Samaria, city of, 35, 79, 80; name, 70, 71; situation, 71; strength, 71, 72; history, 170, 226, 233, 236, 265 Samaritans, 181, 198, 226 Samson, 139, 140 Samuel, 141-143, 258 Sanhedrin, 236, 261 Sardis, 82 Sarepta, 256 Sargon, 87 Saul, 141-156 Scopus, 149 Scythians, 189, 190 Scythopolis. See Bethshean Sea of Galilee, 28, 46, 48-50 Sebaste. See Samaria Sela, 183 Seleucidean Rule, 56, 57, 79, 81, 168 Semakh, 252 Sennacherib's campaigns, 185-188 Sepphoris, 230, 237 Shalmaneser II, 177 Shaphir, 186 Sharon, Plain of, 15, 33, 35, 79, 80, 81, 151; physical characteristics, 24, 25 Sharuhen, 93, 183 Shashu, 93 Shechem, 35, 37, 71, 79, 80, 81, 100, 166, 226 Sheep Gate, 202 Shephelah, the, 26, 39, 41, 80 Shiloh, 37, 141-143 Shishak, 170, 182, 184 Shittim, Valley of, 124 Shobek, 77 Shunem, 101, 151 Sidon, 23, 24, 100, 256 Sihon, 121, 122 Silas, 272, 273 Siloam, Pool of, 66, 68, 69, 162 Simeonites, 128, 134 Simon, the Maccabean, 224, 225 Sinai, 115, 116 Sippar, 81, 181 Smyrna, 82 Socho, 82 Solomon, 162-166 Solomon's Porch, 260, 261, 264 Son of Man, belief in the coming of, 235 Sorek, Valley of, 41, 42, 75, 130 South Country, 15, 16, 78, 108, 119, 128, 139, 140, 155, 183; physical characteristics, 42, 43 Spain, 276 Stephen, 264, 265 Strabo, 24 Succoth, 137, 138 Suez Canal, 114 Susa, 201 Syene, 195 Syria, physical characteristics, 7, 14; southern, 13; central, 17, 94; northern, 45, 78, 169; Semitic invasions, 89; peoples of, 93 Syrian Gates, 82 Taanach, 94, 95, 101, 102, 129, 132 Tabighah Fountain, 249, 250 Tabor. See Mount Tabor Tahpanhes, 194-196 Taiyibeh. See Tob Talmud, 29 Tamar, 163 Tamyras, 22 Tarichea, 254 Tarshish, 3 Tarsus, 82, 266, 267 Taru, 76 Taurus Mountains, 82, 266 Tekoa, 177, 178 Tell Abib, 197 Tell Abu Neda, 57 Tell Defenneh, 194 Tell Deir Alla. See Succoth Tell el-Amarna Letters, 13, 88, 102, 107, 163 Tell el-Faras, 57 Tell el-Hesey. See Lachish Tell el-Kadi, 47 Tell el-Kasis, 31 Tell el-Maskhutah, 110 Tell el-Mutesellim, 98 Tell es-Safi, 140 Tell es-Sandahannah, 187 Tell Hum, 247, 248 Tell Nimrin, 243 Tell Oreimeh, 248, 250 Tema, Oasis of, 28 Tephon, 223 Thebez, 80, 138 Thessalonica, 83, 273-275 Thotmose III, 33, 89, 97, 99, 100, 140 Tiber, 11 Tiberias, 46, 237, 254 Tiglath-pileser I, 176 Tiglath-pileser IV, 177, 180, 185 Tigris-Euphrates Valley, 5-7, 90, 93 Tigris River, 3 Tîh, Desert of, 43 Timnath, 140, 205, 223 Timsah, Lake, 108, 110, 113, 114 Tirzah, 169 Tishbe, 172 Tob, the land of, 136 Tower of the Furnaces, 204 Troas, 82, 272, 277 Tyre, city, 17, 22, 23, 100, 186, 207, 256, 276; plain of, 22, 23 Tyropœon Valley, 65-69, 157, 185, 203, 204 Uzziah, 183, 184