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and if an Egyptian at Solomon's court were to pay his respects to Natlum, 

 he could only do so with propriety by addressing him as the great JSfeter- 

 hon of the Ark of the Covenant of God, and of the shrine at Shiloh. 

 There was no other phrase in the Egyptian language which he could use 

 with equal propriety according to custom. 



Neter-hon means Divine prophet, the hatchet standing for God, and the 

 second symbol for prophet. Translated into Hebrew it would be El- 

 sJiaphat (shophet). It is not a little remarkable that the fifth name on the 

 list of the six sons said to have been born to David (each of a separate 

 wife) in the old capital of the south, Hebron, is : — 



Shephatiah, "the prophet of Jali." But this name is not more significant 

 of Jahmsm in David's family at Hebron than the name of his fourth son 



Adonijali, "My lord, Jah ;" and it would be folly to attempt to find any 

 foreign etymology for so pure and purely orthodox a Jewish compound 

 word. 



Absalotn, "father [of ?] peace" is as easily recognized, in its Hebrew 

 dress as Mel chizedek "king of righteousness," but — 



Daniel, Amman, ItJiream are meaningless ; with a suggestion, however, 

 in favor of — 



Dani-el, "Judge of [for] God," therefore equivalent to Shepliatiah. 

 (See Ges.) 



Ithream, "He makes abound the people" (Ges. suggests "abundance of 

 the people") like the various Greek names ending in ^«oc, and dyjrioc : — 

 Archelaus (people's ruler), Aristoclemus, Laodamia, Laodice, Menedemus, 

 Menelaus, &c. 



Amnon, "The faithful," seems allied to Amen, Amnah, verity, a cove- 

 nant, Amnon, verily. Although the root of this Hebraism is undoubtedly 

 the AMN, "stability," of the early egyptian monuments, there is no need 

 of seeing in this name of the eldest son of David any direct reference to its 

 Egyptian source. But it is permissible to notice the curious (if entirely 

 accidental) coincidence, that this first born of the long and splendid lin- 

 eage of David, the virtual founder of the Jewish monarchy and Jewish re- 

 ligion, happens to bear the very name assigned not only to the greatest 

 of all the gods of Egypt, but also to the first monarch of the first dynasty, 

 MNA ; the establisher of monarchy ; the head of a splendid procession of 

 rulers, among which one at least gave his daughter to Amnon's brother 

 Solomon to be his queen of queens. 



One more word about the Egyptian train of ideas concealed in the 

 Hebraic nomenclature. 



In Zechariah vi : 11 to 13 occurs a remarkable reference to Egyptian 

 titles and customs, in a confessedly difficult passage involving the famous 

 name ot the second Moses — Joshua. 



The prophet writes : "Take silver and gold and make crowns, and set 

 them on the head of Joshua the high priest, and say to him : Thus saith 

 Jehovah of hosts : Behold a man, his name branch {Zemach) under 



