[140]. Sanctuary and Sacrifice, by W. L. Baxter (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895).
[141]. Cowley and Neubauer, The Original Hebrew of a Portion of Ecclesiasticus, p. xviii.
[142]. Ham for Am or Ammon, and Zuzim for Zamzummim (Gen. xiv. 5); see my Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments, pp. 160, 161.
[143]. This probably stands for the Babylonian al-Larsa, ‘the city of Larsa.’
[144]. Contemporary Review, February 1890, p. 221.
[145]. Mesha says in the inscription (l. 8): ‘Omri took the land of Medeba, and [Israel] dwelt in it during his days and half the days of his son, altogether forty years.’ The real length of time was not more than fifteen years.
[146]. Oppert dates the reign B.C. 2394 to 2339; Sayce, B.C. 2336-2281; Delitzsch, B.C. 2287-2232; Winckler, 2264-2210; and Peiser, 2139-2084; while Hommel suggests that the compiler of the list of dynasties has reversed the true order of the first two dynasties in it, and accordingly brings down the date of Khammu-rabi or Amraphel three hundred and sixty-eight years. This would better suit the Biblical data, but so far nothing has been found on the monuments in support of the suggestion. Dr. Hales’s date for the birth of Abraham was B.C. 2153.
[147]. Zeitschrift für Aegyptische Sprache, 1889, pp. 97-105.
[148]. The ‘prince’ of Thebes who revolted against Apophis was Skenen-Ra Taa I., whose fourth successor was Ahmes.
[149]. Revue Archéologique, March 1865.