Volume 5 — NOTES

THE PSALMS.

Psalm 1. Ruskin, in "Our Fathers Have Told Us," declares that among others Psalms 1, 8, 15, 19, 23, 24, well studied and believed, are sufficient for all personal guidance; that Psalm 72 contains many of the principles of just government; and that Psalm 104 anticipates the triumphs of natural sciences.

Jerome, a great scholar in the early church, was drawn to study while still young. One of his favorite texts was from Psalm 1: "But his delight is in the law of the Lord; And in his law doth he meditate day and night."

Psalm 3 was used as a prayer by the English when they learned that the great Spanish Armada had sailed against England in 1588. A still more romantic use was by the Huguenots of France, in whose armies it is said sentries were posted and relieved to the chant of Psalms, and Psalm 3 was used as the signal of danger.

Psalm 4 was an evening prayer, in the early church as well as in the Jewish nation. Many have turned to it in the evening of life. Luther said that he wished to hear it sung in his last moments; and the martyr Ridley, who died in England for conscience's sake in 1555, spent the last night of his life in quiet sleep, having repeated the last verse of this Psalm.

Psalm 8. Not only Protestants, but, at other times, Catholics suffered in England for conscience's sake. One of these, the Earl of Arundel, imprisoned in the tower of London, carved the words of Psalm 8, lines 11, 12, on the wall, where they still remain. This is one of the nature Psalms, and men who loved nature have often had it on their lips, as did frequently Palissy, the Huguenot inventor of porcelain ware. The guild of butchers in Mediaeval England took their motto from Psalm 8, lines 13-16.

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Psalm 16. One of the last days of Henry Martyn's life was spent in "writing notes on Psalms 15 and 16." Hugh M'Kail, a young Scottish insurgent, repeated the first line of Psalm 16 on the evening before his execution.

Psalm 17. The funeral text of John Howard, the great prison reformer, was taken from Psalm 17, lines 18, 19.

Psalm 19. Another great nature Psalm. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) paraphrased it in the hymn--

"The spacious firmament on high."

Psalm 23. No Psalm has been translated in verse so often. George Herbert, an English poet (1593-1632), is the author of one version--

"The God of love my Shepherd is."

Joseph Addison, of another--

"The Lord my pasture shall prepare."

Psalm 25. In the Indian Mutiny an English collector, Mr. Edwards, was for weeks among natives of doubtful loyalty, hidden with a few other English in a cowhouse, almost stifled with the heat. He derived, according to his letters, unspeakable comfort from the 25th Psalm, especially lines 28-34.

Psalm 27. The motto of the University of Oxford, "Dominus illuminatio mea," is taken from the first two lines of Psalm 27.

Psalm 29. Another nature Psalm. From lines 15 and 16 is taken the motto of George Herbert's "Sacred Poems."

Psalm 31. Few Psalms have been more widely used in Christian history than this. The last work which Savonarola did was to write a commentary on it, which was left unfinished by his death. So highly did Luther consider this commentary that he had it published. The words, "Into thy hand I commend my spirit," were consecrated by the use of Christ on the cross, and have been the words with which many of his followers have met death. The list of those who thus used them begins with the first martyr Stephen, and includes kings, like Charlemagne and Charles V.; martyrs, like Huss, Bishop Ridley and Lady Jane Grey; reformers, like Luther, Melancthon, and {499} John Knox; poets, like Tasso and George Herbert; missionaries, like Henry Martyn. Mary Queen of Scots on the scaffold and Columbus in a wretched lodging at Valladolid, both passed out of life with these words on their lips.

Psalm 34. Columba, the great missionary to North Britain in the sixth century, sat on the last day of his life transcribing the 34th Psalm. He had written lines 19 and 20 when he laid down his pen, saying, "Here I make an end"; and he never took up his pen more.

Psalm 37. Livingstone says of lines 9 and 10 that they sustained him at every turn of his course in Africa, and even in England.

Psalm 42. The hart was the symbol in the early church for those souls who thirsted for the love of God. Cardinal Manning, one of the ablest of Catholic statesmen of the last century, wrote, "'Why art thou cast down, O my soul,' always seemed a voice to me." Scott was true to the love of the Scottish people for the Psalms when he makes Jeanie Deans repeat the above words in an hour of peril during her journey to save her sister's life.

Psalm 45. It is said that the coronation ceremonies of English monarchs are founded on this Psalm--the oil of gladness, the sword, the crown, the sceptre, the throne.

Psalm 46. The best known paraphrase is Luther's vigorous version--

"A mighty fortress is our God."

In times of discouragement he would often say to his friend Melancthon, "Come, let us sing the 46th Psalm." Cromwell also often turned to it, and his speech at the opening of his second Parliament was in part an exposition of this Psalm. At the beginning of the Indian Mutiny, on the Sunday after the troops of Havelock first learned of their danger, he chose, instead of the Psalm of the day, this Psalm for their encouragement. "On the foundation of sure confidence, gained from a reading of many Psalms, John Wesley built up, by means of his intense energy, his organizing genius, and his {500} administrative capacity, the mighty movement that still bears his name. It was with the words of the Psalms that he met the approach of death. Gathering his remaining strength into the cry, 'The best of all, God is with us,' he lay for some time exhausted. One of the bystanders wetted his parched lips. 'It will not do,' he said, 'we must take the consequence, never mind the poor carcase.' Pausing a little, he cried, 'Thy clouds drop fatness,' and soon after, 'The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.' Throughout the night he was heard attempting to repeat these beautiful words from Psalm 46. The next morning he was dead."

Psalm 51 was the favorite prayer of Sir Thomas More, the English Catholic, who was as much a martyr for religion and liberty as ever any man of English blood. It was his last prayer, repeated kneeling on the scaffold where he was beheaded. Lady Jane Grey also repeated it on the scaffold, as soon after did her father, the Duke of Suffolk, who also suffered death for his Protestant faith. So did Egmont, executed in Brussels at the command of the infamous Duke of Alva. Carey, the first English missionary to India, desired the first four lines to be the text of his funeral sermon. Shakespeare uses lines 11 and 12 in the King's speech in Hamlet--

Lines 19 and 20 were repeated by the great English teacher, Thomas Arnold, on his deathbed, while Teresa, the Spanish Catholic saint, died repeating lines 15 and 16. Lines 21 and 22 serve as the motto of Michael Angelo's picture of Savonarola. Few Psalms have been more on the lips of holy men of all ages than the 51st.

Psalm 68 was the favorite Psalm of the Emperor Charlemagne. It was used by the friends of Savonarola at the crisis of his career. A Franciscan friar, whom he had angered by his preaching, challenged him, after the custom of the Middle Ages, to prove his preaching by the test of fire. One of his friends accepted the challenge for him, and on the appointed day headed a procession which marched through the streets of Florence, singing Psalm 68. The challenger did not appear; and the crowd, with the usual bad logic of crowds, {501} turned against Savonarola. Two days later he was thrown into prison, and torture and death ended the scene. This Psalm was the battle hymn of the Huguenots, in the form of a verse translation into French by Beza, a great scholar of the Reformation. Battle after battle was entered to the sound of this splendid song. At one battle, that of Courtras, a young courtier in the opposing army saw the Huguenots kneel as they sang. "See," he said, "the cowards are afraid. They are confessing." "When the Huguenots behave thus, they are ready to fight to the death," replied a veteran from the ranks. Cromwell opened his Parliament with a speech expounding this Psalm. Lines 1 and 2 were the text of the sermon at the service held by the Russians of Moscow in 1812 to give thanks for the retreat of the French from Moscow. Cromwell's "Ironsides" sang this Psalm at the decisive battle at Dunbar, when, the mists arising from the valley, they charged and broke the enemy's ranks.

Psalm 72 was the favorite Psalm of Athanasius, the greatest figure at the Nicene Council in 325 A. D. "Against all assaults upon thy body," he says, "thine estate, thy soul, thy reputation, against all temptations, tribulations, plots and slanderous reports, say this Psalm." The familiar representation, in picture, song and story, of the three Wise Men from the East at the Cradle of Christ as three kings, is based on the kings mentioned in lines 18 and 19.

Psalm 77. Bishop Hooper, a prisoner for conscience's sake in England in 1553, wrote to his wife to read Psalm 77, because of the great consolation which it contained for those who are in anguish of mind. Catholics as well as Protestants found comfort in it.

Psalm 80 was the first of nine Psalms, translated by Milton into English verse in 1648. Lines 10 and 11 underlie Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Measure," stanza 2.

Psalm 84. Lines 21 and 22 were the words that called Thomas Aquinas from his life in the world to a monastic career. They came to him as the voice of God. Paula, a holy woman of the early church, died with the words of this Psalm on her lips. Carlyle, in one of his writings, strikes a note of courage and demand for work, with the joyful confidence of the last two lines.

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Psalm 85 Lines 15-17 are the keynote of Book III. of the Imitation of Christ. Langland's Vision of Piers Ploughman is full of allusions to the Psalms, as when Righteousness kisses Peace (Psalm 85, line 21).

Psalm 86. In "Rizpah," Tennyson has a beautiful use of lines 30 and 31.

"And read me a Bible verse of the Lord's goodwill toward men-- 'Full of compassion and mercy, the Lord,' --let me hear it again; 'Full of compassion and mercy--long suffering.'"

Psalm 87. The motto of the University of Durham in England is taken from line 1. Lines 2 and 3 are the motto of Augustine's great work, "The City of God."

Psalm 90 was the favorite Psalm of the Emperor Charles V., of the Reformation period. It has had its place in the burial service of the Church of England since 1662. Newman's Dream of Gerontius uses a part of this Psalm as a chant of the souls in purgatory. Its solemn strains have very often been used in the church to recall men to the thought of the permanence of God and the fleeting life of man.

Psalm 91 is said to be the Psalm that was sung at the first attendance of Beza upon a Protestant service, and to have made a great impression upon him. In 1177, as a long and bitter conflict between the Emperor and the Pope ended in the triumphs of the latter, and Barbarossa bowed before the Pope Alexander, legend says that the Pope set his foot on the neck of the kneeling Emperor, repeating lines 27 and 28.

Psalm 93. In the days of the Scottish Covenanters it was believed that Psalm 93 was heard sweetly chanted by spiritual visitants. In the belief of such visions the Covenanters became strong to suffer and endure. Quite another use of the Psalm was as a proof of the fixity of the earth, as against the Copernican theory that the earth, not the sun, moved.

Psalm 95 was the battle cry of the Templars during the Crusades, sung as they marched to fight the Saracens. It was used in the more {503} peaceful campaign of missions. Schwartz, the greatest Danish missionary to India, inscribed lines 11 and 12 on the front of a church which he built in South India before the end of the eighteenth century.

Psalms 96, 103, 146, 147, are recommended by William Law as setting forth wonderfully "the glory of God," so that they may always be profitably used for devotion.

Psalm 100 gives the name to the familiar tune of "Old Hundred," which was the tune to which the Scottish version of Psalm 100 was sung. Edward Fitzgerald chose lines 2 and 3 to be put on his tomb.

Psalm 103 was chanted by the Protestants of Scotland at the communion. It is one of the most beautiful of Psalms.

Psalm 104 is one of the fine nature Psalms, the most elaborate of the group, which includes Psalms 8,19,29. It has had some curious uses, as when, in the Middle Ages, men opposed the theory of the motion of the sun with lines 11 and 12 and explained earthquakes from lines 57 and 58; when the tail of Leviathan is scorched by the sun, he seeks to seize it, and his movements shake the earth. But a great scientist, Humboldt, wrote, "The 104th Psalm may be said to present a picture of the entire cosmos . . . We are astonished to see, within the compass of a poem of such small dimension, the universe, the heavens and the earth, thus drawn with a few grand strokes."

Psalm 105. Lines 1 and 2 of this Psalm are inscribed on the pulpit in which Baxter, the great Puritan divine, preached. "He was one of the greatest of preachers, patient alike under the lifelong pains of disease and thirty years of almost incessant persecution. He so transformed his parish of Kidderminster that on the Lord's day there was no disorder to be seen in the streets; but you might hear a hundred families singing psalms, and repeating sermons as you passed through them."

Psalm 107. One of the earliest Scottish reformers, Wishart, was a preacher of remarkable power. At one time, hearing that {504} the plague had appeared in Dundee, he hastened there, and preached his first sermon in one of the gates of the city. Its text was from Psalm 107: "He sent his word, and healed them." Alexander Duff was the first Scotch missionary to India. On his way out, in 1830, the ship in which he sailed was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. The passengers and crew escaped to a small island, but all their possessions were lost. Duff's Bible and Book of Psalms were among the few things that drifted ashore; and, while passengers and crew kneeled on the sand, Duff read Psalm 107. It is said that the loss of all things except the Word of God made a profound impression on Duff, who was for many years a most devoted and valuable worker in India.

Psalm 114 is used in Dante's Divine Comedy, where he gives a picture of a boat, on which are seen a hundred spirits, singing together Psalm 114. (Purgatorio, Canto II. 11 40ff.) Milton translated this Psalm into verse when a student at Cambridge, at the age of 15.

Psalm 116. At the famous relief of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny, a soldier known as "Quaker Wallace" went into the fight quoting the Scotch version of this Psalm. Lines 27 and 28 were chosen as one of the texts from which Bernard preached the Crusade.

Psalm 117. The shortest Psalm. This is the Psalm which Cromwell sung on the battlefield after his victory at the battle of Worcester.

Psalm 118. Luther said of it, "This is my Psalm, my chosen Psalm. I love them all; I love all Scripture; . . . But this Psalm is nearest my heart, and I have a familiar right to call it mine. It has saved me from many a passing danger, from which not emperor nor kings nor sages nor saints could have saved me. It is my friend; dearer to me than all the honors and power of the earth." Curiously enough, it was also the favorite Psalm of the emperor of the time, Charles V. This Psalm was sung by the soldiers of the Prince of Orange, King William, when he landed in England. It was sung as they stood upon the beach, and thus the landing was made a religious service. In the words of lines 45 and 46 Queen Elizabeth expressed her relief from the feeling of danger, at the news of the death of Queen {505} Mary, her bitter enemy. When Charlemagne entered Rome he was hailed by the people with lines 51 and 52. So all through Christian history the Psalm has lent itself to use as celebrating triumph and success.

Psalm 119 is an alphabetic Psalm, in sections consisting of eight couplets, and each couplet of the same section beginning with the same letter. The sections follow in the order of the Hebrew alphabet. It is the most elaborate alphabetic Psalm, there being several others where each verse begins with a successive letter. It is also the longest Psalm in the book. Still another peculiarity is that every verse contains a reference to the law of God. It is a Psalm greatly loved by many people. William Wilberforce, the great opponent of slavery, said at one specially busy time that he found great comfort in repeating the 119th Psalm. Ruskin, who learned it in his boyhood, later writing of it, notes how the sense of delight in the law of God runs through it all. Henry Martyn committed it to memory. David Livingstone learned it in Sunday school at the age of nine. The names of those who have found delight in this Psalm would make a very long list and be representative of many different vocations.

Psalm 121. This Psalm was read by David Livingstone with his family on the morning when he started for his first mission tour to Africa. A later missionary, James Harrington, on his journey into Africa, repeated this, which he called his "Traveling" Psalm, every morning.

Psalm 122. James Hogg, the Scottish poet, is said to have learned this Psalm before he knew his letters. The Bible was his only book in boyhood. This Psalm was used in the Huguenot wars as the Huguenot's chant of victory after battle.

Psalm 126. Robert Estienne, a French printer of the Reformation time, who was very influential in giving the Bible to the people, says that often in his controversies he found strength in this Psalm.

Psalm 130. One of Luther's best known German hymns is founded on this Psalm--

"Aus tiefer Noth schrel Ich zu dir."

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Beza died repeating lines 5 and 6, and it was one of the sustaining influences of Bunyan in his spiritual struggles with himself.

Psalm 136. Milton's hymn, written when a student at Cambridge, at the age of 15, is founded on Psalm 136--

"Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord for he is kind, For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure."

Psalm 144 was used by Bernard as a text from which to preach a crusade to win Jerusalem from the Saracens. Lines 10 and 11 have been used, both in England and in France, as a motto on the face of sundials. "Man is like to vanity. His days are as a shadow that passeth away."

Psalm 145 is the base of Gerhardt's hymn--

"I who so oft in deep distress."

Milton has paraphrased it in Paradise Lost, Book XII, 11, 561-6, beginning--

"Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best."

Augustine's Confessions begins with lines 5 and 6 of Psalm 145. Carey, who was not only a great missionary, but a great linguist and a great botanist, prefixed Psalm 145, lines 19 and 20, to his edition of Roxburgh's Flora Indica. Lines 25 and 26 are inscribed in Greek over the portal of the Mohammedan mosque at Damascus; a relic of the time, thirteen hundred years ago, when it was a Christian church. William Law chose this Psalm for a morning hymn.

Psalm 147. "Afflavit Deus," the motto on the coins struck in England to commemorate the victory over the Spanish Armada was taken from the lines: "He sendeth out his word and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow."

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Psalm 148. St. Francis' famous Canticle of the Sun is founded on this Psalm.

Psalm 150. This final Psalm was a sort of doxology, written to close the book of Psalms. It expresses what is the central thought of the book--praise to God. The Benedictine Monks in the Middle Ages were accustomed to sing this Psalm during the casting of their bells, while the metal was cooling. Two missionaries to the Slavs in Eastern Europe wished to construct an alphabet and translate the Bible into the Slavic language. It was referred to Pope John in 879 A.D. He sanctioned it on the basis of the last two lines of the Psalms. The alphabet was made, and is the basis of that used by the Russian, Bulgarian, Roumanian and other Slavonic languages to this day; while the translation is the basis of that used by the Russian church.

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GENERAL INDEX

The letter "f" annexed to page number signifies and following page: "ff," and following pages.

Aaron, II.146ff

Abanah, III.144, III.493

Abed-nego, III.184f, III.190ff

Abel, III.22f

Abel-beth-maacah, III.408

Abel-main, III.253

Abel-meholah, III.124

Abigail, I.418ff

Abihail, III.64

Abijah, daughter of Zechariah, III.299

Abijah, king of Judah, III.242ff

Abijah, son of Jeroboam, III.362ff

Abijah, son of Samuel, II.350

Abimelech, II.39f

Abimelech, son of Gideon, II.332ff

Abinadab, II.385, II.389

Abinoam, III.52, III.54

Abishai, II.407, II.443

Abner, II.393, II.402, II.407

Abraham, story of, I.211ff; II.21-49

sends for a wife for Isaac, I.211; II.49f

at Haran, II.21

the migration, II.21f

and Lot, II.21, II.22f

and Sarai, II.21

at Shechem, II.22

the capture of Lot and rescue by, II.25ff

God's covenant with, II.27f

receives a new name, II.28f

birth of Isaac, II.36

the testing of, II.41ff

death of Sarah, his wife, II.45f

death of, II.59

Absalom, I.167ff; II.443ff

Achaia, IV.411, IV.418

Achan, II.294, II.296f

Achor, valley of, II.297

Acts, IV.482

Adam, III.19ff, III.22

and Eve, story of, III.19ff

Adida, III.464

Adoniram, II.458

Adoni-zedek, II.305

Adora, III.467

Adoram, III.239

Adramyttium, IV.469

Adriatic Sea, IV.466, IV.473

Adullam, cave of, II.437f

Aegean Sea, IV.496

Aenon, IV.149

Agabus, IV.430

Agag, II.370, II.375

Agrippa, IV.455ff, IV.497

Ahab, III.111, III.113, III.116ff, III.123, III.127ff, III.157, III.377ff, III.395ff

Ahasuerus, king of Persia, III.60ff, III.487

Ahaz, III.292, III.293ff; V.266

Ahaziah, king of Israel, III.265, III.382ff

Ahaziah, king of Judah, III.159ff, III.269ff, III.272, III.396

Ahijah, father of Baasha, III.130, III.367

Ahijah, the prophet, III.362ff, III.368

Ahimaaz, II.447f

Ai, attack upon, II.294ff, II.487

Aijalon, III.295

Alcimus, III.448

Alexander, IV.421

Alexander the Great, III.418f, III.452

Alexandria, IV.469

Almug, II.482, II.498

Alphabet, a Bible, I.25

Amalek, II.197ff, II.315, II.370ff

Amalekites, II.324, II.370f, II.425f

Amariah, the chief priest, III.257

Amasa, III.294

Amaziah, king of Judah, III.281ff, III.401

Amaziah, priest of Bethel, V.355f

Amittai, III.165

Ammon, II.254, II.315; III.84, III.258f, III.292

Ammonites, III.219 {510}

Amon, king of Judah, III.319, III.322

Amon, governor of the city, III.380

Amorites, II.254, II.295, II.301, II.306, II.319

Amos, prophecies of, V.354ff

Amoz, III.313

Amphipolis, IV.403

Anak, children of, II.243f

Ananias, the high priest, IV.448

Ananias and Sapphira, IV.335f

Ananias of Damascus, IV.371f

Ancient Mariner, I.299

Andrew, IV.74f, IV.94ff, IV.125, IV.147, IV.243

Angel of the Lord, II.319ff, II.494

Animals, Bible sayings about, I.303f

Annas, IV.268, IV.332, IV.492

Antioch, III.437, III.452; IV.375f, IV.391, IV.412

Antioch of Pisidia, IV.380, IV.387

Antiochus IV, III.418ff, III.460

Antiochus V, III.468, III.476

Antipatris, IV.447

Aphek, III.162

Apocalypse, V.456ff

Apocrypha, III.80, III.320, III.329, III.418, III.489

Apollonia, IV.403

Apollonius, III.431, III.452ff

Apollos, IV.418

Aquila, IV.408ff

Arabah, sea of, III.401

Arabia, V.350

Arabians, III.256, III.267

Araunah, the Jebusite, II.441f, II.461

Arbela, III.448

Archelaus, IV.46

Areopagus, IV.407

Argob, III.407

Arieh, III.407

Arioch, III.186ff

Aristarchus, IV.421, IV.469

Ark, building of, III.24f

Ark of bulrushes, Moses in, II.138

Ark of covenant, II.285ff, II.288f, II.455

Armor, II.497

Arphaxad, III.80

Artaxerxes, the king, III.214, III.222, III.494

Arvad, V.349

Arza, III.370

Asa, III.247ff, III.367; V.321

Asaph, the seer, III.302

Ascension of Jesus, IV.310f

Asenath, II.107f

Ashdod, III.288; V.359

Ashdodites, III.219

Asherah, II.494; III.119, III.250, III.399, III.490

Asherim, III.247, III.279, III.307, III.364, III.495

Asheroth, III.257, III.317, III.495

Ashkelon, III.174, III.496

Ashpenaz, III.183

Ass, Baalam and the, II.259ff

Asshur, III.81, III.84f, III.103; V.350

Assos, IV.425

Assyria, III.293, III.495; V.273, V.364ff

Assyrians, III.84, III.90, III.92, III.404, III.408

Atad, II.131

Athaliah, III.255, III.266, III.269, III.271ff, III.278

Athenobius, III.476

Athens, IV.404

Attalia, IV.387

Augustus, Roman emperor, IV.37

Autumn, I.55

Azaliah, III.324

Azariah, priest of the house of Zadok, III.311

Azariah, priest in the reign of Uzziah, III.291

Azariah, son of Hoshaiah, V.325

Azariah, son of Johanan, III.294

Azariah, son of Oded, III.248

Azariah (Abed-nego), III.184f, III.427

Azotus, III.450, III.455f, III.480, III.496

Azrikan, III.294

Azubah, III.265

Baal, II.323, II.494; III.276, III.293, III.326, III.382, III.387, III.397f, V.490; V.304

prophets of, III.111, III.116ff

Baalim, V.365

Baalis, V.319

Baal-zebub, god of Ekron, III.382ff

Baasha, III.130, III.158, III.247, III.250f, III.368f, III.373; V.321

Babel, tower of, III.32

Baby hid in a basket, I.117

Babylon, III.63, III.186ff, III.210, III.319

Bacchides, III.448ff

Balaam, II.255ff

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Balak, son of Zippor, II.255ff

Band of Mercy, I.292

Baptism of Jesus, IV.65ff

Barabbas, IV.276

Barak, III.51ff

Bar-Jesus, IV.379

Barnabas, IV.375f, IV.384f, IV.395ff

Bartholomew, IV.95

Bartimaeus, the blind, IV.221

Baruch, V.305ff, V.326, V.331

Bascama, III.467

Bashan, II.255; V.349, V.359, V.386

Basket, baby hid in, I.117

Battle with the Five Kings, II.305ff

Bear, V.191

Beating out wheat in the wine press, II.493

Beatitudes, I.130; IV.105f

Bectileth, III.81

Bedtime Stories, I.245-304

Beelzebub, IV.171

Beer-sheba, II.40, II.42, II.123, II.456, II.488; III.123, III.257, III.305, III.326

Belshazzar, III.201ff, III.211

Belteshazzar, III.184, III.188, III.197f

Ben-hadad, king of Syria, III.111, III.152, III.250f, III.399, III.400

Ben-hail, III.256

Benjamin, I.185; II.91, II.111, II.114

Beracah, III.262

Berea, III.449

Berechiah, III.294

Bernice, IV.455ff

Beroea, IV.403f

Bethany, I.218; IV.215, IV.229, IV.233, IV.237, IV.313

Beth-aven, II.361, II.367

Beth-dagon, III.456

Bethel, II.22, II.67f, II.87f, II.298f, II.349, II.487; III.52, III.130, III.246, III.326f III.354, III.495; V.355, V.360f

Bethesda, pool of, IV.167, IV.489

Beth-horon, II.306; III.285, III.431f, III.444, III.496

Bethlehem, I.139, I.151, I.163, I.229, I.245; II.382, II.400, II.402, II.438; III.35; IV.37f, IV.41, IV.45

Bethlehem-judah, III.35

Beth-peor, II.273f

Bethphage, IV.233

Bethsaida, IV.77

Beth-shan, II.381; III.460

Beth-shemesh, III.286, III.295

Bethsura, III.437, III.439, III.459, III.475, III.496

Bethuel, II.50ff

Bethulia, III.80ff, III.489

Bethzacharias, III.439f

Betrayal of Jesus, IV.267

Bible Primer, I.25

Bidkar, III.160

Bigthan, III.64, III.70

Bildad, the Shuhite, V.184, V.189, V.196, V.199, V.204; V.207, V.213, V.232

Bilhah, II.91

Birth of Ishmael, II.28

Birthright, II.60ff, II.491

Bithynia, IV.395

Boaz, II.462; III.35ff

Boy who came when he was called, I.132

Boy who was raised from the dead, I.193

Brave Women, Tales of, III.33ff

Brazen serpent, II.250f; III.299

Brothers of the air and fields, I.292ff

Browning, I.151

Burning bush, II.142

Caesar, IV.455, IV.462

Caesarea, IV.430, IV.447, IV.452, IV.455

Caesarea Philippi, IV.178, IV.489

Caiaphas, IV.269, IV.332, IV.492

Cain, III.22f

Caleb, II.244, II.247, II.418; III.427

Calf, golden, II.204ff

Cana of Galilee, IV.78, IV.92

Canaan, land of, II.25, II.243, II.277, II.487

Candace, queen, IV.345, IV.348

Canneh, V.350

Capernaum, IV.92, IV.121, IV.125ff

Caravan, II.492

Carmel, III.111, III.119, III.122, III.141, III.490; V.386

Carmel in Judah, II.418f

Cenchreae, IV.412

Cendebaeus, III.479f

Cephas, IV.77

Chaldeans, III.183ff, III.351, III.494; V.309ff, V.322, V.331f

Cherith, brook, III.111, III.114, III.490

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Cherubim, III.21

Children in the lands of the Bible, I.217

Chilion, III.35f

Chilmad, V.350

Chios, IV.425

Christians, first called so at Antioch, IV.375

Christmas, story of the first, I.245

Cilicia, III.81; IV.390, IV.395

Clauda, IV.470

Claudius, IV.408

Cleopas, IV.301

Cnidus, IV.469

Coelesyria, III.452

Coleridge, I.299

Colossians, epistle to, V.452f

Commandments, the ten, II.202f

the greatest, IV.240f

Coniah, son of Jehoiakim, V.309

Corinth, IV.408, IV.418

Corinthians, first epistle to, V.425, V.438, V.440, V.443, V.448, V.449ff

second epistle to, V.451f

Cornelius, IV.353ff

Cos, IV.429

Council at Jerusalem, IV.388ff

Covenant, making of, II.27

Cowper, I.296f

Creation, story of the, III.15ff

Crete, III.452; IV.462, IV.470, IV.498

Crispus, IV.411

Crucifixion of Jesus, IV.281ff, IV.493

Cubit, II.499

Cushite, II.447ff

Cydnus, river, IV.367

Cyprus, IV.379, IV.395, IV.429f, IV.495

Cyrus, the Persian, III.209

Dagon, III.181, III.494

Dalmanutha, IV.176

Damaris, IV.408

Damascus, II.26, II.488; III.111, III.124, III.144, III.250, III.293, III.295; IV.371f; V.350

Dan, place, II.26, II.488; III.253, III.305, III.495

Dan, tribe of, III.172

Daniel, III.427

Daniel, story of:

early life, III.183f

interprets king's dreams, III.185ff, III.196ff

Daniel and his three friends in the fiery furnace, III.190ff

reads the handwriting on the wall, III.201ff

in lions' den, III.206ff

Darius, the Mede, III.206ff, III.419

David, I.225, I.229; III.48, III.427

David, city of, III.421

David, story of:

secretly anointed by Samuel, II.382ff

and Goliath, II.386ff

and Jonathan, II.399ff

an outlaw, II.406ff

pursued by Saul, II.411ff

adventure in the wilderness, II.417ff

becomes king, II.424ff

rebuked by Nathan, II.430ff

and his three brave soldiers, II.438

buys threshing floor, II.438ff

and his son Absalom, II.443ff

death of, II.451

David, stories of:

the shepherd boy who killed a giant, I.139ff

and King Saul, I.151

an outlaw, I.155

and Jonathan, I.156

and his three brave soldiers, I.163ff

and his son Absalom, I.167

Dead Sea, I.226

Death of firstborn in Egypt, II.177f

Deborah, II.87

Deborah and Jael, III.51ff

Decapolis, IV.140, IV.487

Dedan, V.349f

Dedication, feast of, IV.197ff

Delaiah, III.226; V.308

Delilah, III.176ff

Demetrius, king, III.448, III.452, III.468f

Demetrius, silversmith, IV.418f

Derbe, IV.386, IV.395

Destruction of the cities of the plain, II.32

Diana, IV.418ff

Dionysius, IV.408

Disciples, choosing of, IV.94f

first, IV.74f

list of, IV.96f

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Disobedience and consequences, story of, III.19ff

Divining cups, II.117ff, II.492

Dok, III.481

Dor, III.476

Dorcas, IV.350

Dotaea, III.82

Dothan, II.95, II.492; III.151

Dove and the olive leaf, III.29ff

Drusilla, IV.452

Dura, III.190

Easter day, the story of the first, I.265ff

Eating with blood, II.368, II.497

Ebed-melech, Ethiopian, V.312, II.317

Eben-ezer, II.349

Ecclesiastes, selections from, V.241-246

Eden, II.19ff; V.350

Edom, II.249, II.482; III.255, III.265, III.267; V.370f

Eglon, II.307, II.315f, II.493

Egypt, II.96ff, II.492; IV.45f; V.303, V.322ff, V.349, V.359, V.364ff

Ehud, II.315ff

Ekron, III.382, III.456

Elah, king, III.370

Elah, vale of, II.389

Elasa, III.449

Elath, II.482; III.287

Eleazer, son of Aaron, II.250

Eleazer, who was called Avaran, III.423

Elephants, fighting, III.439ff

Eli, I.132ff; II.338ff

Eliab, II.389f

Eliakim, III.332, V.271ff

Eliezer, II.27, II.49f

Elihu, V.213ff

Elijah, III.111, III.382ff, III.396ff, III.427; IV.180

Elijah, stories of:

lodges with the widow at Zarephath, III.114

restores the widow's son to life, I.193ff; III.115

and the prophets of Baal, III.119ff

flees from Jezebel, III.123ff

rebukes king and queen for evil deed, III.127ff

translated in chariot of fire, III.130ff

Elim, II.191

Elimelech, III.35f

Eliphaz, the Temanite, V.184f, V.195f, V.204f, V.213, V.232

Elisha, III.111, III.124f, III.388f

Elisha, stories of:

takes up work of Elijah, III.130ff

heals the waters, III.137

helps a poor woman to pay a debt, III.137f

restores Shunammite's son, III.138ff

heals Naaman, the Syrian, I.206ff; III.143ff

returns good for evil, III.148f

at siege of Samaria, III.152ff

anoints Jehu as king, III.157ff

death of, III.162

Elishama, the scribe, V.307

Elkanah, III.294

Elnathan, V.308

Elymas, the sorcerer, IV.379

Embalming, II.493

Emmaus, III.432f; IV.301, IV.305, IV.493

En-dor, witch of, II.376ff

En-gedi, wilderness of, II.413

Ephesians, epistle to, V.419ff, V.443, V.447f

Ephesus, IV.412, IV.418ff, IV.425f

Ephesus, church in, message to, V.460

Ephraim, II.444; III.302; V.369ff

hill country of, II.316, II.493; III.52, III.148, III.245, III.249, III.257

Ephrath, II.88

Ephrathah, III.47

Ephron, II.45f; III.246

Epistles of Paul, introduction, V.413ff

Erastus, IV.418

Esarhaddon, V.276

Esau, II.60ff, II.76ff, V.370f

Esdraelon, III.82

Eshcol, II.243

Esther, story of, III.60ff

Etam, rock of, III.175

Etham, II.179

Ethiopia, III.60, III.74

Ethiopians, III.247ff, III.267

Euphrates, II.28, II.455f, II.488; III.328, III.330

Eupolemus, son of John, III.447

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Euraquilo, IV.470

Eutychus, IV.425

Eve, III.19ff, III.22

Evil-Merodach, III.346

Ezekiel, prophecies of, V.344ff

Ezion-geber, II.482, II.498; III.265

Ezra, the scribe, III.227ff

Fair Havens, IV.462, IV.469

Familiar spirit, II.376ff, II.497

Father, God is our, I.105

Father, talking with our, I.101

Felix, IV.445, IV.447ff, IV.497

Festus, IV.452f, IV.455ff, IV.497

Fight of the Five Kings against the Four, II.25

Fish, IV.487

Flood, story of the, III.24ff

Forgiveness, stories of divine, IV.202ff

Four thousand, feeding of the, IV.175f

Gad, II.441f

Gaius, IV.421

Galatia, IV.395, IV.418, IV.495

Galatians, epistle to, V.422f, V.439

Galeed, II.75, II.492

Galilee, III.408, III.459, III.460; IV.17f, IV.37, IV.46, IV.66, IV.78, IV.82, IV.190, IV.310

sea of, I.94; IV.94, IV.307

Gallio, IV.411

Gamaliel, IV.437

Gashmu, III.226

Gath, II.386, II.497; III.288

Gauls, III.445

Gaza (or Gazara), II.456; III.176, III.181, III.471f, III.475f, III.481f

Geba, II.360, II.365; III.82, III.253, III.489

Gedaliah, V.318ff

Gederoth, III.295

Gehazi, III.111, III.138ff

Gemariah, V.308

Gennesaret, water of, III.459

Gentiles, III.419f, III.431, III.438, III.464

Gerar, III.248

Gerasenes, country of, IV.136

Gershom, II.142

Geruth Chimham, V.322

Geshem, III.218, III.225

Gethsemane, I.258; IV.264

Gibbethon, III.367, III.373

Gibeah, II.359, II.362, II.375, II.406, II.412; III.242

Gibeon, II.300, II.305, II.452; V.321f

Gideon, II.319ff

Gihon, III.319

Gilboa, II.376, II.425

battle of, II.380f

Glead, III.408

land of, II.71, II.272; III.467

Gilgal, II.305f, II.349, II.361, II.375; III.130, III.448, III.490; V.360

Gimzo, III.295

God is our Father, I.105

God sees me, I.81

God, what he gives, I.85

God, what he wants me to do, I.82

God's promises, II.27

Golden calf, II.204ff

Golden rule, IV.115

Golgotha, IV.281

Goliath, I.143ff, I.151; II.386ff

Gomorrah, the fate of Sodom and, II.32ff

Gorgias, III.433

Goshen, land of, II.123ff, II.158, II.493

Gourd, Jonah and the, III.171

Growing grain, story of the, IV.134

Gur-baal, III.288

Habakkuk, prophecies of, V.392ff

Hachilah, II.406, II.412

Hadassah, III.63

Hagar, II.28, II.36ff

Haggai, prophecies of, V.398ff

Ham, III.24, III.26

Haman, III.65ff

Hamath, III.401

Hanani, the seer, III.253, III.256

Hananiah, III.184f, III.288, III.427

Handwriting on the wall, III.201ff

Hannah, mother of Samuel, I.132

Haran, II.21, II.68, II.487; V.350

Harod, II.325

Hathach, III.67f

Hazael, III.124, III.127, III.159, III.269, III.398, III.399f

Hazor, III.51, III.408, III.459

Heaven, the Kingdom of, I.201

Heber, the Kenite, III.51ff

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Hebrews, epistle to, V.439

Hebron, II.25, II.45f, II.92, II.243, II.429f, II.488, II.493; III.176

Hegai, III.63f

Herod, IV.275f, IV.485f

Herod Antipas, IV.150

Herod the Great, IV.41f, IV.45f

Herodias, IV.150f

daughter of, IV.154

Heshbon, II.254f

Heth, II.45, II.491

Hezekiah, III.299ff; V.268ff

Hilkiah, the high priest, III.323ff

Hinnom, III.293, III.317, III.327

Hiram, I.173; II.457ff, II.482f

Hittites, II.45, II.430

Hobah, II.26, II.488

Holofernes, III.80ff, III.92ff, III.489

Hophni, II.345f

Hor, mount, II.250

Horeb, II.470; III.111, III.123

Hosea, prophecies of, V.363ff

Hoshea, son of Elah, III.408, III.411ff

Houses in the lands of the Bible, I.214

Huldah, prophetess, III.325

Hur, II.197

Iconium, IV.385, IV.387, IV.395

Idumaea, III.437, III.439

Ijon, III.253, III.408

Immortality, Paul on, V.449

India, III.60, III.74

Isaac, III.88

Isaac, story of:

birth of, II.36

attempted sacrifice by Abraham, II.41f

and Rebekah, II.49ff

Isaiah, the prophet, III.313; IV.65, IV.481

call of, V.264ff

prophecies of, V.266ff

Ishmael, birth of, II.28, II.36ff

Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, V.319ff

Ishmaelites, II.95f

Israel, Jacob's name changed to, II.80

Israel, kingdom of, III.353ff

Issachar, III.57

Ittai, the Gittite, II.443f

Jabbok, II.80, II.492

Jabesh, II.381, II.494

Jabesh-gilead, II.359f, II.381, II.429

Jabin, king of Canaanites, III.51ff

Jabneh, III.288

Jachin, II.462

Jacob, III.88; V.370f

Jacob, story of:

and Esau, II.60ff

goes from home, II.67ff

and Rachel, II.69ff

sets out for his native land, II.71ff

wrestles with angel, II.76ff

reconciled with Esau, II.83ff

erects an altar at Bethel, II.87ff

sends his sons to Egypt to buy corn, II.111ff

in Egypt, I.190; II.123ff

death and burial, I.190; II.129f

Jacob and Joseph, I.177ff

Jacob's well, Jesus at, IV.82ff

Jael, III.51ff

Jahaziel, III.261

Jairus, I.110; IV.141

James, epistle of, V.426ff

James, son of Alphaeus, IV.95ff

James, son of Zebedee, IV.94ff, IV.125, IV.141, IV.185, IV.264, IV.307, IV.330ff, IV.359

Jamnia, III.455, III.479

Janoah, III.408

Japheth, III.24, III.26

Jarmuth, II.307, II.493

Jason, III.447; IV.403

Javan, V.349f

Jechiliah, III.287

Jeconiah, king of Judah, III.63

Jehiel, III.266

Jehizkiah, III.294

Jehoaddan, III.281

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, III.285, III.399

Jehoahaz, king of Judah, III.332

Jehoiachin, king of Judah, III.346f

Jehoiada, III.271ff, III.277ff

Jehoiakim, king of Judah, III.183, III.332, III.335ff, III.348; V.305, V.309

Jehonadab, III.397

Jehoram, king of Judah, III.255, III.266ff

Jehoshaphat, III.158, III.255ff, III.266, III.377ff, V.388

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Jehosheba, III.271f

Jehovah-jireh, II.42

Jehozabad, III.280

Jehu, III.111, III.124f, III.157ff, III.256, III.270, III.285, III.395ff

Jehu, the prophet, III.368f, III.370

Jehudi, V.306f

Jeiel, the scribe, III.288

Jemimah, V.232

Jeremiah, III.329f, III.335ff; IV.45

Jeremiah, call of, V.298ff

imprisonment, V.309ff

prophecies of, V.301ff

Jericho, II.287ff, II.300, II.305, II.315; III.133, III.134; IV.88, IV.221

Jeroboam, king, III.130, III.153, III.237ff, III.242ff, III.327, III.353ff, III.368, III.374, III.413; V.355

Jeroboam II, king, III.401

Jerubbaal, II.324f, II.332

Jerusalem, I.218, I.251; II.455, II.461, II.470, II.478, II.483, II.493; III.161, III.183, III.201, III.212, III.217f, III.231, III.237, III.240, III.249, III.257, III.262f, III.269f, III.277, III.281, III.286f, III.311, III.331f, III.348ff, III.418ff, III.443, III.449, III.459, III.463, III.472, III.481, IV.17, IV.20, IV.41, IV.49, IV.65, IV.70, IV.79, IV.88, IV.179, IV.190, IV.233f, IV.310, IV.326, IV.344, IV.388; V.344

Jerusalem, New, I.223

Jerushah, daughter of Zadok, III.292

Jeshanah, III.246

Jesse, II.385, II.389; III.48

Jesus and his friends, I.86

had no home, I.89

the people loved, I.93

boyhood of, I.97

and sick people, I.98

what he said about birds and flowers, I.106

what he said about trees, I.109

and the little girl, I.110

some things which he taught, I.130

boyhood of, I.217

infancy, I.245ff

triumphant entry into Jerusalem, I.251ff

how he gave his life for the world, I.257

crucifixion of, I.258

resurrection of, I.266ff

Jesus, life of the Lord:

nativity, IV.37f

Jesus, wise man's visit, IV.41f

in Egypt, IV.45f

boyhood of, IV.49ff

baptism of, IV.65ff

temptation of, IV.70f

first disciples of, IV.74f

first miracle of, IV.78

at the passover, IV.79ff

at Jacob's well, IV.82ff

choosing of twelve disciples, IV.94f

sermon on the mount, IV.105ff

heals Roman captain's servant, IV.121f

at Capernaum, IV.125ff

raises widow's son from the dead, IV.130

stills the storm, IV.136ff

Jairus' daughter brought to life, IV.141ff

feeding of the multitude, IV.144ff

John the Baptist and, IV.149ff

Sunday controversy, IV.167ff

woman anoints his feet, IV.169f

traveled in the north, IV.172ff

feeds the four thousand, IV.175f

transfiguration, IV.180

and little children, IV.188f

teaches truth and freedom, IV.190ff

feast of dedication, IV.197ff

and the rich young man, IV.211f

raises Lazarus from the dead, IV.215ff

Zacchaeus the publican, IV.221f

Bethany, supper at, IV.229f

Jerusalem, triumphant entry into, IV.233f

drives the money changers from the temple, IV.237

the last supper, IV.248ff

Gethsemane, agony in, IV.264

the betrayal, IV.267

trial before Annas, IV.268

before Caiaphas, IV.269f

before Jewish court, IV.270f

before Pilate, IV.272f

before Herod, IV.275f

Pilate and, IV.276ff

the crucifixion of, IV.281ff

burial of, IV.286f

resurrection of, IV.297f

on the way to Emmaus, IV.301f

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Jesus, ascension of, IV.310f

Jethro, II.142

Jezaniah, son of Hoshaiah, V.322

Jezebel, III.111, III.113, III.119, III.123ff, III.128ff, III.158, III.161f, III.373

Jezreel, II.324, II.494; III.122, III.127, III.158f, III.396, III.490

Joah, V.271ff

Joakim, III.104

Joash, king of Israel, III.162, III.281, III.285, III.400

Joash, king of Judah, III.271, III.277ff, III.380

Joash, the Abiezrite, II.320, II.329, II.331

Job, selections from, V.177-232

Joel, II.350

Joel, prophecies of, V.374ff

Johanan, son of Kareah, V.319ff

John, the Baptist, IV.65ff, IV.74, IV.149ff, IV.485

John, the disciple, IV.74f, IV.95ff, IV.123, IV.141, IV.185, IV.259, IV.264

epistles of, V.435ff

John, son of Simon, III.472, III.480

John Gaddis, III.422f

Jonah, story of, III.165ff, III.401

Jonathan, II.360, II.362f, II.380, II.393, II.399ff, II.412, II.426

Jonathan, Apphus, III.423, III.450ff

Jonathan, son of Absalom, III.464ff

Jonathan, son of Kareah, V.319

Jonathan and David, I.156ff; II.393f, II.399ff

Joppa, III.165, III.455, III.464, III.475ff; IV.350, IV.353

Joram, king of Israel, III.111, III.157f, III.387ff

Jordan, I.224f; II.285ff, III.133, III.134, III.144, III.154, III.452; IV.66

plain of, II.22, II.466, II.487

Joseph, III.427

Joseph, story of:

favorite of his father, I.177; II.91

dreams of supremacy in family; is hated by brethren and sold into slavery, I.181; II.95f

in Egypt, II.96f

interprets dreams of Pharaoh's officers, II.99ff

interprets the dream of Pharaoh, I.181f; II.104ff

made prime minister, I.185; II.107

and his brethren, I.185; II.111ff

death and burial, II.132

Joseph, father of Jesus, I.217; IV.37f, IV.45f, IV.50

Joseph of Arimathaea, IV.286

Josephus, III.234

Joshua, II.208, II.247, II.268; III.231, III.427

Joshua, story of:

spies are sent to Jericho, II.277ff

crosses the Jordan, II.285ff

capture of Jericho, II.287ff

attack upon Ai, II.294ff

submission of Gibeon, II.300ff

battle with the five kings, II.305ff

last addresses, II.308ff

death, II.312

Joshua, high priest, V.398f

Josiah, king of Judah, III.322, III.323ff

Jotham, II.333; III.292

Judah, II.115; III.237ff, III.421f; V.350

Judas, called Barsabbas, IV.390

Judas, son of Simon, III.480

Judas Isacariot, IV.95ff, IV.229, IV.248ff, IV.267

Judas Maccabaeus, III.423, III.427, III.428ff

Judges, the, II.315-337

Judith, story of, III.80ff

Julius, IV.469

Juniper tree, Elijah and, III.123

Jupiter, IV.386

Kadesh, II.248f

Kedar, V.350

Kedesh, III.52, III.408, III.459

Kedesh-naphtali, III.52

Kenites, III.52

Keren-happuch, V.232

Keziah, V.232

Kidron, brook, III.250, III.300, III.306, III.326f

city, III.479, III.480

"King of the Jews," IV.276f, IV.282

Kingdom of God, IV.23, IV.79f, IV.134, IV.489

Kingdom of the North, III.353ff

Kingdom of the South, III.237ff

Kings, the five, II.488

Kings, table of, III.236

Kinsman, III.487

Kir-hareseth, III.392

Kiriath-huzoth, II.261

Kish, II.352

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Kishon, brook, III.122

Kishon, the river, III.51f

Laban, II.51ff, II.68, II.70ff; III.88

Lachish, II.307, II.493; III.286, III.312; V.274

Lands of the Bible, how people travel in, I.208ff

Laodicea, church in, message to, V.464ff

Lappidoth, III.52

Lasea, IV.469

Lazarus, IV.215ff, IV.229

Leah, II.71; III.47

Lebanon, II.458, II.482

cedars of, II.334, II.456; III.281

Legion, IV.139

Lehi, III.175

Leprosy, I.206; III.153, III.287, III.291; IV.126, IV.489

Naaman's, III.143f

Levi, II.138

Levi, son of Alphaeus, IV.94

Levites, II.285; III.228f, III.231f, III.256f, III.277f, III.299f, III.307, III.329

Libnah, III.267; V.274

Little brothers of the air and field, I.292ff

Lord and Job, V.181ff, V.222ff

Lot, II.21, II.26, II.32f

Lot's wife, II.36

Lud, V.349

Luz, II.87

Lycaonia, IV.386

Lydda, IV.350

Lydia, IV.396

Lysias, III.437

Lystra, IV.386f, IV.392, IV.395

Maacah, III.242, III.250

Maaseiah, III.288

Maaseiah, son of Ahaz, III.294

Maccabaeus, III.418, III.423, III.427ff

Maccabees, tales of, III.417ff

Macedonia, IV.396, IV.422f, IV.495

"Macedonian cry," IV.396

Machpelah, cave of, II.45f, II.59, II.129f, II.491

Mahanaim, II.76

Mahlon, III.35f

Maid, little captive, I.205ff

Makkedah, II.306f

Malachi, prophecies of, V.408f

Malchus, IV.267

Malta, IV.474f

Mamre, oak of, II.25, II.29, II.487

Manasseh, III.249, III.302, III.306, III.308

Manasseh, king of Judah, III.314, III.317ff, III.322, III.327

Manasseh, son of Joseph, II.108

Manasses, husband of Judith, III.86, III.91

Manna and quails, II.192ff

Maon, wilderness of, II.413, II.418

Mara, III.39

Marah, II.191

Mareshah, III.248

Mark, John, IV.360, IV.380, IV.395

Market of Appius, IV.477

Martha, IV.215ff, IV.229

Martyr, the first, IV.339ff

Mary, mother of Jesus, IV.37f, IV.42

Mary, mother of Joses, IV.286

Mary, sister of Martha, IV.215ff, IV.229

Mary, wife of Cleopas, IV.285

Mary Magdalene, I.267; IV.285, IV.286, IV.297f

Mattan, priest of Baal, III.276.

Mattaniah, III.347

Mattathias, son of Absalom, III.459

Mattathias, son of John, III.418, III.422ff

Mattathias, son of Simon, III.481

Matthew, IV.95

Matthias, IV.325

Medes, III.80, III.494

Medes and Persians, laws of, III.62, III.207f

Media, III.60, III.62

Mediterranean Sea, IV.17

Megiddo, III.161, III.323, III.328, III.331f

Mehetabel, III.226

Melchizedek, king of Salem, II.26, II.488

Memory verses, I.491ff; II.503ff; III.501ff; IV.501ff

Menahem, son of Jabesh, III.403f

Mercury, IV.386

Meribah, II.249

Merodach-baladan, V.268

Mesaloth, III.448

Mesha, king of Moab, III.387f

Meshach, III.184, III.190ff

Meshech, V.349

Meshullam, III.324

Mesopotamia, II.50, II.491

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Messenger, visit of, II.29ff

Messiah, IV.20, IV.86

Meunim, III.288

Micah, prophecies of, V.367ff

Micaiah, V.306

Micaiah, son of Imlah, III.256, III.378f

Michael, III.266

Michmash, II.361, II.365, II.497

Midian, II.255ff, II.319, II.330

Midianites, II.319f, II.324

Migdol, V.327

Migration, II.21

Milcah, II.50f, II.55

Miletus, IV.425f

Millo, III.311

Miracles, New Testament:

water changed to wine, IV.78

king's officer's son healed, IV.92f

Roman captain's servant healed, IV.121f

Simon's wife's mother healed, IV.126

leper at Capernaum healed, IV.126f

man sick of palsy healed, IV.127f

two blind men healed, IV.128

widow's son raised from dead, IV.130

storm stilled, IV.136

man of Gadara with unclean spirit healed, IV.139f

woman long time invalid healed, IV.140

daughter of Jairus raised from dead, IV.141f

multitude, feeding of, IV.144ff

man at pool of Bethesda healed, IV.167f

man with withered hand healed, IV.169

the demoniac blind and dumb healed, IV.170f

daughter of Syrophoenician woman healed, IV.172

deaf man healed, IV.175

four thousand fed, IV.175f

blind man at Bethsaida, IV.177

boy with dumb spirit healed, IV.181f

blind man at pool of Siloam, IV.197f

raising of Lazarus, IV.215ff

blind Bartimaeus given sight, IV.221

lame and blind in the temple healed, IV.237

Malchus healed, IV.267

draught of fishes, IV.307f

lame man healed, IV.330

raising of Dorcas, IV.350

Miracles, Old Testament:

water from the rock, II.247ff

the cruse of oil, III.114f

widow's son restored to life, III.115

waters healed by Elisha, III.137

increase of oil for widow, III.137f

the Shunammite boy brought to life, III.138ff

Naaman healed of leprosy, III.143ff

Jonah saved from drowning, III.169

children of Israel in the fiery furnace, III.190ff

deliverance of Daniel, III.206ff

Miriam, II.187, II.248

Mishael, III.185f, III.427

Mitylene, IV.425

Mizpah, II.75, II.349, II.357, II.494; III.253; V.319ff

Mnason, IV.430

Moab, II.255ff; III.35ff, III.83, III.258f, III.487

Moabites, II.316

Modin, III.418, III.422, III.428, III.450, III.467f, III.480, III.496

Molech, or Moloch, III.293, III.327

Money changers driven from the temple, IV.237

Mordecai, III.60ff

Moreh, II.325

Moriah, mount, II.461

Moses, IV.180

Moses, story of:

birth, I.117; II.137f

in Midian, II.141f

the call of God, II.142ff

conflict with Pharaoh, II.149ff

leads Israelites out of bondage, II.178f

pursued by Egyptians, II.180ff

wanderings in the wilderness, II.191ff

at Sinai, II.201f

in the wilderness, II.214ff

march to the Promised Land, II.241ff

death of, II.268ff

Mount of Olives, I.218; IV.233, IV.264

Multitude, feeding of, IV.144ff, IV.175f

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Murder, story of first, III.22f

Mustard seed, story of, I.201f; IV.134f

Myra, IV.462, IV.469

Mysia, IV.395

Naaman, I.205f; III.111, III.143ff

Nabal, II.418ff

Naboth, III.111, III.160f

his vineyard, III.127ff

Nadab, king, III.364, III.367

Nahash, II.359

Nahor, II.50f

Nahum, prophecies of, V.385ff

Nain, IV.130

Naomi, III.35ff

Naphtali, III.52, III.253

Nathan, II.431ff; III.301

Nathanael, IV.77

Nativity of Jesus, IV.37f

Nazareth, I.217; IV.18, IV.37, IV.45f, IV.49f

Nazirite, III.178

Neapolis, IV.392, IV.396

Nebo, mount, II.268, II.272

Nebuchadnezzar, III.63, III.80f, III.93f, III.183ff, III.344, III.346ff; V.309, V.314f, V.330, V.333, V.346

Nebuzaradan, III.351; V.317f, V.321, V.326

Neco, king of Egypt, III.328, III.332

Nehemiah, royal cupbearer:

asks to return to Jerusalem, III.212ff

arrives at Jerusalem, III.217

builds walls, III.217ff

dedication of walls, III.231f

Neighbor, who was the, I.279

Nethanel, III.256

New Testament, selections from, V.411ff

Nicanor, III.443ff

Nicodemus, IV.79

Nimshi, III.124, III.158, III.159

Nineveh, III.81, III.165f, III.493; V.385, V.387f

Noadiah, prophetess, III.227

Noah, III.24ff

Noph, V.327

Obadiah, prince, III.111, III.116ff, III.256

Obadiah, prophecies of, V.370f

Obed, III.48

Obed-edom, III.286

Oded, III.249, III.294

Og, II.255, II.268, II.281, II.301

Oholiab, II.216, II.219ff

Olive leaf, the dove and, III.29ff

Olives, mount of, I.218; IV.233, IV.264

Omri, III.373f

Ono, plain of, III.225

Ophel, III.292, III.319

Ophir, II.482, II.498; III.255, III.265, III.495

Ophrah, II.323, II.331f, II.494

Oreb, II.330

Orion, V.191, V.361

Orpah, III.35ff

Orthosia, III.479

Ozias, III.80, III.85ff

Paddan-aram, II.67f, II.84, II.87, II.492

Palestine, III.418, III.452

in the days of Jesus, IV.17

Palm Sunday, story of, I.251ff

"Palm Tree of Deborah," III.51f

Pamphylia, IV.380, IV.387, IV.395

Paphos, IV.379f

Parables:

the good Samaritan, I.279ff; IV.88

story of the sower, I.126; IV.133f

growing grain, IV.134

mustard seed, I.201f; IV.134f

ungrateful servant, IV.186f

good shepherd and the sheep, IV.200

lost sheep, IV.202

lost money, IV.202f

prodigal son, IV.203f

dishonest steward, IV.204f

Dives and Lazarus, IV.206f

poor man and the rich man, IV.206f

man who made excuses, IV.207f

foolish rich man, IV.212

wicked husbandmen, IV.238f

faithful servant, IV.244ff

judgment of the King, IV.246ff

Paran, wilderness of, II.242, II.491

Passover, feast of, I.251; III.302f, III.329f; IV.49f, IV.79ff, IV.229, IV.248f, IV.491

institution of, II.173ff

Patara, IV.429

Pathros, V.327f

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Patriarchs, the, II.19-132

Paul, the Apostle:

summary of life, IV.367ff

conversion, IV.371ff

first missionary journey, IV.376ff

second missionary journey, IV.392ff

third missionary journey, IV.417ff

at Jerusalem, IV.433ff

examination before King Agrippa and Queen Bernice, IV.455ff

voyage to Rome, IV.462ff

shipwreck, IV.469ff

at Malta, IV.474f

at Rome, IV.478f

appeals to Caesar, IV.452f

riot at Ephesus, IV.418ff

at Corinth, IV.408ff

at Athens, IV.404ff

in Macedonia, IV.403f

in Galatia, IV.385

in Cyprus, IV.376f

at Antioch, IV.380ff

Pekah, III.293, III.407, III.408; V.266

Pekahiah, III.407

Pentecost, day of, IV.325, IV.493

Penuel, II.80, II.492; III.353

Perga, IV.380, IV.387

Pergamum, church in, message to, V.461

Persia, V.349

Persians and Medes, laws of, III.62, III.207f

Peter, I.267; IV.74, IV.94, IV.95ff, IV.125, IV.141, IV.166, IV.178, IV.186, IV.250ff, IV.264f, IV.270, IV.297f, IV.307f, IV.326ff, IV.336, IV.347f, IV.350, IV.353ff, IV.359f

denies Christ, IV.270

Pharaoh, I.181

and Joseph, II.99ff, II.104ff, II.123ff

and Moses, II.149ff

Pharaoh Hophra, V.330

Pharisees, IV.19, IV.65, IV.94, IV.176, IV.192f, IV.198ff, IV.234, IV.287, IV.442, IV.488

Pharpar, III.144, III.493

Phicol, II.39f

Philadelphia, church in, message to, V.463f

Philip, III.419

Philip, the disciple, IV.77, IV.95ff, IV.243 , IV.254, IV.345f, IV.348f

Philip, the evangelist, IV.430

Philippi, IV.396, IV.425

Philistia, III.404, III.408

Philistines, I.140, I.143; II.342ff, II.360f, II.376, II.380, II.386ff, II.399, II.413, II.438, II.455, II.493; III.172, III.175ff, III.256, III.267, III.288, III.295, III.299, III.432f, III.493

Philippians, epistle to, V.420, V.424, V.453f

Phinehas, II.345f; III.427

Phoenicia, IV.388

Phoenix, IV.462, IV.470

Phrygia, IV.395, IV.418

Pilate, IV.272ff, IV.491

Pilgrims, I.270

Pillar of fire, II.179

Pillars of stone, II.69, II.75, II.492

Pisgah, II.253, II.263, II.272

Pitchers, II.329f, II.494

Plagues of Egypt:

blood, II.155f

frogs, II.156ff

lice, II.158

flies, II.158f

cattle disease, II.160

boils, II.160f

hail, II.166ff

locusts, II.168f

blackness, II.171ff

death of firstborn, II.177f

Pleiades, V.191, V.361

Poetry of the Bible, V.11ff

Potiphar, II.96f

Poti-phera, II.107f

Pottage, II.60, II.491

"Potter and his clay," V.301ff

Prayer, Lord's, IV.112

Prayers for little children, I.319

Priests, garments of, II.227ff

Priscilla, IV.408ff

Prophets, roll of, V.260

selections from, V.263-409

Proverbs, selections from, V.248-257

Psalms, introduction to, V.17

selections from, I.121ff; V.19-174

Shepherd, I.289

Ptolemais, III.460, III.464; IV.430

Ptolemy, king of Egypt, III.420

Ptolemy, son of Abulus, III.481

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Publius, IV.477

Purah, II.326f

Purim, III.78f, III.488

Put, V.349

Puteoli, IV.477

Quails and manna, II.192ff

Raamah, V.350

Rabshakeh, V.271ff

Rachel, II.69ff, II.88; III.47

Rahab, II.278ff, II.292

Rainbow in the sky, III.31

Ramah, II.386, II.494; III.52, III.247, III.250

Rameses, II.137, III.493

Ramoth-gilead, III.158f, III.269, III.377ff, III.387

Rebekah, II.50ff

Red Sea, II.178f, II.482, II.498

Rehoboam, III.237ff

Remaliah, III.293, II.407, II.408; V.266f

Rephaim, II.438

Rephidim, II.197, II.201

Resurrection of Jesus, IV.297f

Reuben, I.178; II.95, II.112f

Reuel, II.141

Rezin, V.266

Rhegium, IV.477

Rhoda, IV.360

Rhodes, IV.429

Riblah, III.351; V.314

Rich young man, story of, IV.211f

Riddle, III.173f

Rimmon, III.147, III.493

Rock, water from, II.247ff

Romans, III.445

Romans, epistle to, V.415ff, V.419f, V.422, V.443, V.444, V.454f

Rome, I.201; III.420, III.447; IV.19, IV.462, IV.477f

Ruskin, John, I.299f

Ruth, I.229; III.35ff

Sacrifices, II.491

Sadducees, IV.65, IV.488

Saint Francis of Assisi, I.292

Salamis, IV.376, IV.379

Salmone, IV.469

Salt, valley of, III.282, III.495

Samaria, III.111, III.116, III.127, III.152, III.285, III.293, III.374, III.380f, III.382, III.388f, III.395, III.399, III.402, III.411, III.431, III.490; IV.82, IV.346f, IV.388, IV.488; V.320, V.359

Samaritan, good, I.279ff; IV.88

woman, IV.82ff

Samos, IV.425

Samothrace, IV.396

Samson, story of:

slays a lion and makes a riddle, III.172ff

burns a cornfield and slays his enemies, III.175f

carries off gates of Gaza, III.176

betrayed by Delilah, III.176ff

his revenge and death, III.181ff

Samuel, story of:

and Eli, I.132ff; II.338ff

the call of God, I.132ff; II.341f

anoints Saul king, II.352ff

and Saul, II.373ff, II.379

and David, II.382ff

death of, II.376

Sanballat, III.217f, III.225

Sapphira, IV.335f

Sarai or Sarah, II.29, II.36f, II.45f

Sardis, church in, message to, V.462f

Satan, IV.72f

and Job, V.181ff

Saul, story of:

anointed by Samuel, II.352ff

proclaimed king, II.357f

first battle, II.359f

and Jonathan, II.362ff

disobedience, II.370ff

with witch of En-dor, II.376ff

death at Gilboa, I.160; II.380f, II.424

and David, I.147ff; II.386ff

jealous of David, II.396ff

pursues David, II.411ff

Scythopolis, III.82, III.489

Sea-shore, I.63

Seir, children of, III.282

mount, II.84, II.492; III.258f

Seleucia, IV.376, IV.379

Sennacherib, III.299, III.311ff, III.315; V.271

Sergius Paulus, IV.379

Sermon on the mount, IV.105ff

Seron, III.431f

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Serpent, brazen, II.250f; III.299

in the garden of Eden, III.19f

Shadrach, III.184, III.190ff

Shallum, III.402f

Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, III.411

Shamgar, III.54, III.488

Shammah, II.385, II.389

Shaphan, the scribe, III.323f

Shaphat, III.124, III.125

Sheba, II.498; V.350

queen of, I.173; II.478f

Shebna, V.271ff

Shechem, II.22, II.84, II.92f, II.332f, II.487; III.238, III.353; V.320

Shekel, II.46, II.491

Shem, III.24, III.26

Shemaiah, III.226, III.240

Shemer, III.374

Shephatiah, III.266

Shepherd, the good, I.282; IV.200

psalm, I.289

Shilhi, III.265

Shiloh, II.345f; III.362; V.320

Shimeath, the Ammonitess, III.280

Shimrith, the Moabitess, III.280

Shinar, land of, III.32, III.487

Shishak, III.240

Shittim, II.278, II.285, II.493

Shunammite, III.138, III.141, III.143

Shunem, III.111, III.138, III.490

Shur, wilderness of, II.191

Shushan, III.60ff, III.212, III.488, III.494

Sidon, IV.172, IV.462, IV.469

Sihon, II.253f, II.268, II.281, II.301

Silas, IV.390, IV.395, IV.399, IV.403f

Siloam, pool of, IV.197f

Simeon, I.186; II.113

Simon, the sorcerer, IV.346f

Simon, a tanner, IV.350

Simon, Thassi, III.423, III.427, III.450, III.455, III.463ff

Simon, the Zealot, IV.95ff

Simon of Cyrene, IV.281

Simon Peter, see Peter.

Sin, wilderness of, II.192

Sinai, wilderness of, II.201ff, II.212, II.242

Sion, mount, III.438, III.444

Sisera, III.51ff

Slime pits, II.25, II.488

Smyrna, church in, message to, V.460f

So, king of Egypt, III.411

Soco, III.295

Sodom, II.22, II.23; II.32ff

Solomon, III.237f, III.255

Solomon, story of:

dream of, I.170f; II.452f

prosperity of, II.455ff

treaty with Hiram, I.173f, II.457ff

his temple, I.173; II.461ff

his palace, II.469f

dedication of the temple, II.470ff

and queen of Sheba, I.173; II.478f

greatness of his empire, II.481ff

Solomon's temple, I.174

Song of the Bow, II.426f

Song of songs, selections from, V.235-239

Song of the Well, II.253

Songs, an old book of, I.121

Sorek, III.176

Sosthenes, IV.411

South, the, II.22, II.487

Sower, story of, I.126; IV.133f

Spain, III.445

Spies, sending out of, by Moses, II.243ff

Spring, I.51

Stephen, IV.339ff

Story of a good king, I.170

Story of Palm Sunday, I.251ff

Succoth, II.84, II.466, II.492

Summer, I.52

Summer room, II.315, II.493

Supper, the last, IV.248ff

Sur, III.272

Sycamore tree, IV.222

Sychar, IV.82

Symeon, called Niger, IV.379

Syracuse, IV.477

Syria, I.205; III.124, III.143, III.148f, III.493; IV.390, IV.395, IV.425, IV.429; V.350

Syrophoenician woman, IV.172, IV.489

Syrtis, IV.465

Tabernacle in the wilderness, II.217ff

and furnishings, II.217ff

tent, II.217ff

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Tabernacle, ark, II.220

table, II.221

candlestick, II.221

altar of incense, II.222

burnt offering, II.222

court, II.225

Tabernacles, feast of, IV.190

Tabitha, IV.350

Tabor, mount, III.52f

Tahpanhes, V.326f

Talking with our Father, I.101

Tarshish, II.483; III.165, II.171, II.265, II.493, II.495; V.349f

Tarsus, IV.367, IV.375

Tebeth, III.64, III.488

Tekoa, III.261; V.354

Temple, Solomon's, I.174

Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness, IV.70f

Teresh, III.64, III.70

Tertullus, IV.448

Thaddaeus, IV.95ff

Thanksgiving, the first, I.270

Thebez, II.337

Thessalonians, epistle to, V.423, V.447

Thessalonica, IV.403f

Thomas, IV.95ff, IV.216, IV.254, IV.306f

"Three Taverns," IV.477

Thyatira, IV.396

church in, message to, V.462

Tiglath-pileser, III.295, III.404, III.408; V.267

Timnah, III.172, III.295, III.493

Timnath-serah, II.312

Timothy, IV.395, IV.404, IV.411, IV.418

first epistle to, V.444

second epistle to, V.448

Tiphsah, II.456

Tirhakah, V.274

Tirshatha, III.228

Tirzah, III.364, III.368ff, III.403, III.495

Titus Justus, IV.411

Tobiah, III.217f, III.225

Togarmah, V.349

Topheth, III.327; V.304f

Transfiguration of Jesus, IV.180

Trees, what Jesus said about, I.109

Tribute, question about, IV.240

Triumph, song of, III.54ff

Troas, IV.395f, IV.425, IV.495

Trophimus, IV.433

Tryphon, III.460f

Tubal, V.349

"Twin Brothers," IV.477

Tyre, II.457, II.497; III.233; IV.172, IV.429, IV.430; V.346ff

Ur of Chaldees, II.21, II.27, II.487

Uriah, II.430ff

Uriel, III.242

Urijah, priest, III.295f

Uz, V.181

Uzziah, III.287ff; V.264

"Valley of dry bones," V.352f

Vashti, III.60ff

Vedan, V.350

Vial, II.357, II.494

Vine, Jesus, the, IV.258f

Vineyard, Naboth's, III.127ff

parable of, Isaiah, V.280ff

Vision of Peter, IV.353f, IV.357

Visions, horsemen in the glen, V.402f

City of Peace, V.403f

golden candlestick, V.404

flying book, V.405

woman in the barrel, V.405f

chariot of the four winds, V.406f

of Heavenly City, V.476ff

Water from the rock, II.247ff

Widow, the poor, I.193

Widow's mite, IV.243

Winter, I.59

Wise Men, I.249ff; IV.41f, IV.485

Zabad, III.280

Zacchaeus, the publican, IV.221f

Zadok, II.447f

Zalmon, II.334f

Zarephath, III.111, III.114, III.490

Zebadiah, III.257

Zebedee, IV.94

Zebidah, III.344

Zebulun, III.52, III.306

Zechariah, prince, III.256, III.261, III.266

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Zechariah, prophecies of, V.401

Zedekiah, king of Judah, III.348ff; V.309ff, V.330

Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, III.378, III.380

Zeeb, II.330

Zemaraim, mount, III.242

Zerah, III.248

Zeresh, III.70ff

Zeredah, II.466

Zerubbabel, V.398f

Zeruiah, II.443

Zibiah, III.277

Zichri, III.294

Zidon, II.457, II.497; III.114, III.490; V.349

Zimri, III.161, III.370, III.373f

Zion, II.470; V.373

Ziph, wilderness of, II.406, II.412

Ziphites, II.406, II.412

Zipporah, II.141f

Zoar, II.25, II.487

Zophar, the Naamathite, V.184, V.193, V.196, V.201, V.204, V.209, V.213, V.232