Joshua Divides the Land of Canaan, 166. Man, created on the sixth day, 18. Sends home the two tribes and a- half, 166. His farewell address, 168. Had no successor till David, 172. His piety and reforms, 260. 255. Judah, his history, 63. Tribe of, their presidency, 172. 238. Taken into captivity, 261. Restored by order of Cyrus, 362. Keturah, Abraham's second wife, 57. Laban, brother to Rebekah, 57. His avaricious conduct towards Hotly pursues Jacob, 61. Lamech, the first polygamist, 27. Her children, 61. Separates from him, 49. Taken captive and rescued, 50. His children, Moab and Ammon, 54. Malachi, his tribe and birth place, 374. Substance of them, 374. Original simplicity and purity, 18, 21. Manoah, the father of Samson, 186. Is invaded by Pul, 255. Merab is denied to David, 202. Micah sets up idolatry, 174. Character of his predictions, 267. Her stratagem to secure his safe- Contempt of David, and punish- ment, 216. Miriam watches the fate of Moses, 110. is punished, 125. Moon, created on the fourth day, 17. Mordecai, the guardian of Esther, 388. Refuses to pay court to Haman, His honour and promotion, 391, 392. Moses Flees to Midian, 112. Marries Jethro's daughter, 112. Receives a divine commission, 113. His danger on the way, 114. Inflicts ten plagues, 117–121. Is rebelled against by Korah, 126. Erects a brazen serpent, 127. 129. Ascends mount Nebo, and dies, His fidelity as a historian, 8. Difficulties, 131. Proofs of his divine mission, 131. 134. Proofs from paganism, &c. 135. Naaman healed by Elisha, 250. Nabopolassar resigns in favour of Ne- Naboth murdered by order of Jezebel, 246. Nahum, period of his ministry, 268. Foretells the ruin of Nineveh, 268. Naomi, her history, 179. | Nations, difficulty of accounting for Succeeds to the united monarchies Has a remarkable dream, 297. Places Zedekiah on the throne of Marches against Judah and Egypt, Noah blesses Shem and Japheth, and Potiphar, Joseph's Egyptian master, Nod, the country in which Cain settled, 27. Obadiah conceals an hundred pro- Interview with Elijah, 243. 64. Prophet, the disobedient prophet, 239. Rabshakeh, his insulting language to Obadiah, traditionary accounts con- Rachel married to Jacob, 60. cerning him, 372. Predicts the destruction of Edom, 372. Her negotiations with Leah, 61 Her death, 62. Obed-edom, the ark committed to his Rahab conceals the two spies, 158. Pharoah, his cruelty to the Hebrews, 109. His heart hardened, 116. Sends for Moses, 120. Suffers the Hebrews to depart, 122. Pharoah's daughter saves Moses, 110. Deposes Jehoahaz, and makes Is invaded by Shishak, 240. Revelation, necessity of, 1. The only standard of morals, 2. Founds a kingdom, and harasses Ruth marries Mahlon, 179, 383. Her pious decision, 384. Gleans in the field of Boaz, 384. Is married to Boaz, 385. Sabbath, its institution, 19. Jewish Sabbath, 147. Sacred history, its claims and uses, 1. Collateral evidences to its truth, 7. Rules for testing it, 10. Admits not of degrees of credibi- Its evidence, 13. Its knowledge of the heart, 14. Sacred historians, scribes to the Great Their character, 5. Sacrifice, universal, 3. Its antiquity, 145. Samaria founded by Omri, 242. Destroyed by Shalmaneser, 257. Samson, his birth foretold, 186. Is born and devoted to God, 186. His riddle and forfeit, 187. Slays 1000 men, 187. Pulls down Dagon's temple, and Samuel, his birth and consecration, 190. Resorted to as a prophet, 191. Makes his sons judges, 192. Resigns the government, 193. Retires to Naioth, and dies, 193. Saosduchinus succeeds Esar-haddon, Sarah, daughter of Terah and wife of Sarah, her faith, 380. Her beauty and exposure to danger, 49. Her prevarication, 380. Gives Hagar to Abraham, 51. Her name changed from Sarai to Chided for her unbelief, 52. 381. Insists on Hagar and Ishmael's Decease, 56, 381. Saul comes to Samuel, 192. His election, 192. Succours Jabesh Gilead, 192. Reproved by Samuel, 193. His affliction, 197. Sends for David, 197. Goes out against the Philistines, Permits David to encounter Goli- His envy of David, 201. Refuses to give him Merab, 202. Conduct of the men of Jabesh, 211. Its own interpreter, 10, 150. Seraiah slain by Nebuchadnezzar, 360. Seduces Eve and is doomed, 23, 24. Seth the son given instead of Abel, 26. His deliverance, 301, 312. Is killed by Menahem, 255. Leads captive the ten tribes, 257. Shunamite entertains Elisha, 249. Her son restored to life, 249. Is slain by Jael, 179. So conspires with Hoshea against Sodom, Lot removes thither, 49. Is named by David as his succes- Receives a solemn charge from Puts Adonijah to death, 229. Commands Joab and Shimei to be Marries Pharoah's daughter, 229. Wise judgment, 230. Fortifies Jerusalem, 234. Multiplies chariots, and extends Solomon, his adversaries, 236. Spies, sent out by Moses, 126. Their faithfulness, 160. Entertains the Queen of Sheba, 234. Uzziah, (Azariah,) his prosperous reign, His defection, 235. 254. |