Footnote 66: Ibid. iii. 7. Footnote 67: Ibid. iv. 1-11. Footnote 68: Ibid. iv. 11, 12. Footnote 69: 1 Sam. xvii. 12. Footnote 70: Ibid. xvi. 11; xvii. 28. Footnote 71: Ibid. xvi. 12 (_see margin_); xvii. 42. Footnote 72: Ibid. xvi. 18. Footnote 73: Ibid. ver. 23. Footnote 74: 1 Sam. xvii. 34-37. Footnote 75: Ps. cxliv. 1. Footnote 76: 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Footnote 77: 1 Sam. xxii. 3, 4. Footnote 78: Ibid. ver. 1. Footnote 79: 1 Chron. xi. 16-19. Footnote 80: 1 Sam. xxvi. 20. We saw and heard large numbers of the desert partridge, with its reddish legs and beak, and its sides striped with white, black, and brown, on these very mountains. Footnote 81: 2 Sam. xvii. 27-29. Footnote 82: 2 Sam. xix. 31-40. Footnote 83: 1 Kings ii. 7. That this involved admission into the family seems to be implied. See 2 Sam. ix. 11.—“As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table as one of the king’s sons.” Footnote 84: Jer. xli. 17. Footnote 85: Hepworth Dixon, in his ‘Holy Land,’ endeavours to carry the argument a step further, and to show, by a comparison of the phraseology in the books of Ruth and of Jeremiah, that it was erected on or close to the house of Boaz. His arguments are not without weight, but they are far from being conclusive. Footnote 86: Micah v. 2. Matt. ii. 5, 6. John vii. 42. Footnote 87: ‘Comparative Geography of Palestine.’ By Carl Ritter. Vol. iii., p. 339. Footnote 88: Ezek. xlvii. 1-12. Compare Rev. xxii. 1, 2: where the symbolism of the Old Testament is adopted in the New, but lifted up into a higher sphere with the promise of yet diviner blessings. Footnote 89: Isa. xxxii. 15, 17. Footnote 90: Jer. xlix. 19; l. 44. Footnote 91: In a few rare and exceptional cases living organisms are alleged to have been found in the Dead Sea. In every case, however, it has been near the mouth of Jordan, the impetuous torrent of which, after heavy rains, penetrates into the sea for some distance without mingling with its waters. Footnote 92: Song of Sol. i. 14. Footnote 93: Gen. xiv. Footnote 94: Num. xxiv. 21, 22. Footnote 95: 1 Sam. xxiii. 29; xxiv. Footnote 96: Gen. xiii. 10. Footnote 97: 2 Peter ii. 8. Footnote 98: Gen. xiv. 10. Compare Gen. xi. 3. Footnote 99: It is impossible here to enter into a full discussion of this question. The student is referred to the works of Canon Tristram, and to the articles by Mr. Grove in Smith’s ‘Bible Dictionary.’ Footnote 100: The full meaning of this statement will be perceived when it is remembered that sea-water contains less than four per cent. of salts, and more than ninety-six per cent. of pure water. Footnote 101: Gen. xiii. 10. Footnote 102: 2 Kings vi. 2-5. Footnote 103: Ibid. v. 12. Footnote 104: Lieutenant Lynch enumerates twenty-seven, of great violence, between the Lake of Tiberias and the Dead Sea.