116 1 Chron. ix. 31, 32. 117 Ezra ii. 36-39. 118 1 Chron. xxiv. 1-19. 119 Luke i. 5. _ 120 Bell. Jud._, IV. iii. 8. 121 1 Chron. xxiv. 20-31; 2 Chron. xxxi. 2. 122 1 Chron. xxv. 123 1 Chron. xxvi.; Ezra vi. 18; Neh. xi. 36. 124 Recently a complaint was received at the General Post-office that some newspapers sent from France had failed to arrive. It was stated that the names of the papers were—_Il me manque_; _Plusieurs; Journaux_; _i.e._, I am short of “Several” “Papers.” 125 1 Chron. ix. 3. 126 Luke ii. 36. 127 Levi of course excepted. 128 1 Chron. iii. 129 ii. 55. 130 iv. 21-23. 131 Maspero, _Ancient Egypt and Assyria_, p. 60. 132 Craddock, _Despot of Bromsgrove Edge_. Teck Jepson is, of course, an imaginary character, but none the less representative. 133 Cave, _Scripture Doctrine of Sacrifice_, p. 163. 134 George Eliot, _Janet’s Repentance_, chap. xix. 135 2 Chron. xii. 1, 6. 136 2 Chron. xxxiii. 18. 137 Ezra ii. 2. 138 Isa. xlix. 6. 139 Isa. ix. 7. 140 Isa. xvi. 5. 141 Isa. xxxvii. 35. 142 Isa. xxxviii. 5. 143 Acts ii 29. 144 Hos. iii. 5. 145 Amos ix. 11. 146 Micah v. 2. 147 Jer. xxiii. 5, 6; cf. xxxiii. 15 and Isa. iv. 2, xi. 1. The Hebrew word used in the last passage is different from that in the preceding. 148 Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 24; xxxvii. 24, 25. 149 Zech. iii. 8; the text in vi. 12 is probably corrupt. 150 Hag. ii. 23. 151 Zech. xii. 8. 152 Written after the death of Pompey. 153 Schultz, _Old Testament Theology_, ii. 444. 154 An incidental reference is made to these facts in 1 Chron. xii. 19. 155 2 Sam. iii. 39. 156 2 Sam. v. 21; 1 Chron. xiv. 12. 157 Deut. xxiv. 16, quoted in 2 Chron. xxv. 4. 158 2 Sam. xxi. 19; 1 Chron. xx. 5. 159 1 Chron. x. 14. 160 Cf. xi. 1-9; xii. 23-xiii. 14; xv. 161 1 Chron. xi. 2. 162 1 Chron. ii. 15. 163 1 Chron. xii. 1, 19. There is no certain indication of the date of the events in xi. 10-25. The fact that a “hold” is mentioned in xi. 16, as in xii. 8, 16, is not conclusive proof that they refer to the same period. 164 xii. 20. 165 1 Chron. xxix. 27. 166 xi. 10-47; xx. 4-8. 167 xiii. 14-xvi. 168 xvii. 169 xviii.; xx. 3. _ 170 I.e._, virtually Jehovah our God and the only true God. 171 For a more detailed treatment of this incident see chap. ix. 172 xxi.-xxix. 173 xxix. 20-22, 28. 174 xvi. 8-36. 175 xvii. 16-27. 176 For a short exposition of this passage see Book. IV., Chap. i. 177 1 Chron. xi. 15-19. 178 xxix. 20. 179 Rom. xiv. 22. 180 2 Sam. xii. 31; 1 Chron. xx. 3. 181 Hodgkin, _Italy and her Invaders_, i. 205. 182 x. 14; xi. 3. 183 xii. 38. 184 xxix. 1, 22. 185 xiii. 2-4. 186 1 Sam. xxiii. 9-13; xxx. 7, 8. 187 xxv. 1, 2. 188 xiii. 1. 189 xxviii. 1. 190 xxix. 22. 191 But cf. 2 Chr. xxvi. 192 Cf. xvii. 4-15 and xxviii. 2-10.