ACRA, one of the hills on which
Jerusalem stood, 398 Acrostic,-see Alphabetical Additions, Heb. Text, 231, 241,
264, 270, 272, 277, 280, et al. Aleppo, ploughing time there, 237 great houses how disposed, 327 lodging rooms how warmed, 356 All the kingdoms of the earth, to
be taken in a limited sense, 345 Almond tree, its early blossoms, 227 Alphabetical poems, 455 their va-
riety and use, ib. Alphabetical order inverted in three instances, 463, 471 Ammon, the Egyptian Jupiter, 411
his temple at Thebes, ib. Anathoth, a city of Benjamin, be- longing to the priests, 221 Arabia, whence denominated, 230 its divisions, 344 Arabians distinguished, 273, 430 of the desart, why called a min- gled people, ib. their isolated habitations, 431 Scenites, 350, 431 watching for plunder, 237, cut their hair and beards in a particular manner, 273 Arabian freebooters called the sword of the wilderness, 477 Ararat, called the greater Armenia,
Babylon, its situation, 345 its
greatness, 442 height and thickness of its walls, 445 the manner of its being taken al- luded to, 438, 442, 443 Baby- lon, its fall and perpetual de- solation foretold, 340,433,445, 446 why called a golden cup in God's hand, 440 Babylonish nation of great anti- quity, 250 Babylonians supposed to have com- menced the year differently from the Jews, Note at the bottom of p. 330. date the reign of Ne- buchadnezzar differently from the Jews, 330, 338 prefixed the names of their idols to those of their great men, 398 their invasion and conquest of Judea foretold, 239
Balm of Gilead, 267 Bactrians subjected by Nebucliad- nezzar, 245
Barbary, time of sowing there, 237 Bel, the chief idol of Babylon, 398 Benhadad, a name common to the
kings of Syria, 430 Beth-haccerem, 252 Bible, a new English version by
authority much wanted, xiv Boccore, an early sort of figs, 358 Bows, large ones of steel, how bent, 439
Brasiers of lighted coals used to warm rooms in several parts of the East, 356
Captain of the temple, 319 Calamus aromaticus, 256 Captivity of the Jews at Babylon, its period ascertained, 340,341,
Caphtorim, and country of Caph- tor, 414
Covenant of general release entered
into, and broken, by the Jews,
Covering the head in affliction, 235 Covert of the Sabbath, 396 Courses of the priests, 319 Courts of justice held in the city
gates, 294, 312, 395, 477 Cush, a country of merchandise, 321 Cushites, Arabians bordering on Red Sea, 292, 344, 409 Cup of consolation, 306 Cup of the wine of God's wrath, 289, 342, 475
Cutting the flesh in mourning, 303, 401, 414, 421 forbidden the Jews, 303-305 Cutting the hair in the like circum- stances usual with many na- tions, but forbidden by the law of Moses, 305 Damascus, 429
Darkness, an emblem of distress, Death personified, 271, 459 234, 467 Delusive appearance of water in the Desolation of Judah, whence to be desart, 301
Difference in the given heights of computed, 224
Solomon's brazen pillars how reconciled, 451 Distinction between
Doves build in the natural hollows of rocks, 419
Dragons suck in the air, 295 Dress, its magnificence in the east
consisted much in the rich co- Drought, a calamity frequent in lours, 276 Palestine, 294 Dungeon, 385, 395 Dwelling houses of great men used
for prisons in the East, 384 Dying, an art carried to great per- fection by the ancients, 276
Egyptians, deceitful allies, 236, 397, 409 their defeat at Car- chemish, foretold, 408 their repositories for the dead, 349 Elam, or Elymais, an ancient king- dom, 431 distinct from Persia, ib. under Daniel's government, ib. Elamites, famous archers, ib. Ellipsis 241, 253, 269, 293, et al. English Version vulgar, its defects
its marginal notes sometimes. preferable, 227, 284, 293, 477 English Version old, 229, 235, 250, 288, 300, 456 Ethiopians paint their eyes with antimony and soot, 247 fa- mous for long bows, 409 Euphrates, 232, 288, 444
False prophets, 334, 335, 360, 376,
Festival, annually at Heliopolis in
honour of the Sun, 404 Figs, three different sorts, 358 Figures, strong poetical ones, not to be interpreted too strictly, 324
Form of ratifying a covenant, 383 Formalities in a Hebrew bargain of sale, 387 Fullers fields, 375
Gate Harsith, 317 higher of Ben- jamin, 320 middle, or center gate of Jerusalem, 398
Gaza, 412, 414
Gareb and Goatha, 375 Geruth-Chimham, 402-
Gilead, 326, 436
Jews carried captives to Babylon at | Marks on the hand, 388
six different times, 452 Idiom of the passive verb impersonal with an accusative after it, 351, 357
Images, fine assemblages of them, 246, 456
Josephus convicted of mistakes, 330
Judah, called God's mountain, 309
Kedar, 231 a general name for
the Arabs descended from Ish- mael, 430
Messiah called David, 364, 366 Migdol, or Magdolus, in Egypt,
Milcom, the chief Deity of the Ammonites, 424, 425 Milstones, their noise first heard in the morning, 339
Minni, the lesser Armenia, 441 Money anciently paid by weight,
Mourning feasts, 3061
Mourning women, 270, 324 Mournful outcries over the dead, 303, 324 Mountains, powerful nations and princes so called, 309 Nazarites, 261, 473
Nebo, an idol of the Babylonians, 398
Nebuchadnezzar, styled the sword of Jehovah, 415
Nergal, an idol of the Cuthites, 398
Kedem, one of the divisions of Ara- New names assumed by kings on
bia, 344, 430
Keepers of fields, 245
Keepers of the door of the temple
at Jerusalem, 451 Kermez, or summer fig, 358 Kidron, the brook, 376 Kir-heres, a principal city of Moab,
Lamentations of Jeremiah, their
metrical construction, 455 date and occasion, 455 poetic ex- cellence, 456 Lamentation of David over Abner, 311 over Saul and Jonathan,
Lead used in refining silver ancient- ly, 258
Lebanon, 314, 326, 332
mounting the throne, 326, 332 New Zelanders, their custom of
cutting themselves on the fore- head in mourning, 304 Nitre, or Natrum, of the ancients,
Numbers of Jews carried to Baby lon, 452
Oaks, scenes of idolatrous worship, 235
Oath, a solemn act of religion, 242 ancient manner of administering it, 435
Omissions, Heb. Text, 297, 317, 347, 362, 374, 387, et al.
Lions denote great princes and con- Ophir, gold of-see Uphaz
querors, 231
Locusts, 442
Luhith, 416
Masoretical readings rejected, 232, 234, 235, 246, 250, et al.
Ostrich, its unnatural cruelty, 473 Otaheitean women wound the crown of their head in mourning, 304 cut off their hair on the like occasion, 305
Overflowing of vitiated bile occa-
sioned by vexation, 462 Painting eyelids, a fashion of East- ern Ladies, 247 Pans of coals, see Brasiers Paranomasia, 227, 241, 416 Parallelism, a mark of versification, ix. its use in correcting and in- terpreting, 242, 246, 255, 276 Passages cited in N. T. 370, 373 Pathros, or Thebais, 405 Pelusium, 405
Peninsula of Arabia, 273, 344, 431 Period of 70 years captivity ascer- tained, 340, 341 Petra, or Selah, strong city of Idu- mea, 427
Philadelphia, see Rabbah
long after the first publication, 413 concerning the Philistines and other nations, when deliver- ed, 412 when fulfilled, 415 Prophecy by Vision, 288, 342, 368
misapplied to the miraculous conception of Virgin Mary, 371 Prostitutes, their punishment, 292 Proverb of fathers eating sour
grapes, &c. explained, 372
Rains, former and latter, 237 Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 420
Ramah a city of Benjamin, 370 Rechabites, when they retired into. Jerusalem, 349 their descent and rules of living, 350
Philistines when ravaged by Ne. Reigns of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah
buchadnezzar, 412
Phocæans, their oath not to return to their own country, 447
intended for the punishment of the Jews, 448 Reservoirs, see Cisterns
Release of Hebrew slaves given and recalled, 382
Pillars of brass in Solomon's tem- Return of Jews from Babylon fore-
Pillars, or tall Poles, set up as way-
marks in the desart, 371 Pit, or Reservoir, at Mizpeh, 401 Pomegranates on the brazen pillars, their number, 451 Potter's wheel, 314 Principal scribe of the host, 451 Princes of Judah, their court, or Sanhedrim, 347
Prisoners of the land, insolvent Debtors delivered over to their Creditors, 469 Prisoners of war, their treatment, 234, 292 Prisoners of war, how disposed of
by the Mogul Tartars, 321 Promise of perpetuity in the lines
of David and Levi, 392, 393 Prophets, an order of men bred in seminaries or schools, 346 called watchmen, 255 Prophecies of Jeremiah, part in metre and part in prose, 228 not compiled into a book till
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