AAR

AARON, 51, 55, 56, 70, 76, 78, 79, 82,

146, 153; his rod that budded,
151; his descendants, 109
Ab, 438

Abana, or Amana, 2 Kings v. 12 (259)
Abarim, chain of mountains so called,
east of the Dead Sea, 157, 160, n.
Abdon, judge of Israel, 183
Abed-nego, 297

Abel, second son of Adam, 9
Abel-beth-maachah, 225
Abel-meholah, Judges vii. 22 (179); 1
Kings xix. 16 (256)
Abel-mizraim, Gen. 1. 11 (48)
Abel-shittim, 160, n. See also Shittim.
Abia, order or class of, 109
Abiah, son of Samuel, 194
Abiathar, 207, 227, 231
Abib, 59, 438

Abiezer, son of Gilead and great-grand-
son of Manasseh, founder of the
family of Gideon, Num. xxvi. 30;
Josh. xvii. 2; Judges vi. 34; viii. 2
(178, 179)

Abigail, wife of David, 209

Abigail, sister of David, 224

Abihu, 76, 82, 109

Abijah, son of Jeroboam, 243, 244

Abijah, or Abijam, son of Rehoboam,
king of Judah, 245
Abilene, a province of Syria, 333
Abimelech, king of Gerar, in the time

of Abraham, 28; in the time of Isaac,
33

Abimelech, son of Gideon, 181, 182
Abinadab, a Levite of Kirjath-jearim,
193, 219

Abinadab, a son of Jesse, 1 Sam. xvi. 8;
xvii. 13 (203, 204)
Abinadab, a son of Saul, 211

Abiram, son of Eliab, a Reubenite, 149,
150

Abiram, firstborn of Hiel, 1 Kings xvi.
31 (164)

Abishag, 231

Abishai, 209, 216, 224, 226
Abner, 215-217

Abram, Abraham, first and second call

of, 21; enters Canaan, 22; in Egypt,

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22; returns to Canaan, 23; parts from
Lot, and resides at the grove (tere.
binth) of Mamre, 23; rescues Lot, and
meets Melchizedek, 24; the Divine
covenant renewed with him, 25-27;
receives the promise of Isaac, 27;
intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah,
28; at Gerar, makes a treaty with
Abimelech, 29; receives Isaac, 29;
dismisses Hagar and Ishmael, 29;
called to sacrifice Isaac, 29; buries
Sarah, 30; provides a wife for Isaac,
30; marries Keturah, 31; his death,
31

Admah, one of the cities of the plain,
Deut. xxix. 23 (28)

Admetus, flocks of, 37, n.
Adonibezek, 175

Adonijah, 227, 231, 232
Adonizedek, 167

Adrammelech, an idol of the people of
Sepharvaim, 2 Kings xvii. 31 (280)
Adrammelech, son of Sennacherib, 284
Adramyttium, 419

Adria, i.e. the Adriatic Sea, Acts xxvii.
27 (420, 421)

Adriel, husband of Merab, 1 Sam. xviii.
19 (225)

Adullam, cave of, 206

Adummim, Josh. xv. 7, supposed scene
of the parable of the Good Samaritan
(353)

Eneas, healing of, 381
Ænon, 338

Agora, 403

Agrippa. See Herod.

Ahab, son of Omri, king of Israel, 249;
events of his reign, 251-258

Ahab, son of Kolaiah, a false prophet
during the Babylonian Captivity, Jer.
xxix. 21, 22
Ahasuerus, 304, n.
Ahava, 306

Ahaz, king of Judah, 277; events of his
reign, 277-279

Ahaziah, son of Ahab, king of Israel,
258

Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah,
261, 265

Ahijah, the prophet, 239, 243
Ahimaaz, son of Zadok the high priest,
who went to David with tidings of
Absalom's death, but left Cushi to
report the fact, 2 Sam. xviii. 19-32
(224)

Ahimelech, 206, 207, 227

Ahinoam, wife of Saul, 1 Sam. xiv. 50
Ahinoam, wife of David (1 Sam. xxv.
43) 209

Ahithophel, 223, 224

Ahitub, son of Phinehas, and grandson
of Eli (1 Sam. xiv. 3), 206, n.
Ahitub, father of Zadok, 1 Chron. vi. 8
Aholiab, 77, 82

Ai, 22, n.; capture of, 164-166
Ajalon, valley of, 167, 202

Akabah, gulf of, 146, 149, 153, n., 237, n.
Alba Longa, 300

Alexander the Great, 217, n., 313, 314;
empire of, 320

Alexander Jannæus, 317

Alexander, son of Herod, 330, 437
Alexander, son of Simon the Cyrenian,
Mark xv. 21

Alexander, a Jew, who took part against
Peter and John, Acts iv. 6
Alexander, a Jew, of Ephesus, Acts xix.
33

Alexander, a coppersmith, 1 Tim. i. 20;
2 Tim. iv. 14

Alexandra, 317, 437

Alexandria, 313, 314, 419
Alexandria Troas, 398, 411, 412
Allon-bachuth, 40

Almug-trees, 1 Kings x. 11, 12, or Al-
gum trees, 2 Chron. ii. 8; perhaps
sandal wood, supplied for the build-
ing of the Temple (233)

Alphæus, father of St. James, 344, 428
Alphæus, father of Levi (St. Matthew),
Mark ii. 14

Altar of Burnt Offerings, 98

Altar of Incense, 102

Altar at the Jordan, 171, 172

Altar, idolatrous, erected by Ahaz, 279
Alush, 69

Alyattes, 301

Amalek, 70

Amalekites, 70, 148, 164, n., 176, 177,
178, 203, 210
Amasa, 225

Amasai, succoured David in his flight
from Saul, 1 Chron. xii. 18 [perhaps
the same as the preceding]

Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah,
269; events of his reign, 269–271
Amittai, 273

Amminadab (uncertain), chariots of,
Cant. vi. 12

Amminadib, father-in-law of Aaron,
Exod. vi. 23

Ammonites, 176, 182, 183, 194, 195, 202,
221, 262,271,277, 291,293, 295, 307,317
Amnon, 223

Amon, son of Manasseh, king of Judah,
288

Amorites, 24, 148, 154, 155, 164, n., 167–
168, 440
Amphipolis, 401

Amram, 51

Amraphel, king of Shinar, or Babylonia,
one of the confederates of Chedorla-
omer, Gen. xiv. 1 (23)

Anak, sons of, Num. xiii. 22-33; com-
pare Josh. xi. 21, 22; xiv. 15 (147),
169, n.

Ananias, husband of Sapphira, 378
Ananias, of Damascus, 387

Ananias, a high priest, 416, n., 417
Anarchy, 279

Anathoth, 232, 293, 294, n.
Andrew, St., 336, 340, 344, 427
Aner, an Amorite chief, 24

Angel of the Covenant, 28, 162, 175, 178,
184

Anna, a prophetess, 329

Annas, father-in-law of Caiaphas, 333,
363

Antediluvian patriarchs, 8-11
Antigonus, king of Asia, 314

Antigonus, son of Aristobulus II., 319,

487

Antioch, capital of Syria, 382, 391, 394-
397, 405, 407, 427

Antioch in Pisidia, 392-394
Antiochus III., 314, 436

Antiochus (IV.) Epiphanes, 314-316,436
Antipater, father of Herod the Great,
319, 321, 437

Antipater, son of Herod the Great, 330,
437

Antipatris, 417

Antonia, fortress of, 415

Antonines, the, 237, n.

Antony, Mark, 217, n., 319, 321
Apamea, coin of, 14, n.

Aphek, a town on the borders of Judah
and Benjamin, where the ark was
taken by the Philistines, 1 Sam. iv.
1-11 (192)

Aphek, in the plain of Esdraelon, near
which Saul and Jonathan fell in
battle, 1 Sam. xxix. 1 (210)

Aphek, a town in the tribe of Asher,
Josh. xix. 30

Aphek, cast of the sea of Galilee, where
Benhadad assembled the Syrians, 256
Apocalypse, the, 427
Apollo, 7, 37, n., 74 n.
Apollonia, 401
Apollos, 408-410

Apostles, the, called, 343, 344; sent on

a tour, 346; see Jesus after His resur-
rection, 369-372; their early history
after our Lord's ascension, 375-383;
their later history, 427-429
Appian Way, 422
Appii Forum, 422

Apries, 292, 301
Aquila, 404, 405, 408

Ar, chief town of Moab, 221, n.
Arabah, the, 149

Arabia Deserta, 17, 237, 271
Arabia Petræa, 54, 66, 270

Arabia, to which St. Paul retired, 387
Arabians, 262, 263, 271
Arad, 152

Aram, 15

Aramæans, 379

Ararat, Mount, 13

Araunah (or Ornan), 226, 227, 233
Arbah, 40, 169, n. See also Hebron.
Archelaus, 319, 330, 332, 437
Archons at Athens, 239, 301
Areopagus, Areopagites, 403
Aretas, 338, 388

Argonautic expedition, 199
Arimathæa, 191, n., 368

Aristarchus, of Thessalonica, 412, 419,
423

Aristobulus I., son of John Hyrcanus,
317, 435, 437

Aristobulus II., second son of Alexan-
der Jannæus, 317, 319, 435, 437
Aristobulus, grandson of Hyrcanus II.
and Aristobulus II., brother of Mari-
amne, high priest, put to death by
contrivance of Herod the Great (B. C.
35), 437

Aristobulus, son of Herod the Great and

Mariamne, 330, 338, n., 383, n., 437
Aristobulus the Younger, son of Alex-
ander, and grandson of Herod the
Great (437)

Aristobulus, son of Herod of Chalcis,
and great-grandson of Herod the
Great (437)
Aristotle, 311, 403

Ark, Noah's, 12, 13

Ark in which Moses was preserved, 51
Ark of the Covenant or the Testimony,
103-105, 161, 163, 170, 192, 193, 219,
234
Armageddon, Rev. xvi. 16, i.e. moun-
tain of Megiddo. Megiddo was in the
plain of Esdraelon, a great battle-
field. See Megiddo.

Armenia, a country of Western Asia,
including Mount Ararat, 2 Kings xix.
37 (284)

Arnon, a river falling into the Dead
Sea, 154

Aroer, a town on the river Arnon, Deut.
iii. 12, iv. 48

Aroer, a town near Rabbah of Ammon
-perhaps on the river Jabbok, Josh.
xiii. 25

Aroer, a town in the south of Judah,
1 Sam. xxx. 28

Arpad, or Arphad, a city of Syria, 2
Kings xviii. 34, xix. 13; Isa. x. 9,
xxxvi. 19; Jer. xlix. 23
Artaxerxes (Longimanus), 304, n., 305,
306, 436

Asa, son of Abijah, King of Judah, 246;
events of his reign, 246-248

Asahel, brother of Joab, 216

Asaph, an eminent musician, and pre-
centor of the Temple under David,
1 Chron. xxv. 1, 2 (220)
Ascalon. See Askelon.
Ascension of our Saviour, 372
Asenath, 44

Ashdod (afterwards Azotus), 192, 381
Asher, son of Jacob, 37; tribe of, 144,
171, 175, 188

Asherah [translated 'grove' in A. V.
1 Kings xviii. 19, &c.], a name of
Ashtoreth, and especially of her im-
age.
Ashtaroth or Ashtoreth (Astarte), 212,
n., 238, 254, 285

Ashtaroth, a town of Bashan, Josh. ix.
10, xiii. 31; 1 Chron. vi. 71
Asia Minor, 397, 408, 424
Asia (province), 398, 408
Asiatics, the, origin of, 15
Askelon (Ascalon), 175, 185
Asmonæans, 315-317, 437
Asshur, 16

BAAL, 178, 238, 252, 254, 255, 265, 268,

277, 285. Baalberith (Shechemite),
188. Baal-Peor (Moabite), 156. Bual-
zebub (Philistine), 258
Baal-Gad, a town in the valley of Leba-
non, under Mount Hermon, Josh. xi.
17, xii. 7

Baal-Hermon, in or near Mount Her-
mon, or perhaps another name of it,
Judges iii. 3; by some supposed to be
the same as Baal-Gad.
Baal-Perazim, 218
Baal-Zephon, 63
Baanah, 217

Baasha, king of Israel, 247, 248
Babel, Tower of, 16

Babylon, 16, 17, 57, 199, 279, 280, 284,
285, 290-293, 299, 427, 436

Babylonian Captivity, 291-294, 295-300,
302-307

Baca, or Bak, trees, 218

Baca, Valley of, Ps. lxxxiv. 6; i.e.
Valley of Weeping; or, as some sup-
pose, Valley of Baca, or Bak trees.
Bacchus, 134, n.

Bagoses, 313

Bahurim, 223

Balaam (lord of the people; or, destruc-
tion of the people), 155, 156
Balak (emptiness), 155, 156
Balistæ, 271, n.

Baptism of John, 334; received by our
Lord, 334; Christian institution of,
372 administered by Peter and the

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other Apostles on the Day of Pen
tecost, 376; by the seven, 379; re-
ceived by the Samaritans (and Simon
Magus), 380; by the Ethiopian en-
nuch, 380; by Cornelius and his
household (382); by St. Paul, after
his conversion, 387; by John's disci-
ples at Ephesus, 408
Barabbas, 366

Barachias, father of Zacharias; i. e.
(probably) of Zechariah, high priest
in the time of Joash, king of Judah,
266; Mat. xxiii. 35. (If so, son of
Jehoiada' grandson of Jehoiada;
or Barachiah was another name for
Jehoiada.)

Barak (lightning: comp. Punic, Barca),
177

Bar-jesus (son of Jesus or Joshua), 391
Bar-jona (son of Jonas), patronymic of
St. Peter, Mat. xvi. 17
Barnabas, 377, 388-397
Barren fig-tree, 360
Barsabas, Joseph, 375

Barsabas, Judas, Acts xv. 22 (396)
Bartholomew, St., 344, 428
Bartimæus, 357
Baruch, 291

Barzillai, a friend of David, who accom-
panied him across the Jordan after
the defeat and death of Absalom, 2
Sam. xix. 31-39; 1 Kings ii. 7 (225)
Bashan (afterwards Batanea), 154, 155,
330, 440
Bashemath, 34
Batanea, 319, 330

Bathsheba, 221, 227, 231

Beautiful Gate of the Temple, 376, 415
Beelzebub, or (rather) Beelzebul, a title
(of uncertain meaning) given to the
prince of the devils, 345

Beersheba, 29, 30, 33, 46, 255
Belial (worthlessness), children or sons
of, i. e. worthless, wicked persons,
Deut. xiii. 13; Judges xix. 22; 1 Sam.
ii. 12; 1 Kings xxi. 10, 13
Belshazzar, 299, 436
Belteshazzar, 296
Benaiah, 220, 232

Benhadad I., king of Damascene Syria,
247;-II., 256, 260;-III., 268, 272
Benjamin, 37, 45, 46

Benjamin, tribe of, 144, 171, 175, 188,
195, 225, 241, 242, n., 385
Berea, 402

Bernice (or Berenice), 383, n., 417, 418,
437

Bethabara (place of passage, i. e. ford),
John i. 28

Bethany (place of dates), 355, 358-362,
372

Bethaven (place of vanity, i. e. of idol-
atry), 201