RHAGES, a city in Media, in which the Israel- | SALOME prejudices Herod against his sons,
ites settled in large numbers, 414.
RHEGIUM, now called Reggio, 610.
RHODA, a maid-servant, 576.
RHODES, 479, note.
RIBLAH, 405.
RIMMON, an idol, 128.
RIMNON, rocks of, 240.
RINGS, 140.
RIPHAH, son of Gomer, possessed the Riphaan
mountains, 88.
RISIUS, a monk of Damascus, translator of the
New Testament, 50.
RIZPAH, a concubine of Saul, 331.
ROBE, the high-priest's, description of, 200.
ROCK OF MOSES, pretended, notice of, by Pro-
fessor Robinson, 192.
SALOME, daughter of Herod and Elphis, 513.
SAMAR, name of a man from whom Omri
purchased the site of Samaria, 360.
SAMARIA, a city and province; idolatry of,
24; Dr. Richardson's description of, 360;
siege and famine, 378.
SAMARITANS, origin of, 397; make proposals
to assist the Jews in rebuilding the temple,
but are repusled, 428; oppose the building
of the temple; hatred between them and
the Jews, 429; build a temple on Mount
Gerizim, 439; set fire to the house of An-
dromachus, their governor, and are removed
from their city by Alexander; excluded
from Samaria, they make Shechem their
capital, 466.
SAMEAS, a member of the Sanhedrim, 501.
RODS, the twelve; Aaron's, 216.
ROMAN armies approaching Jerusalem, en- SAMOS, 598, note.
graving of, 655.
ROMAN officers, engraving of, 611.
ROMAN power in Asia Minor, 492; its supre-
macy established by Pompey over Judæa,
B.C., 63, 493.
ROMANS begin to interfere in the East, 462.
ROME, 610, note.
ROXANA, daughter of Herod and Phædra,
SAMOTHRACIA, 583, note.
SAMSON, son of Manoah, slays a lion with no
weapon, 260; his marriage; his riddle; re-
venge for the loss of his wife, 261; slays
great numbers with a jaw-bone; carries off
the gates of Gaza, 262; betrayed by Delilah,
263; destroys the temple of Dagon and
three thousand Philistines; dies, 1222 B.C.,
264.
SAMUEL, books of, 23; son of Hannah; called
by God in the temple, and hears the doom
of Eli's house, 266; appears as a prophet;
promises deliverance to Israel, if they will
put away their idols; invested with the au-
thority of judge at Mizpeh; his prayer an-
swered in the defeat and slaughter of the
Philistines, 270; tries to dissuade the peo-
ple from having a king, 272; his warning
to the people at the time of confirming Saul
at Gilgal, 280; rebuke of Saul for usurping
the priestly office, 283; summoned to Beth-
lehem to anoint a worthier man than Saul,
286; death, 1072 B.C., 298; spirit of, appears
to Saul; the spirit pronounces Saul's doom,
303.
SANCTUARY, described to Moses in the mount,
195.
SANHEDRIM, first historical notice of, 494;
summons Herod to its presence, 497.
SAPHA, an eminence near Jerusalem, 444.
SAPPHIRA, attempts to deceive Peter in con-
junction with her husband, and is struck
dead, 562.
SAPTAH, son of Cush, settled on the river
Pison, 90.
SARAH, reproved by an angel, for her incre-
dulity, 101; taken from her husband by
Abimelech, king of Gerar, 103; restored in
consequence of a warning from God, 104;
gives birth to Isaac, 104; drives Hagar
away, 106; dies at Kirjath-arba, 109.
SARAI, daughter of Haran, marries her uncle
Abram, 92; taken by the king of Egypt,
but restored by the interposition of the
Almighty, 94; having no son, gives her ser-
vant Hagar to Abram; ill-treats Hagar, 99;
her name changed to Sarah, 99; promised
a son, 99; brought to the palace of Abime-
lech, king of Gerar, 103.
SARDANAPALUS, one of the builders of the
palace of Nineveh, 89.
SARDIS, capital of the western division of the
Persian empire, 443.
SARDIS, church of, 640-641.
SAREPTA, a town of Sidon; Elijah dwelt here
for a time; widow of; her son restored to
life by Elijah; her cruse of oil and her bar-
rel of meal miraculously supplied, 369.
SATURNIUS, a Roman governor in the time
of Herod, 509.
SAUL, Son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,
visits Samuel while seeking his father's
asses; is entertained at a feast, and placed
in the seat of honor; anointed by Samuel,
274; elected king by lot at Gilgal; his per-
sonal appearance, 276; summons the people
to the help of Jabesh Gilead against the
Ammonites; his complete victory; his author-
ity solemnly confirmed at Gilgal, 280; does
not properly recognize Jehovah in making
war; usurps the priestly office, 283; victo-
ries over his enemies; appoints Abner gen-
eral of his army, 284; victory over the
Amalekites; spares the life of Agag, contra-
ry to divine command; rebuked by Samuel,
and rejected from being the founder of a
royal house, 285; his melancholy, 287; his
jealousy of David, 290; attempts to kill
him; his anger against his own son Jona-
than for his friendship to David, 291;
slaughter of Ahimelech and eighty-five
priests for entertaining David; his slaugh-
ter of the people of Nob, 296; his heart
softened by David's forbearance in sparing
his life in the cave of Engedi; entreats
David not to destroy his seed when he be-
comes king, 297; his shame at again being
spared by David, when in his power, 300;
consults the witch of Endor; the spirit of
Samuel appears to him; wounded, and falls
upon his own sword; his death, 303; his cru-
elty to the Gibeonites causes a famine in
David's time; his bones removed by David
from Jabesh Gilead to Kelah, 332.
SAUL of Tarsus, his cruel persecutions of
Christians, 567; journey to Damascus, 569;
arrested by a voice from heaven; visited by
Ananias; conversion; preaches in Damascus,
570; escape from his enemies; visits Jeru-
salem; goes to Tarsus preaching the gospel,
571; called to Antioch; success there, 575;
commissioned with Barnabas to preach in
other places, 576-577; encounter with Ely-
mas the sorcerer; change of name to Paul,
577, note.
SCAURUS, sent into Syria by Pompey, 491.
SCEVA, a Jewish priest, 592.
SCHISM of Jews and Samaritans, the cause of
producing a different version of the Scrip-
tures; account of, in Second Book of Kings,
SCLAVONIAN Bible, 51.
SCOPAS, an Egyptian general, 461.
SCRIPTURES, curious effort to promote their
reading in England, 53.
SCYTHIANS, founded by Magog, 88.
SCYTHOPOLIS, city of, 488, 654.
SEAH, a measure, 379.
SEBA, son of Cush, settled in the south-west of
Arabia, 90.
SEBASTE, name of Samaria changed to, 494.
SEBYRRIUS, governs Arochosia and Gedrosia
after the death of Alexander, 448.
SELENE, ruler of Ptolemais, 491.
SEIR, Mount, description of, 129.
SELEUCIA, on the Tigris, capital of the east-
ern provinces, 454.
SELEUCUS, one of Alexander's generals, takes
possession of the province of Babylonia,
449; era of the Seleucidæ, 450; consolida-
tion of his power in the East; victory over
Antigonus, 452; becomes king of Syria;
devotes himself to the improvement of his
kingdom; his policy toward the Jews;
builds Antioch on the Orontes and Seleucia
on the Tigris, 454; great enlargement of
his kingdom; encourages Jewish emigra-
tion, 454; killed; succeeded by his son, An-
tiochus Soter, 455.
SELEUCUS CALLINICUS, son of Antiochus II.,
set upon the throne by his mother; defeats
his brother; slays Berenice, sister to Pto-
lemy III., who avenges her death, 456–457.
SELEUCUS III., successor to Seleucus Callini-
cus, 457; poisoned by his generals, 458.
SELEUCUS IV., son of Antiochus the Great,
Surnamed Philopater; demands of Onias,
the high-priest, the temple treasures, 464;
sends his son a hostage to Rome; death,
SELIM, the Turkish sultan, reduces Egypt and
Syria, 539.
SELUCIDEA, era of the, 450.
SEMIRAMIS, Queen, extended Babylon, 84.
SENNACHERIB, 90; king of Assyria, attempts
the reduction of Judah; his demands upon
Hezekiah; his host destroyed by a "blast,'
399; returns to Nineveh; is killed by his
sons, 400.
SENONES, their worship Druidical, and of the
Supreme Being, testimony of Tacitus, 107.
SEPPHORIS, 495.
SEPHARVAIM, colonists, brought from, and set-
tled in Samaria, 397.
SE-PTHAH, priest of Pthah, 399.
SEPTUAGINT, history of, 45; preceded the
publication of the gospel; used three hun-
dred years, 47.
SEPULCHRE of the kings, 401; view of, 402.
SERAPIS, a bull-god of the Egyptians, 196.
SEREK, Vale of, 262.
SERPENT, his temptation of Eve, 69; brazen, | SHISHAK, king of Egypt, 353; invades Judah
219; final disposal of, 393.
SERGIUS PAULUS, governor of Cyprus during
Paul's visit there, 577.
SERON, a Syrian general, 472.
SERUG, son of Reu, 92.
SESTOS, on the Hellespont, 443.
SETH, Son of Adam, line of, 79.
SETHOS, an Egyptian king, 394–404.
SETHUMOTH, 31.
SEVEN churches of Asia, 638–647.
SEVENTH day, Sabbath 67
SEVENTY elders of Israel, inspired by God to
assist Moses, 210.
SHALLUM, or JEHOAHAZ, deposed by Necho,
405.
SHALLUM, ascends the throne of Israel;
slain by Menahem, 396.
SHALMANESER, king of Assyria, lays siege to
Samaria, captures it, and removes the inhab-
itants, 397.
SHAMGAR, defeats the Philistines with ox-
goads, 243.
SHAMMAI, 501, note.
SHAPHAL, father of Elisha, 370.
SHAPHAN, chief scribe, 403.
SHAVEH, Valley, or King's Dale, or Berachah,
or Valley of Jehoshaphat, 385.
SHEBA, a Benjamite, heads a revolt of all the
tribes, except Judah, against David, 330.
SHEBA, son of Raamah, 90.
SHECHEM, a district in Canaan, 137.
SHECHEM, Son of Hamor, 132; violates
Dinah; makes honorable proposals of mar-
riage; circumcised; slain by Simeon and
Levi, Dinah's brothers, 133.
SHECHEM, modern Nablous, 112; capital of
Jeroboam's kingdom, 137.
SHECHINAH, Symbol of the divine presence,
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SHEM, son of Noah, 79; his descendants;
father of the Hebrew nation; possessed a
great part of Asia, 88.
SHEMAIAH, a prophet in the time of Reho-
boam, 355.
SHEMITISH, the most ancient language, 87.
SHESHACH, an idol, 128.
SHIBBOLETH, pronunciation of, a test of an
Ephraimite, 259.
SHILOH, a small town where Joshua took up
his residence, and where the tabernacle was
set up, 235; the young women carried off
by the Benjamites, 241.
SHINAR, plain of, 84.
SHIMEI, a Benjamite, curses David as he is
fleeing from Absalom, 325; pardoned by
David, 330; suspected and slain by Solomon,
SHIPRAH, an Egyptian midwife, commanded
by Pharaoh to strangle the Hebrew male
children; she disobeys the order, 163.
under Rehoboam; his immense army takes
Jerusalem, and plunders the sacred places,
SIHON, king of the Amorites, refuses to allow
the Israelites to pass through his country;
defeated, 219, 220.
SILAS, a Jewish general, slain by the Ro-
mans, 658.
SILAS, sent to Antioch, 58; joins Paul; goes
with him on a mission to Crete, Cilicia, and
other places, 582.
SIMEON, Son of Jacob and Leah, 125; slays
the people of Shechem, 133; detained a
prisoner by Joseph, 147; Jacob's dying ad-
dress to him, 157.
SIMEON, tribe of, census of, in the wilderness,
207; position of, in the camp, 208; assist
the tribe of Judah in destroying the Canaan-
ites, 238; send men to assist in inaugurat-
ing King David, 311.
SIMEON, a devout man, takes Jesus in his arms,
501, 524.
SIMEON II., son of Gamaliel, perishes in the
destruction of Jerusalem, 501.
SIMEON, a member of the church in Antioch,
576.
SIMON, a Benjamite, governor of the temple,
quarrels with Onias the high-priest, and in-
duces Antiochus the Great to attempt to
seize the treasures in the temple, 464; ban-
ished by Antiochus, 465.
SIMON, a Cyrenian, compelled to bear the
cross of Christ, 544.
SIMON, a Maccabee, succeeds Jonathan, 482;
sends an embassy to Rome, puts the country
in a state of defence, seeks an alliance with
Demetrius, 463; procures a decree from the
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.
SOCHÆUS, 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.
SODOM 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.
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.
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.
SOLOMON, Son of David and Bathsheba, 321;"SUPPLANTER," name applied to Jacob, 116.
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
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.
"TABEAL, son of," 392.
TABERAH, the place where fire came down
from heaven, and consumed the murmurers
against Moses, 210.
TABERNACLE, the, made by Bezaleel and
Aholiab; description of, 198, 199; setting
up, 201; established at Shiloh, 235; re-
mained at Shiloh till the reign of Saul;
transferred to Nob, 270; afterwards re-
moved to Gibeon, 339, 340.
TABLES OF STONE, given to Moses in the
mount, 195; broken by him when he saw
the idolatry of the people, 196; new tables
prepared by Moses, 198.
TABITHA raised from the dead by Peter, 572.
TABOR, Mount, Deborah and Barak assemble
their forces there against King Jabin, 246.
TACITUS, his testimony in regard to the wor-
ship of the Deity in groves, 107.
TADMOR, TAMAR, or PALMYRA, built by
Solomon, view of, 349.
TALISMEN, gods, 128.
TALMAI, king of Geshur, grandfather of Ab-
salom, 322.
TALMUD, a compendium of Jewish doctrine,
TARSHISH, Son of Javan, possessed part of
Spain, 88.
TARSHISH, location; trade and ships of, 347.
TARSUS, birthplace of Saul, 571, 577.
TARTAK, an idol, 128.
TARTARS, founded by Magog, 88.
TATNAI, Persian governor of Syria; by order
of Darius, he forwards the building of the
temple, 430.
TAURUS, mountains of, 82, 87.
Israel, 389; plundered by Nebuchadnezzar,
406; a second time by Nebuchadnezzar,
408; burnt to the ground, 409; rebuilt by
order of Cyrus, upon the return of the Jews
from captivity, 428; finished, 431; repaired
by Ezra, 432; plundered by Antiochus IV.,
468; dedicated to Jupiter Olympus, 470;
plundered by Crassus, 496; rebuilt by
Herod, 7 B.C., 508.
TEN COMMANDMENTS, 194.
TENNES, king of Sidon, betrays the city to
the Persians, 441.
TEN TRIBES, revolt of, 355; carried into cap-
tivity by Shalmaneser; their location as
compared to that of Judah, 414; their cap-
tivity a colonization rather than a slavery,
415; why not allowed to return as well as
Judah, 423; what became of them, 425, 427.
TENTS, use of, 132.
TERAH, son of Nahor, father of Abraham;
leaves Ur of the Chaldees; dies at Haran,
92.
TERAPH, a household god, set up for worship
by Micah, 219.
TERAPHIM, plural of Teraph, household gods,
“ TEREBINTHINE VALE," Dr. Clarke's notice
of, as the scene of David's victory over
Goliath, 289.
TERRACE CULTIVATION, 372.
TESTAMENT New, books of, historical, doc-
trinal, and prophetic; authorship, 26, 29;
purity of the text, 41.
TESTAMENT Old, authorship; books of, his-
torical, 21-26; moral, 25; prophetic, 26.
TETRAGRAMMATON, the name of Jehovah
in Hebrew; the Jews not allowed to pro-
nounce it, 40.
TEXT OF THE BIBLE, integrity of, 37; various
readings, 38; its purity, how preserved, 39.
THALES, 598.
THAMMA, 498.
THEBAID, Samaritans assigned lands in the,
THEBEZ, a town near Shechem, 236.
THEODOTION, his Greek version of the Old
Testament, 48.
THESMA, ancient name of Thessalonica, 586.
THESSALONICA, anciently called Thesma,
586, note.
THESSALONIANS, Paul's Epistle to, 589; his
second Epistle to, 591.
THIREANS, or THRACIANS, 88.
TEKOAH, women of, 322; wilderness of, 385, THOMAS, unbelief of, 547; preaches in Par-
TEMA, son of Ismael, 106.
TEMPLE, Solomon's, commenced 1012, B.C.;
materials for the work, 341; his agreement
with Hiram, king of Tyre, 340, 342; num-
ber of men employed; site and description
in full; its dedication, 342, 344; plundered
by Shishak, 365; treasure of, spent by Asa,
367; thoroughly repaired by Joash, king of
Judah, 387; plundered by Joash, king of
thia, then to the Medes, Persians, and
neighboring nations; enters Judæa; his
success; put to death, 630, 631.
THOMPSON, Dr., account of a visit to Bethle-
hem, 523, note.
THOTOMES III.; picture of his tribute-bear-
ers, 332.
THRACE, taken possession of by Antiochus,463.
THRACIANS, or THIREANS, founded by Tiras,
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