1163. How many of the Israelites were slain in the battle between Absalom and the servants of David? 1164. How may we account for the difference in the two lists of David's mighty men, given 2 Sam. xxiii. and 1 Chron. xi. 10-47, as the latter list contains more names than the former, and there are other differences between them? 1165. What person mentioned in the Bible was in the morning a slave, and in the evening the second ruler of a great kingdom? 1166. At whose command were the Israelites to declare war and make peace? 1167. What was the population of Palestine in the reign of David? 1168. How are the Hebrews commanded to treat the orphan and the widow? 1169. Is any command given them concerning the treatment of their cattle? 1170. Who were the Nethinim, mentioned in Ezra, ii. 43, and elsewhere? 1171. Is the account of Saul's death that the Amalekite gave to David (2 Sam. i. 6—10), to be considered as a true statement of the circumstances? 1172. What did Moses command respecting those who were fearful and faint-hearted on the day of battle? 1173. What is the earliest act of warfare mentioned in the Bible? 1174. How were the Jews generally accustomed to dispose of their dead? 1175. By whom is the book of Ruth supposed to have been written? 1176. When did the events related in the book of Ruth take place? 1177. How did Esau offend his father and his mother? 1178. Where is tale-bearing forbidden in the Bible? 1179. Are uprightness and honesty in their dealings enjoined on the Israelites by the Mosaic law? 1180. Which of the High-priests was honoured with a sepulchre among the kings of Judah? 1181. How old was he at the time of his death? 1182. What was the conduct of Joash after the death of Jehoiada? 1183. By whom were the king and the princes warned of the consequences of their apostasy? 1184. Did they listen to his words? 1185. What punishment was inflicted upon the king and princes for this atrocious conduct? 1186. Is there any specimen extant of poetry composed before the Deluge? 1187. What important truth was signified to the Israelites by there being but one altar and one Temple appointed for the worship of God? 1188. After how long absence did Jacob rejoin his father in the land of Canaan? 1189. How long did Abraham reside in the land of Canaan? 1190. What place is meant by Uphaz in Jer. x. 9? 1191. How were the Israelites to subsist during the year after the Sabbatical year, since they were forbidden, during the Sabbatical year, either to sow their fields or dress their vineyards ? 1192. How often did the fleet of Solomon return with merchandise? 1193. What were the principal commodities imported? 1194. Why were the Israelites commanded to exterminate the Midianites? 1195. Where is mention first made of a king's possessing the power of life and death? 1196. Why did Isaac give the name pwy (nge F seck) to the well where the herdsmen of Gerar strove with his own herdsmen (Gen. xxvi. 20)? 66 1197. What is the meaning of the name Tirshatha," given to Nehemiah (vii. 65, 70, &c.)? 1198. What rendered it a mark of particular distinction when Pharaoh gave to Joseph in marriage the daughter of Potipherah priest of On (Gen. xli. 50)? 1199. Where was On situated (Gen. xli. 50), and by what name was it afterwards known? 1200. What nation mentioned in the Bible had attained the greatest degree of civilization? ANSWERS ΤΟ QUESTIONS ON THE BIBLE. 1. The (torah) Law, the 'ɔɔ (nebiim) Prophets, and the pan (ketubim) Hagiographa, or Holy Writings. שמות .II 2. By the three initial letters (tenach). 3. I. n (beresheet) Genesis. (shemot) Exodus. III. sp" (vayikra) Leviticus. IV. 17 (bemidbar) Numbers. V. 077 (debarim) Deuteronomy. 4. First, the former prophets, including Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings; secondly, the latter prophets, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets. 5. The Psalms, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, Job, Ruth, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. 6. The Septuagint, a translation made in Greek by the Egyptian Jews, in the reign of the Ptolemies. The Targums, written in Chaldee after the Captivity, are older, but they are paraphrases, and not literal translations. 7. The water; "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, |