against Absalom, 141.
Abigail, wife of David, 134.
Abijah, son of Samuel, 79–80, 107.
Abijam, son of Rehoboam, 189.
Abimelech, son of Gideon, 63.
Abir == Apis, 11.
Abishai, brother of Joab, 126.
defeats the Aramæans and Idumæans, 128.
Abner, Saul's cousin and general, 84–111.
defeats the Philistines, 108.
founder of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 108 f.
murdered by Joab and Abishai, 111.
negotiates secretly with David, 110.
Abraham and his descendants, 4–6.
Absalom, avenging Tamar, kills Amnon, his half-brother, 134.
defeated and killed by Joab, 144.
intrigues against David, 136.
rebellion of, 138.
Achish, the Philistine, and David, 100.
Achitub, grandson of Eli, at Nob, 79.
Acra, fortress of, 433, 470, 477, 495, 496 and 498.
Hellenists expelled from, 523.
in the hands of Simon and called Birah, 524.
Adarsa, battle of, 485.
Adonai Zebaoth == Lord of hosts, 130.
Adonijah, acknowledges Solomon, 154.
declared king by his friends, 151.
fourth son of David, 135.
killed by Solomon through Benaiah, 160.
Adoniram, chief superintendent of Solomon, 163, 172.
killed by the Shechemites, 182.
Agag, the Amalekite, defeated by Saul, 91.
killed by Samuel at Gilgal, 93.
Ahab, Omri's son and successor, marries Jezebel, 194.
and Elijah, 202 ff.
character of, 196.
death of, 206.
takes Naboth's vineyard, 202.
war with Benhadad II., 205.
Ahaz, king of Judah, 257.
calls Tiglath-Pileser to assist him, 258.
Ahaziah, Ahab's son, king of Israel, 206–7.
Jehoram's son, king of Judah, killed by Jehu's followers, 211.
Ahijah, of Shiloh, the prophet, 175.
rebukes Jeroboam for his idolatry, 187 f.
Ahikam, son of Shaphan, 303.
Ahishar, major-domo of Solomon, 172.
Ahithophel, David's adviser, 122.
grandfather of Bathsheba, 133.
hangs himself, 143.
intrigues against David, 138.
Ai, Israelites defeated at, 33.
taken by the Israelites, 33 f.
Akko, 3.
Alcimus == Jakim, the high priest, 482–508.
returns to Jerusalem, 487.
Alexander Balas, king of Syria, 494–6.
the Great, and the Judæans, 412–15.
's successors, struggles between, 416.
Alexandria, importance of, 504.
and the Judæans, 418, 503.
Alexandrian Judæans influence those in Jerusalem, 427.
Allegorical poems of Solomon, 158.
poetry long before Solomon, 159.
Allotment of land to the tribes, 36 f.
Almsgiving among the Judæans, 393.
Alphabet, Assyrian characters of the Hebrew, 395 f.
Phœnician, 3.
Amalekites defeated by Saul, by David, 91; 107.
Amasa, Absalom's general, 143, 146.
appointed as general by David, 148.
killed by Joab, 149.
Amasis, king of Egypt, 327.
Amaziah, the high priest at Bethel, 233, 236.
Amaziah, king of Judah, 222.
defeated and captured by Jehoash, 224.
killed by conspirators, 226.
reconquers Edom, 223.
Ammon, 9.
Ammonites, after the exile, 362, 474 ff.
defeated by Jephthah, 65.
defeated by Joab, David's general, 127.
defeated by Saul, 90.
influencing the worship of the Israelites, 55.
press Israel in the days of Samuel, 80.
Amnon, seducing Tamar, is killed by Absalom, 134.
Amon, king of Judah, 285.
Amorites, 3.
Amos of Tekoa, the prophet, 235.
Amos, iv. 13; vi. 4–6; vii. 2, 5; 49, 234, 237.
Anahita == Anaitis, Persian name of Aphrodite, 408.
Anakim, aborigines of Canaan, 2.
Anarchy in Israel after Pekah's death, 263.
Anavim == "the gentle," an order, formed by Isaiah, 254, 267.
in the exile, 337.
under Manasseh, 283, 286.
Andromachus, governor of Cœlesyria, 414.
Angelology, 403.
Animal worship among the Egyptians, 9.
Anointing David as future king, 96.
Jehu as king of Israel, 210.
Joash as king of Judah, 216.
Saul as king, 83.
Solomon as future king, 153.
Antigonus and Ptolemy, 417.
Antioch founded by Seleucus, 419.
Antiochus the Great, and Egypt, 425–34.
defeated by the Romans, 434.
reconquers Judæa, 433.
Antiochus Epiphanes, 442–77.
at Jerusalem, 451.
attacks Egypt, 450, 452.
death of, 477.
persecutes the Judæans, 453, 463.
Antiochus V., Eupator, 477–82.
Antiochus VI., son of Alexander Balas, 497.
Antiochus Sidetes, brother of Demetrius II., 525.
quarrels with Simon, 528.
Apelles, the Syrian, killed by Mattathias, 459.
Aphek, battle near, 70.
Apis, the black bull, called Abir, 9.
Apollonius, killed by Judas Maccabæus, 462.
opposed by Jonathan, 496.
persecutes the Judæans, 453–4.
Apries (Hophra), king of Egypt, defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, 313.
killed by Amasis, 327.
receives the Judæan fugitives, 324.
Aradus, 3.
Aramæa. See Damascus.
Aramæans, defeated by Joab, 126 f.
Araunah (Ornah), the Jebusite, 138.
Aretas, the Nabatæan, 447, 481.
Ark of the Covenant, 23.
at Shiloh, 41.
brought to Mount Zion by David, 119 f.
brought to the temple on Mount Moriah by Solomon, 166.
captured by the Philistines, 70.
in Philistia and Kirjath-Jearim, 71–2.
Army, organisation under David, 122.
standing, under the kings, 91.
Artaxerxes (Longimanus), 366.
Artaxerxes II., and III., Judæans under, 407.
Asa, Abijam's brother, king of Judah, 189.
defeats Zerah, the Egyptian, 190.
stops the Astarte-worship, 190.
Asaph, the singer, at Jerusalem, 120 f.
Ashdod, the Ark of Covenant at, 71–2.
Asher, and Naphtali, settlement of, 37.
20 towns of, sold to Hiram of Tyre, 164.
Ashmodai, 403.
Ashmun, a Phœnician god, 54.
Assembly, the Great, 381.
Assidæans (see Chasidim), 436.
Assyria, decadence and destruction of, 287, 296, 303.
encountering Egypt, 263.
Hezekiah conspires against, 269.
Assyrian, characters of the Hebrew alphabet, 395.
help sought by Ahaz, 258.
idolatry in Israel and in Judah, 247; 260, 269, 282.
influence over Judah, 260.
Assyrians, and Babylonians, 246.
defeat Phraortes; defeated by Cyaxares, 287.
invade Samaria, 246.
Astarte worshipped by the Israelites, 77, 175, 282.
by Maachah, mother of Rehoboam, 188.
by Omri, Ahab and Jezebel, 195 ff.
by the Phœnicians, 54.
by priests in Israel, 197.
not by Judah and Simeon, 77.
worship of, abolished by Jehu, 211 ff.
worship of, re-introduced by Jeroboam II., 233.
Athaliah, Ahab's daughter, married to Jehoram of Judah, 206.
her cruelty, 213.
killed by her captains, 216.
upholds idolatry in Jerusalem, 212.
Athenion, Ptolemy's envoy to Jerusalem, 423.
Azariah, son of Zadok, the second high priest, 167, 245.
Baal, temple of, erected in Samaria by Jezebel, 197.
worshipped by the Israelites; Omri, Ahab and Jezebel, 75, 282; 195.
worshipped by the Phœnicians, 54.
's priests killed at the command of Elijah, 197, 204.
's worship destroyed by Jehoiada, the high priest, 217.
's worship stopped by Jehu of Israel, 212.
's worship upheld by Athaliah of Judah, 212.
Baalam and Balak, 28.
Baasha, successor to Nadab, 189.
Babylon, besieged and conquered by Cyrus, 344–50.
Babylon, fortified by Nebuchadnezzar, 329.
return of the Judæans from, 354.
under Cyrus, 350 ff.
under Evil-Merodach, Neriglissar and Nabonad, 331–42.
under Merodach-Baladan, Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar, 278; 296, 303.
Babylonia, Judæans in, 363 ff.
Babylonian exile of the Judæans, 329–53.
Bacchides, the Syrian, defeats and kills Judas Maccabæus at Eleasa, 486–7.
leaves the country, 492.
outrages the Judæans, 483–4.
pursues Jonathan and the Hasmonæans, 491.
Bagoas (Bagoses) at Jerusalem, 409.
Barak, the judge, defeats Sisera near Mount Tabor, 61.
Baruch collects Jeremiah's prophecies and compiles the histories, 336.
reads Jeremiah's scroll, 304.
Also see pp. 315, 320, 322, 323, 328.
Bashan, inhabitants of, aided by Judas Maccabæus, 474 f.
Bel's temple rebuilt by Alexander, 415.
Benaiah, David's leader of the Cherethites and Pelethites, 122, 126.
kills Adonijah and Joab, 160.
Benhadad I., of Damascus, defeats Omri, 195.
Benhadad II., fights against Ahab, 205.
killed by Hazael, 210.
Benhadad III., son of Hazael, besieges Samaria, 221.
defeated by Joash of Israel, 222.
Benjamin, settlement of, 38.
Benjamites, faithful to Rehoboam, 182.
pretend enthusiasm for David, 147.
side with Absalom, 139.
Bethel, Mount, 45.
Bethel, annual meetings of the people under Samuel at, 78.
bull-worship at, 186, 233.
conquered by Joshua, 34.
place of worship for the Ten Tribes, 186.
Bethel, punished for its idolatrous worship, 295.
school of the prophets at, 205, 234.
Beth-horon, victories of Judas Maccabæus at, 462, 485.
Bethshan, bodies of Saul and his sons hung up at the walls of, 104.
Beth-Zachariah, Judæans slain at, 483.
Bethzur, conquered by the Hasmonæans, 498, 523.
conquered by Lysias the Syrian, 479.
fortified by Judas Maccabæus, 473.
place of refuge for the Hellenists, 494.
Birah == Acra, which see.
Book of the Wars of God, 29.
Buildings of Solomon, 162 f.
Bull-worship of Israelites at Bethel and Dan, 186, 233.
Burnt-offerings not necessary for a pure worship, 74.
Cabiri == the mighty, seven planets worshipped by Phœnicians, 54.
Call of Moses and Aaron, 15.
Canaan, at the time of the conquest, 41.
conquered by the Israelites under Joshua, 32.
original inhabitants of, 1.
population of, at Joshua's death, 50.
Canaanising the people of Israel under Ahab and Jezebel, 197.
Canaanites == Phœnicians, 2, 54.
unite against the Israelites and Gibeonites, 34.
Canaanite remnants nearly outrooted by Saul, 94.
workmen of Solomon, building the temple, 163.
Carmel, Elijah and the priests of Baal at, 203.
range of Mount, 44.
Cendebæus, the Syrian general, 528–9.
Ceremonies observed among the Judæans, 397.
Character of Moses, 30.
Characteristics of the Prophets, 15.
Chasidim or Nazarites, 422, 436, 457, 460.
deceived and outraged by Alcimus, 483.
Chasidim, one of the three parties in Judæa, 489.
persecuted by Antiochus Epiphanes, 457.
support Mattathias, 460.
Chebel == band of associates of Samuel, 76.
Chemosh, god of the Ammonites, 55, 175.
Cherethites, 122.
Choral services at the temple, 120, 151.
Chronicles, books of, 411.
Civil war between David and Absalom, 138–145.
David and Ishbosheth, 109.
Tibni and Omri, 192.
Claims of Israel to Canaan, 4.
Climate of Canaan, 42.
Cœlesyria, province of, 414.
conquered by Ptolemy, 416.
Colonies of the Greeks in Palestine, 419.
of the Judæans in Egypt and Syria, 418, 503.
Commencement of Hebrew poetry, 29.
Coniah == Jeconiah, 306.
Conquest of Jericho and Ai, 33 f.
Consecration, days of, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, 472.
of the new walls of Jerusalem, 381.
of the people to Jehovah, 380.
of Solomon's temple, 166.
of the second temple, 359.
Council of seventy elders and Moses, 25.
of the seventy, 394, 472.
Court of the king, 91.
of Solomon, 161.
Covenant, between the Judæans and Jehovah, 380.
of the people against proselytes and intermarriages, 368.
Customs of the nations surrounding Israel, 53 ff.
Cuthæans. See Samaritans.
Cyaxares, king of Media, 287.
conquers Nineveh, 303.
Cyrene, Judæans settle in, 503.
Cyrus, conquers Babylon, 344–50.
defeats the Babylonians, 343.
king of Babylonia, 350.
king of Medo-Persia, 342.
permits the Judæans to return home, 351.
Damascus conquered by David, 127.
by Jeroboam II., 231 f.
by Rezon of Zobah, 177.
by Tiglath-Pileser, 259.
See Benhadad, Hazael and Rezin.
Dan, a place of worship for the ten tribes, 186.
Daniel, book of, 465 ff.
xii. 2; xi. 21–24; 405, 443.
Danites, settlement of the, 39.
Darius, successor of Cambyses, 359 f.
David, of Bethlehem, 95–155.
Absalom rebels against, 138.
alliance with Hiram, 118.
and Ishbosheth, 104–24.
and Nathan, 150.
anointed by Samuel, 96.
apparent traitor of his country, 100.
armour-bearer of Saul, 98.
boundaries of his kingdom, 129.
character of, 130.
defeats Moabites and Ammonites, 125.
defeats the Philistines, 116.
deludes Achish, 102.
desires to build the temple, 150 ff.
great works of, 154.
king of Judah, 106.
king of the whole country, 112.
laments over Absalom's death, 145.
marries Michal, 100.
meets Goliath, 95.
meets Saul and Jonathan, 97.
misfortunes of, 131 ff.
persecuted by Saul, 99.
returns to Jerusalem, 146.
Uriah and Bathsheba, 131.
's death, 155.
Death of Moses, 30.
Deborah, 61.
Decalogue, giving of the, 21.
importance and effect of the, 21–3.
Dedication of the new walls of Jerusalem, 381.
of the temple under Judas Maccabæus, 473.
Deity, how conceived among the Judæans, 402.
Deliverer, Moses the, of Israel, 15.
Deliverers, temporary, called Judges, 59 ff.
Demetrius, son of Antigonus, 417.
Demetrius I., 481–525.
appoints Alcimus as high priest, 483.
Demetrius II. and Alexander Balas, 494 ff.
Demetrius II., and Simon, 521, 525.
attempts bribing the Judæans, 495.
Demetrius the librarian, and the Septuagint, 514.
Depopulation of Judæa, 325.
Deportation of Israelites to Assyria, 260, 264–5.
of Judæans to Babylonia, 307, 325.
Desert, wanderings in the, 20.
Destruction of Jerusalem; its consequences, 315 ff.
Deuteronomy, book of, 289, 292.
viii. 7–9; xxxiii. 13–14; 47.
Diodotus Tryphon, 497, 525, 528 ff.
captures Jonathan, 499.
Dionysian festivals in Alexandria and Jerusalem, 428.
Disciples of Elijah, 200.
of Isaiah, 253.
of Samuel, 76.
Disintegration of the Judæans, 383, 434.
of the kingdom of Judah, 281.
of the tribes, 57.
Dispersion of the Jews, first, 227.
Disputation between Judæans and Samaritans in Alexandria, 516.
Disputes between Samuel and Saul, 92.
Divine service, 401.
Doag, leader of Saul's guard, 91.