Elisha causes iron to swim, 250.
Exposes Benhadad's counsels, 250.
Strikes a Syrian troop with blind-
ness, 250.
His danger-a famine, 251.
Predicts abundance, 251.
Foretells a famine, 252.
Visits Damascus, 252.
Foretells Hazael's cruelty, 252.
Sends to anoint Jehu, 252.
When dying is visited by Jehoash,
Predicts his successes, 253.
His bones restore a man to life,
253.
Elkanah, Hannah's husband, 385.
Attends the annual feasts at Shi-
loh, 386.
Elon, one of the judges, 185.
Enoch, his translation, 27.
Ephron sells a field to Abraham, 57.
Epicureans, their notion of creation, 2.
Esau, his subjection to his brother fore-
told, 58.
Sells his birthright, 58.
Marries two wives, 59.
Is deprived of the first blessing, 59.
Resolves to kill Jacob, 59.
Marries a third wife, 60.
Is reconciled to Jacob, 62.
Esar-haddon succeeds Sennacherib, 294.
Subdues Egypt, 294.
Esther, her introduction to Ahasuerus,
388.
Is informed of Haman's designs,
389.
Goes in unto the king, 390.
Entertains the king and Haman,
Accuses Haman, 391.
Entreats the king for her people,
392.
Institution of the fast of Esther,
392.
Eve made of Adam's rib, 19.
Deceived by Satan, 22.
Evil-merodach succeeds Nebuchadnez-
Extermination, a judicial visitation,
Ezekiel, his descent, 346.
Period of his ministry, 347.
Scene of his prophecies, 346.
Contents of his book, 348.
Authenticity and inspiration of his Gibeonites, their stratagem to make
Avenged for Saul's cruelty, 224.
Gideon visited by an angel, 180.
Destroys Baal's image, 180.
Receives divine evidence of his
mission, 181.
Conquers the Midianites, 182.
Punishes the men of Succoth, 182.
Slays Zebah and Zalmunna, 182.
Makes an ephod, 182.
Had seventy sons, 182.
Goliath, a Philistine champion, 198.
Slain by David, 199.
Habakkuk, his tribe, and period of
ministration, 269.
Foretells the punishment of Judah
and Babylon, 269.
Doubtful incidents concerning him,
Hadad, an adversary of Solomon, 236.
Hadadezer smitten by David, 217.
Hagar expelled at Sarah's desire, 51.
Comforted by an angel, 51.
Returns to Abraham, 51.
Again expelled, 55.
Haggai, extraction, and period of min-
istry, 372.
Stimulates Zerubbabel, 372.
Contents and character of his pro-
phecy, 372.
Ham cursed by Noah, 45.
Haman, his extraction and promotion,
389.
His design against the Jews, 389.
His fall, 390.
Hannah, a wife of Elkanah, 190, 385.
Prays for a son, 190, 386.
Is accused by Eli, 190, 386.
Defends herself, 190, 386.
Returns to Shiloh, 387.
Becomes the mother of Samuel,
387.
Dedicates him to God, 386, 387.
Her annual care of him, 387.
Is blessed by Eli, 387.
Hanani and Hananiah, 369.
Hanun, his insult to David and pun-
ishment, 218.
Hazael is sent by Benhadad to Elisha,
Is foretold his future career, 252.
Murders his master, 252.
Invades Israel, 253.
Distresses Judah, 253.
Is succeeded by his son Benhadad,
253.
Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz and prospers,
Isaiah foretells the Babylonish inva-
sion, 278.
Walks three years barefoot, 278.
Prophecies against Tyre, Edom,
Egypt, Judah, Syria, Ethiopia,
Bablyon, 279, 281, 282.
The boldness of his personifica-
tions, 280.
Clearness of his predictions, 284,
285.
Especially regarding the Messiah,
283, 285.
Sublimity of his ideas and gran-
deur of style, 287, 288.
Ishbosheth declared king by Abner,
Deserted by Abner, 212.
Murdered by two of his officers,
Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar,
His character predicted, 51.
Persecutes Isaac, 55.
Expelled by Abraham, 55.
Dwells in the wilderness, 56.
Marries an Egyptian, 56.
Assists at Abraham's burial, 57.
His daughter married to Esau, 60.
Ishmael assassinates Gedaliah, 342.
His defeat and flight, 342.
Israel, Jacob's new name, 62.
The ten tribes, as distinguished
from the kingdom of Judah,
238, 257.
Israelites, theocratic character of their
government, 171.
Their bondage in Egypt, 109.
Deliverance under Moses, 122.
Passage through the Red Sea, 123.
Journey through the wilderness,
123, &c.
Possess Canaan, 166.
Governed by judges, 172, &c.
Commencement of monarchical
rule, 192.
Divided into two kingdoms, 238.
End of the kingdom of Israel, 257.
Captivity of Judah, 261.
Restoration of Judah, 360.
Jabin oppresses Israel, 178.
Jacob, prediction respecting him, 58.
His birth, 58.
Purchases Esau's birthright, 58.
Deceives his father and obtains
the blessing, 59.
Flees into Mesopotamia, 60.
Serves Laban for his daughters, 60.
Increase of his family, 61.
Secretly leaves Laban, 61.
His name changed, 62.
Meets Esau and is reconciled to
him, 62.
Comes to Shechem, 62.
Removes to Bethel, 62.
Assists at the burial of Isaac, 63.
Partiality for Joseph, 63.
Sends his sons to buy corn, 65.
Goes down into Egypt, 66.
Blesses his sons and dies, 66.
Jael slays Sisera, 179.
Jair a lax judge of Israel, 184.
Japheth is blessed by Noah, 45.
Countries inhabited by his de-
scendants, 46.
Jehoahaz (king of Israel) oppressed by
Hazael, 253.
Jehoahaz (king of Judah) deposed, 261.
Jehoash visits Elisha when dying, 253.
Recovers the cities taken by Ha-
zael, 253.
Subdues Amaziah and plunders
Jerusalem, 254.
Jehoiachin carried to Babylon, 261.
Jehoiada proclaims Joash king, 253.
His son basely stoned, 253.
Jehoiakim succeeds Jehoahaz, 261,
334.
Made tributary by Nebuchadnez-
zar, 261, 336.
Burns Jeremiah's roll, 336.
Rebels against Nebuchadnezzar
261, 337.
His ignominious end, 337.
Jehoram contends with the Moabites,
Naaman comes to him to be heal-
ed, 250.
Is besieged by Benhadad, 251.
Sends an executioner to slay Eli-
sha, 251.
Reinstates the Shunamite in her
inheritance, 252.
Attempts to retake Ramoth, 252.
Is slain by Jehu, 252.
Jehoshaphat strengthens his kingdom,
Forms alliance with Ahab, 246.
His danger at Ramoth, 247.
Assists Jehoram against the
Moabites, 248.
Overcomes the Ammonites, 248.
Jehu anointed king at Ramoth, 252.
Jehu slays the kings of Israel and Ju- | Jeremiah purchases Hananeel's field,
The two points of his predictions,
330.
Has two visions, 330.
Reproves idolatry, 331.
Is conspired against, 331.
Symbolises the ruin of Judah, 332.
Depicts a grievous famine, 332.
Is commanded not to marry, 332.
Symbolises God's sovereignty over
Judah, 333.
Is violently treated by Pashur, 334.
Threatens Jehoiakim, 334.
Is rescued from the priests, 334.
Predicts Nebuchadnezzar's victo-
rious career, 335.
Commits his prophecies to writ-
ing, 336.
Sends Baruch to read the roll, 336.
Conceals himself from Jehoiakim,
335.
Rewrites the prophecies destroyed
by Jehoiakim, 337.
Admonishes the Jews from the
example of the Rechabites, 337.
Is shown a type of Judah's condi-
tion, 338.
Makes yokes and bonds, 338.
Pronounces Hananiah's doom, 338.
Sends his prophecies to Babylon,
Writes a letter to the captives, 339.
Predicts the miserable end of Zede-
kiah, Ahab, and Shemaiah, 339.
Is entreated by Zedekiah to pray
for the city, 339.
Attempts to flee and is arrested,
Pleads before the king, 340.
Recommitted to prison, 340.
Censures the king, princes, &c. 341.
Consigned to a dungeon, 341.
Sent for by Zedekiah, 341.
Taken captive and released, 341.
Comes to Gedaliah, 342.
Forbids Johannan to go into
Egypt, 343.
Is carried into Egypt, 343.
Symbolises the ruin of Egypt, 343.
Writes the "Lamentations," 343.
Opinions as to his style, 344.
Conjectures and fables respecting
him, 344.
Jericho, two spies visit it, 158.
Invaded and taken by Joshua, 160.
Devoted to perpetual ruin, 160.
Rebuilt by Hiel, 242.
Jeroboam apprised of his future great-
ness, 236.
Flees into Egypt from Solomon,237.
Returns to Shechem, 238.
Is chosen king over the ten revolt-
ed tribes, 238.
Establishes idolatry, 238.
His hand withered, 239.
Sends to Ahijah to inquire if his
son should recover, 239.
Is defeated by Abijam, 240.
His sudden death, 240.
Jeroboam II. subdues the Syrians and
captures Damascus, 254.
Jerusalem captured, 172.
Is made the seat of government,213.
Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar,261.
Rebuilt by the returned captives,
319,
Jesse, the father of David, 195.
Confided to the care of the king
of Moab, 207.
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, 112.
Jezebel is married to Ahab, 242.
Extends idolatry, 243.
Threatens Elijah, 244.
Has Naboth murdered, 246.
Her miserable death, 253.
Joab, captain of David's army, 207, 212.
Slays Abner, 212.
Takes the fortress of Zion, 213.
Wars against the Syrians, 218.
Besieges Rabbah, 218.
Has Uriah slain, 219.
Kills Absalom, 223.
Murders Amasa, 224.
Joins Adonijah's conspiracy, 228.
Is slain by Benaiah, 229.
Joash, reigns well for a time, 253.
His idolatry and ingratitude, 253.
His exemplary punishment, 253.
Job, book of, in all the canons, 68.
Its æra and authorship, 70-74, 94.
Opinions as to its object, 70-74.
Scene of the poem, 76-78.
Learning and customs of the coun-
try, 78.
Scope and arrangement of the
poem, 79.
Not a drama but an epic, 83.
Its natural divisions, 83.
Character of its several parts, 85—
96.
Creed, doctrines, and ritual of the
Commentators and translators, 104.
Specimens of its excellence, 105-Jordan, divided, 159.
Job a real personage, 69, 73.
His genealogy, 69, 80.
Accused and afflicted by Satan, 84.
Visited by his three friends, 85.
Eliphaz charges him with sin, 86.
His reproachful and impatient re-
ply, 86.
Bildad's bitter accusation, 87.
Job longs to plead his cause with
God, 87.
Zophar's rough invective, 87.
Job's sarcastic and bold reply, 88.
Eliphaz charges Job with vanity,88.
Job pathetically bemoans his lot,
Bildad's irrelevant address, 88.
Job's brilliant and triumphant
reply, 89.
Zophar recapitulates the old ar-
gument, 89.
Job controverts the principle on
which his friends argue, 89.
Further accusation of Eliphaz, 89.
Job's elaborate defence, 90.
Bildad's confused reply, 90.
Job reproves Bildad, and gives an
outline of his own history, 91.
Summing up of the argument by
Elihu, 91.
Jehovah addresses Job, 93.
Job's submission and acceptance,
Honours paid to his memory, 107.
Jochebed, Moses' mother, 109.
Joel, period of ministry unknown, 268.
Substance and character of his
writings, 268.
Ephraimites slain at, 185.
Divided by Elisha, 248.
Joseph, his birth, 61.
Envy and wickedness of his breth-
ren, 63.
Sold to Potiphar, 64.
Imprisoned, 64.
Conduct in prison, 64.
Interprets Pharaoh's dream, 64.
His exaltation and marriage, 65.
Stores up corn, 65.
Treats his brethren as spies, 65.
Acknowledges them, 65.
Sends for his father, 66.
Carries his father's remains to
Canaan, 66.
His last charge and death, 66.
Joshua appointed to succeed Moses,
128.
Accession to the government, 157.
His qualifications, 157.
Receives a divine communication,
158,
Sends two spies to Jericho, 158.
Marches the people through Jor-
dan, 159.
Takes Jericho, and pronounces a
curse on him who should rebuild
it, 160.
Is discomfited at Ai, 161.
Punishes Achan and takes Ai, 161.
League with the Gibeonites, 162.
Rescues them, 162.
Commands the sun and moon to
stand still, 163.
Opinions respecting this miracle,
Slays five kings at Makkedah, 165.
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