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BY THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE, M. A.
(of st. John's college, cambridge,) Curate of the united parishes of Christ Church, Newgate Street, and St. Leonard, Foster Lane,
FROM THE FOURTH CORRECTED EDITION, ILLustrated With NUMEROUS MAPs and Fac-Similes or BiBLic AL MAnuscripts.
VOLUME III.
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CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD WOLUME.
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SUMMARY OF BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES,
PART I. A Sketch of THE Historical AND Physical Geo-
GRAPHY of the Holy LAND.
CHAPTER I. Historical Geography of the Holy Land.
I. Names—II. Boundaries.—III. Inhabitants before the conquest of Canaan by
the Israelites.—IV. Divisions by Joshua-Allotments of the Twelve Tribes.--
W. The Kingdom under David and Solomon.—WI. The Kingdoms of Judah
and Israel.—WII. Divisions in the time of Jesus Christ.—VIII. Account of the
City of Jerusalem —Its situation;–2. Names;–3. Fortifications and Walls;
–4. Remarkable Buildings;–5. Notice of the successive Captures of the City;
–6. Sketch of its Present State—IX. Historical Epochs. - Page 1
Chapter II. Physical Geography of the Holy Land
I. Climate—II. Seasons.—1. Seed Time.—2. Winter.—3. The Cold Season, or
Winter Solstice.—4. Harvest.—5. Summer–6. The Hot Season.—Heavy dews.-III. Rivers, lakes, wells, and fountains.—IV. Mountains.—V. Vallies.
—WI. Caves.—VII. Plains.—VIII. Deserts.-Horrors and dangers of travel- ling in the Great Desert of Arabia–IX. Productions of the Holy Landove.
getables, Animals, and Mines.—Testimonies of antient and modern authors to its Fertility and Population—Its present degraded and comparatively unculti-
vated state accounted for.—X. Calamities with which this Country was visited.
—l. The Plague.—2. Earthquakes—3. Whirlwinds—4. The Devastations of Locusts—5. Famine–6. Volcanoes—7. The Simoom or Pestilential Blast
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PART II. PoliticAL ANTIQUITIns of THE Jews.
CHAPTER I. Different Forms of Government from the Patriarchal
| Times to the Babylonian Captivity.
- 1. Patriarchal government—II. Government under Moses—a theocracy; its na-
ture and design.-1. Notice of the heads or princes of tribes and families.—2.
Of the Jethronian Prefects or judges appointed by Moses—3. Of the Senate, or ouncil of seventy ...?" Scribes—III. Government of the Judges.
FIV. Regal government instituted;—the functions and Privileges of the Kings 3–Inauguration of the kings;–Scriptural Allusions to the courts of
*overeigns and princes explained—V. Revenues of the kings of Israel–VI.