[572] R.V., "the _castle_ of the king's house." [573] Justin, _Hist._, i. 3; cf. Herod., i. 176, vii. 107; Liv., xxi. 14. Ewald elaborates out of his own consciousness an extraordinary romance about Zimri and the queen-mother. [574] Josephus (_Antt._, VIII. xii. 5) says that Tibni was assassinated, as does the Rabbinic _Seder Olam Rabba_, chap. xvii. LXX., καὶ ἀπέθανε Θαβνὶ καὶ Ἰωρὰμ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ. [575] Athaliah is called "the daughter of Omri." [576] The Aramæans have come to be incorrectly called Syrians because the Greeks confused them with the Assyrians. [577] 1 Kings xx. 34. [578] 2 Kings iii. 4. [579] 1 Kings xvi. 25. [580] Micah vi. 16. [581] Isa. xxviii. 1-4. [582] Stanley, _Lectures_, ii. 242. [583] 1 Kings xx. 1; 2 Kings vi. 24. [584] Josephus, _Antt._, XV. vii. 7. One of the few instances in Palestine where the ancient name has been superseded by a more modern one. The early Assyrians call it Beth-Khumri, "House of Omri"; but the name Sammerin occurs in the monument of Tiglath-Pileser II. [585] About £800 of our money. [586] LXX., Σκοπία; שָׁמַר, "to watch." [587] Meyer, _Gesch. d. Alt._, 331; Kittel, ii. 221; Schrader, _Keilinschr._, i. 165. [588] נְבוּרָתֹו (1 Kings xvi. 27). BOOK IV. _AHAB AND ELIJAH._ B.C. 877-855. CHAPTER XXXIII. _KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL._ "Besides what that grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said." LYCIDAS. 1 KINGS xvi. 29-34.