ON THE

JEWISH SCRIPTURES

AND

ANTIQUITIES.

BY JOHN GORHAM PALFREY, D. D., LL. D.

VOL. IV.

HAGIOGRAPHA AND APOCRYPHA.

"Si quis, in lege Domini die ac nocte meditatus, majus habuit studium, majus ingenium, otium, gratiamque, et potest de præsenti probabilius aliquid dicere, non invideo, non aspernor. Quin potius cupio ab eo discere quod ignoro, et libenter me discipulum profitebor, dummodo doceat, et non detrahat. Nihil enim tam facile quam otiosum et dormientem de aliorum labore ac vigiliis disputare."- Hieron, in Mich. ii.

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CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME FOURTH.

LECTURE LIV.

GENEALOGIES, AND REIGN OF DAVID.THE FIRST BOOK OF

CHRONICLES.

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Jewish Classification of the Sacred Books. - Titles of the Books of

Chronicles. - General Statement of their Contents. - Sources of

the Compiler's Information. - Date and Design. - Defects and Re-

dundancies. - Tendency to the Marvellous. Contradictions of

Earlier Records. - Genealogies from Adam to the Grandchildren of

Abraham and the Dukes of Edom. - Genealogies in the Line of Ju-

dah, with Particulars not elsewhere found. — Genealogies from Da-

vid to the Descendants of Zerubbabel. — Fragmentary Genealogies,

through Five Chapters, of Judah, Simeon, Reuben, Gad, Manasseh,

Levi, Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Ephraim, and Asher. — Lists

of Residents in Jerusalem and other Cities. Defeat, Death, and

Burial of Saul. Accession of David to the Monarchy of the Twelve

Tribes. His Capture of Jerusalem. Lists of his "Mighty Men."

- His Removal of the Ark. - Erection of his Palace.- Increase of

his Family. His Victories over the Philistines. - His Proposal to

build a Temple. - His Successful Wars. - List of his Principal

Courtiers. His Census of the People. His Punishment for that

Proceeding. His Purchase of a Site for the Future Temple.

Association of Solomon with him in the Royalty. — His Provisions

for the Erection of the Temple. - His Arrangements for the Polit-

ical and Ecclesiastical Administration. - His Death.

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LECTURE LV.

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HISTORY FROM DAVID'S TIME TO THE CAPTIVITY.—THE SEC-

OND BOOK OF CHRONICLES.

Solomon's Visit to Gibeon.

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Erection and Dedication of the Temple.

- Apparition of Jehovah. — Retrocession of certain Jewish Cities

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ziah and Joash.

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by Hiram. Building of other Cities, and of a Navy on the Red

Sea. Visit of the Queen of Sheba. —Separate Establishment of

Solomon's Idolatrous Queen. - His Wisdom, Riches, Greatness,

and Death. Reign of Rehoboam, and Relations of his Government

to the New Northern Kingdom and to Egypt.-Account of the

Reigns of Abijah and Asa, more full than that in the Book of Kings.

- More Brief Account of the Reign of Jehoshaphat. - His Wars.

- His Religious and Civil Reforms. Additional Particulars of the

Reign of Jehoram. Diversities in Respect to the Reigns of Aha-

Extended Accounts of the Reigns of Amaziah

and Uzziah. Reigns of Jotham and Ahaz, with Retrenchments

and Additions. - Accession of Hezekiah, and Minute Account of

his Religious Reforms. — Reign of Manasseh, with Omissions and

Insertions, the Latter comprehending an Account of a Religious

Reformation in his Time. - Reigns of Amon and Josiah, with Con-

tributions of New Facts respecting the Latter Monarch.-Compen-

dious Account of the Reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin,

and Zedekiah, and of Events preceding and terminating in the Cap-

tivity. Proclamation of Cyrus.

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LECTURE LVI.

EZRA AND NEHEMIAH.

Peculiar Structure of the Book of Ezra. - Proclamation of Cyrus. —

Preparations for a Return of the Exiles to Judea. — Migration of a

Party with Zerubbabel. - Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles

at Jerusalem. Foundation of the New Temple. - Interruptions

of the Work. - Singular Insertion of Matter in the Chaldee Lan-

guage.

Letter of the Samaritans to the King of Persia, and his

Action thereupon. - Renewal of the Work upon the Temple, with

the Approbation of Darius. - Its Completion and Dedication. - Cel-

ebration of the Passover. - Chasm of Thirty-seven or Fifty-eight

Years in the History. · Mission of Ezra the Scribe to Judea with

Attendants. His Authority and Instructions expressed in the Chal-

dee Tongue. Inspection and Fast at the River Ahava. — Proceed-

ings on his Arrival at Jerusalem. - Repudiation by the People of

their Foreign Wives. - Authorship of the Book. The Book of

Nehemiah introduced by a Reference to Nehemiah as its Author.-

Intelligence of the State of Things at Jerusalem received by Nehe-

miah at Shushan. His Petition to Artaxerxes, and consequent

Visit to Jerusalem. - Inspection of the Place. - Repair of the Walls

and Gates. Conspiracy of Sanballat and his Associates, and Prep-

arations to defeat it. — Extortions of the Rulers, and Disinterested-

ness of Nehemiah. - His Discomfiture of the Plots of Sanballat and

Geshem.. Police Arrangements. - Genealogical Register. - Cel-

ebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. - Divorce of Alien Wives. —

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