me Mara; for the bitterly with me. these words? Almighty hath dealt very 724. Gideon says to the Ephraimites (Judg. viii.) "Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?" What does he allude to? 725. How many cities of refuge were appointed by the Israelites, in obedience to the commands of Moses, after they had conquered the land of Canaan? 726. What were the cities of refuge in Palestine? 727. What cities of refuge were appointed on the other side of the Jordan? 728. How many Judges ruled over Israel? 729. What prophet was contemporary with Amos? 730. What does Amos foretell? 731. Who was the last of the prophets? 732. What is the meaning of his name? 733. What character does Malachi give of a true priest? 734. What prophet besides Malachi mentions. soap? 735. In Prov. xxi. 17, what is meant by the words, "He that loveth oil shall not be rich"? 736. Against whom was the prophecy of Oba diah written? 737. Which of the books of the prophets is generally supposed to have been first written? 738. What seems to be the main design of the book of Job? 739. How old was David at his death? 740. How long after the deluge was Abraham born? 741. How old was Joseph when he was made governor of Egypt? 742. Why was the place called Mahaneh-dan where the children of Dan pitched on their expedition against Laish (Judg. xviii. 12)? 743. What are the principal epochs in the history recorded in the Bible? 744. Where is mount Tabor situated? 745. In Judg. v. 14, are the words (shebet sopher) to be translated "the pen of the writer"? 746. What animal is frequently alluded to in the Bible as expressive of intense and untamable wildness? 747. Over what period of time does the book. of Judges extend? 748. How does the history in the book of Judges end with the death of Samson; since after this event we find recorded the idolatry of Micah, the seizure of Laish by the Danites, and the destructive war with the children of Benjamin? 749. What prophet foretold that Zion should be ploughed as a field, and that Jerusalem should become heaps? 750. What is the modern name of Accho, mentioned in Judg. i. 31? and where is it situated? 751. In the reigns of what kings of Judah did Micah prophesy? 752. What was the employment of the prophet Amos? 753. Who was Nahash mentioned in 2 Sam. xvii. 25? 754. What is the first idolatrous temple mentioned in the Bible? 755. What was the chief deity of the Philistines? 756. What tribes are reproached by Deborah with lukewarmness in the general cause, when Barak defeated the Canaanites under Sisera? 757. In Judg. iv. 15, it is said, "Sisera lighted down off his chariot and fled away on his feet." What was the probable reason that he did not continue in the chariot, as this would seem the readiest mode of escape? 758. What is the first instance of polygamy recorded in the Bible? 759. During what period was Israel ruled by judges? 760. How long did Samson govern Israel? 761. In Judg. xvi. 3, it is stated that Samson took the gates of Gaza, and carried them up to the top of a hill that was before Hebron. How far is Hebron from Gaza? 762. What bribe did the lords of the Philistines offer to Delilah, to induce her to betray Samson into their hands? 763. How long did Jephthah judge Israel? 764. What rendered the punishment of Samson particularly degrading when the Philistines set him to grind in the prison-house? 765. How long did Deborah judge Israel? 766. To what is allusion made in Isa. xxxii. 20, where the Prophet says, "Blessed are those that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass"? 767. To what custom do these words allude, "Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn" (Deut. xxv. 4)? 768. Where is the river Arnon situated? and into what sea does it fall? 769. How many of the Benjamites escaped from the war in which they were nearly exterminated by the other tribes? 770. What was the last injunction of Joseph to his brethren? 771. How old was Jacob when he went down into Egypt? 772. Where did the events related in the book of Job take place? 773. Whence may it be inferred that the poor man's offering of a handful of flour was as acceptable to God as the rich man's ox? 774. From whose example may we learn to pray for those who would injure us? 775. Arrange the books of the Bible in the order in which they were written? 776. Why were not the Israelites, on their departure from Egypt, led by the nearest way into Canaan? 777. How long was it from the flood till the confusion of tongues? 778. What is the meaning of the word Daniel? 779. What name was given to him by the prince of the eunuchs? and what is its meaning? 780. To which of the kings of Judah is no sin imputed in the Bible? 781. What is the meaning of Tiglath-Pileser, |