Asa, Abijam's brother, king of Judah, [189].
defeats Zerah, the Egyptian, [190].
stops the Astarte-worship, [190].

Asaph, the singer, at Jerusalem, [120] f.

Ashdod, the Ark of Covenant at, [71][2].

Asher, and Naphtali, settlement of, [37].
20 towns of, sold to Hiram of Tyre, [164].

Ashmodai, [403].

Ashmun, a Phœnician god, [54].

Assembly, the Great, [381].

Assidæans (see [Chasidim]), [436].

Assyria, decadence and destruction of, [287], [296], [303].
encountering Egypt, [263].
Hezekiah conspires against, [269].

Assyrian, characters of the Hebrew alphabet, [395].
help sought by Ahaz, [258].
idolatry in Israel and in Judah, [247]; [260], [269], [282].
influence over Judah, [260].