72
1 Chron. xii. 23-37.
73
John iii. 8.
74
i. 10.
75
i. 19.
76
i. 46.
77
Cf. Gen. xxxvi. 24 and 1 Chron. i. 40.
78
I.e., Achan (ii. 3, 7).
79
1 Sam. ii. 7, 8.
80
Vv. 17, 18, as they stand, do not make sense. The second sentence of ver. 18 should be read before “and she bare Miriam” in ver. 17. Mered and Bithiah formed a tempting subject for the rabbis, and gave occasion for some of their usual grotesque fancies. Mered has been identified by them both with Caleb and Moses.
81
Deut. vii. 3; Josh. xxiii. 12; Ezra ix. 1, x.; Neh. xiii. 23.
82
iv. 9, 10.
83
The reading on which this translation is based is obtained by an alteration of the vowels of the Masoretic text; cf. Bertheau, i. 1.
84
Gen. xxviii. 20; xxxiii. 20.
85
This translation is obtained by slightly altering the Masoretic text.
86
iv. 41; cf. R.V.
87
1 Sam. xv.
88
Judges i. 17.
89
Judges i. 22-26.
90
Judges xviii.
91
Vv. 7-10, 18-22.
92
Deut. xxxiii. 20; 1 Chron. xii. 8, 21.
93
Gen. xxv. 15.
94
Gen. xvi. 12.
95
Lay of the Last Minstrel, iv. 3.
96
Vv. 25, 26. Note the curious spelling Tilgath-pilneser for the more usual Tiglath-pileser.