29-32, xxiii.] [Footnote 2: Some say, that Zechariah, son of Jehoiada, named in the Chronicles, is meant; that he is _confounded_ with the prophet, the son of Berechiah, and was _supposed_ to be the last of the martyrs, because the Chronicles are placed last in the Hebrew Bible.

This is a plausible view; but it saves the Scripture only by imputing error to Jesus.] [Footnote 3: My Eclectic Reviewer says (p.

276): "Thus because the evangelists held an erroneous _medical_ theory, Mr.Newman suffered a breach to be made in the credit of the Bible." No; but as the next sentence states, "because they are convicted of _misstating facts_," under the influence of this erroneous medical theory.

Even this reviewer--candid for an orthodox critic, and not over-orthodox either--cannot help garbling me.] [Footnote 4: I have explained this in my "Hebrew Monarchy."] [Footnote 5: This poet celebrated also the deeds of David (2 Sam.

i.
18) according to our translation: if so, he was many centuries later than Joshua; however, the sense of the Hebrew is little obscure.] [Footnote 6: I have fully discussed this in my "Hebrew Monarchy."] [Footnote 7: The English reader may consult Theodore Parker's translation of De Wette's Introduction to the Canon of Scripture.