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]
I.
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]
J.
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]
K.
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]
L.
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]
M.