NOTES ON CHAPTER IV [1] An excellent account of the explorations and excavations in Babylonia and Assyria, and of the decipherment of the inscriptions is found in R. W. Rogers, A History of Babylonia and Assyria, Vol. I, Chapters I-VIII; compare also H. V. Hilprecht, Explorations in Bible Lands during the Nineteenth Century, Part I. [2] Preliminary reports of the results of the German excavations are given from time to time in the Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient Gesellschaft. [3] G. Steindorff, Excavations in Egypt, in H. V. Hilprecht, Explorations in Bible Lands, pp. 623-690. [4] Opening words of I. Benzinger, Researches in Palestine, in Hilprecht, Explorations, pp. 579-622. A very complete discussion of explorations and excavations in Palestine may be found in F. Jones Bliss, Development of Palestine Exploration. The {158} progress of the excavations is reported in the Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund. [5] Opening words of the first lecture on "Babel and Bible." [6] S. R. Driver, The Book of Genesis, p. xlviii. [7] A. T. Clay, Light on the Old Testament from Babel, Chapter XI. [8] The Chronology of the Old Testament, p. 97. [9] Egypt and Israel, p. 35. Breasted also seems to think that the Israelites defeated by Merneptah had no direct connection with those who suffered in Egypt, A History of Egypt, p. 466; compare p. 410. [10] The Expositor, 1908, p. 199. [11] J. C. Ball, Light from the East, pp. 131, 132. [12] W. H. Bennett, The Moabite Stone; Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible, art., "Moab, Moabites." [13] Most of the inscriptions from this period on are found in D. G. Hogarth, Authority and Archaeology, Part I--Hebrew Authority, by S. R. Driver. See also T. G. Pinches, The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia; A. T. Clay, Light on the Old Testament from Babel; A. Jeremias, The Old Testament in the Light of the Ancient Orient; R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Literature; S. R. Driver, Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible. The most recent and most complete collection of cuneiform inscriptions throwing light on Old Testament religion and history is contained in R. W. Rogers, Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, which appeared after this book had gone to press. [14] Formerly called Shalmaneser II; see Expository Times, February, 1912, p. 238. [15] A translation of the entire inscription by R. W. Rogers is found in Records of the Past, New Series, Vol. VI, pp. 80ff. These Records of the Past contain translations of the more important ancient inscriptions. {159} [16] The most important of these papyri is translated in the Biblical World, June, 1908, pp. 448ff. [17] Francis Brown, Assyriology--Its Use and Abuse in Old Testament Study, p. 3. [18] R. W. Rogers, History of Babylonia and Assyria, Vol. II, p. 80. [19] Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol. I, col. 792, Note. [20] E. W. Barnes, The First Book of Kings, p. xxxiii.