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842. Are many instances of suicide recorded in the Old Testament?

843. What is meant by the words "The fortress shall cease from Ephraim" (Isaiah xvii. 3)? 844. What is the principal object of the writings of Jeremiah?

845. What stone is meant by the word (odem) rendered "sardius" in Ex. xxviii. 17? 846. What nations did David conquer?

847. It was foretold concerning the two brothers, Jacob and Esau, that the elder should serve the younger. When was this fulfilled?

848. In Gen. xxvii. 40, Isaac foretells to Esau that when he should have the dominion, he should break his brother's yoke from off his neck. When was this fulfilled?

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849. How should the word translated (Gen. xxx. 37), it being rendered "chesnut-tree" in the English version?

850. Why did Joseph call the elder of his two sons Manasseh?

851. Why did he call his second son Ephraim?

852. With what army did Zerah king of Ethiopia invade Judah in the reign of king Asa?

853. By whom is it generally thought that the books of Chronicles were compiled?

854. Are the two books of Chronicles sup

posed to be those so often referred to as "The books of the Chronicles" of the kings of Israel and Judah, in the books of Samuel and Kings?

855. What city is meant by "populous No" (Nah. iii. 8)?

856. How long did the children of Israel have rest after Deborah and Barak defeated the Canaanites?

857. Of how many years does the book of Leviticus give an account?

858. Of how many years does the book of Numbers give an account?

859. Where is mount Sinai situated?

860. What is meant by "the city of David" as distinguished from Jerusalem?

861. What country was given to the Edomites for a possession?

862. Did the Edomites allow the children of Israel to pass through their territories?

863. What was the result of the battle between Asa and the Ethiopians?

864. Which was the most considerable of the Canaanitish nations?

865. From whom were they descended?

866. From whom were the Canaanites descended?

867. From whom were the Jebusites de

scended? and what part of Palestine did they occupy?

868. In Numb. xiii. 24, it is said that the brook Eshcol was SO called, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. What is the meaning of this term?

869. Does it appear that when Naboth was put to death at the instigation of Jezebel, his sons were also slain?

870. Are the words of God to Balaam "rise up and go with them" (Num. xxii. 20), to be understood as expressing that God approved of his going with the princes of Moab?

871. In what sense are these words of David to be understood, "Judge me according to my righteousness" (Psalm vii. 8)?

872. How old was Aaron at the time of his death?

873. How long was a man that had slain another unwittingly, to remain in the city of refuge?

874. In the character of which of Job's friends is humility strikingly portrayed?

875. From what passages in the Bible may the free agency of man be inferred ?

876. How long had Joseph been in Egypt,

when Pharaoh made him the second ruler in the land?

877. What particular honour was conferred upon Joseph by Pharaoh's taking his ring from off his hand and putting it on Joseph's hand (Gen. xli. 42)?

878. To what do these words refer (Dan. viii. 3), "The ram had two horns, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last"?

879. To what does Dan. viii. 8. refer?

880. What are the especial objects of Psalms and Proverbs?

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881. What is to be understood by the words, They sat down at thy feet" (Deut. xxxiii. 3)? 882. What is the meaning of these words, "I am become like a bottle in the smoke" (Psalm cxix. 83)?

883. The number of adult males among the Israelites when they left Egypt, is stated at 600,000 (Ex. xii. 37), what was probably the amount of the whole population?

884. Why is the fourth book of Moses called "Numbers" in the English version ?

885. What rendered the land of Canaan every way a suitable settlement for the children of Israel?

886. Where is the sea of Chinnereth situated, mentioned in Num. xxxiv. 11?

887. What is the first census mentioned in history?

888. Does it appear that there continued to be chiefs of the different tribes, during the time that the Israelites were governed by kings?

889. What is meant by the expression, "Saul lay down naked all that day and all that night" (1 Sam. xix. 24)?

890. What persons were commanded to be carefully excluded by the Jews from the rest of the congregation?

891. What were the regulations enjoined upon the Nazarites?

892. What was the character of Ahaz, king of Judah?

893. What is meant by the boast of Sennacherib, that "with the sole of his foot he had dried up all the rivers of besieged places" (2 Kings xix. 24)?

894. How was Jerusalem delivered out of the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria?

895. What punishment was brought upon Ahaz, king of Judah, for his iniquities?

896. To whom did Ahaz apply for aid against his enemies?

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