The Empires of the Bible from the Confusion of Tongues to the Babylonian Captivity

PREFACE (1897 edition)

INTRODUCTION

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BIBLE

THE ORIGINAL AND ULTIMATE GOVERNMENT

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

THE TWO WAYS

ORIGIN OF MONARCHY

ORIGIN OF THE STATE AND EMPIRE

EMPIRE IN UNDISPUTED SWAY

ECCLESIASTICAL EMPIRE

GOD’S PROTEST

THE BETTER VIEW

EARTH’S HEROES

DISTINCTLY A STUDY OF THE BIBLE

LIST OF MAPS

CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF NATIONS

CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF JAPHETH

GOMER

MAGOG

MADAI

JAVAN

TUBAL

MESHECH

TIRAS

CHAPTER III. THE SONS OF HAM

CUSH

THE SONS OF CUSH

MIZRAIM

PHUT

CANAAN

CHAPTER IV. THE SONS OF SHEM

ELAM

ASSHUR

ARPHAXAD

ARAM

CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE NATIONS

BABYLONIAN CALENDAR

CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNINGS OF KINGDOMS

EGYPTIAN CALENDAR

CHAPTER VII. THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE

No. I

No. II

No. III

No. IV

No. V

No. VI

NOTE ON RAMESES II AS THE OPPRESSOR

HEBREW CALENDAR

CHAPTER VIII. THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL

CHAPTER IX. THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL—SAUL AND DAVID

CHAPTER X. THE EMPIRE OF ISRAEL—REIGN OF DAVID

CHAPTER XI. THE EMPIRE OF ISRAEL—REIGN OF SOLOMON

CHAPTER XII. THE TEN TRIBES—REIGN OF JEROBOAM

CHAPTER XIII. JUDAH—FROM REHOBOAM TO ASA

CHAPTER XIV. THE TEN TRIBES—FROM NADAB TO JEHU

CHAPTER XV. JUDAH—FROM ASA TO AHAZIAH

CHAPTER XVI. THE TEN TRIBES—FROM JEHU TO THE END OF THE KINGDOM

CHAPTER XVII. JUDAH—FROM ATHALIAH TO HEZEKIAH

ASSYRIAN CALENDAR

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—TIGLATH-PILESER I AND ASSUR-NATSIR-PAL II

CHAPTER XIX. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—REIGN OF SHALMANESER II

CHAPTER XX. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—FROM SAMAS-RIMMON TO ASSUR-NIRARI

CHAPTER XXI. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—PUL AND TIGLATH-PILESER III

CHAPTER XXII. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—REIGN OF SARGON

CHAPTER XXIII. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—REIGN OF SENNACHERIB

NOTE ON SARGON, SENNACHERIB, AND HEZEKIAH

CHAPTER XXIV. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—REIGN OF ESAR-HADDON

CHAPTER XXV. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE—REIGN OF ASSUR-BANI-PAL

CHAPTER XXVI. END OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH

THESE nationalities will be traced in the order in which they are given in <span class="egwlink egwlink_bible" title="Genesis 10:1" data-link="1965.484">Genesis 10</span>. The first people named are &ldquo;the sons of Japheth,&rdquo; and the first of these is&mdash;

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CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF JAPHETH