precious metals into Palestine, iii. 370;
profusion of gold and silver in Solomon's
temple-estimate of their value, iv. 56;
overlaying with gold, 62; casting of metal
known to Hiram, 63; Egyptian operations,
63; writing tablets, v. 174.

Metheg-Ammah, a Philistine fortress, iii. 359.
Methusael: Meaning of the name, i. 122.
Methuselah: Meaning of the name, i. 123.
Micah of Mount Ephraim, erects 'a house of
God,' ii. 448.

Micah the prophet: Prophesies concerning
Samaria, vi. 413; and Mount Zion, 414;
note, 415.

Michal: Her image, iii. 239; restored to
David, 325; despises David, 345.
Midian, Moses resides in, ii. 21, 27.
Midian, Land of: Where? ii. 26.
Midianites, The: A snare to Israel, ii. 230;
slaughter by Moses defended, 232; op-
pression of the Israelites, 360.
Millstones, Eastern, ii. 438.

Miracles, Apostolic: Gift of tongues, viii. 14;
the lame beggar, 23; Ananias and Sap-
phira, 33, 38; Peter's shadow, 39; Æneas,
186; wherein they differed from our Lord's,
187; Dorcas, 188; Elymas, 256; the cripple
at Lystra, 287; the Pythoness, 351; miracles
at Ephesus, 403; Eutychus, 413.
Miracles, Our Lord's: Water turned into
wine, vii. 209; the nobleman's son, 241;
the draught of fishes, 248; the unclean
spirit, 256; Peter's wife's mother, 259; the
leper, 260; the paralytic, 264, 267; the
impotent man, 279; the man with a withered
hand, 285; the centurion's servant, 292;
the widow's son, 295; expulsion of a demon,
305; demoniac of the tombs, 309; Jairus'
daughter, 317; the issue of blood, 318; the
blind, 320, 335, 357; the dumb demoniac,
320; the loaves and fishes, 326, 335; Syro-
Phoenician woman's daughter, 332; the
deaf, 334, 341; on the Sabbath-day, 357,
360, 375; Lazarus, 365; the ten lepers,
377; Bartimeus, 383; the barren fig-tree,

72.

Mizpeh: Israel assembled at, iii. 97; Samuel's
offering, 100; Saul elected king at, 140.
Moab, The plains of, ii. 211.
Moabites, The: Their policy towards Israel,
ii. 212; oppression of Israel, 329; decima-
tion by David, iii. 363.
Mohammedans, The: Their fatalism, v. 107;
places of prayer, viii. 347.
Monarchy, Hebrew: Its law, iii. 138, 147, 153.
Money: Silver, the standard of value, i. 269;
anciently weighed, 269; ring money, 270;
its relative value, ii. 451, v. 34; mode of
reckoning, iv. 359; the kesitah, v. 253;
the didrachmon, vii. 345; the thirty pieces
of silver, 411.

Moon, The Her first appearance, i. 18.
Moriah, Mount, i. 261.
Moriah. The land of, i. 261.

Mosaic economy: Reasons of its appoint-
ment, ii. 2.

Mosaic history: Proofs of its authenticity,
ii. 61, 62.

Moses: His adoption, ii. 12; Jewish tradi-
tions, 13; education, 15, 16; early deeds,
17; removal from Egypt, 20; compassion
for his brethren, 21; in Midian, 21, 27; in-
terview with Jethro's daughters, 22; Je-
thro's kindness, 25; employment in Midian,
28; call from God, 29; the burning bush,
29; mission to Pharaoh, 31; his faith, 104;
at Rephidim, 112; smites the rock, 117;
disinterestedness, 140, 144; heroism, 142;
invitation to Hobab, 152; the object of
jealousy to Aaron and Miriam, 169; mar-
riage with the Ethiopian woman, 170;
Korah's conspiracy, 184; sin at Meribah,
193; request to the king of Edom, 196;
slaughter of the Midianites, 232; death,
236; character, 238.

Mothers: A mother in Israel, ii. 348; re-
viling one's mother, iii. 252; their influence,
iv. 132; the king's mother, 174, 405.
Mount Zion, Micah's prophecy concerning,
vi. 414.

Mountains, Origin of sacred, i. 158.
Mourning Mournings of the Egyptians, i.
432; symbols in the book of Job, ii. 148;
rending the garments, 148, v. 73; shaving
the head, ii. 148, v. 74, vi. 241; cutting the
flesh, ii. 150, vi. 241; sprinkling dust on
the head, v. 94; days of weeping, vi. 243;
condoling with the bereaved, vii. 368.
Moving creature,' The, i. 21.
Mules, First mention of, iii. 403.
Mummies, i. 430.

Murrain, Plague of, ii. 56.

Music: Its power over diseases of the mind,
iii. 209; examples, 211.

Musical instruments: Invented by Jubal, i.
102; ancient harp, 103, iii. 204; first organ,
i. 103; tabret, 317; trumpets of rams' horns,
ii. 263; temple service, v. 290; titles of the
Psalms, 290.

Mutilation: Practised by the Jebusites, ii.
316; and in India, 318; inflicted on crimi-
nals, iii. 335.

Naamah, sister of Tubal-Cain, i. 98.
Naaman the Syrian: His pride, iv. 312;
leprosy, 315; presents refused by Elisha,
316; conversion, 317; note on his history,
320.

Naboth: His vineyard, iv. 263; his murder
by Jezebel, 266.

Nadab: His sin, ii. 145.

Nahash: His proposal to the men of Jabesh-
Gilead, iii. 155.

Nahum: Prophecy concerning Nineveh, vi.
416; note, 420.

Nain, The widow's son of, vii. 295.
Naioth, Prophesyings at, iii. 244; note on,
246.

'Naked:' Meaning of the word, iii. 245.
Names: Of the living creatures given by
Adam, i. 39; antediluvian, 120; significant,
120, iii. 6, iv. 286, v. 257; custom of chang-

ing, i. 343, iv. 402, vi. 345; derived from
animals, ii. 348, iv. 287, viii. 188; of
countries and heads of families identical,
v. 27; indicate change of condition, 257;
female, derived from spices, unguents,
pearls, etc., examples, 257; double, in use
among the Jews, viii. 248, 269.

Naomi: Her love of country, iii. 13; Ruth's
attachment, 15.

Nathan: His parable, iii. 391.

Nathanael, identified with Bartholomew, vii.
208.

National judgments, the result of national
sins, ii. 72.

Nativity, The Convent of, vii. 68; the
church, 69; the cave, 69.

Natron, used for embalming, i. 431.
Nazareth: Description of, vii. 20; its bad
repute, 20; note, 23; synagogue of, 245.
Nazarite, The: Peculiarities of his condition,
ii. 401; Samson, 402; Paul, viii. 389.
Nebel, a triangular harp, v. 291.
Nebuchadnezzar: His dream, vi. 359; re-
covered by Daniel, 363; the golden image,
365; his pride abased, 369; his claim to be
the builder of Babylon, 371; note, 372.
Neginoth, stringed instruments, v. 290.
Nehemiah: His high rank, iv. 424; correc-
tion of abuses, 428.

Nehiloth, instruments of the flute or pipe
kind, v. 293.

New Testament, Writers of the, their social
status and attainments, vii. 290.

Nicodemus: A member of the Sanhedrim,
vii. 221; his visit by night, 222; interview
with our Lord, 223.

Nightingale, The, v. 422.

Nile, The River: Its inundations, i. 378;
idolatrous worship of, 379; note on the
word, its importance, etc., 381; turned into
blood, ii. 47.

Niloa, The, an Egyptian festival, i. 380.
Nineveh Its extent, vi. 400; population,

401; structure of the houses, 403; Jonah's
prophecy, 403; repentance of the king and
people, 406; fasting extended to the cattle,
406; its downfall, 416; agency of the Tigris,
417; of fire, 419.

Nisan, The month, ii. 78.

Nisroch: The chief god of the Assyrians, vi.
90; derivation of the word, 92.
Noah: His
builds the ark, 134;
name, i. 123:
a preacher of righteousness, 138; God's re-
membrance of, 145.

Nob: David's sojourn at, iii. 254; massacre
of the priests, 259; site of, 259.
Nobleman, The: Trial of his faith, vii. 242;
cure of his son, 243; becomes a follower of
Christ, 244:

Nomad shepherds: Probable origin of, 105;
their tents, 106.

North, The, Notions of the ancients regard-
ing, v. 189, vi. 198.
Nose-ring, The, i. 280.

Oaths, Importance of, i. 207.
Obadiah: Governor of Ahab's palace, iv.
227; concern for Elijah's safety, 229.

Obed-edom: The ark in his house, iii. 342.
Obedience to God's commands the highest
wisdom, iii. 181.

Obeisance in Eastern countries, i. 227.
Obelisk, The Nimrud, vi. 382.

Og: Defeated by Israel, ii. 207; his stature,
207; bedstead, 209.

Oil: In consecration, i. 301, iii. 136; its
value, iv. 104, 305; the sick anointed with,
vii. 322; cost of perfumed, 407.

Old age, Solomon's description of, v. 386,

Padan-aram, the land of Uz, v. 29, 41.
Palanquin: The royal, v. 423; used by the
Egyptians, 426.

Palestine Surveyed by Joshua, ii. 304;

state under the native princes, 316; the
lion common in, 405; former excellence of
the roads, iii. 160; its climate, iv. 245. V.
359, 428; indications of summer, 419; birds
of song, 421; present barrenness, vi. 218;
change in its climate, 220; earthquake in
the reign of Uzziah, 428; and in 1837, 430.
(See Canaan and Judea.)

Palm-tree of Deborah, The, ii. 350.
Palmyra, the ancient Tadmor, iv. 99; note

on, 102.

Parallelism: A characteristic of Hebrew

poetry, v. 268; varieties of, 271; synony-
mous, 271; examples of, 272; antithetic,
274; synthetic, 277; introverted, 278;
psalins of degrees, 280; alphabetical psalms,
281; note on, 283.

Paralytic, Cure of a, vii. 264, 267.

Paran, Murmuring of the Israelites at, ii.

162.

Parlour, The summer, ii. 334.

Paschal lamb, The: A type of Christ, ii.
74; manner of roasting, 77.

Passover, The: Its first observance, ii. 78;
strictly kept by the Jews, vii. 159; our
Lord's last observance of, 412.
Paths, The old, vi. 228.

Patriarchs, The: Their wealth, i. 185, 189;
hospitality, 224; belief in the soul's immor-
tality, 292, v. 154, 171; low standard of
virtue, i. 309; interest of tracing their foot-
steps, 334.

Paul: A persecutor, viii. 69; descent, 89; a
Roman citizen, 91, 362; a tent-maker, 92,
383; education, 98; training at Jerusalem,
107; first visit to Damascus, 110, 117; con-

version, 110; notes on the scene, 116, 134:
its incidents, 117; blindness, 113, 120; his
conversion proves the divine origin of
Christianity, 122; in Arabia, 135; note,
14; a trophy of divine grace, 141; self-
denial, 142; second visit to Damascus, 146;
escape from Damascus, 148, 149; visit to
Jerusalem, 154; recognition by Barnabas,
157; apostolic authority, 159; tenderness,
175; in Cilicia, 218, 220; at Cyprus, 256,
262; change of name, 266, 271; disapproval
of Mark, 272; at Antioch in Pisidia, 280;
at Iconium, 284; at Lystra and Derbe,
286; mission to Jerusalem, 293, 301; re-
proof of Peter, 312, 316; tradition as to
his personal appearance, 314; contention
with Barnabas, 317, 321; is joined by Silas
and Timothy, 322; in Phrygia and Galatia,
325, 328; his thorn in the flesh, 330; occa-
sion and date of his Epistle to the Galatians,
335; at Philippi, 341, 345, 347, 351; con-
version of Lydia, 348; the Pythoness, 351,
356; treatment at Philippi, 357; converts
the jailer, 360; at Thessalonica, 365; at
Berea, 368; at Athens, 369, 374; on Mars'
Hill, 374; at Corinth, 381; his vow, 389;
second visit to Ephesus, 390, 393, 400, 405;
fights with beasts, 399; signal miracles,
403; kindness of Aquila and Priscilla, 406;
at Troas, 413; Eutychus, 413; at Tyre,
416; at Cæsarea, 417; forewarned of dan-
ger, 417; revisits Jerusalem, 418; treat-
ment by the Jews, 420 by Lysias, 421,
431; address to the people, 423; conscien-
tiousness, 425, 429; discourtesy to Ananias,
427; conspiracy against him, 430; before
Felix, 433 discourse to Felix and Drusilla,
435, 437; before Festus and Agrippa, 440;
voyage to Rome, 442, 447; shipwreck, 448;
reception at Melita, 452; heals the gover-
nor's father, 453 at Appii Forum, 455;
in Rome, 455; tradition as to his death,
457.

Peacocks: Whence obtained, iv. 96.
Pear, The prickly, i. 97.

Pearl of great price, The, vii. 315.
Penguin, The: Its vast numbers, i. 23.
Peninnah: Her treatment of Hannah, iii. 45.
Penmen, Object of sacred, ii. 5.
Pentecost: Descent of the Holy Ghost, viii.
I, 4, 11; feast of, 10; reality of the miracle,
13; gift of tongues, 14; note, 17.
Penuel, Gideon's destruction of, ií. 381.
Perea, Our Lord's tour in, vii. 372.
Perfect,' Note on the word, v. 39.

Perga, Temple of Diana at, viii. 271.
Persecution: The first great, viii. 69; effects
of, 73; by Herod-Agrippa, 233; the lot of
Christians in every age, 276.

Persecutors, God's retributions on, vii. 133.
Persians, The: The court, iv. 433; practice
of divination, 440; rock-sepulchres of the
kings, v. 115, vi. 338; highly poetical, v.
400; religion, 54, vi. 123, 128; origin, 95,
138; their character, 100; relation to the
Medes, 140; employ asses in war, 183;
their skill in archery, 187; their standard,
188; cruelty to captives, 234; mode of
sepulture, 337.

Pestilence: Egyptian plague of, ii. 56; in
the reign of David, iii. 439.
Peter: Meaning of the name, vii. 206; his
call to the apostleship, 251; in the storm,
329; declares Jesus to be the Messiah, 337;
his denial of Jesus, 422; first evangelical
sermon, viii. 16; the lame beggar, 23; pro-
ceedings of the Sanhedrim, 25, 41; Ana-
nias and Sapphira, 33; his shadow, 39;
rebukes Simon Magus, 78; at Joppa, 191,
192; his vision, 193; mission to Cornelius,
195, 200, 204; imprisonment, 243, 246; his
miraculous deliverance, 247, 250; dissimu-
lation, 307; Paul's reproof, 312, 316; tra-
dition as to his personal appearance, 315.
Petra: Ruins of, ii. 197; Amaziah's conquest,
iv. 365; recent discovery, 365; its desola-
tion, vi. 434-

Petrel, The: Its vast numbers, i. 23.
Phaltiel, Michal taken from, iii. 325.
Pharaoh His dreams, i. 377, 383.
Pharaoh His obstinacy, ii. 32, 42.
Pharaoh-Necho, King of Egypt, iv. 401.
Pharisees, The: Their views of Sabbath
observance, vii. 283; accuse Jesus of a
compact with Beelzebub, 305, 321; attempt
his apprehension, 352; variance with the
Sadducees, 400, viii. 27, 41, 428; public
alms-giving, 22.

Philip: In Samaria, viii. 74; interview with
the eunuch, 84.

Philippi: Origin of the name, viii. 341; a
Roman colony, 343; descriptive note, 345;
magistrates, 356.

Philistines, The Abraham's sojourn among,
i. 246; origin, ii. 338; Samson's vengeance,
414, 419, 438; lords of, 429; festival in
honour of Dagon, 441; victory over Israel,
iii. 68; Dagon their god, 77; capture the
ark, 77, 82; reverence for the threshold,
80; smitten with emerods, 83; their talis-
mans, 84; restore the ark, 89; defeated at
Mizpeh, 103; appearance and dress, 218;
David's visits to, 260, 283; his wars with,
355.

Phoenicians, The: Their skill in the arts, iii.
352; commerce with the Hebrews, 353;
enterprise, iv. 91; worship Baal, 202;
architecture, vi. 306; sepulchres, 343.
Physicians: Egyptian, i. 429, iv. 190; He-
brew, 188, vi. 18; Syrian, 21; Greek, viii.

Pillar of salt, The, i. 232; saline statues in

Carinthia, 233; American researches, 236.
Pipe, The, a musical instrument, v. 293.
Plagues of Egypt, The: The Nile turned
into blood, ii. 47; frogs, 49; gnats, 52;
beetles, 53; murrain, 60; pestilence, 60;
storm, 61; locusts, 64; darkness, 68; death
of the first-born, 70.

Ploughs Eastern, ii. 340; wealth in Syria
estimated by the number of, iv. 270.
Plucking ears of corn, sanctioned, vii. 284.

Poetry: Lamech's address the most ancient, |
i. 99; prior to music, 99; Eastern diction,
poetic, v. 14; oldest specimen of postdilu-
vian, 134; dramatic character of Eastern,
398; examples, 431.

Poetry, Hebrew: Its forms, i. 99, v. 268;
sublimity, 218; general character, 259;
highly figurative, vi. 295.
Political combinations, iv. 372.

Polygamy: Practised, first by Lamech, i.
98; by the sons of God,' 133; not in
Egypt, or by the Moslems, 353; or by
modern Jews, iii. 43; its evils, 44; incon-
sistent with the rank of queen-consort, iv.
172; precedence of wives, 173.
Pools: Of Solomon, v. 377, 381; of Beth-
esda, vii. 274.

Popery Its intolerance, vii. 133.

:

Population: Ratio of early, i. 74; value of
calculations regarding, 75; of the world at
the deluge, 125.

Posts: An emblem of the life of man, v. 141;
dromedaries, 141; Persian, 142; Turkish,
142.

Potiphar His office, i. 346; why called
'chief of the slaughtermen,' 347; treat-
ment of Joseph, 349, 353; power of life
and death, 353.

Prætorium, The, viii. 432.

Prætors: Their power in Roman colonies,
viii. 356.

Prayer: The first, i. 322; power of inter-
cessory, ii. 113; combined with action,
114; oral in the East, iii. 50, viii. 348;
conditions of acceptable, iii. 142; its effi-
cacy, viii. 243.

Presents, Eastern, iii. 130, iv. 152, 316, 327.
Priests: Their division into courses, vii. 9;
services, 10.

Primogeniture, Eastern law of, iii. 361.
Princes, Eastern policy regarding, iv. 167.
Princess, The disguised, iv. 152.
Prisons: Egyptian, i. 355; keeper of the,
358; at Jerusalem, viii. 26, 246; at Philippi,
359; tower of Antonia, 421; the Mamer-
tine, 458.

Proconsul, The, a Roman governor, viii. 264.
Promise, The first, i. 70.

Prophecy: Its nature, vi. 1; note, 6; pro-
phetic books, poetical, 13; value of the
evidence from, 151, 155; note on prophecies
of Isaiah and Jeremiah, 192.

Prophets Meaning of the word, ii. 348, viii.
229; their functions, iii. 101, vi. 1; seer
and prophet, iii. 133; school of the, 242;
the two, iv. 147.

Proverbs English, v. 77; Eastern, 78, 320;
teaching by 317,
Proverbs, Book

v. 315; Solomon the chief
author, 318; note, 320.
Providence, God's: In the birth of Cyrus,
vi. 100; in his early life, 105.
Psalms, The: Their spirituality, v. 263, 267;
highly esteemed in all ages, 264; alpha-
betical, 281, 282; psalms of degrees, 280;
titles not canonical, 284; note on titles,
287; authors, 295; longest psalm, 301;
imprecatory, not prophetic, 307; true ex-
planation, 308, 310.

Publicans, The: Hated by the Jews, vii.
272; their character, 273.
Punishments: Regal power of life and death,
i. 353; punishment of adultery, 353, vii.
353; scourging, ii. 35, vii. 431, viii. 358;
stoning, ii. 160, iv. 266, viii. 63; mutilation,
iii. 333; beheading, iv. 341, vii. 323; blind-
ing, vi. 233; burning, 236, 367; throwing
to lions, 374; the stocks, viii. 359; fighting
with beasts, 399.

Purim, Feast of, iv. 440.

Purple, Thyatira noted for, viii. 348,
Puteoli, Harbour of, viii. 454.
Pyramids of Egypt, The, v. 116.
Python, The Pagan, i. 53.
Pythoness, The: Her spirit of divination,
viii. 351; cured by Paul, 355.

Rabbah: Joab's conquest, iii. 393; Ezekiel's
prophecy, vi. 322, 326.

Rabshakeh: His oration, vi. 53; an official
title, 55; his terms of submission, 65.
Rachel: Jacob's first interview with, i. 304;
her death, 326; tomb, 326.

Rahab Her treatment of the spies, ii. 240;
falsehood, 241; faith, 243.

Rain: Signs of, iv. 245; the latter, vi. 218,
222; the former, 220.
Ramathaim-zophim, Note on, iii. 48.
Rams' horns, Trumpets of, ii. 263.
Ravens: Supposed feeding of Elijah by, iv.
210; legally unclean, 211; food, 212;
picking out the eyes of their prey, v. 348.
Reading aloud, common in the East, viii. 86.
Rebekah The prophetic answer to her
prayer, i. 288; her crooked policy, 295.
'Receiving Christ,' vii. 3.

Rechabites, The, vi. 261; their extraction,
261; Jonadab's prohibition, 262; God's
promise, 263; modern Rechabites, 264; ac-
counts of travellers, 267; their habits, 269.
Recorder of Ephesus, The, viii. 407.
Redeemer: Meaning of the word in the Old
Testament, v. 168; note, 172.

Red Sea, The: God's wonders at, ii. 88, 94;
place of crossing by the Israelites, 97; its
commercial importance, iv. 94.

Refuge, Cities of, iii. 160.
Refuge, The sinner's, iv. 1.
Registration, Exactness of the Jewish, vii. 76.
Rehoboam: His character, iv. 132; insane
policy, 136; the kingdom rent, 142; na-
tional apostasy, 155; invasion by Shishak,

161.

Religion, a progressive work, v. 163.
Rending the garments, v. 73, vii. 426.
Repentance of God: Note on, ii. 327.
Rephaim, The, ii. 210; valley of, note on, iii.
359.

Rephidim, The Israelites at, ii. 111, 116.

Resurrection, The: Intimations of, in the
Old Testament, iii. 410, V. 152, 171; our
Lord's, vii. 444.

Retaliation, Law of, iii. 335.
Reubenites, The, Altar of, ii. 307.
Rezon: His history, iv. 126.

Rhodes, Colossus of, vi. 366, viii. 415.
Riddles: Common at marriage feasts, ii. 411;
Samson's, 411.

River-horse, The, v. 237.

Rivers, Moslem worship on the banks of, viii.
347.

Roads: Their excellence in Judea, iii. 160.
Robe, A, Gift of, a mark of respect, iii.

232.

Rocks, Written, of Sinai, v. 177; inscrip-

tions, 177; researches, 179; memorials of
Israel's sojourn, 181; specimens of the in-
scriptions, 182; note, 182.

Rome: Power in Judea, vii. 426, viii. 66;

her colonies, 342; rights of citizenship, 362;
unlawful to scourge a Roman, 424; Paul's
voyage to, 442, 447, 448; Epistles from,
457; Mamertine prison, 458; catacombs,
459; Roman cement, 459.
Roofs of houses, vii. 266, 267.
Round-house, The, i. 355.

Ruth: Her character, iii. 5; attachment to
Naomi, 15; Boaz' kind treatment, 22; Le-
virate law, 34; her faith, 39; its recom-
pense, 39.

Sabæans, The: Their origin, v. 60; assaults
on Job's property, 60.
Sabæism, the most ancient form of idolatry,
v. 25, vi. 124.

Sabbath, The: Its early observance, ii. 267;
our Lord's authority over, vii. 282; his re-
gard for the Jewish, 282; pharisaic notions,
283; a Sabbath-day's journey, 284.
Sacks: Their use in the East, ii. 283.
Sacrifice: Its early existence, i. 79; of divine
appointment, 79.

Sacrifice, Human: The only example in
Scripture, iv. 294; supposed expiatory
character, 295; Iphigenia, 296; illustra-
tions of the practice, 298.

Sadducees, The: Their religious opinions,
vii. 400; opposed to the Pharisees, 400,
viii. 27, 41, 428; enmity to the apostles,
27, 41.

Salem: Its site, i. 204.

Salome daughter of Herodias: Her dance,
vii. 324.

Salome wife of Zebedee: Her request to
Jesus, vii. 382.

Salt, Pillar of: Lot's wife changed into, i.
232; a parallel case, 233; American re-
searches, 236.

Salutation: Hebrew mode, iii. 19; Moslem,
19; note on, 21.

Salvation, The only way of, vi. 228.
Samaria: Its situation, iv. 193; built by
Omri, 193; fate of, 200; besieged by Ben-
hadad, 321; Micah's prophecy, vi. 413, 415;
the woman of, vii. 236; gospel preached by
Philip, viii. 74.

Samaritans, The: Their religion, iv. 383, vii.

234; origin, iv. 386, vii. 234; dislike of the
Jews, 235..
Samson: His birth foretold, ii. 400; a Na-
zarite, 402; encounters a lion, 405; his
marriage feast, 409; riddle, 411; destroys
the standing corn, 415; attacks the Philis-
tines, 417; exploit with the jaw-bone, 420;
faith in God, 420; judges Israel, 421; ex-
ploit at Gaza, 423; enticement by Delilah,
430; ignominy, 434; deprived of his sight,
435 bound with fetters of brass, 436; a
public slave, 437; grinds in the prison-
house, 438; vengeance on the Philistines,
442; chief scene of his exploits, 445.
Samuel: His birth-place, iii. 48; dedicated
to God, 49; called to the prophetic office,
64; the Lord's vision, 66; offering at Miz-
peh, 100; misconduct of his sons, 106; in-
terview with Saul, 128, 135; address on
the manner of the kingdom,' 139; at the
inauguration of Saul, 170; pronounces
Saul's exclusion from the throne, 196;
visits Bethlehem, 199; foretells Saul's
death, 296.

'Sanctify, meaning of the word, v. 44.
Sandals, Ancient, ii. 286, vii. 204.
Sanhedrim Council of the, vii. 167; deputa-
tion to the Baptist, 201; conduct on the
resurrection of Lazarus, 372; ensnaring
questions to Jesus, 398, 400; our Lord's
trial before, 419; proceedings against Peter
and John, viii. 25; judicial authority under
the Romans, 66; persecute the early Chris-
tians, 69; authority at Damascus, 118.
Sapphira: Her crime and punishment, viii.

33.

Sarah: In Egypt, i. 177; her beauty, 178;
jealousy of Hagar, 220; treatment by
Abimelech, 246; her veil, 247; death, 265.
Sardis, besieged by Cyrus, vi. 160.
Satan Agent in the temptation, i. 48; mode
of his temptation, 49; appears before God,
V. 49, 53, 54, 76; Hebrew doctrine not
borrowed from the Persian, 54; Jewish
belief in his being and character, 57; con-
flict with Job, 58, 63, 80; our Lord tempted
by, vii. 185, 192.

Saul: His personal appearance, iii. 125;
search for the asses, 128; interview with
Samuel, 128, 135, 140; consecration, 136;
chosen by lot, 137; among the prophets,
143; character before and after his anoint-
ing, 146; expedition against the Ammonites,
155; summons the tribes, 156, 159; relieves
Jabesh-Gilead, 164; signal victory, 167;
inauguration, 168; standing army, 173, 175;
disobedience to God, 177, 181; anathema,
189; commission against Amalek, 194; re-
jected from being king, 196; persecutes
David, 233, 234, 239, 272; abuses Jonathan,
252; murders the priests, 259; the witch
of Endor, 292; death foretold by Samuel,
296; death, 303; David's lament for, 305;
indignities offered to his body, 310; respect
shown by the men of Jabesh-Gilead, 311;
oppression of the Gibeonites, 434.
Scape-goat, The: Rabbinical traditions re-
garding, vi. 24.

Scarlet: An emblem of dignity, vi. 26; how