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Juniper, roots of, formerly used for food among the Goths, according to the testimony of one of their prelates, Job 30:4. Charcoal made of this wood the most durable of all others, ibid.

Juno, distance from the sun and earth, diameter, and relative surface and volume, of this primary planet, Genesis 1:1.

Juno, worshipped under the form of a heifer by the ancient Egyptians, Exodus 8:26.

Jupiter, periodic and sidereal revolutions, mean distance from the sun, perigeal and apogeal distances, diameter in English miles, relative volume, time of rotation, inclination of axis to orbit, mass or quantity of matter, and mean hourly orbitical motion, of this primary planet, Genesis 1:1. Jupiter, worshipped by the ancient Egyptians under the form of a ram, Exodus 8:26. The infant Jupiter, according to Callimachus, tenderly nursed with goat’s milk and honey, Isaiah 7:15.

Jupiter and Semele, fable of, whence it originated, Exodus 33:20. Jupiter Brontes, or Jupiter Keraunos, always represented with forked or zigzag lightnings in his hand, Habakkuk 3:4.

Juror, among the Jews, lifted up his right hand to heaven, Ezekiel 20:5.

Justification by faith, without any merit of works, shown to be a doctrine of Scripture, Genesis 15:6; 28:4; 48:14; Job 9:3; Micah 6:8.

Justus, bishop of Orgelitanum, account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 4.

Juvenal, excellent advice of, with respect to putting confidence in the Divinity, Psalm 37:7. Remarkable passages from this Roman poet, in which is described the miserable condition of the Jews after the destruction of their polity by the Romans, Psalm 109:11.

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Kab, some account of this Hebrew measure of capacity, Exodus 16:16; 2 Kings 6:25.

Kadim, or the east - wind, a very stormy wind in the Levant, supposed to be the same with that called by the Greeks Euroclydon, Job 15:2. Karkor, rqrq, rendered in our version as the name of a place, signifies more probably rest, Judges 8:10.

Kasheth, or The Song of the Bow, exquisite excellences of the, pointed out, 2 Samuel 1:21, in fine. Dr. Kennicott’s Latin version of this song, ibid.

Kadesh, one of the cities of refuge, import of the name, Joshua 20:7. Kedeshah, hvdq, rendered harlot in our version, inquiry into its precise import, Genesis 38:21.

Keeumras, the first king of the Peeshdadian dynasty, according to the Persian historians, Genesis 14:1. Possibly the same with the Chedorlaomer of Scripture, ibid.

Kehelathah, the eighteenth station of the Israelites in the wilderness, Numbers 33:22.

Keimah, hmyk, rendered the Pleiades, of very uncertain import, Job 9:35, in fine.

Kennicott, (Dr.) his account of the great differences in the Hebrew and Samaritan copies with respect to the history of the first seven Egyptian plagues, Exodus 11:9, in fine. Observations of this great Biblical critic upon the four hundred and thirty years’ sojourning of the children of Israel, Exodus 12:40. His removal of some difficulties in the book of Numbers, Numbers 21:35, in fine. Reasons advanced by him to show that from the twelfth to the thirty - first verse (both inclusive) of the seventeenth chapter of the first book of Samuel is an interpolation of some rabbin, 1 Samuel 17:58, in fine. His translation of that portion of the sacred history which gives an account of David’s taking from the Jebusites the strong hold of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:6 - 8. His remarks upon the catalogue of David’s mighty men of valour, as given in two different portions of Scripture, 1 Chronicles 11:11. His reasons for the supposition that the first fourteen verses of the fortieth chapter of Job are transposed, Job 40:24, in fine.

Kepler, curious notion of, relative to the animation of the whole material universe, Nehemiah 9:6.

Kerchief, derivation and import of this word, Ezekiel 13:18. Kermez oak, a shrub growing in Provence and Languedoc, why so named, Isaiah 1:18.

Kermez, or summer fig, some account of the, by Dr. Shaw, Isaiah 28:4.

Kernaw, the ancient name for Cornwall, Isaiah 5:1. Its import in the ancient British and Phoenician languages, ibid.

Kerub, brk or bwrk, translated cherub, derivation and import of the word, Genesis 3:24.

Kesil, lysk, rendered Orion, of very uncertain import, Job 9:35, in fine.

Kesitah, a word of doubtful signification, Genesis 33:19. Kethem, µtk, its derivation and import, Job 28:16. Kethubim, same as Hagiographa, see Zechariah 7:7. Kets, xq, beautiful paronomasia on this word, Ezekiel 7:6. Hakets, xqh, the end, personified, ibid.

Keys of the ancients, description of the, Isaiah 22:2. When borne on the shoulder, a mark of office, ibid.

Khondemir’s fabulous relation respecting Job, Preface to Job. {Job 1:1}

Khosroo, a verse in this Persian poet very similar to a passage in Job. See Job 14:10. Citation of a very beautiful passage, in which the poet deplores the loss of all his friends, Psalm 88:18. Kibroth - hattaavah, the twelfth station of the Israelites in the wilderness, some account of, Numbers 33:16.

Kidneys of wheat, inquiry into the meaning of this phrase, Deuteronomy 32:14.

Kikayon, ˆwyqyq, rendered gourd, probably the ricinus, or palma Christi, Jonah 4:6.

Kimchi, (Rabbi David) account of this commentator, General Preface, p. 3.

King, manner of the, which God commanded Samuel to show to the Israelites, Puffendorf’s excellent observations concerning the, 1 Samuel 8:9.

King can do no wrong, on what ground this political maxim in our laws is formed, 2 Samuel 19:43.

King of terrors, an epithet given to death (either literally or substantially) by the ancient Greeks and Romans, Job 18:14. The words so rendered in the book of Job shown not to contain the sense of the original, ibid. King’s mowings, what to be understood by this expression, Amos 7:1. Kings, books of the, this portion of holy writ generally supposed to have been compiled by Ezra, Preface to 1 Kings 1:1.

Kings, folly of, to have foreigners for their valets and most confidential servants, 2 Chronicles 24:26.

Kings of Israel, how the ceremonies of their proclamation and anointing were probably performed, 1 Kings 1:35.

Kings of Israel and Judah, years of the reigns of the, synchronically arranged, from the commencement of the reigns of Rehoboam and Jeroboam to the destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser, 2 Chronicles 36:23, in fine.

Kinnor, rwnk, rendered harp, what it imports, Genesis 4:21; 1 Samuel 10:5; Job 21:12; Psalm 81:2. The testudo, or lyre with three strings, according to Calmet, Psalm 33:2.

Kir, thought to be the same with the country of Cyrene, Amos 1:5. Kir - haraseth, the royal city of the Moabites, 2 Kings 3:25; Isaiah 16:7, 11.

Kirjath - arba, or City of the Four, conjectures why so named, Genesis 23:2; Joshua 15:15.

Kishon, some account of this brook, Judges 4:6.

Kissing the beard, the neck, and the shoulders, in use among the Asiatics to the present day, Genesis 45:14.

Kissing the hand often practised by idolaters in honour of their divinities, 1 Kings 19:18. How this ceremony was performed, ibid. Kissing the hand shown to be derived from and synonymous with adoration, ibid. Knave, ancient and modern imports of this word, Psalm 86:16; 113:1. Kneading troughs of the Arabs, description of the, Exodus 12:34. Kneeling ever considered to be the proper posture of supplication, Exodus 9:29; 1 Kings 8:22. If the person to whom the supplication was addressed was within reach, the supplicant caught him by the knees, ibid.

Knight, great stature of two brothers of this name, who were born in the same township with the author, 1 Samuel 17:58, in fine. Knives of rock, stone, or flint, common among the ancients, Joshua 5:2.

Koheleth, derivation and import of this word, Ecclesiastes 1:1. Korah and his company, probable allusion in the book of Job to the destruction of, Job 20:26 - 28.

Koran, for what excellences it possesses it is principally indebted to the sacred Scriptures, Exodus 20:26, in fine; Numbers 3:1; Deuteronomy 34:12, in fine. The Mohammedans never write the Koran upon vellum or skin of any kind, Ezekiel 44:17. Copies of the Koran frequently highly illuminated, Psalm 60:1, in principio. Citation of a beautiful passage from the Koran, which is said to have been the means of converting Labid, an Arabian poet, to Mohammedanism, Isaiah 8:21.

Korban, import of this word, Leviticus 1:2.

kraspedon, a term importing rather the fringe, than the hem of a Jewish garment, Numbers 16:38.

Krebsius, (Jo Tobias) an eminent Biblical critic, General Preface, p. 12.