Nathan, house of, 249.
Nathan, the prophet, 113.
and David, 132, 150.
sides with Solomon against Adonijah, 153.
National decay, 317.
Nature in Palestine, poetry of, 48.
Nazarite order instituted by Elijah, 200, 422.
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, 303–331.
and Jehoiachin, 306.
and Jehoiakim, 305–6.
and Zedekiah, 308.
appoints Gedaliah Governor of Judah, 319.
defeats Hophra, King of Egypt, 312.
subdues Judah and conquers Jerusalem, 307, 310 ff.
treats the exiles kindly, 329.
Nebuzaradan destroys Jerusalem, 315, 319, 325.
Nechalim == winter streams, 46.
Necho, son of Psammetich of Egypt, 296.
defeats Josiah at Megiddo, 297.
deposes at Riblah Jehoahaz, and appoints Eliakim king of Judah, 299.
Negeb == the arid land, 48.
Nehemiah, Artaxerxes' cup-bearer, 372.
and the great assembly, 381.
examines the genealogies to repopulate Jerusalem, 378.
fortifies Jerusalem, 374–5.
has Ezra read the law to the people, 378.
intrigued against by Sanballat, 375.
man of vigorous action, 373.
protests against enslaving the poor, 376.
returns to Artaxerxes, 383.
Nehemiah's arrival in Jerusalem, 373.
memoirs, 387–8.
second visit to Jerusalem, 385.
Neighbouring nations and the Israelites, 53–9.
Neriglissar, King of Babylon, 331–42.
Nicanor, general of Demetrius II., defeated by Maccabæus, 484.
Nob, place of worship during Samuel's time, 79.
Nob, priests of, murdered by Saul, 100.
Number of the Judæans in the exile, 332.
Number of the returning Judæans, 352.
Numbers, Book of, xi. 29, 239.
Obadiah, Ahab's palace-superintendent, 201.
the prophet, 326.
Officers appointed by Nehemiah, 382.
Olam-ha-ba == the next world, 405.
Olives, Mount of, 45.
Olympian games in Judæa, 445.
Omri, King of Israel, 192.
allied with Ethbaal of Tyre, 194.
built Samaria, 193.
Onias I., the high priest, 413.
Onias II., the high priest, 423.
Onias III., the high priest, 437.
murdered, 448.
Onias IV. in Alexandria, 505.
temple of, 508.
the first Ethnarch, 507, 522.
Onias Menelaus, 437, 447, 454, 506.
appointed high priest, 447.
combats Jason, 451.
hellenises the Judæans, 454.
maligns the law of Moses, 449.
sacrificed by Lysias, 480.
Onion in Egypt, Province of, 508, 510.
Ophir, Land of, 171.
Ophrah, Gideon's native place, 62.
Opposition of the Israelites against Moses, 15.
Opposition of Pharaoh against Moses, 16.
Original inhabitants of Canaan, 1.
Ornah, the Jebusite, 138.
Osiris, 9.
Othniel, the first warrior judge, 60.
Palace of Solomon, 168.
Palestine, Origin of the name of, 55.
Paradise == Eden, 404.
Parallelism in Hebrew poetry, 29.
Parties, the three, in Judæa at the death of Judas Maccabæus, 489.
Passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea, 18.
through the Jordan, 32.
Passover festival among the Judæans, 398.
of Josiah, 295.
Patriarchs, the, 4.
Pecht, Egyptian goddess, 9.
Pekah, the last king of Israel, 248.
Pekah, murdered by Hoshea, son of Elah, 260.
submits to Tiglath-Pileser, 260.
Pekahiah, King of Israel, murdered by Pekah, 248.
Pelethites, 122.
Pelusium besieged by Sennacherib, 276.
Penitential psalms, 337 f.
Pentapolis of the Philistines, 54 f.
Pentateuch. See Law-Book.
Perizzites, 3.
Perpetual fire, an emblem of God's presence, 24.
Persecution of the Judæans by Artaxerxes, 408.
Persecution of the prophets under Manasseh, 284.
Persian doctrines influence Hebrew religion, 403.
religion and Hebrew monotheism, 402.
Persians and Judæans, 407.
conquered by Alexander the Great, 412.
Pestilence in Israel under David, 138.
Petra, capital of the Idumæans, 222.
Pharaoh, opposition of Moses against, 16.
Philip of Macedon, 432.
of Macedonia, 411.
regent of Syria, 480.
Philistines, 54 ff.
and Goliath defeated in the valley of Tamarinths, 95–7.
and Samson, 66.
arouse Judah and Simeon, 77.
at war with David, 115.
capture the ark of the covenant, 71–2.
defeat Saul and his army on Gilboah, 103–4.
defeat the Israelites at Aphek, 70.
defeated by Azariah, 230.
defeated by David at Mount Baal Perazim, 116.
defeated by Saul at Michmash, 88–9.
oppress Israel greatly, 66, 80, 84.
remain enemies of the Judæans, 435, 467.
Philo, the elder, 517.
Philometor of Egypt, 504.
Phineas puts an end to the profligacy of the people, 29.
Phœnicia, natural wealth and resources of, 3.
Phœnicians—Canaanites, 2.
defeated by Shalmaneser, 263 f.
customs and mythology of, 54..
influencing the Israelites, 53 f.
Phraortes (Fravartch), King of Media, 287.
Pious, community of the, 436.
and worldly among the exiles, 339, 349.
Plain of Sharon, or the low country, 45.
Poetic, allegories (mashal) of Solomon, 158.
talents of David, 96.
Poetry, beginning of Hebrew, 29.
of Nature in Palestine, 48 f.
of the Exile, 340.
Polygamy indulged in by David, 161.
Saul, 95.
Solomon, 161.
Popillius Lænas, Roman deputy, 453.
Praise-songs in divine worship, 78.
Prayers prescribed among the Judæans, 398.
Priests == Aaronides.
expelled from Jerusalem take charge of the temple on Mount Gerizim, 390.
faithless to their promises, 383–4.
idolatrous, under Manasseh, 283.
in Israel, 25.
leave Jerusalem for want of support, 372.
neglected by Samuel, 79.
of Baal and Astarte in Israel, 107, 204.
provided for by Nehemiah, 382.
re-instated by Judas Maccabæus, 473.
under Ahab, 261.
under Josiah, 294.
Priesthood reorganized by Solomon, 167.
Promises of God to David, 150 f.
Promises of God to the Patriarchs, 4 ff.
Prophecy re-awakened at Samuel's time, 73.
Prophets, characteristics of the, 15.
followers of Isaiah, 253.
helping Samuel, 76.
in Bethel, Gilgal and Jericho, 205, 234.
of the Exile, 344.
persecuted by Jehoiakim, 300.
persecuted by Manasseh, 284.
trained by Elijah, 200.
Prophets under Josiah, 286, 288 f.
Prophets, Books of the, read in the temple, 400.
Prophetess Deborah, 61.
Huldah, 286.
Prophetic spirit of God, its meaning, 14.
writings, authoritative collection of, 400.
Proselytes in Ezra's opinion, 367.
made in the exile, 338, 352, 356.
Prosperity under Gideon, 63.
Jeroboam II., 231.
Solomon, 172.
Proverbs, book of, 340.
Penitential, 337.
in the exile, 340.
Psalms xxiv., 353.
lxxviii. 60–64, 71.
cii., 344.
cvii. 7 and 30, 355.
cxxii. 3–5, 121.
cxxvi., 352.
Ptolemies defeat Antiochus the Great, 426.
Judæans under the, 420.
Ptolemy I., Soter, King of Egypt, 416.
II. and the rebellious Judæans, 423.
V., Philometor, 437, 504, 506.
VI., Philopator, 425–32.
VII., Physcon, 450, 452, 506, 518.
Philadelphus and the Septuagint, 514.
Ptolemy ben Habub, kills his father-in-law, Simon, at Dok, near Jericho, 530.
Pul of Assyria invades Samaria, 246.
Pulpit oratory, origin of, 514.
Purification laws, 401.
Pydna, battle of, 453.
Rabbath-Ammon conquered by David-Joab, 128.
conquered by Judas Maccabæus, 474.
Rab-shakeh, Sennacherib's official sent to Hezekiah, 274.
Ramah, conquered and fortified by Baasha, 191.
Samuel in, 75.
Ramoth-Gilead, conquered by Benhadad II., 205.
Razim == royal couriers, 91.
Red Sea, passage of the, 18.
Rebuilding of the temple, 356–9.
Regicides in Israel, 189, 192, 211, 243, 244, 245.
Rehoboam succeeds his father Solomon, 179.
ten tribes secede at Shechem from, 180.
treaty with Tabrimon of Damascus, 183.
Relapse into idolatry shortly after giving the decalogue, 23.
Religion in the kingdom of Judah, 188.
in the kingdom of the ten tribes, 185.
Religious reformation of the Judæans in Babylonia, 363.
revival in Jerusalem under Joash, 217.
schools among the Judæans, 396.
Repetition, a characteristic of Hebrew poetry, 29.
Rephaim, aborigines of Canaan, 2.
Repopulation of Jerusalem, 377.
Resurrection from the dead, 404.
Retribution, doctrine of, 404.
Return from the exile under Zerubbabel, 351.
Reuben settles in the trans-Jordanic territory (Gilead), 29.
Reuel, Moses' father-in-law, 14.
Revelation on Mount Sinai, 20.
Revelations to Samuel, 74.
Rezin of Damascus, 248, 257.
slain by Tiglath-Pileser, 259.
Rezon of Zobah, 177.
Riblah, encampment of Nebuchadnezzar at, 313.
Riblah, Necho at, 299.
Rizpah and the Gibeonites, 110.
coveted by Abner, 110.
Saul's concubine, 95.
Romans and Antiochus Epiphanes, 443 ff.
and Judas Maccabæus, 485.
and Perseus at Pydna, 453.
and the Judæans, 526.
defeat Antiochus the Great, 434.
support Simon, 525.
support the Hasmonæans, 490.
Ruth, book of, written against Ezra's decision on the illegality of intermarriages, 370, 411.
Sabbath, strict observance of, under Nehemiah, 386.
later observance of, 397.
Sabbatical year, 393.
Sabia (Sheba), Queen of, visits Solomon, 173.
Sacrifices among the Israelites, 24, 57.
among the Judæans, 401.
human, in Judah under Ahab, 261.
Sacrilege by Antiochus Epiphanes, 451.
Antiochus the Great and his son, 434.
Onias Menelaus, 448.
Salt sea or sea of the deep basin, 43.
Samael, the demon, 403.
Samaria, built, 193.
besieged by Benhadad III., 221 f.
capital of Cœlesyria, 414.
taken by Shalmaneser, 263 f.
Samaria, Land of == kingdom of the ten tribes, 193 ff.
after Pekah's death, 262.
colonised by Esarhaddon, 285.
invaded by Pul of Assyria, 246.
Samaritans, 285, 355.
enemies of the Judæans, 389, 410, 467.
in Alexandria oppose the Judæans, 515.
intermarry with the Judæans, 361.
interrupt the rebuilding of the temple, 357.
kill Andromachus, 414.
retain the Old Hebrew characters of the alphabet, 396.
temple of, on Mount Gerizim, 390.
Samson fights the Philistines, 66.
Samuel, Elkanah's son, 72.
anoints David, 96.
anoints Saul, 82, 90.
at discord with Saul, 92.
kills Agag at Gilgal, 93.
the second Moses, 72.
unites all the tribes, 77.
Samuel, First Book of, xiv. 12 and 45, 87, 89;
xv. 12–33, 93, 94;
xvii. 47, 130.
Sanballat attacks Jerusalem, 371.
hostile towards Judæa, 369.
intrigues against Nehemiah, 375.
leader of the Samaritans, 362.
marries his daughter to Manasseh, 383, 386, 389.
Sanctuary and temple, less important after the exile, 379.
at Jerusalem, 120 f.
at Shiloh, 41, 57.
contents of, 24.
re-opened by Hezekiah, 268.
Sarepta, Elijah at, 203.
Satan, 403.
Saul abandoned by God, 93.
at discord with Samuel, 92.
defeated by the Philistines, 103.
defeats the Amalekites, 91 f.
defeats the Ammonites, 88 f.
fights the Philistines, 85.
first king in Israel, 82–105.
kills himself, 104.
meets David, 97.
persecutes David, 99 f.
Saul's character and position, 83.
election as king confirmed, 90.
jealousy and madness, 98 f.
remains brought to Zelah, 124.
severity, 88 f.
Schools of the prophets, 205, 234.
and the Sopherim, 396.
Scopas, routed by the Syrians, 433.
takes Jerusalem, 432.
Scythians, the, 287.
Secession of the ten tribes from the house of David, 181 ff.
Seleucidæ, era of the, 417 ff.
ruling Judæa, 432.
Seleucus, 417.
II. and Hyrcanus, 438.
Sennacherib's army destroyed, 277.
war against Egypt, 273.
war against Hezekiah, 270.
Sennacherib murdered by his sons, 280.
Septuagint, the, 512 ff.
Seraiah, the high priest, 314, 365.
Service, divine. See Worship.
Settlement of the Judæans in Egypt, 503.
of the tribes in Canaan, 35 ff.
Seventy, Council of the, 394.
elders of Moses, 25 f.
Seyag == the fence around the law, 397.
Shallum, husband of Huldah, 293.
Shallum, King of Israel, 244.
Shallum, King of Judah, 298.
Shalmaneser takes Samaria and Tyre, 263 f.
Shamgar, 60.
Shaphan under Josiah, family of, 292.
Sharon, plain of, 45.
Shealtiel, King Jehoiachin's son, 342.
Sheba the Benjamite rebels against David, 148.
killed at Abel, 150.
Sheba, Queen of, visits Solomon, 173.
Shebna, Hezekiah's sochen, 268–71.
Shechariah suggests the people's covenant against proselytes and intermarriages, 368.
Shechem, 4, 36.
capital of Jeroboam, 180.
Shechemites' feud with Abimelech, 63.
Shefelah == low country, 45.
Shemaiah, the prophet, prevents a civil war between Judæans and Benjamites, 184.
Shiloh (Salem), ark of the covenant at, 41, 57.
at the time of the Judges, 69.
destroyed by the Philistines, 71.
Shimei executed by Solomon, 160 f.
of Bahurim reviles David, 142.
pretends enthusiasm for the returning king, 147.
Shir-ha-shirim == song of songs, 431.
Shishak of Egypt inimical to Israel, 176.
assists Jeroboam against Rehoboam, 184.
Shobi, Hanun's brother, assists David against Absalom, 144.
becomes king of the Ammonites, 129.
Shofetim == judges, 59.
Sidon, 3.
Sihon slain by the Israelites at Jahaz, 27–29.
Simeon and Judah assist the other tribes under Samuel, 76.
tribe of, merged in the tribe of Judah, 39.
Simon I. the Just and his descendants, 420.
improvements of, 421.
's children, 423.
Simon II., the high priest, 432.
Simon, the Benjamite, 437 f.
Simon, brother of Judas Maccabæus, 459, 461, 475, 489, 498.
and Demetrius II., 521.
at the head of the nation, 500–31.
becomes high priest, 521.
defeats the Syrians, 493.
expels the Hellenists, 523.
killed by his son-in-law, 530.
quarrels with the Syrian king, 528.
Simon's coinage, 525, 528.
league with the Romans, 525.
sons defeat Cendebæus, 529.
Sinai, Mount, 20.
Sirach, Jesus, 439.
Sisera defeated by Barak and slain by Jael, 61.
Sochen == superintendent of the palace, 249, 268.
Solomon, and queen of Sheba, 173–4.
anointed king during David's lifetime, 153.
author of allegorical poems, 158.
causes the murder of Adonijah and Joab, 160.
David's successor, 153.
discontent of tribes against, 174.
king over Israel, 156–78.
Solomon's buildings, 162.
children, 177.
choice of wisdom, 158.
court, 161.
death, 177.
fleet, 170.
greatness, 156.
temple, 162.
weaknesses, 157.