JUDAH.

445. Nehemiah governor of Jerusalem. Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt. 444. Reading and adoption of the Law.

PERSIA.

423-404. Darius II. (Nothus). 404-359. Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon).

432. Nehemiah again in Jerusalem. 432. Nehemiah banishes Sanballat's son-in-law (the priest Manasseh), who probably organised the Samaritans into a distinct religious community. Somewhat later Temple Alexander.

on Gerizim erected.

332. Alexander the Great in Palestine.

359-338. 336-331. mannus).

Empire.

BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

The following references in the works of well-known writers in English Literature have obviously been suggested by passages occurring in the Books of Daniel and the Minor Prophets.

DANIEL.

The Captives in Babylon. (Dan. i. 1-3.)

Greene-Orlando Furioso.

Milton- Paradise Regained'—B. iii. 1. 281.
Herbert-The Church Militant '-1, 100.
Byron-Hebrew Melodies-'O Weep for those
of Babylon.'

Moore-Sacred Songs-Fallen is Thy Throne.'
Bishop Bickersteth-Yesterday, To-day and For
Ever'-B. vi. 1. 557, et seq.

Daniel Interpreting the Chaucer-Cant. Tales'—'Monk's Tale'-1.180.

Dreams.

(Dan. ii. 25.)

Nebuchadnezzar and the Image of his Dream. (Dan. ii. 31.)

Shakespeare-Merchant of Venice'-Act iv.
Sc. 1, 1. 223.

Cary's Dante-Paradiso '-B. iv. l. 13.

Bishop Bickersteth-Yesterday, To-day and For
Ever'-B. vi. 1. 577.

Langland-Piers Plowman'-P. vii. 1. 331.
Gower-Confessio Amantis'-Prologue, 1. 598.
Chaucer-Cant. Tales'-'Monk's Tale'-1. 188.
Cowper-Olney Hymns-B. i. No. 73.

Bishop Bickersteth-'Yesterday, To-day and For
Ever'-B. vi. 1. 583.

Mudie-Miscellaneous Poems-'In Babylon.'
Symonds-Poems-Nebuchadnezzar's Image.'

The Three Captives and the Fiery Furnace. (Dan. iii. 1-30.)

Nebuchadnezzar's Pun-
ishment.
(Dan. iv. 31.)

Belshazzar's Feast. (Dan. v. 1-30.)

Shakespeare-'Henry VIII.'-Act i. Sc. 1, 1.

139.

Keble-Christian Year '-'Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego.'

Bishop Bickersteth-Yesterday, To-day and For
Ever'-B. vi. 1. 604.

Alice Fausset-The Three Children.'

Chaucer-Canterbury Tales'-'Monk's Tale' -1. 200.

Gower Confessio Amantis'-B. i. Sec. 5,
11. 230-290.

Shakespeare-All's Well that Ends Well'-
Act iv. Sc. 5, 1. 21.

Quarles-Divine Fancies'-B. ii. No. 57.
Bishop Earle-Microcosmographie'—'A Plaine
Country Fellow.'

Young Night Thoughts'-B. ix. 1. 216.
Thomas Aird-Nebuchadnezzar'—Canto i. St.
2, 1. 61.

Chaucer-Canterbury Tales'-'Monk's Tale' -1. 221.

Gower-Confessio Amantis '-B. v. Sec. 10,
1. 82.

Shakespeare 'Richard II.'-Act. ii. Sc. 2, 1. 90.
Young Night Thoughts'-B. ii. 1. 415.
Byron-Hebrew Melodies-Vision of Bel-
shazzar.'

Cowper-Olney Hymns-No. 74- Belshazzar.'
W. H. Roberts-Miscellaneous Poems- Bel-
shazzar.'

Edwin Arnold-Miscellaneous Poems-'Feast of Belshazzar.'

C. J. Leland-Translation of Heine-Belshazzar.'