The Empires of the Bible from the Confusion of Tongues to the Babylonian Captivity
Alonzo T. Jones
1904
Copyright © 2015, Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS iii...... PREFACE (1897 edition) iv...... INTRODUCTION v...... THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BIBLE vi...... THE ORIGINAL AND ULTIMATE GOVERNMENT viii...... THE ORIGIN OF EVIL x...... THE TWO WAYS xiii...... ORIGIN OF MONARCHY xv...... ORIGIN OF THE STATE AND EMPIRE xvii...... EMPIRE IN UNDISPUTED SWAY xviii...... INTRODUCTION xx...... ECCLESIASTICAL EMPIRE xx...... GOD’S PROTEST xxii...... THE BETTER VIEW xxiv...... EARTH’S HEROES xxvi...... DISTINCTLY A STUDY OF THE BIBLE xxviii...... LIST OF MAPS xxxi...... CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF NATIONS 1...... CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF JAPHETH 5...... GOMER 6...... MAGOG 8...... MADAI 14...... JAVAN 14...... TUBAL 17...... MESHECH 17...... TIRAS 18...... CHAPTER III. THE SONS OF HAM 24...... CUSH 24...... THE SONS OF CUSH 25...... MIZRAIM 27...... PHUT 28...... CANAAN 28...... CHAPTER IV. THE SONS OF SHEM 34...... ELAM 34...... ASSHUR 35...... ARPHAXAD 35...... LUD 37...... ARAM 37...... CHAPTER V. THE GODS OF THE NATIONS 40...... BABYLONIAN CALENDAR 48...... CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNINGS OF KINGDOMS 49...... EGYPTIAN CALENDAR 76...... CHAPTER VII. THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE 77...... No. I 112...... No. II 113...... No. III 114......