Assyrians, and Babylonians, [246].
defeat Phraortes; defeated by Cyaxares, [287].
invade Samaria, [246].
Astarte worshipped by the Israelites, [77], [175], [282].
by Maachah, mother of Rehoboam, [188].
by Omri, Ahab and Jezebel, [195] ff.
by the Phœnicians, [54].
by priests in Israel, [197].
not by Judah and Simeon, [77].
worship of, abolished by Jehu, [211] ff.
worship of, re-introduced by Jeroboam II., [233].
Athaliah, Ahab's daughter, married to Jehoram of Judah, [206].
her cruelty, [213].
killed by her captains, [216].
upholds idolatry in Jerusalem, [212].
Athenion, Ptolemy's envoy to Jerusalem, [423].
Azariah, son of Zadok, the second high priest, [167], [245].
Baal, temple of, erected in Samaria by Jezebel, [197].
worshipped by the Israelites; Omri, Ahab and Jezebel, [75], [282]; [195].
worshipped by the Phœnicians, [54].
's priests killed at the command of Elijah, [197], [204].
's worship destroyed by Jehoiada, the high priest, [217].
's worship stopped by Jehu of Israel, [212].
's worship upheld by Athaliah of Judah, [212].
Baalam and Balak, [28].
Baasha, successor to Nadab, [189].