595. Did he continue there?

596. To what place in Egypt did he go? 597. Did the word of the Lord come to him there?

598. What king's messengers became suddenly inspired?

599. What circumstance mentioned in the Bible shews that men should not make hasty resolutions?

600. Who under pretence of performing a vow did great mischief?

601. In what manner were tithes of the flock taken?

602. To whom did a victory prove fatal?

603. What was the total number of Benjamites killed in the war between them and the other tribes?

604. What is the meaning of the word as (Abraham)?

605. Are the words, " on the first day ye shall remove all leaven from your houses," a correct version of Exod. xii. 15?

606. Are the names of the months used by the Israelites derived from the Hebrew?

607. What correction is necessary in the twenty-fifth verse of the fourteenth chapter of

Exodus?

608. What does Solomon consider as the foundation of all wisdom?

609. Who was the last of the Judges?

610. How many sons had Jesse the father of David?

611. What first excited the envy of Saul against David?

612. What was the weight of the coat of mail worn by Goliath of Gath?

613. What nations were the Jews commanded not to molest during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land?

614. How long was Jacob journeying from Padan-Aram to Hebron?

615. Joab was the son of Zeruiah: what relation was Zeruiah to Joab?

616. Why was he called the son of Zeruiah, since we generally find in the Bible that the sons were called after their fathers?

617. What family was blessed in consequence of having the ark with them?

618. Why were the children of Israel commanded to wander forty years in the wilderness?

619. What two kings did the children of Israel defeat, and dispose of their territories, before they entered the Promised Land?

620. Where was their territory situated ?

621. To which of the tribes was their territory assigned?

622. Were these tribes then exempt from crossing the Jordan to make war against the Canaanites with the other tribes?

623. In what month of the year, and on what day of the month did the Israelites depart out of Egypt?

624. In what part of the Bible is the division of the day into hours first mentioned?

625. On what festivals were all the males among the Israelites commanded to appear before the Lord?

626. Of what was the Feast of Tabernacles intended to remind the Israelites ?

627. Where did Miriam, the sister of Moses, die?

628. How long did Solomon reign over Israel? 629. Why was David not permitted to build a temple to the Lord?

630. What was the capacity of the Hebrew measure called an omer?

631. Why is it particularly mentioned in Gen. 1. 26, that "Joseph was put in a coffin in Egypt"?

632. Which were the five states of the Philistines?

633. Where was the country of the Philistines situated?

634. From whom were the Philistines descended?

635. How should the word

(maroth) be rendered, singularly enough translated "looking-glasses" in Exod. xxxviii. 8?

636. What is the name of Egypt in Hebrew, and from whom is the name supposed to be derived?

637. By what figurative name is it called in the Bible?

638. What was the probable reason for the concealment of the burial-place of Moses?

639. How has the prophecy in Ezek. xxix. 15 been fulfilled, "Egypt shall be the basest of kingdoms"?

640. Where was the prophet Elijah born?

641. In 1 Kings, iv. 22, it is said that Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and threescore measures of meal ; what is this quantity expressed in English measures?

642. When was the paschal lamb to be killed?

643. What is supposed to be meant by "the queen of heaven," in Jer. vii. 18?

644. Of what people was Baal the chief deity? and what is he supposed to have been intended to represent?

645. What guided the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert?

646. To what tribe did Othniel, the first judge of Israel belong?

647. Who delivered the Israelites out of the hands of Jabin king of Canaan?

648. Over what countries did Solomon reign? 649. In 1 Sam. xxv. 25, Abigail says to David, "As his name is, so is he, Nabal is his name, and folly is with him." To what does she allude?

650. In Judg. i. 18, it is mentioned that "Judah took Gaza with the coast (that is the territory) thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof." Does it appear that Judah retained possession of these cities?

651. What city did the Israelites assign to Joshua for an inheritance, after they had conquered the land of Canaan?

652. How long did the ark remain at Shiloh? 653. Where was Shiloh situated?

654. Where was the prophet Jeremiah born? 655. Over how many years does the first Book of Kings extend?

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