camp at Gilgal, 52; blessings and curs-
ings of the law, 76; victuals of Gibeon-
ites tasted by Israelites, 80; mountain
of Halak, 102; dukes of Sihon, 118;
Eleazar, 123: Jephunneh, 125; He-
bron, 127; Dead Sea, 128; Caleb's
daughter, 134; discrepancy in numbers
of cities of Judah, 138; daughters of
Zelophehad, 147; time of setting up
Tabernacle, 156; cities of the Levites,
186; Joshua's farewell, 191; Hebrew
style of narrative, 192; Gaash, 214
Keilah, in Judah, position, 139; events
connected with it in the life of David,

139

Kenaz, difficulty as to his relationship to
Othniel, 134; probably a family name,

125

Kenezite, doubt as to meaning, 125.
Kings, name of independent chieftains in
Palestine, 63; catalogue and numbers
of conquered kings in E. and W.
Palestine, 106-111; confederacy of five
against Gibeon, 83, 84; their flight and
execution, 89-92; conquest of, in S.
Palestine, 92-95; confederacy of, in
N. Canaan, 97

Kirjathaim, or Kiriathaim, 117; name on
Moabite stone, 117

Kirjath-arba, meaning and origin of
name, 84 name of Hebron, 84, 134,
186; chief city of the Anakims, 84,
134; Hittites dwelt near in time of
Abraham, 44

Kirjath-baal, name of Kirjath-jearim,
141, 159

Kirjathiarius, name of Kirjath-jearim, 81
Kirjath-jearim, one of the four cities of
the Gibeonites, 77, 132; meaning of,
81, 132; situation of, 81; allotted to
Judah, 81, 132, 159; Ark remained at,
81, 132; once one of the special seats
of Baal-worship, 81

Kirjath-sannah="town of palms," name
of Debir, 95, 134, 140

Kirjath-sepher="City of Books," name
of Debir, 95; taken by Othniel, 134
Kishon, or, river before Jokneam, 164;
meaning of, 164; reference to, 164
Kitto's Bible Illustrations, on

Courtesy observed towards Rahab,
38; Babylonish garment, 68; old sacks
of the Gibeonites, 78; clouted shoes,
79; mouldy bread, 79; hailstones of
the East, 87

Kitto's Biblical Cyclopædia, on Mosaic

laws about homicide, 180, 181, 183;
magicians in Eastern armies, 207;
Joshua's last farewell, 213
Knives, sharp="of flint," 51; used by
Joshua, 51; by Zipporah, 51; men-
tioned by Herodotus, 51; tradition
about, 214

Kohathites, descendants of second son of

Levi, 184; position and duties during
the wanderings, 185; priesthood con-
fined to one section of them, 185; cities
assigned

(a) to the Kohathite Priests, 186, 187
(b) to the Kohathite Levites, 187, 188

Lachish, doubtful position of, 84; subse-
quent references to, 84; taken on "se-
cond day," 93; undesigned coincidence
in connection with this, 93
Laish, or Leshem, original name of city
of Dan, 176; situation of, 176; origin
of, 176; scenery around, 177; taken
and burned by children of Dan, 177
Land flowing with milk and honey, why
expression is descriptive of Palestine,
52; passages where it occurs, 52
Land of Canaan country W. of Jordan,

193

Law, copy of, various interpretations of
meaning of, 75; inscribed on great
stones, 74, 75

Law, historical events of, duty of parents
to explain fully to children, 50
League, any, with Canaanites forbidden,
81; with the Gibeonites, made by
Joshua, 81; broken by Saul, 81, 82;
faithfully observed by Gibeonites, 83
Leagues, of the kings against Joshua.
See Kings

Lebanon, meaning of word, 32; N. boun-
dary of Holy Land, 32

Lenormant's Manual of Oriental History,
on strategy of Israelites under Joshua,

37
Level, high, of parts of Palestine, 161
Levi and the Priesthood, genealogical
table of, 185

Levites, no inheritance for, 116, 124; rea-
sons for this, 116, 123, 124, 184; pro-
vision for, 116, 124; variously described,
157; Jacob's prophecy concerning, how
fulfilled, 183: demand made by them
to Joshua, 183, 184; their special func-
tions, 183, 184

Libnah, meaning of, 93; situation, 93.
130; taken by Joshua, 93; king of,
slain, Ito

Lighted off, meaning, and other uses of,

mentioned by Herodotus, 123; where
casting of, by Joshua commenced, 125
Lowlanders. See Canaanites
Luz (or Bethel), an ancient Canaanite
city, 64; mentioned in time of Abra-
ham, 64; of Jacob, 64, 110; called
Bethel by Jacob, 64; doubtful whether
"city" of Luz and "Holy place " called
Bethel are the same, 64, 143; two
different interpretations, 143:
Mr
Grove's opinion, 143; name "Bethel"
not finally appropriated till after the
conquest by Joshua, 64; events which
rendered place famous, 110; king of,
sends help to Ai, 72; slain by Joshua,

Maachathites, the, 108; position of, 108;
long independence of, 116

Maaleh-acrabbim, meaning of, 128; po-
sition of, 129

Macgregor's Rob Roy on the Jordan,
quoted, on the windings of the Jordan,
32; Lake Merom, 99; Crocodiles in
the Holy Land, 169

Machir, eldest son of Manasseh, 122,

146; power of his descendants, 122,
146; position and nature of territory
assigned them, 122, 146; his descend-
ants settled on E. of Jordan, 146
Machpelah, bought from the Hittites by
Abraham, 33

Madon, city in N. Canaan, joins league
against Joshua, 97; king of, slain by
him at waters of Merom, 110

66

Mahanaim = two hosts," 120; events
connected with, 121

Makkedah, doubtful position of, 86; Ca-
naanites pursued thither by Joshua, 86;
concealment of kings in a cave at, 89,
90; their execution, 92; king of, slain
by Joshua, 110

Manasseh, son of Joseph, meaning and
reason of name, 146; rapid increase in
the number of the tribe, 150
Manasseh, half tribe of, 34, 122; pos-
sessions on East of Jordan, 34, 120,
122, 123; increase of their numbers, 123
Manasseh, Western, "ten portions" of,
147; boundaries of, 148-150; warlike
character of tribe, 121, 122; cities of,
in other tribes, 148, 149
Manna, cessation of, 54; Old and New
Testament references to it, 54
Maon, city of Judah, 141; events in life
of David connected with it, 141; mo-
dern name, 104

Mareshah, city of Judah, 139
Mearah, meaning of, 113; situation, 114
Medeba, plain of, when first mentioned,
115; position of, 115

Mediterranean, or Great Sea, W. boun-
dary of Holy Land, 32
Megiddo, commanding position of, 111;

scene of important events, 111; king
of, slain by Joshua, 110; defeat of, 150
Mensuration, art of, Israelites familiar
with, 157; commission for, appointed
by Joshua, 156; way it was carried
out, 156

Mephaath, town of Reuben, 117
Merarites, descendants of third son of
Levi, 185; position and duties of, during
the wanderings, 185, 186; cities as-
signed them, 189

Merom, Lake, position, 99; modern name,
99; description of, 99. See Jordan,
sources of

Merom, Waters of, battle at, 99, 100
Midbah. See Wilderness
Midianites, princes of, 118; elders of,
119; undesigned coincidence connected
with, 119

Migdal-el, thought to be the Magdala of
N. T., 174

Milman's History of the Jews, references
to their national judgments, 202
Minister, title of Joshua, 31; force of, 31
Mishor, meaning of, 34, 115,

=

Mizpeh Belle Vue, 161; land of, pos-
sessed by Hivites, 44; name of several
places in Palestine, 98, 99; of Moab,
99; "of Judah," 139. of Benjamin,"
160; "of Gad," or Gilead, 120.
Ramoth-Mizpeh

66

See

Mizraim, son of Ham, 113; his descen-
dants, 113

Mizrephoth-maim, 100; meaning of, 100,

101; possibly same as Zarephath, 115
Moabite Stone, where discovered, 116;
the four names found on, 117
Moon, standing still of. See Sun
Morad, 65

Morrow after Passover, peculiar meaning
of, 54

Moses, the servant of the Lord, 31; burial
of, at Beth-Peor, 31; oath of, unre-
corded in Pentateuch, 126; his grant of
land to Eastern Tribes, 115-123; and
to daughters of Zelophehad, 147; direc-
tions left by him about Levitical cities,
184; his posterity reckoned among the
Levites, 185

Mouldy, Hebrew word for, 79; elsewhere
translated "cracknels," 79

Mountain, the, place of shelter for spies,
description and position of, 40, 41;
"of Hebron," 126, 127; of the valley,
117, 118
Mountains, the, of Judah, 104; of Israel,
104, 105; evidence of antiquity of book
of Joshua in connection with, 104, 105
Mountaineers. See Amorites
Murder, wilful, Mosaic laws respecting,
179; contrasted with Greek and Ro-
man laws, 179

Napheth, or elevated tracts, 98

Naphtali, territory of tribe, 171-174;
numbers of, 172; boundaries, 172, 174;
prophecy concerning, mistranslated,
174; subsequent history of tribe, 174, 175
Nations, seven heathen, of Canaan,
various enumerations of, 44

Nations of Gilgal, meaning of term, III;
king of, slain, III

Negeb="Land of the South," 95, 96,
102, 136. See South
Nephtoah, fountain of, 132, 159
Nether, explanation of, 136

Nethinim, meaning of, 82; duties of, 82;
Scripture references to, 82

Neviim Rishonim="earlier prophets,"
5; portion of Jewish Canon, 5; books
comprised in it, 5

Nisan, 10th day of, day of crossing the
Jordan, 45, 49; meaning and signifi-
cance of this date, 34, 43; 7th, 8th and
5th days referred to, 34

North Palestine, confederacy and subju-
gation of, 97-102

Now, meaning and force of, at the open-
ing of book of Joshua, 31

Nun, father of Joshua, 9; his descent
from Ephraim, 9

Oak, the, of Shechem, or of Moreh, 79,
212; of Mamre, 54

Oath, exacted from Rahab by spies, 40,
41; full meaning of, 40
Oehler's Theology of Old Testament, on
stone inscriptions and hieroglyphics,
75; jealousy of God, 210

Officers, different meanings of word in
the original, 34 42; other instances of,
34, 42

Og, king of Bashan, his territory, 34, 107,
108, 116; conquered by the Israelites,
206, 207

Old corn, peculiar meaning of, 53
Old Testament, Jewish division of, 5
(note)

Ophrah in Benjamin, 160

Othniel, doubt as to his relationship to
Caleb, 134; takes Kirjath-sepher, 134;
marries Caleb's daughter, 135

Palestine, retrospect of conquest of, 102;
seven-fold division of. 102
Palestine Exploration Fund, discoveries
and reports of, on

Ancient site and name of Gezer, 94
Cave of Adullam, 110; country of
Naphtali, 172

Site of Altar on the Jordan, 193
Joshua's tomb, 214

Palestine, Southern, conquest of, 92-97;
fourfold division of, 95, 96; survey of
campaigns in, 95, 96
Parched corn, meaning of, 54
Passover,celebration of, at the Jordan, 19,
20, 53

Passover cakes, 54

Pearson on the Creed, references to, 9,
23, 24, 26

Peor, contraction of Baal-peor, 196
Perizzites, one of the "seven nations,"
44; meaning of word, 44; supposed
locality of, 44

Philistines, when first mentioned, 112;
origin of, 104, 113; position, 112;
power of, 112, 113; how reckoned as
Canaanites, 113; subsequently coalesce
with the Anakims, 105

Philistines, the, Galilee of, 112
Phinehas, son of Eleazar, meaning of
name, 195; accompanies delegates from
Israelites to the Eastern Tribes, 195;
memorable events of his life, 195; his
tomb still shewn. 195

Pillar of Cloud, Ark takes place of, 43.
Piram, king of Jarmuth, 84; hanged by
Joshua, 91, 109

Plain, the, the Arabah, 102, 107;
the East," 106; of Jezreel or Esdraelon,
152; of the Philistines, 96

Plains, the, of Jericho, or Arboth-Jericho,
50; of Moab, 123; South of Chinne-
roth, meaning of, 97, 98

Plaster, writing on, 75; its durability, 75
Porter's Handbook, references to, on

Edrei, 108; Salcah, 108; city of Asher,
148; Japhia, ascent to, 165; richness
and desolation of inheritance of Issa-
char, 168, 169; inheritance of tribe of
Asher, 171; fountains of Hammath,
173; position of Hazor, 174

Prayer of Joshua, before Ai, 65, 66; in
battle of Beth-horon, 88; for Caleb,

Ramath="a height," like Ramah and
Ramoth, 161

Ramath, of the South," 163
Ramath-mizpeh, early sanctuary in time
of Jacob, 120; its modern name, 120.
See Ramoth-gilead

Ramoth-gilead= "the heights of Gi-
lead," 120, 182; city of refuge, 181;
called Ramath-mizpeh, 120; its other
names, 120; memorable events con-
nected with, 120, 182

Remmon-methoar, explanation of, 165
Rending the clothes, 65; by Reuben, 65;
by Jacob, 65; by Joseph's brethren,
65; by Joshua, 65

Reproach of Egypt, double meaning of, 52
Rereward = "rearguard," 58; Scripture
allusions to, 58

Rest, meaning of word, 35; other uses of
it, 105, 127, 190

Reuben, tribe of, territory of, 34, 116—
119; prophecy of Jacob concerning,
119; subsequent history, 120; obscurity
of, 120

Rhinokolura, the river of Egypt, 112
Ritter's Geography of Palestine, remarks

from, on windings of the Jordan, 32;
position of Jerusalem, 84; plain of
Esdraelon, 152; inheritance of Asher,
171; of Naphtali, 174; trees and gar-
dens of Joppa, 176

Robinson's Bible Researches, referred
to, on troops employed against Ai, 70;
site of Chephirah, 81; position of
Jerusalem, 84; Beth-horon, 159; site
of Ramah, 170; Hazor, 173; neigh-
bourhood of Laish, 177

Roofs, Eastern, flat, useful for various
purposes, 39; battlements required, 39;
Roman and Italian, 39

Rosenmüller, quotations from, 80, 156
Rye, and flax, harvest. See Harvests

Sabbath day's journey. See Cubits
Salcah, position and description of, 108;
prophecies fulfilled in, 108
Salmon, marries Rahab, 61

Salt, City of, 142; Covenant of, 80;
Valley of, 142

Sanctify yourselves, meaning of com-
mand to, 43
Scarlet thread.

205.

See Line

Sea of the Plain-Dead Sea, or Salt Sea,
46, 107
Seir, Edomite mountain range of, 205;
meaning of word, 205; origin of name,
205; situation of, 205; given to Esau,
See Horites. Another range in
boundary of Judah, 132; why so call-
ed, 132
Seven, significance of number, among the
Hebrews, 57; among different nations,
See "Week," and "Swear"
Shaalabbin="the place of foxes," 175
JOSHUA

57.

Shakespeare, quotations from, 56, 58, 64,
79, 87, 100, 126, 136
Shebarim the mines, 64

Shechem, city in Mount Ephraim, 75,
181; situation, 75, 148, 181; central
city on West of Jordan, 181; one of the
cities of refuge, 181; events, and sacred
associations connected with, 76, 203, 212
Shechem, a son of Manasseh, 147
Shephêlah, the, meaning of, 77, 96; situ-
ation of, 96, 112, 136

Shihor-libnath, or Crocodile Brook, 169
Shiloh, meaning of word, 158; erection
of Tabernacle at, 153-158; remarks on
selection of site, 155, 158; description
of, 155
Shimron, city of, 97; its full name, 97;
position, 97; king of, defeated and
slain by Joshua, 97, 101, 110
Shimron-meron. See Shimron
Shittim, or Abel Shittim, encampment of
Israelites at, 36; meaning of word, 36,
207; scripture references to, 36; situ-
ation and description of, 36; spies sent
from, to view Jericho, 36; breaking up
of the encampment there, 42

Shoe, unloosing, a mark of reverence, 55
Shoes, material of in East, 78

Shunem, town of Issachar, 166; position
of, 167; scripture incidents connected
with, 167

Sibmah, town of Reuben, 117; position
of, 117; prophecies concerning, 117
Sihon, king of the Amorites, or of Hesh-
bon, his territory described, 34, 106;
occupied by Reuben, 34; conquest of,
referred to, 106, 206, 207. See Dukes
Sihor, the river of Egypt, 112, 113
Simeon, tribe of, territory of, 161-164;
within that of Judah, 162; villages of,
163; prophecy of Jacob concerning,
163; not mentioned in prophecy of
Moses, 163; obscurity of the tribe,
their character and history, 163, 164;
prophecy of Obadiah fulfilled in, 164
Sincerity, meaning and use of word, 208
Sion=
"the elevated," name of Hermon,

106

Slack, derivation and meaning of, 85
Smith's Biblical Dictionary, articles re-
ferred to, on knives of flint, 51; seven,
number, 57; caves, 90; fenced cities,
91; Ashkelon, 113; Manasseh, 123:
Wilderness, 137; Land of Gilead, 146;
Tabernacle, 156; Cabul, 170; Naphtali,
174

Snares, different kinds described, 201
Solaria. See Roofs

South, country of the, described, 95, 96,
136; = Teman, 113; Land of the

South, 163; "they of the South," 164
Speaker's Commentary referred to on
wedge of gold, 68; fenced cities of
Naphtali, 173; Joshua's farewell, 192

15

Spear, Joshua's, 72; various kinds of, 72
Spies, sent to view Jericho, 36-38; and
Ai, 64

Springs, country of the, described, 96,
107; of water, meaning of, 135; Upper
and Nether, given to Caleb's daughter,
135; meaning and position of them,
136
Stanley's (Dean) Lectures on Jewish
Church, on character of Joshua, 14;
his name, 22; bulls of Bashan, 34;
drying of the Jordan bed, 47; Jewish
fortified cities, 50; Battle at Waters of
Merom, 99; Machir, 122; request of
Caleb's daughter, 136; sacred lots, 158;
Land of Naphtali, 175; inheritance of
Dan, 177; ancient idolatries, 204; oak
of Shechem, 212; tomb of Eleazar, 215
Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, referred to
on windings of Jordan, 32; position of
Jericho, 36; scene of our Lord's
Temptation, 40, 41; ravines near Ai,
71; slow pace of Eastern armies, 81;
position of Jerusalem, 83, 84; Battle of
Bethhoron, 85; Second Part of Book of
Joshua, 112; history and character of
Reubenites, 120; Benjamites, 161;
Simeonites, 162, 163: Mountain of
Hebron, 127; gift of Hebron to Caleb,
127; Maaleh-akrabbim, 129; Adum-
mim, 130; Engedi, history and descrip-
tion of, 142; defeats of Gilboa and
Megiddo, 150; selection of Shiloh as
site for Tabernacle, 155; tribes of
Issachar, 168, Asher, 171, Naphtali,

174

Stone, Moabite, 116, 117; of Bohan,
130, 159; of Shechem, 212, 213
Stone-squarers. See Giblites
Stones, bevelled, of the Temple, 114
Stones, great, set up as memorials or
witnesses of past events, 47, 48, 50, 69,
74, 212, 13; set up by Jacob, 47, 212;
by Moses, 212; by Samuel, 47; by
Joshua in Gilgal, 48, 50, 212; in the bed
of the Jordan, 48; in the Valley of Achor,
69; on Mount Ebal, 74, 75; before the
cave at Makkedah, 92; under the Oak
of Shechem, 212, 213; sometimes be-
came causes of idolatry, 50

Stoning, a punishment for blasphemy and
idolatry, 69

Stood still, meaning of as applied to the
sun, 88; as applied to cities, 101
'Straitly shut up, meaning of, 55, 56
Stranger that sojourneth naturalized
foreigners, 182; variously accounted
for, 182

Subdue, meaning of, 156
Suburbs, of cities, explained, 124
Succoth Booths, 121; where situated,
121; events famous for, 121

Sun and moon, standing still of, 88; an
answer to Joshua's prayer of faith,

Tabernacle, set up at Gilgal, 48; at

Shiloh, 153-158; at Nob, 156; at
Gibeon, 156; lots cast by Eleazar
and Joshua at door of, 178; called
"The Tabernacle of the Congrega.
tion," 154, 155; or "Tabernacle," or
"Tent," "of meeting," 155, 157;
meaning of, 155

Tabor, mountain and town of Zebulun,
167. See also 164

Tappuah in Judah, position of, 110;
modern name, 110; king of, slain, 110;
meaning of name, 140

Telheap, 73; Palestine a land of Tels,
73; Ai made a Tel for ever, 73, 74
Teman, the South, 113
Temptation, our Lord's, supposed scene
of, 41

=

Terah, father of Abraham, 203; his
descendants, 204; idolatry of, 204;
tradition about, 204

Terebinth, of Mamre, 54; spreading,
174

This day, unto, force and frequency of
expression in Book of Joshua, 48;
places where it occurs, 48; proofs in
these historical allusions that the Book,
as we have it, was compiled after the
death of Joshua, 7, § 7

Thomson's Land and the Book, refer-
ences to windings of Jordan, 32;
ravines near Ai, 70; old writings on
stones, 75; Valley of Gerizim, 77;
Well of Enrogel, 130, 131; Bethshean,
149; Endor, 149; crocodiles in Pales-
tine, 169; capture of Laish, 177
Timnah, or Timnath, or Thimnathah, a
town of Dan, 132, 133, 175; another
town of Judah, 141

Timnath-serah, or Timnath-heres, the
city and home of Joshua, 178, 200;
meaning of, 178; position and beauty
of, 178; description by Lieut. Conder,
214; Joshua buried there, 214
Tirzah, a suburb of Samaria, 111; situation
of, 111; Scripture mention of, III;
beauty of, 111; king of, slain by