SERPENT, his temptation of Eve, 69; brazen, | SHISHAK, king of Egypt, 353; invades Judah

Roman Senate in favor of the Jews, 483;
takes up his abode with his son-in-law, Ptol-
emy, by whom he is assassinated, 485.
SIMON, father of Mariamne, deposed, 512.
SIMON the Just, his prosperous administra-
tion of Jewish affairs; completes the Canon
of the Old Testament; succeeded in the
priesthood by his son, Eleazar, 455.
SIMON II., high-priest, prosperous administra-
tion, 455.

SIMON, a Pharisee, invites the Saviour to his
house, 531.

SIMON, a sorcerer, offers money to the apostles,
and is rebuked by Peter, 568.

SIMON, a tanner, in whose house Peter resid-
ed, 572.

SIMON, brother and successor of James, bishop
of Jerusalem, 614.

SIMON the Zealot, of the sect of the Zealots,
fellow-laborer with the Apostles, 631.

SIN, wilderness of, 190.

SINAI, desert of, 154; Mount, view of, 193;
Prof. Robinson's account of, 193, note; the
law delivered on, 195; general view of the
mountains of, 206; valley in, 209.
SINAI, wilderness of, 180.
SINOPE, 623.

alliance with Hiram, 340; lays the founda-
tion of the temple 1027, B.C. 341; his sub-
lime prayer at the dedication, 344; other
great works; his pools, view of, 345; de-
scription of; his palaces, description of, by
Josephus, their extent and magnificence,
345-347; his throne of ivory; vessels of
gold, and dresses of Tyrian purple; sources
of his great wealth; importance of his alli-
ance with Hiram, 347; his extensive inland
trade, 348; his revenues, 350; surrounds
Jerusalem with a new wall, 351; his wis-
dom, poetry, and natural history, 352;
idolatry, polygamy, and the gloom of his
last days, 353.

SONG OF SOLOMON, book of; the Jews not
allowed to read it till thirty years of age, 25.
SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN,
book, in the Apocrypha, 60.

SONS OF GOD, as distinguished from the sons
and daughters of men, 79.
SOSIUS, a Roman general, 500.
SOSTHENES, a ruler of the Synagogue, 590.
SPAIN, settled by descendants of Japheth,
87, 88.

SPANIARDS, founded by Tubal, 88.

SPEAR, used both as weapon and sceptre, 295.

SISERA, king Jabin's general, 246; killed by SPEARMEN, Assyrian, 366.
Jael, wife of Heber, 247.

SITNAH, 117.

SKIN-BOTTLES, 110, 111.

SLINGERS, Assyrian and Egyptian, 289, 290.
SMERDIS, 429.

SMYRNA, 625, 626, note; church of, 639.

So, or SABACO, king of Egypt, 397; encour-
ages Hezekiah, king of Judah, to resist the
Assyrians, 398.
SOCHEUS, 458.

SODOM, plain of, chosen by Lot for a dwelling-
place, 95; king of, 97.

SODOM, city of, 95; taken by the king of
Elam, 96; great wealth of its inhabitants,
100; geographical position of, 100, note;
destroyed by fire from heaven, 102.
SODOм and GOMORRAH, cities of the plain,
corruption of, 100; destruction foretold,
101; destroyed, 102.
SOGDIAMUS, 439.

SOGDIANA governed by Philip after the death
of Alexander, 448.

SOHEMUS, an Idumæan in the service of
Herod, 503.

SOLOMON, Son of David and Bathsheba, 321;
anointed king by the prophet Nathan, at
the fountain of Gihon, 334; again anointed
by Zadok; administers the government
while David still lives, 335; comes to the
throne 1030, B.C.; his extensive sway and
vast revenues, 336; discovers a plot of
Adonijah's to seize the throne; orders him
to be put to death, 338; marries the
daughter of Pharaoh, 339; God manifests
himself to him in a dream; he asks for
wisdom; prepares to build the temple; his

SPIES, sent by Moses to Canaan; their report,
212; cowardice of all but Caleb and Joshua,
213; destruction of the ten false spies, 214;
sent by Joshua to Jericho, 229.
SPINNING AND WEAVING, supposed to have
been discovered by Naamah, 78.
STANASOR, governs Asia and Dragiana after
the death of Alexander, 448.
STANDARDS, Assyrian, 443.

STEPHEN, his zeal as a preacher, his arrest
and defence, his martyrdom, 564–567.
STONING, penalty for blasphemy; custom of
laying on of hands before it, 206; for Sab:
bath-breaking, 214.

STORY OF BEL AND THE DRAGON, book of,
in Apocrypha, 61.
STRATONICE, 455.

SUBUSTA, a small modern village, on the site
of the ancient Samaria, 360.
SUCCOTH-BENOTH,' an idol, 128.
SUEZ, as to the journey of the Israelites
Gulf of; Bir-Suez, view of, 182.
SUFSAFEH, a peak of Mount Sinai; scene of
the giving of the law, 193.
"SUPPLANTER," name applied to Jacob, 116.
Susa, 347, 432, 447.

SYBILLA SAMIA, one of the sibyls, 598.
SYLVESTER, Pope, builds a church over the
remains of St. Paul, 620.
SYMMACHUS, his Greek version of the Old
Testament, 48.

SYRACUSE, 609, 610, note.
SYRIAC versions of the Bible, 48.
SYRIANS, of Damascus, destroyed by David,
315; defeated by Ahab, 371; defeat the
kings of Israel and Judah, 373, 374; army

;

of, struck with blindness, 378; panic and
flight from the siege of Samaria, 379.

TEKOAH, women of, 322; wilderness of, 385, THOMAS, unbelief of, 547; preaches in Par-

THREE TAVERNS, the, 611.
THRESHING-FLOOR, Egyptian, 160.
THURMUTHIS, said by Josephus to be the
name of Pharaoh's daughter who found
Moses in the ark of rushes; Philo's story
in regard to her, 163.

THYATIRA, 584.

THYATIRA, church of, 639, 640.

TRAJAN, emperor of Rome, 627.
TRAPEZIUM, a maritime city on the Euxine
Sea, 623.

TIBERIAS, city and lake, view of; account of; TREE OF LIfe, 68.

529-531.

TIBERIUS Cæsar, 524.

TIBERIUS, governor of Alexandria, 667.
TIBNI, elected king of Israel by a part of
the people in opposition to Omri, 359; put
to death, 360.
TIGLATH PILESER, king of Assyria; invades
Syria and Israel; slays Resin; takes Da-
mascus; carries captive Reuben, Gad, and
the half-tribe of Manasseh, 393.
TIGRANES, king of Armenia, 491.
TIGRIS, river, called Hiddekel, 68.
TIMBRELS, dance with, engraving, 188.
TIMNATH, a town of the Philistines, 260.
TIMNATH SERAH, a city in Mount Ephraim,
given to Joshua in acknowledgment of his
great services; Joshua's burial-place, 236.
TIMOLUS, Mount, 641.

TIMON, one of the seven deacons, 564.
TIMOTHY, disciple of Paul; accompanies the
apostle, 583; is finally left in charge of the
Church at Ephesus, where he suffers mar-
tyrdom, 635, 636.

TIRAS, Son of Japhet, founder of the Thra-
cians, 88.

TIRHAKEH, the Ethiopian; ruler in Upper
Egypt; assists Hezekiah against Sennach-
erib, 404.

TIRZAH, in the tribe of Manasseh, a summer
residence of Jeroboam, 356.
TITUS, sent by Paul to Corinth, thence to
Macedonia; takes oversight of the churches
in Crete; his death, 636, 637.
TITUS, a Roman general sent to Judæa, 658;
intrusted with an immense army; left to
prosecute the war in Judæa, 668; lays siege
to Jerusalem, 670; proposes terms of capit-
ulation, which are declined, 671; prose-
cutes the siege with vigor till the city is
taken and destroyed, 672, 673.
THEOPOLEMUS, governs Caramania after the
death of Alexander, 448.

Toв, land of, to which Jephthah retired,

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, 68.

TRIPOLIS, in Phoenicia, 347, 348, 475.
TROAS, 583, note.

TROGYLLIUM, 598, note.

TRUMPETERS, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman,

282.

TRYPHON, his intrigues to obtain the Syrian
crown, 481, 482; attacked and killed by
Antiochus VII., 484.

TUBAL, son of Japheth, founder of the Span-
iards, 88.

TUBAL-CAIN, son of Lamech, celebrated for

his strength, and as the discoverer of the
art of forging and polishing metals, 78.
TURKISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE Bible, Al-
bertus Baboosky's; Seaman's, 50.
TYCHE, a portion of Syracuse, 610.
TYCHICUS, 613.

TYNDALE'S BIBLE, bought up and burned by
the Bishop of London; persecutions of
those who sold it; Tyndale himself stran-
gled, 53.

TYRANNUS, 592.

TYRE, advantages of location, 316; extensive
commerce; Phoenician League, 347, 348;
prophecies of Ezekiel and Zechariah
against, 444; siege of, by Alexander, 445,

92.

URHOI, ORFAH, or URFAH, believed by the
Moslems to be the ancient Uri, 92, note.
URIAH the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba;
killed in battle according to a plan of Da-
vid, 319.

URIM AND THUMMIM, account of; various
conjectures, 227; use of, 274.

USSHER, Archbishop, opinion of, in regard to
the birth of Christ, 510, note.
UTENSILS, sacred, described to Moses in the
Mount, 200.

Uz, son of Aram, possessed Damascus, 89.
UZZAH, son of Abinadab, struck dead for put-
ting forth his hand to stay the ark, 313.
Uzzi, high-priest, 266.

VARIOUS READINGS OF THE BIBLE, ex-
plained; number of; most in the New Tes-
tament, 38.

VASHTI, queen of Artaxerxes; deposed for
disobeying the king's order, 432.

WEDGE, of gold, stolen by Achan, 232.
WELLS, 123, note.
WELLS, customs at, 111; Isaac's dispute con
cerning, at Gerar; Roberts's account of,
117, 118; customs concerning, 123.
WHEAT, Egyptian, engraving of, 146.
WHITING, Mr., an American missionary,
visit of to Bethlehem, 523, note.
WICKEDNESS of mankind, 80.
WICKLIFFE'S BIBLE, appeared about 1360;
written, not printed; many persons burnt
for reading it; specimen, 52, 53.
WINE, first made by Noah; its evil effects
upon him, the first drinker, 83.

WISDOM OF SOLOMON, book of, in the Apoc-
rypha; recommended by the fathers for its
excellence of style; authorship, 59.
WOMAN, the Hebrew name of, 768.
WORSHIP, in groves, 106; testimony of Taci-
tus respecting; analogy, Hebrew and Dru-
idical, 107.

XENOPHON, 440.

X.

XERXES, the Ahasuerus of Ezra; succeeds
Darius on the throne; confirms the grants
of his father to the Jews, 431.
XERXES, only legitimate son of Artaxerxes,
and his successor to the throne; slain after
a reign of forty-five days by a brother, 439.

VEILS, bridal; Eastern customs in regard to;
Tertullian's testimony, 114; worn, though
not exclusively, by harlots, 140.
VERSES, division of the Bible into.
VERSIONS, ancient, 42; Greek, 45; Syriac;
Vulgate, 48; modern foreign, Arabic, 50;
Armeno-Turkish, 50; English, 52.
VESPASIAN sent from Rome to assume com-
mand of the Roman army; his son. Titus
commands two legions, 658; arrives with
an army at Antioch; proceeds to Ptole-
mais, where Titus joins him; orders an ex-
pedition into Galilee, ravages the country;
besieges Jotapata; the battle obstinate, 659;
cuts off all communication with the city;
meets with terrible resistance for forty
days, 661; gains possession of the place;
the Jews put to the sword; urges the com-
mander of the Jewish army, Josephus, to YAZUR, 477, note.
surrender, 662, 663; resolves to lay siege to
Jerusalem; hears of Nero's death, and civil
war in Rome, 665; urged by his officers to
take the government, 666; sets Josephus
at liberty; sends a force to Rome to depose
the usurper, Vitellius, 668; declared em-
peror, 670.

VIA OSTIENSIS, 620.

VIA TIBURTINA, 522.

VICTRIX, the, a Roman band, 573.
VILLA HADRIANI, 522.
VITELLIUS possesses himself of the sovereign-
ty of Rome, 665; defeated by Vespasian's
adherents, and put to death, 666-670.
VOLUMNIUS, a Roman governor, 509.
VULGATE, the, by St. Jerome, 29; the present
Vulgate, 30.

W.

WAR, method of proclaiming, by sending a
piece of a slain animal to each tribe, 239,
1 Sam. xi. 7; used by Saul, 280.
WATER, mode of carrying, by females; drawn
by females, 111; bitter, at Marah, made
sweet, 190; supplied from the rock at
Rephidim, 191, 192; supplied from the rock
again at Kadesh, 217.
WAR-CHARIOT, ancient Egyptian, 185.
WEAVING, discovered by Naamah, 52.

Y.

Z.

ZABULON, a city of Galilee, 654.
ZACCHEUS, the publican, 540.
ZACHARIAS, a priest, promised a son, to be
called John; struck dumb for unbelief; his
tongue loosed, and his praise to God, 522.
ZADOK, high-priest, 311, 313; assists in the
anointing of Solomon, 334; recognized as
sole high-priest, 335.

ZARAH, son of Tamar by her father-in-law,
Judah, 116.

ZARDAH, pass of, 427.
ZAGROS, Mount, 426.

ZEBADIAH, a ruler of the tribe of Judah, 384.
ZEBAH and ZALMUNNA, leaders of the Midi-
anites, slain by Gideon's own hand, 251.
ZEBEDEE, father of the apostles James and
John, 575.

ZEBINAS, reign and death, 487.
ZEBUL, a principal man of Shechem, 254.
ZEBULUN, son of Jacob and Leah, 126; Ja-
cob's dying address to, 158.

ZEBULUN, tribe of, census of, in the wilder-
ness, 207; position of, in the camp, 208;
send men to re-enforce Gideon, 250; send
men to assist in inaugurating King David,

311.

ZECHARIAH, one of the lesser prophets; book