Chapter XXXVI

=1‒4= (= 1 Esdras i. 34‒38; 2 Kings xxiii. 30b‒34).
THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ.

¹Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

=1.= _the people of the land took_] Compare xxvi. 1, xxxiii. 25.

_Jehoahaz_] Called “Shallum” in 1 Chronicles iii. 15; Jeremiah xxii. 11. He was younger than Jehoiakim; verse 5.

²Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

=2.= _in Jerusalem_] His mother’s name is here omitted; compare xxxiii. 1, 21, xxxiv. 1. According to 2 Kings xxiii. 32 (compare Ezekiel xix. 3, 4) Jehoahaz “did evil.”

³And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and amerced the
land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

=3.= _deposed him at Jerusalem_] The clause answers to 2 Kings xxiii. 33, “put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem.” Perhaps we should read the same words in Chronicles The Hebrew words for “deposed” and “put in bands” are liable to be easily confused.

_amerced_] Authorized Version _condemned_. For “amerce” in the sense of “fine,” compare Deuteronomy xxii. 19; and for “condemn” in the same sense see Amos ii. 8 (Authorized Version, “fined” Revised Version).

_an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold_] The land was poorer than in the days when Sennacherib had imposed a fine on Hezekiah of “three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold” (2 Kings xviii. 14).

⁴And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah
and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took
Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

=4.= _changed his name to Jehoiakim_] This name is compounded with the Divine name Jehovah. Probably Neco made the new king swear fealty _by Jehovah_, and then declared his official name to be Jehoiakim, in order that he and his people might have something to remind them of the oath he had taken. (_Eliakim_ = “God establishes”; Jehoiakim = “_Jehovah_ establishes.”) The rendering of this verse in 1 i. 38 is due to misreadings of the Hebrew.

_took Joahaz ... to Egypt_] He died in Egypt; 2 Kings xxiii. 34; Jeremiah xxii. 12.

=5‒8= (= 1 Esdras i. 39‒42; 2 Kings xxiii. 36‒xxiv. 6).
THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM.

⁵Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

=5.= _and he reigned eleven years_] So also in Kings. The statement, however, is lacking in 1 Esdras i. 39, so that it is a highly probable inference that the text of Chronicles has here been harmonised with Kings; compare verse 15, and Introduction § 3, p. xxii.

_in Jerusalem_] The Chronicler omits his mother’s name (compare verse 2, note) and also the statement that he raised the indemnity imposed by Neco by means of a poll-tax (2 Kings xxiii. 35).

_he did that which was evil_] Compare 2 Kings xxiii. 37; Jeremiah xxii. 13‒18, xxvi. 20‒23, xxxvi. 1‒32.

⁶Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound
him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

=6.= _Nebuchadnezzar_] The correct form of his name is “Nebuchadrezzar” (so generally in Jeremiah and Ezekiel); in the inscriptions Nabu-kudurri-uṣur. The name is Assyrian and means “O Nebo, defend the crown” (or “the boundary”), Nebo being a god who was regarded as the son of Marduk, the chief god of Babylon (compare Isaiah xlvi. 1). Nebuchadrezzar reigned from 604‒561 B.C., and was succeeded by Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk). The only purely historical inscription relating to his reign deals with a campaign in Egypt in 568 B.C.; compare Jeremiah xliii. 11.

_came up_] It seems probable that Nebuchadrezzar did not _in person_ come up against Jerusalem _at the end of Jehoiakim’s reign_, nor in person carry off any of the sacred vessels; it is likely moreover that Jehoiakim was not carried to Babylon. The result of Jehoiakim’s rebellion against Nebuchadrezzar was according to 2 Kings simply that “bands” of Chaldeans and their allies invaded Judah. Probably Jehoiakim’s life and reign came to an end (_how_ we do not know; compare Jeremiah xxii. 18, 19) during this petty warfare, and then three months later, the main Chaldean army under Nebuchadrezzar having arrived, Jerusalem was taken, and Jehoiakim’s son and successor Jehoiachin was carried off with the golden vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon. The Chronicler seems to foreshorten the history at this point.

⁷Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the
LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple¹ at Babylon.

¹ Or, _palace_.

=7.= _of the vessels_] There is no mention in 2 Kings of the removal of sacred vessels during Jehoiakim’s reign. Some were carried off under Jehoiachin, the rest under Zedekiah; 2 Kings xxiv. 13, xxv. 13‒17. Compare last note.

_in his temple_] So LXX.; 1 Esdras i. 39 [41]; Daniel i. 2. Note the margin, “in his palace.” The Hebrew word (_heykāl_) is a loan-word; the original (_ikallu_) is the ordinary word in Assyrio-Babylonian for “palace.”

⁸Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
which he did, and that which was found in¹ him, behold, they
are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and
Jehoiachin² his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Or, _against_.

² In 1 Chronicles iii. 16, _Jeconiah_. In Jeremiah xxii. 24,
_Coniah_.

=8.= _that which was found in him_] i.e. his sin (in this context); compare 1 Kings xiv. 13.

_of Israel and Judah_] The LXX. (but not 1 Esdras) adds here “And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of Uzza with his fathers.”

=9, 10= (= 1 Esdras i. 43‒45; compare 2 Kings xxiv. 8‒17).
THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN.

The account given in 2 Kings contains much that is not given in Chronicles and, in particular, many details of the first captivity of Judah.

⁹Jehoiachin was eight¹ years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that
which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

¹ In 2 Kings xxiv. 8, _eighteen_.

=9.= _Jehoiachin_] Called “Jeconiah,” 1 Chronicles iii. 16, where see note.

_eight years_] So LXX. (B) of Chronicles and Esdras (B); but the number is probably corrupt for _eighteen_, so LXX. (A) of Chronicles and Esdras (A) and Hebrew and LXX. of 2 Kings xxiv. 8. It is possible that the words “and ten days” in the latter part of the verse are a misplaced fragment of an original _ben shĕmōneh ‘esreh shānāh_, i.e. “eighteen years old.”

_in Jerusalem_] The Chronicler here omits the king’s mother’s name (compare verse 2, note), though she was a person of some influence; compare 2 Kings xxiv. 12; Jeremiah xxii. 24‒ 26; and perhaps Jeremiah xiii. 18 (Revised Version).

_he did that which was evil_] Compare Jeremiah xxii. 24; Ezekiel xix. 5‒9.

¹⁰And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and
brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house
of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem.

=10.= _at the return of the year_] Compare 2 Samuel xi. 1 = 1 Chronicles xx. 1, “at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle.” This would be in the spring.

_brought him to Babylon_] Not the king only, but also certain leading men and craftsmen and smiths (in number 3023) went into captivity――so Jeremiah lii. 28; compare Jeremiah xxiv. 1, and 2 Kings xxiv. 14 (where the size of the deportation is magnified into “all Jerusalem save the poorest of the land――even ten thousand captives”).

_Zedekiah_] A covenant-name like “Jehoiakim”――(verse 4, note); it seems to mean “Righteousness of Jehovah”; compare the significant title in Jeremiah xxiii. 6, “The LORD is our Righteousness.” Zedekiah’s original name was “Mattaniah” (i.e. “gift of Jehovah”); 2 Kings xxiv. 17.

_his brother_] In 2 Kings (more accurately) “his father’s brother”; compare 1 Chronicles iii. 15, 16, notes.

=11‒19= (= 1 Esdras i. 46‒56; compare 2 Kings xxiv. 18‒xxv. 21;
Jeremiah xxxvii. 1‒xxxix. 8, lii. 1‒27).
REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH. DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM.

¹¹Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:

=11.= _in Jerusalem_] The Chronicler omits, as usual, his mother’s name. She was “Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah” (2 Kings xxiv. 18), and was mother of Jehoahaz also (2 Kings xxiii. 31). Jehoiakim was by a different mother (2 Kings xxiii. verse 36).

¹²and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD
his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet
_speaking_ from the mouth of the LORD.

=12.= _humbled not himself_] Jeremiah consistently advised Zedekiah to submit to the Chaldeans; but the king partly through fear of his princes, partly through illusive hopes, could never bring himself to do so; compare Jeremiah xxi. 1‒7, xxxiv. 8‒22, xxxvii. 1‒10, 17, xxxviii. 17‒23.

¹³And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made
him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened¹ his
heart from turning unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

¹ Hebrew _strengthened_.

=13.= _who had made him swear by God_] Compare Ezekiel xvii. 11‒19.

¹⁴Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people,
trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the
heathen; and they polluted the house of the LORD which he had
hallowed in Jerusalem.

=14.= _polluted the house_] Jeremiah vii. 9‒11, xxiii. 11‒14; Ezekiel viii. 5‒16.

¹⁵And the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent to them by
his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

=15.= _rising up early and sending_] The words are absent from 1 Esdras i. 50, and are perhaps a late addition to Chronicles derived from Jeremiah; compare Jeremiah xxvi. 5. See note on verse 5 above.

¹⁶but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,
and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose
against his people, till there was no remedy¹.

¹ Hebrew _healing_.

=16.= _mocked the messengers_] Jeremiah was imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death, Urijah (Jeremiah xxvi. 20‒23) was put to death. Of the fate of Habakkuk (who probably lived during the Chaldean period, Habakkuk i. 6) nothing is known.

¹⁷Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their
sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old
man or ancient: he gave them all into his hand.

=17.= _Chaldeans_] Their name in Hebrew is _Casdim_ and in Assyrio-Babylonian _Caldu_ (the change of “s” for “l” before a dental is not uncommon in the latter language). They were a people originally living south of Babylon on the sea, but Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadrezzar, conquered Babylon and established a Chaldeo-Babylonian Empire.

_in the house of their sanctuary_] Compare Ezekiel’s vision of the slaughter; Ezekiel ix. 1‒11.

¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the
king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

=18.= _all the vessels_] i.e. all the vessels which remained after the previous spoliation (verse 10). They were perhaps chiefly of brass; compare 2 Kings xxv. 13‒15.

¹⁹And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and
destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

=19.= _brake down the wall_] The Hebrew verb here used (_nittēç_) implies a more thorough breaking down than the _pāraṣ_ of xxv. 23 (see note), xxvi. 6.

=20, 21= (= 1 Esdras i. 57, 58).
THE CAPTIVITY.

²⁰And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the
reign of the kingdom of Persia:

=20.= _to him and his sons_] Compare Jeremiah xxvii. 7. There were three kings of Babylon after Nebuchadrezzar before Cyrus established Persian rule, viz. Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk) (2 Kings xxv. 27), Neriglissar (Nergalšar-uṣur), and Nabonidus (Nabu-na’id). The last two kings were usurpers. Neriglissar was (it seems) son-in-law to Nebuchadrezzar (Hommel, BABYLONIA in Hastings’ _Dictionary of the Bible_, 1. 229a, or Sayce in _Encyclopedia Britannica_¹¹, III. pp. 105, 106). Whether Nabonidus was connected with the royal house is not known.

²¹to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until
the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: _for_ as long as she lay
desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

=21.= _by the mouth of Jeremiah_] Compare Jeremiah xxv. 11, xxix. 10.

_her sabbaths_] i.e. years, occurring every seventh year, when the land was to be allowed a respite from cultivation; compare Leviticus xxv. 1‒7, xxvi. 34, 35.

_threescore and ten years_] i.e. two whole generations. It is probable that the Chronicler intended to suggest that the Sabbatical years had been neglected throughout the period (about 490 = 70 × 7 years) during which the kingdom lasted; but, if so, he treats the point somewhat loosely, not troubling about the objection that the reigns of the several God-fearing kings (David, Solomon, Jehoshaphat) would need to be subtracted from this total, and that actually the number of violated Sabbatical years would fall considerably below 70.

=22, 23= (= Ezra i. 1‒3a] 1 Esdras ii. 1‒5a).
CYRUS DECREES THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE.

These verses are obviously inappropriate as the conclusion of Chronicles, and their proper place is as the opening words of the book of Ezra, _where also they are given_. Their exposition properly belongs to the commentaries on Ezra or Esdras, to which accordingly the reader must be referred for fuller notes. These verses were retained here when the separation of Ezra‒Nehemiah from Chronicles was made (see Introduction, § 2), either through mere accident, or perhaps to indicate that Chronicles had originally formed one work with Ezra and Nehemiah, but most probably in order to avoid a depressing termination to the book. This last point carries no small weight in view of the fact that in the Hebrew Bible Chronicles is the last book. It is interesting to note that to avoid closing the book of Isaiah with the terrible verse (lxvi. 24) which is actually its conclusion, it was customary to repeat after verse 24 some hopeful words taken from verse 23. Compare also the last verses of 2 Kings.

²²Now in the first year of Cyrus¹ king of Persia, that the
word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and _put it_
also in writing, saying,

¹ Hebrew _Coresh_.

=22.= _Cyrus king of Persia_] Cyrus, the Persian, was at first king of a small state in Elam, to the east of Babylonia. In 549 B.C. he conquered the king of the Medes, and so became founder of the Medo-Persian Empire. In 546 B.C. he overthrew the famous Croesus, king of Lydia, and advancing against Babylon entered it after a short and easy campaign in 538 B.C.――a career of meteoric brilliance. By his “first year” is meant 537 B.C., his first year as ruler of the Babylonian Empire.

_stirred up the spirit_] Compare 1 Chronicles v. 26; Haggai i. 14.

_made a proclamation_] compare xxx. 5. The phrase is characteristic of the Chronicler.

²³Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the
earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath
charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Whosoever there is among you of all his people, the LORD his God
be with him, and let him go up.

=23.= _All the kingdoms of the earth_] The king of Babylon bore the title of “king of the four quarters of the world.” Cyrus succeeded to this title on his conquest of Babylon.

_let him go up_] i.e. to Jerusalem; compare Ezra i. 3. Since Chronicles is the last book according to the order of the Hebrew Canon, these encouraging words conclude the Hebrew Bible.

INDEX

Abiathar,
39 f., 102, 120, 142, 167

Abib,
339

Abijah,
218 ff.

Abimelech (Ahimelech),
102, 120, 142

_addīrīm_,
273

Adullam, the cave of,
81, 88, 211

Adversary, the, _see_ Satan

Ahab,
240 ff.

Ahaz,
292 ff.

Ahaziah (Jehoahaz),
263 ff., 284

Akaba, the Gulf of,
202

_Alamoth_, set to,
104

Alexander the Great,
xv, xix, xlix, 4

Algum trees,
174, 204

Aliens in Israel,
98, 120, 134, 173, 176, 312

Altar of incense, the,
139, 162, 185, 289

Altar-pillars,
83, 224, 313

Amaziah,
279 ff.

Ambushment,
223, 254

Amen,
111, 115

Amerce,
346

Ammon, Ammonites,
121, 125 f., 249, 291 f.

Amon, King of Judah,
329

Anachronisms,
164 f., 261

Anathoth,
84

Angel,
130 f.

Antonia, the Tower of,
163

Apes,
206

Arabians,
1, 238, 287;
invasion by, 226, 262 f.

Aram (= Syria),
9, 17, 119, 122

Aramaic,
9, 321

Ariel,
83

Ark, the,
94 ff., 101 ff., 186 ff., 339

Armourbearer,
74

Asa,
223 ff.

Asaph,
42 ff., 103, 107, 112, 145, 188

Ascent of the sepulchres, the,
324

Ashdod,
287

Asherim (Ashērah, Ashērim, Ashēroth),
224, 231, 237, 247, 277, 313, 320, 325 f., 331

Ashtaroth (Ashtoreth),
49, 75

Asshur-bani-pal,
6, 317, 327

Assyria, Assyrians,
8 f., 297 ff., 316 ff., 327

Assyrian monuments,
122, 206, 317, 320, 327

Athaliah,
266 ff.

Attent (=attentive),
194

Augury,
325

_‘azārāh_,
184, 250 f.

Azariah, another name for Uzziah,
23, 285

Azariah the prophet,
li, 228 ff.

Baal (Baalim), use and disuse of the title,
22, 31, 59, 63, 180, 236, 275;
the house of, 272;
altars of, 325, 331

Babylon,
327;
kings of, 351

Bädeker, _Palestine_, referred to,
32, 34, 47, 50, 57, 96, 99, 119 f., 150, 199, 211, 231 ff.,
250, 264, 266, 287, 291, 297 f., 318, 320, 323

Balsam trees,
100

_bāmōth_,
231, 320

_bānāh_,
211

Barnes, W. E., referred to,
lx;
(in _Expositor_), 78, 81;
(in _Expository Times_), 118;
(on Kings), 172, 185, 240, 285, 293, 322;
(in _Journal of Theological Studies_), 180

Bashan,
35

_Bath_ (a measure for liquids),
175, 182

Bearers,
173, 176

Beauty of holiness,
110, 254

Beer-sheba to Dan,
128, 308

_bĕgādim_,
335

Belial, sons of,
219

Ben-hadad,
233

Benzinger, I., referred to,
xxxiii, 238, 307

Beracah, valley of,
255

Beth-Dagon,
75

Beth-el,
57, 222

Beth-horon,
49, 199

Beth-shean (Beth-shan),
58, 75

Beth-shemesh,
47, 283, 298

Bezalel,
17, 170

_bīrāh_, _bīrāniyyōth_,
163, 238

Bliss, Dr, _Excavations at Jerusalem_,
318 f.

Boaz,
180

Book of the law, _see_ Law

Brasen altar, the,
180 f., 196, 201

Brasen sea, the, _see_ Sea

Brass,
118

Brook of Egypt,
196

Brother (= fellow-tribesman),
88

Burning for the dead,
235, 263

Burning of the dead,
76

Burnt offerings,
106, 141, 195, 306, 313

Cadytis,
344

Cake of raisins,
107

Caleb (Chelubai),
15 f., 19, 27

Calebites,
16 ff., 19 f., 154

Canaan,
6

Candlesticks, the golden,
183

Captivity, the,
351

Caravans, halting stations of,
21

Carchemish,
172, 344

Carites, _see_ Cherethites

Carmel,
85, 288

Castles,
163, 238, 291

Caterpillars,
192

Causeway leading to the Temple,
150

Cedars,
173 f., 207

Census, David’s,
31, 127 f., 155 f.

Chaboras, the river,
122

Chaldees, Chaldeans,
9, 350

Chambers,
70 f., 315

Champions, Philistine,
126 f.

Chapiters (= capitals),
179, 184

Chapman. _Introduction to the Pentateuch_,
xiii _note_, 12, 338

Chapmen,
204

Chariot cities,
30, 171, 200, 206

Chariots and horsemen,
122 f., 171, 206

Cherethites (Carites),
120, 167, 267, 273

Cherubim,
162, 178 f.

Child-sacrifice,
293

Choir,
138

Chronicler, the, characteristic treatment of subjects by,
xxxviii ff., 11, 25, 37, 38, 73, 77, 87, 92, 95, 97, 98, 100,
105, 106, 114, 117, 121, 124, 127, 128, 133, 153, 167, 173,
191, 195, 200, 214, 217, 218, 222, 223, 225, 229, 237, 238,
256, 274, 275, 276, 278, 280, 283, 284, 289, 292, 297, 300,
301, 308, 326, 330, 333, 352;
facts omitted by, xliv f., 22, 33, 73, 76, 77, 106, 114, 116,
117, 121, 125, 126, 167, 173, 200, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211,
213, 223, 256, 273, 325, 329, 330, 346, 347, 348, 349

Chronicles, the, relation of,
to Ezra and Nehemiah, xvi f.;
date and authorship of, xvii ff.
contents of, xxiv ff.;
the sources of, xxix ff.;
the historical value of, xlii ff.;
the religious value of, liv ff.;
name and position of, in the Canon, lvi ff.;
text and versions of, lviii f., and _see_ under “Text,”;
recent literature on, lix f.

Cities, fortified,
211, 215, 224

City of palm trees,
297

Commandments, the Ten,
274

Conaniah,
340

Confection,
71

Congregation,
163

Coniah, _see_ Jeconiah

Cook, S. A.,
(on 1 Esdras), xxiii, xlvii, 339 f.;
(in _Journal of Theological Studies_), xxxiv;
(in _Encyclopedia Britannica_), xlvii, 52, 57;
_Notes on Old Testament History_, 17;
(in _Encyclopedia Biblica_), 19;
(in _Expository Times_), 226, 258;
(in _Jewish Quarterly Review_), 265

Cornet,
105

Coronation,
271

Corvée,
173

Courts, the Temple,
183 f., 325

Covenant,
77, 94, 113, 190, 219, 230, 336 f.

Crete,
7

Crown,
125, 270

Cubit,
177

Curtis, E. L.,
_Chronicles_, referred to, xvii, xxi, xxxiv, lvi, lix, 16, 38,
45, 53 f., 67, 74, 102, 104 f., 138, 140, 152, 157, 187,
235, 276, 308, 332, 342

Cush, Cushites,
6 f., 225 ff., 262

Cyprus,
5

Cyrus,
xvi, xxiv _note_;
rebuilding of the Temple decreed by, 351 f.

D, or “Deuteronomic” narrative,
xx, 338 f.

_D_ and _R_ easily confused in Hebrew,
6, 250

Damascus (Darmesek),
116, 118, 233, 298 f.

Daric,
xviii, 165

Daughters, inheritance of,
139

David, descent of,
14, 15;
sons of, 21 f.;
king over Israel, 76 f.;
the city of, 77 f., 186, 207, 217;
adherents of, in exile, 87 ff.;
his dealings with the Ark, 94 ff., 101 ff., 105 f., 107;
Psalm of praise of, 107 ff.;
desires to build a Temple, 112 ff.;
foreign wars of, 117 ff.;
officials of, 120;
numbers the people, 127 ff.;
prepares for building the Temple, 133;
charges of, to Solomon and to the princes, 133 ff., 158 ff.;
organises Levites, 137 ff.;
organises the priests, 141 ff.;
organises the military and civil officials, 153 ff.;
the blessing of, 165 f.

_dĕbhash_,
314

Debir,
47

_dĕbīr_,
178, 180

Demons (_jinn_),
213

_Dhirrīh_ (_Zirrīh_),
226

_dibs_,
314

Dittography,
22, 49, 55, 58, 116, 318

Doorkeepers (= Porters),
xvi, 67 ff., 104 f., 137, 149 ff., 273

Drachma,
165

Drink offerings,
307

Dukes of Edom,
13

E, or “Elohistic” narrative,
xx

Edom,
11 f., 119, 260, 281

Egypt,
172

Elephantine, Jewish Temple at,
xxxviii

Eliakim, _see_ Jehoiakim

Elijah, writing of,
261

En-gedi,
250

Ephod,
106

Ephraim,
56 f.

Ephraimite mercenaries,
281

Ephron (Ephrain),
222

Eponymous ancestors,
3

Erman, _Ancient Egypt_,
157, 209, 242

Esar-haddon,
317, 327

Esdrelon (Esdraelon),
74, 171, 345

Ethan,
42 f., 103, 112, 145

Ethanim,
186

Ethiopia, Ethiopians,
6, 225 ff., 262

Eunuch,
159, 241

Euphemisms,
114, 258, 266, 277, 289

Euphrates,
116 ff., 122, 206, 344

Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk),
347, 351

Ezekiel (Jehezkel),
143

Ezion-geber,
202, 258

Familiar spirits,
325

Fasting,
76, 250

Father (= eponymous ancestor),
18;
as a title of honour, 175

Fathers’ houses,
xvii, 34, 52

Feast of dedication, the,
195 f.

Feast of harvest, the, _see_ Feast of weeks

Feast of tabernacles, the,
186, 196 f.

Feast of unleavened bread, the,
310

Feast of weeks, the,
230, 314

Fir trees,
174

Folds,
323

Foreigners, _see_ Aliens

Fortresses,
211, 224

Gad the seer,
130, 168, 305

Gates of the Temple,
68, 268 f., 272 f., 291

Gehenna (Gē-ben-hinnōm, Gē-hinnōm),
293

Genealogical Table of the Nations,
2 ff.

Genealogies, a prominent feature in Chronicles,
xvi, xlvii;
the practical purpose of, 1 f.

Genealogy, reckoning by,
xvii, 35, 217

Genesis, stylistic similarity of Chronicles to,
27

Gezer,
49, 199 f., 224

Giant,
126 f.

Gibeon,
169, 171

Gihon, the spring of,
323 f.

Gilboa, campaign of,
73 f.

Gilead,
17, 34 f.

Gimirrai,
4

Goliath,
126 f.

Governor of the city,
332

Governors,
205

Habor,
37

Hadarezer (= Hadadezer),
117, 124

Hadoram (Adoram, Adoniram),
210

Hagrites,
34, 36

Hamath, entering in of,
96, 196;
(= modern Hama), 117, 119

Hamath-zobah,
199

_ḥamman_
224

Hanani the seer,
234

Handcock, _Latest Light on Bible Lands_,
317, 320, 327

Hanoch (Ḥanôkh) (= Enoch),
2, 11, 33

Harps,
96 f., 188

_ḥāṣer_, _ḥăṣêrîm_,
31, 184, 250 f.

_hăṣōṣĕrāh_,
230

Havvoth-Jair,
17 f.

Heart, the, considered as the seat of the mind,
113, 189, 220

Heaven,
296, 321

_ḥebel_,
108

He-goats (= _jinn_),
213

Heman,
42 f., 103, 112, 145, 188

Hercules, the temple of (Melkart),
180

Herodotus referred to,
4, 180, 317, 320, 344

Heroes, list of,
79 ff.

_hēykāl_,
163, 348

Hezekiah,
300 ff.;
the great Passover of, 308 ff.;
the prayer of, 321

_ḥidoth_,
203

High places,
169, 171, 223, 231, 236, 256, 320

High-priests, list of the,
37 ff.

Hilkiah the priest,
337 ff.

Hinnom, the valley of the son of,
293, 325

Hiram, _see_ Huram

Hittites,
8, 172, 200

Hivites,
8

Hogarth, _Authority and Archaeology_,
317, 322, 327

Hogg,
(in _Encyclopedia Biblica_), 31;
(in _Jewish Quarterly Review_), 60;
(in _Expositor_), 308

Hölscher, _Palästina_,
xlviii, 20, 229, 309

Holy of Holies, the,
161, 178, 183

Holy place, the,
141, 177

_ḥōmer_,
175, 291

Honey,
314

Hooks, used by Assyrians,
327

Horn, lift up the,
147

Host of God, the,
91

Host of heaven, the,
243, 325

Houghed (= hamstrung),
117

House (= dynasty),
114

House of the forest of Lebanon,
205

Houses of the Temple,
161, 164, 333

_ḥōzai_,
329

Huldah, the prophecy of,
336

Huram (artificer),
175, 184

Huram (king),
98, 173 ff., 184, 198 f., 202

Iddo,
207, 217, 223

Idols, _see_ Asherim

Incense,
201, 221, 289, 291

Instruments, musical,
96 f., 138, 196, 305, 311

Ionians,
4

Isaiah,
290, 320 f.

Israel,
(= laymen), 64;
(= the covenant-people), 210 f.

J, or “Jahvistic” narrative,
xx, 2

Jachin,
180

Jahaziel, the prophecy of,
252 f.

Jashar,
the Book of, xi, 189

Javan (= the Ionians),
4

Jebusites,
8, 177, 200

Jeconiah (Coniah, Jehoiachin),
23, 348 f.

Jeduthun,
42, 112, 145, 188

Jehoahaz, _see_ Ahaziah

Jehoahaz (Shallum),
346 f.

Jehoiachin, _see_ Jeconiah

Jehoiada,
153, 273 f.

Jehoiakim (Eliakim),
347 f.

Jehoram,
258 ff.

Jehoshaphat,
xlix ff., 235 ff.

Jehu the prophet,
246 f.

Jerahmeel, Jerahmeelites,
18 f.

Jeremiah,
345

Jericho,
297

Jeroboam,
208, 210, 218 ff.

Jerome, St,
lvi, lix, 338

Jerusalem,
78, 171, 217;
destruction of, 349 ff.

Jezreel,
264

_jihād_,
221

Joab,
78 f., 119, 123, 125, 128 f.

Joash, King of Israel,
282 f.

Joash, King of Judah,
273 ff.

Joppa (Jaffa),
176, 287

Josephus,
_Antiquities of the Jews_, xix, 5;
_War of the Jews_, 277

Josiah,
329 ff.;
celebration of the Passover by, 310, 330, 339 ff.;
lamentations for, 345 f.

Jotham,
291 f.

Jozabad,
340

Justice, administration of,
171, 237, 247 f.

Karnak, the temple of,
180, 214

Kassite dynasty, the,
7

_ḳĕdēshim_,
331

_ḳeṣeph_,
247, 249, 277, 323

Kidron, the brook,
231, 303

King’s friend, a title,
157

_kinnōr_,
97

Kinship, traced through the mother,
16

Kiriath-jearim,
94, 170

Kiriath-sepher,
47

Kirkpatrick,
(on 1 Samuel), 99;
(on Psalms), 110;
(on 2 Samuel), 116, 120

Kition,
5

Kittel, R., referred to,
xxxiii, lx, 238, 307, 316

_kiyyōr_,
190

Knops,
182

_ḳōnēn_,
345

_kōr_ (_kōrīm_),
175, 291

Korah, Korahites,
43, 253 f.

Koran, the, referred to,
197

Kuë,
172

Lachish,
260, 285, 319 f.

Lamentations,
345 f.

Lavers, the,
182

Law, book of the,
discovery of the, 332, 334, 337 ff.

Leprosy,
289

Levi, sons of,
37 ff.

Levites,
xvi, 51 f., 70, 186 f., 307, 312;
the cities of the, 46 ff.;
duties of the, 71 f., 140 f.;
David’s organisation of the, 137 ff.;
families of the, 144 f.;
help to cleanse the Temple, 303

Levy,
173

Libnah,
47, 260

Libyans,
7, 215

Lots, drawing of,
143, 148

Lowland, _see_ Shephelah

Lubim,
215, 226, 234

Lydians,
7, 9

Maacah,
56, 122

Maacah (Micaiah),
daughter of Absalom, 213 compare 218;
Queen-mother, 230

Macalister, R. A. S.,
_The Philistines_, 7;
_Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement_, 28, 31, 32;
_The Excavation of Gezer_, 49;
_Bible Side-lights from the Mound of Gezer_, 199, 224

Machir,
17

Magdolus,
344

_māgēn_, _māginnōth_,
205, 323

Magog,
4

Manasseh,
325 ff.;
the prayer of, 328

Mareshah,
225 ff., 258

_maṣṣēbāh_, _maṣṣēbōth_
180, 224

Meal-offering,
132, 141, 196

Medes (Madai), the,
4

Megiddo,
58, 266, 345

_Megillōth_,
lvii

Mesopotamia,
122

Meunim,
32, 249, 251, 260, 287

Micaiah, the prophecy of,
240 ff.

Michal,
105 f.

Midianites, the,
11

_midrash_,
xxxi _and note_, xlvi, xlix, 223, 279

Midrashic narrative,
characteristics of, xlix;
in sources of Chronicles, xxxii;
exemplified in Chronicles, 136, 217 f., 225, 239, 249, 294

_migdānōth_,
259, 323

Millo,
79, 319

_mishkān_,
94 f., 274

_mishma‘ath_,
83

_Mishōr_,
288

Miṣraim (= Egypt),
6, 19, 172

_mizlāgōth_,
184

_mizrāḳōth_,
184

Moab,
116 f.

Moabites, invasion by,
249 f.

Molech (Malcam, Milcom),
125, 293

Mount Gerizim,
Samaritan Temple on, xxi, xxxviii

Mount Moriah,
176

Mount Seir,
32, 251, 281

Mount Zion,
xxxviii f.

Mulberry trees,
100

Music, the Levitical service of,
lii, 305 f.

Musical guilds,
xxiii, 145, 333

Muski,
5

Muṣri,
19, 172

Nabonidus (Nabu-na’id),
344, 351

Nabopolassar,
344, 350

Nabulus,
49

_nāgīd_,
33, 92, 295

_naḥal_,
252

Names,
significant, 24, 145 f.;
lists of, in oriental Histories, 1 f., 79

Nathan the prophet,
113, 168, 207, 305

Navy,
206

_nēbhel_,
96 f.

Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar),
347 f., 351

Neco I and II,
327, 336, 343 f.

_nēr_ (_nīr_),
259

Neriglissar (Nergalšar-uṣur),
351

Nethinim,
65, 137

New Testament (passages of) referred to:
Matthew i. 3‒6, 15
Matthew i. 7, 23
Matthew v. 22, 293
Matthew v. 39, 244
Matthew xxiii. 35, lviii, 277
Matthew xxv. 15, 290
Mark ii. 26, 102
Mark ix. 43, 293
Mark xi. 2, 7, 96
Mark xvi. 1, 235
Luke i. 5, 143
Luke i. 7, 266
Luke ii. 36, 335
Luke iii. 31, 22
Luke vii. 44‒46, 297
Luke xi. 51, 277
Luke xii. 55, 192
Luke xv. 18, 21, 296, 321
Luke xix. 4, 172
John i. 45, 16
John iii. 27, 296
John xi. 54, 222
John xii. 3, 7, 235
John xviii. 1, 303
John xix. 39, 40, 235
Acts vii. 60, 278
Acts viii. 40, 287
Acts ix. 32, 27
Acts xii. 1, 228
Acts xii. 21, 159
Acts xii. 23, 222
Acts xiii. 2, 138
Acts xxi. 37, 163
Acts xxii. 24, 163
Romans i. 1, 138
Romans xi. 2, xxxii
Galatians i. 15, 138
2 Thessalonians ii. 11, 243
1 Timothy iii. 15, 114
Hebrew ii. 16, 297
1 John i. 9, 215
Revelation ii. 20, 335
Revelation xxi, 12‒16, 182

Nimrod,
7

Nineveh,
327

Nisan, the first month,
89, 301, 310, 339

Nobles, the,
273

Numbering of the people, _see_ David

Numbers high in Chronicles,
xlix, 92, 133, 135 ff., 164 f., 178, 195, 204, 210, 218 f.,
221 f., 225 f., 239, 281, 294

_ōb_,
325

Obelisk of Shalmaneser II,
122, 206

Oblations (_tᵉrūmāh_)
314

Obsolete English words:
At (after verbs of asking), 241
Grave (verb = carve), 174
Magnifical, 134
Play (= dance), 96, 106
Polls (= heads), 137
Skill (verb), 174, 333

Oded,
229, 295 f.

_ōhel_,
197, 274

Omar, the Mosque of,
181

_‘ōnēn_,
325

Onyx,
164

Ophel,
291, 328

Ophir,
164, 202, 257

Oracle, the,
180, 185, 187

Ornan,
131, 177

Osorkon,
226

Overseers,
173, 176, 333

P, or “Priestly” narrative,
xx, 2 f.

_paḥōth_,
205

Palace, the,
163, 166

Palmyra,
199

Paphos, the temple of,
180

Parbar,
151

Parvaim,
178

Passover, the,
of Hezekiah, 308 ff.;
of Josiah, 310, 320, 339 ff.

Pelethites,
120, 167

Pentateuch, the,
xiv, xx, 238, 337 ff.

Perfect heart, a,
93, 160, 165 f., 231, 248

Pestilence,
130 f.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders,
_History of Egypt_, 226, 344

Philistines,
the original seats of the, 7;
war with the, 74, 99 ff., 126, 286 f., 297;
invasion by, 262 f.

Phinehas,
69

Phœnician language,
173

Physicians,
235

Pillar,
271

Pillars (Jachin and Boaz),
179 f., 184

Plague,
193

Play on words,
15, 57, 254, 282

Poll-tax,
274, 347

Porch of the Temple,
177

Porters, _see_ Doorkeepers

Posts (= runners),
309

Precious stones,
178

Priesthood, the double,
102, 167

Priests,
51 f., 303, 307, 312 ff.;
courses of, 66;
sons of the, 71;
David’s organisation of the, 141 ff.

Princes of the sanctuary,
142

Princes of the tribes of Israel,
155

Prophetess,
335

Psaltery,
96, 103, 146, 188, 204

Psalms xcvi, cv, cvi,
107

Pul,
34, 37

Punt (Put),
6

Rabbah,
121, 125

Ramoth-gilead,
51, 240, 245

Rechabites, the,
21

Recorder (= chronicler),
120, 332

Rehoboam,
211 ff.

Rephaim,
126 f.;
valley of, 81, 99

Rhodians,
5

River, the (= the Euphrates),
13, 206

Robertson Smith, W.,
_Old Testament in the Jewish Church_, 16;
_Religion of the Semites_, 83, 180, 213, 219, 224

Robinson’s Arch,
150

Ruler of the house of God, the,
66, 315, 340

Ryle,
_Genesis_, referred to, 2 f., 6;
(on Ezra and Nehemiah), 143, 163, 273, 296, 334 f.;
_Prayer of Manasses_, 328

Sabbath,
351

Sackcloth,
131

Sacrifice,
consumed by fire from heaven, 195;
daily morning and evening, 141, 276;
sevenfold, made by Hezekiah, 304;
of thank offerings and burnt offerings, 306 f.;
of peace offerings, 106, 132, 307, 328

St Mary’s Well,
323 f., 327

Salt,
covenant of, 219;
the valley of, 119, 281

Samaria,
266, 309

Samaritan schism, the,
xxi, xxxviii

Samuel,
the descent of, 41;
the seer, 70, 168, 234

Sargon,
309, 317

Satan (= the Adversary),
128

Saul,
genealogy of, 62 f., 72;
defeat, death and burial of, 73 ff.

Saws,
126

Scorpion,
209

Scribe,
120, 142, 157

Sea of the Temple, the,
119, 181 f., 184, 300

Seer,
70, 168, 234

Sennacherib, threatened invasion by,
316 ff.

_sēpher hattōrah_,
338

Septuagint, the, version of Chronicles,
lviii f.

Shalmaneser,
122, 206, 309

Sharon,
35;
the great maritime plain, 156

Sheba,
6 f.;
Queen of, 202 ff.

_shēbhet_,
83

Shechem,
48, 56, 207

_shelaḥ_,
270, 319

_shĕlāṭīm_,
118, 270

Shemaiah,
210, 215

Sheminith,
set to the, 104

_Shephēlāh_,
156, 172, 207, 288, 298

Shewbread,
71 f., 139, 141, 162, 174, 221, 304

Shields of gold,
118, 205, 270, 323

Shihor, brook of,
96

Shishak, invasion by,
214 ff.

Siloam, the Lower Pool of,
318

Singers, the families of the,
xvi, xlii, 38, 42, 104, 145 ff., 341

_ṣinnah_,
205

_sippim_,
269

Slings,
288

Smith, G. A.,
_Historical Geography of the Holy Land_, 74 f., 81, 83, 171,
184, 192, 207, 212, 226, 249 f., 255, 294, 297;
_Jerusalem_, 78 f., 163, 288, 291, 318 f., 324, 327;
(in _Encyclopedia Biblia_), 118;
_Early Poetry of Israel_, 294

Sojourners,
165 f.

Solomon,
133 ff., 160 ff.;
twice crowned, 167;
great sacrifice of, 169 f.;
vision of, 170 f.;
horses and chariots of, 171 f.;
makes preparations for building the Temple, 173 ff.;
begins to build the Temple, 176 ff.;
brings the Ark into the sanctuary, 186 f.;
blessing and prayer of, 189 ff.;
the night vision of, 197 f.;
cities of, 198 ff.;
arrangements of, for the Temple worship, 201 f.;
the fleet of, 202;
the greatness of, 204 ff.

Sorcery,
325

Spices,
204, 235

Stir up the spirit,
37, 262, 352

Store cities,
233, 238

Strangers, _see_ Aliens

Suburbs,
47, 95, 212, 316

Sun-images,
224, 331

Sycomore,
156, 172, 207

Syria, Syrians,
9, 17, 116, 124;
invasion by, 278

Syriac Version, the,
lix

Syro-Ephraimite war, the,
294 f.

Tabali,
5

Tabernacle,
70, 94, 133, 274 f.

Tabor,
50

Tadmor,
199

Tamar,
199

_ṭaph_,
252

Tarshish (= Tartessus),
5, 54, 205 f., 257 f.

Tarsus,
5

Task-work,
126, 134, 200

Tekoa,
18, 26, 254

Tell el-Amarna letters,
5, 58, 78, 121, 212

Teman,
11

Temple, the,
gates of, 68, 268 f., 272 f., 291;
David’s preparations for building, 133 ff.;
measurements of, 134, 177;
the pattern of, 161 ff.;
Solomon prepares to build, 173 ff.;
description of, 176 ff.;
dedication of, 186;
restoration of, 274 ff.;
cleansing of, 301 ff.;
repair of, 332 ff.;
Cyrus decrees the rebuilding of, 351 f.

Tenderhearted,
220

Tent,
69, 94, 101, 106, 186, 274

_tĕrū‘ah_,
106, 230

_tĕrūmāh_,
314

Testimony, the,
270 f., 274

Text of Chronicles, the,
xxii, lviii, 7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 27, 28, 35, 41, 42, 46, 49,
54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 68, 82, 85, 115, 182, 214, 217, 227,
248, 255, 259, 323, 336

Thistle (= thorn),
283

Threshing-floor,
97, 131 f., 242

Thucydides referred to,
xlviii

Tigris,
122

Tilgath-pilneser (Tiglath-pileser),
34, 37, 292, 297 ff., 309

Times (= changes, opportunities),
93, 168

Tisri, the seventh month,
186

Tithe,
313 f.

Titus, Arch of,
230

_tōrah_,
191, 228, 338

Torrey, C. C.,
_Ezra Studies_, xxxiii f., xlvi, lviii, lx, 38, 218, 237, 264 f.,
343, 345

Treasuries, the,
161

Trees, large,
76, 294

Tree-worship,
224

Trumpets, silver,
105, 112, 188, 196, 221, 230, 305

Tyre,
5, 8, 134

Tyrseni,
5

Uriah,
86, 120

Urim and Thummim,
99

Uzziah,
285 ff.

Valley of salt, the,
119, 281

Veil of the Temple, the,
179

Ventriloquism,
325

Vessels of gold,
185 f.

Vulgate, the,
lix

Wardrobe, keeper of the,
335

Wellhausen, J., references to,
lvi, lix, 20, 237, 271

Wilson’s Arch,
150

Wrath,
247, 249, 277, 323

Zadok,
39 f., 92, 102, 111, 142, 155, 167, 314

Zechariah, martyrdom of,
277

Zedekiah the king,
349 f.

Zedekiah the prophet,
242, 244

Zemaraim, the battle of,
218 ff.

Zerah the Ethiopian,
225 f.

Zidon, Zidonians,
8, 134

Ziz,
252

Zobah,
116 f., 122, 124, 199

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