was carried a sacred oil. A common way to
honor a guest was to pour a little oil on his head. Kings and priests
were set apart for their office by anointing with oil.

_Jabesh_. A city east of the Jordan. The people of the city did not
forget the good deed of Saul. Many years later, when Saul was defeated
and killed, brave men from this city traveled all night, took his body
from the battlefield, and gave it an honorable funeral at Jabesh.

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[Illustration]
JERUSALEM, FROM THE NORTHEAST

Used by special permission of the Detroit Photograph Company.

The view is taken from Mount Scopus, the northward extension of the
Mount of Olives. The valley between is the head of the Kidron.

This fine picture gives a distinct view of the modern city with its
walls and towers, and the valley which lies between.
[End illustration]

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_Ammonites_. A people who lived on the east of the Jordan, with whom
the Hebrews had made war.

_Michmash_. A small town about seven miles north of Jerusalem, on the
edge of a deep ravine going down toward the Jordan.

_Eating with the blood_. The blood was not eaten by the Hebrews. They
thought of it as the seat of life, and, since life belonged to God,
man ought not to eat it.

_Familiar Spirit_. "Familiar" is here connected with "family,"
household. It means a spirit which is ready to serve one, like one of
his servants. The woman with a "familiar spirit" was a "medium," who
was supposed to be able to summon spirits.

DAVID.

_Cubit_. See Weights and Measures. Span. The half of a cubit, about
nine inches.

_Gath_. A Philistine city on the plain west of the hills of Judaea.

_Armor_. The helmet of brass was not uncommon. The "coat of mail" was
a close-fitting cloak, covered with brass scales, so as to allow free
movement. The greaves were coverings for the shins and the knees. The
armor of the Bible times was much simpler than that in Europe in the
middle ages.

SOLOMON.

_Tyre_. A city on the coast of the Mediterranean, north of Palestine,
for a long time the center of much commerce between Egypt, Asia,
Greece, and the lands farther west. Its inhabitants were Phoenicians.

_Zidon_, like Tyre, a Phoenician coast city, rich and commercial.

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_Sheba_. A land in southern Arabia, which got wealth by trading
between Egypt and the countries on the Mediterranean, and the distant
south and east.

_Ophir_. A land about which there have bee