Aaron, 54, 69; makes a golden
calf, 70; seditious conduct of,
73; God's choice of the family
of, 77; excluded from Canaan,
77; his death, 78.
Abanah, 212.
Abarim, 81.

Abdon, judgeship of, 111.
Abed-nego, 254; is cast into the
furnace, 258.

Abel, birth of, 8; murder of, 8.
Abel of Beth-maachah, siege of,
169.

Abel-beth-maacah, 221, 226.
Abel-mizraim, 50.

Abiathar, 142, 161; joins the
conspiracy of Adonijah, 171;
deposed from being high
priest, 175.

Abiezer, 105.

Abigail, 145.

Abijah, son of Samuel, 125.
Abijah, son of Jeroboam, 190.
Abijah, son of Rehoboam, see
Abijam.

Abijam, son of Rehoboam, his
reign, 224; his
war with
Jeroboam, 224.
Abimelech, king of the Philis-
tines, 25.

Abimelech, son of Gideon, 106,
108.

Abinadab, 124.

Abinadab, son of Jesse, 133.
Abinadab, son of Saul, 149.
Abinoam, 98.
Abiram, 75.

Abiram, son of Hiel, 194.
Abishag the Shunammite, 171.
Abishai, 145, 151; saves the life

of David, 155; subdues the
Edomites, 156; defeats the
Ammonites at Medeba, 157;
desires to kill Shimei, 162.

CARTER

Adam, creation of, 7.
Adam, city of, 85.
Adar, the month, 282.
Admah, 17.

Adoni-bezek, 94.
Adoni-zedek, 90.

Adonijah, conspiracy of, 171;
submits to Solomon, 173; is
put to death, 175.

Adoniram, 182; is stoned, 188.
Adoram, see Adoniram.
Adrammelech, 240.
Adullam, cave of, 141; David re-

tires to the stronghold of, 154.
Agag, king of the Amalekites,
131; put to death by Samuel,
132.

Ahab, reign of, 193; marries
Jezebel, 193; meets Elijah,
196; is besieged in Samaria.
200; his victory over Ben-
hadad, 200; his second victory
over Ben-hadad, 201; makes
a covenant with Ben-hadad,
202; desires Naboth's vine-
yard, 202; meets Elijah, 203;

allies himself with Jehosha-
phat, 204; his death, 205.
Ahasuerus (i. e. Cambyses)
opposes the building of the
temple, 269.

Ahasuerus (i.e. Xerxes), the feast
of, 278; chooses Esther as
queen, 279; allows Haman to
plan the destruction of the
Jews, 281; accepts Esther's in-
vitation, 283; orders Haman to
honour Mordecai, 285; orders
Haman to be hanged, 285;
saves the Jews by an edict, 286.
Ahava, the river, 271.
Ahaz, son of Jotham, reign of,
234; his wars with Rezin and
Pekah, 234; seeks the aid of
Tiglath-pileser, 235; the dial
of, 241.

Ahaziah, son of Ahab, 206; his
alliance with Jehoshaphat,
228; death of, 215.
Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, reign

of, 229; allies himself with
Jehoram, king of Israel, 229.
Ahijah the Shilonite, 186; Jero-
boam's wife visits, 190.
Ahimelech, the priest, 140, 141.
Ahimelech the Hittite, 145.
Ahitub, 141.

Ahithophel the Gilonite, 160;
counsel of, 163; death of, 164.
Ai, the Israelites defeated at,
87; the taking of, 88.
Aijalon, valley of, 91.
Amalekites, defeat of the,

69

128; subjugation of the, 156;
invade Judah, 227; give gifts
to Azariah, 233; smitten by
Jotham, 234.

Amnon, murder of, 159.
Amon, 205.

Amon, son of Manasseh, reign
of, 244.

Amorites, Sihon king of the, 79.
Amos, quoted, 220.
Anak, sons of, 74.
Anath, 100.

Anathoth, 175.

Antiochus Epiphanes, 253.
Aphek, 147; Ben-hadad mustered
the Syrians at, 201.
Arabah, 85, 151, 153, 220, 250.
Arabian Peninsula, 13.
Arabians invade Judah, 229, 233.
Ararat, mountains of, 12.
Ararat, the land of, 240.
Araunah the Jebusite, the
threshing-floor of, 171.
Arioch, 256.
Ark, Noah's, 10.

Ark of the Covenant, capture
of the, 121; return of the,
123; is removed to Jerusalem,
154; described, 292.
Arnon, 79.
Aroer, 210.
Arpachshad, 14.
Arpad, 239.

Artaxerxes (i.e. Pseudo-Smer-
dis) stops the building of the
temple, 269.

Artaxerxes (i.e. Longimanus)
favours Ezra's mission, 271;
sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem,
272.
Arza, 192.

Asa, son of Abijam, reign of,
225; defeats Zerah, 225; his
wars with Baasha, 225; seeks
the aid of Ben-hadad, 225;
death of, 226.
Asahel, death of, 151.
Asaph, 273.
Asenath, 38.

Ashtaroth, 124.

Ashtoreth, 184, 245.
Asia Minor, 13.

Askelon, 95, 114, 123.

Atad, the threshing-floor of, 50.
Athaliah, 228; usurpation of,
229; death of, 230.
Atonement, the day of, 295.
Azariah, the prophet, 225.
Azariah, son of Jehoram, see
Ahaziah.

Azariah, son of Amaziah, his
reign, 233; is smitten with
leprosy, 233.

Azariah, the priest, 233.
Azariah, 254.

Azekah, 91, 134.

Beer, 107.

Beer-lahai-roi, 18.
Beeroth, 90.

Beer-sheba, the wilderness of,
21, 23, 46, 121, 125; Elijah
escapes to, 198.

Bela, 17.

Belshazzar, his feast, 262; his
death, 265.
Belteshazzar, 254.
Benaiah, 171.

Ben-hadad II besieges Samaria,
200; invades Israel, 214; his
death, 214.

Ben-hadad III, is defeated by
Jehoash, 219.

Benjamin, 31, 34, 39; Jacob's
blessing on, 50; 101.
Beracah, valley of, 227.
Besor, the brook, 148.
Beth-car, 125.

Beth-el, 16, 30, 88, 98, 125, 127
golden calf set up at, 189;
Elisha goes to, 208, 245.
Beth-horon, battle of, 90.
Beth-horon, a fortress, 178.
Beth-lehem, 111, 133, 139;
Asahel buried at, 151; Well
of, 154.
Beth-peor, 82.

253; interprets Nebuchadnez-
zar's dreams, 255, 261; inter-
prets the writing on the wall,
263; in the lion's den, 265.
Darius the Mede, 265; causes
Daniel to be cast to the lions,
265.

Darius Hystaspes, confirms the
decree of Cyrus, 270.
Dathan, 75.

David, 112; chosen to succeed
Saul, 133; is introduced to
Saul's court, 133; his victory
over Goliath, 136; his con-
sultation with Jonathan, 139;
his flight to Nob, 140; at the
court of Achish, 141; spares
Saul's life at En-gedi, 143;
enters the service of Achish,
146; dismissed from the army
of the Philistines, 147; his
reign at Hebron, 150, his
reign at Jerusalem, 153; his
coronation, 153; his foreign
conquests, 154; his adultery
with Bath-sheba, 158; his
domestic troubles, 159; his
flight from Absalom, 161;
meets with Hushai, 162
meets with Ziba, 162; cursed
by Shimei, 162; goes to
Mahanaim, 164; mourns for
Absalom, 166; returns to
Jerusalem, 166; his meeting
with Shimei, Mephibosheth
and Barzillai, 166; his sin in
numbering the people, 170;
his last charge to Solomon,
173; his death, 174.
Day, creation of, 2.
Debir, king of Eglon, 90.
Deborah, 96, 98; song of, 100.
Delilah, 116.

Deliverance from Egypt, 63.
Dinah, 31.

Disruption, the great, 187.
Doeg the Edomite, 140, 141.
Dothan, 35, 214.

Dry land, formation of, 3.

Ehud, 97.

Ekron, 95, 111, 123, 137.
Elah, vale of, 134, 140.

Elah, son of Baasha, reign of,
192; is slain by Zimri, 192.
El-berith, 107.

Eleazar, son of Aaron, 78.
Eleazar, son of Abinadab, 124.

Eli, 96; judgeship of, 118;
death of, 122.
Eliab, 133, 135.
Eliakim, 238.

Eliakim, son of Josiah, see
Jehoiakim.
Eliashib, 277.
Eliezer, 23.
Elim, 68.

194

Elijah foretells a drought, 194;
sent to Zarephath,
restores the widow's son, 195;
meets with Obadiah and Ahab,
195; proves that Jehovah is
the true God, 196; his pro-
phecy of rain, 197; runs
before Ahab to Jezreel, 198;
his flight into the wilderness,
198; God reveals himself at
Horeb to, 198; foretells
Ahab's death, 203; foretells
Ahaziah's death, 206; is
taken up into heaven, 207;
foretells Jehoram's death, 228.
Elisha, his call to be a prophet,

199; goes with Elijah to

Gilgal, 207; curses the loose
fellow at Beth-el, 208; fills the
valley with water, 209; in-
creases the widow's oil, 210;
raises to life the Shunammite's
son, 210; heals the unwhole-
some pottage, 211; cures
Naaman, 212; causes the iron
axe to float, 214; tells Jehoram
the plans of Ben-hadad, 214;
foretells plenty in Samaria,
214; foretells the death of
Ben-hadad, 214; foretells the
victories of Jehoash, 219.
Elkanah, 118.

Elon, judgeship of, 111.
Eloth, 181.

Endor, witch of, 147.
En-gedi, 143.

En-hakkore, 115.
Enoch, 9.

Enosh, 9.

En-rogel, 171.

Ephes-dammin, 134.

Ephraim, son of Joseph, 38.
Ephraim, tribe of, 105; punish-
ment of, 111.

Ephraim, mount of, 94.
Esarhaddon, 240.
Esau, 25, 26.

Eshcol, valley of, 73.
Eshtaol, 118.

Esther, the story of, 278; is
chosen queen, 279; pleads
for the Jews, 282; invites the
king to a banquet, 283; con-
firms the observance of Purim,
288.

Etam, rock of, 114.
Etham, 63.

Ethanim, the month, 183.
Ethbaal, 193.

Ethiopia, 13, 225.

Euphrates, valley of the, 13;
river, 83, 246.
Evil-merodach, king of Babylon,

250.

Ezekiel, quoted, 250.
Ezion-geber, 181, 228.