See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

MANASSEH (apparently See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. See also:

• HOGG, JAMES (1770-1835)
• HOGG, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1792–1862)

Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, a tribe of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder but less important of the "sons" of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph. Its seat See also:

• LAY

lay to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce  ly be defined . It merged itself with its " See also:

• BROTHER

brother " in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and with See also:

• ISSACHAR (a Hebrew name meaning apparently " there is a hire," or " reward ")

Issachar, See also:

• ZEBULUN

Zebulun and other tribes in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north (Josh. xvii . 7 sqq.) . From the latter it was separated for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by a See also:

• LINE

line of Canaanite cities extending from Dor to Bethshean, which apparently were not all subdued till the days of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David or See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon (Judg. i . 27; I Sam. xxxi. lo; 1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings ix . 15) . Besides its western See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in the fertile glades of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria, See also:

• RUNNING

running out into the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, there were territories See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan reckoned to See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

Manasseh . See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead and See also:

• BASHAN

Bashan were said to have been taken by Machir, and a number of places of uncertain See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification were occupied by Nobah and Jair (Num. xxxii . 41; Judg. x . 3–5) . It seems most natural to suppose that these districts were held before the Israelites crossed over to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west (cf. the tradition Num. xxi., Dent. iii.) . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, in Judg. v .

14, Machir may conceivably belong to the west, and it is possible that, according to another tradition, these movements were the result of the complaint of the See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph tribes that their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original territory was too restricted.' In the genealogical lists, Machir, perhaps originally an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, is the eldest son of Manasseh (Josh. xvii. b, 2); but according to later schemes he is Manasseh's only son (Num. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi . 28–34) . Intermixture with Aramaeans is indicated in the view that he was the son of Manasseh and an Aramean concubine (I Chron. vii . 14), and this is supported by the statement that the Arameans of Geshur and Maacah (cf . 2 Sam. x . 6; Gen. xxii . 24) dwelt among the Israelites of eastern Jordan (Josh. xiii . 13) . Subsequently, at an unknown See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• HISTORY

history, sixty cities were lost (r Chron. ii . 23) . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the daughters of the Manassite Zelophehad is of See also:

• INTEREST

interest for the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance (Num. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii . 1–11, See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi.) .

'So Budde See also:

• RICHTER, ADRIAN LUDWIG (1803-1884)
• RICHTER, ERNST FRIEDRICH EDUARD (1808–1879)
• RICHTER, EUGEN (1839–1906)
• RICHTER, HANS (1843– )
• RICHTER, JEREMIAS BENJAMIN (1762–1807)
• RICHTER, JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH (1763–1825)

Richter u . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel), who recovers certain old fragments and arranges josh. xvii . 14–18 (v . 18 read " See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill-See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of Gilead ") ; Num. xxxil . 39, 41 seq.; Josh. xiii . 13 . Some details of the history of this twofold branch of the Israelites are contained in the stories of See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon (W . Manasseh) and See also:

• JEPHTHAH

Jephthah (E . Manasseh) . The relations between See also:

• SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

Saul and Jabesh-Gilead point to the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond uniting the two districts, but the details have been variously interpreted: Winckler, for example, suggesting that Saul himself was originally from E . Manasseh and that he followed in the steps of Jephthah (Keilinschr. u. d. alte Test., pp . 216 seq .

227) . Generally speaking, its position in the west made it See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share the fortunes of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim, whilst on the east the proximity of See also:

• AMMONITES

Ammonites and Moabites controlled its history; see also the articles on its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern neighbours, See also:

• GAD

GAD and See also:

• REUBEN

REUBEN, and the_articles See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

GENEALOGY (Biblical); and Jaws: History . (S . A .