[Footnote 1: Probably the Lycus or upper Zab.]
[Footnote 2: The term "Hittites" is used in a large sense, as the equivalent of "Syrians," including the northern parts of Palestine.]
[Footnote 4: A scriptural phrase of frequent occurrence.]
[Footnote 5: Corresponding to the Jewish month Tisri, and to part of our September, called in Accadian "the Holy Altar."]
[Footnote 6: Cf. Gen. xi. 19, "Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee."]
[Footnote 10: "Am" may be the name of some weight, or figure; v. Norr. Assyr. Dict., pp. 127 and 720.]
[Footnote 11: Menant renders, "j'ai fait etouffer _dans_ le mur."]
[Footnote 15: Or, "Assur-sidi-huli" may be taken as the name of the town.]
[Footnote 17: Compare a similar expression, Job xx. 23, "God shall rain (his fury) upon him while he is eating."]
[Footnote 18: Cf. 2 Kings x. 8, "Lay ye them (the heads) in two heaps in the entering in of the gate."]
[Footnote 21: I follow Dr. Oppert in the rendering of this obscure passage. Compare with Ammiba'al the name of the father of Bathsheba, which like many other proper names is indicative of the close relations between Assyria, Phoenicia, Syria, and Judea.]
[Footnote 22: This frequently recurring expression refers to the four races of Syria.]
[Footnote 23: "Tabita" (Heb. "Tebeth") and "Tasritu" (Heb. "Tisri"). It should be remarked that after the captivity the names of the months were exchanged for the Chaldean; and the old Hebrew names, such as "Abib" (Exod. xiii. 4), "Zif" (1 Kings vi. 37), "Ethanim" (ib. viii. 2), "Bul" (ib. vi. 38), and the titles first, second, third month, etc., were dropped.]
[Footnote 24: This name has also been read as "Nisroch-Salmon."]