[194] Tree and Serpent Worship, p. 8. A splendid illustrated publication, issued by the government. It treats principally of East Indian matters. London, 1873. [195] Brazen. See 2 Kings, xviii, 4. [196] From the Greek ἀγαθός, good, and δαίμων, god, soul, fortune. [197] Uarda, vol. ii, p. 38. [198] One of the Pharaoh’s “treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.” Exodus, i, 11. [199] On the Egyptian obelisk, originally from On (Heliopolis), the great seat of learning, now in the city of New York, in whose shadow, doubtless, Joseph at times made love to the high-priest’s daughter, and Moses learned the meaning of hieroglyphics, occurs the phrase, “Tum, lord of the city of On;” and, what is of more interest in this connection, one which reads, “The god Tum, who gives life.” I may add a stanza from a hymn addressed to Tum:— “Come to me, O thou sun; Horus of the horizon, give me help. Thou art he that giveth help; There is no help without thee.” —Records of the Past, vol. vi, p. 100. [200] See 2 Kings, xviii, 5. [201] Egypt Under the Pharaohs, vol. ii, p. 376. Second edition. London, 1881. [202] It is well known that this is not the correct form of the name. It was lost at an early day, and is not to be found in the New Testament in any form. It was not to be spoken. Much interest has always been taken in this remarkable word. According to a recently-translated Assyrian inscription, the correct form of the name is Ya-u, or Yâhu. Mr. Hodges dwells on this highly-interesting discovery in his edition of Cory’s Ancient Fragments, p. 28. [203] _Op. cit._, p. 377. [204] Book of Wisdom, ii, 6. [205] _Ibid._, xv, 12. [206] The power of healing was a prominent and popular characteristic of the god of the Hebrews. “I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Ex., xv, 26); “I will restore health unto thee and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord” (Jer., xxx, 17); “He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds” (Ps. cxlvii, 3); “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed” (Jer., xvii, 14); and other similar passages are met with in the Bible. Indeed, the curing of diseases has always been largely resorted to when the claim of divinity has been brought forward. It is a deceptive test. [207] Naia tripudians. [208] Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible. [209] Herodotus, ii, 74. [210] Note to ii, 74, in George Rawlinson’s edition of Herodotus. [211] The reader may turn with advantage to Dr. J. S. Phené’s interesting illustrated essay on “Prehistoric Traditions and Customs in Connection with Sun and Serpent Worship,” in the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, vol. viii, p. 321. London, 1875. [212] Hymn to Apollo. Translation by C. C. Conwell, M.D. Philadelphia, 1830.