Sends home the two tribes and a-

half, 166.

His farewell address, 168.
Death and burial, 168.
Writings and character, 168.
Exterminating character of his
wars, 169.

Had no successor till David, 172.
Josiah, crowned in his eighth year, 260.

His piety and reforms, 260.
Slain by Pharoah-necho, 260.
Jotham escapes from Abimelech, 183.
His cutting parable, 183.
Jotham (king of Judah) succeeds
Uzziah, and defeats the Ammonites,

255.

Judah, his history, 63.

Tribe of, their presidency, 172.
Kingdom of, its commencement,

238.

Taken into captivity, 261.

Restored by order of Cyrus, 362.
Judges, time of, 172-194.

Keturah, Abraham's second wife, 57.
Korah rebels against Moses, 126.
Koran, has no claim to inspiration, 4.

Laban, brother to Rebekah, 57.

His avaricious conduct towards
Jacob, 60.

Hotly pursues Jacob, 61.
Accuses him of having stolen his
idols, 61.

Lamech, the first polygamist, 27.
Language, confusion of, 47.
Leah becomes Jacob's wife, 60.

Her children, 61.
Levitical, see Mosaical Rites.
Light, created on the first day, 16.
Longevity of the Antediluvians, 28.
Lot accompanies Abraham, 48.

Separates from him, 49.

Taken captive and rescued, 50.
Entertains two angels, 52.
Flees from Sodom, 53.
His wife's punishment, 53.
Dwells in a cave, 54.

His children, Moab and Ammon, 54.

Malachi, his tribe and birth place, 374.
Period and style of his prophecies,
374.

Substance of them, 374.
Mamre, a plain in which Abraham
dwelt, 49.

Original simplicity and purity,

18, 21.

Manoah, the father of Samson, 186.
Marriage, its institution, 21.
Medad prophecies in the camp, 130.
Melchisedec blesses Abraham, 50.
Menahem slays Shallum, 255.

Is invaded by Pul, 255.

Merab is denied to David, 202.
Merodach-Baladan congratulates He-
zekiah, 259, 296.

Micah sets up idolatry, 174.
Micah, (prophet,) period of his minis-
tration, 267.

Character of his predictions, 267.
Michal is married to David, 202.

Her stratagem to secure his safe-
ty, 203.

Contempt of David, and punish-

ment, 216.

Miriam watches the fate of Moses, 110.
Depreciates Moses' character, and

is punished, 125.

Moon, created on the fourth day, 17.
Morals, revelation the only standard
of, 2.

Mordecai, the guardian of Esther, 388.
Exposes a conspiracy, 389.

Refuses to pay court to Haman,
389.

His honour and promotion, 391,

392.

Moses Flees to Midian, 112.

Marries Jethro's daughter, 112.
Composes the Pentateuch, 112.
Converses with God at the burn-
ing bush, 113.

Receives a divine commission, 113.
Returns to Egypt, 114.

His danger on the way, 114.
Interview with Pharoah, 116.
Grows unpopular with the Israel-
ites, 116.

Inflicts ten plagues, 117–121.
Leads Israel out of Egypt, 122.
Divides the Red Sea, 123.
Heals the bitter water, 123.
Goes up to mount Sinai, 123.
Is sent down to the people, 124.
Breaks the tables of the law, 124.
Re-ascends Sinai, and receives
two other tables, 125.
Erects the tabernacle, 125.
Sends out twelve spies, 126.
Turns back from the borders of
Canaan, 126.

Is rebelled against by Korah, 126.
Witnesses Aaron's deposition and
decease, 127.

Erects a brazen serpent, 127.
Overcomes Sihon and Og, 128.
Is warned of his death, 128.
Appoints Joshua his successor, 128.
Final exhortation and warning,

129.

Ascends mount Nebo, and dies,
129.

His fidelity as a historian, 8.
Character, 129.
Celebrity, 130.

Difficulties, 131.
Miracles, 132.

Proofs of his divine mission, 131.
Bishop Warburton's hypothesis,

134.

Proofs from paganism, &c. 135.

Naaman healed by Elisha, 250.
Nabal, his churlishness and death,
209.

Nabopolassar resigns in favour of Ne-
buchadnezzar, 296.

Naboth murdered by order of Jezebel,

246.

Nahum, period of his ministry, 268.

Foretells the ruin of Nineveh, 268.
Sublimity of his writings, 268.

Naomi, her history, 179.
Nathan reproves David, 219.

| Nations, difficulty of accounting for
their origin, 47.
Nazarite, law of, 186.
Nebuchadnezzar marries the daughter
of Astyages, 295.

Succeeds to the united monarchies
of Assyria and Babylon, 296.
Renders Jehoiakim tributary, 261.
Takes Daniel captive, 297.
Fortifies and ornaments Babylon,
297.

Has a remarkable dream, 297.
Confers honour on Daniel, 297.
Chastises Jehoiakim, 298.
Deposes Jehoiachin, and takes
him to Babylon, 261.

Places Zedekiah on the throne of
Judah, 261, 298.

Marches against Judah and Egypt,

Nod, the country in which Cain settled,

27.

Obadiah conceals an hundred pro-
phets, 243.

Interview with Elijah, 243.

64.

Prophet, the disobedient prophet, 239.
Prophets, their supposed order, 378.
Pul, invades Israel, 255.

cerning him, 372.

Predicts the destruction of Edom,

372.

Her negotiations with Leah, 61
Steals her father's gods, 61.

Her death, 62.

Pharoah, his cruelty to the Hebrews, 109.
Refuses to comply with Moses'
demand, 115.

His heart hardened, 116.

Sends for Moses, 120.

Suffers the Hebrews to depart, 122.
Pursues the Hebrews-his host
drowned, 123.

Pharoah's daughter saves Moses, 110.
Pharoah-hophra retreats before Nebu-
chadnezzar, 299.
Pharoah-necho slays Josiah, 260.

Deposes Jehoahaz, and makes
Jehoiakim king, 261.
Polygamy, its introduction, 27.
Population in the time of Cain, 26.

Is invaded by Shishak, 240.
Resurrection of the body, 99.
Reuben, his intention to rescue Joseph,
63.

Revelation, necessity of, 1.

The only standard of morals, 2.
Rezin, his confederacy against Ahaz,255.
Rezon, captain of a lawless bandit, 236.

Founds a kingdom, and harasses
Solomon, 236.

Ruth marries Mahlon, 179, 383.
Becomes a proselyte, 383.
Accompanies Naomi into Israel,
384.

Her pious decision, 384.

Gleans in the field of Boaz, 384.
Acts under Naomi's instructions,
385.

Is married to Boaz, 385.
The ancestress of David, 385.

Sabbath, its institution, 19.

Jewish Sabbath, 147.
Sabeism, not image-worship, 102.
Sacred biography, its honesty, 8.

Sacred history, its claims and uses, 1.
Forms a part of revelation, 1.
Its inspiration, 4.

Collateral evidences to its truth, 7.
Is a clue to all ancient history, 7.
Its fidelity, 8.
Frankness, 9.

Rules for testing it, 10.
Its characteristics, 10.

Admits not of degrees of credibi-
lity, 13..

Its evidence, 13.

Its knowledge of the heart, 14.

Sacred historians, scribes to the Great
Narrator, 5.

Their character, 5.

Sacrifice, universal, 3.

Its antiquity, 145.
Divine origin, 34.
Expiatory character, 45.
Natural idea of it, 145.

Samaria founded by Omri, 242.

Destroyed by Shalmaneser, 257.
Samaritans, their origin, religion, and
civil policy, 257.

Samson, his birth foretold, 186.

Is born and devoted to God, 186.
Loves a Philistine woman, 186.
Kills a lion, 186.

His riddle and forfeit, 187.
Destroys the Philistines' standing
corn, 187,

Slays 1000 men, 187.
Removes the gates of Gaza, 188.
Betrayed by Delilah, 188.
Imprisoned at Gaza, 189.

Pulls down Dagon's temple, and
dies, 189.

Samuel, his birth and consecration, 190.
A divine communication made to
him, 190.

Resorted to as a prophet, 191.
Establishes schools for the pro-
phets, 191.

Makes his sons judges, 192.
Anoints Saul, 192.

Resigns the government, 193.
Rebukes Saul, and slays Agag, 193.
Anoints David, 193.

Retires to Naioth, and dies, 193.
His character and writings, 194.
Sanballat thwarts Nehemiah's proceed-
ings, 367.

Saosduchinus succeeds Esar-haddon,
294.

Sarah, daughter of Terah and wife of
Abraham, 48.

Sarah, her faith, 380.

Her beauty and exposure to danger,

49.

Her prevarication, 380.

Gives Hagar to Abraham, 51.
Quarrel with Hagar, 380.

Her name changed from Sarai to
Sarah, 52.

Chided for her unbelief, 52.
Enraptured at the birth of Isaac,

381.

Insists on Hagar and Ishmael's
expulsion, 55, 381.

Decease, 56, 381.

Saul comes to Samuel, 192.

His election, 192.

Succours Jabesh Gilead, 192.
His disobedience, 193.

Reproved by Samuel, 193.

His affliction, 197.

Sends for David, 197.

Goes out against the Philistines,
199.

Permits David to encounter Goli-
ath, 199.

His envy of David, 201.

Refuses to give him Merab, 202.
Seeks to slay him, 201, 203.
Destroys the priests, 207.
Pursues David, 208.
Is spared by him, 208.
Consults a witch, 210.
Commits suicide, 211.

Conduct of the men of Jabesh, 211.
Scripture, its province in matters of
reason and faith, 12.

Its own interpreter, 10, 150.
Sennacherib invades Jerusalem and is
overthrown, 259, 276.

Seraiah slain by Nebuchadnezzar, 360.
Ancestor of Ezra, 360.
Serpent, its original beauty, 23.
His speech, 24,

Seduces Eve and is doomed, 23, 24.
The brazen serpent, 127.
Serpent worship, 127.

Seth the son given instead of Abel, 26.
His descendants' piety and subse-
quent declension, 28.
Shadrach, one of Daniel's friends, 297,
310.

His deliverance, 301, 312.
Shallum slays Zechariah, 255.

Is killed by Menahem, 255.
Shalmaneser invades Israel, 257.

Leads captive the ten tribes, 257.
Succeeds Tiglath-pileser, 293.

Shunamite entertains Elisha, 249.

Her son restored to life, 249.
Removes to a foreign country, 252.
Has her inheritance restored, 252.
Sisera, his army defeated, 179.

Is slain by Jael, 179.

So conspires with Hoshea against
Shalmaneser, 257.

Sodom, Lot removes thither, 49.
It is ravaged, 50.
Finally destroyed, 53.
Solomon, his birth, 221.

Is named by David as his succes-
sor, 225, 227.

Receives a solemn charge from
David, 225.
Crowned king, 228.

Puts Adonijah to death, 229.
Banishes Abiathar, 229.

Commands Joab and Shimei to be
slain, 229.

Marries Pharoah's daughter, 229.
Composes the Canticles, 230.
His sacrifice, dream, and choice,
230.

Wise judgment, 230.
Prosperity of his kingdom, 230.
Friendship with Hiram, 231.
Builds the temple, 232.

Fortifies Jerusalem, 234.

Multiplies chariots, and extends

Solomon, his adversaries, 236.
Repentance uncertain, 237.
Age and death, 237.
Collateral evidences of his history,
235.

Spies, sent out by Moses, 126.
Their return and report, 126.
Sent out by Joshua, 158.
Concealed by Rahab, 158.
Covenant with her, 159.

Their faithfulness, 160.
Stars, created on the fourth day, 17.
Sun, worshipped as Beelsamen, 44.
Superstition, fear of the gods, 137.
Synagogues, their origin, 365.

His defection, 235.

254.