History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6). Graetz Heinrich

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      By these decisive victories, in the west over the Philistines, in the south over the Idumæans, in the east (on the opposite side of the Jordan) over the Moabites and Ammonites, and in the north over the Aramæans, David had raised the power of Israel to an unexpected degree. While, at the commencement of his reign, when he was first acknowledged king of all Israel, the boundaries of the country had been comprised between Dan and Beersheba, he now ruled over the widespread territory from the river of Egypt (Rhinokolura, El-Arish) to the Euphrates, or from Gaza to Thapsacus (on the Euphrates). The nations thus subdued were obliged annually to do homage by means of gifts, to pay tribute, and perhaps also to send serfs to assist in building and other severe labour.

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      1

      In Hebrew the word Abir means bull, mighty, and hence God. It is connected with the Egyptian abr (a bull), from which Apis is derived. Conf. Jeremiah xlvi. 15.

      2

      Levit. xvii. 7. The sending of the scape-goat to Azazel marked the abomination in which this lascivious cult was held.

      3

      Conf. Ezekiel xxiii. 7, 8.

      4

      Micah vi. 4, mentions also Miriam, with her brothers, as a deliverer.

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1

In Hebrew the word Abir means bull, mighty, and hence God. It is connected with the Egyptian abr (a bull), from which Apis is derived. Conf. Jeremiah xlvi. 15.

2

Levit. xvii. 7. The sending of the scape-goat to Azazel marked the abomination in which this lascivious cult was held.

3

Conf. Ezekiel xxiii. 7, 8.

4

Micah vi. 4, mentions also Miriam, with her brothers, as a deliverer.

5

The situation of Sinai is not to be sought in the so-called Sinaitic peninsula, but near the land of Edom, on the confines of which was the desert of Paran. Neither Jebel Musa, with the adjacent peaks of Jebel Catherine and Ras-es-Sufsafeh, nor Mount Jerbal, was the true Sinai. See "Monatsschrift," by Fränkel-Graetz, 1878, p. 337.

6

Joshua x. 12, 13.

7

Deut. viii. 7–9.

8

Deut. xxxiii. 13, 14.

9

Amos iv. 13.

10

Judges vi. 13.

11

Judges iii. 8 and 10 must be read "king of Edom" (אדום) instead of Aram (ארם).

12

Judges xi. 7.

13

Genesis xlix. 16, 17.

14

See Psalm lxxviii. 60–64; Jeremiah vii. 12.

15

Jeremiah xv. 1; Psalms xcix. 6.

16

I Samuel xiv. 12.

17

I Samuel xiv. 45.

18

I Samuel xv. 12 to 33. In the 32d verse read mar mar hammaveth.

19

I Samuel xv. 28.

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