Haggai, the prophet, [359].

Hanukkah == days of consecration, [473].

Hanun, the Ammonite, defeated by David, [127].
insults David's messengers, [126].

Haphtarah, [400].

Hasmonæans. See [Maccabees].
connect themselves with the Romans and Parthians against Syrians, [490].
leaders of the nation, [490].
one of the three parties in Judæa, [489].

Hathor, the Egyptian goddess, [9].

Havvoth Jair, [64].

Hazael of Damascus, invades Israel and Judah, [220] f.
's war against Israel, [210].

Hebrew alphabet, Assyrian characters of the, [395] f.
literature taken along into the captivity, [334] f.
poetry, commencement of, and two characteristics of, [29].
tongue cultivated by the Judæans in Babylonia, [364].

Hebron, Absalom rebels against David at, [139].
inhabited by the Idumæans, [474].
residence of David, [109].