. A dictionary of the Bible .. . , from hirtus, hirsutus); theSelriin, however, of Is. xiii. 21, and xxxiv. 14,where the prophet predicts the desolation of Babylon,have, probably, no allusion to any species of goatwhether wild or tame. According to the old ver-sions, and nearly all the commentators, our owntranslation is correct, and Satyrs, that is, demons ofwoods and desert places, half men and half goats,are intended. Comp. Jerome [Comment, ad ), Seirim vel incubones vel satyros vel sylves-tres quosdam liomines quos nonnulli fatuos ficariosvocant, ant daemonum geneia intelligunt. Th
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . , from hirtus, hirsutus); theSelriin, however, of Is. xiii. 21, and xxxiv. 14,where the prophet predicts the desolation of Babylon,have, probably, no allusion to any species of goatwhether wild or tame. According to the old ver-sions, and nearly all the commentators, our owntranslation is correct, and Satyrs, that is, demons ofwoods and desert places, half men and half goats,are intended. Comp. Jerome [Comment, ad ), Seirim vel incubones vel satyros vel sylves-tres quosdam liomines quos nonnulli fatuos ficariosvocant, ant daemonum geneia intelligunt. Thisexplanation receives confirmation from a passage inLev. xvii. 7; they shall no more offer theirsacrifices unto SPAnn, and from a similar one in2 Chr. xi. 15. The Israelites, it is probable, hadbecome acquainted with a form of goat-worshipfrom the Egyptians (see Bochart, Hieroz. iii. 82.);Jablonski Pant. Aegypt. i. 273, et sqq.). Theopinion held by Michaelis (Supp. p. 2342) andLichtenstoin (Commentat. de Simiarmn, &c., §4,. lloO SAUL p. 50, sqq.), that the Seirim probably denote somespecies of ape, lias been sanctioned by HamiltonSmith in Kittos Cue art. Ape. From a fewpassages in Pliny {N. H. v. 8 ; vii. 2 ; viii. >-!?) it isclear that by Satyrs are sometimes to be understoodsome kind of ape or monkey ; Col. H. Smith hasfigured the Macacus Arahicus as being the probablesatyr of Babylon. That some species of Cijno-ccphaliis (dog-faced baboon) was an animal thatentered into the tlieology of the ancient Egyptians,is evident from the monuments and from whatHorapollo (i. 14-16) has told us. The other ex-planation, however, has the sanction of Geseuius,Bochart, Rosenmiiller, Parkhurst, Maurei-, Fiirst,and others. As to the dancing satyrs, Ed. V. 73, Saltantes satyros imitabitur Alphesibdeus. [VV. H.] SAUL (>1NB, i. e. Shaul : 2aoi/A; \os: Saiil), more accurately Shaul, in whichform it is given on several occasions iu the Autho-rized Version. The name o
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