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ARABIA. 



12 tribes occupied the country as delineated on the accompanying map, and for some time 

 formed a repubhc, until (nearly 1,200 years before Christ) they demanded a king, and Saul 

 received the royal power. David and Solomon succeeded, and raised the kingdom to its high- 

 est pitch of glory ; but it was soon after divided into two States, the kingdom of Israel and tho 



I. Asher. 

 II. Naphtali. 

 III. Zebulon. 



IV. Issachar. 

 V. Manasseh. 

 VI. Ephraim.' 

 VII. Benjamin. 

 VIII. Dan. 



IX. Simeon. 

 X. Judah. 



XI. Manasseh {beyond 

 Jordan) . 



XII. Gad. 



XIII. Reuben. 



Map of Ancient Palestine. ■ . ' ^ 



kingdom of Judah. In 721, the 10 tribes of Israel were carried into captivity by the Assyri- 

 ans ; and not long after, the 2 tribes of Judah were carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. 

 Jerusalem was totally destroyed and the Jews finally dispersed by Titus, A. D. 72, and that 

 singular people has ever since been scattered all over the world, yet preserving its national 

 character and institutions. 



CHAPTER CXLIII. ARABIA. 



J . Boundaries and Extent. Arabia is bounded N. by the pacnalics of Bagdad and Damas- 

 cus, in Asiatic Turkey ; E. by the Persian Gulf; S. by the Indian Ocean ; and W. by the 

 Red Sea. It extends from 12° to 34° N. latitude, and from 33° to 59° E. longitude. The 

 area is about 1,000,000 square miles. 



2. Divisions. Arabia was divided by the ancients into three parts ; Arabia Felix, or Happy 

 Arabia, comprising the southwestern part of the country, bordering on the Indian Ocean, and 

 on the southern part of the Red Sea ; Arabia PetrcBa, lying on the Red Sea, north of Arabia 

 Felix ; and Arabia Deserta, much the largest division, embracing all the eastern and northern 



