DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE;

COMPRISING ITS

ANTIQUITIES, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY,
AND NATURAL HISTORY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

HURD AND HOUGHTON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Reed. Dec. 1, 1873.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

WRITERS IN THE ENGLISH EDITION.

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NAMES.

Very Rev. HENRY ALFORD, D. D., Dean of Canterbury.
Rev. HENRY BAILEY, B. D., Warden of St. Augustine's College, Can-
terbury; late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Rev. HORATIUS BONAR, D. D., Kelso, N. B.; Author of "The Land
of Promise."

[The geographical articles, signed H. B., are written by Dr. Bonar: those on other subjects,
signed H. B., are written by Mr. Bailey.]

Rev. ALFRED BARRY, B. D., Principal of Cheltenham College; late
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Rev. WILLIAM LATHAM BEVAN, M. A., Vicar of Hay, Brecknock-
shire.

Rev. JOSEPH WILLIAMS BLAKESLEY, B. D., Canon of Canterbury; late
Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Rev. THOMAS EDWARD BROWN, M. A., Vice-Principal of King Wil-
liam's College, Isle of Man; late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
Ven. ROBERT WILLIAM BROWNE, M. A., Archdeacon of Bath, and
Canon of Wells.

Right Rev. EDWARD Harold BROWNE, D. D., Lord Bishop of Ely.
Rev. WILLIAM THOMAS BULLOCK, M. A., Assistant Secretary of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Rev. SAMUEL CLARK, M. A., Vicar of Bredwardine with Brobury,
Herefordshire.

Rev. FREDERIC CHARLES COOK, M. A., Chaplain in Ordinary to the
Queen.

G. E. L. C. Right Rev. GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH COTTON, D. D., late Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India.

J. LI. D.

G. E. D.
E. D.
W. D.

E. P. E.

C. J. E.

F. W. F.

J. F.

E. S. FL.

W. F.

Rev. JOHN LLEWELYN DAVIES, M. A., Rector of Christ Church,
Marylebone; late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Prof. GEORGE Edward Day, D. D., Yale College, New Haven, Conn.
EMANUEL DEUTSCH, M. R. A. S., British Museum.

Rev. WILLIAM Drake, M. A., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen.
Rev. EDWARD PAROISSIEN EDDRUP, M. A., Principal of the Theolog-
ical College, Salisbury.

Right Rev. CHARLES JOHN ELLICOTT, D. D., Lord Bishop of Glouces-
ter and Bristol.

Rev. FREDERICK William Farrar, M. A., Assistant Master of Har
row School; late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
JAMES FERGUSSON, F. R. S., F. R. A. S., Fellow of the Royal Insti-
tute of British Architects.

EDWARD SALUSBURY FFOULKES, M. A., late Fellow of Jesus College,
Oxford.

Right Rev. WILLIAM FITZGERALD, D. D., Lord Bishop of Killaloe

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