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Ayal, lya, Dr. Shaw’s opinion relative to the meaning of this Hebrew word, Deuteronomy 12:15.

Azariah, import of this name, Daniel 1:7.

Azubah, wife of Caleb, why so named, according to the Targum, 1 Chronicles 2:18.

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Baal, what this term imports, Judges 2:11.

Baal - bek, the ancient Aven or Heliopolis, Amos 1:5.

Baal - hatturim, (Rabbi Jacob) account of this commentator, General Preface p. 2.

Baal - peor, probably the Priapus of the Moabites, and worshipped with the same obscene and abominable rites, Numbers 23:28; Deuteronomy 3:29.

Baal - zebub, the god of Ekron, why so named, Exodus 12:51; 2 Kings 1:2.

Baal - zephon, probably an idol temple, Exodus 14:2. Babel, derivation and import of this name, Genesis 11:9. Babel, tower of, heathen testimonies concerning, Genesis 11:4. Various conjectures relative to the purpose for which this tower was built, Genesis 11:9.

Babet or Baby, conjecture respecting the origin of this word, Zechariah 2:8.

Babylon, its great naval power before the time of Cyrus, Isaiah 43:14. Semiramis, the foundress of this part of the Babylonian greatness, ibid. Manner of the taking of Babylon by Cyrus, Isaiah 21:1; 44:27; 45:2; Jeremiah 50:24. Policy of the Persian monarchs in destroying the naval importance of Babylon, Isaiah 43:14. Some particulars of the greatness of Babylon, Isaiah 13:19; 45:2. Notation of the several steps by which the remarkable prophecies against this great city were ultimately accomplished in its total ruin, ibid. The annihilation of its walls accounted for, ibid. Deliverance from Babylon a frequent figure in the prophetical writings for the deliverance of the people of God from the power of evil under the Gospel dispensation, Isaiah 40:6 - 8. Babylonian embassy to Hezekiah, observations on the, 2 Kings 21:26, in fine.

Babylonians, singular custom among these people of selling all their marriageable virgins by public auction, Genesis 29:20. In what the dress of this people consisted, according to Herodotus, Daniel 3:21. Babylonish robes, some account of the, Joshua 7:21. Bacchus, some portions of the fable concerning, very similar to what is related of Moses, Exodus 4:17. This idol worshipped under the form of a goat by the ancient Egyptians, Exodus 8:26. Backbite and Backbiter, words of Anglo - Saxon origin, Psalm 15:3. Intended to convey the treble sense of knavishness, cowardice, and brutality, ibid.

Bacon’s (Friar) method of restoring and strengthening the natural heat, 1 Kings 1:53, in fine.

Badad, ddb, import of this word when employed by the Jews as a memorial symbol, Masoretic notes at the end of Numbers. {Numbers 36:13}

Badgers’ skins, the Hebrew words so translated of very uncertain import, Exodus 25:6.

Baeshah, hvab, various conjectures respecting the meaning of this word, Job 31:40.

Ba gad, dg ab, import of this phrase when employed by the Jews as a memorial symbol, Masoretic Notes at the end of Leviticus . {Leviticus 27:34}

Baking in the East, manner of, with an account of the instruments employed in the process, Leviticus 2:7.

Balaam, character of this prophet of the Most High God, Numbers 24:25, in fine. Observations on his famous prophecy concerning a star to spring out of Jacob, Numbers 24:6.

Balance, trial by the, a species of ordeal among the Hindoos, Numbers 5:31, in fine.

Banditti, hordes of, frequent in Arabia to the present day, Job 1:15. Banner, giving the, very ingenious illustration of, by Mr. Harmer, Psalm 60:4, 12, et in fine.

Barach, Ërb generally rendered to bless, very extensive import of the original word, Genesis 2:3; 1 Kings 21:9. Barbary, Dr. Shaw’s account of the chocolate - coloured pottage made by the inhabitants of, Genesis 25:29.

Bards, among the ancient Druids, who, Numbers 21:27. Barley harvest, time of its commencement in Palestine, Ruth 1:22. Barrady, Maundrell’s account of this river, 2 Kings 5:12. Barrows or Tumuli, in England, what, 2 Samuel 18:17. Bars of the pit, what probably meant by this phrase among the ancients, Job 17:16.

Batanim, µyntb, its import uncertain, Genesis 43:11. Bath, some account of this Hebrew measure of capacity, Exodus 16:16; Ezra 7:22.

Battering - ram, description of the, Ezekiel 5:2. This machine unknown in the time of Homer, ibid.

Battle, trial by, when and where supposed to have had its origin, Numbers 5:31, in fine.

Baxter, (Richard) a commentator on the New Testament, General Preface, p. 7.

Beards, held in high respect in the East, the possessor considering it his greatest ornament, often swearing by it, and in matters of great importance pledging it, 2 Samuel 10:4; Song of Solomon 5:13; Isaiah 7:20. Never cut off but in mourning or as a mark of slavery, ibid.; Jeremiah 41:5. Considered by the Turks a great affront to take a man by his beard, unless it be to kiss it, Isaiah 7:20. Beards of the Macedonians ordered by Alexander to be shaved off, and the singular reason given by this king for the mandate, 2 Samuel 2:16. Bedaui or Beduui, a people of Arabia, Isaiah 42:11. Bede, account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 4. Bedolach, jldb, translated bdellium, Bochart’s opinion respecting the meaning of this word, Genesis 2:12.

Bedouin, Volney’s description of the, Job 5:5. Beds of ivory, what, Amos 6:4.

Beech tree, juice of the, used for drink in the northern parts of Europe, Job 30:4.

Bees, Homer’s very nervous description of a great swarm of, Psalm 118:12.

Behemah, hmhb, translated cattle, import of the term, Genesis 1:24. Behemoth, various conjectures respecting the animal intended by this name in Scripture, Job 40:15. Reasons for supposing it to have been a species now extinct, perhaps the mammoth, ibid.

Belial, its derivation and import, Deuteronomy 13:13; 15:9. Belibbo, wblb, import of this memorial symbol of the rabbins, Masoretic Notes at the end of Exodus. {Exodus 40:38}

Bellerophon, son of Glaucus, king of Ephyra, story of, supposed to be a fabulous formation from the Scripture account of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, and his murder of Uriah, 2 Samuel 11:14. Bells on horses, camels, &c., account of the, Zechariah 14:20. Belt, the chief ornament of a soldier, and highly prized in all ancient nations, 2 Samuel 18:11. Considered a rich present from one chieftain to another, ibid.

Ben, ˆb, a son, whence derived, Ruth 4:11; Psalm 127:1. Beneficiarii, among the Romans, who, Habakkuk 3:6. Bene - jaakan, the twenty - seventh station of the Israelites in the wilderness, Numbers 33:31.

Beney adam, µda ynb, and beney ish, via ynb, very remarkable distinction between, Psalm 62:9.

Bengel, (John Albert) author of an edition of the Greek Testament, with various readings and critical notes, General Preface, p. 10. Benjamin, why so named, Genesis 35:18. Remarks upon the provisions set before this patriarch by Joseph being much greater than what were set before each of his brethren, Genesis 43:34. Benjamite messenger, remarks upon his very laconic relation of the discomfiture of the Israelites by the Philistines, and of the taking of the ark of God, 1 Samuel 4:17.

Benson, (Dr.) a commentator on different portions of the New Testament, General Preface, p. 8.

Bereshith, the first book of the Hebrew Scriptures, whence so named, Preface to the Book of Genesis. {Genesis 1:1}

Berith, tyrb, rendered covenant, what it imports, Genesis 6:18; Leviticus 26:15.

Beryl, account of this precious stone, Exodus 28:17; Ezekiel 10:9. Bethany, why so named, Isaiah 10:30.

Beth - el, meaning of this name, Genesis 28:19. Beth - jesimoth, the forty - second and last station of the Israelites in the wilderness, where situated, Numbers 33:49.

Bethron, why probably so named, Song of Solomon 2:17. Beth - shean, the same that was afterwards called Scythopolis, Joshua 17:11.

Beth - shemesh, various conjectures concerning the number of the inhabitants of, who were smitten for looking into the ark, 1 Samuel 6:19. The words vya ãla µyvmj chameshim, elaph ish, fifty thousand men, which stand in our present Hebrew copies, most probably an interpolation, ibid.

Bethyllia or consecrated stones, remarks upon the, Genesis 28:18; Job 31:1; Isaiah 57:6.

Bey of Tunis, his manner of living, as mentioned by Pococke, Nehemiah 4:18.

Beza, (Theodore) account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 8. Bezer, one of the cities of refuge, import of the name, Joshua 20:7. Bibliotheca Magna Rabbinica of Bartolocci, account of this great work, General Preface, p. 3.

Bildad, the Shuhite, who, Job 2:11.

Bipens, a military weapon of the ancients, Ephesians 6:13. Birds, thoughts on the wonderful structure of their wings and feathers, Genesis 1:22.

Birth - days, keeping of, a custom of very remote antiquity, Genesis 40:20.

Bishebuah, h[bvb, a Jewish memorial symbol, Masoretic Notes at the end of Deuteronomy. {Deuteronomy 34:12}

Bishop, remarkable saying of a, Job 19:15.

Bitter waters of jealousy, rabbinical notion how a Jewess, suspected of adultery, could be said, in drinking these waters, to drink the very words of the execration written by the priest, Numbers 5:23. Blair’s affecting picture of the death of a wicked man, Job 27:8. Blayney, (Revelation Dr.) translator of the Prophet Jeremiah, with notes, General Preface, p. 10.

Blasphemy of Shelomith’s son, very doubtful in what it consisted, Leviticus 24:16, &c.

Blemishes, curious rabbinical enumeration of the, which disabled a Jew from entering into the priest’s office, Leviticus 22:20. Blessings and curses of the law, observations on the mode in which these were pronounced, and the arrangement of the tribes for this purpose on Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, Deuteronomy 27:26.

Blood, prohibition of the eating of, one of the seven Noahic precepts, Genesis 9:4. Philosophical reasons for the prohibition, ibid. The eating of blood forbidden by the law of Moses, Leviticus 3:17; 17:10 - 14. Dr. Hunter’s theory of the vitality of the blood, Leviticus 17:11. Blotting out of the book of God, what meant by this phrase, Exodus 32:32.

Board, account of the, borne by the criminal in China, to which the accusation is affixed, Job 31:36.

Boccore, Dr. Shaw’s account of this species of fig, Isaiah 28:4. Bochart, (Samuel) author of a very accurate work on the geography of the sacred writings, General Preface, p. 9.

Bochim, why probably so named, Judges 3:5.

Bodies of the illustrious dead, how treated, according to Virgil, 2 Chronicles 16:14, in fine.

Bolled, import of this word Exodus 9:31.

Bones, enumeration of the, in the human body, Job 33:19. Bonny, inhabitants of, mode in which these people construct their dwellings, Deuteronomy 20:5.

Book of Life and Book of Death, among the Chinese, what, Exodus 32:32. See also Ezekiel 9:1.

Book of the Wars of the Lord, Dr. Lightfoot’s opinion concerning the, Numbers 21:14.

Booths or sheds, erected in the East by the keepers of the vineyards, to cover them from the scorching sun while watching the ripening grapes, made of the lightest and most worthless materials, Job 27:18. Boruwlaski, (Count) some account of this famous Polish dwarf, 1 Samuel 17:58, in fine.

Bosom, the place where the Asiatics carry every thing precious or valuable, Job 23:12.

Bottles of the ancients ordinarily made of goat’s skin, Genesis 21:14; 2 Samuel 16:1. Description of one in the author’s possession, 2 Samuel 17:28; Job 32:19.

Bow, the grand weapon of our English ancestors, 2 Samuel 8:18. Bow, song of the, remarks upon its great excellences, 2 Samuel 1:21, in fine. Dr. Kennicott’s Latin version, ibid.

Bow of the Asiatics, description of the, Psalm 78:57. Figure of its form in its quiescent state, and when ready to discharge the missile, ibid.; Hosea 7:16, Zechariah 9:14. General dimensions of the Persian bows, according to Xenophon, Isaiah 13:18.

Bowing the body, manner of, in Eastern countries, Exodus 4:31. The Jewish custom in this respect described, ibid.

Brain, contained in the cranium, and enveloped with the dura and pia mater, the golden bowl of Scripture, Ecclesiastes 12:6. Why so named, ibid.

Branches, feast of, for what purpose instituted, Exodus 23:14. Brass, a factitious metal known from very remote antiquity, Exodus 25:3; Psalm 18:34. How made, ibid.; Job 28:2. Breaking the jaws of the wicked, a metaphor taken from hunting, Job 29:17.

Breastplate of judgment, why so named, Exodus 28:15. Its description and ornaments, ibid. Breastplates, something like that of the Jewish high priest, formerly worn by the president of the courts of justice in Egypt, Exodus 28:30.

Bribery, ordinance against, in Magna Charta, Exodus 23:8; 1 Samuel 8:3; Micah 7:9. Some account of the intolerable abuses which prevailed in this country before the publication of the great charter, ibid. Bricks, dimensions of the, commonly used by the ancients in building, according to Palladius, Ezekiel 5:1. Manner of their formation, Isaiah 9:9; 13:19; 30:13; Nahum 3:14. Brimstone, used by the ancients in their superstitious purifications, Job 18:15. This illustrated by quotations from Pliny, Ovid, and Servius, ibid.

British army, descending scale of commanders in a, Numbers 2:2, in fine. Ascending scale of ranks which every officer must goes through. ibid. British constitution, great advantages of the, pointed out, 1 Samuel 8:22, in fine. Shown to be much more excellent than even the constitution of the kingdom of Israel, in the reign of David, 2 Samuel 5:25, in fine. Broidered coat, what, Exodus 28:4.

Bruce’s opinion respecting the situation of Ezion - geber, Tarshish, and Ophir, 1 Kings 9:28, in fine. His account of Solomon’s voyage to Ophir, 1 Kings 10:29, in fine. His description of the manner in which the rain - clouds are frequently collected together in Abyssinia, 1 Kings 18:44.

Brundusium, import of this name in the ancient language of that country, Isaiah 5:1.

Brydone, (Mr. Patrick) his argument against the Mosaic account of the creation, drawn from the eruptions of Mount AEtna, and the formation of the different lavas, considered, Genesis 1:31, in fine. Bubastis, a city in which the Egyptians were accustomed to hold their principal annual feast in honour of Diana, Exodus 10:9. Budhoo, priests of, manner of their dancing, jumping, &c., when making offerings to their demon gods, 1 Kings 18:26. Priests of this idol shave their heads close to the skin, Ezekiel 44:20.

Buildings, Eastern, description of the walls, &c., of the, Isaiah 9:9; 13:19; 30:13.

Bul, an ancient Hebrew month, answering to a part of our October and November, 1 Kings 6:38. This name supposed to be of Chaldean origin, 1 Kings 6:1.

Burdensome stone, what probably meant by this expression, Zechariah 12:3.