---- of our High priest, Hebrews, 77. ---- The question of, Colossians, 174. AUTHORS possess a variety in style, Joshua, 16, 17. AUTHORITY rejected, Genesis, 88. AVARICE, Dangers of, Pastoral Epistles, 196-198. AZARIAH, I. Kings, 141. AZARIAH, king of Judah, II. Kings, 209-214; Chronicles, 418-424. AZAZEL, Leviticus, 264-276; Numbers, 355; I. Kings, 210; James, 411. B BAAL-PEOR, Judges, 51; Psalms III., 147. ---- Festival of, Numbers, 314. BAAL-WORSHIP and Elijah, I. Kings, 383-398. ---- extirpated, II. Kings, 131-145. BAAL-ZEBUT, Ahaziah worships, II. Kings, 8-10. BAALS, The, Numbers, 295; Judges, 51, 52. ---- names from, I. Kings, 350. BAANAH AND RECHAB, II. Samuel, 58-60. BAASHA, king of Israel, I. Kings, 310. BABYLON, Isaiah I., 93, 201, 405-415; II., 55, 189-204. ---- Call to leave, Isaiah II., 211, 396. ---- Captivity in, Psalms III., 370-375; Ecclesiastes, 32-43. ---- Isaiah I., 201, 402. ---- Capture of, Isaiah II., 146. ---- compared with Rome, Isaiah II., 189-199. ---- Cruelty of, Isaiah II., 201. ---- Early history of, Isaiah II., 192. ---- The fall of, Revelation, 303-315. ---- in the modern world, Isaiah II., 200 sq. ---- its pride, Isaiah II., 191. ---- Jeremiah and, Jeremiah II., 258-263. ---- Jews return from, Ezra, 36-47. ---- Meaning of the name, Isaiah II., 191. ---- of John, Revelation, 274-276. ---- Persian period in, Ecclesiastes, 43-66. ---- Religion of, Isaiah II., 193. ---- Ruin of, Isaiah II., 199-204. ---- yields to Cyrus, Isaiah II., 193. BABYLONIA, Ancient civilization of, Genesis, 84. ---- described, Isaiah II., 107, 146. BACON, Lord Francis, Proverbs, 16, 230. BAETHGEN, Friedrich, Psalms I., 151, 158, 166, 178, 219; II., 16, 59, 75, 105, 127, 228, 261, 290, 295, 311, 353, 360, 363, 377, 427, 502; III., 17, 30, 88, 91, 120, 181, 201, 233, 294, 372, 398, 407, 421, 460. BAGEHOT, Walter, Isaiah I., 109; II., 199. BAILEY, Philip James, Festus quoted, Job, 290. BALAAM and Balak, Numbers, 288. ---- as a illustration, Peter, 307. ---- Character of, Joshua, 259, 269. ---- critical, Numbers, 283. ---- End of, Numbers, 320. ---- First parable of, Numbers, 292. ---- Fourth parable of, Numbers, 309. ---- his error, Numbers, 273. ---- his knowledge of Jehorab, Numbers, 267; refuses to go to Moab, Numbers, 268. ---- like Absalom, Numbers, 322. ---- Name of, Numbers, 262. ---- Prayer of, Numbers, 296. ---- Reputation of, Numbers, 261. ---- Second parable of, Numbers, 300. ---- Third parable of, Numbers, 305. ---- used by Jude, James, 442-449. BALAK and Balaam, Numbers, 288. ---- bewildered, Numbers, 305. ---- his sacrifices, Numbers, 290. ---- in anxiety, Numbers, 261. BALBILLUS, John Epistles, 19. BALJON, II. Corinthians, 134.