HORSES OF ANCIENT ARABIA 183 



The Arabians were joined with the Philistines in 

 harrying Jehoram, King of Judah, and they over- 

 ran his country and carried away all the substance 

 that was found in his house, not to mention his 

 wives and his sons (2 Chron, xxi. 16, 17). This 

 allied army could not have operated without 

 horses. 



In 2 Chron. xxviii. r6 we learn that the King of 

 Judah sent to the Assyrians to help him ; and the 

 Rev. Professor Sayce says that the Assyrians 

 conquered Edom and the Queen of the Arabs, 

 who had overrun Judah, as the Chronicles men- 

 tion. 



Edom was Northern Arabia. Also, according to 

 Professor Sayce, Herodotus was told in Egypt that 

 that country had been attacked by Sennacherib, the 

 King of the Arabians and Assyrians — an alliance 

 which, it is impossible to doubt, also must have had 

 horses. 



It is recorded that the first Babylonian dynasty 

 of Urukh lasted 458 years, and then there followed 

 nine Arabian Kings, who ruled in Chaldea 245 years. 

 The King of Egypt overran Judah with 60,000 

 horsemen (2 Chron. xii. 3). 



The Assyrians had horses galore, and if the 

 Arabians helped them, and if nine of the Arabian 

 Kings ruled in Assyria, I venture to think that the 

 Arabians must have had horses also. 



As showing the close intimacy between the 

 Arabians and the Hebrews, I read that there is 



