Chapter II: Preface: To the Revised Edition

DURING the fourteen years since this work was prepared great advancement has been gained in knowledge of the ancient Oriental world. In the light of recent researches it has become necessary to revise the entire book. The work has been done with care, every location has been reinvestigated, and the historical allusions have been compared with the latest and best authorities. In this revision the author has been materially aided by Prof. Robert W. Rogers of Madison, N. J., and Prof. Karl P. Harrington of Chapel Hill, N. C., to both of whom thanks are rendered. It is possible that some errors may yet remain, and if any appear to students who make use of this work, corrections or suggestions with regard to them will be gratefully received.

JESSE L. HURLBUT.

GENERAL INDEX.

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Ancient World, and the Descendants of Noah 23
Apostolic History, Early 112
Bible History, Chart of 13
Conquest of Canaan 50
Empire of David and Solomon 68
Illustrations, List of 11
Index to Descriptive Matter 157
Index to Map of Old Testament World (Map on pp. 18, 19) 156
Index to Map of Palestine (Map on pp. 152, 153) 151
Introduction 3
Isles of Greece and the Seven Churches 132
Jerusalem, Ancient 72
Jerusalem, Environs of 82
Jerusalem, Modern 77
Journeys of the Apostle Paul 116
Journeys of the Patriarchs 33
Kingdom of Saul 64
Lands of the Sojourn and Wandering 41
Life of Christ, The 103
Measures of the Bible, The 148
New Testament Palestine (Kingdom of Herod the Great) 100
Old Testament World, The 17
Oriental Empires, The Great 91
Palestine Among the Twelve Tribes 55
Palestine Before the Conquest 36
Palestine, Lessons in the Geography of 143
Palestine Under the Judges 60
Physical Palestine 28
Roman Empire, The 97
Solomon's Empire, The Division of 86
Tabernacle, The 135
Table of Contents 9
Temple, The 138

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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CHART OF BIBLE HISTORY 13-16

I. GENERAL PERIODS.
II. SUBDIVISIONS.
III. PERSONS AND RULERS.
IV. EVENTS OF BIBLE HISTORY.
V. THE HISTORY OF EGYPT.
VI. THE KINGDOMS OF THE EAST.
VII. THE ORIENTAL EMPIRES.
VIII. THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

THE OLD TESTAMENT WORLD 17-22

I. EXTENT.
II. SEAS.
III. MOUNTAIN RANGES.
IV. RIVERS.
V. LANDS.
I. _Lands of the Mountain System._
1. Armenia;
2. Media;
3. Persia.
II. _Lands of the Plain._
1. Assyria;
2. Elam;
3. Mesopotamia;
4. Chaldea;
5. Arabia.
III. _Lands of the Mediterranean._
1. Asia Minor;
2. Syria;
3. Phoenicia;
4. Palestine;
5. The Wilderness;
6. Egypt.

ANCIENT WORLD, AND DESCENDANTS OF NOAH 23-27

I. THE JAPHETIC NATIONS.
1. Gomer;
2. Magog;
3. Madai;
4. Javan;
5. Tubal;
6. Meshech;
7. Tiras.
II. THE HAMITIC RACES.
1. Cush;
2. Mizraim;
3. Phut;
4. Canaan.
III. THE SEMITIC RACES.
1. Elam;
2. Asshur;
3. Arphaxad;
4. Lud;
5. Aram.

PHYSICAL PALESTINE 28-32

I. DIMENSIONS.
1. Canaan;
2. Palestine Proper;
3. The Land of Promise.
II. NATURAL DIVISIONS.
1. Maritime Plain;
2. Mountain Region;
3. Jordan Valley;
4. Eastern Table-Land.
III. THE WATERS OF PALESTINE.
1. The River Jordan;
2. The Three Lakes;
3. The Brooks.
IV. THE MOUNTAINS OF PALESTINE.
1. West of the Jordan;
2. East of the Jordan.
V. THE PLAINS OF PALESTINE.
1. Phoenicia;
2. Sharon;
3. Philistia;
4. Esdraelon;
5. Negeb;
6. Jordan;
7. Hauran.

THE JOURNEYS OF THE PATRIARCHS 33-36

I. THE JOURNEYS OF ABRAHAM.
1. Ur to Haran;
2. Haran to Canaan;
3. Visit to Egypt;
4. Removal to Hebron;
5. Pursuit of the Elamites;
6. Settlement at Beersheba;
7. Offering of Isaac;
8. Burial of Sarah.
II. THE JOURNEYS OF ISAAC.
Homes:
1. Beer-lahai-roi;
2. Gerar;
3. Rehoboth;
4. Beersheba;
5. Hebron.
III. THE JOURNEYS OF JACOB.
1. Flight to Haran;
2. Return to Canaan;
3. Residence in Canaan;
4. Descent into Egypt;
5. Burial Procession.

PALESTINE BEFORE THE CONQUEST 36-40

I. THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS.
1. The Rephaim;
2. The Zuzim;
3. The Emim;
4. The Horim;
5. The Avim;
6. The Anakim.
II. THE TRIBES OF THE PATRIARCHAL ERA.
1. Zidonians;
2. Canaanites;
3. Philistines;
4. Hittites;
5. Girgashites;
6. Hivites;
7. Perizzites;
8. Jebusites;
9. Amorites.
III. THE NATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE CONQUEST.
1. Amorites;
2. Moabites and Ammonites.
IV. THE SURROUNDING NATIONS.
1. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
Arvadites, Hamathites;
2. Ammonites;
3. Amalekites, Kenites, Edomites.

LANDS OF THE SOJOURN AND WANDERING 41-49

I. THE LAND OF EGYPT.
1. Names;
2. Boundaries and Dimensions;
3. Divisions;
4. The Nile;
5. The People;
6. History;
7. Principal Places.
II. THE WILDERNESS OF THE WANDERING.
1. Situation;
2. Natural Features;
3. Inhabitants.
III. THE LAND OF EDOM.
1. Boundaries;
2. Names;
3. Natural Features;
4. History;
5. Peculiarities.
IV. THE WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS.
1. Rameses to the Red Sea;
2. Red Sea to Mt. Sinai;
3. Mt. Sinai to Kadesh-barnea;
4, 5, 6. Kadesh-barnea to Mt. Hor,
Ezion-geber, and Return;
7, 8. Kadesh-barnea to Elath and Jordan;
Table of Stations.

THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN 50-54

I. CONQUEST OF EASTERN PALESTINE.
1. Gilead;
2. Bashan;
3. Midian.
II. CONQUEST OF WESTERN PALESTINE.
1. Central;
2. Southern;
3. Northern.
III. SUPPLEMENTARY CONQUESTS.
1. Judah and Simeon;
2. Caleb and Othniel;
3. Dan.

PALESTINE AMONG THE TWELVE TRIBES 55-59

I. REUBEN.
II. GAD.
III. MANASSEH--EAST.
IV. SIMEON.
V. JUDAH.
VI. BENJAMIN.
VII. DAN.
VIII. EPHRAIM.
IX. MANASSEH--WEST.
X. ISSACHAR.
XI. ASHER.
XII. ZEBULON.
XIII. NAPHTALI.
XIV. LEVI.

PALESTINE UNDER THE JUDGES 60-63

I. SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE CONQUEST.
1. Judah and Simeon;
2. Danite Migration;
3. Civil War.
II. OPPRESSIONS AND JUDGES.
1. Mesopotamian (south);
2. Moabite (central);
3. Early Philistine (south);
4. Canaanite (north);
5. Midianite (central and north);
6. Ammonite (east);
7. Philistine (south and central).
III. BATTLES OF THE PERIOD.

THE KINGDOM OF SAUL 64-67

I. SAUL'S APPOINTMENT AS KING.
II. THE WARS OF SAUL.
III. SAUL'S PURSUIT OF DAVID.
IV. SAUL'S DEATH.

THE EMPIRE OF DAVID AND SOLOMON 68-71

I. DAVID'S REIGN OVER JUDAH.
II. THE UNION OF PALESTINE.
III. DAVID'S FOREIGN CONQUESTS.
IV. THE CALAMITIES OF DAVID'S REIGN.
V. THE CLOSE OF DAVID'S REIGN.
VI. THE REIGN OF SOLOMON.

ANCIENT JERUSALEM 72-76

I. NAMES.
II. LOCATION.
III. GEOLOGIC FORMATION.
IV. VALLEYS.
V. MOUNTAINS.
VI. WALLS.
VII. HISTORY.

MODERN JERUSALEM 77-81

I. LOCATION.
II. WALLS.
III. GATES.
IV. QUARTERS.
V. FOUNTAINS AND POOLS.
VI. OUTSIDE THE WALLS.

THE ENVIRONS OF JERUSALEM 82-85

I. NORTHERN ROAD.
1. Mizpeh;
2. Nob;
3. Gibeah;
4. Anathoth;
5. Ramah;
6. Michmash;
7. Ai;
8. Beeroth;
9. Bethel;
10. Rimmon;
11. Ephraim.
II. EASTERN ROAD.
1. Bethany;
2. Steep Descent;
3. Jericho.
III. SOUTHERN ROAD.
1. Plain of the Rephaim;
2. Rachel's Tomb;
3. Bethlehem;
4. Valley of Elah;
5. Hebron;
6. Jeshimon.
IV. SOUTHWESTERN ROAD. "Jerusalem to Gaza."
V. WESTERN ROAD.
1. Emmaus;
2. Kirjath-jearim.
VI. NORTHWESTERN ROAD.
1. Ramah;
2. Gibeon;
3. Beth-horon.

THE DIVISION OF SOLOMON'S EMPIRE 86-90

I. KINGDOMS:
1. Syria;
2. Israel;
3. Judah;
4. Moab;
5. Edom.
II. PERIODS:
1. Period of Division;
2. Syrian Period;
3. Restoration of Israel;
4. Fall of Israel;
5. Fall of Judah.
III. BATTLES OF THE PERIOD.

THE GREAT ORIENTAL EMPIRES 91-96, 99

I. THE EARLY CHALDEAN EMPIRE.
II. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE.
III. THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE.
IV. THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.
THE DIVISION OF ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE, B.C. 250.
1. Persian Supremacy;
2. Macedonian Supremacy;
3. Egyptian Supremacy;
4. Syrian Supremacy;
5. Maccabean Independence;
6. Roman Supremacy.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE 97-99

I. EUROPEAN PROVINCES.
II. INSULAR PROVINCES.
III. ASIATIC PROVINCES.
IV. AFRICAN PROVINCES.

NEW TESTAMENT PALESTINE 100-102

I. THE PROVINCES OF PALESTINE.
1. Judea;
2. Samaria;
3. Galilee;
4. Peræa;
5. Decapolis.
II. THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE,
B.C. 4-A.D. 70.
1. Kingdom of Herod the Great;
2. Tetrarchy;
3. Kingdom of Herod Agrippa;
4. The Two Provinces.

THE LIFE OF CHRIST 103-111