Manual of Bible History

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1882. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Asa, king of Judah, 273, 304. Ashdod, siege of, 319. Asher, tribe of, 183. Ashtoreth (Astarte), image and worship of, 162. Asia, Western, the centre of life, 39. Asmonseans. See Maccabees. Asshur, son of Shem, 43. Assyria, 216, 244, 331, 339. Assyrian idolatry, 120. Assyrian invasions of Israel, 298. Athaliah, daughter of Omri, 307, 308. Athens, rise of, 335; intellectual glory of, 384; Paul at, 473.. Augustus Ciwsar, 410. Ayin Mousa, wells of Moses, 122. Azariah, or Uzzian, king of Judah, 310. Azoff, sea of, 37. Baalath, or Baalbec, 185, 261. Baal-peor, worship of, 154. Baal-zebub, god of Ekron, 282. Baasha, king of Israel, 223, 305. Babel, tower of, 44; city, 48; Chaldsean traditions of, 45. Babylon, 216, 332, 333, 343, 353, 363. Babylonia, Jews of dispersion in, 405. Balaam, prophet of Mesopotamia, 152, 153. Balak, king of Moab, 152. Barak, deliverer from Canaanites, 194, 196. Barnabas, apostle, 463. Bartholomew, apostle, 488. Bashan, kingdom of, 146, 188; stone cities of, 147. Bath-sheba, 245. Beatitudes, mount of, 433. Beer, the well at, 144. Beer-sheba, 62, 101. Beke on Sinai, 128. Bel, or Belus, Babylonian god, 344. Belshazzar, king of Babylon, 351, 353. Ben-hadad I., king of Syria, 274, 280. Benjamin, tribe of, 179. Berea, Paul at, 473. Bethany, 441,443. Beth-barah, battle at, 199. Beth-el, 60, 61, 76, 283. Beth-gamul, in Bashan, 149. Beth-horon, pass and towns of, 176, 179. Beth-lehem, 78, 178, 230, 416. Bethsaida, 431. Bezor, 189. Birs Nimrood, 46. "Blast," the, that destroyed Sennacherib's host, 314. Boaz, 214, 230. Bozrah of Edom, 141. Brahminism, 380. Brick-making in Egypt, 106. Britain, Britons, 408, 463, 494. Brugsch on Egyptian monuments, 50, 103, 268. Buddhism, 380. Buffon on longevity, 31. Burning bush, the, 112. Csesar, Julius, 399, e...