by Bartholomew, 630.

ALBINUS, Roman governor of Judæa, 651.
ALCEUS, a famous lyric poet, 598.

ALCIMUS, high-priest of the Jews, 475, 476;
dies, 478.

ALEXANDER, son of Philip of Macedon, as-
cends his father's throne, B.C., 335, 442 ;
invades Asia, B.C., 334, and defeats the
Persians, 443; in the following year sub-
dues Phrygia, and other provinces, 443;
captures Tyre, 444; visits Jerusalem, and
salutes the high-priest, whom he
he had
seen in a dream, 444; invades Egypt, and
founds Alexandria, 446; pursues Darius
beyond the Euphrates, and acquires pos-
session of the Persian throne, 447; his
plans, excesses, and death, 448; empire di-
vided among his generals, 448.
ALEXANDER, son of Herod the Great, 508;
strangled by order of his father, 509.
ALEXANDER BALAS announces himself the
son of Antiochus Epiphanes, and lays claim
to the throne of Syria, 479; his cause
espoused by Jonathan Maccabeus, 480;
killed by Zabdiel, an Arabian emir, 480.
ALEXANDER, son of Aristobulus, attempts to
usurp the government of Judæa, and is
defeated, 494; makes another attempt, is
defeated by the Roman army, and beheaded,

496.

ALEXANDER GONATUS seizes the sceptre of
Macedonia, 455.

ALEXANDER JANNEUS, third son of Hyrca-
nus, succeeds his brother, 488; defeated in
battle by Ptolemy Lathyrus, recovers his
ground by the assistance of Cleopatra, and
visits her in Egypt, 488; pursues an aggres-
sive policy and meets disasters, 488; is
hated by the Pharisees, and insulted in the
temple, 489; rebellion of the people, which
he overcomes with great slaughter, 489;
reduces the provinces beyond Jordan, re-
turns victorious to Jerusalem, and dies,
leaving the government in the hands of his
queen, 490.

ALEXANDER, a Jewish convert of Ephesus,

596.

ALLA SHEHR, the ancient Philadelphia, 641,

642.

ALLON-BACHUTH, an oak under which Debo-
rah was buried, 134.

ALTAR to the unknown God, 587, 588.
AMALEKITE, an, informs David of the death
of Saul, 304.

AMALEKITES, battle of the Israelites with,
192; descended from Ham, 192; inhabit
the south part of Canaan, 212; their de-
struction prophesied by Balaam, 223; assist
the Moabites and Ammonites to subdue
Israel, 241; defeated by Saul, 285.
AMARIA, city of, 426.
AMARIAH, high-priest, 384.
AMASA, cousin of Absalom, his chief captain,
326; appointed captain under David, after
Absalom's death, 330; killed by Joab, 331.
AMASIS, king of Egypt, successor of Pharaoh-
Hophra, 411.

AMATHUS, a fortress beyond Jordan, 488.
AMAZIAH, son and successor of Joash as king
of Judah, is victorious over the Edomites,
falls into idolatry, 389; taken prisoner at
Beth-shemesh by Joash, king of Israel, 389;
killed in a conspiracy, 390.
AMMAH, hill of, 306.

AMMON, county of, 219, 317.
AMMON, city of, ruins of, 318; description of,
318, 319, note.

AMMONITES, descendants from Lot, 103; as-
sist the Moabites and Amalekites to subdue
Israel, 241; assemble an army in Gilead,
256; defeated by Jephthah with great slaugh-
ter, 257; lay siege to Jabesh-Gilead, and
demand that the right eyes of all the people
be put out, 279; overthrown by Saul with
great slaughter, 280; defeated by Joab and
Abishai, 317; tributary to Solomon, 336;
reduced to tribute by Uzziah, 391.
AMMONIUS, favorite minister of Alexander
Balas, 480.

AMNON, son of David, dishonors his half-

sister Tamar, 321; slain by her brother
Absalom, 322; claim of, to the throne, com-
pared with Absalom, Adonijah, and Solo-
mon, 337.

AMON, son of Manasseh, account and death
of, 402.

AMORITES, land taken from by Jacob, 157,
note; inhabit the mountains of Canaan, 212;
defeated by the Israelites, their kings killed,
and their cities captured, 220.
Amos, book of, 26.
AMOS, a prophet in the time of Uzziah, 391.
AMRAM, of the house of Levi, father of Moses,

163.

AMROU, conqueror of Alexandria, 446.
AMYRTEUS, king of Egypt, 440.
AMYTIS, wife of Nebuchadnezzar, 84, note.
ANACLET, bishop of Rome, 637, 638.
ANAK, race of, giants found in Canaan by the
spies, 212.

ANAXIMENES, the scholar, 598.
ANAXIMENIUS, the philosopher, 598.
ANDREW, becomes a disciple of Christ, 525;
one of the apostles, 530; appointed to
preach the gospel in Scythia, 622; visits
various countries, and is ill treated by the
Jews, 623; scourged and crucified, 624.
ANER, a Canaanite, a friend of Abraham, 96.
ANIMALS, kinds to be offered in sacrifice, 202.
ANNA, wife of Tobit, 415.

ANNAS, high-priest during the ministry of
John the Baptist, 524.

ANOINTING for the kingdom only the sign of
a choice to be afterwards ratified, 286.
ANTHONY, a Roman officer in Jerusalem, 658.
ANTIGONUS, one of the generals of Alexan-
der the Great, appointed general of Asia,
488; engaged in war with Ptolemy, ruler of
Egypt, 449; Demetrius, his son, recovers
his lost dominion, 450; makes an unsuccess-
ful attempt to subdue the Arabs, 450; as-
sumes the title of king of Cyprus, 451;
engages in an unsuccessful expedition
against Egypt, fights a great battle with
Seleucus, and is killed, 452.
ANTIGONUS, Son of Aristobulus, captured and
carried to Rome with his father, 493; es-
capes from Rome, and returns to Judæa,
495; defeated by Herod, 498; placed on
the throne by the Parthians, 499; put to
death by Antony, 500.

ANTIGONUS SOCHO, founder of a Jewish
school, 458.

ANTIOCH On the Orontes, metropolis of Syria,
453, 454; visited by disciples, who made
great numbers of converts, 574; disciples
first called Christians here, 575; sends
contributions to Jerusalem, 576; return of
Barnabas and Saul to, 576; Barnabas and
Saul directed by God to leave Antioch
when the church fast and pray, 576.
ANTIOCHUS SOTER, son and successor of Se-
leucus, makes an unsuccessful attempt to
reduce the western provinces, 455; nomi-
nates as his successor his son Antiochus
Theos, and dies, 455.

ANTIOCHUS II., ascends the Eastern throne,
437; engages in war with Ptolemy Phila-

delphus, and is defeated, 456; repudiates
his queen, and marries Berenice, a daughter
of Philadelphus, 456; on the death of Phil-
adelphus, puts away Berenice, and restores
his queen, Laodicea, who, fearing his fickle-
ness, poisons him, and sets her son Seleucus
Callinicus upon the throne.

ANTIOCHUS III., surnamed the Great, suc-
ceeds Seleucus, and makes a brilliant cam-
paign against Ptolemy Philopator, 459; sub-
sequent reverses, 459; recovers Palestine,
461; goes to war with the Romans, and is
defeated, 463; killed in Persia while at-
tempting to rob a temple, 464; events of his
reign foreshown by Daniel (xi. 13-19), 464.
ANTIOCHUS IV., brother of Seleucus, seizes
the throne of Syria, 465; invades Egypt,
468; from Egypt, goes to Jerusalem, de-
stroys thousands of the people, and plun-
ders the temple, 468; his fourth invasion of
Egypt being arrested by the Roman Senate,
he despatches Apollonius, his general, to
give vent to his fury upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, 469; issues an edict in regard
to religious worship, 469; dedicates the
temple to Jupiter, Daniel's "abomination
of desolation," 470; defeat of his army and
his death, 473.

ANTIOCHUS V., occupies the throne of Syria,
473; killed by order of Demetrius, 475.
ANTIOCHUS VI. (Theos), crowned king of
Syria, 481; slain by Tryphon, who seizes
the throne, 482.

ANTIOCHUS VII., brother of Demetrius, as-
sumes the title of king of Syria, 484; at-
tacks and conquers Tryphon, 484; makes
demands upon "Simon, governor of Judæa,
sends an army to invade the country, and
is defeated, 484; after ravaging Judæa,
concludes a treaty of peace with the Jews,
485; marches against the Parthians, gains
several victories, but is finally defeated and
slain, 485.

ANIIOCHUS VIII. (Gryphus), son of Deme-
trius and Cleopatra, ascends the throne,
487; compels his mother to drink poison,
487; divides the empire with his brother,
Antiochus Cyzicenus, 487.

ANTIOCHUS CYZICENUS, reigns in Syria with
his brother, 487.

ANTIOCHUS XI. (Asiaticus) seizes the Syrian
government, and is ejected by the Roman
power, ending the dynasty of Seleucus,

492.

ANTIPATER rises to power in Judæa, and
espouses the cause of Cæsar 494; his sons
made governors of Jerusalem and Galilee,
496; appointed procurator of Judæa, 497;
poisoned, 498.

ANTONY gains the battle of Philippi, 498;
confers on Herod and Phasael the rank of
tetrachs, 498; enamored of Cleopatra, and
wastes his time in Alexandria, 499; returns
to Italy, and, as one of the triumvirs, as-

sumes the government of Syria and the
East, 499; invites Cleopatra to join him at
Laodicæa, 502; defeated at the battle of
Actium by Octavius, 503; death, 504.
APAMÆA, 453.

APELLES, a famous painter, 599.
APHEK, a fortified city where 27,000 of Ben-
Hadad's army were crushed by the fall of a
wall, 371.

APIS, calf idol, a god of the Egyptians, 196;
imitated by Jeroboam in his golden calves,
358; sacrificed by Artaxerxes to an ass, 441.
APOLLONIUS, his cruelties at Jerusalem, 469.
APOCALYPSE, 26, 628.

APOLLOS, an eloquent Jew of Alexandria,

591.

APOCRYPHA, 56; books of, never found in
the proper Hebrew tongue, nor acknowl-
edged by ancient learned men, 56; analysis
of, 56-63; their absurdity and falsehood,
the work of Hellenistic Jews, 63.
ANTIPATER, son of Salome, 513.
ANTIPATER, eldest son of Herod the Great,
recommended as his successor by Herod to
Augustus, lays plots to destroy his brothers,
and succeeds, 509; plots against Herod, and
is put to death, 512.

ANTONIA, a castle and fortress in Jerusalem,
483, 671, 672.

ANTONIUS PRIMUS, a general of Nero, 668;
deserts to Vespasian, 668; marches on Rome,
and defeats the troops of Vitellius, 669, 670.
APOSTLES meet in the upper room, 557;
vacancy of Judas filled, 558; preach on the
day of Pentecost, 558; effects of the preach-
ing, 560.

APRIES king of Egypt, grandson of Necho,
139, 408, 411.

AQUILA, husband of Priscilla, 589, 590.
AQUILA'S version of the Old Testament, when
made, 47.

ARABIA, a portion of settled by Cush, son of
Ham, 90; further settlement of, 115, note;
commerce of Solomon with, 350.
ARABIA PETRÆA, settled by the descendants
of Ishmael, 106.
ARABIA DESErta, 93.

ARABIC, Bible, translation of, 50; language a
dialect of the Shemitists, 87.
ARABS descended from Abraham, their
method of keeping genealogy, proud of their
descent, 115; Dr. Vincent upon, 138.
ARABIANS, marriage-customs among them,
113, note, not all descended from Ishmael,
115, note; the medium of communication
between Egypt and India, 138; seek the
favor of Jehoshaphat, 383, defeated by Judas
Mashabeus, 474.
ARACHOSIA, 448.

ARADUS, a province of the Phoenicians, in
league with Solomon, 347.

ARAL, Sea of, 77.

ARAM, fifth son of Shem, possessed part of
Syria, 88.

ARAMÆAN, a dialect of the Shemitish, 87.
ARARAT, mountains of, 82.
ARAUNAH, a chief among the Jebusites,
threshing-floor of, 333.
ARUMAH, 255.

AURANAS, mountains of, 87.

ARAD, a king of Canaan, repulses the Israel-
ites, but is defeated in a second battle,
219.

ARAXES, the River Gihon, 68.
ARBA, a great man among the Anakims, 307.
ARCHELAUS succeeds his father Herod in
Judæa, 512.

ARCHELAUS son of Chelcias, 513.
ARCHERS, Assyrian and Egyptian, 293.
ARCHIMAGUS, 417.
ARCHON, 448.
ARCESILAUS, 448.

AREOPAGUS, Paul before the, 588.
AREOPOLIS, 375, note.

ARETAS, king of Arabia, 491; reduced to
subjection by Pompey, 492.

ARION, a celebrated musician, 598.
ARISTOBULUS, son of Alexander Jannæus,
supplants his elder brother on the throne,
491; defeated in battle by Aretas, king of
Arabia, his brother's ally, 491; favored by
the Romans, he defeats Aretas with great
slaughter, 492; urges before Pompey his
claims to the throne, 492, attempts to defend
Jerusalem against Pompey, but submits, and
is carried captive to Rome, 493, escapes
from Rome, returns to Judæa, raises a re-
volt, is defeated and sent back, 495.
ARISTOBULUS, son of Herod the Great, 508;
strangled by order of his father, 509.
ARISTOBULUS, son of Herod, king of Chalcis,

513.

ARISTOBULUS, son of Aristobulus and Salome
(whose dancing cost John the Baptist his
head), 513.

ARISTARCHUS, a Macedonian, 595.
ARLOTTUS THUSENS improved the Concor-
dance, 31.
ARIA, 448.

ARK, Noah's estimate of its capacity, 81;
rests on the Mountains of Ararat, 82.
ARK-HISSAR (Thyatira), 584.
ARK of the Tabernacle, description of, 198;
established at Shiloh, 235; sent for to aid
in battle against the Philistines, 266; cap-
tured by them and deposited in the temple
of Dagon at Azotus, 267; sent to Gath and
Ekron, 267; causing plagues, it is sent back
to Israel, to Bethshemesh, 268; removed to
Kirjath-jearim, 269; David undertakes to
remove, but, in consequence of Uzziah's
death, leaves it in the house of Obed-edom,
a Levite, 313; finally removed to Jerusalem,
313.

ARMENIAN translation of the Bible, 50.
ARPHAXAD, third son of Shem, founds Chal-
dæa, 88; death 92.

ARSACES, Son of Darius Nothus, ascends the