A Class-Book of Old Testament History, by Rev. G. F. Maclear

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

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

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

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

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

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

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