This Condensation of the Dictionary of the Bible it is intended to satisfy a generally expressed wish. For an account of the most recent Biblical studies in a form adapted for universal circulation. A Dic tionary of the Bible, in some form or another, is indispensable for every family. The Divine, the Scholar, and all who seek to investi gate thoroughly the various subjects connected with the Bible, and to master those controversies which are now exciting such deep and general interest, must still have recourse to the Larger Dictionary; but to students in the Universities, and in the Upper Forms at Schools, to private families, and to that' numerous class of persons who desire to arrive at results simply, this concise dictionary will, it is believed, supply all that is necessary for the elucidation and explanation of the Bible.