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' ' . . MKIIOCOCV RHOIUTION TlST CNAn . (ANSt ond ISO TEST OWjRT No. 2) • ^': A' /^PPLfED Inc 1653 tost Main SlrwlT Rochi«t«r, N« tor* \u809 (718) 482 - 0300 ■ (716) 288 -5989 - ro> ^ *»:. Mr %■■.}. *' ■ ■ W ■tn. .: ■ ■ •. l .- ' ■ 1 '■..-^ If y 1 - |( rk , ll ■-• * li ► ■■■ ■' I- m . ti: ■f ■-:!.: TUP WORK S J^/Z • OF >(^^ FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, T 11 U * LE/VRNED AND AUTHENTIC JEWISH HISTORIAN AND CELEBRATED WARRIOR. ■ THREE DISSER'TATIONS, " '* ■ " " ■ -. ■ ' . ■ '■:■■■. ■ ' • CONCERNING ■' JESUS CHRIST, JOHN THE BAPTIST, JAMES THE JUST, GOD'S COMMAND TO ABtt.4HAM,&c. ' AND EXPLANATORY NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS TRANSIATED Br WILLIAM WIIISTQ\, A. M, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBKIDiiE. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLlfMEi. WITH PORTRAIT AND ENGRAVINGS /KINGSTON, U. C. PUBLISHED BY N. G. EHfS. ■■..■■.■1844 ■.' ■".c =,•*.;■ / .**r y EG 'i : ■>., ; - (■. ! t T' *" '■■■ OCT It. ;l ::-: i I .):■■ ' M TlfE LIFE OF FLAVniS JOSFJ»HUSi \ 1. TilErmiiily riiiiii nhii'li Inm ilirivcil Hnnt iih i{i[ni)hrr oiii', hut lifilli iN wi'imcIiiI nil iilmix Irciui tht> |irM"*t«; itnil »* iinlulit}' itniniif:; ifi'\iYurpoii|ilir >• ic ni H, il'iJli rent nrt^iii. fti), tvil|> il*t t" l>ti ,ol ilii; Hiii'i't'tlntiil iliunll} , i" itri imlicfition ol' ll|t* ii|iji')i- (lur i>r II litniilv. i\<>w, I Hill not lyily ii|iriiii;( iniiii II HiitiMjiluHit rniiiilt in );• li< ml, liiit iVtiiil IlK' tlr»l ol tliulivi ntv-finir • r(inr«i'»,*iiii(l h« iiiiiwiip; »>• tliirc (< not mil) ii ruiniilrriililc ililli r< iii'ir In . *f«r.vnMiii! fmnily III' r Hi«t lir«t niiiTiH- irlvi; iiiiy, liirtlKi', III my niutlitr I i\iii ijl: (lir niy^ij LlAdil ! I'(ir till' rliiliiri!/i tif A*'ni"iM iii., IriMii u liixii lltiit tiiiiiily ivii'iili'i'ivc'il, liiitl lioiU till' iillii'i III jhr ImiiIi |)pi»ntliiMil, mill till' ilii;iiily i,( n Uinj:, lor ii Ion;; liiiiiitiiKitlur., I mil: iii'ci.r(llli;;lv 'it ilnun nil |iioj(riill(rr»'(Mn(diT. My (frnii(ll';itli< I'^rillirr 'iiH ii;iiiiiil Sim*il,-«I|h tl^H' iiihliliii|i iil' r«iUiii<; Unit tnii ol' Minifli lix liii'.li pi'iriUw ^. lie livid ijit llir viimtHhuajHlli tini jUvJ/\i;U |iri<»l, ulioiviii tlid IVrntliur iil' Sim 'IMii. \l,.itl.f^.^ I....I .. . iii.-ifliaii uiiA till' liiyt 111 lio iviu loxH(iriiy,' iiii.l y ii liir liic.'li |irii«T iiUo. rtiiH .\I;iltl)iiiH bail II mill ralliil .\l:,ltliiii/(','iir|ii^ Hiiil tliiit in liiv lir-t yi'iii-iir llio.pivi-rniiii lit of 11) ri-r.niu; |ii< hiii'h iiaijit! iva< ..^ll^rIlll, li'Viai in (lit- niulh .K'lir (rfllirrrijiH ol' Alr\anclri; 1,i< hoii AlalUii.n ivds iiorii in (,li.' Imlh yi ai- ol' tin- n i;,'n III' Airlii-liiii<; a, ivn, I li.ini to' M ,((|,j„, ,,ii )('„• I'r-t y<:4iV oT Ihi- n i(;ii olCaLin ,(',,..„ r. I Ij^ivi' tlirii- 9111111 ; UvrniiiiK, (hi: .lilci, vVas lioni on tlir loiiPtli yi iir ol lliit iiajtnpl' \ r-]ia»iai|5 jis Ha.« JinlHS born on tli«i (KVinth, nml Auiijipa on tli^i' niivlli. '4'liiii [i^\i- 1 mt down tin ;;i iiinliijvv J■; with Eirn ii. til. Nnli, vii. fifl. 1. Ks,l. v. 41. ^or will tlili> rominou rradin» or nothin of hut Ihiir riiitr8i.|i of prlMt.-!, agrfo with Joncphus's own farther nsscrlion clspwhcrc. AnlliJ. h. vlJ. ch. jtiv. sect. T. that Daviil's partition of the priests into twenty four courses hail fontinupiltnthnrdny. f An einincnt i-janiple of the o aro of th« Jow» nlwiit tlicir ffencalojlM. cs|i€(ially ns to the priests, gee font. Ap- Ki, ch. 7. 4 When Joscphus lit re wyg.thnt frniiinixlcca to nlno- ihiTi nml I iiimh' minh/y fiVnliCirnfy in lh»ii»« itrovinii iitK III niy K^ririnif, ajnl uppiarcil la liavf hotli II ^'rrat iifinu)') "ml iniili V-taiiilin){, Morion r, uliiii I ) u i lillil, aiitl iihoHi Innr- ti li) yiiiri of n((i , I (v»« roniiiu ikIiiI hy alt tor 4hi' rrni' I hail ('•Uitjimuic on whic-h ni'toiinl tin liiic'' |ir>i »ls aiiil/jiriiH nial iiii'n of thi' rity raiiiu till n 111 i(inntlv/lii'nif lo^ilhir, iimrilrrlo know my o|iiiiion liliiinj'ihn iii ruriiti' niiilir-taiiiling of |ioiiit li-irrl no-oihcr clolTiii'i)<'tlmMi)(i;^'w upon tr»«*,anil- liHil ill. otiur fooil llinn what nT'''>Vt»l''i(j»|Own uc-' lonl, mill liiithdl hinisilf in n Iil «atir lrVY|V|Mitr l\,hi(tli liyiii^ht anil hy iliiy, I I orilirti) uttSaftB"' his i,'1ia-(ity, ( imilnicd him in thoiii- liriiMfejad ('oiilinni'il with limi forthrt'C jiars. { ^<<>VBSi' Ir.irt iin'oin'iilishcil niy lUsin's,^! rclnrniil mSMo llr< city, hi'uij; nownlnitcrn yiarsolil, apd hr>|]Kii> i,;'i ropiliii-t niysilf aix-imliiig to thr rnics of tho ("It of ihi' riiiirisei's, whirh is of kin to (ho <(ct of thiiehloirs, ps Ihr (irirks lall tlinn. :>. lint will n 1 was in llii' twiiily-si\tli year of uiy aj>i., it ha|ipiiUMl thai 1 took a voya(;'« ti> Klinii-, and this on thr iiiiusion wlilrli I slinll iioH ili-rrihr. At the (iiiir when I'llk was Jiro- niralor ol jiiilia, Ihi ro wiriMirtain prii its of my iiiipiainlami, and irry ixcilhiit person* lliiy wi re ivhoni on re •mall ami lrjilin(f occu- sioii he. hiid piit into hoiids, and si'nl lo Home H> phnil their taiisft hifore {,'iisiir. 'I'liese I wo* ilrsirojis to proeure deliveranie for, iiiiil that €**' pe liajjy hi canse I was inlornied tiiat Ihey wira not iinniinilfnl of piety towards (iml turn under, (heir, aliliitions, hiit siiiiporled themselves with liy* uiul nuts.} Atxurdingly I cumu to Rome tern, or for three yMm, he ipnilc trial of the three Jewish sells, I iie J'liarisees, llie Hadiliicces, and the En- sens, ami yet says preseiiil rf In all our roples, that h« stayed hesides with one iiayTiliilar niweiir.ralk'd ttattua, ■ ;t«^ ajr», w,7* AiK, aml/liis Still MViri! he was nlnp- t«in, the^j is little ro/it/lefi lor his trial of three otlitir seels I siiiipos*, Hieri./re, that for »r>^ ,ur«,, i»ir* *;«, the ifld rcailiin! uiiitlit ie t^f «ir '"ir livn ni .ha iiigbt; wlicn, ii|H>n tba (ihI a|i|i<«rniii'ai of Ihc 6tf, ami u|Min our iighl nf a •liip ul Cvranat I umI (oina otb»ri, otgMf in all, by tloi) i pro»i- danitaiircv»ntcil lh>t and iiiui'b iM'luvrd bjr M«ru, but a Jaw b) birth; ihrouKb hi» inlarfM btcanix known to l'o|i|tck, Cisaar'a wifr, and took I'ara a» KHin «• |)oii|lil« to cntrciat hrr In procure, that lh« prirula iniKht bit urt at blmrly. And when, briiuca lbi> lavor, I hild iibtHinta many pminla from I'oppia, I rr|urii«d hoina »ga'm. 4. And now I prnnivcd innuvalioni ware al- ready bttun, and tbnt tlivrr with A Krtiat uiaiiy very inurTi r|«va(i'd,iit hopfauf a rt^voU from the Ruiuanji. I tbt-TefOre riiilcaruriil to put a atop to th«M tuniullUoiu ncnoiii, and perriiudril lh«iii to change thrlr niinila; and talilli)'r»rt'(liriri;yr> UKainit whinn it wni tbnt tlicy wvri^ )("iijn Ihrlrcountry, upon their funiilin, and upon tbcniKclvoi. And (hil I aaid with vchciiieut ithortHtimi, brcauai! | (ureanw thut lh« tinduf audi a war would bis moat uiifortunnte to ua. Itut I coulil not {lerauade thcin, for the niadncia of d««p«rii«r men woe quite loo hard for nic. ' ' 5. I waa then afraid, Icat by iiiciilcniini; Ihcae thinga 10 often, I ahould incur Ihiir Imtrrd and their auani!L'io;)a, nt if I wi-rv of our iiii-iniea' par- ty i and aiiuuld run into the dunger of l>ciiig acueil "by thini, goil aliiiii; ainro ini^y wiru alrrndy iAliaei»cd -ip-Antonia, whicif wii< the (riladvtj ao : CO 'I>1'' and tlio iiriiicipnl of thn bund of robbrn win: I retired into Ihc inner cour^ of the trninlv. Yet did 1 go out of Ihi: li-iiipli' ugain, after iVlnnnbi'm put . luy^uealb, wbiii 1 abode ainon)|; the high prieata and. the chief of thu I'hnriaci'a. Hut no ainnll fear acizcd upon u* when wn aiiw (be peo- ple in arm*, while wii ourtilvra knew not wbiit we ahould do, mid worn not hblit to rr»(niili thi'ir lediliona. However, un the daiigir wus dircclLr tilpon'ut, we pretended Uint we were of UieaaM) opinion with lliem, but only udviaed Ihem to uc quiet for Ihc pretent, uiid to h t the enemy - go uwar, alill hoping lliiit (jesaiua [Kloru^] would not be long; ere he cniiie, and that with great for- ei and ao put an end to llicac acditiou* procecd- Og». . o. nut, upon bia coming and fif^hting, he wni beaten, and a great many of tlutae that were with bini fell.. And thiadingruce [which Clcaaiua with Cetliua] received, becnnie tne calnniily of our wiiulc. notion; for thoae that were fumi of the war were ao far elevated with thia auceraa, that they had bq|)ea of rmnlly conquering the Ho- niana. Of which war another acca«ion waa niin- iatered, which irat thia: Those that dwelt in the neighboring cities of Syria aeized upon auch Jews as dwelt among theiii, with their wives and children, and slew them, when they had. not the least occasion of complaint against tbein: for they did neither a(tempt any innovation or revolt Iron) tjle Romans, nor had they giveit any marks of hatred or treacherous design towards *It hath been tbouiihtthe niimlicrof Paul and his eraipanians on ship board. Acts, xxvii- 38- which are fit in our co|iies,arc too many; whereas we And here that Joacphus and his coniiMinions, a very few yean af- tir the utiicr, were about DUO. t Bee of the War, h. il. ch. xviii. sect. 3. ' t The Jews iniiht rollert thia unliiwfitneaa of Agbt- ln( aitnlaat their brethren from that liiw of Moaes, Ijeir. 1 1 1. 16 " Tfiou si i al t n o t sta n d a g a ln rt th e h l qu d of thy Iha Nyriana. Hut what was dona by the inhaM* taals of Mcythupolia was the niosi imploua aod highly criminal aina>cua. liut we have given a iiiurei accural* account of Ibean things in the books of the Jew- ish war. I onl) nu'Hlion tbrni now, brsanSc I wouhl drniOnatrnte to iny readers, that the Jewa war with 'the Konians was not voluntary, hut that, for the inain, they were forced Uf neceasily to enter into il. 7. So when (limiiia bad been beaien, us wa have anid iilreiHly, Ihe principal nieii of Jerusa* lem, >eelng that liie.rolAiers and innovators hail arms in great plenty, uud fearing Uitflhry, whila> they were unproviilnl with anm, >hould b« in aub|ection to Iheir iinemiin, which also -came to . be ihe en> that ^hey ahoubt wait to aee what Ihe Kumans wouhl do. U. When I hud Ihicrefttrn received Iheae in- ■ atnirlions, I came intti Galilee., ami found Ih* people J>f Sepphoria in nifaiiuill ngony about their country, hy'reaaon tluil the (julileaua hud resol- ved j.Io plunder it, on aCcouiit of Ihe i'ricndabip ' Ihev bad with tin: ItomunS, and becauae Ihty hall given their riffht bond, and made a lengu* with Cetliua (jalbia, the preaiilent of Syria.— Itut 1 ileliven^d lliein all Out of the fear they were in, und persuuded the, multitude to deal kindly with tlilm, and permittid them lo send to thoae Ibiit were their own boatages with (iessiua to Uoru, which ia a city of l'bi:|iicia, as often as Ibey nieosed; though I still found thcinhubitaiiU of 'I'ilierias ready tii lulvu urina, And that on the occqaion following: -riii^ •♦ nriK-a «-»rJi umlrp Afrrippii Itir falhvr, bql hait ■^ nilainml ll lil Ktlit wan |in>i iiralor of Jiiilca. "Hill NkImIiI ihfiis that now Ihcy hail barn •» " unforluoatK a< to bi< iiiailn a prcirnt hy N*m " lo. Acripiia jmiior: ami that ii|im them." Whrn h« hail (irnkm thr««. Ihini^t, ami afcrral mnny. ninpr ai;ain>t Airrlpiin, m unlrr to provokn thr iHopIr lo a r«. voll, Im KihliMl, That ■• Ihia wna thr liiii« forlhtuii " lo lakx anna, anil Join with Ihn (iiilijnana aa "llifir ennfrtieratra, (Vhoiti th»y nii/(ljt eont- "nMiliI, mill who woiilil now willinKlr niaiat "Ihrni, oMt of Ih^hnlml Ihry barn lo t"Kr pro 41 »i„ ..I" u I J- I *ir . A . ?\ '^ ■,■> III, <>*,» ,■■ iiiv nnirrii mry onrn 10 ii>n nr( "nir of Scpphoria, Iwraiiifl thry prrarrvril the " BiliJily lo the Romani,) nml to Kallirr n ((po " niiHibrr of fori-r« in onlrf lo puiilab thrni."/ Ami, aa he/iiiil Ihit, hn ribortril Ihr niiillili/ilr rio Ko lo war;;) for hia abililira liiy In niiil>(ni( haran)(una to thr prnpir, ami in brinK loo h»/il in hia a|>rri'hra for aiich aa oppoanl liim, thiiunh thry ailviaril what wqa niorr lo thrir ailvciUairr, •ml thua by hia rmflinraa ami hia fallar^a, for hfwaanot iinakilful in thr laarninicof thrfJrt* ka, ami ill "« way of harBn);utnK ti/ iliaEiiiac thr tnith. Itnl n« lo thia ninn, and hcAv ill wrrr hiJ < hiiriirfrr ami roprtuct ill lifr, nTiil how ht- anil hia hrolhrrwrrr, in a rrmt inraaiirri Ihr i| thpn of our ilialrmlion, I alinll );iyii thr r( ■an aci-onnt in thr proKfraa of my lUtrrnlinn. whrn Juatiili hail, by hia i)rraiin«i(inai prrvai wiUi lh« rlliirna ofTibrriua to liikr anna, nny, ami hiiil forcril » (frrnl muny »/, |i> do aj^uinai thrir will, hr wrnt put, and art ihe villnj^ca Ihnt brIouKril to (Indnra and IlipiiAa on firr; whirh viHagra wrrr aitualnl on Ihr bitrdrrH of Tilirriaa, and of thr rrjrion of Scytho 10. Ami thia waa Ihr atu^ Tibrriaa waa now in. Dut aa for Qiichaln, ila affaira wrre thua: When John, thr aon of I,evi, anw aonir of hia ritiipns much rlrvatrd upon thrir rrvolt from thr Roiilani, h« labored .^to rratruin thrni, ami ciitrrntrd thrni that thry would krrp Ibrir allr- Rinnce to thrni. But hr could not K«in his pur- poar, allhotiRh hr did hia rmlravora lo Ihr iit- nioat; for ttir nrifrhbariiif; primir of Clndara, tiabnra, and Sogana, with Ihe 'Fyriaiia, pot to- prthrr n great army; )4nil /.II upon (liarbnla, and look rnachaln by force, ami art it on fife; ami whrn Ihoy had entindv deiiioliahed it, fliry re» tururd home. Upon wllirh John waa aoenniifMl, that hr nrinrd all hia men, and joined buttle with the people forementioned, nmrrrbuilt G|«rhaln after a manner better than before, ftntl fortilird .it with walla for ita future aeeiiritv, ■ 11. But (ianiala peracvtred in ita lllreinnce to the RoniBBa, for the reaion following: Philip the •on of Jarinioa, who waa their Rovernor under king Aerippa, had been unexpectedly preaervrd when the royal palace at Jerusalem had been beaieged ; but aa he fled nway, had falirn into another danger, and that waa. of being killed by Manaheni, and the robbera that were with liihi"; butcertain Babyloniana. who were of hia kin- dred, and were then in Jrrusulem, hindered the robbera from eicculing their dealgn. So Phjlip < ilaiUI of llaiiUla. hr ..nt to aonM of ihota thai wrrr under hUii. and ■ ninmamlaa ihnn lo ,oma ohim. Ilu|^;,„| hinla.ll himl»rril that hia l«. . huiliiin, amlthia lor hja own ndvanUK* alaoi for hariah< 'i , *"' ■/*••'•'••"'»''»« 'rued upon him imm«. illalrly. M wrote to Agfippa aud llrrhicr, aait ga»r thnii to i>iu> of hia frred mrn |i> carry ihrw lo Varuaywhoat ihi^ lime waa proruraiop of lh» khigdoirf, which the king ami hia aiairr had !■. ' Ini.trilyhim wilhal, whilr Ihry were gonr lo Ha- Ilia »tritb an inlinlion of Hireling Utaaina.— Vijnia had rn t i««d Ihrar Irtlfra ol, ^bilip, Irarnril thai hr waa prrarrvrd, he waa ' ig thai • d hia aiatrr, now ♦rry/iinraay at il, aa aiippoaing |hat hr ahould <;aruarlraa to thi- king and I lip waa come, Hr ibrreforr pMdiirrd tho tong.*^ Vnnia accnard ihia liicaarngrr alao. when he came, of Itlling a lalai- hood,nnd alrw him. Vnr hr waa pulled up by thr Syriana that were at I'raarrn, and had tffjtt raprclationai (or Ihry anid that Agrippa would br alain by the Itoninna for thr rriiiira which the Jrwa had conimilled, and thai hr aliiiuld liiniarif lake thr governiiirni, a* drrivrd from llicir king: for Varua wa», by the ronfr.aiort of all, of f tha Jrwa, iri order to gratify the Syriana ol Cuarea. Hr hnd n mind alao to Join wilh the Tniclionilra in Bnlanea, and to take up anna and miike an lia- ' •ault upon Ihe Kubylnniaii Jewa that were ^t t)c- batana; for that waa the name Ihry woit by.i— He therefore cnlird lo him twelve of the Jewa of Oaarra of llir bent cbaractrr, and ordrred^^ them lo go to Kcbntana, and inform thrir coun-^H Ipyinriuwho dwelt thrre, lliat Varua hath heard, ^^' that "you intend to march agniualihe king; but, " not believing; that report, ho hath aent ua lo ' " perauadr you lo l:i_v down your anna, and that " thia compliance will br a a1gn that he did well " not to give credit lo ihoao that raiaed the re- . " port concerning yon." Hr alao enjoined them to aeiid aoventy lif their principal men (o maken defence fur them as to the ac.cuaatiou laid againat Ijiein. So when thr twelve nieaaengera Cni-.ie to their countrymen at Kibatana, end found that they had no ileaigna of innovation ^ all, they persuaded them to send the aeventy men alao; who not at all auapecling what *quld conic, a*rnt -^ them accordingly, i^o tlieae aoventy* went down - to Ceaaiea, tog«'ther wilh the twelve ambaaaa- dora, where Varus met them with the kijig'a for- crsi and Blew them nil, together with the [twe|te'] ambaaaadora, and imHle ancxjiedilion agninat the Jewa of Kcbatana. But there waa one of the aeventy who f fcapedl, and made haate lo inform the Jctvaof their coming; upon which they took * The famoua Jew iah numbera of Twetrt and Barcn- ty i r a h a r e r e ma rl iali le '. — ^ — — — — ( i\nl>llii>, anil iniiiinlllMl lh» diriiiliir* III Ihdii, Milh ll>l«i hiir|[«, llmt Iha* ' •hoiilil iHirl wtib il III ii'ithitU rl>« Imi« (•> iiijrnll. ►'rum tlwnor I hii In larrv iilt 0' A riirii HliHib ^IoihikI I'' I'lmar, ami Uf-in in* tlllacra of Ttpiirr lialilaa; antwulv>i Ihul lir lyiililil r^jWHil |»hikl It (ain* In In liulliU InK Ihr wiilU »( hu bi n I ufr- rrlvril whal lia amlriitnriil ul, anil «l !» >>imI ' in liKiiiiiiil, I •alil i wiiiilil mil (Miriiiil linii mvO , ilii; for ihal I lliiitiirtil rllhrr Id lirr|i 11 Inr lb*/ bii)t'v».i. iii hik many Ihr |ml.lir alfiil^a llii/a bji lh« ii.ii|il« jil Jrruiif irnllinuianiU with Ihrir wlvfuanil i hililrm, liiiil | Inli. lliil whin h« wa* nut alili- In iir«»»ll wtlB all iiiiiiw. .Iii^.hwiiiiljiilliihim r.i|iili'iilii< Mwlliia, i iiif, li"' liilmik hiinirlf In my filliiw '■•«»<••; fur •aiiil Mill him l<> ha Varin'i •iiiir....r, ii« wk lia»« Ihi* hnil ii.i'.««Hiil)f in iiniviiliiiK |o* liiliiHl>. liiil atill I'hihji III |il iiomn- I ami wi ri' trry r«i«ily 111 lalir hrilir«. Hii hn nir Ibrir antu wilb Ihrir *!♦•• •"•• ehihlraa. mil r*llm( III Ilia I'llAilil al (iainiili), kairlR|( lli>ir •wn rllUu" lull "» all •'"«« "• «'""• ""<>»•., »»'' ka«ini( iiMiiy liM lh'iM«amK "' lalll* Ihi riin -«- Whiii I'hili'ti «•« iiiiii'm"' "" fl*^ Ihinu", ha •III) I'ainr In lhi< i''l««lrl nt Uiiiiialai anil Wrhrp ba wat roma. lb* niulllliiil' I'rivif iiliiiiil,.a)iil ilialrail bllll In ratuma iha jrnvrrnfitrnl, ami In makr an aiiM-illlinn au'lnil Viiru«. ami Iha Syrinn* of ('a- aarra, Inr M wn> rqiiirli'l Ihallln v luiil ariiiilhr kin|. Ilal I'hiliji riKlrulm il (iM'ir iral, anil IhiI Ihriii ill Hilnil III Ihx banvlilv the kinK hail W- aliiwrii ii|i>Hi Ihiiiil ami Inlil Ihrln how iiiiwrrfMl Iha lliniiuiit wrrr, ami 'ul tlat* iiflliinKa l>y Hik inl'iir- mallnn n( nuitli aa inltl ini' »l' lln in, 1 wriiM In lliti Siinlirilriiir, ul Jrruaalri)! iilimil ihriu. aliil rii|iliKi which yi-l I ili'lint (triiiil liiiii niliintiirity, but niily out 111' I'l'nrnf Ihi' miillitnili', •I'lii.i,. if I Imil I'ntbid' ilin him, I ahmili hiivf liii II •Iniiid by llicin.— Whi'ii I hnd lliiriforf (ii'iiiiiltiil Ihia In iiv dnna Ilia nf niniiry by Ibl* tbi' ptnlli' iirtiiira, Ilit'V I'niiiplu'il with ml'. !Sn t reiiicai'n|(i i'» tn llir aiiialu nf • 'rihrriiK, nnil di'airi'd tliiit liir iiriiii'i|)id iiim of tlir rily would I'Oiiii' to nm; iimi nln ii Ihiy werr fnmr, Jualiia biniaiif iiriiiK iiUn wilii thi iii, I tiilil Ibrin, IhHl I wn* arnt |n thriii liy Ihi' |H'n|ili> nf JiTiiiiib'iii ■• 11 kKnti) lOKi lln r uilli tlii'ai' nthrr ' lr n Konil whili' (^ipi'lliia mid Ihf |irini'i;iul mm liilniiKiiiK tn Ihr city u.iiild ii'it fivti ii« li:nvr, but ni'.rii ut liii)(lli I'litinly nvi ri'niiiv by na, iiiiil wrri' indiiii-d In b« nf our oiiininu. So' Jcaua tbr Hon nf Sii|i|ihi>ia, niii' nf tli.iau wbniii Wii linvH ulmidy imnlioni'd iii th« lin^lrr nf n •i'ditimi« tumult nf ninriiiira inul pnnr piiuiiUs prrvinli'd ua, find Innk with hiin'cirtiiin (inlilo Bna,uncl aitthi! mitlrr pnlurr on firi>, and thought h« ahoulil gvt 11 ^ri'iil iliiil of niniiiy llierciiv) harnuni' bii aatv aniii<|fif Iht; rnofi j^ilt with )("(■'• Thry alao plundnrvd n )('• Ut di ul ui' iHe fiirnltiirc, wliit'h will ilomi ivlthnut our iip|irnbiilinu; fnr, after wo hnd dii-cnnrarii (^npclliia iinil thf iirinii- pul nun of thi'city, widronrtcilfroui Itctlinmua, iinil ivcnt into thi'ljiiiirrtiulili''. Hut Jfauaiind hit purtv ali'W nil tln'i lirnlta that wcri; inhubi- tn.iila lit 'I'ilM-riaa, iiiid a» inauy othrm aii « tre ihi'lr I'lii'iuii'a brfnfd tlicwnr bi'fi;nn. 1.1. Whru I undrratund Ihia atiilc of tlibip, t was iftiatiy provoked, and went down to 'FibeT rioa, aud took nil tho rare I Could of the niyal furuiturr, to recover all that could be recovered from lueh «b bad plundered it. Tliey conalati'd of candleatirki innda of Corinthian biW ; and of niyal tableii, and of n great c|Uantity of un- coineil ^{,veri ami I reaoUed to jjrertrve Vbat- »MTrr ranm tn iiiv hand for tlie Iting. tjb I tent I'l. Iliit'whin ( bad iliaiiiiHard iil« I t« ilo I (mifa**, that I Inuk i«rt klnilrvil *l Jmiaalrm; ■IthoHah. «rh>n I Iwicr Inok .Hii|iiib<>ri« lijr lorn-, niiil I'lR* naa fiiiir llniaa, an iiie from Silaa wlumi I had inadu Kover- •or of TiheriHa, aa 1 have aaid alnady, and had told me iif the inrlinationt of the pi'ople of Ti- beriaa, kiul adviaed me to make hnalr'* thither!* for that; if I made any delay, the f.itf would rome under unollirr'a juritdictiali. UiM)n the rrcetot pfthia litter of Silaa, I took two hundred men along with me, and travelled nil JMKht, havinir •enl before a nwiaen|(er to lit the mtople of Tj. . beriaiknow that I wat coiniiif; lii ihem, <4Vhea I caiiia near to Ihe cily which wn» i;arly in the uioriiiur, the mullituilv tnme out la iii«-rt ntf; and John came with them, and inlulrd me, but in a moat ditturbed manner, aa being afraid that mv roming wai to call him to an account for- whnl I wiia now tenailile he waa doing. So he in great hnatc went to hil lodging, but when I waa in Ihe o|M>n place of Ihe city, having diimisi- ed the guanit I had almut me, eiceiuing one, and ten an I men that were with him, I at- tempted to make a apee? h to the multitude of the i>eopla of Tilieriaa; and alanding on a cer- tain elevBtcd place, I entreated them not to be (o hantyin Ihnr revolt; for that auch « change in their behavior won.d be to their reproach, a Oiir Jnaephiia ahnwa, fnth here and every where. Innt he wna n nioet ri'lijiniia p'erann, and one that hail a d eepaenaeiif fim l n ml h la |iiovtd ei ir n mw n hl amlii it .»d aacrlbl .1. hia toumecoi.and wohdirliri^apS tta ^i^hta CUr and tbat they would Ikan tkoae that ahoul.l ba tb«/I aa if Ihey w.rvi n."l will of Ihe i»o„|a or I il-riaa, but to urovpi. for my „wn lalaty. and .la,- my enrmfe. thera, for J„hn bad . hiMaa lie ii.nal irualy of Iho.a ,rm,d i.„n I»mI wrrk alMiMl him, uui „r Ih.ia. Ihrnwand that ka had with him, and had glvan thani unlrra wbaa k« •em them, |h kill me, bvlng learned that I WM aluna eiiepiinK •<""" of mr iliwieetii a. Hn ihoM that were trnt i anie at Ihry were onlered i an4 they had i i.cii|...| what lliev came ahoul, had I not leafied down from the rfavallim I alooil „n. ami wl«h one of my guarda, whoaa nam. waa Janjea,lKrii i arrird [out of Iha crowd) uiH.n tha back of one llrr.Hl ol liberlaa.-aml gul.Ud bf him down lo the lake, where I aeiiad a thip and gere tlxml him. and rem»v«rfrom Tiberiaa to (itohala, and Wrote to me to-lpologiic for Mnnelf concerning what had been done, at if ilMiad'iean dona witfaont hit approbation, and de.ired me to have no tut. piC on of hint to hit diaadvantage. He alao ad. •led oatht and c,rlart» horrible curwt upon him. •eir.nmlaupnoaed he ihould be thereby belUTad inthepoinit he wrotr aboutio me. ai. Hut now another great number of the Ok- lileant came together ii^iiin with their weapont. na knowing the innu, haw wickeil and how ladlv piqured ha wat, and detired me to lead them againti nim, and promited me ih«t |k,y wnuld utterly dealroy both him and Gitchala Here. upon I profcaied that J wat obliged 'o them Air their readinett to nerve me. and that I would more than refjuile their good-will to me How. "70 •"•'*•;««"' theiU to reatrain Ihemtelvet. and begged of them to give me Icateio do what and preaerratlont. In timea of daDgerl la Ood^ I ri ni; film, and lakln< care ef him, ajj^ih ^ 1 :"-'H of hit aria 01 pieiy. juMca, hnmanir w[ la Ood^ bto- i dWh la on a cce u n i Iff and charily la ^ 8 THE LIFE OF FLAVIU3 J08EPIIU8. < _#. ■ i. ' I intended, wfilch was 16 put an end to then trooblei without bloodabed ; and wbeii I had pre- vailed with the multitude o( the Ualileani to let liae^oK), Icnine to Hepphorii. S2. But the inhabiUnti of Ihii citj, haying dc- .tarmined to continue in their alltsgiancc to .tiie Ronmnt, irare afraid.of iiiy coming to theiu, and tried, b; putlin^me upon another action to divert me, that Inejr might be freed from the terror they ware in. Acconilngly they aant to Jcau*, the .captain of thOie roboora, who were in the con- Anei of i'tbleraaii, and promiaed to give him a neat daal of money, if he would coifle with those iorcet he had with him, which were in number •ight hundn^d, and hght with ua. Accurdingly -he Complied with what they deaired, upon, the prdniiaea they had made him, ai^d wii# deairoua to fall upon ua when ive were unprepared for him, and knew nothinr of hia coming biTunthiuid, So he sent to me, and deaired that I would give him leave to cgnie and aalute me. When I nad Jfiven him that leave, which I did without the east knowledge of his treacherous intentions befort^hand, he took his band of robbers, and made haatq to come to me. Yet did not tbia hia . knaTery auccecd well at last; fur, at he was already nearly approaching, one of those with bin) deserted him, end cunie to lue, and told iiie what he had undertaken to dpV When I waa infornir-d of this, I went into the {lurkct-place, and prctondwl to Itiiow nothing of his treachi-ruus fHirpoae. I took with me miany Ual^UanS-tliiit were arpied, as also tom« 6f those of Tiberias: .ahd, when I had given orders that all the roads should b« carefully guarded, I charged the keep- era of the gates to give admittance to none but to Jeans, when he came with the principal of hia men, and to eiclutie the rest; and in case thvy aimed to force themselves in, to uso stripes [in order to rapel . theni.] Accordingly, thoJe tliat had received anch > 'charge did as they were bidden, and Jeaus came in with a few others; and when I had ordered him to throw dojwq tis arms immediately, and told him, that if he "fu- sed so to do, he was,* dead mail, he,ln I was satisfied of the advantage that his hqrse would have if we caiiie duwn into the plain,''while we were all footmen, I resolved tnioin battle witK the enemy where I was. Mow Khnliua and his party made a courageuus uppdailion for aome time; but when he Siiw that his hurse were use- less to him in that place, he retired back to the city (libea, having lust three of his men in the fight. So I followed him directly with t^o thou- sand armed men; and when. I was at the city Be- sara, that lay in the confines of I'tulemaia, but ' twenty furlongs from Gibeu where Kbutjus abode, I placed my armed met) on tlie outaiile of the vil- lage, anr comply aa to make ii ri v,dt Iroiii uiidrr m«, ; u MMliti^^. |i,ni„n b« WH iiiilrt^l, Kiid nn iiiiiuva- bul II117 iif^rfc'd to be hit riiriidn, while the in- tor b('\uii(l tviry buiiiiou thut |MT«u(ifMerceived the chanc« that W4IS made ih the multitude, I tried to divide their opinions, before the armeid men shouJd re- turn from my house: soigranied theinthat I had been as wicked at tliey auppoaed ine to be, but still I entreated-tliem to le.ti|iefirat inform them for what use i had kept that money which aroaa from the plunder, ami that they miglit then kill me if they pleased; am| upon the multitude's oniering me to speak, the armed men came upoa nic, ni«T when they aaw ine, they ran to kilt met but when the nm'ltitude' bid them hold their ' linmls, they iMinplied, and ex|K'Ctcd that as soon as I siidulil own to them that I kept the money . for tlie king, it would be looked (in aa a confes- sion of niv trenson, and they should then be al- lowed to kin me. 20. Wlien therefore silence was made by the wiicile multitnde, I apake thua to them: "6 luy countrymen, I refuse not to die, if justice so re- quire. However, I am desirous to tell you the truth Of tbia mutter before I die; forai I know tlint this city of youra [Taricheie] was a city of greut hospitality, and dlled With abundance of sucli men ns have \e.{t their own countries, and arc co'iiie hither to be partakers of your fortune . whatever it be, I had A mind to build walls al}o«t ii, out of tliis iiioncy, for which you arivvt angry with me, whilp yet it was to be ex|iended • in building your own walls." Upon my saying this, tlie jieople of Taricheae and the strangers cried .out, that " they gave me thanks, and ileai- . red mc to be of good courage." Although the' Galile:ina and the people of Tiberiaa continued in tlieir wrath against nie, insomuch that there arose a tumult among them, while some threat- ened to kijl me, aiid some bid me not to regard as Jt follows in the sucreedinc verses, whtch.thoofh he mfsht not read In Bl. Matlnew's Rospel, yet mijht be have read murli tlie same exposition in tlieir own {(^lionite or NaeaniicKospel ttself, of which improvs- mrnta made hy Josephua, after Ik was bereuie a Chrtstian.webavc already ha4 several examples In this his life, sect. 3; 13, 15, 10, 31, S3; and shall have many more therein Imfore Its ronrli:sl.ji, «« w«M i * we have them elsewhere >#tU his later wrhin|ib / I 10 them ;• but wh*n I promiKd tbein that I^rould build them walli *t Ttberiai, and at oth^t' citiei that wanted them, thaf gave credit to what I promiicd, and returned every one to hit own noma. So I etcaped the forementioned danger, beyond all my hopear and returned (o my own hoiiae, aceompaniea with my friendi, and twenty armed men alio. '\ 30. Ilowever, thote robben another anthon of thia tumult, who were afraid on their own ac- count, leat I ihould punith them for what thejr had -done, took ti> hundred armed men, and came to the houte where I abodei in order to let it oh fire. When thip their intuit wat told mc, I thought it indecent for me to run away, and I retolvcd to expote myielf to danger, and to act with tome boldnetij to I gave order to ihut the doort, and went up mto an upper room, and de- sired that (hey would tend tome of their men in to receive the money [from the tpoilt;] for I told them they would then have no occation to be an- Sy with me; ^nd when they had tent in one of e bpldeit men of them all, I had him whipped aeirerely, and jl commanded that one of hit handi ihould be cut off, and hong about.hil neck; and in thit cate wat he put out to thote thatienthim. At _«rhich procedure of mine they were greatly affrighted, and in no tmall conttematiori, and were afraid that they thould tbemtelvet be ler- ved in like manner, if they itayed there: for they tuppoied that I had in the hoine more arm- ed men thaii they had themielvei; to they ran ■way immediately, while I, by the ute of thit stratagem, etcaped this their second treacherout detign Bgaintt ine. 31. But there were still some that irritated the multitude against me, and said, that those great men (hat belonged to the king ought not to be suflfered to live, if they would not change their religion to thi religion of those to whom they ■fled for safety : they spake reproachfully of them alto, ond laiu, that they were wizards,* and such as called in the Romans upon them. So (he mul- titude was soon deluded by such plausible pre- tences as were agreeable to their own inclina- tions, and were prevailed on by them. But when I was informed of thit, I ins(ruc(ed (he muhitude again, that those that fled to them for refuge ought not to be persecuted ; I alto laughed at the allegation about witchcraft, and told (hem that thellomans would not maintain so many ten thoUsalid toldiert, if they could overcome their enemies by wizardi. Upon my saying this, the people auented for a while; but they returned •gain aft^l^ard, at irri(a(ed by some ill people against the great men : nay, they once made an attault upon the house in friiich they dwelt. at Taricheairin order to kill them; which when I was informed of, I was afraid |c8( so horrid a crime should take effec(, and nobody else wojild make that city their refuge any more. 1 there- fore came myself, and some others wi(h me, to the house where these great men lived, and lock- ed the doors, and had a trench drawn from their house leading to the lake, and sent for a ship, and embarked therein with them, and sailed to the confines of Hippoi; I also paid them the va- lue of their horses, nor in such a flight could I have their horses brought io them. I then dis- missed tbem, and begged of them earnestly that they would courageously bear this distress which befell tneu. I was also myself greatly displeased that 1 was compelled to expose those that had fled to me to go again into an enemy's country; yet did I think it more eligible that they should perish among the Romans, if it should so hap- * Het« w« any olaiMTe tha> TOl«w JewWi notion of wMcbcraft; but that oar Josephniwaaloo win to five any eoiintenance to it. fin this section, as well as sect. 18, and swL 33, those jnall vessels thataailed on the tea ofGalilee, are called hr ioaephoa Wsn. and nx»i». and 8«iies. i. $. plahily. 1 THE LIFE Of PLAVIUS J08EPHU8. ^n, than ^n the oouiitnr that wu onder mf jurisdiction. However, tne^ escaped at length and king Agrippa forgave them their offencaa. And this was (n« conclusion of what concern^ (hese men. 32v But as for the inhabitaqU of the city of Tiberias, they wrote to the king, and detirad him to tend them forcet sufficient, to be a guard to their countrv; for that they were desirous to come over to Dim: this was what they wrote to him. But when I came to them, they desired me to build (heir walls, as I had promised Ihaia to do: for they had heard that the wa|ls«f Tai richeffi were already built: -'l^>«greed to their proposal accordingly. And Whan I had made preparation for their entire building, I gave order to the archi(ec(s to go to work( but on the (bird day, when I was 0^ne to Tarichea, which was thirty furlongs diatMH Irom Tiberias, it so fell out, that some Roman horsemen were diMover- ed on their ml^j^h, not far from the city, which made it to Ve supposed that the fqrces weM come from tie king; upon which they shouted, and lifted up their voices in commendations of the king, ana in reproaches against me. Here- upon one came running to ine and tottl me what their dispositions were, and that they li«d resol- ved to revolt from me; upon, hearing which news I was very miich alarmed; for I had already,, sent away my armed men frqm Tarichets. to their own homes, because the next day was our Sab- bath; for I would not have the peoj^e of Tari- cheie be disturbed [oil that day] by a multitud* of soldiers; and indeed, whenever 1 sojourned at that city, I never took any particular care for a f;uard about my own body, because I had had requent instances of the fidelity its inhabitanta bore to me. I had now about me nb more thap seven armed men, besides some friends, and was doubtful what to do; for to send to recall vaj own forces I did not think proper, because the present day was almost over, and had those forces been with me, I could not take op arms on the next day, because our laws forbid us so to do, even.'thouKh our necessity should 1^ very pnaat; and if I should permit the people of Tenches, and the strangers with them, to guard the city, I saw that they would not be sufficient for that purpose, and I perceived that I should be obli- (red to delay my assistance a great while; for I thought with myself that the forces that came from the king would prevent me, and that I should be driven out of the city. I considered, therefore, how to get clear of these forcei by • stratagem; so I immediately placed those, my ' friends of Tarichcae, on whom I could best cqn- fide, at the gates, to watch those veiy carefully who went out at those gates; I also called to me the heads of families, and bid every one of them to seize upon a ship,f to go on board it, and to tajie a master with them, and follow him to the city of Tiberias^ I also myself went on board one of those ships, with ray friends, and the seven armed men already mentioned, and sallied for Tiberias. 33. But now, when the people of Tiberias peiv ceived that these were no forces come from the king, and yet saw the whole lake full of ships, they were in fear what would become of their city, and were greatly, terrified, as supposing that the ships were full of men on board; so they then changed their minds, and threw down their weapons, and met me with their wives and chil- dren, and inade acclamations to me, with great commendations; for they imagined that t did not know their former inclinations [to have bea . tUftfto that we need ngi wonder at oar riatalleria«, it lo fell I were diMorer- the city, which he forces wer« h they ihouted, nDi«ndationi of intt me. Here> id tolu me what they nad reloU hearinr which >r I had already,, ■richea to their ly wu our Sab- people of Tari- by a roultitud* r I lojoumed at cular care for a luae I had had ' iti inhabitant! e no more thap frieudi, and was d to recall my ler, because the and had thos« take op arms on rbid us so to do, I be yety pnMt • le of Tariches, jpiard the city, mcient for that should be obli- sat while; for I irces that came me, and that I I considered, ese forces by • aced those, my ' could best cqn- e veiy carefully Iso called to me Ty one of them board it, and to low him to the went on board lends, and the ihed, and sailisd uf Tiberias peiy come from the le full of ships, ecome of their , as supposing board; so thejr rew down their wives and chil> me, with great cl that t did not [to have been . tontriaiitllhN, retoranderlbeB ■ inalinOLaeiN tto WW,Bi|L THE LIFE OF FLAViUS JOSEPHUS. ii 7. :. m apiast ma;] so they persuaded me to spare the city. But when I was come near enough, I gave order to the roastera of the ships to cast anchor a good way oil the land, tbat the people of ^Tiberias might not perceive that ihe ships nad nu men on board; but I went nearer to the people 10 oiie of the ships, and rebuked them for their folly, and that they were sq fickle as, with- out any jMt occasion in the world, to revolt from their fidelity to me. However, I assured them (hat I would entirely forgive them for the time to epme. If they would send ten of the ring- leaders of the multitude to me; and when they compiled readily with this proposal, and sent me the men forementioned, I put them On board a ahip,and sent them away to Tarichea:, and or- dered them to be k 34, And by this stratueni it wU that Igradu- "'I goj »" *"* senate of Tiberias into my power, and suiit them (o (ha.ci(y forementioned, wi(h ■"■■■y of (he principal men among (he populace; and (hose no( fewer in number than the other. But when the multitude saw into wliat great miserKs they hnd brought theniaelves, they de- sired me to punish the author of this sedition; his name was Clititt, a young man, bold and rash / in his undertakings. Now, since I thought it ndt agreeable to piety (o put one of my own ntouic to death, and yet found it necessary (o punish bim, I ordered Levi, one of my own guards, to go to hiin, and cut off one of Clitus's hands; but as he that was ordered to do this waa afraid to go out of the ship alone, among so great a multi- tude, I was not williug that the timorousncss of the soldier should apiwnr to the people of Tibe- rias. So I called to Clitus himself, and said to bim," Since thou deserves! to lose both thin^' handa; for thy ingratitude to me, be thou thine own execbtioaer. lest, if thoa refusest so to be, thouuadergo a worse punishment." And, when he earnestly begged of me to spare him o|le of his hands, it was with difficulty that I granted it. So ill order to prevent the loss of bothTiis hands, •.he_wilhijgly took his sword, and cut off his own *r w ' "I *'■'• P"' "" *"•' '" »^« •edition. . m • 2" "" ■"*" of''"'''*"". »ft«r I was gone to Taruhea, perceived what stratagem I had used against, them, hqd they admired how I had put an end to their foolish sedition, without shedding of blood. But now,, when i had sent for some o? those multitudes of the people of Tiberias out of prison, among ivhom were Justus and. his father Piatus, I made them to sup with me, and during our supper time I said to them, that I knew the power of the Romans was «uperioj> to all others, but did not say so rpublicly J because of »• robbers. So I advised tliem to do as I did^ and to wait for a proper opportunity, end not lobe uneasy at my being their commander; for that they could not expect to have another wbo would use the like moderation (hat I had done. . ""A"' •'"••"• '" lO'od how the Galileans had cut off bis brother's hands, before ever 1 came tO'JeruSalem, upon on. accusation laid against him, as if he had been a rogue, and had fcrged aome letters; as also how the people^of Ganiila, 'a' ".^''T '•**J^ 'W'ed against (he Babylonians, after the departure of Ppilip, slew Chares, who was a kmsinan of Philip, and withal how they' had wisely punished Jesua, his brother Justus's •ister s husband [with death.] When I had said injr ordered Justus, and all the rest that Were in •"^"•d^"^ ]•»*"•?.""' »' •'. Wd "ent away, 36, But before this It happened that Philip, the yon of Jacimna, went put of the eitsidel of Uama- fanpon the following occasion: when Philip liad Hil^'ili?'""^ fortlflestlonson MountTalHKjhay be neaeslill remainine. and wliteh i^ere seen H^Vhv «r-M«»ndrel E|ee l>lsTravehi,pT iS. ' ' l^J:t".i?:ii'i.i' :v ' y "y. ,*"y *^ «"« <» »«n. » h. a k , (h. rab b bS liito M;a.-i» j°i{,"iS.S;.'S5 1 My.rJ4;' 11 been infumird that Varus was put out of his go* vernnwn( by king Agrippa, ami tlial Modius Kquiculus, a maA that was of old his friend and toiii|woirtn. was come (o succtf^d bim, he wrote to hiiu, and n lii««d what turns of fortune he had had, and desired him to forward the letters he sent to the king and oueen. Now when Modius bad received these lett.rs. he was exceeding glad, and scnt'lhe letters to the king and queen, who were then about Berylnr, But when king ^P^PI* ''"*'» '•'"' 'ho story about Philip was false, (for It hail been given out, ll^t the Jews had begun a war with (he Romaut, and that this pihpliad been their commander in |hat war,) he sent some horsemen to conduct Philip to him and, when he was come, he saluted him vea obligingly, and shuwed him to (he Roiilan cum menders, and told (hem (hat tliis was the man of whom the re|iort had gone about as if'he hud re. volted from the Romans. He also bid him take somi horsemen with him, and to go quickly lu ii*i5''*f'*' °^ *•"'"»'». eud to bring out theure all his donicsticn, and lo restore the Babylonians (0 BaUne^agnf^n. He also gave it him in charge to take aU. possible. care (hat none of his subjects should bfguilty of making any innovation. Ac- cordingly, upan these directions from the king> he made baste (o do wha( h« was coiiimahded. 37. Now (here was on^ Joseph, the son of a female pliysician, who excited a grea( many yonngnien to join wi(h him. He also insolently addressed himself (o (he principal |>enons at Uamala, aiid prsuaded them to revolt from the king, and take up arms, and gave them hopes that they should, by his means, recover their liberty. And some they forced into the service, and those that would not acquiesce in what they had resolved on, they slew. They also slew Chares, and with him Jesijs, one of his kinsmen, and a brother of Justus of Tiberias, as we have already said. Thou of Gamala also Wrote to me, desiring me to send them an armed force, ,and workmen to raise up the wall of their city; iior did 1 reject either of their requests. The .region of Gaulonitis did also revolt from the king, as far as the vilUgc Solyiiia. I also built a wall about Seleucla and Soganni, which are villages naturally of very great strength. Moriiover, I in like manner walled severaF villages of Upper Galilee, though they were very rocky of tli>;iii. selves. Thcjr names arc Janinia, and Meroth, and Aehabare. I also fortiiicd, in the Lower Galilee, the cities of Tarichew, Tiberias, Sep- phoris, and the villages, the cave of Arbela, Bcr- sobe, Selamiii, JotupaU, Caphareccho, and Sigo and Japha, and Mount Tabor.* I iXu> laid up a great quantity of corn in these places, and arms withal, that miglit be for their security afterward. 38. But the liatred that Johh» the su.. of Levi, bore to me, grew now more violent, while he could not bear iuy prosperity with patience. So he proposed to himself, by all means possible, to make away with me, ahd built the Walls of Gis- chala. which waa the place of his nativity. He then sent his brother Simon, and Jonathan the son of Siseona, and about a hundred armed men, to Jerusalem, to Simon the son of Gamaliel,! in order to persuade bim to induce the commonalty of Jerusalem to take from nie the government over the Galileans, and to give their suffrages for conferring that authority ujion him. This Simon, was of the city Jerusalem, and of a very noble family, of the sect of the Pharisees, which are supposed to excel others in (he accura(e know* ledge of (he laws of (heir coiindy. He was a man of great wisdom and reason, and capable of restoring public afliiirs by hi* prudence, when In Porta Mosls. ns is olaprved in the Lfttln notes. Ha night he also lUt Oamaliel II. wlioiie (randfatber waa Qamallel I, who iamentioned Acts v.:i4, and »i whoaa feet Bt. P a ul uti tr—gU u p , . tct s x si t 1 . Baa flM ■ ,«? Vi THE LIFE OF FLAVIU8 JOSEPHUS. J' II' .11 Ei; .i- ihtj were in an ill poitur*. He wm lUo lin old /rieml aDilcompiinionor John; hut at that tiiiif h« had a didcrrnce trith mc. Whrn (hrredire ha had rerciviul luch an exhortation, htt (mt- lOaded th« high primta, Ananui, and Jc«u* the ■on of Oainala, and (oini! other* of the uine »t- ditioui facllaii, to irt me down, now I wai crow- ing 10 en'at, and nut to overlook mo while I wn^ ofgranniiin;; iiiyacir to the height of fclpryi ""d he Mid, that it would be fur the advuituge of the Galileana, if I were deprifed of mvAfovernnient there. Ananui a|«o, and hii friend^<^«)red them (0 make np delay abjut the ma)Mr, lent I thould get the knowledge of what wM doin^ too »oon, and thould cuiiie and make^an asHuidt U|mn the city with a great army. Thit wan the rounsel of Simon; but Ananui the high ptiett demon- itratcd to them, that tbi> waa not an cany tiling to be done, because many of the hi^rh prieitu, and of the ruler* of tlie peoule, boro wllneas that I had acted like an excellent general, and that it wo* the work of ill hien to accuae one against whom they b^d nothing to aay. 39. VVhcn Simon helird Aimnu* >ay this, he ' ' deatred that the messenger* would conceal tlie thiar, and not let it come among nianyffor that he would take care to hairf: J osephus removed out of Galilee very quickly. So he called for John'* brother, [smion,] and charged him, that they ahould lend presc.iii to Ananui and his friends; for, ai he laid; they niight probably by that mean* persuuHe them to change their niindi. And indeed Simon did at length thui compass what he aimed at, for Ananui, and those with bim, bcfiw corrupted by bribei, agreed to expel me put ofUalilee, without niakinc the rest of the citfxeni acijuainted with what they were doing. AAcOfdingly they reiolred to lend men afdis- tinctipa ai to the ir familiei, and of distinction aa to. their learning also. Two of thcie were of the populace, Jonathan* and Ananiai,by sect Fburi- leei; while the third, Jozar, was of the stock of the priests, and a Pharisee also ; ami Simon, the 1^^ of them, wa* of tlie ^ounjrest of the high prieiti. These had it given. tbein in charge, that, when they were come to the multitude of the Galileani, they ahould ask them what was the reason of their love to nie'l and if they said, that it wai berauie I was bom at J crusalem, that they ihould reply, that they four were all born at the laniie place ; and if they ihoidd lay , it wa* be- came I wai well versed in their law, they should reply, that neither were they uaecquainteil with the practice* of their country, but if, besides theie, they ihould lay, they loved iiie because I wni a priMI, they ihoiild reply, that two of these ' were prieits also. 40. Mow, wheii they had given Jonathan and hii companioni these instriictions, they gave~ them forty thouiand' [drachnige] out of the public ihbne^: but when they heard- that there was a ^rtain Galilean that then lojoumed at Jeruaa- liem, whole nifnie wai Jeius, wlio had about hini tiband of lix hundred armed men, they sent for him, and gave him three monthi' pay, and gavie him ordera to fuUow Jonathan and bii com|nn- ioni, and be obedient to them. They al8 ^ve noney to three bun^fred men that were citizens .of Jernialeni, to maintain tUeni all, and^ordercd them alio to follow the ambassadors; and when thejhad complied, and were gotten ready Tor the march, Jooatnan and hia companioni went out with them, having along with them John'* bro- ther, and a hundred armed men. The charge that wai given them by those th^t lent them was thii, that if I would voluntarily lay down my — '-, they ihoqlit send roe aljveto the city Je- but that in case I opposed them, they . *Tbla Jonathan la aim taken notice of in the Latin IMNea, aa the Mme that la mentioned by the rabbin* in roif Moali. ^ tTlib I take to be the flnt of Joiephai'a icmarkaUe ) l» In tht War, B. iii.'eh. vlii. aee. 3, A, should hill me. and fear nothing: for that it wa« their Ronriiinnd fur them lo tu do. They aiip wrote tu John to make idl ready for tightiiiij' me. ami gave f>rtlrr* to the Inhabitiyil* of .Seppnori*', and Gabara, and Tiberiu*, to Mud auxili^rfe* to John. 41. Now, ai mv father wrote me an account of this, (for Jeans, tlie son of Gaiiiala, who was pre-* lent 111 that couneil, a friend and companion of mine, told him of it,) I wai very murh troubled, ai discovering thereby, that my fellow-citlzeni provei^ so ungrateful to me, ai, out of envy, l« give order that I ihould be ilain ; my /ather ear- nestly pressed ni« also in hi* letter to come to him, for tlint he longed lo lee his son before he died. I liifiinned my friends «f these things, am' ' that in thrte day*' tiioe I should leave the foui^i . try, and go home. l>\ion hearing this they were all very sorry, and desired me, with tears in their eyes, not to leave ttiefii to be deitroyed; for lo Imy thought they ihould be, if I were deprivud of the command over them: but as I did not grant their re<]uest, but wai taking care of my own utilt'ty, the Galileans, out of tTiclr dread of the contie(|iioiice* of my departure, that they . should then be at the mercy of the robbers, sent iiiesieng'r* over all (ialltee to iii4t>rni them of my resolution to leave them. Whereupon, ai loon ai they heard it, they |^ol together in great numbers, I'rbin all pnrl*. With their wivea and ch|li|ren; nnd this tiiey did, as it appeared tome, not innre out of their affection to uie, than out of their fear on their own account; for while | staid with tlieni, they supposed that they should luffer no harm.. So they all came into the great plain, wherein I lived, the name of which- wa* Aiochii. 42.' But wonderfiir it wti what q dream I law that very night; for when I hud betaken myself to my bed, as grieved and disturbed at the news', that had been written to ine, it scinied to me, that a certain person stood by nie,t and said, " O Josephus! Icavu olf to Ftnict thy soul, and put aviuy all frar; for what now grieves thee will render thee very consliienible, and hi all reapecia most happy; for thou shall get over not only these diflinuHies, but many others, with great iiiccess. However, be not cast down, but re- member that thou urt.Ui fight with the Koinans." When I had seen this drenni, I |;ot up with an intention of goin|^ down to the plain. Now when the whole multitude of the Galileans, among whom were the tVomen and children, saw me. they threw themselves down upon their faces, and, with tear* in their ^yei, be*ou|^ht nic not to leave them exposed to their eneiiiies, Hht tu go away and permit their country to be injured hy them, liut when I did not comply witii their en- treaties, they compelled ine to take an oath, that I would stay with them: they also cast ahun- dance of reproaches upt>n the people of Jerusa- lem, that. they would not lit their country enjoy peace. 43. When I heard this, and si'w what sorrow the people were in, I wa» moved with conipa*- liun to them, and thought it became me to un- dergo the nuLst nianifcsl hazards for the sake of . so great a multitude; ,*o I let them know I wo ild. stay with them. And When I had given ativt that five thouaand of them should come to me armed, and with provision! for their niainten- ance, I stint the rest away to their own hornet; . and when thoie live thoiisand were borne, I took them, together with three thousand of the lol- diers that were with mc before, and eighty hoiae- hien, and marched to the village of Chabolo, •ituated in the confines of Pt<.lemaii, and there kept my force* together, pretending to get ready or divine dream*, which were prcilletive of the moat tiling tbnt afterwnrdi eafiie to pnis; of wJileh aee more intli rnnl e n n f Vn!i i | P i ll rh vli i »rr 8 Th en tWf ,S'^ t- >- \- :1t Kg: for iKiit it WM lu f thtic thingn. aii|i ' lid leave the fonn 'iii|; thi> they wer« , with tears in their ■ clc»troyed; for to if I were denrivud hut a« I did not takinr rare of my t of iTicIv dread of nrturr, that they . f the robbers, aent 10 iii&>rm them of Whereupon, M t together in great h their wivct and I it appeared tome, >n to uie, than oiit :count; for while I d that they ihould anie into the great mie uf which- wt« hat q dream I taw iid betaken mynelf turbvd at (he newt', it KCinied to me, nie.t and aairl, ■• O thy soul, and put grievea thee will and hi all reaped* get over not only >ther«, with great att down, but re- with the Komani." II, I ^ot up with an ! plain, ^^ow when (Inlileans, among children, taw me, upon their faces, 9esou|^ht nic not to rneiiiies, Ufif to go ry tu be injured by nply with their en- take an oath, that :y also cast abun- people of Jerusa- heir country enjoy d »pw what sorrow ovcd with conipat- became me to u»- rils for the sake of . them know I wo ild. I had giren mdtt liould come to m* for their niainten- I their own honict; . were borne, I took busand of the lol- , and eighty hoiw- llagc 0? Chabolo, t>leiuais, aud there tiding to get ready nlliMive of the moat n; of which aee man l i .ic c . a , Th « i » thw '.A #■ lolghtwilh Placichiii. who was com* with two cohorts of footmen,, and one troop- of homeiHcn, and was sent thither by Ct.liut Uullun, to bul'n those vitiates of IJalifee that were mar Ptole- m^is. Upon whose casting up a bauk before the city Ptoleiuait, 1 also pitched my I'.amp at about the distance of sixty furlongs fiuui that village. And now we frequently brought out our forces at if we would light, but proc.edod no farther than tkirtuishes at a diataiico; f^/r when riacidut perceived th*t 1 was earnest tt/$iofue to a battle, he was afraid and avoided it. Yet he did hot reuiovo from the neighliourhood of I'lolemais. •U. About this time ll was that Jonathan and his lellow-lrgatea came. 'I'hey were sent, at we have said filready, by .Simon, and Anuuus, the high priest. And Jonathan • contrived how he THE LIFE OP FLAVIUS JOS^'HUS. 18 might catch mu by tf«ai:hery i for he durst not malie any Btlf'ni|it upon me orienly. Sohewrote iMe the lollowiiig rpislle: "Jonathan, and those that are witii him, and ar« sent by the pt-ople of Jerusalem, tu Joscphua, send greeting. We arc • tent hy-tliu principal men of Jerusalem, who havd heard that John of Cisrhala hath laid many antti-es for thee, to rebuke him, and to exhort him to be subject to tliee hereafter. We are also desirous to consult with thee about our rpmnion concerns, and what is lit tu be dune. We there- fore desirf. thee to coilic to us qliicHy, and to br iig only a (ew men with thee, for this village will not contain a great number of soUiers "— Thus It was Uial th.y wrote, us expfirting one of these two things, cither that I should come with- out nriiied luon, and then they should have me wholly in their power; or, if 1 came tyith a great number, they should judp; me to be a public ejiemy. Now it whs a horseman who brought Ihclrttrr, a nian at other times bold, apd one that bad aerVed Jn the army, under the king. It was the accoiid hour of the night that he came, when I was feaslinff with luy friends, and the principal of the Oalileana. Tbia man, upon n.v tervant a telling me, that a certain horseman of the Jewish nation was come, was CalKil in at my command, but did not so much as salute me «atall,huthildouta letter, and said, '•This letter la aent thee by tliose that areicome from Jerusa- lem. Do thou writ.! an answer to it quickir, for I. am obliged to return to them vfery soon." Now my ° BW"'*?"uld not but wonder at the bol.iness oT the aoldier. But 1 desired Kiili to sit down and (up with us; but wl«n he refused so to do, I held the letter in my hands as | received it, and fella talk- ing with my guests about other matters. ' But a few tours afterward I got up. and,, when I had dismissed the rest to go to their bids, I bid only four 01 my lutimate frienda to stay, H.ul ordered mv servant to g.:t some wine ready. 1 also open- ed the letter so tlint nobody could p.rcefve if and, undcrstaiidingtheieby preiontly the puniorl of the writmg, 1 sealed it ur again, ami appeared as If I had not yet read it, Lut only held it in my ftan lb nt commander. With these ehiiiiois Joniiiln,,, :,ih1 his pnrtncre were greatly provoked, ultliuii- h they durst not show their anger openly: «c, thj^v made them no. answer,, but w. nt to other lilla". ges.^ But still the same clamors iiiettluiii lioirt all the people, who aaid, "Aobody should lar- suade them to have any i>lher cuiiimandiir be- sides Josephus.? So J^jnaihan end his puitncrs went away from them witHoiit success; 5iiJ ranie to Senphoris, the greatest city o{ all fialilee. JVow tlio nien ol tha^city who im lined to the Ko- maps m their sentiments, met tiie/n indeeic people of that place nrtde li cljimor against (htm as those of Japha had doije. Whereupon they were able (o tontain theiiisrives no longer but ordtred the armed men.tliaj' were with thiin to b.ut thotc that -made the cfanjor ivith Iheii clubs. And when they came .4^ Gabara, John met them with three thoiisaiid/^r^t.d men; but as I understood by their letl.r, that they had re-' solved to fight against uj>> I arose from Chabo- lo^ with three thousand finned men also, but left 111 my camp one of my fast.st friends, and came to Jo(npa(a, as desirous to be near them, the dis- tance being no iiir)rc t)ia;i forty furlongs. Whence I wrote (lius to th*iu: " if you are very desirous that I should come to you, you know there are two hundred and forty'cities and vtllagca in Ga- lilee, I will collie to any of them srtiich you ['lease, cxceptijip Oabar.i and Gisohala; the one of which is John's native, city, and the other lu confederacy and fiiend.ihip with him." 46. When Jonathan and his pawners had re. ceived this letter, they wrote' me no.more answers, but calleda council of their friends together, and taking John in(o their consultation tiiev took counsel together by what means thev might at- tack me. John's opinion wa.s, that ihey-shouM • \ a r gcomr^nheid/hn. II y ''•'■" '' ' >" '! ""• ' '" '» " " """"i'" ond village^ that we r e n WIS eapeciallj, because I can now reajgn the t^ro pe«ons in every one of them that WM at i f-\ li i di — _. •i 14 TflE LIFE OF FI ' TarUncf with mfi«iSta(l -tfail thcjr (hould Im iDvil- ril In roiiMi to o'pnoM me im «n fnrni)'. I{l« would alio ht«« inain irnd thit rvioliilioii of tliBiri tn the city o( Jcrutalrni, that ilf ciliiciii, U)>oa tlia kiwwIrdKa of my bcin^ adjud^rd t(i br itii «ni^iiipr by (h« (iald^uiia, iiiigbt tli«niiy them, who con- ing to nie for my » compnniont heard r oivn livlea, and in vaulted by the Ga- ley contrived how tiiey nrrc not ablo itny, they looked dit to theni. 1 oi^ to rc'ttraiir entire- ed the molt faithful nvcnuea, to bo n unexpectedly fall e (inlil> una to takie Id be disturbed at ussuult thould be in the lirit place, I 1 in mind of their t manner they had Ihcy were tent by ople of Jeruaalem, ail with John, and ome to them; and huwed that letter lid not nt all deny r itaeir convicting than, and you that igues, if I were to r, compared witti ght no more than men nnd true, it h )n the examination I, to dinchaive the u may be infurnied iffairg of Cinlilec, I ;o be brought by a htto do; to I give Inquire of them) er I' have not be- ', and after a vir- Lnd I further con- lap exnrlly ni in th« rnl Conatilutlont, B; It Revived, p. 97, 08 r of tlieGalileantby' gave him of ihteg- nor, it very like that y( the prophet Bam- j«ea yo«, O CtUleant, to hide no part of the inilli. but to apeak before thtte men *• liel'ore judicea. whrthr.r i have in any thing ucli d other- wiw than well." Ml While I was itiiia apeakin|ri Che united | voiovt of ull the people juirttd loivflliiT, and CMlled niu their beni factor and tHviniir, and at- tinted to my fiiriiier bi'Imvliiiir, and rklioileil nie toriintinue an (o do hereafter; and they ujl liiiil, upon thi ir uiitha, Ihitt their ivlvra had lirrn pro- aerved free frum iniuriea, and that no one niid ever been titifrii'ved by me. After Ihia, 1 reiid (11 the llulileuiit two of 'tlioait epi«tlei nhieh had iiei n n!Ut by Joniitliiin and hln colleu|;iie<, and whieh thoae whciiii Ihiid apiminlial In liiiuni the road hiul taken, nnd aeiit In in*. '»(i|.«i. were full of repriMieheaiind III liesaaif I had jictid mure like M lyranl thiiii a mivernur ii;(nin«t tlleiii, »v)lli iiinny other tliiiifn bitidea therein eoijtiiiiied, nhieli were no belter indeed llinnimpudif tite Kuiinit I had aet, leat tlfey abould U^ iilruid, nnd It.avi! oil' writi'ng hereiifM'r. Al. When the laultiiude heard tlieae tliiiio-*, they wom urenlly provAked at Joii.ithun, oiid Fiia colli OKiiea that wire Utth him, mur were .'iiinir to attack them ami till them; mid this they nad certainly done, uLleai I had reslrliiiii d the anger of the Uulili-aoa, and auid, 'lhut''l lor- Ifi I wot dona, by Joae- ^ UngL. , „ *-«..., .M,B, «4,,, nuiti, t|iui--i lur 7^ C Rave Jonathan and hi% cdlleagiiiw what wna patt if they would rejient, and go to theirjiwn coun- try, and till thoae »vho aunt them the triUb, as tii my conduct." Win n riind anid lhi<, Ilet lliem RO, although ^I kiii-w tli.y would do liolhiiij; of what they hiid promised. Hut the multitude were wry mtirli inniged ORoinst them, and eii- trcnted me to (;ive them leave Io punish tliem for tlieir lUNoltnce; yet did 1 trv all methods to iier- auodc them tu eparc the men;- for I knew tliiil every iiisldiiie of "edition wna pernicioiia to the public ivellare. Hut Ihe multitude were Km. im- gry with them to be diiiaUaded, and ull ol tliem ' _ »»eiit immediately to the home in which . lono- than and his colleagues aljode. Hmvevi r, when 1 perceived that their ra^'e could not 'be re- alrniiied, 1 got on homobaek, and crdepul the multitude to fi.llow iiiii to the village ■Si>pane, which wa» twenty furldfiga oir (iabaia; iind.bv using thia alr.ilngem, I so managed myself, as not to appear to be-'in a civil war luiioiig them. 52. But when I wot come. n«ir t^ogaiie, I caused •> t-a'ilet, and to onler Jonathan and his colleuguea to depart out of it." When I had suggested these instruction* to them, and while hey were getting themaelvet ready na fast as - they could I sent them on this errand the third day after they had been astenibledi I also sent five hundred armed liien with them fiis a guard.l I then^ wrote to my friendt in Samiiria, to take _I care that _they might safely pats through the country ; for Sianiaria waa already under the Ko- j niaM,and it was absolutely necessary for those _ that go quickly [to' Jerusalem] to piss through £^^!:^y.:y.!'.';'':f'''^P^?y"' '"'lie city Tiberla.it t elftthoUfh B ii eh I 'ro se ■ * ■ - ■ — -^ ^^m^-n^ ■l^ tynogogues were lh«t ciiuHlry ; Ch' in that road you hay, In tbrt* days' time. ^i. fmni (ialilca to Jeniawleni. I alto w'eiil niy»ell, BiiAconducted the 6hl men at far aa the biMind. Ill f.nlilee, and tet runrdt in |h« rolula, that It niiKhl uot b« eaaily known by anr one that tlie^. men were gone. And when I had thuadone, I webt and abode at Japha. i- a^; '*'.•""' •'""'"•'"n amLhit colleagiiet tiavinr failed of acroiiiplMbing what they would have done againat mi, they tent John back to tiiicha- la, but went thenitelvea to Ihe eiiy Tiberiaa e* peeling ilwiiuM aiijimit il«elfl.>tliemi and thia WH« founded nii u letter which Jeaii*. ihxir then governor, liiid uiillen thiin, promising, that if they ciinie, the inultiliide would re. i iwe them, and rhec1fKliiin. Itut Si- liia, who, aa I a lid, had been left eilnitor of Tib*, run by me, inloniied iu« of llijs, and de.ired iim tu iiiake huate tliilher. Accordingly I complied with Ilia advice immediately, and came thither, but found myself iu danger of my life, from tbs following occasion ; Jonathan and his ijolleaguef had been at 'I'Iberilis, and had pei«iiaded a gnat iifany ol such as had n ipiarr«| with me to iCaert ine; but when they heanl MP my coming they were in friir for tlieniaelvea, and came Io me, and When they hud aaluted me, they anid that I wat u happy man in having behaved niyself to well in the government of tialilee; and ihey congra- tulated nie upon Ihe hoiiort that were |>aid me: for they taid.tlmt my glory wat n credit to them, ainre they had been iiiy tiacherannd fehow-citi- lent; and they taid farther, that it waa but juU that they thould prefer my frteiidahip to them rather than John'a, and that tliey would have immediati Jy gone home, but that they ataid that they might deliver up John into my power; and when they auid this they took their oaths of it, and those such as «r»- most tremendous aniongtt 11", and tuch at I did not tliink fit to disbelieve. However, they desired me to Iqdge toniewhera else; because the next day was the Sabbath, and that It was not /it the city of Tiberiui should be disturbed Pon that day.] .M. So I susju'cted nothing, anil went away to 1 nriclii (r ; yet did I withal leave some to make in- quirv 111 the city how niatters went, and whetfaei tuiy thing was snid iibout me; I also set many per- sons all the way tliat led from Tartchea- to'fibe- n.is, that they might communicate from one Io another, il they teamed any news from thote Ihutwere left In the city. On the next day, there- lore, tliey nil caiiJe into the Frosencha;* it waa a large edilice, and capable of receiving a great niimbirol people; thither Jonathan went in; and fhoiigh he durst not o|ienly s|)eak of a revolt, yet iliil lie say that their citv atooii in. need of a better povi inor than it then had. lint Jetus, who wat Ihe rnli.r,iii«d» no temple to tpeik out, and taid openly. "Ofellotv-eitixens! it is belter for you to lie in aubjeetion to four than to one; ond thote such as are of high birth,nnd not without reputa- tion for their wiadouii" ami pointed to Jonathan and lus. colleagues. Upon his saying this, Juttua come in nnd commended him for whot he had anid, and nersuadeik^ojiie of th« people to be of his mind also. "But the midlitiide Were not plea- sed with what wat aoid, and had certainly gone into a tumuli, unless the tixth hour which was now come had diasolved the aaaembly, at which hour our law requires ua to go to dinner on Sab- Uath-days; to Jonathan and his colleaguet put off their council till the next day, and went off without tuccAt. When I wat informed of theie affairt, I determined to go to the city of Tiberias in the morning. Accordingly, on tfie next day, about the firtt hour of the d«y> 1 came from Tari- our remark, thut Ihe Jowt " ■#f- wiuiin'x^^'^f .iei^ir-u ! S£^:^s,;^^^!;^i^^«i^•^»'^'^^ B2 10 TliK LIFE Of KI.AVIt'H JOHKPIII'S. ' ■J I ?! !■ ii •'hra, ^iiil foutiil thIUb (ufithir, lhi»« (hat wi:r« iHitiiiliUi^ iliii not kitow.. llutMihiiiiJun«tliiiiiiiinllii<('ull •aw iiir ihcrii un«»|>*i'liuirri tbry kith in iliaor- (l*r; HCU'r wliii li thkjr rM|i<'il ■ ri'|i'ur( iif ihvit unii t'uny(U to rriiiiivv imi nut nt'tlin cily, uiiiltr (lie pn^Riier til' lli« »ni.it ul fklruiM-f ■Jliwry nMi>liiii('t', wllilv lliiy iiii|(lit ili>||»^r tlu' citr to liti my inuiiiv. - "■ 95. Ai till' iiiyiii'|l,iiltlinii;li I kiiiw of llii'ir ilf- tign, vi'ii(ifiaiil, li>{ lli« pcoplii of Tibiriim uliiiulil liii\i: onHniiiii tu'iiii|i|>ii>r, tiial i nat iiut niiiliilurtlu iriiirurlly. I thiTclun! HI III out; but nhcti 1 whh iiI the plui')', I fuuiiil nut lh« km{- mice, for thai tlierv vmt un urniy ol' Koniuna, tiulli horaciilcn and riiutnicn, whu would ciiinc mid luy wuale ll|e country un the thini duy; tiny diairid ibt'Ui uIko tu iniike haatt', und nut tii ovirliiok them. VV'linn tiia people of Tiberiua hiurd tliia, they lbou|;ht thry apake truth, und nnide ii clamour ui^uinit me,' und aaid, I uu);hl not to ail atill, but to go iiwuy lo the iirhiatuiKc uf iht ir countrymen. Ilurenpon I tuid, (fur 1 undertliiod the incanlii); uf Jonulhaii mid hia collcii<;u('«,) that I waa reudr to comply tvilh niml tlier piii> |>oaed, und tvitliuiit delay to inurch lo lin' fV' ciiiiiply uilh it. At lur myaell', un Ihu ncil day, I orden d lvt» of the guarda ol my boily, whom I lalrmied llin uioat t.Our«Keoit(i and iiiual liiilhful, to liiilr diiKifi ra under lh»lr aurmenta, niid to |(o uliiUKMilh iiie.iliiitMemlKbl liiii lid oiinelviii, 11 niiy ullai k ahiiulil Im mad* upon ua by uur I'lieniif a. 1 uUu invaill Imik m^ brrnat-plute, und |(lr liiiiiai It, iinil anlleit d none but hia frii nda to fiti in. Anil while we were an- KM'|;eil ill the liuluii uf the ilu} , uiid lind belakru iiiirailvea to our pruyri'a, Jel biCunrti of the vnijeU liinl iviie luk< n uiii ol llie kiii»Hiiin they now werr.1 1'hia heauiil, in uriier to drive uuny time till JohH/ ahonhl conii'. I auill fliat Ciipi Una, und ll)e ten piiiicliitil mm ol 'I'ilieriaa, liiid ihem idl ; und I told him that he uii^ht luk tlieui whellier 1 luld alieiij.not. Andvvlii n the) aaid iliey hu.l tliolil wliivli llii'ii ilidat receive upon the vule ol a ci rtuiu Hi i);lij^ uf uncuii|ed nioneV '/ I replied, that 1 had |>ivi^n tin ni lo lliuae.unlbaaaa-' dura of llieiis aa u niaintenifiice fur them, when Ihey were ai nl l in, lipiln their openly ahowiiiir their uniuat ill-will to ilie. When Jeaua saw Ihia elinii};!' ni the |a'o|i|i', he ordered them lu ile{:arl, biit dcaired the xi ii.iie to atav ; fur lliul they roll Id Ofit lAiiuiiiie lliiiH;i uf^aiicli uyiatuie inulumiill; und, aa the peOple vtere crytllf; out that Ihey vvniild hot have liie iiloiie, therli cume one iinil'told Jesus and hia frieniia priv^itily, that John und hia armed men were ul tiaiitf; wliere- upuii JuiiathuM und bja rul|eH);ni-a, hi |n|!; ulde to contain ihemaelvea nu lunger, (und perliapa the |iMvideiice uf Hod hereby jirocurin}; my deli^ verniice; fu;-, huel not Ihia lieen so, I hud cer- tainly, been deatroyi-d by John,') sail, " O yj>u ' people of Tiheriua; lenvi< o|f this impiiry iiiidut the iivcnty pieces of (("I''! for .Foaephua hath not derierved to die for. ihi m. but he hath deserved it by lijadcaire of tyi'anni/.iii|;, aiid bj cheating the multituili: of the (lalileans with hiaajH'tchea, in 'i^^. %. order to i^ain the doniiniini over Iheni;" When he had said this, tbey (jreaeolly laid handa upon inc, and endeavored lu kill me; bu|, us soon ua those that Were with me saw what they did, they, ilreW tlieil* aworda, and lhriiilen«u <'( i»j UMitl t.AuriiKroMli Kit< ra uiujf r lliiilr I iiif.itiiiltvciiilKbl k ahniilil III) iiiai|« III imai'ir liiiik 111^ y •wiiril, •<> tlmt It ilc, £uiiciulfil,uiul rulrr, riiiiiHiiiiKli'il mt ciiiiii' tvitli III)', iiimI kiHli'it il tioiii* ytlitlr MiHfiri' nil- , mill linil Ixlukrii M %ui up, 1111(1 ill* >im< 111' lliii VHijrU lit pulmr, nliin it t uiicuiiitil ail'. ir; now wire.1 Thin my tiniii till JoliH/ |ii'lluii, mill tl\i^ li'M il llii'iii nil; Hiiil I ii'Ui wlu^Uitr 1 tulil liil iliiy liir.l (Ik 111, I- iif lliosi! tivdily it ri'Ci'iu: upun till' cuiiM-d luoiirV t I I Id lIlDtilMllllUHIislI*' L'r fur tlu'iit, win ii ii.iiilriii. >9u Juiili- liiit I liiiil Itiit dune nut u( I 111: puliKc llituili^ wrii: v roruring niy.ili'lt^ riii 80, I hnil ctr- III,') sail, " O ypu '' thin impiiry iilidut .FoM'pliuH liaUi uot II' liatli (Irsrrrcil it III! Iiv clit'atini; the til hi«>pri clirn, ill ,'( r thrill;" Wlion y laid liaiiiU upon III';. I)ut, as soon as iliat tlicy did, thryi n«yii8 niarcliiii); with ifraid of hiui, and a iiarrow pumage^ lip, and embarked" hia.>. So, beyond 1 danger. Wnere- 17 tl^en I piMi'iilly icnl fur tk* i!hi«r of th* 0»I1- | in thn un»t plain, Ihcy ■ImiiiI iiiidniKliI Irll ■ Itant, and lohl llirin allM what iiiunntr, »f»iiM iii.imK iTil kuuiiU I had ict, who li..lh niMiiuamlril all iHilh |iv»ii, I hail Ivrn virv iii'»r to dvttrui'- I thiiii to lav aaula (hrir WaaiHini, iiiid ktpl Ihiiii lion Iroin Jiinalhiiii and hit riiltra|(uri, and Ihi' in lioiiilt upon llm place, a* I hitii iharKril Ihtiii uaiipU III 'ribiriat. IJ|ion whl«li Ihv inultlludaol' loilu. 'I'lui nxwa waa wrjiirn In in* by l,ai«r. tin (iallli»n< wehi *iiry annty, anil,,rntiiufan»d I who had the i Miiniand 01 «hal ■;imrd inniniilliid nil' t.i diliiy no lilnijcr in iiiaki- nar u|ion lh»ii<, to hiiii by nii'. f lrrru|^in I Mid iiiiliiiii^ i>t it lor Iml til inrimt tluni to go aun|n>t Jidiu, and iit • iii'ly til diilniv hiui, na wi'lVua Jnitathaii and hia ci)ll*aKur>. Iliiivi'ti r, I ri'airalnc.d tlifin, lliojiKh lliey w»r ahuuld t(« inliirmml what 'irilm tlioaii uhihaadnlora Unit wcrx af nt by Ihriii t'l till' city iil'Jiriiaiiliin,>hon|il briiiK tiiaiiri'; for I told Ihini that il waa lirtt lor tin in U\ ml ac- lunllng lu thiilr iltli nninulion; nhirriipuu thi'jc Iwiidaya; and, pritindiiiK in know iiothiii|( aliuul il. I Milt a niia>iix« IoiIh piiipUof Tibcriat, ami ailviu'd Ih^nilo lay Ihdir iiiiiia atido, and lu ilit- iuIm Ihi'ir Bi II, that they HiiKht (to hufur. ^u<^ •MpiKiaiiiK thlit Jonathan, ami liniai' ihakjl^rn'' Willi him, wirr already arrivvd A JeruMtttnii tliry iimdi> rrproarhlul an>w«IV tiTiiii ; yal h||ii 1 not Irrririid Ihiridiy, liiil'Aiiilriviil another •tralaKriii af^ainat lh»ni; fur (did nut think ^- wiri' priuiili'il On. At' which limti alaO, Joliii, | aKrceiible with piety to kiiidlv llu' iin- i.l' ■»»'V«^«. " "" ' ■ ' ■■ ' '" " ' " " ""'' * ' aKalnut the Kitiicna. At 1 waa (jrairuua to iliin the anari'alii' hail laid did not (ak« cDm:!, riluniiil bark III (ijhilialu. •iU. iNiiw ill a few diiy n tlioti' anilina idoni if honi wii bnil ai nt, ciinii- Imck iiKidn ami inlurint'd ua, at the piopUi Willi grcally provoked at Aiiiii> and Miiiiiii tlii' aun of iiai'nulii I, and llitir tViinilai llinl, withmit any public dFtrrniiiiatlon, lliiy had aiiit In tliililcc, and liail done thiircn- dfavora Uiat 1 iiiiKht liii tiirn<|'d out of the ku- vurnnicnl. 'I'lic ainlmaaadnm aiiid I'liillirr, lliut » Ml iyi T i l ; tl i oi i g l i ill- tknaviah policy llm piiipln Hirii niiily to burn l)icir liouart.^- , 'I'hiy uUo broiijjljt littcra, whinliv llm chi«f iiirn of Jihiaiikin, at the carni'tt pi'litloli of ffie ■ people, conririiit'd me in the Koveiiiiiunt of Cin- Iilee, and tnjoilied Jiinalhan and hia collen^Uea to letnrn hoiile ipiii kly. When I had gotten Mil -e lettira, 1 cniiic to tile villii((e Arlula, uliire ^ ' I'"''"'"'''''' "II "'••einldv of tlatialiliunalo t, •mil bid the aiiibiiasmroril declare to lh«iii the ''"(;•■«' "'' (he pi'iipir ,>(• .liruaaleii) at what had tie.nddiiebyJoiriiliiiii and hia collenitma, and- how much tfiey hnti d itii ir Wicked doinjia, and '"'"' ''"'V 'i'"' conliriiuil me in the pu\erniiie(it "' '•'c''' •'! try; hhiiIh,. «l»it ril.itid tollie or- di r they liiid ni \v^iti|l^' In' Joimtljuji and liiacol- ''■"K"e« to leliiiii hi.ii,,. So I iiniii.:dialily aint them the letter, and Iml hurt that cmrli d' it In impure, aa welt a« In; coulJ, hoW tin v iiiti nilid to act [on thiaiiccMaioii.j r' '., <>l. Aow when they liiid reorived that lt((ei', and were tin reliy pi-.nilv ili..,lurlied, tiny a, nt ; . . lor Joliii, Hinl for tile « Iiutor< of 'JilieriiH, iind' 'T the priiicipiil mi'u of tiM! t;»t»irena, und pl•l.■ I">»•'d lo hold a conned, nnil de.iind tliiiif lo c/in"- ^. ■ 'ider what waa to he done by rhem. Il.mnir, ^ "»<■ Boviriiora of Tiberial wi I'O K'eiHly dii.4:o,i (I to I"";''!' the Kovernnieut to tlienm |ye<; fur thu '^ 'uid it waa uot fit lo di;aert tlieircily imiv '[( \vii"* ' roinmittid to their trnrt and 4lint ollier\vi»« I . lihould not delay Ic full upon them; for lliiv pretended falaely that HI I litid Oil lull hill t.utu. .Vow John wad not oi,l\ of tin ic oiininn, Iml iidviaed thiiii that tuo ■if tliein should po to ac- cuse mc before llie lhllltitl.l^e, |at .('i rn-iit(iii,j j ••'«l ( do not niannst' the allaii'^ oftliiljlic u» |' ouKht to do, and thai (Ik V would easily p. rMl.illi- tie people, becHiiae of their il%nity, iilid biciin'si- the wholeniultilude are very iiiiiialile. When tllerefore it appeared that Joliii liiid sie.'L'etiti d the wiaest advice to them, they riMdved that (wo - . of theiu, Jonathan and Ananiaa, aliunid i-o to the 'i^ ''*';i''" "'•''"""''■"'>'>'"' t'lf "t'ler tc.o' 1 Simon and JoaiarJ should In, Itit behind to (iirry lit liberias. They aim look along' wilh them ii bundn'daohlieia for their cnurd. 'W- 'ivwever, the KovernoM of Tiberiiia look cSMifoTinve their eliv wrured with wntU, and 1,:=*-^ [Wninanded their inhabitanta to take their uriiia. -^-^ . |n*y alfJ "cnt lor a great many aoldiers from John to ii-.sist Hum aRuinat me, if there ahmild be occbaion for them. Mow John wan nt Gis- chala. Jonathan thi'cefon',iind(ho«e that wire with bini, when thiy were departed from Tihi I am ! i iv hijiin a;- ■ u(;t that I. Ill) aiK'riid, (beyr ahould ronie down iiiiineiirtlelv: wilile I iiiyaeir lay vvitli my aolilii^a, iij |lv,: iii^lii ofcvtry lioi'y; llereiipoii llii'jftople 01 'I'llie' riaa, nt thii»iVht i)f me, caiiii><^iiiniii;r H'll uf tlie city p('r|ii'tmdly, and abi^^me ({renlly. N'ay their Hiadiiiaa naa i ijiiie to that hi:i);ht,'llin( liny made n ilecrnt bier for iiie,iiiril »l.iiiiliiii^uh.,iit it, tiny nnnirned over me iii llie way ul j< -t and aport; and 1 conlil not but he myaeli' in u pleatniit hiinior npiin the tight of tliia niailiicpi oi tlieiii-. I'.l. And now, being lUiirnua lo cutch Simon by a wile, nnd Joarar wi;h him, I aentil ineaaaxe to them, mid deiired (lieiM tu come a little wat OIK of Ihc city, with liiiiny of their Uiinda to )(ii..i'd them; Air I tuld I Vvouhl comr ihjun to Ilirin, and make ii liiauiie with them, itnil ilitiile- llie goviTiimenl of (laliler uilh Ihiiii. Accord- iii)rly Simon wan diluded on iircoiint of hit iiii- prndence, and nut of the hopi a of (iuiii, and did not delay tn I'oinei but Joauir auapectiiiK aiinrea Were litjd for him, iiaid behind. Sonheii Siinon HMM'o|»eoiH,and hia friehda Hitli_ him lor Ilia Knurd, 1 met him, and aaluti d liiiii ivilh^reat rivdity, and profcaaed that ( w:ia oldimil lo him lor Ilia condn^' up to mc; but a tifile uhile niter- uiMil I Walkiil (duiinwiih him. ii!itlior:;li I uoulll ►ay Minii thing lo him In iiu>i|l', ioid, »hi ii I hii/l drawn him a good way iioni Ida Irii iiil>, I lotlit liiih iilioni the middle, mid giiv("trfi;i lu niv Iriendii that were Willi me, to i iirry liliii iiil. a' villigi!; nnd, coniiimndlng iny iinneii iih :i in < .on (I'lnvui I vulh them iii.iin- iin iHaaidf ii'ini. I ni uat^ .Vow MS the lij.'h( (fiiiv h. t ciii'l.i,iii .lilia, nnif tiie ►oldiir* belonging to '1 iin ilu. Here in a fair wiiy to com|nir me, (furnn uruii ,t mi n lyere alreaily lied itWiiy,) I aiiw the' pi'Mnre of niy uf- laii>; and encouragini; tliu'o lh.;t ueic with iii«, I puraind lliose of libi riii.., eiin ulicn they I'.eir idicidy conipieroiii, into llii city. I aliii •cut iinotiier band of Koldiera into tlii':city by the hi|n|i with me, imd roni- forted hini oh uccaaion of what had h'a^|i|H>nrd . nnd I proiniaiil ihat I uonlil aind him a.ife and ■■■si. -.v wen come to Knbarittus, aeenri to Ji rus^di mi, iiirl wit!ia) would give him ly 111 the u!iuo!.t paits of (ialiU*. ', provi.:,;iu u : lot Jfu, i.iy' ihltl.ir. 'Ms. THE LWt OF H.AVlim JcWKrilHH, 'A •f ;i I 18 fl4> Mill iin lh« n*«l lUy I lin>iiKli( (m Hium- ■«n', ami ■•nji'ln'd tliaiii tu It'll m* Mrhii MrrrK ln« nulliora iii Itii' rrtulls kivl wl.in Ihi-) limt liilil ni« who lh<' iiini mur*, I •rnl thani KuuikI I'i lh« iiI^ iif Jnt«|mU. liiilM.li^ JiiiiBlhiin UikI Aimnliiii, I frrmi Ihoiii fniiii flwir buiitia, anil )(*«<• IliFni |ir(i«l4ioiii (ur Ihilr Juiir- iirji, liiKi'llirr Willi Nliiiiin ■ml Jnuar, nii>r Aon - humlrtHl uniii'il iiiin who nhuultl iruHril lli«mi ■ltd •» r ifiil Iht'iii lo JrruMloni. 'Hit |iropU of i TilMriai yivi caiiifl to ma again, anil ilrairrti that I wuulil fiirgitc Ihrm lor what Ihry hml tlonr. itnil lhr)|'iiii'l tliiy wiiiilil aiiiriiil what thojr hail dumt aiiMH wilh rrgartl to mc, bv fur thi< lliiif to t'oiiii-i ami Ihry iimoiiKht iii<> to vhat th«i» I thrir liilr Illy aoiiiiiant. Thy |Milltl<'al ailiHin*>lralioii n( alTaira a^tvrwarila ilo** »ll«in aiiiiiauf whnh I ahall priHliuK iir«< arntly. I hafv rI tliul liail loal tliiiii. Ai'- 1 oonlinitly I I'njoiniil IhrtMi thiil hnil Kot them lo ' biiiiK lliriii uiriHitiirit ua: ami whi-n llii'y iliil not Coni|ily for » gtrut whllr, ami I anw onr of llix aolilirf* Ibal wrrn ahonl ma with a KurnirnI on ' that waa morn •picnilirt thui onliRary, t Mkiit j hini whrm'ti hi| hail it? anil whrn h« rc|illml, thai h« hail it nut nf the pluniji r of the rily, I I hail him piiniali>-il avIiIi atripi'ii; iiml I thrriiliHi .1 ■II Ihr hil lo iiiliirt II Kverir |iiiiii>liiui'iil n|M)ii ' thtim, unU'aa llwy proiliicctl liilort' n» whalao- i >iv*r thi'y hull plnmli'ri'il) unil whin it nrrat ninny apoila wrrr liroiiKliI lOKrllirr, I'rraloi'ril til vvi'iilhrr out of ilt-ivill ur pioil- will lu aoinr pirimit, to ri'Liti- fiilai liiMiila. 'l In ac Aien iloi like flioaii who ri>iiipii»r I'lirKiil ilirila and cunvryiini'1'1 ; ami liii'iiiiar lliiy urr nut bronchi lo Ihi- Ijlci' puniahini'nl witli tlu'in lh«y havti no rr^anl lo Iriltli. Wlun tlirriliirr Jiiiitua undertook to writn iiuout Ihrae liiota, uml nlioiil tbfl Jcwiah wni>, that he iiiif(ht appmr to havi' b«cn an iiiduatrions nlaii, Im fiil»iii«il ii| wlint he , rclaleil about iiir, niiilirooli! not ajirnk truth rvi'ii j •bout bin own rountrV' > wliiiici: it ia, Ihnt lii'ini; belied by him, I uni VniU r a nii'i'aaily lo iiiiikL' my defi'iirei^nnil im J pmll any n!i;it I'havc Con- ' caaled till now. Ami lit no om^ Wmidrr that I , have not told thr worhj Ihi'ai.- Iliiiif^a ii ^ri:!!! ivliilu ngo. KoriillhouKh it IW' iii'i'«iiaai'y tor tin hiatorlnn to write thu trntli, yt i« aurli ii oni' not boiiiiil (cvcrely to unimii'ivi'it on tlir ivirkcdiiim nl' crrlBimnrn; 4Vit out ol' uiiy liiior to tlT«iiif liiit ' out of nn iiuthor'-t own modiTUtioui ilotvtliiii uoitiei it lo pnaa, U JiMtila, thou iiio'il Mi)(iiriuiia of writvra, (llint I liiay. iiitiirrini inyailf lo h'tni ua .If lie wero htrc prmnnti) foraiAhou liolidteat of thywlf, that 1 ami the (jklilcanx hiivi- Ui'in ihu nuthora of that acdilion which tliy I'nuiitry i'iiku- gn\ in, both'iigiiiiii't the Roiiiuiii'iiihI ii^iiiiist ihe ■king [Agrippirjiinior?] I'lir Iwi'orc rvrr 1 wu» ;il governor ol" unlike lij' the conimiinity lliniia, if thr^ hiiil ao plniard, yi^l did It moW* lo I'ohliniiii I'liilhfol lo Ihoae llliir innatiira, hnd at tlir ■iiniK tune Itrluilid me out of their clly, mill iirohihitril nil their rilitena from joining wilK fill' It'll le la: lliey al leave ol ley alao, of of Jeruaalem, both tlloq, uml nil the people of Tiberian, had nut only tiiken up nrnis but had inadewarwith Dcr.apoliiol' Svriii. Ai'cordingly, thou hadat ordered their villagiH to be burnt, and a domestic aervant of thine fill in the hultle. Mur ia it 1 only who any tlila; but ao it ia written III the comnirntariea ol Venpu.iinii the eii}a|ror, ' as also bow the inhabitanta a(. Decapolit^nle clamoring to ViKpasinn nt I'loiciniiia, am) d'eai- red that ihou, who waat the siuthor [of that war] inightcat be brought (o punishmedt. And thou biidat certiiiiily beec punixlicd nt the coniniaiid of Vespasian, had not king Airippa, who had powtr given him to have thee put (u death, nt the rairneat entreaty ol Jus sialcr Hcrnicc, clian' "ged the puniibmen't of death into a lung iiiipri of ilniiger froui me, Ihry liy u * me III Hirtiij their I'ily wilh will Ihi ir own urL'ord.'atlniitlril uf n garriaon of Ko- nitii l.'glona, aetil theni bv Ci'alui (iailui, who waa then prrnlilrnt of HyrU, and so hud me in eonleinpt, though I waa then very (lowerful, and III! wire (creiills afraid of iiir ; iilid Ml the aaino limi^ lliiil the irn uli>t of our litiea, Jeruanleiu waa lM'«irKt'd, uml that temple of ours, whii'h belonged lo lia nil, was in iliiiiger of fulling umler the eneiiiy'a power, they tiytVun l^atiim'e thith- er, as not tM\}tng'tn-ltitxiiAl llWilKl ihey would bear uiins ngninat thji UoinaiiiK i lonp, from (iadiiru sixty, iiiwl Iroiii Seylnonolls whnti wiia under iha lung's juriadiition, n hun- dred null twenty; when thrru wiis no Jewish eily neiir, it uiiglit euaily hiire preaervid ila fiile- tity [to the lloluiina] if it hud ao iileiim il llieni lo do.; I'lirl'ie eily liml its peojile hail plenty of wea- poiia. Hut IIS Ihou aau'al, I was then the uullior [of their rtvolt.l And pniy, O Juatua, whovyai the nnthor (i/VcricariJi.' Korthouknowcal thai 1 was in the power of llie Itoniiiiis before Jer.usa> It ni^wBa beaii'grd, and before Ihn same time Jo- lapula wiia taken liy forie, as well aa inany other fortre>iaeB, and a grnit miiiiy of the (liililenns fell ill the war. It vyiu then fore Iheii a proper lime, nht'ii you were eerlaiiily frieil from any fiar on my iicvAiint, to throw away your weaiiona, and to ilemiMiitrule to the king and to the Konians.that il ivua not of ehoire, hut as fori'eil by necessity, Ili;it you fi II into Ihr war against thcni; but you alniil till Veipasiaii mine himself ui fur as your nullr, with hia whole army ; ami then you did in- deed lay aaiill' your weii|wna.out of fear, and your eily bad fur certain iM'eii taken by force, unless Veapaainn lihil complied wi(ii l'**^ king's supplica- tion lor routund hud excused your iniidnraa. It waa not I, therefore, who was the author of tbi*, but your own ineligations to war.. Do not you re- meinber how Often I got you under my power, and yet putmone ,of you to death? nay, you once fell into a tainuli one against anglhrr, and slew one hundred and eighty-five of ypuf ritiieiia, liot on account of your good-will lo tlieking Biid In the Homana, but on account of ydiir own wicki'iliieas, and this white 1 was beSirgediby the Roaiana in Jolapata. Nay indeed, were there not reckoned up two thpnnand of the people of Tiberji|S, diiriag the siege of Jeru^leni, some of whicli were sliiiii, and the real caught and (Car- ried captives'? Uut thou wilt pretend tlint Ihou didst not engage in /the war, since thou didat flee to the king. Yes, imiecd, thou didst flee lo him ; but I say it was out of fear of me. Thou sayeit indced,^ that it is I who am. a wicked man. liut then, for what reason vAis it that king Agrippa, who procured thee thy life when thou wii»t con drniiied to die by Veipaaiuii, niid-who bestowed so much riches upon thee, did twice afterward i-. m>tniliiHi n( tAairt rriiin jiiJiiinK wim ihrv nilt(l>l Im oiil I will' )r'il_ Irum ul I'lilli: liiry llllil, uf * giirriiiDn u( Ko- >>tui (iailui, wha ■nil ••> liuil ni« In vrry (Hiwt'rful, anil ; iiIkI Hi lliti •mill) l'itii'«, JiTunnliMU ili> ul' iiiirt, wliirh rpr III' fiilliiiK uniUr }•} aaitliiiiri! Ihilh- fViiii|riil lliry would y/. Hut lit fur III/ Hill (III- Infci' of liv ili|ipot tlilrto fur> I Iriiiii Si'ylnu|iolii iiriiiilii'lioii, u nun- ru wu» no Jiiwlih |ir*inrviil iln liilo nil iili'imril llii'iii to Imil pli'Miy »( tvi'a- ran then tliit iiullior Jualuii, wlioniai houkniincal that 1 lima bi'fore JiTuna- llin wnir tiino Jii- wi'll a* iiiany ollitr if Ihr iSiililcuni fill Ihi li u [ii'ijper lime, 1 friini niiy fiar on ur wi'siiiinii, and lo the Komanitlhat iri'i'il by ni'C«t>ity, ikI IIicui; but you ■elf Ul fur an your ul thin you ilid in- ut of fiia'r, and your (•II by forrr, unli'M lie kinK'a n (altar lo many of ihy wirked pranka) ha hail Mian* tJiae hia ■•rrrUry, hrraiiKhl Ihfo Maifvinii thy apialUa, and dn»e ihae away friini hia ainhl. Hut I ahall not riii|uir« at'«urat*ly Into Ihaaa mallan nf aeandal aiuiiial thee. Vtl eannol I but wundrr at ihy iinpiuleni'*, when Ibuu hail lh« aaauranre In aay, Ihiil Ihoii haal bel- ter rrliileil Iheae altiiiri U>t the war) than hana ull Ilia ulJitra thai havi wrillen anout thim, whdil Ihou ilidal nut know what waadona in lla- hlnei for Ihiiu waal then at Heryliia wilh Ihe ^ kink, nor didal Ihou know how inuch Iha Ho- uiant autrrrd at Ilia aieKe of Jnlafiala, or what niiarrina Ihry bninchf U|K>n ua) nor nuddal Ihiiu laani by inquiry what I did durinir Ihal aiegra my- aaU) fur all ihoae that iui|^hl alTurd aurh inloriua- (lon wrra quite dealmyrd in lhal airKr. liut par- ' bapa Ihiiu will aiiy , Ihiiu haal wrilliii nf what waa iliHie aKHinat Ihn (Muiile of Jrriiaiili'iii exailly. Bui how ahould lhal be I fur neiltiir waat Ihnu cnnrarned in lhal war, nor haal thou read Ihe caniUKnlariea of ('nvart of Hhirh we hiite evi- dent priiiif, berauae lhni» ha>l ronlrndirlrd Ihnae coiuiiiinlHriia nf Civaar iu thy bialnry. Itiil u thou art an hardy iia In nlllrni Ihat llinu haul writ- ten lhal hialnry belliir than all Iha' real, why didat Ihou not publiah thy hialnry while the eliipernr* VeaiHiaian and Tilua, the ((vnerala in Ihut war, aa well aa king AErjmia and hia foniily, who were man very well akilled in Ihe Irnmini; of the Oraeka, were all alive I for Ihou haal Iwd It wrillen thelfl twenty ycnra, and then iiiiKhleat Ihnu have had Ihe tealiniony of Ihy accuracy, liut now, when Ihcaii luen are no longer wilb ua, and Ihou thinkeat Ihou caiiat not bn ronlnuHcled, (hou ventureat to publiah it. Kut then I waa not in like manner afraid of my own writing, but I nf- farad my bouka lo tha cniperon tbeniaclvei, when llie facia were alnioit under men'a eyea; for I waa conarinua to myaelf, Ihat I had ob- aervcd the truth nf (he farla; and aa I i "(peeled to hnva Iheir allealHlinn li) tbem, lo I waa not def^ived in audi eKiieclution. IVInrvnver, I im- mnliately preicnfeil niy bialory lo ninny other peraona, auiiie of which were cniu'criieir in the war, aa waa king Agrippa, and tuiiie of hia kin- dred. Now, Ihi! eiiipirur Tilua wiia an deKimiia that the kiinwlidge of Iheto ull'aira ahould be taken from the biinka ninne, lhal he aubacribed hia own band In tlieiii, ahil ordired Ihiit they Khuuld be jiubliahed; and forking A|;riiipu, lie wrote me aitly-two li-llrra, nnd Hlleatid to Ihe truth of nliul I had th>^rein di'livered ; two of which letlcri I have here aubjiiiiiiil, aud Ihou inuycat thereby know Iheir cunlenli. "King Agrippa lo Joaephna, hia deal fiiind, aendcth greeting. 1 hnvii read over thy imok ivilb great pliaaun'i and it appenra to inn that Ihou haal iloiie it niiipli more accurately, and wilb grealtr care, Ihaii have the other wrilira. Send nm the real of tlieac books. Farewell, my deur friend." "King Agfippa to Jo;iephUi, hi* dear friend, aindelh gruetmg. tl aceliij by what Ihou bftat • The rharnrler pf Ihia hUtory of Juaiua of Tlherlaa, Ihe rival 01 our Joscphua. which ia uow loat, wilh |la only rcmaiiilnn frni.'nient. are nlven ua hy n very nlile rrlllc, I'hiitiua, who read llinl hlitiiry. It la in Ihe :i:iril rode of hia Hilillothern, nnd runa Ihiia : "Ihaverrml (eaya i'liotiua) Itic rliriiiinlniy of Jiialiia of Tilicrliia, Whoao lllln talhi»^[7'*> CKromolom of \ thi Kinft of Jadah whitk nucrtntril ima tinotktr. 'I'lilj f Jiialual fame nut of Ihn rUy Tiherlaa in Oaliloe. lie lioifina hia liialory from Mohcs.nnil enila it iiul till llieiicnlhof A«ri|>(iii, Ilie wvriith (riiler^ of llio fnnilly of llerml, anritlip l.'iKt kiiiinrthc Jcwa; who^Ui the covern- niei i t nii ii rr I'l ni i il l ii a , t i ml t i nii Bm ei m d u niler Ne ro written, thai ikon alamUal in naad nf no lualnte- llua, in iinler In our infnrnialiiin fmni iha Imkio iiM(. However, when ihnu eontaal In lue ' Tt, inform Ihe* nf • graal many Ihinga whirii thou ilnat mil knnw," M.i when ibn hiatiiry waa per- fiCWil, Axrippa, nrilherby way nf Aatlery, whirb waa nnl uKni able to him, nnr by way of irony, ■a Ihnu wilt anjs (for ha waa entirely • alrangar In aiich an »ail illamiaillun of mind,) but ha wrala Ihua by way nf allealalinn In what waa |rua, aa all Ihat reail hiilnriea may do. And to much aball Ihi aald rniirarnriiK Jualua,* which I art obliieil Iu add by wav of digreaai.in m. Now when I had aeliled Ihe alTairt of T^ heriaa, and had uaaeuibled my frlenda aa a Han- bedrlni, I cona^ilted what I ahould do aa InJubn. Whrn-iiiMin it appmrrd In b« iha niiiniun nf all Ihe fiiddeana, lhal I ahnuld arm llunn all, and ' march arainal John, and puniati hini aa llie au- thor of all the dianrdera that had happ«nad. Vat waa I lint pleased wilh their ilrlermuialinni a« fiurpu'ing Iu compnao ibeao lr,HibU« without ilnodalieil. Ilpnu ihia I enhurled llirni Iu uia Ibe ulmuat cure to learn lh« naniea of all that wan under Jiibni whiib wbeii Ihey had done, and I Itiareby wna appriird who tli« men wera, I publiahed an edict, wherein I ulTered security and my right hand In Such nfjnhn'a party aa had a inind Iu re|ienl; and I tillnwed Iwrnly days' lime to aurfi as would lake Ihia ninal uilvnnta- Rpous courae for Ibemaelvea. lalan Ihrenlcned, lal unleat they threw down tlieir arnia, I would burn their hinisea, nnd expuaa their goods to pitblic tale. When Ihe men heard of iTila, Ihey were ifi no aiuall ilianrder, and drarrlrd John) and, to the number of fuur Ibuuannd, threw down their arina, and cams to nin. Hii that no othar* alaid wilh John but his own citi«»na, and aboiil . fifteen buiiilred atrniigera that cania from tb« malrnpolia of Tyre ; and, whin John saw Ihnt ha bad been onlwiltitd by my atmlagtm, he coqlino- , ed afterward In hia own country, and was in great fear of me. 67. linl about Ihia limn it was that tha peopla of Nepphoria grew inaoleiil, and took up arms, out of H cnnftiiencc Ihey had in Ihe ilrenglli of their walla, nnd becauaa they saw me engaged in other nlfaira alao. So tbey aeni to (Teariua , (iailua, who was preaident of Syria, and desired V Ihat he wniild eilHer cuuie <|uickly to them, and lake their cily under hiapmlerlinn,oraend them a garrianii. Accordingly (inllua prmuiaed them lo come, but did not aind word when he would coiiii): iind, when I had learned ao much, I look the aoldicra thai were wilb me, ami iniide an as- ' siiult upon the people nf Sepphoria, nnd lonk tha city by I'nn'i'. I'lu- tialileuna look Ihia uppurlu- nity, aa Ihiiikiiig Ihey liail now H/pronrr time for ahiiwing their haired to ihtum, aince they bore Ill- will lo that city ulan. Tliey then exerted th«ia> aelvea,.na if they would diatrny them ull utterly, wilh Ihoae Ihut sojourned there alan. .So Ihey ran upon them, and act Ibeir hiiuaes on fire, ua finding them without inhubilunta; for the luen out of fvar ran together lo the citudel. So lh« Galileans carried off rvcry thing, and oiuiticd " no kind of desolation whicb they could bring aisled on ; anil lieinn iinilcr the Jewish prejudiras, aa imleed lie wna hiniaelf ulao n Jew hy lilrtli, he makea nol Die lenat meulinn of Hie npiieiirnnre ill' I'lirlal, or wliiitlliliiealiiiii|ieiieillulilin,nrurthnwniiilrr|'ulwnrka' ' tlwil lie (lid. lie wn.i ihi" mm of n rennllt Jew wliosn nnmi- win Pitlua. He Wna a iniin, na he ia deacribed hy .tuxephua, of n ninal proHlKule rhnnrior; a alava jiollflo money niid In tileuture. In piiMir alfhirs lie . wiin oppoailn Iu JiMepliua : and il ia relnled, tliol lie laid llinny plota nsnliiat hini. Imt lh.il Joscphua, llinufh hn hud Ilia enemy frcqm'iitly under Ills 'jnwer, did only reproach liiiii in wnrila. iiiiil no lei lilni kq yllhoul flir- * '-..■ ilier puulaliiiirnr. He anya, iiiao, inol ina miRary whirli llila innn wrnio in, I'nr iliv main, fnFiuIous, and clilelly' HSIntlioae parii wliere he diiirrilMM llie Koman war wilh Ihe Jews, und the taking of Jeruoalem. 7-^ '■ I . I. .1.1 I « — ,il,u,,IL,l*UU _ npd MYlli more nuuiiieiited hy Vnapoainn. lio died lii i «nolhirdycnror 'rnijiii., where alao hia hlatoryeiida. ^ lie 1» very toiidae iu Ins lniu(un«e, and aiixhlly pawia « over tliose nflalfa llmt were moat nercaaary to be In- ;TA.r- ■i: . Tim wriB 6F n.Avnw joiKriiuii. . II s I r ii •|MM iHr fmiiilr**** WItM t mw ikU, I «raa • kc««'l)ii||l> IrAublxl *l H. and cuaiiiiiimUii iIkm III l<r lu whal I voiiiiiMmlftl Ikvui III ilu, (kiriha hatrvrl Ihi'X Imra In Iha pao- Cla Ihara »■• lii« liaril fur mjr •ihnrtaluin* to '•pj) ' l"'' •*<••• injr rrW»l(, who ««ra luiMl fcitaral lu ma, ainl wrra alHiul ni«, lu (i>a nui Hfotl*, M it ilta KoiuaiM wn fulling iiu.>a Iha •Ikar part of iha rliy with • gn al »riu« , aail tM* I illil Ihal by ni«h • rat»irt hainf (uraail Mroatl, I nil(hl raalrain Iha •inlrntri' nf Iba M nniiia waa Vriiput, •*! wb«i wya by birlli a Jaw. lo carry il lo/4l»irri«».JUIt Whan Iha Uulilaana knrw lh«l Ihia iiinn ■ arrinl Mich a laltar, Ihay rauKhl him. and liniuKliI biih lo ma; but aa loon »4 Iha whola niulliliiila haard of il, Ihiiy arara anrigad, and brtiiok Ihnnarlvai to lh*ir armi; Ho a graul many of Ihaiii rut lo- (alhur from all nuarti-ra l|ia naxi day, ami oama totharily Aaoiliia, whara I llian loiljtad, and ■•(la heavy rlamnri, and railed Iha rily Tiba- rlaa a irall.ir Is iham, and a friand lo Iha kinr; Md daairad liava of ni» lo go down and uttrrly ' dailruy it; for lhay liori- Ihr Ilka il|.ivi|| lo tba paopla of Tllwriaa, aa lhay did lo tboie of 8ip- phorli. '^ •9. When I haani Ihh, I waa in doubt what lo do. antl hnilatril br what mciin* I might dclfver Tibrriaa from Iha lagr of Ihf lialikanat Crt I Iha Jaw« an.1 iha Nuaiana, iha naopla of Tib* naa r*a»l?ad lo •uhmM>r-tin king, and •••« l« rafoll IVani Iha Hoin«(a| nhila Jualiia Irlail In par» •uada ihaiii lo halaka IH«iiia«l«aa lo Ihfir arma. . . »»«ia, aa »••>>■ hliiiarU ilrairmia of lanuialMina, awi ha«lng hnpaa of uhUlniiig iha ■o«arniuaii|.uf Ualilaa, at wril aa of hi* own < uunlry I lilwrtaal alan. Vat did ha nut iiblain whal h« Impad fori Iwraiiaalha llaildaanalmra III will In lhu*m olXi- •wria", and Ihia on aarouni of Ihair angar at what luiaarlaa lhay hail •iillFrad from ihani h»lora I ■ wari Ihania ll waa. Ibnl lhay woiibl nol aiHluili Ihal Jualua thuubl U Ihair go»arnor. Imjuall-* alau, who had Iwan anIrualaiT by Ilia rijiiUIMUiilf uf Jaruaalam wilk Ihr goorninanl uf (iannil(i( raga al Jiialiia. Ihal I had abiioal raaoltril i,, kill bliii,aa nol atila '" 'war h lai'hirroiia i|iapuailinn. Ula waa Iharafura mm h afraid of ut», laat at langth wy imaaiun abuiild roiua lo atlrawHy I *<> hi' went tii iha king, iia iii|i|ioaliig llial ha tliuuhl dwall batlar, ami mora aafrly with liiin. Tl. Now wlitn Iha (iruplr nf ManpburU had.lil - Iiriaing a ma r, tard (hair tuX daa> gar, Ifiay lanl lu (.'aaliiia (iallua, and drairad him laaaa* could nol diny llial thuau uf Tibrriaa had ^L. (an lo Iha kin^, and had Inriled him lo ronwlb' thanij for hia Irllari to Ilinn in ananrrr Iheralo would fi:lly prove tba irulh of that. So I aal a long lima mn>iiig with niynrlf. and than aaid lo Ibein. "I kmtw will rndiigh IhnI the iianuli! of T,'»«nM Imvo (.Ifandml ; nor ihall I forbid you lo pl»«ayar» of our liberty, "' ^M'""' <"''''«nt pntriols of the -ptaiird (hair tuX datt' gar, lhay sani lo (.'aaliua IihIIus, and drairai loruma lo tliam immadlaltly, and laka ih •ion of Ihair rily, or olsa lo sand fori n auMciaat lo raprrst a|l thrlr anrmias' Incursion* uiwa Ihanl; and al Ilia laat lhay did iirivail wilb (.al. lua In arnd thain a lonai'darabla army, both of horaa and fool, which canir In tha nilht-tiiiM. and which lhay adniillad Into tha cily. ll«t whan Iha country round about it waa hara^aad by Iha Koman army, I look thnia aulilirrt that wrra alHiiil Mir. and cama to <;ari>mMMtlkl|lorseaian. and we had undergone the <'VlB|fl|^iangeouslT for a lung lime, we wiimQ^^^H^Bumiii tha Kumana rni:oninastii.^H^^^HH^^^K^bIi,,ff were afraid, and 1<'>« M ■ Juatm Irtvil In p*r- !••• lu ihtir |i«tl ftirt will III lhu*« o(Tl- Ihclr »af»t al wh* >iu Ihani lioliirK It f Hiiulil mil (iHliir ii««rniir. I iiijii«|l>' bjr III* rijiii|iHuiil> in«n< ut (iillMt .lid • of ran* (I JiKtiit, liill liiiii,Miii>l aiiU pinilliiii, Vila waa laal al laniith wjr «|ljr I (!> he Wfiil lii iliuulil Uarall b«ll«r« '^HanphurU hail,li|~ 'ril Ihair Ar^l ilan> II, ami ilriirail hlin ', ami uia |HHMMa> iml fori •• •uMclaat ' Inruriiiin* uiioa J iirrvail wiOi laal- ibl« uriiiy, lioth uf ill Iha Dithl-ltiiM, ilo lb* cUy. U«t II il wai hantHad lhi»* (uliilrrt (hat <>ari>ni m I'urcad ii« In re- rn of Iha liuiiiaii ttiiil r\ I'rnr uf ihn >M nl' iiiily a iinKla ' erwanli caiiia lion, and CIIU»I^ ill Iha aiaicra Alt ihat Httml to M Jiiiiui, who at iih Iha kiDn;. A I mm (orcM, holh lie kin|(, nml Sylla in cnptnin uf Ibia i-am|i at live fur- I K't a guard upon lo ('ana, anil that la, that he miKht' [ettlng pr^vlaiona itelllgrnreorthii, icn, and « caplain tmitik, who railed r to Iho river Jor- . kirmiah with the land ■nliliiTii my- . lie next day, when ■in vnller, not far s thi)t b/ral lhiii« Ihat TaU h«l n.il In-rn my bimUr- >wkl* liilu a villain n«niarMhurt Iha, I ),«.., .wl M. Ik.y did adt (U IM Wllb •hrlr piirauii iMy fanhrr, but ratitraail In taw f r»a|' • iini urn for in« I Iharrfar* aanl for lb* uhyuri,^., ,M4l Wkil. r WM aiul.r lli.ir kaml. I " I 'riri TMR iJfK or rt^AvrtrH Jiwr;nfirn. rlaiM dir|.< iiril l.. m,, (|,»y |„„k .uaraaa again, and trralandlng thai ih* walih wa* ii»«ri- nnlly kani In oiir eanip, ih*y by niglil i.larrd a ,9mls yf korieiiicn in ambiMl bvyint.4 Jordan, aa. whrn il wa. .lay thry pmv«ik»l a. lu «.hl, and a. wadid n..l ,.r.iM H. but i ami. Into iIm plain, Ihrlr hnrirnien Bpiwarrd out of that ani- b«.h in wkiih Ihay had lain, and put .„,r m»n lata diannlar, add mad* Iham run away i ao Ihrr Iff with lh« ,„|„ry ,,| l.tt, h, »h„„ „,' h,.,^ that w.n,« ariM..I ,ii,n wrrr ,„il,.d mini ifirith. ai lo Juliv., th«y J^r, »tfj,„\ „„| „,j,.,,,|. I T-j. It wai iml ln>.»^olll^ iH^iirr V. .pii.ian ranie TaJiT'i""'' •"."* *K'^l'Hr*"l« hi'". h. S« l„d ."Sr I M •''*"'' "H'-'-chiliMy "f III.. king, and lallad him an nirmy |»|h7jl.miai... R^':» Vl^T;':'' "•• '"yl Ha.', and the Roman f«,ea,lh,i wera In J.ru«.|r„H and that baard thia rr,H.rl. h. rrliukeil ihe Tyring for .bu.in» a man wh., j,„ ,.,„„ . M,,^. 1, ."f^ , "lllip to Ho.li... to an.wrr for what he had ilon.. hi r. ^T ""* *»"<•" •'•"'T •*" .»nl Ihilh. r. ha did not ronie into the »^),t of N.r,i. f.,r h.. troiblr, that ll.rn bap,M.».rf. and a rivil H,„r,- an.l ao h« riiurned to ihi. ki„,. jju, „h,„ y..- Bwa. c„,i,« lo |'(„|m,.i,, ,hc. chi..f man „f »a .J*^''"" Ir"""" *"• '••'' •'« "hair ,111,,. fnVZ •!]!" "' ^7I'"«'«» 'I'livirrd him to ih.- k.n^.lo be put to death by (|i«„ umlerlhrki.i.', Juri«liclio„.ye| did Ih, kiinfonlyj put hl,i,i,f,o bom)., and ronceaird what" L hal'done fn Ve.|»i,i,„ „ J huv, M;.,.. „|„.,,, u,i,' J C am 2:*iT"' ""•' ^'T'- "' •"'•■'•^ rh^i', I ' /'"*!• •"" ""■'"' wilh IM ,ri i,„ Oa He, ''l""*"' l^n". "" V«,»,aU„rame into what man^' ? "'»'«'»_f»»»M,B "1 hi., and »(,„ What inannrr il waa ord.r^, ,„„! how he f.Miirlil how I wa. afterward, loowd, witli idl thai wa. done by me in the Jewi.h w;rriu.d da,i« Th^ til '"ii'otvt i't ;rri".ia r /r "' "•• ^^d now an .Pcount''af ihoTil^,"^,*^' ^j^ which I hare «,t relatadia tbaTK of ihe^jLlT: iii r..» t.?.. """i'* '" '"■' •♦"■ "•" '•" "'•»^ H^-.r.'^ i" •• f'j "•' F"'"* "• *i'"*"i* ami wa. ih»nr, .,„, i.,,ol.r, »i||| I ,i,„, ,„ ^i .i.,*.if J,,...,,|,„.. , ,., , „ ,','»rt^« i.«L "f •"" "• •'••"' *'•"- '«»«•""'• J'-W la nr.l.r in k,„ „., p^,,^,^,, ,„., ,^^ ,/ ronlinual .laii«,r. (.. ih. .•i.,».r.ir. ,|,„,»^ hat lh,y would h„„- „„ ,,: p.,„|,hm.nl.\M« irallo, o lh,m hul 'lu,,, („'«, »,. „,,| , * alal.d with Iha ui,. -rt.in fortan* of war, and r.lurii.d mi .n.w.r lo Ik* Mddl.rt' r.ham.nl « III ilallon. a«»,„.i ,„,. Mor..... r. whi^n Mka . My m ol J*r.i.al*ii, wa. lak.n by Um», THiiiTw A. paranadid m* frnpi, nlly to |ak<. whal.iievi^t I ~ woiiW out of Iha ruin, of my rounlry. ami anld. thai ha K»>a m. Uara «. to do, llul wlif a my lounlry w... ilr.ln,y..l, I it «|,| holhii., ali; to li« of any valii,., »hi.h I t nidd taki aii.Tke*a a. a comfort umlrr my ru|.„„n„. „, | ,„„), .^J li.;r liberty j I hati ,,l.„ ,1,.. holy lK«,k.f b, Ti- tii.a ronrr..lon. Nor w... it |.,,.g afttr iLl I a.k.d of h„„ i|,e jir., „f ,„, ,,„„»,?, ,„.) of ttft- fH.nd. wiih him, .„.| w„. '„„, ,|..„|„;,. ^ J,,^ alao went once 1., |h.- 1. mpU'. Iiy the peri,ii*i|on ol I III,., nhrre Ih.re wnr a rrnat iiiidlitu (• of rajiUvr woni. n and iliil-lri n, ? g„\ all ,|i.,„ |h„| I remnnhrnd a. artiouK my own fririi.t.^iid ac- <|.iainlani « to be .et fr*e. Mh,; ,„ p„„,C,, ,baMl one homlrrd ami ninety j ami m, | d.liv. rrdlh»« Without Ihrir iwylnn «"> |iH.e of n-dcmpllon ami rr.iored thmi to th.fr ftirmrr fortune. And whoi I wa. .r„l by Tltu, O*, w|th Orealiu*. « lh"u«»nd,|iorieiimn. to « rrrlain viNnaa ."lli'd n.,„o. In onUr lo know, whrlh, ril wSr. a plate fii f„r ihimmd, a« I ra.iir bark. I .aw ma- ny raplive. iru.1Hr,I, .ml r.>inii„l.er.'d three of M|.m a. mif foriurr a. qiialiilid,. ... I „„ ,,„ "orry nt I ii. m my mi,„f, „,„| J-^m ^j,,, , jj ny eyr. to Tilu., arid told him of Ihimi Mb* (.Mm..il|«t.ly,„„,mamlrtl Ihrui lo br l,.k.nilowa. am to hay,, ll,., ,,..,,.„ ,„,,, ,„k,,„ „f ^^, , • „l ,." "'; '^"<="r"■) i i'i «w" of lUra diail- miil.r toe phy,,r„„', daui, wWiU the third re- covrred, 7'<>'• when the aiege of JotanaU waa o.e* and 1 wa. amonrth. Ko™.«i'„. 1 waa'tTj^Vir;;;:";! \ y run awny, w ai lur .oldi.n that ir l>Bck,, and put alio immedintely "d of Vf«p a , l im , "tvl ,l>h i ie ' h aJ pt that at Ihe romma -h*«» that la l,e tame lo the eninirc. He alw honon"d 'ma or a Konian citiicn ; and gava wilh the privilege ... „ ..,„„... ,,.,„n; ami cava iiw ail aniiuul penaion: and fonlinu.-.! to r< .uact 7 •" «''.«:'•'' »f I'i. I.f, , without any abalen^ent of hi. kindnei. to ine. which very Ihi „» iu,de me envie.l. nnd brought me Into .Iniigi?, fur a cert..in Jew, who.e ,.»,„e wa. Jonathan, wllo bad rm.rd a tuiiiult in Cyrme. ^id hud |»r.uaded two thuuund men of |hal rounlry to join with hT^rL""^"."^':"" "' •'"•'' ""»• Cut whan he waa bound by thil govaruor of IhM coaotry. tOrtri.niai.trcniarkpl.ia clau«!,an4 lie i i .:H ^i" 32 THE LIFE OF FLAVIU8 JOSEPIIUS, and lent to the emparor, ha told hipi, that I bad lent liim both wcapoHf and Money. HoweTer, he could not conceal hi* being a liar from Vetpa- •ian, who condemned him to dia-, according to inhlch ientende he wai put to death. Nay< after ihat, when thoie that envied my good fortune did frequently bring accuiationiaEuinit me, byUod't providence I eicapcd them all. I alto received from Veipaiian n» small quantity of Und, a* a free gift in Judea; about which time I divorced ■ my wife alio, at not pleated with her behavior, though not till the had been the mother of three children, two of which are dead, and one, whom I named Hyrcanut, it alive. After thit I mar- ried a wife who had lived at Crete, but a Jew by birth; a woman the wat of eminent parenU, and tuch a» were the moit illuttriout in all the coun- try, and whote character wat beyond that of mott other women, at bee future life did demon- ttrate. By her I had two torn, the elder wat named Jtutu*, aad the neit Simorndtf, who wat alto named .Agrifpa. And tbele were the clr- cumitancet or my domettic afTain. However, the kiadncM of th« emperor to macontinned ttill (he tame: for when Vetpatitn wat detil, Titot, who Succeeded him in (he governinen(, kept up the tame reincet for me which I had from hit father; and when I had frequent accutatioM laid Bgainit me, he would not believe Iham. And Domitian, who ittcceeded, ((ill augmentad hitreipecti to me; for he punithed thoie Jewt that were my accuiert, aad gave command that a tervapt of mine, who wat an eunuch, and my accuier, (bould be punithed. He alto made that countiy I had ■>> Judea, tax free; which itamark of the greatest honor to him who hath it; nay, Diomitia, th* wife of Caesar, continued to do ma kiodoetf«l>«wo'khaalf. 1 1?*' "*"" •^««'""e». Iwth Greeks and Romans. t we may aeanlhahly note here, that Joaephna wrots bis seven bookaof the- Jewish War long befole he wrote ••■^ ii •"•"K'IUm. Thoee books of the war were puhltohedabout A. D.7S,and th«W M||,a|th,. A. Q.n, about eighteen years later. ,„,v„j, «Thla Epapbrodilusiwaaeerulnly aUrein tbalUrd shown a wonderful vigor of an axeellent i.atura, and an immoveable virtuous resolution in thcas all. i yielded to this man's persuasions, wb» always excitea such as have abilities in what is useful and acceptable to join their endeavors withbiji. i was also asbfuied myself to |)ermil any laiiness of disposition to have a greater in- fluence upon nie than the delight of taking paina in Such studies as were very useful) I theraUbolt stirred up myself, and went on with my work more cheerfully. B«*idetthe foregoing imttitfas, I bad others which I creatir reflected on; and th were, that our iorefathers were willing to cout muaicate such things to othen; and that some of the Ureeka took considerable paina to know tHe anain of oiir nation. 3. I found, therefore, that the second of tha Ptolemici was a king, who was extraordinary diligent in what jconcerned learning/and the cof- lectipn of books;, that be was alao peculiarly ambitious to procure a translation of our law, and of the .constitution of our government ther«- lii'contained, into the Greek tongue. Now Ela- "■'■''"e high priest, one npt inferior to any other of that dignity among us, did not envy the fore- named king the participation of that advauUg*. which otherwise he would for certain have de- nied bi4u; bnt that he knew the custom of our nation was, to hinder nothing of what w«' es- teemed ourselves from being communiisa'ted it) othen. Accordingly I thought it beCune me, both toimiUte the generosity of our higP^riest. and to suppose there might even nowlw many lovers of leariun|> like the king; for he did not obluin all our writings at that time ; but those who were sent to Alexandria as interpreters gave hinv only the books of the law, while there was • vast number of other miftters In our sacred books. They imjeed contain in them the histo^ of five thousand years; in which time happened many Strang^ accidentj, many chances oT war, and great actions of the caminanders and mutations ol the form of our government. U|H>n the whole, a man that will peruse this history may priuci- pally learn from it, that all evenU succeed well, even to an incredibly degree, and tha reward of felicity IS proposed by God; but then it is Co those that follow his will, and do not venture to break his excellent laWs; andihat so far as man any way apostatixe from the accurate obserra- tion of theni,|| what was practicable before be< cornea impracticable; and whatsoever they set about as agood thing is converted into an inccro- ble calamity. And now.I exhort all those that peruse these books, to apply their minds to God- ■nd to examine the mind Of our legislatoi , whether be hath not undentood bis nature in * manner worthy of him; and hath not ever ■§. year of Trajan, A. a 100. Bee the not* on Anita, bwl. ualnst Apion, sert. 1. Who hawiaWedonolliaow- ror as to. Epaphroriitus, the freed^n of Nero, and attw- wards Domitian's terrclary, who woa put to death b» Poniition in the 14lh or 15th year of hki reic n.ha coal* not he alive in the third or Trajan. ^ II ./Mf^tar here plainly alludea toiha fniaoas enafe prov e rb, // Q»d ♦ . m itkks, s a sr y tkuu tkui Htbtcoatetffitlt, > -> 13 I -:s^ ,■0^ 34 PBEFACK. 'i! II 1 ! ,-*" cribed to him »uch openilioM ?> brromc lin power, »ii(l li»tl' ""« pr«iitrv«a hu wrUiiiK» from thoie indi-cnit fables which olhtr* have 1™!!!"!; ■Ithoueb, by Iho great illttance of Cinic! whtn no lifcd, be might have iccurely forg< il •urh i«»i for he llveil two tbouwuid yeAn ago: iit which van! distance of iigun the poetiBliJiMirlv*" have not been «o linrdy u« to Ux evenTtV- gencratioiw of their gmli, iimcb le»»lh«aclioiMol their niun, or their own lawi. A» I proceed therefore, 1 •ball accurately diicribo whiit i» contained in our records, in the order of time Ihut belongs to tbcm; for I have already promised so to do throughout this uii.lirtaking;. and this without adding any thing to what is Ihereincontained.ov taking away any thing Uicrrfrom. 4. But because almost uti our constitution de- pencil On tl:c wisdom of Nioses our legislator, I cannot avoid saying soiiiewhat concerning him beforehand, though I shall do it briefly ; 1 mean, because otherwise those that read my books may wonder how it copies to past that my di»-. eoune which promiseg an account of laws and historical facts, contains so much of nhilosophy. The reader is therefore to know, that Mosis deemed it exceeding necessary that he who would conduct his own life well, and give laws to others, in the first place should consider the. divine nature; and, upon the contemplation of God's operations, should thereby imitate the best of all patterns, so far a* il is possiblr for hunipn nature to do, and to endeavor to follow after it; neither could the legislator himself have a right mind without such a r.ohteu»plalion ; nor would any thing he should write tend'to the promotion of virtue iii his rcaderrf; I mean, unle«» tiiey be taught fir't of all that God is the Father and Lord of all things, and sees all things; and that thence h« besloivs a happy life upon those that follow him, but plunges such ns do not walk in the paths of virtue iuto inevitable miiierici. Kow •AstothWntendiidworkbf JosephasronrerninRthc nnransof many of the Jewish laws, and what philoM)- phlcal ar allecoricnl sense they would bear, the \oa» ol which work is liy soiiie pTthe leailnd norniucU regret- led, I am iDclinalilc, in part, to Falinrius'n opinion, ap. Bavercamp, p. 63, M: That " we need not doubt but, when Moses was desirous to l*ach this lesson lo his countrymen, he did not begin ihe establish- ment of his lawa after the same manner that other ligiilators dill .J mean, Upon lontracli and 6tli«r rights between one man and another; but by 'raising their liiindi upwards lo regard Ood, anilhiscteatioiiof ihi; world; and by nernuadiag theiii, thAtwe nien iilrc llie most imi llent of the creatures of God upon earth. Now when once be bud brought them to submit to rtliision, he easily persuaded ' them to submit in all othar things; for as to other legislators, they followed fables, and by their iliacourses traaslrrred the most reproachful of human vices unto the gods^ and so uflbrded wickid uien tlie most plausilde excuses for their crimes; bnt as for our legisla- tor, wiien he bad uncc demonstrated that God wua puMiessed of perfect virtue, he supposed that men also ouglit to strive ufler the narticipa tion of it; and on (hose wliodidiiol so think, aftd ,' J^HK so believe, he inOicted the severest punishmeilV. r» '^^f^, 1 exhort, thcrelbre, my readen to examine twii^ r«J "Sf^. ' wlidle undertnking in that view; for therebj^tjiri^g will appear lo thein, that there it nothing thci«rf ig^^ " Will Uppeur I" IIILIII, mufcun.,^. ■■■•^■•■■■•Q ...... disagreeable eitlier to ttie majesty of (3od, or .- hi.'r ainoiip IIib I IJIiristlaiis, ran now liifofiii iw of; so Ihatl Would Rive b I great deal to fliid it still extant." "M^. [Fide Bishop Portcts's Lettura^ vol. ii. pago 234.J ' - - "^ ■ «This Hisiokt is spoken of in the highest termj by men of the greatest learning and the ■6undest jiidginentvfroiJt its CrmpublicatioR-ttrTIia present time. «» The fidelity, tJiB veracity, and tho probity cf .To3::vhos, are univrrsiilly allowed ; and ScalU get in pattilSilnT declares, that not only in tlie af« m« of the Jews, but oven of foreign nations,. Ke deserves jnore credit than all the Greek and Roman writers put together. Certain at least, ritia,that he had tha» most essential qnalification of an indtorian,-a porfftci and accurate 'knowledge of all the transaclions v^hich he rrlntrs; th.it hchad no tirejudices to mislead him in ' the representation of them ; and that, abpv. all, he meant no favor to the Christian cause. For. ven allowing the so much obtfrovertcd passage, in which he is supposed to bear fesu mony to Christi to be genuin., it doof not apiiear that he ever became a convert to his religion, ^st continued probably a zenlous J -w to the end cl bis life^" -^ - i *~ v^:*^ Uarh thia leuon to begin ihn eiUbliih- •aiiie iiiiiiinir that , upon ruiitmcU nnd III nnd mUitUer; but irdii to regard Ood, i ; Hnd hy jiervumling wsl I'Xt'i llriil nl the h. Now tvlien once l)mit to rtli^ioH, lie ■ubmit in all^ othAr lalors, llif); followed rue! tru»»l'< rrtd the vicm unto the gods^ I tlie iiiOKt piauiiible lit u» for our Icgidu- nonrtrutcd tliut God virtue, he auppujied e alter the participa idldiiol suliiink.dftd Bverest puniihinert'ti.r deii to examine tBw^ i-'J "S^. ' view; f<"" 'btrehiPW/iiir';^ pre it nothing the*rf tg^L; lajenty of Ood., or Id ' ;^' , I thiii£;8 have here a ' ' the universe; while c things wisely but inder"* decent alle- "^ I things us required i\ nd eIl.J)res^ly. How- rid to know the wa- nd here a very euri- *hirh 1 now indeed of; but if tiod atlord . )out wriliiig it after I >rk. I shall now be- ' before nie, after I \^ Moses says of the h 1 hnd described in nanner following. ' onjectiiren rteriveil from, iwould liiive liiu).'ht usn iiserultliiiieH.wliicliper- ;lio Jcwsno; HHioii)!lliB iif;BOtliatlwouWB'»e» test learning and tbe r allowed; and SealU sn of foreign nattons,. ler. Certain at least icrfftci and accurate ces to mislead him in tbe Christian cause. ipoBcd to bear testi mvert to his religion, ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. BOOK I CONTAINING THE INTERVAL or THREE THOUBAND EIOHT HUNDRED ANp THIBTT-TmU YEAKa-FROM THE CREATION TO THtf upATII 'OF ISAAC. CllAl". I. rA< Coiutilution nf (he IVftrld, and the DUpo- tilion of tht EUnUntt. (1. IN tlie begiiiiiiii«; fidd crMled the heaven and the earth. Uut when the earth did not come into sight, but Was covered with thick darkness, and nwind luovedUpon its surface, Gud cnniinuiid- f the enrtb. On till' fourth day he adorned the heaven with the sun, the moon, and the other stars; and appointed them their mo- tions aiid coulees, tliat the vicissitudes of the seasons might be clearly »i;;nified. And on the fillth (lay he pioducid the living creatures, hot^ those that swiin and those that fly; the former in the sea, the latter in the air. Ho also sorted them aa to society nnd mixture for procreation, and that their kinds might increase and multiply. On tlH}, sixth day he created the four-footed Beasts, and made thVin iii^dc and feniHle. On the same day he also formed man. Accioi-diuglv Moses says, thut in just six da^ s, the world, uiifl all that is therein, was made; and that the seventh day was a rest; ai.d a release from the labor of such operatious; nhence it is that we celebrate a rtit froin our labors on that ilay, and ■ * Since Josephn», in his preface, »ect. 4, says. That Moses wrote some thiiipi enigmuticaUii, some uUfgori- cally, and lliu rest in ptaiti mirda; since, in Ids aiMtuint of tlic (irst cliaiitor of (ienusis, anil the first three verses of the scronil, he Rives im no Innlff of any mystery at. ■If: liiit when Iieherccomcatov6r6e4, &:(-., he savH.thnt , Mo8cs,alter(hoaevcnihd.'iy wasover.liciran totalis ///fi- lusniiliifilhj; it \i not very iniproliahle that he under-' •toed the test oftl'esefoiid and tlic third liltqpters in, ■ }mmc enigiiiatii-al ot nllrgoritaloT pkihsoiliettl sense Thechansnoftlic nnmeof Coil just at tliis place, Irani I tiohtm to Jehanah F.lohim; from Uod to Lord Ood ' In llic Hel.rew, tiainarilaii, nnd ecpWagiiii, does also not a little lavor soinv sucii cliance in tlic narration or roiistruction. ,'„ t We may nlisdrvo lierc, that Joscnhiis supposed man to be e^nijmuailed of spirit, soul, linj l)ody,with St. I'aiil, I Tliess. v. 21, and the rest of the anrieiits He elsewhere says also. That the hlood of animala was forhiddf ii t o ho eaton , a » hay '-- '■■ '■ . . .. — r - ... - ; — ■ —^■■ , . . .. .. .. . inginitsuul and s plrii. ■ Antiq. h. iii. chap. li. sect. i. " ' J Whence tbii strange notran came, which yet la not call it tbe Sahlmlh: which word d^iiO|lei. rtti id the Hebrew tongue. 2 Moreover Motes, after the seventh day wai over,* begins to talk philotophioally; ami con- cerning the foruintion of (nun sayi thut, Tbat God took dust froiij' till! ground, and furmedf mail, and ini resolving to know what the matter was, he replied. He was not bit brother's guar- dian or keeper, nor was he an observer of what he did. But in return, God convicted Cain,.as having been the murderer of his brother, and Bsiid, "I wonder at thee, that thou knowest not what it become of a man whom thou thyself hatt destroyed." God therefore did iiot inflict the punishment [ef death] upon hint> op account of his uft'ering sacrifice, and thereby making sup- plication to him not to be extreme in. his wrath, to him; but he made him accursed, and tiircaten- ed his posterity in the seventh generation. He also cast him tt>gether tyith his wife, out of that land. And when he was afraid, that in wander- ing abbut he should fall among the wild beasts, and by that means perish, God bid him not to the cause or oTirasion of man's mortality, seenui almoot entirely groundlesk; and that both man, and thf camwd'oa, Ron. vlll. 19-22. 5. t St. John's account «f the reason 'VliyQodaecepteA. the sacrifice of Abel, and rejected that of Cahi;aB alio Why Cain slew Abel, on accqunt of thlit his acceptance' with God, is much better than thia of Joaepbus. I mean, because Cam »«< of the ecit one, and tttw ki$ tratker. And, wkerefort ttev) he l^ml BteMut k it « »■ ip o r i 'i were ivil , b »< hit t rtjtktr't rtf k U i eeut. 1 John, iii. 13.— Joacpiiifs's reason seemilotw no better than a riiamakal nation or tradition -\ \ he iMcrted poiton him an rncnijr to I, thnl Ibey ihauld • hex), that beiDg ikchi«Toui deiigna mint to take ven-- (t when he had dc% fe<:t, he made hiin drarffinc hiniMlr Uoarth, tbel brbugbt milk, lock; but God wiu ter oA>lat)oo,4 when ew liaturally of its h what was the in- id gotten by forcing liat, Cain wn«\ very fetf^by God before ', aQi) hid his dead covery. Put God, , came. to Caio, and of his brother? bc- monydays; where* onvercing to)!^ther \ in doubt with him . rer to give to God. Dself was at > lots ring; but when he pressed him vche- V what the matter his brother's guar- n observer of what convicted Cain,.as if his brother, and t thou knowest not im thou thyself hast did iiot inflict the hint> on account of ereby making sup- itreme in. his wrath . ursed, and tiircaten- th generation. He lis wife, out of that lid, that in wander- ing the wild beasts, lod bid him not to ortaUtyiseenui almoat III man, aiiit t|)ty whih' tlipy kninvliiothhii; of »ii(>i ,irt». Ik: changed the uorjd iiitd ruiiniiig I'l'Hftincs*. Hi' /j.fi't of all M't boumlarli.! abuiit lainU; ho Iiiiilf a cily, and fortified it With Hull'., and hr ■•oiiipilliil his family eo ci)iii^to;{(lli(r to it; and . alliid that city Enofh, after liii' nailii' of \n» . |. ■Itut '«(Ui Knuch. Row Jariil ivas llic sim .if Knoch, jvhose son was MalaliVl, ivIiom' son was .Mithuscla, wli.w son iviia IJaiii<.ih, «hu hail 27 will lhcrrfi)r< only endeavor to give an account ol tlionp that proceeded from Silh. Now thit Srtli, when lie was brouglil Uhj and came to tho«e y< Kr» in ivlijeh lie rould di«.'rii what wu f;ooil, hi' hi'iiiiiii' II virtuous man; ami as he wat iiiimlf of an «'!ir. llcnt charnctir, no did he leava rhildreiit '"hind hiin, who imitated his virtuei. A I Ih.'se proved to he of good dispositions.— I hej alto inlinhiti'd the same country without diKneninoni., and in n happy coiidition, without any iniafortum h falling upon thiin, till they died. I hey uNo wei-.t the invciitors of that mculiar sort ol wi..;venly.seven childr.^ii by two\Hiy,s, Silla and ; Ada. Of those children by Aili, line was Jabel ■ », lie . cecteij tents, and love (f the life of a shcphenl! Kilt Jiihal, who was Itarii of llio same mother with hiiii, exerris.^ biihst If in iiusic,* and in- vented the pajiiry and th.^ haip. li«t Tubnt, omul his elul.lron bv'thi; olhei^ivife, exceeded all nun in strength, ami was v«iv .'Xpert and f..- :. iiimi* in martial pirfoniiaiircc: (/,. nrocnr.d ,«v|mt (ended to pi, i.s.iiiT- of the Iwdy hv thai 'method; and first of all invenjed Ihe art of nia- Wng bra^s. I,nnieCh huh uI,„ ilA. f„i|,c,. „C „ " dniigher, whoso name was !\aaii\;.h: -ami be- r.in«,. he .vas.so skilCul i„ niati.i's tf ,livi„c ,,. vilation.lhaf he knew he »i,s to lu: i,n„ish<(J lor Cams murder of his brother, iJ made that known to his wives.^ Any, even Uhile Adam «a, aive, itjraine to pass, that the poiteritv of t.iiiii bctanic exceeding nicked, eviry one "snc- (.■s.,iy» ly dyni^., one after another, iiLre wick.d than Ih, former. They ivir,' intol. rihie in war, .illd y.hement in robberies: and if anV one were sliHi, lo murder people, yet was he llbld in his pro l.giitp hchavior, in acting unjustly ,Wi.d doing injilries lor gain, ^ ^ ' ''° t i\ow Adam, who w;is the first iiian, am inadi out of the earth, (for our discodrse must now be about him,) alter Abel was Xin. and Cam fled away on acconnt of his murder, was solicilous for pMterity, and hud a vehenient de- sire of children, he being two hundred and thirty years old; after which time he lived otlielr seven ;T"'|-M""tT '•'S-'v "««"'' int «l>ese men tant3. liutNoaWwasvery uneasy at what'thev did; and, beiiie dr»plea*d at their conduct; per- suaded them tfichange theicdispositioiis'and their actions fortlijif b.tt.r;' biA'ifeeing tlity did not yield to liim, but were slaves to their wicked pleasures, he waAfraid they would kill him, to- pfher with his wife and children, and those thev had mnrried ; so he departed out of that land. 2. Now (iod loveil this man for his righteous- ness. Yet h. not only condemned those other men for their wickedness, but determined to de- stray the whole race of mankiml, and to make an- other Mce that should be pure from wickedness, and cutting short their lives, and making their years not so many as they formerly lived, but one hundred and twenty only,ir he turned thedry land foretetl a Confagralion and a De/iijrr, which all anti. unity witnesses to lie an anrieiit tradition; nnv SethS J posterity iniffljt engrave tlieir inventions In ast^nomv oniwosiir 1 ,ii| „rs; yet. it is no way rredilile tl^tlw could survive the deliiee, which lias buried all such pi? jars and cdihces far und. r ground, in the sediment of tan Seth or Hcsoslris, were extant after IR flood [n ■the land Of Siriail and perhaps in the daysof JoSfiS \al80,, as is shown in tlie place here referred to '^™" II riiis notion, tliat the fallen; anjiels were in some ogorofrtK"'" ""' «»V*Sa..h. cJ-n?.^ JOBcphits liere siipiwises, that the life nf i rrAf Artiiji... nni.. .ia i . ■ . ._ '■ . . : . .■■»..|,.,,,,. 11,;,,; nil ■ njsea inai me Ie nf «li«»« «i. reduced to 120 years; which is confirmed by thaftao. ment of Eno.h, sect. V\ in Authent. RcoTpait 1, ftS^ fa reasoii seemiloti* Mortradiilon ■^^- '^r-~-- 39 ANTIQUITIES Of THE JBWS. I'i. into M*: tiul lliui were lU time luen dettrojrwl; but Noah alunn w»t Mveil; for Coil tutfKr'i'" •" him the fiilluwing coiitrivmico >n(l way ut eicnpe; Thit he »hoiil(l iinke an ark of four •t^riri high, three hundred cubitt long,* fifty cubiti broad, bmr the preiervation of their kindi, anil othan of them by ieveni. Now thii ark had firm watli, and n'roof, and wnt braced with cronn beanii.to that it cooJd npt be any way drownetl, or overbiirnc by the.'iuoftnce of (he water. Anil thui win Noah with hli family, prixerved. Now he w*i the tenth froih Adani.iw b. io(f the oon of Laniech. who»e father wa» MeUiuselii ; Im- wai the »on of Knoch, the noh of Jarcd ; and Jared w»» the ton of Malnleel, who, »v»|li many of hi» »i»- ten, were the thildreu of Cain, the ion of Knot. Now F.nii* was llic ton of Seth, the ton of Adam. 3. Tlii« calamity happened in the iik hundredth year of Noab'« government, [«);c,] in the second month,^ called by the Macedoniuni IHui, but by the Hebrew! Jilarhezvanf for »o did they order their > ear in Kgynt. But Mo^rs opno.inted that Alton, which in the name with Xanthicu$, thould be the firtt month of their fcttivuU, becaiuc he brought them out of Kgypt in that month. So that thia month began (he vear as to nil the ao- lenuiities they observed to the lionor of Ood, al- though he preserved the original order of the niortCha aa to selling and buying, and other ordi- nary affain. Now he aayi, that this flood Jiegan on the twenty-seventh [aeventcendi] d«v of the forementioned month ; and this was two (nousand six hundred and fifty-six [one thoutanil five hun- dred and fifty-six] years from Adam the first man; and the time.is Written- down in pur sacred b|iaks,t thoae yho then lived having noted down with great occuraey both the births ^nd the deaths of illustrious men. 4. For indeed Seth was l?orn Wlien^Adom was •in hia two hundred and thirtieth year, who l^ved iiitte hundred and thirty veara. Seth begat KnoCh iq hia two hundred' a'nd^ fifth year; who, when he l.«d lived nine hundred and twelve years, deli- vered the government to Cainan his son, whom he had at bis hiindrcd and ninetieth year. He lived ifine httlidred and five years. Cainan, when he bad lived-niile huttdii^d and t<;^ years, had his son Malaleet, who VM^-born in his hundred and seventieth "year, Tftis ^alaleel, having lived eight huAd^sd And ninety-five years, died, leav- ing iki« sonlltred, whom h« bca|t when he was at bianundrcd and sixty-fifth ye*. He lived nine hiindted and sixty-two years ; and then his son Enoch succeeded himi who waK born when hi! father was one hundred and sixly-two years oK) Now he, when h« had lived three hundred and •Ixty-five years, il'cparted, and went to (iod; whence it i» (hat they have not written down bit ileath. Now Methuscif, the son of Knoch, who was born to him when he was one hundred and sixty-five years old, had I^niech for his son, when he was one hundred and eighty-seven ^ars of age; (» whom he delivered the govern- ment, when he had rcUined it nine hundred and,, sixty-nine years. Now Lantech, when he had governed M!*'r daj'S, he sent the living creatures out of the jrk, and both he and his family went out, when he al- so sacrificed to God, and feasted with his compa- nions. However, the Armenians call thia place} A^tZ.xff.it,, the Place of Descepd for the ark being saved in that place, its remains are showed . there by the inhabitants to (his day. 6. Now all the writers of the barbarian hiatu- ■ ries make mention of this flood^ and of this ark;, among whom is Bcrdssiis the Chaldean. For wben ne WiiS describing the circumstances of the flood, he goes on thua: "It is said, there ia still For a* to the real of mankind, Jaaephu» himself confes- oea tlHsir hvcltwere mucMonger than 120 years, for ma- ny (eneralkfha after the noodj aa we shall see presently: and beaaya, (hey were (raddallyabottenedtill the days of Maae;, and then fixed [for some lime] at I30,fliaii. yi. aecCS. Nor indeed need we aupposc that either Enoch or Joaepl^s meant to interpret these tSO years for the life of menliefore tlie flood, to be dlflSerant from the ISO yearMif Kod'a piiliencc [perliapa while the nrk waa preparing] till the deluxe; which 1 lake to be the ineapUit of (pOd when he threatened this dirked world.'^t if they so long continued impenitent, their Aim tko»^i,nomon (hart 130 jr»r4. * A coliit ia be tbe true acceont of that matter. For there is lio reason to imagine that men were not taught to rtttd and wrife soon after they were taught to tpeak: and perhaps all by the Messiah himaelf; who, under the Father, was the Creator orOovemor of mankind,, and who froiucntly in those early day* ajipearfd to them. „' , . $ This A«-ea»T^iei', or place ofiftctnl. Is the proper iliiiIuIih-IiIiWm Mi fllii I 'ill Itia called in Ptolcmv, JVVuiui«>,and by MoseaChorenenaia, the Armenian historian, M<*«Miii bnt atihe place iMel( Jfatkiitknan, which lignifie* thefrtt place afde»ce»t; and i* a lasting monument of (he pr^rraiion of Noah In the ark, upon tbe topof that mountain, nt whoae foot it wa« built,** the flrat city ortown after theflood. B^e Anilq. b. xx. Chap, ii.aeet. 3,and MofeaCfaorenenaia, p. 71, 7S; who alao aaya, p. 19, that another town was re- lated by tradition to have been called Sercit, or tke place ■ ■ of diepenion,on aocount of the disperaion of Xi*u> thni*,orNa*b'**on*, fromthenceflrat made. Whether any remain* of thi* ark be atilt preaerved, a* the peo> Sle of the country *uppa*e, 1 cannot certainly tell. Ion*. Turnftiri'hadbot very longalnee a mindtoaee the piaec himielf, but met witH um greet danger* add difflcultie* to venmre tiiroq|h itaem. ■v|. LMt BOOK L-CHAP. iv. ■iily-twoyewiok) lhr«« liundKil and ind went (u (iod ; o( written down bia •on of Knoch, who •t one hundred ind iniech for hit ton, I and <:if(ht]r->evcn 'livered tlie (^Tern- it nine hundred and,, iiech, when he had and •ev«nty-«'veii in to be ruler of llii^ iiiieck when tie wait [> ycart old, and re* c hundred and fifty 'd tOKCther make up ut lei no on«! m<|uire Hi for they erteiujed r with their children hiin havo tegnrd to KnuU and it began to in forty entire dayi, ip^lier tiian the earth ; liere were no great- . lliey had no place to used, the water did one hundred and fif- entepiith day of the lin^ to aubnide for ■ urk ritted on the top nienia^^; which, when icd it, and seeing a :, he continued quiet, fui hope» of deliver- -ward, wh^n the wa- iBter degree, he >en(-, learn whether any re left dry by the wa- ;6 out of the ark with rncd not. . And after ive, to know the state back to him covered olive branch. Herc- irth was become clear ad stayed seven inor(>r itiirfs out of the ^rk, went out. when he al- iKled with his compa- eiiians call this place) Dtscepii for the ark 8 remains are showed . this day. r the barbarian histu- ' lood, and of this ark ;. the Chaldean. For e circumstances of the : is said, there is still men were not tauRht to y were taught to fpeak: . iah himselfi who, under r Oovemor of mankind,, early days ajipear^ to e ofiffcenl, ie the proper me of this very city. It is id liy Mrnea Chorenensia, ■Ma; bnt atihe place iMelt tke frit plate »fde»ee»t; the pr^rration of Nqali 1 mountain, nt wtaoae foot townaftertheflood. B^e nd MofesChorenensis, p. lat another town was re- called Senn, or theplatc ■ the dispersion of Xisu> inceflnt made. Whether ilt preserved, aa the peo> I cannot certainly tell, longsince a mind to ace Ittt too |i«at dangari aiid iiliem. ~ souM part of this ship in Armania, at the moun- tain of the Cordjirans; and that soma people o r^jirry oA' pieces ol the bitumen, which they take ' away, and use chiefly as amulets, for the avart- , ing of liilscbiefs." — Hieron^mus the Egyptian also, who wrote tha i'hehician antiquities, and Mnaseai, and a great many more make mention of the same. Nay, Nicholas of Damascus, in bis ' ninety-sixth book, lialh a particular relation about Iheiu; where he speaks thus: "There is a great ineuntaiii in Ariueuia, over Minyas, called Jhttii, upon which it i> reported, that many who fled at the lime of the ileluge were sa(ed ; and that oiie who was carried in an ark, came on shore upon the top of it, and that the remains of the timber were a great while preserved. This might be the .-nan about whom Moses the legiflalor of the Jews wrote." 7. But as for Aouh, he was afraid, since God had determined to deatroy mankind, lest he should lirown the earth vyery year; so he offered burnt olferlngs; and besought God that naluraiuight hercaftergo on in its Tomierdrderly course; and ibtrt he would nut bring on So great a judgment any more, by which the wholx race of creatures might be in danger of destruction; but that, hav- ing now punished the wicked, he would of his modncss spare the remainder, and such as he had hitherto, judged fit to be delivcn^d from so ^rvere u culiiiiiity: fur that otherwise these last must be more miserable than the drsi, and that . .they must be condemned to a worse conililioii than the others, unless they be suffered to eicai>e entirely i that is, if they be reserved for another dirluge, whill^they must be afflicted with the ter- ror and the sight of the first deluge, and must :iUo be destroyed by a sccpnd. He also entreat- ed God to accept of kis sacrifice, and to grant that the earth might never again undergo the like effects of his wrath; that men might he per- mitted to Roon cheerfully in cultivating the same ; to build cities, nnd live fiappilv inthrm; and that they might not be deprived of imy of those good things which they enjoyed before the flood; but might attain to the like length of days, and old agi^, -which the anoient people hiiid arrived at before. 8. When Noah had made these supplications, God, Who loved the man for his righteounneHii, jtrauted entire success to his prayers; and said. That it was not he who broucbt the destruction o»i a polluted world, but that they underwent that vengeahce on account uf their own wickedneiis; and tiiat he bad not brou^t men into the world, if hehad_himself deterniined to destroy them, it W 9. Now when Noab had lived three hundrwl and fifty vears after the flood, and a^ thair time happily, he died, having, lived the liuiiiU'r of nine hundred and fifty years. But let no one upon comparing the lives of tbe ancienU with pur lives, and with tha few years which we now live, think that what we have said of them ia false; or inakc the shortness of our lives at pr*- seiit, nil arKUnu'iit, that neither did Ihev attain to so long a duration of life, for those anoirnis were beloved of Goil. and [lately J made by (;ud him- self; and because their -fuoii was then fitter for the prolongation of life, might well live so great a number of years; and besides, Gud affordad them a longer lime of life on iiccount of Iheil- virtue, and the good uw thry made of it in as- tronomical and geometrical discoveries, which would not have afl'orded th^tiuie for Oiretclling. [the periods of the slara,] unless they had lived six hundred years; for ihe great year is comple- ted in that inlervul. Now 1 have for witnesses to what I have said, all those that have written antiquities, both among the Greeks and Barba- rians: for even Mancthp, who wrote the l-^gyn- tian history, and Uerosus, who collected tbo Chaldean monuments, uiid Mochusnhd Ileiiiaeut, and besides these liieronymus (he Kgyptiun, and those tliat conijHised the rhciiiciim l»i»i(iry, agree to what I here sny. Heiiiid aUu, and llecatieu*, and Hellanicus, and Acusilons; and, besides these, Ephorus and Nicolaus relate that the an- cients lived a thousand yciir». Itut us (o these matters, let every one look upon them us they think fit. CHAP. IV. Coftcatiing the Toittr qf lialiylon and tht Con- fuiiait nf'fonguti. } 1: Now the sons of . Noah were three, Shenl. being an instance of a. enter wii-=»k^ vn uoo, ii ne snouiii Have a nnnil to «id Td pr^S liu". i^e wen ".w^t" ^"' ''"' ' f T" '\- "»'•''' I'S^^i/or that he would bi.id f <:¥ >iiu% ue went away. i a tower tuo high foi^ the waters to be able to ' / 30 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. i ,■' rMch: mil that h« woiiM avriiKc hiiiiMir on (ioin|[ tli»ir liirrl'iilhi'ni." 3. ^ow IliK iiiiiUitudit wiru very riiiitljr lo liil- low the il«Urniiii«liui> "( Niiiiruil, mid lu • nU't-ni It ■ pU.i'< of cuwardirA In tultmlt lu (lo<|i uiiil th«y uuiU* towar, n«i(hrr«iiaiiiir niiy |Hiiiii, iiur liflnf; In any ittntt» ni'Klizvnt uiiiiiii (li<- iviirk. Anil, by rraton o( the inultiluilu of hniiili <'nl' ployril In it, il grvw Vf^ry liivh, luoiH'r tliiiu uriy una cuuhl expect; but llir thii'knriit of it una mi Kreal, and il wan an atriiiigly ba|ll, that tlirrcby lit (treat hi'ijflil ««iiiii(l, iiiiun the vifW.Jo hu U»h than II rmilly wiia. Il iviia built or burnt-il brick, renienleil luf^i'thir wilh niorliir iiinile of liitiimtii, lliHt It luiKhl not b« liubli! lo atlrail wiiler. VVIirn (jod aaw that tin y acted a« madly, he did not r<- aolvo lo diialroy thcni utii'fly, ■incii llicy wt^re not grown wi><:r by the de-triirtloii iif Ihr fiiriiiir ainn<:ni, Inil hii riiiiatul u tuiiiult Kiuoii|r tin in, by producing in thdndiv«i'«lttii{{uiiK>^», itiid cuiiiiiiit;, that through thy thr word Hubi I, con/fitfon. Till" S\liil uho iiiiiki'4 III! Mlion of iIiik tower) and of the c'onOii'ioii of lln' l.iiigiiiijfi' whrn >ho siiys thiia: ** WIk u uU iih ii ui ri' of Oiic l:iii- guace, aouie of thtiii hiiilt u high toiyi r, ii» if tiny it'oiild thereby iiKCend U|> to lii'iivcn,.1i'iit the nations, that suiiiided well, [in Greek,] that they might he better uu- di rstood aoiQng theiilselyts; und setting iigre»ii- ble Yorms of goverimieiit over tlieni, iii if they were a people derived from themselves^ V, CHAP. VI. • ! liow tvtry ^aliim vna denominated from tliiir • Jirst Inhabflanls. Jli Aow they were the grandchildren of Noah . in honor of whom uaiues wxre jinposed on the nations by those that first seized upon them. Ja- jihet the son of IMbah had seven sons. Thiv inha- tiited so, tliat beginning nt the mountains Tnurtis and Anianus, they proceeded along Asia, as fac as the river Tanais/and along Europe to Cadiz; and settling themselves oa the lands they lighted upon, wliich none hud inhabited before, they cidled the nations by their own names, t'orfio filler fiuuulied those, whom the (ireeks noyv cull Cni@alU,} but Were thed called Oqme- rilit. Mni^o;; founiiid thiwe that froinhim war* iiuiiiril JUa/fufiltt, but who nre by the (Ireakt I nllid Heylkiuni, Piow as 10 Jiivan and Madtl, the lona (if Japhrt; from IMadui cainii Ihr M*** ilrans, which urn ndlcd Mtdt$ by |hc (iracki; bill from Javan, .loniii and all (he (irrcliins ara derived, Thobf I founded the Thohi lid a, which are i)tivv culled Ibtrtti and (he Miiaochriii wera foiinihdliy Moaorli; now they ure CH^ipadoclani. There is alsrk a nmrk of their niicleni denoiiMM- lions alill to be showed; for (here is evi n now iiinoiif; them a cilv culled Muzucii, which may iilliinii thoae ihiil nre iihle to underHtiiiid, that so iws Ihe entire iiatinn once culled. Tliiras also calleil thuie whom he ruled over Thiraiianif but the (■reeks changed the name into Thra- cinnii. And ao nuiiiy were (he countries (hut had the chddrep ot^'iluphel for their iiiliahitiints, Ot (he tlirce amis liftiohier, Aaclianiiz foiiudrd (he / sell. iiiHsiuiiB, who are now Called by the (ireeks Illiifpmani. So did Itiphnth found (he llipheana, now cnllcil i'lt/ihlaKOnianf, unil 'Ihrugrainina the Thrii^runiiluiiiii', who na the (Ireeks re- lulved, were, iiitiui d l'lirjfi(laut, Of thii lhr«« soiisof Jiiv.in ulao,lhe son of Jiipliet, Klisii gave hnuiu u> llie l'',li.eaaed the ishind of (.'ithiiiia; i( is now cnlleil C'//'ril ('ethiimi by the Itbi'iws; and one city there is in Cyprus (hat has been iibli' to I'leserve its ilennuniiulion; it it culled Vitius by thoae who use the iiiiignage of the Greeks, iiml has not, hy the use of that (lla> !ect, i.-«cii|ii d the ii:iiiie of (.'ethiuiii. And aii inanf natioiis have fhe chihlieii aiid grnudchildreu of Juphel po»i*.i .Hscd. Aow when S have prt niiaed soiiMwIiat, which perhaps (he Greeks do not know, J will return and explain what 1 havo oniidid; for siiidr nuiiies are pronounced here ttftec ihe inhnner of the GreeKs, lo please ray rei|der»; for our own country langiiagt: dnet not so pi'oiiouM '•' til) III. liiit the iiiiiii a in all caitt are of ttiie and the same ending; fur ill' name we lure pronOiincr, Aocnj, is there JS'imU; und ill eve IV inse retains the ►aine t'einiiintion. i. 'I he clillilren of Hani pos^esaed llin land from Syria and Amanua, and the iiioniituiiis of l.ilmiiu.'.; iiei/.ing upoa all thut wcm on its sea- coast.*), and as far us (lie ocenniand keeping it as (hiir own.. Some, indeed, of its nanies are iilie.rly vanifhed away; others of theni bein|f chnnged, iiild aiiodier soupd given them, are liiirilly to he tli.seovered, yet a few there are which have kept their denominatiriiis eiitire. For of the four sons of 11am, time has not at all hurt tlie name of Chut; for the Kthiopiafts, ovei whom he reigni'd, are even nt this day, both by* themselves iwiil by ull men in Asia, called Chut- ites. The iiiMiiorv also of the Mesraites iS^'pcf served in their name; for all we who inhabit thit conntrv [of .liidea] call Kgypt Mcstre, and the Kpyptians .iI/fj((rC((7i.f. I'liut also was the foun- der of l.yl.>i:i, niid culled the iohahifanls fhniitts, from liliiisi If; there is also a river in ihe couii- (ry of the Aioors, which bears that name; whence it'is lliiit we may see the greatest part of the Grecian historiographers inenlion that river, aW the adioiniiig country, by the uppellatioa o. Phut;\int the name' it lias now, nan been by change given it from one of the sons of Mes- traim, WMio was Called l.yhyiia. We will inform you presently whal has hi-en thcocrasion Why it nas been culled Jlfrica also. • Canaan, the fourth son of Ham, inhabited the country now called Judea, and called it from his own name Canaan. The children of these [four] were these: Sabat who founiled the Sabcans; Eyilas, who foundc* i !' .;i^:. ..»• BOOK I.— CHAP. VII. It Croiii'liini nrcrt ' hy the Orcaki iiviiii Nnil Mmltl, li cuinii Ihr M*- bjr |lic (irMki; liii (irrciiin* ara liolii li(i«, which Miooi'liriii wcr* ri' Ciijipiiilui'liiiii. K'irnI ili'iioiiiina- rrn U rvi n now iiicii, Wlilili majr ili'mliiiid, that no I'd. 'Iliiraii nUo v< r Thirutiimif niiiii iiitci Thra- miiitrio ihiit lir^d iiiliitliitiinlH. 0( nni ('(iiiiiilfil tile •il liy lilt" (ireeka nil IMC lliphrann, III 'rhrii|(rHiiiinit (III! (Irrnkii ro- 1. 6f Ihiii ^»hr»« ijiIkJ, Kliaii f;uv«! : iii«nil)jo(t«; Jhey to III!', 'rhuri'iiiif, thi' KJpi of which hiivi , aiiil u iiic' 1)1 iii^ liy ihaiige B iiiMy the 8 in ('y|)ruii that iiniiiiiiulion; it ii till: lllll)(Ht>ge of UA« ni that (Ha- ni. Ami noinanf ^riuiilriiildrcii of S hinr pri milled CIri'i'ks ilo not lin wliiit I have nrnnounci'd here K«, to |iliii»«; my in(;iiiigt: doit not . iiii.ii s in all cait§ ^fr; Uiy tli< mime liicrr A'ouU; iind i^iniiintinn. >»M'»»rd tlin land he monntaiiia of [ wr.f on it» sea- aiiil kct'pin^ it as t its niiiiMs are > o|' thciii livini^ jjiven thi'iii, are u I't'W tlicrr are niniitiF>nii c-htire. iiiitv hiiK not at all Kthiopiafts, ovei this diiy, liolh by* sia, I'Hili'd Clini- Mt'sraitis i9'>tf e who Inhabit thli Mcstre, and the jio was Ihf town- abitanls fhniitti, iver in ihe oouii- lat namr; whence at«'st part of the mlliut rivir, aW. ; iippcllutioa o. ow, hati bi'cn by the soin of Mcs- We will inform ■ Cidcraiiion ivhy it anaiin, the fourth jntiy now called fn name Canaan. ere these: Saba*- ilas, who foundc* >li« 'Kvileani, who tra called Otluki Sabalha* luiinJrd Ihe Sabathent; thry are now calird by Iha (Ireekt ^litmbofn$t Sabai'ta* irllM (he Subaclena; ami Kaimna the Karnii'aiUi ami he had two ioM, tha one of whirh, Juilailaf< Milled the Juiladeajia, a aation of wrtlerii Klhioplana, aad left ihemiiia name; ai did Sabai, lo Ibr Sn- beam. Hut Nimrod, the aiiniif (^hii*, ilayedaml tyrannitcd at llahylnii, as we have iilready in- iiirmed ^uu. Now all Ihe children of Mearaim, liriiig e|i(ht IM number, poiinted the country I'rum (lau to KKynt, ihotiKh it rrlained the aanie 'if one only Ihe Philtslim, lur Ihe (ireaki called |iart of that .■(ivnlry faltitint. K* fur the reit, l>udlrm, and Knrnflni, iind l«bini, who alone in- habited in Libya, ami called the country ffqni himartf; Nedini and iVthniiim, auci' pheilojifl, Iind C'rfihtiiorim, we kuow nolhinK of them be- •idea their naniei; for the Klhiopic war,* which we Khali urw-ribe hrreiifler, wan the cauie that ilwiie citiea weri' overthrown. The loni of Ca- naan were theie: Sidoniui, who alto buiU a rity ■if the nine name; it i> called by. the Qrevki Siion) Aniathun iahabilad in Amatklne, which la even now called Amathi by ifie inhabilanti, iillhough Ihe Miicediinlani named it H'pifhania, from one of hit iHnterily; Arudeun |Hiiieiiieil the ■•land Aradun; Arucai iioaieiied Ante, which In in Libanui. iiul for the levcn .lother* [Kucu*,] tJhettciia, ieliuacui, Amorreua, (ierf^eneui. t'.a- deui, Sineiit, Saninreua, we have iimhiqK in the aacred buoka but their namei, for Ihe llehrewi '.verlhrcw their cities ond their calainllica came opon them on the occaaion fullowinK. 3. Noah, when after the delurc ihe earth wa* roiettled in it« former Gohditiun, aet about ita <-altivalion; and when he had planted It with vmet, and when the fruit waa ri|)e, and he had (E«lh«red the grapca in their aeaaoii, and the wine was ready for une, ho oflered aacrifice, and feaat- ed, and beinKdriink.be fell asleep, and lay na- ked man unseemly manner. When tiisyounrcst aon_»aw this, he came iauRhinjc, •ml showed him to his brethren; but they covered Iheir father's nakedness. And when Noah was made sensible of what had beeii done, he prayed for posterity to his other sons; but for Ham. he did not curse liiin, by reason of his nearness in blood, but cur- sed his ponterity. And when the rest of them escaped that curse, d'od inAicte reeks called Sy riant; as Land founded the Laudites, which are now called Lydiant. Of the four sons of Aram, Iji founded Trachonitis and Damascus: this country lies between Palestine and Celosyria. Ul founded Armenia; and Ga- ther the Bartrians; and Mesa the/Mcsaneans; it j» now called Charax SfOiani. Sala was the son of,Arphaxad;andhissoriwa8 Uel.er,'for whom Uicy- origmally called the Jewsf Hebrews, He- ter begat Joclan and Phaleg; he was called Phn- • One ohservatlon oufht nottohe here neclecteil. with regard to that Etiilopic war. which Moie., as^enwal of the Esyptlans. put an end to. Aiitlq. B. ii. eh x. and iriVrAr" °"' '"""""f" seem very unconceinedi stpn the removal or ileslrurtion of alift)r seven nations of the porterlly of Milr.rann. with tlie(»,i-iile";"Xti Joaephus woqid not hnve.nid.lf lie liad nih hadanrient '^l!."i . ^""'^y "'°y h'' -"li tnlona. thniigh thoLa re' 31 leK bacauae he was bom at Iba dispersion of tha ualions lu their several countries; fur I'halev aiming the llelirewsaiKniAes JtrMum. NowJiK- lau, one of Ihe aona of lleber, hail Iheae aons, KImodaid. Saleph. A.ermi.th, Jem, Adoram. Ai- sei, Ijecla, Kbal, Aliimeal.Habeua. Ophir. Kuilal. and Jniwb. Theae inhabited from Cophen, an Irnlian river, ami in |)art of Aria adjoiniiiK loit. And thia ahall aulllce concerninK iba aons of ahem. " *• J will nuw ireal of Ihe Hebrews. Tha son of I haIeK, whose father was llelier, was Ranu; whose son was .Seruf , to whom was born Nahor: his son was Terah. who was Ihe father of Abram, who acconlinnly was Ihe tenth from Noah, and was Imrn in the two hundred and ninety ■•econd year after Ihe deluRe; for Terah berat Abram in his seventieth year. Nahor tiCKat Haian, when he w#Sone hundred and twenty years old; Na- hor was born lo Serug at his hundred and thirtr second year; Kaxau had Seruj at one hundred and thirty; at Ihe same time also l>halef( had Ragauj lleber l>eRlt Phaleg in his hundred and Ihirtv-fourth year; he himself hting befrotlen by Sala, whelk he was a hundred and thirty years old, whom Arphasad hail for his son at thi hundred and thirly-fifih year of his are. Ar. phaxad was the son of Sfiein, and born twelVa I years after the delure. Now Abram had two brethren, Nahor and Flaran; of these Haran left a sort. Lot; aa also .Sarai and Milcha his daiieh- tera; and diexl anionic the Chaldeans, in a city of the Chaldeans called (/r; and his monument it showed to this day. These married theii'nieces. Nahor married Milcha. and Abram married Saral. Now Terah hating Chaldea. on account of bis mourning for Haran, they ill removed to Haran o( Meso|)otanila, where Tenth died, and was buried, when he had lived to be two hundred and £ve years old; for the life of man was already by degrees diminished and becama shorter than before, till the birth of Motet: after whom the term of human life was one hnn- dred and twenty years, God determining it to tha length that Moses happened to live. Now Na- hor had wRht sons by Milchi; Ui. and Bni, Kcinuel Chesed, Aiau, PheldaS. Jadelp, and Bethuel. These were all the genuine sons of Nahor; for Teba, and Gaam. and Tuchas, and Macba. were born of Reuma his concubine; but IJethuel had a daughter Rebecca, and a son Labap. ,1, CHAP. vn. How Abram our Porr/aVter UenI out oftht Land "ftlit (^kaldeant, and lived in the land then callta Catiaau, but note Judea. } 1. Now Abram, having no son of hit own, adopted Lot, his brother Haran's son, and his wife Sarai's brother; anil he left the land of Chaldea when lie was Jioventy- five years old. ^ and at the command of God went into Canaan, and therein he dwell hiniself, and left it to his nosterity. He was a person of great sagacity, both_ for understanding all things, ami pcrsuadine his heaiwrs, and qo( mistaken in his opinions; cords neiui now lost. -LTIir.' ""S ■?*■ """ *;"''^ tt'irtw, from this their progenitor Meter, pu^ author -Joscphus here righUy af- --.-, ^^, ......u_Ei. Ill iiii upiuions; for which reason he begaiJ to have higher notions of Virtue than others had, and he determined to renew and lo change thii, ouinion nil men hap- pened then to have conceding God; for he was lirmt; and not from Abram the tiebrew, or Paitmrer over Kuphraica. as many of the moderna suppoae. Shem is also called Hie father »f all tkt cIiWriTJ/ Heker. or of nJUk, Hjirew.. in a hbtory Ion" Sfort Ahrani passed ov« Eupliralea, Oen. «. 8|, Ihouih it must be confc«ied, tliat. Gen. xHTiS, wheVo the or". • nal says, they told Ahram the Hebrew, the Beptuac^t renders il the Paieenger, >ri,«T,<: but thia tsaraken only of Ab r a m l i l m self.wliul i nd t h'eB tately oasaeaov^ ™"?i''^-.5"* *•.■""!?•'. 'jjinlBeMlon ot'iVeHrt.aw word, taken m an appelUUre and not at name. a piiopW/ ANTIQtIlTtEH QV THE JEWH. . M Ika flnt that «tii(ur*il to publi*h ihi* nnlloa, thai Ibcro wu but On* Uwl, thu (.'mlur uf lh« tjni- v«rt«; ■n«]r eon' tribttttid itajr lliini; to th* tia|i|iincM of luaii, that ' ' ailonlail it onl^r acconlinK to kit •aeh of tliain ■ppointoMnt, apil tool b* thair'uwn pi>w«r. TbU hu i>|iiiiton •»■• it'll*)*!! I'niiii Ihii (rr«i(ular |ih«- ■oiaaiia that wrra viiilitx liiilh at Uml and a«a, •a> Mrcll aa Ihina that ha|i|xiii to Iha luii. aiul moon, and all tlin hra«anljr bnlartiia, ruitrd a tumult againat him, h« thought At to Uavt that country] and at the coiiuuaniT, ami by Iha niai«- lanca of Qod, lie cania and lived in thr land of Canaan. Ami when ha waa there actlUd, he built an allar, and |>rrruriu<-il a ■acriliri' lo (i»d, 3. Uqruiua uientiont our I'uth) r Abrnin with- out iiauiin;; hitii, when hv lavi thuai "In ihe tenth Ki-ni;ralion after the lliuid, lh«rewaa ainoMfr the Chuhlciuia u iniin, riKhti;"U> and ((leal, uml /tkiijul in ihii I'tlmtiul aciriici'. liut llct'ula'Uii doea mora than barely mention lijini for hr com- raaed, and left behimi him, a bonk conci'rninr ini. And Nlcolaut of Damnicut, in the fourtH book of hit hiatory •!•>■ thu«; "Abram reiv^ncil •t Uainaicui, being a foreixner, who oanie with •n army out of lite land above Uabylon, calkd the land of the f^alJiani; but, after n l(>nK time, he got hiiii up, niiil' ri'iiiovrd froiii tliul couDir) aUo, with liii iieoule, huU wtnt into the land then called the lanil of Canaan, but now the land of Judea, and thia when hi* iMwterily were b«(:ome a niultituile; aa to which prt«lerily of hia, we relate their faittory in another work. Now the name of Abram ii even itill famoui in the country of Damaacua; ami there it ahtiwct», nod lo know what 'ilhey said mncrrnint; thi; god»\ (\t- aigning eithtV to follow tliein, ii' Ihey hnd better notions than nk^ or tau:eA'c'en°thFiii into u better wav, if his own notions proved the truest. Mow •ee'ing he was to take niiral with him, and was afraia of tfie madneia of the Keyptians with regard to women, lest the king sTioutd kill him on occasion of his wife's great befiuty, he i-nn- trived this device; — He jiri'lrndetl to'be her bro- ther, tind directed her m a disKuibling v;»y to pretend the same; for he said ii would be for their benefit. Now.as snoii as they ciiiue into EgyiA, it hnnprned to Abrpiu us he supposed if would, for (iK. fkilie of Ills wife's (icHutv was greatly talkjed of; fur whicli reasou I'huraoli, tlio king of Kgypf, would not be satisfied with what was rel)urted of her, but would needs see her hiniselr, and waa.'prw>aiing to enjoy her ; but God put a stop to his.illQiist inclinarions, by sending upon him a distamper, and a sedition against his a ^ gov a rhii ie nt . — And wh e n ho i nnuif i J of th i priests, how he might be freed from those enlu- mitiei, tfaey tolu bini, that hia miseruble condition I waadarlvrd fruniiha wrath of llod, uponarrount of hi* inelinations to oliuia the stmngrr's wi(*. Ha then, nut of fear, asked Haral, who tha watt and who It wn* thai ihi; hmught along with harf And when he had found -out the truth, h« at- rnaati Jiiinsrlf to Ahrani, that S|tpposinx Iha Wo- man let b» his Slater, ami ntft liis wilt, he «i>l hia alferlions on her, as dniring an aHinity wilb him by marrying her; but not as inriled hy lull to anus* her. tie aiao niana hini a large |ir«setll (■ liiuney; and gave him leave toenlrr inloeonatfff avrion with liie niiial Irarnvil aniiin'g the Kcyp- tians; fn^n whirheonveraatinn, his virliir ■iiB^C|ed on* another's sacred und nceutlonieil ni.nV'turi:ske: and hi took himself what (he other lift, which were the InWer grvuioliTat (he fool uf the mountains; ami he himsnif 'tii, which wus (hen n line city, but i«,iioW d< Hiroyed by the will and Iho wftth of tiod; liie cause of which 1 shall show in its pro- per place hereafter. CHAP. IX. / Tite Destruction of the Sodomilei by the yiMuAm. IVar. { 1. At thla time, when titc Assyrians hnd the dumiiiiun over Asm, (he people of Soi)om were in a nourishing ruiidition, liulli as to riches and luiniber of their youth. There were five, kings that munaged the ii0':iirs of this country, Dallas, lia.i, Senubur, and Sunmbor, with the l^ihg of Uein, Riid each kiu(^ lwn the olfspring of.the giants. And whea they Were cumc over Hgulnst Sodom, they pitched (heir cunip at the vale called the Slinu- vita, fot'lit that time th( re were pits in that place; out ni^w, upon the destruction of the citv of So- l oni , that vide l uc i Mne the / . ntr . fltpU a iiitti , a» / / V-( it \ii rnlU'd ; however, concerning tliis lake we tball speak iiKint pireaeatly. Mow when the So' V-: / / r < lixt, upon *crnu*l III* •IrniiKrr'i wib. Inrai, who ihn WMt (hi nliiitK wilh hart I Ihn Iriilh, ha at- I •itpptiunx Iha wo- Ilia Hrll«, hv m't bl( ■n alliiiily wilb him I inrilril hjr lutt l<> II ■ liirK« |ir«(MI ta :(>»nlrr iiiln conMr- il ■iiiiiH't; tliji Kitjp- III, hu virliir ■■•■I hii itulcuiiu* tIAn Ihajr tlani wrrtiittjfAitriy iiiml riUt'r^lmw*'* ^ T an l||iii tr^vnl, if (hiMii, iiH tV'iinriit- c liin III', t'ety una itriiinii«lrHl«A 4hat ami vniil ul' Iriilh) liy thrin, in lho|o iiin, mill iiiit'/if^rrat it OH Hnv Kiihji'ot ha iiiunilmlnuiirnicili nlwi til aHcn^ III hink ii'ilhliiHii', umKilcli- a»troniiiii) ; fur, hc< i|, Ihiy win unitb- I' li'.iriiiiiK! I'ur that 'Uii» Into T'.fi'jrpt, and lU. roiii« bark in(i> Ca- wcin him and Lot, Ituuiit Ix'linviiir.of tliu |m>iiiri.n>wlierc- milt. Ilowevfi^ he te tu chooic which took liiiiii«ir what lit' InWrr Krttuiolifat ml hr li'iiimn!!' ''iii,aii(l dividing 'ouf;ht a|!;pinat theiDi y hud ila own con>> tie wna joined, the' and iiiipoacd a tri- Sodoinitea, who lub- : yeHrai and so ling tribute; but on (be 1, and then the arin^ [I them, under their ochi Chederluonier, I laid waste ull Syria', , ; of.the giants. And nguinst Sodom, thejr lie cnlled the Stime- t're pitii in that place; )n of the city of So- ■ ntf Alphaliilit , as erning tnis lake we Kow when the So' ROOk l.-«lfAP. X. XI. / dantltnjainvd ballla wilh (ha Astyrlana, and (ha llftht WDa vary iihallnal*, nmny of ihrin wtru killril, and lh« rail wrra rvrrlod rupli»«, aaiimiK whu'hrl. wbu had coma it aMMt tba HikJuiuiUI. ciiAr. X. /dun Altnim/imrhl wilh Ma.^Hyr^ant.aitrfovrr- ran > /Arm, aaii nicti^ (A< SihliimiU I'rtiontrt, mnd (wilt /rum Ikt Jtii^rUni M< I'rty (A|^H'r to iilf»rd Ilimi anialunce, hi did ui>( 'Ul.iv It, lull iiiiirrlird haatily, and llis (Iflli r'k'it fell upon the Aiiayri.uia, near Oiin, fur thai !« Ilir n'tniK ol Ihr othir «pr^ll^ of Joriluni and, h< I'lirf Ihry muld nriji thi iiioli'i a, he alrw lonie «a lllry wvai' in their hnla, lirfura thiy could lU'tD'ct any harm; and ulliera w'o) W< not yet Kone to ali'rp,/1iiil wrn audriiiik Ihalljrey could M"l IlK'di ran uwiii. Alimln |uir'iirj>l{ri(r (hp(,(br lour huiidrad vears.f duufhg which Itnie Ibey should lia aflnlad, bii»' aflerwarda ahuMld innroiire their ennolrs, tHiiuld ro|H|U«r IlieCiiiiwnlt.a 1,1 Hmr, and |N>aaansiii dwell naavfli^i oak called 0«. Kfl Iha plwe iMluhHs loJPanain, not far front (he cKy of ll.lirun. O/tA li«iii| Hnaaar a( Ida wife's h^ri'«nu»Ba, he aiilrreied (Tnd lo grant thai he lliighl hate mule i4sua; and (iud loquireil iil hnii io li«t ol uoiitKcDuragei uiol laul, Ihni ha uoidd u 111 to alUlie r«s( uf the hrnelils thai jia R'ld bealuwedu^iu liliti, ttarainie lie Ud him oul of ,M.i, llie gilt of cliildran. Aciord- iu^ly S,ir^ at (iiid'a looiniand, brought lo hia be.' iMjK^f her huniliiluldriii, a wuiiian of KgyiK liaij,/«tearenl, In or lir lu obtain children by h«r( nl|*>U lids liandiuaid was with tibild, aba (rU niiipheil, un»l to Ujr lOMlii lk«lr rouAlrjr, Hitlil l^ar* •linobl ■wllkar ulaiii nor rrall RrtM* >ihI of It. t. Wn«ii OihI hail Iku* rMulvnl ronrcntiM ■!>* Smlomilat, Ahrahimi, M h« mi hjr iha »•■ •>' Mamlir*. •! Ik* iliMir of hi« l«nl, u« lhr«* mi l|iil(, aiul lhiulilii( lh*in tu Iw (Irangan, h« nM» up. Ml)! mIuUiI Ihcin, anal tiatlml Iha/ wniilil ac- rapl uf an •■••riaiiimant, and abiila with hlmj lo ohirh, arhaq ih«f a||r*«l. ka onlarail cakaa »l ■M*l la ha mad* |ir«Mnll)f, ami iirhaa ba haal •lain a rmil. h« matltNl il, and bniUKhl il lu Iham, a* Ihay aal unil«r lha itak. NoM lh*]r uia>la a •how o( aalina, and b**l«r»ni» a molhar. ll|Hin whii h ihr wmiian Uuihvd, and •aid, that il Waa itti|Hi« lunvar, hut d*rtar«4l hwl rapliad. That Ihara waa no (immI man amon( tha Rodomilaa; for if thara warr but tan auch man among Ibani, ha would not puniah anjr of Iham for lliair aina,. Abraham hald nia t>**<^*' And tha angrla cania lo tha riljr uf thanodoniitaa, and l^il vnlraalad Iham lo accapt of a lodcing with himj for ha waa • irarir ifna- roua bimI nutpilabia man, and una that had laarn' ad to Imitata tha goodnaaa of Abraham. Now whan lha Sodoinilr* aaw tha young man to ba of baautiful counlcnancaa, and Inia to an atiraordi- nary dagrcc, and Ihal ihay look up their l<>dg- ingl with l<«l. Ihay rraolvrii Ihrniaalvra l» i>nj«d, ha would cipoaa hia daughtara to thair lull, inataad of thaaa itrugeri: naithar thua wan thay mada aahamad. 4. But tiod wu much diaplaatad at thair im- plidaht bahavior, lO that ha both tniola Ihoac man with blindilaia, and condeninad tha Sodom- itaa to univaraal daatruction. Hut l^t, upon God'a informing him of tha future drdruclion of tha Sodomitaa, went away, taking wilh him hia wila and dangbMra, who wera two, and itill «ir- 'gint; for thoM that were betrothed* to thani ware above the thought! of going, and deemed that Lot'a word* ware trifling, God than cnat a thHndarbolt upon the city, and act it on Are, wilh it* inbnbilantii and laid wulif the country with the like burning, a* I formerly laid when 1 wrote * Tbeee aaaaiatawto Lol,e* thajr ate called, Oen. ttl. 13— M, Blliiht be *o atyled hecauae they were be iralbei lo Lott llaaihtara, Ihouah not yei married lo them, nee tlie note on Antlq. b. (It. eh. itU. aoct. I. I Of tlia War, h, Iv. chap. tIU. aecl. t. iTItlariWara/aali waB,waaae here,aUndin|lillha dayiof Jneepliua, and he nadaaen h. ThatU waaatand- Inf then la afao alteeiad by Clement of Rome, rontempo- raiy with i«eephua;aa alao that It waaao in IKe iteit «enlary,laatleale4byli*nBiiB,wllh the addition of an bypothaala how H rane to laal aplong, with all Ita mam- beie entire.— Wbetbet the aerounl that ionr nioderii IfaTelleragtye be tma.tbatltla allll alandlnii I do not kiiow. lie reniota al it»allon, at the utmoet eouthern lha iewlak War f Rut lM'» wifb roalinmlly luraina berk In >i«w lha Hty, »t tha f>*iil from II, anirhving Iim> niraljr ln<|uialll«« what would harome of II, allkough ad a niiaarahia life, on aaaoiinl of hia having no rompaoy, and hia want of pro. vMiona. S Hut hia daughlara, Ikinking that ell mea- kjad war* daaln>yril, apiiniai had to Ihair father J though taking rare not lo Ita |*arcai«a«l. Thla lha* iIhI, thai mankind might /not utterly fair aliif lha* liar* aimai lha aon nf iKtl ridar waa naiiiad Mtmh, nhiiU ilrci>iia darlvaiiyrum k%l fktktri lha yiiunKar bare jimmm, whu'h uaiua danotaa oiia dan»a4 /**<«>> kinmmmn- Th« (»a- niar of whum waa lh« father nf lha Moabilaa, which ia avan aljll a graal l|all<>ni lha lallar wa* lha father of lha Aiiiinonilaa; and Imlh at Iham era inhabllaAla of f.'irluayria. And auch waa lha departure of l«l from among tha Sodomitaa. CHAP. XII. Cimttming Ahimtltfhi mnd twn ahe waa hi* wife; but •incr, aaid be, thou Irdai her about a* thy (i*ter, I wu* guilty of no olTence. lie alto entraatad him to De at peace with him; and to make God Ihiaqneatinn, which can Onlybe determined by aye-wit- neaaea. When Oiriatlan prince*, to called, lay aalde Ihelrfonllah and Hnchrlallan war* and qairreli, and aendn hod* of At peraon* to travel over the Eaat, ard hrlni ua lallhlbl arraunta of all ancient monument*, andp'o'ureuaroplMofallaiU'lent rero'da, at preaent loat amoni iii, wa may hope Ibt (\|U Hill*faetioi; in radi Inaulrlea, but hardly nefbre. « (*ee no proper wicked Intention In Uieeedaofhteia of l,a(,when in acaae wblrh appeared Iq tliaro of una- ♦oMaMe iier eaWly, llrey procured Ilif maelve* lobe with '. child by their father. Without auch an unavoldaMe ne> ceaally.lnceel let horrid crime; hut whether. In -auch • caae of nacaaaliv. aa ll iey apprehehdfd thiaiohe. acrerd- .\ bro and aho point of the aea of Bodoa, |n the wild and daanaroua inen* of Arabia, oiakea k aieaedtng dlfflcnh Ibc In- 4at*itlTe travelleraloeiamlne the pl*ee ; and for eom- apa report* of couatry people, at a dlklance, they are twt Very aatiabctory. In the bmb* time, I have no •VlalMi af Le CitrclidlawrtaHan «r lifpoiiMila aboat Inf to Joaeplma, It waaany auch rrhna,! am not *atf*fle4. In the mcanilma, they maklpf ilieir (litlier drank, and- tl eir aoHclKtuaeonrealmeni of what they did from hia ahow* thai they deapalred of peraiiadlnf bin ton* aA> lion, which, at the heal, rould not but ba v*r7 n rpiiawiMf •odjlMfldigtaiOioada mf a *i 4' ■;■ »'!#■ My. N« ah* wviil frum i|uia4ll«« Whal wiraM hail ftiHiiiltli'ii kartu rllar of Mil;] far I Ihit •l*|r Norn ha (■•ruin iiiiall ulara, •ml mUI«u(l hail infliclad ray o( |iuiiiihnicnl for III In onler lu prcMrrs >t Ihat ih* (liJ nol ae- bul aa hia Icipliinala >iniud lu b« Kncioua , if Ihii paraoD b« one* . When ha hail laid friandi, h« arnt tot I ba conramiil about ilion of h«r rhaalilr, im, and Iha't it »*■ by aivad hia wife again, ■buw. And ha ip- rife'a conacience; and iflclinalion at Ural to •h« waa bia wife; biit er about at thy tiater, lie alto entreatad m; and la malfa Ubd e determined by eye-wit- rea, to called, lay aakla wnra and qaarrela, and iiral over the Eaai, aril all ancient monuinenia, 'lent rero'da, a( nreaent r (toll aatlafactioi; In aaeJi Bntlon in Hieaedaof hian ppenred Iq tliero of una- ed iliAmaelvea lolw with '. ; aurb an unavoldahto na- ; hnl whether. In aueh a liehdrd thiato he. ar r.or<- ..«♦. 1 ■■ rrhna.l nmnotaatfafled. ; ilieir Oilher drunk, ui4- What they did r»om him leraiiadtnf Uai loaa aA> 01 but ba rrrj tuifrnMim paaitlaaa M ki«, aail Ikal If h« Iboagkl ll l<» ••■IIbim wllb kiiH, ba aboMM hava wbal b« waalail la abaailaaca t bal Ibat if ba iiaa<|Bad la Io awajr.ba abiiuM ba bitnoratily rinMlurtail. aail at* »k«lau«r«r aupiily >>» wanlxl »b>n h« aama Ibilkar llpna aia aayinf thia. Abnkain luM bim thai hia praUaia of'^kimlrail lo bia wifa waa nlh>r'a daagb- lari aad Ihal ha iImI anl Iblak himaalf aaf* la ala Iia«*la aliruail wilbaral Ibia aorl of iliMiiiiHlalloni aad Ibal ba waa ant Iha rauaa of bia illalampar. bal waa only •ulkiloMa fur hi« owa aafalyi ba •awl alaii, Ibal ha waa ready lu alay with htm. Whareap^n AhiiiMlarh aaaignail bim land aati monayi and tbay roranaalad to ll«a logalbaf wilboal ftttt, anil look an oath at a rarlaln wall, rallad Hitfthtka. wbli b may ba lalarprat- ad, rU i0»U of tAa aaud* aaid aha ahould baar a Min, aha aol aiparliii)^ lurh a Ihiag, aa b*in|| fiaal Iha aga of . cblldbaarMf. fur aba waa ninatv yaara uld, ami Abraham a tiuadradi ao that Ibla aon waa Iwim to Ibam both In Iha |aal y«iar <>f each of Ihoaa daclmal aumbara. And thar rirrumriaad him upon Iba alKhlh day; and Irum lhat lima tha Jawa ennliniia Iba cnalom of circumciainc Ihair aona wilbia Ibat number of data. Hul aa hir the Arabiaaa. they circumriaa anar Ilia thirlaealh year, hacauaa lamael, Iba fouadar of Ihrir na- tioB, aibo waa bom lu Abraham of the iioncu- bina, waa circumciaad at Ihal »fti; roncarninit wban I will pretenlly gira a particular accoiint with treat esactaaaa. i. Aa fur Sarah, ana at tnl lotad liroael, who iraa bora of bar oatn bandraaiil llafar, with aik alhctioa nol Inferior (o that of hrr own aun, for ha waa liruoght up in onler lo auccead in Iha CtarnmrnI; but whrn aba hararif bad lioana lac, aha waa nol willina that lamaal ahould ba brought up with him, aa being loo okl fur him, aad able to do him li^uriaa. wh»n their father ahould badaad; aba Iharafora parauadad Abra- ham to aand bim amf hia molhar to aome dialant coanlnr. Now, at Ihe Aral, ba did not agree to what Sarah wu ao utaloua for, and thnugbl il an iaalaaca of Ihe areateat barbarity lo arnd away a you^ childf and a woniau, unprotidi'd of nacaaaariaa; bul at length ha agrrrd to il, baeauia God waa nleaaed with what Sarah had datcrmiaadi ao ba aelivrrad ianiarl to hia iiiotbar, aa Bol yet abia to go by hlniaelf; and comniand«i(i her lo take a bollle of water and a loaf of bread, and ao lo depart, and lo take neccaaity for hi guide. Bal aa aoon aa her ncceaaary protiiiona iailed, aha found heracif In an etil caae; and when the water waa alinoal apent, aha laid the Jonng ehild, who waa ready to eiptre, under a r-lraa, and wantoa farther, that ao ha mighl die while aha WM abaanl. Rut a diaitU «tg«7 came 10 her.and told bar of a fountain hard by, an<| bid bar lak« cara, and bring up. Ihe cbild> bacauae * II ia well woflbaliaarntio«,lbal Jaaaabaahararalla that principal anial Wboappeafad laAhrahaal, aad Ibni- toMlha Mnh9f Iaa■ /Wfw ealUta a aMa, Aliliq. b. nrM. chap. III. aarl. 3, and af Ood Iffe ITerdja hIa bomlly raaearning Hadee«ay ha bath fenulAe. Nor ia the other eiprMMoa vtiMiwngtl, aacdnreanntly.andbafbraalaovol'anyatbaraiinMleatlM. t Joaiphaa bare ralta lannal a feaaf «IUd erf "/aal; Iba* he waa ahota IhlrtMn yMi^of an : aa Judaa ealh bhaaelfand hiahtalhran fea y ai«ii.wbaalhar waia 47. aiMh«naaiwo«MMrenJ>iiUq,b.ll.ehap.*t.aaet,8.aiid ^"f;, they wereofmaiebtbeaanMafaaaadamaalofUyear* ,4 aW called a IMfa tkiti, Mark *. a»-49, flra aa*aral , ti» aa. Herodaleolaaaldhy JoaephuatoMaaerf ieaay ■au at SI. Bm ibaaauoa AaU«. b. liv. tbar U. M«tJ( fl aba aluMild b* tery happy by iba preaanalma al lemaal. Nha Ibea t>M>t rouraga, uptia Iha praa pa<-l of what waa pnimiaad bar, ami luaaliog with eoma ah*«iiia>da, liy ihair cara aha giH e^aar of Iba dulraM>a ah* had li*aa la. 4. Whan Iha lail waa growa «p, ha married a wife, by birth an Kgyiitian. triHu wbenra Iba molbar waa beraair Jaeifed originally Of tbie wife were iNirn lo lamael Iwait* aoat. Nalwiolh. Kmlar, A>mI««I, Mkhaaw. Iduniaa, MaawMoa Ma aaiM. ('bndad. Thainan, Jatiir, Napheaua, Kail maa. Tbaaa Inhakllad all Iha < iianlry froai Ew- ubralee to Iha Had Naa, ami lallail ii AaWeite. Tbey are an Arabian naliun, ami nailia Ikair tribaa from theae, iMilh hacauaa of ihair owa tlr- laa ami barauaa of Iha dignity pf Abraham Ihair father (.'IIAf. Xlil. OM«nt(M«Mfaiiig laal- Oua Inltia wiirahip of (Iwr Abrahaai alao idacad hia own happinaaa in Ihia pma|iadd laa«e thia hia ann in a aafa ami aaiure nmditioni which a<'i'unliii||ly he ob- lainail by Iha will of Hod; who beiag iirairoueto make alt eipariinani of Abraham'a rrligioua^Ui- poaitlon towarda himaalf, apdaarad lo nim, aad enumaralrd all Iha blaaainga ha had baalowad on him I how ha had made hlin auparfor to hia ana- iniat, and that hia aon laaar, who Waa Iha prin- cipal part of hia preaani happinaaa, waa deriaad from him I and he aaid that ha rroulrcd thia aon of hia aa a aarriAra and holy oblation. Accord- ingly ha roiuniandad him lo carry hlni to Ihe mountain Moriah, and to build an altar, and offer him for a burnl-olTrring upon it; for that thia would beat nianiftal bia raligioua diapoatliou towania hlin, ifJMprafarrad what waa plaaaing to (iod baf<>re'fllS>prtaanration of hia own aon. t. Now Aliraham thought thai il wiu not right lo diaobay tidence and Iha kindnaaa he bratowa on thrni. Accordingly he concealed Ihia com' inand of (Iod, and hia own inlenliona about the alaughter of hia aon. from hia wife, aa alao frotfi every one of hia aarvanta; otherwiae ha ahoitld have bean hindered from hia obedience to Qod-r and he took laaac, together with two of hia aar- vanta, and laying what Ihinga were necraaary for a aacriHr^ upon an aaa, M went away to the mountain. Now Ihe two acrt^^ went along With him Iw6 daya; but dn Iha thWday.Maooa aa he aaw Iha mountain, he left Ihoaa Mrvaala that were with him till then, in the plain, and hating hia aon alone with him ha came to iL . mountain. It waa that mountain upon whiCa. King Dntid afterwarda buill the temple. { Noit they had brought with |hem every Ining n^CM- and or lhaWar,b.|.cbap.z. And ArbtobuhiahalyM a aarf HttlttkM at IH yearaofaie, Antiq. b. (*. ehep ii. aect. 6, 7. Pomillan ki alao called by hia a aery yeav *kiH, whan ha weal on hie Germaa atpedillon, at aboat Ityaara ofafp, orihe War, b. viUehap. It. aact 8. Baai- Mnla wllb and lulb, when they wara arUowa, araaalM *«Mrm,Anliq. h.r.ch. till, aact •.aadah.ii.iMt, IS. t Nola. lhat hoth here, and Hab. il. |7, laaae lacalW Abrahamla ealy t(f a»M aen, lhou|h ba attba aaaa *' *"'' ■" >l. Tba0apmB(lntaip i' ;\ llnebadaaotheraan. lamaaK ,.___ _, Iba irua aManlnr, hy rendering the tad l*a tabaad aeu. % Htra fan plain error In iha mpiea, which aay.tbai Kint Oayfl afterwarda bulH Ihalrnple on Ihia aMuat Moriah, while tlwaaeertainlynaolber then Kint Bala monwho hullt that temple, aa indeed Proroplnarttaa H (Mm Jnaephn*. Pol it waa for rertala Duyld, aad •Of Balkwia, wha built lb* /r«( altar lhan,M «• ._.:.>v/.:- - ■ --0, ' - - !■ -1 ..>■ 98 ANTIQUITIES OF THB JEWS. ^ »: -i ''\ M17 for » lucriflrc, rxcepting the animnl ttist WM to Ih) offcreii piily. Mow laitoc wa« iwin- ty-fita yCan uld. Aiiii a> he.wu buiklini; the ultiir, he mkrd hl« falhir, " What he wh* iihoul 10 ortinr, tiiiC); thcl-v WHS no- aniiiml theru Tor iiii oblation?" To tvliifch it wai annwerwl " Tjiiil Oud would provido irn))iii If nn oblation, lie being abla to niakr a'pltiitHiil pwvitloii Ibr iiien oii,| of what thfv have not, and to ileprive otherii of what they already have, when tiny put too much truat tbemn; tliHt, therefore, if t nothing that Could contribute to thy ihpporl, for which I wa« not greatly wiliciliius, «'>t iioy, tiling whenin I thought niyielf Imp] lit r tlian;4*»ee thee grown uptuiuan'a eitalr, ui',rer,» support in my old age; on which ac- count I principally brought tnee up, end thou wilt' thereby procure lue God for my comforter instead of thyself." 4. Now lljuk&c was of such a generous disposi- tion ajS became the soft of such a father, and was- pleased with this discourse; and said, "That he was not worthy to be bom at first, if he should reject the determination of GckI and of his father, andahould not resign himself up readily to both lone would not be wanting in all sort of conc«rii abMi hiin, and in bustowinr other rhiWren upon him; and that his son shuiitd live to,a very great arej that he shonlil live a happy ViU; and bequeath a large principality to faia children, who should he goOtl ,and Ugitiinatc," He for«:tuld aUo, that his family should increase intQ many iialions; and that those* patiiarchs should leave behind them an everlasting name; that they should obtain the potsf'saion ot the landitf Canaan, and bit envic^ by 'all men. When God had said thii, he pro- duced to ihem It ram, which did not appear be- fore, for the sacrifice. So Abraham and Isaac, receiving each othet unexpectedly, and having obtained the promises of sucli great blessings iiiibraced ohe another; and when they had tacri ficed, they retnriiud to Sarah, and lived happily to^^thcr,God eftbrdiiig them hi» assistance in all things they desired. - CHAP. XIV. Concerning Sarah, Mraham't W'fe, '6al.UiL Vt. N,itwonidbenogreatwah. dcrifbadMnot follow his interpretalian. In the mean tlin*, wtbava, la •flbei, SL ranl'k exporiiion In tka ites puhUcly allowing thrm a burying-placc; which piece of ground Abraham bought for four biiiidriHl (tlii'kris, of Kphron, on inlinbitant of Hebron. Anil both Alifnhaiu uiiij his dtjacenil- ants built theiiitelvcs sepulchres in that place. CHAI'. XV. HowlhtJ^aliontflkt Tro^lodyht were dtrittd ' • ' from Mraham by Ktlurak. , } 1. AEKAIM^^t, after this, married Keturah, by whom six sous were born to hiiii, men 01 courage and of sagacious minds: Zambran, and jaiar, and Mudan, and Madian, and Josabak. and .SbtiS. Kow the sons of 8ous were, Sabatban, and Dadan. I'he nons of Dadnn were, Latusim. and Assur, and Liioni. The sons of Median were, Kphas, and Ophren, and Anoch, a»id £bk das, and ICIdas. Now for all these sons and grand- sons Abraham contrived to settle them in colo- nies ; aiifl they took possession of Troglodytes, and the. country of Arabia ,* vix ion Teatament of Reuben, nefl. C, In Aw*™*. R«J- P«1 '• P- -MS, wbochar;es lita son»i,'?To worship tbeSeed of Jn- dah, whoshould die rorlRfll' In.visiMe and iiiTMMa wars; and t.noHid ir--~To which I shall add, that it ia tmne- t i m sa, a i Tt ware , paraphra se d \ Mien, who tliuuUI he ron^tulil rUu, that hin I many nations; and Id leave behind them ley iliould obtain the iniian, and be envied ad auid thii, he pro- I did not appear be- Abrabam and laaac, teotedly, and having lueh great bleuing* when they had tacri ih, and lived happily n hi» asaiitaace in all IV. am'* }l^'fe, mnd how r liayi. a little while after. if' nnd t\tenty-»even Hebron; the Canaan- rm a burying-pUce; aliam boueht Tor four uii, on inlinbitant of um uiiij hit dt«cenU- ihres ill that place. tv. glodytt$ were derived y Keluri$h. in, married Keturah, orn to hiiii, men ol ninds: Zaiiibran, and lian, and Joaabak, and ions were, Sabathan, )u/. I, BOOK t-<;HAP. XVI. XVII. XVIII. 31 ~^::i from whom that barlMrout people called Suptuh ciaiw were iltiiiuniinatcd." CHAP xvi; How /Mac look Rtbtka 16 ly^ft. } I. A'liir when Abraliniii, ttiq rutlu r of IsiMic, hud reiolvcd to take Rrbckii, w|iu «ii« graiid-duugliter Co bis brother JVInhur, for h iv'ifu to hit aon lunac, who \vn» tlim iilmiit fjrt^ k ,ir* old^lif »nil the nn- rit'iitckt of hitavrvaiitxtoWtl'oth hi^r, uflirhohad oblli^rd hini to give him the slioiigefit a|i«urancca if hi« tidelily. Whieh iiHi-urBiii:*!! were given Hi'tcr the nmnncr following: They piit each oth«r'iilmndii under each other'« thif^hs, then they called upon Uod ha tlie witne9| ot what wni to he done. He also gult luch prenenta to tlioae thnt were tliin , as/were in esteem, on account that they either rarely or never were seen in that country. This servant got tliither not under u eoh- .^idcruble time; for it requir.'S fnuch time to puts through A1eso|)r the robberies there committed, which are not to be avoided by liiivrllers but by rnnlion 1}eforeh»n(l. However', the servant cuuic to Hn- ran. And when he wuii in llie suburbs he tnet li considerable number of maidens goiiij; to tliu water; he therefore prayed to God, that Rebekii might be fonud amoiij; tiicni, or her whom Abrii- hani sent him as hit servant to espouse to his !ion, in case hit ivill were that this mari-ia<;e should be consummated ; and that she nii tii take lliit damiel for hit ton to wi/e. lie ishin legiiiniHteion; and is brought up as hit only heir, lie could indeed havr had the rpott hiippy of all thf women in tliut country for him, but he vrould not have hit ton marry niiy of them; but out oT regard to bis own relationi he desired him to match here, whole 'Htlection and inclination I would not hav« you detpiie; for it was by the good pleasure of God, that other accidents fell out in luy journey, and that thereby I lighted uimn your daughter, nnd your house;. for when I was near to the city I taw a i^eat many maidens coming to a well, and I ptayed that I might meet with this damsel, which hds come to pass accordingly. l)u you therefore confirm (hat marriage, whose'espousals have been already made by a divine appearance; and show the respect you have for Abraham, who hath sent me with »o much lolicitnde, in giving your con- tent to the marriage of thit duniael." Upon this they understood it to be the will of God, and greatly approved of the . offer, and sent their daughter, at was desired. Accordingly Isaac married her, the inheritance beiiig now cdme to him; for th^i children by Keturah were gone (o their own remote habitations. ' „ CHAR XVII. Concerning tht Death of Abrahmm. { t. A UTTLE while after this Abraham died. He was a man of incomparable virtue, and hon- ored by God .in a manner agreeable to his piety towarrft him. The whole time of his life wai one hundred seventy and five veart;'and he wa* buried in Hebron, with his wife 8^h, by their sons Iiaac nnd Iimael. — * The HWh n f Jnrnh and B ta u Is htn ta W to h t tf ttr Mrakam''t death; it should have been ^fur Sank'* imtk. l^fUr The order of the narration in Oene^ not CHAP. XVIII. Conecrnttif Iht Son« of Itaae, E$au emd Jacob. Of Ihtir JVativiiy and Education. {1. Now Iiaac's wife proved with child, after the death of Abraham;* and when her belly WM greatly burdened, Isaac wat very anxious, nqd inquired of God, who antwcred. That Rebeka ahouid boar twini: and that two nations should take the names of those tout; and that he trho appeared the iccond ihould excel the elder.— Accordingly she, in a little time", a* God had foretold, bare twins; the elder of whom, fivmi hi* head to his feet, was very rouch and hairy; b«t the youiigertook hold of his neel as they wei* in the birth. Now the father loved the elder, who Wat called E$au, a name agreeable t> bi* al wnye e xattl y anc erd lu B to th e er det ef tl i_ to have led losepbus into il, u Or. Beraud bete. Dt /, M 38 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. toughMU, tot tha H«brew« rail foch u hairy nughui* (Etan. or) S«lr ;• bat .lacob, Ihe jqutif •r, WM bait beloTf d bjr hii luothtr. S. When thwa wm a famina in. Ihe Una, Iiaac ^aaoUed to gfoTuto Egypt, the land there beinr good; but ha want to Gerar, ai God conimandcd him. Here AbimeJech th« kine receir^d hiiu, ■ because Abraham had fornicrly lived ^wilh hira, and had been bin friend. And ai in Ihe begin- " ning he treated him exceediitg kindly, lo he wai hindered from continuing in the innie diipo- ■ilion to the end by hia envy ^t him-, for when he aaw that God waa with IiaBC, and took auch great care of him, he drove liiiii away from him. But haac, when he law how enay had cbunijfd the leniper of Abimckch, retired to a place called Tl^$ f^alley, not far from Gerar; and atjie waa digging a well (be •brpherdi fell upon iiim, and began tg fight, in order to hinder the work, apd becauaeiie did not deaire to Contend, the ihep- herda aeemed to get, the better of him, so he still < retired, and dag amther well ; and whtii certain • other thephercTi of Abiniclech's began to offer . him violence, he left that also, knd still retired, thus purcha^in{g lecurity to biinielf by a ratiohal and prudent conduct/ At length the king gave him leac, one of hia generab. And when he had ob- Inned evenr thing he desired, by reason of taaae'a rood nature, who nreferred Ihe ^earlier friendship AbSmelecb^ad showed to himself and fait father to his later wrath against hiin, he returned home. .■ _ 4. I(ow when Esan, one of the sons of, Isaac, whom the father principally loved, was now come to the %ge of fbrty years, he married Adah, the danghter of Helon, and: ^holibainah, the daugh- . terofEiebeon; Which Helonand Escbeon were great lords among the Cknaanites, thereby taking upon himself the authorily, and prttendme to have dominion over hia own marriages, without mt much .aa kskinig the advice of his father; for had Isaac been the arbifratol^, he bad not given him leave to marrf thus, for he was not pleased with contracting an^ all(ance with the people 61 dtat country; but not caring to be uneasy to hia • For Balr In {oaephua, the coherence requirea that we rnd £«aa or Seir, which aignify the same thtnit. t Thi*nip)ierorMe«r|ta«a<,a8WC«all U,Oen.;ixvli. 4, to be caught by hunting, was Intended plainly for a Rathral oranerinee, and u|ion the prayera that were fieqnent at aaeria. tioii made for obtaining tbe ftivor of/'liod to Ja- cob, and that without tlie cbnsent of Isaac, bid him kill kids of the goals, and prepare a supper. So Jucoli obeyed his mother, accortiing to all her j^nKlructioiis.- Now when the supper was got ready, he took a goat's skin, and put it about lita arm, that bv reason of lii* hairy. I'oujflinelk be might, by, hia father, be believed to be Xsau; for. thejf hrfiig twins, and In ull things else alikai ' diHired only in this thing. This w»s done out of bit fear, that before bis father had made ilia supplications, he should be caught io hi* evil practice, and lest he slioiild, on the contrary, pro- voke his father to curse hiui. ao he broil^ht io the supper to his fat)|,er. Isaac perceiving by . tlie peculiarity of hit voiice whone waa, called his ton to him, who gave him hit tiand, which was covered with the gout's skin. When Isaac felt that, he Said. "Thy voice it like the voic« of'Jacob, yet because bf the thif knelt of thy hair, thou teenictt to be Esau." ^ tutpectin' ' 'no deceit, he ate the supper, and bciobk njuiseli lo his prayers and intcrccasioiis with God; aiid °' said, "O Lord of all ages, and Creator of all lubr stance; for it was thou that didst propose to my father great plenty of good things, and hatt voucbaaled to bestow oq me what I have; and hast promised to my poiterity to be their kind supporter, and to beitoW oil theui atill greater bleiiiin^; do thou therefore cdnfirm these thy proniites, and do not overlook ipe becaute of my present weak condition, on account of which I most eurnetlly pray lo thee. Be gracioui to thijyny son; and preserve him and Vtep him from every thing'tbal is e'vil. Give him a nappy life, and the pottetsion of at many {good thinfja at thy power it able to bestow. Make him terri- ble to his enemies, and honorable and beloved ~among his friends." • " V.'Thui did Iiaac pray to GVi^, thinking hia prayers .had been made for Esau. He Jiadbut lUst finithed them, when Eiaii Came In ,from hunting. And when Isaac perqeived hit 'mit take, he wat tiletit; but Esau required that ha^ and Eaan, In folurcagea, was for certain providential, and according to what Itelieka knew lobe the purpoae of Rod, when he answered her Jnqulry, "before the rhildren were born," Gen. xxv. S3,"tliat one peaplo ahould he stronger tban tbe other -people; ami that the elder. Esau,dbou\i serve llie younger, Jaeti." Who tlier IsHao knew or rempinwred this old oracle, de- livered in our ro|iic«only to Rencka; or wli«hrr,ifh« knew and remembered it, he did not endeavor lo n^lar lite Divine delermlnalicah, out of his fondneta for Itli elder'and woraeion Etau, to the (UAlage 6T hia yonnger - ami better aoh Jacob; aiJotephua eltewhere wpnoaea, Anih|. In il. chap. vli. aeet. 3, 1 cannot eert«lnl)r aay: If aorthii might tempt Rebeka to contrive, and Jacob to put thia impotitton upoii him. However, Joaepha aayt here, t'hat It waa laaac, dmd not Rebeka, who inquired of Sod at firat, and rerehred tha foramaa- ^ tjoned orade,teet. Jvwhieh,ir it be the true reading, rendera laaac'a procedure more Inexeuiable Nor waa it probably «»y .thing else tliat to much eneoiir- -H, lit probably all' ICain formerly agadmn formerly to many two (;anaapnian wirka, wlibqot hia parepta* coaaent. aa laaae^ iUiban>r luppcrif iik$.iuppticalioa to rtrr «nd an aMJiter !• life; layinr) that lid die/aad that ha or him, to.°)>rocara ful tolii|n. out a hu;)tiag. Bat > have tU« lupplica-. iivor of/*iod to Ja- niieiit or Uaac, bid il prepare a luppaf. accoruing to aH her h« aupper wai got and puLit al}f>utM« hair^ rou((linJlk ba red to be Xaau; for 1 thing! cite alike, ' This wai dune out fhther had made hi* caught io hit erll in the contrary, pro- . /So he brought io [aaac perceiving by . I who he waa, ealjed m hi* Hand, which likin. When Iiaac Ice I* like the voic» le thifknes* of thy »u." So *u*pectln«j and bciook hiuiieli ioiM with God; aiid ' d Creator of all *ub<- didst propoae to my d thingi, and hait e what I have ; and ity to be their kind I them atill greater i confirm these thy k ipe because of my - account of which I !e. Be gracioui to hiffl and keep him Give him a nappy I many good thm||[* w. ftfake him tem- lorable and beloved a Ooj, thinkibg hi* ' Eitau. He had but Eaaii Came In ,from perqeired hi* 'mi* au required that h*^. ir certain providential, [oewfolw the purpoae r jnquiry, "before the '. 33, "that one peaplo. if -|)eople; ami that the mnfcr, Jacti." Whe red thl* old orarle, de- licka; or wlMMber,ifh« . I not endeaTor to after if Ills fondneia for bli damage oT hi* yoanirer - ua elsewhere (uppoae*, [ cannot certainly say. to contrive, and Jacob 1. Howf ver, Joaephna and not Robeka, who rerehred the foremaa- it be the true reading, ore Ineieuaable Nor that *o mnrh eaeoiir- wo l/'auaaniilan wiTfe*r~ baaet imlwn>rlHid- , BOOK L^-CHAP. XIX. 30 t> -n ■ighf ba nad* partaker of tha like blauiag tnm hi* father that hi* brother had partook of; bat his father refused it,' because alt his prayer* the iniiitnkc Hiiwever, bis father beifl#grieve4 at his weeping, siiid, That " he shoula eicel in hunting, and ftrengtb of body : in anus, and all tach son* of workj and should obtain glory for ever on those accounta, beaikl his posterity after him; but still should terre his brother." 8. Mow the mother dejivered Jacob, when he wa« afraid tliat his brother would inflict some punishment upon him, because 6T the misliOie ^ about the prayers of Isaac; for she persuaded her husband to ti|ke~a wife for Jacob oiit of Me- eopotaiui^ of her own kindred. Ksau hiving mar- ried already Ilasnniiiuth, the daughter of Isiuael, ifilhout his father's consent, fur Isaac did not like the Canoanitea, so that he diaapproved of Eaau'* formermarriages, wbich made him take. Basemmath to wife, in order to pleaae him; and _ indeed he had a great afl'ectien.for her. CHAP. XIX. Coiie orstone* that be had guthered together. At which time he *aw An hi* *leep such a vision standing bHiim; helieemed to sec a ladder that reached fratn the eanb unto heaven, and persons descending down the (adder, that seemed more excellent tlian^umai;; and at last God himself stood abpvejpj who,'Callin|^Hi words 1 ^^■ S. <* Jacob, it la not lit for thee, wh* art the ■on of a good father, and grandson of one who had obtained a great reputation for his emi- nent virtue, to be dejected at thjr present circum- itances, but to hope for better time*, for thou *hal^have great abundance of all good thing*, by my auistance: for I brought Abroliam hither out of Mesopotamia, when he was driven away by hi* kinsmen; and-l made thy father a happy man; nor will I bestow a less degree of happftics* oh thyself. jBe of good courage, therefore, aqd un- der my conduct profceed on this thy journey, for the marriage thou goeat ao zealaualy about il«all b» coniumwated. And thou ahalt have chitdran of good character*, but their multitude eball be iimufiierable; and they ahall leave what they -liavetoa atill morenumerou* posterity«4o whom, and to who*« po*terity, I xiV« the dominion of all L -'?"" "'*" P°»'«" ban thy father, both by the aaiiie father and mo- ■ ther; 1 therefore and thou are couain german*.' And I am now come td aalute you, and to renew that affinity which il proper between u.«." Upon this the damsel, at this iiientioii of Kebeka, as usually happens to young pr man*, wtpt, nnd that oatof the kindness she hull for hi-r father, ai|d em- braced Jacob, she having learned ah account of Rebeka from her father, and knew that her pa- rents loved to hear her nanicd;' and when she had saluted him, she sai»«'«*Wnt*imttatwa»lA Th* houMofOod Z»ir^ » tniarpreted, glyenHtauofGod,"*! the flmborn.ltappeaia that *■». . f "**•. **'% • Ptathott|ht,thala"khMdUl«»»dl^llNSa3;- J- •^'i^.:: 40 • ANTIQUmiJd OF THE JEWS. . )i flf Qoii, mid At Ihe blcuingt for which their f«- thcT prayed: and ihRt (hi< wuthe occHiion of hi« coming hither, u hit iiiothrr hjid auiiKi^iandtid him i<) hII («)■« lti;]U)rrtlirvn 6nc Ilk another: but our mother «^ comint^ to him ; for be aaid lie wtu forced by the lovi ol the d«mael to make Ihi* propoanl. Laban wna well plea>«d with thit agreeioeitii and consented lo five tlic damsel to hini, na not desiiroua to meet wrth nny better son- ih-law; and said he would do Ibis if be would stay with him some time, for he Wh* not willing lo send hi* ilaughterto be anions the Canaanilet, for he repented of the alliance lie bad made al- ready by marrying hTs s'uter there: And when Jacob had given hi* consent lo this, he aereed to stay seven years; for so man^* years he liad re- solved lo'sisrve hit father-in-law, thai having fivcn a spiecimen of his virtue, it mfght be better no^n what sort of a nii>i>^e was. And Jacob, accepting of his ternist aHiBJ»)r obtainint Ihit blestinir of the flmlmm, hecamer the genaine heir of that kintdoiil, in opposlthm to Etau. * Hore we have thedifFsrCnce between tlavct for life and aervaitttifach aii we now hire for'a ihne axreed up- on on both slden, and disniist again after the time fon- tracud for it Over, which nre xa tlmu, bat frtt men ond, fmwomen. AecordlA|!ly,when'tbe Apartollcil Con- (tkntioin forMd a eles^man to marry perpMuml ttr- Ti«ii>tnr»tois«,h.vl.flb; xvli itismeiinl only nf tlie " teemed iftshe bar«ihim ehildren. Ho she en- treated God pcrpelnslly; {ind tvhen the had borne a ton, feud her huitbund wo* on thai acCouiri better reronrll^O to^hrr, shv named hir son Reu- bel, because (iod had mercy upon her in irivill^ her a ion, for thiil Is thl( judgment. Apd uficr him Nrpthalim, as it fitirt umomfverabU in tiratagem, aince Racheltried to comijiMT the fruitfiilnosa of her sister by this f(r«- lagtm. Acrnrclingly Lea took the snme method, and under a counter-stratagem to that of her sis- ter's; for she put to bed to him her own hand- maid. Jacob thcrt^forc had by Zilpha a ton, whose naine was Gad, which may be interpreted' jfbrlutiei and uflcr him Ashrr, which may b« lulled n happjf man, brcaiito ho added glory lo Len. Nilw Hcubrl, the eldest son of L<'n, brought anpleSof niandrakesf to his hiothcr. yVhcn Kn- cnel saw them, she dtsircd that she would give her the apples, for''ihe longed to eat them; but when she refused, and bid tier be content that she had deprived her of the ^ benevolence the ought'to have had from her husband; Rachel, in - order to initigaio he; sister's anger, said, she would yield Iter husband to her; and be should lie with her that evening. She accepted of the favor, and Jacob Slept -Vvit^ Lea by the (hvor of Rachel. She bare then these wiis, Issachnr* denoting on)) born by Aire, MindZabnlon, one bom as a pItJf' of benevolence towards her; and a daugntcr Dina. After some time Rachel . had a son, named Joseph, which signified there should be another ia(/(/e(I>lo hiui,. 9. Now Jacob fed theflocks of (.aban hit' f|{- iber-in-law all this time, being twenty ^eart^ after which he desired leave of his father-in-law to take hit wives ai)d go home; but wheit his father-in-law would not give htm leave, he. con- trived todo it secretly. He made trial therefore . of the disposition of bis wives what they thought of this jouhiry. When they appeared glad and approved of it, Rachel tpok along with her the iniiigcs of the gods, which, nccordpg to (heir_ laws, they used to worship in their own counli^ / and ran away together with her sister. The'' children also of them both, and the hahdmaidt, and wh«t pptteisions they had, went along^witfi them. Jacob' also drove away half the cattle, without letting Laban know of it beforehand. But the reason w«7Rachel took the images of the godt, although Vacob bad laoght her tode- 'spise such worship 6f those gods, wai this, that iu cate they were purtuetl«.>nH lakeii by bet father, she might havt- recourse to these image* in order to obtain hi*,pardon. )0. But Laban, after a^e day!t time, being ac- quainted with J^oVt and hit daughtert' dejtart- n«met, and the timet of their tevcral birtbt in the infei- valt here astlitned ;lhe|f te^ral cxrelleut charactete' . their several faulta'and repentaheaii the several acd- denti of their Hvet, with their several propbecle* at' therrd«atfit,iee llie lettament* of these twelve patri archo, ttUI pratenred atlarn in the Aut)ilcnt. Rec. part I . t I formelrly explained theie«i«Mlr«i»,8iwe with tile Bentuaiint and Joiepliut render the Hebrew word ^tfuistiOfMif G^rrian jifnii with Lndolplias,AuUient. Kef, part i. p. 430; But have since teen tur.h avery . rprobable account in M8. of qiy lenmed friend, Mr. Sam uel Ba r k erV . of wh a t we tt l llh t ll mnn d rtket , a nd'their -m- X lorta, at we learn dtewhere from the tame Cohttl- tutiopt, ell. xlvii. can. lixxii. But conrerhing then tweltc torn of Jacob; the reaioni of their tfveral deteri^llon by ibe ancient aalurallalt and phjrtietaM, at incHnetmeto think Ihete herejDeiiliORed ww* fMlly mandiakci, and no other. ' '..;/ Iiln!n. So iiha en- lind nhrn ih« liwl wa* OH (III)! ncCouiri named htr ton Keu- upon hrr in Ki^iOf ■i|;iiiAr«tion oi thii le 4>nrt' lllfo moiw icniriM lliut iint\ hail I'hrn iihf bari; Levi, liip. After him won lhifnk$^tlinf^. But rnlnriiii oT her fitter a leswr nharc ;>f Ja- ct.hiiii her handniakl un. One may inlur- cr.k toni^ue, a divityi [rpthalini, »• it ^err (ince Rachel tried to •r titter by thio ilrm- ik the mine nit'thod, ?ni to (hit o( her tiv hini her own haqd- it by Zilphn a ton, may be inl,at we with tniir the Hebrew word itii Lndolplmt, Auibent (ince Ken aurh a very enroed friend, Mr. Sam II mnndrakK, and'thelr BOOK I-CHAP; XX. '^M. «rai much troubled, atad panued alter them, leading a band of man with him; and on the i«ventTi day overtook them, and found them ratt- iql^otf a cerlaia bill; ami then, indeed, he did. not meddle with him, fof it wat eventide; but , Qod itund by him in a dream, and warned him . lo're^'ive hit lon-in-law aiitffliit daiiKliteN in a peaceable wanner; and not to veQliitKupoa any thing rathly^ ui> in wrath to them, bat 10 make a ltagu<^ with Jacob. And Be told him, that if ha (leapiicd their iinari number, and attacked them io a h(/itil« manlier, he, Aould himtelf aititt them. When Laban had been thui forewarned by Uod, he called Jacob to him the nest d^y, in on/er to treat with him, and tbovved him what dream he had; in dependence whereon he came fioniklenlly to him, anil Iwgan to accute him, al- leging that he had entertained him when he wat poor, and in<4vantof all lhiun,and-hail riven him . plenty of all thingt which he had; "For," taid he, " I have joined my dikiightert to thee in mar- riage, and tuppoied that thy kinilnett to uie would be greater than before; but thou bait had no regard either of thy own mothcr'i relation to me, norlotbe aAinity new newly contracted be- tweeh ut; nor to thote wivei whom thou bait marrieil ; nor to thote chiMrei^ of whoili I am the grandfather. Thou hatt treated me at an etaemy, by driving away my cattle; and by per- toadiiig Illy daughtert to run away from their lather; and by carrying home thote tacred pa- . lernal. imagci which "were worthipped by my forefathen, and have been honored with the like worship which they paid them, by mytelf. la ihort.thou hatt done thit whilst thou wert my kintman^ and my liiter't ton, and the hut- band of my (daughtert, and wert hotpitably treated br me, and didtt jeat at mv table." W hen Laban hod laid thit, Jacob made hit defence: "That be. wat not the only penon in whom God had implanted the love of hit native couqtry, but that he had made it natural to all men; and that , therefore it wat but reatonable that, after to long a time, he thoutd go back to it. E|at at to the prey, of whote driving away thoU accuteit me. if any other perion were the arbitrator, thou wouldit be foiind in the wrong; U>r intteait of those thankt I ought to have had from thee, for both keeping thy cattle, and iiicreaaing them, how II It that thou art uniuttly angry at me be- cause I have taken, and have with iiie, a small portion of them? But then, at to thy daughters, take notice, that it is, not through. any evlTprac- 41 .5 ■f tices of mine that they follow jiie in my return home, but, from that just aflectfen which wives naturally have^to their hiitbandt. Their, follow, therefore, not so properly myself as their own children. ' And thus farofhisapology watiltade, 10 order to clear himtelf of having acted uniutt- ly. To which he added his own complaint and Bccptation of Laban; saying, "While I (vas thy sister s son, and thou hadst given me thy daugh- ters in qiarriage thou hut worn me out with Siy. hartb commands, and detained me twenty vean under^them. That indeed which was' reqbired in order to my marrying thy daughtert, hard as It was, I own to have been tolerable; but as to those that were put upon me after those marri- ages,! they were worse, and such indeed as an enemy Would haveavoided." For certainly U- .i!". ^''a'"*'' Jacob Very iHj for when he saw uiat Ood Was attistinff to Jacob in all that he rSfu •i.''* P«"P"«^ h"n. thafcof the young cattle .which should be. born, he khould have -some- times whatwas of a white color, and somHtmei what should be of a bUck color; bat l,erf tbqw that came t« Jacob's share proved nuni^-' eipected; but when it appaarad to lMb(!t.t« deceived hjni. . II. But then, as to the sacred images, ha bid him ••arch for them; and when Laban accepted oMhe offer, .Rachel being informed of it, put those (mages into (hat camel's saddle on which she rode, and tat upon it; and taid, that her na- . lural purgation hindered her riting up; ta Laban left off searching any larther, not luppoiing that hit daughter in luch circumttancei would ap- SralB W those imagei. So he made a league wilk . ■^S^dd bound it by 9atbt, that he trould Xo beanfimauy malice on account of what had ban pened; tnd.'^ — ' ■--■--«:._. .' i* . . . , Jacob niade the like league, and ftty tinned to love Laban's daughters. And tbesa leagues they copfirmed wi(h oaths alto, whie^ they made U|)on certain mountaini, whereon lh«y erected a pillar in the form of an altar: whence that hill it calletl Qiliad; and from thence they call that land Ms land ofUU$md at thii day. Ko* when they had featted after tba making of the league, Laban returned home. :■ \ ■-, .■ ;. CHAPJ'XX.".. ' CoiutmintUkt Muting of JactAani Emu. }l.\Now'' n Jacob wat proceeding on hfl journey to the land of Canaan, angrit appeared to him, and luggesUd to him gooieht preserve himself and those that were with him, and over- come his enemierflf they attacked him injuriously. He therefore distyiUuted his company into parta; some he sent hUari the rest, and the other* be ordered to coMe fclose behind, that so if the fint were overp6Wei=ed, when hia brother attacked them, they 'might .\have those th«t followed as a refuge to fly ubtoV And when he bad put his compaiiy into this order, he sent some of ibeO' to carry presents to his brother. The presents were made up of cattle, and a gicat nqmhtr of fouir-footed beatta, of many kinds, such as would be very acceptable to tho(e tbat' *o he more nuraeroui. thkt Esau *> bard for liia power. He alto coniiuaHilad him to 4m callad /«ra«t,* which in tha Habraw toa(ua ■iroila* ona that ttrvggM uUK "m <«•<*<« aaff'. Taaaa iiri^uiiiei wara, i)iada at tha prajr^r of Jacob; Tor whaaha parcaivad him tu l>up|i«arad{ but Jacob wai pleaaad, with thaic thinK«i: and nanird the placD PhmMtl, which lif^nifici. : Tk* Jkc* ef ttoU. Now whvn he felt pain by; tbia itragKling, upon hii broad tinew, he abitainad from eatiiiK that linew Jiiniielf aftrrwardj; and for hit iake it ia ilill not catcri by u«. 3. Whan Jacob undaratood that bia bti^thar waa hear, he ordrrud hit wivat 16 go before, each by benvK, with t}ie handmaida, Ihril tbev iiiight ■ee the acliuni of the mrn, ai they Were fghtlng, ir Ktao were to! ditpoiad. Ha then went tip to kb brotharE^aa, and bowed down tn him, who ohad no evil da«gn upon him, but talutcd hiai; aatt atked him about Ine company of tlia chil(lrcn aad ve a consultation abpUt what be deiired him to.do. So the kin^ went . away. In hopei that Jacob would j|;rant him thit * ParhaiMtbia may be tlie prOper meaning ofthe wttd l$rtlhf the preaent and the old Jeninlran analogy pt tb»llebrewtonKue. In the meantime, it lieerlain thM the Ballknlataor the Ortt century iaEgyiit and elte- where hitarpreted lt-r» tl, to be a aua t**ing 0*i, a* it evident fram the fragment forecited, t or Ibia ilauiibter of the Bhechemitei by Simeon and Levi, IM Autbent. Ree. part i. p. 3M>, 418,433-^39.' But why Joaephui baa omitted the rircumcition of tbeie Bheebeaiitea, ita tlie occaaion of their dtafh; and of Jacob'^giaat Krl«f,ai in tbe Teatameat of Levi, aect. SiirannMiell. tSinre BaiioiU ibnlAea the «•* af aif larraiv, and BeqJaBuntlie aaa uaaya ■ or one born In the fat her** aM V(bUcB.alfar.90bIiaapael Joaephm^ proNBt copic* marriage. Rut Jacob Inbrmad hia>*oa*of Iba daAleiDcnt of thalr tittor, and of the addraaa of Hanior; and detired tharo to give their advica what they ihoulii do. Upon Ihit, the Ereatait part taid niilhing, not knowing what adviee to Sive. But Simeon and Levi, tha bretlirnii of tha amtal. by the tame mother, agreed baiwaaa thcmialvat upon tbe action following; it bnlog ., now the time of a festival, when tlie Shechem- .1 itea were aniploycd in caix and flatting, they fell upon tha watch, when they were aileep. and coming Into the city, tiew all the niaietif .a> alto tha king and bit uiii with Ihem; but t^ared tha ' woman. And when they bad done thia without- i their fatber'i conitnt, they brought away their : titter. , S. Now whila Jacob waa aatonlihcd at . tha f[reatneta of thia act, and Wat icvwrvly blaming lit torn for it, Uod atopd by him, nnd bid him be of good courage; but lo purify hit tenia, and to oll'er Ihote lacriiiccs which he had vowvd to offer when ha wooffirst into Mejiopotniiiin.und laW ^_J hit viiion. A* he wnt therefore purifyinfi^ bia foliowert, he lighted u|K)ii the godt of Labnu, (for he did not before know they wer.) ttolen by~R*f chel,) and.he hid them in tlie earth under an oak in Shechem, And departing tlience, he otfeiped. lacrilice at Bctlicl, the pinca where hv anw hit dreann when ba went firat into MeKupotaiiiia. 3. And when he waa gone thenqe.anil win coma • over agaiutt Ephrata, he there buried Rachel, who died in childbed. She va« the only one of Jacob'* kindred that had not the honor of burial at Hebron. And when hejtad mourned for her a great while, he called the ton that wat bom o( ' her nenjaMin,\ bccauie of the »orro»« th* mother had n 'til him. These are all the children of Ja* cob, twelve malet, nnd one female. Of them eirht were legitimate, via. tlx of Leu, and two oT Rachel, and four were of the handmaids, two of each { all whoae name* have been set dowa already. " "• aHAP^xxii. _^ Hoa Itaae dita and tout fttirttdin HthHh. }1. From tkcncc Jacob cnmc to Hebron, a city ■ tituate among the Canaauites; nnd tliere it vvm th-it Iinar lived; and to thejr lived together for a • little wblleV for as to Rcbtka, Jacob d;d nutfino her alive, ttaac alto died not lone qfter tha coming of hit aon, and waa buried byhisioni, with hit wife, in Hebron, where 'they liad a mo' nnment belonging to theinf^om their forefather*. ^ow Itaac waa a man »vho ivat beIpv*oM of lb* ad of I ha iddrMi of to >(vc Ihfir lidriM . in thit, (ha grmtait wine what adviea to '), tha brcthraii of Iha har, afmad batwaan n ft:iiiiiB. I thence, amlwHucdnia there buriud Kachel, B yra* the only «na of ot the honor of burial I h^ mourned for her B ion that waa born of ' the aorrots thii fWherK«p*' for when he had lived d eighty-five yean, he , lipaae^ tbatin correvpon- e,that'Hathel called her hercaUM him 04iiia«i<«, dn, aa rolninorily ci plain- it makea nc aAiae at all. n error only. TbeSuma- * tmly Bniamim,- which I atenlflcatlon, only with Inalead of im, Ip ine He- uMn or CheruMm Indiffo- B T eatament pf Benjamin I* MMiaaai iJMtatiraa. p. tin, but explain it not the I the «*a Vdayt. : . .\ liOOK n.-«RAP.L|I. Booion. ooiiTAi'NiNa THi itn^aivAL of two nuifiiRiD an^ TwuNnr VRAta-rioM t » diat* ^.. * X.: _<» ISAAC to TH« ■XqOUB 00Tj,Of EflYfT. ftow Rami ■akijaeoh, jlkt nnt ff Iimae, divUtd tktir Hahifalitm; and Ktaupottiuii Idumi; andJmcob CanamH. 1 1. A rfER the'dtalh of laaac, hia toni diVidad ihrlr habilaliuni rci|i«clirrly. Nor diii lliey re- tain what (liey hapofMx« for liii dinner, which wutof a.rery r«f ^color; on which accouni he the more ea^eady lonped for i(, nnd deairrd hlin (0 give him tniiic of i( In •'i^(.' Hut he niado adViintu|;e iif liia bro- ther'a hun|;i'r, anil forcrd him to ritjgii up lu hiui l)i» birtbriKbt, and he, beinur (linrhcd wllh fa- ni»e, reaigned it up to him, under Hn oalH. I Whence it came, that on account of tha ridntU •f thia potta^, be wai, in way of je»(, by hia contemporariea called Adorn, for (he llebrewa . call wha( ia nA Adorn i and (hit wat the name gircii to thia country; but the (^reeki gave it a nore agreeable pronunciadon, and iwmed it IdunUta. ..1 .' ,4- M« became the father of five aonij of whom i' : Jaua, and Jaloniha, and Coreut, were by one wife, whoic name wan Alibanm; butof (he r*a(, Ali- phai waa bvm (u him by Ada, and RiiirAel by Un- •,\ aemsilht and (hese were the aoua of Kiau. Ali- Shaa had five legitimate auua, Thcnian, Outer, apliua, Gothaid'li^.und Kuniix; for Amalek wnn not leeilimate, bul by a concubine, whoiie name waa Thamua. Theie dwelt in thai part of Idu- mf a which waa called GibalilU, Bnil that deni.- :-^ iMoated from Aniajck, Atnaltkilif; for Idumea ^l wat a large country, and did ther prwterve the |f mame of the whole, while in ita levend parta it kept (be DUiieaof itt pesuliar inhabitaptt. ' .^ CHAT. II. tftm Joink,Jkt yfouHfttt if Jacob'*, Son*, mi* tmmtd 6y At* Hrtthrin, whtn cerlain Dreamt t na4/ort*hou>td hi*J\iturt Uappineu. H; It happened that Jacok canie to to irreat bappiiiest aa rarely any other peraop had arrived at. He waa richer than the rtst of (he inhabit- , ante af that country ; and waa at opce envied ; and admired for^uch virtnoua tont; for they were deficient in»flothing, but were of great •ouli, both for laboring with their handa and •ndunng of toil; and ibr^wd rUo io undenUiid' Ing. And Ood cxercited tuch a providence qvet feim, and tijch a care of hia happineia. at to' bilog him the greatcat bleiiinga, even vut of what appeared to be the moit lorrowful condi- Iias4 and io make hini the caate of our forc- fcthera tieparture out of Egypt, him and bia totterity. The oecation wiitKIlt When iacob b^ thit aon Joacpb born to him by Rarhef, hit Ather loved hiiii above the rest of hia tont, bcth becauM of the beautr of bin body imd the vir- laeaor^ji mind, for he excelled the retain i.ni. piaf^ia. If being naual artth mankind to anvy ibair vrry neareti ralaliuna «iich their pioauarlty, Now the vitiona which JM««pb taw in hit alaap wefe Ihetf;: ,■ .. /^ 3. When (hey were inOia middle of harvaal. and Joie|A wat i«n( by hia father wilh.hik bi«- tlirrn Io gafher the fruitt of tl^a earth, he aaw a vimoii in a drenin, linl great!/ exceeding the ac- CiiKoniiiry nii|H':irun<'«a (ha( comr when we ara a«|i'ep; wlili^i, wliiii he wua got Vp. ha luld hia b(e(hrnnlt I>mw down to theii'uMatei|i,V' But aa •uon nt th(.y i^rceive'l the vitiou foretold that he ihoHld ubtain power aiid great wealtK, and Ihia hit power thoul(J be in oppoii(ioit Io them, (luy cave no int;iirpr< tutiun of it to Jniaph, aa if Ihi: dreiiiii wenr nut by Iheiu undert(oo(l: but (luy |)rav<:d (liut no pnr( of what (hey tutpected (u be it* nii'Hjiiiif^ mij;ht ronMi to piiHa; anil they bjre a »(ill giTn(ir liHtnil (o liim un (hat account 3. Dut God, inioppotidon to thcirenvy, aenta tecunil vition t trnlicin of thcira, b« toon at their Collection 6| the fruitji iVBK over, thev 'lyebt to Shecbem, which it a country good for iecdiiig of cattle, and for patturage; ttero they fed ^ their flocka, witboat aon he had nelancholy autpicioBS about them, at being ignorant of bia ton^a cob- (1i(ion, and receiviiiE no juetaenger from ttM dorVa (hat could iniiinii hini nt tin, tun, ^,f^ £5^™^ wVk 1.'* "' ^^ •"?*'";'■" ' ." ^^ "'•» »'x"'t •hem, *e tent Joteph to the Bock'^to |« » lErlSrtaThl K^TV'"?.?'."*'*^ *»•"'"■- the rircunittance, hi. brethren- wewliwid 4 lUer and to tbein, wbicb foretold bi. future bap. bring bim word bow ther did. , . ""^ "" t» \^ - ANTIQUITin or THE JEWS. CHAP. III. Hl»Joitmh ¥>— Ikui mM »y *<« B'nlirt* M* Knpl.iy Iltu.Mtd Itmd hit Hntkrm HiUtr ki* Potur. 1 1. Now (hfM brttbran r»jolc«*^M toon m Ikay WW tl>(ir bruthar coming (o inrai, not in- dMtl •■ •t lh« prcMnra of ■ ii*«r r»U«ion, or w •I lh« pr«i«ncii of on« «»nt by thtir fii»h«r, b»t M •» »»• pr«i»lic« of an «ncni]i, •ml one lh«» b* Dl»in« rro*id«nc« *•• Miitmi into Ihair Uuidi; •nd lh»» alranily nod thing to forget the actiona of inch niar Crteoda, even In thiiiga wherein they might w*m to have offended; but that they Were going Uo kill Joaeph, who hadlieen guilty of nothing that VTM ill towaidt them, in whoie caiethe inllrmMy of bit email age ihould rather procure >im mar- cy, nnd move them to unite togtther in the care of biapreiervation. That the cauie of killing hiia made the act iUelf much worae, while the^, deUnuincd to take him off out of env;r at hit fu(ar« protperity ; an equal there of which they would naturally partake while lie enjoyed it, iince they were to him not ttiangert, ^but the ■earett rclatibni, for they niigiit reckon upon what God beatowed upon Joiepb at their own ; ■ad that it waa fit for them to believe that the aager of God would for thia caute be more le- vote upoothem,*if they tlcw him who wiit judged "^ *y Ood to be worthy of that protperity wfich " ma to be hoped; for; and while by murdering kim, tbcjr lAade it iidpoaiible fbf Gud to bettow ndponhim.. ' ■ ,. t. Reabd laid the««. and many other thingi. — • We may here ohaerve, that In c orrwpoiideiHB lo Jp- •Mh^ aeeand draaw, whlcb inuHiid ifiat liiiswttar, %ho waa then alive, aa well aa bit foil >er, rUould rooia m»t bow dawn to hlai, Joaephua repreaenia her here na atOI allre aAar ahe waa dead, for the decorum of the I IM IWtMM ti, M tba iBtnyrtUilea of ihM aaii uaad enMaaliaa to than, aad Iharaby eadea vorwi to div'^ Ibam from tha murder of tbeit brolhar. I««l when ha taw thai hit ditcourae hail not ninlliAed iheni at all, and that Ihay nwda hatta to do lh« (art, ha advited them to allavlMe Iha wlck«dn«t they were joinj alMul in tha manner of laking Juaapb »ff. (•>' »» n« had •!• horled thHkAnl, when ihay ware goiiic to ra- vanga Ibeinlnvaa. to be ditauadail friin^ doing it; ao, tinea the tenlenca for killing Iheir brother had prevailed, ba taid lh,at ihay would not how- ever be tojrroaaly guilty, if ihey would be per- tuadmi to fidlow Kit pratcnt advice, which wouW include what ihey were to eager about, but waa not to vary bad. but in Iha di«tratt Ihey ware la, of a liKbler nature. He begged of tham ware- fore not to kill their brother wllhlbeirown haadt, but lo caat him into the nil that wat hard by , and •o to let him die I by which ihev would gain to niucb th°at they would not defile Ihelr own handt with hit blood. To Ihit the young men readily agreed! ■o Keubel look tha lad, and li«eaolved on; to they drew Joteph up out of the'Vlitt •"«' •<>'<• htm to the mer^ chantt for twenty poundt.f He wat now tare*. - teen ycart old. But Reubel, coming in the night- time to the pit, retolved to tave Joteph, without IhapriviU of hit brethren; aijd when upon hit ^calling to bim he made no anawer, he wat afraid that Ihey had dettroyed him after ho waa gon«} of which he complained to*M brethren; but whea they had told him what lUy had dona, Reubel left off hit mourning. ... .... 4. When Joteph'a brethren .bad doaa thia to him„ theycontidored what they thonld do to ea- cape the autpiciont of their falhfir. Now they had taken away from Joaeph the coat which ha had on when he came to them, at the lime the; let him down into the pit ; to they thought proper to tear that coat to piecet, and to dip it Into goal • blood, and then to carry it and thoW it to their father, that ha ni'ight believe he waa dettrtned by wild beatti. And when they had to done, thay ■ came to. the old man, but Ihia not till wnal had happened lo hit ton had already come to bit knowledge. Then ihey taid that they had not teen Joteph, nor knew what miibap had be- fallen hiiii, but thht they had found h" <=<>*( bloody and torn to niecet, whence tbev had a lutpicion that he had fallen among wild baaatii and to periahed, if that waa the coat he had on wheq he came froiu home. Now Jacob had be;, fore tome better hopea that bit too wat oiily made a captive; butndW be laid aaide that notion, and tuppuaed tMt thia coat wat an evident argument that he waJ'ilead, for he well remembered that thit waa the' coat be had on when he tent hiin to hit brcthren>; to he herealicr lamented the lad at ni^ dead, and aa if he had been the father of no mor« than one, without taking<«ny comfort la the reat; and to he wat alto affected with hit mitfortune before he met with J oieph't brethren, when he alto conjectured thai Joseph wat de- ttroyed by wild beaata. He tat down alto clothed a iea m daea al te I n all oar t e p laa . < » aa . "v»ll . tft tThe eeptumliit have twenty pleew of KOM; the Teitnment of Qud. 30; the Hebrew and Stmar «an.» ofailvar; and tlie valfa' l^U"- 30. What waa tba true number aad traa aun, caaaoi'tlyitaimra ■OWN iwn. . . ■ ' ; ,»■. , .# ,_ .,, . ....%. DOOK II./-CHAP.1¥. a, ■nd Iharabjr ra^M Um wurdar pf tkait m that hli dlKoarM II, kiiil that lh«y nutda iMil Iham to ■n**i*l« I (iiiiiK alMut in tk« off, fur u h« hwl M> wjr «r«r« goinC la N- •ua( tham Ihara- r with their own baadi, that wat hard by, and i«* would |aia lo mock Ihclr own handi with , ic mi>n readily agraad I . d liad him with a cord, nio Ihff pit, for it had whrn hr liatt«rity of ltoi«al. I warea out of tha land liii. after Raubel waa n toitraw Joacph out tha Arabianai for if ha 'a fe great way off, Ihay ia barbaroaa actipa.:— i»ed on; id they draw nd aold him to the niarr \ Ha waa now aarcn- ' il, coming in the oiKht- I aava Joaeph, without i; aqd whrn upon hia I anawer, he waa alVaid jm after he waa gonaj ^ brethren ; but when Sly had dona, Reubal hrcn .bad dona thia to t they ahoiild do to aa- air father. Now they iph the coat which ha ibem, at the lime they to thej thourht proper and to dip it Into goal** it and aho^ it to their liere he waa dtatrtnad I they had to done, tney - but Ihia not till wlwl lad already come to hit taid that tbey bad not what mithep had b«- j had fouod ^la coat ea, whence thfv had a len among wild beaatti «aa the coat he had on e. Now Jacob had be^ It hia ton waa only mad* d aaide that notion, and It an evident argument well remembered that on when he acnt hiln to afttr lamented the lad I had beeu the father of It taking<«ny comfort in alto affectiMl with hi* with J oiirph'* brrthren, d that Josrph waa 'de- le tat down alto clothed la laekelolll, and la heavy ailllt'liiin, nnoiiiurh IImI h« fiiuiid no vaae whan liia uina roinfiirlr'i kiai, aaitbcr did hi* paiat ramitby Uugth of time. CHAP. IV. Ctiutming IKt lignml Chatlity ^ Jot4fh. ) 1. Now Fotipbar, an I'tgvplian who waa chiaf cook tu king fharauh, bought Jutaph of tha mar- chanti, who aoM hini lu him.' |la had hini in the Kialrat honor, ami Uiight him the Irarning at b«i:aiiia a free iiinn, and ga«a him Irava to make ul« of a diet batlitr than waa allotted lo ilavra. Ha iairutlml ala4> the care of hia houae to him. Ho ba cnjoytid theae advanlagr*; y«t did not ha leave that virtue which ha htulbafurfi, upon auch a change ul hia comlilion, bat ba da- monitralad that wiadoui wak able lu Kovrru lh« Uuaaajr naaaioiitof life, in auch at havr it in rra- llty, ami do nut only put it on for a allow, under • uniaut tlHia of pruaperitv. ). For when hia matter a wife waa fallen in love with him, both on acrounl of hit Ix-niity of body and hia deiteroiit iiiaiiuscoirul of alt.iin, and tapiMitrd, that if the thoulikiuake il known to hliM, ibx thouhl eatily |M:rtuaA him tu coiiik and lie with hir, and that ha wifflid look on it nt a piece of happy furluiie (hat hit iiiitlreta th.uuld entreat him, aa rrgariliiig thai tiala of tinvrry lie Wat ill, and not liit iiiorul rharacti^r, wliiiih Bonliducd after hit rumliliun waa chaiigrd. S<> the made known hrr naughty inclinationa, and •pake to him about l>ing with her. However, be rejected herentrt'atiet,nol thinking ilaKreea- ble to religion lo > ii lil fo far to her ua tu ilo wlinl would tend lo Ihts affrunt and iiyury of hini that Eurohaaed him, and hud vouchtafeilhim tu gieat onora. H*, on the contrary, eihorteit her tu fovem that paaiion, and laid before her the im- pottibilily of her olila' • ■ - • ilainliig hcrft-tirct, which ha hav« tllll grealat advaniagati but iha^he mnat' look fur rex iiK« unil hulrwMrnui h.i, In cata ha rr^'vrlfd kft lUiif, itaii yff^»rr^^ Ihr rvputalioa «1 chattily lii'forf hitiiiiilreaa, %thiil ha would gam nothing by tui h anH-mlurS, Iwifauta tha would then iH'ruiur hia a4(MaPT, anr in mind that tha wa» • married woman, and that the ought to cuhabil with her butband only) and ditaired her lu aulfrr tlirta cunaiderallont lu hate mure w.'iahl with hrr than the thurt plnatura of luallul dulliuiice, wliicli wuiilil briii); hrr to nk pculance al'liirward ; would cauaii trouble tu her, and yet, would iiol aiiiewl wlial had bi-cii dona amita. Ha iilto iu»l>alia they I had been guilty of; and that it it iirach better to depend on a gcxnl life, well actrd, and known to have been to, than upon the huiiet of the coa- caaliiient uf evil |irai:|Wea. 6. Juteph, by anying thia, and more, tried lo rettniiii 'the violent ,>iahe waa greatly afrfcid leat ' he ahpuld diacuver licK|ewdneta to hir butbaad, and greatly troubled at thearirnnt he had offered her, to the rctolved tu be beforehand with him, and lo accute Joteph faltely to fotiphar, and b* that mean* to revenge hertelt on him for U* pride and contempt of her; and the thuught it a wite ^hing iu itttfl, and alto becoming a woiuaa, ihut to prevent hit accuaatiun. Accordingly the tat torrowful and in coufuxion, frantihg benalf '*l.•'*t'*^"''''""^J"'' »"«"•»•. Ih" irff torrow X /. \ ^ I huaband," nid the, •• mayral thou not live a daf longer, if thM^tt not pttniah the wicked ilavt '»•;«>•'•• d«ied to dttlilu thy bed; who hu neither mjMed who ho waa when he came lo out ■ "^' If ^ '" ^^^^ hw'Hirwith nio4Mr- iw ,""''« heen mindful of what favnr. Ii. y i^ received from thy bounty fat i he mu«t ba m ungrateful man imiced, unlea he in evefy i«p tfect carry himtelf in amannera^ieeable to uai) thia man. I tay, laid a private dctiga to abtaa Ihw ^ibi, Biwl «!.;■ •,,!«« 2: — '~i^M2»afea^^«a^ ' ANTIQUITIBII or THIS JKWfl. lag whm Ihmi wnnUUi ha aliMnt. Hn tbil t( lk>«r tf <'l*iir, llul Ilia mtoirMy, an II ii|i|M>iin>l kn hm fofni) rl)r, wiM oulji 'wrmtw uf Ik* r*«lr4lnl k« «•• III nut of 'lar III Ihif, IimI Itial h)< wim nut t**lh >>l ■ K"<"' •ll'|MMiiiiin. 'I'hl* h« h,un orMtioiii"! Iijr lilt tMiii|( mlvNnrnit ti* linmir kcjriinil Mrhiit n« ilcwnxl.iiiiil wliwl hr tuipii fur, InMiniiii'h thill h« rnncluifi!'!, Ihm li* Hko wit* il«»Hi«il lit to h« Iriiili'il Willi |h| naliil*. iin'l Ihr gotiiruinvnl "f lb/ r>iiiiil]i, •ml «•»• iir»ii rml ■lm«« III/ rhti'M >«rviiiil ■, iiiiclil l»< hIIiiwkI In tiHMh Ih/ wU'd iiln Irft It wjlli lifr wlii'ii Im iilli niplril lo forrr li»r. ~lii«l ('uii|jliMr, nut JiiliiK uliln In illt- h«l|rv)i ivIiLii Ilia niio't lean ahuMi'il, nad wlml % ,, • kla wi/f Mill, rnul whal h« tmv liiino'M. hikI IuIiik 4> -^l^H'lurail hf Ilia lii«i| In hia Mrlfr, iMil nut ti t hitii' ^^^ir iliiiiil lh« I'mniiniilioii ol tlio Iriilli, IimI tukiiii^ it fiirgninliil Ihiil hia Kil'r wiia » nnHlial Wiiiiiiui, mill coiiilf iiiiiinK Junt-jili n* • wirlii il iiiiin, • ^-fc* Ihri-w him mti* llir iMiil*fM«'t«r»' iiriaoni nnd hu\ i alill bi|ch»r upiiilon of liia wile, ■ml tmni bf r wifiiraf , tlint ■'to ww* it wuniHn of b«coniiiiK MOtltal/ itnil rhualily. CHAP.V; Wh'»l lUttK* hif.ll JoHph In #>r^ii. I I. N>iw, Joa«|)li, ituitliiiriiilinK nil hia nllulni (o Uwl, (lid not IiuIkIiv hiina»ir In iiiuk* liia itij- finer, nur tu gi«t «h ui'Count ol' the riri'uiiiituil- rn o( thi- fiii'l, but tllviilly uiiilrrwiiiit the homli Rnd Ihf tlialrcaa lii< Wut in, liriiiljr brliiviiiK that (Iih), who knrw tb« ci«ua« of hia iilltiiliuii, •ml tli« truth of thp rurt, would liti iiiorp iiuvtrr- ful thin Ihoi* iKiit inlliclgd tli« puniiliiuinla upon him ;■ proof of wlio^H pruviiliiir^ lie iiuick- ly r«r«ivf(l; for tliti krrjirr iif thai priaon, Inking iioliCi! of hia nm nnil tiilillly in the iillAiia lir bail art hint aliout, and the dif[nit/ of hia couii- Umnca, relaxed hia bunda, unit thereby iiiade hia heavy caluniily IIkIiIit ami more •u|ijiortuble lo hliui he alao prrHiilli-d him lo ni.ikc iim! of a diet better Iban that of the rtatof Ibi^ priaonerri. Now, hia fellow-pri one df another, wliat were .. the occaiioni of thiir beinf^ i^oiidi niii^^ to n pri- •OD. AinoiiK theui the kiiig'a rupb^rcr, ai„| mm thai hairbui'ii r«apei:tiil by hiiii, wu ptit iu bon,la upon the kinir'a unjifck' at hiau. Ttfli iiwn ' waa unatr the tiiiilebdudt with Joaeph, and f;rew ' mori: familiar with hini; and ii|Hjn oia^nrrtinK that Jo'teph hlid a brtlrr undvnilaiiilinr Ibiiii tiie rait had, he told biin of a dream he haJ, and ik- aircj be would interpret it* nicaiiiDK; coniplain- . ing that beaidea the alllictigna hi! nmlrrwint froin the kinK, (io'l did alao add to hiui troublo Aoni hia dreaiut. 2. He ihirffore aaid, Thul in iiiatlerp be aaw three elu«ttr» of ((rapea liHiiKiiiK upon thru; braiirMi of a vine, largi' alreaur nod ripe for . galht:niiS, and that b« iHt«<.tzed theni into a nip, which lb(t king h
i, lie would It U hiai *mH tbia viaion forituid : who bid ' him be 'of good liliaar, aBd expert to be lootpl from hit boiiila i|l three duyt' lliiio, btcauae the king diVired bit uLTvice, aiu! waa abriul to nsiore hiui to it again; I'.jr he lit bini know that God bcalowa the fruit of the riM apon men for kooiI ; which wine la poured out In ht.,., ..ul ik ^^,.. plr tgt -^ aju . __T .^ of lidelity anil mutual ronMcnce among men; , mad puli an end (o Ihcir ((uarrela, takea away pauion and griif out of the niinda of lbt.ni that lH«it, and mnket tbrm cbeerlul. 'ihvu tajitt that Ihuta ilulat MpireM lhl« win* from ikfM cliialara ol graiwa wilh tiiiua hamla, awl that Ika k,»y rrreivkii it| kiiuw, tliarfloii, Ihal tliiavlaUt la iMf Iby it'Miii, aii bearer, therafura, aa W8« natural lo d»^ (tjuiivd tu Iieartl4cb an iiMirpn talluii ul bla ttteaiu,' ami wailad the Cviiiipbtiu;! rf what bud b««u Ibut ihowed bini belurnhand. ^ tlul a»i»lb«r»er*«nt there WB«of tba fcinflf'tj^ who ha.l bvro iliiel iMki^r miil wa* iiuw houiiit III |Wi»un wilb the riiptMarir; lii\a|il iiupi , uiioil Juae|.h'a ii|lerpr>.lulioii iHr tue uliiar'l trIaiiMi, lui' he liHil at'i n aUruiii iiitu) ao ba lit- •iruil lliHlJoai pli would till Mm »imt Ilia •laiuii* ha ha.l ataii tbi' nl|;lit bi I jiv liilgbl mean. 'I'liey wtra tbtfaii Ibul Iwilluwi " .VIelliuuKlit,'' aa/t hi', Vl carried Ibrvti bu>ki'ta u,uu iiy lieuif, two Wart lull ul' liiavi'a, uii'l the t;Hi',l lull uf twet- uieata iind olbtr i'iii..bli'4, audi lu uri' pre|Mr«ii fur kiii^M; but Ibut the luwia inine il^iiiK,aii>l aM tbi'iii iiil up, iiiiii bail no rp||aril Iu iii). ultuiipt to drive tliiiii aivii^." And biieipi\Ud aprroictiun like to tbnt uf the f.uplKai'i r. llul Juat pli, r^n- aidci'iii|; aud rrnxMiiiig ubuul Ihe ilreuni, auid to him, 'I nut be w>Hit>l wiltiii|;ly lie an iiitirprcter of i^uutl evciila lu him, ami uul ul au<:|i aa hit ijinam demMiiiccil to bim; ImttiuluMliiiu llial ka laaU only tliicu iltt)a in ull to live, fur that lk* ^Ibrei'j baakela 4i;(iill'>i lluiluu tin tbinl diiy h« ahoittil b« criicllieu niltl dittuureil b) luwia, whlb bawaauiit idilirtolielphiiiiiitll.. N .m , buth (b«it dn'Uiiia hud Ibe iiiii;mi >(ti'iitl ivi nit Ibut Juaepb foreiukd lhe)'tbitten lh« latter, but »• Mined that of the dicama tiiiiiicelvc*. Iteii^; llalrifiirii truulihd ut nhal he hud teen. f'M It tei'nii'i.l li> biui to be all of a miliinchuly'ii iture, th« DCKI day be called logelber the wiaeat men uuiiiiig the Kgypliaiii, detiringtalcurnlrptu ilum the inierpretiiiiun of bit dniama. Hut when. Ibry heailale'J ab.iul them, the kiiig wat lo i^^li tba more i> iaitti bed. And liuW it Wua that Ihe mriiiuif uf Juaepb, and bit aklll in drrama, camti iutu Iha iimid uf tite kine'i cupbearer, « hen be tan tli« ouiiluaiuu tlunt Hiarauii WHaiii; to lie came mid nieutioiMd Jui»|jh (a hjn)« o» alio lli* vitim lie had tern in priton, and ^low the event proved il be had laitl; ua alio, that the chief Inker wii (Tucilii'd iin Ihe very tume day: and ibat tlili alaa happened to him, accurding Iq theintrrpieti.tiim of Juaeph. That Jorepb hiiiiaelf wat Uid in Imnd a by I'ot i ph a r , who wi a h ia bead CouU, n i « ilaire ; but he iai« aior* ♦ Ihl« n)M r^m IkrM u« kamli, aiMl iMl lh« Iff lull', ihal Una vlciUa IId a rt loiia* Irmii Ihjf < MHXi iiuiiilur III * « ttHiu gutlx milit iHjr iDViir, rtiHvHilikr whul lli«« wh*n lliuu hdl »; Mul whcH Oiuii «rl oi/h III III tint )iri«iiii, •, wt|cii lliiiu iirl Knii* fiildl fur w« II m aul la iir th« aitli* of iMir «ir> mill iiinnil (u •iirtrr lh« it li I'liuM ««« nrfi nut lilt Ihu4ili>lr>>>ull u>, II iiliHtiiur*. Tlix i'U|*< imunil In ito^ njuirril Huh III Inn ittciiiii, miil wlinl liuti li««ii tliui hrrv wii*»f U»« IihA'*, mill wii* iKiw hiiuiiil III 'i IiivnUu wk» III guud irilxtiuii t0 tun uliior'i In Jill uIm) ui lllf lit- II liliii itjiul til* «liiioii« tv iiiiglii iiii>sii. 'I'lirjr ' Mi'tiiuuKiu,'' Mil bt', u,.ua ii;f liituti, iwu IK tilll'tl lull l.l' tw-'tst- >ucli lu wri' |irc|Mrt'ii U cniiiii il^iiiKimi'luM H«ril ill III), ulli iii)it lu II fijii vlt'U K |irr(iii'tiun rir. llui Ju«<|>li, r^ii> imt Ihn ilrtiuiii, attlU to i|;ly '■« nil iiiliriircur III uiit ul aui^li «■ lilt lilt ti>^ liil.l liiiu llmt he I to livi', I'ur timl ItM •l uii till IliinI iliiy ht ruufitii li) IumIi) t^ib u'll'..' N un I (luth tbvM iitl I'vaiili lliut Juaeuk , Kiiil lliia to liulli llw ilajr bi'I'jrii iinytion' lUcit Ilia birlliilay, lit iilit It I tli« biitkr lr«« «tl hjiii lu Ilia fijriiier rroiii Ilia coiitinriui'lil, buiitia Iwu }'• >r>, luiii t Iron) lli^cupbci.rcr, lal lir. Imil aHiil t» liiiii eil lliiaiiitlllud ul' l ai'i II iiinK twu viaiuna; and iIuliilDa ol' llioiii butli tin lli« IkllL'i', but r<' « liiiiiiavlvn. Iteinf il liv Imil atrt'n. f'>i It 11 uiiliiiicbuly'i) itnre, ;e(liri' the- |viai:»t iiifil ing ta Icurn Irptii llum iania. Hiil wii«H. (brv king wiia io i^^li tlia It utiiia that the niriiiurjp (Irrauiii, caiii« iulu Ih* ii'iT, \i)i«n he aan tlio la iii; ao Jie caiiir iiiid u ulaotii* viaiob tic Mr tha cvr.nt proVrtl ■• tlie chief Iwkcr waa itay ; and that lliij ^Im g tq theintrrpieti.tiim hiiiiiicif Maa l.iid iu H Il ia l i taJ Cou l .i ii B » BOOK It-ilfAP. ?I. «ri)liinUlbrlHi#a, thou will Unrntthal ihjril ■ilMi'^)' S.ilhr Imiiiiiniiiinii/lfil Ihnl lhi')i •h.iHli) briil(| JiiOiih lulu hi» jir»«riirc , aii't IIi.im nl>^ 4 rcrill«*« to du. S. Hill lh« king look him hjr ihehainlj ami, "O joxtnt man," aii)« h», '• for my ••rvaiil li»ar« wilnau inal Ihrui art al prairnt lhailir>l ami niiial tkilful (Mniin I ran iimkiiIi willi, •luirhiHla' ma lh« Aulhins uul jf faar, nor to Italirr nii< wiln iyliiK wuriia, iir with ivhkl may |>Jinax ni«, allhuiiKk the truth wlinl tliU iftnin 11 lid mIhI lliiik i-iK^t iiiifl Unlwini' ri|« iluwli tiiy iliivvf aliould l>« of a mmI iiiihuly nalurA Knr it Mriil- ad lu ma dial, n« I wullird li) lh« rivi r. I xkv kilM lal and vrr) lirKi', vim in nlinllii'r, Knilln .- — ^um the rivrr lu tbt^ marahcat audjlliiir klu*, af thtt aaiu* nilinliar like lliriii, iiii'l lliln iiul uf Ibe uiaraliaa, virriiiliiix Iran ami III fnviirnl, which ■!<< u|i ihii fal and th vitiim I nwakrd out uf my alirpi iiliil baiii;; ill ' diiunlar, and ruiuidariiiK nilli nijM'lf wlinl thi ■p|i*arani'e aliuulil b«, ■! frll BaTi'ii|< i||:n taw aiiiithar drraiu, iiinrh niiir« wmiil Ihn furrK>ilH|(, nliich ttill ilid iniiri' iillriK^t iiiifl iliilurb iii«: I aaw nrvrn riir< uf rum mil of one roul, IravinK ''■*■'' li«*d< liun by the wriKht uf th* Kr:|ina, ami |ir|ii ti ^ with the fruit nhich wun niijv ri|ir, aurfit fi rrapiniti and iiiar tliike I anw nviii itlitrcaiji of C'irn, meagrr Riid iviiik for want uf n in, whkl> fill lu I'lil^nn aiid i-uiiauiniii:( Ihutr Hint i>irr II for rea|iiiiK, and imi me inl ■ ip'ral iM' niahii>«nt. 8. To which .Tuarjih re|illtil: /' i'liii ilrnam,' •aid he, "() king, alluuiiKb trru uiidrr w" «>rui«, iicnifiiia one and Ihr nunic rvint of lliiiai^c; It r When llum lawot thi< kiiir, wliitli iajian aaimid niada lor thr pluuicli mid fur liibur, laiirnun'il h) the wurto kiiie, and the uart uf ruin »i|i(«'ii »\i hy the aniallr.r «ar>, thry furrtill ■ fiiiiKin^, «iid irniil of th« fruilt of'thi- inrth. fur llip mi«i<< nuiiiln i' of yrari, and ri|ual with tlioat' vtli-'n ^^tjjit nua in a happy aliilis nod Ihii a., far, thhtltliV plenty of theaa yeara will b« aprnt in thv aii iir nuiultrr of rcarauf i|rnn'itv', mid that tcurcitu of nun- aaty protitiuiia will lie very dlllknil to lir r.ir- rrrted; at a niKn wharruf, the i|l-fu4nri'd kiiir, when tliejf^hud devoured the lu iter aort, I'.uiilil nut be nntitAi'd. lint aiill (iuil I'oii Jhiiwa wliut It tnconieu|mnnini, not tn jstktivv tliyin.luit tliul when iHry know il litforcband, thr^ jii:i\ by tru- denru make the uctiial cxu*rii>iu:e of ivi^iit u lure- lold Ike inure tiilcrnble. If lliiiu, thirerorc, cure- fully iliitpote of the pl< utiful crupn wliifrli will cyme in ine iMriurr jenri, IhuU will protjire thiil tin , future iralaiiiity will not be felt by tliu; Kgy pliniia." 7. Hereupon the ktwf wondered afe llle diiicri:- lion and wiadoin of Joteph; ami naked hiiii by what nieaiia he might tu ditpejiae the forei;oin|j; plentiful erupt, in the happy yi^ar,i, at to make the niiterablecrulia more tuli-rulile; Jnneuh lliui added ihia liia atlvire; 'I'uapare the K(>^*> <^>''<'P<, and not permit tlje Kgyptiana lu tpeiiil them lii«- urioualy, but lu reterve what they would llnv'^ ipenl In luxury beyond their necensilv, Bguinst the time of Wniit, l!e alto exhorted bi'in to liike\ ths corn uf the hutbandnien, and give lliiiM uiily •That la, haiifht It ftr Pharaoh, at arety low prirr. tTtila PoUphar, or na In Jowphua, />«r<|iAi'«, who waa now a iirimtiil'Oii.or nHlnpulia.iaihr aiiiiunnme; In Ju--eiilluii. anil perliM | W In Miinwi «lii<), wlili liig^ ^•f\ut raurh at wnnM ka aMlllfrlent tut their • ih, briM|| turnrUml lulrpprt'lilhin III the draam, lial AmmI turnrlaml al Joteph, X' AiMil'illliily I'h,, nut only f>ir hit i fur the riMinol bii had given him, inlrutlarf kiaa with ili»p«ii.m(r the rum, with pr the hl >l>a<'uvrrrillhiapethmi .if acriiin wonid prove lh« bati uver«*ar of it. HhI ,».ia, i(h having ibit power given him by Ik* kiiiil. Willi leave to make um< uf bit teil, and l« Weiiriiiiriile, drove iu hit rhariol ihniMKh all Ih* laud of fi. (> |>f, and tuuk the rum of the hutband- im n.f allotting aa murh iu *Mtry una at wiiuld b* tulDrknl fur ir>'d abt fir fiMiil, but wiibuMi Hi«- ruvarliig to any uae Ilie ri«a tu ihlftf *Mn of a(;r, and riijoird itrrul honort from the king wliu mill J hiui I'mlkitm f'AunrrA.out nl' rrgurd tii'hia fir|ii%iuua dinr.i of wlwjunii for that nuine lUrfluIrt Iht'rtrtnltr i>f KrriU. lie Iili4 nitirrieil « wife of verV bi^'i ipmlitj \ lor lie mar rieil III* I'liiitbter of lviiplireii,r une ol the priittt uf lliniii'oliti.'fhi una n virgin, and her nniiie w.it Axiialh. Dy her fie bad rbiblren be- fore tilt irilty rame on, M'ln.ini' II, the elder, v^biih tin»i;i«a f»tgt'f'il, benig*! bit pirtenl hapfiincaa oit.ida hiui lur;{rt lii* f inner uiitfor- lauiqgjmit ft^rttim.lbi youii^^ir, ivbii li tIgnU %|ilW««il. txeraiite be wnt riniored to the (rta- tldin of bia l^irefulliera. Aiiiv, after HKyid had K^ii|>ify jin»r 1^14 niitfurtuiie fell iipiiu tin nt wlien llii y bii I n» iien>i: of It brfureh'ind.t Ibi) Were nil «,'ir< ly »f Airlid by it, and came riniiiinii; lu the k'iiiK't t^illcii; nnd hn rulled upon , Ion pji, i.lmt'dd the I'uril tu till, 'I, lieiiiKbi'liiin, ronfetti illy » >ai ioiir III the whole iiiullitude uf llie Kgynliniitv ' NAr did he open till* market of rorn fur'the jiiupln of tbnt loiinir) only, bn| Hriiii(i;elvea to Jutepli, WBiitinj} In buy Corn; fur iiolhiiig nf tbit kind wiit dune without iiit npprobatiuli, tinru ev, n llieii only n-at the hunur t'lHl-wua puid the kiii|^ liiniigilf advanla- geuua Jalhc pei^in tliiil paiil it, when they look rare ,l>^1fnnur Jimrph ulto. Now when ho Well kn(;w Kit brethren, lliey Ibuugbt nothing of him: for be waa but u yuuth when he left them auii waa now rbnie to an iige to niurh gwatrr Hint the lineanicnla of hit liico vv( r« chani^eil, aad'he wa.4 notfc1l,jwn br t.'ieni; beaidea Ibin, the great- neat of the dlgutty wherein he appeared auUered tbcin riut toniticli at to tiib|iect it waa be. He now Ji)3''* trial ivbat tentinienti they had about uHUira of the greateit coniequeucc ; for he refu- m.iater and mlttrniiB. Nor la Ihla a nolinn paeullar to Hint Tealnmeiil; Iml, na Dr. Ileriinril ronfeawia, note on Aiitiq. h. II. rliap. iv. HiM't I, rnniihon In Joaephua, lo l ift Henuma in t i nlni'pi«t e r a, a nd to oth e r le arii eil' Je ^a CfiJ lb le uf the nobletl (if th« « acur*. at lietbre railed riic ktai rcok, ur captain uf lklg»ard,' and lowliom Jueriih wuaiold.peelien.iiiii. :!0; lOlj. ti with xll. Ml. Tliay ure niao iiinriiird lo be one aiid^ :tti aame penon in the Tcalainoni of Juaeph, acel. 18, m be It IDere aald lo bava married the daughter of bia if old lime. , t 'I'hie entire Igiioranef hriho Egyiitiflna ol theae yeara qr-fdmliin liefuro tliey mine, told ua hefore aawell aa Iwra, ehap. v. «ee(. 7, Jiy Juaephua, aeeiiiala he iih lay tdiUe. It kt^UjOo other copy that 1 know of. fi-- 40 ANTIQUITIES OF TlIB JEWS. •«! to ftll them eorn, wid Mid tlwj w«re eome w niiai of the kinK** affain; and that thcjr earoa iroin ioveral countrici. and joined thtWirlvea torether; and pretended that they ware of km, it not being poHibIc that a private man ahould breed up lo many aoni, aiid thoia of lO great baauljr of countenance ■• thejr were; luch an •dncallon of lo aianjr children being not eaiilr obUihed by king* tbewiclvei. Now thii he did ^ in order to diacover what concerned hii father, and what happened to hira after hi> own depar- ture from him, and ai desiring to know what wa» become Of Benjamin ()ii brothers for he wai afraid that they had ventured on the like wicked •nterpriie against him that they had done to hiin- ' nif, and hud taken him off also. 3. Now ihese brethren of his were under dis- traction and terror, and thought that verygreat danger hung over them; yet not at all reflecting npon their brother Joseph; and standing firm uu' der the accusation* laid against them, tliey made ' their defence bv Reubel, die eldest of them, who now became tneir spokesman: "We come not hither," Said he, " with any unjust design, nor In • : order to bring any hami to the king's aiuirs; we * ^' only want tpoe preserved, as supposing your hu^ manity mightjbe a refuge for us from tne niise- rie* which'*®*' country lubor* under, wc having ° beard that you proposed to sell corn, not only to your own couutrymen, hut to strangers aUo, and that you determined to allow that com in order to preserve all that want it: but that we ar*bre* tkMn, and of the sane common blood, the pecu^ liar lineaments of our faces,, and thoie not *o mnch different from one another, plainly ibow. Our father's name is Jacob, a Hebrew man, who , had twelve of us fOr bis sons by four wives; which / twelve of us, while w« were all alive, were > happy family ; but when one of our bretbren^hose ' . nam« was Joseph, died, our. affnirs changed for ' . the worse; for our father could not forbear to make n long lamentation for him, and wc nre in affliction, both by the calamity of the death of •or brother, and |be Jniserable state of our ag^d father. We are now therefore come to buy corn, having intrusted the care of our father, and the Sovision for our family, to Beiijnnun, ouryogng- t brother; and if tliou scndestjo our house, thon mayest learn whether we are guilty of the least falsehood in what we'say." 4. Ajjd thus did Reubel ein'cayor to persiiade Joseph to have a better opinion of them. But when he had learned from tliim that Jacob was »II»e, and that his brother was not destroyed by them, be for the preslttt put them in prison, as intending to examine more into their affairs when he should be at leisure. But on the third day he brought them out, and said to them, I. V That since you constantly affirm that you are Dotrcome to do any harm to the king's affairs;. tbtltyou are brethrin, and the sons of the father *^9P I"" ■"""<^d, you will satisfy me of the ~ ; traK Of what you say, if you leave one of your con>pany with me, who shall suffer no injury here; and if, wheq ^ou have carried corn to your Ather,' you will come to roe again, and bring your brother, whom you say you left there along with you;' for this snail be by me esteemed an assurance of the truth of wfiat you have told ihe."* Hereupon they were in greater grief than before; they wept, and perp«tu«lly deplored one if' . . among aiiothei^ the calamity of Joseph ; and said, ' f "They were /alien into this misery as a punish- •.' . . ment inflicted by God for what evil contrivances they had against him." And Reubel was Urge i.- :.__-_ in hit reproaches of them for their too late re- • The reason why fiymeon might be selected out of the rert tor Joseph's prisoner. Is plain In the Tewameitt oC^Bymeon, »1«. that M was one of the Mtterest of all Ja*epbwing evenr day worse, and his sons begging it of hiio, be had no other course to take in his present circumsUn- ces. And Judas, who was of a bold temper upon other occasions, spake his mind very freelr to him: "That it did not become him tobeauraid bn account of his son, nor to suspect the worst, as he did; for nothing could be done to hi* Son I'M' but by the apjwintnient of God, which must also for certain come to pass though he were at home with him; that he ought not to condemn them to such manifest destruction^ nor deprive them of thot plenty of food they might have from Pharaoh, by his unreasonable fear about hi* sob Benjamin, but ought to take care of the pre»f r- vationof Symeon, lest by attempting to Tiinder Benjitmin's journey, Symeoii should peri*h. He exhorted hiro to trust God for him, and sud he would either bring his son back to hini^rSKH>r. together with his, lose bis own life." _ So thkt Jaeob was at length jpersuadcd, ■and delivered Benjamin to them, with the price of the .corn doubled: fie also sent present* to Joseph, of the fruiu of the land of Canaan, balsam,) and rosin, live particle i* here wanting wtaieb I have sapptiedin braeketa, and I wonder none lia*e bnherto nspecKd It oufht to lie supplied. .... ^ ^ t urtHe precious balsam of Judea, and tbe tarpenune, •ee tbe notion Antit. B. viU.ehap. vi. aeckt. BOOK II.— CHAP. VI. 40 •roie IP Jowpbf aod d ba>r with patience i|ice it WH (loue bjr . anhiitccount. Thn* ■, uut imagiiiini; thai anguare. A general ^ III at Reubel'i wohli, I thef bad dune; and ilneit they had iwrpc nd they were ju»tly Aita Joieph ww that he wai io affected at ind not being willliu[ G of him, be retired: hciu again, and Uking wing a pledge Ibr bii them talie the corn their way. He alio Ivily to put tlic money ith them for the pur- ■aoka, and to diimii* >hat he wat command- na were come into the ' t)i«it fathrr what bad >t, and thut th*y were irr as s|>i» upon the , ey were brethren, and ther with lhR^-father, nd.bow they bad left nor^ until Beiyamin a teatimonial or the id. And they begged thing, but to Kna tb« t Jat'ob waa not pleaied ud done, and. lie, took heiuoualy, and thence ^ to give lip Benjamin ' d to Reubel'i pcnua- it of him; and gave r might, in way of re- in cuae any harm came !y. So they were dii- at to do. Kay, there t itill '(Jlaturbed them found hidden in their ■a the corn they had when t!ie fomine itill iity forced them, JaCd> lend Benjamin with bii wai no returning into rith what they had pro-, y growing every day ig It of hiin, he bad no III preiCnt circumitan- ' I of a bold temper upon m mindvery freelrto scome him to be amid ir to luapect the wont, uld be done to his son t God, which muit alio hough he were at home not to Condemn them tion i- nor deprive them they might nave from able fear about bii aoa ike care of the preaer- f attempting to liinder eoii aboutd periib. He id for him, and laid 'he m back to him>lfi1%H>r. kis own life." '^So tbkl nuadcd,"and delivered the price of the .corn iients to Joseph, of the lan, balaam,t and roiin, ; which I have Mpptiedbi I have bhherto mpeiMl Judea, and the tarpentiae, Lchap. vi. MCI.4L i; •t alio turpentine, ami honey. Now their f-ithrr ihed many team at the ilcpurture of hl»aon«, u» well an tlieiiiaelvea. Ilii conocrii »va«, thiit he might K'ccive them b .cli aRnin cafe nfter their 'uurney; and their concern waa, that tliey luiglit inil their father well, and noway afljicted with grief for them. And thia lanunlnliun laated a whole day; id that the old man ivaa at Inat tired with grief and atayed behind ; but tliey went on their way for Kijfyiil, endenvoring to niiiigate (heirgriej for their present iniafirtuuoa, with the hope* of better aurceis hcreal'ler. 6. Ai ipon"t* they came into Kgypt, they were hi-ought down to Joaeph. Btit here no (iiiall fear diaturbed them, leat they ahould be acCuaed about the price of (he com, aa if tlicy had cheat- ed Joaeph. They then made a long apolpgy to Joieph!a ateward ; and told him, that when they came home they found the money in their aacln, and that they had now brought it along with them. He aaid he did not know what they meant; lo they were delivered from that fear. And when he had looacd Sym^on, and put bim into a handsome habit, he.auA'ered him to bfl with hia brethren; at which time Jnirph cnnie from hia attendance oil the king. So they offered him their presents; mid ^ipun bis putting the question to them about their lather, thuy answer- ed that they found hiui well. He, also, upon hi« diicovery tnat Benjamin was alive, asked whe- ther this waa their younger brother, for he hud aeen hini. Whereu|ion tnev said he waa; he re- Blied, that the tiod over all waa hia protector, ut when hia aflection to him made him alied learai he retired, desiring he might liot be aecn in that plight by biajii-tthren. Then Joseph (ooki them to supper, and they were aet down in the same order as they used to ait at their futlier'n table. . And although Juaeph treated- them all kindly, yet did he send a mess to Benjamin that wai double to what the rest.of the gueata lied for their ahares. 7. Now when after aunprr they had compoaed themaelvea to aleep, Joaeph roninianded hit ateward both to give Iheni their niraauna of corn', and to hide its price again in thenbcka; and that withal they ahould nut into.Bei^niin'a lack the golden rnp out of which he loved hini- icirto drink. 'Wtiich things he did in order to make trial of his brethren, whether they would •tand by Beniaiiiin when he ahould be accused of having stolen the ciip,':Bnd should appear to be in danger; or whetherlhey would le»ve him, and depending on thnr own innocenry, go tu their father without him. When the aervant had done aahe was bidden, the sons of Jacob, knowing nothing of all this, went thctilicntiui| of theiiist Ivea than their own denial of the iHit, they liiil liini aeiirch Ihein, and tliat if any of thrni hud been guilty of the thcfl, to punish them all; for, bving noway con- scidua to -themaelvea of any ciriiiie, tliuy aimke with itaaurupce, anil, as they tliouglit, witliout any danger to tlietiiselvea al»o. The aervants desired there might lie a aeurCh made; but they said, the pnniahment sliould extend tii bim alone who ahould be found (cuillyjlihe theft. So they made the aearch; and haviiiif atnrrhed all tbf reat, they came luat of all to lienjilniin, aa know- iiig it waa Benjamin's sack in whiih they had hidden the cup; they liiiv-iiifT inileed aearched the real only for a ahuw of accurHry: ao the ijesl were out of fear fur themaelves, and were now only concerned about B.eiijaiiiin, but atill were well aaaurcd^that he would also bi found innocent; and they reproached- those that came after them for tlieir hindering them, while .they, might, in the meanwhile, have gotten a good way on tbeir jouriicy. But na aoon na they had eeart'hed Benjuiuiii'a sacki they found the cup,' and took it froiu bim, and all was changed into mourning nnd laiiientation. They rent their gnr- menta, and wept for the punishment which tncir brother waa to undergo Air lita th'ctt, and for the delusion they hud put on their father when they promised they woqid bring Benjamin aafe to niin. What added to their misery was, that this nii:lancholy accident came unfortunately at a time when they thought they had gotten off clear; but they confessed that thia nii»fortune of their brother, an well an the grief of their father. for him, was owing to themaelvea, since it wus Ihey that forcei^heir futhcr to send him with them, wlicn he inls averse to it, ' K. The horsemen therefore took Benjamin and brought him to Joscpli, hia brethren also follow- ing hiiiij who, when he saw him in ciistody, and them in the habit of mournera, aaid, " How came you, vile wretches as you are, to have, sucb a strange notion of my kiudneas to yciu, and of Liod's providence, as impudently to do thus to your benefactor, who in such u noapitabli! man- ner had entertained you?" . Whereupon they gave up themaelvea to bn |mniahed, in order to save Benjamin; nnd called to mind what a wick- ed enter|)riae they had lieen guilty of againat Joieph. They also pronounced faini more happy ' than themaelvea, if he were dead, in being freed from the miseries of this life; and if he were alive, that he enjoyed thu pleasure of seeing God's Vengeance upon them. They aaid f irther, "that they were the pla^^ue of their father, since tlicy should now add to hia former affliction for Joaeph, thia other affliction for Beiijanlin. lieubel also was large in cutting vtheiu u|)oi> tliia occaaibn. But Joseph diemis^iied them; for he said they had been guilty of no o,ll'eiice, and (hat he woiild content mniaelf with the lad's fiuniahment; for he aaid it was not a At thing to et bim go fr<;e, for the salie of those who had not oflended; nur waa it a fit tiling to punish them together with him who had been guilty of stenl- ing. And when be promised to give tneni leav* to go away in safety, the rest of them mtn tua- :^. ANTIQUITIES 0? THE JBWS. .d«r ttttt «oart«ttiition, wid w«« •«« to »y aothinr on th* nd occpiiftn. Bi't Jud«», "ho bad p.nu«ded tMt f.th*rto tend the Ud froto tiro, Wing otherwine tlio a y«>ry bold and Kjive mao, determined to haianl liimitlf for the pi*»M- TttiOH of hi» brother. '>Kl» true,"* .Hid be. 'V KOTirnor, that *e have been very wir ked wiy> ncard to thee, and on that nccuunt dtierve purt- itbment; •»«» all of ui may justly be puniiliajj, althouch the theft were not roniinHt«d by •'!• hut only bv one of u>, andJie the youngetl aUpi but jel tHere re maini wine hope fpi n», who olhenll»e must be under deipnir on li:» (":ct'unl, and thi» frhm thy goodneM, whidi p" "•"*" '-' * deliverance out of our ni^ient dangri . ji ml now I beK thou wilt not lock at u«, oi- at that great «rimS we have been guilty of., but ct thy own eictllenl nature, and, take advice ol thine own virtue, in«trav*M- pity of hi* old •(•. ie iiiake th«M liip- ; Oiua wilt giTc ui ird'iu'M of oun hu '. iiiiisliiiient; tod thii If wicked, nor doc* B wicked. He i« • 3 hnve such IriiU of sbu'iil, he it afflicted heur of our deathii t, he will on4hat Bc- I : and the reproachr- haitrn hii end, and will brind him to a ill make haito to rid d bring hiniielf to ■ the gad stoTT of our ; of the world.' Con- lanncr, although our . )k$ thee with a juit :kcdne9a, and fori^ive let thy commiacra- 1 theethnn our wick* le old age of our (a- - be very lonely wbtte r^ bimiell aUo. Grant lers, for thereby thou bee, and wilt grant it . ; already that dcuomi' hat denomination,' b« er of all, by showing the cate of our father, r him who ii ttyled if thou wilt have tbn le conaidcration how ! deprived of hia tooa. >atow on ua what God thy power to take it m fntirely in charity; wer, whicn con either - ! merciful aide; and leatrOy, to forget that r, and to look on thy- for preservation; and ends thia power, the ;aintohimaelf. Now, fhat he haa unhappily veuaall; for wc cannot it to death, aioce we ve to our father Tvith- luat we partake of one of thia life. And to :mor, that if thou con- s that thou wilt pan- 9 partuera of hia cnme. thia one Conaideration, via. that our brother ^n he was young, and im in hia conduct, and e auch young penon*. r what more I have to - lemoeat ua, that omii- liivehurt at, and per- ' ercrdde. i Bntinctttc lia may be aKribed to ich thiou art inwardly 9t ut from condemna- ely^preaefvirir ua,bul ' aa' will mate ui ap- ' we really are, and by >re motiyea for our de- ! to produce ouraeWea. t to tlay him, I deiire eadt.and tend him back pleaiett to retain bia 1 fitter to labor for thgr and whleb lie tkooght Ut ■e two MOie auchtpeaehw - i.ea.xlT.aaet.4; foCe I know that cspcctation, ur brother, I ou aeero to to hate you rather return ■deanlam ia that ciMeitT. and, as thoa aecat, am better prepared ftfr eHher of thoae auffer- iMt."* So Judat being very willing to ufld"- aoaov thing whatever for the deTlvermce of hi* Brofher ca»t himtelf at Joaeph'a feet, and ear- neatly labored to attu*r»';ahd pacify hit anger. All hia brethren alto fctt down before him weep- ing, and delivering themtelvet up to dettructioti foi the pretervatioB of the life ol Benjamin. 9. liut Joaeph, aa overcome now with hi* af- iectiona, and no longer able ""'y were alone. And «'hen the rctt were^oric out, he made himtelf known tohit breth- ren, and taid, " i commend you'foryour virtue and your kindneaa tu our brother; I find you better men than I could have expeptcd from whnt you contrived about me. Indeed, I did all thia to try your love toypur brother; ao I believe you. were nut wicked Dy nature', in what you did in liiy caar, but that all haa happened according to Ged'a will, who4iai hereby procured our ewoy- mentof what good thiiiga wo have; and if we continue in a lavorable di*nfaition, of what we hope for heteafter. Si our father A aafe ana> aM 1 aee /ou ao 4ell diiq will no longer remenibC have had about me, but for that your wickcdiieaa; rou uiy thanka, that you have concurred with the intentiona of God tf bring thing* to their {ireaent atate. I would iMTe you alto rather to orget the same, tiiice that imprudence of youra It coiile to auch a happy cbnclution, than to be iineaty and bluth at thote your oHicncet. Vo not ther^ore let yoi|ir eVil intentiont when you condemned me, and that hittcir remorte which . .might follow, be a grief to you now, becauae thote intentiont v^re fruatrated. Goi therefore Jour way, rejoicing in what haif happened by the ivine providence, and inform your father of iti Wt he ahould be apent with caret for you, and .deprive me of the roott agreeable part of my felicity; I meaoi leat he should die before he comet into juy tiglit, and enjoyt the, good (hingi that we now have. Bring tnerefore with you •ur father, and your wives and children, and all your kindred, and remove your habitation hither; for it it not proper that the perMnt deareat to qie ihould live remote from me, now niy affairs are ao proaperoua, eapccially when they muat e^ure live more yeart o* ftniine." When Jo- seph bad said this, he embraced his brethren, who were in tean and sorrow. Buttbe generous Oiindnett of their brothA seemed to leave among them no room for fear lest thry should be pun- ished on account of what they had consulted and acted against ' him. And they were then feasting. Now the king, as soon os he heard that Joseph** brethren were Come to him, was ex- cee4ing glad of it, at if it had been a part of his own good fortune; and gave them wagons full of corn, and gold and silver, to be ronvcvrd tq hia father. Now when they^ had receivoif iiiorc of their brother, part to be convlsyed to their fa- ther, and part at free gifta to every One of them- aelvea, Benjamin having still more than the rest, they departed. ' CHAP. VII. n* Removal ofJoitph'i Father, mtk M hi$ F«- mi{y, (0 Atiii, on account^ Me Famtnt. }1. As soon as Jacob came to know, by his toli*' returning home, in what sta^ Joseph vras, that he had not only escaped death, for which he ouinung, but that he Uved in lived all along ila mouinung, *In allthlifpeeebor Jadas,we mavoi Jfla«»lw»at»l «upiie»*d that death wa« Uw mmWiaaant splendor and happinett, and ruled ov«r Egypt > jointly with the king, and had entrusted to hia > care almost all bis aBairs; he did pot think any <' thing he was told to be incredible, coiitiderinK i' the grratnca* of the works of God, and his kiiid-^' nets to him, although that kindness had, for soma late times, been intermitted; so he immediately and tealously aet upon his journey to him. 2. When he came to tlie well of the oati . (Beersheba,^ he oHi'red sacrifice to God ; ajld being afraid that the hapfiinms there waslin Egypt nnght tempt his potterily to fall iii leva with it, and lellle in it, and np more think ofn moving into the land of Canuuii, and potset/ing it, at God had proinited them; aa also hiing afraid, lest if this drscrnt into Kfry|)t waiiio to the siehlof .Joseph, he fell asleep, revolyQig these douDtain hit mind. :). But God ttood by him, and called to him twice by hit name; aud when ho asked who he was) God said, " No, suie, it is not just that thou Jacbb shouldst be unacquainted with that God who has been ever a protector and a helper to thy forcftithera, and after tlirni to ihyiielf: for when thy father would have deprived thee of the dominion, I gave it thee: and by my kindness it was, that when thou Wast sent, irno Mesopotamia all alone, thou, obtainrdst good wives, 'and re- turnedat with many children) and much wealth. The whole family haa alao been in-eai-rved by my providen>iaor, liuf, Iwii, Barit, Abur, and MetchiKl. If weVid theii;, yhlbli' ara liiitecn, to the fiftjr-ibitr, tn« toreniciitiuned number (teveiity) ii coqii|)leted, Jaculi* not beinar hhuielf indiided in that huiii- ber. - . ■ , .-jL . . A. When Jomph undrf^nlbd tlrat bia father wat :oniin)(, for Ju<)n> bit brother via* conic bcforis him, nii.j informed bilii of his approach, he went out to iiixiri him; and tliry met together at lie- jwipfilia. -Uut juKub alnioit fainted arnay at thii unciiiectml ^mi (^rcatjuy; h^c«rr, Jbaeph re' viyecl him; bring yet not himself lible to contain from htiii^ uAcled in the aamo lilanner, at the piltasure he now had, yet waa he not Jwbolly overd'oiiie with his iwssion, aa hi* father was. After tills, he dcsireil Jacob to travel on slowly,!, but he hiiiiirelf tupk five of hisbrcthrru with him', apd niuilc bliste to the l^ing, to tell him- that Ja- cob and bis family were^coiiit, Wnich^ was a joy- . till hisiring to him. He. filsu bid Juoeph tell hiin what »tq follow the saiiie. Who iiulcMiiin thej' were good shenberds, and bad been oaeij (o fQllow no other eniploynient but tbia uluur/ Whereby he provided tor them, that they shuuMnot be icparaifed, hut live in the same place, nud trike care of their father; ns aUo'h«re- by bfc provhled, that they migirt be acceptable to the Egyptians, by doing nothiim that would be '. commKii to them with the Egyptians; for the ,' Egyptians are prohibited to meddle with the . feednijkj|£ shcep.f ,' s i: VVnn^acob was conic to the king, and sa-^^ *iluted. hiii(rlit.W''hcd all prosperity to hia go» y tdmmeiit,. L'hontoh asked him how old be now waa7 njipn- whose answer that he was a ht/h- dmd and thirty years old, he admired Jacob on Bcconnt ofmie length of his life./ And when be had added; that still hd.hnd notliveil so long aa hit forufathers, he ga^ him kave to live with hia children in Ileliopblia; for in that city the king's shejfihenis had^ their pasturage. 7. However, the famine increased among the, Egyptians ;„ and this heavy jtidgment ereiy more oppresiiivc'to them, because neither did the river orerllow tbe.grouDil, for it did not rise to its, former height, nor did (Sod send rain upon it;) nor did th*})' indeed make the least pnivision for theiuselvi'iv,' so ignorant were they wlnit was to be done; but Ju8e|$ lold them corn fur their money. But when their money failed them, thev bought corn with tliVir cattle, and thejr ohves nud if any of them had a small piece of land, they gave up that tu purchase them {onCuhy which incaha tbe king became the owner oColl their substance ; and tiiey were r'einnted soma to one place, and some to an 4hefi that so theAposiieaBion of their country nilghr be firmly afforded to the king; ejt- daad this acre famine mkde their mindi, ai ir«M aa. their Bodi«a, alaV«a:j^nd Molengtb eompelled them to nroeuro'"a aunkiency of food by atick diahoiiorable ipenna. Hut when tbia miaarjr eaased, and th« river overflowed the ground, and tbe ground hroup;ht^ forth its fruits plentifully, ,Ioarph came to every city, anil gathered thelieo- pliS Thereto belonging to^ithrr, ajid gave tnem back entirely lhe4and which, by their^own ron- aent, the kiiig might have pO'sessed alone enjoyed tbe fruit* of it. itoncr, and He ulan exhorted them to' look on it as every onj's own posaea- aion; and to fall to thrlr husbiindry with cheer- ia f^iesa; and to pay as a tribute to the kinff, the e- J|ih{ prt of the fmiti^for the Ifyid whkn,the in !lnng wbel'' it wai hia own /estored to them These men rejoiced upon their hcconiing nnex pecteilly owners of their lands, juiildilie'^ntly ob> tjmneii what waa enjoined ttiem. A|^ by thia imana Joseph procured to himself a gTrntv'r au- thority among the Kgyptiana, and greatrr-tov^ to th^ kiqg frohi them. Now thi< law, that thejr should pay the 6ftb part of their fruita v tribote, continued until their latter kinga.' '.-^ ^ . (CTiAP. vin. .^^ r^^^ Of the dtath of Jacob and Jojgth.. > * J 1. Now „whcn Jacob had^^Tved aeventeen yean in^£gypt, bc'^ell into a disease, ami died in the preseilcAof his sons; but not till he made liis [(riiyers forlheir enjoying prosperity, and till Ira had foretold to them nrophetically hoi^ every one of tliein was to dwell in the landf of Canaan. But thia happened many ycaf* afterwards. He also> enlarged upon the praisea of Joaeph;|| hoHr he had not remembered l^e evil doinga of his b|rcthr'enjtb theicdisadvantiige; nay, on the con.> tiTiry, w^a kind to\beiii, bestowing upon them so many benefits, ns acldom are bestowed upon ' men's own benefactors. He thrncommandea hia own sons, that they should admit Joseph'! apns, Kphraimand Man.isseh into their number, and divide the land, of Canaan in common witbthci^i: concoriiiiig whom we shall treat hereafter. How- ever, he made it his request, that be might be buried at Hebron, ^ohe died, when he bai lived foil a hundred and fifty years, three only abated, having not been 'fitbind any of his ancestors in piety towania God; and having siinh a recom- pense fur it, aa it.waijfit tTiOse should hhve who were so good aa these were. But Joseph, by the king's, permission, carried his father's dead body to Ifebron, and there buried it at a great ec- pense. ^ow hia brethren were at first unwilling to return hpck with . him, l»€Cau»e they Were afraid, lest, now., their father was dead, be should ndici^h th^i fot>tb('ir secret practices against liim, aincebe was nov»' gone for whose aake he had been so gracious to them. Rut he persuaded them to fear no harm, and to entrrtoin no suspi-- ctons of him; so he brought them alonn; with ceptin^ tliAands of the priests, for iJit-ir country him, and gave them great'posiisBions, and ocvc- rontiniicd still in their own pessessJMi. A nil iu- left off his particular concern for them. * All the Greek copies of Jsaenhns have the neeatfTe parlirle here, thai Jiruh liiinsetr was not reckoned one ofthi! Tflsoubi tbot riinic into Eej-pl; hut the old lintin ropie* wr.nt it, and directly assure *■" he wu one of them. It is tlicrclbre linntly rertalii which of these tTgaioiie'.ihus'giruereiitlbiC, aiiire the numher 70 is made kip wHIifliit him, If we reckon Leah for 6ne, lait ifBlich<( not reckoned, Jacob must himself tie one, to complcti the nuin'^r. t Joscphiis tliougtit'thDt.llic EKvptians hateil or dai- ' plied the employment of a sheplierd in the days of. Jnaepli; whereas Bishop Cnnihcrlnnd has shown that they rntlier liHtcdsiicli Phornician or Cunannite shiep- Keraasalindlonj enslaved the Bgyptiana of old time. 8ee Ilia Biinehoniaihq, p: 361, nns. . ] ReLmd Imre'puM the quKMion, now Joeephus real4 ebmplain of it* i\pl raiiiinif in Etyptdurins tills famine, i>iiil«ll.iia nnenty'iHitm,t!ia' it n"">r dw-a naturally nhove the Delta, whirbi* railed EfvM in the atrtcteal jienae; but lliat In the nelt»iand biteltnaoiiuence in the Dbwer Eiypt adjohiinii to itjlrifid of old, and still 40B* rain Mmetiaiie*. Bee the note on Aiilk]. B. Hi. cb. ' . Bect.8. ; ( $ Josephua iiinposes, Ihnt Joaeph now restored the E2y|ilinhsthelrl!indsB7Bin,upon the payment of nflfth pnrinstrihiite. \llneeinstoinc ratliertlKiitheland wn* now considered n* i*llnriioh'sland,andAliis(in!i part as its rent, to be paid to Idin, ea he wna their landlord, and liicy Ilia lenams; aiid that the lands were not pjroperlv reatored, and thia fifth part raaenred n* trihate m\jf, iSL: ■ llie day* of 8ewMtris.\ 8ee Eaaay on tlie Uld TeatttmeaCT'' Afipend. J4H. 149. \ .. . « II Aa totbhiimromittm upon Joseph,iopreparntoryto> ', Jiirohea, Wbieli Jo- sephus har^ iweiitloiis. alKoiir eopic* of Cencal* 6iBtt It, latji flilire? Hiaanmei i*,tlial when ttie anricnia deny ilMi k,ralM In E|ypt,UMr only maun tbe Upper Bfypi c h; itvilll lior do we know\wlif net lie took U, or wl,«lli- erUteootliiiowDcnbcUyhiiientonlr- X i. BOOK n.-CHAP. IX. tbiir mindf , ai irall (olcnirth eonipclM y lit fuoil by nick . whrn thii miaary 'cil thr ground, and fi fruit* plitntirulljr, ^ I ^athernd the~neo- * icr, ajul K"^* '■>*■>< ,ljy their own con- ' intntd alnncr, and Vf. ulio axhortcd onf '• o«Tn pouCt- ibnntlrj- ivitli cheer- utc to the l(lnc, the the Ifyid whicli,the I jS-ntored to them cir hcroniing nnex D, juKldilie'ntly ob< irni. Aju l>y this n»tlf a grentt'r au- ■« and greatrr-tov^ ' thi< law, that thcjr lejr fruit! n» tribote, ingi.- ■ ■■- ,■ >■ and Jojffh.. > « M\y1iyt awing iipQn theni.so ire bestowed uneh ' then romnianded h{s tlniit Josrph's sons, their number, and common withlhci^i: At hercnfter. How- , that he might be .1, when he hai lived three only abated, of hi* anncDtors in ing siir.h a recom- )se should hhve who Hirt Joseph, by the » father's dead body cl it at a great ce- re at Grot oowilling iKcauKC they Were wa« dead, he should t practices aeainsi for whose sake he Rut lie pcTsaadcd I entertain no suspi- - t them along with siissions, and iktc* , for them. B(vM in the strictest UMnnsoiiiience In the fid of old, and still t the l,iiid was d,andAliis(in'i part as rns their landlord, and nds wen- not properit rednatrlhute«ftly,tfir - on tlie Old TeMimeajjr*'- seph.sopreparntorytO' , Innnach intik liii owa two trll>es, which Jo- lies of Cenwls omit It, elMtookUiOrwUUi- •€■. t. Joseph also diad »i*«n he had li«»d an huii- dred and lep^yearsi having b«f n a "l'»>v of admi- rable virtue, and conduclin(5 all his. affair* by the mica of reason; and used his aulhtirity with mo- deration, which was the cause^f (us so great ie- licily among the tgyptians, even "!>«»' !«?,""• ffoni. another eountry, and that in suvh, ill. cir- cumstances also as we have already J""'»««- AI length his bretlircn died, after they V^ ""a haprtly in %ypt, Wow the posterity and ^ns of "these mail, after some time, carried their no- dics, a"nil.1iuried theiii at Hebron: but as for the bones ol''Jos«(rtii they carried them into the land ol'Cimaali Wterwm^, when the Hebrews went • out of iKgypt, for so ha(V Jo»i-^)h made them pro- mise him upon oath. Hut what liecameof evfry one uf thvsemen, and by wh«t>ils (hoy got the iSMsessloo oTThe lonil ot C|iiwan. shall be showe(} hereafter, when I have first explained lipoB wha^ account it wa» that they left Egypt. ». ■;' ■ CHAP."-' ;' Conesminr tKe Affirtioin IM b}/itt th/H*- brtteiiHKgypl.UuringJburkunJrtdyV'rf* J 1. Now it happened that the Ilgyptiaiia grew delicate and lasy.as to pains-takine.^nd gave themselves up to other pleasures, and in pivrticu- lar to the love of Rain. They also bceame very iii-atrected toward* the Hebrews, a» touched with envy at their prosiferlty i for when.thry saw how the nation>of the Israelites flourithed, and were become eminent alreadv.Jiii jpjfn'y of wealth, which they had acquirM bjr-tMr vi|tue and na- tural love of labor, they thought their increase . wai (0- their own detriment. 'And having in length oftime forgottin the beneSts they had received from Joseph, partjtulatly the crown bsf, ing now come into another' family, they bec;iMi« very abuti^e tp the Israelites, and contrived niany ways of afflicting tjien^l for they enjoined them to cnt« great 'hnmbec'of chan»jls'^(or the river, and ii> budd walls fQ>' thcrr> cities and lamuarta, titat tKev might res;ti«ih.the river, aJid hinder its waters from stagnating, upon its funning over its own banks: they .set them also to build pyi^- mids,i and by all this Wore th^m'oiit; and forced them to learn air sorts of mechanical arrts,and to accustom thdmselvVs to hard labor< - And foiu^ ■ hundred years did tlt^y .i^iend, under these afflic tions; for they strove ont 'against the other »ybich diould get the' iiiasturj', the l^yptians .desiring to ifestrov the ^Israelites, by tiiesc'" labofs, and the Israf/lites desiring to hold out. to (lie end under them'. % While thfe affairs of tto Hebrews were in this condition, there wa's thJMVCcasion offered, it- itians, whiK jnade them fn^fe ' " One self to the f.i . . >. solicitqiis for thi extinction of our mitieh. oC4hose sacred* scribes,} who are veiat sagacious ID foretelling future ievepts truly, told the k'ii%, that about this time there would a child be born to the Isratlitcs, who, if he were reared, would bring the Kgj-ptian dSniinion low, and would raise the Israelites; that he'would excel all men in vir- -*A«tatlieafflletlonaf Abraham's pgsterity foi' 400 years, see Antiq. B.t.cb.)i. sect: 3. And as to what • cities they hiiUt In Eiypt under Phnraofi Besostris, and of Pharaoh 8esostris's,dnntrniiiK In the Red Sea, see Essay on the Old Test. Appcn. p. 139— 163. t or this bulldtni! dnhe pyrnmids of Eiypt by tbe Is- raelite*, Ke Pcrigsontua Orlg. F4iyptiF,.chap. ixi. It is not impassible they inight build one or more of tbe amall ones, but the larger onea seem jnucb later. Only, iflhey lie all bulltof stone, tills does not. so well agree with the Isrnclltea' laliors, wbicb atesaid to have been in trtct.flnd notin sfeas, a» Ur. Sandys obaerrai ip UM Travels, p. 127, 1S8. { Dr. Reriinrd Informs Us here, tliat, ImMtd of this allixic prii»t or prophet of the Esyptians, Mthout-a name in Joseptius, lli6 Tarmim of Jonathan names the tw»tamous antaaonlsts nf IMnaes, Isnne s and inmhrea. I glorr Ih re*. \Vfe I would be rtmaabor- Dt only. 'X Nj I* it at all unlikely that it miiiht be one ofthese who led ao much misery to tbe EgyiitiaiMi, and so' ,8 tne. and obtain/a | ed through i by tbe king, t|iat"accordii lie comniaa child, who/ river, and destroy i- . liart midWivM} should watch th« labors l^eblhcw /Wohien, apd observe* tl.ose the offi/e,of midwives I their , bis cbuimanils. He enjoined also, that i^any parents should disobey biiu, and venture to sp^* thcjfr male children alive .|| they and their familic* j ."■ ahbuld, be destroyed. This was a severe afllic- tjoii indeed to those that siiOered it, irat only j. in they "were deprived of their sons, and while the* were the |>arents themselves, they were obliged to be subservient to the destructioii oK, their own children, but as it was to be sup|wsed to tenirtb the extirpafion of their nation, whilo upon the destruction of their children, and their own gradual dissolution, the calamity would be» . come very hard alid inconsolable tp them. And thi* was the ill jtate tliey were in. But no on* _j can fee too hard for the purnuse of Ood, thof the destfTuctioa of their natipn.' - AccordlnglyAod shad^olercy oh Ijim, and Wb» iiio\ad by his supplicatidn. He stood byfaiusio '.^ his sleep, and exhorted hiin not to de^ir (tf^hit • future favors. ,' He said further, that he did dbt , « forget their piety towards hi^, and would always -'' reward them ior ft, w he, had former^ grahttd * hisfavorto their forebtlrilirs, and riia^ tlieAtn- creasil froniafew-to so great an^Ititude. He piit hiitf fn niiad,Sthat when Abfaliuip was come alonei out of .Mesopotamia into CapiU|D» he had . - been irmde,hap|^y', not only in other reipects,Dut . that when'Ms wife was at first barren, she Was afterward by him eniil>led to conceive secU at' bare him sons. ''That he (eft to Ishmael and toj' his posterity the countrv nf Arabia; as also to ihis sons by Keturali, Ti''o^lQdytis;"a(id to Isaac, Canaan, ^l[hat-by my assistaiice, said he, he did great exploits \/t wiir, which, unless you be your- selves impious, you must still reniember. A* for Jacoifi he became well kbowa toetrangers-^lso, t ; ■ ■ ' much bappine 'Hoses.' ■''■■. $ Joaej^huB is clear that theae nitdwives were EMp< tians, and not Israelites, asin Our other copies; Irnkh is very probable, it qot beinn easily to lie'suppoiied.that i Pharaoh could trust the Israelite nildwlylBatoexcfjqtaso '- barbarous a coif mahd aewinst their owM nation. C!on- > suit iherelbre and correct' heiire ogr brdihary copteir y- Ezod. 1. 10— 3S, Anillndeed Josephusseeni* to hayc< <. had much completer cQpies of (he Pentateuch, or other authentic records now loan abOut the birth and actiOMt ', - of HoMs, than elthei' our Hebrew. Bama^ttan.or 6lreak Bililni aflbrd us, \vhieb enabled him to be so large apd -, partlrnlar aliout him, • - ' II Of this grandfather ofBesostris Bameae* theCreat. who slew the hraejiternfftnts, and of^^lBKriptian Oft^ ' . **« Mj^}Uk,-rnntM,\n^. ^ My nplnjnn^«jjn|«ti» .»l.l«^ . ' "" *'-~^ * *' '^Id^Ml, Append <» •^^ ito(he Ifraelitea from the rearini of recoritaof mankind.oee fissay on the; did p. I3t, 14S, 147,S17.-«80.'^ -V-»- :l 54 Al^TIQblTIEa or THE JEWg. 7 , by lh«' KNitnHt of Ihil profperhy in'wfhlch he H«e.| mid M\. to hii mm, who caiiie ihlu Kjypt wU!i no iiior« (hin Mvcnijr miiU, wliilt you arc BOW bicuniK *bavr (ii hand rati thouMiiif. Know ther havn doiinied thA Urwiltr uhifdren to di - lirurlioii, shall be lhi> rbild uf thine, and ihall be eoni'«ul<'d from thoii« whp waleb todettroy hinii, •nd trhrn he U brouicht U() in a turnritinr wa^, he iliall dttlivr r (he Hebrew nation from the/li*' t«« Ihty are under /roni the Kvyptiani. Hi* menmry ikall b«- fHinout while tne world laiti; and IhiD nut only anionR the Hibrewa, but fo- rcigiien aUo, All which ahall be the cntsct of niy favor to thee, and to tliy posterity. He liuill nlio Inive Hucli a brother, that he thall hiiii- iclf ohtnin my pridtbood, and h'tiuiMerily •ball have it after '^iiii to the end of*the world. 4. \\ Inn the vition had informed him of theie thin|c<, A mrnni awaked and told it to Jocbebed, wbo wn» hiii wife. And now: the fear inereaaed upon tbtni on ncrount of the prediction in Am- mil • dreHni; for they were under concern, not only for Ihe child', but on account of the Krc>t hapiiiueji!! (.hat waa ^o come to him alio. How- «rer, ibc mother'a labor trai auch »• afloHcd a .coa6rniation to what wk foretold by Uod, for it wa* not kiiowii (o thoic thaPwatchcd her, by the M*>ne*( of hci' paint, and beraiito the thi-oUii)g into the king's diapleaaure. both he •nil Im thjld thoulH perish, and so tic should ■iBkrr (he proiui^'c uf God of none effect, deter- mined ratluT (o (rust the safety and care of (he child to God, than to depend on his own conceal- mtnt c r him, which he looked upon as a tb'ojS uncert lih, and whereby both the child >o pri- vately 10 be nourished, and hiinacif. Would be in iniuiii :nt danger; but he believed that God would Vunie- way for certain procure the safety of the cliild, in order to secure the truth of his own uiitiictions. Whi'U they bad thus deter- mined, tiieyiiiade an ark of balrushes, after the manner of a cradle, nnd of a bigness sulficient for an liifiint tvi- dence was exercised in the case of this child, a* sho« e I the power of God. ^ 5 Tliemiuthis \\ is the king's daughter. sRe was non (i|vrrting herself by (he banks of the riiNr, bid seeing a cradlu borne along by the current she sent some who could SHiin, and bid thciu bring the cradle to her. When those that were sept on this errand came to her with tlie cra^le,and she taw the little child.ihe was greatly In love with id on accQunt of its UrgMCM and beauty; Iprtiod h*d taken such great cara in lh« formation of Motes, (ha( he caused him to u« (bought worthy uf bringing up, «nd umvidioit for, by all (hoac that had taken th trusted to the mother. . . , 6. Hereupon it was that Thcrmuthit impotcd (his name 'Moates' upon him, from what ha«l happened when he was put inWjihe river, for the Kgyplinns call the water by IhHjMuua 6f,'Mo,' and such as are ' s«ved out of ^t," by the- nasne of ' Uses;' fo bv putting these JwO word !< to|ethcr, thay iih|!ioseu the name u|)on him. And ne waa by (hii confession of all, «ccol;jMng, to Bod't pre- diction, »« well fur his greatnnt of niiiui, it for his contempt of diflicuUics, the best of all the Hebrews, for' Abrabaiii wat hit anct>l.ir of |ho teventh generation. For Moses waa lUcioB'ot • Amram,"who was the son of Caath, whoje father Levi was the sOn of Jacob, who was tin; smi of , Isaac, who Was the son of AbraliHm. Now Moses^yl' understanding brcanic superior (o.hisage, nay, fs* beyond (hat standard; and when he wu.4 taught, he discovered greater quickness of ajiprcheniion tkan was usual at his age. and his actiojps at that time promised greater, w,hen he should come to. ihe age ofa man. God did also give him that tallncss, when he was but tbrev years old. as waa wonderful. And for his beauty, there was nobo- dy to Impolite, at when they taw Mosci. thej were not greatly turpnWd at the-bcatitv of bia countenance; nay. it litppened I'requently. that thoie that niirt him at he was carried along the road, were obliged tolturn a^in upon seeing the child; that they left frhat Ihey were about and stood still a great wnle to look-on him. for the beauty of the chilil wSs so remarkable and natu- ral to him on nniny accounts, that it detained the spectators) and made them ttay longer to look upon him. . ^ -» 7. Theriputhis therefore, perceiving bim to be to reriiarkable a child, adijpted bim tor her son, having no child of\her own. And when one time she had carried Mo^-s to her father, she showed him to him, and said she thought to make him her father's s^ccestor, if it should please God the should have noligitimate child of her own; and said to hini, " I have brough't up a child who it of a tti^iqe form,* and of a generous mind ; and at I bare received fiini from the boubty of the river, in a' wonderful in-innir, I thought proper to adopt hint for my son, and the luir ol thy kingdom." And »hcn lihe had «nid this, the put \he infant into bir father's hands, so he took hitii. and hugged him close to bis breast, ^d, on hit daughter t account, in a pleasant way , put hia \ /^ *^ M , fi :|fll I ' ■i M^ i 1 1 ( W •Whni Jnsephna here sayaof the beauty of Moact. phen saya of the tame liciuty, that Motet was ittali/WI that be wat »f • iivne/onm. It very like what St. Sle- la thi itgkt »f 0«(, AeU vii. SO. '%■■- -. I i BOOK lI/-«ckAPi X. . if III UrgM*M mmI M-hKrcatcsraliillM I rauincl him to b« up, niul iiroTidiaf an (h<> luntt faUl T\ nitd i>r liii nitWit/, t of tlin llcbrrw iia- bring h«r a woiniB : to tha child; T«< of h«r bnail, DUl II the lil(e'-«» luany wai by when thU t: Ihcni oi» purpoir, ! child, ai« licrmuthi* iiiipoMti lim. from what bad iwRhe rirer, for the ' tbsUKUne 6f,'Mo,' ■ ^t," by the- name of Iwd'wbrdit together, nhini. Aiidliewaai irjMng, In (jod'a pre* nni of iiiliid, «■ for the beat of all th« Ilia anotsljr of |ho D" "' '''K)!''' Hul whin the SHcrvd took the hunini'aai andithe siicn-d xrihis of scribe saw tills, (he wiitthe aaiiii- pt-rsun who fore- I both iiatiiina were glad; those of lh« Kgyptiaus, told that bis ndtivily wouUI bring the dominion of , that they siioulil at unce ovi-n-oiu* their enemies this kinipluni lnw,f bo made'a viiileiit attempt to : by hia valor, and that by the sailie piire of kill hiiu; nml crvuig nut in a I'riji^hlful manner, | iiianageiiii'nl, lUoats womIiI be 'slain: but those ^^ told that bis ndtivily wouui nriiig ine noniigpn oi , mat iney niouiii ai unce ovi-n-iniie ineir enemies / this kinipluni low,} bo made'a violent attempt to : by hia valor, and that by the sailie piire of kill hiiu; nml crvuig nut in a I'riji^hlful manner, | iiianageiiii'nl, lUoats womIiI he'aUin: but those • he said, "This, liiiiu He waa tbi-refureediiirated with gnat ciire. So the Hebrews depended on him, and were of good hopes that great things wouhl be dope by hitU; but the Kgyiilians were mspicioiis of wlml wiiil)d follow such bis education. Yet because if RJnaeS had been aluin, there woano one, neitlier akin or adopted, that had any ornrle on bia aidi- for pre- len ling to the crowii of Kg)'^, 'ml likely ,lo lie of grenler advantage td tliem, they abstained from killing him. *. . -,. CHAP^X. »,■»:■.;'.;"' Hhw Molei mods ll^ar with tki Elhiopians.' I 1. Mwr.*. tliciefere when he was born, aiul brought up in tlie foregpuing manner, and came to tire age of niuturily, niadr. hia virtui^ iniiiiilViat to (he Egyptians; and aKuwed, thnt he naa born ^ for the bringing them ff_tlii;_e(IV>cti> of the Kgypliaim, ni\i>, in tlie/r rage, fought ■ y.- deceived from them, but beigg overcome in bat- tle, some of them were slain, und the rest rOn away in a shameful niaiiii>-r, and by thnt menna saved tbeinselvea, whereupon the Kihiopiliii^ fol- lowed aftef them in the purfuit, xirl thiiikinp 11 *« against ti.em, and revenged the aflroiills tliejr had ,ilepri\e.l Ihnii of the ho|ie» theyhad of jiuCcfeM ;i WrvivMl rnmi tliriii. i>iii li,>inu-[>,».ri-o,ii*i ill hill, j^'gaiust the KgyptiDUf^ Hiid Went un in over- crowing Ihiti'r citif<«, andindeiCd niiidc ,m gre«t &|\ng'it(:r of these lUhiopiuiia. , N'oiv whi'ii the Egyptian ariiiv had oiice tunfed of lliia p^oaper- ous' au<-Cii>s!i/ by till- menus nf -Mi^ifi, tht^y did not oluckcn. their diligi^iH'ei in^oniuch that thv" Ktiiiopians were in diinjer of being rediircd to slavery and all sorts of di^atrui'tion.- And jat i leii|;lh they reliredsto t^iliti, whii'h l^as a royal t-il^ of lEihiopia,, which Gitiiibvscs aflerwa^rd nimeil 'Meroe,' lifter the name of hia own sifter 'ihi,»|:hice ivns.lh be lieniegcd with very grc%t (lltTK-ulty, since it was IkiIii enronipnsved bj the Kile quite round, lUid the other rivers, Aaliipus «iid Aiitubuni» nmde it jt veri dlflicult thing' fur^ (hat itwoiild be a mark of ndwunfirA! if tbi-y di aot siibdue'all Egypt, they went on to sul^lue the rest with;^i«ater je'ieiuence^ "nJ when they hud tasted the sweelH ui ilie coiiiitri , « -«-y in ver left olf the proHecntiou of (he war: ancl as tl e nearest iwrts had not courage enoii'^h at Srst to fight with thi-mt tlley proceei!fpo«i:.?(heftii. Tha E^ptianjiii under thia ^d oppn-uion, betook themselves Id , .. ,. _ , (hciroraclea an-1 prophecies, and whA Cod hud aucii as Mtciiipted to pas? over ih'eiii; for lli •KJI general.. _ Hut Moii\b prevented the HMteniie^, ami look and'leif hn army beforu those eneinits war* apprised of his attai-king them: for bu did not march by the rivlirr but by laiid, where he gave a wonderful demoiistriitipn of his sagacity ; for whi^n the ground hhs diirunlt to be |rif ovti; because iirthe lupllituilo of serpents, whicli it pro> )|uces in vu».t,fiiii(^Jrs, and iiu'eed is singular in wtinnnf thn'siRiirtidiirtions, which other coiintfiet { do not^ breed, und y< t sncli as' are worsf than i oth- ri in pf aiij^ht^snine hf-whtch ;iscend'out of \ the gromii^Hseeit, |ind nho Hy in the atnand ao \ come upon liren. Iit\ unawares, anul .do them • \ i4ii«chief, Mi'isea invt-Wled it woiidertiil alratngnni fo preserve the urniysaft'iiliitl'witli.. hi hurt, for -he made baskifls flk« u'tiio a^kii, of aedj^it, ^lai filleil them with ih'iwtf iiml carried thVi» alpng with thrni; which ii)^i>iit|f^the greatest enem/ ln!i«er|M-nla iniit;;ititildr, for ttiey fly. |ropl them when they come lii^r them, «nil,ii(i tliey fly tliey are caught und devpuri d hy them, as if it w.tra done t>y the harts; but tlH^ ihes urc tame crea- tures, and only eiieiiiies to the serpentine kind. Hut about those. i^tts i say uo Hiofe at present, since the (irreks arritut. tbeuiselves iiiinrnuaint* ed.withMliis sort of birdi ■■A.» iW>n tli.i'reforf a* Mosrs was cpjiio tp''the land'.' w.hicii was the breeder of 'lhese.*wpenl», he let (O""* 'hc ibcs, aiii.t by their iiieMr>i;pe||.iid the scrrHntiiiA. kind, n;i;l usi.'d.-Jlh$!lit for liHvirtsiftiints before the ariiijr cameiipOii'tiii;.groHMd. VVhep be bad Ihcrrfoixt procf-edwli Ihtfy on hiii;. Journey, he vti|iie U)mn the Ethiopians bef ire . tney rji'pected lim'i ; and joining battle with them, he bent tliein, and \ Eiven them thi» counsel, to make um of Moaes the Hebrew, and t'lke his* ns«iatancc, "the Jciiig cohiiiianded hia daiigl.t^ to produce hint, 'that be might be the general of their army.* flp.in, which, wli^ti she h.^il ninite Jiiiii swear he would jlo him no lianii, sltii'deUysrci^him to the kin-^, ■nd aufippsed hia ustiatance would be of e-r.iiit advanisiie to them. She withal r«f.ro:;.hed the \pliC8(s, who, when J[lfcy had before ndmd.iishei* • TMa history 1)f Moses, as renern! ofthe IJsvntlnca •frlii,'».tleCr lorlMis.'s wliolli-omittfd h jiV illi ;.*, bnl "t Is llms rIN-il hy lre<>riis, from jMeiitii.s, niiU tlmt •oun :-ftcr litsowiiaKe- 'Josei>l unsays J^t -vlie" Miw-s ' Was iiuiiiMlieii in ihe klu-i's ti.ii'ii-e. 'inrnut i»|i)»l:ic(l gtinerii' or tl:e i.'h.iy «<.ain>>t 'lie Kl' ioiiini. niiit con- i^nereilllicinrwlien I.e imiri initial Mi., <,lliijlii|.r.<,e cauw.outnf lier iiii,.i-tioi' i.ir li-in,i!.i- iielii ■ptoblin ' i*,.><>lliePr.i>Mnciitso*'|'c'i'ier|asllls'* Hisi. Nat. Ilouk. ii. ch, ae. tjtralio spealiH of tills tsIaiWI J f«- ii « , »i i d l! .. '«« r i ver ii j > . «>ayvt un i t Ata te ms , B a wl kat MoMi WW ttmtiM 0. '^' ' xvi. p. 77], TNi, ami Book xyU. p. evi. ■n^-:va- AKTIQUrriES of THE nSWB. city. Howtvtr, wWh M«m* •* onMiy ml th« wnr'i ly Ug idle, (to' »>•• •••«»"•• durit not coiua to ■ Mtl«) Ibif MseHiant bapptncil t Tharbia w*» lb* tlaughlar of lh« king of (ha Kthioniani; aha buHMoad to aac Moaaa ■« ha latl Iha <) told (ha king be djugh( to ba alain. The king had alad aOine intentiona qf himialf to the aama nurpMe, ind thi> aa Welt Ojut of envy at hit ^«rid)(**eil>edition at (he head of hit army, aa : out of'faar of being brougfal ;low by bim; and beiligiiaa(iga(cd by Ihie lacrad acribea, he waa reiidy to undertake to kill Motea. But when he ' had'learned befarehlina what plota (here were agaiptt him, he ^ent away pnTately; and be- Sauae (he public 'roada were wklcbed, he 'took It flight Ihrdagh (he deaerta. and where bia eno- kiiea could not toaprct he would travel; and tholtgh he waa deatilute <^ food,he wenfon, and deapiaed that diffi<;ulty cauragedualy. And when he came to the city of- Midiao, which lay upon (ha Red Sea,' and waa'to denoiliiitaled from one of Abmhain'a ionB by Keturah, he tat upon a certain well, and retted hiniaelf thete after hia laborioua journey and Iheallialion he had been in; It 'wBiNnol/itr from the citv; and the time - of (he (fay waa noon, where- he, nad an occaaion - 'ered bin by the pn|tom*of thecouo(ry, of doing " 1 recommended rhia virtuej and affonlad him ■ opportunity of betlerini; hi* cinfumttancca. % For that country having liul little wa(er, he ahepRirda uaed to aeiie on (b« wella before ptherapune, let! their flocka iboutd want w.ater; knd leal it thould be apent by othera before they '(fme. There were now come therefore to thia weH aeT»n aiitera that were rirgini, (hedangh* fen of Biiguel^ a priest, j»nd one thbogbl worihy by 'the people or (he coiinUy of great honorr Ikeae virrina, whdvtook care of Ineir father'a flocka, which aorl of work it waa ruatomary and very familiar for women to do in (hecountiy bf the Trogktdyiei, they cainc (rat o( all, aqd drfw wafer out uf the well in a ^>antily auAcient for their flocka into trnugfat, which were made for the receptloDof that water.' But when tl^; nhep- herda came upon the maidena, and drove tl^ni •way, that they niicht have the comn^^od of the watera tnemtelvea. Motet tbinkinr ,it would be a terrible reproach upon hiiiy if be overlooked the man who had a mind 1o mora than Ihaif ahara, and afforded a iiropbr aaaijttanca to Iha •vomau; who, aftfr ha""!? raerivrd auch a bene- fit from him, cania (o Iheir lalher, ami told him how (hey had bean aflronta hy (he ahr^ardt, and aaitlad by a atranccr. and rnlrrated tliat ba would not let (hia ^auarout acdoii be dona in 'vain, Bor go without a reward. Now (lie father ■ took it well from hia dai(ghtara thai (hey weja' ao daairoua to reward Iheir beaafactor. and Md (hem bring Moaaa^ into hia praiaoca, » •«" ' beea in venturing to come into a place whMher no man had ever4:onie before, becaute lite place wat divine; and adiritcd him to remove a great way from (he flame, and to be oontented with wUt he had aeen; aiid though he were liimtelr agoiud man, and the offaprini; of great men, yet that he ahould not pry aiiv farlhtri and he fore- told to hiiu, (Itat he thould have glory and ho. nor among men, by the bltnaing of tJotl upo« him. He alao coniniandetl hiia-otq^ fco away thence with confidents to t^pt, in ortler to hit, biiftr the coiuinunder aW conductor of the body of the Hebrews, and to hit deliveiinK hit own peoiile fri>iii the Injutiet they auffcred ther*:j "For," aaid God, "trey thall Inhabit thit happy land which your fortjfutlier Abraham inhabited,! and ihall havf the enioyment of all tort* of jjood, thiiigt; and thou, by thy prudence, thalt cuid* - them to those good Ihingt." But alilt he enjoined;/ him, when ht- had bio<>);bl the Hebrewt out of M laud of r{->i)l. to » onn- to (hat place, and to differ Mirrifii'«tofiiiiiiik«){iv!(ig there. Such were ^ the divine oruclet which were delivered out of ; thofire. M 2. Will Rli'pt wa» attoHiKhf-d at what hetaw, IZ- and niuoi inur< at what be beard; and he taid,t V I think it wonlil be an in«tanrc"of tf# great ii)Qcini!»t,0 r.on;, for une of that regard 1 '>«■» to. ilier., tj. (iiflrutt thj power, aince I mytelf ■•NT- ado r e it. and kiiim that it h a t been m a de manj - feat 10 uiy prasfc niton : but I niu ttill in doubt how 1, who am a private man, and one of no am- -f^ J Mora ihM ikaif uaifUnca to Om ' riyril luch ■ )>•■•• lh«r, aiwl tulii hlai by th« ihr^ani*, i entreated that ha action ba dona la I. Noi« llie fatbar in that thry wan' bcoefactur, and bid . prcuocc, that ba lenrcd. And whaa hat tcitiniunjr hit It ha had aulilad cd him for hit vir- bcttowcd iuch hii leniibla ofbcualUi i and willing ><> ■** ifcicceil the maa- I made him hia aOa, ((hten in niarriagat mpcrintendent ovar MtthorUialMrtMri- BOOK n.-^UAP. XIII. '"*€-■'' I. mh, and tkt Rad ^ B had obtainad (be one of the namca of fed , hit flock ; but i;'hit station at tha ivR hit flocki thither he hiKhcit of all the . the best for paitn- r« good ; and it had ' ' icouie of the oploim here, tha ihe|iherdt it. And here it wna appcned to-Moart; 'n-huth; yet did tbc continue untouched, contuma the fruit jne WM 'great and ied at t^ itrange t he wat Mil mora ttcred a *ule«, *n^> iipake worda tu him, m how bold he had" ' ^ into a place whither », becauie the place in to remove a great > be contented with igh he W ItHsing of l>ocl upoa il hiiiKot^ KO awa^ '.gyiit, in order to hii uniluRtor Of thebody • delivering hiii own they lufl'ured ther*: ill inhabit thi* happr Abraham iuhalrited, nt of all aortK of gooA rudcncr, (halt guide • But iitilt he enjoined / , the H«br«wa out of ■ to that place, and to )ig there. Such were ^ were deliTcred out of •h be with him, and to Bsstst him in his wonis, when ha was to persuade men, and in his dee'ds, when ha'was lu ' perfonu wondars. He bid him also to (ake a siiuiil of the tnilh of what he said, by thniwipg bis rod U|)on the ground, which, when he had done, it i-rrpl along, mid was brconie a ser^wnl, and rolled itself round in its fuhts, ai)d erected hs head, as ready to avenge itself on such a* should assault it, after which It becaina * rod •l^ain as it was before. Aflcrthis, Uon the ground, and saw the , x:olor was that of blood. Ilpfin the sronder that Moses showed at these signs, Godjtihor^ei) him lobeof good couruge, andto be asfured thai be would be the greatest support to him; aad bid bim make use of those signs la order to obtain 'belief among all men, that tbo^ art tent by me, and doKt all lhinf|[s according to my comiiandt. . Accur(lin);;ly, 1 enjoin theelgypt, and to lj|a*el night and day, ond not to dmwoiH tha time; and •0 make the slavery of the l^ebrews, aiid their •utferings, to Inst the longer. 4. Muses having now saeo and h«ani these wonders, that assurcil him of the truth of these firouiiscs of Uod, had no roam left him to ditbc- ievetheiii; ho entreated him ta grant him tliat poji^ whjn he should- be ill Kgypt;'and be- tofght him' to vouthtafe him the Inondedge of his own name, and siiice he had hMnl and seen bim, that he would also r);ll him hft name, that when he ollered sacrifice, he might invoke him by- such his name in^his oblalioTis. Whereupon God declared to him hit holy uimj;,^ which had never been discovered tu men before; concern- ing which it is not lawful for me to say any^ more.* .Mow these signs accompanied Muse^, not then only>but always, when he prayed lor them: of all which signs he attributed the firmest assent to the fire in the b«iifa; and believing that Uod would bv a gracious suriporter to him, he hojied be should be able to dteliver hia own natibn, and bring calamities on. the Egyptiant. CHAP. XIII. . HoK Jttotit ati4 Aaron returnti tnio Egyft lo Fharaoh., {I. So Moses, when be umlerstoo<1 thattlu' PharaOhi in f|hose reign he (led awny, was dead, asked leave of KRguel to go to Kgvpt, for the benefit of his own people: and he took with hini Zippomh, thedaufhter of Raguel, whoni he.had married, and IhechilVren he had by hoir, Geiw>ni and Kleuzar, and made haste into T.gvpt. Now the foriiur of these names, Gersoin, ]ii the He- brew tongue, signifies, that he was in a ' strange .la«l]| and Eleaia'r, that, by the 'a^sisliliCe af d»-rs, Aaron his bmlher.by tha enmmanil nfflod met him, to wIhiiii ha declared what had tMfalleB him at the ninuntalnt and tha ciiiiiinaiids thft (to<^ hnl given |iiii|. ||iil as tliey wero pnag forward, the chief men amonB the llebrewt' having learned that they wer* coming, met tham: to whom Moses derlarml th* signs be bad seen; and while they rould not believe ihtiu, ha niaila them see illim. So they look couraga at these surprisinK and uneifioied sights, and h<>|M«iHt were in'lov^ with liberty, he came to the king, who had indeed but lately received the govcmnieDt, and told him bow much he had done fur the ^tood of the Kgypliani, whfn they were des^Stad byi tha Kthiopiana, and their country Ijild watte by thrm ; and how h« bail been the commtader 0/ their forces, and had laboVed for them, as if they had been bis own people; and he inforMnl him in what danger he hail been during that eipeditioa, without having an;jr proper reliirna made hiiu, at he had deserved. He Also, informed him dis- tinctly, what thlngsT bippened to him'atjnonnl Sinai, and «»hat God said to him; iind the signs that were «htne by God, in order to assure hini of the^ authonly of those commands which he had f|iven hijA. He alto exhorted bim not to disb* ■ leve what be loM bim, nor to oppose the will of God. .. ^ 3. But wlien tha king deriHed Motes, be made him in earnetl tee the signt that wrre done at' mount Sinai. Yet i^at the king very angry vvith him, and called him an ill man, who haalbmier- ly run away from his ICryptian slavery, and came now back with deceitful triclp* iind. wonders, and magical arts, lo astonish him. And when he bad said this, be commanded the priests to |et Mm tea ihti tame wonderful tightt, at knowing (hat the Kgyptianit were skilful in- this kind of Inam- ing, and that he was hot the only person, who knew them,, and pretended them to be divim. at also be told him, that, when he brought such wonderful sights before, hiin,r be would only be believed by the qnlearoed. Now when lift priests threw down their rods, th*y becante tet- penl.^. But Motet. WW not'diiumulat it; and laid, "O kin^, I do not mv'telf de^^JMe wis- dom of the Kgvptiant, but I tay that whnt I do it to innch tupcrior to what thete (14 by magic art* and tricks, as divine power exceed* tbe powe^ of man; but I will deniontlrate' that wh'at I do if not done by craft, or counterfeilihg what it not nrjly true, but that they appear by the* provi- de^iice and power of God." And when he htd taiil this, be castihii rod down upon thegrqmndt and cmnmanded it to turn itielf into a lerpent. It obeyed him, and went all round, and devoured the nidt of tlie Kgypliani, which seemed to bt dragons, until it had consumed llicm all; il then' returned to its own form, and Motet took it into liit hami again. - • ,4. However, the king wat no more moved, whenthis was done,than before; ^nd being very angry, ha said, "That he should j^aio nothing by his cunning and shrewdness ajjainst the Kgyp- liaAs." And he coniiiianjlrd nim that was the ...>,,,,., L ■ - , -..- cliief task-master over the Hebrews, ta gjva-/ the C.oit of lilt 'fathen, be had escaped from the them no reUxation froin their labors, but to com Egyptians. JNow When they were near the hor- ^lel them Id iubiliit to greater oppretsions thi -•^I'^rl!'*. vJ^«"I^?/*"J I't *'«•'>"»'"««''• "•'•j eatly, dona not appear.) Jotephtn alto durtt nott £i«iv ."^i.,™,™,*n^ ; 1."^ f'tr'* '"• ^" *"^ down the very wordsurnie lenconiman Hliarisees, a lody of men alonco very widM wheUiet the framaritana and Caraitw; obaerved it ab and very tMponrtiUaiu. ' T™* " ""™ ""' ?T?» t i nm ttill; in doubt •a, and one of no abi*^ •vt, F 1 . V •^ '! 68 fora for «h« '"•'''"If •'••" '""^V »••""»•''' •"'7 It iMm »« lonil". l»u« •>• ""•''• «*>•'" '" •""■' llMr eh«ir Ib th« ninT't «'»" "h"' «l>fi' '"•«" WM «hm (Jonhlf'l "|«>n ••"'"* «'«•)' I •''<,«!'• ''"'""• ■non Mowt. br. iiu..' their Ub./* ■wl «n«ir ""••'y wcra on bit ncr.miil bocuiii* inofit lefrro «<■ H'l^i". Bui MiM« iI'kI mil Ut hit eoitng* »'";''" '"" kitiK* lhr«;.trnlnKt: n..r .lid h« iilnit« of his ««.«l on itcouul ..f tUt ll.,l,w«ii' compl-i'St.. I«ul Im Mpimrtr.) hinlwlf. »nd irl hi. wul .r«.o u eff MVin»( Ihrni bnlii, mid u««l hi« own tHiuo*' dill-. fine, to pr..nir*lil«rtytohi.rountrj-iii.ji. So H«br«w« RO to Mount SiiMi. «n( thi-rr t.. ••"■• Ac* loOod, Ikciiuw (Jo<1 hud rnjoinod tiiem M to ■ do. U« B«rriu»drd hliii ulio. not to co«iiit«rworll (h. « -w v«. h« '"X ,■»» ob.tru. tion m the wnv of thr divine comiiiandt, and »o occion lili own .ufferinK .uch pui»ihm«nl». •• U •••• proba- ble nny one that count.rworli.d the divina coni- «»odi .houl.1 undargo, aince thu ievere.l afflic- lioiii ariM from ayery olii..ct. to tho»a tliati.ro- voke the divine wrath efaln.t them: W' •"•••n. •• thaw have neither the earth nor the air for their frienda; nor are tha fruit, of Iha womb accorrt- Jn«.to nature, but afarythinn '• ""/"T"'' .'iT.. •d;er.a toward, tham. He Mid further, thai Um BKTPtian. .hoald know tUia bir lad e»j»-. .Sance? and that be.ida., tl.e Habre* paopla ■bonid go out of ibeir country without Ibaif con- AMnQUITtE* OF THE rtWB./ uaMi, ami were tntmi anofff wfcil rtWf «ta. ni wbat thiiy drank, *«d c«i"« in V*' "Mmlwra upon th..ir !>«».. There wa. «Uo an un|[r«l..r..l •iiiell and »l»»k «">«• from them, aa th«7 war* born, and u. th»y died therein. No*, whan Iha K.ryptian. weta iiadee the ooiiriMlon. of theta miwriea, Iha kina orltred Mom. to take Ilia Hebriw. Willi. hiiM. anil l»a Rona. Hiion whiilf the wk'>l< ii»uUiluilr oi the fioK" eani.hed away, and both t^ land and Ika ri»• 7>« --—. ■•-'f. ,~ II. |>ro|>|a to drpart, having Krimtad •'^•♦^}"J^7 Mnt. CHAP. XIV. Ihal from gave part. , heliti leave .t^ Cmtetn^z Iht Ten PhF"* "M** »•"»« »1»» - f A< Egfttiani. II. Birr when the king de.pi.ed the word, of Moaei, and had no reKnrd at all to iheni. griev- OOi placue. .eiied the Egyptian.; every one of which I will deacrilM). both bacauait ho .uch nlacuea did ever happen toany other nation »• the feaPplian. now felt; and bacaute 1 woul bA A. the king therelye kijew Bpt what to do in iheae .urprmng circuiiutanottB. '«oA wa. in fear for the Egyptian., he gave the iN Hebrew, leave to go away i but when llie plague ceaied. he changed hi. mind again, and would not •uffcr them to go. ..... ^ - , 2. But when God taw that he. was ungrateful, Uid upon the ceasing of the calamity woultl ivot 'rrow wiier, he tent another ph|;ue upon the Eiyptiani; an innumerable multitude of frog^ coDiumed the fruit of the ground; the river waa - alao full of them, insomuch that thoae who drew water had it .polled by the blood of the>o nni- . Ball, aa they died in,4nd were d< .troyed by the later; and the country wa« full of filtliy .lime M they were bom, and as they died; they also qmilad their vewelt in their bouse* which they •1 ilia prop^B \n .111,!..., ■.■..iMfi n ""- rather iul uf if ill were only Muses, und not (Jod.wliopunislwd iheKioptiuns for the snko of llie Hiibrews; for/ be Mllt'u that couiUiy full of viiriou. sor^ of ptalileiilial cicalurt-ii, willi tlnjr various prop- crnca, such inilffd p* had rievcr ci.inc into tllf siJhtof men bift>re,-by whose means tliainedi ■Jrished tlicinH«lv«s. nnd the litwl was d«sti- tille of husliunilimn for its cultivalioui but if Jiy thing tscrtped dislrurliim fn.iir th«:ni, it ilia killed by i> diitiivptr, which the men under* wint also. .... , .11 4. But whrn Pharaoh did not even then yield to the will of Uod ; hut while he gave leave to the husliunda to take their wives with lliCui, y« t i(i- .istrd that the children sliould bo left bthind, God presi idly resolved to punish bis wickedncs* with si'vcml Burls of culuniities, and Ihoso Wone - thun the forigoihg which yet had so «[<;n"nlly affliclei|ch ■iitiir^ uf iiiura virb Hi •iilirr Mo«i]i «Bil ; KrtiiiUil that jtibarly lit of any giNMl cnn- nliht'd hi* jfala^aai* VI (o tlia fo/iiiarv for . lilt of thi. Kurpllan* Ilea, by . which, Wicki-q ' _ My ■ pini»h|lHl» «• no! if varmia.Aiilhcr willi At wlJcli teriilila Hsa An dimirilrr, li« rraacJiril hinisalf, :ilfo>c t tu rt'iuviT hinu«lf i !i louiitl uiind, fur'ha w* lheiu»< lvr« to 4»- u« th»ri'U(K)n r»a»««l, juiro that tlij y iliOulJ wjvra hdhfiiil them, wlinrtlj}' hi' (irovoluHl illy MKry ttt hiiii, ai if Inn hniiuii'iice, aniLat' mil Uo atroyml. llul whra Mumi aaid, that what ka dciirMi waa iinjunl, tine* Ihry w*ra obligrd to aA«r aarriArca lo Owl of lhi>a«i rallle; uid the (iaia hcluK ffniliiuKvd ou Ihia arcouni, a think darkiuwa, without iha Iran li(hf, apraad' ila*lf uT«r tka Kgypliani, wbrrrhy thair IlKht l>ain( •balrurtrd, and tbrlr brrnlhlnir hlndcrrd by tita thirknraa of llin air, thry dud Hiiai'rably, and umlrr a lurror li-al thry tliiMild b<- ■wallowi'd Dp by the digrk rluud, Uc«iil»t thia, wh* n Ib^ dark- ■waa,.^ftvr Ihrrr ilaya and aa niany nighla, wat diaaipaird, and whni I'liarauh did not atill ri>- prut, ami Irl the Milirrw.a ro, Mii«r« ram« tn niiil and aaid : " lloW lunr wilt thuu b« diaobr- divBt to tbu coniinand of (lodt for he aiynina - thea to let Ike llnbreara |^; aur ia than^ any other' way df brin^ frrrd from Ihr mlaaiijtita jrua are uadr'r, unlraa you do to." Hut lb>i kin|c waa aniry at whnI lie aaid, and llirralrned lo ' cut oil ni« hrad, if he caiiii' any iimrr lo Int^ble hiui about tkcaa iliiillrra. Hrreupou Mna«a aaid, he would aut apiak In hilli any mure about thiiu, fur that he hiniarlf, tofilhiit with lIui priuritial (lien anions the KKyftlianav-aKnuld draire tiv« lirbrrwa lu ^o away. Ho whau Moaea had .aaillk thill, he wrut hia way, t: U?it wh^n (iml ,hnd aiKniAetl, that with oQe' more plaiae h« would cuniiiel'tbe Krypliana In ^ let the lit lirr^wa Ko, hn fonimandrd Mtiaei to tell 4h« peo|ilr, Ihnl thry ahnuld have a aacrifice ready, «ild thnt thry Hhoulil prepare thrmaehra -ri. ."HB the tenth day of the inmith Xanthicua, aKuiint „->J -the foarteenlh (which mniith it callml by thn> ■■ > Egyp*'*"*' •'harinuthi, and Niaaii hv'the'Hr- ^r..i brrwa; but the Macrdoninna call it Xanthicua,) . and that ho ahnuld <;»rry away the Hrbrrwa with ; ;'^ all thry had. Ai-curdinj^l) , he bavinK (rot ihr < ^^ llibrewa rrjdy for 'Ihair ilt'parlure, HAd^avillK 1 tprted the jKoplv into tribra, be kr^t them toei- ^j " . th«r in one place: but wh«n lh« fourteenth day wat come, and all were ready to ilrpnrt, they of- \ . fered the aacrlficc, and purilied Iheir hnua,'* with . \ the blood, uaing bunchca of hvasop fur that pur- ' / ,.J>oa«; and Whvit thry had aiipped, thry buriM'thb / " Mmainder of the Arab, m juat ready to depart. ^ /. Wheiice It ia tluit we do atill olTrr thia aacrilice . Y' . in like manner to thia lUy, and rail thia featival / ' Patcha,' which tirnifira llir fcaat of thlt paaa- .' «fer, becauae oa that day Ciod 'puased ua over, .iwd aenfthe ' . .. , . ' ' deatrurtion tiana that _, . ^ _ „ _^ " who lived ntar the k\a%'t palace, ptrauatjfe^ i'hit- . . raoh to Irl the lirbrrwa go. Accui-diiif;ly he call- ed for Moara, ami bid them be i^no; at aup|Mia- ■ng, that if once the liebrewt were ffone out of the Co.untrv, Kgypt thould be freed from ilt rai- aeriei. Tkcy alao honored the Hebrcwt with giftt;* tome in ordetv to get them lo deiwrl uuicklyi and olhrri on aocount of their neiah- bDNioud, and the friandthip they bad with ■ them.' CHAP. XV. uae oa mat day tiod puaseil ua over, he niague on the Kgyptiona: for the inf Ilie liratrboni came unonthe Kgyp- nighl, ao that many of the Kgyptiani, Hiw Ik* IhkftiM. NiUar Ihi (IvrnduH i^ Mtf, } I )ki the Hahrewa went out of Rryut, whlh< the K,[.p»(»ii« w,n|. .ml ri-iirntalia, a plarn at iFiat lima da- aarted, but where Haliyinn waa liuill anrrwaid, when Cambyara laid t;g)pt waair; hut aa they went away haallly.on the third day they came lo a niarr called HaaUr|4iir eight diqrt, which ia called the fetal iif the Oiileavrnrd brrail. "Now t^fi entire mulliluda of Ihoae (hat wrnt out, inrluding.llie woiiirn and chllilr« u, wat niifreaty In tin nuiiibiirrd, bill thnae that wirr of an •(• At for war, Wrro ;ii hundrrd flinii'iind. % They left Kgyjit in Ihn month Xanthioui, on the Aftfrnth iligr III the lunar mnnlh; lT>ur hun- .ilncd and thirty y ran after our fnrrfiithrr Abra- ham came into Cnntan, hut two hundrril and At tern yeara only afirr Jacob reiuovrd into Kgypt.f It wat the eightieth year of the lfi;e of Motet, end that of Aaron three more. 'Ihey also car- ried out llie bpnrt of if/iaeph with thciB, aa ha had charged hit tona to do, ' :l. liut the' Kgyptiaua annii rrprntrd that the llebi-ewa were gunr; and, Iha king alao waa iniglitily conoimrd Ihnt thia had b«en procured by^the magic arte of Motet) ao thry reiolved tu go after thrm. Accordingly they look their wranont, and other warlike furniture, and por- iioiil oftir Ihrm, in oriirr to bring Ihrin bark. If once they ovi|-rtook thrm, becauae they wouli now bave ■<» pretence to iirav lo (iod agniii>t had already been neara to the I aole prrrerlnntinn nftlii- iMrnvlliia in KKypi, when it li apollt required, not borrowed of them, Oen. «v. N. Eiod ill. ia, *!. 8, I'b. f v. :i7, aa tlw aame nraion falaely ren ; kSTn^^'Jlf.*""*, "7* "^•P"'^ '"'••"••*• «"' ' clear", rvciihy l|.|,t AliiiMiriirrhr.molMy'riMwhm"^ bad ordehid the Jewa lo demand theaesa their pay and well at from ilic evirriw ir«i I » ? li. ii,. HrJ.flf.''.? !!-i'?:i!::i'!»i''*i.'js;"j.«'««.'''«!«' *"«»ery in^iyp. I "e,m";i;;?:"H;«rv:;piiutV uTZiiSit: — ■ - ■ iSfiyiit hut half the limn; and that hy conawiuenee. tba asatonemeliia for the livea of the Bgyptlant, and aa the eondtUon of tlie Jcwt' depaniirr, an J nf ih. t; . ^^;:,!z^ss!^x^:w s: ^ gr u;s>;^t^ - r -iiiix^^S^ ng hall near Egyft knd Ja andll|binUigtbw«,latM t*et.« laaviwrimM....^^ ii..,.i..jI;.::'l ■••—-;J> bad Canaan, before ihcy ramo into RsvpLla bard riir.!2;s;« ctf isr!3L"»i''NSi'ri i ^^' *"""' •'■^ T.at«».„t.'5."«f. «."* lOHf. AWiftuiTiM or Tui )iw« 2- Mi™. AdwW f«^« •' «hi« •". '?••' "'-' '"' * »..HJ,d Li- lo l„.n, .h. ,....^1. •-> Mo.."' Hi.*.. .!..• th«r. lh,y n.U. "H.r h.u. -J"* "; «HHit».l« »l»<>y Jw* ••"•«■' l«t... »«r..« i.U.». feHh. ..MmUTf th.l DUf.u».l .fl" th.li.. -...'• I«n.lr..l . I..ri..l., wUl* llfly •(.....•.»a h..r,.....n. .n,| Itt.. I....Mlr..l U.....»n.l ''•''«™;"' •" •/"i™. riwy "iiw «•••'' '"» 'h* I-*"*" '■r •»'»"■»'''•)' 2, ll«r. w., I..U ...U ...1«1 .V- «- or I n.o«.. Ui«. Ili«l t.n...B.I..I .» th« "•• "J''" •• •"? '"'• jr,"..a .lu ,r n.Rl.(l wh.r. or. iT.*, 'h." P"", ,d uiwii ll.« IUhr.wt «rilh »l..ir .rmy. «h.r. h» [riJfM 9(] IH. ii.o..i.Uin«w«f.'l...r.l«filb|h» "oinfiM. th.l «. il.»y n'Uht J'H'l" '»"*"'' ■bU »o b.»r un, b«ln|{ thus. M il «.f.. <)««c|»pli.ii«. So »h.y UW Ihr I.U..i« o« Mo.,.. b» (io.l lor Ih. r..rov.ry <■/ tl.r.r f™"-."! .". «fci. .0 f.r. th.l lh.ir m.^r«.I..Uly proovpUa thru ,u throw .tun.. .1 th, pronh.t. w mI.- »»•*'»'"«■ Ih*» rwolvrJ Ih.t th,y .f ouia .lel.vrr ih.m.clvr. .IP to th. KKyptmn.. So th.r« w.. .orrow .tia u'!uVnt.lion\^I.onp th. «o.«.n ..,.1 ' h'^rr". '•'>" h»l nothiuK b..l .l«.lruction b«r.|re »h«"7"' wblla they w«r« fH(oiiip«.i«'l with niountwn., th. M.. «na thttr .lymi... «oJ Uiic.rn.a no wiy ''^"''But M"«..Thounli Ih. iiiullltude looked ««ri.«ly «» him, ilM not. howr«.r. rIv. o.«r Ih. c.n, of them, but d«pi...l Hlj •I'/P;" "IV l\ ihl tmt in tied. who. .. h« hid .Horded lb..o th. Oiltr lib.r.r whi. hK hid for«toia th..... would .lOt now tntter the... to be .ubdued bjr th.ir *n.- lui... ta bo eithtr mul» »!•«*.. or b"/'*'" ^V th.iu. And .tudinR in thfi n.id.t of th.in. h. uid. " It » not iu.t for u. to diitrutt even men. ■ban they h«ve Tiilberlo Well m.ni.ned our .f- f n, M if th.y would not be the wiiiv iiirn here- ,ll«r: but it 1. no bett*» Ihun nmdne.t .t thi. time to detpair of the providence of Oo.l. by who., power .«ll tho.« tbinK. httv. been p«rf..rm- «J wlifth he promiMd/ wffen vou e»i.«ct.d i.o Mch tbin«! Im.mn.»ll th.l I h.ve ie.n con- Rcrned in for your .leiivertnce. ...d e.c»pe from .Uverr. N»y* when we are in tli«! utmo.t di.- ire... «• you .le "e/.re. we oupl.t the r.llier to bope Ibal God will/Wcor u., by who.. oMrn- tion it i. th.t we Jte now enco.np..M.d within Ihi. n»rrow pUee. *h.t he may .leliver u. out of lUCh diflituUie. .. ire otherwi..^ fn»urniounUhl., ind out of which iieither you nor your enemie. exDcct you cult V« Jelivred, ..nd may at once dcl«on»tr.le hi. Swn power, and h.. providence « Take the main/part of Beland-. eirellent m.t« here, wbkh greatly mJ.tralMJo«-phu..nnd the BerliKute, taUtb^ rd.Mry. Jfollowr 'A traveler," Kiy. ««'»'"'> : Ef ypl. told in. ll.it he went •"<•«"'«"»)' f"™t«»*'" S5ini81nal,whfch be .uppo«Hjlhe l.raell e^^^^^ tcM; and mat/he found Mveral m"'"";'"" ". ITV!;- "Si;«downlL«d.theBcdf>.;n. "• 'X'f Vu..m -: Eii e d. im.l l O.WhlBthf y wwe ">"!.""!"'!""'yrg!'.!°.'.- I«p«na ibU In „,.r w Nor tkM* f lod n- •• |l»« kU Mfjm .null dimr..lll»« to iImiM whon. h. fa»o ,n .u.h r.M, wh.r. •"" their fon.litlon. Il*l> lh«r.f..r. Mpon ...t>.» •"'J> nor .to you dr.p«r of b.li.g pr»..r..d hef«» lb. Ma before, and lb. .u«....t.i«« l'-l<'...l, .IToril y..u no opnortMnity for •yfK. I".' •"» "j'*! ,,.oun...n.; U t)od ... pl.««[ l>»».» b« n.a. . pUia irtMBd f»r J^, •■"I «b. •*• b<*iiiii« Jry U»l. wrV»w'kVE«..uKbl prop.r to ntiloff ««h»in|I I." th. ijelt day. Hut when M..M. *■» «"">. «"„•"• •" i*;,r., be li; m\ .aid. "Ihou art not 'I5'""««'*' Lord, that U I. Iwyond human .trenRth and Hu- man contrlvanc. lo avoid lb. .I.fl." u|tie. w. ar. How Mnder. hot it mu.t b. th; work .l«<'tt'«b»r to pro. «r* ,1. liveraiice to lhi» army, which ha. I. ft Ktrypt at thy apiiointmenl. W.de.p.irol _^ any other ...i.tance or coi.trivanc., and have r«,'oun« only to that koi* we have In thwii and if tb.r« b. any methoti that can promt., uiaa cwap. by thy providence, we look up ««,Jhee lof U And let it com. oui.kly.and manife.t thy power to u.; and ,lo tiiou rui.,- »p tbi. |>eoirf. 'unto K..O.I coara(te .nd bopeol .lel.v.ranc.. who are deeply .unkTnto adiwon.olate .tate of ni ml We are^n . belple« pUce. but .1.11 it i. e pUc. thatlbo.MM««.«.t; lot .till the jea "Jbrn.. the inountttln. th.t en.h..« u. are thine: ao that thew! m..u..ti.u» will oiwn the...«rl»e., if thou c»mmamle.t tb.m, .nd t>.e ^a aUo, if thou com- mandeat it, will become dry land. «»r. "' miftht .Kape by • flinht through the air. if thou "hould.t .leteniine we .hould have that way ot "a.' When Mo.e. had thui addrea.edhima.lf to (!..d. he .mote the wa with hi. rod. which perted uunder at th* .troke, and rfccivmi; thoie water, into it«;ll, left the gr..una •'rr. " " ""f' "T ' place of Dight for the Hebrew.. N'"* *»" Mom. t»m tbi. appearance ..f 0«l, ami that the .ea went out of it. own place, ."d left hat followM {hem were in; «.d gave ""ank. to Ood for Ihw ■o .urpriiing a deliverance which appeared from "xNow while theie Hebrewa made no .tay. butweiitoneame,tly,« led by God". preHnt. with them, the Egyptwn" .uppowd, at 6nt<*»* they were di»tracte«l, and Were going raahly upo» Rtbam heforetliey wentovcrthe aea, and yet ml«hlj» Swt" MW tome Into Wham after they had pa«ej "crlhe »a al». Bedde.,he gave an arcount ho« ta naiid over a rlv.r In a boat ne»rlhe cliy eu«. whK?Myi murt need, be Uie lleroopoll. of the w donla. .btt. that city rouM not be .liuaie any wher. elaehithainelgl.borli90,l." • h.„h*nr Ber A. to the fRmoUapnaMMieptoduced here by Br. wr nard, out of Ilerpdolu., ai the moat tnctent "*»!«» teitlmonyof the laraellte." romlng from the R«^ »■ ie...B.uny n m,, - OBmh er la nd b aa . be wn t ha t I I Into l'aie.iln«, '^"■■op » "■;.™. ■""i": rrr."" '■.«i..«ii belong, to the bid Canaanlle or Phenlelan ahep^?"* andXir retiring out of Egypt l5;o»,.».an.rfh«^ da, long before the J gpfcDf MaMfc BiaehoiUatb* p.I74|JU. -ME.;,- ">..■■. ■\. ';|jP"> BOOK II.-CIIAP m whfHIl h« f»»of^^* ■na «*n ••• ti"" »»t pir comlilion. l)«p«M riiMrior •• ■• •l'l« *« and III (how that uit« U BUtlllnR t'Ml •••»■ .ing pr»««rv«il tttrtm- iiiiiilaiiM iMihimt, •Ifofrt llylrlK. (i>r ••»» »•>••• u», nw« !>• mail* plat* XVI. i. I furnu4 *« M« Kpf I ••i« ImI Ihtw frvpoan* l'«li«'*t **- Now 'Ih*'* "•"• •" «"•" tli« iiunuit. Ihil Ibc) ,ff tKhtinf till th« ii»lt WM colli* to lh« •••• mil mml' •up|ilir»»l»n '" in to lit th»lr hrlp«r attrf huu art not i|tiior«iH, human itrrnjtth fUtA ha- ul (ha dillK'ullii'i w» UM liK thy work alti>j[rtli«r III Ihi* •rniy, whi«h hit ntiiicnl. We Unipiiir oi r coiilri»«nce, inil hi»» )(K! w«i h»v« in lh«« 1 mJ I that cau prooiiM ui u cr, wr look up In thc« for Luirkly, anil iiianifrrt thy Jioii riii«' "P thia \ttn\ti» hop« ol' ilclivcnuK*. who liHoniolatr atata uf Blind. Iac«, but itill it » * P^* ut ttill tb« tea i> thine, Ktan ua arc thine: to that open thrniM-lvci, if thou the tea aU<>, if thou cooh nia Jry land. Nay, w» It through the air, if thou ahoulil haTS (hat way of I thus addrewccl himMlf to with hit rod, which paHeil and r*cel»in|5 thote watert iiuiid dry, »» » '"••I- •"'■ • le Hebrewa. Now when ranee of God, and that thu n place, and left dry land, (o it, and bid the Hebrewa lat divine road, and (u re leir enehiiea (ha( followed If e (hanki (o God for thi» ranee which appeared from le Ikbrcwi made no tUy< ,■» led by God'ipretcnct liana tuppoted; at nnt, thtl and were going rathly upon I o»cr (he tea, and yet mlfhlte Ktliam after they had panH Men, he ia»e an atebun( lio» In a l)oa( near the eliy tfua. dt be (Jie Heroojiolto of (he i» rouM not lie iUuale any wbett wl." ' laae produced here by Dr. Ber- |m the moa'l Ancient Ile«IM» lltea' ropiinc from (he Red w t? B mb er la nd h aa ih o wn Ih t l It •## Mullttl d«tlr«riin«. Rul wb*» (h*y taw thai Ulay war* gona a (raal wajr wilh»u( aa» harm, a»( that no o(nia|, tht y mad* kaalx to iiurau* lliaiii, hnnng thai (li* Ma would ba mini fiif thnn alt'i Tbi'; pttt. ibair hor» loremmi, anil wi'n( iliwn tham- Mliai Into Ike iaa. Hflw Ih* ilrlirvwi. whilx Iktaa war* uudmK »n (In tr armor, mid (harain tpendiiiK Ihalr lima, war* brrorehnnil wllh (ham, and ••• a|iad (ham, and (i>l Mrtl o*«r tu Ih* lam) nn III* olhar aula, wiIIimuI any hurl. Whanc* (ha o(han warv am iiura|(>d, ami niur* cuitraga- uudr purtuad thain, *a nopiiig no harm would roHl' to Ibrm naithari but Ihi' K|ty|>tliint war* But awar* that lha)f wrn( into a riiail niada lor Ih* Mvlirtna, and not I'or othrra; llial Ihit road wat made Air lh« daliralanca u( thiiaa in lUngar. iNil nu( for thoae thai Wfh' aarnati (o make uta •fit for Ihaolhirt' ilrrtrurtion. At tnon, tlirrr- forr, at »ver llix wliolr Kicyiilian army waa within il, th* tea llowad to ilt'oWil ulara, awl ciinin dowa with a lartant miu^d by auuruu uf wind,* and Ancuni imaard tha (iljfTpliHnt. Miuwrra of hiin aUa rant* down front tlii' iky, and draadful tbiiiida rt 'and liKhliiing, with fluihi < of Are. Thundrrllulla alaii war* ilarleil upon lh>in. fiur wat thrr* any IhinK whjih u'fta 10 bn t* nt by Uoof h)>Hr.ith, which did not hiip|ian at ihit lima, liir a dark and diiiniil ■ight nppr«ttrd Ihcnt. And (hut h, to (hut (her* wat n»( one umn lift (o b« a iiii'Mrngur of (hi* ctlanity (o Iba rrti of (h* Kgyiilian*. 4. Bill (ne llabrawt warn no( ablr In rontain (benualraifurjoy at Ihrir wonderful deiivrraiira, * of Ihatatlorm* of wlml.lhandar, iinl llihtninc, aKhlailrqwnlniar l'li»r«iili'a ariiiy.aliiiiial Miiitlhifrn our ruiitraor f.noilui, liul lul|v iiiiitnl In Ihatof Ui'vlil, J'eal. litvH. I«, )7, IH, and In Ihal of Jiiw|iliua liirii, a(eKaaayonllMOI,ITi>iinMiiiii1,liii|M-nil. |i. I.il, l.Vt. t WhnI aoUia linlte licii; nl>jKrli'B, for iiliQui llvi> •laya'iuiiriiay, l« iiawli''rii mora (han alioiil aleht of iihia inlica nviir arroaa, and In ana plar* hut four »r Hva iiilira, nniliillDK lo Ik) l.hNe^ map, wIiUIj la ninila friini tliii t>p-l Iravah'ra illemaalvea.ahilmUiniiloiirruninlhara. tViialhaahami (lirllier nlijiwlcil uiiiimiiI llila pnannin! ul (he laraeliloa, and drawninn nrilie Ktypllant, Irini iiilrarulona alau, via., Thai Muwa hii|lit lurry llic luriiclilcauver at n low llde, wltlioui any inlrarle, wliKr yi i Uir F«y|iiiaii». not knnwini Ihr ildi-ao »el| aabv. nil:linniriowuiur- hood! Vet doca Artananua, an anrianlhaallicn hiaiuri- Bii Inform an, ihai ilila wna what Iha HiiiralinoraHl .Mi'- lao'diliea, wliolWi'd at a «rriii dlMan'-iMnclaiidnl: |iio' he cnnlcMra, llial llie inoia le.nrni'il Hi !i<>|iolltaiia, who lived inuiii in-nrer, owned llie ili'mrm tlmi ol llin I'nyf liana, and the dellvcranm of Ui« larui'liii'a. lo liava (won nilrnruliiu'. And I»b Oiiirn, a nialhrniallrlnii. Who aurvfvpdthlaaaa with «reni«]iiMliio»a,iiilorni*u«, llial tliei no»r«!at rtu, or reilux in ilila parlor the Ki'it H<-ii, inilvFamlortotlila hyiuitliaalii: no v, llial nt the eleyatlun iif Mie ild« there la Utile uluve half llie bilfhl of a man. riee Kaaay «n Ike tjld Tcatamrnt, ap- pend, p. '.M», VW. Ho vain and iirnundlin ara tliewf and the Ilka rviinlniia and nulHart'iinea of our moilerit •r*p'lftaiidunMlfvrra;andaofarlaliily do lliuruiifh lnqnlrir*.andnuilientii'cvidcnrr,diaprovaandruiil'uie tBrli evnalona and >nlilatru>ra u|ion alt orraalon*. t WliatilialhiaaiiiMaf »araa,lnwhlfbMo*ea'*lrliim pbant «on( la here qild lo he wri'tan, diatlnrtly aieana, oar prcaeni tenorunre uf ihe old Hebrew nMre or nwa- ■ure will not let lu deiermtne. Nordoee It apuear lo m* rerlain, thai rvcn Joaephiia hlmaeir had a dkillnrt aMIon or 11, Ihouib lie apaika of aeveral aeria of thai ■Mr* or meaaur*, bo(h here and elaawhere, Aniki k I t fha n tf l t l ^i i i Im .mi fc ■ ii i n ^ •1 and daalnirll'ili of ihalr aii*miMi BOfr inifaad • >ip|H»ln( ihriNarlvaa Armly daiivarad whaa Ihoaa (bA( wnuld hata liinnl (ham ii||o alavarr ware drtlrntail. anil mlian lb»y found Ibay bail llwl ati aviiUuily r.ir ihair pfntarlor. Awl now Ibata lUbrikl having atrtpad lb* ilBllgar lh*i war* In. al^br t^t, nmnn. r, and baaiJat Ibal, aaaiiig lli«|r anamlrt puniahail in tucb a way •• U never raconlcd of any olhaf man ithointocarr, war* all (hi iilkbt ampbiyrd in •ingiiiK of l^ymnt, and la nilrlh ^ .Vli.aaa ali . romji k.'iI a anng unto Hod, CilBlaining' bit praiaaa, and a IbanbtgUlMr fur hitkiliilnwta, in III tniiK'ti r| van* }. At for hini<*ll'. I have drlivirvd «vary Mrt of Ihia hithiry aa I Itiiind it in Iha lacrail Ixxtkli nor Iri anv oar] wninlar al lb* alran|pn«a* of lb* narrnilun, it a w.iy w*r* diacoti rr J to Iboie man of old lima, ivbo war* frt* fmni Iha wirb< adnra* of Ihf iliodarn a;tat, wlialhar ll bapjianad by Iba will of IIihI, or nhilhir il liap|>*iHiil iil lit own accord i while, for iha aakanf lh»>a thai a<^ comuauicd AUaawlar, ktng wf Mai v4 I icr iiain Ihn navrl."- Arlaii'aac'oui'l ia ihla, b. I, p. |7i.'. ?3. "Whan Alaianilcr riinored frum riiat*lki,h« I taut eomn part of Ida nriny over llie niounlalna lo P«r. I iia^ whirli road Ih* Thrarlnua nhowid hlni. A dilllrull I way II wat, iHii alHirt. however, ha lihnteir roiidue- I ladtlioaa llial ware with hlin hv ibe aea aliore. Tbia I fuad ia Inipnmahir al any oil.ir tiiiip than when tha iiorili wind hlowa, (nil if ii i;.iiiiii|i wiml |ifidiillWilcdliimanaaaykndqulek>' |vn««i«a." A|<|iian, when hiiroiuu.ireal.'raarand Ale«- tmlcr loiimhcr, (IN- Ih'l. I'lvd. h. IUp..^ay,)anv», "That llicy iNMh duprudi'd on tlivir holdnraa and lotlune, a* much taonllieirakilMii war. Atan Inttaurcorwlileb, ' Aleiniidnr Journryrd over n iimnlry wliloiii wnrarjii (ha heal of auniincr, lu Ilic nrarla of |Jnnitar| Ham- I liiun, and iinlckly paaa<'do\i'r the Hay of I'aninhylla, whim, hy Uivln* I'rovid) nn, thaaea waa ml olf; due J riuvlilancfl rcalrnlnliii I'n M't On hit airiiuiil, 11 It had a)-nt rain whiin he travilid [over tbadiYrrl.]7 I N. It. t^iiicp, Inlhn diiyK of liMapiitta, aa heaanrat UI, all Ilia more nunicrouii orlglrikl hialoriaiia of ,\ Ir lan { dcriavc the arruuiii he haah^iie ael down, a« >o lb«i I Frovhlantial (oi^g hack of the vvataraof the l>iiiipb|r- , lian acli, when Imi waa (uinf With hhiarniv lodealrof llie reiilan inoiiBrfhy. whirl) Itle forennincd lUtkwB # * f*^-- . *' ■;■■.'', .•-. ^ . ■ ' '■'■'' ■ a ' .V ■ ■ i w t- -..-■- ■,,,■■■•..; -"—..-"T. -■—-■—»< 'vniaf I '"■'"'"■"""""■■" "r- '»""^ "'a rorennini'ii ^uiawM thL. iJri JJm Jil '.""". ""fi!?*" "^ til* tour oM au- foundation, that Jo«plm* la h«r« Idamrd, ty a >m« lalB uorainaialill remain, aalo thlairanaitor Alaiander I "-'■— '————•■■ — ..— i— . — ' . ..-- liwaf*BlOT*rUMramphyllauH•*; iBMBadf Cailto- I \ 9 aanfti) or Phenlclan ihepherat, >f E«yptl»'o (..atoaan or Phetl- ta^JrilaaH. Biaehoatstba, I ,ipw,,us**w.,, ..in. 4ua,-|iiiM« .■ .».», ..inni.'n, fy a mie law Wrilira. for quoting Ihoan anrianl anlbora i|iOb UB I praaent occation. Sot eaa lli« ttAecUiMa Bf fW It ■ v\ 09 ANTIQUITIES OF T«E JJEWS. ^^';Mis^ . fiiiinK It, itS b« conjectured th»t thii Rko h»n. ftaea by Divine Providence, that >o they might not be uetlitute of weaponi. So when he had ordered the .Hcbrewi loerm IhciUDilvei with Itrcb, or any olher eulbor Inter tli*A Jdiephui, be in the lemrt here illeurd te rdnlradivt.liiiii. Juaophui wenll^ elMlie etiitence he tlieii hnil, nnil llinl evi- dence of Ilie JMit lultaenlle sort nbo. tk> that what- them, he led them to ipodnt Sinai, in order to ofler incriflce to Uod, and to render oblation for the ulvationof the multitude, at he wu charged beforehand. everllie mdderna may think of the thing itMlf,lher« i* henre, M the leaat color for flndlnc fault with Joee- pliuii; he would rather hare been nuebtoUama had ha omitted theae quotation*. BOOK III. OONTAlIf iNO THE INTERVAL OF TWO YEAKfl.-FhOM THE EXOIJ|0B OUT OF EOVPT, TO THB IffcjECTIO.'J OF THAT CENEttATION. Hotp Mont, when he Itad brought Ihe People out if ^^/>'< '"' "■'"i '0 mount Sinai, but not till they had lOffered much in their Journti/. .' f 1. When the Hebrewi had obtained auch n wonderful dclivurunce, the country wa» a great- trouble ti>^t)icni, for it wu> ciitirt>ly a ilraelrt, and without hII lustcnance for them; and alau hud exceedinf^ little water, to that it not only wat not at all tufficient for the men, but not enough to feed any of the cattle, for it wat parchrd up, and had no moiiiturc that might afford nutriment to lhe'TeKetA>lct; to thev were forced to travel over tiiit country, at tiavioK no other Country but thit to travel in. They had indeed carried water along with theih from the land over Which they had trav,elled before, at thair conductor had bidden tbciu: but when that was tpent, they were obliged to draw water out of wellt, With paid, by reason of the hardiictt of the »oil. Moreover, what water they founfl wat bitter, and not fit for drinking, and thit in sniall.quanti- tiet alto. And at they thus travelled, they came late in the evening to a place calird 'Marali,'* which had this name from ^he badnrit of itt wa'ter, for Mar denotet bittcmest. Thither tliey cams afflicted, both by the tedioutnest of {ht/ir joaruey, and by their want of food, fur it entirdv failed them at Ihattime. Mow' here wat a well, 'which matle them choute to tto)- in the place, which, although it were not suflicirot to satisfy to great an army, did yet afl'ord them rome com- fort, at found |n tucn desert placet; for they heard from those that had been to tearch, thai there was notliing to be found, if they travelled farther. Yet wns this water bitter, and not lit for men to drink; and -not only to, but it VjM intolerable even toithe cattle themselves. 2. When. JAji/ta wM how much the people were cait dcrf^andthat'the occatioii of it cuuld not be<«(Sntradicte'd'. fur the people were not iii ti^''^tuie of a (Complete army \>i men, who 'might oppOie a manly fortitude to the necessity that dittretted them ; the multitude of the chil- dren, and of the women alto, being of too weak Capacitiet to be. persuaded by reaton, blunted the courage of the nien tliemselvet. Motet 'therefore wat in great difficulties, and made every body's calamily to be hit own: for thejr ran all of them to hi|n, apd begged of him; the womin begged for their infantt, and the uien for the women, that he would not overlook them, but. would procure tome way or other for their deli- vemnce. lie therefoi-e betook himself to prayer to God, that he would change the water from iU present badness, and make it fit for drinking. And when iioij had granted him that favor, he tiiok the top of a slick that lay down at hit|'eet, ■ and dividtd it in the middle, and made the tac- tion lengthwise. He then let it down into tha well, and j)er(iuaded the Hebrcwt thiit God had hearkened to his prayers, and bad promised to render the water «ucli as they desired it to be, in case they would be subservient to_ him in what lie should enjoin them to do; and thit not after a remiti or negligent manner. And when they- asked, ;what thev were to do in order to hava the. water changed ibr the better, he bid the strong- est men. among them that ttood there, to draw up water ;t and told them that when thegreateit part was- drawn, up, the remainder would be fit to drjnk: So they labored at it till the water wat to agitated and purged at to be fit to drink. 3. And now j^moving from thence, the_y camo toKlinl; which place looked well at a dittance. for there wat a grove of palm-treet; but wheit they caine near it, it appeared to be abSd plaCe, for the palm-treet were no more than leventy, and thfy were ill grown and creeping trees, by the' want of witcr, for the countrj- about wat all |>aichtd, and no moitture sufficient to water them, and make them hopeful and useful, was derived to them from Wic Ciuntaint, Which were in num- bc» twelve; they werei rather a few muitt placea than s|>ring9, which not breaking out of the ground, nor ninnijig oyer, could not aufficiently water the trees. And when thiy dug into the sand, they met with no water; and if they took a few drops of it into their hands, they found it to be useless, on account of its mud. The tree* also were too weak to bear fruity for want of beinff sufficiently cherished and enlivened by the wa» ter. So they laid the blame on their conductor; ' and tnade heavy complaints against him; and said, that this their miserable state, and the ex- perience they had of adversity, wei« owing to him, for that they had then journeyed an entire thirty I 1% * Or. Bernard take* notice here, that thit plare. Mar, where the watert were bitter, it called by the Tynans and Arabiana Marari, and by the SyVJant aoiiictimet Moralh, alt derived froA the Hebrew Ha'r: he also takes aotke, that it it called the bitter fownUIA by Pliny him- aair Which watert remain there toibia day, and are atitt bitter, at Thevenot aasurca ut; and that there are ^*o abiindanca of palm-tree*, tee bit Travels, part i. chap. M»i. p. Ida. . t The additkint here to Hoaei'a account of the »seet- aning ofth&wat«ratMarah,ieem derived from tome ancient profane authoriaad lie inch an author also «a lobka let* aiithentle than areniually' followed by Joie- ^a*. - Fhito ha* not:a*yllabie of theae addltiont, nor any atbei more ancknt witter that we know of. Had ' epUu* writt dithina belong. 8ee alto tobiewhat like tbcaa addltioaa in Jii*ephii»^ account of EH«ha'« making twertthe "Wwi •4' 1' rani, togatl .4 1 ^:-.:- y BOOK IIL— CHAP. I. ss I < . i 'I. .'. f. i»j»r*ni htd ipant all tha jaroTiiioni ihtf had brought with theui, and nieolini; with no relief, tiray wen in a verjr dnpondlni; romlitiun, And by Oiing (heir attention upon nothinv but their present niiirortuneii, they were hindered fruiu renieniberinfp what (leliveruiicet thry hnd recei- red from God, and thoie by the virtue and wii- doni of Moiea alto; «o thty were 'ttry an^pry at their conductor, and were lealoui in their at- tempt to stone hiui, ai the direct occasion of their present miseries. ' 4. But as for Moses himself, while the multi- litde were trritated and bitterly set aniiist hiai, he cheerfulljr relied upon (iud. and u|)e care he had taken of these hi* dWn people : and lie cauie into tlie tiiidit of them •Ten while they clamored against him, and had stones in their hands in order to despatch him. Row be Was of an agreeable presence, and very able tu persuade the people by hi* speeches; ac- cordinglv, he began to mitigate their angers aud eihortej them not to be overmindful of their present adversities, lest they should thereby snf- 4 Jer the bcuelits that had formerly been bestowed on them to slip out of their memories; and he Jesired ihem by no means, pn account of their 5 resent uneasinfsi, to cast those great and won- erfut favors and gifts, which they had obtained of God out of their minds, biit to expect deli- vernnceout of those their present troublea, which they could not free themselves from, and this by the means of that divine Providence which watched oter them; seeing it is probable, that Ood tries tiMir virtue, and exercises their pa- iieoce bytbca* adversities, that it may appear -what fortitude they have, and what memory they retain of his foi^r wonderful works in their fa- vor, and whether thcjr will not think of them upon occasion of the miseries they now f<*fl. lie told them, it appeared they were not . really good men, either in (ntience, or in remembering what had been successfully doijjs fur them, sometimes br contemning God and his commands, when by . those commands they left the laud of Kgypt, andl sometimes by behaving'.themselvcs ill towards him who was the servant of God, and tl)ts"when he had never deceived them, either in what he •aid, pr had ordered theiii to dd by Uud'a coni- mands. He alsopVit them in mind o'f nil that liad passed: how the Egyptians were destroyed when they attempted to detain them, buntrary to the command of God; and after what manner the very same river was tb the oth^rr bloody, and not fit for drinking, but was to tjsem sweet, and fit for driuking; arid how they wjnt a new road through the sea, which'tteda loiig..jvay from them, by which very means they were themselves S reserved, but saw their enemies destroyetl ;Und lat when they were iji want lif weapons, pod B»*« themplcnty of them;>nd so he recou all the particular instaiu:ea, how^hen they^^^^e, '" ■PP«*'"nce, just going to bajdestr'oyed^ jj"} "T™ *hem in a surprising manner: that he ^ad still the same power; and that they ought not even now to despir of his providence over thert: and accordingly he exhorted them to con- tinue quiet, and to consider that help would npt come too late, though it come not immediately. If It be present with them before they suffer niiy great juisfortune; that they ought to reason thus; that God delays to assist them, not because he has no regard to them, but because he will first tnr their fortitude, and the pleaiure they take in their freedom, that he may learn whether' you nave souls great enough to bear want of food, •nd icarcity of water on its account; or whether you love to oe slaves, as cattle are slaves to such u own them, dRd feed them liberally, but only ill order to make them more useful in their Mr- vice. That as fur himself, he shall not be so much concerned for his own preservation; fur if ha die unjustly, he tliali nut reckon it any afflict tion, but that he is cunctrnrd for them, lest, by casting slonrs at him, they should be thought to- condemn God himself, 5. By this means Moses pacified the people, and restrained them from sinning him, and brought Ihem to repent of what tliev were going • to do. And because he thuiighl (lie necessity,, they were under made their pusaion less uiMi- tifi:ible, be thought he ought to apply hinitelFto. God by prayer and auppliration; end going up to an eminence, he requested of God some auCi cor for the people, and aume way of ilelivrranca from the nrant they were in, li(;cau«c in him, and in him alone, waa their hope of aalvatiun:' and he deaired that he would (urgive'wiiat ne- ccaaitv had furced the p.eople tiS (lo, aince such was ihie nature of mankind, hanl topleue, and ^' very complaining under udversilieii. According- ly, God promised he would lake care of them, and anonl them the succor they were desironi - of. Now when Moses had heard this from God, he came down to the iliultitudc. itiit as soon ,i as they saw him joyful Bt'the promiseibhe had . received from (»pd, they changed their sad , countenances into gladness. Su he placed hiiii- self ill the midst of theui, and told them hetame to bring -them from God a deliverance out of their present distresses. Accordingly, a little after came a vast number of qiiaita, which is aT' - bird more plentiful in this Ara^n gulf than any , where else, flving bver the aeii, uul lu»verea<" oyer them, till, wearied »\it»i their lal^oriou* 'flight, and indeed, aa uaual.,llving Very near to the earth, they fell down upon thellebr|w8,who'' caught them, and aalisfied fhcir hunger «vith . them, and supposed that this was tha methods whereby God meant to supply them with food. Upon which Moais reMjrned thonks to God- for anurding them his aasistHiice . acr suddenly, and Booper than he had pi oniised them." s> . ■„ ' K 6. But presently after this fi*«t supply of fowl, he sent them a second : for aa Mosva wiia lifting -^ up his hands in nrayen, a dew fell down? and Moses, when he iouTuLit slick to his hands, sup- posed this was also cSnic fur food from God to them; he tasted it, and |i«rcclyiiig that tli'e peo- ple knew nut what it was, and tliought it snowed, and that it was what usually fel| at thut time of tlie year, he infarnied thvui, tlint this dew did not fall from' heaven after the manner they imagined, but came for their preservation and sus- tenance. So life tasted it, and gitve them some ef it, that they niight be satisfied about what ha had tuld th(:m. They 9I80 imitated their coo-- ductor. and were plr.ised witTi the food, for it was like honey in sweetness and pleasant taste, but : like in Its bo|«(bcr,tliat the quantity of manna that reUdaUy,and did nnl imtrity. trns jim Mi iimrh as rsms tn a tini— apiece tbroafhMM'wholehfit of btM awtnomot*. '■'^., ^ -fr. — \ 04 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. other lorti of food WlhoM lh«i fed on it. And II ' 11 i V crennow In »ll ihnt pl«ce Ihii manna comM down in min,» nccopHinK to whtt M<)j«« then ob- tained of (Jotl, to wnd 11 lothe |.«ople for their initenanre. A'»W thd" llebrewi call Ihii food •manna,' for the portirle 'man/in our lanenant, ia tlic aakingof a qufntion, What i« thitf So the Hebrews were very joyful at what w«»«€nt them from heaven. Now tliey made une of thia fooil for forty year*, or a« long at they were in th^ wilderneii. > ' ^ 7. A* iiobn at they, were removed Mienre, iney came to Rephidiui, beinp ilintrmrd to the last degree br tliirKt '. anil while in the foregoing dayii they had lit on a few aninll fouhtnini, but now found the enrth entirely deililute of water, the;r were in an "evil caje. They agaf{i turned thc^ir anger aguiiiit Mmea; but ne at firtt avoided the fur/ of the miiltitiide, and then betook hinnelf to prnyeir to tlod, beseeching him that as he had given them foml when they were in the greatest want of ii, so he would give tiMJgai drink, sine« the favor of giving them food was of no vijue to them whil* they had nothing to drink. And Ood did not/delay to give it them, but proini««d Motes that /he would procure them a fountam and picntv'of water from a plac*; they did iwt expert any: so he coiumandetl hiin to smite the rockf which they saw lyine there, with his rod, and out of it to receive penty of what they wanted; for he had taken cart', that uirJnk should come to them without any labor or pains-taking, When Motes had, received thjs comni^nd from Ooil, be Came to Hie people who waited for him, and looked upon him, for they saw already that he was coining apace from his eminence. As ioon as he was come, he,toId them that God would delivr.r them from their present distress,' bid had granted them an unexpected favor; and informed them, that a river shouM rhij for their takes out of the rock. But tlwy \vcre. •mazed at that he-'ring, supposing they were of • neciissitv to cut the rock in pieces, no* they ^were diitreiwd by their thirst and by their jour- ney ; while Moses, only smiting the rock with hit- rod, opened a passage, and out of it burst o)xX water, and that in great abundance, 'tind very clenr. But they ' were astonishsd" at tlyu .won- derful efftBl; lind, as it wefP, quenched their thirst by the very sight 6fit..«o,thjpy4lt»rik this pleasant, this swi'et walet; and siich, it teemed to be. " might well t? ■«»1"''*«"<' where God *Xt the donor. They Wt'iw also in AOinition how- Moses wan: honored by <''o\U Biiph# W9}, hqw Go^ foretold to Moses, thiit w?ter sJioultl m thif tnaoncrbe derived <)«t of tko'rock. ;. J > ,;• ; ■:,':;'',;':';; ipHAP. .II. •■/.■'. ■■:■■;■..■.■:■ HotB the Ai»>alekilt$,and the r(tif:}dforiHfC jya; tion$, mtiit mar toilh thi I/tbrcwt, ana Uer^e btaitaiattdhit agftaffifrliiifihtirAriiny. { 1. TflK name of the Hebrews beghit already ; to be enl'lfy where renowned, Widrilinortabpot' ' *Tli). fttUlDii osqalty in ATslila, was Of ilie very s-imfejort with this ' mallna sciitto the Ipranlilesj tavors. mOrCttf Qenlilism thtnof Jiirtaism or Chtlstinnity. ti it not imptohablB that tome anrieni Oeiitile autlior, rend ti||r Joscpliua, to ihoiuht. pM wouldhe here ronlradirt hiiiii, tliouiih just taforMinil Antiq. B. ivicliap. ill. sect. U. he tcemt dl- MclW V allow that it bad not lieeii teen htfote. Mow- cter, tnia food>firdm ttet^tim it here deiuVthed to lie * Uke mow;' arid iii ATra|>»nU«. a lieathcn writer, lilt am- hated to ^ihea1,HI[btoiMilm«it,ltt«pl0rnkl>l^an(»^i r»•% > tipns that live,d thereabout; and Whose kings •!• hoEtrd oiti^ another, and their neighbors, to go ' to this war against the Hebrews; telling them that >; an army of slraiiRers mil such a one as bad' ruli away from slavVry upil^r the Kgj ptiant,, l*y m wait to ruin thei|^wii*lr artiiy tliey wer» hot, in,;.; common prudenW ajnl Jregard to their own safe-. ;; ty, to overlook, Ijiit (o put A ttpp to itt pro- {(ress, when it, is become farmidable; for these Bst teem to be angiy only at the Ao'urishing of otheirs, but the fornitr do not leave any ro.mi for their eriemiea to become troublesome tor them. After they had sent tuch embatsaget to the neighboring nations, and among^one apotheri ■ they resolved to attack the Hebrews in batt|ii. 2. These proceedings of the people of these ^, countries occasioned perplexity ""g^ffift^'" '" Moses, who expected no tuch WaM|[|i»epara- tlont. And when' these nations vMl^imiy to fight, and thp multitude of tlfe Hflni|||ll were obliged to try the foHune of war^. they Were ih a ^ mighty disorder, and in want of all necaMwiei,' ': and yet were to makewar with. men wh* Were thoroughly well prepared for it. Then therefore .k wai that Motet began to dncqurage them, apd fos exhort them to have a good heai't, and rely'on GoH't asiittance, by which they had been nd-^.^^ vi)nced into a state of fretdorii, arid to hope for '. . victory over those who were ready tofight with ■ them, inbrdjer to d^6prive them o(^ theft blessing. \ ''I'hat they were to suppose their ow«urmy to bif numerous,, wanting notnBfcneither weapons, tiqr moiieyj^ trnf-.-proVisiions, noTsoch other conve- tilence* as when men are in possession of, the/; . gg^t imdauntedly; and that th«y are to judge thfcmselves to. harejill theft .advalStaget in the divine ail}«(an«el They are also to suppose the ■enerty't arniX fo ■Nt'Simall, unarmed, weak, and tuch. ft* w«irt; ihos4 convenienoM '«hlch",Wfy ■ Ariow ^«I^i«l tit' «!int«d„wh!?i» il;it- :Al»dh6>r- valuable God'i assistance "h, tley. hid fexpiirjinied iit ab«n- . rtanife (Sf tWal»; aiiid thSse- iliifth as were toore '•. terrible than ♦irSi^, fbr that is oply„as«il^J* men; • biitj these were against famine ■i(if4hint;.thihg|s utdeed thfttVere tit#iiirowhhatin!lpliiaiiiiljji(f^^^^ .at alsoag9Trittniount8tn», and that^tSafwtiSflh af- „. fordeil T^in no' mj of irscapinesytt had alt ; these di£onttictv been tonqntred ol»y God'Agftt:. , ab V pt ''' ail th to w< -•- er the a dividend or inrtion aUotted to fverj' one. (t tannrtf* m»: I Iridlri**? tha latter. derivation. Thlt itufttn^is «oned»aBS«la''food/P»otJXvW.8^>iBd:by.oiir,Pi»»fpii>," >ahn vi.3l. *e. as weUaaliy Jotanliflalitfe a)^ fl^- . Wl^ipoV Aollq. B. lil. €hn(i. V. sect, ill, (iaid to bc.t**' the fcVi^irt^OiA heaven. ... , ' ' ' tTOIttotlfh then! Ijillils day, nil thelravehata agree, and roUiA m the inme at 'wtft there in tliedaya of Moaet, at fielhf too large m he bf ouilit thiUier l>y ear .tabderncarriaitet.' ':.:^^-l,- t- ■■.," ' •'■ iN6l«li««.thattlii»imB»liO0k8ftWpWntlp«'l»Wt of^lgwft*5* p*Bd.f.«19. Out «s to the deriyaiiOn .otitl^e word 'iaanna,*wh4tt •igntflediWW nuniia,* whatlief jfrum Man.'which Jhi))iinyat]i«^ - k|llt\, ^--■' . ■-::■.' BOOK III.-CIiAP.lIL 6ft .\ ic inhtbitinli of I iVar. Accord. nnt nnollifr, and tbeni'elvMr And tn. TIiom' that luch >• inhabited re called 'Ama- rlike of the Mo Whoie kin^i »%• leitrhbor*, to go UMum thrin that I nn» ai bait run ;ej i)fi»ni„ Hf In llicy were hot, in, their own «afe- m before they ga- 1 pnxperity, and Oitile manner, li in not attacking t to avcn|i;e our< lave done in the t he ao well done ^ ir han<)a on our. lie who endeavor : ": e, are wi'itr than I itpp to it* pro- iilable; for these the Ho'urisliing of fBve any ro^ini for >l<>iionie tor them, nbaijagea to the )ng«one apothefj • ebrews in battle. ! people of thene .; ,y andlM^ble to ; - n imn^w were an they Were ih e ^ of all neceweriei,' •': Ihiiien who Were . Then therefore :piirage them, apd deai't, and rely on ley had been ed-^,.^ II, aiid to hope for" v cady to fight with \ of that bicuing. v ir owit^my to b« \ neitlier weapon*, such other conre- ^ssctsibn of, thejv " Ihey are to judg« idvaliitBgea in the ito to tupiwae the larm^d, weak, and ences 5«tilch-,Wey ■■ . ;ii(Jod'»i«!»illTOM' '■; iV-tftluable God's If^nted iit aban> !h as were ftiore '' ", ■ 0|iiy„aK»l^J*>ien;.- , Mf4.l)tnt;.things atuTiB'ija9iiri*'Bl>l^i thatsSalwbSdliaf- ._ ,pilie;,y«t had aW; ; , r«d>r §W*JS'*i.< !': ieri' anii;lt'ii"i(ihi*f^- "■'"< lon,:v.'h,|i,;i(M^l» ■,[', i,ftHd:tiy:i>ar,Bi>vf»ii»." nUtaatKice sM bN-V invtRiitl^lieWittlie. utile tra»eHer» agree, there in the diiya of U(ht Ihittier by eor ; eflMpirintlpaMaws ^tn the bely liooia B9 here,, aomewbtre knd itf cwlrU only ciduk aindiiets to them. So he exhorted thein to ■-■A ■' V X f': B I their «■■.'■■ IM couraKeuuH Ki luMliuie, anil to iuok iipuii •utire prosperity to iltipchd on the priieul con- quest of tbeir eiicinies. 3. And with tlirMt word* did Moacs encourage the' multitude, who then cnlkd toother the princes of their triben, and tht ir chiel men, both a<>pamtely aqd conjointly. The youitfj^ nicn ha charged to obey their elders, and the' elders to hearken to th< ir leader. i>o the people were elevated in' their inimis, and ready to try their I'oriune in butllr, and hopt-d tu be thereby at ' l<)n(;th deliverrd J'roni all their miarriea: nay, they desfred thai Moses would iiiimediutely lead theni agaimltheir en<'iuieii without the least de- |iy, that nabackwanlness might be a hindrance (0 (heir present rewliilion, ?ii Moses sorted all that werii fit ttiir war into, diirerenl troops; and ttk Joihua, the spu of '!Nun, of the tribe of Ephntini, Over thciii; one that-.,was of great cou- rage,_ aud inticnt to uiidergtf.tabQrt; of g4-e«t ablliticli to uudcriitaiid, and'.to s)>^iili whrnt wits proper; and very sprious iii ihe.>Wji>rship.of God; ttid indeed made, like aiiother'lnosesi^ teacher of piety towards tjod. He alstf appoi|t%l^St iiiiall party of thiearineiir n^<<^n to b$i near tftf^.U^utiar; and to tniM) care of the child|eii. ahdlj^it! >tfo|ueny and of the entire cauip. /fcolfeat, ■.Whole 'night thev prepareij tlieuis(>lves.for4iiu bt^ttle: tfiey tooK their weupolia, if any of Iheiii had^uch as ware w«Jil Made, and attended to their coiiiinandT en, asffady to rush fortji to thelwttir, as suoii aa; Moses soould j^ive.'the word of coiiiiiiahd, Mosea also kept awake,: teachiin^ JpsljrUa .after what manner he should, order iMs C Se'the armies joined battle; and it came to Mtose 6ght hand to hand, both sides showing greAt alacrity, and encouraging one another. And indeed wbile Moses stretched out his hand* towardtf heaven,* the Hebrews were too hard for the Amalekites: but Mose* . not being able to Rustain his hand* thu* stretihed out, (for as often us he let down his hands, so often wjK his ,. /own people Wor.<>ted,) he had his brother Aaron, \: and Hur, their sister Miriaai 'a husband, to stand ' on each side of hiiii, and talce hold of his hands, and not permit biii weariness to prevent it, but to assist him ill the extensiuu of his hands. When this was done, the Hebrew* conquered the 'Amalekites by main force; and indeed they had 4ll perished, unless the apMoach of then>gnt had ■ obliged the Hebrews to desist from killing any y. tnOre^ So our forelRithers obtained a most signal and riio|t seasonable victory; for they not only overcame those tbat'fouglit against them, but , terri6ed also the> neighboring nations) ' ai\d gut ■ great a'id splendid advantage, Which the^ ob> . tained' of'.iih'cir eneini^ bv their hard pain* in this battle; for when they had taken the enemy's c|U(iip, they got ready booty for the public, aud ■.•.■v.'i'.v. ■ ."'■•-■ V-.' ■ ; ' '"'{■ '*'rhii entinelit.eircuniatanee, that Whtje Moees'a iinti Were Mty up towards heaven, the Isracliles pre- ..' 'vail(|d, and while they Were letdownlowardsthe earth, '. t^e Aawlekiiiiis {ircvuileil, seems to nie the earliest iull- Mtitie^ weh'lkv?^ ■he' proper posture, used of old, in ' ilwlHi priiy<;r,Wr4rh.was the stretcliing out of the i i t J ai'Ca,i > ^,cy' «» ) toWhr i t s heav ai nWhr i t s heav a n , a s other r rissi as a > Testament inform us. Nay, m th '\ ffii'W iiMd7New Testament inform us. Nay, Iw the ; ^kj; ilila poBtnm semastobaTe continued Mi tM (;btto< for the private Auililiea, whereas till then they bad nut any nort of plenty, of even neccs- sarv food. The furementiuued battle, when lliey had once got it, was also the occnsiim of thmr prua|icrity , not ui'il^ lor the present but for the fu- ture ages also; fur they not only made slaves of the bodies of their eneiiiun, but aubdued their minds alHo; and, after lhi« iiultle, liecuine terri- ble to all (hat dwelt found about them. More- over, ther.uc(|uir<'d n vast quantity of riches: for u great deal of silver and gulil was left in the. ciieiiiy's camp; ;as also bruxen vt-*s«|s, which they iiiadeKouiiiion use of in their fuinilius; luauy utensils also that were eoibroidcreit tliere were of both sorts, that is, ofVwhat were weuvcd, and . what were the ornaments of their ariiior, aniw other things that served for use in the fauiily, and for the furniture of their rooms; they gut also the nrey of their Cattle, an^|||pf ataoever uses to followcani|i* wheii they iSj^e from one place (o ano(her. So the Hebrew* now valued theuitelves upon their courage, and claimed great merit for their valor; and they pcrpetual- iV inured themselves to take pains, liy which (hey "^ jleeilied every dilKculty might be surtnouAtedl n»uch were the consequences of this battle. 6. On the next day Moses atrippcd the dead bodies of. their enemies, and gathered (oge(her . Ilie afmor of- (hose tbi(.t Were lied, and gave re- ward^ 'to such aa had signalixed themselves in the action; and highly coinniended Joshua, their getferal, who was attested to by all the army, on aeObuMtpf^the great artibiis be had done. Nor Was any olie of tlie Hebrews slain; but the slain of (he enemy's army were loo many to be enu- merated: •o'Moaes offered sacrifices of thanks- giving to Gp.l; arid built an altar, which he named, 'th^IiOrd the Conqueror.' He alao fore- told that the, Amalekites should utterly be de- stroyed;, and that hereafter none of them should remain', because they fought against the He- brews, and this tvben thry were in the wilder- ncss, and ik their distress alao. Moreover, he they fight t|!i<. first ,batUe'willf (hose that ven- tured to oppo*e them, after they were gone out of Egypt. &ut,w1)rn'M!6ses had celebrated thi* ' festival for the victory^ he perhiitted (lie He- brew* to rest for at few day*, aiidtt|Eu he brought them out after the fight, in o'rdeP of battie; Tor they had . no;v many soldiers in light armor. And going graduHlly ou^ he came to Mount S^. nai, in three months' time after they were re- nibved out of Kgypt; at which mountain, a* we have before reUted, the virion of the bush, and the other wonderful appeurancea had happeAedf CHAP. HI. Thai Mom* kindly rtctivtd his faihetf-in-Lavf, Jtlhro, tehen he camt Iff him to Jttimnt Sinn. } 1. Now when Ragnet, Moses's father-in-law, . understood in what a pro;perou>i condition his af- fairs were, he willingly came to meet itim: and Moses took ftpporah his wife, and hi* children, and pleased himself with his coming. Alid whcic' he hud oAiftrcd sacrifice, he made a feast for the multitude near the bush he had formerly seen; which multitude, every one, according \o fk^r families, partook of the fea^t. But Aaron and hia family topk'Raguel, and lung hymns to Osd, as to him who had been the author and |>rociirar of their deliverance, nnd their freedom. They ' tian church, till the rter-y, instead of lenrninc their ' prayers liy beart, oendthetn out ofa book, whis4is, in greai measure. Inconsistent with such an elevated pea- lure, and whlrh seems tonio to bav* been only a Ufar prartire, introdurrd under the rorrunt state of the church, though the ronHtant us* of divine forala of p r ay er , pr a ise , and th a nl i sii i v l n n, app e a r s t o ni e t o ta vu — been the praclire of tiod's peoplie, Patriaieba, Jewt, mt CbrMi«iiii|la ail tbe oast agai. ■r- M ANTlUUITllI? OF tJ^B JEWS. \:'-\ I him by whoM TirtD* it WM, lh»t all thinw hod tUGceejJed ip well with th.in., Baguel •&>, in hii euch.rmi- cbI or«li«m to Mow*. oimI* gre»t cnconiiuiM ■pon the whole nuiltitude: and he could not but ■dnire Mom* tor hit fortitude, and that huma- nit* be bad *howed in the delivery of hit fricndi. CHAP. IV. -j Mow Ragvil piegtilfd to Moiti to ut kit P*9rl* imOrJtr, undtr tktir RvUtm i^Thmuandt, and XuUrtid^ HundriJt, who Uttd trithout Ordir itfltrt: and how Moiti complitd in aUtkingi wilhkUFmlhtr-itielaia'iMtiuniitian. } t. Thc next day, M Rag^url law MotM in the niidit of a crowd ol butinttu, (for he determined the difl'erencea of thote that referred tbei^ to bim. e»ery one itill going to him, »nd tuppoimg that they ihoutd then only ublain juttK-e it hf were the arbitrator: and, thoie that lott their cauMi, thought it no harm, while they thought Uiey loitlhim juitly,and not by j»rtiality.) Ha- (ucl, however, wid notliin|{ to him at thiit tliii«, nwii nuwvier, ««iu •■..>■•■>.. — - -•— -. u not detirout to be any hiudrance to tuch at liad a mind to niakiyue of the virtue of their conductor. But arte Ward he took him to liim- •elf, and when be had hini alone, he iottructed bim in what he ought to do; and advited him to leave, the trouble of le»»er cau«ci to olhen, but Uipieif tq take care of the greater, and ol the £eople'i iifety i for that cerUio otfaen of the He- rfcwi might be found thnt were Bt to deleriiiiiiu cauiei, but thai nobody but « Moiei could Uke care of the safety of »o many ten (houiandt. , Be »ol!» therefore^ layt he, imeiiiible of thine *wn virtue, and what thqu hait done.by minlitering onder Go4^ the people'! pretervalion. PerniU, therefore, He dcte'cminatioo of common cauiei to be done by other*, but do thou^reterve thy- itlf to the attendance on God onl/; andiook out for methodi of preaorviiig the uullitii^e from their preient diitren. Make uie ol the method. I luggeit to you a« to human affair* ; and take a Kview of the army, aiid appoint choaen fyU-n over teni of thouiandi, and then over thouaaiids; then divide them into five hundred), and team -^tp hundred!, and into fiflie); and'aa^JMen over each of them, who majLdistihguiih theltt into thirtiei, and keep them tn-WileTj and at last num- ber them by twentiet and% ll|i|on that waa nearest to God, before one moHH«mote. Wnen - he had said this, he ascended up to mount Sinai.t wbicli is the highest of all the muiintains that are iu tliat country, and is not only very difficult to be ancended by men, on account of its vast aj- titiide, but because of the sharpness of ■ its preci- , picvtaUo; nay, indeed, it cannot Iw looked tt^ without pain of the eyes: and besides this; it was ttfriiile and inaccessible, on account of tl|« rumor that passed about, that God dwelt there. But the Hebrews rehioyedlheir tents, as Motet bad bidden them, and took possession of Ihe Ipw- esi parts oCthemounUin; and were elevated in their minds, in expectation that Motes would 'return from God with promises of the good thingt he had proposed to them: to they patted, and waited for their conductor, and kept tliemtelvea ^ _. :.. »«k..M~iu>«nA<.*ii and nnt irnmilAnvlnt* fovorable to the people.' (_ 2. This wat the admonition of Raguel; aqd Motet received hi» advice very kindly, and acted according to hit tuggettion. "Nor did he concefl the invention of Jhit method, nor pretend to it himtelf, but informed the multitude who it wat that invented it: nay, he has named Raguel in •Tbitmanner of electing the Jndma anaoBfeettof th« Itraelitei l.y the testlmoniet art •u'Trafea Oflha Mople, before they .were ordained by Gyd or ny Moat, SeiM^loJteeaieAilly noted, beeaute It wat the pal- ten of the like manner of the c«oicaand mrdlnailon of bWMM, ptetbyters and deacont, In the ChrMlan ehnreh. purr, at in other reipects, and not Company ing with their wivet for three days, as he had before ordered them to do. And thej praved to tiod, that he would favorably receive Moses in hii conversing With him; and bestow some sodigift upon them hy which they might live well. They tolso lived more plentifully as to their diet, i»ud put on their wives and children more ornam vital and decent clothing than they usually wore. 2. So they passed two days in thit Wf^^ feasting; but'on the third day, before thejaun i was up, a cloiid spllread itself over the whole camp of the Hebrews, such a one at none had befoM seen, and encoliipaised the place where. they had pitched their tents; and while all the rest of th« air wat clear, there came strong winda, that raised up large showers of raihi which became • mighty tenipcq,t. There was altp such lightning, , as was terrible to those that Saw it; and thundery with its thunderbolts werc''8ent down, and de- clared God to be there present in a gracious way to siich as Jtf oses desired he should be gracroua. Now, as to these matters, every one of my read- ers may think as he pleases: but I am under n necessity of relating tbfs history, as it it deicri- bcd in the tacred bookt. Thit sighf, and the amaxing sounds that catoe to their ears, ditturb- ed the Hebrewt to a prodigious degree, for they were not tuch as'-they were accustomed to: and then the rumor that was spread abroad, hovi God freouented that mountain, greatly astonish- ed their minds; so, they aorrowflillv contained themselves within their tents, at both lupnosing Moses to be destroyed by the" divine wrath, and expecting the like'destruction for thcmtelvei. chap, xxvlll. p. 188. The other name of it, Horeb, it oevor use* tiy Jotepbus; and pethap* was Its Jiame omong ihe Egyptians only, whence the IsraelMea_were lately come, at BInai was Its name among the ArahJam, Canaanilet, and other aatioM. Accordfiiyly. when U Kinn li. 8.) the Bcrlpture tayt that Uljah came to Ho- reb. the mount of God, Jotephui Juttly tayt, Antiq. B. xtll. t eet. 7| that h a c a m a tn the wm i nl a ln "A ♦ Snce thb moantein WnalU he r e laM t o b e th e i v ll l . r . h n p . xiii. ae ei. <.in«i ■ » ' "" ^ ^"/"■^"V;' .' .^:^ ' h JiSS^.H th? mounSlS that are In that country. It cMed SInal ; and Jerome, here etta* by Dr. Hudioa. SSftalbJno^TS»Ttoh«K Which taiie- «,y., that he took thtainount*ln^»_hayetwo turn uBw^wVr SInthSrwkblnamlleof BnowcalM 8 Bh Nomln. H*. n. «I, maal. ail Mom. ThndbOtinfonnau, Travail, part LI « .;■■ .E who invented inkioKit right ijr pertooi, •!• utaliow bjr M- of other m4«. >ut tliipoiitioii itioh, wr th^ ithcr pUCm if Sifimi.andtf \v*nd IK$m U K titude toK«tlMir em unto iiioUDt ccive from him, , •in'oncle; but tenti neer the ki^on tiiat'wu cmule. When } mount Sinaiit luuuotami that ly very difficult It of iti viut •!• M of' it! preci- . \>e. looked U teiidei thii^ it ifcrount oftli* id dwelt there, tents, as Mote* sion of the Iqw- ere elevated io t Moaes would the Kood things ey l«atted, and kept tliemielvea ot companying I he had before prayed to God, B Moiet in hi* ' tome inch Kill vcwelK Thty their did, two lore ornam^tal ually wore, in thi* VfM^'^f before ttie^na I, the whole camp none had befoni wher&thry had I thereat of tl)« ng; wind*, that vliich became • I auch lightningi ; It; and thunder^ down, and de- a gracious way uld be gracrou*. >ne of my read- It I ambnder a r, at it it detcri- I tighr, and the •it ear*, diiturb- degree, for they ittomed to : 'and nd abry method of living far you, and an (irdor of political roverniiien^, uikI it now pre- tent in the camp: I t7ieref.eililiVni-in what hianin r thevahdiiM act iniall caiin: Which laws I ahall make men- tion of in thnr pru|icr, tiiiie; hut i ahall re«erv* mo»l pf those laws |V>r anollirr work.f and inaka there a distinct -explication of theui, 7. ^hen iiiatlerii we*re brought to this stal«,~ Motry went up again to IV^nunt Sinai, of whic|^ he hitd told theiii' befori'hiuid. He made hi* at- cenfin thtir sight: and while he ttiiyed Ibe^ *0;fong a limi;, (for he was absent erithed. ^ow the A Wat a variety in their tea- l^entt about it; sonle sayingithal he was falfea among wild l^ast*, and those that were of Ihi* opinion, ^ere chiefly luch at were lil-disjioted to him; but others saying, that he was departed and gone tp(iod; but'lhe wiser sort were led by their reason to eiijbrac,e neither of those opinion* wUh any tatlsf»i!iion, thinking that it wa* a thiiig.that sohietimet happens Io men to ftU among wild beasts; .and perish that way, so It was probable enough that he might depart apd go to (iod, on account of his virtue; they Ihera- fore wen; ipiieti and expected the event: yet were they exccedjug sorry upon the supposal , that thf^y y/ftn "^deprived of a governor and a proteclor, such a one indeed as they could nev«r recover again: nor ^would this suspicion give them leave to' ekpecl .any comfortable event ,"l><»tf-^g!ii!f lan, nor csuld they prevent .their *'"'' TBntV meluncholy upon this occasion. HWf TOT, the cataip dunt not Remove all thi* v^hmf, because Mosfs had bid them afore tattar •tfceri"'' ■ But when #e forty 4*yt, and as many nights, were over, .Mote* came down, having ttstcd nothing of fo JHuftlly appointed for the liouriahm^nt <»f men,*nrli«i appearance tilled | ' *miy With gladrie**, and hedeclared to (" what.care tind had of then>i,,tihd by what i ner of conduct of their livet they might live hal pijy; telling thepi. that during ihlMe days of hu. absence, he had suggested to him alto that he would have a tabernacle built for him, into which he would descend wiicn h» ctinie to them, and how'wfe should carry it abonf with ut, when we remove from this place; and that tttcre would be ho longer any occasion for going up to moutit Sinai, bnl that he ivould comelijmsolt and pitch his tabernacle amongst at, and he present at our prdyer8;«tSI*o, that the tabernacle ihouM be ot tut h mratures and construction as he hod showed liiniKlwd thcl you are to fall to the work, and pr9Se«i|tf i*,diligently. When he had said this, he ahdw'ed 1))|f>iu lb* two tables, with the k ten CunimaiKlmeiil^i eiigtnven upon Ihcni, *fi»i upon each tabic, and the writiag wa« bj lh« * hand of God, ' t by Dr. Hudaoa, have two ita ^r l< ^ iJ*!* tfc. Mow n in MimdtrU the uttrad tbeM, HcuicttV'''" '°" Jftdah, the, ip'sodMHi oT^ icif conclactori ui4 Ah«- ach.or (hi) tribe of Dan.' oif with «Fhk't the* Mil CodiMiiHt Af toa oj Al tju) ,)^!Bople with ,»o tgtfX kUcrityi «h>t If '1 • v 44 tAtrvu thtm, by lukULni; pr^ltif „ .^|t Wkat bad brcn broumt wa« Inffi- ai the artiSJert had inrurni«d hiin. ,«$cf ^ill io work, ikiian tfie building of thtiitk^ ,'^rM) Bfl* III iWlwi D heigbV^* H^ iiSM l» (he op»n air. > ~ « to the (abrrnacic itMlf,' Moac* jmccd it middle of that court, with it* (m* to tiM ithaf when t^e aun •r»M> it hiight%ae|iid it« n^t upon A' It* Iciil^h whtik „._ thiriT cubit*, and it* brradlb '(ml cuhw*' 1'be one of It* wall*, •outh, ani> (he fiber wa* ct|>o4l-d t and on (he back liar( offi( njOiaioed t wa* necmaary (hH( it* be^dit •hpuld lU breadth [ten cubit*.] TJl*ra w«r«i made of wood, twitnty on cMblude- wmuKbt lUto afluadranguitt n«i»ta, :*bit ati'd k Ifalf. but the (inckoet* Adgcr*; (hey had (bin pUte* of»{(uld ai Ihwn on bo'(h kltotlur, in**- Much that the Joiula were iiiriiible, and hoth *iciutd to he one ei)(|ro aijd unKieJ , wall. 11 w«tfifit*o tsoTcred with Rold^ both within and wMh^ut 't\vf number uf |mlui* wal tf{i>/av»x »... *..,,, — . '.'",' x i— .. .'l^ k. do tk^ir hart*, about (he mroieul* df (he brte*!*. pnrt uf a ipan in (h^ekB***- »o (!«»( in« nmjioer aWWouVolhcr (hiiiinffiat }*o6ldb« warned !|n o( »hirty mbK* wer. f"' >"'»,''«•>' J*!**"" tKU i»orW: both Xor ornament, and lot the di»iil* (hem; But a* to (be wall biphiiid, wbifrj Jha «li lawTi^altZtlf. . • • . - pillarfcoiade up (oeeWier only nine cubjl^rlhay ' ••P -• ''*^"- V ..... ' ^-_ . .u .. P„,,; ,^„ .,,J, piflar*. •nd,cu( Ihen^ oui«>foii*- im,.»««.,.r,.vuw.= ^™~....„ „, cubit.- which (hey placed J" V'* coj^Jfrf, *«d £iilo*«#. when hfc hai( aji|><>in(ed before. m&nd ] (h» nholc finuly«tpgetbcr ., woulfi Uep tli« tuberqarje from bfl^Hben by theTioience ol wind*. UJut a cunBRMife, lolt , linen ^<:nt ro^nd all the^pilLirt, and hung down oin a t)6»in^ nnd loot* iiianui;r from ^licir.chapi- tera. anil enrloKcd the whole cpace, and icenitd vot.l^t all ua|ft to a wall ithoiit it. And thIW wiis the iti'ucturiffir three of lhei>rdea oC thi* £nclui- ' are. ~ But a* for (he fourth tiile, which whs lifty cnbita In^fx^cnt, and was tint front of Ihe whole, twenty rxbitii of it wen fur (hf o(ii ning r( (he |;alca, whtrun stusd (wo pilLtra on.-each 6ide, after the r<»Mo«( Uoly^!"' the n aitalibmce Jfop* n gitK *, th<-»e were thoae pillar* waa (he • Mo»( lloljl't^ww wliollv of *itvtr, and polKhed, and that all wst of the rooKi waifthe T*UeriiHilc,»t ooen fortha nrieatt. However, thia'pr thieh wn* Int mm rai all »»"t van - forii con It « tun lar. ball fbnl and oft °v wnc and An\ fuv no *4p< day clin aru (ha( line ' tfrat curl eigl . toj don ao(i P'«^ olfr tain mer cnbi ifie and app< •i t fdr curt ibnl we« ^ram *»ie« aeen •km the ann, attei ■'^ be c !;:s eacf Ovn -Hhc- eovt won •vet open for^lhe prie*(t. Howe»cr, (lii*iiroporti«» ' f Of (hi. (.Aernaer; of Mo*,, with it. aeveral part* W »"? mea.u»a of »h« '«b"n«cle Rroted^ bM (brnilnre, .re my <|r.r,i,rt',6n at larje.ehap. tUil «n nmjation of the ^i-tft" »>• the worW , '•»«» »li.x.ii.iiiHJiefetobelo«s«ig. ^ third p«rt therepf whwhwa* witliin the f«nr w*-' '*• BOOK Mf.^HAP. VI; li«t r Ihn fWfBly cohils i*.'''n« i( wtrt, ^nd, oir'wlMCh iU'«n, lif«,)iiiil •!> (hi* pnrt IK fwrMis^ Urtll* ufuiH* o«ljr. 'Bui it Ihr front, where ^»t '(ami on li*»l of bfuM, in num- btrjH>vin^l>i" ''""* ''"^y 'P*'*»<^ 4>vrr (hr taber- of flue lin«n, And nurnir, iinil blu», 'd'"«F«ff!4'Culon) ciiibrimiitrri]. TMi tint nil ti-ir^iihili **frj way. ond' thi*||lt*jf tfte»(t ;.■■.-■■■;■" 6» it* ruf t tonjiM.rtion.' jhnhi were- tlin Iwa r the piHirt wlitrli p^rtrd thr (CHipls. «ntl •tay ibott hilly uhti'.t; coiirriili'd «vi|htl>: *n•*' iriiible, uiA hotn I uniltsd wall. It both wiltiin and Uri wA -rfqMalo* were on M»i;h Thttt leiu iiaid: to* iliM Ilntt'tb4 iiinfibw made mUl; between iod, 'vwfn (M *•>> f nii<«i cub|lir,Jb^ ut thea^ oikmf^oat' y the coitiiffi,; juad 1 Ihe •ihei(.|!Ho«r> ■MM or|;o(d afflsed t6ey hadtaken root s ruw over ajpiintl gkiwhicb fveite iil^ >Qld, 'e«cb of tbeni ■ wund M[eth(>r th*, a iniert^i J,\li*re "id*- ftl, 1m 1^ ":ft niiy. ,Now the «(hi»I«^t«iii[ti(; wo» calftd loljr I'lnice;' hiiUluit [rtrtwlil^Ti wan with- in tl)7> ruiirjiillAr*, «ni< til which Hflnii wtil-e »il- ■ mitleil, wi#^^p$llciJ ' 'Me Holy of. MkUm.' Tffn . y»i *»*» vrrji o>nanirntnli. anH ^mbr^wW red with-. alf »o>(« or(low«r» wliich (tie. ,Viirth |m«Tucei, ortiJJtljtii'^r were iiitfrwavon iiJfu it nil bort« 6f Taflfty ttiiil inieht hv ><» •>'■>!>■■><'.■**' *"''^<'P'"'K f*"; - fOTiH* of nniuiali. Anblln-r viiil theri^ w»» wliiclf 'cQ»n*tl thcfive t>illir» ihnt w«reul thi.ftttnincc: . it w«> l.ke the lanii'r in in niagniluile.iind t^i- ':ti)re,aitd cdlofi end ut the rori^er of every piU }. lafaTing retHiiied it frmn the top doitnwaiHli half (hti (liplh ^if Ihr iiilUn, thr ulhrr half af- fonliiig uir rntrfiitce (5>r the prictt, »(ilK),«rej)t under it. Ovv/.thi* there wa» ii vm|' of linrn, of the nnie liincneta tvith thfi; |iirni,eri..it wb« «t*i: be orawj* ihWotWay. or that-..W«jr or Wrda, whofe i'iii^it fixed to l])e leKturtj' of tne vail, and to ifui ronU. nl«iiTv«'tc »iih«'rvienl to th< . drawing Slid iimlrawinf; of-thft irail, and to thii liulenilix if at ihtt .conujir, that thrp it nii)|U be no t{i»0((i/anc«; ,t<>;ith'(; viiw otf th*" isiirf liiiiry, Cipfciiilly- on iti||f fnh' <|ii} « ; but, tlinl on oljier day*, hnu npejiiMy whm the >>'»i»t''*r Wat in- clincil to #»(>>*■ it iiiifjhl he ekpandejl, attd aflord ■ i c'jveriii^ to llie »iiil vf divrm i'Oloirij' whence, that f uMom of our* it: deriveil, of liiivinr a line tinen v.ijl »Avr the .twiiplo; h»» Ueejv ;liulli, to l>e - dTrawi,!^ ov^rthe enirunrferi. But th|p ten other ' eurtaWiti were; four euhili in hrea(IU|, and y«cnt • eight in length, and had jK>leyfi>rTaii|*; nTCkntl , . to join the one eu<'Ujiii<)Jrl'w^^fltli«r, *ih^ wi),» r' done to.iexairtty that thfy'Veeflied to be one :nlden ring* lM waa not drawn, ill a.cart li)'heMiii» of barden, but boriiii on the •hoiildifA^fthe prienl*. Uimn tiiif ila rover Were ItMi 'iujpgi'.; whirh the He- brrwamli ('Jieriiiiirit»; they are llyiltg ii-enlureii hut their fonif in uut like to Ihit of iiiiy Af iM , eruature.i ivhicji nie.o Imveni'i ii, th« ihe IMriine of (iod. In thia nA he put thi' two (idilis t^hernorf the ten eomiiiaiidriirivlit Wen- wrilleji, li>e upni) earh table, and two and a bal((ipun eurti »ide ni' tlii'iii; Hhtl thi« ark he placed in lh« iiiott holy '^ pUe*. ^ ■"■. , 6. Kut in the holy olhee he placed a tikblr lij^e thoi>e at Delphi: itrleiiKth Wim two cubitii, and ^ il> lireadth oiifc culiil, niiil il» height three spant. ■.' It hati feut alio, the l.twer pari* of which ¥(mf9/- - eoiuplelt! feet, reacuibliiig those which th( liflirf- -' «h9 put 'to their bediilRad«, hut the; upper pfiia' townrda the talde were wrought .into a iquara < (briu. The table had a hallow towaHl* every jiidt, having a ledge of four ttj^rs dt nth, that .went round about like a iiiiral, both on tnc upper '* and lower pnrt of the bodji^uf the work. Upon 0^ •very one 'of (jie feet waalhere alio -tnaerted ring, not fur front the cov( the table, and the other Into the foot; and by.thene it wu« e^r- rifd whei> they journeyed. Upjin Ihli. table, which .jwas placed on Ihe north aide of the tetn- pie, not far from Ihe niost holy place, were laid twelve luileavened Inavet of bread, ait Uimn eich heap, one ahovt^nnother; they were iiimic of two lentn'deuU of the puieit llour, which tenth deal 'n homer] irn measure of the HrbrewH, contain - il|i;,Hiti thcie wcn-^prJiiMj^ oveJr the teat- J in thlB» «t< rt)l^ on the. day which in by ua called plis|i|nd,4rov'i!red all the top, and pairtt of Ihe ' Ihe Snbbathj for we .call the aevcnth day the oiw.eu m the fidea und':behiiid an fur a* withiW lit of thegrouiid. 'Itur/' were b^hrtr cur' ■it' on ,Cubit taint of thh. name breadth- with th^ie^.butpne mere ih number, and longer, hi tfi«'ji were tntity ctibitaji'UK.btit' Iheae were iwoveo of hiiir, witli> ifie lige **A>il> ly a» thoae o£ wov) ,werc ii^juie, and wer* onttttiii-d l*>o. i i| carer united to it, bv goldeo wondf iTuI niaiiner; wfiicWover: •vibly iit^ed to it , and had no^mii Siibbfith: fijit for the' occasion of thia invention ot' idacing. loavea ht^re, we will apeak of it in |i)ioU«i'l' place. '' ■ ■ 7; Over againM.th'ia table, near the aouthem wiillj|5Wa^( a cundleatii'k of raat got:); hollow ViWMQi)'^"nfifi''l>^ weiglitofonehun'dredpoundit lira c»ll cinchnrea; if it betumed - ' uagct it drnole* a tulinli It knojw, and litiea, and ponia- (i|wieh ornan'ientii iimuunt- by whi^h. III- 4na the ahaA , .-, - igh from 1^^ aingle hHte. and whM.it, apread ItaclfJnto a iiic^u.i|ni; the 'itaiKii\of tbo hniinrtniirr« .:**^' ;<<- onini.od that waa iiatumll^yitrang^jiiid cgiiKt not> waa the altar of incense, iMMlh^of wooil, in||eeiF, c»P^dt'>rq|g|g^ot();4o|in but of the aatue wood offPrfi'h .the f| with 10 7,, '•^ bttt of the aatue wood ofjf'ini'h .the i^e««efa we're made, aiiiK a* was rtiption: it waa i ntirely jplNUli golden' plate. Its h'taflnTlon eaci fcubit, but the altitude ilouhle, 'iipoii .. ' gia^B uf gold, that ^waa e xta n t abo v e th e .which had a golden^rown encomp^npng it rOuii^ about, whereto beWigcd rlngr and bara,: b^^ WhicbtbtfprietU' carried, if when tbcy joamayw C'^^ft 4-; .- I TO ANTIQI'ITIF^ (>K, tllK JKW8, w •<1 Dafor* Inn Ubarnaelo then wa* rrtrnl ■ bnui«i> «H«r, Uul il wm williiii iii«il« of npiiil, ftv* cul.iti hy ui«*iura on etch (ills, liut Ita hclchl wui but three, Iri lllio nmniicr Hiliirnid Willi briiM plaUt ti IjciKht iii (old. It liul *Im> • bnitn himrlli of nclwork, fur tlifi KniuiiU iiii- derncHth rroived lliu liio fruiii the licHitli, li«- cuiM il had iiu l>Hina, uiid the viaU, mid tlia I'en- larK. and liie culdroiu, iimda of )( called 'Machanew,' which ■neana ■ aoniewhat that ia faal tied.' It.Uii gir- dle, cunipoied of^finii twined linen, and 1* put ■bout the privy parti, the feet being to be iii- Mrted into theiii, in the nature of breerhea; but •bout huU of it ia rut off, and it eiidi at the tbigha, and il there tied faat. 2. Over thia he wore, a lilien veitmenl, made of fine llax doubled: it ii rullud ■ Chetliune,' and' denotet 'linen,' fur we call linen by' the n»iiie uf •Chelhone.' 'I'hii veitmenl reaches down to the feet, aiid fit! clole to the body i and hiia aleevi* that are tiedVMt (o the arini: it ia girded to the breait • little above the elbuwa, by u girdle orteu going round, four hiifrcn broad, bnt fo looaely ilAven, that you would Ihlnk it wei-e the ikin of a lerpent. It ii embroidered witb llowtra uf icarlet, and purple, and blue, and fine twined Knen; but the warp wa» iiothing but fine -lim:n. l^he beginning of ill circuiuvulution ia at the brcaat-. and when it hua k""^ otien round, il in there tieil, and hanga looaely there down to the anklea: I mean this, all the lime the prieit ia not about any laborioua aervice, for in tjiia poailion ' it appcan in the inoit agreeable qianner to the ' apectatora; but when he la obliged to uuiat at toe oft:riog aacrificei), and to do the apiioJHted fcrvice, that he may Dot be hindered in his ujie- ntioni by ita motion, he throws it to the left, und bears it on his shoulder. Muses indeed callt Ihia 'belt •Aiianeth;' but we have learned from the Babylonians to call it Gniin, for so il is by them called. "This vestment haj n6 Inoao or holluw parts any where in it, but only a narrow aperture ■bout the neck ; and it ia tied with certaiu strings banging down from the edge over the brrnst and back, nnd is fastened above each shoulder; it is called Massabatanes. ' ' 3. Upon his head ho wears a cap, not brought tp a coiiic form, or rneircliiig the whole head, but •tHI covering more thau the half of it, which is * Tlie nse of these (oMnn hells at the bottom <>f (l>e lil(h priest's tonf (arihcnt, aceuis to have been this, that hy shaking his garment nt the lime of his otTeritig rMlei^MnNiiiriiiphlhea: and Its make is such thai il sieins Id be a iroWn, bring made of thick iiiatlita, but ihc riintrituni ia of linrni and it i» duOMed round many limes, and sewed l^elher batides whii:li, H piece uf fine lliirn cuvtra lli^ whole cap fiuiii the up|iwh to the fureliiad and the seams of Ihe fwathen. whieh wtfuld olh«rwi«e apmiar indcrrntly : thia adheres rluaaly u|ion tlie solid part uf the head, and IS thereto so firmly fised, that it may not fall ofl'iluriiig the sacred aerviie iiboul the aiicriAces !So we have shown you wliatis the habit of the generality oflhe priests. 4. The hi);li priesli iiideeij, is adorned witb tJia ■ante garmcnls that we have deacribed, wilbpnt ■hating one; uidy uver these hir |)uts on a vest- lurnl of a blue culur. This also \* u lung robe, reuchiiig to his I'eil^ in our luiiKii!t <• eUlled Merir, liiiil is tied round with ogirdjeTenibruider' ed with the same colur and Howers as the for- mer, with a mixturi' of gidd iiilerwiiven;— to the bottom of wliii'b Kariiient are bung frjiuu;!, ia color like poniegrniiaies, with guldtn liefl*,"" liy a Iwaulil'ul coiitrivnni:e! so thut.Mtwctn tiS'U belli linnti^ a iiuiurgriinate, mid lietweiii two puuiegiaimtrn u bell. Noiv this vesture was hot cuniposrd of two pieces, nur wa.i it sewcil (oge- ther upon the shoulders and I lie sides, Init it wa» one lung vestment so woven us to have an aper- ture fur the neck; nut iin ubliijuc one. but purljitU nil along the hrrnst and the back. A border also was s^'wed to It, lest the ajx rlure should look- too indecently I it wo* also parted where the hands were to came our. 5. ItesHles theic, the high priest put on a (bird gnrmiiit, which wna ral|ed the Kpttod, whiuh re- sembled Ihc I'lNiiiiis oi' the Ureeks.' Its make WHS after this iiianher: it was woven to ihe ileplh uf a cubit, of several colors, with goM inter- mixed, mid enibroiderid, but il left the middle of the breiist unroNercdti it w.ts made with nleti also; nor did il appeur lii be at all dilli miide from u aliort coat. I!ut in the void prn< e of Ihia (;iirmeul there iva < rt p e riods of hl ia arr eil mlni sl rat iq na ' "*^ prayers jqimljr with tliBliiith priest hini! ilittrla iii> al' lliii fwallio. >r iiiilcrrnlljr : lliin I purl uf llm h«uil, tliiit it iiiity nut IM iliiiul tlif niicriAcci. .Iiltiii lial>it uf lh« ; i» ndomeil witb Ihii y i:rib«il, witbiptM : . IllT |)'utt uii k >;••(■ ! iIm> 14 u lima; nihr, i uilK>l!, l)ut it «V*» II to hove an aper- i|uc one, liut partiitU »ck. A bi>rHrriil>o !ure thoubi louk- too ed wbtirc thv hand* |>ricit put on a (b^rd i«i Kpttud, wbiub re- Urecks.' it* iii»ke woven: to lh« nmdi' M'itb liMy be ul all tlilli r^ t in ibe ioiil terlul piccr ol' tbc r;rvto >utti)i»i, h;ivinKyG#eh eitof guUI, tlut they On tlie»«\^er"i ,«ii- ]n» uf Jaeub in uVr^ r own tonguv, nix iM eitbcc/sidvi aniMb* tlie /right iihou|iief.' enr U|)<;>n the br^^it- vncan niul bcaiiiy ; not to be piin'bnM(|i ueiise raluv. 'I'hAf'i liree rotn, bv fpinjAlB lo the b[eu4j)b>t«1t- ouehi'S ot\j;«ld, tij I the bread pli>te,il lit not iall ottti ^iSw .nyx, a topaz, and au riest hJDifirir lo llie Al- ill. :i. 4. Nor prolialjy wlKi' undrratitad, wfibn I pri"!!, E'<'lui.'xlv. B. fith pnmfmniiaU'*, aiMl pnxt If ■r 4. :\ •itMrald, Tha areond row rontaimil a r.arbirn, rl*, tJaaiNir, and a sapphire. Jkt\ Ant uf the third row waa a llgure, then aiWaiui Ihynr, and :h« third an arale, being itlie ninth t>f (he whole ifuniber.' ThaAnlofthr fourth ruWwaa a/hrjr- •olilf, Iha neil wa* an onti, vnd then a frryl, which wat the latl of all. Now the nVnuW^f all ihoM ifina of Jariih were ougminli bi' Ihme Lionel, whom WerMeeni the headtof otir tribri, earh aton* having the hnnnr of a naii\rt In the order acconling to which they «v*re born. And Whf re«« llie riiim were louwenk irf.lh^niielvei to bear the weight of the tlunea, lliev' ni^de two other rinra of a larger «i«e, at llie edge uf that part of the breaatplale, tvhirli rrac.hedUo the neck, and Jnjitrled ilitu the very leiilure jif the trcaatplat^io receive chnlna lin< ly wrought, which cnnHfcti;d llieni with golden bHiida ti;i the lopa uf the iihuuldert, ifKuae KXtriinity turned backwarda. and went into the ring, onlliepiynii- Bent bwk imrt of (be ephod; ami thit wa* fnt- the aecuritv of the l>ria>lplu|e, that it mlghtvnol Atljoutofili place. 'I here waa tlto a girflle aewed to the Ureaitplate, whi<'liwai of the f;>re.- mf.ntioned color«, ivith gohl inlrriiiixnl, nliicli when it bad gone once round, wan tuil ai;aiu' urion the leiiMi, and liua|f dim ii. 'I'hi^re «Ve^> al|io golden luopa that amiiilteil it* fringe* at each etfrrinily of the gir^, and iucludcu Ihejii entirely. , / , 6. 'llie high nricat/a mitre wa* the aaiiie that we deaCrlbed heruri>,^-niid wan wroiishi like lliiit ofaU the other prifttit; abiiva Wliich there wan ynunier, viUli nHntfiea of blue rlidiruidired,.iin>l round it waa a gi/ilen crown politlMil, of three .rowf/oneaRor^ another; out of which hroic a run bfgotd, which reaenibbd the herb which we rjlll 'aacchiuKia,' but thi;»e (ireekn that nrn skib Ifol in botaiiy call il 'b^oacyauiua.' Now leat any one that/naa teen tliia herb, but huauot been taught/ta niinii-, and i« unnci|unint<'d with it* na- tui^/or -having known il« nuiiie, know* not the he(t> Wheji he«ee« il, | aball give aiiob a deacrip- pf it. 'Iliiii herb ia iifti'iitinK'< in tullneaa live three ii|iaD>,^ but il» ropt ia likethatofe turnip, (for 111' Ihiit sbdulil roinpiire'it thereto would nut be iniilaken,) but ita liive* arc jikt In the learea of mini. Out of ita branchea it aeniU out a calyi, cleaviiig lo the branch, arid a oout CDCompaaaca it, whii-'fi it liiiturally iniU oif when it ia changing, in order lo iiruducc ila friiit. '^)a calyx il of the bignria of the bune of tlie liwk finder, but in the roinpau of iia aporliire, ia lilib a cup. Thia.l wiH rurtht>r describe for the itav of thoae that are unacquaiiiletl with it. Sup|)oiie a apherc be ilivide'd into tlvu parta, round at the bottom, but haying another aegnient that gniwa up to a ciicunif^rence frum that botloni; aup- poae it become niirrowcr by degrees, ^pd that . |he oavitjr of that pArt grow lUcentty aiiinlbsr, and'then gradually ^row wider again at the brim,' ; «uch as we i»e in the nAvel of a pil|Le>Hnate, with its potchea. And indeed aud|^9AMriyt^-> over thia plant a» fendera it a liQ^HHl and^^' that, aa one liiay aav, turned accuroBHRj^itlie, •od having ili notcbiej extant alwve iViVliich, aa , I aaid, l^yHie-u noniesrainite, on^fhat Ibev / are ihai1fr7T<|fend iA nothing but prickJca.-Now the fruit ia preserved by, (Ida coat of the ruly», which frnit IS like the aeid of llie herb 'wderiti»:* it aenda out iifloWer that limy seenk;to r'v»embk ■ m ■.'■■M\ ' 1 BOOK III.-CIIAP. VII. 71 that of ibepopny. Of (his waa n crown mtde, en^to r< ernftii brKlan B^reiMot nlioni. Hint, oa he went iae made, ihut^ miglit lie lorial to iiic cbUilrcB of V: * The reader on j:i prieat waa itiell'preae^vcjMot nfily till the Amn^ Jofiepliiia, hut orcirl|ien;'and.thal ija inacrin- llon, Hollileu lo ilic l.ord,wiisiii tlt« Haiilnritnn rha- ratierC BeeXiillq.l>; yiii.Vli.-iii.aet'i.u. Rtaayonilie IHil vmt. p. 1 j^Kiind Kclailil, He t<[m\. TenipH, p.-ltia, t When Joaeptiw. l>otli here anil clap. vi. i*ru4,' lappoaea the tal>crincle (o havf^li^i pnricd into three facta, he seema)oj|^(i thVhare eiilraiicc lo lie a third Iall tahernarle,aiiil llavcsaela, IiIeIi priest, l8>tnkefi niit of I'lul I'liiloanpliiral notions. Tliia nrihi il,rui.-ji-i.:.V.^HK"'VJr,'"*"Vl'J""""'^ ?*'""• J Jews greatly verded In heiiilitil 4iTls|on, diMinct l^|he hSIy-and the moat boljrpla- Huy, aa Ptdip had tjm been, ani ■criuicle •I Ol ine poj'py- or (his was n crown made, f.ir aa from (lie hlmlitr purl of the head losHielk of the temples . Iiyt ibis ' rphieba,' (or si> this caly» may bo called, iImI nut cover tha fiirehradt but it waa ciivalied wilb a 'golilen iilale,'* whicb i hail inacribed u|uin il the name of ISnd in sacred characters. Anil such were |he orn.inirula irf the hlvh prirel. 7. Now hert one may womle/ nt (lie ill-will which men bear toua, and which thev priifrsa tw be on account of our drspiain)|; that l)eily svhich ihey pretend lo honor; for if any one do but conaiiler the falirir of the lalierliHi'le, anil lake • view of (he garnienla of the high iiriesi, mid of (hoaevesaela wbich we make use,iir in our sacred mbiii^ration, he njll And (lint our. legialulnr Has n ilitine man, and Ihal we areuiiju^liy riprutich-. ed by others; lor if any one do wilhoiil |irtb juilgmeni look upun these IJiinga, he will llnd they were every onoinatle In way of' imilation and 'rrpresentafion nf l^e nnirerae. VVben MoHia drstinguished llie li|hi rliacle intU; thrie parts.f and idliiwid two, ij' them to tha priesia, as n place nccrasilile nnd ciiliiiiinn, ha deniited the liiiiil iind the «e», lli'e«f being of ge- neral ncceaa to all ; but lie set u|inrl ibe third di- vision for (vhI, becauae heaven if iimccis^iblelp men. And when he tinlered iwelie l(iii\<*lo be act An the table, he denoted the yei(rf,ii« iliiilinj guished into so many months. Uy Urdnrbinguid the laiiillestick inlo'seventy parts! h|*«crelly in- timiited the •decani,' or seventy divisions or tha idiinela; aiid.as to the seven lumps upon the can- dieaticks, they refeired l« the course of ihv pla; r#l», of *»hicli Ihal is (he nuniber.'' The vitils" too. which were composed lof four (bings, they declared the four elemenla; f|>r (lie plain linen was proper lo aignify (he earth, bi cause the llai grows out of the earib. The purple aignitied the siH, III Cn>'«e that coloir is died liy the blood of n aca ahell-fish. The blue ia Af to aignily (he air, and the ccnrlet will nMun^llr bv an iildiu- lion of Are. A'ow the vrstini ntiif the high print being niiide of linen, aignitied the earth: the bin* • denoted the skv, being like lighlnjiitr in its immc- *griiiialrs,nnil in tbc noise of the hilU reseiiibPng thiindrr. And for thi I phod, it showed that f< I had mailc the uuiverae of four [eb'uieiits.Jiliid ii iorthe gold interwoven, I auppfise ft related to the splendor by whlrh, nil thing's are enligh(en- eil. lie also appniiited the breaatplale lo he placed ill theVuildle nf the e|jhod lo resemble the eurthi for that hns the very middle place 'of the world. And the girdle, whlich eiicompa-seJ the high priest round, aigniAed the ocean, for that goes round about and lucluijes the universe. Karb of the aardonyxea declares to us the siih aD() the moon, those. I iiieaii, that wi|re in (lie nature of biittona on the high uriekt's shouldera. And for (be (welve atiinea, whether we underaltind by them thi^iionthS, or whether we iindera'and the like iiumber <>f the signs if( tbal circle which «h« iicii^eks cull tbc lodiac, wo shall not be iiiislakeii res, and this the rather, lieranae In'^hc temple ader- warililiere waaa realdiatinrl iliiril part, which waa railed the 'porrli.'otlirrwIdeJBidil'lUi would rnntra- dirt his ouMuiearrliitioii ol.lheliiliernnrle. whlrli givea u«a iiottiruliir Bcrount 01 no iiiifrc t^^ fl'lil a e i pllt a t i un o flliuiHyst iia l .%0 \ -r^- . , i. ■ - ■ • ■ . ■ !■■■ & 7S AHNivt "WW*" "•" cb« irlrtne alvnr -.x^;« f •/ Whk?) what Wm I>'*<> tloo'nbail broMKliI to ■ I'oncluitoii, Ki(t> not lirliiK )r«l ]?"■ ■rnt«d, <»i»l iipp««V<'Il III M(>««!», «»r enjoincil hkni to iKttow Ui« liy(l> pri»»lli«.jil upon Ar t txilof ln«liiall 11IT1E8 OF THE JEWB, tatirciur on upon •h»r r«»ili»y ob»y«d wh«l Mi)»«i h«il cMt> !?». • i,i«U(l«il.iii.lih« ii«ii»»«.ror thii i.flrr|.fiWM •!• iiiin4r Icilinion; to liiiii in all rri|iJ||4|lnii itioHrvil lliair rt:aJinvta (o n; Now lhi« moiwy that waa br«u«(hl by thaman that war* fr»« i|ual|aiyur au< h aa.wi tt aHota IwcHiv JMiiH^IHHs *"'* **'"*' "** 3. Moaaa uow iiurillnl llie talwrimi 1« anfl Iha pricala; which piii'i^ciilina wai |M'rforui>itl aflar III* following nfcniiiii h« rofiiniaiiJ*'! Hj»m la laka fl»a hiiiiilrril abrlirla iif rhoir* iiiyrrh, an I qual quantity of u'Kuio|[ waighl of ciiiAanion and ralaiiiua, (ihu laal l» aaortorawciit ipiet,) tu beat iheiu amall, a«d wat them wilH a hiu of oil of olirea, (• bia ii our own rounlry iiiraaurr, ami rontaiiia lw» t/ the ^ * aalil to (hem. "Oyou larail- ■tea, thia wayh la alrraily brought to a ciiiiclutiau, in • nHmM-f -tiioilt acceptable tu Ciod, and acior- ding luxou'''*l'*'il'*'*- And BoW, linrp you ice that li^ i« Bi'elfcd into thia tabermilJe, we •hall firtt of 111 (land in llMd of oov that niu;r officiate- for ua, am) may nflniiler ^i the tacri- flcca, and to the priiyern tiMtare to be put up for ua. And indeed latd ltielini|uiry after auch a penoii bf oA left to me, I' ihuulcl have thought Biyailf worthy of that Ii6nbr» bpth bicnuae nil men are niitiirilly fond of iheniielircK, and be- cauav I nui cohariuua tuUi|i]t|cll that I have taken a rroat JMlrl of iiiiiiia for $k>ur lUliViranro: but now (joiUlmiiaell hna drti riitinvd thai Ailron ia worthy of this hofl(>r«uiid ha^cjuMn hiiM for hia pricat, a* knowing him to heTlfc inoat rigli- teoua peraoii anion); you. So that he ia to put on the »eatniei)t« which are coniecratwl to ut up prajkra for you to God, Whq will r»adil^ .leartlicui, not only becauae'ho ia himaelf aoli- citoUi for your nation, but aliobecauie he wil^re- ceive tbrni aa offered by one tliiit l||blJi hiiii«eDrk>1 choaen to thia oflii-e."* The HebreWBKni pl(««fV 1,1 li^ ollered twice a dny, both 1h fore aunriainr ^ ....,i:>i •kinaeiiinir. Thrv Were hIko to keep oil otptaphm'. nlHtKaftr. i:nd his baatbrr'a virtue. He bad at I'ouraouUmndab, Abihu, r.leatnr, an^ 2. Now Moaea CQuiiiinndcd (beiu to tOWo uae ofnU the utenaila which Wire more trTan were iry to tlic Btfucturc of the Jtibrniacle, fur conJMng (he tabernacle itself, the candlealiid;^ and iHlnr of incente, and the other veaaela, that they mlkht not be at all hurt when they joHVney- ed; eilHer by the rain, or by the riaing of the duat. And when he bad gathered the multitude togeth«fJ(H!n»l><'<^o>"«^" 'hut they ahould oiler ktif n mm^tX rol#ii|Viut lie came and aoM^ wilhllHiriimhyirlled hia tabernacle il«* himse. Add In the folloi(iiig manner^ lie to it: (lie ak)(, wot clear, but there t o«|^ the tabernacle only, encompaaa- tnoipriih auch" very d<|^p and thick ' ia aeeil in the winter a*aa(>n, nor yet in a one w men might be able to diacern ng through it, but frotii it there dropped t iwlien he wrote theae Antlqulllea. In the mean ilonhelonned to Cod hluiaelf, which are the very tain« _ne HlanotloliedouliledJiullBthcireduc.-itionlhey qiialillcft(loni) whkh the Cliriatliin religion rcairirealn East have liblh learned mdSo JawMh interpretalioiia, | the choice of Chrlalian blahopa, prieala, and dee^ona, ^haawe meet wiih in the epiatle of llarnaliaa. in Hint I aa the Apoatoiical ConatUutlona Inform ui/b. II. eh. III. lothe llehrewa, and elaiwliete anionR the old Jewa. f Thl'^'lR'H and valua of the Jew lali ahekel. In tM Acrordhifly, when Joaeplma wrote hia bookB of ihe dayaofJoacnluir.equal loalwut Ua. lUd. aterlln«,laliy Jewish war for the use of the Jetya.nt whlfli lime he I tlicleuriied Jews owned lo lie one liftli la reer than were waa fompnriiilvely yount, and lean iiaad lo ficiilile I tlieir old «liek(;la;whltbdriorniiiiationaiireea perfectly books, we fliid onoapeeimeftol aurh a J.'Wiali Intcrpre- ! with Ihe reninhiins ahfkels Ihat^lnve Samaritan In- Ution for there [STv.cli.v.aefl./i,] he makes the ac- i arrlptions, coined penerBlly by Wmon Ihe MsPrahee, Mb, h ven branchra of the tt-inpla candlealirk, with tHrlr aevcn lamps, aneiiiMem of thtfaevendnyaof rrialion and reit, ivhlrh'are here cmblcnu of the aeven planets. Nor certainly ought ancient Jewiali enihlems to he ex- plained any otherwise than accordini to ancient Jew- Talk and not l^Giitlla notlona. See Of llie War, b. 1. cb. milt. Kcl mil l, w n 1 . - . -^ . , , — j- * It la wel I worth our ohaervallon, that the two prlnci- . -■ Vl£^.. >1— ._~BA_..1_A J I_ •Ills lanotlfin tt\w til A fnttmtX. ahom •i'M yeara before Jow-phiia pMhIiahcd hia Anll^ul- lica, whirl! never weigh more than '2*. M. and rommon-, l)rhulVa.4l-4d. 8eelleland, I)e Nummlst'ainarlU- novum, p. li)H. '■ -Ay 1.:tiiiirKuia|; lui, (Ihu laal m hciii tmall. and r oIWm, (• bis ml ronUiiia lw« Urn M| (liriii to- liar^Wiriii afUr.' imke thrill into a lanl III (uka it lu iiiinrlvd, and alt m-rificm. 'Inara ariuui kliidi, of I ha lalM-rnacIa^ ] pr'Wt, and wara ilifeiitc i whoM left it thould bar^jk '< lul ini'rnM-t *"^MB^ ' 4 I Ixforr lunrininr T; nlixi III k'rep oil , llirt'c of which u|Min lh« Mcrcd iMf'ilWvra to bt- ilaci and Aholiab o( ibe wurkuieo; hao what olhcri :rc of Krrat abilU 'y nurt; funiiefly tri wa> judfrd to Ijiiie llic'jr ward of iuvrn nionlh»i id«d the 6nt year (yiit. But at th« II ino month Xan- II it, but on th« all N, on ifatf new jwrnacle, and all K dcirribad. ryileaied w^ lb* not pern iit.jfc air c dimlain flPmake ttie ranie lind xiJM. I hii tabernacle mmT rolloi(inK maiidcr^ clear, but there only, enconipaMf ' ili^p and thick . ' laatim, nor yet in le able to Jiictrn II it there dropped haretha veryaam* religion rcqirtrea in rlritt, and deairana, . form ui, b. 11. eb. tU. nwiili ihakel. In Ui« \' 9. lUd. iterlinclaby iOlilnrnerihanwan lion atreea perltatly lave Kniimrltan In- Mmon (lie Mafcabea, tihliiihciw whi'il \|iMrt had liridiMiail ttnh Uontt- rary im •rnl« nn Ihr tt»rkiiiiii, ii< h tva< At Ihry a^l'xijil rcreiip, ohn hail HfniiiKlit «•> Wfll, he ol- fcfwl aarriflci' in llif oii»n cmirl iif lh» liilHniii> (In, at « Mixia hill u< nlTir a whnlf (|jmt'i(irerii>ir, anil in wlialia«r« Iha law |nrlniliiWM I fiiir,laki' III ihtni H«^f fiiixl. An«t «l'iii ;\I),mV liail •priiifclril Aaran'i »e.ini(nii, himo li', nml b)< Mtn«. wilh the liliimi uf ihf In iitt< iliMt«i'i'r •liiil^.iind hii'l |iiinil(il (hnrt hiiIi "iiriHn WKii'r>^ aiiil oiiitnirnl, liny Iwruiiie liiiil^ |irii'|fi'1htr. 'iV ■anil' (in TTnl III Vin I ilHirnHilr, nml Ihr vcxrl^ li.illi wllh nil lir«| inrenx-d, i tlic liliinil uf liuU', anil •>< ram*, _ li» lUy 9m-, acninlinK l'> it" kiml. Hut on iha elyhlh ilny hi- ii|i|iiiinli'il a iVaat iVir Ihi- peiijilc, and ■■iiiHii'iniiili'il ihriii tii ,tff,r >iirriArv •rriirilini^ to Ihrir aliilily. Airiirfljiiglv, thev 'cMitrnilrii oil' wllb an illier, anil weri' ni/i^iiliiina til rurerilnnrli iitlier hi ihr ixi'titun wliifh Ihi'V Iir0n||bl, al W the »»e.t wn* kindli-il* anil app4iM of liwIiHiinit ^Ibe allnr. 7. llpreu|)on ai drrail an ii liifin ni by him w.ilh Iriii IrmnPiK nf »ual in 'ik BOOK lll-CIIAP. Vtll, 79 hi ir K'4B< ntaV anie nn^il In ' Ihentii hrlonil an I aniil. and i?tI ilnin day by day 1 ,p'i inornUig andaiUiv ■I. 3, iiilona Of Ibe modain of the aavan lamn roaephua, hi •ya-wk* luiiiiii d .Mii«i«'« iiynni tiiin<, iiii'i lay ii|mn Oie ulUW| • «inl«l. ii fire wniinK ihrui •■( oMirhniiril, the HKht- lik^lfcr iri.iii n HaOi itiiiiird nhatxH'Vi'r ivin upon iciiiin lielrll Anriin, riinrra> liv liad fon^Bp. ii» I oiiil hr- lorr, Ihetwi.i'lileriifllii III. VaBiiid ,tl>iliii,iliil iiiit brinK tliii«p i;irrirn'i'« ivUirfflWMi <.I|M||« tlirm brin|{, but »inli nn lluy n«itl to oiKir li>rMie<4y , uml •Mf thia atrnnie i-ipretialiin, tUai Mnura liO li lo Oodlu lie |irm>i')il til liiaiinrtlllpra wlirii lie |ili>iiai'i|. mid when lie plnaai'd lo bu wiMi'nt, ai n ihn nuU' on h, 11. OgalnKl Apiou, aril. III. n tTiuw nii>wili> laiiii'l; I aii.t , Ihi «■' unani'ra were not iiihiIu by tlm Bhiiiaiiuf llii' iiripliiiwmoiii'a, an<>r an awkwii'il innmier, hi ilie liliih iirii-Hi'H lireiial- platr, aa ll'e iniidi'rii rlihlliia vainly anpiMM);: tiir cer- tainly Ihi^ aliininii of Hie atniira m1|til prni'cde i audi- bit- viiifii friini Ilic morryiieat betiveMi llic I'lMiiitiliiu. I»cf ''ridrnniia I'oniiox. Ill llic ynir i;i4. Tiiii urarle luidlircn ailciil, na JnacpliiiH liori' lnfi»Bii« ««, iwii him- dreil yenia liiliirn be htqIc bin AiilT(|)iliicj, or ever alnre ihe ilaya of llie liiKt iiooj tiieh priiMi of ilie fainily of the Mnrcaliet'a, Jiiliii llyrriiiiiia. Now it in liere vi-rv well wurlli vurulNii'rviitioimliiil Ihe orniln la'forciia wiiaib.ii hy will. I, tliMl npiH'ari'dlu Im iiriwiii Willi mid Rivi' dirfPiioiia lu lilH|ieople larnelna their king.all ibi' Wl.ili! Ihi-y aiiliiiiiilfd lu IHiM in luut rupai-ily, uiid did rulwiotorl.'ii-ni aiirli liuli'pi'iidnni ki'iira iiHrnvi'rnid flrrnrdin?Io their nwn wlllannd fiolltii'iil miixinia, In- alead of Divine dirertioim. Arrordinily we meet with Ihia oraejfl (heaidi'a aidnlir and proplietic ndnioiiHiaim) all aimis from (lie ilaya of Itloaea anil Jnalhin, to the nnninihij of l:>aul,llio llrat «f the mirccaaiiHi of lilnmi. Numh. xxvll.'.>l; Jo«h. vl. li.fcr., it*, ju; Judi. 11 «yiii. 4, \ 6, :mi, ;ti; tx. jm, ski, «. 97, ^h; «,i. i,\i j Sam. I. )7, IH; ill. per lot. iv. per fol.; nay, ill) Hmil'd re- Jeeilon of the lilviiie ruininaiida in tira war wilb Ama- lek, w'leu be look upnlin|ly, they diid in Ihia Hianiii-r. And Miiaea bid Iheif f.ilfrr, and their I liretbpi'H, III lake nii liti'irV)is> ir dratb, wblih In Nsi^ I etpeel.'.lly befill lh»»l. lint Mo« hill ihi aerviiY ol lintl. He mill n» IHB ii|i to mnnnt .* eiliiKtniH ra hi brhnviil hiMKelf like one of lb* ermimoti (lem'le. and •*»« ibairoua l'> ttjijimr wilb»^ out iliatini'ni'hiiiK hiiiix If from Ihe niMltitiiile, but wnnlil iia\i' It kiMiMii that he did woibinK elar bnl take rare of Iheni. He nloil, nml tn u« in bay* no i|iiiii ri'la mil' hiiioiik HUolhej'. Ilnni'vii, the lawa lie ontninid n, n' •mh na (iild anKgi'led lo himi an I ahiill now ili«i-ourai' nnicerninK that furui of Kovernmeiil, and llioae lawa. U. I will now treat of what I hi-fore nmittad, the garment of Ihe high pHr«l: forhe |MoMa| left nn room jpr the evil prai liri'4 nf I faUe] pro- pbela; bill iJB>Mle nf that aiirt aboulil atli'ni||l In uliiue the iliviiie uiithorily, be lilt jt li> Iiml in be preaeiit at bia tai-rifiiea wben hr pleaaed, ami whin he plekaed In be abaent.* And he waa will* in; tlvia klioiilil lie known, not lo the llebrewa niily, but to Ihnae lot'ei|;iiera nUo wfio M ere thrrr, lint na to ihoae atone •,! which we Inlil yon Imi- I'lirr, Ilie bigb jirieat bare on bia •lioiililer*, which IV. '•fl: juii. I3,*i.l ««lil.(t. 10; xiT.7,«,.l^'i»«ani.ll. !;». Itt,<.>:i:»t. I, olll. II; iriiran liv. |U. II: Anili|. b.al. i-lnil. aei'L.V Hniil, Inilenl. long after bia rejeetioa by ihkl, mill >\beii Ihnl had;(iven bmi up lo lieairoc- t lluii for hiajllauliedieiire. Hid loire nfternnrd endeavor toi'oiiault lioil, ^vlieii il wiin iiHiluiislnii i;ud would mil tlieii nnawer lilni. iieilhi'r by drrania, nor by rrim, mirby prupliela, t Hairi. i\viil..lt, .Nor did any of Da- vid V«iii:reH«ira, Ihe kliiifa of (>iidab,lllnl we know of, riMiaiiUlloil hy lhb> nrmle. till Ibe very llnhyloniail rntii kiiiga were at an end, Ibay lakiiiK U|Htn Ibeni, I auptmae, hio niurh ofdnapollr. ■■iiwrr niid roynlly, und iiNi lillle ownim: ibc l,'ai'ied, .Seh. vli. 1); I fMi.v. M: I .Marr. Iv: -IIV, xiv. 41. And iiidei'ri il niiiv aeein le buve hci'U realored hir aoiiin tiuie ii!ler Ilie Hi'ibyloniak ranllvity. nl leaat in' the ibiya of thai eirelleul higb Iirieat, Jnlm HyirniiiiK. whiini Si'M-[>'.i\u eaireineil aa a ling, It |>rleat,Hnda|iropl>et; and who. be aaya, foretold aeverni tbiiinaihal mine to pam ari'ordingly; IniI abonl llieii litbiadenlb lie liere Implliii il:nilhia6rarl«, i^iiile ceaaeil, und not liefore. 'nii) following blah priealaiinw pulling dlmlenia on their lieada, and rUllRf nrrordini! to it.cir own will, and hy Iheir own niithnrf ly, like Ihe utherklniia nf ilie rugni roiiiilrieii nlioiit them: aolbal while the Iiml nf lari.et wna aboweil to lie the aupreiiie king of larnel. niid bia ilireriionain ba liieir uiillieiiiir cublen, lied g»ve iheui pnrli diri-i ImiMi aa.liieir Hupri-me king lind gover.tur: niid Diey wart properly under n Iheoerncy, hy Ihi-iiirai'leof I'riin, lait nn longer (aee Hr. Hernnrii'a iioleii here,) though I roll- ferni I riiiinul hut ealevni thfl iiiili prieat, jaditiii-'a i|ivln« dream. Anlii). li. xt.cb. viii.ai ^-t. 4, and the liiib nrieal, Cahiphiia'a miwl reinaikul'le prnpliery, John ti. 4T— AS, aa two amall remaina or aperiuiena nf thIa anrtent orn-^ f i e , wl ii fh pro j ierly lielnnged lu Ibe J i iw ia i i liigl i prtaal n. N'or perhapaiHiiilit weeiiliri'ly to fnrgrt that eniinem Kropheiir drenin of our Jnae|ihua bimaelf (one neil to a ign pfleai,aa of Ibe family ofiiieAaamonean^or Ma«- cabaca,) aa to the anccaaikin of Vcapaalnii n ti TItw M i'l u iHTiyllTIKM «ir THE jkwh. cpUtiun of Kvili, *ai) ■• antisrliiiiiini^ • ho|M'- 'OfMci uf iMtlcr linifi h«r»iifta« Tlii* ItM t|il)*ar«il ■ wriatli^liil lliing in aurb .it )■•«* nol M i*r iiiiliiti|i'il lli/»iii>rl«** in nliMntn- tA\f, ■• li> iImjiiw • iU'IIH' ^•»rUl»on." Vfl wHI rtwnlton wtaal il tllll iror^ KMiu|«r6il Ihin Ibit) Ibr tiwrjIfUrtil li»l«r»hiiiil, by (h liiti hi< liri-«iliil >■' • whrn lhi'» ili.mlil tm »irl/irniu. Iii b»Uli-( rnr «> afr»l It •|i|»ltilcif •hun» Ijiritl Irom limn biliir* W iiMiijf tM-fnn tu marcji, llml jII ttw |I««|iIb atvra ariidbl* of Odd't luiliK |in*riil f.ir thiif •MiilNiii^r. tV bcnf • it liiHi' M (MM Oml lli.iir Unickt whu liiii( Ik onc^dMii (>r our lam. I><" rnuM lh«y I'uulil nol fkitMblv rmiirNilu't IbU, r.«Ul: iNoW Ihu brMmiiUtr, iinil IliU •fnUmyx. Itit uir ^nliiuinK Iwii humlml yv»n bcHlr" I imiiiimimiiJ ibii ImjuIi, Uuil h»«inK ''ran Krri>ioii d( hia Uwa. Of wht.fi lhin)c» Hi abitll CurtbiT iliacoara«> iiii a lilli r u|4|>url4iiiitv ( bill I will nuiv fu on wilb iiiv |iriipo*fil nnrnlioii. 10. 'I'b«" IuIm rniiclaj hfiMK iiow iNin^trali ;«li and a rrijiilitr orilrr btlinK arllloil I'lir ihr priral*! tb« multiiuib' jiiiI|(l t**" huudrrd ahrki la, but lb* bowl roal no iiiorx Ihau •rvt-nty nhikLla; and thcae Wore full uf line nuurifilngli'd with oil, aiich aa thev uM'.d on lb>* altar abnnt Ibi; ancrifici*. Tbej. bruuKhl nian a yuunr buMnck, and ii ram, with ■ lanib of K year old, fur n whole burnt/ olforinf^, aa alau a |;nat fur Hie for^ivcnr^a of ■ tint. K»ery una of ihc bisnda of llio trififa brought alau olhrr tacrificrt, cnllid ' |i<'acc-oA*r- inn, for errry diiy two bulla, nnd live mnia, with lamb* of a VeAr old, and kiilii of tb« (;oula. Thaae head) of Iribet Mere tHclvii diiti iii »a- eriicing, one aacrificinK »**ry ilaj. Kow Mo- aca went no lunger 4(i to Mount Sinni, but went into th« taberimclf, and Irarncil of ffod wliiil the? were lu du, iiuil what lawa ibuiilil ba ninde; which lawa nrre preferable lu wlint ha»« been devitcd by huiiian uadiralnniliii);, and proved to be firmly obacrvijd for all liiiie to coihe, aa bciriK the Roman rtnillrc, and that In Ihn dnya of Nero, and before elllii-r ('alba, Otho. or VMi'lMua, wrro lliouuhl oftoaucrecdtilni. Of iha War, l>. hi. rh. vill. aecl.T. Thla, I tliinii, niaywnll he liiokpil on aallie verjrlaai Intlanre of any ihinf like Ihe pro)>lieilr Trtm among the Jewiali nallon, and Jnal prweilcU tluir lUtal dcaola- lion. Rut taiiw U roiilil (luMllily cpiiii'. to paw, thai •urhfieHlnienaaSIr John ManaluiiUJiiiil |lr. Hpenaer aliould imagine llini tlilaurnilror Orlin nnd Tliuuimini, with other nraclicea ua ulilnr older tlinn llie lawaof Mo4ea, ahould have lieen ordained In liniiniion of aome- whatllkeUem anionn the Ejypilann. wiiich we never hitarorillllho dnyaof Dlodotua Hiculus, £llaii, and Maimonldea, or Utile earlier tlian the Chrlailan era at ; Iha liU li Bil. ■ almuat mianomitali lc ; w h i l e th e mal fr balraved l« b* iha (tifl ufli.xi.inauiilWh tliat Ika lltlii'owa dlit ml lr«iiB||«"« an> uf thoia lawf, •lUMr aa' KiMjilvd in DmiooI |H-* hy iMtury or IB liiiiea of'war by iliilriMor aiuir*. |l«» I ■ay mi ninre h«rv ■ 'in<'ernin< tbani, barauaa i b««a raaAUrd to • uui)iuka aiH.inar wuf k ewtcar** laf our law<. CHAP. IX. y Th* A»lurt if our i^f'trlHt Satr{fiM*. i I, I WIl.fcKow, hnw«ii»r, iiMka nienllow nf • f>w of our lawa whi>b baloiic lu ti«rilirBlio|ia, awl iht like aiirrid oAicra, ilui-e i am acriilenlul- l» c«»u»' In Ibla, wnlUr ol am'iHlfra. I h»a» ta« ri' llfn wiri- of iwii aorta; of llieae aurla oh* waa olTeri d for pruule |i«ra. »ud the other f<»f lb« - peoidii irt Renerali and ili«y ara dun* In iwu dif- ferent ww«t. In ilia nnr I ii« .what i< alain la buriil. a* a wliule biirnl-ollerinK. whrnre ibj^name la k|«> n In il i but Ibtt dibrr i< ii llieflk-ul|VTin(, ami la deHiKMid lut f*a«linK lliou' lliiil «acrilh». i Wilt a|ihII, and l.iy lliem iiiKin llie allar, while the pii'cea uf wiuiil are pilud uiw upun Hiiollitr, and Iha 6N) i< burning: Ihey netl ilaanae Iha feat »l lh« anirilii ra, nnd iha iii»n«la. Ill an ai'curala innnner-, and "o lay Ihriu lu the real lo b* purred by Ihe firr, while'lll" prieala rei'tive Ihi) hldaa 'I lii« ia Ihe wuy of odi'rtng a burnl-a(rerini{- i. Uut ih.iM' Ibul idler ihiink-olTcirinira, du in- ilri'd aHirifiie Ihe aaiiie rrealurea, but auch a*. lire unbl<:iiiiahril,nnd above a year old • howe**') Ihey may lake either malea or feinalo. They alau aprlukk Ihe nllurwith ihiir htiiod; but the^ lay u|ion Ibe ahur tho kidneva and the caul, anil all the I'nl, ami Ihi- lobe of Ihe liier. loK'«l"'' , wilii the rump of the laiiib; then RivaiK tba brraal and Ihe ri({lit »houblir In the nrieal«, tha olTcrera .IVatt ufion Ihe r< iiniiiider of the 0eth for Iwn il iih; and tvh»( relniiina they bnrn. :1. Thi' •mrilWn for abia nre oOtrfd in tba aaiiie Hianiier aa i« the tlinn1k-offi:rin|r, Hut thoaa who am unable lo purcbaae rniiiplele MCriAcci. nllVr two piKeoiia, or lurtle-dovi-a; Ike one of which ia made a burnt-offeriiiK; In CJod, Ihe other they give n« IViud for the priiala. Hut we thall treat more iicruralely about the oblalion of Ihoaa rrealUrea in our liiai'ourtii ronnrnliig lacrilicca. lint if a pinion fall into ain hy ignoranre, he. olTera a ewe luiiib, or female kid of Ihe pmU, of lh« kaiiin ngn ; and Ihe prii ala aprinkle Ihe blood at the altar, not after ihe forimr manner, but at the cornera of iti They alao brin| Ihe kidueya and Ihe rut of the fat, toKelher with the lobe of Ihe liver, »o Ihe altar, while Ibe prietia bear away the hidea, nnd tha fleali, and tp< Ml II in the holy place on the >ame day;* for ik» law duet not Ihe like or urenleraniliiiilly of aiirh enatomi In K«ypl 0' olhrr nnllona.whirli indeed la|rneril^UOnealall,llla nioul ulMiiril lo ilerivn any of Moava'a InPI f'e* 'he Iml Utioii of Ihoae heathen prariiren. Awk hypotbeiaa denionalraic lu iia, how far Inrlinalion caafreVail over cvMeiire, In even aorae of Ihe niual llUBad part of nianklnil. ■ .- ,. • What HehiiMUfell oliwi-vea here, out of JoaenliDi, aa compared wilh ibe law of Mo««, l.ev. vli. I J, (that th# ealln^nfthe aarriflcetheaiimedny itwnao'rered.aeemi to mean only heftore ihe mornlnf of Uip neil. nllho'ili* lallar pari, I. «. Ihe niKhl, lie inalilDn^aa part of the nei| day, acrordlnir 10 the Jewiali rerkoninn) iatmally lob* ohaerved uponMlieroceaeionaatao. The JewUnathB U l a u th r a iiea , It aa e a w , la Iht a, lli ,n t Ihe daytnw la- fnra 4' buaineaa ofthe law of Moae* waa evidently lo preaerve tlia Nraelitrafroinilie idolalrooaand enperttltlouaprac. urea of the nii(li|iorin« Paean nalioiiit. and while It wao uiideninh'e, that the evMenre for the ureal ami- ^Uy«l?MOBtfa law la iDComparai'lji beyood tbulfor the nlghi; and Ihta appearato me lobe the ta»ua|a hotb of Ihe Old and N«w Tealamenl. I«ee alio Ibe note oa Antk|.b.iT. cbap.l«.^MCt. 4. aDdRa.ui(l ! It iliiin It l>uriil. >iik-unMin(,a«l lull >acrtlh'ri I fipoaa • |>rtta*« ml •In) (.iltttr a lit, anil III* IWO ' liulU h)- i* pir- rraUr *lfr; but ! iimIi'i. WbtD inlil« Iha bli^ ha)' cUnnM (ba 1^, ahil nail Ihrii) > allHi', wbil« th« pun niiulhtr, aiul ikanaa lha l«al a. Ill an ai'curala ' 'I'll III b* pnrrfil ciivr ibo hiua* ' ■nt-olTrrinK' -atfrlriii|r», ilu in- ri^t, but tuch a*. ur oMi hvi«**ar, friiiab ». Th'jr ' hbiod ; but Ihv^ ml ihe ennt. and ! liinf, luKilh«'r Ihrn KrviiiK Iba ' > Ihr nrinil". lha Icr or Ilia Hi'itl Ihcv bnrn. t< odtrfil in tba rinK Hul ihoM iipliile •acridcci. ivrit; Ikr onn ol II Uoil, Ihe olhrr li. Kul wr ihall (iblaliun of ihiiM irnliig iBcrificci. iy ii^noranrr, he . of Ihi" (fiial», of inkle Ihe blood at nniirr, but at tha Ihr kidueya and vilh Ihe lobe uf prirtU bearawajr . ntl i( in Ihe ho\y he law duet not ■nalomt In Rcvpl or ■liUoneaialMlla ildKfrortitlielml' (•ark hjrpolbcaaf III raa Retail over iU leuB«d part of out of Jonepliiia, a^ V. vli. 13, (tliai ih« twiiao a raai, Iba law •iiJolninK bun lo In iIm| Ip* llaall of which ilia prieal* ral aa briiire, In lha (mIjt plai'e, un Ika Mma da) Aiirl if Ihe ruler* ullar WMirltci* for their tin*, Ihe) brinK the MBia ittil.iliiiui^ Ihal |ilri«al* liiendoi »«l]f Iney lu far difir, Ihal llirjr are In bring (or ■■> rikaa a bull or a kid uf Ihe noaU, Uilh main. 4. iVnw lha law reipiiret, ImiUi In prirala and Cublii' 4a, llial lh« liaral ikiur ba alau ruNghli for a lalub ihr iiii'N>ur* uf una linlh ■leal, fur a raiu Iwn, ami lor a liull three. I hia llier ruiirerrair u|hiii the allar, wh>'n il la iiiiu- Kleil wUh uih licir iWl it alau liruiinht by lliuav Ihal aar^rlltie, for w liiill the hall uf a bin, and fur a ram the third imiI of iheaaiiie nieiunrr, and one ipiilrlir ttf It l.ir n lauib, ' Thia km la mA aurirnl llrliri'W UK laiiri't mid I' ri|Hl>Nli nl tu two Alhe- iiIbh i'lii4i«, liKiiiiteul lha Irm* pie Ihirein In lie built, hw.I keep a fk.tllval titf et(bl data, and iiMi r burit|-oiri'rii.;(a, and iiir«i< Aril IhankoAerinKa, Ihal Mr ahuubl i nrry In ovr banda a braitrh i*t Hiyrlle iiihI wiIIiw, and a Iwufh of Ihi' iHtlinlrir, with the mlrliiion ol lha |Miiiiei'ilron, Thai the biirnl-»#rrin)(on llie llral of ibuae diMr* waa In In a •arritlii' ol thiiiicn IniOa, and fiiarlren luMilia, and tMi'rii iai(i«, tiitit Ihe addiliun uf akiii ul |hi Koala, aa an rl|i|alloa fiif aiiia, and un thi lolloniiiK data IIm -nnie nuinbrr uf laniba, anal ol rain», willi Ibe kida uf the Rtml*; but alnttAnic one wt thr hatW rtrrjr day, till iKiy aniouMtd to leim unly, On the «i||htli day all work waa Inid aaidr, aiid lh,n, »• we aiiid hi'liirr, lli Ha Aral truila, while the i a rmu, ami •• vrn liilltl'a, with, n kid ol |lir t;oal< prii-alo iHle the ri', or lor other i,i'iiui|nn<. in whiili meal ollirlnka are I'ltnallMii'd Iniceih) r Willi llie aiiiniida ihul an- aa- crifii'i'd, uf ivbirU :t i< nut lawful In leave any part till llie next iluy, only ihe pntata are lu lake their uwii aliari'. <;iUi'. X. • Vtmetmlng Ihe >'i'.tfirnff ; andhouitnrh fht'j nf riii'A f'ttliral i» lo ht nhitrrrJ. { I. TlIK liiw n'i|iiinia, ibiit out of Ibe publii; ei|ieiiaea, a Innib ol Ihe liral year he kdled < vrry liny, ul thi' li«'.;iiininK iiiid at the indinK uf llie day: Iml^n tin- aeteiiih day, whirh i In Arlea,(|ur on ibia ifiontb it wnailiat tt'i^ wire ill Itvi red , froMi ImiHiImui' unilrr the K|^tpliana>) tile law (IT1t!Trfri 1 1 , IMiil we rhuuld every yeiir aluy that aai rlliri' uhitli I befun' lold you we >lrw when we rano out of Kjrypl, and whirh wiia rMJIid Ibe I't'iuver: and an we do relebrale Ihia paaaurer in i oiii|>nnie*, linvinK nulhinir uf tiluil wi aarrilire till the diiy fiilluw- ing. The feilat if unleatriiid hri ad >iiri eeila Ibul of llie paanuMi-, and lii|l< iiii tin lifliiHtll day nf Ibe inonili, »)m\ iiiiiIimik i aeven ilnt*, wherein Ibit Itnl on unbxiined broid; on every one uf wliii'li dn)* two bulla ure. kdlei', and uiift nun, iiiiil aeten lainba. h>'•' ""' "" lb*' aei'ond iliiv of iinliMiveiieii form the daily iHi-rilii ra, and aluy tun bulla, with | liri'iid, wtiirb i< tlir >lxlii iilli iiiiy nl' Ihe ninnlh, aerrn lamba uf iIh' Aral tmr, and a kid of the , I'liy liral p.irliiki of Ihe Iriiila o! Ilii i uMh, for Siala i|biu, loir the enpiution of aiiia; Ihut ia. if j b< lore llilit iliiy thi y i\'> not toanh tin m. ,\ni| ey bayi' linned ihrnUKh iKnuniiire. . it bile tliiy HupiHiae il pnip'r to lionor Oiid, it. Hut un Ihe aitinlli nionfh, tthii'b the Ma- > from wbuin tli>) oliluin a pliiilif"! pMiiaion, in rwloniuha i;ull lit |BrlieFi'|u!iia, they niaki an ml- I Ihe Jir«t plini ihiy olli r llie lir'-l-liuila of their diliun to Ibuae iilri'udy nit ntionid, niid aarrifii'e ' barley', mid Ihiil in the niDiilier I'nllnttlhi;; ihejl a bull, a ram, and aeven lauilia, uiid a kid ut' the ' ' ■ i' ■ ■ -■ , . , .. i^nla, for aim. 3. Un the lenlh day uf Ihe aunic lunnr niunib, ihey fiial idl the eteniiiK; 'md Ihia iliiy lliey an- .rrilicu II bull, and two rami, and aevrn lamba, ■lid a kill of the Kiiala, for aim. And besides allele, Ihey brin;; two kida uf Ibe Kiiitta; the one of Which ia atnl alive out of the liniilt uf the viaiiip into the wilderneaa. lor the ai'a|ir-eoiil, and to be nn expinliuli (jr tba tlnt^f the wuule mill- titude; but tlui other ia brouKbt into a pbire u/ (real cleaiimaa tyilliln the liniilt uf the i:uinp, 'tnd it Iheni burnt, with ita tkin, vrilftiiul iiiiv *orl 4of cleantiMK. With thia root wai burnt a bull, not 'ihruiinht liv the^M'n|ili', bu| by the liiill )irie>l,ul hit tilvn clwrgta: whirh, wliair it W«" aliiin, he brought of Ibe bloml into the holy plucc, liiKe- Iher with llu- bloud of the kid of ilie k<">Ii, and iptinkli d tlir ceiling witli hia fiiif^rr arven fiiiiea, at alan ita |>«veiiient, and n|(.un aa oil rn loit arda -the moat holy |,lare, and nbuut the golden altar: "linhi Hit ilto, at Ittm iiruiKt It into Ihr o|ifii Court, m tprinklet it abuurtlie f^real ajtar. B (inil, the rccorery from that diiteiiip^r, niid had Kniiicil a hcalthlal coniplrxioii again, i cannot liut uniilc at thoie who lay,' thitt Mo>«t waii liiintHf afflicted with Irpro- vy whrn he fled liiit of K|;ypt, and thht he be- ramv the Conductor of tho«> who on that aixoiint Ipft that country, anil lt aUo,'uiv.fciin)(lcd withml, anil ^ gently linJsed by thelii'e: th<^ V» one 'ienlh (leal'of lli>ur^; he bj;pught tlMt;half ifijt to the Are in th<> murniiiK,' and tlie other fmlf dt hight. The account, of these •suctitices ( shall j;ive more Bcciirnttly lurcijfter; butvl think i have preigised what fortlVc present inoy b< 6c\fal concerning them. . nf- 1 wealth ; unit Imve had the privilege of enterin|^ into holV places and temples; iiot, thht nothing^ liinderiiU but if either Moses iritiis<'lf, or the inullitiiile tliHt was' with him, had been liable to such n misfortune, in the color of his skin, he iniglft have inli girl, the law is, that she cannM be who had I ndmitti'il before tv^cc that number uf duvs bey over. And when, (titer the befurf-nteni>oiied time , '"sacrifices. ' CHAl'. XI, Itfihe Purifications. } I. l^losKs tooli •out the tribe of Levi from communicatin^wilh the rejit of the people, and set them apart to be a holy tribes aivd piirified them by water, taken from perpetual springs, and with such sacrifices as were usually offered to God on the like ocrasiom. lie dehiered to them also tlie taliernailc, and the ijarred vessel,", and the otiter curtains Which were luaifc for covering the tabernacle, that tbev iiiig^ minis tef uncHT the coiuluciFof the pr^eats been already consecrat^-d to (!oi1. 2. 11% also deteriiiined concerning animals : appointed for Ihi'in, they perform thi'ii'' which of them might be used for foodi and which the priests distribute them, oefqre tJod. Ihey were obliged to abstain from; which mat- ' " ""' "•-— ■' ■ '-■---■r iterstwhen this work shall givcineoccaM^n, shall •■f: B. liflt if anyone suspect iliat his tvife lias been guilty of adultrry, he. was to bring a tenth deal /be further eiplaiucd; and the ciiu.->s shall be | of barler-llonr; they then fast one handful to ':«dded, by which lie \ya» moved to t^lot some of .j (ioil, anil gave thi rcst.of it to the priests for them to be our'. food, and eiijoihril us trt ali^tain food. One of lli* priests set the woman at the from others. ' However, he "entirely firba<.le iVs { gates Iliat are turned towards the temple, and took 'the use of blood for food, nnd esteeiiiid it to con- the vail frtini her head, nnd wrote the name of tain the sou) and spirit. He- also foHiinle iis Id (ioil on narcliinen4; and enjoined he? to swear. eat ttie flesh' of an animal tlint (lied of ilself. as tliat she liiid not itt all injured her husband; and also the cafll, alld tlie fat of goats, .and slieep, i tmvi.sh, that>if she hjid violated her chastitv, her 'and bulls. - ' Iriglit Ihij^h mightUie put nut of joint; that hec X He also oi^ered that those whose bodies J brllv might swell, and that she nijghtdie tbus: , ' were afflicted with leprosy, and that had a go- but'thnt if her husband, by. the violence orltis ^ norrh'oea, should not come- into iIh; city:'! nn.v, I ailt«tion,nnd of the jealousy Whii^ arose from it, 'he removed the women, when tliey hail tlie'ir ! had been rajhty moved iQtlVis suspicion, that she ' notural -purgations, till, the Seventl'i day; Bl'ur '^night bear a male child on the. tenth month.— ', whichhe looked on them M pure, and pevinitted -I jS'ow when these oaths were over, the priest .' them to coihe in again. /I'lie law iierniits those,! WipVd thenanieof(io-<^"{ aVid ha(i>-sll|trn falsely )^efoi$ God, she diej] . s I who have' had the gonorrhir i But K( that slicds his seed in''his sleep, it Iu goes down into cold .water, he has the S4m< privih,^* Wilh Ihosi ibat have lanfull) acioinjanied witli t^eir Wivts. • > '' ''* We may here nnie, Hiat Josepliiii frciiaonllv nils the ramp tlie city, anil l>ie runrt ol the Mas iir tnl)enii tic i teinvle, and Uc talieriiaik itself a holy Tioust, repro^nful inanii >on thataccniint I into the land - ir, Moin would « ow|i skin, he thrill for their laid no ninnner ^ inf^lv ititiiptniii 'jiid'ire only ifiat u(, But Moiei niprr, and lived r of it also, and onrented others lid this lor the ; cue matters, let . - ivhat manner h« vy have borne a ' ■ lie into flu- tcin- H'fore fwrty days boy; but if she , nt she rannftt be liber of duvs be",. '-ni«ni>oned time , .'■ ilhi'ii' sacrifices, e f lOd. hisivifehaii been ' ■ ing II tenth deal . one handful to " ' -^ ' the priests for e woman at the ■ , temple, and took . , ■olc the name of ■d he? to swear. ; . nr huoliand; and he r chahtity, her f joint; that hec nij^rhtdie tbus: c violence ofma i<^ aro«p fromit, . spirioii, that she 1 tenth month.— -.l' . over, the priest r'.' -. pnrchment.and;; e also took some • • happened to be hevial.and Rave e woman, if sh« ■■ ■ t with/hild, ai\d tomb'h^t ifshe - ^ ' : to her husbiiiMlii ., id, she (iittyJglE,1^.3' provided (orhiiconntrjriMn. the following laws to tbcoi. BOOK III.-CHAr. XII. He •Iso preicribed 17 n i CHAP. XU. Stv^ral Lawi. i I, Al fur adultery, Moses forbade it entirely, m esteemifr it a happy thing that nitn come near brute b(uit!<,iirir toiijiprove of the lying with a mule, which wattu hunt after unlawful pieasuri'S on accoutit of beinily. To those who were guilty of such iusoli nt liL-havigi', he ordained death for their punishment. ' 8. As'for the nricsia, he prescribed to them a double degree ol purity;* lor he restrained then! in the instances above, and monovir forbade Iheiii to marry harlots. He also forbade thtiii to marry a slave, or a captive, or such as ^nt their living by cheating trades, and by keeping inns: as aUp a woman parted from her husbunil/on niiy occaaiipn whatsoever, Nay he did nut think it proper for the high priest to marry even the wi- dow of one that was deod, thoughV he allowed that to the priests, but he permitted hini only to luarryA virgin, and to rctaiik her. Whence it is that the hign priest is not to conic near to one that is dead, although the rest are not prohibilid t'l'hm coiniflg mar to their brethren, or parents, or childreu, when they are dead, but they are to b^ unblemished in ull lesiiects. He ordered, that the priest who had any blemish, should finvu his portion indeed aiiiOng the priests, but he forbade him to ascepd the uliir, or to enter into the holy house. ^He also en,oiued them,. not only to ob- serve purity in their sacred ministrations, but iii their dally conversation, that it might be un- blameable also. And on this account it is, tliat those who wear the sacerdotal garments, are without s|iot, and eminent fJr their piirityand so- briety; nor ore tkcy permitted to drihk ijiiie »o long as they wear those garnients.f Mor).'Over, they offer sacrifices tliut are entire, and buue no defect whatsoever. 3. And truly MoSea gave them nil these pre- cepts, being ,8Urh as were observed during his own lifetime. Hut though he lived now inihe wilderness, yet did he iiiaKe provision how they might observe the same laws when they siiould havp taken the land of Canaan-: he gave then rest to the land from ploughing and plantingevery seventh y^ar, as he had prescribed ^o tlieni to rest TroHi working every seventh d»y; and order- ed, th«t tbeB, what grew of itsj>wn accord outof the earth^hould Jn eomnion belong to nil that pleased^ tiTlise it,' iiiaking no distinction in tlia't rfc- ipect betwt^ien their own countrymen and foreign'- ers: And lit' ordained, that they should do the sdine after seven tiinm seven \ ears, which in all »re fifty years: and that fiftieth year is called by the Hebrewa'tlje Jubilee, wherein debtors «re freed from their debts, and slaves aresetut liber- ty; which shves became such, though thei were 'of the lanio stock,' by transgressing Some oTthone law.8 whose pnni|^hinent was not SapitaK 1jut tlu^ were piiniitied bv>this iiiethod of slavery. 'I'his rejr also restores the laiiil to its fiirmg- pi)sses>s- ♦ These w,ord» of Joseplius arc reiitirrkablc,lhnt the lawftvgfofthe Je\vi< required of tlie priests a rioiilile lie- I ,... ...« ...... ., KreepfTmrity,lnroini«iTi8onofthairc.|uirr(lofthepeo-.iric'»vrcii~gar^^^^^^^ tei their alwt'iiieara lilcof wt»lLlilicRivloict would ,ha\ethe same Uw obtain as to those houses alio ^which were soid in villages; but he iuade a dlli'or. ent law for such at Were sold in a city j t'oi' it lit, that told it tendered the purrliasec his inouey again 'wjthin a year, he was forced to restore it; but in i:aie a whole year had intervened, the jiur- chuse4 was to enjoy what he had bought. Thw was tlfe constitutiiiir of the laws which Motet learned of (iod, when the camp lay under iiiouat Sinai, and this he, delivered in writing to th« Ile'lirews- ' 4. Now when thisicttlemcntof hiwsseemed to be well over, Moses thought fit at length to take il review of the host, as thinking it proper. to settle the ad'airs of war. So he rharge.d the heads of the tribes, excepting the tribe of l.,evi, to fake nil exact account of the number of those that we're ahleto go to' war; for a* to the l,« vilea they were holy, and (ree from all such burdena.'' Mow, when the people had been numbereil, there were founitsii hundred thousand that were able to j;o to war, from twenty to fifty years of age, besides three tliouiand six hundred and fifty. Instead of Levi, Mpsca took Mannsseh, thesnnitf Joseph, among the heads of tribes; and Kphraim" instead of Joseph. U was indeed ■ desire of *Ja« cob himself to Joseph, that he woukt give hiin,^it sons to be his own by adoption, as I £ave before relateld^- <, 6. When they set up the- tabernacle, they re- ceived it iiito the jnidst of their caiup, three of the tribes pitching their tents on ench side of iu and roads were cut through the inid^t of these tents. Jt was like a well-appointed raarkiit; and every thing was there ready for sale '% due ot- tier; and alt sorts of artificers were in the ihopt ; and it resembled nothing so 'much at a city that " sometimes was iiioVeable, and sometimes fixed. The priests liMd the first places aliout the taber* nacle; tlieu the Levites, wiio, because tb^irwhol* multitude .was rreckoned from thirty days old, were twenty-three, thousand eight hiindred and eighty males. And-duriiig the timefhtt the cloud : stood over the tabernacle, they thought proper to s^tay in the same place, as supposing that God there inhabited anions theiu: but when that re- liioved, tKey journeyed also. ' C. Moreover, Moses was the inventor. of the form of their truniMt, which was made of silver. Its description i4 this: in length it was little lesii than a cubit. Il was compersed of u narrow tube, * sdliiewhat thicljer than a flute, but with to much breadth As Wus silAicient Tor admission of the breath of a maq's mouth; it^ended in the fonq of a bell, tike cnuimon truiiip(rew Wn^fiiCf Aiosi^. ■ Two of • these being liiade, onlf.of (hem wai soui^ded when they reriuired the/inullltudc'to-conie to^- thex to congregatipns. AVhrn th i * h • 1^ 1$ ANTMl«ITIE8 or rm MW8,. a/> ?r * < proparl/ balo^glnf', Ital whe^ thi>y gave tlir ng- Ml oy both nf iht-iM. Ihey rtltrit ih<> nialtilqirr (ogalncr. Wbf nmer ll>r tabrrnilcle wux eriifOf- «d, it 1TII done ID Ihh •oluii'iit oi;(lcr it thr drat ' lUnii of the truiopct, IhuM whuu; Untf wvra on pl» eaiit tiiiartfr pn-jMrrtl io muovc; Mrtien th« ' ieconil ugiinl wut (cn'n, thoin lliat wi rr oil Iho MMith <|i>ui(rr (lul tiir lihti; in the neat plnc«,thi> tabmiacle wa* lakrn In diccpi, ailil #aa carried ift. ttie mirftt uf iin trtbra tliat wviil before, and tii . tlMf'fi>llow«d, all tht l.«Titen'at»i«ting about (he tat)«rnarlr, when the third tigrilii wan givirn^ ibht port which had their tento tnwardi the well put theniaelvea intoiiiotion; and ut the fiiitrth U);- nat, (hole on the north, .did no likewiiP. They aim aiade u^ at' tlirse Irunipi^ta in tbcif meted , minutralipha, wbrn they, were brin^inr tbeir «ai crilicca to the a|tnr, as 'well oh the SaUbHtha aa on tht^ rut of the [feilivnl], day!". Ani>*b« it waa that Mnaes offered that ancHrice .WRirh wiU: calleil. the >'aaaoiM:r, in the wilderniaa, n the firit ha had oO'ered after the d< |Hi'rfure out of Kgypt. " i.'.:"';.. CHAP. .xnt-. '■ :'::■■:'. Ho%B MottsrttMnftdffQm^Mowit 5irtat,'ant2 eon- dutltd tkt FeopU /rom-tnt hor4trt i^i^iimiari, } 1. A Li'm.t: while aflorward he n>j|« up, n^nd ^ went from ii^nimt' Sinai^ and havij»t|; puvind ' tbroueh'^everul maniiixii of which wi'tijfmll xiMiik ' anoii, Ik' came {<> n pliice called HazrVCtth, ivIkir \he niuUituile began ugiiiii to be iiiiitiniiiH, nnfl ■ t6 Blame Moaea for th^ luisfortuiiea fhiey hnd suf- fered in their travela; ami that wbenbubiid per- inaded tlieiii to leave. a good land, they «t oitKe tiad loat (hat land, and iiiali^il of thai happy iitute be >had prouiiaed them, thty were atill wander- iD|^ in their present nii»craDle c'ondilluo, bf'ing already in w^nt^ of water; "and if the tiianna Ib'ould happen' lb f Ail, they luuat then Hitlerly periih. Ve ' > add iore of them who eihorted them not to be uhniiHd(iil • of Moaea, and of wbat rreai paina he h^d Deicivat •bout 'their coniipon aaicty; and hot to dcapair of asnafanMi friMii GoA. The inMllitiide there- upon became -atill morfe unruly, and nior^ niuii- ! UoUi agiainat Moaea than before. Thereupon ' ^ Moaea, althougB he/ttrere ao basely _pbu>ed by, ' theni, enc^kira^d them in theif^de'cpairinff con- ditiort, liy,''the one of tbrinye already ju-e pa^takar* ot, «by the p-ift of Oo(f, ahd the oth^ jnu «M|ji (iitickly obtain; for w« now: have oUr abmir neaf (tie border* «( thi* vanaanilifa, and' qothiiif^ can hinder the acquiaitioii of it, when W.ij now at laU are J.dlen iipow itj I aay^ n^it only in> king nor city, ^ot nerthcr'.«h«! wtiale ra^eof ni«uklnd, if Ihty Were all.* gathered tog;etlier, Could d|> itt Let ua, therefore,' prcptM' oi{nelv«,H fwr (ha WorJt, fur the Cahttinitea ^ill nut retiftA'up their land to qtwithout fif^btinpr, but it mutt br wreit- rd Truni Iheni by great struggles ill war* Ivct ua then send spies, who niaj' tqfce a view of VHf foijdiH^sa of the bind, and what (treiij^Di i( i» of. iut»bo*call' things, let u» be of one ibind, and . let ua hoaor Ood, who, abijve all, \ip\a helper ttod aWiiter," . , ' 2. Wben MosM had aaid (hns; the<'multi(ttde requited Ifini with marks of nfipect; aiidchos« twelve npif«, of the iiiosl eiwineht liien, one out of each tribe, who, passiii|r ifrer all the land of ('aiiuaii, froin the bonlera.of KgvuC, came to th« eity lliuiinlh, and/to nipunt Mbaitort : and hannK leiirit«; y terrifiei| theih again with the jfreat dilHcul- ty; there WHS- in ob|niniiig it; tlii^t the rivera Were so large and deep ibat t'hey could not be J_ .V. the. cities wer^|tr(>tie witb wnlfe, and thitr firm forttiiration!) roqi^ abolit.themj'. They told t'lent also, tbat they found at jHebrpui the posterity of the gitmts. Accordingly, th«rte sAiea, who had seen thf^ land of 'Caiiaan, when they Berceive4r' that nil these (bJttculUea were greater there fhaifc they had met W^tb since they came out <)f Kgypt,] they, were'affrigbted at- them' tbeAisehcs, and endeavored to i^°right tbe n*ultitud'e,v3. So. they j^upposed, from what they had beard, thftt it waa impossibieCto get itic poa*e«.i sion of tlie country, A/id wh**!! thb congrcMtion was dissolved; .'th'ey, (heir wives, nnd childre.n, continued thefr lament^ttbn, M if God would fiot indeed assist, them,, but only proqiised thtni-fair They also agftin Dlanl.e(L^loses, and. made n cla- nipr ngaimit him and his brother Aaron, the high p,rii^.st. A<:cprdingly they passed that flight very ill, and with contauielious language against them'; but in tbe hiorning the}* aan to q congre-t gatioHj intending to stone Mosea and Aaron, and so to return irtio Egypt. , » 4. But of the spies, there were Joshua, the aon' of Null, of the tribe of Ephraini; and Cab j, of the tr'itre of Judah, that were afraid of%bc con- SBquence, aiid'came into the midst ista)it< to them.' Let ua tbei^ go, ««id they,' against our . eneiriiea, and bare no suapicion of ill success, trusting to ;>■■ '■/ ■ /' ■■' ■: ,,. /!■■■:.■ •: ■ A i > \ I I et while they generally apaktf many I passed over; 'and. that the hills wyre aa^bigb, thihgl against the man, there waa> one, 'thai they <'6uUI not travel along for them; that .' . • >" a & I t A t is d t &■ c tl tl ^ 1^ ■l'»l * "11 * ! I\ a (1 * w ,fi' t V ■ to «i . , d. ' -^ h It r \ M to i ' th t> -y J< ar ' fi j» -«l « 1 tl • *!« d« "hi . rt ,. th «o C( T, 4 th biRtow lipoD r a )i»PI)y cauli- j^^iu-e iiMf taken r olhflr jou trtU : oUr abixle near imt' qothinif can n Wit now at laU nly no king nor' II of niniiklritl, if i>r, <:6iiltl iJi>. itk .n<:lvt,H for (he t reHiKt^iii^ thfeir t inu«( bf^' irrcit- I iit v/Wi li 3i»r«i' thf^y. atsol, those tVuita^ (Wd' ((unnt'ity or the. whieh were mo^^ war. Uiit thai ir jfi«at difficttl-> tlii^t the tint* ey could not be ' !» nsre nrhleh, f? for them;' th«t I, dnd "thi'ir fii-iii Thej' told t'lvm thepostctit; of miei, who had tnisy Bcrceive4 eater there than ue out W'Egrypt.l thehi stives, and iid'e. , what thejr had get itic poatea-i :hfc congregation <, nnd chil(l|e,n, if God would not pisnd thcm-fair and. made n rla- Aaro'n, the high I that night very nguage againat nn to n Cong re-t and Aaron> and ! Joshua, the son t and Call Li, of 'aid o(%he con- st tff them, and m1 them fo be of ondemn God, as hearken to those llliig them what inaaniti^s, but to ,> hope /or good lin possession of because neither depth of ri*err,^ ;e from attertipt-' 1tvou|d take care 'istant'to them. St our . eneiAiev, cesa, truttint to BOtlK HI.-*« our leaders. 'J'bus (IJlil tth:s<> two ^■xtiort .thfiki, wild emieiiiror to paetf) the .niKfc ttiei w«rv ift. .Uui MoM'S and AaruD fill tin tW .grwittd, and »>«!«*»i{l»t Goll, »o^for ll«i» owo de- BMiuBCe, bolthiil he WOiW ptit a stop to What the ptoplu were unwarilj dimwianditofcld bring their idiiiils to Kjujet t. iiip«Tv>hith w4'i'i> 'aow • disorilvtil by their pres«iit pasHjin. 'I'he cjhiiid : nJSQ did iiok appear,; ind ntvod vver IKe^ tabiprhil- : el«j«nd decfareaiodjhjnriih? p^^icorjOii(ittf -- De"*nape. « ■■ ,.v ■"-'.';":^/ , ■ I. '^ ^,\' ;■ .■;;;:,_,■' CHAP, xv.^-:V' 'r:C'.': ■' jtin M their e.orrcrliuit'irir, lie a.:iij; that^when he W!^ ill 'tlip,t»berii:i((J.i, a)Mrw.iii.W'; ■wailiHK with ieaij ittBt (tuiftiwtiou w)ii,:h Iw-:;^ eoraiilltupoirtheiii, (Jod put him;).nijiii(t <{U.\t W:">8S*^'"'5l done fiir tJieii), ;ind wh^u b> liiiuV theyjmd j-eceiveil fnwj hiiii, »«;! jfi:n[^i(ow i«„' Sratefiil: thiii3r*ad been to him;: tpl: |ii*f MJi^li ley. hM. b»*irt iipJu. jtdj by; the tiHiofteisthpil'V,!' ' ike sniM. to think t.hid i^ieir-wuHls wf*"-*' i*i» r V*"!*" ^i* »w* lJ»iWM'» nor *»<|erly ««l.!^mlnl„(e tti.ir iKiiiiin, which he K»a hoiiOred ii^tr than ai.y iijhtr p»rtof.,»iianki«d;,jfelte would iiiit i.t ti„,it thnu V to tuke; p«« WiW*)Wie»»,i»nil lis,*; witlmut uiwi 'iiiii 4 : habitation,, and'iiiWMyl a tilkifor IVrty -veiri;* tu^" : JMhcr,, as j» p(tni«hMieittL fur jhU; tlik >ir ^latm, is- •ion' but tti-iil hi h»tl| ju-oiiiiiie.i i,', jjiv*ii|i^if%j,d to our fhiWrm, and tfiat h.; WOulif; iiiaki ihmi the poteesnor* ol |Ii»h good ttuijf;*,' jvhiirli, bv 'your ungyvtjii.d |i.i»si,,)is yi.tt;hiniie dtpnvei ^Odrtwjtes of , . <. ii 4 • ' . a WhciJ Mosei^ had discoursed 4hM'ftiiiem. •rcoraWg^tBlhe diredttoii of.Ood, the hiultituJe 8h«.Y»U. and were m s*Utctif>», and (intrtdttd losirflo Jjforjufe their reconcdialion lu tioj, •"'•^it'''""* "**'" "" '»>««■ to wander in the — *'Hhes4„J>ut to '— -■-'■- ^^ .-pjii^-i tjiat mOiltmh wr till „„ ,.„. ,„„,j.^, ,„ „„, .dell^riisinatluu Iroin niiy human ^evitv, or nntrer JWJ.fWat he had juilicmlly coiiiuiaiukd tin in tJ flta* punishmi nt Noir i>e are not to disbelieve "iiTDS^" !^ ""'" ■" '>nger to wandrnn the irrtdtfrhes4„J>ut to bestow cities Ujion them, Hut iioU woulu not iidmif of ai,v tliatCiod was not morn! tu thi> sottlciuiiit wioa Ood, >i iiiiiiiis nl Moses, and uf 1 iiiattirs, let evii-y one ta * 1 Ins ercat fhuiine. in tl aL I. f« . -•'" '>^ o'riiui lu iiisnciieve tha» Moses, who was Irtit a single person, pacified M maity ten thousani s when Uiey were in anger ui'ldiif- ■'■ *■ • .God 4>as Ailttl'hini, and prepared the war to hie |)er(iim«ion»i,r'tlm inullimdc ; andm tliey had ofc ,ieiiiit-( B dii)«Mi« 111. tiKt wefe nows) iisible that ilM^hclnwheilieiice «u« diaadtaiiti.ceous to IheiB ilnttthiat tjhe^ had still thereby fallen iiitucalaoii- tifs.;^'' i~ ■ .■ ' ■ . . »:3.VJ)ut Ihisnianwas adniirabU for his virtue. Kfld piiwerful in inHkiii(r men giye credit to what !**''' "j':< Rtill suiiii; ■tliere hati' b4'en, who have cOiyi(; fiViA the, purls beyond tluplirales, a jour- ' :iic^ of fiiur iiiontiu, through niaiiy daNgtrs, and (;»'at e^penseiT, in ^nur nf our teniple: and yi't, wdieli theyhiiil oll'ered tiair oblations, could' .not pitl'trtke of their own sacriliCes, because Mo- st ■•liaili'o'liiicldjrir it, by Bonn what in the luw that ■liilj not (leuiiit thiiu, Or somewhat that had he- ,• falU 11 jheiit, wliii'li our uiicient ruKtOiiis made iliiC|inHiateiit therewith ; some of these did not I *i^'ri«ire,at all, ami others lift their sacrifices in |rtli!Wiipi'ru;crpohilition; nay, uiany were notable ,iuyv,«t iii'kt Si* iiiiicli as to enter into the temple/. ,l!l«t«>ent their ways in this state, as iireferriug at '^ .Widiitissiun to Ihelaws of Moses, before the^l- : . 'f)|fh% of their own inulinvlioiis, even wlien ther liiid no fear upon them that any body could cua> vict Ihi 111, liiit only out of n .reverence to their own conscience, 'J'liiis this legislation, which ap-'. (iibnTd to b«; divine, mode tins man tobe esteem- ed <«w4iie s;i{Hrior to his~bwn biiiuan nature. i\ay,"ftirtlier, 8 little before the b«ginniug ofthia war, when CUudlus wasempenir of the Kouiaos, • 'iiiid Uiiiuel was our high prie«t, and Jviien «o . ^riat a faiiiiiic was come US,* Qhat :t>oe r,: - -.- - ■■ — —...». upon , tenth ideal of nheat] was sold for fo«rdiiichii«e; iind wlieii no less than seventy coii dl' Hour were ^ brouglit into the temple at the feast^j^ideaVen-F ed britjii, (thesi; cori are thirty-oni^SKilian, bulf forty-one Atlieiiiuii mi'dinmi',) not, one of thfe priests was so hardy aii' to eat-ouc rruiib of ^ uveii while io great a distress was 6Klhe \aai, jiiid this out of « dread of the liftv,^id of that wrath Which linflPt-etains against tfSlKMpf wicked- lies», even ivhtn no one can acctSs^he 'actors. Wiiencc^w'e arc not to wonder at wimt was then done, wAilc to this vs , ., .. t as to theses he thinks-^t, , rauilius, IS stain sect, 0; and Act* CONTAINWO TUB INTERVAL OF'THIKTVEmHT YEABS.-FHOM THE JlEJECTlO.-f OP TIIAt • . • 1 , " * G«!NERATIO.V TO THE DEATH OF HOSES. .'. CHAP 'I. A TheFHg-ht.^fMHtbrewi with tht Cmaanitti vntho-Ulthc CoHsenlof Mom, andtkHTiuf'ai. aXL.^^ H»wl'fe«f the Hebrews in the wil- 'fhJ« ,^f'.if" •''»"«,'H»"le'iw.d troublesome to- ip'et, but sup^smg they should De able t[o beat ^heir enemies, eien without hfs hpprobation, their accused hini, «ud suspei ten thitl he niade'it his bu.sinegs to kcc]) them in a distressed condition, that tiiey might always stdiid'in need of his ai- sislam^, , Act onlingly, they resolved to fight witti'thd Canaanitts, and sai(|, that tiiid gave thebi hisa!|>istanre,diot out of recard to Moaea's iiitet^t^iviii, butbciause betookrareor their entile iittH^i, on ariount of tlieir ''l^feTathen, whos«f aflr oWn virtue 4 \ ■ U,_ ; " ' '"< "■ 1 i ;■ ; . ■ M ." ./'.V" '. 1 ■' ■^.''''s- '■'' ' i " • «» ' ■ " ' i:,*' ,*/ ..V r ."' "^ 80 "' >;-rt. ■ANTIQtitTies OF THB JEWS Vi. '^1 ^xA, \ ? iliih IK* hwi btiffiflj procured Ui«m thair libsriy, . anH would Ka Mnnting to (hem, now (hrjr wera ^''j)k" willing 10 Ukr pniiin Tor it. Tlic^ h\*o •aid, that (hey iMMkOf thehiM'lvri of abililifn aufTirirnt for (ha conquest o( iheir cni-inica,' nllliouKh Moact '' ihuuld Imvi; a uiiud Uf alienulc (iud from thaui : >(ha( liowevrr it wat for Ihnir advantage to lir (heir of;Biji\,aatcn, and n^t to far (n rejoice in their d^ljtvrpince fruiu the indignitiea thejr endu- iwd undvr the Kiyptiani, a* to bear the tyranny * ' ■■ Kf Moaca Over inain, f nd to luAer theniwlvri tu b»tltli|ded« and to lire according to hit picaiure, M (ftooch (lod did 6nly foretell whatconcerni %* oirt of nil kindhesi to him, at if tliey wMe not 'ail (he |)o«terity of Abraham," tbiit tiidd made jHU.i iuui alone the author of aH the knnjvlrdge wc Vffve, and jui niuit ktijl learn' it from him: that it would bra'piece of prudence to »p|)oie hit arrogant prrtenci%, and to pilt tlirir confidence in (iud, and to rrtoira to take poiieisfon of tliat ':. land which he haij pronritcd t^em. and, not lb Si*e ear to hifl, who, on thit account, and under le pretence of divine authority, forbade them S'lotodu. Considcrin); tlfiTffore the diMretaed ' k(ate (b«jr were ill at prt'te^it, ,i|nd that in these ' ' dciert,pTaO«i the.f Were ttill to expect lhinf(a ;: f w^uld be worie wiyi/tt)em, they retolvcd to fight " Witi^ (he Canaaniteai 'i* aubniitlVng only toOod, their tuprcnie commander, knd not waiting fur ^.1^. ' uiir uiittanre front (heir legialator. '. >.■);' i »• When therefore they had CAnietottl^ii reto- 1d((on, at bring beit for t|irm, they went among their enemiea; but thoac cneinirt were not dit- S; . mayed either at the attack Ptaetf, or at the great ' multitude that made it, and -raceivcd them with great courage. Many of the Hebrew! were alain; and the reaiainder of the army, upon the diaor- " ', . derW their Iroopa, were,purtued, and fled, after • thamefui manner to their cfanip. Whereupon (hit unexpected niiafortune made thcni quite ' ;;.. detpond; and they hpped fur nothiuf; that ivas good, as gathering from it, that thit alHiction came from the wrath of Cipd, becauae they raahly went bu( to war without liii approbation. 3. But when Motet taw JioW deeply they were •ttected with thit defeat, and bciiif^ at'rnid Icat the enemiet tbould grow'inioUnt upon this vic- tory, and thould be deairous of gaining itill creater glory, and ahould attack'them, retdlved tnat it wat proper to withdraw the army iiito the J, wilderneaa, to a farther distance from the Ca- < naanitet; to the multitude gave themtrlvet up / ^'tnin to hit conduct; for they were sensible, that / without hit care for them, their airafn could not I '/, be in a good condition; and he caused the host / to remove, and he, went farther into the wilder- neaa, at intending there to let them rest, and not to permit them to fight the Canaanitet before Gqid thodid afford them a ntorc favorable pppor- ■ tunity.- ; ■;■■ . CH/tPTlI. "■;■': *; 2'hi Sedition of Corah, and of tht MuUilude, against Motes, and against his Brother, con- cerning the Priesthood. { 1. That which is uaually the case of. great 21^ armies, and especially upon ill success, to beliard to be pleased, and governed with difficulty, did now befall the Jews; for they being in nuiu' ber six hundred thouiand, and by reason of their great multitude not readily subject to their go- vernors even in prosperity, they , at this time ' " were more tlian usually ansi^, both against one ' f^ another, and against their leailer, becaute of the dittrest they ,wer« in, and the calamities they , then endured. Such a sedition overtook them, M vre have not the like example either among (He- Greeks or the barbarians, by which they were in danger of being all destroyed; but we^ \ notwithstanding saved By Moses, who would not lemember that he had been almost ttoned to death by thetu. Nor did tiod neglect tu prevent their rnin, but bp(wi(ht(aniliftg (h« indignitle* ' they had offered (heir legialatpr, and the lawa, and their disobedienQe to the cpiuiiiandmenla w.hirh he had sent thrni by Mnsea, he delivered them from those terrible calaniitiis, which, with- out hit providential cfre, had been brought upon Ihrin by thissediliim. So I will lint eitdain the cause whence this sedition arose, aud Inen give an account of the sedition Itself; as also of svhat settlements MSiei made for (heir governlneo(, after it wat over. 2. Corah, a Hebrew of principal accpunt, both by his family and by his wealth, one that wat alao able to speak well, and pne that could eaiily per- suade the pcpfde by hit tpeechet, t»w (ha( Mo- tes wa> in an exceeding great dignity, and was uncnsy at it, and envied him on that account, (he was of the same tribe with Mpses, and pf kin to him,) Was particularly grieved, because he thpught he better deservedthat honorable pott on account of his great riches, and not inferior to him in his birUi. ^ he raised a clamor against him among the'Lerlles, who were of the name tribe, and especially among hit kindred, taying, " That it was a very aad thing that they thould overlook Mules, while he hunted after and paved the uyiy to glory for himJelf, and by ill arts should obtain it, under the pretence of ] tiod's command; while, cuiitriiry to the laws, he had given the prieatliopd to Aaron, not by the common suffrage of the multitude, but. by hii bwh vote, at bcttowing dignitiet in a tyranuical way on whom he pleated. He added, (hat thili concealed way pf inrposing on them was harder to be borne, than if it had oeen done by ah open fprce upon them, because he now did not only take away their power without their content, but even whHe they were unnppriiet^ of hit contri- vances against them; for whotPOVer it cOntcioui to hiiiiaelr that he deserves any dignity, aims to get it by pcr.iuaaion, and not. by an arrogniit m» thod oi violence; but thote'that believe ft iiiipo*- they make • force, but rful; that- it was proper for the niultitudv to punish Suclk men, even while they think themselvet conceal- ed in their designs, and not tulTer them to gain ttrcngth, till' they have thciii for their open eoe- rtiies. ('or what account, added he, is Motet able to give why he has'beatowed the prieathood on A^ron and hit iontt for if God had deternim- ed to bestow ihat-honor on one of the tribie of Levi; I am more iforthy of it than he iii 1 niyielf being equal to Moses by myfamilr, and Mperior to him both in riches and iu age; b()t if C3od had determined to bestow it on the eldest tribe, that of Reobel might have it moat justly; an(^ then Qathan and Abirani, and.[On, the son of] Heleth, would haire it,' for these are the oldest men of (hat tribe, and potent on account of their great wealth also." -J I, 3. Now CoTa{i,i9henheh«ds'aidthis,had amind to appear (o take careof the public welfare, -bat in reality he Was endeavorinig to procure to have thai dignity transferred by the multitude to him" self. Thus did he, out of a riialjgnant'.deaign, but with plausible words, disco^irse to those of hit own tribe; and when tlics'e words did gra- dually' tpreud to more pf the people, and wnen the Hearers, still added (p ^hSit tended tp the scandals that were casi upori.Aaron, the whole army was fiill of tb^mrv NoV of thps^ lliat con- spired with Cortih, there, weiK two huii(dred and fifty, 'aiid those of the priiici|ial men al'ap, whp were vager to have the priesthood taken aw^/ frpm Mpses't brpther; and tP'bring hiqi into die- grace: nay, the niidtitude themselveiwere pro- voked 8 Jldgether aftff '; lion and di«ord^> ■ nttltiiout it^aaMf BOO'k 1V.-CHAP. W $\ . I ,'TvV *. « 'i -1h 9 dcpriW Cud of the power -of giving it tii whnm he phoaea Put uii end tbcrrfore to )oMr »i*di tion and dlalurimm r on thia ai i, omit ( and tii-ili: ir row miirniuK '•" rvi ry oiii of yuu that il<>-ir«. the pricalhooil Vrliig Ir 1 1 imi t froin home, and I'omar hither with iit iiniilutnient may teuive (>i|i>riiiiii.l|[lon Anil I aiijiriuae wa « ' may Hrfnill Aitniti, <*i,tl|iiut uAliirr, tn olit r liiin icit (o. thIa li'rrutiny,' y nir ti<' it of tin aiiiHe J^ifteflMllrtl 1 tti^titl, aixl him iHiiie nulliiiijt^n III* ' r'(iaih(jo r " up he 't^fAxMt aocrtAf e4iod ahall nrVi yl kI^iU bf Ot:dHlnvdi;to the p^il ilhoud, and alia.1T t«»^ < It iir of lh< \tnti nt i-oliiiMiiy on Aaron, na i'f I lijid graiftr t ed linn that fuior hecaua*> lie'wat piy biulhfiir/''' 1 '' \ CHAP lU. raiaing a rUtnor befere the t tbcrnni le nf CJud, to proaecute llir tyrant, ultd to n In via til' mul- titude from till ir alavtry undi r hiiii, hIio, umler color of the divine'cniiiinaniln, laid Tiilint in- junctiona upon them, for thai, had itbirnCiod whorhoaeoni that wnalnpirf ilrin thi oOire of a ririeat, he nould have raiKvd a worthy prrann tn hat liignity, and would nbt tMve prudilred anrh a one aa waa inferior to many other*, (iT have l^ivrn him th it oiritv) iind in tbiit laM* 'had he judged It fit to bialiMv it on Aaron, he would have permitted it tn the multitude tn Ixintow it,, an J iiot^havt' liift it to In liea(owed.by tiia owit brollii r ^ 4 Now, lilt hough IVfoaenhad ng^at while ago fireatm tint rnluiiiiiy of 4'^urab, and had aien that the piople (viri'/irtitiiled, yet wat hi notaf-, '■ighti il it il I iHit lilting of Knoifi otir'age, lie^uae heliiid f.iv(n till III ri|;htiulvili( iibuiit tiiiiraHiilira, and kii living thut hia hriilher had bcin mad^ inrtakt r of tin , pritslhi id at ^hii roinniaad of Uod niid n')V''>y> hi" own fOtvor to him, hi raiue to th< u^KiijiUy , and, ua for the iiiultitnili , ha »jid not II woimI to tni lu, but a|Hilii ,aa jtuud to Va-/ fjh i^ h< cottM I uiid l/eing vri) sk'ilfilKitl BiIilktKg' ape^'filli i, ittxl li|}in{{- Ihia niitund tnliknt aMuujf oth<<<'a,/tWi( hi ( iiiilil i^reaily move Ihn tniflhtdil^ witlbliia (l^adoiirai a. bf «did, " O Cocttinvtiolh thW, and nil tinjae with lluii , (|ieinli|ig to th/'two huii- d^ i il h or ali gri at u» y«ii nH' luirliiiM r tithiM 1)11 1 ^itin thisoihr^ to inr brothi f, bi ( nuai he Hn Hid otlfH-a in rii heii^ loi Ulou ixuidoat ua b ith in the^ri ttiieaa uf, (h^ wealth,* nor indt i-ti he* auac he woa ufaitt^Mi- aent fiimily, (m dod, by gtMii^ if» tin a-ime £oni- mon anvi litor, hoa iVindi uik f nniln ■ ui{Iih(I| nay, nor wiia it out of brothi'rtt unction, ivhur^ aho- ther iiii^ht y«t hii^j, jUHtlv done, fir rerf lioly, unliyi i II id -beatowi il llii" Ininur i ut of^rrgniij to do l(«iiul to liit^uiVH, 1 h 111 iin't |i 1 i«kI Uy my \' wimld li»»^iil'hi pUlM^d ii-Si«nr'*irt»iif-berii run- atlf, mid piveii jtKjau tin r.^s luiin; in uii r "of Ivn tyl-oj «-yil pHl«tc»HfNuHti-'»vlaFi'4|»rt di Mrtd km to III vmK than ti my liiutlnr, o'd hiiMiiga ihul t{[itj|- might li< 'fl« hv« n i1 from rtn piiioat rloai I iiitiiiiH'^ villi iii\s,|f iln,i I Iuim with ilji&>rd,i ^ uml-'il'irtuilMiict'- fur tiiuy v^ete afiaj|ij, him, for aunty. It u%ii! f not Ik o wi-c t'liii); for j I}mU if tint a«~!tt)>n Jvof me, to expoHP itijaill t > lliedtmgi ri ol nlli iKlipg, thnii MttboMM n lujil ratio r ^» Jiriliroyrd , 'nif and to biiton tin happt i iii]ilo,\ mi nt on tliM u -> i fh< uiioin tiuUjt ol the pi ojitl iUmatui^y/it'htitt count ufion aliot'n r liiil I un'i .ilxivt '.in li liiHt^j i|t ej lUidra ^igntifH ihelr ii^*ihl6ti^|tta jtiy practicea" nor noiilil dud h*w i>virlei, dt'lont^ /|tbi)' |{iji|i|i ''4H^y- woiU|l bf halt i.nll» i-'1mji lio iMifoT'iwil. ISiittiii% ,in>(4nrid IIii|i)ib-4 fixjm thai laio V'.l) thil it n n nut i/l Ifhiiig rb<y dJa|fUat <«« ea^iimi, biy l!ut nil tiu- liCM^a^ th^^y iJtAir Br thi ittn^' grc gi»tioii. III order toW pr4'at>M »if tin i^rrifiLc. iHid ut tltr <3i (-• (uiiiiutlon thpl iv.M to hi (tiadi be twf'iii^tlli ^tirtrJidattji for tiu prid-tUood Mow thia K^fif^iijfiitiAii (^roviil a (u4 tioiif>f iyhM"wn'4 lit, \tt iJi^w ; fo»avuir ol llieia infit tnni (BIO >i!l tint It n i^ mil ^ Itttiig tt)<{t I jprrlend to p|ivj{, but only rk orUiI^ tm lli« e I inliudiit fur by aulli aa'jiTnfiMi'to pi|t in •refirridv and hii< dliim' foctt^ onl/ (It siring, tl at hi why f/naieeif iilui uly d<.^jj)fl It, Iniiv 1^(1. ami Tiw^iTtkti»l)M''fittiw)i iil,,lJiithiui, iiol Ihitdi," ■f ) . "■, an tit pioiiJ' tie pKyT^rs yoUr p(,rf(< , 'att I \a\it lAing t^ithoiil ■ aediti'iii'. f<> linn hiiii(ir.»b)|);riii'^oi|rrjrokt< uUhoiti*!), ^lowi lUtoH ^lao to olfi r huiis^ U iH(r,i r iiitlKJafe, 1 1 ijf it.fl)l}.f;ig-ltttiH thiiij; ht iJl«fo go-io H i >,« tn. lit Pi(i(>l> , >'U't''^> "lA^I' h > oppoaition, but ,. , . Udit uhm^ »ir*i hnii lint l> illiail •ind liia wnao- in^trulh It wfifi ivith you rfjiprobattoii "that hf o1>- » lat, *, «'i»* l^»\ iiu i Mtuinl ihiit Moaua .ind the turned It , for tfidUfJi d|;«jl n c n^ the donor, y« I do , prnu ipal .if li^c ncopir were « Oniiiid' to tln-ni, ' wc not oflpiid %vh(ii ivL thtiit ;>t to udipt il^ivjith Ki^iiM out willi tliir wnvaoiid ehtldivM, mid JTiur guod will \( t yvviuM i^ havir lii t>iil», an I loi/krd lo atif ithnt 'ki»i> » ol^liiipicu not to,h.iv«, tirkni that hutfvr I M««»» ivonUI li Jlnj lilid aU.i^lh^ir «< rt luta ao.e^iiijim^imiit w*MH he vijind it.mv, Hh4d iiurion' tin in tiUliUnd th>-ii|'Hl>eat M Ciiai Moa«;c been 'exc^Mf^mi;; unreaaoiinr^p,, wln-n (iod'Hlid ahuuKI uac fur<:e K^^nin^Cl thVoi" * 'thought (il my out »h(|illd ha%e it for all liale to f, .' liut hi* lailir m iij »*wl I fted upiiia handito toiin, and liad "made >l nf/mff and firm to h|Mi, , 1ie'\«if, ^lul i.nil out ititha I >u \ >(tlct.,,^Hi unler to h«v< rHilMil It Hu>«t'MT, he lunwill" will l,to ht hiA(d )y '^h«. w'ldU -liiulotiUdi , dii.l aaid, judge a^jtm lUio it«hilW 1m whom bewouWl hasrc "O l.ord iif tin ncatdrts thnt arc in^thflimven,* tti ollfr aarHSrea to^jh^^. "Av'^ haye fhie (Ulfec- in the ^ iirlli, anii nt tfi^ si a, foi iHou art themoit tiMi of in Ifirsof rp)sgion<*feCit la Shatinl that, authi i,ti Wil.ii'M to whit I h.i.t done, thut it Corah, Who is ambitioua of th^j honot; ahoplU J ha^ alt lieeiUJ.mr t^ t/iy appointmint, and that » nelnin.I herp tiiki-* noiicc ihtit altliomel) our Dthhe MID «:tic Jkwjjj^J Mknom«lif m ,'.yi'.-"i:. -5^,,..., 89 .-^i Ir WM'ihoii timt »(Siwl*rt«» 't« liMi^tiinrV whc» »boat thfni. «nil coniiimr th»n-mU^0iwnim^^''v Wt mUtuivlH uiii tliiiiK, •nd "liuwiUt iiii^n-y on li'* unit Ruuil*., -Tii^Will b# • lUiiiiinilnitlinii of .'.'. tfit H«br«>*» ill.*!' iltirrti«l«ii*p*, lid llioij lome Ihjr po»v«r «4t'»H.iii.ni »flU thi^ iihiIioiI nt^ihtif -.^ Ihan'cht MMpri «hV' knoWtMllft; Vi IRtit Wiou thuhtnimniii piiilinit urtitimeiiU tif lh»« Itf "■ ■ ' ■ (gr niy ihii i»i'*ni I iihiill iM-'ifounil II giiixl wrva-iKj in rN '■ ' ni*c»ptii thou h(i»^ givdi liy iiir. Unt 1/ ihi" fB» IfciMnlM (ti»jr hay'' riii«Mf ii;f»in»^ hie hti trae. Ihancht fiMp; ^, .. wilt not ilntli^iii lu fpvik W"'!' »m(Iieallon, « illmiiWtnv JfMr'H t« I hi- iiiijjwirfMl piwceptii Ihou h*,? giv.li liy iiir. Hm 1/ lh<> f i0dMt*(ii)n> i'lf tlil'Ki' lUfit. " hum' bgr rcpurl, bat »»<'in|(; iMw. sncj lii' wfili tfttSm when Iti** wef* tow n<»pn thuii r.MMord iinrlY^ in-Ww.i'Wl B'"" nu').;il'iip to thin |w»])U-,'|j»inil in«n.. the wliole bully of lh« liirBrlll».'S«!wiiilJ>,iifliT piiiiihiiitnj." ;l,' Wlii'n Mirtfii hill! aaiil *hiD, jyith fi »r» in^* ty^-ii, -tlie'ltruiinil ivn» MifRVml On « fHilt'ifo,; "ml IhV nKitiition'tliiit itt ii in iiiotiun i)|m> likr ihnt »hirh tljc. vyiiil |>»<>(ljirmin IhawnttpVif th) iioH; lirwrii 11 \*: »)iro l)orc ifn\aX T»lio'i-i> iii first, in order lo rtli- Idjojihorl^ lor thfiii, i(i»il iioiv, in'orlt-r lo Ihfir ri^HHLon; unci hHV«'«lit»y* •howt'il iny«< II' tJjHj^hoivl lh«'ni i'ii rvi/y di^trcKt of thiirn Ko'w,'tl>«f«!fiii1'i »!*«•« J lun iiii9|»d tell by lh(i»R v,t'n< whitiH' bfing . ins'^o'iyiniL;' to rtiy t.ibori, rniiisAhu)!, fill it is j;l}MU! li^hopi; thou wilt: th^2 lik/t who •howcil»f riii- tl)Ht lire at ninuiit tlto ■ Mvenii Wondrr»:j|j-hlrh. that pliire anbrileil nie7> thoO, »»ftoct)itinin»n0*il»t mc I4) Roto K(f>pt, •nd (li'ctHre thy wili to thin people: tlioa, nho dittiirbHilst thi' fa)«|ipy. riti^te of the K^yplbnx, and f!;>>vc'itt ut the ojj|iortiiiii»y of tfyintt wwiiy "''"','' our ilf,ver» under them, »nd ni»d«'"t th* do-. n^iuKn of i'hanitili inferior to my doininiun : (luni, «h» diilHt niiikii th*< nca dry liind lurvn, tvh<:iiH'e knew «iot whilhcrto );o, nnd didntovU!r inli il«lt, i^lxt iO vntirtijr |M'ri»h«'d, ii»tr;itiMn of iUp pii«< r vf tiod. And truly, niiy nnv noiilil lanirnt thi in," n )t only Egyptinna with thonii deitruciive iriiven wUiidi ["on iircminl n'f thii (;iiliiinity Ihiil 'nulk* (tiein, had Jieen divided for un thon'; who ili.lst be- whiih jcKleM-rvrii otir coniiniiii rjlioii_, but iiUnr \ ■toW'Upnn u* the acrjirity of weapons when we .'were naked: thuu, who diiljt iiiiiku tlie foiin- tcini) that were corrujifed lo (low no ns to be (it for ilrinkin^^ and didst furnish u»>with tyater that cijlue out of the rnck«, when we were in the ^reat^it wAii* >>f W: thb(ff,wlMj tions, as if I had pnen the pririthood to ^uroii% not at thy cpminand, but out ol my own faMii''t thnt hav« doo^ good lo the l\,n-the,fa_ct ot thy plory, as -will take Iheni out of thV lyirtfl, not in nn Ordinary uinnncr, but so thst it^uiiiv appear they do not die after the ni^iiinor Qf other luen; l«t that ground whicb* tiiey (rf luf U|ian, opoD ■ * It appaan here, and ftoin the PnmartUtn i leueb,1inii,d two hualreil and fift\ niui, nho indted were ho- noil d bv ^ht peij|il< , imt only on lii rouiit of the piiwf r of ih) II ai ( t .{tijrH, but nl^n oft ni i lUiit of till K aawn. In i^lm h tliey.exrelfcd llu .othf/s: A iruik. aIiO nnd C'orih rame fli*rlh, mid thiynnli -olh rc'il ini ejt e, m tliona oiR e;ir4^\v many thnt 14 mode by'the hand of mm, miller in lltoV i ruplinns out u^the rnrlh, tUnC ar.e .eaus^d b} stibleri'aiieous buii^iijj;*, not in *(ff)i nils a* rue (^l Hheir owft afcord jn llie ' noods, nhen the nt;itiition iscaiisiil h\ the l»es rubbing i^iii .ii^iNiiil niiither, bi^ this lire ».is \irv titighl, niiiiMiuil a terrible llaini , sueh nn is kiniHed irt tin > remains behinit' thuli Auinu nioiit \\aspn>.,({ved,nndtfiM alull bull by (ht> firr, btCiiiMe'tl wni'linit t'lat «<'nt the d, < to burn those oqjy nhooiigVil tp bi burned llire- „upon i\|nvs, sifter li)(t"eineii''ive^d<>.lriy« (I, was ile'sirouilh.if th/iiirmofy of ttiiHind^mi 11^ ">k'>L • bedelivetcd down ti/|ilb9ici'ity,^iiud lliiit fiitur^ a^s niigkt be ac(iuait|t«d with it, aufl cahe ciUi MagnealfjMk.i'id from KilHeliius, thai Corah was not twailowed up *i)btho ReutiertitftHluil Kbrned wll'i tlie Iievlfe* dt liw own tcilic. See osuy on the Old 'i'ta- taiaent,p.64,es. w ^ •I tl B Vi b tl tl %< II b n •I - n tl ' yi •I h ■ & « 11 (I tl n tl M tl w H tl tl a h li tl tl li d fi a u f( «l ■ o Ji\ tl a tl h •1 J - 1 ■ .4 * •I A .'k-^il.-v. \. iiii'(linin nia licin. A»t«* wJp'n n (hiiM^ (liiil linve "•".'"••»'••'''• 'liiul Irl -Jtii-til n»< (how lh.it harje lf( iri« liot jiwU ■ in«n^ tlic wlioU fRr (Miiiiihiiicn*." in ii>»iitl<'»o; nnd un i|||fi' likr IhnI . wn|p>r thr ««»., fell" (hf Krotiiirt ,!6wn lit llio pV«»i. Liarpipil H'li»t»a" ,! Ill) il»«'l»'. «fM»,|0 - v»n not the l«a»t ; ,. rv.r I'lrn jreH . i<lW tfiem» «< ruliiHi, but "lnof itiiisul'ivith;, their, ti'liitiorvthi'y dure » itail iifcidnit up- iguitut tftiil; mid piij|jl(! nlici,ul Pii^ ipht till}- i*i;rialii'J , lliiifl. ' • . • jf lUmff ttint ron- lint ,lrii nicnioriet to (leaterilji of WMt tlieac mm •iiflereil, for luivpoainit (hut l)i<' ptfwir of: (ioiiHl by '(he -f*v«ir nf fitosci, bu( by (he piilidi-' jusjeiiient. vf tiu utt'lhvthe Niirf nis'i-JiiJilreii ^wucVel^iv cii- ■Joj«d lii«l»o»0r •flerWiiMit, C • ,- ;. hfiMl kM„mtmtd iitki Hihrlm, ,l,L*i»m TA^/ul*'"' •»" '^.'"f •" the I.evitM; eiii/peHiiit Hiem jrm *^^'(7i//,;^;, £'' J5;rj.^^ t<...yoy Iheir aiibiirt,,. .. V-r o, Ibr limit of tvo } I. Ilutv^vCH, thia arilition wuA.so fer from "" cekaini'' U|hiii (bts >leslruriio4>, llial it %n:vi murh •troit{i((r, and bcchnit'. mure iulolrrublc. Ami tile 'V>cc)iaiiiu III' i(»-);rnwjrt<( 'worwivaa of thnt . nature, a» ii^nilc il likrly the CHJiiiiiily woulil'iir- verrfaae, butJiial liir a ioiiu iiiue: lyr Iho men 6elle»idg. alreaily (hat iiothinK ia dour without » the provnlvncr of Uod, Wi>t»je - iiich had brditions« ' and «*a» art apart for l|ie d.i»iiie worahip, leil the? should waiil, bihI airk a'llier llie nr<-<y ahoulil rniii the piMin-kaion pf|h« laoit of ^.anaaA.they aliould k>iiii;i| fortt.i^inhrptood (he rily. Atulbrairtea thin.he appnitilrdthat t>^« proiite shoiilvl iwrthe tithe lif lliriruiiiiual iriiila of the earth* 1» lib to tho l.rvi|i-s,^aiid lo (h« priesta. Ami lliia i> what that triU- ri'i'iivea of the iiiultlliidai: but I think il itrRi-aa'ary to ael down ivhat ia pi(iti b^ ill, -piiriitularly to Iha ■ priestip. . / ' 4. AVionfiugly, he roniinnndrd the r,*^ilei"ti>' yitiht'iip lo Ihf! pri''i|a'thirt< rii of lliiir fiirlj-.ei(fhl rilies.'an^l to irt api^tt fiirllirHi llir Ivnih part of the tithes whirti lK<'^ «yery year receike Juf the \ iH'OBl»!mul«f|, ll)at it waa lint ju olji r t».- iiml the (irKl-frujlK of the entire prirdiii'l nir tkiti ground, and that Ihiy slioulil iilUr tlie.liral-boni hI' Iboae fuiir-footi'd lieaaN lh|)t are uppoiniej for ani^iflcra, if it be n iiialr. fo (he |^'ii«la, to b« . ■ 1 i.',l iHo tliht he-who had b.-e«.|he jaujuj ,«l}.itt, that (her iihil lh"eir,» ntiri- frainli.a inny: eat iitioii o( the pi/.ple.tv dealtoyiiwaa thejii ill the. fioly (ily; but that the OMni.rt mt Hit thuse thi'. niuM exi't Ileu4' of thelu , th(>ae.' Hrat-iinrn tnhirh are' not anuitmi^d for 'A Au..'....r.... ...... ...... 1. 1.. .>....« i.'jjL 1.. !.«_.' .... ■ .. ' '. ' . U .. . aarrifiWirih the law* of our cnu'filry, ahotiUt bring ' lA ahekel and n half In Ihrir ttea'd; but for (JM firatrboni of a ninii,.(lve;ahi.|.*l«^t:|{ut liraf did aptujiav). jiiiserably peiinhtid. Nuy, jjeaidra thi*, the. kiiidred ijf llio^e ihiit were dejitniyed ' mnj<; great •ditrvnti«i. to (he i;iiullil"ud« to ab'itte ■*h« irroranee, of Monea; Uttamae it.woold be.sa- .ftst fortlWm ao Jo do., _;•„ - ' V S. Now Mtflja, upoTH bis hearinic tfor a pood ' . wliili that llii\peu|;le wt^ra tU^tuultiloua, «v»» ajraid' IhSt *hie-|i M'oiild attempt -nonie oth< r imtovation, lUidtbnil »oi../.-gre(it'AUK! naK cakuiily mmkl be ,' life '«BH|(rq,tii'iii-ii{..lii«HMdbd the nidUitude to a " ton(;re(!(iiiou, and p(Uii'i)lly Jiiuril wliftt upuluKy ibtv ninde-ior Ihiiiis.'lvea, wiflHiui uppdiiln^ ihein, and thia leal^e shijnid eiiibiltfCi'Ihe inutlitinle: 'Jio Only dbri!ig ^beir mis,* wiiii .the lianica pf their tribes i'lJi !*.' »6rihe!?' tftcy. ulai«-jw litii'a «nd "branchea ^rown • flut of Aarofi's rod, ivilh ripe fruija tipon them; •V. '.•'''*Jf "'?''"' «U'W*»''; the rod haviflg>1^«Kii rut out' ;v4i£lh«t tree. The (Hoplfc were mi atrtazctl at : , tlfrt »lraiige'»i(fhl,'iriul,thou'il»JVlo»c» ami Awon' . jSirere before unVl^Tiiome degree of hatred; they ■ •■: al»v.d tp send *"''?«»• '«"''!^.7A«t''f''''""v .A*'^ .^^^^^ this liijil. what hoslapes he ahilddDdeaiie WsUiUqo of .ttie lljifl||»»», which had bwn a gr.iit f hiiii^ froni iiny injurv. JWleaired him ■: :. ::X ' :■: -VH ./> i'^: t they ba>,l <<(il in^s for ains wlikh the peopb. 'pave tliera, as I •have set it down in the fi.r<:K"i"K iHiok. He uJso ordereil, (hat out lal" every tiling allotted for the piiesla, tlieir aervaiita, riheir wmi-., ] ihcir daiir^* (era, an4>their wivea, slionlil '^laiiake, aa wetfaa (hrinselve^, ejtrrptiiiK what ciuiu' lo Ihein out of the stirrificfu that were oIltTid foraiiui (ot of, lho«e MOiie hut tboiniha of liii'r t'u'iiiiliea of .lh« prii«t< nii^'hl eAt.«)id,thi:< in llx' temple aia^, anil that^e same day thev were oDi'ied. 5. ^hen Moaes had inade Ih^ne constitutions, nfler the ndili.oii wtia ovf r, In- ri>nioved,>toKether with the whole nriiiy,.nnd'CHnu. to the boruers of. '»Coitfetmn«l|ieKehvelver6rta«f lhii*i¥etKe itliies-t! ♦nrmiiia '•f Israel, »» «ll..(,'lciiieiitV a.rrount, niiioh 'Intcra^'tlian ! (ireeks aW) -that iii-our Bihlea, V rir'r',irf--t . fi '■ nn ii). TtwiimilM'i'ato ' ^'•lotaeeoHaUnwiiicineiiMirelllriiralsih *^Lf to aecure ' hiiii: also, that on Niim'i. vi. I«. jnkM notipe. that the 'it.\^^-- fSreeJiM alw>, aa well aallic Jews, aumetuneiioniMialCd UielMi^cof thetrheaditailieiodB. ->' f""'^^-^-^''#ir ~ — nn .•.V\^' *1?>0 • ..■*x ;■:■ f r- ■' H I ANTIQUITIES OP THE JEWB. B vM ;- fl« w•> hit ■rniv llb«-iir lo bujr provl- tionai •iiilr >t h« iMiiti'u,u|Miii il, hr wuulil^niy ■liitvn u iirit «i r»r Ihn very w*t«r Ibcy ihunUI ilriiib But lh« kiiiK w*i not ult'SMil with Ihii «iulVti>tia)(e Arum Mu»ct: nor ilitf lit: nlkiw^a put- (m iuo I Muvur til (on.u thiir pHMiK'- Upon wtitiV MiHit (pniullcil (imi liy Ihn onu'ln, who <^ijliilii lilt hu«^>hiiii lu'l^n Ihi! wiir liral; uiul no l|c |Vithi)r«.w hi« Aircri, null (ntvvljtid ruuvdtiliutit ftuo'ijfh ihr wlltlrriicu. 6 Tluii II nriM thill Miriuni.Oir •intirr of Mo- Iri,. I'n.lut to h< r cikI, hii\iNj( romplctiMl lirr AirtUtM vmr time >bc lift KKypI,* un the tir>t lUy of (III Iriimr nionlh X*nthTi'uii.f Thry llii:ii mitif a publtr Ainrml for brr.kl li ^ri at C'xpi'iiii>. '!hi W"'* l>i|ri«j(l upon n tSertulii iii«iiiiliiin, whli'h tli<'yi«ktT, at u lillln ilittancc frniii Ihe ounip, inlO' n '{ihici iM rfi rtly ckiin. Thin hi ir<'r wut i|l>(^l>^ tftr IiikIi pirii'iit, nnd hrr blood uprinkUil wi^h )i>, Aloaig^ havine before told bim that he waa tu die, lor thia plucc waa over against thcin. Ill put oil hia pontifical gurinrnta, and delivered tbcm to (lleaznr his son, to^whiiin the high pntstiiogd bilunp^ed, because he was the elder lirothrr, nnd died wlnle ihLinullitude Ipok' cd upon hfni. He dud in theaninc.ycnr wherein hi Inat his ^istir, hiiMng lived in nil u hundred and twenty andthrie yi.irs llediedon the first ■lay of that lumr month which is culled by the Atneniuns * HcCatonib-con,' by th; Muceddnlaiis ' Lous,' liut by the HebiLws 'Abba.' -■ CHA9, V. TIbio Mo»ti ronguered Sthan and Of, kingi of the Jlmoriln, and deilroycd thnr whole Jirmi/, and titen dimdcil (hut Land bi/.L-ot lo two 'i'ribfiandahalfof the Htbrewf. i L TitE peopit inourltLd for Aflroff thirty ^ays, and when this iiiourniiijd; wiu over, Mosch removed the uriuy from (hat place, and cnnie to the riMr Anion, which, issuing ujit of the moun- tains of Arahiii, and rtinniii); through all that wilderness, ftll into the I ikv Asplialtitis, and be- * Jnfephun lirrc iisps thia phrnsc, w hen the foi'tieth yeai' wai< roinpletert.for when it was I renii; as ilo<>sll!i. Luke, when the djiy uf I'eniecoft was coiuiiltiteil. Acta il. 1. t Whether Mirinm dinl, as JOscpkus's Clreek copjct knply, 01^ the dtst ^ajr of the ^lonlI^lj|lay bcrdoiibicd; ranin the limit, lift ween (b« Uml of (ha MoabilM and (he land of Ihn Aniorlles. Thia laml is frull- ful, and auiru'irnl (u iiiainlniiri* greul iiunilwr ilf nith with the kowI iU'inf il pniduir*. Moara, (herefure, ariit nieaaeiiKrr* to nihon, (lie kliif of thia country, dealrin;^ that he would )(i'ant his army a paaaage, uiioii what seciiritir he should pleaar to reipjire; lie (ironiised thai he ahoiild h« iiowuy injured, neither aa to tliat country which Sihon Kovenird, nnr na li> its liihabiliiiitn; and that be Would buy liia proviaiona iit aurit a nrics lis khouhl be lo their ndvai^gr, even lbiHi|;n h« , uliouhl deaire 16 aellthem their very water, ^1iut ' Sihon refuaid hia olftr, and put Ilia ariiiv into « buttle amv, aid was preparioi; every llitng in order to himJer jheir puaaiilK over AriiUn. 2. When Mo^ea saw that the Amorile king; wna diapbard tu enter upon hoi>tilitieawil,h Iheni, be lhou)(ht he oukKi ikiI lo bear that iiiaiilt; and ileterniiiriiiK' lo win the IIMiiewii from their Ir- doleiit lein|ier, and prevent the disordera whlill arose thence, which bad be to do. 'Iliey then, ujioii tlie n cejpl Of this coniiiiifiiun, which lliey so iiiuih loiij^ed for, put uu ibeii- whole arniiir, and. set. about the work, without ilelapr. Rut tJie Amorile king was not now lik« to himseUwhen Ihn Hebrews wera ready to •f' lack him, but both he hiinsilf.was afl'fi^htid at tiic Hebrews, iind his hriiiy, which belorc had showed thiniselvca lo be of good cc)urii|;e, were , Ihenfiuiidto be timorous;' ao that t'ley Couid not sustain the first on«,et, nor l«<;art)un against the Helircws, but fled away, as thiiiKiilg- thia would atli>rd Ihem a more likely way for their escape^lhan fi|{hliiif(; for they utpcnded upon their cities, which wertf.strung,,froni which yef Ihev reii|icd ho advantiige whin they wen- furced to Ay to Iheni; for as soon as tiie Hebrews .^aw tbeni giving ground, they iminedinlely pursued them close; and when they had broken their ranks Ihev greatly terrified 'them, and some of them broLu ot)' from the rest, and ran away to the cities. Mow the Hebrew* pursued tli summer season, und wnen the greatest number of llieni werf^ brought .down to the river, out of a desire to drink: as hUo, when others lied away by troops, tlii^ Hebrews cnnic round (heiii. and shot at them; so that, what with dar(saiid what with arrows.tiiey made a iilaiighter of them all. Sihon also Ijieir king was slain^ .So the Hebrews sjuoileil 1l|iv dead bodies, nnd tooJ< their prey. Tlife land also which they tfipk was lull of ubw .jiance pf fruits, and tlie army wei)t all. over It without fear, and fed their cattle upon it, uiid becfluw thdatiii copies say It vrgs on the tenth, and ao say the Jewish ralcnda.'s also aa Dr. Bernard aaured^a. It Is laid l^er sepulrlire lastltl axtani near PeUa,th«ohi capital city or ArahirPcIrM, «t Iblr day; «• ItiM timt of Aaron, nql far off. , .4 '0 n« nil wl ■HI II lir rr •■V J* rii tu by th h ra b»g ten (o< arn l)ia cas I wai mai vcr 01 Ik und far Ollll r»cl wcr tioii niig t idol 'phc pro] •we •I. Mil • al nf (h« MonbtlM III* Urwl >' frult- [rriil iiutiihirr ^ )ilui't-*. Muift, ion, 0)« king of voulil K''*"' h'* iirlW lin Khnultl ia( nr ihoiilil he t I'liiiiitrv which iihiil>ilniiti>; ttiitl III lurlt a nrii'ii rven Ihiiii);!) Ifii , try waliT. ^^i^\f t liiii iiriiiv inlci « : t'vrr) tlitng in t Ariiuii. • Ainuriln king litiiawilh Ihfni, tlmt iiiiiill; anil t Ooiii thrir ir- • nortlrrii whlill [III- orcasitni of I were tliry qow he iiiqiiirril of I lr|UKPii, they i their hows, so le thiU. csca^d ided.'and llifaiv il than with any I ; fur it WDi thn ^renteat niinibcr the river, out of iithCrs lied bway ound Ihi'iii. anil II dnrta anil what tfr uf tilt m ull, Sothp H«;lirc«» ooi tlnrr prey. !BS lull of ttbufi- vei)t all. over It :le upon it, aiid I the tenth, and to 3ernBrdaaure#u*. near Fetra, the old day; atllM tkti BOOK 1V.-C1IA 'Aft € Ctiay look th« cncniiri Arlion ulatr, ());, the kiiiK of (ill) Ad iind liiiul.iiiitiii, !• II iniuM the lirai'liira. I Ir li|»)ii)rlit an iinny iMlli h^v'- "'id rami' in haaic l» the Hnniriiaucc 1,1' Ut* iViciid Si- hiin. Hut ll.iiii|tb he lnund him iilrmily (liiin, yet did hr ri p"i|vc ulill to ci>mc and (<%hi ilic Hi • Wwiit>ii|>po«:a); liohould be luo lytnl lyr'tlii'iii, and b(f, U^, lli^ ovciihntv their citio, rinililrw lill Ihrir inhaliilant'. t\li,> yel );x< rreded In ri< htt ull Ihii nivn in that jiai^t'ol' the hail (rnni'lii< anrrdnrii • frirndihtp and leaipM with lh<: Midii^itrt, aaw how )(re>l if|) Itraal-' . (I''« werr gniHii, hr Wat niurh'allriKhlrul, iin'ar- count of Ilia own and hia kiiiKihi f" lnn|r«ri ftir hr wan iinl aci|iiainle4l With thia,* il|a,t Iha ||f- hrcHi Uoiihl not nicdillr with any nihrrrnnnlrf, hut were to br^riinteiiUil nilh llie p,>aar«aion of' the hind of ('ainian. tind havMig |'o|hiilil/'n llirro to (to any f.irthrr. Vo hr. wiih niorr liaate than wiiuhiiri, reaiilvtul to innki' an all«mi>l ap<)n thrnf by wonlai but lif did not ju(l|fc it prudrnt to dKht aKainat thrill, after Ihry hail aiich jiriM|i<>r- nua iHCcraara, mid rvrit hrc.iiiir nut of ||| me- f riari ' iiiore haj^f.y tliiin hf lorr, iiiil hr lli'ought lohlndrr iheui, it )ir ciuld^rniin ((rowini; grral- rr, and an l|e raajilvid to ari^d miibiiKndnra i-i the MiTtianlli*a alxiiit them. Noiv tlirar Miilianilri klioHiiiK there wiia one llnlaaiii, tlrho'liieil ht Kiuihruli;, and wna the ftrrnlral of the nro|ihela III thill lime, and iiiir that waa in friendihip with then), anil aoirtr of Ihefr honorable phnrra /ailing «it)i, Ihn aiiilMiMiiduia of fliitnk, Jo en(rral ' the prophet to Cmne fo Ihrin, that hr tiii|hl iip- jirncatr cnraea In (he ileatnicliiin nf llir lararj- ilr«. So Hidaani receivrif Ihr aiiiliiionilora, an^t ■ ireaird them vir^ kinil, j Ihia mnlirt w«a for which Ihe Mtdinuili . enlreal- ••" y few ei|iiiilv.-it»frr in' llie iMrjfcncM ol j |Hiai>l lya Roing, lie ciikiir to the aiubH.»idoni and hia body, oriianTfaomejieM of lin up|«iirnnee. lidil lliriii', ifcat hr waif hitii.elf vrry willing and He waa alio a mini ol grratWtnii^ lu the u.e clrair.iiil to c.inipty *jth their reqiir.t, but in- of hia handi, in that hia actjqtm wire mil line! formed Ihrin that Oo^ waa oppoatle to hia intrn- ' qua! to Ihe va«t lurgineaa anil handaoine aJip.'Br. 1 tions even IhftI tioer, hia Aill did mil only improve^ I, Hgaiu't. the IirafUtr thr i'ircHiiwtance» of 111;- Kehreiva for %!<• yn- < tlnni that; anawrr; irilt, but l(y hia ileHth he ifva^ithu occasion of I >if I'.oil; but hr wa* dii- • great prey. . p|ea.rd iit thia f.econr iriaUVand bid him by no CHAP. VI. I meaiw to conttadi^t tfc. uiBimi»:id^. Now Ba- «;,^cr, 1 : , . ' ,• ,i !»'""» "'«"' «h'' ambf nadori; hut when Ihe di- }I. Now Mosra, when he hijd orouglil lii» , viaie anjtel met hiiu ii.thc w)*v, nfkrn hr wai in 'tiitiiiy to Jordan, pitched hia camp in Ihe gr^'nt' plaiijiover agniual Ji richo." Thia 1 ity haa a v.'ry' liapi^ aituution, and very lit forproilui in<; pnliii- trre/and bulsaui. And now Ihe Imael^le^ ur};an to b6 vt-Tf proud of Ih'rinaelvi a, and were vi/ry eager Vor fighfiii;;. IMoaca then, alter he liad ot> fered. (or a few dayi sacAliceiof thaiiknglifiHg to (laid, and fe^ated the people, bent u jiurly' o> armed men to lay waatr the roimtry ol thk Mi- ljiunil; unjuallyl V> her; that uherrai h^ hui no fault lo find tviih her in her forinrr ir^ire tp hini, h« now iniliated ilrtpea upon hrr,Bi not un- rrinira, Jnaephnii irvcr iirriiplrH to admit, aa ever ta:ci)iliiKaHi-h wlrkM mrnjuatiy noil iirnvidrnlially de- ceived.) Mill |ierl*i|iH, we hadheili'r keep ^er*i lone to llLelrii. wliirli anjfl, Niiinh. iij^Ji, '.■!, Iliat Cod only i iN'riiiit'led llMlaaiii|i.> no ali I raariliF) comeHadralli' I hia lining along viiitl4tl;e i laaiii aiiaiiiiiiitef ini|ial * What losrphua here rrmnrkaWtvrll wnrili,«iir re- mark in liiia iilafcnjao, vir~ llinlllir lariiclMpa wiire Me-. ver loiiicdil|<' nlllillie Mijiiliiti-a, iir.Aiiimoiiiiia.iir^iiiy other iieoplei lull lliOKclcloiiiiluKluthciaod of I'aiiaan, and (he counirica of fihon and Ug li<llydeairuyrd by lliein. t ^'trte, tiiDl JOMr|ihii8hever.an|i|M>aeallalnnintoliean idolater, iiorloarck iilnlBtrouaiiirhantiiiPiila, orlojiro- ^pheiy fiilaely, luit to I* no otl.er than an ill disiawcd profiiirl^^al the true liod; and inliiiiutcM that tiod'a an iwer the Duroiid lime, permiMiiii: hiin to iiour^a ironl. ^ahandondeaign that he aliniild Ik- de'eivmi'n'tilrh * Unix ofitacegtipn, by way of puniahtiicnt fori fAtmer hcaeenito havtjiH'cii I'iit hi* waiiea o( iinrinKlcoiiiiiiess; .Niial'. Prt.ii. I.i; Jude^, )l;wliii-li rt'vviif^ rejiffiiiua prnptvfjta of Coil ecver reual: aa our .Inaenliiiij Jitatly takra nnUmn tliifi uei, Aitiq.h. virti. iv. an I. I, flpDai rh, tt.iKff. :i. JBrealaoCen. jiy.SS.lj! IC, ■.'», '.tr, aiHf .(rta vili. l8-^i.'lrur( hit journnjr, (t licln); con- ' Irary l« lk« will of (inU. U|H)n Mlilrh KhIiiiiiii •CHI ■Iriiiij, mill Mun |irt'pai'int( to rciiirn ImcL ■K*Ui, >i'l dill (JimI cii'ilii liini to K» uu hii in- hodt'd wmyi Ijul nddt il, llii* injunciion, (li«( h« thould dvclura nulluHjl; hut wlint Im hiniu'll •hunld •ii|rK*'>l to llii luiml, 4. Wliri) (tud h»<* ctimx.to Biilnk) and whin tin Lihk hud iiilri- liiinad him in ii .ni*y;iillSi'i nl iiiniiiKir, he driirid him tu K,a lu una of the lununlnint luliikn it Vli-Mr 01' tlin tliila dl' tlic lainp ul' llm Itihnw*. liii- lah hiuitrif nl«i rnnir In lh» iiiounliiin, ■iid , broughl Ihn projihcl aloiiK with hini, wilh ii fuy- ■I ■rtcudunrc. Thii niouiiluiii \»y ovir lliiir hradi, *iid ivii* diilunt tixly liirlniiKt Ironi lliv camp. Mow when hii iilw Ihi'iii, hi- di'iirrd ihi; i king Iwhuild him arvcn allnr«, mid to hriiiK him ■a null} hull! uiid raum; tu whii'h doirv Ihi' kin|( did prcttnll/ conA>rni. Mr linn uliw Ihi' •acri0i'c>, and ollvri'^ thfiii (hat hii nii;;ht ubpticvii tunic alj ol' Ike Ht'bruwi. .Thi'n anid I pcopUi un whoili (lod brttcii inuuniurablii Kf"*' ,"<'"K*i vwn pruuu 4Nrill h«1i, ■jMieni in virluv, aiiiJnn Ihi; en? the beat nilca of life, nnd oi lyoin wickcdni'ii, and will lcn\if lliuTv . 5. Thiia did Buluuni apeijk by iniipiriition, lia not being i^ hla i^nii power, but moved to aiiy whut he (lid liyjiheifivfne Spirit. But when liu- ■-• ' ■■■ ''' ' i" ' • Whether Joaephna had in Wa' ropy tuiMwp 41- temptx or Palaniii in all lornrae Israel, nr wlwther, Jiy thin hia twice oacrini aacridre, he nieiint twice beaide that flrat lime already mentioned, which yet li not ve- ■ f> probable, caiinol now be certainly determined. In the mcantimedll otbcr colilea have tliree micli atleAiblf cif Balaamlocurae ihemlntlieprettiit h^tmy.' irncumiMni ip|>on.them, anil had dnUrtd that l^ry were llie hapiiieal of men, 'I'o whirh Ua- laeni rrnliid, -'O Ualah, If Iboit rixhlly lonai- dvfrsl Inii wb'ile niulirr, ranal Ihou auppoae that li M in oWr |i6wer to be ailrnt, Ar |o ••> any Ihina when the aplril of (ind ariira upon utT lur he pula anrli wonia nt he pliatea into vur niouiha, and amh ilixouraea aa we are not our- arlvva Rimarioua of. .1 will reniembrr by what enlrralir^ both J'on aiMl the Midiiinllrii an joyfvi ly bri)UKhtnia hllhrr, and on Hint Birount'l ItMik thia journiy. It Waa my prnvrr that I WWhl not iMil any allronl noon ton, na Iq what ymi de- tireil of mil) but Oud la Qiore powerful tiian the pnrpoaea I hail innle In ai rve y«ii ; for Ihoae that liike u|Hin Ihini Id forrtrll the alt'nirt of men- kind, Ha from-thrir owii abditiia^Hre enlirily un- able t'l di> ll, or to li>rbear to utter whuf (lod auKi)|e-li to th'iii.nr to ollir vioUnre tu hia will; for when he pnvenla ua, hiid enlet:* into iM, iiolhinK ihnt we my il nur own. I JIhen did liot Intend to pmiw thia ami} , nor to pfM over the •eviriil t^omh lIunKa v\hirh (iud inlriiiKd to do to ihiir ral'e, Imt liiice lie \\»» an fvinrnbUl Ul Ihini, and ao riinly to hr4liiw upon them a ha|>- py life, nnd eti rnni irlory, he amri^rati'd the ilerlaralion ol* Ihnae lhin|;a in. me. liut niiw, bo- rnuae it it my ile*ir« to oblige thee thyaeif ai Well na llie Midlnnltra, whoae intreHtira it ia not din lit lor hie to n.jeel, vo to, lel^ ua MKiiin rear other alliir«, iind oH'i r the JikrMMeriltcea that wa (lilt .liMori' ; thill I may tee whether I rnn per- auiide (ihil lo permit me In hind Iheae jiien with ruraea." Whirh, when Kalak hud iiKrieil In, (iod wmilil not, i vin upon nei i.nil aaciificea,* I'iniaenI In hia Curaing the larhelil'ea. Then fell I'ulaani upon hit lure, and forrliild whkl calami- , tie* Wouhl befull the aevemi liinga ol' the na- tioiM, nnd till' iiioat rininentcitiea,aiinie of which of old Mere not ao much aa inhiibili'd ; which evenia have come lo paaa ainonfc file aevcral people cnncetned, both in ihit forenoinp agea, ahd in tliia.till iiiy own nieuiory, l>ii|h by neaanii by land. I'roin vihirh coiiiplitio^i uf nil Iheie predirtl(iri<,lhii| lie made, nnn iiiay eatily glteaa lliii^ th*'^«t will have thelr^'Omptetion in time ' (5. But TIalak beinj; very angry that thelarael- ilea were not euraed, arnt'uwiiy 'Huhtimi, without thinking him worthy of any honor. Whereup- nos when lii^ wipi jnit n'pun.'hia journey, in order lo priaa the lOiiptiriiteii, he aent for Halnk, and fiiV the {>riiii-rif of the Nliilinnilea, anti apake thua to them: "U lluhik,f ondyouMidiunitea Ihnt are here preaent, (for I am nbliged,even Without the will of o that if you Have ■ t Siicli ai lante and diatinrt account of thia perrer. aiunuflbe laraeHle* by llie Midlaiiilewnuien,orwbieb dur'ollier ropici give ua but abort intlm^'llont, NuBb; xji:ti. 10; 3 Pel. il. 1ft; Jiid. ver. II. Apoc. U. 14. if pre aerved, as Relaitd Infarni* ua. In ilie Kainaritan elironb. rie. in Phiio, and in other writlnga of the Jtwa, «■ well •# here byJoaeylnw T . '■H 4 '#*■ h»l br i>* h- >il riKhily loniii* It thuu (lipilOM nl, Or |o M> any •riira upon u*T plintrt into vur tv« air* nut iiur^ iirhilirr by nhitl Ijnnili'it M) Joyfiit nt ■niiiiiit I ItMill \irr ihni I \ti>fiUt I tQ wimt voii (ic* oMrarful tlinn ib<< III ; fur Ihoar that i> altnlri of m*n< i,Mff rnliraly im- iillvr wliiif (iixl lUnrn (u hii witl) rnlf'rt Milu IM, I ^hrn lilt) liot r to Kv over Iha ioil iiitruiKd to ii< •» fBtiirnbk to . ipiin thfni a h«|>- « ttnc^trtli'il (be ic. tiut now, bff 1^ I her Ibiirif at nlri^Htii '» It ii nul , U'l- III MKiiin roar Mi'rilicri I hat wa pth«r I enn prr- I llu'nf iiivii with liiiil agri'**!! to, < cinil i>ui rificrt,* ^lil'in. 'I'bvn fell loll) whiit riilaiui- . Iiinf;» III' tbn na- rmmmiaorwhirh . inhaliili'il: ivhlrh IODIC ll'«' ni'viTal (itrmoiag n|;r<, ', iMifh by Kca anii tiop uf nil Ihi'ia iiiay ratiljr gtttn impk'lion in lime ■y that tliclirarl- HMlaiini, without anor. Whereup- ioiirnrv, in urtirr t for Halnk, and n, HiM npnlit' Ihui liiliunitt^s Ihnt arc rven without the it true tio entire iiiliun of the He- ' iila^ur, nor by' irtli, nVr can any Ihcir rntire ruin, oiH't'i'iied to pre- rtune, iliir will it ■oiile upon thrin but tonie •niall ' irt time, whrrrbr It hnv, may itill li'y will Auuriib Ht bpiugbt thoie 1 if you hBTe ■ ml of tbia perrer-. inH'oiiien.orwbleh iniiin^llont, Nunb.' Apor.. Ii. 14. if pre- iKiiinarilanelironU ga of the J«M^, fi ■% WIOK « ■miihI tA ft«Sn a fWtnry oter lh«m f.ir a ?,- •bn « of liiiir, yi^u will obtain II li> l irt out Ibr liaml •omnt of lurb bf your ilaMnhlrr* a« are iimmI ont I for beau and In fnrrr and < prop" the mmirilir of lho«* thai brbobi tbrin, and Ihrw dri kid and tripimrd lo ihi' hi||br>l drKr)>* you iir* aldr« Ibrniluyou irnd thuiu In be near Ihr tararlilM' raiapi nwl (iv* (h*m in rbarfei Ihal whrn the young nifn of the ll«brrw< diolrathvlr cuni|Mny, Ibay allow it thnn\ aad when Ihey i^n that Ihry ara riwiiiorrrl iif thnnyirl thrni lake Ihrir Iravej and il Ihvy rffliral /hrm lo ilay, Ul Ibrni not dive their romeitt liM ihry ha»e iWr- ,luniU'il tliiiHi lir Irani' oH ihrir Uhrdii ni'* lo tneir own (*w«, and Iha Wor>Mp of/lbat (iod who «•• • lablithrd Ibrm, and lo tviir^ip the |[oila of Ih* Midiaiiili'ii and the Moaliit«*i for by tbii loeana t iod will Iwiinirr) »l Ibiiii.")' AiTorilin«ly, whrn llnlanin bad (Ujocratrd lhi/roun««l lu tbcin, be went bin way, 7. MowhentheMidl4MUeib»l>rntfhelrdaHKb- trr4, »• llaluain bad ei(k«irteil {bein, ihe Mi bri-w ynun)t men were hIIi^^mI by their Iwi^iily, and i-iiiue lo dinrnur^e witb them, ami heauu|(bi flirm not to Krudfin Ihi'Ui liie enjoyuieiil nf tNcirbeaul) enjojH heir en noT lo ilinr ibrm iberr ennnrutinn. Thewi dHUKbterii of thi' Midianilen rrrrivi'd their wj^U jtlaiilytand ronteflleil lo it, antt^ilaiil wilb iTirHii. but when tin v had bruucht Iheni to be enuniurrd of tbrni, anil Ihiir inniualiona lo ibrni wj;ri are entirely ihllrrrii niurb that your kinn|iergiidt of Ibi' laiiM' ruun- try 'I et|)ei'iHlly while our rod* are I'Onoiion to all men, anil >oui't (urh a> mloii|[ to uoIhhIi rlia but your>rl«i't," Ho they oaid Ihry ni>((»»*d Itw-m- i««'re ntaiiy SikIh; am) reiolvinK IhnI ihev would •nirilti'e (o letii ai'i-ordiiiK lo llie laMtol'lhat loiiuiry whirh ordained Ihriu, ihey both Wire ileliKlilid with Ibrir •IraiiR* food, and ivinl on lo do ivery Ibipg that Ihe wi^nien would have lliriu do, Ihouahlin coiilradirtioil Id Ihitr own Inwiii iio l'' utriiiiKe riiiloiiiil, Ihet went with iniatiaidi' iiiilinationi uilo llirin; iiii>l even will re •oiiii' of the pnnripaltiwn were iltuatrintt* lOn airouiil of Ihe virliita of Iliiir fiilbrrn, Ibey alao were rnrrupleii wilh llie rest. 10. JWin Ziinri, Ihe braii of lh« Iribe of Si- , iiieon, rompanled wilh Ciiibi, a MidianillHli wo* iiiiin, nbo Hii* the daui;bler iil Sur, #inan ol aiitborily in Ibiit countri : and lieiii); deairi'd br. Ilia wife to di>rrf(ard ihi' law of .Moii^, and lo fol- low tboae the ivka uieil to, be I'oiiiplli d wilh htr, and Ihii both by anrriltciii); alli-r u iiilinnil ililTer- enl fnini Ida own, and by tiikiii': ii nll-nnKrr lo wife. When lUinKa wire thix. Movi a waa afraid that mtilter* ahnuld grow woraf, and i-ulled lb* iH'ople In a ri<.ii|;r«(;iiliiiM, but (hi n urriiaeil BU* . body liy name, aa unwilling to ilrivir rlloae into ' ' ■ ' ' ' ' ■ Il I'omn to lid upldo frown to I'lpeneaa, ihey lilKalt to think ul ili parliiiK from tbeni; (hen il waa lha( (hea« iiirn oeriinie Krendy diarnnaulatr at tbe wonien'a lie- Iwrturr, and tliey wl re urKi nl wilb llieni iiol lo rnvc (lieiii, but bi'f;;;ed they would i onlllute there, iind, bioonie their wite*; unit Ihey pni- . miaeil Ibeiii tb^-y ahnulit bi; owned iia iniilreaaea •f all Ibey bad. 'I'bia (bey aaid wilb an oath; iiiid eallrd (iod for' the afbilrator of What Ibey pro- iniaed; and (hia witb teura in their eyea, ami nil otber inarka of coni em a* iniKbt abnw how iiiiu'- rttblii tbiy ' ihoiiKhl tliiinni'lfea wilbuut Iheiii, am) -ao iiiigbt move their coinpaaaloii I'lr lliein. So'lbe ivniiien, aa aoon jia tliey peri'iivrd Ihey had made thrill (heir alavea, and„1ind rauKbl Iheni wilb (heir tonveraiidon, began (o apeuk Ibu* (o (beni: t). "U y4iu illoa(rioiia , roiiuK iben! ne have houaea of our own at home, and great |ili ntv of J'uod ibinga there, tn)(elhi'r with (be naliirnl »f- ectionale love nf our paren(a and friemla; nor ix if pu( of our Wiint of niiy tmli tbincja tlial vve Coiue to dincourae wi(b ydii, nor did we ndnlltof your invitation with i1e«i|;n to pruatitiilir Ibn beauty of our body for (piin, bill taking you for brave and worthy men, we agreed to voiir re- ^ „ ,queal, that we nmv treat vou^itb aiirli honora de>|Miir, who, bj lying ronrealiii im a* baapiliilily required'; ami now, aeein;jf you »uy'| ri|ieiil»nei'; bnt In- aaid, "'riiat Ihij ' that you have a great alliiliou for ua, uiid arejivlint waa either worthy nf lhi'iii>L'lie«, or of troubled wliefl you Ibink we are deparlinj;, «i i, their father*, by preferring plii-nre to (iiHl, and arc notnveran lo your entrenllea; and if ^einay \ lo the living afPonling (o hia will: tliiit it waa fit receive aucb aaaurance of you^ good-will an wii | (hey ahoubi rbiiiigi' their rouvira. while tbtir af- think can be alonn aufficlcnt, «e will be Lbol lo ; fair* were ttill in a good atate; iiiul lliink tbal In lead oiir livn witb you aa your wivea, but we .be irin- fortitude wliTcb olbosnol violence to their are a'n-aiil that >ou will in tijfne be weary of oiir lawa,.l>ut that wbicb reaiata Ihiir luala. And !>«• company, and will then ubuiie na, and aiIhI ui-' tide* that, be aaiil, it wa*ni>( a leuaonaMe (bin|f, back (o iiur part'Uli, after n^^nominiona man- { when Ihey had livid aoliiily in the wildcrneaa, ner;" and Ibiy di-aired- (hut Ibey woidil ciciiai'. ' to act miidly now Ibiy wen- in iiroapirily ; and them in their |;uarding afrninat that danifir. Itnt [tbal tlity ought not (o loae, no« Ihey hiive abnn (be youpg men pro Vsaeil they would give thini dnnre, what they bad gained whin Ihey hud lit ' a'I'hiatrnniiniiiilin, lliat Roil'* people of farnci ronld never he fiinl, niiritealruyeil.hiil liy drawini liiein loain unlnal (iod, npiicara (o iie true,liy the entire liialory of llint pcoplo, ioti) intlie BIMe and In joaephua: nii'd ia Oilen tokeii.nollre of ill Ihrin t>ntli. A>e in iNirdriilar a moat reniafknlile, Aninioiillcteitinidny'to llila purpose, Juililh V. *^?l I. livmn arrordini lothe holy Inwa Whirli Iheirue God had ylvrnllicin iiv Mi>Mi>i>"l>l>'»'i'>"n to iliiaie impure law* wliiidi wtreotiaeived uiiiler llii'ir liilw Boda well deaerve* our ronaiderallon. and Kivra ua a aiitiHtanlial leaaon fur llin »fciit ronrcrn IlialWaii ever ahflwed.iiniler Ilia law III' Moaea.tii preaerve llliXlaineHlea from idolatry, and In llir woralilporilfel»ueeiii| of no IcM roA«e t What Joacphu* line pill* Inlolhc mouth* of llieae Mi- i qnenrc Uian. whether Cod>a people ahould Ic governed dlarilt* women, who rnnie (o enllce the laraelitea to ly lh« holv law* of (he tnie^fJod.or l.y llieipipur* law* Icwdnmaand iilpl,j(ry, vir thai their worahip orihe(;nd itenved from deinoiia under \lie pnrun Mulatrjr. 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And 110 did he endeavor, bv iayino- ibii, to correct the young ni> n, and to briiig^ them to repentnnee fur nhat tiii^y liad (lOnc. II. But Zimri arose up a/UT iflffir and aaid, " Yei, indeed, Moiict, thou art atlilicrty to make naa ol' tuch lunii aa lliou art \/o fond si', and liaat, by accunloiiiiiig: ihy aelf to iJleiu, made tliriii lirni ; othcrwiae, if thin";!) hud /not been, tlius, thou hadat often been nunJKheJ before now, and h«d«t, knpkvn that the Hc1>hw8 arenot eaaily put uponv but thoa ahalt not luive me one of thy fcdloDicn id thy tyrannical, conmunda,' for thou doat no- thing eh* hitherto, (Jtit, under pretence of luwa, and uf Ui)d, wi'-kedly inipoMe on ua aliivery, and gain dominion to thvself, while thou dfpri\e»tua uf the aweetneaaiof life, tvhich contiiilta in actin); . according to our own wills, and ia tlie right of freem !iii and of thone that have fip lord over them. Nav, indeed, thia man ia harder upon llic Hebrfwa tiiim were the J'^gyptiuna tljci use Ives, M pretending to punish iiccording to &» lawa,- every one'a nctiiig what is moat agre<:able to hiniatif; but thou tliyhelf better deacrvest to suf- fer punishment, who presumest tO aboliahnhat every one acknowledges to be what ia good for Ilim, and aiiuest to loake tliy m\^\k opinion to have inore force tlinii that of all the rest; and What I now do, and think to Ite right, I shall not hereafter deny to be accordiiig to iiiy own sinti- ■neata. I have married, as thuu say est riglitly, a strange woman, and tliou hearest what 1 di|^'om myscn'na from one that is free ; for-truly 1 xuaiiot intend to concej^l myacll'. I also own, tliat I sa- crifice tO'thoae g-oda lowborn you do nut think fit.to aacrifice; and I think it right to conic at truth by inquiring of -niuny people', and not^ik'e onv tliat Uvea qnder tyrHiiny, to sutler the whole hope of my life to ilepf^nd. upon one man; nor aliall any one find Couse'^'o rejoice, who dcclarca himself to have more aufliority t^'er my actions than niyaelf." •"''"'■ . .13. Now when Ziniri had said these things, about what he and some others had wickedly done, the people held their peace, l)oth oat olT fear of what might come upon thciu, and because they a^^ that their lej^islator waa not williu"^ to bring his insolence beture the public any farther, or openly to contend with him, for he avoided that, leat many should imitate tht: imprudence, of his language, and thereby disturb the multi- tude: upon this the asaenibly was dissolved. However, the mischievous attempt had proceed^ ed farther, if Ziinrj hud not been first slain, which came to pass on the filloniiig occasion: Phineas, a man in other respects better than the Teat of the young mci), and also one that surpass- ed' his contenipoiaries in tite (jjgnity of ilia fntlier, (for he waa the sun of Kleazar thchigli priest, and the grandson of [Aaron] Mosea's brother,) who was greatly troubled at what was done by Zimri, resolv(;d in eariir!in, which have here 14,1110 instead of S 1,000, is so fla- pant, that our very learned editors, Rernurd and Hud- •on, have put thelalter nnnllicr directly into th£'teiit. I cfaooae rather to nut it in brackets. . those that had transgressed pcriahed by th« muitnaiiimoua valor ul these young men: the rot all perished by a plague, which diatemper (iud himself inllicled upon them; ao that all those their kindred, who, inatcad of hindering theni from auch wicked actiona, aa they ought to ha\ e done, had persuaded them to go on, were esleeiiied by Ubd aa partners in their Wicked- nt sa, and -died. Accordingly, there perished out of llie army no fewer than fourteen [twenty-four] thousand at that t!nie.<* • 13. This war the cause why Moses was provo- ked to send an' army to destroy the Midianites; concerning which expedition we shall speak pre* sently, when we have first related what we have omitted; for it is but just not f,a on, were heir iviclied- perithed out 'twenty-four] • !s was prOTO' : Midianites; >ll >pcak prcr that we iiave pass over our' nt of his con- llalaani, wlA>. urge the He- from doing it ;f^c8t |bat au- iich bur ene- lole multitude till aonie of icir opinion!, (letting down hilo it wa'i iii himself, and n predictions, _ 'itness.agaihst ' he stillgave the' honor to lunt. But let' I he pleases. ! JUidianitti, list the land of x 1,inall twelve out of every cir command ntion a Jitfle e laws of the iliment upon m. Now the how the He- ilenly be upon together, and country, and When they lie with them, ' liies fell, nor !o very many; ■ , five in nunl- Rebrm, who the chief and w so called by , im,' from the ut is by the I the enemiei ed thoircouno Instrpyed the ther with the one, as Moses ) iiuleed came It tiad receiv- rcjy: lifly-two sjknd six bun- /with an im- er furnilui-f, their houses ; By were very captive about Kloses divided 'Omen that hid . itei,aiidthepre- ilty therein; tb« I, both here and byth«p«rtlta. the prey into parts, and gave one-fiAielh paA to Kleaxar and (nc two priests, and nnrithir fiAi^tli part to the lai villa; ajid distriliuird lhr a com- iiiandcr of the army, if they^aliould at any lime «tnnd in nei'il of such nunc; anil thiii wos dune by the coiiiinand of God, that to him llie cure of the public shuulil be coiiiniitted. JNotv 'Joshua bad lieeu iuKlruct^d in all tlioHe ktndii of leurn: . mg which oni'ciiiiiMl (he laws and (jod himself, and iMosef had been his instriicler. 3. At this (iine it was that the two tribes of GhkI and Reuliel, and the half tribe of Milnaaschr uliui^niled inn innlliluile of cuttle, as nelt iis in all vther kinds of prosperity, whence tliey hnd a meeting, and cnuie in a body, and besought Moses to give thtni, us •lieii' peculiar portion, that hind uf the''Aiuoriie» wluch the^ hud tiiken by right of wari because it wiis fruitful and ^oud for feed- ing of cattle, li^ Moses, supposing th()t they were afraid of Imiting with the. Canaanilcs, nml invented this uMvision for thi'i' cattle as n hnnd- lioiiie excuse inr avoiding that war, called theiu arrant cowards; and said, "That they only con- trived a decent excuse for that cowkniice, and that they had a mind to live in luxury and ease, while all the rest were laboring with great pains to obtmn the land they were desirous to nave, and that thry were not willing to march along, and undergo the remaining hard service, where- by they were, under the (tivine promise, to pau over Jordan, und overcome those our eiiciiiies which Ciod hnd showed them, and so obtain their land," But these, tribes, when they saw that Mu- ses Was angry with them, and when they could not den}' but ne hail a just cause to be displeased .\l their petition, niaje an apology for them- 'tlves: and said, "that it was not* on account of their fear of dMgers, nor on account of their laziness, tbat they made this request to him, but tliivt they might leave the prey titey had gotten in places of saft^ty, apd thereby might be more expedite, and ready to undergo diflirulties, and to £ght bnttk'S." They added this also, that " when they hud built cities, wherein they might preserve their children, and wives, and posses- sions, if he would bestow them upon them, they would go along ivith the rest of the army." Here- upon Moses was pleased with what they said:' so he called for Elei«.ir the high priest, niid Joshua, and the chief of the tribes, and permitted these tribes to possess the land of the Amorites; but upon this conditicyi, that they should Join with their kinsmen in the war, until all things were settled. Upon which condition they tnuk posses- sion of the country, and built them strong cities, and put into them their children, and their wives, and whatsoever else they had that might be an impediment to the labors of their future marches. 4. Moses also now built those ten cities, which were to be of the nijinber Of the forty-eight [for lar commiind of <>od, are hiihly reninrlcniilc; niiil show, tliateveniti nations otherwise for their wickedness (loo- med to destruction, the innorcnt were soiiictuiics par- ticularly and nrovidenlindy taken rare of, and deliver- ed from that ilesiriirtlnii; which directly iiniilie-i, Hint it was the wirkednesa of tlie iintiqns of Canaan, niid no- IhiniJelse, tliiitorrasiaiicd llieir ^'xcislou. HeeGnn. xv. ir>; 1 ^nni. xv. f, 3;i. C'onstit. \|ios. Ii. vlii. clinp. xii. p. 403. In the first of whi'h places, the reason of the delay of tliiipiiiiisliiiiont of tlie Ainnriteaisi'lren, be- cause their ' inii|i|i'y wns not yet full.' In tie second, Saul is ordered to jo oiid 'destroy the sinners, tlie Amalekiteg,' pJninlv iniplyiiif;, that tliev were there- fore to lie df^stroyed because, they were sinners, and not otherwisi;. In the third, the irensnn is given, why king Agag was not to be spared, viz. because of bii for-' the l-evites;} three of which he allotted to ihoM that tiew any ficrson' involuntarily, and lied to theiii; and he nsiigned the same time for their biinii-hment ivilh that of the life of that high priest under whom the slanijhlrr ami Might hap- liened, after which death ol the high priest, he permitted the slayer to return home. Jiiiring the time of his exile, tlie relaliuns of him that was sluin may, by this law, kill the manslayer, if they caught him without the bounds uf the city to- which he lied, thoggh this peri-e that virtue through your whole livet. Virtue ittelf it imUtd the priacipal'andthe firtt reward, and after tlwf It beitowf abundance of othcrt; to that your eli- •rcjte of virtue towards other men will make your own livet happy, and render yoii more glo- riout than forcignert can^be, and procure yo(i un undiapiited rtputntion with poiterit^. Tbeae bleitingt you will be able to obtain, in case you hearken to and obtervc thnae lawt. which, by T«6mytelf been useful to y«if, w0l not pnt a period noiv to hit providence oVir you, but aa long at yon detire to nive him yoiir protector, in your pursuits after r,irtiie,. to (onf will you en- jov bit care over yotij . Vour high priest, also, , ^feator, at well at ioAifn, with the senate, and chief of your tribet, vnll go before you, and sug- gett the belt advices to 3(,ou': by following whicli advices you will continue to be happy; to whom do you give ear without. reluctance, as sensible that all such at know well how to be governed, will also know how to govern, if they be promoted to that authority themselves. And do not you es- teem lib^rjy to, consist in opposing such direc- tions as i^ourgovernors think fit to give you for SI your practice, at at present indeea you placie your liberty in nothing else but abusing your be- nefactors: which error if you can avoid for the time to come, ybur aflkirs will be in a better con- dition than they have hitherto been: nor do you ever indulge lutib a degree of patsion in these . matters, as you have oftentimes done when you have been very angry with me; for you know that I have been oftener in danger of (featn from you than from our enemies. What I now put you in mind of, is not done in order to reproach you, for I do not think it proper, now I am going out of the world, to bring this to your remem- brance, in order to leave you offended at^me, since at the time when I ui^derwcnt those hard- ships from you, I was not aiigry at you, but I do It in order to make you wiser hereafter; and to teach you that this will be for your security ; It . mean, that you never be injuriou«,to those tha.t |jreside over you, even when yoii 'Sc^^come rich, ai you will be to a great dcgr^^jMlB you ■' ■ ■ -,"i rMMmbranee both by Jews and Christians: "O '.hildren oi' laraell there it but one source of bappincst for all - — ij Mii kin di t h e flt v o r pf C te d.'* — — — — have passed over Jordan, and arein posieHionof the land uf Canaun. Since, when you ihall have once proceeded to far by your Wealth, at to K contempt and disregard, of virtue, ybQwitl.alto forfeit the favor of (Jod; and whsMQou havo . made hjni your enemy, you will.be be*nW in war; and will have the land which you puaiett taken awuy again, from you by your eneiuici, and this with great reproachet.itpun your conduct. You will be tcattered over the whole world, and will at alavit, entirely fill both tea and land; and when once you have had tKe experience of what I now say, you will repent, and remember the laws you have broken, when it it too late. Whence I would' advise you, if you intend to preserve these lawt, to leave none of your ene- mies alive when you have conqucfed them, but to look upon it as for your advantage to destroy them nil, lest, if you 'per(iiit them to live, you taste of their inaniicn, and. thereby corrupt your own proper inttitutiont. I also do farther exhort you to overthrow their, altars, and their groves, and U'hutsoever temples they linve among them, and to burn all such, their nation and theit very iiidiiory, with lire, for by this means alone the safrty of your own happy constitution can ba firmly secured to you. And in order to prevant your ignoraiioe of virtue, and the degeneracy of ~ vour nature into vice, I have #ilso ordained ydU laws, by^div iiie sMggestioii, anil a forni of govern^ j meat, which are so ^ooc|, that if you regularly / observe them, you Will be esteemed of all men l the most happy." . 3. When he had snoken thus, he gave them the laws and the constitution ofCo.vcriimeiit, writ- ten in a book. Upon which the people fell into tears, and appeared already touched with the sense that they tiiould have a great want of their ci^iidiictor, beca^ali they remembered what a luiitiber j)f dangers he hud passed thirough, and what care he had taken of their preserTatloo ; they, drs|)ohded^ about wh^t would come upon them (Cfter^fhe was dead, and thought they thoidil never have another governor Kke him; ahd ftur- ed that God would then take less care of them when Motet was gone, who uaed to intercede for th^tth. They also repented of what they had said to him in the wilderness when they were angry, and were in grief on those accounts, into- much, that the whole body of the people fell into tears with siich bitterness, that it was past the ^ pawer of w6n!s to comfort them in their affile- ^'■ IJ^n. However Moses gave them tome consola- ^ tion, and by calling them off the thought, bow wonhy he wa? of their weeping for him, be ex- horted theni to keep that form of government he had given them: and then the congregation was dissolved at that time. 4. Accordingly, I thall now first describe this form of governalent, which Was agreeable to the dignity and virtue of Motet; and thall thereby inionii those that read these antiquities what our orlgiiiiil settlements were, and shall then pro- ceed to the remaining histories. Now those set- tlements are still in writing,. as he left them; and we shall add nothing by way of ornament, nor any thing besides what Moses left mt, only* we shall so far innovate as to digest the several kinds of jaws into a regular system, for they were by hini' left in writing as they were accidentallr scattered in their delivery, and as he upon inqui- ry had learned them of Cjfod. On which account I have thoiight it necessary to premise this ob- servatton beforehand, lest any of my 6wn coun- trymen shoAld blaiiie nie, as having been guilty of an offence herein. Now part of our constitu- tion will include the laws that belong to our poli- tical state. As for those laws whicn Moses left coiicerbing our common conversation and inter- course one with another, I have reserved that for a discourse concerning our manner of life, and the o ccasions of those laws which I propose ■^■\ .; to wyuir. with God'i anlatante, to wfitc, aA^r I na»e flnialird lh« wort I am now upon. *• WU>n >ou have nnai«ai< (I yiiiir»i'lvri of the lanil ol (,'ttuaan, aild liavc leiaure In eiijuy thii Sood thin);t of it, aotl *l|cn vou, liavu uHrnvuiri Bltriiimtd to build citi<«, if jaii will do what i* - pliiuaini; to Ood, you will li»v« a accure alate of hamiintaa. J,et tl>er« lit tlii-ii one city of the land of Canaan, and thiimluate in th« moat ngrrcnble place fur ita goodi^a*, nnd viry cniiii<>nl in ila«lf, !"*• .; . ^^"'' '*''''■'' ^'""^ •^''" chooae lor ^iniaeir l»y prophrtio rnireliitioii. lyetlhrwalaii^ h« wie. lonipla ihertin. and ofi« iillar, noliSared of Ijewii tlonra, but of aiich a» you irather loRe- th«r at random: which alonea, wlien they arc Wliited over with niortnr,- will have a hiimUauifl anpearance, and be beautiful to the aiirht. I,et the aari nt to it bo not by at. pa,» but by an uctli- Yity of riiard earth. Ahd letthcre be neilheran altar, nor a temple in any other city; f.ir Cod ia but one, and the nation of the I tebrrira ia but one. J ,"•'''«' '"'I''"""**'' ^ioJ. I<1 him be atoned, ■nd let hMii lian^ upon a tree all that d/iy, and ♦hen l«t Ttini bo buried in an ignoininibua and obscure iiuinncr. 7. Let ifioan that liveitia remote aa the buultda Of the land which the llebnwa ahull poaseia, oome to that city where Oiftj^niplo afiall be, uud tela three timea in a y«ar, that thi'y may irive thaoki to Oud for hi» former benehta, and may entreat him for those they ahall want hereafter; MU let them by thia nicana mainUin a friendly Corr*a|ondence with one aiiothlfer, by such meet- •"5" "F feSKtinSi together; for it ia agood thine for tlloae that are ol the same stock, and uoder the same institution of laws, not to be uuac- qiiainted with each other; which acquaiiitHiiCe Will be maintained by thus conversing together, ■nd by seeing and talking with one another, ahd » renewing the memorials of this union : f,>r if they do not thua^Cmiverae ^ogetheif ccjiitiiiuftlly, they will appeir like mere strangers to one ■nather. . 8. Let there be taken out of your fruits a tenth, beaidestliatwhich you have allotted to the priests •nd Uvltes.'»iThis you may indeed sell in the Cbuijtry, but it is to be used in these feasts and Ucrificts that are to be celebrated in the holy city ; for it is fit that you should enjoy thoac fruits of ^e earth which God gives you'to pus- MM, so as uiay be to the honor of the dunor. 9. You are not to oiler sacrifices out 01 the hire 6f ft woman whicn Is, a narioi,t lor tin; Deity is not pleased with any thing tbatariaes from such fbuses of naturg-; of ,J»fcf*h sort nono can be Worse than this prostitmion of the bo ,«ad agri ii n AnlOD, ••ii.ch.lU.iact.4. r 1 Book i^.— CHAP, vin 01 lo'tJoir '" '"'''''"* "'''••«P. •»d thenee laeriflM ^10. I.e,t no one btaaphrme those goda which other rltie, esteem „i,lm| nor may any one ste.! ihlitil ."."? •"•'TK''' ""'pl-. nor take away the gUi, that an- derlicated to'^any rod. qiade ..f wo.dlen and linen, for that ia appointed 10 be (or the iiriesta alone. ' •~""™ ■_.'?'.i^'i''",- ","'"l''""'«"'''' ""•"■""bled together inlO-the holy^clty fof aacrilicing every afventh year, at the fea»t of tabernacle*, le: the MrK prie, atam upon a high desk, whence he nravL hear, , ami let him rea^ the laws toall lhepe„,fle;« and let neither the wom»-n nw the children be hin'- I'oNible to hlot then, out ; U bv thia meana they will 4iot be giiilly of sill when they cannot plead ignoranc. of what the laws have enjoined tWrn. ^'h* I,*r, also rt III have a great authority among then,; a* foretelling what they will s.illir if they briik them; and imprii g in their souls by this hear- ing what they command then, lo do, tliat so there may always t,c within their minds that attention to he laws which they have despi.ed ami broken, and have thereby been the cause, of their ow» m.,ch.ef Let the children also learn the lawa! as the first thing they are taught, which will be the best thing, they can be taught, and will be the cause of their future felicity. " .1 ''; ''*< •'»*7.'"'e commemorate before God. he benefit, wluch he bestowed upon ihem lit their deliverance out of the^ lancl ol* Kgypi, and this twice every day ; both when tBe d/y'tegin,. and when tlw hour of sleep come, on, gratitude being in Its own nature a juM thing, anJ servinr not only, by way ol rctiifn for past, but alw by W4y of invitation of future favors. They ara fcl*o to inscribe the principal Wessmg, they ha»e received from God u|H,n tl«ir cteors, anj ,hoW the ,ame rcmembrar^.r of them on their arm*: aa also the.y-i,re tc 'jtaron their forehead, and tlieir iirni, t lose Wonder, which declare the ir^TV."..^'"''^!"' •>!« e""""-"-'!! toward, them, mat Gods readiness lo bless them may apnear • very where conspicuous about them. I '^' 14. Let there be seven men to judge in eyerr my , 1 wd there such as have been before mott lealoo.mthe exercise, of virtue and righteous, nesa. , Let every judge have two officer, allotted him put of the tribe of Levi. Let thoae that are chosen to jii.lge in the several cities be had in great honor ^.and let none be permitted to revile any others when these are present, nor lo carrr tnemselves in an insolent manner to^eiii, it « What hook of the law was thus puhlielv read, aee thc^note on Amiq. B. x. ch. v. sect. 5; and I Ead.li. . 11 »'l)elherthescphylarleriea,Bndother Jewiahmemi «w. (!_e»idea the frinies on the l,orders-of their inrnienti . lion. Ihatll.cy hove hern lqn« olwrvcdi.y il.e Pharii wfea and the rald.iniral Jewl i, rertain; however iK Karaites, vvhorerelvq not the unwritten traditions of the elders. I,.il keep rlo« lo the written Inw^w h J«.. onie a,„ OroiluMhink they were not liiernlly to Iw un- deratood, as Bernard and Itchniil l.ern lake notice Not indeed do I rememhcr thai either in the more nock^nl books of the Old Tesfaineiit, or in the book, wj X •Aporrypha,' there are any ai;;ns ofauch literal o£ reryations n,,peariii|| Hniongr the Jew*, tlioush their real or mystical .i^inifirntion. i. e. tlii con«ant rl; meiphrniire and observation of- llie law, of (iod hr " Moms, be frequently inculcated in all the Mpred wtl- ^iT Here as well as elMwhcro, aect. 38:of hia Life ma. 14; and of the War, B. li. rh. xi. Met. 5, are hut ;^ Jndxea appointed tor Bmall citiea^instead of twenS- inrwi..in me moilurn r a hl i lns; which mode r n r a bW i M 4« •V ^*? 'It ,^ 92 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. being niitar»l, ihtl reTeMrtce towirdi ihou in hiftli offirci anwni; in«n •hnulil prncurc mrn'ii ieiir uhd rrvnriiicr (owiiriU (iud. Lvt (huw ttiul JutllC l>« (KTiiiitleil tp tliteriuiiiii a('Conliii|( ■• thity think lo br riKht, unirn anr onn can •how tbot Ihey have takvn bribri, lo the pArVeniuii of jh|itic«, of can iill«|{« any ollivr accniat'iun agniniil th«iu, whfrihy it innjr a|)|H:nr thry ha»r |ih»«imI an uiijiiHI nvntence; fur it ii nut fit that cbiim'* thould h« openly tirterinineil out of rtf(ard to Siin, or to the diniiiiy of the luilen, but that e'judKvi ahdnid etltrm what ia right before •tl other thingfi, ntherwiie («t he'Reroine «o potem that his Mate be incoasiptent with your welfal'i/. 18. Let it not be esteemed lawful {n-jtrtaor* boundaries, neither our own, nor of IhAe with whom we are at peace. Have a care yoJ do not lake thoiie liinilmarks away, which are, as it ,were, a divine and unsjiakcu limitaliop if rights made by God hiinselC lo'lasl for ever, since this l^oing beyond limits, and gaining groaod upon tilh'rnk, is the ocrai|Ui^ of wars and seditions; for those that reniijve;' boundaries are nor far off ao allempt to subvert the laws. / - 19. He that plants a piece of land whose trees produce fruits before the fourth yeiw, is not to bring thence any first fruits to (3od, lior is he to make use of that fruit himself, for iV it not pro- dureil in its proper season; for whriif nature has a force put upon her at an Unseauinable lime,_ the fruit is not proper for God, nnr for the mas-' ter's use;but let the owner gather all that is frown on the fouith year, for then it is in its prujier season. And let him that has gathered it, carry it to the holy city, and spend that, lo;;<'ther with the tithe of bis oincr fruits, jfn feasting with his friends,, with the orphans ahd the widows. But on the fifth year the fruit is Aii*. own, and be mair use it as he pleases. / m. You are not to sow a piece of la nd wilb seed which is plantedjiittrtliies, lor it is enough that it supply nasfflSfiment to mat plant, and ba not harassed by pl()iigbing also, you are to plough your land with oxen;/and not In oblige other nniniuls to come under /he same yoke with them; but to till yourluml with those beswtt Ibat are of the same kind \\it\j each other, itb* seeds are also to be pure,, iintt wllho«t ini^Mk. and not to be com jmunded of twO^Or thrcCilortt, since nature does not rejaice in the union of things that are not in thriWown nature alike; nor arc yoQ to permit beasts /of dill'ercnt kinds to gender to);ether; for thert* is reason to fear that this unnatural abuse niaj/ extend I'roin beasts of different kinds to men, tnougb it take* its fint rise from the evil pracuces about such smaller tilings. Nor is any thing to be allowed, by imi- tation whereof any defcree of subversion may creep into the ronstitulion. Nor do thf laws neglect small matter«l but provide that even those may be mana|/ed after an unblamable manner. 21. Let not those tMat reap, and gaUl^Tlir the corn that is reaped i Bather in the gleanings also; but let them rathew leave some handfuls for those that are in wnt-of the necessaries of life, that it mar be a support and a supply to tliem,iB order to tneir subsistence. In like niannerwhen they gather th< ir grapes, let them leave some smaller bunches for tiic poor, and let them paM over some of the fruits of the olive-tirees, wnen they gather them, ^nd leave them to be partaken of by thoso that rave none of their own; for the advantage nrisirit from the exact collection of all. will not be sa considerable to the owners as will arise fi'Om the gratitude of the poor. And God will provide, that the land shall inore will- ingly pronuce What shall be for the nourishment ofits fruits, in case you do notnierely take care of your own anvantage, but have regard to the support of othfefs also. Nor are you to niuzzle the mouths of/the oxen, wheiithicy tread the ears of corn in thfifthrashing-Aaor; for it is not just to rcKtrain our fellow-laboring nninialt, and thole that work injbrder to its production^ of this fruit of their labours. Nor are you to prohibit those that pass by at the time when your fruits are ripe to tonob tbem, but to give them leave to fill ?t:? 'T -. P eni aten r lia a ya w u ril of l t. ft Is v e iy p i u ti ahle, huwe y - er. ilial tliis jivaa the exnosiiion of tlie Scrilies and Pliarl' •eca and tha practieaoftlie Jewi In tbe daya of Joaepliua * '{ m i« |kV)K IV -CHAP. Vlfl. m ft:? -r -. lh partaka of thn U at thi; IumkIiI, and li hattrn- '11% tiwiiy HI it filraii't (ioil, N,iy, if aonie, out of baabjfAliuM, art-HuwillinK to touch tlirtn fruitii, "Inl^iltfni l)« fHWIlfP^il to lukowOf tlimi, 1 niran t|ioae Ihitt ar«.riH'a>lllc«, aa if they wcra theiii- M'lvea the owners and lordt, on account of the klivtr^l therod lldnea on men, iiot only fof thrni'eU'ea In reap the aifvantngr, but alao to Sive to othera in u way of fjenerotity; and he fa eairoua by thia nienfft, tii make known to otiiera hia peculiar kindneaa to the pitople of larael, and bow freely he comniuniculea happineaa to thcni, while .they abundantly rcwmiuniciile, out of t1)etr rreat auperlluitiea, to even theae fureignera alao. But fur him that acta contrary to thia law, let him b* beaten with forty «l.ri|<«a aave one, by the public rxrctilioner^* let Idni und(T)i;o thia pun- tahiuent, which ia a nioul iunoniinloua one For a freeman, und thi« becnnae lie waa audi a alave to {pain as to lay a blot upon hit own di);nity ,' forjt It proper for yoiijrho haie had jJui^Mtpefiefinn of the afllictioiu^Ejrtinimrof thoie in the wildernf^iiftiriimke provltion for those that are in tl)/^ke circunittanccii: and while you have obtained plenty ynuraejvea, lhrouf(b the rand providence of God, to diatribute of le tame plentv,byihe like aynipathy,^to tuch aa ttand in need of i^.^ 22. lieaidea tlioic two tithct, which I have already »aid you are to pay every year, the one for the I.evitea, the other lor the fealivnla; you •re to bring every third year, a third tithe to be diitributed to Ihoac thi^t wantif to ivonien alao tbat are widowa, and to chilelvra, t> govern Ihoae tlieir UDertiitna. And l':>rtlitT, no one ought to marry a harlot; wliow mntrininnial ohlaliona, lirl>!ng from the iiroalilulioii of hei Ixyly, (iod will not receive; for by the»e nienna, the-diapoaitiuna of ihe children will be liberal a|iivn, and auch at rno m nowuy contradicted. lltiit'T'ir him that brln^i an uccjiaatioA and , calumny iigainat hit ff ife, m ao impudent and raah maimer, let him be puniih- ed by receiving forty ttrtpet tave 'u|ie, and let him pay fifty ahekelt to Ker fathy. -Bltt if (he dnniaet be convicted, at hitving be«n iiorrupted, and it one of the comniiln people, let br.r be ttoned,'becauae the did iiiit preaerve her virgi. nity till the were lawfully I married; but if tlie> were the daughter Of a pribst, let her be burnt alive. If any nian hat two wiVea, and if he greatly reapect and be kind to one o3' Ihun, cither out u'f *hia afl'cction to her, or for bet befutv,or furaunir other reason, while the othir it of leat ^iteeni- with him; and. if the ton ol'vlier that ia beloved Ije the younger by birth thnn'->^nother born of the other wife, but endeavrira to tibtain the right of primogeniture, from hit futher't kindneaa to bit mother, and would thereby obtain a doubU portion of hit futher't tuhatance, (for that double fiorticin i^ what I hav^ allotted him in the Inwa,) et not this be permitted ; for it ia unjusli that ha who it the elder by birth ihoold be deprived of what it due to him, on the futher't ditpuattion of . . ,.j »,T<" •■••*• ■"'' ''*''' hit ealolc, becniyo b,*. mother whs not equally brought the tithe or all that he hath, together regarded l>y him. He that hath corrupted adam- with thoie firtt-fruitt that Were for the Levitea, tfcrespouted to um.lher man, in caae lie had her andforthefestiyida; and wjien he it about to go I content, let both hiin and licr be put to ileatb, for homej let bun ttand before the holy houtc, and J they are both eqitnlly guilly, the man becaute h« return thanks to God, that Ire hath delivered i persuaded the woman willingly to aiihniit to k them^fron^t^iejujunoua^treatment thej^ad in | most impure action, and to prefer it to IjiwCul . I •__ ^1 wedlock; the woman, because she was pertuadetl to yield herself to Imj conupted, either for ple«> aiire or for gain. However, if n-iiian jlght on • woman when she is alone, and forcet ber,.wbcrf ''^ Egyp'i "nd hath given them a good lan^anda lai^e, and let them enjoy (he fruitt thereof; and when be huth openly teatilied that he hath fully f»id the tithet [and other duet,] according to • Thit penalty of forty ttrlpea aave one, here mention- nl and tefi.s:i,was Ave llmni Inflicted on Pt. Pauf himself hy the Jews, 3 (?or. .ti. 21. t Jncephus't plain and eipreta Inlerpfctation of thit law of Moses. Ilcuf. xly, SH, W; «»i. l-!,.4,c. that the Jews were tpoimd every third year lo pnv three tithes, that to the Levites, tliat for sneriHcca at Jeiusaleq), and Ibia for the iiidiKcnt, the widows, and the orphant, it flllly confirmed hy the prnrttd|M' Rond old 'roblt, even when he wata raplivc iit Atipta.acainatthe opinion •r the Rahliins. 'I'ohlt, eh. I. 0,7, 8. t These l o ke i i t o f vlrnln l ty , a s t h a Hebr e w and B ep- ^ difTcrcnt from whatOnr late inlerpreters suppose. Thtr appear rather to have heen narji rluM; linen cnrmenH as were never put off vlr^lni/nftiT n rerliiiii am, 111! they were married, hut befofe wltnetses, niirt wlilrh, '■ while Ihey vi^ere entire, werere'lnin evIdenrMi of mieh ' vir'jinity. flee there Aiil'q.B. vil.eh.vHI.atTi. !;'2t'ain. j xiii. 18; Ian. iv. 1. Joseplias I'ere determines notliin( I what wereti.ese pHrii'ii!. r tokcnhOf vireiiilty, orof i'corr'Upiion; perlini'shcil ouijhi lie rould not cisilyd*- < srrile tneip to the henlhcus.withonl tayliiii wliattNqr might liav% tliou;,'M ii lirearh of niodealy; which i » tBacintstyletHcffl,Ocnt.zxii.l5,17,S0,seemtomeTerr I arold. / •: 13;:- .-. ■ inn b re a c h o f UHMlt s ly I jwa c aiiui* tlwuyi w buBy .''^r ^M 94 ANTIQUITIES OF TIIK JEWS. m f^^^KHo ' ^H >i '{Hn^^ iffl||' 11 noborfjr wt* praMlit to come to h*r •Hidnitrr, Ul him onljr bn pal In dtalh. I.«l him thai hiilh corniiilrcl • firKiii nolyet rtpoiinml, iimrrjr hrr; but ir (he (»th*T <>( lli«i lUiiiarl he not Mrilling thai the ihoulil b« hii wifv, l«l liim |iiiy Afty »li«li- •■• <• iho (irire of htT proililiilinii. fie that dc- •lit* lu br (livorct'ii rrnm hit wife for any rnuM irhalttievar,* (nriiJ ninny tuch rau<«i ha|i|wn unonK mm,) l«l liim in wriliii|; giirn amuraiice that h« nrvrr will uaiul liie, and Iravu her without children, let hia brother marry hrr, and let him call the ton that ii Uorn to him by his brulher'a name, and educate him n« the heir of hia inheritance, for Ihit procedure ifrillbe^ for Iht' banelit of the public, liiTause thereby faniiliet will not fail, and the eafale Will cnnlinne aniufl|r the kindred; and thia will be for the aojare ol wirea under lhi>ir ■iHictiiin, tliat thrv am to be married lo the next rclHtioni of th»-ir (orinrr bun- bifida, Butiflhe brother will not marry her. Irl the woman come before the urnntc, and proli »t openly that his brother will hot admit her fur hii wife, but will injure the nioniory of hi» dereuicd brother, while the i* willinir to continue in the fa- mily, and to bear him children: and when the Mnate hare inquired of him, for What reaHon it ia that be ii arerte to thia marriage, wliriher he (iTCt • bail or* good reuaon, the mailer mu»i come to thia iaaue, that the woman ahall loone the aandala of the brother, and ahall apil in hia face, •nd »«yi "He deaervea thia rejprunchful Irenl- n«Dt from her, aa having injured the memory of the deceased. " And th*ii let him co nway out of the kenale, nod bear thia reproarii upon him •II bia life long; and let her marry whom ahe pleaaea, of auch aa aeelc her in ninrriare. Hut now If any man take caplivj; either avnxin, or Oife that hath been mamed.f and bni a mind to many her, let him not be allowed lo bring her lo be{{l to him, or to live with h«r aa hia wife, before •he hath her head ahaven, and hath put on her Oionmlng; habit, and lamented her relation* And frienda that were slain in the battle, |hat by ibeae roeanaaha may give veiit to her aorrowior them, and after that may betake heraelf to feast- ing rad matrimony, for it ia gooy Ihriii have what they lhr- (tive the aiiia of tfhnselhal an- young, lit ilauffira Inee to have given su many intlicniiuna of thy npnlempt of iia; rrform thyarif, and act more wisely for liie time to come, ronaidering that (lod 1* dlilp|pni)ed with lhoa«i that ant inaolenl liiwurda Ihrir parcnta, hi cause lie ia hi.nielf the Niher of the whoU: race of uiankind, and acrmt to bear |mrl of that diahouor. whiih fall* upon 4hoae I'hHt liave the aanie name, when Ihey dp liol ni^et with due rclnrns from their childreB. And on such the liiw indict* iuexoruble punish iiirat; lit which pUnlahnienI niayett Ihoii dever have the Mperienci!" Now If the insoU-nce of young nien.be thus cured, let them eBcii|)e tho rrpruiich whidi their furiner errors deserved, for by lltia uicHna the liiwgiver will appci^r to be rood, ami |iarniitt happy, whilii they never be- hold either a son or a daughter l>rou|rht to piinithment. ItuI if it hapiirn that these words artd inslructiona ronvi'yedby lhrm,*iii order to reclnim the man, apiienr to fie uai I'eak.hhen the offender rendCra the laws imiilunjilc j^Jiciniea to the insolemv he has oHi ri'd ms.|Hiri!nta; let him therefore be brought fur'lh bytthcae Very parent* out of the city,) with n multitude following him, and lot him lie stoned; and wlieH he has conti- nued them for one whole day, that all the people may aee hfin, let him bo buried in the night. And thua i| ia that we bury all whom the [aivt condemn to die, uf>on any arcotint wliatever. L,et ulir eneinira thai full in battle be nliio buried ; nor let any one dcaeen tiiaistant to his iieceiiailies, think (t thy gain, if thou ob- tainest their gmlitnde to iher; ami withal' that reward which will come to thee from Uod, for thy humanity towards him. 5t6. Those who have liorrowed cither silver, or any sort of fruits, whether dry or wet, (1- niean thiH, when the Jewish aflaira snail, bV the blcss- \ng of Oud, he lo their own mind,) let the bor- ruwcr^ bring them again, and restore them with plenaurc 10 those who lent them, laying them up, a* it were, in their own treaauriea, and justly ex- pioting to receive them tbencerif they shall w.int them agiiiii. Uul if they be H'ilhout shame, and do not restore it, kt not the lender go to the borrower's house, and take h pledge hinwlf. before judgment be given concerning it; bnt let him reijuire the pledge, and |et the debtor bring it of himself, without the least oppo.siti()ii to him Ihoticomes upon him under the prott.ction of the law. And if he that fptve the pledge be rich, let the creditor retain ittillwh(ithe lent be jtaid him egain; but if be be poor, let bini that l childrrii and wife, and let thrni be free alto. 29. ir any one find gold or ailver in the road, let him inquire after him that.(6(t \t, and make proclamation of ^the place where Its i(fam\ it, aiid then restore it to nini agntn, ax jmt thinking it right to make hfk own profit by th^ loii of ano- ther. And ll>« iauie^rule it |u bv otiaerved in rattle found to havo lyamleTt^d 'nway into a lonely filace. If the. owner be not preaenlly diiruvereif, et hini that ia the fiiider keen it with bimielf, and appeal to God, diat Jic naa not purloined what uclon^i to another. ^ 90. It if not Inwfid to pai^by.anv beMt'that it in diitreti, whi^n in a storm li, ia fallen down in the mira, but to endeavor to ~pKterve it, aa having a tym|iuthy with it in iti pain. 31. It ia alto a duly (o thow the roadt to thoie who do not know thijiii, and not to eiteem it a matter for tport, ivticn w« hinder othera' advaq- tagei by tettin;; them in a wrong way. '42. Inlik" iiiaiftM:r Jet no one revile a penon blind or dunili. / . 33. If men atrive together, and there be no jnatrument of ,.Jroii, let him that, it tmitten be mveuged ioiOiMdiatcly, by infliclinE thi; tame punitnment «>'a him that tniolu him; out if, when oa it carried hoiue, he lie tick many dayt, and then die. fet him that tmotu him not etcapd punithm^lfi; but if he that it tniilten etcapc licath, add yet be at great itxpente for hia cure, the amiter anall pay for all that hat been expend- ed during the time of hit tickneta, and for all that he haa jiaid the phyalcian. .He that kickt a wo- man, with child, ao that tlic woman mitcerry,* let .Ihim pay a fine iu mone^ aa the judgea ihail de^rliiinc, at having dimihiahed the multitude b]^ the detlruction of what wet in her wonib: a^d let money alto be giv^n to the woman't hut- band by hini that kicked lier; but iC ahe die if the ttroke, let him alto be put toydeath, the 4aW' Judging It equitable that Hfo^tholild go /foriiie. j^. / 34. Let no one of the Itraelitei Icdep any poitOn that may ctuiie death.t or any ouer harm; but if he be caught with it, let him by put to death, ■nd tufler the very tame luiachifl that he would * Philo and olbera appear to have onilerataod thia law, Bzodiiaxxl.S!;, 3.1, h«uerthan Joaepliua, whoaeema to allow, that thoii(h the infant In the motlierV womb, •ran after the mother were nuir k, and to Ihe infant had m rational aoul, were killed hy Ihe attoke upon the mo- ther.yet Ifthe mother earaped. the olTenderahould only ha fined, and not put to death; while the hiw aeema ra- ther to mean, that if the Infant In that cate be killed ■n the motlier eacape, tne oitender imiai he put to death, and not only when the nioUieir ia killed,aa Joae- phaa uBderaUMd ii. It aeeoaa tbta waa the expoallisB of l*e Phaiiacca in tfaa dayaof Joaaphoi. kava brought upon tham for whom the poUoa waa preiiarrd. S5. He that maimethany one, let him undaifO the like hiiiitelfi and Im deprived of the aant* member of which he bath deprived the other, unlcit ha that it maimed will ept of • ID^ money tiradof il.for Ihe law liiakra the aiiArn'r Ihe judge of Ihe value of what he ha|h aullrrrd, and permila him to etiiinale it, unirn he will be mure tevera.l 36. Let him that ia the owner of an oi, whiea puthalhwith hit horn, kill him: liut if ha puthea and goret any one in ihe thrathiiig-door, let him he put lo death by tInnInK, and let him not b* thought Al for footi : but if hia owner be convict- ed aa having known what hit nature wat, and hath not kept him up, let him alto be put to death, at being the Deration of the oa'i having killed a man. But if the ox have killed a roan- tervani, or a luuiil-tervant, let him be atoned; and In the owner ol the o> pay thirty thekala to the mutter uf him that wat tiain li hut if it be an ox that it Ibua tmilleu ami killed, let both the oxen, thai which tniote the other, aiid that Iwhich waa killed, be tohl, and lei Ihe ownera of them divide their price between them. 37. Let thoae that dig a well or a pit be care- ful to lay pianka over il, and to krip then! thvt up, not in order to hinder any pertoii from draw- ing water, but that there may )i<(! nO danger of ' falling into IheiH: but if any one't heatt fall into tiich a well or pit thut dig)i;ed, and iiol thut up, and perith,< let the owner pay ila price to tli* owner of the beatt. Let there be,a battlcmeni round the topa Of your houtei inatead of a wiill, that may prevent any peraont. from rolling down and periahinjff. 38. Let hull that hat received any thiiig in truat for«ppther take care tAkeep it aa a aacred and jIuilKihingi and let no one invent any con- trivaq^H&reby to deprive hintuhat hath in- trutte9H|Blik blm of the tame, and thii whethci it be a muBor a woman, no, not although he or the were t'giin aa imntenie aum of |(old, and tiiit where he cannot be convicted of it b^ any body, for it ia fit that a man'a own coiiicieDCo, which knowt what he hath, thould in all ciceii oblige him to do Well, Let tbit contcience i <^ hit witneti, and make him alwayt act to ainiu ; Krocure hVm ro|iiiiiendation from nthert ; but lit im chieHy have' regard to (Jod, from whom no wicked man can lie conrealcd ; biit if he in whom the trutt wot repoted, without any deceit of hit own, lote wliat he ia iutruited withal, let hini come before the leven judget, and twear by Ood^, that nothing haa beeii lott wiHin^^y, or with a wicked intention, and that he hath pot made uae • of any part thereof, and to let him depart witVoot blame ; liut if lie hath made ute of the leaat part of what wat conuaitted to him, nml it be loat, let him be condemned to repay all that he halb recei- ved, after the tame manner at in thote truata ilia to be,ifany one defraud thote that undergo bodily labor for Itiin. And let it be alwaya remeni- bcred, that we are not to defraud a poor man of hit waget, aa being tentible that God haa allotted that waget to him inttead of land, anci other . poaiesaiont; nay, thia payment it not at all to b* delayed, but to be made that very day, tince God ia not willing to deprive the lal^rer of tbe im- mediate ute of what he hath labored for. t What we lender a witeh, arrordinf to our modem notiona of witrheraft, Eiodua xxil. IH, Phllo and Jote- phua underalood of a poiaone'r.or one who attempted, liy aerretand unlawAddruaa or.phllirn, to take away the ae'iiaea or the Uvea of men. I Thia permiaafon of reile<>min( Ihia penally with no- ney ia not in our copiea, UiodUa xxi. S4,1B; Le*. xxiv. aO; Deut.ilx.ai. 1 %- 9 We may here note, that 30 ahekela, the price oar Saviour waa' aold for by Judaa lo the. Jewa, Matt. xzvi. IS; xxvU.3; waatheold.valueofaliOBiht aanraal,w alave aatong that people. s* ■ 00 ANTIQl ITII» l»K TDK JKWH. P< ImilU m Uu »r« not in nmii.h rhrlilrrn f..r lh» j«fXo( «"' k*'! pumm. j.iiir i-ii.iiii. .. |)„ ,„„ «!„, ,j,, |„,^ ,„ ,\^ lhu» li..lr. .1 br.«u.« (liry wrrr boni of b«.l ori. .. who h.vr l.lrly b.,iFl ih. ill h?.u».. ..i.l )..,« bM Niir imlrni ouKbt »• (o iiiiputr l|l« »ln of rliil' vH Ihitl in |l ilrrn «o lln-ir fulhrn, while yiiuiiK |M'ra'»nH in- ' iIuIkh IhrniarJvM in many prat tiira ilillrrriil fi-oiii what »li»v ba«« itrtn iiii(ruct«<) la, and Uim Uy tlmir pmud rrlutal ofiuch Inalruclion. ■W. I.Kl Ihmr Ihat bava made thcinwUai «u- nurbt he hail in da(*i(aliiifti and do you atpid any comcrtiili.in with Ihrin, who havr deprind •hi-m»rlv.«of »lnir Hianhoiid, and of IhaCfruil of Kiiii-rHlion whinli (lod hai given to men feo ly built' ihoii hciuara, and hate nOI 'ii'Ui a yrar'^ lime) and to Ihiiae wb» .;, "• »"w Ol |""««i'; uini vjoti will lie ro intrrilul aa lu pnatrve thin rxCellent •ellleiiKnt lace lr4iili'iliKliii>kiifi.-» A».(» il...A ti .^ Iiiiie plHnlrd them viiir^ard*. and have not yet b.eu |mi taken of ihi ir Iruilat lo continue in their own country, an well h» ihnie alao who have l)»- Iriithed or liilely married Ihi ni rivri, 1f»t the) have (uub an amnion for theae IhliiKii thai Ihey be too ipariiiK of their livet, and by r.Mr\iiii{ Ihi'iiuelvii for Ibeaa enjoyment*, ibey bicoiiie »"'"'""> <-(,nardt (onac.ount of Ibeir «ive..) "" ■' '•"« I'" •- "•• '•"■ <''•'•' ■ pme HliK'b iiiuyinnoviite any thing, and rbaiiKV ' ""■*■ •' *■ --■ ^ ■ • It for the contrary, |lul aiiic* It niuat need* bau- iMtii tliBt >..,...L:...r r.li :.... , ; t .1.1 • -. — .„« «u....,H*«, 4>ut ■iiii:« II. iiiuHi iireua iiuu- peii that inunkiiid full into Irouliira and dangera, either undenigiitdl^ or intentionally, lome, let ua make a faw ronalitutiona concerning them, that »a being appriiad beforehand what ought lo be done, yoii may have lalutai-y counttli ready whfin iou want them, and nioy not then be •ibliged to gq lo aeek wftat ii Iw done, and ao be uuprovided, and full into dangeroua circuin- atancea. May vou be a laborioui people, and ex- ercraeyoiir aoula in virtuoua actional and thereby poaaeai aitd inherit the land without wara, while "!'. '*■" ""/ fof^igixra niuke wnr upon il^ uiidau uflict you, nor any intiTnal aedition aeite upon It, whereby you may do Ihiiigi that are contrary to jjour falhen, ohd ao loic Ilia lani which they have iilubliahcd. And may you conliiuM) hrfliu obaenialion of thoae luwa which (iod bulb ap- proved of, and bath delivered to you. Let oil sort of warlike operations, »i(|iether they l)i fal you now iiyjarour own liilie, or hereafter in the iiiiiea "' >o"M>o»tl..I-..l 1..* ... NiiDer in it; and woul.., thrutanlves into anotbi beaten your rniinies in alive, tliat they may [my you trilinle, excepting the nation of tlie CHhimnilea, for iin to Ihiit |ieo- ihaidpes h.wiiicn seems only n I'liarlsnical Interpretii- lion In the days of Joacphus of ihnt law, l^v. xxl. 20, aad xiii. 24; only we may hence observe, thai the Jews pie voumnst rnliri ly e(iidly'in vour bnlllea. tlint np woman use the liubit of a iiian, nor imui li.e garment of a wnniau. 44. This was the form of political government whiib wus kfl us by Mob« «. Moreover, be Imd already delivered laws in writing,! in the forlielli yeiir,(ofter they ciime out of Kgypt,] concerning which we will disriMirae in iinoihi r bimk. Hut now on the following days, (for he called Iheni to assemble <-on|inually,) he (Ulivereil bleasinga lo them, and ciiraea ujioii those Ihnt ahould iiol live according lo the laws, but sfiouM transgress fhe duti.s^llmt were delennined for them to observe. Alter this, be read |„ ,l,e,u „ p„rti.: song, which «u« composed in li. xanutfr verse and left it to them iu the holy book. It contuiucd a |>rcdlction of what wiis to come to pass after- wanl. Agreeably whereto all things 'have hnp- pened all along; and do still bapnen to us; and wlien in he baa not nt all deviated from the truth Accordingly he delivered these books to Ihu |)rierts,( with tli« ark; into which he also put tlie ten coniinaiidinenls, Hrittcn in two tables. He delivered to them the tabernacle also; and exhorted the people, thai when they had con- quered the bind, and were settled in it, ihey should not forget the injiiri. « of the Amalekites, but make war against Ibem; and inflict pitnishnicnl upon tbem lor whul mischief they did them when they Were in the wilderness: and that when they bad got possession of the land of the Lanaartites. and when they had destroyed- the whole multitiide of its inhabitants, as they ought to do, they should erect an altar that should (See the rising sun, not far from the city of Shecbem, between the two mountains, that of Geriuini aituatc on the right band, and that called Kbal on the left; and thai the army should be so diyided, that BIX tribes should stand uiMn each of the two muuntaim, and with them the Levites and tba priests. And that first, those that werfe upon mount Geritzim slioul:; pray for the best blei- sings u|)on those who were diligent about the worshm of God, and the observation of Jjis laws, and who did not reject what Mojes had said to «nrt'en«'"i.'' i.M.°° °"" '*''''* "'O B*". hut only bulla j j. 1/ . fT'!"*«'»w» seem to he those Bliovc mentioned ictt. 4. oilniacnnplpr. t What laws were now delivered to ilie Dri«Mfl.iM the note on Anilq. B. ill, chap. 1, i«cl,T. P™*'"" I bHi uu MRii fy run riwiy iii ■II ntvuiiUicr to » Iravf to UtoM ft, ■till limn ntii Hiiil t(> thtiNr who . ml tiKVit not yxl rnntinuii in thrlr Ih> who hm'p li«- rivfi, lf»t tiny IhliiK" llml (h«y ihI l>y r able. rf«io*c ^'llrii you IlKvr , lUy lliox' that M'ttf lllf Oltldll iliutii, ixifjiiinif r RN 1u Ihut (Kb- "III. uur biilllta, tlinl lan, nor iiiiui (i.i- ical governiiK'nl loreovir, he lind ,f iutlii'rorlivlli fpt,]i:nncrrnin)[; Ihrr biHih. Hut rh«< chIIi'iI Ihrni Ivtreil hliiaiini;* Ihnt •houli) not ipuM (nin>Kr«» I'd Tor tlii'iu lit I tliciu u porlli: i xaintitT HT»f, k. It coutuiiicd B to pnai altrr- lings bavc bnp- iwn to ua; on J J front the truth. ! booka to Ihu ich he alao put in two tablet, luli'lc utao; and they had con- H it, Ihp^ ah6uld Viuuti-kiti't, but ict puniahnicnl hd-y did them, irna: and that the land of the ilcatroye* the I, as they ourht Ihat should face ■y of Khecbem, It of Geriuint t called Kbnl on 1 be so divided, each of the two : eviti'S and tba lat werfe upou the best bles- :ent nbout the ion of Jiis laws, uea had said to !lt, but only bulla DOCK IV.-CIIAI'. VIII. VI ■Deiitiotied ittt. a the prkitfliN* Cbrm. whit* Iha other wisii*il thrm all niannrr uf liaiiprilras altoi and when these lail put up the II** prayers, the Ifienier praiaed tlieiw. After Ibis, ruraea were dvniiunrrit u|Mn Ii'mh iIiuI .. ahould lrana|rr»ss tliiia* lawt, thry anawrriilg •me Hiiolhrr iillernalilv, liv H«y of ciinftritiHliiHl ' uf. wlial IuhI lii|i'n aiiiil. Moara hIii>i d them a body of laws, and procured them un exreljent forninf f,'ov«rnm(nl, he foretuhl, iia God liad de- clared to him, "I'liHt if llipy tranien-is«il liver yiiu,whii'b hath hut mdy il. livered us front Ihe mlaertra we lay under, but h*lh beatowad ■ stale of priiaiwrity U|«in us| aa alao, that ha balk as«l«l< d III! Ill the pains I look, and In all tba riiiiliiiniiiK 1 had in my mrv alinul you, in or». der til lielier your coaililion, and haih on all oc. ■'H>ions ahiini'd himself favorable lo iis| or ra- ttier be it Has who Arsl condiirird niiralTairaiaad liniugbi Ihem in a happy coniluiloii, by ninkinf iiae of me na a vicariuua ri ntral uiiilir him, ana as a iiiinialir in thoa* matters wherein lie waa willinK lo do vou (food; nn wbd b nrcoiint I tliink It proper III bleaa ibut divine |tiiwer wbii.b'wijl ' hike rare of vim for the luim. lo come, and this III order lo repay Ihe debt wbiih I owe bini,aiMl III leave bebiiiil me a liieoixriHl Ihat we are obli- ged to liip anil bonor him, and lo keep lliiiae liitva vv hub are the moat esi'clbnt gift of all tlioae be hatb already beatowed ii|Km us, or which, ifJie riinliniie favorable to u», he will l>«- st'iw ilpiiii iia hereafter. Certuiiilr a buinan l«- gi'iritor ia a tirrllde eiiriny, ivlii ii bis laws ara allroiiled.and ure made to no purinKi'. And may joil nevij- I tpiriunce lliul iliapti'iiaui'e of Untl,' H liicb ^ m'^f the conaeti'iii'iiie of the neclect of tliiaii Ilia laws, which he, wbu is your Creator, halh givi'U'you!" 'III. Whin iMnses.liiid aimkrn Ihuaat the end of Ilia life, and bud forelolil what would befall to every one of their triiiea afterward,! with the ad- ilillon of a bleasing to them, the multitude fell iiCIo lenra, bisniiluch that even the Women, bf biulliig their brenals, made mnnifest the deep I'oiirerii ihey liad when he was about to die. The rliildien ulao lamented still more, aa nut able to contain Iheir grief; and thereby declured, that even at Ibeir age they were sensible of his vir- tue, und mighty deeds: and truly there seemed til be a atrite between the young and the old, who abiiuld most rrievii for hini. The ohi grieved, b'liiuae they knew what a careful proteelor they vvi re to he deprived of, and so lunieiiled their fu- ture alale; but the young grieved not only for tlial, bi|t uUo because it ao happened that they w< le to Im' left by him before they had well tnated ol hia virtue, ^ow one may makeaguesa at Ihe exceaa of this sorrow and Inmentalion of the niullilude, from vvhat happened to the legit- lalor hiiiiaelf; for iiltboiigh li« was always per- Huailed that lie ought not to be cast down at the approach of death, since Ihe undergoing it waa agreeable to the will of (iod, and the law of na- tui-e, yet what the people did, so overbore him, thnt he wept himself. JVow as he went Iheqcelo the place where be was lo vanish out of their sight, they all followed after bim weeping, bat Moaca beckoned with his band to those that were remote from him, and bade them stay behind ja quiet, while he exhorted those that were near to hhn that Ihey would not render bis dcpurtun lo lanienlable. WliereitpoD (hey tboaght they ought to urKnl hiiii that favor, to let him depart ac- conling as he himselfdesired, so they restrained tliemaelves,though weeping still toward one ano- ther. : AJI those who accompanied hint, were the senate, mid Kleaiar the high priest, and Joshua tbeir Couiiuauder. Now as soon as they were come to the mountain called * Abarim,' (which ia a very high mountain situate over against Jeri- cho, and one that alTords to such ai are upon it • . hraneb;-whlcli oath he and the olber ralera durst never break. See Scripture J>olitlfs, p. ii, M; and Italaanaia ' they were brouilit into hecaute tliey " did hot at k eona- oet aj the mouth of the Lord." Icah. 1». U. i Since Josepnus assures us nere.aa la ooal BatatallT to be suppoacd,and as the Septuagbil (ivea the Uti, Dnil.Miill.Qi that MoeeaKlesaed every oaeof the Iribea of Israel, It Is evident that Simeon waa net omitted ta hia ropy, aa it unhappily now la,both In our Bebivw and Sanaritan eopjea. m ANTIQIIITIKi* OF Till: JRWII. iir>Mp««l ot (hn ■ri'Mfit |mrl ul' ih« »\i'*ll*nl luiiil >M Caim«ii,) n* ill>iiil»i«l thr 4rii»lii nihI 4< h» wiK |[iHM( IM riiiliriii •> Klritaar nikI Jii>Iiuii, lUiil Hiixlillillxoufiing Willi ilium, It i Imiil iiio.iij !*• r hiiii uii Iha miililaiii, mul ha iliiaii^nrvil in « • rrtNlu mltr), aUtiuii||h k« wriit* In lh« liul) iMMilid III'! I"* >U*iii> lint uf t>»t (••llhiv •liiiMlil vrnliira (o Ml.V, th«t litcauM o( 111* aifVaarilimiry tirlii* hr wtiil lultuil. 40. Nnw Mufft (ivril in ill imn humlrril nml iwrnl) .v'HrNi iilliiril|mrl (ifMliirli tiui*, hIwIiiik >in« niunlli. lie tvu> Ilia |it>i>fil«'a rulrri aiKJ lit' iliaii un ill" liMl iHiiirlh uf llii> yaar, Mliith i> lallail li) llii' Mai'tilonlina *l))>lrua,' bul liy u< ' Aduri' oil lliii tiral <\n\ ol the iimiiiiIi, llr wii* iinr Ihal ) »^•'v III ifMialiiiiK, III uililn»litK iliV I niuJIiliDlc, aiHl. K» In hi* nlhrr >|itiitltr*tioM. IM kaJ 'Ul h ■ ImII i ( liM |mt>iiin<, aa if he UariUji hail ant inth in ))i4 xnit, aiwl ouljp Inlaw llirni li| tliiir naiiiai, aa ralliar pariaitlng Ihani in iillirr iii»n (Imn iii IiIhihII', i|* wm altu •III h a K*'"*"''*' "^ ■*■< Hrmi.aa {• )*IiIimh wu, M will M mil li a |iri)|ih»l •• n»i nrvar kuown, anil Ibialii Mirli II Hl^iirvi', llial wkalMir^i r ha |iru' i|3iiKciil )ii>H Miiiilil lliinli yon hranl lh» viil» ul liiK^'TiiMiMilf, Sii Ihn |iaii|ila nntuiii'il fur him Ihirly ilata: nur iliil ctrr any (ritfao ilrrfiK af. iKt III)' luiiri'wo a> iliil iliia Mfiun lh« lUalh ul' M>»a» niir HI II' lliiifa ihiil hail r<|wri«ne*il Iik I'liiiiliti t lliK unit pi fauna llintdtaircil him, but lliiiai' iiUii lliat |n i'immI Iht' luwa ha laft ti HHVllHTV MIX VKA|IH. IIKATII OK MOHUH 'lO T.IIK l»K VTfl Of I'.l.l. -mOM TUB (HA I'. I. , //»H' Jm/iim, (At f 'aihmAni/rr «/ tljt llilirrvf. maJt It ar ii-ilk llu Cannanilig, anil nvifrnuu Ihim, nnJ dulroytil Ihim, and iliniltd Ihtir Land by Lot to tkt Trihit of lurati. t I. Whicn .Mutra ttiiili.ki'iiHwuy lV»m annnif; nil ■■• in Ihn hiunm'r alrraily di'arriliiil, ami whin all the ■olnninllii'a hclunging In Ihr munniiii|i^ lor him Mtara Hnlahcd, ami Iha (orruw for liiiu Hua MVrr, Jii^huii coiiinmuilril Ihi' mnlliluili- lu ltd Ihrnurtvra rruily fur an ruiiiiilion. Iln alul>i! orllii; cai'r lliiit Moat a hud lu- ken of lliviii, ulio hud uuvcr lii'rii wiury of l:i- kiiiK mini for Uiini, mi, not when he nua dyiii);, Hiin for III* ialiti of the public wrlfnrt', tin y •vould prrnaik thrmatlvia, iiiid rindily piirforin what thcv liaa proiiiiat'di ao lu: took iil'ty tlion- fkltd of tiK'ni who followed liini, iiiid h« nmrihrd from Abiltr lu Jordan, aixt^r furloni;*. 2. Now whrn he \i\A pitched iiin 'tramp, th« •pita came to him imuiUiaUlt , ivrll aciiv^inlid with tlic «vholl anw which piirU of the walla nire almiiK, hiiiI Mhicli iinrla were otherwiae, uiid Imlreil inarriiri, aiiu uliich of tile Kutea wira ao mak na ndght afford an »nlraiic« lo Ihiir urm^v. .Now llioar that met Ihi in look in> niilicc ul lluin when lliey anw them, auil aiippo- :l awny, infornmlion Waa Kiveii |o ilic kiliK Ul bu wna at aup|ier, thai llierc tvere •uiiia! peraona. coiiilt from the Mi - briHa' CHinji, lo vliw the lily aa apira. und ihut they were in the inn kept by lluhub, and were VI ry aoliciluna lliut they nii^hl Hot be diacover- I'd; 111 he Kent iinmeirnitely aoine In thein. and comiiiiiniliil to catcli tliein, and brin^ IhijH to Idiil, Ihut hr niiKht exuinine thcin by torture, und. leuru what their bualiirat wiia ihere. Aa Mion ua liulinb underalood ihut Iheae metieiiKen were coniin|r, alio hid the apitia under the ttalka of lla\ whiil^ Were laid lo dry on the top of htr houae, und auid to the nieaa>ii|;era that were aeni liy the kiuK, Ihut cerluin iiiiUnowii atrnui^rra huil snp|H.'d willt her u litlle before annaettinji;, und were gone' away, who nii|rht rnaily tie taken if they were utiy terror to tlie city, or likely lu briiix liny ilunKer lo the kinj(: ao theae iiieaaen- l^era being thuadeluiK^d by the woiiian.f and tua- ihclnnkerpi'rRahnh'adrrcpllonaftbcklniiofJericha'a mcaaennnra, by tellini llieni what waa falic, In order to anve tlin IIvch uf Hie ipleii, nml yet the ^renl romnienda. lion of lier faith anil kooiI norkii in Ibo New Tealanieni, Hell. xl. :M; Janiea il. 'i^, na well na by many oilier pa rnlleleiuiuplcaltothln the Old Tcalumeiil und in Jot*- (ibua. Iliiii the lieitt men ihd not llieii acruple to derelva Iboae pulilii' enemiei, who iiiii(lit jiiatly be deatroyeil; iianlao inlnlitilerelve IM men hi orderte anve life, and ilelivi^r tbenirelvea from Hie lyrnnnv of their liiijuat onprcHsora, nnd thIa by ^ejlnitt d'irori fiilaetioiida; 1 mean ail thla where no iimli wiia dcmaiuled of ihem, other- wlae tliey never durat venlnrR on audi u procedure. Nor wn* Joaepbua liimH'lf of any other opinion or prar- lice, aal ihall remark In the note An Anlli). b. Ix. clinp. Iv. tert.n, andoliaervc, that 1 allll call iliia woman Ra Jiah, an Innkeeper, not a burlol, the whole of thia blalo- ry hoth In our n/plea, and eapecally In J'oaephua, Im ptyini no more. i( waa Indeed ao fiequem • inlng, that women who #ere Innkeeperawere alao harlot*, or inalnlalner* of harlol*,lhat the word commorhr u*ad tat real harlota waa uanallr fWcn Ihem. Bee Dr Bernard'* note here, and Judgea li, 1, and Anil, b, t. ch vILtncL I BOOK V -' MAP. I. tnlillraltoiM, bt |Hi*>liiiia, ru if > aoiil, aiwl iMiljF lliar (Hiri'oivINg (, i|« WM •!•» )f liliMII Wru, ■■ '»r known, itnd iMirvi r ha |iru- inl Ihai viilir III 'il l| thria > li<> wilt niii«(rr » dtclnntlinii ot M.-mOM TUB Uriivcrtil, lluiy Jirii;lii> withiiul la of (li« walla «rri utlit'i'WKi-, li 1)1' (lir Kuliri mi •nlrmti'x lu it lliriii look III) nil, null aiippu- 'hn UMil III br hiiiir in (lixril^, •a; itut lit •■•••n waa ni'ur to Ihi- t llii'ir Npiirr lohi', uml wfi'i' iforniHlion waa lit aiipiur, tliHI I'riiiii till' III ■ I ipira, unil lliut limb, mid were lot III' iliai'over- e in tli«in, uml lirinK IIk'IH tu lilt liy tiirturf, iviia tliiTP. Aa I'Hr nK'tii'iiKin tiidrr the italka (he top of her I that wrre aim i. alniujrrra hud ■ iiiiarttinii;, uiid lily he taken It y, ur likely tu thi'ai' niiaaen- oiuan.f and aua- tklnnofJerirhe'd I fnlac, In order to (real romniemlB' NewTcatamenl, many olhpr pa iirnl uiul III Joae-' crupin lo ilerolva >(ly lie itiiatroyeil; r le anve life, ami y of tlieir liiiJuM iltelioiidc I mean I of ihem, other- icli a procedure, ir opinion or prar- ^nllq. I>. li.rlinp. I liiia woman R« lioleoflliialiialO' in J'oaephua, loi 00- freqiiem • tlilH(, re alao harloli, or DOimoKhr uaad Ibr SceDr Beniar4'« i.r.cli vILwcLl pecliitf Hii iin)n«iti\)n, Weill Ihelr wayi willimil Ht MHi h aa •larrhluc the Inn, HmI Ihay iiiiiiiiill- iit*ljr.|Hiraii*d ibein arinc Ihuae fueda whiili tb«y iNnal jirolMlily aiip|i<>«rd ihein Ik liaaa gnnv, and IMrliiMlHrly Uliiai' whiih l*i| in Ihe riter, but mull I h>*r no lldiOKa nf iheini au Ibry left iilt' the IwliK nf any farlher iiurauil. Hut whvn the lu- mull wt« nirar. Hahab brnu(ht the men down, »m\ deairad them, «• aoifn aa thf* ahitiild have iilitaineil pMaeaaMn •• III iht-ir piiwer In make her Hiiienda fur hef |>n>aenr.ili.in of Ihriii, in rrnieiiilicr whnl lUaKer ahe had undrr||une I'.ir Iheir aakeai fiir that if (he had Itrei.i rauaht riiiii-ealiiif Iheiii, ah* could not ha«e ear«|ied a Irrrible dralrurtiun, •he and all her family with Ift-r, and ao hid Iheiu fcnhomc: and draircd thrm Id awear lu her. In |irea*rte her and her fuiudy, when thry ahniild lake lh« cily, ami de^rlly all lie lulialHlanta, ta IheV IimI decreed In do, for ao far »hc aaid ahe had been aaanreil l.y iboae divine miiwle* ledK<'d, Ihat they owed ber Ihanka fur what ahe bad dun* alremly, and witllnl tw^nre to niqnile her kindnraa; not only in worda but in deed* I but they |^te ber thia advio-, Ihat when «be abniild iien-eiire that Ihe city «ra4 abuut i» be taken, ahe ahnulil put hrr Kiinda, and all her fa- mily, by way of aerurily, in ber iiiii. mid lii hauK out ararli't Ihreaita liefor* her tjamn, [nr win- ijuwa,] that the conmiaiuler uf the llebrewa iniKht know her hnu'r, and lakx rare to do ber no harm; fur, aaid they, we will iu^riif bwii uf Miia nialtrr, brcauie of the niiH-rrii Ihou hii»< liaj" to preaerar ua. but if iWy one Of thy fauiily Ml in the hnttle, do not thou blame ua; and we b^- •etrh Ihat (ind. bv'-Mihiini we have aworn, niit theii lo be diapleaned with ua. aa thiiUKli we IihiI hnftan our oalha. Sa rfnte liien, when they had mail* thiiHureninrnl, went away, lilliiiK I|hiipliFHhiilvii<(«r ihev bad done in lliiijr journey lo tliia rilv, .fnahila alto Inid KleiUHr, Ibe biitb |>rir>l,iiml tin- •ennli', what lhi< a|Hra liud aworp lu'ltiihidi. who (Onlirnied what hnil been awurn. J. Now, while J^ahun the coinniander waa mi fear alioul their |iiiaaiu|; o*er Jordan, for Ihe rieer nm with a alron|c current, mid lumld nut he paattd over with bridg;i>a, for lh«'ri- nivir hnil licen briilKea laid over it hilherli), and while In- kuaiH'i'trd, Ihnl if he ahiiuld attiiiipt to iiiiike a hridKe, that the rill miea Would not afford biiu lime to pcrCe^t it.and »n for l'i'rrydioata,lhi-y hiid none, lioal promiied ao lo diapuie of the river, t|ial they nii|(ht paaa over it, and that by liikinK twin the ■main part of lu walrrt. So Joahun, after two- da^ya, cauaed the army and the whol^niullilude lo pa«a over in Ihe ninni|i>r folluwinr: the prie«ta went firat of all, hhyinK the nrk willl (Jn'm; then went i\fK I.evilea, benrin); the tabernncle iirid the ve«Mla which b(iloii|;rd to Ihe aai-riliira; alter whiib the entire niulliluile f.dlowed nrr'ordinir lo Iheir tribea, havinif their thildr*-p mid their wi ven in Ihe inidjt of tlieni, aa beliitf nfrnid for them leal they abould be borrte awSy by Ihe utri iiiii. But a» aoon «i the pricala hi^ entered the river lir»l, it ap|M'nred fordiihle, ijie depth of the water being reHtraiiKKl.iind the iiand up|>rHriii|; at Ihe bpttoin. becuuae Ihe i^rrent wai neither ao atrons nor ao iwift n< lo carry it hwhv by il« (brce: ao they all pa«iied over the riVer'withoiil fear, fnidinp it toVi, in the very aanie atate aa Uod had foreloM he aruuld pnt it in: Imt the prieati alood atiji in the niidat of the river till -the multitude ahoufd be pnaaed ovelr, anil ahoiild get to the aliorc ill lafety ; nnd when all were go Bill u eer , the p r i ei ts c a n ie out alao. and wrnirtted the current to run freely, -aa it used lo do hefure.j Accordingly, the river, ai aonn ai the Hebrew/^ wer* roineont of it. nroae ngnin preacntlv, a|irt { taiM t& it* own pru|>er magnitude at before •I H.I ilie IMirewa weal on farther llfty fur laMfl', iind plli'hcd their railip at Ihe .lialame nf ten furli)nga frimi Jeriehn, bul .liMihua bull! «» allur uf ilhia* atonea, whnh all the hewla of (ha tribe*, at the i'.imnimiM>d, whlrb wet nian^, and iH which they bad ealen flirty venrt, failed Ibeui. S. Now, whd* the Lg|klitca did Hilar and Ihe (^anaaiiitea did not alA|^bem, liHl kkpt Ibmi. aelvai ipiiel wilbin Iheir own walU, J.iahim re aolved III beaiege them ; ••> on the bral lUv of ihe feaal (of the iNtaaoverj Ihe prirala carried Ihe ark round about, with tome fMrt of ihe aniMrf men to be a guani to it. Tiieae peli at. went for- wani, Idiiwiiig with their aeven trumiMta, and ethorled the army to be nf gyod inuraite, ami went rouia about ll|e city, wilb llie ariiale (ot> lowing Ihfini and wti«n the, pri>a|« Imil only blown w/lb the tniiii|i*la, bir they did iiolhiAr more at kill. Iliey relumed to the cninp. And when llie\ had done. Iliii fur aix diii". on. tJie ■rveiitb Joalnu gHlheriil logellier the nrii'ied men, unil ull Ihe people together, ami lild them thia giioil . liilinK, that (he riiy ahoiild iimv li« taken, abice (lod wuuhl on Ihat day ^ive il thrni by Oie 'fulling diiwrn uf Ihe walla, mid ihia of iheir own accord, ami wilhoiil ihiirlidior, lloHiver, hi- charged ihem to kill every one ihiy ahould lake, and itot lolibatnin (rum the ahiugbler i; logrlhei nil Ihe ailvt r and gold, that il niigfii In ,.t HpHrt na fi«>t-fridl< ii'nfo tir^l out ol (hi. glnriiiua exploit, ' aa-hnving gotten them from llie i ilv lhc\ Aral l"iil», only thai they aliuidd ■.ine KhIihIi iMii her kindred alive, becauae of Ihe iiiith wliii h lh« tpin had Mvorn lo her. 9. When he bad tuid thia, iiiiil hiid "el hi, army irifiirder, he liroiighl it nirniiivt the cilv; iu tliiy wi*,nl round the liiy nguiu. tlii- iirk jf-.tiig before etieiii, and the lirieala •iicimi-iiKiiu the [leople lo be teiiluiia In the work ; Mild wiiert tbe'v h/id gone round il aeven liliiea, mid hud «toopli«d lo it br Ihe llebrewa. 7. S(( they entered into Jericho, nnd alew nlf the nieli Ihiit were therein, wiiih- tlu-i were af- li'ighled nt the aurfiriaing nverlhnmot'the walla, mill llicir courage waa become u«i lei-i, and Ihev were not able lo defend Ihciux In.; ao theV weie alain, nnd Iheir throat, cut, «oiiie in the ivaya, and olhipa at rjiiight in Ihi'ir houiet; nothing artoided Ihem ttaaHtiiiicj , Imt Ihev all |)erithe«l, eVeil to Ibe wiiniin uiid the chrlilitn, and the ritr wat titled wi(h ileiiil iiodiea, nnd not one peraori e* taid h» would not appear to bo behind her in hit bene, faction to her; whereupon he gave her certain landt immeiliately.Biid had her in greuleMeeni ever oXIerward. 8. And if ally part of the cilv earaped the fire, he orerthmr^it from Ihe foundation; mid Im denounced a I'ur.e Hgaiitfi iii, iidlnbilania, if aiir one etioul'! '.Iftlre lu rtlnjdd r., bov, upon hit 10» ANTIQUITIES OF THE JE^VS. laying tlie ^undat'iDii of tl)« witlli, bn iliould hn deprived of hit niclot ton, and upon flniihiiiK il. lie ihould loM hi* youncMt ion. Kiit irhut nap- paiMil hereupon we ihill Kpcak uf licriiafter..* 8. Now ihera nu an imnieimA <|uaiitit}r of lil- vrr and Koldf and brtidea thole, of 4iniM alio, that wni heaped together out of the cil'y wben it »'«• taken, no one frnnii;;rpHing the decree, nor purloining for tlioir own pcrull»r odvantuge; which ipoili Joihua delivered to the prieitl, to b« laid up among 'their treaiurca. And thu* did Jericho periah. 10, But there wan onn ' Achnr.'f the ion [of Chordii, the noil] of /cbediaa, of the tribo of Judnh, who, finding a ruyal garment woven en- #r(!l/ of gold, and a piece 01 gold that weighed two hundrtd ihckeli,) and thinking it a very hard caie, that whiit apoila bv, by running lonie hniard, had found, hu inuat givi- away, and oiler, it to (>od, who atnud in no need of it, while he that wanted it must go without It. miidc n deep ditch in hii own lent, and \niA them up therein, an ■oppoting he ihouId not only be concealed from hi* felloiv->oldicr«, but from (!od hiniaelf alto, 11. Now, the plar.r where Joshua pitched hit camp waa calltd '(rll^iil,' which deiiotea * liber- tv;*) for since now they had passed over Jordan, they looked upon thenisclvc-H as freed from the ■ iiiiseriea whicli tliey Iiad unileri;oii« from tb« K^pyptiana, and in tlic nildcrneits. . 12. -Now. a few days after the calamity that befell Jericho, Joshua avnt thr«e tliounaml arlnnd men to take Ai, a city situate nbijve. Jericho; but upontho fight of th'v peoplu'of Ai with them . they wenf driven back,' and lost ihirtyTsix of their men, Wheii this wiis told the iKrarlltes, it, iimde them very sad, and exceedingly disconso- late, not ao miich because of the relation the men that were destroyed bare lo Ihciii.'tliough those that were destroyed tvert; nil good nirn, stnd deaerved their ei'teeiu, as bv the deapair it occasioned; for while they believed that they were already, in eflect, in poasessiun of the land, and ahoiild bring back the army out of the bnt- tlei withi^t loss, as God. had proinised before- hand, they now law unexpectedly thei^ enemiia bold with success; so they put sackcloth over their garments, and continued in tears and lamen- tation all the day, without the least inquiry after food, but laid what had ha|>pi'ned grsally to'heart. 13. When Joshua aa\V the army so much af- flicted, and possessed with foreboffings of evil as to their whole expedition, lie used freedom with Uodr and said, "We are not come thus far out of any rashncas of our owu, as tholl^h we thought, ourselves able to subdue this land with our owii weapons, but at the iiistij^ation of Moses tliy ser- vant for this purjiose, tx^rause thou hast promis- ed ua by many sign^, that thou wouldsf f>;ive us this land for a post^issiou, and that thou woiildet make our .army always superior in war to our vhemiea, and accordingly some success has al- 4'aya attended upon ua, agreeably to thy promis- es; but because wc have now unexpectedly been foiled, and have lost some .men out of our * tjMrfi occasion brtliis devotion of Jericho to de- atruction. and the exein|itary |tuniahment of Aeban who hWkethnl 'rhercm'or ■aiiatlicnin.' anil of the punishment of the I'utiirc I'rcaker of it, Kiel, 1 Kin^s tvi. 34, as also ol' tiic puliilo. When Joshua had thus purified the host, he led them against Ai ; and having by nip;ht laid an ambush round about the city, he attacked the enemies ns soon as it was day; but as they ad- vanced boldly against the Israelites, because of their foriiier victory, Itc made them believe he retired, and by that means drew them a great way from the rity, they still supposing that they we're pursuing their enemies, ana despised thrm as though the case had been the same with that in the former battle; after which Joahua ordered his/orces to turn about, and placed them againat their fnint: he then made the aignnia agreed upon to those that lay in dinbush, and so excited them to iightrso they ran suddenly into the city, the iuhabiianta being upon the walls, nay, other* of tlieni being in perplexity, and coming to see those that were witliont the galea. Accordingly, these ni'-n took the city, and alew all that tiiey met with, but Joshua (breed those that qanie against him, to cuine tu a close light, and dis- comfited them, and made them rpii away; and when they *ere driven towards the city, and thought it had not heen touched, as soQn as they saw it wiia taken, and perceived it was burnt, - with their wives and children, they wandered , aboiit the fields in a Scattered condition, and were noway able to defend themielvea, because they had none to support them. Now wlien thia ca- the common ropief, Uit.Aekar, as here in Jo*ephu*,and in the A postoUcnl (Tonatiiul, B. vil. ch. ii. and elsewhere, is evident hy the .illusion to that ininie In the rurae of Josiiiia,;- Why hast thou trnul led ua? The I.oril shall trauMe (he*" where the Ilelirew words allude only to (lie name Athar, liut not Aehaji. Acrordlnely this Val- ley of Arti.ir, or Arlior,wos, andis a known pUirc.a little north of Gili^l.ao called from the da va of Joshua till this tiny. See Josh. vil. 26; Isa. Ixv. !(); Hos. ii. ij; and Dr. Bernard's notcv here. t Here Dr. BcmanI very Justly observes, that a few words are dropped oiitof Josephus's copies, on account of the repetition of the word **«(:«/«, and that if onght to be read thus: " A pieceof gold that weiitlied 50 shek- els, and one of silver that weished 300 shekels," as In - ou r other cotwes, Jpshng vli. il. i 1 axree here witn lir. Bornard.and approve of Jo»ed tijty ahould lind nttlenwrcy from hnii, who made war^ that h& niit;ht entirety dc- »ti-oy the iiatiuii of the Cunaanilea, but they invited the |Mio|)le uf Cephinih and Kirialhje- rim.who were their nKighbora„lu join in league with (hem; and toUOhem, that neither could tliey thetuaelvua nv^^lie dan(,'cr ibiy Were all in, if the I|iraeliteiM|pKild iirtvent. them, and lieixe U]ion t\\f:ii\; »o When (iiey fi'ud (icrauaded , they resolved to endeavor to escape the 1 of the larat'titi'S. AccordinKll t upon their IQI them forces of the larattitis. Accordingly, upon their agreement (o what (bey ptojjoaeil, they atiit am- balfadora (o Josliiia, to n^ke a league of frieufl- ahtp with faim, dnd (hoae audi of (he cititena u» ; J»ere beat approved of, ami niuit capable of duing ^hat WB« mokt advnntageoua to (he multitude. i\ow these nwbuiiMdors thought it dnngeroua to cpufcsatheniHelveatubre Cunaanilea, but thought they might, by thia contrivance, avoid the dan- ger, namely, by abyliijr that they bare no relation to the Caiiaaiiite^.at ull, but dwelt tit u very great diataiice from Ihcui: and they said farther, that they cnme a loiig way on account of the reputa- uoii he had gained for his virtue; and aa a mark iif the truth of what (hey aaid, they ihowed him the habit tlicy wire in; for that their clothea were new when they came out, but were greatly worn by the length of time they had beon ineiii, they said, that they were very glad to hear it, and desired to be admitted into the namberof their cilixens. Thus ilid these ambassadors speak; and, ahotviii^ them the marks of ' their long lourney, they eiitii:ated the Hebrews to make u leaifuc of friendship with tfaeiii. Accordingly, 'oabua believing what they said, and that ihiy v*ere not of the nation of the Canoanites. enter- ed into friendship witli them; and Ulcazar the high priest, with the lanate, aware to them, that they would esteem them their friends and asso- ciates, apd woiild attempt nothing that should be unfair against (hem, (he multitude also assent- ing to the oaths that were made to them. , So these men, having obtained what they desired, by deceiving tbe_ Israelites, went home: but tvhen Joshua led his army to the country at the * Whether this lengthening of the day, liy the stnnillni' still of the sun and moon were physical, and real, liy tlii> niirariilous stopjiaso of (lie diurnal motion of the eiirlli lor ahout ball' a revolution, or whether only nppurnnt, l>y aerial pkoaphori linitHtiii; tlie sun mid liioon as sta- tionary so knur, wliile rlouda and the night lilu the real oneif,apd this p:irliclion, or mock suns affurdini; aulR- ■'.icint light for Jut>liuu's pursuit anit complete victory, (which aerial phatjihorilw utliur shapes liavc heen more than ordinarily roiiiiiioii of Inic yi'i.) rnnnot now lie determined; pliilosnphcra and astroiioniers will natural- l y In sll n e la I hl s l att e r hypoili e sia. — In i l i^n e an time, the Qiel itself was mentioned in the book ofTaslier now iHittom of the nioiinlain of this port of Camian he uiidtTstiiod llinl the Giheunilea dwell not fi«r from Jeruaalini, and (hfit (hey were of (he alock of the Caiiaani(ea, so hewMU fortliiir governnrs Huil reproached them ivlib the cheat they had iiut ii[)oirhimi but they nllegid on (heir own bihall. (hat they had no other way to aavc tliVni- atlvea but that, and w^re (herelbre furred to have ri'courae to it. So be called for Kleaiar (he high jirieat, and for (he arna(e, who (hough( CiglU (o mak« them public arrvanU, lliat (hey inlglidiot break (he oa(h they had made tithrin; am! (bey ordained (hrm (o Be ao. And iMs wiia (he ine(hod by which (lieae men found aiif<-ly and securi(y under the calamity (hat was readv to over(ake them. 17. But the king of Jerusalem took it lo Itiart (ha( (he Gibeoni(es had gone over (o Joahua; «>■ he called upon the kinga of (he neighboring ua- (ions (o join (ngether and to make war nguinst them. Now, when (he t>ilieuni(es saw tlirse kings, which were four besides (he king of Jerp- saleni, anil perceived that they had pitched their camp at a Certain fountain not far from theircity, and tvere get(ing ready fir the siege of i(,1hcv. called upon Joshua (o aasi3( (hem; for such wlit (heir case, as (o Kxpfr( (o be des(royed by these Canaanitea, hut tu suppose they sliould bo sa.< ved by those (bat came for(hedi's(ruc(ionpf(he Canaani(ea, because of the league of friendship that was between them. Accordiiiglv, Johhui made hasta with his whole army tq. assist them and marching day and night, iu (hfemorning he fell upon the enemies as they wer^going up to the siege, and when Nfi batlinacomfited them, he followed them, and uursui^d |h«m doWn the de- acent of the hills: This place 1« called 'Beth- horon;^ where he^plao u^derMood tliat (]od as- sisted biiu, which Se declared hy thuii'der and thuDderhoUs, as also by the failing of hail larger than usual. Moreover, it happened that the day was lengthened,* that the night might 'not come on too soon, and bo'an obstruction to (he zeal of the Hebrews in pursuing their eneniies, inso- much, that Joshua took the kings, who were hid- den in a certain cave at Makkedah, and put them to^fleaib. Now that the day was lengthened at this '.ftne, and was longer than ordinary, is ei- preded in the books laid up in the temple.f 18. Those kings which made war with, ami were ready to fight the IJibeoniteS, hting that overthrowu, Joahua returned again to the moun- tainous parts of Canaan; and when he had made a great slaughter of the people there, and took (heir prey, ho came (o (he ramp at G,ilgul. And now there went a' great fame abroad anion'-- the neighboring people, of the courage of the He- brews, and those that heard what a number of people were destroyed, were greatly aflrighted at It; so the kinga (hat lived about niount Liba- nuB, who were Canaanites, and those Canaanitet that dwelt in the plain country, with auxiliaries out of the land of the Philistines, pitched their camp at Ueroth, a city of the Upper Galilee, not* far from Kadesh. which is itself also a place in Galilee. Now the number of the whole army was three hundred thousand armed footmen, and ten thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand chariots, so that the multitude of the enemies alfrighted both Joshua himself and the Israel- lost, Josh. X.VX-. and is conHrmcd' l>y Isaiah, xxvili. Si hy llalakknk, lii. l|,«»d l.y the son of Sirnch. Ecclaa .xlvi. 4i in ilic Wisdom ofiBoloinon.H iSnlabiiitdortbe liiminaries, with rclntiun, iiu doubt, (otbis and the like miraruloiis standing sillt, nnd going Ijack, In the dayiof Joshua and Ilczekiah, " They have'noi wandered from the day that iie crea(ed (hem; (hey have not nirsalien tlicir woy from ancient generations, nnlcsalt were when God enjoined lluim [so to do] by the command of his servants." dee Aulhent. Rec. part I. p. IM. A.^? ye,''""'"' ■'■''■' uphithB (ample, mii the note on Auiiq, u, lit, cli. I. tecX, 7. 101 AMTlUUltlES OF THE JEWS. X ..f itM; Bod th«7, intUad of bainr fall of hope* of |rood iucceM, ware WMMtitlouMjr timoroni, with tlic great terror witb which thajr wara (trickan. Wharaupon Ood apbnidad then with the faar thar were Ia| and ukad tham. Whether ther dafirad a Jfreatar help than ha eonid afford Iham ( and piomiMd them that they ihould orercooie their encmia*; and withal charged than to nialie ihair aoainiea* horiea uialast, and to burn their chariQti. So Joabna became full of cowaM upon theie prooiiiea of God, and went ont tad- deiily agaioal the enamiaa.and afler firedavi' march be came upon them, and joined btule with them, and there waa a terrible dgfat, mad Hich a number were •lain ai could not be belieT- ed by thoM that beard it. He alto went on in the punuit a great way, and deilroyed the en- tire army of the enamiai, few only ncepladi and all the kinga fell in the bnttUi inaOmnch that when they wanted men to be killed, Joihna slew their honea and burnt their chariot*, and paiied all orer their country without oppoiition, iioone daring to meet him m battle; but he atill went on, taking their citiet by aiege, and again killin^hatever he took. '19.^lie fifth year was now pait, and (here wat not one of ;the Canaanitea remained any longer, excepting (Ome that had retired to place* of great itrtngth. So Joahua removed hit camp to the -monntalnoui country, and pl ther had all Jamnia and Oath, f r om Ek r on to ' thW mountain where the tribe of Judah b^giiit. UuMtghl it rM- •a nun oat Of he IMtimooy of d mMiiir« tba •llarjr or dcMit ipiitud*. {ha* ipoken to ipprpvcd of his meuuN their I i^aielriciani. iwiDC the truth, t 'erf. He abo (he meuure of Ml fruitful, end ii th« nature Of nwy Mw Jtrge g At toprodace DDUfiRio other ckoBM^ciceed- ipered with' the I that belong ti< t account at all. at then people >rt of lend, and ui alio, jet doaa m account of ita for which rea- lie (ribet ihould Qodneu, rather It often happcD- r land wai equi- Now the Ben nmberten, tra- tiniation .of the came tb him to d tetupthela- lar, and the le* the tribei, aad ribci, and to the ing (he dimen- geneH of each , Judah had ns- of Judex, rrucU- ireadth extehd- n (he lot of (hie aloo and Oaia. » wcond, inelu- boTdered upoi« enjamites, their from the river it was bounded bit lot WW (h* lie gdodnCM of ind the city of im had by lot from (he rirer I as farai from lain. The half from Jordan (o s at Bethshan, Ai(d after these aits in length, ■(its limit in I (ribe orJtabn- lay as fares the ich belonged (o >f Aserhad(hat By, for such it >Ter againt( Si- (o (heir share, he Napb(alitea r as (he city of onto mount 14- I which rise out that paK of i( irfaboring Gi(y ah (ha( ^ of unsetting, vid t^ as aly> thiey BtXJK V.-CHAP. 1, 93. After (his aMnaer did Joshua divide the six nations that bear the names of the sons of Ca- naan, with their land, to be possested by thtf aloe tlibes and a halfi for Moses had pnsTented him. •M had alresdy distributed the land of the Amor- Mes, which lUe If was so catled alio from one of the sons of Cenaan, to the two tribei and a half, as we hare showed already; but the parts about Sidon, as also those that belonged to the Arkites and the Amathites, and the Aradians, were not yet regularly disposed of. t*. Uut now was Jpihua hlndeied by his age fratn executing what he intended to do, (as «ffd .l!t*"i..i ' •""='=«,«'«J' ''iin in the gorernincnt, take liMie care of what was for the iSvantage of the public,) so he gave It in charge to < very tribe. to leave no remainder of the race of the Canaan- i? '."i. . M ■"* •'••'>'' •»"« divided to them by lot! that Moses had enured them beforehand, that they might reit fully satiided about it. that their own security and their observation of their own laws depended wholly upon it. Moreowr, liri?i^"f!2 .'k*"* i" J* V thirty-eight cities to the Lavitei, for they had; already received ten in the couiitry of the Amoritei, and three of these he assigned to thoie that (led from the iiiaiislayen, who were to inhabit there; for he was.very so. M»!^V j'"Jl°?'"'y'''5!'''* •?• "'Rlect^d which Hbe of Judah, HebKonj and of that of Ephraim, Shechem; and of Naphtall, Kadeih, which is a !i.'d« K '" VfP" ^^^l"i "• •'•» di'tributld bnted. which was very great, whereby they had an .affluence of great riches, both alMn geHeral, and evcrv oh* m ii»t:r..i... ...i .i.:. ./■"■• .' 103 and every ohe in jiarticularVamVthiiof gSrMd I, and of other furniture, besides a Ek r on ta ' thw hbegiiii. 2f_T.*!*"I*"'!.' ■■■■". "■ '!""" ■urniiure, Desides a maUKude of cattle, whoie number couU not be t„2?;i.- "f "*'" ""' "*■:• ''" P'thered the army X*^ . V ■"'»"(? Wt'on; «nd spake thui tb thoie tribei that hnd their .eULnient in the land of the Amoritei beyond Jonlan; for 60,000 of them had armed theroielves. and had gone to the r/vr'f ""'i\""'T';'S'"='^ thutood, who i. the father and Lord of the Hebrctv nation, has BOW nven us this land for o pouemion, and pro- mised to preserve us in the enjoyment of it as Mrown forever; and iinceyou have with alacri- (y offered yourselves to aurit us when we want- ed that aiiiitance, oit all occasions accordinr to m command; It is but mit. now all our diffi'ul. ties are over, that you should he permitted to en- joy rtst, and that we should treapaii on your ala- crity, to help us no longer, that so if wc slioulH again stand in need of it, we may rea.wn oros- perity till you ^had afforded -"ui that J»tiiS^^. »-*r« •'"*'' •'•'••.''y joining your labor with ours, gotten great plenty of riches, and will car- ry home with you much prey, with gild and sil- ver. and what is more than all Iheie. oui o-ood- will townrdg you.^and a mind willingly diiSosed to make a requital ofyour kindness toui, i,i « hat a»e soever yon_ihall desire it, fjryou have not I'iffl !"' *"""* "hich Moses beforehand re- qulrea of yoD, nor have you desniied him bc- eanse he was de:.d and gone from vou, so that mere is nothing to dimi nish that irr^tiim!.: which yoa to suppose that there is no limit to be set to. the ml mate relslion that is between us; and that you will not imagine, that because this riVer i. interposed between ui, that you are of a differ- ent race from us, and not Hebrews, for wa are all ?!.T.?-^ li •'T**' °9rtorf(^(t,m and yours into the world, whose worship and form of n>- vernmen( we are to take care of, which he had ordained, and are most carefully toobsci-e- be- cause while youcontinue in those laws, tio.i wHI also show himself merciful and aisiiting to you ■ but if you imitate the other nations, and hfnki those laws, he will yrject your nation," When Joshua *ad spoken thui, and saluted them all l^>tb those in authority one by one, and (he wholfe multitude in common, he himself stayed where he was, but the people Conducted those tribes en their journey, and that not without tears In their eyes: and indeed they hardly knew bow to part one from the other. "^ ^ 26. Now when the tribe of Renbel, and that of uaif, and as many of the Manaasites as followad them, were:^|Mued over the river, they built an altar on the banks of Jordan, as a monument to posterity, and a sign of their relation to thoae that should inhabit on the other side: but when those on the other side heard that those who had been dismissed had built an altar, but did not hear with what intention they built it, but sup- posed It to be by way of innovation, and for tb* introflnctlob ntmtmnm^ ^^^m •k.-.llj ^... i-.K„ introduction of strange gods, they did not IncliH. thinking this defamatory t»- to disbelieve it, but I ., uB.,raB,ory re- port, as if It were built for diyine worship, was creditable, they appeared in arms, as though thev would avenre themselves on those that built the altar, and they were about to pass over the river,andlo punish them for their subversion or the laws of flielrcdVhtry, for they did hot think itflt (o regard them on account oftheir kindred or the dignity of those that hod given the occa- sion, but to regard the will of God, and the man- ner wherein he desired to be worshipped: to these men put themselves in array for war: but' Joshua, and Elcasar the high priest, and the se- nate, restrained the*; andpcrsuaded them 6nt to make trial by words oftheir intention, and af. terward. if they found that their intention^ wat evil, then only to proceed to make war upon ' them. Accordingly they sent as ambassadortto them Phineai, the son or Eleaxar. and ten nioic persons that were in esteem among the He- brews, to learn of them what wat in their mind. Jvhen, Upon pasiing over the river, they had biiilt an altar upon its banks. But as sion at these ambassadors were passed over, and wei« f?"',* •°:"*"'' «"'' ■ cocgregntion was assem- bled, Phineas stood up and laid, "that the of- fence they had been guilty of wai of too heinont a nature to be punished by words alone, or by them only to be emended for the future; yet that tber did not so look at the heinousness of their traii^ greision as to have recourse to arms, and to a bat. tie for their punisbment immediately, but that, on account oftheir kindred and the probability there was that they might be reclaimed, they teak this method of sending an ambaiiage io them, that when we have learned the true rea- sons by which you have been moved tohuild (hit - altar, we may neither teem to have been too harih m aataulting you by our weapons of war, H It prove that you made the altar for justifiable rrasoiM, and may then justly punish vou if the accuialion prove true: for we can hanll" sup- ^u ,5J y,"" "''° ''■'"' '^" »<:q»«inltdw"ilh t£« will of God, and have been heareraof those lawa which he himself hath given us. now you are te> parated from us, and gone to that patriuwoy of W. owe to yon: W;';he;; ' fo'ro Xmir^'ou' " ;? I C/'A "^ t^ y"»i;"TO"gh the grace-^ol Oodrand -ijtoyou^r own i-her.unc°«,t"r;re"„t;:iiLt.f^'trc«?o:;;^;^^^^ 104 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. {' e •rk, and that alUr wblch ii pccqiiar to ui, ind can iii(ro aiiil imilntn (he wickol iirurtiCM of the Caiiaanitci. Mow tliii will appeal- lo have been ■ iniall crime, if you re- p«rnt now. and proceed no farther in yourniad- tim, but pay a due reverence lo, and keep In mind thelawi.uf your country ; but ifyouper«l>t in your (ina, tve will not grudge our pnina to pre- t\a our lawit, but we wlU pan over Jordan anJ rfcnd them, and deff nd Uod alio, and tlmll ea- tccm of you ai of men. noway diffierinj; from the Canaanitea, but ihall deitroy you in the like manner aa we destroyed them; for do not you ima|;ine, thut became you are f;qt over the river, Jtbat yoM are gut out of the rcnch of (iod'a power; ou are every where in places that belong to lini, and impossible it is to uvcrrun his power, and the punishment he will bHng on nM-n thereby ; but if you think that your settlement here will be any obstruction to your conversion to what is topd, nothing need hinder tis from dividing the land anew, and leaving this old land to be for the feeding of sheep; but you will do well to return tayuur duty, ami to leave oflf these new criuies: and we beseech you, by your children and wives, not to force ua to punish you. Take, therefore, such measures in this assembly, us •upnosing that your own safety, and the_ safety of toose that are dearest to vou, is therein con- cerned, and believe that it is better for you to be conquered by words, than to continue in your purpose, and to experience deed$ and wa>° Iborefor." 37. When Fhineaa had discoursed thtia, the goverqurs of the assembly and the whole multi- tude began to make an apology fur themsclvc*, concerning what the^ were accused of, and they ■aid, "That they neither would depart from the relation they bare' to them, nor had they built the altar by way of innovation ; and they owned one and the sauic coiniuoii Uod with all the He- brews, and that ^raien altar which was before the tabernacle, on which tliey would ofTfr tiieir wcrificesi that oa to the altar they had raited on account of which they were thus suspected, it was not built for worship, but that it might be a iign and a nionuniint of our n-latiun to you for- ever, and a necessary caution to us to act wisely, and to continue in the laws of our country, but not a handle fur transgressing them, as you sus- pect; and let Uod be our authentic witness, that this was the Occasion of our building this altar: whence we bc^ you will have a belter opinion of tts,nnd^o not iiupaUi such a thing to us as would 'rciider^n;r 0^'''lhe.' Jiosterity of Abraham wtll worthy of pSrdiCroni in case they attempt to bring in nevv^ites, anil such as are different from Our usual practices." 1 28. When they nad made this - answer, and PhineaaJi^ jp'oninicnd^id them for it, he came to Joshui^^hijlntxplained \before the peo|dc what answer they, but huvo hcuii driven aw^y by Jmlinn, Ibf robber, and are roiiie to inhabiMierijj'' Sei lh« note there. Nor is it unworthy of our natice, what Musiv CUoreneiisIa iidds, p. 5:i, and this upiVti a diligent cxunil- ■ation, viz. that " one of those eminent men anion); the Canannitea came at tlie jame tima Into Arme- nia, and rounded the Ueulhuiiian family or tribe, and that this was rondriiicd by the manners of the family or tribe, aa behtg like thoaa of the Ca- dissolved this great assembly of the people, and sent them to Ihrir own inhrrilanrrs, whila hr himself lived in ia$ de$lroyed, excepting ojUy nx hundred Men. ' » i 1. After the death of Joshua and filesiar, rhiqeos prophrsied,f that according to God's wlU. tliey should commit the government to the" tribe of Jndah, and that this tribe should destroy the race of the Cnnaanites: for thin the people wire concerned to learn wliht was the will of God. 1'huy also took to their assistance the tribe of Sinieon, but upon this Condition, that when, tliusp that had been tributary to the tribe of Judah should be slain, they should do the like fdr the tribe of Sin^con. 3. But the bffairs of the Conaanitei were at thi>i time in a floiirishin^ condition and they ex- pected the [smclius With a great armjf at the city ISozck, linvin^ put the government, into the huiifls of A.loniliizek, which name denotes the ■ lord of I!ezek,' lor Adoni, in the Hebrew tongue, is called lonl. Wow Ihey hoped to have been tdo l.arti fjr the . Israelites, because Joshua waa (lead: but when the Israeliti'S hud joined battle with them, I mean the two tribes before men- t By prapltesfing, when ipbkeq ofa high prioat, jote- plius,hutli l:ere iiid frcdiinntly elsewhere, means no more II. ar ronsullin|:(3daby L'riin.wJiirh the reader ia slilltoliear inmiridU|iurallorriisiors. And if St. John, who Was chnti:iiipuiary with JOscpliis, and of thesainc coniitry. made use "of this style, when lie says, that "('niniilinii.iN-ini hieh jirlest thai year, prophesied that Jons should die forihltt intioii.niid notforthat nation oiilv, Imt'itiat also he should gather toiicllier in one tlie children of Ood tlmt were »cai;creil abroad," xi.Sl.53, he i.iiiy imsaihly jiican, thu' this wns revealed toihe high piieHlIiv nnextraOrdliiiiry voi'efroinlKitwcentlieche- riiUmi^whcnhehadlitob^ llkii mini oil bt-fbre or in the mosi Iflly plare OflNf leflple,- which wng nootlierthan tbcOrarle of Urim andThum- Diim. or which alove in tfae'note on Antiq. b. iiLeh. TiiLMCtSi <»v. BOOK V.-~CHAP. II. m mowi Ihajr foochl glorimnljr, ami ikw •hor* ten thouiand orUMin. anil put Ike rent to flight; ■nd in tba punuit thajr took Ailnnibitirk, whu, when hii ttngen and tu«a were cut ulT by Ihciu, •aid, "Nay, indeed, I wat not alwayi ta lie con- cealed fruiii Ciod, a* I find by what I now endure, while i have not been athaiued tu du the Mm* to ie«enty-two kingi.*" So they carried him aliTC at faro* Jeruialeni; and when he wat dead they buried him in the earth, and went on itill in taking the cities : and when th«y had taken the greal- eit part of them, thejr brnit'ged J^ruMiieni: and when they had taken the lowt.'t rity, which wat not under a coniideruble timr, they ilew all the inhabitanli; but the upper city wat not to be la- ken without great difficulty, through the itrcngth of ill walli, and the nature of the place. 4. Kor which reaaun thry removed their camp to Hebron; and when they had taken it they tlew all the inhabitant*. There were till then loft the race o( gianli, who had bodiea K> large, and cpnntenancei to entirel;|r different from other men, that lliey were surpriume tu the •icht, and terrible to the htruring. Tht- oonea of IheM men are itill thown to tlii* very day, unlike to any credible relationi of other men. Mow they gave thi* city to the Ixsvitei, aa.an extraordinary re- ward, with the auburbi of two tliouiand ciibiti; but the land thereto belonging they gaVe ai a fr«e gift to Caleb, according to th« iiijunclioni of Mow* : thii Caleb waa one of the apiei which Motet tent into the land of Canaan. They alto Sveland fur habitation to the poiteritT of Jcthro t Midiuiiite, who waa the father-iu-iaw to Mo- tet, for they had left their own country and fol- lowed Ihem, and accompanied them in the wil' demeat. 4. Now the tribes of Judah and Simeon took fhecitiea which were in the mountainous part of Canaan, at alto Atkelon and Aahdod, of those that lay near the tea, but Gaia and Ekron es- caped tlirni, fur they, lying in a flat country, and having a great number of chariots, sorely galled those that attacked them : tu tliese tribta, when they were grown very rich by this jmr, retired to their own cities, aiid laid aside their weapons of war. • 5. But the Benjaniitet, to whom belonged Jerusalem, permitted its inhabitants to pay tri- bute; to thtiy all left off, the one tu kilU and the other to expose themselves to danger, nnd had time to cultivate the ground: the rest of the tribet imitated tliat or lienjamin, and did the same; and contenting themselves with the tri- butes that were paid tneni, permitted the Canoan- ites to live in peace. 6. However, the tribe of Ephrnim, whi^n they besieged Bethel, made no advance, nor perform- - ed any thing worthy of the time the^ spent, and of the pains they took about that siege, yet did they persist in it, still sitting down before the city, though they endured great trouble thereby : t-Thia i^est number of aeVentjr-two teguli, or saiaU MaJS, over whom >Adenibezek had tyrannized^ and for which tie wns punis.'.ed arcordihi; totlie Uj: taliotun. as well aa the t!iirty.one kiniia of Canaan, sulidued by Joslinn, i-nd named in one rhap.. Josh. ill. and tlitrty- two kings, or royal Kuziliariei 10 Banhadud kbiRofi'yr rii^, iKhipi,!!.); Ai>liq.b.viii.eh lir.aeet l;int|mate to ns wliai was the ancient form of governineni a- inonp! several niilioiis l«rure the laonarchiea.ketian, vis., that every rity or liirce town Willi Ha iieiiiilioring villa- ten, was a distinct government by Itatlfiwhkh la tl^e moreremsirk.ihle, liei'ause ttils waa reitalnTy'tlicfDrni of cclcsinstirnl {nivernniont tlial wa* aettted by the a|io«Me«,aiide; and when they were near Jerasa- obacT-vatio;! of •' cir liioiitr yoveriiors, so mat tiierareor Ibeprinre might extend itself to every ihdividual per- MB under bis pro(« men; nor mn 1 iioae nnmhers "e ai ad bB^ pourd senutne, if ti.ey ware reduced so late aelhc end at the Judges, where our uther copies place iMsicdttdiM h. \: rJ- 1% ■ 108 ANTU^ITIE8 OF TUB JEW8 .Mmnl adviMd thtm lo Uk« u^i thait' Indirinn foia* when, l To which he re- plied, that he waa a Lcvile, and waa brinrinc hit •.? ! VH. •[P'!["iV' »•«* *•» «P'»f »'«)'»•/ but »e told him hia habllation wuln the tribe of ft,phraimi ao the old map', aia well becnjuae of tlieir kindred, aa becauae they lived in the Minie uibe, aa alio becauae thev bad thua accidcatally ■et together, took him in to lodge with brni. XJow certain young men of the inhabitanta of Sbibcah, having aeen the woman in the matket- lace, and adiuirihg her beanty. when they iin- entood that abe lodged with the old ni*n, came U> the doora, aa contemning tlie weakneM and iawoiitf of the old man*a family; and when the old man deaired them to go away, and not to ofc* any iiolepce or abuae there, theydcMred rilT '? ^'!'*' .*??" "P ^' ••"»«• woman, and well be ihould have no harm done to him; and when the old man alleged that the Levile waa ^ of bif kindred, and that their would be guilty of borrid wickedueta if4hey tuOered tiiemaelvea to •• overcome by their pleaaurei, and ao olfend 3 unit their lawi, they deapited bia righteoM monition, and lauarhed bini to acorn. They ■lio^ threatened to kill him if be becwue an ob- •tacle to their inclinationa; whereupon, when he •wind bimaelf in great diatreaa, and yet waa not prwlanily aa th« graatnaaa of hit miafortmea would admit, and laid bia daauttlieiuliabiianta of tiilM ' " willior to overlook fata guetta. and aee them 'TTi'j ^P"^"."** •>"• own daughter to them; •lad told tbeai, that it waa n amaller breach of (be Uw to aatitfy their luat upon her. than to fc *f J u ?'.••'»! «"Ppoaing that he himielf Bbould by thia meuu plvveat any injury to be * done tp tbote guea«. When they noway abated •ftbeir earneftneia fortheatrunge woman, but JMiited abadlutely on their detirea to have her, t» entreated them not to perpetrate any tucb act of injutUca; but they proceeded to take her •way by force, «iid inducing itill more the vio- lence of their inclinatioua. they took the woman •way to their bouae, and when they bad aatitfied their luit upon ber the whole night, they let her ft abont daybreak. So abe came to the bonae where the bad been entertained, nnder great af- Uctian at what bad happened, and waa veir tor- lowfnl Mpon occaaion of what the badanffered. •Bd duftl not look ber butband in the face for ■aame, for abe concluded that be would never foiXira her for what abe had done, to abe fell down ■Bd gave np the ghost; but her hatband rappoaed Iba^hla wife waa only faat atteep. and Slf u"* ■»"»"« of a more melancholy nature fead happened, endeavored to rain ber up. re- Mhring to apeak comforubly to ber, since the did not Tolontanly eipose herself to the»e men's MM. bntwasforcedaway to their house; but as •oiMi at he perceived she was dead, he acted at JLia^^^SS*!!' "Sffi? h«»» 9*^' • "wll mistake, y*y.P*.*y^«b» Hebrew word attt-Elj whkh Ja- _ . It-' 1"' — -——■.. «■ ij>ilicah would not delivar^up the voung men. and thought it too reproachful to them, out of fear of war. to submit to^ other nicu's deinantia uiion theuu vaualiBg thamtelves to be noway iuferior to any III war, neither in their number, nor in courage Ihe rett of their tribe were also making great preparationa for_ war, for they were s5 inso- lently mad. aa also to resolve to repel force by force. • "^ ' ;. **: When U was related lo the Israelites what the inhabitanta of Gibeab bad resolved upon, they took their oath that no one of them would give bis daughter Jn marriage to a Benjamiie. but make war with greater fury against them, than we have leamsd^our forefathers made war against the Canaan'ites, and sent out presently an array of four hundred thousand against them, while the Benjamites' army was twenty-five thousand and six hundred; live hundred of wboia were excellent at slinging stones with their left hands, insomuch that when the battle was joined at Gibeajii the Bemtttiites beat the IsraejiMk and of them ffiere iiU two thousand meariwl PfoMoly niore bnd been deatroyed had-^fh* roktffc agaa ^H s *sa«say OW, t, the .or in« laiwmaele, indf . m. W. of n fiaea AtMittaowayap- "JK"i come on and prevented it. and broliffioff the ll^ht; so the Benjadilea returned to the^cilr With joy, and the Itraelitea returned to their camp in a great fright at what had happened. On the next day. trhen they fouglit agiin, th* Bemamites beat them, and eightten thousand of the Israelites wew slain, and the reitdeaerted Uieir camp «ut pf , fear of a greater slaughter. §0 they can»f to Bctliel.* a Sly that was near their camp, ttnl fasted on the next day; and be- sourtt God by Phineat. the high priest, that bit ""rl ngmnst tllem might cc^, and that h* would be tatitfieil witbjlj^|w6 defeats, aad '**Z'"f '^' (be tah«nae1a«i*Wr at ^hel; only «»ft rTt la th y, t h a t 8l il l oli "tb e plae e o f t h a ttl iiir jm^im tka diiyiif Hhi'fiiii^ wat not (hr '•7' BOOK v.— CHAP. III. m K(f« tham (Im ? letonr ud pMNr o«*r ihtir •■!«• mlM. AceoRlinclj, Uod |iromiMa« ever they perceived theiiilelvet to be deceived, they knew not what to do, and when thay were driven into a certain hollow placa which wai in a valley, they were ihot at or thoM that encomlMMed them, till tl)py ware all deitroyed, eicepting lii hundred, which btnp- ed themielvet into a cloie body of men, and for- ced their puaage through the inidit of their ene- roiet, and tied to the neighboring roouulaini, and •eitin|( upon them, remained there; but the reit of them, being about twenty-five thovnand, were •lain. Then did (he Iireelitei burn (jibeah, and itiew tbe women, and (he nialci thiit were under age, and did the name alio to the other citiea of tha Bcnjainitet. And indeed they were enraged to that degree, that they irnt twelve Ihouiand men out of the army, and gave them ordem to deitroy Jabrah (lilead. becauie it did not join with them in fighting againat the Benjaiuitei. Accordingly, tho«e that were tent ilew tl^e men of war, with th«ir children and wive*, eicepting four hundred virgini. To lucb a deg^e had rthey proceeded in their anger, becauie they not only bad tlio luflfering of the Leyiteli wile to aven;^, but the ilaughter of (heir own eoldicn. n. However, thev afterwardi were lorr^ fair the calamity they had brought upon tbe Benjamitei, and appointed a fast on (ha( accoun(, ai(hough (hey ioppoied (heie men had tuAered juitly for their onenre agalnit (he lawi: ao (hey recalled, by (heir ambaMadora, thoie nix hundnui which had escaped. Theae had aea(cd (hemtelvea on a cer(ain rock called ■ Rimnion,' which waa in (he vrildemeaa; ao'(he arabBaaadoral«mcn(ei| no( only the diaaMer thn( had befallen (he Benjaini(ea, iiu( (heniaelvea alao, by tiria deatniction of their kindred, and perauaded them to take it patiently^ and (o come and uni(e wi(h them, and not, aoiar aa in (hem lay, (o give (heir auAraf^e (o (he utter <1ea(ruC(lon of (he (ribe of Benjamin^ and aaid (o (hem, "We give you leave (b (ake (he Whole land of Benjamin (o yourael'vea, and aa much prey aayou are ab)e (o carry away wi(h you." So (heae men with' aofrow confeased, (ha( wba( had been done was according (o (he decree of God; and had happened for (heir own wirkcd- neaa, and assen(ed (o (hoae (ha( invi(ed (hem, nnd came down (o (heir own (ribe. . The larael- i(ea alao gave (hem four hundred virgins of Jabeah Oilead for wives ; . but as (o (lie remaining two hundred, (bey delibera[ed abou( i( how (hey might compass wives enough for (him. and (lia( (hey might have children Iw (hem; and whereas they bad, before the war began, (aken an oa(b tha( no one wpuld give his daughter (o wife (p a BeBiami(e, aome adviatd (hem to have no ro gara (o what (hey had sworn, because (he oath fiad no( been (alcen advisedly and judiciously. but i n a p ass io n, and t ho ught that th e y a liuuld do nothing •g>ec(ed (o auner by (hem, bu( berouae (hey had a mind to have a aure proapec( of (^ra(. ing (he Hebrew!i ill when they pleased, and niif^ht thereby, fur the time (o comr, dwell in their own cities the more securely; thry prennred there- fore their chariots, and gathered tneir soldiery together, their cities also combined together, and drew oyer to them Askelon nnd Ekron, which were within the tribe of Judah, and many more of those that lav in the plain. They also forced the Danitus (o lly into the moiintslnous country, and left (hem no( (he leas( portion of the plain country (o se( (heir foot on. Since then thesf Danitis' were nut able to fight tijeiii, and had not land eiiouf|[h to sustain tliein, they sent five nf, their men into the midlapd ruuntry to see forii' land to which they might remove their habitation : so thea^ men went a» far aa (he iiei'j;hborhno«r. w«r. fome who, out of f,.r, VolunU- yponthtm »M a,or«.h.n Ih.y could b«r. «t did th.y p.» lf,«ndBnd,rt»€nlill Mrt of op^.^,. •!ou fgr ..gCt ?cir.; .fur which tin.« th« w«r. •"o'^'i'L'"" «'■«"' '" «'«• following m.nn«r/ »h.J /u""' on. who.« nmne wm Othnii'l, loch . liV^ ""' V° """'ook «!>• ItrHelilM in -h- „ I ^"J' '*• «"? '''*■' 'heir llb«rtr; lo a.nl.. ""' P™"""* •<>■"<> lo wi>M hin, in ihi. te Z* "JT"""*' i'?'' '■'^ •'"'y wer*.,vho W«T.iled on to .Mi« himj) he drat of .11 d.itroy- H?.» l ?"''"'". «'"«'' ChiKh.n h.d Mt oTir ANTIQUITIES OF THE JKW8. with under the Mnibilet. Thit liberty he pre I"""' fur ihiiu in the AkllowinK niiinn< ri a. There wai . younf nieii of lli« iribn of Re. jtniin, wlifMe nunii wh K.hud, the ion of Qers, a nun of v^ry grret rnuraKe in bold under l.klilKi, and of . very •lrunf( body, fit for h.rd libor, but bril ikillcd i,i u»inK Im !.(» huiid. in which wti hi> whoKt ttrrngth ; and he elr, nnd inainualeil hi,nMlf into hn eood oniniun, wlirn by lie wn. .Uo be- loved of (how that were about the kinf. "' Now rll*" f °iV'l'?^*'* *" '»''»K'PK pr<'«*nti to the 'i^n hiiii, he pot a i.ii7j ■ : . -™ " •»•• pureeireu mat lie Ili!:,'"i.'"' *"' •"•■*?». "'ore of the people thTA-^ri.!?"*"^",' *° ""t' Joi-Odbatttwith .bL 'j 'J: '^^^T' •hem entirely before Jhem. Md cooipened them to pu. o»er 'Euphm- J^LlJ^rT^", ®"'"''' • "*"> ""d Riven iuch f.^h •?{"••".''*'■• "»•'»«' from the rtultitude •uthority tojudre the people; end when be h^, ruled o»er them forty yVw, he died ^ CHAP. IV. /folB «iir Ptt^U iirtti tkt Moahitu ttghtttn r«ort. ejuTwere thtn dtUvered/hm ^vtry r««« ^ ** '** ^'""•■"«» «**'» the I«r«elltet fell min HitodiMrder, and while they neither paid to God the honor due to him. nor were obedient to (he l.wi. their nfflictioni in- creaied, till Eglon. kiug of the Mo.bllee, did .o gjeatljr aeepue them, on account of thediioidert of their politicd government, that he m.de w.r upon them, and overcame them in ierer.1 battiei. !^.iJ? il5" 5'1'u 9<""*StOM to tubmi(. mid entirely lubdwed their army, uid ordered them to pay him tribute. And when he bad built him ' i[2?i ??•«:•.•» Jericho,* he omitted no method ^^c^Ta" •*"."/ for .ighteen ye.«: brit When God had once Uken pity of the Imelite*. on account of their .fflictioi... and wu moved tj ^"S^^h by .»'••« •"PPlicationt put up to him, be freed them from the b»rd niige they had met hid fe,SJ,1','i'SL''~V' ihwnllon'^hl.nirlSfiS mi ^^KlL'.2°S'*!!? "^ which It v^a. rebuUtb, fiW,lKlnKizvt.34. Our other copici that avoid iu i proper n a me , . leric ho i an* e al l itth e t itw tfpulmtr tn compoied nimicir to ilcep. 3. Hereupon Ehud informed the people of Jfc. I richo privafilyof what he had done%n!d exhort- ed them to recover their liberty; who heMd faim gladly, and went to their arm*, and sent meiien- ger» over the country, that tbonid eound trum- peli of rami home, for it wu our cuitom ta call ih. people together by them. Now (he .ttend- r2!f i? / iP . "•■? 'It''°'"»» "f wbrt mirfortnne had befalfcn liini for ■ greit while; but towerdt the evening fearing K>me uncommon a<6'£idem had happened, they entered into liti periourVmfd ' when tbey found Kim dewi they wera in greet ' disorder, and knew not what to do! mid hSfor. tte pardt could be got together, (i,e multitude of the Iiraelitei came upon them, «o th.t tome of them were el.ln immedi.tely. ud lome wen- put to flight, Md ran .way tow.rd the countr) ol Moeb. in order to save themtelvei. Their number wai above ten thounnd. The Iiraelitea •eiied upon (he ford of Jordan, and punned i-i*i°!i' V.1 "5* «''««>. ">d mrniy of them tbey killed at the ford, nor did one of them ew.pe out the Hebrew* freed themielve* from il.very un- der theMoabite*. Ehud al*o wm on thi* ,c^,nt dimified with the g6v,ernment over all the mul- titude. Mid died hfter be had held the govemSent eighjr year..t He w.* . man worAy of com- me^ation. even be*ide» what be delerved for the forementioned Mt of hi*. After him Sham- gar, the ioh of Anath. wa« elected for their ro- vernpr. but died in the 6rtt year of hi* rovero- KInn Tl.l, which feaeer number Joeephua aMma aometlaeetobavefolloired. And tlatiTSit mT ning of the neit chapter it la (aid by Jqnptai.n^ here waa hardly abreathing time for the tanSutWke: i king, and hud two lervant* wi>.. „„„, „, poi dagger on hit rf>h( (high w-rredy, .„d wen( „ . (ohiiii: It wa« then •uiiuiier lime, and the raid > die ol the ,l«y. when the guard* were not itrict- y on their watch, both bt^oauee of (be heat, and becauae they were .one to dinner. So the vounr man, • hen he hai((ing on hi* (hrone; and fear *e,te wcra not itrict- >f tba heat, ami r. So the >aunf; prrienti to tbr •II parlour lh«t eat, he fell into Mow alone, the allrnJad him to iod to Ulk with III throne; anri ihould mil* hit ' wuund, to h« ad a dream to of God; upon thronu for jo} I to the heart, f, ha went out the king'* aer- ; that the king I people of Jk- ic, and eibnrr- who haanl bim d *ent mciaen- I lound (rum- cuitomt9call aw the attend- lat miafortane ; but toward* mon aib'^^enl ii parlour, arfd >. were in great ot and before the multitude •o that aome tad aonra were 1 the countn- lelve*. Their I'he Iiraelitc* and puraucd of them they em eicape out I it wa* thai n ■lavery on- a thii account r all the qiul- egOTemmcnt nay of com- deiervcd for !r him Sham- for their go- r hi* govern- ■ben between >,orsWor«U >r480]rean,l wp^na aaeaa 'ofepbaa, tUt ■ laraeUtaabe- hlcbljr pnb*. MlB ere o nly g aOn" i, "i ! 4s JAEIt KILLING 8I8BRA. "ii; PraMMrftM f/- V i>^* /x \ Av -iT ^1: w- ■OOK V.~CMAr. V. CHAP. V. Vf. •»•«, with DU frwrr Ikaii Ik^. •!. '"•"■" "<"«•- •ilh him U,„h. „r.l.r^ ">«'" «■' \»r lrll...i" ^UnTUl^i MBOtpo.1 ,B„ugh of ih.m" 3. So Ucbonh Mat for Bank ■ml hi.1 ki~ g«»™i »i h him ,h« h.U indirniilioi, ,i wh.t »• Mid, Md raplicd, "Thou O iU-k ?i-ii ; harki Tk— -i v '^"•»« « c«me on the r mud to ht eooMdad; aiid whan kTuk^ iT Ih. «,.,u„;i r . t •••«""•• *«i»»ni H*il..l to ji;«n^n._..--:x:?;hju,i^ „ ^ CHAK vr •upi'liction. to <.o.l, ,„.! |,..„,„g,„ ,,i,„ ^, „,; hm"Xth. ««?;;''' ''"""If "•«",. «J.. .Id Ood •■ To »li,k k •'•'''''■ ;"•"•»<' b«l'>«d of 3. Now therefore, r. Gideon ww rcUiinr' Jku meogot r««dv f„r fiichtii.r ft... »lVT '*»T1!^ kind w«r. too fonJ^f th«u«lvc. «d w ," ^2' me, to .uch w exc«ll«d in virtue: „iw tK thejr might not pau Ood over, bit airL Ik. *ictorjr,ahli,,.aWl might not fancy ToMlin^.r , by their own power blcaune Ihev weLT!*!* f.r«.y,.nd ablTof th,m.elve.toVhu,. •,,«•;,•' miei, but might confeu that it waTowin^ .„ k*' U.i.Unc«. h^e advi-d him to briigwf «m» •bout noon, m th. vioIe«ce of thAeat t^i^{ mer. and to e.t..m tho... thpt liSnt down on their kneei. and m drank, to b. men of cou^i^" ^•'""l" tfco* that drank tUBMhuoMhr TK ha ihould eiteem thent to do it out o? fa.> Z^ U .adr^ of t h eir enemi...- Ti^l h^'htt ( \ '»««. ''"-m '%^;. IW ANTIQI)ITII» 0¥ TIIK JKWi. (MM. Ami nkta U. rr.« him fr.»" hi. f»»r. hwl hin. t.k' ;•.«• "< h" !),.« h. .h..»l.l lr..». Ih.» ..ry pt».« h." ht. .?,„,«. «....). .i.'! If" »«''«'• '*« ''• '^V*'. ,„.| •"nt .n•• "' •••• "•"•■ "' "'•■ .„„„.l Ih.l Ih.,.. (h.l -." i» l« "•" .«.k». .ml Ih.l ..... nf 'h»". •" l»ll..'I •'>"'•• '»' "• ...Idi.r* .lr..m..l hi. own, ....I h«l .« pU » y. thklOirfxinrouM h««r him ■rh..lr.«m *•. ih|. h. Ih..«»hl h. .•* • b«rl.7 fk». iwh • o«« •• roMiii h«Biir •>« ••••" '•» """• '« *•• •" '! •■ r..llinK thr,.u«l. ih. r.ra,.. .n.l '""'►•'""'"«•'- r..»«l »»nl.»"rt th.lPiii.or.lllh. rMil.l.»r. Now th« ..ih.r ...U1.»r ..iiUtuwl »hl. vl.|..n to .««•• Ihn d«.(ni«liun ..f tt.« .rniy. titd Hil.1 him wli«t kit n»um WW whM-h BM.I. iMw w wc«j*U.clur«. vd. (bat lh« ....l • .""l »>.''»y w.. •» "« '« •'; luwrd «.. iM. <.r «h« .llr.l *irl «'•"'; ••^ «h. Ih. I.r.rliu. w.r» *n..w» »'> h« lh» vH.M of .11 Ih* |»»o|.li. of A.i«, •gr^.l.ly lo lh» .».a of \>»t- !•« I unit (h.l whU wr.Mwl l<> »<»''' '"K •""•«'"[ «"' l.ra«l.lM. WM iMMJi'l'on. «.i<.i'l">>i. 5 Wki(l .Ho look fwnup •! wh.l w.. tol.! ll.»«., .."I w" rntily to ix rform wli.l l>« "houlil mjoiii Ih.iii: •u lildeoA clivi•"». ind brouiht U 0..I .boiit tln' fourlli w.t' li •>•••'•. ni«hr»ch |i«r« coiiuiniiig ■ hiiiidrrd ii.»n: »h'y •iP h«r« »...|.tv pitHitr.. hikI l.ijhu.r Ump. m lh«ir h.iidi. lli.l th.ir o.l«»l ....Kill not l.« .U.- ravurcd by Ihfir «nriiii».. I li»/ l.."l •I"' *•' J of thrin ■ niiu'i horn, in hi. nishl h.od. whi.h ho BMid in.t«Ml of •lriiro|.«t! thr »n»mir. ..i..!. took up ■ Un{« .|«.« of ground, for '« "•PP'Pn^ th»T hwl • |i;rH.t in.ny .•...»!.: tnd ». «hg| wcra divided into iliff^rrnt n.tlon.. .o Ihry Ji^ •II coitt»inrd |tel>. cIkU. «»* "''••» "I" brxwidiil Hi «|f ^.ro ofiltrrd b»for*hiiliil| their •puroaoh to Ih.lr «n*mi«., .nd on t nil RivVn, «iund«l with their run..' lion, brake their pitrh«r», and wt ui)on their e with their la.ii|», and a rreal .lioiil. and cried, " Victory to (ndeon, by Uod'. a.i'i.lan?f , a di.- order and a fright wiwd on th* oilier men while ° they were fa.t a.leep, I .r U wa. ninhl-linie. a. Ood woul.1 have it; .0 tliut a few ol Iheni wer« Maia by their eneiiiir., but the |re«le.t part bj; tkrirown H>ldiH.. h«»ir«f«n» more ..lonUR' I" ""• ll'>"»"« "'•» ';> •.^" •".f: (|v«a. Now thera «iiv«laiddowt,»fc* - g„,er...n.nl, bul waa ««.r|»r.«ad.d «"••''•'•; *hich he ...wed f"'«y )"". ""'' '';"?'*, invlice to thrm, a. ihe l*opl« '.»"" ''• '",'" '" iheir di(r«r»nc„i and what he '"■'•™''|'"' ••' »■• burled In hi. own counlr) of tlphra. CHAP. VU. 7'A«f M« J»dgi$ vhmvtftiJfJ OiJty m»i* >*'"' vilklkt Jjuminf .ymlioni/ur limf Imi. J I. Now tlideon hail .evenly ««ni< that were leclliniale, for he had m.n* wive., bul he had alMi , une Ihat wa. .pur.on,, l.y hi. concubine IJ"""""''. wh.iw n«»... wa. AWn.elecb, who after h . father', death, rel.r.dlO,Hhe. h.ni lol.i. n.'.ther • relation., li.r they «*e otjliat place: and when he bed got nmne, of ..icb .f Ihcpi ♦« *«" "..'• uent for mlW iM-lanc of '"J-H^; '" -:•'».' with (ham (o Jl. f.lh.r'. hou^, wiplew all l.i. brethren. t»*|.t Jolhan.; for fcgflW the good fortune to ewaiKijiiMl be pre..rv^; but Abime lechm.de llu' grtvenin.e..t.lyrMoBW»l, •«" ci.n- tlitlKed hiw.elf a lord, l» diJllwhal he pleai-ed. in- ■*• ■ ..(leving Iha law., a|id b\ MCle.1 uio.t i, |)^oni ol [when on if^JMFV"'.* .''"".T"'.* iVal at HheclWaiidVill the muttltude - gatliered lopr n. to be heard by the multitude, who wer.' attentive lo hmi. He d.:--* •ired they wouW con.ider what he wai going to ■ay (0 th«mi *a when .ilence wa. made, he ■aid. "Thai when th« tree, had a hunwn voice, and there wa. an a.«enibly of them gathered lo- eelher, (h.y deiired that Ihe fig-tree woul.l rule Sver them; but when that tree refuwd .o (o do. becauie It waa contente.1 to enioy that honor which betonge.1 peculiarly to the friiit it Ijare and not that which .hool.1 be derived to it from abroad, the tree, did not leave off their intenliona to have a ruler. ... they thought proper U> make theofler of (hat hoiu>r io thf vino j but when the vine waa chown. it made um of the .ame word, which the fig-trer had U»rd b.!fore. anil cscu.ed itrtif from ncceplini the govermiienl. and when lha olive-tree h(id dune the Mnie. me briar, whom (he tree, had .le.ired to take tlilf kingdom, (it i. a .ort of wooil good fo' /»"»«*' promLed to take th. goyamment. and to^be MaloM in th« •lerciM ofit. but that then hey mnit (it down under iU ahadaw. and if tlity ihould plot againit it todfttro/ it, the principle o7«M thit waa in it .hould d«troy them. He toM them, that what he «ia wa. no Unghine ilrtltf. for tka( whan thay b«l eioerjiiKea l^ ■ % — •' ". w V-CMAr. Vtl. Amiuvldh, wHfh^ii •ocrruUil nil, dml hwl liHa vil with hliu In •Uying hia lirvjhr^iii iikI (||st ba WM no liaii'f lli«H • ]tr« hiiii<«ir " Mu wlla* h« kail mil IhM, ha arrnt awaji, awl IIikI iirlfa^al^ in Ilia inouuUiiM Cor lliraa iraan, uttl of laaf ol AbtHialMh. \ a. A llllla whiU .Aa. ikU DrallHl. «k« Mk- ehvililUa, wkn n»«l mm rifWHlml ma«nwl>aa •/ hiKini ilain (ha •.■n* nf (ii.l<„ii, tinut Alilni*. larli a«r»/, h,.lli Iruin llirir < i|. anl Iha^r l>ilia| nii^bl duiraai MbaraNBoa ha eonlrivi'ii ,. _....„. Ihairrlijr. ,Nuw ai «ha M««.>n nf tint»}t. lh» uao|tU wara »(nira bail Coiur til tham • mail or aulhorlly, nna tiaal, ilial ao iournrd 4Hh llivm, ha«inB >><• •rmtil man (ml kla kliiaman wilh bim^ mi (ka Hliaflianila* da- •Irril ihal ha w.iulil allow thant ■ (iianl ilurlav Ihitr «iiilagr,w|ia>riu|uin ha ai <-«)>(itJ uflliairda' •irai^aikil in Ihn |M-iipl■■ Ikarad ihair rruit wilh Mfaly, Ami whun llia« wara »l tupiiar in Mtml , uil i-aiiifht ^JTaiur of Abinialcch'a fiilluwaia. uml ilaalnMrMl th^iT,.' 4, Now Ihrrlwaa ona iKtbul • (na|(l^ nivaai'iii^art, and Inl'iirmrd bin) bow much (laat bati irriialad Ibn iMopIs axainal ktn, and aicilail biiii lu Ujr ambuthaa iM-rnra Iba eiljr, for that ha noubl iiaraumla (laal to fo out BKainal biin, wbicit woufd l*a«a il in bia miwar to l>a rair..ii||ay wi-ra pnU •Imdowa of biica atonca ; and when ijiay warn cumf Mar*r, (iiat parcaind what waa Ib4 reali- Ijr, and aaid, thajr wara not abadowa, but man ly- ins la Aivtiuah. Than aaid /abul. didat nul thou nproMli ' Abiinrlanh for cow*nlft;aT why doat Ifcott not Ibao ahow how »i<« m whal«ir■ wlien he had airriuktail tha laraahl att BO hoiuuU m hia »i«i«m.- wnleaa It wara wllR fha .l..(m. lion rid all. Acro^Hngly, ha man>b*d lo Ihabei, and Imik the rliy an Iha aiidd«i>i and there being •ht'val lowir Ikareiii, whereunio tka whol. mulllfide «qd, he g|ft.|.- preiiafalioo to beaiega II, |\^w aa be w.a NahmK with f tolanea near the galea, • woman threw a piere ml mill. atonr upon hia »«Kd, U|Hin whi< h AbiinnlKfli fall down, ami deaimd bia annor-lieirerlo klW bim, leal bia death ahamild be thought to be the work of a woman; whfc^wl what k« waa bid to lh aa a |iuniahineiil fur tk« wioketliieaa he bad prrprtraled againal Ivia bn»- lhren,jBnd hia inawlrnl barbarity lo the Nhach4»> Ilea. Now Iha lalamlty that bapfiened lo Ibuat Hherhemilea, wiia Mcronling to Ihe proliction of Jolham. However, the army thai waa wilh Abl- Mi'lerb. upon hia tt/U. Waa acatlarad abraail. and went lo Ibeir own iMWiea. «. Now il waa IhaM Jair tha niteadila.a of {Im Iriba of Maoaaaeb, l«Mik Ihe gOTerninenl. fla waa a man haujiy („ »ll|et reaparU alao, but par* ticularly in M, 1 bilMren, who were of a good charariar. TbeyMaawa thirty In number, and »ery akilful m rfilinf en horaea, and were In. Iniateil with the govMlaiiienI of t• ■■ i 1.1 lit ANTIQUITIES OP TUB JEWS. Ihi( Id u opm aiMHMr by bit brMbran ; for Ibcjr CMt bim ov, u aol1i>viBg tb* niua mdlhar with tba KM, but born of a itraaca mothar, tbat wai introducad amoor tbaiq by bikrathar'i fondneu, Md Ibif lb«T did^out of a coolempt of bit inabi- lity [to rindieata bimiclf.] So he dwalt in Ibe eountrjr of Ollaad, aa it it called, and received all that came to bim, let tbem come from wbat place toever, and |)aid tbam wagct. HoweTCr, wbeo thejr breited him to accept tba clominioo, and iware that they would {rant him tbr coTern- pent over tbem all hit life, be led tbem to the ■ war. •.And when Japhtl^ had token immediate cara of their affairi, he placed hit army at the city of Mitpeh, and tent a meitage to the Ammonite, IkioK.] complaining of hit unjuit pottetiion of their land. But that kinr pent a contrary met- tage; and com|)lained orthe elodnt of the It . u,^ mj j„j^ them to gaoiit AmAitci, and yield it up to neliiet out of Egybtr and deiired them to ra out of the land of the AmAitct, and yield it up U , him, at at Srtt bit paternal inheritance. ButJepb. tba returned tbit antwer, ••That he did not ioit- I* complain of bit ancettort about the land of ^ tba Ampritet, and ought rather to thank them that they left the land of the Ammonitet to tbem, nnce Motet could have taken it alto; and tbat peither would he recede from Ihatland of their own, which God had obtained for tbem, and they bad now inhabited rtboTe] tbrea hundnd yeari, bar would fight with them about it/' 10. And when be had given them thit animer, ba tent the ambatiadort away. And wben be bad prayed for victory, and had vowed to per- form tacred oflicet;* and if he came home in lafe- ty, to offer in tacrifice trbat living craatura ■oever ibould firtt'meetbim,be joinedliattlewitb a«eneniy, and rained a great victory, and in Ma purtuil tirw the enemiet all along at far at the ciiir Minnith. Ha then patted over to the tatd of the Ammonitet, and overthrew many of tkeir eitiaa, and took tbeir prey, and fre^ bit OWB people from that tiavery which they had •adaripne for cigbtcen.yean. But at he came back, be JeU into a calamity ooway conmpoad- oar to the neat actiont be bad done ; for it wat hit "*%■>(•'' u»t came to meet bim; the wat alto aa Miy child, and a virgin: upon thit, Mphtba bea- my lamented the greatnett. of hit affliction, and blamed bit daughter f«r being to forward in meet- ng him. for be bad vowed to tacrifice her to God. However, thit action that wat to befal her waa ^t ungrateful to ber, lince the thould die upon ^occaiion of ber faiher'i victory, and the liberty /at b«r fellow-citizens: the only desired ber father / to give ber leave for two monthi, to bewail her youtb with ber fellow-citizeni; and then the Vgreed, that at the forementioned time, he might do with ber according to hit vow. Accordingly, when tbat tim« wat over, be lacrificed hit daugh- ter at a bumt-ofliering; offering luch an oWa- tion at wat neither comformable to the law, nor ■ecepuble to God, not weighing with himielf Fbn opiuon the hearen would have of tuch a |>ractice. '. U- Now the tribe of Ephraim fought against bin,becaute be did not take them along with bim inbit expedition Waintt the Ammonitet, but becaute he ^one had the prey, and the glory of what wat ddie, to himtelf. At to which he laid; vJ*!- * ""^ were not ignbrant how hit country hnd fought againtt him, and that whei^ they were invited, they did not come to hit aiiittance, wbereai they ought to have come ({uickly, even before they were invited. And in the next place, - .t '""phut hittly eondemm Jephtha, kt do the Apot- tolkal Conttltutkmt, b. vU. ch. xxivll. for hit rath .??7' IT'""'"' "•«'• fcr taerifldhg hit daugbler, at Joaepbattheiaghl, or for dedicating her, who wat hit only eliUd,to perpetual virginity, at tlie taliernaele or •laewiitre, which I rather luppoee. If lie hat vowed ber tor a w trtQtf ibe wight to havekaen that tbav wan going to act uiyottly; for while tbey bkd not courage enough to fight their ene- miet, they cam* l^attily against their own kin- dred: and he threatened them, that with Ood't utittanca he wourd inflict a punishment upon them, unlett they would grow wiser. But wnea he could not pcnuade them, be fought them with tboie forcet which he tent for out of (iiietd.and be made a great slaughter among them; and when tbey were beaten be purtued (hem, and teized on the pattagei of Jordan by a part of hit army which be bad tent before tind tlew about forty-two thouiand of them. . |J. So when Jephtha had ruled lix yoart,^* died, uid wat buried in bit own country, Sebcc, which It a place in the land of Gilead. 13. Now when Jephtha wudead, Ibtan took the government, being of the tribe of Judab, and of the city Bethlehem. He bad tixty chil- dren, thirty of tbem tont, and the. rett daugh- tert; all of whom he left alive l>ebiad him. ^v- inr the daughten in marriage to husbands, and taking wives for his sons. He did nothing in the seven yean of bis administration that Wat worth recording or deierved a memorial. So be died an old man, and waa buried in bit own countrv. 14. When Ibian wat dead after thit mayber, neither did Helon, who tuccceded him irit the government, and kept it ten yean, do any pjhing remarkable; he wat of the tribe of ^ebufon. 16. Abdon, alto, the ton of HiUA of the t>ibe of Ephraim, and born at the city i^rathon, wat ordained tbeir tupreme governor after He- len, tjle it only recorded to have been happy in bit children; for the public alEiin were then to peaceable, and in tuch tecurity, that neither did he perform any glorloui action. . He bad forty tout, and by them left thirty grand-cbildrea; and be marched in ttate with theie seventy, who were all utry ikilful in riding horses, and be left them all alive afkcr htm. He died an old man; and obujned i magnificent burial in Pyretbon. CHAP. VIII. ConecniMg- tkt FortUvie of Slmuon. and wAaf Mitehigfi ht brought upon iht PkilitHtut. {1. ArrxR Abdon was dead the Philittinet overcame (he riraelites, and received tribnte of tbem for forty yean; from which distress tbey were delivered after this manner. 2. There wat one Manoab, a person of tuch great virtue, that he bad few men his eaaals,and without dispute the principal person ofhis coon- try. He bai^ sf wife celebreted.for ber beauty, ' and excelling her contemporaries. He bad no children; and being uneasy at this want of pos- terity, be entreated God to give them seed of their own bodies to succeed them ; %nd with that intent he came constantly into the suburbt.f to- gether with hit wife, which tuburbs were in the great plain. Now, he wat fond of bit wife to the degree of roadneit, and on that account wu unmeaturably jfalout of ber. Now, when bit wife wat once alonCi an apparition wat ti>en by her; it wot an angel of God, and resembled a yo^ng man beautiful and tall, and brought her ' the good news, tbat she should have a son, bora ," bv God's providiehce, that thould be a goodly child, of great ttrengtbi by whom, when he wat grown up to mah't estate, the Philittinet thould be afflicted. He exhorted her also not to Mil his bair, and that he should avoid all other kinds of drink, (for so had God commanded,) and be .. Lev.zzvii.l-^;hutorthetenteorverteaS8, », at relating not to thiliii vowed to Cod, tat devole Acht Ihcirene- I (hair own kin- Ibat with Ood'i punitbrncnt upon riier. But when fourht them with ut of Cifead, and lonf them; and inued them, and- I bj a part of hii I Mid iiew about led lii yearii-^e country, Scbcc, jilead. lead, Ibian took tribe of Judah, s bad liktjr chil- I the. reit daugh- l>ehind him, gir- to huibandi, and e (lid nothih|( in itration that Wai icniorial. So he ried in hit own rter this madAker, eded him iAtbe in, do anyjMiing of ^ebuion. iUAorthet>ibe city Pyrathon, vernor after He- re been happy in in were then i« that neither did . . He had forty grand-children; CM ieventy, who inei, and he left rd an old man; J in Pyrathon. mton, and wAa( t Philutinu. the Philiitine* leired tribute of ch diiticM they penon of lueh D biseaDali,and ton of nil conn- for her beauty, n. He bad no lis want of pot- e theni teed of i; %nd with that le iuburiw.f to- rbs were in the ' hii wife to the it account wai 'fow, when bit in wat A>en by nd reteubled • nd brought her ' B»e a ion, bom , lid be a goodly I, when he wat lliitinci thould ilto not to poll all other kinds landed,) and be reriea S9,, 9S, aa but devoted lode- eh. L aect. 8. Manoah and bia iburbitoprayftir lagoipieor plaea antirtty eontented with water. So the angel, when ]iu had dllirered that metiage, wentliit way. hit coniiug baring been by the will of t;od. J. Wow the Wife inToniied her hutband when ha caiiie home, of what the angtl had laid, who thawed lo great an admiration of the beaii|i« and tallnelt of the young man that bad appeal to her. that her hufbaiid wai aitoaitbed, and out of BOOK V.-CHAP . VII. 'lis hmitelf for lealuuty, and luch ivipicioni at are excited by that paition: but ihewaadetiroui of - haring her hutbaod'i iioreatonable lorrow taken «W^l accordingly tho entreated Uod to tend *• •JR" •P'"' ">at he might be teen by her irjr of aod,_ while they were in the tuburbi, *1H her hutband. She deiired the aiurrl to tlar JO long till the might bring her huibaod; anil Manoah. When he taw the angel, he wat not »at free from luipicion, and he detired hiiu to Inform him of all that he had told hit wifi^: but when he laid. It wai tufficient that ihe alone knew what he had aaid, he then neqnritrd of him to tell him who he wat. that when the child waa born they might return him thaokt, and rive him a pretenl. fl« replied that he did not want anypretentjforthathedidnot bring thein the goo.foew.Jf the birth of a ton out of the want or any thing. And when Manoah had entreated him to itay, and partake of hit hoipiulity, he did not give hie coniept. However, fe wat Mr- tuaded, at the earneit requeit of Manoabrio -rl'^i.i?"* .*•"'• ^e brought him one mark J ?M Si?"" i''J ^ ^' •'«'* • '■'d of the goati, r and bid y. wife boil it. When all wm ^ady 5r k^i •W""*' t"" '^ •«♦ "'« loaveund tfie Beeh, but without the veiteli, upon (he rock; which, when they had done, he toluched the lUnh with the rod which hehad in hit hand, which, upon the breaking out of a flame, wat contuined tcL- ther with the loavet. And the nngel aicended. openly, in their t|ght, op to heaven, by meant of the imoke m by a vehicle. Now IVfanoah wat OKMU^thlt nghtof God; but hii wife bid him to J??' JP~; fOWrage. fpr that God appeared to them for their benefit. ri ^4. So the woman proved with child, and wai Mnfttl to Obterva the injunrtioni that were given her: and they called tiie child, whew he .IK.; •»"n«2n.' which name iriguifiesone that It 'ttront.' So the child grew apace, and it appeared evidently that he would be i prophet." both by the moderation of hit Jiet, and the per- mitiionofhiabairtogrow. * ' ^ _S. Row when he once came wlthliii parents to Tlipnath. a citv of the Philiitinei. when there !r^'f"*"r*"'^%''f '■*■"" '°»« '»'■"• « "">iJ ?h...i! «<"•»•?;••»«> he detir«d of. his parents that they would procure hiin the damsel lor his SJlTwil „f #^ of Israel; yet because thii mar- T?*l«? r'i'''.''/' .'""»•'•«' »o convert it to ihLf"*"* °' *'!." ««»''«'". heover.neri.wded them to procure her to be eipouied to him; And *■«... l!!!r.''°5ViI"""/u'^°"''"K '» her parents, he wet a lion, and though he waa naked, he received hw onset, and ttrai^ed hiu with hi, hands* and roll's ^"rlSd'. '"^'^ »•'"' '''«^»«^ 6. And when he Waagoing another time to the damsel, he lighted upon a twarm of beet making their rombi in thebreatt of that lion, and takinr three faoneycombi away, he gave them, together Jrtth the rett of hit pretenU, to the dimsel. «ow the people of Timpath, out of a dread of the young man'i strength, gave him during the time •Here by »pr»fk,t Joaephna aeema only to mean He that w aa li o i i ihy a pa r iltu l ar nravidenr* ll.>«i Zr. M MhJ«! A*^? '"^' <*" ••• *•"" '^••■••d 'h'- ™...»/r? *L fi""*" •"»•* »' 'heir youth, in preUttce to ha hli companiont but in retlity to be a guard upou him. ihVt ha might not « tempt togive them anv ditturban... Now a. they WeK drinking merrifyaad pl.yin- Samson wid* m " " I. "(;oi •ij 7~" "■■• "■» uvm ny a pariicuiar prov <:f ^ "^ manner of a Nuarita devoted wat usual at such timet. " (Tome if I nHV>i«. •even dayt' (ma, 1 will give you every one a wSrom "' V .!: «•":«»••" • -^ward^of yo«: Jli!^ Jk" 1 ^'K ^'^ "'J' ambitiout t./ pb- tain the glory. Of wii3om, together with the glint, deiired Jim to propoae hi?riddle : he i.id. of ilsel^ thoagh Itself were <,t,j disagreeable." And when they were not able, in tlTrea days' time, to find out the meaning of Ihe riddle, they desired (he damsel lo discover it by the means of her husband, and (ell it them, and they thraatca- ed (o burn her if she did no( (ell i( (bcni. So when (he damsel entreated Saniioo to tell it her, he at first refused to do It, but when she lay hard at hini,^ and fell Into teari, and made hit rafuial totellitatignofbitunkiniinea to her; he in- fohned her oThit slaughter of a lion, and how ha found beet in hit breast, and carried away three honeyr^omhi, and brought them lo her. Thua he, tusoecting nothing of deceit, informed her of all, and ilie revealed it to these that desired to know It. Then on (he saveiith day. whereba Ihey were lo U|>ognd the riddle proposed to them, they niel together before sunsetting, and said, " Nothing is more disagreeable than a lion to those that li^'bt on it, and nothing is tweeter •"»".»»n«y to those that make ufie of it." To which Samson made this rejoinder: "Nothing la more deceitful than a woman, fortuch wat the ' person that ducovered my interpretation to vou. Accordingly, he gave them (he preientt he had promised them, iftakihg such Askelonitet at he met upon the road his prey, who were themselvet Philiitinei also, ButL divorced thia hit wife, and (he girl despitcd bit anger, and waa married to hit companion, who made the former match between tliem. 7. At thii iniiirloot treatment Salnson waa to provoked, that he resolved to punish all the Phi- • iitines, as we I as her: to it being then tummer time, lud the Iruils of the land Oemg almost ribe enoygh for penping, he raught (hree hunilrid loier, and joining lighted torches to their tailt. he tent them iiitq the fieldi of (he PhitiKinei, by which means (he fruiti of (he fieldt perished. Now when (he Philisdncs knew that this wat hamion.i doing, and knew also for what causa he did It. they tent their rulers to Tiinoalh and burnt bit former wife, and her relationi,whohad been the occaiiou of their mitforlunet. Bk'r^'"'' •"''J" Samton had ilain many of the rhihstinea in the plain country, he dwelt at Ktaa. r f,'"Su'..*'^"K '**'' Of 'he tribe of Judah: for tlie Phihttnei at that time made an exiicdi- tion againtt that tribe. But the people of jlidah •aid. that they did not act jTitly wVth (hem. in m«ic(in|5 punwhmentt iltwn^hem while (her paid (heir (ribu(e. ami thii only on account of Sainton i olTencei. Thfy anlwercd, (l.ailir cite (hey wouM not be blamed themselves, they most deliver up Samson, and jJut him into iheir power. S>o they, being desirous not to be blamed them- telvet, came to the rock with three thousand armed men. and complained to Sainton of the bold insuitt he had made apon the Philistine*, who were men able to bring calamity uiion the whole nation of the H6brewt; and they told him they were coiiie to Uke him. and to deliver him up to them, and put him into their power; w they detired hini to bear thit willingly. Accord' / rotedWGod.andwaa JS?' ?,'^'^. '''• i''*-CHAP. X. bouM, and whtn ■ild ••l«c|>, ahe with the wilhci, ii|^ him, ihe told e upon him; but idaarorcd la dc- 'tha pcopio wcra , in the conitant I her, pretended a had luch little ni, that he would , a* if ibe wouM M for hia intereat he deluded her r bound him with a ttrength. And ined nolhinr, ha I hair ahouTd be ■pon doing thia, ^tlen^hSamlon, aa doomed to Tall us to pleaae h«r, care of him.and idence, and that ir to grow, Uod oil my head, and ir to the increaae When ihe bad irired bim of hb la «oemiea, when fend himself froin hey put out hia nim led about naon's hair grew c featival among , and thoaa of the eaating together; ire, had ita roof ey sent for Sam- ir feast, that they Hereupon be, lisfortunes, if he himself when he le boy that led . eary and wanted > he would bring looit aa he came ^inst them, and iwing ita pillar*, it, who were all Ind aach waa the i over the larael- hia man daaenre* id atrength, and I that hia wrath aa to die himself ig ensnared by a o human natiire, ; temptations to im witness, that of extraordinary ay hia body, and nntry, with the fihe AraahfM Utm com* Obtd. Samion, Eli thn laraelitea. Un- - afflicted with a , whinb ia a city able to support poMoHcal OoBslt- roa'a piayar WM Iran Ml family under ao aora a distreaa, took with him I and perceived a nuqiait lying by him. he ■f ^aorni hi. wif*. and the children that werf born who ahc wnsj and wh.n Jia told him her to hiui by her, Chilion and Mahlon, and removed ' ■ • • hia habitation into tli« land of Moali; and upon the happy prosper'rir of hia alTaira there, he tor)k for hia aons vim* of the Moal^itea, Orpah furCtii- lion, and liuth for Mnliltin. But in tlte compass of ten yeara, both Klinielrch, and a little while after him, the sons, ditd: and Naomi, being very uneany at thfse nccjdAia, and not able to bear her loneaome condition, now ihoao that were deaiaal to her were (leaei'ially when there had b«^cn iiotliiiig done that wns ill. But as to the iimin |>oiiit elie aimed at, the matter should rest here, " He that is nearer of kin than I am, ahall be asked whether he wants to tnke thee to wile; if he tays he docs; thou shalt follow hiin; but if he refute i(, I will marry thee a<-. cordiiiir to the law." ,, 4. When ahe had informed her mothrr-iii-law of this, they were very glad of it, out of the - hope they hod that Boot would make provision for them. Sow, about noon, Boox went e- erate the firot ton the should bear to the service of Ood, anJ thii in tuch a way, that his manner of hving should not be like thatof onlinnry men. And at the continued at her prayers a long time, Eli, the high priest, for he tat there before the tabernacle, bid her go away, thinking she had been ditordered with wine; but when ihc tnid the had drank water, but was in sorrow for want of children, and was beseeching Uod for thein, he bid her be of good cheer, and told that God would tend her children. 3. So she came to her hasband, full of hope, annate her nieal with gladness; and ^hen tliey had returned to their own country, she found herself with child, and thev had a son born to them, to whom they gave the name of .Samuel, which may be styled one that wat lutrrf of God. The)r therefore came to the tabernacle to offer tacrifice for the birth of the child, and brought their tithet with them; but the woman remem- bered the TOW the had made concerning her son, ud delivered him to Eli, dedicating him to God, that he might become a prophet. Accordingly his hair TtDt suffered to grow long, end his drink was water. So Samuel' dwelt and was brought up in the temple. But KIcanah had otiier sons by Hannah, and three daughters. 4- Now, when Samuel tvas twelve years old he began to prophesy : and when he was once a:de<'p, God called to him by hit name, but he, supposing he had been called by the high priest, c«mc to him: but when the priest said he did not call him God did to thrice. K\i yita then to far illumina- ted, that he taid to liiiti, " Indeed, Samuel, I wns silent now at well at before; it is God that calls thee: do thou therefore signify it to him, and iay, I am here ready." So when he heard God speak again, he desired him to speak, and to de- liver what oracles he pleased tohiin, for he would not fail to perforin any ministration whatsoever he should make use of him in; towhichLcod-»«». ,. plied, " Since thou art here reaSv^ learn what ' miteriet are coming ujjon the Israelites, such in- deed at H^ords cannot drclart;, nor faith believe: for the tout of I'li shall die on one day, and the priesthood shall be transferred into the family of Eleazar.for Eli haOi loved bit sons more than be Bath loved' niy worship, and to liich a degree at it not k>T their adTiintage.V Which mrssage Eli obliged the prophet by oath to tell him, for other- Wlte he bad no inclination to afflict him by tell- ing it. And now Eli had a far more sure e.\- * Atthou^h there li«d been a feworraatonat prophcta before, yet was this gjmiiel the drat of g ■•onstnnt nic pectation of the perdition of hit tons; but iK* glory of Samuel incrrasttd more and mora, if heiitg fbumi by experience that whulsocver he prophesied cawe to pass accordingly.* CHAP. XI. *■«'<*• '■* diehred what btfttt Ihi Sons nf Kli, 'r.^r*'*' '"i '*• Ptophj uid how Kli himulf dud mt((ra%. ■' { 1. About this time itwat that the Philistines made war against the Israelites, and pitched their camp at the city Aphek. Now when the Israel- itet had expecte.l them a little while, the »erT next d*y they joined battle, and the Philistines were conrtuerors, nnd tlcw above four thousand ofthe Hebieivs, and pursued tho rett of the mul- titude to their camp. 2. So the Hebrews, being afruid o( the worst, aent to the seniKr nnd to the high priest, and de- tired that they would bring the' ark of Ood, that by putting themselvet in array, when it was pre- sent »vith thrni, they might be too hnril for their eneinioj, ss not relfcctiiig thnt he who had cnn- denned them to endure these calamities was Ef^'t'than the ark, and for whose sake it wat that, this nrk came to be honored. So the ark cam* and the sons of the high priest with it, liaviiL' reifllvcd a charge from their falhfr, that If tWey pnlemled to survive the taking of tin nrk,/th«y should come no more into hit presence: hir Phinens oftieintcd alreadv as high priest, hi. rather having rf^signed Ihc office to liim, by re.i- son of his great ape. So the Hebrews were full ofcouragp, a« supnosmg that by the C0iniiig.of the ark they should be too hard for their ene- mies: Iheir enpmics also were greatly concern- ed, and were afraid of the ark's coming to the Israelites; however, the upshot did not prove agrcenble to the expectations of both sides, but when the battle wat joined, that victory which the Hebrews expected, was gained by the Phi- listines, and that defeat the Philistines were afraid of, fell to the lot of the Israelites, and thereby they found that they put their trust in the ark in vain, for they were presentlv beaten as soon as tliev came to a dote light with their enemies, nnd losf aboiit thirty thoutaiid men among whom were the tons of the high priest' but the nrk was tarried away by the enemies 3. When the news of this defeat came to Shi- loh, with that of the captivity of the ark, (for a certain young man, a Benjoihite, who wat in lh« action, came as a messcna6r thither,) the whole city was -full of lamenlfltfons. And Eli the high priest, who sat upon a high throne at one of the gates, heard their mournful cries, atid supposed that tonic strange thing had befniletf hit ftmily: to he srot for the young man, and *hcn he un- derstood what had happened in the battle, he was not much unea8y,as to his sons, or what wns told him withal nbout the army, as having beforehand known by diviiie revelation that these U.ings would happen,and having himself declurtd tl,en, belorchand, for when sail things come uaexpect- edly they distrett men the must; but i.t soon as -tbe-wfe wa t earned captiw by their enemies, he was very much grieved at it, because it fell out cjuile differently from what he expected; so be jell down from his throne, and died, havinj in all lived ninety-eight years, and of them retained the government forty. .' 4. On the same day his ton Pbinena'twife died also, at not able to turvivc the misfortune of her husband ; for they told her of-her husbandtdeath at she wat in labor. However, the bare a ton at seven months, who lived, and to whom they gave the name of • IcabOd,' which name tignifiet phctt, fh>m Bamual, and those tlmt follow after, M ma* ny US ligve HpoKcn, hnve Mirwlw foretold at Him. I ieirtonofu.opl.«uilnlheJewltllna»iOh,«stslmpliedinldiys.""'H^^ Sr».i«. whMi* i... Ill o7 .VwT ' 1 .. r ™- nay"- "eeaiso Acit xm. iNljllie othera were rati ^ ^ • "Y«a,«na »U die pro- tometimea called rix*«WM«„i,,M,u.i"4rilU.l^ i* ion*; but iK* re unci mora, if I whuliocver he iigljr.» fA« Sotu <\f Kli. low Kli himulf It th« I'ljil'mlinfii nd pitched (heir vheii the Israel- while, the »}• the Vhi- bilistincs v.-ere Israelites, aud their trust in rcsentl^ beaten eht with their bousaiid men, e hig^h priest: lie eileiiiics. It came to Shi- Ihe ark, (for a rho was in ihet er,) the whole d Eli the hifth at ope I he high , ; of the and suuposcd Ictf his family: when he un- battle,hewas what wns told ng beforehand these tiiinf^s Jerlurrd tlieiii inie uaexpect- Jut i.s Boon a« ir enemies, he use it fe'.l out M-oted ; sn be ,haviii;iii all hem rLtaiiied las's-wife died brtuni: of her sbanil'sjdeath e bare a son, whom they «auie sigiiifiea w after, di ma* ret o ld » f ( i um i BOOR V,-CHAP. XI. 117 • di«Knc«,' wid this b«cauM tba araiy receiTcd a ^terrace at this nine. 5. Now Eli was the flrst of the family of Itha- nar, th« other son o( Aaron, (hat had (ha ffO' vamment, for the family of Kleuiar ofliciated as high priest at first, th« sou still receiving tliat ho- nor • Is en- K.veh, tofether with ApoJIo Smintkeur, o> Jlpollo, the ver away of field met, on ncrount of bis t«ing sup- posed to have freed rertain tracts of ground fromthom i n l ee: w h i ch coi n s s h o w liuw i ie nt a JuUgmant such nice have sometimes been, aha how Ihe deliverance that heard them wer« taught thetmby not toau- mil the ark among thtiii, since they paid so dear a tributu for it, a( leiiarth thry sought for some contrivance and method how they niight get free from it: so the governors of the five cjties,Uath, and ICkron, and Askelon, as also of Uaia and Ashdod, met together, and coiis<'<*'•' «acrifice to God, and feanted, they oflered (he cart and the kine aa n burnt-of- ferug; and when the brdi of the Philistines saw this, they returned back. 4. And now it was that the wrath of God orer- tooh them, and struck sev'enty peisons dead of ANTIQIJITIES OF THE JEWS. the village of Uetlishemcsh,* who, not being priests, and to noj worthy to touch iIm ark. had •pproached to it. Those of that village weptfor Ihes* that thus suffered, and made such a lamen- tation as was naturally to be expected on so g»«at a liiisfortune that was sent from God, and **."' l"" """"■"*'• for his own relation. And amce thev acknowledged themselves an#orthy . of the ark's abode with theiu, they s«nt to the •^^.public senate of the Israelilis. and informed them that the ark Was restiircd by the Philis- tinesj Which when thev knew, the/ brought it owar to Kiriathjearinr, a titr in *he neighbor- liood ot Bethsheniesh. In this city lived one >Abinadab>,' by birth a Levite, and who was greatly coiumeniled for his righteous and reli- pons course of life; so they brought the ark to bia bouse, as to a' place fit for God himself to Uide in, since therein did abide ariprhteousman. HIasons also ministered to the divine service of the ark, and were the principal curators of it for ■^«"'y 7«""i for so many years it Continued in 5''3.*l.'J*"r'"'' •""'■ng be<;n but lour months with thcr Philistines. CHAP. 11. Tlt'fm^iliono/ihePhilUHnetagainttthtHt- : , i,l>tiwi,and HaHtbrtv!*' Victoryjundtr tht Con- duct of Samuel the Prophet, u)ho ua* their .GtneraL i 1 . Now while the city of Kirjathjearim had the ark with them, the whole body of the people be- toolc themselves all the time to offer prayers iind sacrifices to God, and appeared greatly concern- ed find lealous about his wojabjof So Samuel the prpfihet seeing how rttilythey were to do " their duty, thought this a proper time to speak to them, while they were in this good disposition, •bout the recovery of their liberty, and of the blessings 4hat accompanied the tame. Accord- . inglyinefced such words to them as he thought were most likely to e»cite that inclination, and to persuade them to attempt it: "O you Israel- ites," said he, "to whom the Philistines are still gjierous eneiuies, but lowborn God begins to be • These 70 men, belns not so much as Levitcs, louf-h- ed tnearkln a rash or profane nianner.niid were slain bjr the hand of God for such their raslincsa and profane- »*-i. aecor Jin« In tlm Hl»in« fi.>»n».»i— w.-nfc^ j ' gracious, it beheres you not only to ha dealr- oils of liberty, but to take Ihe proper mcthoda to obtain It. Nor are you to be ccintrnted with an inclination to get clear of your lords andjiiastrrs, while you still do what will priicurn yourContin- uanin under them: be righteous tiicn, and cut wickedness out of your suuls, and by your wor- ship supplicate the divine mnj< >ty with all youi hearts, and persevere in tlu> honor you pay to him? for if yo'to Samuel, and said, "that their souls were sunk by their fears, and by the former defeat they had received, and that thence it was lhnt we lay still, lest we shouldexcite the power of our enemies against us. Now while thou I ast» brought im hither to offer up our prayera and sacrifices, and take oaths, [to be oljcdient.] our enemies 4re """'"6 an expedition agniiist us, while we are nak«d and unarmed; wherefore we have no other hone of rielircraiire but that by thy means, and by the assistance God shall aflotd us upon thy pnycrs to him, we shall obtain deliyerance from the Philistines." Hereupog Samuel bid them be of good cheer, and promised them that God would assist them; and taking > sacking lamb, he sacrificed it for the multitude, and be- sought God to hold his protecting hand over theiu when they should fight with the Philistines, and not to overlook them, nor suffer them to come under a second misfortune. Accordingly, God hearkened to his prayers, and accepting their sacrifice with a gracious intention, and such as was disposed to assist them, he granted them victory and power over their enemies. Now while the altar had the sacrifice of God upon it, and had not yet consumed it wholly by its sacred fire, the enemy's army marched out of their camp, and was put in order of battle, and thia in lioipe that they should be conquerors, since the Jcwst were caught in distressed circnmstancei, as neither having their weapons with them, nor being assembled there in order \o fight. ,Buf things so fell out, that they would budly haW been credited though they had been foietold by any body; for in the first place, God disturbed the enemies with an earthquake, and moved the ground under them to such a degree, that he caused It to tremble, and made them to shake, in- somuch that, by its trendiling.he made some un- ?Tbifiememher,intBesa A"tk|" ties, where Josephua twyinstOcsir " " (• ecordlngtot h e d iv i n e thre aW nlnff,Wimfcl r .U JreTC hs.?.. hi.j'^!;''''' ?!y"'!J°'*'^ » l »n a thm SfthithowourolhercopleaeometoaddsuehanlBcredl-l«Y«niremVith?r*y^ bl. number M S^tWOin this one town.or small eity. 1 1 ^i^m^"^l^iXi^''''- Thaaacond BOOK VL— CHAP. in. 110 •f f . ii'iilr (u Kfi'p thii ti'irilll) roiinil ahixit thciii, Innt il nii* rnidy lu hum tlitir iui'iii; Mill hr io audilfilly hluiok tliiir win|i<')nii nut ii( tlirir liAiidn, llinl hr ikihIi'iIkiii fly Hiid rr- (iifn hiMiin nnliML So Saiimil with Ihit ii'iidliiiidi' |iiir»ii axtrndcd from thr hordlra of (ijith to the city Jl'^kriiii; but thr rrniaiiia uf thr Cnilnanjtra wrre jpt thia tinie iu /rirodabip with tht: lanictitca. CHAP. III. Mom fiMMiul, in/icn he icai (o infirm with old Age, that he could not lake care of the Public Affaire, intrutteil them to hit Soiu; and how, ii;idn the ttilJldminiatrationofthe Oovemment by them, the Mullilude mere lo an/fry, that they required to have a King to govern thtm,although ISamuel KOI much diipltaeed thereat. } 1. UurSamuel thr prophet, nhen )i<: had or- dered the afletm of the prnplc after a coiivrniriit manner, and had appointed a clly fur every ilih- . trict pf them^ hr coniinandrd th'riii to roiiir to filich cities, tu liavfl the rimtrovrr^irs that (hry had onr with anethcrdeterniincd in them, he hiin- on these injuries offered to thiir former cdnatitutiph and government by •he prophet's sons, were very uneasy at their actions, and rniiir running to thr pniphct, who at h<- Hiis hii)i»r|f old already; laid too infirm by tbiU u^p of Ilia tn uvrrare their ulliiira in Iha iiiiiiiiiir hr iiti d In do, ,u (Id y lirgurd of hiiu, and i,m ;lit to b« riilrriilril him to n|iiiiHiit miiiir ptvuon li> be king ovrrthim, nho iiiiKlit ndr ovir the mili.in and iiiilh avrngt lUrin of llir I'hiliUliiiri, Mlm iiiiuli puiiianrd for their fiiriiirr opiirrmiaiia.' Them words greatly alll'i-trd Suium I, on iii'ununt of bit iuiiBle love of jusliri, and Ilia iKilnil (o kingly guvernliieiit, fur lir wua \rry fiiinl i,f an arinto- cnii'y, a> wliiit made llir iiiili llmt ii*i'd it of a di\iiiu and hiippy diniioailioii: imri i>ii| aolvrd iIkm' notiiiiia in liin iiiiml. 4. While hr wiK Ihiit ili«po»ri|, (Iml nimrnreii to him, and romrurtrd him, miuii)., 'I'l'lint h* oiight not to bo iiiirHsy at what llii'iniilliliiilr de- sired, brcaiiar |t Waa not hi', lint Hiiiii>rlf whom they so inaidrnlly deHpiaril, mid would not have to be alolir thrir king; that thry had brrn con- triving Ihrse things friini llio vi;ry iluy that they came out of Kgyjit; thai, liowrvrr, in no long time thry would anrrly rrntiit of what llicy diJ, which rrprntancr yrt could nut niidii what wai ^hua dune fur futurity: ihat thry ivuuld lir sulTi- cirntlv rilinkcd for tiirir contriiipt, and the un- grateful ruiidiH't thry hud u«rd tuivarda iiir, and towards thy prophetic uliice. So 1 ruiiiiiiand thee to ordain tlieni such a one aa | shall name beforehand to be their king, when thiiu hast first described what mischirfs kingly guverHment will br'ing upoii them, and opriiVy testify before thrni unto what a grrat change of affairs they are haating." 5. Wheti Samuel hdtl heard this, lie railed the Jews rally in the morning, and confraard lo them that he was to ordain (In in a king; but he aaid that hr was firal tn describe to thriii what would follow, what trealiiiriit they would receive fro'n^ Iheir kings, and with how many miscliiefa they must struggle: "Kor know ye (said he) that in thr lint place, thry will take your sons away from you, and they will cimimaud some of them lo be drivers of their chariots, and sonir to be thrir horariiicn, and the gdarda of thrir body,^ and others of them to lie runners before them, and captains of tkuusanda, oiid ciiptaina of hiut.- drrda; thry will also make them their artificrria makers of armor, and of chariots, and of inttru nienta; thry will make tbeni their husbandmeu also, and the curators of their own fields, and the diggers of their own vineyards; nor will there lie any thing which they will not do at their commanda, as if thry were slaves bought with liionry*. They will also apimint your daughter* •to br confectioners, and couks, and bakers; and tlieae will be obliged to db all aorta of work, which women staves, that are in fear of itripet arid tormeuta, submit to. Thry will, beaidea thia, take aivay your possessions, and bestow them upon their eunuchs, and the guards of their bodies, niid will give the herds of your cattle to their own servants; and to say briefly nil at once, you, and hll that is jyiurt, will be servant* to your king, and will become noway superior to his slaves; and when yuu suflVir thus, you will there- by be put in mind of what I now say. And when you repent of what you have donr, you will be- seech iiod to have mercy upon you, and to grant you aijuick deliverance fro'iii your kinj:s; but he will not accept your prayersj but will neglect you, and permit you to sufler the punishuient ydur rvil ciMlducI has.desrrvro." 6i But t1ie multitude n as still so foolish aa tu be deaf to (hrse predictions of what would be- fall them : and too peevish to sufler a determi- nation which they had iujiidicioliair once made, lie t a ken out of thrir mind , f o r ti i ev could flo t — r to be t a ken out of thetr mind , f o r tl i ev could flo t Jbe turned from their purpose; nor Jid they re- tard the wui'ds of Snnuiel, but peremptorily is* tncn lived at lliecity Ramah, ami jni'ormed him of tlie transgrrnsiooa of his sons; and said, "that ■'■'■/' . : -1.2. ■■ ^ ■■, . ■ ■r ISO I •i««l oh (htir rowlulion. ind «lawni)l him to or- , tljiia IbMU ■ king iuiuimiiiitly. anti iiot lu IroubU hin.Mir with for* of nrhal would iMnpeii hor*. njlir; lor lliat it wit utcemrj Ihty ahoulil lm»* with (hem uiir to (i(fht (h«ir balllr*. m,,! lu *,«„., f IMiii of Ihcir cnciiilci, anil (hat it wh» iioivay ubauni, whin (hair iiiigMioM wf ra uiidir kiiir- ' ly covrrnuicnt, that th.y ahquld htra the MiiTa (arm ol govarunianl alio. So when SaniucJ taw that what ha had said had not de- liehled with (heie tiiin with any other caltio he ™" i '.o "• ient out hit ton, and one t|!rvant with him, to tearch for (he beattt; but when he hMl gone ofer bit own tribe !« tearch after the aitei, he went to other tribet, and when he found them not there neither, he determined (o go hit way home, leit he thnuld occation any concern to hit father about himielf. Uut when bit lerTtlit that followed him, told him, at they were near (h« city of Ramali. (hH( there wat a true proiihet m that city, knd advised him toco to hira. for that by him they would know the up. •hot pf the aHair of their assen, he replied, That rf thej; thould go to him, they had iioiliinK to rlTe him at a rewanl fr,rh\. ,r,%.^,.k„„.. i-./t.- ANTIQUITIES OF THE JUW8. j|f the pcrtAa, lie led him ia to tupMr SI ..*'!I''"'' •".'" "'•! "'• ^"r» *>•"> (ounj which wit bin and aui _, ..„ _.„, „ ha had been (o aeek, and that the ifr.atrtt of ha liail been (o teek, and that the (r.atrtt of g ^, i n" — """• '""^Z ""u iiuillllli; CO fiTebim at a reward for hit prophecy, for their 'S»""J,'""n"'"'y,'»" •pent. The tervant nii, •»ercd thathe bad ttill (U fourth part of a »he. k«l, and he would preaeot him with that; for they were miitaken out of ignorance, a^ not knowing that the prophet received no auch re- W8«l.» &o they went to him. and when they were before the galea, they lit upon certain iiiai- "•"•»" *«". foinR «o fetch water; and (hey atked them which wat the prophet's hou.e'f They thowed them which it wat; and bid them maki haite before he aat ddwn to tupper. for he had inTitedmBnyguettttoafeatt. and that he used to tit downtefore thoie that were invi(e ai . ri. t . Bee th e Ilk" J- k BOOK VI.— CHAP. V. 'tw rtti of kii rrUlidni, con«i(l«riri)(, I aiiiiiMitf, what hiiiiiin lintura timWy i; Ihul no nitf it ■ rtrni rririiH, iiaithrr ■luonK uur inlinialcn, iiur of our kindrid, iiur ilo ihejr |ir««rv« lli*i kind tli>- |)naitiun nhrn (iikI iittvHnri « nivn lu Krrnl pn»- |M!i'i()r, hut Ihry uni atill llUnutiirnl iiml ciivluui ■It lliow tliHt ar* In cniliixnt alitioni. 4. Then .■Sanniil r»ll«l Ihn |irti|ds tng:«(h<-r to thn ritv Miiiwh, nnd •|mk« to lht«n in th« wonlt luHowiiiK, whirh he unid htr i)tii to tp'tAk hy th« • omniand of (imi : Th»l " M||)|tn h« hiiil Kmntril iheni ■ •lain of lihrrlv, anrCldciuKht fh<>lj •■iir- iiiiea into nubjcrlion. they wttr h.j!*im |)rr. tided over by the brfit of l»cin|fi; lor (i»d iif th« h«rt of hcin^K, And ihoy rhowi to hnvo a iiinii fur ibeir kin|(; whilo king;* will uio thtir nibjuct* nt ben%lt, itccordinK •■» '••• violont* of ibur own ivillt and inctin«ii(mi, and othrr paasioni, ai ivholly carried away with Iba lutt ol |)owi>r, but will not endtavor to pmvrvn the rac» of iiiiin- Itind at hit own worknianahiu and crriilion, H'liicb, for that very reanoii, (iod would tnki' riirtr of. Hut ninoa you havu coino to ■ flxnl rcolii.. (Ion, and thit injnriouii trealnicnt of Cod bun ipiite |irrviiilcd over you, di*|K)iio younclvii by your trilx-i nnd nceplrei, and CHit lots." b. Whan thu llcbrcwn had lo done, the lot fill upon.the tribe bf llenjninin; and wheo the lot was cait for the fnmilica of tbii tribe, thot which wai called Matri wa> taken; nnd when tbe lot WHS ca«l fur the nJiiKle prrnont of that fiiimlv, Saul, the ion of Kith, wn* taken for their kinjf. When the young niun knew tliii, he previnfid their lendinK for him,} nnd iniinediatrly went away, and hid hinmelf. I luppoie that it win because he would not have it thought that he willingly took the government upon liiiu; niiy, he showed »ucli n degree of roiiunand over liiiii- '<;lf, and of modesty, that while the grealeit piirt are not nlile to contain tlieir joy, even i|i tli* gaining of pinall advunt.igeii, but prctentlv vbiiw theiUM:lvt« publicly to all men, thi» ihau ilid not only «how nothing of thot iinture, wlien be wni apuointed to be the lord of «o many and to great iribfi, but ••'■«|'t "W")- and concealed bliineff out of the tight of thoiu he wan to leign over, and m.-lde theiu aeek him, and that with a jjood deul of trouble. So when the people were at a losi, and tolicitoui, because Saul disiilfiiieHrcd, the prophet beiought Ood to show whirc the young mail was, and to produce liini before them. So when they hail learned of Crud the place tvbero Saul was hidden, they tent men to brinjf liiiii, and when be was come, thev set him in the iiiidst of the multitude. Xow Jie was trdler tliuu any of them, and his stature was very iiiniesti m :*" (ilAI». V. { I. A» i»oth. Then taid the prophet, God gives you tiiis i tion as tluwe in tlie oilier cilie<, fnr tliev laiuent- maa to be your king: see how he is higher than I cs befiiro sun- rising, tliat the sun upon its rising, might tee •tW^JIiey hud alriuidy Cunquereil, niiij were freed fronnhe feiVs they Were under: liiit be bid toiiie of them to 9t»y io' conduct them the right way. to Jabesh. ^ " 3. So, being d« sirous to turn the people to this war against the Ainmonitet by fear of the lo«se« they shnuhl otherwise iiadtrgo, nnd that tliey might the niore suddenly be gathered tugether,. 4 SmuVt h.afitdUion arminil Itu Xalian tf Ikt \/lmmomtti, nnd rit Ihry octr Ihtm, and Ikt Spoilt As luok/ram thtm. had Willi Nahash, the kio|; of the Aiiiiliuiiites, obtniiled him rrs|Het from nil the peiijjle; for this A'ahash had done t Kraat deal of nimliief tn the Jews that lived beyond Jordan, by the rsftedition he had made ngalnst theih with a icrviti nnil war- like nrmy. lie alto reibieed their cilirt into slavery, nnd that not only by subduing iheni for tb« present, which he did by fDrnf and viidenre, but weakening them by siibiilty and iiiiminK, (hat Ihev might not be nbia afterward to lUt clear of the slavery lliey were under to hinitq'nr he put out the ri|;bt eyes of thiiso that either de- livered Ihrqiselves t.) him iiiMin terms, or were taken by him in war,* and this he did, that when their lift e vet were covered by their thieldt, they plight be wholly iiivless in tynr, Now when the king of the Ammonites hiul served thine be- yond Jtirdan in this manner, he led his ariiiv HRitinst those that were called tiileuiliies; anil having pitched bis camp at the metropolis of hiit' enemies, which wnt the city Jnhesh, h« sent ani- biissadors to them, cummaiidiiig thiiii either to deliver themselves up, on condition to have llleir right eyes plucked oijt, or to undergo a siege, nnd to'h^ve their cities overthrown, fie piive ihent their choice, whether they would cut o(f a jii^ll mentber of their bwly, or iiniversnjiv perish. However, the (iileaditct were so all'righled at tbeie nd'ers, that they had not coiimge to say any thing to either of them, neilher that Ihev Would deliver themselves up, norlhnt they would fight bior. Hut they desired Ihnt he would give them seven days' re»^)ite, Ihiit they miglit tend am- bassadors to their ciiunlrynKn, ulid entreat their assiHiaiicc ; iiiul if Iliey cuiiie to usainl them, the/ would fight, but if thitt iissi'tiince «\er« iinpoMi- ble to he iihlaiiied from them, they snid they would deli\er lireiuselves uji to suller H'hntevtl^ be (deased lo indict u|)on them. 2. So JVnlmsli.enntemniiig themidiitude of the Cileiulites, iind the answer tliey jfiivi-, ntlowed thepi u respite, und gave tttelii'leave to send to whoniioeverlhey pleased fiirassislMni'e. So they immediately •• nt la tbe Isrnelilivi, city by city, ami informed themwhai Nahasli hail llire.itcned lo do lo theiii, nnd what great di.Hlrevi lliey were in. Now the |it.-o|i|e fell into teari und grief, nt the hearing ol what the anibnmailfir* from Ja- besh sniil; iinil tile terror they Wire in |ierniitled ' them to ilu iiotliin;; more. Itut nliiii llie mes- sengers were I'oiiie to the. city of liiriir Saul, and dedmed llie iliiiif;iis in whiili the inLiliiluiit^of. Jabesli were, the people were in llie .«arne afflic- u •elt j^nd, taereby todct h>.a left eye. ii.c; looks at ttir. I'ja ANTIQlJITII.ri ()F TIlK JKWlfl. .• h» rill III* (Infix of hii oi*n. auil (hrmlrnrcl In | |iR»iHn, hul •«), wlml liiiv* I tvrr iloiio llial wu* i tfo lll« •HNl* li> all •iH'll «• rritl al Iha rily llttrk'. Ami lit' Iniinii llm nuttil)rr h( ihuM ihti wtiro ciitliiriil lujjt'lhur, iiraiilrii thm ulAlm irilic of JUiliih, lu hi n«< ii liiliKlrt'il IjiiiuMiiil, whi||! Ihuu nl'llml Irilir wrrc wttnty tliuiiaaml. Su hii |i*Hril ot«r Jt^inliini •nil prit'trili'il in ninrihlnr all llial hikIiI, Ihlrt) fiiiliili;!*, mill ciiiiii! Ill Julitiili li«)iirii muirUinK. Mo hf >liviili:il lb«i iirniji iiilu tlirm i'iiiii|»tni< ■<< mill II If U|Kiii llicir rnrniiM on rvcry ili.ln iii> llif ■iiilili II, Hii'l wht'ii Ihcjr rxiircti'il iiii mii'h lInii);: iiiiJ jiiiniiiK tifilllii Willi llirni, llii) uliw u )(":"> lu«iiy III llid AiniiiontU'iii im iilao tiii'ir ItliiK ISu- buali. I'lui hlui'Miiii •I'lion nai iliini' Uy SmuI, ■lul wna friiili (I Mjth Krt>Kl luiiinu'iidnlliiif ol' him IS lit Ihr IlitirtiWi; amtht) thiuri) ^iiiiu< ii lurK<: prey, mill no niitfiiiiit -to Ilia btf^VoiiiVtry iiKjut Klurioiuily: no this iiloiilr w«'r lilt ir aH'uii'ii; aiul lliry laiil, *^ VVIicrn now iiru (lit'i'ti niiin, Itit them lit: bmugliti lo piinialiiiii iit," tvilh all thi' liki lliiii|i;:t lljal iliiillitUiIra ilo ii'-iinlty miy, wlifii tht-y |irf> t It'viiti'il with piOKprrilVi agiliii:*! thoti* that liiuil liilily ilmplWd the aulhora nl il. Ullt Saul, ullhou);h hi: tuqk thti ^niiil-will iiml th» nflj'Otlon of li/t'iin iiirnt vrry kindly, ^it did hti iWtnr Ihul hi> wnu|(l not «•<' any nt liiii <'ouii- iryiiit-n iil»in tijiit diiy,>iiii'i' it ivim abxinl-to iirix thia vii'tfiry, ivhivh (loj^ hail ((ivt'n ihrni, with the blund and iilaut;hli'r 6f tliuae that uirr of tltp •anit: iniaf;f with llttnimlvtn; and tliut it \va« more agret'ahle tu he nitn of ii frii iidly diipo- lition, and to to betnki: llit'iiiolvtii to I'luKlin^. 4. Am whi'n Sailiiti I liiul tcdd tliiiii that h« ;onliriii ihi* kiiiKlhim |o Snul li\ :i •I'coiid dn of him, Iht-y nil I'lttnr tot^i tlii-r to the city (lilj^d, fill' tliithiT ha (lid coniliiaiid (li< in In t^unir. So till' |iriitilif't niioliitni S ml uilli llii: holy oil, in tl.i' vi|;lil of l!ir iiiiiltiliidi, mid ili iIh- red biin to lit kiii;^ ilii- viciiiid tiiiii'. And to lllc • |(QVt:r4iint'nt of thi: llrliritv^r vv;i.i rhitii^xl into n regal ^o\i^rniiii nt; for in tli« dii\» of Alusiv, iiiul bia dUcrpli' •lo«hiin, who nun tin ir |;(ni.r.il, tht'y Cont>nut:d niidir :iii iiri>lnrracy ; ^ut hIIiT tlit: di^th of Jothnu, for li^lilitn yearn in all,' the ^riuultituuf had no i^rtltt'il form of f>'ovfi'niiii'iit, ■ bul Wfre in «n nnari'hyi "flfr uliirh the vrt lum- ped to Iht'lr forniir frovirmnt'iit, llitv thin prr- ^initting thfiun-kin In lit: jiidf^i-d liy fiini who ap- peared to III' tin: hi'iit warrior and inoat roiim- l^.oun, whence it waii that ihiy fnlled thia ihler- vul of their j^overnmi nt, Thv Ju>l{;in. J. Then did Samuel the prophi-t call another ■tuapinhly oNo, and iiuid to ilieiii, " I •olemnty ■ tdjiirt) you by (>od Aliiiiirhly, who broii^hl tlioae ix'cellent brithrrh, I inc;in Mones iind Aaivin, into the world, nnd tjellvered our fathera from the Kgypliaii", niid from the slavery they en- dured under them, that y on will not ^prak what yoii aaj to gratify me, uor nuppre"!! tiny thing cut ought to ordinntii' I say to gratify me, uor nuppre"!! tiny thing ; of rear oliiie, nor be overhoiiie by any other iriifl or unju>l| or what have I iloiif uutol lurf* nr rovtiloiiancM, ur In tti*'"') olhvriT ll«tr ^l(- nr>a againal uie, if J ha«i> taarii au ol or > ahmp, or any aiiih thing, which )rl, whrn they •/• liiktn III anpiMirl nil n, it ia fatvinrid lilamnUu: or linvrnl takiu an aa< for niliir own utr.of an) unt> Ire Ilia grirf t Lay aome on* auiih criuia In my I'hargv, HOW we are in your Jiing'a prraroca," Hut they cried out, 'I'hal " iin lueh thing liatl liern done liy him, but that he had' pretitled nverttihe nation «l4er a holy ami righlcuiia man- H|mrr(enpon Samuel, when ainh a Iralimony hiiilM'i n giyen linn by Iheni nil, aanl. " Sun e «iut llipt yon are not able lu lay any ill I my rhnrite hitherto, com* iin unw, and en,. , .. ^ li Iti rirken wliittt I apeak with gnat frtedom i. V ou have been guilty of great impiety againrt i.lod In aaking you i king. II liennvc* ^ yim til niiuendier, that pur gmndfathflr Jaroli cahip ilotjin into Kgypt, by reaaon of ■ famine, with at»yen1y >iniU only ol our family, and that their piitlirily multiplied tin rr to many ten Ihunannda, Hnom the t'gyptiani brought into alayiry and hard Ojijireaaliin ; that'tind him»e|f, d U|Hin the pray era ol our falhera^aeiil iMote* ami Aaron, who ivi're brethren, and ghve them |Kinei lo ileliver^lhe multitude out of their dialri •«, and thia without u king. 'I'litae brought ua into tlii« very hold vihjih you now |)oaM'»»: and wlnn you enjoyed theae advanlii|rea from Hod, yon lietrayid hi> worahip and riligion; nny, iii'irr over, when you .were brought under the biiiida of your eiieniiea, he ilelivered you, lirH. by w^- dei'li)g you auperior |o the Aaiyriani and their forcea; jie then made you In overiuiiii' I be Am- nionilea^nd Moabiira, and Init of all, the I'hI- lialirtea; nnd tlie aoon aa he hud anid thia, (I Ihi I'KUMiut m*J* MMlhtr FtptJilUn ugaintl M< IMrnn, tmd •c' Inaltit. \ 1. Now Snul rhiit* uul of lh« niullltuil* ibuut tliro* IhoHMDil liirn, anil ha limk t«rit IbniiMml of th*m to li« lli« Kii«nU nf hi* own biMlx.antl abwil* in Ih* rll^r nl lUllirl) •ml ha n«« Iha rrit of thaiii lu Joiiathun hii • whara ha ha>i<'Kail mid Imjk n fcrt«lii |arritnn of tha I'hllintinra, mil far Imiii Oilxal, f»r Iha rhtliilinaa of (ilbc ah hail liaaun iha Jawi, anil UliKii lliair wrn|Hiiia awny, ami hail put KarriMini into |hi> ilriMiKi at |>Ui'r> iif Ilia iiiunlry, unil hail i'orliiil'lan Ihriii li> curry any intlriiiin nl iif iron, ur al nil to inaka ii<» nf any irnn In any rara whataoavfr. Anil on nri'iiiiiil of ihia |iruliiliilion It na», that Iha hiiihuniliiii'ii, if thry Khi] iivcii- alou III ah»r|nii any nt thiir tU, whilhrr it w»r« Iha ittuhrr or th«< aiwla, i>r »«)• inatWHtaiit of hiulianilry, thay ramain Ilia I'hilialinaa In do il. Now aa aoiili iia Iha I'hilialinaa hiiiril of Ihia alauKhtar of Ihalr Karriaim, thry wrra in a ra|t« about it, and luoklnr un Ihia cunleinpt na ■ Irrri- hl«! lilliuni oll< ml Ih. m, lliay niaila war *K*'nat tha Jrwa, with thrra huntlrail thouaiiuil fiintiiicn, and lliirly llinuaunil rhnriuta, and ait thnuaiind horai-a, and thay nilihid Ihair caiiip at llio lily of Midiiiiaah. VVInn Siiul; tha UInK irf lh« lU- lirawa, wna infnnuml of thia, ha w< ut iliiwn lo tlia rily of (iilK«l. iiiid inaila |iriniiiiiinlion 0»i'r all lh« country, that tliav ahould try to nf^aiii their lilifrly; and callad ih«m lo th« wnraRttinul tha rhilialinca, dlniluiahing,th appenra.liy diiliiyliiR lo rume till ilm lull llnipor ilie eVcnliiK aurrlflrooiitlmtaoventlnliiy,loliavi'trinl hlin (who •ecnia In iinve lircii nlremly for mimii- tinio ilarll- nlnit from hia alrlft aiiit ImiiiiiIcii miKirillnniimi lo liiNl and hia iMropliet, lo Have lilum lil'u i/uiiril»(rtrTjliii«elf nnd liiaaon, wliicti ivhaoiitlrrly n new lliiu^ tn^arnet, larttad loager than ka *%jmtfA, ami thai ha wM lUaartad hf the aiildian, ha look tha aarrllca* BiHl1oloKy for liimaalf, and aaid, '-'I'hat ha had waited a* many dava aa Haniiial hud apiminleil ' hiiii; that he had barn to iiuirk in iillmnK hi* tarrillCra, n|ion arrounl nf iflti nera*ally ha wa« in, and barauae hi*. (uhliar* ware daparlinK from him. out of Ihi ir fear of Iha rhamy'* camp at Muhiiinah, tha report bring goiiu abroud that (hay were couiiiiE down u|iun hlin lo , and haM not acll4.niote haaliljr than tha ^oant circiimdunra* rti|uirad, thou w.inldit llt^vfl.^;ean pariiiilird to raijtn a long tiiiia, and thy poal^irlly after thee." So Saiiliier. bring grieved at what had Imppcned, rrlurn«cl bniile: but Saul came lo the cily (iibcah, with hi* aon Jonulhiiii, hut^iig only aia huinlrad man with him; and of the»o the jraalcr part had no weapnna, becaliae of the acanily of iron in that country, na well aa of Ihoaa tliat could niak« auch wruiKina; for, na w« ahowcd a lillle before, the rhilialiiica had not auffired them to have* auch iioli, or auch workmen. Noijr the I'hilii- tiiirt divided their army Into three eonipaniat, and look aa many ronda, and laid waato the coui». . try of the llrbrewa, while king Saul and hl» aon Jonathan aaw what wna done, but were not able lo defend the Innd, na no more thnn (it hundred men ware with ihaiii. llut ■• he imK hU •OH, nnd Ahi»h Ihe high pricat, who w«« of th« poklcrity of Kli the high prieat, ware ailtins upon a nretly high hill, huiI »vvma the land laid wnalr, iney^K*'''' niightily diaturbrd at il. Now .Snul'a ion agreed with hi* armur-beartr, that they would go privately to the rnen)y'\ caniip', anilnmkcn taiuult anij a diaturbance among them. And whan the arnior-bfBrcr bad readily firomiaed to follow him whitheraoavar he ahould end him, though hi] ihould be obliged tu die'ln Aplon, n. il. aert. 30, whcrn Jow^phiiaapanka of Iha^ liHillei; Ihotiih II miial ha imird.Iliut II aeniiia, nl leila* In thru Inalnncra, Dial (uihI men did nul nlwiiy* Iminedt- nicly approve of aurh divine aavertly. There •eeqia to he one Inatnnre, I t^nm. vl. l!>. 'Htl nnulher, 1 Ham. IT. II; and n third, i! Hnni. vl. H, »; Anilq. II. vl. eh. vll. aert. S; tlioiiuli tkoy nil at liial nrn'ilcaffld In the divln* roftdiict, ua knowliis IhnI OoJ i» leiarr Iktn a««a. t lly thin nnawer of Hiiiiiuel, nnd llmt fruni a dlvln* . rnminlaxion, which la fUlk'r In I Hnm. llll. 14: and bf ■nd aiivorcil of a dUlruat of Uod'a prnvidoiire, ihid 19- -that (inrnllnl nolo in the A|M)rtollriil CnnaMlutlon* JUN ^ havii blilTleil morn than ho ou||hl llmt liide|i«ndeiil •uthoffty which Ihe Pagan kliiga took to thcniaclvea:) Baniurl, I any.aeeina lu buve hero tricil Hniil, whether he would atuy llll the prieat rnnir, who nionr roiihl law- fully olfcr the anrrlllica, or would iKildly and profoncly uaurp the prle«l'« oNice: which he venturing u|ion, wna liiatly rcjeriod for hia profnneneaa. fro Cohalit. Apoat. D. il. ch. xivil. And Indeed alnco Hnul had arfn|iled kingly power, which natiirnlly lierumcaiingavcrnnlile and lyrniinlcul, na God foretold, nnd Ihe eiperioilru of all ngeahnaihowii.lhii divine aetllcmcniliy Moara hud noon hccn Inlil naldc under tin: kiiiux, had mil Cod, hy ke«piii( atrlrlly la hia Inwa.nnd aevcrelyvicruting Ihe Ihccatttnliigathcrelnrontnined.rpatraiiiedHaulandoihcr klnga In aoinn deitrce ololicdlfnre 10 liiinacll'. Nor wiia even tlila acvcrliy anlliru'iit to rcsiral osi of me lu- tare klnja of Israel nnd Jiidnli from tlie KroKHcat idolnlry and impioly. Uf thendviiniiige of wlilcliMrictiieea Intbe oliaervlna divine law* nnd Inflicting Ilieir ihrealened liantllle*, MW Aniiq. 11. vi. ch. xli. wvl. 7. and centra '-:'- /■-■ n " -. now quuled.conterning the great wlckcdneaa of flaul In venturing, even under a aeenilnt m reality of nflkira, to iiaiirpthc prieat'a ofllre,'and oiler aacilllre without tjio urieal, we arc In aonie deurM uhle lunnai*er HUII qued- Hon, which I have aver thought a very hard one. vHu Whi'tlicr.ir there were n city orcoHnlryof lay Chrl*- liana, wiUioiit any clergyro.in, ilwcre (awtlil for lb* laity iilone to liaptlze.or celelirnH' Iho furlinrlal, Ilc. or indrrd whether Ihey alone could ordain llieniaelvea - either hlalioiw, prieata.or ileiicona. for the due perroriii iincoorailrhaiicerdola'IniliiirtrntioiiaT or, whet her they oiislit not rattier, till Ihey pronire clergymen lo come ainniiK lhem,to conflnetbeiiiiclvea wiihlu liioae l>oun4a of pleiy and chriatianity wliuh licloiig alOne to tbc lal- tyf aui-li parllculnrly a* arc reeomniended In the flr*. lioi)ko r thaAl>Oito l lfl l Olii* I Uutluiia,w4ilch p e cu l ia rly roncem the laity, and are Intimated In Cleaienl'k •>• doubled eplMta lecl. 40; to which latter opioioa I to. cUIM. V. 4^^^ 194 ANTIQUITirj or Tins JKWt. \ Ik* •tl*mp*, Jmm&MM in*iU wm of Ik* yanttm ■Ma'* •Miilsnr*, (iMi «l*i (Mr ananil**. Now lh» •M*ni]r'a f*iU|i MtM H|wii « |ir*rl|ttr#, mIik h liol ihtr* ^of, Ihal rr arou Iniiii lh«»ilUalloii o( Iks plu-r, ami baeauM Ikajr lliuukhl II allu- (alhar iwuoulbia, md onl)r lu awaml up lo lk« camp on lhal qnkrlur, bul it murh aa to rnnia Mar il. A* uhiii, Ihrnifor*, aa llity ram* Iniha caaip, Jonathan «iiroura|td hli ariuor-haarar, ami Mill lo hliii, "1^1 ui alUrk our aiiamwa i ami If, ttlian ihtj «•• St; Ihi^j bill ua roma ap lo Iham, laka lhal (itr • lijinal ol licuitf , bul if ih»j t») milbinn, M not intmiliBi; in lu«i«i ua )'• cnniu u|i, Ik I ua ralum bark again." HirAhcik- tk»y wrra appn)*rh|n|[ l» lh« ftlriii^y^farnp, jnai iiflrr tin ak ol ilujr, ami itia rhiliiliiira taw ,^, ibciil, llir^ aalil imr lu aiiolhtr, "'I'hr llrliriwa |> Voiii* oul of IhcirilcHi and rayaa;" ami Ihry aanl '^ttr JouBlhaii and lo Ma •mior-brarrr, "(,'ciimi 90, li«r.«iid up to ua, IhCt wa may iiiHirt a jual |)uniahm< III iirnn you fi>r yuur rath allniipl uimiii lia." So Saiira aun aircnlud of lhal iiinitalioii, IM wlint alifiiiAad lo him violorT, ami ha imiiia- I dialaljr caiii* out ijf iha pliira whrncr lh«iy wara Man by tb«ir anrniira; ao ha rhangail hia plara, — * anii f Hm«_la lliii rock whirh liaur|)rta«-, aaoniuch that aiiniB of th'rm Ihn'tv away ihrir •Btira armor and lied, but iha grealrr pnrt not kaowing ona anulhar, bacauac Ihay lyarc of dil- fircnt naliona, au«iM>rlrd one anulnrr to lia rna- Bilaa, (for ihry itiu nol iiiin|;inr Ihnrr wrre only two of Iha lli-brrwa lhal -anie up,) and au Ihiiy fought ona againat aiHlthti : and aonie uf Ihrm djail in baltir, and aoiiic, ai lliry wcra flying away,wrre thrown down from thn rnck hrailJoiiK. 3. Now Saut'a wulrhnirn told Ibti kinr, thai tha camp of iha I'liiliatinai wai in confuiion; than h« inquirvd wbrlhar any body waa gona away from the a^my 1 and when h« lirlird lhal hii aon, and with hint hia amior-brarcr, wrra abiant, ha bid Iha high prieat take Iha pmianla of hii hiifh pririthooil, and pniphray loliliti what •ttcrraa Ihcy ahould hnvr; Ivho aniil, "'I'linl Ihry ■hould git the virlory, and prryuil againul Ihrir . aaamiea." So he wrul out aflvr Iha rhiliatinea, and act upon them aa they werr aUving on<( anothrr. Thoac nUo cniui! runhiiiK lo him, who had fli'd lo (Una and cavta, iiiion Iwaiiiig llmt Saul waa rniiiiiig a yirtory. When then fori; the number oT the Hebrew! that camr to Saul amounlrd to about ten Ihouaand, hn puraiird the •nemy, who wrre ncatlrrrd nil oyrr Ih* country; but then be fill into nnnrliun, which wna a vrry unhappy our, and liable to be very much blaiiird: for whelJIier out of i|i;nurahce, or whnhrr out of Jry for n virtory gHincd ao •trabgely, for it fre- nuently happen* thot peraoni io forlunule are not thi-n hUltt to u** their reason rnnai'tenlly,** he Wat druiroiii to iiyenge biittaelf, andtn exort a duo puniahnicat of the I'hiliitint't, he de- *Thl* raah vowor ruraeorflnura, which Joarphiia aan waa rnnfirnieil hy iho proplr, niiil yet nol eieru- Ka, I aiippnae prliK-lpnlly heriiuw* ionntlmn iliri not know nf 11, iivrry rrmnrknlile .Ix'ini! of llircKarjirr of t he o ' llp ; ii i on o f a lll awa. lliii l ll i e y li e a u l lii 'I r ii i l y known and |>ron)utfntrd;othrrwJii« llieromltiriof prov- ldenre,aato ilie aarrrdiieaa of aolrnui nulla and vowa, InGod'a rrriiaiiiR loiiiiawer ty 'Viia lilllhehreachof Sanl'i row or riirac waa undeiaioiHl and act rl(ht, and God propiilaiad by public prayei, i* hara very lemaik- noanrtd a ruraa oa Ih* llabrawa,* "That If anf una put a alup lu hia alaughlar of the anamy, aaj fril on aaling, ami lift uA Iha ilaughlrr of lh« jiiinull liefora Iha iiiahl lania an, aiul ubllgad ihrmao to ilo, ha •IhmjIiI b« arruraail." Now af l«r Maul tUMl daauuiii ad Ihia ryraa, aimia ikay ware now in a Woml balooging lu Iha triba ol Kphraim, which waa Ihii k and full uf baaa. Haul a aon, who did mil hear hia lalhar danoune* lhal rura«,nor hear of iha approbalion Iha inul- llluda gaya to ll, bnika off a plara of a honey' riimli, anil ala pirt of il ll auad Ihr aliaiuy with graairr Vigor and alarrilj, and had both lakaa and alain many mof* «f ikmr maiiitlk." 4. VV1)«R th(r«lhr« ihry had atain many laii Ihouaanilanf thr rhiliiliiira, Ihry |»|| upon ipoil- Ing Ihr cunip uf Ihe I'hilialiiiii, bul nut till late in Ike evening. Thry «|mi luok a great deal of prer, aid raid*, ami kitird them, and ale them wild their blowl. 'l\U waa lulii to lh« king by Ihr atrilica, that the mulliluila welVi aiiiuing againal liml, aa Ihry tacrifietd, ami were ealinc balnre ihr Idood waa well waahrd awai, and the llrah made cUan. Then did liaul give order that a great atnii* ■hould b« nilird into llie niidat uf tbrui, und ha made prmlamallon that Ibey ahould kill Ihrir aarrilicca n|Km il, and not feed upon the Drab with the blood, for lhal waa nol arrrplabla to (iod. ,\nil when all Ihr (leopledid aa tne kio|t roiuinandcd them. Maul arccled an allar ihera.f and ull'arrd bunittnllrringa upon ll lo (Iod. Thi* waa the Irai altar llul Saul buill. 5. So when Maul wat daairoua of leading hii men to the enemy'* camfi b< fora it wai day In order lo plunder II, and when the ■uldicr* wara not unwilling lo follow him, but iiidrnt aliunrd grrnt reailiiiria lo do a* he coinnianiled tl.iiu, llie king railed Ahitub, Ihr high priral, and en- joined him to know of (iod, whelhrr he would Kant him the fnvur and pcrmiaiion lo go agaiait e anrmy'* camp, in onler lo dealroy thoae that wrre in il. And when the prieat aaid, that (iod did nol girenny Huawrr; "And not without aome cauae," »aid Saul, "doe* Uod rrfuae lo anawar what we inquire of him, while yet a little whije ago he declared to ua all that we deaired befor*- hand, and even prevrnted u* in hi* ao*wer. To be aure there i* *oiii».ain againal him, that i* con- rrnlt'd rrniii u«, whirh ia thr nrciiaiun of hi* *i- Irnrr. INoW I awriir bj lliui himarlf, that though he that hath comuiiltrd thi* *in *hould prove lu be my own *on Jonathan. I will '*lay him, fend by that nirnna will appraae the anger of Gml againal ua, and that in thr trrj laine innnnrr aa if I wrru to puniah a atranjcr, and ono nol at all related to niCi for the aame i.dence." So when the niulli- liidc cried out to him ao to do, he pre*rntly aet all the real on one aide, *nd he and ni* *on *lood on the other tide, and he *ought to diacover the oflendrr by lot. Now the lot appeared io fall upon Jonathan himarlf. So when he was aakrd by lii* fiillirr what aiu he had been guilty oft and what he wa* contriou* of in tha oourai! of hi* lifn that mi^ht be r*teeined initancr* of guilt or pro- fanenraa'f hi* anawrr wi|* thin: "O father, I h|y» done pothin); inorc than that yeitenlajr, without able, a* Indeed il I* erery where ehw In Iha Old.TeMa- mcpt. t llerr wc have allll iniire Indlrntloif* ofdauraaflkrla- lion ofdraiiolir powrr, and nrhiacntrcnrhlng apontlM I .,Vs. prlraihuud, iind niakws mid eiidrnviirlni lutiwuiat ra*li voworrurKe idihout roriaulling 8aarael,o^lh« Sanhedrim- In thiii view il ianlaotliat 1 loak upon tbia erertlon of anew altar by, Paul; and hia oiftrinf of burnt olTerinn hlniaelt upon il,and nol aa any prapar iananca* of dcTolloo or laUgion, wjik olhata. ft '1 %.,_. ■•V . "i n: ':¥ bA)k vi.-riiAP. vi(. titc or th« rutta. mm! npiK Iknw k!>•• rtuMin ■>' b)« itaih h*r.ir« nil Ih' tM a nf lilrtN •wt iif nmHr* Ami Juimlhan wm ikH tli«Mi'i)» ki( Mi'l, "^ur ilo i <)<>•>■• you, (alhor, (« •jMirn ni« d*»lli will Im I» iii« ••rr •<'ir|ii«l)lr, vih-n ii pritfril* friMii thjr |M'I)>< MM Mllrr • itlurhiut oiluryi fnr il i« llk« gfotMl r»l*IIV« to IH«. )H*I I Irava lb' lUlirowa vli • turloo* o«** th« fhllitltnri " llrrrN|K>n all lh» nau|>U war* «»rir ••irr), ami |;rv*tly alHirttil fur Joaallian, and llivy ittara lluil llirjr wiiulil wil ufarliHik Jonathan, ami •<-« hint illr.ttliii Ha> iha attlhur of Ihiir vlrlur*. liy wliiih inaaiw ihiy MMli^hail him out of Ih* tlanfvr ha ara* lA Irtmi hia ralhar'a ciirw, whila Ihcy liiatta Ihttr |iru)rn lo llml alwi fur tha young him, that ha wuillil $, Mil Haul, hafipK •lain abuut aiiljr thmi^M*! af iha anaiiiy, rrlurnril limiia t» hl> nwnrtly. ami rai^nril ha|i|iily ■■ ami ha aU» (uuclit a^»\n»i Of ntiKlilMiriHK imlliini, and tididuad llir Aiiiiiiuil' |lra, aad Mintbtiri, and I'hdMin^a. and l''.diiiuilr|. and Aniuliliili a, a* alio (Iw hinK nf /,idiah. Ibi htil thrra mala t'hildrtn, J.iiialli.in, uml laid, aiill Matchlahua; with Mrrali and MIrlial hia ilaii||il- lara. Ila bad atao Alinrr, liii) nni'li''i wHnTnr ib<' captain of Ilk liixt; (hat un<-|r'a nania waa NVr. Now Urr and hiah, Ihi lilhrr of Maul, t»ar< lirli- than. Saul had alau a grral iiiauy I'linriil* a*d kartrntani H|(atn«l wrlioniaoiVar ba madi war, h<' ralumrd cun<|ii.l>liilra, ami rii|>ii" -- . . •al Miao) man HI wtaral |Mitua In amiiuah al Iha rliir, Ibat a> Ibioi a mia- rhli'f hy oiirii l|(klln(, Iml nitgfil fall u|>'ih i|i*"« unr«[Mi'lri ly In Iha way*, and miRhl Iharabr ■ oni)iaa< ibrm r.iuild alioul, ami l>dl iI>«m. Anal wl.iu ba hud Joinrd Irani* wilb lh» tiitniy, ha brat Ihaiii, and, iiuraulni Ihriu aa Ibay Nad, ha- d>>tM)vil Ihainall. And whan thai un>l»rlakiM| hail aiK raadad, arcoidlnn a' (''nl bi||l fiiralukl I ■' Ml uiMHi Ilia I lliaa uf ihai Amalrkiiaa lia ha* aiaiiad Ih and loiih Ihrin >>) Airra, |nirlly bjr ^^ailiki' iiiarhmra, iMrlly l>y n'linaa di'jt undar ■ llnMind, ami |iarlly by liulbllnK walla on Iha out- •|il(«, HoMia the.) aliiiirrd iiiK with faminr, and aoinv lb)'t KHinad hy olliir nirlboiia, anil afirrall. ba.lM'look niiiiaalf In alty ihr wunii n awl Iba rhiU drr ml ihoiixhl lii' did nut arl Ihrri ili tilhar barlmrnal} mid lohumaidy , llral, Iwi «iiaa Ihajr wi n mtoiira whviii hr lliua Irralail, and, in the naxl pl.ii't' baiHiitx it wiia ilinir l\y Iha I'lonniana yf (aoil, whom »l waa dan|;aruu« not lo iil>«'y . Ma idau look AKii|t,lha viirniy'a kiiiK, i'a|ilivi'; Iha ht.auly and lallmiaa of vvb.iar b.Mly lir ailmind aa niiifb, ibal ha (huukbl bnu worthy of |ir*ai m- tl.lHi y«l WB« nut Ibia dona, howavrr, iiccnnlinc lo Ibf will of (iiHl, bill bf |ri«ili|r-l*ny to buniaa |iaa>itiM4, and aiilli-niiK biniMlf'^ti br hiutRit wit^ nn Miui uaiinnbli' I'tiuiiiiiaaraUHn^in ii |roinl whara ikwua not aali' for biiu.tu imlulf^aKi for llu to thatlountry »hii:b la auw thvir own, I enjoin thve tu puiiinh ibr Ama- tekitei, by uiakinK war upon ilil-iu, and when Ibou hiat aubtiur'l them, tu leave none uf them •li«c, but tu puraur Ihniii ttiruuf^b carry igt',an require lliii k«a puiiiahmiiil to Iw inHicttMl U|Km them for the nilachier they did lu ourTni'cfHthen. Tu ipan n(;tliing, nelllier atata Bur other beaata, nor lu rea«r«e aiiji' of tlieiii fur four own advalitage and poaavaaiun, but to de- vote Ihciu univeraally to (>ud,anil, in obedience to the coniinao God wuuld. be abown, not oiily in niakinp war ' againit Ihe Amalekitea, but more fully in the leadiueM and quickncM of ' hit proceediogt, Ue *Tlioreatoiioftl.i«afyrrily ladhtlnMlyilTan.l Pani. 1». IH: "l!oai»lniler!y ilra'riiy •: uamnrnillic Aniaiek hea." iNor Indeeil dtiweivur mcei wlilillKae Amalek ilaa hutaa ve y irurlflnd li'uodr peopNi, and parttrutarly Mtkiiig to iDjure and utterly to ileairoy iIm hatton of la- iboae iikuuitt wliicli we by nalure rbnily rom- -paaaiunitta I but Saul prrterved their king and (rovernhr from the uiiaeriea which the HiTirewt iroiiKl't on llir people, aa if hi preferred tbe Ana an|KHrani a of tbe eiiaiiiy to the uianiory of what (Ind had aeiit biui aliuul. Tha multitude weN iilau guilty, loKtlher ^ilh }>. arrri d al) that he nuf^bt tu liave done, llut Ciod WHA grieved ibat the king nf the Aiiuilckilea w;aa urrarrved alive, and ibal (be iiiiillltiiile had teit- ed on the CHltle for n prey, bttaute tiieae tbingt were dune witlinut hia pt'rinistiun; furbeibouglit it eni^ntolerahlc lhiii(:, Ibit Iliey tliuuld lunquef and uvercoiiie their eiU'iuie* by thul power wbicll rael. Kce Kiod. jvli. H— IC: .Viiinli. liv. 4.V Dpit. ii*. ~t*^ — tO. I.i.l.r ui 'l^il' I vTnfn tv :i'l' K«MhHl««Mlir 7! iT^lft JhiIii. vl. ;i-|i 1 Ham. w. Xi; l-a*lln liiiUI. ,, and al ove all, the iiiotf liarbarout of all rrurliiea, thai of llamnii Die AraiilM.or one of IN paa:crily af Agag, the old kini oriiia Ainnlekiiat, GiUi. ill. 1— lib /.-I , ^^- - v.. 196 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. n ■ ■ he K^ve th«m,{kn(l lli'n thtt he hiiDicir thoulJ he to KrtMily dnpticd and illtobeyrd l>y (tiT'iji, that ■ iiicrr man, tnnt was a king, woiiUI nut l>rRr It. He iherofore told Samuel the urophet, tliet he rivpented lint he had maile Saul l<>nii;, while he ilid nothing that he had commamlcd hinl, but iniliili^ed his own inclination!. When Samuel heller th«t, he was in confuiiog; and beran to litaeech Uod ell that night to be reconciled to Saul, and not to be angry with bini; but he did not grant that forgivijneu to Saul which the pro- phet Hiked for, and not deeniing it ^ fit thing to l^rant Torfi^ivenriii of [luch] tint at hi* eiutreatiei, mnce Injuries d,(] not otherwise grow to great as by the easy tempers of those that are injured ; fur while they hunt after the clory of being thought genllo and goo{l-nKtured,l>efor« they are nware they produce other sin*,' At toon th|!re- - fore at (iwl had rejected the intercctiion of the prophet, and it pUinly appeared he w^ld not r.haiigf) his niind; at breaic pf day Samuel came to Saul Bt Gileal. When tba king taw him, he ran to hini, and embraced him, and taid, "I re- turn thanks to God, who hath given roe the vic- tory, for I haj-e purformcd every thing |hnt he . hath cniitnmndiif mr." To which Saniiiel re- plied, "How is it then that I hear the blenling of the sheep, and the lowing of the greater cattle In the canipT" Saul made answer, that *' the people had reserved tl(eiii for tacrificet; but that, at to the nation of the Amalckites, it was entire- ly destraycdi at he had received it in command to see qohe, and that no one man wna left, but that he h^d saved alive the king alune, and brought him to hini,yConcerning whom he laid thev would advise together what ihould be done' witllbini." But the prophet Hid, ** Uod is not deliilhled with tacriocct, but with good and righteoui men, tvho are tuch at follow hit will knd hit law*, and never think that any thing it^ well done by theni, but when they do it at God . hath cooimanded thieiR! that he then looks upon himielf at aiTronted, not when any one does nut sacrifice, but when any one appear* to be disobe- dient to him. But that from those who do not obey him, nor pay him that duty which it the alone true and acceptable worship, he will not kindly, accept their onlationi, be those thiy offirr neyer to many and so fat, and be the present* they make him never'toorAainenttil, nay, though they were made of gold and rilrer themtelvet, but he will reject them, and eateeiu them inatan- cet of wickediien, and not of piety. Antl that he it delic^ted with Ihote that atiirbtor in iiiihd this one thing, and this only, how to do that.what- toever it be, which Gud pronouuces or command* for them to doi and tp choose rather to die than to trantgrett any of thetc commands; nut doet he require to much at a lacrifice from them. And when these do laCrificc, though it be a mean oblation, he better nccepta if it as theyhonnr of poverty, than tuch oblation* as come'-frpiii : the richett men that offer them to him. Wht'relore take notice, that" thon art under the wrath of God, for thou hast deapited and neglected what he commanded thee. How dott thou then tup- pote that he will accept a umfice out of such thingt as he bath-doomed to WMra'ction? unkst perhapt thou dost imagine that it is almost ell one to offer it in tamficr to God as to dtstioy It. Do thou therefore expect that thy kin^tloni will be taken from thee, and thnt authority which thpii hast abused I'y tuch insolent behat ^r, a* to neglect ihatGoil »yho bestowed it upon tlioe." Then did Saul confcst that he had acted ir 'i' tly, and did not denv tliat he had tinned, be'■l.l^e he had traniigressed the ii)|uDCtions of tUe pruphct; but he taid, that it wa* out of a dria) •md feiir *a( the ooldiet, ihar lie did not prul'.ihit nnd re- .ttraln them when they teited on t'le prey. But forcive me> taM he, and be merciful to I'le, fjr I tsilT be caullout how 1 oiToiid for the time to come. He altp entreated the prophtl to go bach with him, that hc'migbt ofl'er nis tbaiik-oA'eringt to (I'od ; hut Samuel went home, bcrtiusc he taw that Gud would not be reconciled to him. 5. But then Saul wat to deiirout to retain Sa- muel, that he took hold of hit cloak, and because the vehemence of Saiiiuel'* departure made the motion to be violent, the cloak wa* rent. Upon which the prophet said, that after the tame man- ner thould the.kingdom be rent from him, and that, a good and a just man thould take it; that God persevered in what he had decreed about him ; that to be mutable and changeable in what it ileternilncd, it agreeable to human imtaipnt only, but is not agreeable to the divine power. Hereu|>on Saul said, that he had l>een wicked, but that whatwat done could not be undone: be therefore deaired him to honor him ao Tar, that . Ihcniultil^'le might tee that he would accompa- i, ny him in WortbippingGod. So Sanmel granted hini that favor, and Ment with hini and worthip- ped God. Agar, alao, the king of the Amale«> Ilea, was broiij^ht to him; and when the king asked, How bitter death was? Samuel aaid : " At thou hast made miiny of the Hebrew niothcrtto lament anrl bewail their children, *o thalt thou... ..' Iiv thy death cause thy mother to lament thee ' '*' alto. Accordingly, he gave order to ala)"iiiak.^>vv. - immediately at Girgal, and then went away to wi . . ly. city Raniah. irgal CHAP. VHI. How, vpon Saul's J^itrugreirion tf the Pro- phet's Comniands, Samuel ordained anolhtt Person to he King privately, whose name was JDavid, as God /commanded him. { 1. Now Saul being tensibl^ of the miserable condition he had brought himself into, and that he had made God to be hit enemytde went up tb hi* royal palace at Gibeah, which name denotes a * hill,' and after that day he; Came no more into the presence of the prophet. And when Samuel mourned I'yr him, God bid him leave off bis con- cern for him, and to take the holy pil, and go to Be.thleheiii to Jetsc, the *on of Obed, and to anoint tuch of hit tons at he thould thow him, for their future king. But Samuel taid, he waa afraid lest S»ur,when he came to know of it, should kill him, either by aqine private method, or even o|)enly. But upon God's suggesting to him a safe way of gufng thither, he came to the foremen- tiohed city; and when they ell tainted him, and asked, "What wHt the occation of his coming?" he told them, he came to sacrifice to God. When therefore be had gotten the sacrifice ready, ha called ^esac and his aon* to partake'ofrthote ta- crificvt; and when he taw his eldeitton to be a tail and hKndsoioe man, he giiesited by hi* come- line** that he wa* the person who wat to ba t'-.eir future kiof. But he wa* misitaken in judg- in-; about Gode providenre, foft'lrheo Satnuel inquired of God, whether Iic^IhQIM anoiht thia youth, whohi he. *o admired, and c*treiued^;|ror- thy of tiie kingdom? God *aid, ** Men do ntttace as God seUh. Thou indeed hast respe^^i the fine appearnnce of this youth, and ^UVV et- teemeiit him worthy of the kingdom, whilO: pro- ^}art•. the kingdom as a reward, hot of the^auty uf bodies, hut of the virtue of toula, and I in- quire' after one that i* perfectly comely in that retpect. I meun one who it beautiful in pietjTi ar.n rin;htrousne9!i,-aod fortitude, and obedience, for ill them cunaistt the coiiKlinei.4 of the aoul." When God had tnid this, Samuel bade Jeste !• show Mil all hit tons. So he miule five othcn ut hii sons to come to him; of all of whom Eliab WHE the eldest, Aminadal the aecnnd, Shammah ' the t'lii'd, ^'alhuniel the f.iurth, Kael the fifth,' au I Asniu the nxxth. Ami when the prophet taw ' that these were no way inferior to the «ldeH_ ia their couiitenuacet, he inquired of God, which of them it wat whom he chuse-for their kingl '■.■e> And when ed Jette, oetidet th< wore nam and took c him imme could nut toon at hi come, he ion, uf a other retp «Btely to .our kinff. ced thu yi hit other pretence i ftnd him God chuai him to be manda, lot continue I thould be the world; . tine*; uiu should V.'M and tiirviv should eir name to hi •2. So S ndmonitiu departed i upw tbit began to p and dciiio brbuglit ui dy to chot find no oti could chai ing upon for tuch t inqnt cam take care him aud p him. Ace maniled tli ft certain the city o yet no mo beautiful, serving of ing oh the excellent ^ tired him and tend him, at ha of hit Coil bit ton, a And whei liim. aud him in v^ pattion, 1 trouble l« wat that i of h/iun«, ihg Saul I aeiit to Jei him to pel be wat di wliich ala} lie graiite How the against and hull GoUalh i i. Ni together * Spanhi inch (laf a- I. I granted workhip< Anialek- the king lid: "Ai alhrrsto lialt thou... ..' ent thee ay to toe fhe Pro- anothtt ame via* niaerable and that !nt up tb ; denotei lore into I Samuel bis con- ad go to , and to ow him, r he waa t,iihoutd or even m a safe bremen- him, and nming?" I. When eady. ha ihoie ta- I tob^a is Corne- lls to be injuJg- Satnuel oiht this led ,ijror- 1 nptsee mt kfrpro- emauty ad I ID- ir in that n.pietjFi edience, c loul," Jrcae !• 3 others m Eliab hanunah he fifth, >het uw ildeH ia , which if king* BOOK Vl.-^IIAP. IX. 197 Asd when (Jod mid it wat ngne of litem, he a^k- •d Jeuti, whether he had not- tuiiin other inns oeiidei thrte? anil when he laid that he had unn more named David., bat (hat he wan n nhepherd, and took care.of the IKicki, itamuel bid tliumi'Hil him imuiediutiilr, for tliut till he was cuiiie they could nut poislbly lit down to thv friitt. Nuw a< iopn al hit father had tentror David, and he' wat come, he appeared to hk of u yellow coinplpi- ion, of a tharp tight, and a conitdy inr^'oii in other reiprctt aho. 'i'hit i.i lie, taiil Smnuel pri- vately to himieir, whom it.pleate* (jod to make .our king. So he ttit down to thn fc:ii>t, and pla- ced thu youth under him, and Jeiie uho, with hi* othtr lont; uftrr which he took oil, in the preienco of David, and anoinlrd him, and whit- jjcred bint in the ear, and acipinintrVl him, that Ciud choae liiiii to be their (king: uiid exhorted him to be righteouii, and obeiliiirt to hit rom- mandi, (or that by thii meant lilt kinp;dom would continue for a long tmie, iind that hi* house •huuld be nf j;ri;at splfndur, and CKJebrated in the world; that he simuhl ovi^rllirnw the I'hilit- . liui-a; and that n;!;uintt tthiit nation auevtr he should iviike war, iiu abould bi" the CiNiquiror, and tiirvivc the fight; end timt wliile he liu'd he shouhl ciijoy a glor'ioila uamv, and leave luch a name to hia pastel ity iilai). '2. So Samuel, when he had ff'wen him thvie admonitions, went aH;ay : but (hi; diviiii; piiwrr departed from Saul, nnil removed to David; who; upU> this removal of the Divine Spirit to him, began to prophesy. But.aa for Saul, aoiiic atraii^e aiiu dciiioiiiHC.-il diaurdct's nmie ii|k>n him, mill brbuglit upon him such Jtutlocaliuiis us were rea- dy to choke hini; fpr which the physicians coidd find no other remedy but' this, that if any nerton could charni thosti passinna by tinging, aim pray- ing upon the harp, they advised- him to iiii)uire for such a. one, and to observe when these de- raoDt came upe^d hint audtjistiirbed htm, and to take care th^t such; a person might stand over him aud play on the harp,* aiid recite hymns to him. Accordingly Saul did nut delity, but Com- manded theni to seek out tuch a man. Aud when k dertain standcr-by said that ho had seen in the city of liethlchein a son of' Jesse, wlio was vet nn more than a child in i)ge, but comely and beautiful, and in other reanectsonu that was de- serving of i;reat regurd, wno was skilful- in play- ing on the harp, an J in siiiging of hyiniis, and an eicelleut tulJler in war, he sent to Jeist^ and de- tired him to t:ike David away from the lloCka, and send him to hii)i, for,he had a mind to see him, aa having beard an advantageous character of his Comeliness and hit valor. So Jesse, sent hit son, and gave him presents to carry to Saul. And when he was come, Saul was pleased with liini, and iiiade him his armor-bearer, and had him in very great esteem, lor Iw charmed bis passion, ana was thejjnly physician against the trouble ho had fvoni'the demon, tvheiisdcver it was that it came upon hiiii, and this by reciting of hjjiuns, anil playing uport the harpr and briiig- Jhg Saul to his right uiiiid a^jain. HowuVer, he «eiit to Jesse t|>e father of the child, and desired him to permit David to stay with him, for that he was delighted with his sight and company; which stay, that he might not contradict Saul, . lie granted. CHAP. IX. How the PhilittineM made aiiothtr Exptiitinti, againtl the Hebrews, nndcrtht ret^n of Saul; and hnw Ihey Wert overcome by David'ulayinff GoUalh in a titigle Cambttt. } I. Ndw the Philistines gathered themselves together again no very long time afterwaid, and * Sjianheim takes notice liere.that the Oraeks had sneh timiieri of linmna, and tliat usually children or " yiMth were picked out for that servlcr, aa alsa tliat hiving gotten toxether a great army, they made < war against the Israelites; and having aeiird • place between SImccuh anil Atekah, they there pitched their cnitip. Saul tilso drew out his army \a^'>s^ to oppiwe Ihein; iind by pilrhing his own caiiip , on a certalii hill, he lorred (he Hhilistinrs to leave their former camp, mid to encamp theniseUes .a upon- sueh another hill< over against that on which Saul's army lay, so (hut u valley, which was between the two bills on whiih they jny divided their camps atumler. JVotV there rama down a man out uf the camp of the I'hiliatiiiea, whose inune was '(lolialh,' uf (he city of (ia(h, a •man of vast bulk, for he wiis fiuir ciibitsand a span in tallness, and hail about him weapoim suitable In the lavgenest of bis budyl, for ha had a breastplate on tniit weighed live I hiilis^nd site- kcls; he had also a heliitrt and greaves of brass. . at large as you would iiatiirally tumiose iiiiKht cover the liiiiba of to vast n body. iLs spear was aho such aa wat not carried like a Ught thiii^ III hit right baud, but he carried it iislyins on his ., shoulders, lie had also a lance of six htinilred ' shekels: and mniiy fullotviil liini to'e;ijry lii* ■' 'iliiiiior. ^VIlerrli>ru tlii^Ooliiith stood between * the two armies, IIS they were in bailie array,, and sent out a loud voice, mill Siiid to Saul and to (hii Hebrews, " 1 will free yoii I'rOiii ligliliug and from ^- . ilniigcrs; for whal necesjily Is tlier^ that y6ur • army should t'.ill and be allllrted? (live me n niau of you thai will figlit with me, and he tbal con(|urrs shiill have the reward of the Conqueror, ' and determine the war; for these shall servo ■ . those others lu whom the conqueror ohall belong and certainly it is iiiwrh better, and more pru- , his assistance, niid to be partners in the dangers of the war: and at first David returned to feed his sheep and his fiochs; bul after no long time lie CHiue to the camp of the Ileiirews, as sent by his father to carry provisions to his brelbn>Dt and to know what th'ev were doing. While Oolialh came again, and cliallenged them, and reproach- ed them, that they haiTno man of valor among them that durst come down to fight him; and at David was talking with hit brcdiren about the business ibV wliiuh his father had sent him, ha hearii the Philistine reproaching and abusing the army, and had indignation al it, and said to hia brethren, I am reuilv to fight a single combat with this adreisary. VVhereupnii KIlab, his eUlest brother, reproyeil him, and said (hut he spake too rashly aud improperly for one of his age, and bid him gu to his Hocks, and to bis fiither. So he waa ' . abashed at his brother's words aifd went awa} , but still he spake to some of the soldiers, that he was willing to fight with him that challenged them. Ana when they hud inforiijed Saul what was the resolution of the young man, the king sent for him to come to him. Ann when the king asked what he had to say, he replied, "O king, be not cast down nnr afraid, for 1 will depress the insolence of this adversary, and will go down and fight with him, and will Sring him under me, as %^ tall and as great as be is, . u He tarp. did i>a aame that Ra- ▼M dM hara, i. e. Join tlieir own vocal and iostiumsu- lal mtie lofetbar. 138 ANTIQUITIES OF TUB JEWS. Klnryi when he 'hull br »Wm by nn« tlint ii not rrt of iiiHn't •'Jitiilf, Dfitlirr At T.it' fighting, nur capable of beiiiK iiitrutlert witli the iimniiiilliii|t in arniy. or onVrrmp a bnttU'. but liv niie that look* Irkn a chikli aiul it rriilly no pldur in t%v than a child." 3. Kvw Saul wondered at the boldneis and niarrity of David, but dunt pot prraiinie on hia ability, by ri'Uion uf hin af^n! but Huid lie niu>t on that acrciunt be too wrak to fi);ht with one that wn> ikilful ill the art of war. "I undertake thii cnterpriae," iiaid David, " in dependence on tfod'a bt'niig with me, lor I have had experience already of hin uMijitiinco; for I once punned nl'ttr and cauffht u lion that atMultcd my llocki. and look away a l>y> ">"' blaitphemvd our God, who yet will reduce him ■ under nvy power." , .4. However,. Saul prayed that the end inij^ht ^ be, by tigd'H -i^tjifitiince, not disagcecnble to the ahtcrity and lioFiWsa of the child; and ii»id,"Muet thia arniof be thine, O king, who ui-t «bl«>o bear it, lint ftiv<- nie leave to fight na thy aervaiitViind aa I ni^nelf . tieaire." A.ccordlnjily he laid by the armor, and taking hit atnff with liiin, and pnltii);; five atpne« out of the brook into u aheplterdVsbH^ an:l .having a aling in hia ri);ht haml, he went-towarda Colinth. But the adveraury aeeing him ikauch a manner, diadalntd him, and jetted upon him, . at if be had not auch weapons with him at arc titual when one man fij^hta againat another, buf- auch at are uacd in driving aw»y and uvuiHing of dogs; and said, "Dott thou take me not for a man, out a dog?" To which he replied, "iSo, not for a dog, but for a creature worae than u • dog." Thii provoked Goliath to anger, who thereupon curted hin> by the name of God, and threatened to give hit lleah to the beaala of the earth, and to the fowla of the air, to be ton in -piecei by them. To whom David anawered, "Thou comeat to me with a aword, aiul with a apear, and with a breaatplate, but 1 have God for iny. armor, in coming againat thee, who will .- deatroy thee and all thy anuy by my handa; for '/ .1 will thia day cat off thy bead, and caat the Other parts of thy body to the doga, and all men . shall learn that God it the protector of the He- brews, and that our armor and our strength is in his providence, and that, without God'a ussitt- ance, all other warlike preparations and power are useless." So the Philistine, being retanled by the weight of hit armdf; when he attempted to meet David in ha«te, came on but tlowly, us despising him, and depending upon it that he should elay him v/bfi was both unarmed, and at child also, without any trouble iit nW. -5, But the youth met his nhtagonitt, being nr- couipanied with an invisible assistant, who was no other than God himself. And taking one of the stones that he had out of the brook, and had put into hia shepherd's l>ag, and fitting itta his sling, he slun^ itagaiiist the Philistine. This atone fell ■ upon his forehiead, and sank iiito his brain, inao* * JoaephtiB tays tkrictln this chapter, and («»'<;« af- lerwarH, r.haii. <<. *eet. 9, and B. vil. chap. I.sert. 4, <• •.fivatimesin alf.thatflanl required not a bare An*- irtdef Ikr, famkiiu of the Philistines, but «ix tiia- ind »f tktir Head: The Septuaglnt have ilOfore- aUoi,tiut the SyiUc and Arabic swe. Mow that th(s« much thatfiollath was stunned, and f>ll upon lii< face. So David ran, and atotid n|ion hin udveraa ry ua he lav down, and cut oif hit head with I.U 04vn sworcl: for he had no aword himaelf. Anti upon the fall of Goliath, the Philiatines were beaten, and fled : for when they saw tlieir cham- pion prnttrnte on the ground, they were afrniil of the entire iaaue of their aRaira, anil reaglved not to tloy any longer, but committed theuiatlvca to%n ignominious and indecent flight, and there- by emtenvored tu save themaelvea' from the danger* they were in. Hut Soul and the entire army of the Hebrews mahilia(i()Gs thirty tliou4a|fil, and twire aa many woumled. But Siiul retnrned to their camp^ and piillfd their furtilication to piecea, and burnt it; Imt David carrieil the hcnil ol Goliath into hit own lent, but dedicated his sword to God [at the tubcrriacle,] CHAP. X. Saul rnvhs Pavid for hii ploriout Succeti, and lakes ail nccutiun nf enlrnppinic him, fiom the fromite lie made him iif s^vififf him hia Jjimzh- ter inJMayriagt, hut IhUnpon CoHdHionnfhia bringinifjix hundttd lleadt if tht thiliitints. \ 1. XiiW the women were, an orcaaiou of Saul's envy itiid hatred to Ditvid ; for thev caiiie to meet tilt ir victoriona army with ryiiifaa'l^, and druiiia, and nil ileinonstiationa of j(>y, and suiij; thus: the wivra aaid, tliat "Snnlhiid tliiin hia nmiiy IhouaiUida of llie Philittinea." The vir- gins replieil, that "Dnvid had aInin hIa fin thoii- tands." IV »w, when the king heard theinainginf;, thus, and that he had hiinaeif the ainalleat ahare in their cDimiiendHtion.s, and that the greater number, the ten thouaanda, were aarribed to the young nian^ and when he conaidered with him- aelf that there waa nothing more wantin>' to Da- vid, after auch a mighty applause but^the kiog- doni, he began to be afraid and suapicious of DWid. Aurordinjfly, he removed him from the atation he _ was in before, for he was hia annor. bearerKWrhii'h out of fear siemeil to him much too iiear4< station fur him; and so he made him captain ov\r a thora:ind, and best>>wed on hiin a post bctlei; ipdeed in itsell', but, aa he thought, more fur hlsoVrii aecurity; ibrhe had a mind to aend hiin againatthe eiiiniy, and into battles, ar hoping he woutuxbe vlaiu in auch dangeroiis conllicia. \ ■ %. But David had G^d going along with him whithersoever he weiilt»\ and accordingly he greatly prospered in his undertakings, and it was visible tliat he had mighty^NSueress, in<>omuch that Saul|a daughter, who whS still a virgin, fell in love with hiin; and, her alTection so Tar pre- vailed over her that it could iiot^ conce.Ued, and hej father became acquainted with\it. Kow Snul heard this gladly, as intending to iVlttkc uae- of it for a snare agaiiiat Dnvid. ami lie hoped that it would prove the caiiae of deatrni li'ii ^nd of hazard to him; so he told those that inliirmeirt, him of his daughter's alTection, that he woidd ■ willingly give David the virgin in marring, and-' said, " I en;raee myself to marry my dau^nter tu himi if he wilrbrin|; mtisix hundred henila of my eDeniics,* (suppoaing that when ■ reward ao ani|ile was pniposed tj Iiini and when he shbnid timx tu get him grei^t ftlury. by uiidert^ikin^ a |hin^ ao dangei-ous and incredible, he wnil.l lui- mediately set abniit it, and so periih by the Phi- were not /amti'n* with onr other rople*,Illl^Jt>'alf> wIMi Josephus'a •■opy, seems somewhat pro>ialii«, fioin 1 Sam. sirlx. 4, where nl! rallies say, t'lai It was arttll - tlie lieads of snrh riillisiines lliat David B[U(bt ree on ciieliiuiaelf to bis master Saiil. . ' / - te-' BOOK VI.-CHAP. XI. ISO liitine*,) and my dciigBi about him niti lurceed finely to my mind, for I ihall bt; frrrd from him, and get him (lain, not by royMlf, but by another man. $o he gave order to hit Mrvanli to try how David would rcliah thii propoial of marry- ing the damtel. Accordingly, they bcf(nn to tprak thua to him, that king »a\i\ loved him, at well at did all the people, and that he wat'deti- rouiof hit affinity by the uiarria|;e of tliit damtel. To which he (^ave thit anawer: ■■Secmeth it i(> you a. light thing to be made the kin^'t lon-in- lawl^ It dora not teem to to m«, eaprcially when I am one of a family that it low, and without any glory or honor." Now when Saul wna in- formed by hit aervautt what aptwer Uayid. had niade, he laid, "Till him that I do not want any money nor dowry from him. which would be ra- ther to let my (lanj^hter to tale than 10 give her in marriage, but i deaire only tuch a anu-in-luw u hath in biiii furtitude, and all otlier kindt of virtue, (of which li« taw David WB« puaaetned,) and that hit deaire wai to receive of him, on ac- count of hit marrying hit daughter, neither gold, ' nor lilrer nor that he rhould bring tuch wealth out of hit father't houae, but only aonie revenge on the I'biliatinca aud indeed lix humlred utV their heads, than with a mor« deairable nr a more gloriout present could not be brou(;ht him, and that he had much rather obtain thit than any of the accuttomed dowriea for hit daughter, vit. that the ahould be married to a man ol thut cha- tacter, and to one who had n tettimpuy at having conquered hit eiiemiet." 3. Wh#i thete. wordi of Saul were brdught to David, fBn wat pleated with them, and luppoterl that Saul wat really desirous of Ihit afiinity with him; *o that n^ithout bearing to deliberate any longer, or casting about in hit mind whether what wa» proposed wat possible, or wat diiiieult or not, he and hit cumpanioni immediately tit upon the enemy, and went about duin^ what w/as proposed at the condition of the nmrriagc. Ac- cordingly, because it wat God who made nil thinei easy and potsible to David, he slew. many, [of the Pbilittinet,] and cut olT the heads of; si.\ iiundrcd of them, and came to the king, anif by tbowing him these heads of the l'hiliitines« ru- qnired that he might have hit daughter in inur' care and be absent the nnit day, for that he would talute hit fnthrr, and, if he met with a fnviirablu o|)|»rluiiity, he would dinrourse wilh him about hnn,nnd leurn the came ol'l re wiis fur it, anjd that fur it he ouglit not to kill a ninii that' hud dime to many good things ti> the multitude, and hud be»u • enefuctor to himself, on accuunt of whioh he oiight in reason to obtain punlon, had he^becB guilty of the grvutckt crimes; and I will tll«n in- toriii.thecofniy lather't resolution. ArroMl^ljy David com|ilied with suih advantngenut advitiw and kept himtelf then out of the king't sight. V 2. On' the next day Jonathan tame to Snul4a toon at he saw him in a oheerliil and joyful (lit- ti'iaitionvand began to intruducen disconrseabuui Javid: "What unjuiit nrtiiin, O fiither, eilhet little or great, hast' thou found so cxcepti'mable in- Duvi:l, us to induce thee toorder iit tr ilay a man «^ho hiilh been of great advantage to thy own preservation, and nf still greater to the punishuient oV the riiiliHtluet.' — » man who hath delivered the jieoplo of iho Hebrews froiu r«- firoach and derision, Wlii( li they, underwent foi arty days togetlier, when he alone had courage enough to tusluin the ch»lli;ngc of Iheadv^rsary and after thut brought as many brails of our enemies ns he wat appointed to bring, and had 1IS n reward for the saine, mv sister in uiarriagc; inwnnirh that hitdeuth would be very surriiwl'u| tuns, not only on account of his virtue, but or. accouotofihe neurne.is of unr t^elution, for thy ilau^hter must lie iDJurid at tlie same time that he is fdaiii, and must lie obliged to eNperienee/ widowliood, befjrc slie rmi i:oino to ehjiiy any/ advantage fi'ointht^irmii no in-iirhief In a man, who, in the lirtt p Inee, hath di>,ie us tin |;rratest kindliest of pretcrvin^ thee; I -r ivli« ii an evil spirit and deiiraiis had seized upon thvi , be cust them out,' and procured rest to thy soiil from their incursiunt: ami in the seroiKl place, hath avt nged us of our enruiies; for it is a bu«e tl.ing to forget siichbeiieiils." So f»uu I was pa- cified with these words; and tWarc to his sou that he would do David no hamij for a rigbleOui discourse proved too hard for the king's auger riage. Accordingly, Saul, having no way ufigvtlSi'ilnd fear. So Jonathan- sent for David; and — ■ ■ ■ biroiight him good news frimi hi» father, that hi: wat to be pnsefred. He. ulto bnmght him to his father; and David cuutinued with the king at formerly. * 3. About thit time it was, that, upon the fhl littinet making a new ex|icdition against the Hebrews, Saul tent David wilh an army to fight with them; and joining buttle with them, be tiew many of them, and tifler hit viotury he re- turne^l to the king. But bis reception by Saul wat not at he expected upon surh tuceess, for he was grieved at his prosperity, beeause he thou|;ht be wuujd be more dangerous to liiiii by having acted to glori'ouslv: but when the hiui with playing on bis harp, and with tinging hymns; which, when David did at hiscommaud, he with great force threw the spear at him, but David wai awbre of it before it came, and avoided it, and fled to hit own house, and abode there all that day. 4. Bat at night the king sent ofSiceri. and commanded that he should b^ watched till th« _ . .. "If. - ting oflT hit cngagemcntt, a» thinking it a /base thing either to teem a liar when he proiuiie. ANTIQUITIES Of THE JEWS. own Ufa ilio, for the conlJ lintjinv^to lira in nui the were d('|in<)«(l »( him; 'mill •hn laid, '■ Let not llieiuii liwl tlicc liefe wlicii.it rinct, for if it do, Idat willlia the iHitiiiue it will wrthet!': flyaway then while the nivhl iiiny nlTord th«b« had done lo, the litlfd up abed for.hiin aiif he w«re nick, mid put under the bed-clotheiK hit futlier had no Huch intention, lince he would .Vt a goat'a liver;* and wlien her father, at toon ai ' it wsi day, aent'lo leize linvid, ibe said tu tlinii' that were thercr that he had not been well that • liighl, and nhowed them the bed royered, and made ihini believe bv the leaping of the liver, . which caiiKrd'tlie bed-clothes to move also, that . David brtitthed like one that WHS astlijiintlc. So when those tliat were seiil told Saul that David had not, been w'" ih the ni|;ht, he ordered him to be brought in that condition, for he intended to kill htm. iNow w-ben they canic nnd uiicuver- cd the bed, ^nil fuuiid out the wonian't cnotri- vance, they told it to the kin^; and when ner l.ilher coninlained of her that aho had saved his — yiieiiiy, and had pot a trick upon himself, she .invented this plausible dt.lrnce.for herself, aiid •aid, "That when he threatened tci killdier, she I lent him her ostiHtunce for his preBerynlion. out I of fear; far which her assi«lauce she oukIiI to be forgiven, because it Was not done of her ij/ku '. free choice, but nut of nciessily ; for, (said «ne,) I do not suppose that thou vvust so zenloiia to kijl thy enemy ns thou wnst that I shouUf be i(n*ed. Accordingly Saul for^ve the damsel; but David, whvn he had e«'tt)>ed thiM don({t,r, came tO'the prophet SnniucI to llnmah, and told him what snares the king had hiidfor biiH,aiid how K« was *'ery near to dtafh by Saul's throwing a ■pear at biin, although be hail been nowayguMly with relation to him, nor had >.k been cowardly in his battles with his enemies, but had succeed- ^a\ well in them all, by .God's nskistance; which Mag waa indeed the cause of S&iit'i hatred to David. 5. When the prophet waa made .itqqa.iinled with the unjuat procejidinga of the kin^, he left the city Ramah, and took David with him, to a certain placakCalled JVaioth, and there he abode writbJiiiu. But when it w)ii told Saul that David waa with the prophet, he sent suldiera to him, and ordered them to take him, and bring him to him: and when they came to Suiiiiiel, aiid found there a rongrrgation of prophets, they became paftakera of the Divine Spirit, and began to nro- phesy ^ which wh^n Saul heard of, he keiit others to David; who prophesying in like manner as did fbe first, he.again sent others; which thir^ aort propheaying Blao, at last be Waa angry, and went ' thither in great haste himself; and when he was juat by the place, Samuel, before he raw him, nrade him prophesy also. And when Snut raiiie to, him, \ie waa disordered in. niind,f and under the veheipent agitation of a spirit, and putting off his'gttrments,) he. fell down, and lay on the ground all that day and night, in the preaencc of Samuid and David. .' * Since the modern Jew* have lost tlieiifniflaation ofthe Hebraw jyord. herb iiieil, Cttir; andidnrc tbe LX&II, a« well i(a Joaephus, render it the llmr of the goat, and alnce tliit rendering, uiid^jnseplius'a arroiiiil, are here ao much more clear and prolial>leUiantlios<-or otherstitta^lmoaiunBrcauntalilelliatniiri-onmiciitatoFa ■bouM an niurhaa hesitate aliout itatriie inlcrpretatiou. t'l'heae violentahd wildaeitatinnirur Banlweniiu nie to liave lieen nomhesthnn dcinonlarul; and tliat the aame demon wliirh used lo oeivf hint siiire lie waa for' •aken of tied, and which the divine liyninsnnd paalinii , Whfch were i«ni hy the harp ofJlnvM, used to cvfcl, ' Waa now in a judirial way hrou^hi upon him, not only In order to disaitjioint hia inlentiona agninat innorent David, but to cuKMojiini to the laughter and ^oiitenipt •f all that aaWiOhiia, or lieard of tlipse liia ncitationa. aaeli Tiolcnt and wtid agitattona being never ohayrved 6. And David went thence, and name to Jona-' than, the ton of Saul, and laiiienird to him what anarrs tvcru laid for him by his father; and said, that "though he had been guilty of no evil, nor had ofl'ended against hii\i, yet he was very leal' oua to gi't him killed." llereii|)on Jonathan ex- horted him not to give rredit to bia own auspi- rinns, nor to the calumnies of those that nilseil those ireports. If there were any that did so, hut' In depend on him, and take courage; for that ire gone abroad, ' It is asurc Ihyse^that no ni.'iy be fjuVliU^Jiiit icrHi'-e, iflR wifibe n 3 flesignngatnst me. have acfjuaintrd hi'ni wjth th.nt puitter, and taken bis advice, had it been so, ai he used to cuii^lt with hyn in common when bo acted in other affairs. Rut David aware to him, that aojt was; and he draired kini rathei; to believe bim.Iand to provide for hia anfety, than to despise what he. with great sincerity,' told him: that he would be- lieve what he said, when he should cither tee him killi'd liimsrlf, or Icjiirn it upon inquiry from others; and that thf reason why bis fatlior did not tell hihi of these things, waa tliiai that he' knew of .the friendship and affection that he bore towards him. X,^ 7. Herenpon,when Jonathan found that this i^ tentton of Saul's waa so well attcated, hfc asked him, *• What he would have hiin do for him." To-which David replied, "I am aensiblo that thou nrtnjillii;; to gratify me in every thing, and procure me what I desire. Mow to-niorroW Is the new moon, and' I waa i^ccustonied to sit down then with the king at supper; now if it seem good to the«^ I wiHgouut oflnecity, and conqcarniy- aelf. prlv:ite|y there; and if Saul inqdire why I am alVsiiiit, tell him tKat I am gone to my cnvn city Bethlehem, to kern a festival witft niy own tribe; nndadd tbia also, that thou gave-tune leavesp to do. And if be say, aa ir usually sxid in the caao of friends that are gone abroad,*' tt is Well that he went,' then aaaurc ihyseL' latent miachi maater to his servant;' butf if thou diacovereat any wicked- neaa in iiie\ do thou prevent thy father, and kill me thyself." ,, 8. Biit Jonathan hrnnt these latt worda with indignatiulVi'and. promiaed to do what be deaired of hini, and to infonn him if hia father'a anAver* Jinplied any thing of a melancholy nature, and any eniuitv against bun. And thai-he might the more firmly depend. Upon hint, he took bini out into the ^ open neldj into the pure air.and aware that he would negWct nothing that n>igbt tend to the prcar/valion oHDavid; audi he said, "lap- peal to .that Uod,/who, ns tholi seest, is diffused every where, and knonVth this intention of niine, before 1 explain itAn words, as the Titcesaofthia my cpveuHnt. with /thee, that I will not leaTB^ff to make frequent, trials of the purpose of niy fatber, till I J|jBavn whether the.re be any lurking tn true jironlieta, wlien they were under the inspiration of the l^niru of <>all. Oiir other copies, widch ray the Kpirit of Kodranio upon hini, acem not ao rlirht here aa f Joiif|)liua'Kr6py, which inciitlona nothing of God at all.^ Nor doca JiwephUB aoeni to aacrihc thiaimpulae and cc- . ^laay of I'aul'aJD any olher than to his old denioniaral «plrit, whirh on'nll arroynlii appears (he moat prohaMoii No'r does tl:e former (lesi'ription of Haul's real inspirn* - tlon hy he nivtnn Spirit, 1 :i*aiii. x. 0— IS; Aniiq. B. vib ehnp.iv. aerl 2: which was before he waa become wfc™. ed, leelt arret with the dencriplion liefore ua. ^ t V\''lu of hii< miil; md wh«n I hnvp liiirnt it, I will not coni'i'iil it rrnni lh*rj.but will ili« ht: iiiii}' ^nlivnyi he. with Ihcr.Ur hr '» with tli<>«iii)W,i>ii(VtyiH hot fjrwiku 4|irV) iiid will iiiiikr llici' iiiiivrinr l.> llriiiv eiir- mii'ii, whether my father b« oiio of thi'iii, or wlu^llier I iiiyulf bti hiicIi. Do tlioii iiiily- re- iiieiiibfr what we now do: iiiu! it it fnll out ihut I die, prr>«rv« iiiy ctiihlreiitilive^BJid requi;le what kiiicliie»«'» Ihiiu hti^t now rereivi'it, to them." VV'lien III' hud tliiia iWiirii, lie iliiiniMfd David, bidding him go to a rrrlnin nluce of Ihnt plain wlicrcui he used to perf.inu ni* exerrinex, lor. that nil Hi'On kh he knew the niiud of hia fiither, he would coiiiii llillhi'ix (o him, with one aervant only: and "il' (anys lie) I thoot three durta at the mark, and then bid my aervaut to carry theae three durta uwny, for tliiy are befortv him, know thou that thcre'ia no niiavhief to be feared from my father'; but if thou heareat nie any the con' trory, expert the conttniy from the k\iig: how ever, thou alialt f;ain ocurlty by my niciina, and yhalt by no meuna auAirr any harm; but «<^e thou doat not forget what I have deaired of thee, in the tipie oftliy proaperily, ami be atrvirenble to my children." Now David, when he had re- ceived theae naaurancea from Jonathan, went hia way to theiplace ap|)ointed. '9. Uut on the next gone, according to the a^reeinent between them, to hia own city, where hia tribe kept a fcativul, and that by hia yeroiiaaion: that he alao invited him to come to theiir sacrifice ; and, (aays Jonathan,) if thou wilt (ive ni^ leave, I will go thither, for thou know- cat the good-will that I bear him." And then it waa that Jonathan underatood hia futfaer'a hatred to David, andjplltinly aaw hia entire diaposition; for Saul could not reatrain hia anger, but re- ptoached Jonathan, and icalled him the aon of a . runagate, and an enemy; and aaid, " He waa a partner with David, and hia aaaiat^Dt, and that by nil behavior he ■howed' he had no regard to himself, or to his mother, and would not oe per: iiuaded of thia; that while' David is alive, tlicir kingdom waa not secure to them; yet d|d he bid him send for him, that he might be puniahcd." And when Jonathan said, in anawer. "What hath lie done, that thou wilt puniah him?" Saul no longer contented him«elf to expreaa his anger ■n bare words, but snatched up his spear, and , leaped upon bim, and Was desirous to kill him. Ke did liot iiideeid.do^.wbat be intended, because he was hindered By Jiis friends, but it appeared plainly to his son that he hated David, and rreatiy desired to despatch him, insomuch that he had almo«t slain bis son ^ith' his own bauds on his account. ' '] ' 10. And then it was that the king's son 'rose hastily from supp«r; and being not.iible to admit any tnioS into. ^1* .month for grief, he wept, all nigtit, both because he had &iins.elf been n^(] 'destruction, apd because the death of I)trrid": so he reniovid thencf, and came to tha iniorni his friend what disppsition hja father was king of the Moabites, and dcsiied him to enteit- ia towards him. »s he had agreed wiu^him to do. tain hit parenU in his coiinti^, while the Imm «• 48 '- ^ , »? 138'* hii afliiri were in luch an uncrruin Condition, The king cruiiled hliii thiii fHVjir, Hiiil.pHiil |i;r«at reiiiect tu i>4Vid's parcnllall [ht liiuo they were with him. ANTIQUITIES OF THE jpWS. iin niui. , ' ~ '"'' ' ""•• '''""' >' ofleik. and at other llnict, a* 4. A< for hioitclf, upon the prophet 'icaqjiiiand-. weilaanow. Anil when he luid ni« that he waa ing him to leave Ijie (leaerl, and 1n^ ^u into' the' portion u/ tlia triMof J udah.und^biiUi there, he - (oniplied therewith; and coming to the city of llareth, which waa io that tribe, ho remained tln-rc. "Mow when Saul lickrd that David had! lifen Men witk-> piultitude abAut hini, he fell into no unall disturbance and trouble; but u* he knew (liat David waa • held and couragejiua-iuon, ho j:is|)ected that somewhat extraordinary would iiypeor from him, and that opcniv also, which ,^ ' noutd make him weep, -and put 'hiui jnlo dis- in-ss; so he called titgethcr to him his friends und his cuofmanders, and the tribe from which hiv was himself derived, to the hill where his phlace was; and sitting upon a plnce culled Aroura, his courtiers that werf) la miuunder», and bestowed posts of honor upon you, and sit some of you over the common |>eo- (.le, and others over the noldrers; 1 ask you, therefore, whether you expect greater and iiiore ' (luiiatiohs from the son of Jessul Kor 1' know that yon are all inrlinable to him, even my own ' son Xbnatliau himself is of that ogjuion, £lid [mr- . ' suades you to he of the iamc: fo«,;i am'' not un- •'"■■out thcso things, but you keep^ silence, and ^*>« watch to. sec what will be the upshot of these Vs.^ tilings." When the king had done his speech, - , ^ "Ot one of the rest of those thii< Were jiresent . made any answer; but Do^g (he Syrian, who fad Ids mules, said, that he sa(f David when h^ canie to the city of Nob to Ahinfelecb the high iiriest, and that he had learned fulute eveuls by »•» prophesying: that he received food from him, and the sword of (iuliath, and^vas conducted by » ..i • hjm with security to siich us he desired to go to. 'C. Saul therefore sent for the high priest, and for all his kindred, and said to them, " What ter- rible orungrateful thing bust thou suffered from ■V iue, that thou hast received the son of Jesse, and "^ hut bestowed on him both food and weapons, , . when he Was contriving to get the kiitgdomT - And further, why didst thou deliver oracles to •• him concerning futurities? J'or thou couldst not • be unacquainted that he was lied away froiu me, and that he hated my familt" But the high Srieat did not betake himself tdulcny what he had one, but «onfesaed boldly that*he had supplied • him with these things, not to gratify David7>but Saul himself: and he said, "1 did not know that he was thy adversary, but a servant of thine> who waa very faithful to thee, and tft^ptaio over ■'■ . •thousand of thy toldiers. and, what is more than Ihese, thy ap'ki-in-law^ and kinsman.- Men ' '.! do not use to,confer such favors on their ad ver- •Thtority of Nob wainot a cttjr'allotteiltotlie priests, nor li«d the prophet*, that' we know of, any particular ritlea .allotted to them.' It aeems the tabernanle waa r . ^ nowatNob,atidpfoliablya«clio6lortlu)proplietBWj[a ; • here 8lMi.lt wfa full tiro day^Jouraey On foot rnHnJe- niaalem. 1 Bam. xxi. S. The number ofprieataliei* alain in Joafpbusii three hundred and eightyUve, and but •l«htylSva In our nehrevatoptaa, yet are theytbree hun. • dted and flT^ln the eeptiut(int. I pitfer Joscphual - r-'r' . ■uSber.tWiHebfew havinf , I nippoae,^)* dipped ', thebua4nMa,lheolbertheleiie.Tbiadty«rKobaniM ■ ■ *»'».•»• f!«"«''««!*'i Or PorhapBthepBlyaeat of the baUyoriUumar, whkhhera parlahed.aeeordlnrto 2?*i. "is™' ••"*'•♦''"•««"''>«» JO BlTTBam. U. t>-^; lU. 11—18. See chap. xl». iwl.^facicalter. series, but on .those who are f tteemed to bear the highest good-will and rtsprcl |u than. Nor is this the first iime that I prttphesird for him but I have done it often, and at other limes, as sent by thee in great t>asle tout wpfit is just, and bend their whole minims and labork'tlitit way; then it 14 that they have this belief about God, that Jhe is present to all the actions of their lives, aiul that lie does not only *ee the action* that are done, but clearly know* t|)0«e their' tlioughts' also, whence those action* do arise: but when once they are advanced inlopowerand authority, tUfen they put oA' all such notion*; and as if they were no other than actors upon a theatre, they lay aside their dii)j[uised part* and manners, an^ take up boldness, insolence, and a contempLpf both human and divine laws; anrf this at a lime when they eiipccially stand in need of piety and' rlghleou:)iiess, because they are then must of all exposed to envy, and all they Ihink, and all they say. are in the view of all men; th^n it btithat they become 10 insolent in . their action*, a* though God aaw them no longer,^ t Thi* section contain* an adanirable leflecthnkpf io- scphu* conrecning tbeteneral wlckednea* of lAwi in Rreat authority, and the danncr they are In of rejectinf . thai regard to Jualire and humanity, Io divine prOri- denceand the fear of God, Which they either raaHy had, or iireteBded Io have, while they were in a lower cODdi^ tton. Itcjtn never be loo often peniaed by-king* and ' great men, noi'liyUioaeWho'texncctK^pMainiiicheteira- , teddignitiesamonsmankiii'd. Beetlielikereflecliooaqf - our JoMphn*, Antli|. B. tU. itu i.*eet. ft, at Ibk end, and ' B. vUt ch. x.*eet, S, atlhe beginning. They arttolfee like parpOit wHb'one branch ttf Agart prayer, 'Dm thinii have 1 required ofllMe, deiiy it m* notbeUm I di»: RiTO Bie not rkhes, leail be fuU and deny ttaae, and - ■ay, wHo is the Lord!' Prev; xzx. 7— ». 1 to II ludl do M T nr were s and wliati of by the elinatioh, to thein tc pleasing fa will come gard to il who had J and afl when they do I ' obtained, Vvc* also, ' luch as, 01 «re increii Wlions, n rom calui nation; a sei-ve to b •ble to ki so us fron ' «ho was nristocrac were ove: hundred | suspicion ' wickedne: >thi* a* if lender Ih priests ar ed by slaj the t'ery •o other* 8. But •lone cou *lain by £ the calam nf the sle said, " Hi follow wii there; (oi Eriest^ WQ ing, and cause of tl s(iiy then he might else. How Dm of km cemtitf { 1. M how the I country o himself t( should be him the that (iod den onset nipna, am nndcarrii inhabitan thered iu it wa* tol the men < the great not confii were don •a4.cai!k .fact a* it carried tc when be : Mid,"Gc *«iace he 'that hath ■ coamand suddenly, it„to kill this, aAd the men c BOOK VI.-CHAP. XlII, m 1 i ■ •i or want afraid of iham bceauM of Ihrir ponrfir: anil «rliatio«v«tr it it (hat lliry rithrr arc afraid of by Iha rUniori thrjr hear, or Ihey hate by in- i:lioatJah, or thry lo*« without rraanii, IhriH h>«iii tothein loba.aukhrntic, and firm, and trur, aqd plaaninK both to man and to (Sud; hut a> to what wrUI coinn heraaflcr, (hey have net the Irait ir^- gard to it. 'I'tiey ralie thoi# to honor indeed wrhu hadjyen at a great deal of paiiia fur them, and afuKfilMt honor (h«y rnvy (hem: and when (raHKfta brought thei^ into hif[h digiiity, (hey do iHH'onIr deprive (hem of what (hav had ' oUaiDi'd, butVUn, on thnt mrj ai'count, ot (heir Vret alio, and that on wicked accuMtiom, and rx(enilii no( unlv (o tui'h at de- •airve (o be puniihed, hu( tu a* iiiany at they are den onaet upon the PKiliitines with hit conipa- nipna, and he ihed a great deal of (heir blood, imd.carried ofT. (heir prer,- and itayedwitlV the Inhabitanta of iweilah, tiU they had leciirely ga- thered iu their corn and th^ir fruiu. However, i(waa (old Saul (he king, (ha(. David wat wi(h the men of Kc'ilah; for What had been done, and the great lucceii that had attenilcd him. Were not confined Among (he pee>)e where the thuiga were done, 6ut Ih^fanie or it weiiC all abroyu, an4.cank: (o (he hearing of others, and bo(h the .fact at it itgod, apd the author of the' fact, were carried to the king's can. Then j^t Saul clad : when he heard lhat,I}avid wat in XTilah; and be ^ tMd."God hath non itut'faim in;to my hands, 'Slice he hath obliged niin to come into a ci(y '(hat hath walla, and ga^s, and bare." So he - commanded all (he people to set upon Keilah soddenW, and whc^they had besieged ^nd lakes . itikto kill Pavid. But when David perceired this, and learnM of God, that if he stayed there, ' themenorKeilah would deliver bim up to'Saul, he took bit four hundred men, knd retired into a desert (hat wat ovitr agnjnil a city calliMJ Kngedi. Ho whei. the king hiard that ha was Hed away from the men of Keilah, he left pif bit aipadl* tiun airainst him. ' 3. Then David removed thence, and came to.a ' certain place, calb'd the New Place, belonging In 7Ap\\; where Jonathan, (he ton of Saul, came (o ' hiin.and *Hlu(ed him, and eximrtrd bini to be of gojtil courage.^nd to hope will %» lo hit condi- tijMiereafter, and not to deipoiid at hit pretcnt ciroiniitancet, fur (ha( he thuuld be king, and have nil the forcri ^f the llibrewi Hnilcrhim; biit l»ld him, that ouch hnp|iiiir»s u»i't lo comr with great labor and paint; thry alto took nalhii, that tney would all tlieir lives lo^g continue in gnoil-will and fidility one to anothfr; mid ht> called (iod tu wilne**, at lo what eiecratioui hi* made upon Iriuitelf, if he thVuld ,lran«griiit;hi«' ' cuverfi|i>t,nnd thuuld cbungi' Iu a cuhtrary befiu- Vtbr. So Jonathnh teft< hiift thrre, having; ren- dereil hit caret aniHfeaft^iumrwhat lightrr, and rrturned home. IVow the men of ZJph, tu giM- tify Haul, informed him that David abuili! with (hem, and [amurcd bimj that if he would conir tj'lhi'ui. thrJr Would deliver hiui up, to thnt if (hr king could aeiic on the ttraiti uf /iph, David Cdiild Jiot escape to any otiirr people. ' H" thi' kinc c'onmieiidrd thnii, and coulVtoii^d tlisit he hna reason to thauk thclii, birauac thvy had given bim inforiimtiou of hit cnriiiy ; and he pro- III iti'd them thnt it tl^uuM nut liu lung ere he would rei|uite their kiiidiiis^. He altu tr.nt iiiei»< to teek fur David, and tu tei\n'h the wilderncta wherein he wnt; andlir unswrrrd, Ihut he hiin- telf wuuld follow (hem. - Acconlingly, (hrv went liefure the king, tu hunt fgr, ijnd Iu cnlch Dnvi^l, iiml u«rd eiiiiinvort, nrt( unly (i> tbow tlieir good-will (o Snul, bv iiil'uriniiig bitu where his rnehiy wns, ()ii( tu eviiliiicc (he sniiie lunre plain- ly by ikiliveriag him up intu tiin poivir. Kiit thrne men failed nf tl^si' tlieir unjust and wicki il (leKiret, who, wliilii tney uiiilrrwiiit no h.iii.i>nl by nut diicnveriiig such un Duibition of revealing this to Snul, yet did they faUcly arcuti', and pro- inf«e to deliver up,va nihil btluvvd of (iod, and due that «vas uiiiuHtiy tuu^ifht foi- to bi' put to fleuth,'nud one Uiu( mi^hl nihcrwite huvu lain coni'cnled, and (hi* out of ilnlterv, and expectu- - tioii of gniii from the king; for wlien lliivid >vas apprized of the inalipmnt intcntiiin of the men of Ziph, aiid of the approach of Saul, he U'f( (hn . 'i<(niitt"of(hn( country, and lied (u the great rock that wnt in the wilderiiett of Miuin; .4. % Hereupoti, Saul made hatt^- to purtnhim thither; far at he was mnrchiiig, he iKarntdTthnt DnWd wns gotfe away from (lie simi(»of Ziph, and Saul removed (ojhe uther side of (he rock. Itut the report that, the I'hilistines had agiiili made an incursion into, (he country of the Tle- breWt, called Snul another way from the liurtui' nf^David, when lie wan ready tu be cnuglit; foi he. returned back again lo oippute tliotc Philit- linei, who were naturally their encmirt, atjudg ing it more neccttary to avenge himsijTf ol them thanf ihe danger he was in, aiid came to the straits of Rngedi. And when Saul biid dri- ven the Philiatines out of the .and there Mia. 'somemesseDgers, who told hm|!lbat4)avidnode' within (he boundtwf Rnged): to he tooklihree thousand rhosiin men that wcriB armed, and made haste to him, add when he wa^not far Warn (hose places.' he saw ■ deip and hpllW oavjf by the way tide; it was opeii to ri great leof^h and b(!epdth,.and (hei^ it was that David with hisj four hondred men were concealed. When' there- fore he had occasion to ease nature, he entered into it^ himielf alone; and being tccp by one .;{?■ (»t ANTIQI'ITIKS or Tiir. 3K\\H. \- of hiiviil'i rnnipaiiioni, mill h» thiU mW him. •tiyiiig tu him, (lint ■■l«! Imit now, by (iiMl't pro- ' vidatnic, nil ci|i|iurtiinily u( nviinfifiiiK liMiiaell ul ' liit ■ilvifanrvi •ml uuviajiii; liim tu i ul oil hlfi lieiiil, and DilrlWer lilmiiil' nut o( (hut tviltou* waiulcrinKruuilition, Hiiil tlieilUtrt-M lir wni in," he r<», anil only cut oil' tfir iikirt ul' lh»l j^hT' iiirni whirh Si'iil liiwl un. Hut ittoii Id- rc|n'iil<:l«r, iiiid one nliiiin Ctoil hiiil lliotiKht worthy of tiff. kin;;i(lvni: "I'ur lh«t HUIioiit;h h(^ w< rti'wicki'iity diiiiidalil t«w»r(l| UH, yf t dot'H it not b< h()Vt^ji|if to Ix- ho diii|nt»H('il lownrdu liiin," llul wIrtjipiMl iwi lil'l thcciive, Duvid rnuie near, an^l Jt)>«l^^ny ulnud, Had ilc- •Ireit Haul U> hriir liiA - wfirEKupun the kfn||^ turnrd hit fana back, had DuVid, iiccurdinyj ti) cuatqni, Cell down uu hia ficor bi'l^iri' th« king, and ftuwiil to liiai; and i^iin, "0 kinji;, thuu ouf;(il<'>t not to hriirkrn to ttiikvil nun, liur to aui^lt, ui> (urgt caluniniea, iiuf tu KrntiiV tliriii/o fur «i to btliuvs whiit tlisy my, lior- to rntff- (uin xiiipiciohi of lueh U4 Hf« your Ui' niHO, Wonia inderd, ia* tlujr una nature, amy Ins I'ilhir true or CiUr, but tara'a uclion* ixpoxr. Ilicir ialnillonn hnkodly tQ pur view, liy thr*r, tlicrt.t'iiri', it will bo well fur thee (u liitieve nie, 111 to lay ri'i^nnl to thee and to thv lioufi', atui not to bt liuve thuae that fruine iui:n lU'Cu^ntion< u^uili't iiiG lu neveT CHiae iato niy aiiiiil, uur are )i iHsible to be executed, and do (hit larttirr by |iiirauiii2 uftiT niy life, and hiivu no cunrrrn either iTay or night,vbitt hoW to coin|)aHH liiy life ■ad to niardcr me, which thing I think thoudoat unjustly proaecute. I'ur how coi'iiua it uhouT, Ihut thou lia|t eiubmced Ihia I'lilsc ouiiiioii hboiit ine^.aikif I had a dtnire tokil) tlire? Or how fiiiut (hou t'UHiX the crime of inipiely taw:»r(la t',»d when thou wiaheat thou thine advenary, u iiinn thia dily to avcnj^e hiniaelf, utid to pi but would not do itv nor ii^kc uxe of auch iin op' pot'tunity, which, if it had tallin out to thee ■guinit me, thou hndat not let it allp; for when 1 cut off the skirt of thy giiriacnt, I could h«ve don%.the •nnie to thy' head?" So he showed him the piece of his guriiii'iit, und thereby nifde blai agree to what he said to be true; wnd. added, " I, fur certuiny have abstained froai ta-^ king a just revenge upon thee,* yi t art liiounot •abanutd tu'proaecutii me with unjuit hatred: May Ond do justice, and determine about ea);h of our ditpositioas." ^But Siiul was eiinicennt (he atnla^e delivery he had recuiviil; «nd being greatly ull'ected with the' ntoderat juii iiiid di^tfiu- aitton of the young luun, he groaned: ami .when David had (lone the anaie, the king unswerrd, that "he had the jAjttX bccasibti.to groan,, for thou hast been the author of good to me,«t.I have been the author of calaiikity to thee. AAd tKou bast, demonstrated this day, that thou ])os- lessest the righteuuaneas of the aircieuti, wh6 determined that men ought to s»vc their enemies, though they caught thoiii in a desert place. I ■■■ liow persuaded , that Rod reserves the king- dom for thee, and that thou wiU obtain the do- minion overall the Hebrews. Give nie thenas- auranCe. upon oath, that tlion wilt nqt root out ju''^ faiiii|y, nor, out of reinemhrance of i^at evil 'I Iiave (lone thee, destroy ply posterity, bnt "ve and preserve my house. So David sware a* he *ThiaphraMin Daviil'i speech to Oaul, a> Ntdown M loaeplnu, that ha had abatained from ja*t mtngt, Dutame in mind of the like wordi In the ApoMolical CanaUtutk>na,B. vii. chap, il.thal 'retrenge ia not evil, bntpatienceia mora hopotable.' .. ' f Thenumherof mentlMtcanieflrBtt6David,aredis- tliicUjr lnJ(|^pliiia,Bnd inoureomwoh copies, bill four I V ,u mil (iivf I VJi iiii.v riiii^i e of ininiety towifrda tlod, lou CuuhUt kill, and dctmeat ia wlio ha|l it ^ his |>oWer liiniself, and to puaisli thiie^ deairrd, and smt bar|| M\i\ to his own kin^loia, but 'he, and ihiiM' tiiat vlxra with hinu Wrii1(l^n|i to the Btrai(^<>( Bunibc'r of dilya, liot looking on it lis a sorrow for the death of nuolher aiua, but a* that in which they iiierc every one tlirmaelvo iianirned, H* waa a rightruua ainn, and ^(entle (n.hia iial&fe and on tlitit account he was lery di.ivr (o tiod. Now he governed aail prtsldod uvi r (he people aloa<'. alter (he dra(h of Kit (lie hi^h priest.' Iwi Ive yeara, and eighteen yenri tT the city nt'Mnnn, wbowaajjih, anil hail u vn''l '"' niigh( do what he now did for many ylwrt to ronie, but ie was wroth ; ijjlid cnmnianded four hundred armed lueii-tf) fol- low him; and left two hundred to littcecareof the 'slulT, (forhe had already six hundred,)'^ and went against Nabal; he also sware, that he would that night utterly destroy the whole h»uae and pos- jSeaaions of Nabid : for that be was grieved, not only that he had proved uhgraiefal to (hem without ipaklngany retarrf-for the humanity they had shown him, but that he also had reproached them, and uaed ill language to them, when he ' had received no cause of disgust from Iheiu. hundred. When ho w.ai at Keilah, still but fohr han dred, l|Oth In JoMphua and in tli|il Ih* Hiidn the wiw not worthy 'to touch hi* frrtt hoW»»nr« of N«biil, Mid lo lii«M>Wlrr»i, Niilml • w(l'», that ,«tir tiini* with ill h*r^"'r»»nH, nikI IxrHnia hM ••whm l>i»vtil lent li> n*>r hiulraiiil, he Imil rrrti- vail ni/i'ivtl aiKWrr ■>! $H from hlui, liul Ihitl lior liu>t>iiiiil hull m«ft«-o»rft »il(l«il very n (iruiii'lifiil lnH^uuKr, whila }<;l Utvii) (Aid Ittki'ii I'll^rnonli- nary rura to krep hit |clt)t {n>iii l^nnii, nhd (li*t what liaif (tini^rd wiiulq pniVK vtrj' prrini'iout (o lii« iiiniit^r." VVhi'ii lti« •rrVwit hliil luid lltii, AbiKHd, Inr thitt win thf wi(i>"» imiin, HiulilliMf r, ill iiiiMii niiH witnu Of lliul lif riKi'iKlilibI hi» le lli'liriw tMiKiirlitutni- iilu litr iipoliifcj, "Tint <«|U!cii«llv at ](;ly UhvIii uc- IvTiMMD, Diiil liiiiili'il lliriu ivitl>lill Dort^iif prr- tcnla: milt nlllioill l< IliiiK m-r huithniid niiy lliin); of whul thi' win iiliiiiil, (t'or'ii)! i^iU iiol (i-iiHihli*^ iiH nrcouilt III' hit ilruiiktiiiiriii,) »KA wrnl lii Oa- vid. Khn tliiii iiii'l l|y Dnviil Bf\"K 'IK^.K't ^illlllll with fii)ir hiiiiiln'd nun. Whrn lh» wutiinn >aw Ua\iil..ihi' li H|n'(lilii»ii froiii hir n»ip««t tliVMlf iniio- Ami, Mm will nvtiiijc lli«, Ironi mi;' iiiid iillt iif ri'|;iiril to nic.WiiMt tliiit wialh nnd thiit nrti(rr tvhinh lliou lin»^u,i{rtiii|t my hiittmnd i\n'il hin lioinr, forliiihl- ii(iil hi.ii'iunily'lic(;oiH»i'in another day, I havind iworut to dcMroy JSiiiinl'ii hiiniio tliU vrry nii^fit. and to l«Bve aliv« not oneof ynii who'b«lonK«d to a man thnt tVHH wirkid'mii'.'.ii.ijcratcfuf to iiic niid niy conipanioiM: liul iiiiw hiuit thou prrvtliti'd inr, ami wawiiiibly iiiullilic'il my anj^er, tan bcln|( thy- 4elftueht «f ' God. 10 wlioiii v#npeniiic Iclonqclli, I'imiJ, xxxll. ffl; rialm xci». ); Hell. x. Mrand who wiM take venseance on the wicked. And slnre all (JimI's, Jiidirnieiits aro — just.and all fil toliee»friili:rt.iind Blt^t lenitlli fiirthfi wile; having rii-eivi'd timt honor on account of . htr wise hiiiI riKhtroiis cuursr ol life. Hlie also olilained the same lionor, partly on acciiunl of hrr bennty. Now Llavid had a w|,frbrlorr,wbom' lie niarrieil from the rily of'Abrsar; for as to Michiil, the daufthter of liinK Knul, who had been Marid's wile, her fulhir had itiven htr in niHr- rin|;i! Ii> I'halti the son of Ilace of the country Sanlniis nireinly come; uiid when they told hiiii that hewasatlijihil ih, he conceal- ed his KoinK aituy froin his own runipanioiis, uiiil cmnti to Saul's cump,' huvipi; tikin with him Abishiii, his slslir Xi-riliiilif son, AHil Ahinirl^ch , tlie llitlile. i\ow ShijI was Usliep, and the arm- ed men, with Abiiir lli>irconnnuuiler, lay round nlioul lijin in n cinlc. IliriiipOn Dnvid entered into the kin)('S teni : but he diil neither kill Siiul, though he knew whi re he liiy, liv thr spenr that WHS rlriick ilowH by hhu, nor irnl he |;ive Icavi: to Aliiitiui, who wuujil have killnl him, and w'lis eiirneMly bent upon ri, so to lio; fur he' said, " It was a horrid crime to kilfone^that was onlained kiuif by (iiMl, ulthouK'i he wusawirked man: for thnt lie who (;iivO liiin the dominion, would ill time inllict puniahnieut upon him." So he re- llrnined his ea^i'riii't of their sleep, and called both 16 bhii and tu (he people. Hereupon the commander heard hini, and asked who it was that called hiniT To whom J)avid replied, " It is I, the son of tf esse, n hoin ymi hinke-a vagabond. Itut what is the niatterT Dost thou, that art ■ man of so great dignity, end of the first ^ank iik tho klng'^ court,' take so little care of thy paster's body 'f and is a sleep of more consequence to_ thee than his presi^rvntioii. and thy care of hiniT 'I'his negligence of yours deserves death, and punish- ment to be inltlcted on you, who never perceived whin>a little while ago some of ii» entered into your camp, nay, as fill as to the king hiriiself, and all the restuf you. If thou louk for the king's spear, and his cruse of water, thou wilt learn what a mighty misfortune was reaily to overtake yon in your very caiiin without vour knowing of it.''' Kow, when Saul knew David's voice, and understood that when he'had him in his |H>wer while hiii was n.'.leep, iind his guifrds took no' care of hini, yet did not he killhiin, bu\ spared be the meaning of this phrase of heaping cvalaof flreon tlieir heads. t We woy noje here, llmt how snrred soever an oath was esteemed nnioiiKtli* people ef'Tod In old limes, thev did not think it oliliciiury where the action wot . Elainly unlawful: fur so we see it was In this cat* of Inviil.who, althoush t lo.lind sworn to destroy Nahal , I dors he here, and I tein. XXV. TB— : 34. blcfaOnl'fpr preventing I and his family, yei < frnm .h,»IHlng of lilnoit. lis hp had sworn to do. good of the pcrsou* punislied, I incline to think that to ~T, Its ANTIQUITIES OK TIIK. JKWH. r . Jh k . .him whfn ha ini(hl juilly ha** rut him off, ha tail), that "ha nwail hliu ihaiikt fur hit praiar- vali>>ai ami rihorlaii hliii (o ba of (tHKl cuiiraca,, ■ml nol (u ha arraiil iif tuAfrinK »ny |hi«'hl«f friiin him an) iiiori', ami In return In hi* own home, Air hi^ nm nii«kbnat(,alinn< M hit KoiHl-ttill to hint! Ihal h« had rnrrr». v|>l linili! thpin ii-nd i)ii had n<> mind lo coiitiiivt! in Ihc'rity of (ialh> bul driired the king, that, ainca he had receiviul him with Mich humanily, that he would i;rant hlhi another favor, Hiid bi-ttow upon him •oine plare^af that country for hia habilnlign; for hlinri, wui foiirnioiitlM and twinty ilnya. And now he privately ntUcked thoie (ieajiuritea •nd Amalekitca that were lirighbon to the I'hi- liitloea, and laid' wiiiite their ruunlry, ana»l« and canieU,, and thin returned home; but David iibttainrd from Ihe ■ten, aa fearing they ahould dincuver him to king AcbUh, yet did he jend iiart of the prry to him u • free gift. And when the king iiHpilred l^om th^ hid attacked when tliey l)ruu|i;ht •wav the prer, he taiil thoae that Iny on the •oulh of the Jewa, and inhabited in the plain; whereby he pcrtuadeil Aclijah to ap|.irov« of what be had (lone, for>.« hoped that Duvid had fought agaiiTtt hia ow^nalion, nnil that how be ahould hi^ve hitn for hia'icryant all hia lil'v long, and that he would, atay jp his country. CHAP. XIV. . f/oit Saul, iipim God'inol nniteerin^ him eon- etminglht Fighl with Iht Philislintt, dttirtd a ntcromnnlic IVomanJo mint up Iht Soul ^ Samutl fo Tiim ; and how lit d%td, with hit Son; vfon the overlhrow of the titbreiei inButtU. i i. About tht aame time the I'hiliatinei re- olved to niatie war agninsit the Iiraclilsea, and lent to all their confederatea that they would g( ■jong^with theni to the war to Re ggf n,_ [near thi benue they nllglit gather, them- and suddenly attack the He- hrawa. Than dhl Arhiah, lha kiac of Oalh, da- kir* David to aiaiti them with hU atmeil aiaa agalnat the Hahraava. Thia h* readily pmmitaHl, aad said, thatUha tini* was now r-iiiia wherein hr might rriiuita him for hia kimlnra* and h called him out of Hades. When be aupcaretl, and the woman s«w one that was venerable, ahd of • divine form, she Was in disorder; nod being astonished at the sight, she said, ■■ Art not thou king Saul?" for Samuel bfd informed her wbol be was. When he had own^ that to be true, and) had asked her whence her (|isorder arose, sbe \ said, that "she saw a certain person ascenda 1 who in his form was like to gbd." *"*■ — *— he bade her tell him what he reseq habit he appeared, and of what age told bim, "He was an old man aire glorious personage, and had on a lacer tie." So the king discovered by th«s said, "That bis enemies > pressed heavily upon him; that be w» in ^^'strcj*t what to do in hia present circumstances;' that he waa fomken of~ uod, And could obtain no .prediction of wfitt r tt % nrxiK vi.-riiAP. xiv. in rnniinKt n»tlli«r Hjr (imph*** nor ilr^amt, lllit* wpr*ll fitrtHfr upon I «■• „. , . , , , aMl lllal iIk'MI •••» lh« rvKtoiio^lw I hitr)! ra- mitthcr •ulijrri, wMili will ■llurU Iti* »n »|i|iur ~ af ," tuniljt i>r ilLfiiiiiin^iti UH iklmt !• ftr ll»' i»l' I'lturM lo Ihrr, wliu iilwa)* Iu4k*al <«** uf nif Hul iMMiiurl, ••■•ii>K that'll/ rnil «( MMiil'a lifp WMCiiiiM',* •ai<>a, with thy MmK, ahall fkll in th« Imlllr lii'iii"ri«w, antl thiiu (halt ihcn ha Willi w f i4i Hntlcf." 1 3. W'hrn Saul hail hrunl lliii, h« tuulil kill •naak fur grief, and fall iluwii on lli« |ti*qr. whr- ln«r it waia from tlir torrow that feroM u|K>n what Haniurl had uiil, or front hi> *iiiiit>n«ii, fi>r h r- oua initanrn of forliinvla IlinK, wlil< li it Haa mil lawful fir her to havi' dour, h< riiiiin- ul' thr li ur aba wat umlrr uf thr kin|^, wliiUi aba kiitw luil who b« waa, y«t diiR'^he undcrtakt' it, and ko tbrouKh wilh il, on wlii('|i atconnl alia i-nln jl«d hliu to ailuiil that ii liiblti and lood iiiiglit bt 4«t baforo him, thai i>* uiignt rucuvar hit •lr<'ii|(lh, and BO r<^l tafa to hi* own i nnip. Anil wh> n Im opiKiat'd her inoilon, Hili| eiilinly rijki'liil il, tij, reaaon uf hi' anxiety, »li<< f»n:i'il him, aii<] nt Itiiit pcrtuadvd bitu lu it. Aiuw aha hikd anr ralf that aba waa vary fond iif^ mid one that aha took ii (rant da«l of care of, and M it heripll, fur ali,« WM ■ wiiHian that j^ot her living (i) the liijb' advautage It wouhl ba well therefore (0 imitate the example of tllT|Mvoiii to think that nothing li better, nor more be- c6{iiiuii; iiiaDkiiid, thin auch a general beiieti- >ec, nor what will auoner render UW favora- ble, and ready, tu bcatuw good Ihinga iipon ua. And ao faj^may auiDce to hftv* apoken conKerbing • TbIaMatorjiofflitnratonaatlailon.iratwtohawid;*, aa wa render lli||4l|e'>niw word tieria, but with a aaim- awacar, iir(li*^lrtaie lilatorjr ahowa, ia eaaily under- atood, eaped^Blii it' we coiiaiilt Iha rerO||nillonii atCla- maiit, h. I. enaji. T. ut 'arte, an^ arore lirlefly, and nea- rar the dafaofflnffluel, fnlaa. xlvl. W. "Pamnet pro- phaaM arar liis death, iind uliawed. the klnii hki end; andlifed up Mavoirxfroin tlje earth In |iroplo accompjaliiurnt nf tiiia pratliitioB, the vary nCAl day, iicnidf nt lo augninv >ili'iiil auit'^l. Ill Iha taale III KiHiil mrii, and will eiHiiHraga thrui all in III* pi'uaei-iilMiti uf virliK, ami ia ca- (■utile of ahliWiilg III) HI tll>> lllrlhu«l llf ai'l|ulrlHg llhiry, and an ivl'rlB-liii|( ti<\t» , bimI of lin|irinl- iiig III the kiiiira iil ii.iIkiik, uii'I lhi> liul> ra of I'i- llra, grial imiliuitma and ililip^riii't' nf ilulug (tell; a* aUuiuf eiuouraaiiiK thtm M uwltrgo daiigira, aiid lu iiia tor ilitir I'uuMiiii'a, aail of iiiaiiiH ilii)( Ih'in 4>iiw lo d«i>|iii« All the mnat ter- rilile ailvi lailKt, nliil I havr ii fair iMiatinuof fertd lit* lo y Mniil, kinjc of llie llrbrewi. ' fur ulthouKli he kiMW tvhNi waa coming upon hiiii,,iinr aw far III imltiJtU' thi' luve uf lifi , na lii iKliay hia own |N'M|ili' ld'lh<> eiivAiy, ur lu bring li iU>Krara un hia I'oj'il <'l|!<<*l>i hut • kiiii'** auiijei la, and Tlial II Wfia lirtlt r hii iuiu ihriuld die ttiua, thijw- iiig Ihi-ir i'r.iira(;p, than In |raii' Ihmi In Iheii Miii'trluiu CiiiMlm;! aitt rwitrd, iahilr, inaliutl uf auci-taaion and ))o»ti'rily, they gaiiuil rtMiiiiiLiiala.- , tioli and a Liatliig uuinr. Such H iinv aloiie ai'eiua lu inc lii-liii II jftat, n cuiirauroliai n'l'l i' pruiUiit man; and t\ii>n aiiv' one iiaa^arritid at llira«) iliaiMMitiiiii', nt ihiilt hi reufler arrive at IIkih. he ia the iii.in that .i>iij;lil tubi' by "11 liuliori'il wil'li llie lealiiniili'y of ^i virtuiiui or ctiurnteoua iimii; fur aa lo ihoM: llint )^u out tu war w illi hiipea of auctrera, ami that^hti ahull return «af«, auppo- aing llu'} hnti'yfrluiiiieil Mitiiegluiiiiua acliuii, I 'think Ihoae ilu'iit ilii well wliu cnll ihean vatliant men. aa ao mauy hiatormiiafaiid other writera who tniut uf them are wont id ilo, althuuKh I ciMil'eaa tl^ae do juaMy ilrarrve aomr CiiiniiK nda- lion ulto; lull thiiae iiiiily niny lii' riylnl cuurage- oua and bold In great iindarliikniga, aiKl deaiiU Ijvraltieii. who imitate Sau|; fur aa fur thiite ihuMo nut kmiw what the event of war Will he aa lo (ht-ma< Ivcli. and though they ilii not fiiiiit in it. biiitieliver themaelvea up lu uncertain fulurilyi ni|^ mi' loaaed tliia way anil llinl way, fhia la not «u vi rv iniiurnt an iiialuncv of n gen- eruua uiiiiil, kitnough they hap|H-n to ptrlurm uKiiy 'uveHt exj.loilii; but when nn ii'a niiiiita ex- |>H:1 inWooK^i veul, hyt they kimw liefureliand they iniiS die, ana that they niuat undergii that (KiUtli in (he bailie alio, uflrr thia ueilhi r ^o ba allril^hteit, noi^ to be a'toniaheil ur llie Urrible fate that ia cuiuiiig. but tu gu directly upon it, wiien they know it befoiehund. thia it ia thai I ealeeiti ilie charuclcr of a man truly rxiurageoua. /Vccor 'iili|;ly, thia Saul did. and thi n^liy deittoa- atratril that nil men who dcjirn fame uflrr they art |!i".til, arc- an to act at they may obtiiiii the tame: thit ea{i<^ally c'onl^ema kinga', who oaght not tu think it /l^ui;h in their high italinn tliat they arc not wicked in the goveimUent uf llileir aulijiclt, hut to be more than moilerlttely gnoil to thei.1. I ciiiild tay inon* tiffin thiti uIhiiiI SkIiI Hll'l Ilia courage, the aidiject iifibritiiig iiialtnr auf. ficient; but that I niay not iip|)eur tu run out impi'u|Hrly in hia coinmeudatiiin. f return aif^nm to that hia'liiry frum which I made tbia dif^rctaion po'liem.'a atalnat Itie naliiralteiiaeortHrh anck-nt and aii'iienllc liiaioi kt, I take llieiu to be of very mall va- lue or rwitiilernlion. fT'.rai' frriit ronimandnlioiia of thit necroroaritte woiiiii'i of y..i\ot. and of H»ul> martial cvntage, when, yet lie knew *ie •lionM die In the htitia.ara aomewiiat uiiunnal dliiremiiina to Jotcphua. They aeem iti he ex- (rHi-lcd froui tome tpecrliea oi dcclaAiatiOBa of hki, mm poaci! formerly In Ike way ofuralory. that htr l>y hhn. and wnlrh lie ihnuelit i^t to Intert upon tliia Hfore (W Aniiq. h. jl. ena& v ■act 8. . - t ■ ^ ": y-".' ANTIQmTli:ii <)l' THE JKWi. I S. Now «rb«a Ik* Phtlitiiiwa, m I hIiI htton, lta«l iillrhril lh«lr runp, ■ml kail (nkcu tin •< ' fiiiinl 'if lh>ir furfM. aroinling In ihcir Anli'in*. ,M(I kingiloiiii, tNtl Kox-rniiMHU, king Aihltn miiia litil iif nil with Inn iiwn «rNiy ; •Clor whiim I'miDi DiiriU *ilh hl« lo huiKlrirtl •rnicil iiifn- Anf lh« I'hilittinri •aw hiiH, Ihtf ukml iha king wk«ac« lh*t* ll«- brf w* c«ni», iimI al whoM Intttatinn. Ma aa- ■wmil, lliat '■!( w*« Itaviii, who wna Ant awajr fttim liK iiiaitt'k' Maul, aiiil lh«l ha liail riiUrlain- ad hliii nhrn ha rainn l« tinii, anil thai nuW lia wa* willing III maka him a r«i|ullal Utt ht» fa- vor*, ami I'll uv«n||v kiiiiwlf U|Min Naul, ami m> wa> tiiTimni hia t imlriUrala." 'I'ha iiiiiiiiianilrr* •'niii|iUincil of ihii, Ihal hn kaii Ukrn hini I ir n Kniitolirala who waa an rnaiiijri anil ||ii«i< him cuiiiiaal III •vnti him awajr, Ual ha ahmihl una- . warva iln hi* nHamla a (raal ilval of miaiihiaf li,r rnlt-rUliiiNg kiiii, for Ihal ba aAcinJixl liiiii an uii- |iiirliiuit;f irf licliiK Vvi'iiiii'ilril tu hia iiiaalvr by iluiiin iiiiai'blal l« "ur nrnij. TliKjr Ihirruima itvatri il him, nut iif a prOili>nl fomiKliI nf llya, to Mini hiiuaway, wllh hit ait hiuulrril aniiail Main, i« tlM> (lU** h« had jti«fi» kim f.>» hit haW- talion; lh>itlh)t •huwii irnsal ililiKim-a ami kimlnraa iiImiiI iiir, ami un llial aiTmiiil itwa« Ihal I look Ihrv lor III/ roiil'ril!i howaxr, W^ial I hiiva iluiii> cluca uul plraaa thr roiiiniaiiili'Ta of Ihn I'hilialiaai) fa ifirrafore wltkin a ilajr'alinia lo llir iil«<^e 1 have givvu th««, wilhoiit aiia|V<'lliiK niijr litii'in, uiiil lliera keep my roiiiitry'. Ii^al any •r uur rni'iniicaahoulil niiike an iiK-un4uii upon il, whii-h will be one part of thai aa«i»tuiic« which I KxpiM'l fruni ihee." So flatiil uaiiie ttt /ikinu;, H* Iha king ■>( (iath liiil bini; but it hap- peneil, that while Tie wai^one lo III* aaaiatante uf the fhtlialiiive, thii Aiiial«\ltea bail iimile an Wcurai'Mi, anil taken Xil^hN);; lirfore, anil hail burnt II : ami when Ibejr hint lak'n a trt'ot deal of Ofher prey out of Ibut Uilaci', anil out of the Mner paiituf the Philiatiaei' iMiinlry, they tle- fwrted. «. Now when OavitI fuuml that Ziklar wa* laid waale, Hml th»t it wua all apoileii, nmi -that •i well hia own wivM, who wiiri: Iwo, hi the Wlvai of hia conipailiona, wllh ^ifir children, ' were mail* captinei, be nreaaiitly rent lila clothea, weeplnjt and laiiieniing, lugelher with hUlrieoila; and indeed he wna ao rait down with theae niial'orlunea, that al Icni-tli 'lenra theiiuelvea faiUd him. He wni al*<« in daUKi-r of being atoned lo druth by bii cunipaiiiuni, who ware greatly afflinled al the captivity of their wivea and < filMr, n, for they liiid the blame upon him of what hail Impiiciieu. Hut when be hiul recovered hiiiiaejf uiitof hia^rief.nnd had raiaeil up hia mind to iiod, he ileaireil the high prieal AoiaUiar'tu put un hia Mcerdolal garmenli, :iiid to inquire of (jod. anil to propheay to him, •' Whether (Jod would Rninl, thul if he puranrd after Ihi- AiiiaKkiUa, br ahould ovi rtake. thi'iii, and aa«e their wivta and their childrr'n, uiid avenge hiiiiaeiron thi; «nemici." And ivhcii the high prieat baile hiaa piirtue affei' lh«;m, kr marOMd apace, with hia aix hundred ni«tid niaila iia« of him v ■ guide to And out Ihv Aiiki- Ifkllit, and when hi had overtaken Iheiii, aa they lay atalterad alHiut on the groand, foine al dinner, aome dlaonlereil, and entirely drank wllh wine, and in ihe Iruilion of their ajHiila ami lh< ir prry, ht lell uiN>n iheni on Ihe aiKldrii, ami inaile a great alauglitrr aniong Ibeni, for they were naked, and eifiertad no ait<;h thing, hut haul lielaken Ihemaelvee lo drinking and feaating, ami ao they were all ready dialruyed. Now aoiua ul Ihi'in that were ovrrlakrn aa they lay at ike lalile. Hire aUiii in Ihal poalnre, and their liloml liruiiKhl up Wllh it their mrnt and Iheir drink. They alew iilhera of Ihrm aa they varre drinking to one another in th«(r i:upa, and anme of Ihani when Iheir full belllea had made Ihein (all aaleap; and for ail nianv iia had time lo put on idl iliair armor, they iliw Ibeui Willi Ihe awoid wilh no leaaeaae than lliey did thoae Ihal wer« inked ) amtforllMi partiaana of l>avid, they rrinlinneil ulan tha alaughlrr from the llral hour of ihe itay to Iha evening, "O that Ihere were not above four huiiilri'd of Ihe Atnulekilea lilt, iind they only eacajied by Ketliiig upiiii Ihrir droiiiedariea anil ranieta, Ai'i-onlingty, David recovered mil only all the aiMiila which tha eneniy had carried away, but l|it wivri alao, and Ihe wive* of hia rnninaiv- ioiii. Hill whin Ihev were cuiiie to the ylace where they hod lill ifie two hundred men, wliirb were not able lo follow them, hut were b It ip ' lake rare of the alulf, the four hundred men did not think III to ilivida auion|( Ikem any njhar paria of what they ha«l gollen, or of Ihe prey, ainie they did not acriini|Hiiiy Iheni, bul pre- leudrd In br feeble, and did not lollow llii in in the pureuit of the enemy, hut aaid, they ihoujd be contenled to have aafely recovered Ihalr wivea: yet did David pronouni-e, Ihal Ihia opinion nfthrira wa* evil ami iiiijnal, ami thai when vq hiin luitcDancc, both meat aiitl drink, and thereby ♦inn provrfnf in npon them. Uu't Saul biinaelf lIcdjIiavMi'i a rtr n;,- bu (y of aoMicru about liini; and 14^X111 111,! rhilisliiuea aeajing after him liioaa hut lni#-v |.i«,'|;>i. nikl ahot arrow*, he loat all KK)K VI.— CIIAr. XW. ISO km ••, tor lo •ii^flw ••]» Iwi". ••<» y«« *•♦ [ Mt abM to kill hlma«lr, tia n)it(~ttt lb* mainx •limilil t«k« Imiii iIix Hut lii< arintr' hMr** imt lUrlng •» kilf >»• n>*M>r, liailrcw In* own (wori^ •ml iilwinK kiniuir iwinl. h* Ih^w ninMiru uimik U, iml wlini h* ■ iMllil ii«llh«r run li Ihriiiign linn, nor >>« IvuninK •|«lui U, ulnlir Ihii •wiiril iNut lliriiiij|li liini, lir umml hini ntMMl, ■ml mIhhI ■ rtrlaln )r»Hn( man (hat Humi h|, whu ha WM't «nil whrn h* umUratooH (hat ha. ««• an Amalakii*, ha lUtirni htm ti> Corrr Iha •Miinl.lhniiiifh hiin, Iwrauaa h« was not uhU ti> tt wllh hi* own hamlt, ami thartby |o prwuri; him wicft • •laath a* h« ilr- «lr«il. Thia Ihr )uuna hmh l«l (hat WM un Sanl't MM. aiHl hU riiyal rruwnilhal wa« iii« kia li«ail, anil ran away. Ami whfn ''aul'i ar«iiir-lH'ar*r •aw thai hv wnt •lain, ha liillii thoar Mr|iii ha- il»lniy- vd, th«y l«n Ihrtr own <:tiit.>, anil lliril la aiirh »» wara lh4' hr I'hillilinra tanir I* iNi^lfiE Mtwira that |>hM«, nf fiialiMRar «#a4hiya wltiitmt m«iil or ilrinll, la nltiiiMt lilit' Mini of St. t>aiil°><< Aru fivll. '■ 3< "TIiIk tiny ia ilw l.iiiitr«iiih daiy tliut ya hiivi< tarr|f#«n4 runllniinl fiialln(, ,liav l«( taken iHMIiIni," and aallia nalurniir lli« lhli<(, ami ilM IniiMiaallitlHynr alrtrlly fatllnt aulonf, ininlra ni (oKMlanttinil IhiiIi Jnaaphua an^lihii aacriHl author <>r Hi 'flail wti IblahMAry, I Kam. ml. ntflalT wlirnra hn turfli,il, •f aniy raatlnftMl lh« avenlnii; an ninat wa unila'atanu H«. rani, althar that tblawaatbaiuuilMnili day ul'iliin} iham.tkal iMr fnahiiaa war* hllmi tiHl tk«y ilaili'atail Ihalr aoMor )n |ha tanipl* iif A«<«rl«i but hiiuK Ihvir boTirt on rroaaaa at iha'walla •! Iha rily ••' lUlhitMn, wlnrh !• mVw i-alUil Si'illMir , * ' ' niiHa Hut whan th* lohabDanta n( Jaliaab ()k ilm [aad haani that ihay hail ilinnia<'f<'d to till anaiiiy't Mall, ami Hiking ilown Inr biHliaa of Saul an>l uf hfT^ tuni, thay rarricil Ihani lu Jabaab, wliila lha inaiiiy wara Aol abia anabgh nor tuiM ruuuKli to blmlar th< ni, hrrauaa of Ihalr Uraal I'mititfr. ^u lha p' of Jilirth wrnt all in (vnaral, ami burUil thiir bilita in lha bial plin'c nf ihair rountry, wlmh waa namail Aronriii ami Ihay iibaarvnl a |hiI|IU iMil «t ilriuk 1 till Ihr ••vniiin."] V. Tulbia hiaaail rm|iH.«««• ha >li«iibryad tlia roiiiiiiaiHlt of (i»ai aa varaa t7, Uf that uai (tiMi tiMiiiaaiilli i|ny alona llo-y tiad con iliiiiKilftwIiii, ami iutd tiiliFn mrililng liafora r*rnln|. Tlia naanlMnnfinalr (aa/ Ki'riaaao, yar, 'Jl, tnrllaaa mm til liailwva lie lornirr ripliiailiiii lu b« tiia tiutli, and IfMl Ihit raaa waa tlian Ibra H er PAVID. CHAP. 1. How Dmvid nigntd over on« 7W6« at t/thmm, lahih the Soit (JT fiaul reifMil ovtr (Aa rrff , v.hn '^rere in number two, and hit armed men; tvlurt:- upoii all ',h« people of th« fbrenientioned tribe rame to him, and ordained liint their ed to jt, for he was angry that, this tribe hud . set up David for their king., Ilut'Joab, whoiio lather was Suri, and hit mother Zeruiafa. David's sister, who was efiirral of David's nrmv, niit hiin, according to David'* appointment, lie had with him hit brethren Abithai and Asuliel, at also all David's armed men. Now when he met Ab- ner at a certain fountain, in the city of Ciibeon, 1^ prepared to fight. And when Al^iicr siiid to mill, that he had a mind to know w! he could not only be too hard for men, but it report- ad to have overrun a horse, when they hud a race tpgether. I'hit Asahel ran violently after Abiier, and would not turn in the least out of the straight way, Either to the one tide or to the other. Hereupon Abner turned l>ack, and attempted art- fully t? avoid his violence. Sometimes he bade hihi leave off the pursuit, and' take the armor of oneoi hit toldiers; and soiiictinie«, when he could not pertuade him to to do, he exhorted him to .restrain himself, and not to pursue him any longer, lest he should force him lo kill him, and he should then not be nblo to look bit brother in the face. But when Atahel would iwt admit of ^ny pcnuation, but itil| continued to pursue him, Abner Huiote him ivitfi hit apear, at he held it in bit Might, and that hy a back itroke, and gave bim a deadly wound, to that he died immediate- ly; but those that were with him punniog Ab- ner, when they came to the place where Atahel lay , th'ey ttoud round about tbf dead body, anci left oflT the pnrtiiit of tha enemy. However, both Joab hiiii>i:lf and his bnjihvr Abithai rta pi«.<( the dead corime,* and muking (heii- anger nt the death of Atiinrl an orcasiim of greater leal against Abner, tliey went on with iiicrtMliblo haste and alacrity, and pilrsued Abner to a cer- tain place called Aniinan: it was about sunset. Then did Joa6 ascend a certain hill, at he tlood nt that place, having (h« tribe of Hertjaiiiin willi [before] him, whence ho took a view of them and of Abner ulto. Hereupon Abner c*^d aloiiil, and taid, " That it was not fit that they ihoiild irritate men of the tame nation to fight so bitter- ly one neainst another;, that as for Atahel his brother, lie WHS biiiiself [n the wrong, when ho would not be ndviftfd by him not to pursue him' any furllicr, which was the occanioh of his ivound- iiip and dcnlh." So Juab cuhtenleii to What h« wild, and occcpted these his words As an excuse ' aliout [AMihiJ.] iind called the toldiers back with th* sound of the trumpet, as tt ntgnHl for their retreat, and thereby put a stop to any further pnriuit. After which Joab pitched hit camp llieri} llinl ni^ht^ but Abner marched all that ni];ht, and passed over the rivef Jordan, and came to Ishbnsheth, Said't ton, to Muhuiiaiin. j)n the next diiv Jonb counted the dead mm, and took care of all th*ir funiTals. Now thi re were sluiii of Ahner't soMiers about three hundred and sixty, but of those of David ninctK-n, and Atn- hel, whose body Joab and Abishni carried to Kelhleheiii; anil K hen they had buried him in llio sepulchre of their fiithcrs, they eome to Da- vid to Heliniii. I'rohi this time, therefore, there began iin iiilrstinc war, whicli Insli.d a groat while, in wliich the followers of David grew slroii;;er in (he ilnii|rcrs they underwent, and tlie servants and snfjects of haul's ton did almost every day become yvenker. .4. About this time Dnvid wat become the fa- ther of six sons, born of n» many inothert. Tlie eldest W'la by Ahiiionm, ami he was called Am- noMi the second w:>» Daniel, by his wife Abigaij; tb« name of tbe third was Absalom, by Maacah, the (laughlcr of Tnlmni, king of Ocshur; the fourth he named A'dnnijiih, by his wife Hnggitb; the fifth was Siiephntia, liy Abital; tlie' sixth he. oallrtl hhrtHiii, by I'.'rinh. JVow while this in(e»- tine war went on, and the subjects of the two kings came frequently to action ami to fighting it was Abner, the general of the host of Saul t son; who, by hit prudence, and the great interest he had aiiiuni; the multitude, made them all coa,- tinue with Uhboshetli : and indtcd it was 8 coij- siderablo time that they continued Of bis -party, but afterward Abner was blamed, and an accusa- tion was laid Hg.-iinut him, that hewent in to Saul's concubine; her name was Kispah, the daughter of Aiali. So when he was CDmplnined''pf by Ish^ , boshcfi, he was very Uneasy and angry nt it, bis- ■■ cause he had -not justice done him by Ishbosheth,' to whom he had thown the greateel kindness; ' whereupon he threatened that he wtmld transfer the kingdom to OavicP, and demonstnite that he did not rule over tlie people beyond Jordan by his own abilities and wiRdnni, but by his warlike conduct and fidelity, in leading liis army. So he sent BQibassadors to Hebron to David, and flesi- •■^jMiiat he wquld give him tecufity upon ontb, tW* be^would esteem him his conjpanion and hit friend, ubon condition that he should persuade the people to leave Saul's to.n, and choose him kiuff of the whole country. And wheii UaVid had made that league with Abner, fu: he was pleased with bis message to him, he desired that he would give this a« the first mark of perfonn- ancc of the present league, that he might hnye his wife Michal restored to him, as her whom be bad purchaied with great hazards, and with ..v.*"!"'!' •'•"""he n»t'd,lh»t Ji)ah,and Ahtohai, ofhla titter Zerulah, aa 1 Chron. ii. «; and that Aman and Aialiel, were all three David^i nephew*, tt* tona waa altohii nephew by hit other tiilcr Abi(ail,Tcr. 17 m^ BOOK VIL-CnAF. I. 141 thoie i)x hundrcii heads of the Pbiliitinci which h« hm\ brou|(hl to Saul her fdher. Su Abner took Michtl troni Flmltivl, who wtii th»n her hut- band, did iwnt Ijer toDuWd, I(bboih«(h biniirlf ulfurdiiic; him hit anaittiincei fur David huitivrit- (eii tu hiiii thai of right he ou|^t lo have lliit bit wife rrttored tohiiu. Abnvraliocallrd tof^elher the eldcri of the multitude, the coinmandera, und captain* of thounahdi, and ipalie Ihu* to them: thai, " he had Airuterly pcriUHded tliviii (rom their own rciolution when they were ready to furiake Iihbuaheth, and to join tht'niieUcI to David; thai, however, he now gave them leave «o to do, if they had a mind to it, for they lin<:w that God bad appointed David to be kin^ of alt the Hc- brt'wa, by Samuel the prophet: and had forefuld that he thould nuiiiih tlie Fhilittinea, and over- •coiae them, and bring tlieni under." IS'owwlien the elder* and ruler* beai-d thia, and undentood that Abner wntconie over lo thoie aeutimenU about tbe public uflnir* tvhicli they were oil b«- fAre, they changed their measurea, and came in tu David. When theae iueu had agreed to Ab- ner'* propoaal, ha cullud together the tribe of Ueiyauiin, for all of that trtbe were (he guard* of lahboaiii'lti'a body, uud he apuko tu Ihi.'in to the aame purpuae. And when he aaw that they did not in the least oppoac what he aaid, but ri:- aigned theniaelve* iip to hia opinion, lie took about twenty of hi* Irienda, and caiue lo Dnv4^l, in order to teceive hiniaelf lecurily iipo" butll t'roi^'hiiu; fur we may juatly eateeni tliuge lhin;;!> to be lirmer, which everyone of ua d" by uur- lelvcg, than tlioae wliich we du by anntlier. He uUo gave him ah account. of whot he hud anid lu the rulera, and to the whole tribe of benjainiu. And when David hud received hini in tf courleoua .iiiamicr, and had treated him with great huapiliii> lity lor many dnya, Abner, when he was disiniaa- «d, desired him to permit him to bring the mul- titude with him, that be might deliver up the Koveruroent to liini when David hinfself was preacut, and a ipectatof of what wn* done. 5. When David had aent Abner nway, Juab the general of his arniy, came imincdiuteiy to Hebron, and wlieii he, had understood that Ab- ner had been with David, and had parted with him a little before, under Ica<;iie8 and ugreimenU that the govcniment ■i^wid be dclivureil uj> tu David, he feared lest DaWI M ahould place Aliner, who had aaaiati'd him to gain the kiii;;dam, in the fii'si rank of diguity, especially i>in< <^ lie \yua a abrewd man in otber reanects, in understanding affaira, and'in managing tliem artft^ly, as projier 'teaaonaihould require, and that he «lK'Uld hmi- lelf be put lower, and be deprived of llic com- mand of the army ; ao he took a knavish and wicked courae. In the first place, he endeavor- ed to calumitiate Abner to the king, oxhurtiii;.; him to tmve.a care of bun, ond not to give sitten- tion to ^diat he had engaged to do for him, be- cause alLae did tended to confirm the guycrn- uicnt tO'-saura son ; that became to him deceit- fully and with guile, and was gone awny in hopes 6f gaining hia purpose ,by this manage- ment. But when he could not thus persuiide 'David, nor aawhim at alf exasperated, he betook htlnself to a project bolder than the former. Hn determined to kill Ab^ijtr; and in order thereto he -aent aome meaaeiigers after him, to whom he zaVe in charge, that when they ahouldtOvertaVe aim, thcv ahould. recall him in Dav| own fullowart, a* if he would speak with him in private, and brought him to a void place of Ihe gate, having himaelf i^obody with him but hit brothrr-Abianai; thea he drew hi* tword, and smute bimiu the groin; upon which Abner died bv this treachery of Joab'a, which, a* he laid himaelf, wat in tbe way of puuiihment for hia brother Atahcl whom Abner.amotc and alew ua he waa pursuing alter him in'iha battle of Hebron, but astlie truth waa, out of hisfu»roftuainghis command of Ihe aruiv, ami hia dignity with Ihe king, and leal he ahould lie deprived of thoae advahtagea, and Abner ahould obtain the first rank in" David'* coim. By these examples any one may learn, hdw many and how grist inslances of wick'edoeaa men will venture upon, lor the take of i gUtinr money and aulhurity, and tliut they may |uui fail of either of tjiem: fui-aa when they are Desirous of ubtaiuing the taqie, they acquire iheiii by ten thousand evil praclices, to when they ul;e.«fraid of losini; them, they, get them cunlirni»t to thcllv I by practices niucli worse ttian tiie former, as if [uoj other culainity au terrible couhl befall them us the failure of acquiring ao exalted an autho- rity, and when th^y have acquired it, and by long custom found the swcelnuss of it, the losing 4t again; nnd stnca thia last would be tlie lieavieat ol all uAIictitiiis, they all of them cuirfrive and venture upun the moat dillicnlt actions, out of the fear of losing the same. Uut let it auflicc that I have made these ahort rellcctions upon that suljjcct. *>. W'hen David heard that Abner w:'" slain, i; grieved his soul; iind be culled all men towi'; nesa, with stretching out hia hands to tiod, an. crying out, that he was not piirlaker in the iniii - der of Abner, and that his Uealh was nut procu- red by his command or approbation, tie also wished the heaviest curses .might light upon him that slew him, and upun hi* whole house;' and he devoted t.'iose that had asaisted him in this murder to tlie hame penalties on it* account^ for he took care not to appear to have had any hand in this inui'der, contrary to the assurances he had given, und the oaths !>o had taken to Abner. However, he commanded all the peo|i|e to w«ep and laniunt this man, and to honor his drad Ixidy with the usual aolemuities; that is, by reim-' ing their garments, and putting on sacKcloth, and that thia ahould be' the habit in which they sliould go before the bier, after which he followed it hims«f|f, with the elders und those that were rulers, lamenting Abner, and by his tears de- monstrating his good-will to him while he was alive, and his sorrow to him now he was dead, and that he was uut taken oil' with his consent. Su he barieil' h Sin at Hebron, in a magnificent nmnner, and indited funeral elegies for him: he also stood first over the monument weeping, and caused othera to do the aame; nay, ao deeply did the.death of Abner disorder him, thut his com- ^niiins could hf no means Ibrce hhii to take any luod, for he affirmed with an qath that he would taste nothing till the sun was set. This proce^ durti gainedlnini the good-Will of the niultitude; for such as had' an alltction for Abner were mightily' satisfied With the resnt ct he paid him when ho was dead,' and the obscivation of that faith he. had plighted to him, wiiicb was showed ill his vouchsafing biini all the: usual ceremonies, as if he had been his kinsman and his friend, and notsnil'criiig him to be neglected and injured with a dishonorable burial, as if he had been h i * e n e my; iu a ouiuch thut the e ntire nation t «- w hi c h w as befulhng him, and came back. — l li i * e n e my ; Hereupon Joab met him in l^« gate, and received joicrd at the king's gentleness and mildness of him in the kindest manner, as if he were Ab- , dlstesition, every one being ready tu suppoM Lsripsitii t ■■• ■*> . * \^' 142 ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS. tbat'tha kinr «roald b*T« Uken the nine ckn of liiem in inn like circumiUuirei, vrliich the; ~^w he ihanrd in the burial of llie deid body oV^bner. And indeed David principally intenJ- ed \o gain a jfood reputatioo, and therefore he too|( crire to do whatjtrat proper in thia cato; whence ooae had anj (uipicjon that ha was the / autbur of Abner'i death. He alao laid thi« to the maltilude, thai "lie was fp-eatly troubled ut the death of lo good a man ; and that the affairi of lh% Hebrewi hud iulfered great detriment bv being deprired of him, tvho wat of lo great abilitiea to preterye them by bia excellent advice, and by the atrength of hia handa in war. Dut he added, that Goil.who huth a regard to all men'aactiona, will not aiillir thia man [Joab] to gooffiinreven* gcd ; but know ye, that I am not able to do any thing to llicac aons of Zeruiali, Joab and Am- *hai,-ivbo hiive more power than I have, but God will requite their inaoleiit attempta upon their own heada:" and thia waa the fatal concluaion of thelifeofAbiier. " CHAP. n. That upon tht Hlanghttr.nf, hhbothtth J>y the Treaekery of hit fritndi, David received the ,■ whole Kingdom. { 1. Whim lahboahclh the aon of Saul had heard of the death of Abmr, he look it to heart to be deprived of a man that waa of hia kindred, and liad inileed given hint the kingdom, but was greatly afllicted, aud Abner'ajdrnth very much truubied him; nor did Ife hiiiistlf outlive any long time, but waa trcncherourly act upon by the fcona of Riiuiuon, (Baanah and Rcchab were their nanica,) und waa alain by them; for tlieae being : of a family of the Kenjamitct, and of the firat rank among them, thought iliat if they ahould alay Isliboalirlh, they ahpuld obtain large pre- senta from David, and be made comniandera by him ; or, however, ahould have at>me other trunt Rommitted to theni) So when they once found luni alone, aaleep at noon, in aji upper room, when none of hia guarda were' there, and when the woman that kept the door was nut Watching, but waa fallen aaleepalao, partly on account of the labor ahe bad undergone, and partly. on account of tBe heat o/ th^ day, these jiieii went into the room in which lahboiihi'th, Saul's son» lay aaleent and slew him;' thty alao'cut off hia bead, anjl Hook their journey all that uight, and the next day, aa auppoaing thuniaelvea flying •way from thoae the^ had injured, to one that would accept of tbia action aa -a favor, and would afford thtm aeciirity. So they came- to Hebron, and showed DaviJ the hend of hhbo- thetb, and preaented therasitelvea to him aa his wcll-wiahera, and such as had killed one that waa his enemy and antagonist.— Yet David did not reliah what they had done aa th*y expected, but said to them, " Vou vile wnlchpa, you aliall im- mediately- receive the punishment you deserve. Did not you know what vengeance 1 executed on him that murdered Saul, tmd brpuj^ht me bia crowp of gold, and thia while he who madS thia slaughter did it as a favor/to him, that he mifht you with mat good witl tml rtipeeiT Where fore you shall suffer the punishment due on hia account, and the vengeance I ought to inflict opcni you for killing lahboaheth, and for auppoaing' that I ahould take hia death kindly at your handa; for'you could not lay a greater 'blot on my honor, than by niaking sucli a supposal." When David had said this, he tormented them with all sorts of torments, and then put them to death : and he bestowed all. accuitomcd rites on th>^ burid of the head of labboshetb, and laid it in the grave of Abner. 2. When theaa things were brought to thia concluaiop, all the principal men of toe Hcbraw peonle came to David to Hebron, with the heada lOf tliouaanda, and other rulera, and delivered theniaclves up to him, putting him in mind of the d^ood-will they had borne to him in Saul'a life- time, and the respect they then had not ceased to pay him when be was captain of • thousand pleased wilb men th^re wicked doers, and'tes- teem your vile action? when you are become muKIerers of your_ iilastr.r, aa grateful to me,, when you have slain a righteous man upon his bed, who never did eiril to any body, and treated * This may be a true observation of Joseplma, that Sa- ■soel, by rommand from Uod, entailed the rrown on Da- tM and bis po^riiy, for no fart her did t bat entail ever rear h . Hol n ni o n hi i ii a c l f having' nc ycr h a d any p ro m i a e aa also that he waa choaeA of Gud by Sflnuel the prophet, he and hia sona:* and declaring beaides. now Cod had given him power to aaye the land of the Hebrews, and to overcome the Philiatinj Whereupon he received kindly. lUftheii^^alaci on hia account, and cxROrted llfem. tocontini in it, for that they ahould have no reaaon to neut of beinji: tiiuadiiipoaed tohini. So when hati' feasted llir.ni, and treated them kindly, be' sent them out to bring all the people to him., upon which there came to him about six thoi||;' sand and eight hundred armed men of the tribe * of Judah, who bare f hields and speara for their - weapona, for these had [till now] continued with Saul'a son, when the rest of the tribe of Judah had ortlained David for thejr Line. There cainV alao seven thoiiaand and oiic hundred out oi' the . tribe of Simeon. Out«f the tribe of Levi came four thousand and aeven hundred, having tehoia- da for their Icadejf. After tlicse came Zadok, ' the high priest, with twctkity-tv.r} captains of bi*^ \ kindred. Out of tie tribe of lit ijaoiin the armed men were four thoii{satid, but the rest of the tribe continued, atill expecting that aome one of the hoiiao of Saul bhould reign over theni. Thoee . of the tribe of Kphraiin were twenty thousand and eight hundred, and theae mighty men ol valor, and eminent for their strength. Out of the half tribe of Manasseh came eighteen thoit- aand of the ninst potent men. Out of the tribe of Issachar came two hundred, who foreknew what at was to come hereafter,} but of armed men ' twenty thousand. 'Of the tribe of Zebulon 6fty thousand chosen men. .This was the only trit that came universally iv to David, and all th«L had the same weapona with the tribe of Gad. Out of the trij[>e of Naphtali the eminent men and rulers were one thousand, whose weapoiw were shields and speara, and the tribe itself fol- lowed after, beins, in a manner, innumerable, [thirty-acven thouaknd.] Outof the tribe of Dkn there were of cnoaen men twenfy-aeven thou- aand and aix hnndred.XOut of the tribe of Aaher .were forty thouaand. Out ofthe two tribes that were beyond Jordan, and the rest of the tribe of Manasseh, such as used shield^, and spears, and head pieces, and swords, were a htlndred and twenty thousand. The reat of the tribes alac made use of- aworda. This multitude came .to- gether to Hebron to David, lyith a great quantity of com, and Wine, and all othersorta of food.and established David in bis kingdom with one con- sent. And when the people had rejoiced for three days in Hebron, David and all the people removefland came to Jeniaalem. ter," are bast paraphrased by the paral|,el text, I Chron. xii. SS; •• Who bad understanding of the times, to know what Israel ounbt to do;" that ia. Who had i « ^^- ' ■-,^ * •«T- . . ■ -, ■ /t JhwVa ......*« km oil* «/ ihereit ( ■ \ t*-,N \ ahta of . . I naanites. 9i and the , the wall. that the a ,; of his p5 ■ of their , began th utmost (1 ingbytl < liowef.a ' lirthelil '•^ took the ^oot still that the ' encourai iKMk ., .'^ miscd ti •> that much knuwledga i^ astronomy aa to make cilmdtri for the Israelites, th^t th*y mifht keep their feativals, ana plow and sow, and ^gather in their fearvaats and vintage in due I I made him that bis posterity should always have the r^hltoil. t These words o^ losephus concnrnhig the tribe of lanchar," who foreknew what was ttf come bereaf- BOOK VU.-CHAP. III. IV. 14« ^ CHAP. III. I liow David laid SUgt lo J»ruiaUm; awivhtn „ *« h<>, »nd plHced the blind, '■ml the lame, tnd aHtheir nHiniedpersoni.upon , the well,.ia way of deriiion of the king; and said, that the very lame themielvcs would binder bit , eotranc* into it. Thii they did out of conteippt of hit power, and aa dependini^ on the ttrenfth of their walla. David was berebjLenraged, and ben^n the aiei^ of Jemaalem,- and employed hii utmoit diligence and alacrity therein, ai inlerid- inc by the taking of thia place to dempnitrate hit ' power, and to intimidate all othera that might be (jfthe like [evil] diinotition towarda him: lO he '■*[ took tha lower city by force, but the citadel held 'out ttill;* whence it Waii that the king, knowing that the propowl of dignities adil rewards would encourage the soldiers to greater actions, pro- ,' miscd that he who should 6rst go over the ditch- es that were bcaeath the citadel, and should as- cend to the citadel itself and take it, should have the command of the entire people conferred upon him. So they all were ambitious to ascend, pmd thought BO pain* too gr^t in order to ascend thither; oat of their desire of the chief com- mand. HowMgri Joab, the ion of Zeruiah, pre- Tcnted the resrntnd as »oon as he was got up to the citadel. criM out to the king, ancF claimed the chief command. 3. When David bad east the Jebutites out of the citadel, be also rebuilt Jerusalem, and named it 'Til* City of David,* and abode there all. the time of his reign: but for the time that be reign- ed over the tribe of Judah only in Hebron, it was seven yean and six months. Mow when be had chosen Jterusalem to be his royal city, his aflttirs did more and more prosper, by the providence of God, who.tobk care that they should improve and . be augmeMed. Hiram also, the king of the Ty- nans, sent ambassadors to him, and made a jeague of mutual friendship and assistance with him. He alio sent him presents, cedar trees and mechar \ aics, iAd men skilful in building and architetture, \ that they might build him a royal palace at Jeru- '^talem. Now David made buildings round about the lower city: he also joined the citadel to it, and made it one body: and when he had encom- passed all with walls, he appointed Joab to take * What our other eoptea say of Mount Bion, aa alone properljr called the cta«U, ao does Joaephua stillsay Ibey were in Jerusalem; Tksepalebie or David aeeme to lia«e been also a known Ikce in the aeveral days of Hyrca- nua, of Herod, and #Bt. feler; Antlg, b. xiil. eh. Tiit, ■ett.4;b. xvi. cb.TiI.seet.U Aetaii.n. Nownesneb rOyal aepalcbrea h«ve been ftmad about Hoant Ston, bat ' are found cloae by the north wall of Jaruaatom, which I ■uapecitberefbretohatheaaTeryaepalehrea. Bet the note on chap. xv. aect. 3. In the aMamiOM, Jottphut'a expHcaUoDoflbe leiu, aid Ike ttni, mti ilu «um«(, ataettokeepthiscttyoreHadelitteaitto be theUrutb, aadgiveatbebestII|httothathialoryhio«rBiMe. Mr. Ottlua truly obaervn, eM.Havercamp, p.30S,that Jo- tephut ncvtr mentiona Mount Bion ay that nuoe, at ttking it fiMT an appellative, aa I aappoae, and not for a piopfr nanw: heatill either atylea it the cila<«< or the •pper nly; nor do 1 aee any reaton for MrJMtfaia'b evil care of them. It was David, therefore, who fatl cast the Jcbusiles out of Jerusalem, ai)d caUad it by his own name, the City of David: for tadar our forefather Abraham Jt was called [SaleU or] Solyma:f but after that time soma iaytha\Hp- iutpleto i it about this piw i edm e uf Ju it pliU K- tSonia copiea of Joaephua have here 8*ifaM or aa- Im, and othtia aitrmtlumft or /trtuilim, Tkt lat. Solyi._., — . "..... ■...- J — , ,7.,\ t mer mentions it by the name of 8olyma, mdr Ba«; named the temple Solyroa, according to ID* HS: brew ianruare, which denotes security.]] Now .. the whole time from the warfare under Joahua . our^Mncnil against the Canaanites, and from that warlnwhiehTie overcame them, and distributed the land aniong the Hebrews, (nor could t^e Is. raelites ever cast the (;Bnii«iiit«s out of Jenipa- lem until (histime, when David took it by'siege.) this whole time was five hundred and fifteen ycars.r ,. L u 3. I shall now make mention of Araunah, who wat a wealthy man among'the Jebutites, but Was not slain by DaVid ii^the siege of Jerusalem, be- cause of the good will he bore lo the Hebrews, and a particular benignity and affection which he had to the king himtelf, which I shall Uke _a more seasonable opportunity to speak of a little afterward. Now David married other wivet over and above those which he had before: he had also concubines. Th« torn whom he had were in number eleven, whose names were Am- non, Emnot, Eban, Nathan, Solomon, Jebao, Elien, Pbalna, Ennaphen, Jenae, Eliphale; and a daughter, Tamar., Nine of these were bom of leutimate wives, but th» tw» last named^of' concubinet: and Tamar had the same niother with Absaloni. CHAP. IV. TTiaf U)^(n i>atiul Aod con^ucrcil the PhilUltnii, who made If or Bgaimt him aiJtruiultm^ removed theArktoJentiakm, andhadamind tobuildaTemfU. > 1. When the Pbilittihet nnderttood that David wat made king of the Hebrewi, they made war againti him at Jerusalem; and when they had seixed upon t^at valley which it called the valley of the GianU, and ia a place not far- , from the city, they -pitched their camp therein. - But the king of the Jewi, who npvfr permitted himtelf to do hny thing without pK>pheCT4 and the command of God, and without depending on him at a security for the time ,t6 Come, bade the high priest foretell to him what wa* the will of God, and what woald be the ievcnt of this bkttle. And when he foretold that ha thould gain the Victory, and th* dominion, he led hit army out ter beat agree to what Joeepbut layt eltewhere. Of the War. b. vl. cb. X.; that thit city wat called 8>/nM or 8a- Jm before the dayt of ]lelchitedec,bat wat by hbn called aitnflrwM Or Jehualem, I rather iuppaae tt to have been ao called alter Abraham bad received that oracle Jehovah Jinh, "Tba Lord vrill aee or provide," Gen- xxii. 14. The latter Word J«r«*,witb a little alteratbin, Rreflxed to the oM name Salem, Peue, will be Jtnuet- m. And aince that expression, "God wlU ate,'*ar rather, " God will provide himself a iMah for a batnt- oiTering," ver.8, 14, ia there said to have been prover biaKllfthe dayaof Moaet. tbit leemt to me the nwat probable derivation of that name, which will then d«- note, that" God would provide peace by that Lamb of GOd, which waato take away the aina of the world " However, that which it put into double brackela can hardly be tuppdted the genuine wbrdiof Joaephiu,aa Dr. Hudion well Judges. lit detervea here to be remarked, that Baal very rarely, and David jery frequently, contUltedGod by tfrim; andtbatlMHi aimed alwaya to depend, nolon hiiown prudence or abilitiee, but on the divine direc- tion, contrary to Baal'a practice; tee ted. S, and the note on Ahtiq. b. ili. ch. viU..tcct. 9. And when Baui'b dao(hter(bat David'a wife.) Hicbal.taogbad at DavidV dancbig before the ark, 3 8am. vi. M. Itc, and hera^ aect. 1, S, 7; It it probable she did as, bacauae bet (klhaT did not useto pay such regard to the. ark. to llie Driai »pa: eiHr thaw inqui r ed b y, ur l ufludls woi t fa lp b e foi e I t, a n d he- eaaie the thought it beneath thedlgnUy of a Uni tab* aarallgiout. /i ■ ]f f^ ■*.> ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEW8. ^ Ac PfiiliatinMi whI iikcii i}tt b«t(l« «r«i Md, ha came himMlf bahimi, and fall uuon tha ^aaamjr on' the luddeji^ and tlanr lonia oi them, apd pit tha rest to Airht. And. let no one tup- Ethat it waa a imall Srniy of thai i'hiliilinei cama aninit the Hebrewt, aigueuio* ao tSa iuddeanaai of thapr defeati aad'&om thair having parfonwd.^ great action, or that . waa worth racolding, from the ilownt^ii of their anarch and want at coaraga; but let him khow that all S^ria and Phonicia, with niaiiv,other na- tjona baiiaei them, and thoae wnrlikte nktioni A aUo, ttme to their aiiiatiuice, and had a iliarit in iti*ym. Which thing Waa (lie only cii««e whjj whalRhay had jRaUio often conquered, and had r 4' lot^ ao inany (In thounndi of their ni^. they ^^ atill came upon the Hebrawa with greater ar- miaa; jMyv indeed, when thar had lo often Med . of thelVpurpote-in theie battlet, they come upon DaVid with an army three timea a* nunieroua ai bebra, and pitched (heir eanip on the wMue apot of ground ai before. The king of hrael Ibore- fort inquired of God again copcehoing the event of the battle; aikd the high priait prouheried to him that he thould ketd hik anoy in th« gfovei, called tltf Uroveiof meping, which were not br from the enemy >' camp, and tliat liy-ahotild , not more, nor begip to firiit, till the trtn of the SOTa thould^lbe iii motion without the wind's owing; {>ut aa tooa ai'theM treei moved, and ., the time fitiretold to%im by.God was come, be ^thould^ithout delay go out to gain, what waa^ aheadv prepared, an evident victory; for the sereral ranlit of the enemy's army 9id not aut- taia hini,;but retreated at the first onset, whom . he iloiety fallowed, and slew tllem as he went aloAjK, and riqnged them to the city of Gaza, (which it. the limit ofllt^ir country;) after this, ., . ha apoiled their camp, in which ho (oand great richea; and he destroyed their godt. 2. When thit had proved' the event of the bat- tle, David thought it proper, upon a consultation with the eldert, and rulers, and CHptniot of • Ihoaiands, to_ send for those that were in the tower of their age, out of all his countrymen, and out of the whole land, and withni (qt the priests and thq Levitei, irf order to tjinia going to Kiijatbjearim, to bring up the ark W God out of that city, and to carry it to Jerusalem, and ^ ther< to keep it, and oirers1}efoM it thote ta' erifices,* and those other honors, with which God used to be well pleased: for had they done thus in the reign of .Saul, they had not under- gpiw any mat mbfprtunet at all. So when the whole body of the people were come together, as they had resolved ^o do, the king came to the ark, which the priest* brought out of the houte of Aminadab, and laid it upon a n«w cart, and Sermitted their brethren and their children t6 raw H, together with the oxen. Before it went the kinr and the whole multitude of the people with him. singing hymns to God, and makinUt use of all tortt of longt usual among (heflk, with variety of the sounds of musical inttrnnenta, and with dancing and singing of paalmt, aa also with the sonnd of trumpets and of cymMs, and so brought the'iiiMk to Jerusalem. But at they were come to the threshing-lloor of Chidon, a place to called. Unah waa alain by the anger of God; for at the oien shook the ark, he stretched'olit hit hand, and would whieh preraae ratbnett, death waa the penahy b* the law, Nnmh. IV. 1S,<9I>; tee the like (wfore,' Antiq. V Vi. ch. i.atet4. ItlBBOtikinibaMethatthepntllncifaearkin aewt, whan tt OBghtio have teen eanied by theprlaata ar Lwltea, *■ it Wit pnttntly bate fai ioaepEiaaiio earried tnm Otededamla hoota to David's, micbt ke alto an occwloa of the ao^ of CM «a that ■eedt take hold of it. Nbtt becauie he •Jeetphui teeoialobepartly inthe^ht, when be £S!!lfc?^'i 'tal r2^ vJIIh'2£%.JS2^ JE"l' L t *>«Phna here iaformi^ tiiitaSOTdiiiiTa btoaV 5??! ?• **'!»•"•»**!'••) "'*>W^>Mref**V)* took it aside unto a certain pU'ce b«loflgiii|t ton righteoua man, whose name was Obededdm, lAto :, was by hit foniily a ^evite, and depotited the ark with liim; and it remained thure three entire ' mootha. This augmented the house pf Obede- doni, and conferrad many blessings upon it. And. when the king heard what had befallen Obcd«< dom, how he was beconie, pf a poor man in a low: kstate, eiceediQglv 'happy, and the object of en- vy to all those who. saw or inuuired after his bouse, ha took 'courage, and hoping tnat he- yhould' meet with, no misfortune (helaby, h« . tnlnfferretl the ark to his own house, (he priettt '' carryirtg it, while seven companies of smgert, yhff were set in that ordfer by the king, weiit be- fore it, apd while he himself played upon the harp, and joined In the muaic. insomuch, that •when his Wife Michal, the daughter of Saul, who WPS our first k'tti^ saw hiui to dbing, ah« laogA* ^ ^ ed at hiiq: But vnhen they had brought in the ark, they praned it under the>t&bema£le which Dnvid had pitched for it, and he offered coatly^ . sacrifices and peace-offertngi, antt trea^d tlw ' whole "Tnuttitude, and dealt both to the wemeit and the men, and the' infantt^ a Maf of breiid and ' another cake baked in a pan, with a portion oi' the sacrifice. So when he had thus feuted t|ir '' peopK, he tent them away, andvhe himself re-^ . turned to his own hquse. 3. But when Michel bis wife, the dantfhter of Saul, came and stood by hii^^he wished biinaill. oth^er happv>esi; and entreated that wliattoever he thould farther desire, to the utmost poss'i- bilitv, might be given him by Godi.aadt^at he might be favorable tp him; yet did the blaine him, that Sp great a king as 'he WM should donee after an unseemly manner, and in his daiKsiiig uncover himself among the servjtn^ and the " handmaidens. ' But he repfied,'' "That he^ww not ashamec^ to do what was acceptable to God, who had preferred him'b(efora her fother, and befere all others; that be wouldrpray frtquenthr,' ' and dance, without ""y ''egard to what the handmaiden* and she herself thought fit it." So this Michel htid no children ; however, ^hen shr ^ tvu afterwards married to him to whom Saul her il father had given her, (for at this time David had taken her away from Jiim, and had her himself,) the bare; fiv« ^children. t'But concernihg those matters I shall discourse in a proper place. ^ 4. Now, when the king saw that his affiura grew better almost every day, by the WM of God, he thought he shpufd offend him, if while he himself continued in lioatea made of cedar, such as were of a great height, and had the most curions works of architiscture in theroi he sh6pld overlook the 'ark whHi it ^as laid n a tabernacle; and wat desirous to build a tepiple to God, u Motet had predicted such 'a temple abould be built.f And when he k^d diM&Ursed with Nathan the prophet about thete (hii%*, and bieaeb of hit law. Sea Numb. hr. IS; 1 Chroq; n. 13. wbicl%et la nowhere tKat> I Know of in oar nrcitwf JEOpieKaqil that this la nota-nMakeactdownbrbiM ■nwarjly, appeara by whaOtrmaerved before, AaHa h. <». I'll; »Hl mf. J« , Iwfy, SFn... f,.rM.fM th,| ,f„ fl ^ * a tomple bewonli -pie, bee defiled n however ' when he . temple b ' kingdom aton. wt " liith«r p . kingdom to them; '.iinned. When D -: ahd waa. ' continua that bit OBOUt, hi Ace, and thankati tbote thi .— failing h Sloyman omipioi had proi that pro' Hebrew) jored : I . abymni V Jewt* ftatiiiediiioliedieiii^, tlieb temple a^ld be karat andrebailt,aMlhatndt onaeonly, but aeveral ttanta afterward. See iHm, Joaeplfbi't mentloa of Ood^ Ar- !**> BOOK VlI.-CHAr. V. 146 ■'% bMn aoMuntatt bj him to do whatao^ver ha, bad a niind to, do, a* bavipK God whb bipi, aad ■ hil halpar ia'aU tbiaga. ba wai thereupon tba ^ mora read; to m) abont tkat buildinir. , But God • appaarad to Nalbaa tliai vafy night, and com- manded bim tol^jr to David,* that " he look hi* Mrpoaa abd hit deairaa kindly, tiAce nobodvJiad Mfore bow taken it into their head to-boila Jiim a tampla, although upon hli havinr tucb a Botio* ha wonid not parmil ninbto buildliiin that tarn- •pla, bacauiaba had°iiuula many wart, and wh daUad with ika ilaughter of hit anemicis that bowavar. aftar hit death, in hit old ,ace, aad ' when ba had lived a long life, there thouid be a temple built by a ton of nil, who ihould takcthe ' kingdom aDcr bim, and ihoiild be called Solo- moo, whom ha promited to provide for, at a ' Mbar providet lor bit too, by preterviOf the .kingdom CwbittoA't'potterily, and delivanog it to tnam; Ihit thit be would Kill puniih him iiha '\,lioned, with diiaaiet and barrenneit of land." Whan David aqdentood thit from the prophet, abd wat ovaijoyfal at thit knowledge :af th« tun ' continuance of thejdominion'tiS'hit policrity, and that bit houie thouid Im; iplendid, aqd veryfa- mout, he came to the hik, and fell duwb on hit Ikca, and began to adore Ood, aiid to return thankatohim for all bit bene^ti', at well "for thote that he bad already bettawcd ulion hbu in raiting bim from a low ttiUii«.andtfnHnvlhe em? Sloymant of a ibepherd, to to great dlniity of omipion and glor^f at for tboie alto wbicn he' had promited to hit l^tterity; and, besido, for that providence which, he had exeitiaed over the Hebrew* in procuring them the liberty they «n- joyed : and when ha bad taid tfiut, knd b»d tun}; aoymn of praiita 16 Qod, he w^t hii lyay. MP. V.' k^ Dtuid Itvught'iStdtr Jhi^mituiffnt*, oiuT Iht MohHM, and flu MiHgnif Haphttttttini. V Davi*ieti$, a^d of Uh Synant, a| tih& Ikt UimttutM,iniyar';ttk4,iiiov hYmadntLiagve , itilh'lhtyKinrjif Hamath; and vai iniiulful A of iht Mtn^fup thai Jonathan, thf Sonnf . Saulk fcad'6orn« /o Wm. '- , { 1. A ifiTtLK whi|<*after this, he cootider^ "that be puglit tci'make war against the Phitit-r tmea, ami noV to tee apy idleneiti;or l^iincit per- ' aiitted in bit mantgemepistiuit to if mightpiove, ■ at pod bad foretold to him; that when In^ had overtfarQWq iiiis enejnt|t,'he ahpuld leaite hit poi- t^ty' to reign in peace afterward: to he called , togethel* Jiif afmy, again, aqd when«he had charged tbeb>«to be ready and prepared for whr, ■■■'. and when he thought that all thingt in .hit arfaiy yweijB'in^agdod ttate, he removed from Jeruaa- leoii, and came againtt' the Fhiilstinei; bndwhvn he had overcome them in ba^te, aiid had cut bff ^a great part qf their country and adjoined it to |he country of\ ihe'Hebrewa, h« trantferred the war to the Moabitea; and when be hfid ov*ercouie tito part; of their army in the battle, he took the reihti|ning part captive, and impoted tribute upon : them;, to be pai4 ail|iualf^. He th£n madi war againtt. Ha^adeier,^the ton of Rehpb, kiiig of Sppbette;' aiid "when ha had joined baRle with ■*r command* tobulM uieh p lempla pre*«ntly, eh. xiv. aeet. S, contrary toour Wher eopiei, cr nt leaat lb our IraiialailoP of the HebfeWrS Sam. vU. 6,7; 1 Cbron. i»U.5,«; \ . ■' " ^ • ■ . ■ ■ * loaephnt teemt, In thif place, with oar modern In- lerpratera, nk eonftNud the two dbtinct pMNHcliopi wUch God made to David and to Natbaa, concerning Ota MiiUinghini a^temple i>yoP*ArDavidVpo*l^rit]r,the one belonglnf to8ol6uion,tlieotbertothe ltea«lan;the dIalinetioB between which te ortbe gieatett coate oaance to the OhtitUan ralfalpB. ' t Da^id'* reeetviBK only. IW charloU
avid^ granuaon Reboljoaiii, with a grciit deal'uf other wealtli which he. carried out of Jcruaalew. How- ever, theae thingt will CDiiieto be.explaihrd in their proper ptucei hereslfter. Kow al for the king of uic mbrewi, he wa^ naiiated by God,, who gave bim great tucceat in 'biawsiri, apd' made an exp^ilibo agaipat the beat citiea of Hn- dadezyr, Betwif and niachob ; «o he tooktbem li)^ force, and laid them waate. Therein waa ^onnd a very great qamttily of gold and tdver, b^aidf I that tort of bra^a winch ia aaid to be morr valuable than gold, of wliic:h braaa Solomon made that-hrge v.eaael which wot called the [brazen] k(6a, aiiifthoie moat.curioui laveira, wben ue built iMbade b Ifiog of larael t» ja»ltiflf thefriApleofGod. , 4. But when ther-kjug of Hamath Vaa informed j«(f,J)enl. xvU.l<; one of the principal utca of hoiaci in Judea'Jit that ttane beios for draWlnr their chariota See Jgahua xii.tii and Antiq. b.>. cb. i. lect. If. . t Itdetervet hereto be remarliedi that thit Hain^, beiiiira very great king, wat citnqaeicd by David, wlinbpotterUy y« for aevenlgenerayona were called inhiiui, M the (a* «/ A«tfn of Baxael. taM to be ibeh in Iheiune teit, and la Jeiaphal, Ant. b. I*, chap. vili. tect.>7, abould iliU ba calMd tb»*M */ JitUa I wou l d, ihaw l b r B. In itf to iie ct uui ll ctiew ^ copy from Jwepknal, wiiich twan to bavt tba ttaa leaaidgi • * J X I4S ANTIQUITIES OF TUB JEWS. of Ih* ill lucctM of ilMladtuT, and had heard of Um niin of ^ annjr, ha wa* afraid on hi* own account, and rcwlT^d tu make a league uf frieod- »bip and lidrlily with I)a«iil befure he ihould cone againat hiiUi. lo he lent to him hif ton Jo- rani, and proCHud that he owed him thankt for bit fightini; againit Hadadeier, who was hit ene- my, and mad J\ow David wat IB bu nature jutt, and' niadr hit f(^l|tittihBtio|i with racard to truth. He had fur tlU*Keneral o( .hit whole anu^ Joab; and he made JehiMiBphat, 'the ton of Ahilud, recorder.. He alio appotirt'^d 2adok, of thiB -fimily of I'hineaa, to be high priieat, together with Abiathar, for he wat bit rriend. He, alto niadp Seitan the ^ibe; and committed the command over the euarda of bit body t6 Ueiikiab,'the ton of Jrhoiada. Hitclder lont were n^ar hit body, and had tlii- care of it alto. / 5. I|« aktt caFlcd to if^jnd the rov«nauti"and the e«tht he had-madnM'fth Jomiliilin tht Mi of *«l5,#''. 'he friendabi|i nid • ad^irtion ,JOnti(han had for hiin; for beaiden/an Ihe ruMt of hia-excel- lent dualitiet wit^ #id«k IM >#ar«rim. He therefore ^re ord*rthat lihjuiry |tbo«1d M made, whether *ny of Jonathari'e Um »^t witd living, to ^hom h« inight mak'^ «;tu'rn' vf that fnmiliar aCBuaiotanc* which J;»n*than had had witli him, Vfi tar wMcb'^e wm ttJIi ikrUtfir. And w)ieA Oa« of Sauf't freemwi wat brouf^lrt to hini< wh* wv acquainted with tttoie *f W raiuily th'itt were atiU living, he Med faim, "\*li»tl»er he could U» hiiu of li*of the AmmoiliUt; whereupon the ene- my came outt and ie<< to them th laman the sind hired bach for thoutand I . Now, wd of tEeir^ the genen tbat^itrol . Upon tuch thsmtrlvei who at \vi ^ at the bee s ' captain of ' ilea; who watte,and bah, and I Hon) Dat tUw he\ ftoved \\. Bu . i tin,.thoug . , ttmi and i \ terved th ' aa evenin \ r9of oflii >M that h( • i^herow ^auty, ai her name by tliat » reitrain h her. Hei tent to tt way for C( lawt of tl of adultei king ten tiege, wh name wa ■ t; Dm (bat pad hin lo him, ha had llSaiii't d calli. iw him , ■roiBgljr. \*j, tnd ' i|M| Who It), who ing had ironhip- ha h^ thii ion ietad at re (akan lad him- maniMir ■neb ai • naca N- iad N«- wu a cceadad ^ lOibaaM" i him to > aipact Inau to . , '.r. But ■naMige Miiiilioa* tba king t man to lithajl, indoaia. • ira, and ^ i shoutd 1 ineon^ '• [ion,] !pfince< ie toith~ ■•sadon tha one of theii 'i irdt hot { tbil, he j 'I'hathe ,y| tfotooie- ' ritbthe d treat- - So that' I , nodef r, madje-'r louiand j, lia" a&d at them rotfaired. , aiMt|n itira at ^ > LAtinion.- ,' ajiie |m wianrof'- \f^r^■ withal nrrnid 01' Aliialini and hit arm^, Ihty tlaid no loii!;>'r. bijt jyiilBttd lltpir anxiliiiritt, and fleil lo tfif ritv. So Jonlt^ben he hiid ihut overcQiiU' IIih eiieiity, reluriitd With greut joy to . Jarutairm !■> lilt'. kiViK' ' 3. Slill this (Irfitit-ilid not induce the Annmon- iteii to b^<<|iii<^t< nur to ncknowlrdge na tupi-rior* to them Ihbte who were to, liut they tent lo Cha- laman the king of the S^rinnt, beyond Kuphmlet, iind hired him for an auSiiliBry. Ho bud Sho- bacb for the ciiptain of hix liott, with eighty ' thooiand footmen, and ten thousand hortrmen. . Now, w^ien tba king of the llcbrewi iinderntooil that the Amniunitet had again gather^ to giH^at ' an army togrtber, he dctrniiiiud In make Wur ' with them no longer by bit i^cneralt, but )\t puts- etl over the river Jon'im bimtelf witii all hit army; and when he met them be joincd'*b«ttle with them, and overcame them,'and tlcw forty .thiDuaaQd of "their footmen, and teveo Ihoaiand of tbeir boncmen,- .lie also Wumulcd Shobach, the general of Cbalaman't forf*'«,~jviw> ditd of. lbat\itroke; hti llie iteoult; u( Mcsonotnniia, Upon tuch a conclusion of the Itattlc, Jelire^d themtf Ivet up to Uayid, am! tent him pceten^i wbo at winter-time reliiriud to Jer&tal<>ni. But at the breioning qf the tpriiig he tent Joab, thV captain or hit host, to fight ai^'aiiiht the Aninion- iles; who oyerrnnall tliiir cuyiitry, and laid it watte, and •hut them up in thtir wietropoli* Kab- bah, and btTi^egedtheAi therein. . /;..^/ _._■•■■ ''^ CHAP, VII, ■>:;'':.,' :;■/ UoHi David felt, m Imt tcilh Jiathththa, and »Un) her Huiband Uriah, for which he it re< ftoved by Jfathati. { i. But Pavid fell i>o«v into a very grievous tin, thougb he were otherwiie nBtiirull^ a right- toni and a religiout niiuii and one that hrmly ob- aerved the lawt of our falhen:. for w'heif late in an evening be look a view rpund him fl'Om the rvof ofVii royal palacei where be used to walk ^iit that hour, he taw u woman waihing heneU ■ ia her own house; tlie was oije of extraordinary tiAauty, and thrVfin tiirpatted all otber Women ; ber name wa^ Bathsbeijia. So he wat overcome by titat woman',)! beauty, and mat riot ai>le to rettrain bit iletires, but tent for ber, and Iiiy with her. Hereupon the conceived with child, and tent to the kin^, that he should contrive some way for cdncealing htr sin, (for according to 'the' lawt of th e ir father s , t h o i who hud b ee n guilty ' of adultery, onght to be put to death.) So. the king tent for Joab'^ armor-bearer from the, siege, who wat the woman's butband; and bis name wa* Uriahs and when he lyas couic the 80 - . ' king Inquired 6f him aboal tba army, aad about (he ■irg"- *"'' whi-a ha had made answer) that all Ihrir alfiiirt went arConling to their wifheti* the king look tome portions of meat tram hit supper and gave thi'iii to him, and bade him go home to hit wife, nnd (al(e hit rrtl with her. ' Uriah diil no,t do to, but tlept near (he kiiiK, with Ihe rent of hit anunr-brareri. When the king waa informed of Ihlt, he atkrd him wbv ha the nnlciral Cutloin of all imn, when Ihrv conic from a |>iiitr journey. H« rrplird, that it wat not righiawhilc Ms ful- low-iuldirrt, aiKl the general of^hc^rmy. tfipt upon the ground, in. ihe camp, and in an < nmiy t cuuntry, that he thoiild gonlrrc \\d them, if they »i wbM thtf «iMiilUd ihc wallrwhcrava tbey uuglil, bjr DodtrmininK and olhrr alnta- gciD> of war, Id cndaaTor ut him; who had formernr delirered him out Oif the hands of Saul, and had given bim sui h Hvrtt u be bod justly and legally married; and now thli God wai deapiaad br him, aad aflViMtad by hii inipiely, when ha hail married, ami aiiiv hod another man'a wife; and by esfwaing hei basband to Ihe enemy, had really alaia bini. that (lod would inltici punitbmenls upon him im account of dlDae inalaiirea of wiikeilnrsa; that hiaown wivei ahouhl lie rmcrd by mih of hia mna, and that he should In trrachcroualy atimilanted by the same au«; and Ihal although he had per pptraled his wickednea* secretly ..yet should that' punishment which he waa In undergo be inliclad publicly uuun,hini; that iiioreover, said be, Ihe child which was born to than of her, shall looi die." When the king was troubled at thcN . meaaagea, and auffirirntiv eonfuumlad, and aat( with leora and lurrow, tlial he bad ainned, (fof he waa without controversy a pious man, am) guilty of no sin at allun hia wholu life, eice|>tlnf lhoa«i in the matter of Uriah,) God l.ad compaa- aion on him, and was Vecunciled tu him, and pro- . mised that he would preserve to him both hiii- life aad hii kingdom! fur be laid, "that ieriiig he cepenlcilof tlie things he bad done, be waa no longer iHspleased with him." So Nathan, when he bad delivved this prpphecy to Ihe king,' returned hottvi. ' 4. However, Ood lent a dangeroui diitemper upon the child that wni bom toUayid of Ihe wife of Uriah; at which the king was troubled, and did nut take any food fur seven days, although his servants almost fomed trim in lake it; bui he clothed himielf in a blurk garment, and fel^ down, and lay upon the gruunil in lackcloth, eltT ' treating God for Ihe reroyfry of the child, llir br vehennntly loved the child's muthrr. But when., on the oevenlh day, the chihl was dead, Ihe king^'s ' servants dunt not tell him of it, as supposipk* that when be knew it he would,«till Iras mlmir of food, and other care of himself, by reaioii of bii grief at tba death of hii son, since, when the ., child wui onl^ ilck. hgflb grie h'lmaelf, I'nt fixim tu- mult and di|tiirbiince. 'Aa auon aa what he hrfd commanded waa done, he deairid bia aiatir to brine hia aupper 10 IHm iaio the inoer'parlur; which, wheq the damael bad done, he took hohl of her, und euilcavured to pcr»Uvtde her to lie With him. <^ Whereupon tUe duuiael cried out, ami •aid, ** Nay, brother, do nut force lue, nor' be lu' ' * That aialcnt of (old waaabo^Tlb.welKl'l.aee II c dcacrliition of tlie leaiiili'a, rli. «iii. Nuir rould lote- wicked a« In lran>Kra»a ib'e lent, and brinf upil rrpriiarb and di^Kraoa, ' Mhe alao ailvixil him to Vjieak In hia fa'theraboul Ihia aAHiiV.I'ur ha Mfould |irrniil hiiiL[lo marry her.j Thia M^e arid, aa deoiroua to avoid herbni- Ibcr a violcnl paaaiun at priiaenl. liul be would Apt^irld l« hVr, but Inllkmed nilh luve,J«nd blimlcd wllh Ih^ vttbeiuencjr nf hIa paaalo|l, ha forcrd hla alaler: mit aa touii aa Aninwn had n bia own brad, lie alto I'oMnd mail)' iillirr vr>»i la in Ihe city, and lliuae both iplemiid aad.ol (real price; bat aa tur ih« Aieil, iii- lurnirnlid ihrni.f niid then dealrOyed them 1 and when he had taken Ihe other clliea of the Auiiiiunilea hy luice, be trtalad ilicm after lh» aii|ii« mannt r. ■ , ' , "CHAr. vm. How.^lnaltfm murJtrtd ^mnont trAo haijbriiil hitouiii Sitlerj titiil how he uui t«Mtf/ic lani) a lad luiajoftunx befell hia boilac, o|i the •ccatiott l'ull«>wiiig : II* bad tf ilaughter, ,wb» waa yet ii virgin, nnd-vcry liaiiUaonie, ln»imui:h thai all! aurpiiaaed all the mual beuuliru^women; her name waa 'Inniar: >lir had lb<' aailie uiolher wllh AbaaloiH. Now Amnnn, iHvld'ai Ideal aun, fell in luv« with her« and Im Ing not able 10 obtain bii draiica, oil accnunt ol' livr virginity, jind Ihe cuilu, a kiiiainan and friend iif hia, Who dlAoveicd thia hln paaalou, for he wna an Hlranrdinary wiac 'man, ao^of great aagacily M mind. When'tliererure hk aaw tliiil rveiy morning Amnon wui liul in boily aa be oMghl^to be, he lame tohlin, alid dcalri'il him lu ItTl him wnat waa the cauae of<^^il:'hunevcr, he aaid. that ha guraaed iha^ il aroae, Iroiii the pataiun of love. Aainoii Conl'eaaed hil puaalon,that he waa in love wnh a alalcr ol hia, who had/ the lame father Wnth hinacif So Jonadab auggeatetl In him by wiiat iaelho'u>lie ki.eadcd tbeHoHrtn the i i «hmt -bethrotliet< ^"^ ""idebini . ^ cakea, and baked tl^^m in u pan, anit lmnis;ht^ -i^ve-lbeiu-^ u^nalj^hey^^ tlikt would be wit peaaca ul Her aliaiu*," ne comihandard bii itr- vjnl lu turn her out of bia buuaa..'- Whereitpon arte waa aorily |;rieved al Ihe injury and viulvnce that hnd berii oderei^twer, and lentxlicr luoia coat, {Inr the virgloi/wohl lime wore auch looae coala, lied at Ihe liiiiida, and let down loilie int. klea, that ibe inner coala might not ho at>eiiiJ awl aprlnkled a'ahea on livt head; and went U|r^h| niiilille iif ihe^ rily, rryingout andtlHuiCntl lur the vinlriice thai bud bc'eu nd'erl^u her. M Abaalom her briilbcr hiippcned to meet her, aited her, Wbutaad thing had b«hllrn heMhat ahc wua in that plighll and when ahe had told hinr what Injury had been oflrred her, he co|ii- furled her, and dcaired her to be <|uiei, luid to \Bke nil palienlly, and nut to eateeiii \iif hein^ rnrrupled by her Orothftr a* an iiyury. {io aha yiebled-to hia advice, and left od'her crying ogtt and iliacoverliig the furite offered her lu Ihe mill> tiludei and ahe continued aa • widuw with ber brother Abaalom a long liiiie. 2. When David hit, father knew (hit, ha WM grieved al the arliona of Amnon; b.ut became he bad an exlriionllnary aliectiun fur him, for ht wua bia eldeat aon, be wua compelled nut to oiltiet him: but Abaalom watched fur a fit opportunity of revenging thla rrime upon hlni, for he tho- roughly Tinted biin. Now the aecond year after thia wick<.d oHwir abo^l bia aiatir waa over, and Aliaalum waa abuut Ht'f,^ lb tliear hit own aheep at liaulhatiii, ivhlcli it a cily^ j'n Ihe |iorliun'of KphrHlni, be braoughl hit 'father, na well m bit bri-thrrn, to ronienwl feaat wiib blm: Itiit when D'ttvidexraaed bimt«'l(^at no* bclii|; willing tojbe bunlenauiite^o him, Abaalom draired hxi wuald bu'ivevir aeod hia brethren; whom he did M-nd nrciiniiii<.;ly^ 'I'hen Abaabini cliargedT biaiiwu' aeivButa, Ihiit when they aliuuld tee Alimun dia- ordeird niiii driiway 'with wine, and he aliould abuawcll eallniute It liiiilier, aini e he here aiiya ll.al DavM wore II on hit ficail perlwiuaUyi . „ __ \ Wl'ell.ec Joecphut aaw the worDt of our ropiea, a arr in l^auihel, uiiyl ' oii'y ' c i:^K, ll.al lliey were ni.'iito killhlin. , :<. When they had done at they were com- manded, the rtat of hia brethren were aatoniab- Cf' und'di!itui^lird,lind were afraid Itir Iheiuai Ivci, •o tbiy limiiedialely ^n\ on liurac|iai'k, nnd^ rude aivnv to lhiir.'.;iVca,'raivorVlraawlii(llinlicriKf ■iMleU.e|)i paait IhreiiKh tie (irirkkihi:' ia ear I ere ilnrniei'mlenlb ii' nl> l> e 111' le, or in any oil rr in- directly ei|>re*ard. irteanw tlieni, iia ii ia ironi |irii, rirul I latO'V wlii>i*6ev<:r:iiard<>ll>e word* in tfaniuti tal)l«,j)e did, L< ceilainly cipouiiileij thcui of iorniv:it- fcifm nanratiy to refei 10 any aoeb ti.big. # ,, . 5^~~~,"--' 180 Ikair lM«lb*r th»t appMrad (o |M*« alMB'tlMm, IM •f|nv«l«il k\t •urrow for thani, ttu ha nai- Ibar l(i<(uira: '•lliat two of her aona, in a^>ara« way; had aome dilfercnca between Iheiu, and that in tire prii« grcaa of that diflcrenre they caiiie 10 au open quarrel, and that one waa amilten by the other, iu|d wai diad ; ami aha deaind him to iulerpoae in thia car*, aitd to do bar the (avor to aave thia her aon from her kindrra, dwell in Jertlaalam two yeaiy, and became Iha fulhai' of three aona and one daughter; which daugbtir waa of very great beauty, and whom Rehoboani, the aon 01 Solomon, took lo wif* aderward, and hail by bar a aon named Abijah.^ But Ah^lom altBt to Joab, and deairod hi|^to' Kacify hia father entirely towarda hiiM; a'nVto rarech him to give him leave lo comvlo him to> ai^e him, and a|ieak with hiin. |!ut when Joab iie|;lecled to do ao, he aeut anine gf hia own acr- vaula, and art Are lo Iha ileliia adjoining lo hini; which, when Joab um(eraloderform the injunetioB I laid U|ion thee, which waa lljii.to recooeila my fathar to met anil I really beg it of thee, now ibou art lK;re, to jMcifjr my fiilber oa to roe.aince I ealoam mjrpomi^ hither |o ba mora gritvona than aiy banilbment, while my fatber'a wrath againat mm continM«a."' Hereby Joab waa perauaded, aad pitied the dialreaa IBal Abaalooi waa in, and be- came an laterceaWr with the king for blin. Aad when he hid diacouraed with hia iiither, he aoon brought him ^0 that ainieable diapoailiori toward* Abaolom, that he preaenlly aeat tor hia Id coiae to him; and'when he had coat himaalf down upon / the ijround,, and had bcigod for the forgivenaoa of hia ofTencca, the king nitttd him up, and promiaed hlin to fdwet ilbal Jm kad formerly dona./ .' •• . • \ ■ -^-^- hT^- ■. ; ■ ^j CIIAk IX. CMcrming' tkt InmrreeUifnofJIbtahm agajiuf 'Dmid; and conctniinf Vtnif/iopAirf an,' ATti- ' ' thai; and ennetming Ziba and Hhimti; and Aow jlhithofM Aang-j^d kimtt{f. > { 1. Now Abaalonu upon thia aucceai with tht king, procured to Muae)f a pent many horaca, ana many chariot*, an().,that in a little time alao. He had moreover fifty armor-bearers that wen about him ; and he came early every day to the > king'a palaee, and apake What waa agrrenlile to ' auch aa cnnic for jnaticc, aqd loi^t thicir cunaea, aa if that hapiwned fur watit of good cmtnaallatL. about the km;;, or perhapa becnuae the juiigc* mirluok in that uiijual .arnfrnce 'thev gave; arhereby he gained the good-will of tncm aB. l eal no t e* i i n l li e O l d T ept a w ent wpon t BiiW. il y . W . It doea'^ appear what Waa Jneepbua'iopihlon: lieoela the leit down lioneiatly ua lie found 11 in lib rOptea; only he lliduiilil. Ihot *i tU md »f daft, when Akmlom folh-d dt waighjri hi* hair, waa *a«a a ■«*&. ' i t BOOK vir.-^iiAr. IX. wllhtbr r hone*, inic «l*o. lut were ' ty to the « ■enlile to ' ■ r ruiiso, e jiiitgM Dcni all. Il«i told tliMn, that kifl ha but lui'li tiiihoriiy coaniitud In him ha wiiiild ilUtrilMil* juilirv In ibam in a nicxt ti|iii(ahla utannar. Wh>n h« hail niaila hmiMU to |io|iiil«r aiiii||ht ho hail alrriwljr Ihtr fiHiil wilt of iha |Miu|ila Mfurril to hiiii, liul wlirn fiiiir jrara liail uatoifii MDCa hi* falhtr't raiomiliallun tu him,* M eaina tu hlui, ami liriuuKht him to Riva hmi laava (a gu to lUhron, aiul nay n Mi rilli'« (o tjwl, bmaoiia lia vofvoil jt lo liiiii whrn h« llril out of tha cinin hit rrquati, ha wciil lliiUMr, anil (Tail Indai caiitif ruiinini (ugrllMr to hint, for ha had MDt tn a K^a** I'UiilTwr to l» 4t^ f, AniiitiK (hriii caiiia Ahttk'iphfl Iha (Uln- nila, a cuiiiiarllur ol Davfl, and Iwu hiinilrtd man out uf Jaru>al|iin ilacir, who kiiaw not hit mirnlioni, but wtra font fur aa l.i a ■■i-riAcr. So h« WM ap|>oiiil«il kini^ by all of thani, which ha obtainod by thit •lrktii|n>m. A> •oon ai thii urwi wa» broaj^ht to iMvId, and h far (rum rf iiiriiibariuy huw hit iiirrnon hixl twrn to- |ut him uf that kin|[d»in whidi wiit givvn hini oftioiL and ■ceondly, lo take away hit own falliar'i tifH. (la Ihcrrrora rttoKi'd t>i fly to thi< |)irt« hryiiinl Jordan: to ha cuIIhI hit mott intiinala Tn.-ndt tagethvr, and cunimuiiicnlad lo Ihriii all Ihiit hi* had hraril ol hit ton'* inndiKU. Ma coiiiinillid hiniti'll'lo (fiod, tojudKe liclwct'ti llirm nb.iiit nil thair acliunt: anil laft tifa care of bit royal piilucv to hilt Irn conmbinrt, and want away Trbin JrrU' wlain, beinr'willingly acronipanltid by lira rrit of tha niuUiluilr; who went hatlily away with him, and imrticularly by Ihote »i\ hundnd ariu- ad mrn, who hud liirn with him from hit lint riicht in , Ilia dayt of Saiilv But ha |i«nundrd Abialhor and SSaduk, the high prietlt, who liiid dctarniincil lo ij^o iiwav with him, at nito all (Iw l.««it«a, who w«r« with Ihi^ ark, lo tiny bchio'l, •tJlOpinK Ihiil (iod would driivrr himw'ilhout iU raiuovul; but ha chtrf^cd lh«nitoMhini know , privately liuw all Ihingi wimt on; md ha hiid (hair ion4, Abimnnt iha mm of ^^iidok, and Joiia- ihnn the ton of Aliiiithar, Tor fuithful minidiiii in all thin|(ii; but Itini iha (iittite wrnt Out with him whcllivr 1)4V id would let hiai ur nut, Air liir would, have |iecMiad ute the liiiml pf Abtnlom frnni Aliithuiihrl, for he wua ttfruid thiit he iliould prrtiiBiti' liim to fol' Abaalom. Mo ha wai pravailad on by flavM. and Ivit liiiu, auil ram* to Jrratulrm, wbilltv^ Aliaaluin hiiuiair <'<«ua alto • lillla wlida altaft ward. 3. Whan David wa« (one a litll* failhrr, ther^ mat hiiii /Iba, Iha tarvani of Mrphibotbalh. (whom h' l>*d t«>ni to lake iii, ri|i«i-||ii|[j lo ba rhoten kiiiK in lh« praMiit rontuaion, in ra- inviiiltraiirii of Iha baiitlili Saul had runlrrrtil U|ian Ihrm." At tliit Iha king hud craat iniliji- nation, and gava to 'Mm all ihut ha had fur- liirrly bmlowaid on Maphihothalh; for h« ilrlrr minrd Ihal it waa miii h lilirr thai ha alioidd bavti ibcHi than llta oilier j at which i^lb* froatl rajoii'id. 4. Wlirn David WM at llnhurimi • plica ratteil. Ilierii rame uul a kininiNii uf Saul ivhoti' hiiiia wua Shinici, and Ihrrw lionet him, imd gave him nprriiuhfid worda! iiiid Ilia frii'iiilt aliKwl iiboiil Ihn king and prulei'tiid him, he prrarvtTid illll more in bit ri-proai:hrtL und.ralli'd Mhi a liloudy man, and the author ul' all toru ul'miarhirf. lie bade him alaO "((o ou| of the laud at ail iiiipura and arcurtid wretfh and he lliankrd liod for ilipriviuR him kingdiiin, end i'niiaiii|r him lo be puuiihed whiit injuri<'» lt« hud done lo hit niaaler, "" und thit by the meant of hit own ton. whcj* tlit'v were all provoked arainat him, amll BiiKry at him, and paiiirulurly Aliiiihai, who had! a mind to kill Shimri, Duvid rrttrained hit an-' grr: '*l,at da nut, anid be, hriiig u|mrt uurtilvca another fnah ini«fjrtuaa:,la thine we have «!• ready, for truly I have act Ihc IrnttYeganl or ron<'i'ni for ihia do|; that ravet at ine: I tub- mil iiiytrif to liud, by whute |H ruiitaian thit miin irriili me in tutdi n \vild iiLitpirr; nor it it any wondrr that I am obliged lo UMilcrgo theto abuiea from hini, while 1 cx|u'rienc« the like fnnn an inipiout tun of iii^ own; bat iiafhaiw liod will Jiiive tome roiiiinmeralioh U|ion ill, if it lie hit will wi' thiill uvrrroiiie thriii." So he want n David waa coma to Jor- dan, lit; allowed thoiii thai were wilh liim to re" I'lvaji tluimai Ivit; for llicy went wvary, .'i. liul when AliiHluui,Hiid Ahiliiu|ihtl hiiroun- •tllor, Were come to Jrrutalim. with all tha pe.iple, David'i I'rirnd, I fuih-ii, i;cnie tu them; and when he, hud worahipid Abaatouik lie withil wiihed llint hit kiiiK'luin niiglit leal a long I wretfhk m ut hil ithed Ion r, [Smil.J I." NoA low hit liernicioiTt counael; fur he wua a prudent , lime, unil cmilinue for all a|;i'a. Tlut when Aii intiii, niid very aharp in aerinK what wut «d\nii- aatoin tnid t> him, •' Ifow roiiui thit, Ihal he Ugroiit. When Divid uaa cotlcn upon iliv lop I who niia mi intlniulo u friend uf my fiilher'a and of ihe mountuin he look u view of Ihevitvi nnd I uppri(r»d fiilhful lo him in nil ihingt, iajiut proytd lo Cod tvith abundance of trnrt.HH Iitiving , «itli him now, hut huth Iclt him, ami" it ronie nlreudy Uitl hit fciiirdom: and here it wiit thnt a : over lo iiic? ' lloaliiii'i nntwir wp» rrfy l*rti- fAilhful friend of hia, whote name wai Huah.ii, | nrni and prudtnl; for hi- tnid, "We oiiKht to met him. When Dnvid anw)iiio with hit clotbia ^ fdlow t J hnfe thowed to thy father: npr it there an/ nuaon to !>• in the leaat diaaiitiafied wilh the pretent fctale of affnirii for tlie kingdom ia not Irauaferred unto another. # :'rV--.A.. *Thia la one Of ll'e I eat correrlloiit that Jooephua'i hinlory OlinWaiLeoa'd not he mnre thaa/aiiryean aAar eojiy BirorJii naofntexlllol inonr ordinary rnplea la ii.Kaherein J.if4>phiia, whnae niim'fi lo dirrrllycon- nooily rn'rui'led. 'I'liry anv ilai *l>liire'rt'ianof Ah- Armed hy :li it co|iy ofll.e Hi-|itiiiii:oii vrrston wlianra Oalum o-aa ■■•> tenra ■o^rt tv4iiit wentlK-iiire. (of liit the Armenian lr»|n'.itioii u-iiainude,wliich(iv«aiiallM Kconcllkilion hi hit ■ /.lier,) \t'licrv.ia t'.c rerict nf ll.a aame amall numla'r ul lour )eari. :_ . • ._ O -^ _ #■ .% 4'- IM ANTIQIMTIBH or TIIK JKWB. but mimIm iIiII In tha whm (•mlly, by ih« inn't r*r>iiiil2 il kCI"' I>i4 Cmhir " 'I'hK •patm h iwr- Mailwl AbMl'iiii, iflio lH>Air««>iM|Hi<:Uiil llua nil Ami "<•>» h" kIUiI AhMhi>|ihi'|, «nil r mu\UiA Willi hini what hr nuvlit In ijui b* |)«ril' luiH In K riahl with (rriil aliirriiy •Minal Ihjt i»\U*t, IWr hilhKriii ihtf «r» a(raHl •r laklnf up iipan niniily ai^aintl liiin, out at »n •tpatlaltuil llial )riiu will Ih' rcrniii'ilatl «|(kin," . Ai'< '>rillugl)i Aliaal./ui tVM prrvnilail iift li> ihU •tlvira, aiKl coiiiiMaitdrJ bit urvatMi topitili liiiii • lani upon the i»p of ihr i-.iyal |mi«r.*. In lh.i N|)il of Iha iiiiiIiIiiiiIk) anil li« wrni la anil lay with hia fnlhiir'a i'iiii< ultlnri. Now lli|« taiiia to MM ai'iurilini lo llu' prnlktinnof Nalhwi, wliao A* pruphi tleiraiul tliriiiAoil to hliil, thai Ilia aaii Wkultl riav up inrrli<-lliiiii ii;(ain«t liiiii. -■ ■«•. Stni mhrn Atnnltim hail donii wlitt he wii M«IM(1 lu b; Ahithophtl, li« ilralri'il hit aiWlrr, in tha aaiMml iilm-r, ali.iul the war aRulnat liia Althar. Now, \lilll)*i|ilirl iiiily *«Jiim| liim to Irl kini hatr Itn lliuutkiul rltnitn men, ami )i« |iri> nijai'il he woulil iliiy hn fatlitr, and hriiig the Wldiaira ImcIi again inaafalxi ami hn MikT thni "Uian lbs kiiiipliiin would li« Inn (a him ivlirrt David wa« driiil, M>llJB<» olhtirwiac."] Aliaiil.«iu waa piriiard wiMf flHa .idvii-ni and G:ill«d f.ir lluahai, Uavid'a fnrndt (fur U) did lia alilr him,; and iuformiiiK him of tha opinion uf Ahilhnphi I, ha aakad furini^ what waa hia opinion coiicarn- iilg thai matiert Now, ha waa aanailiK' ihil if Aliilhiiiihrrt couoifl waa lulliniad, l)n»iil iv lulil Im in danK«r uf bring af it'll pn, anil tl.iin: to iia atlcniplMl lo iulrmlura a cuiilrnry opinion, and aaid, "Thou art not acipininteir, U kinj;, with Iba valor of Ihy father, and of thita«i Ihxl *N now with him; that li« hnlh iiiadx many wara, and halh.alwaya roniti nlf willi virioryi tbough probably he now abidi'a id tho Raiii|i, Inr halt »ary ikilful in tlralii^rnua and in forewr- lag Iba daccllfyl Iricka of hit cnciuiea, yet will h« Iravt- hia own ttildirr* in ihe rteninj, ami will eilher hide kimtcif in lome vallny, or will place an aiubuih at aonie rorki to lliut when .our army Joint Imtlle with hiiu, hia loldirra will retiru (or » little while, but will nine uiinn ut ajfain, aa encouraged by the king't lining luar them; and in ille mean lima yunr fHtlicr will •boiv hiiiitrif (uddinljr in the lime of the baltli:, and will infuar courage into hit own propln whi:ii tbey are in iIhiikit, but bring rmintfrn.ition to tbine, Coniider, iImt) fore, my advice, ami rea- ton upon il, and if Ihnu rami not but ai:linow- ledge il toll* the beat, reject the opinion uf A hi- Ihophel. Send to the entire ciiitntry nf the Hr- brewt, and order Ihiui to coniv and Aght with Ihy father; iind do Ihou Ihynrlf take the army, and be tliiiie own general in Ihit war, and do not irutt ita' nianagi'inrut to another; tht.n exwct to Ron(|iier him wilbeaae, when thou nvvritkitt him oiienly with hia fuw purliiiana, but batl thy- aelf many Irh tliou'anda, who will be deairout to iteinoiittmle to thei: Ihiir diligi iirti iind alncrilv. An:l if thy father aiiull ahul hiii.aelf up in tonic city, auti bear a lifge, tvc will nvtrthmw that tlW ivilli niachiuea of wjr, and by undermining it " When Hatha! hail taid this, he obtained hii point aguiuat Abitbuphcl, for hit opinion wai prc- *ahla reAecMon of Juaephua'a, tbal Ood bi»H(ht lo •ouilil the 4un|(i!ro«a rounael of Ahltlioph'ul, and di- rarlly 'Inl'niuatetl'wlitkcd Alaalohilo rejnrt it,(wlilrli 'kinitualioii' i« wliill tlu Bcrliitiire A\y\i:* the JiidiciHl *hard*illnK the hcuru'unit tiliHilin^ llieeytt' of inpn. WhO,^y tlieir lormrr voluntary wirkniliii'm, have Juaily Jet e mil tu l i e il«> l niyt» l , and a r e tlie r e ' iy hiuut l ii to deal nrtion,) It a very Jiiai one. and In hlih not uiifie 4Upni, Nui' doet Jm>'|ii.ua ever puw'.e liiDiBeir.ur |ior- plat hlarpadi'ra,Hilti nibiHe liyroilieteHHttotheauM- oar of tufh Jitdllat iiilalualioiit hy Coif while the JiUlk* of Ihau U (oneraliy ao alivloiH. That pcculiaf | Jktfail by AhMlom befir* Iba nthaf't' howatar TTWtt no iilher than tloil who nia.la the niunael uf Muahai n|i|»ar bul In the uiiiid tif Ain.iloin • T, No lliialmi miU.: l.iitU |.i lli« Inih prieiit, Xadok ami Alilnlhar, anl tohl tliiin iTia npiniuii of Abilh| hia eon ahmihi cliaagt hit mind, ami |niiki< hnain In iniraue hini, and to prevent hliii, and a.iie upon hi.n Iwfnre he lia ii aafely. Now, the hi^h (iriella had their ao(.t I'linrialril in a propi r |ilare mil nf the rily, Ihiit they might carry m wt In David of wlml waa IraiMti'leil. Ai'i "'.'I le noKiiiae ordiliiv, but liiliiiig iKin^ will) them their fnlhcra' iiijiiiw tinna, Ikihiiu' piMU4 and fiiilhfiil iiiini»le/i, and judging Itiii- (iiii. kn. ., and tmlleniit-a wii»lh« heat miirfc ' of fiilhiiil aefyii .<, ibef mndr liiiitc to meet with Davlil; but iN^rlain bfirn men taw them when they ivire two furlon'^t fium the ritv, and ii,. formed Ahmlom nfth ivhn iiniiiriliulrl> aenf • ■III' to like Ihrui; hut witi'n thn ion» of the hi^h prirala |n n-i jvi d Ihit, thi y went nut nf the ritail, ovl liel Hill t'liniai'lvrt lo ii rerlidn viHiigi , thai villitji^e wiianilliM |l'ihurini; there ihiy dr •irnd II rtrlnin wnnini; lo liiile llirni, iipi I'lllnni thrm aritrttoy, Ai>)riliii;i;ly, the let tin ynuiic men ilnivn by a M|ie iiiln h ivcll, and laid iVerrt i-f wool ov»r litem; ami vi'hen thoae tlml fMirtneil Ihi^ui raiiie (n hrr, and iiakid her whether the taw IHi'dH the ili I nut ili nr IIihI the hml teen them, for thnt ll'ej- aiaid nith'har tome tiiiuv but till' aiti.l )hr) Ihri wiiit thi'ir wHiii! ariil «lu' lW< - tiilil, tliiit, howiiver, if lliev woulil follow Ihrni di- riirtly they would cnU:h I'li.ni. Hut win n iifti r a Ijii,'? piirtuil lluy roiiM nut rali'h thi iii, llii'% came liiii'k igiiiii; anr:liiii while il w,it night, and n-jt lodtlay :it ull on ihiit HC>'nitnl. B. ttul Aliithiipliil, on rejerlijn of hit advice, got uiKin hit Ilia, mill roiie uwnv to hit own coun- try tlllm; mill calling hia fa'liiily together, he told Ihim iliatiACity whiit advire\ho liad giveii Abtalnni; iind tifii'i; he had rtut been penuaile'l by il,l(f t:>iH iiewjulil evideiitly perith, and thit in no Iniip lime, an I thjt IJavid uould ovrinroine him, and return lo hia king'lniii aguin: ao he laid it wilt better tliat he ihnuld toka bia own life away with i[reed»ni and ningnaniinity, than au- |,ote hiniai'lf to be punished by Dnvid, in o|>poti- •lion to tvhoiii he had acti^l entir''ly liir Abtiiloni. When he h« I diarouraril tliut to them, he went . Into thn inninat room of hit boute, and hanged himtelf; mill thill w^a Iha death of AhithopKrI, who was telfcondeninc I: an'l whi-n hi< relntinna had lukin htm down fruni the baiter, tbey look mammr oniie d'vlne oper.itloui, or perntiaalon*. or Ih* «aM"» l!0(l inaki'a u«e uf In lurh rtm'i. It flfipii liii|i«n- clrahle l.y ii«. -Hw'rcl tliin;i« lielont lo lite l^nl our ti^liutlhoielhlnrathiitnrareveaMlmlangto ut.and t»«ur chijilreii. for eirer, iliin we uity do nil ihc worda nfihlalHW." I>eiit. i«li. i». Nor liava all the tub- itllln ni the iMOiluriia. m l.ir an I ix-e, |{iven any lunal- dernhle liiht In thia, iinil ugmy other the like polnia oi* dlllienlly Tetnllng either lo divine or human«p(ratlana. Bee flia notat on Antlq. B. t. chap. L aact. S, and Antia. B.ls.chap,tv.aacl.X inok vn^-^KT, X' m (•rtfffMiAifvMt. lfoi»,tifi#n«»).l,h*™iM*a III M.iliiillitliii •n>l • yoty liiir •ml „ nun ;il plrriUMrr, biilh iiMl nC Ina •littni* thr) hul Ihiil ha.tkiiiiU l>a furrvH l.i Afo *«>ty, i rniiii J«rii>«UMii,| anil mil of IIim roiifi I Ihrji linii' bliii wfiit* Ji« Mna .in hl> lurinur iiroiiivrily. 'I'h^i' Kara UanilUl lhv, iiihI Si|>liiirlhc ruler •M»«| Iha AiiimimUaa, aiwl Mai liir ibf |iriiH't|Mil wall uf (ilUaili anil llii'v dirnlahixl liiin with nlantifiil pr(i>liiiin« fur hlnMrlt anil ti)< f.illow«r', inauinui-li Iftal Ihajr wmlril mt haila n»ii(l, ii«r wliiai n»,t, (hajr lir»U||hl Ihant a Krani many lalllai f'lr ■l*H|blart anil nffarvil llmui what rumilurc lh|i|Hhi« Ilia fulhcr, ami |iai>«il (hcrvwilli rlvrr ihi- rtvrr Jiinluiii illlit aiil ilown iiul fur Dlf Muluin;tii>i« in llir luuiitiv ufdi' land. Ha a|i|Hiin(i!il Aiiiiiaa lo lie vh) inin nl'.uU hia hml,1na|rail iif JiihI) Ilia kinaninni liiaj,it|ftrr waa Itlira, luJ hi* iiiufltcr AtilKail: itm •Kh^ikI 7*ruiab. the luulhtr of'Vimls *«»': liiivi'l'a lia- tara. Hut win n Uaviil hni'l iHimhrnil liU fniliKV- rra, and fuuiid lliriu U> Im alinul lour tbnuaanil, jiC nrai^vrd not lo tarry till Aliaal>»n aMiirlii'd hini, ImiI arl uvi'r liia ini'X •'H)iliiiiia uf (lujuaaiiiU. aiiil captaiiia of liuiulrvila, ami ditiiind bit army into tnrr* parta: (tir una |i^rl b» rnuiMllU'd lu Juab, Iha nrll to Abialiai, Jiitli'a bntthi'r, nod lh« third til lllai, l)avld'a riim|ianiiiii mid I'liriid, but one tliat ciuiiit I'rom llu' iily ill (iaili. And Wlirn lie naa diairoua of AkIiIiui^ hiiiiki If uitioiiK tliMii, hit fritinda Mtiiuld nnt let bun; iiii'ULa.r*'- fUMlof thetra waa tiiumlvd upon ver) •Qna: " For, (aaid thry,) it vnt he runiiiii^ bo'ia irilb u», w« havi' loat ull R'luil ii< ('OVcrioK uiir<«lvr«; but if n'r xliuulil lii: briTlril in one part of our uriiij, the i.iht r |iiirl« niiij n- tire to him, and may llKnhy iinpura a sf'"'"' force, while the enemy ivill unljMj^Uy that liehatb anothrraroiy with liIBl." waa plvuai'd ^fitb thi* thtir adviri', iiud rixnltrd bimaclf lo tarry ul MalMuuiA. A.ml ui b>' n.nt hit friendt and roininamlen tn the bntile, hi«l hainranluiit mij(ht not be diprived of thnt kiuKilimi, and be brou|i;lit to punishment by hit futhcr, for hi* impudent attempt againtt him tollrilaiia thai l|»#y «inht "<>' *>• rn"<| tb« Kreaint ditf (am to ihrm, whiU l)a>id'a anldlert ttro»» (tr»al*» lo in»ri«M«« »» many •«• lho»»- •anilt I a* the tnrmy bail wil4l thaiu.J Ni*» llaviM'. men w«r» eiini^n'Mra, aa anpenof III •Irm^th and tkdl In wari v lh*y fitlhiwvd IM nlhera at thay Bed away liifaii||fi Ihe ftirattt aiM valUyti tlllM they loub lirlamWra, and niank Ibi'v alew.aiMl iniiri In lh« Ai|[ht Ihan mi l'i\»m liie^nR'a muh' and Hxdi with violrui ♦, mul n"l«a lieinU hmmlf liljht.be in Ihe large l»Mi|th« of % aa lie Wat larriiil II treat liioliiMi. aa ^UirhiahairKreally Tity lre« that tprtMl a (real way, nii3 ihi i" h- huim after •.•urpri iiiiK manner; ul»*.*i''^'f 'I'" (»*""• i^mtn* on further, and jITlt awiiily, a^ if ila ui4Pr had CBF y aiippoai' Sof>avid IIIIK manner ; i|^(pt<' f further, and Jlut awill , , _ been atill npixi il«9>«' k; but he kawgrMK in the uir upon lh.i lii eft tliwd roiidd almul lln Im . Mii-I piU'd dgril hi. dead hoily. Hud ciiatjl into a gtaali lM»tm?tl»l W«t oal of aiKlit, ami I.imI a |ie«(i nf > iKa U|i»<. him till lAe laviivwiia liU-il up, ami bolji h nl the appuafiince and the bi)(iii«ti»f a tiff**- Th'ti JiMb aonndeil a ri Irent, and e< i.atM hia it ii h a portal at the entrance, and aiioUier at th«exill.b«twMn which Now Abtaloiii 1 lie pilliir inlV k Iroui Jcruaidcm, id. aiiyiiilf, that i - - ■- •• • -•-■—; name woulil rrniiiiil bv that pillar; for he bail e fon«, iilid 6nv diiiiRbler. named Tamar, at ( ... »aid before, who, whi u'xhe wat married to David'a gruiulion,' Kehob.iiini, lianr a "Oii. Abijah l>y name, who iiirceede.il bit father in the king- dom i bul of thctr we 'ihall t|ieak iu a |Hirt of our hiatory which will b«' more proWtr. After the ilialh of Abaaloni, lliiy relnrnail avary pn« to their own hoiuiK rc»pe('li*ely. 4. Iiul now Ahiiimm, llie toil of ISailok, the hi^li prie.l. went l« .loab. and detired he would piriiiit him to an ami Ull I hi v id of thit victory, anil lo briiiic him the gnik{ newt that fiod bad afforded hit H»«t.t,.iice and hi« providence lo him. liowever,~he did iiotKrant hit reiiueat; but tald to him." Wilt thou, ivho h»»t nlwayt been the nietaeii^er of good ne»«, now K'» *"<' »tqii»i»i Ihe king; that hia ton itdeail?" So be d««r*d him toiTetiit He then culled (Juibi, »nd com- initted the buiiilett to him, thni ho abuuld tell the king what he hiul teen. Hut when Ahiniaa* . iipiin dealred him to let hiiU fo at « meuenC"'! mid aatured him that he would only relate what conccflied Ihe victor) , but not cuioceriiiug flic death of Abtalom, hi gave him leave to go to David. Now he look ii nearer road than the for- mer did, for^ nobody knew it bnl hiHwelf, and he came before ('inhi, Kow aa David wat titling bctivWMl the Batet,* and w aiti n g to te e when ludlrinl etuae* Were hesiril. and pnMle f l>«tultatk>n» , inken, at it la well known I'"'" oeveral plarea of tcfuj. tiirB,2Clilon.H«i.«:PK>l l«- M;rixl(. SiFiov. h 11 *UI. 3,341 uul- a»««l «A«a,«l«(Wh«c ...-„-^^- •"/ :j m: M: ■■■^':.T IM ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEW8. •oniebody would come to him (torn the battle, and tril liim bow it went, one of the watchmen •iW Abimagi runninff, ami btfoni he coiilii ilii- cern who lin wii, h« tolil Diiviil that be mw Kimrboilv rominj to hini) who uid, he wn* a ((oo(| ii.r«Hen)5tr. A little while after he inform, ml hiin that another menMiiep^ followed him; whereupon the kin;; lai.l that li.> was ajio a pood meocnger! but when the watchman tnw Ahl- ' Miaai.aud ti.at he wai already verv near, ho gave the km;' notice thHl it wai the ion of Zadok tile hl|h prie»t, who riinie running. So David wui »«ry (chiil, and taid, "He was a iiiessengcr of jfooy. Hut when Cushi was come, and had wor- *hip|ied hiin, and informed him of the victory, he asked hini ubout his kon ; who replied, " Miiy the like niislprtune befull thine enemies as hatii liefalleii Absiilom." Th)»t word did not permit either hiiii» be was of a tender natural af-' lection, and had extfaonlinnrv compassion for this sou M (larticular. But wfien the army and Joab beard that the kii^g iiioiirned for this son, • hey were ashamed to anter the cily in the habit • f conquerors, but theWall caj.ic in as cast down, aiid in tears, as if thevl had bi en beaten. Kow tvhile the king covereil himself, and grievously lamenled his son, Joab went in to him, and cbni- torted hmi, and said, " O my lord the king, thou art not aware that thou lavest « blot oh thyself by what thou now doest: 'for thOD seeinest to JiMc those thatlov«,th«e, niicl undergo dangers for thee; nay, to hate thynelf and thy fainily, and to Bive those that ore thv bitter enemies, and to desire the company oflhose that are no iiNwre, and who have been justly slain; for had Absalom gotten the victory, and firmly settled himself 111 the kingdom, there had been none of us left alive, but all of u.s, beginiiing with thy- self and thy children, had miserably perished. While our enemies had not wept over us, but re- joiced over lis, and punished even those that pitied us in our iiiisforlunes; and thou art not ashamed to do this in the case of dtie that his been thy bitter enemy, who, while he rtas thine own son, hath proved so wicked to thee. Leave oil, therefore, tny unreasonable grief, and^come abroad, and be seen by thy soldiers, and return them thanks for the alacrity they showed in the fight; for I myself will this day persuade the s I>eople to leave thee, anf\ tq give the kingdom to Miolher,' if thou coritinuest to do thqs; and then 1 shall make thee to gneve bitterly, andf in ear- nest." Upon Jo,ab's speaking thus to him, he made the king leave oil his sorrow, u^id brought hini to-tbe considctetion of his all'uirs. So David changed -his habit, and exposed himself iu a • Slnro David wn» now in-Malianaiin, aiid in the open place of thai city lale, whlrh seems still to have heen mu the hidhcst of any |.nrt of the wall,Bnd since our Mlicr copies say, he 'weMtuii to theehaniher over the IfBte.' 2 Sam. »ylii ST. 1 think weought to correct our present readuig tn Joacphns, and for ciVy should read manner At to be teen by the multitude, and sal at the gat^s; whereupon all the people heard of It. and ran together to him, and saluted him And this was the present state of David's affairs. --. CHAP. XI. How David, tohtn hi had ftcottrtd hit King- dom, va» rtconciltd to Shimri, uttd to Ziba ■ a„d.$howed a rrtal Jljlclion to Rarxillai-; ' and fioit, upon llit Ki$t if a Setlilion, he maUt JImata Citjilain if hit lluit, in order to oursui iihtba, yohtch Amoia va» ilain by Joab. }1- Now those Hebrews that bad been with Absalom, and had retired out of the battle, when tm-y were all. returned home, sent messengers tu evervcity to put them in mind of what benafitt David hiid bt'slowed upon thrni, and of that li- berty which he hid procured them by delivering thiiii ffohi many and great wars. But they complaineil, that whereas they had ejected him out of his kingdom, and commilied it to another governor, which other governor; whom they had set up, was already dead, they did not now be- seech Diivid to leave ofl' his anger at them, ^nd to become friends with them, and, as he utjd to do, to resume the care of their affairs, and take the kuigdoin again. This was often told to David. And, this nolwilhstanding, David sent to Zadok and Abiathnr the high piieMs, that they should speak to the rulers of the tribe of Judah after the manner following: That "it woiild be a re- proach unoii them to permit the olW- tribes to choose David for their king before iheir tribe, and this, (»aid he.) while you are akiii to him, and of the same common blood." He coriVinnnded them also to say the same to Amasa the cn- tain of their forces. That " whereas he was bis sis- ter's son, he had not persuaded the multitude to restore the kingdom of David: That h» might expect from him not only a leconciliatioii, for that wss already granted, ^)i,t that supreme* command of the army also which Absalom hod bestowed ujioii him." Accordingly the high priests, when they bad discoursed with the ru- i" S L '"'''• '"'' ""''' "*"»' "'" '''"K '••d or- dered them, persuaded Amasa to undertake the care of his affairs. So he persuaded that tribe to send immediately ambassadors to him, to be- seech bim to return to his kingdom. The same did all the Israelites, at the like persuasion of Amasa, ' 2. Wbeiri the ambassadors rame to bim, be came to Jerusalem ; 'and the tribe of Jiidah was the first that came to meet the king at' the river Jordan. And Shimei, the son of Gcrai Came with a tboiisaml men, which he brought with him out of the tribe of Benjamin; and Ziba, the, frcedmail of Saul, with his sons, fifteen in taumber and with bis twenty servants. All these, as well as the tribe of Judab, laid a bridge [of boatsl.* over the riVer, that the king and those that were with bun, might with eas^ pass over it. Now as soon as he was come to Jordan, the tribe of Judah saluted him. Shimei aUi^came upon the bridge, and took hold of his feet, and prayed bim "to forgive bim what he had offended, and not to be. loo bitter against him, nor to thiok fit to make him the first exaniple of severity under his new authority; but to consider that he had repented of his failure of duty, and bad taken care to come first of aH to him." Whije he was thus entreating the king, and moving him to compassion, Abishai, Joab's broljier, said, " And shall not this man die for this, that he h«th cursed that king whom God batlT appointed to ^a(«, I. e. instead of the highest part of the o7», aUould ^V the liighest part of the fate. Accordingly we find David presently in Josephus, as Well as in our other copies, S &m. xix. 8,aittiof as before in the gmteotttt ^-.::-ljiCj-:,^.. BOOK Vl liiiiHcIf to i loiin-rm-,! ^viira old, aiirl wag thcrcluf* W«IfWf J •ai.l, "Will vc II. wr 1p..v« oIJ. y. .oni iiiousion l„r u» .liatl. .ml biiriHl; ••»''« ''V'''f'' trouble* «ml MilUioiM B.imMS Its luw the former, him. lorl"' '"wl »t» rch.h for liUji.f »t or hn .Innk .,r« ovrr; for I tvould i.ot httV« .o., iK^M.rmit IhutI l-y r.usoi. ..flu. ap-, ^n'' 'J''Wp)Sft'r" "••'^,{?° I thin flny Lrei.. mv r.■i^nl. n.»l U.ortf,.i-.. .w.«r .,i«.Hh 'l^.it.U). I.. »uar tl.«J|(^..r^.ri,, or the to ...,iui...lv.rt oiiaov o... ll...t I.h, »h>.u.l. iW Kraml.o,n ,..»i hi.... ami uorshipimlth.. k...K a...l «mI...I hm. I)»vid. .I»lh. to t;.I(;i.y.ttvin^' iilioi.t h.n. half ! the piui.lt [of' Urai'l,] aild the [whole] tribe ol U'-iiial'msn of the countrv <: with .1 jjrt'at iimltitu.le. Xi.iliih. j. Now till; prii.'-i|i I (o (iilpti lo III... anie and rted aiviiv, 1^> wn> i.. ."..il. Rricf that lie had not jHilled li'.H l.iaii, .mr had hi' wa-li...(,■.. ............... ■•, .J";", "■.■."'VTl..,,; l..,l k\w bvV.il.a his^liwanl. -Wh... h.. ha.l s„l.,tHl co...,,lalnr.lol the ti-.l.r of J..d.di, that thfy had th« k-...B, n.Ml wor-hio,,..! hii... tl..^ kl..jr b.^ai. to ! coi,,.' L. I.i.u iii " pi-'vat.' hmmur. *•'< ""•^'•X •Hk him. "VVhv h.' .:i(( not H" <>"« of J.n.'.al. ... I oi.nl.l iiU foiyointir. and w.th One and the ume with hi. id W-.-oi«,!':,..i l.iu. di.pi.is hi. Ilight!" I i..l.mio.i,M-.hav« p.v.n hi.,, the nic..|.n|C. But owinfi't. Ziha; b...au,.. Un. hr^or,.j.r..ljn^^ to icet thii.jf- rea.lv for his j,'..i..« out « i* hh.i, 1 by tl-... : loi; .aid th.y. "VV ,: ar ' Ua% heto.)knorar«./it..b..tr.j;i.rd.:.ll..q. no .,.„rc invo, and. ."• (hat ..orouot we .tl.t rnt than if hr had been a »!..><•; and i.itltwl, h;ol 1 ' '••^" "f ' «"'' 'ovd bo... and m> cai. had mv fret Houml al.d nlron^. I hlidi.ol dcnTlcl thee, ibr 1 rouhl then have made mr of the.n hi iiiy flight: but thi» in not till the hiiury tlwt Zib.i has done me, aft to inV d.ity to thee, ...y ioril n.id loy .iia»ter, |iut he hatli,«iduinniati;d ii«; be«i(lt<, and t .Id luii about nn- of his.ywn ii^ui- tion; but I know kl.y .i.i..d will not ad...it 0|»..kK eulnninie<, but it rid.teou>ly ..disposld, .a.id a (over of truth. whirTi it U idiothe willjif (i-od thoiild piev.id. . Kor when tip).. wa»t in IIm' ;;Teiitisl liauger of M.fffri..;.' by ...y i,'ni..dl.;ithi .•, and when, (bi that ;.rr....iil, ui.r whole, lao.dy n.l)Cl.l justly liate be»nd< si.rye.l, ihou wiint nio- der.ile nnd" ...ereiful, and didn't then espei:inlly lortet allthoMJ injin-iis wb>.., if tl.iHi hatjlst re- ineiii'iirnl the.n, ihon l...il.-t. thf^' potter ol ;puif- i«).ins IIS firOiem; liiit th.... hn.-t jud);.'.! ...e to lie thy f.ie.id, and ha«l»i< ...•: every .lay at iLii.e own taldi\ HOT have ^v.i.iliil ii..y lWu\% «liii li one of thine own kinsiue.i, of g.-isil(«t isIumii vvilh thee, .■Old I have e\peif< d." \Vliei.. hi' said j ii.> p. thin, David reicdved neitln i- to pllni^'!( .Vleiilii:.. ri.elh,* nor ta conJen... /.ib i. a» hi.mi;,- helnil his imiHter; b.it said to liill..' ibnt i.s li.. biid [lie- fore] srailted Jl lii8e,t:ite lo Zijia bei aose he did not come aWt; with bini, fo he [now] pro- IIHM> Uj foi'tci"* li""' •'•»' or'hri'd tl:at lli.' ..in' Ksif of his e-tiite slioiil'l be ri'stoii-d' to him. Whei-fiipon MJSr.ib.is!.. Ui s:iiil, -Niiy, 1. 1 Ziha take all; it «i.(liJH» lue timt tliou hast recpwred thy kiu'vilo.ii.'' 1 " • , . .'i X IJi.t David jlesiVed Hariillai, the l.ilrudlte, ilial ureiil aiid-fsifcid man, iiiid one that bad i..iide> : li phntiful nroviJjon for ijin. at Maha.iiiin., ui.il .con.'iui'tel hi... as far as Jordun, to i.ceo.np.ii.y hh.i til Jemsah'.di for he |iromised to Ireat hiiii ill his old ajfc wi'h all i'.ia....er of reiijM'it; to take care of hi.a, arid proviilc f.>r him. Rut liar- lill'ii wuf yy desirous to liye^t hoine, that he eii- trcuted him to eii/iuse bi.ii from attcnda.u'c on lata; a.id said, Tltat 'diis ae;e was too j:reat lo enjoy ti.e pleasures [of a court,] 8ini;e he was • Dy navlil's itispdsal of Unlf MBpl.ilKislicll.'s i^nte to 7,ilia.o.i" woulil iniii2ii.etlintl.c was a «ooc! deal dis- latiifi'-ii a.iil ilo.ilillal wliillicr.Mepliihoalietli'i story Were enlirely true or not. .S'or does BaviJ jiow iiiviti! htm lo ilU'l will. liiui.BS heiliit Iwlore.tiut m.ly foriiives bint if be '.ii.'l 'leei 111 all •-■nilty. Nor is tiiis otid way • of ran.. I nl.i* tliat Mei>l.i''"s'ielli made use of here, and SBam !(i»;i!l w'.ollv frue from suspirioi. of hyporr!- '■y If Zil'B ne'lei'teJI or fpfltse.l to l.Vb.g M.^ilil'oslieHi ■d'ass of 'lis owJi, on wlil'li lie niialit riile to Utvid. it to hard to »upp<*s i 'lat so jrcat a in'.ui as lit win sbould "~ .- ; ' ^t--^: . . — - — — id's kiiis- ..., — - dher took f.fvt: of him, nnd loved hiiii, and so rainc first to him; yet hail they not, by tin ir early romiiigi nceivid a.iy ni'ls from lii'in, wbirh loifrht give the.ii who ca.ue lust aiiv u.i< asineis." When the TiJeis of the tribe ot Judab hud sniil this, the I'jilers of the oilier tribes were not ip.iet, but said fiVt'thir,"0 brethren, we eannot but wonder at you, wbin vou cull the kinpyoi.r kiiisniaii alone, wirereashi that hath receiveiffrointJbd the power iiver all (rf us i.i coiH..ion, ouxht to hi' esteemed a kiti-iiiiiii lo us nil ; for whietr reuson tl)e wbolit fji iph' have <»1even parts in hini,t and you but one jiiirt; we hIso ai'e ehler than you; wherefore vuH liave 'iiul done justly in coniini; to ihf: kinjf in lliisiiiivali' ihhI t'onceiihd manner." :■■ li. Vybib: these rulers were thus disputing one withii.iolhi^-, a .ertain wieked I'liiin who took a '^ll.ii.uie M. s<'lious iiritclires, (his Uan.e wo* S.ielia, the. suit of llictri, of the tribe of Denja- i.ii.i,! siood'up in llie midst of the .iiullilndc.und rriid al.iiid, a.id spake Ihustothim: "VVe have in l)avid, nor inheritance in the son of ,. .-.,, . And when he had ilsid those words,' he. il.'iv will, a Iriinipel, and declared war apiinst ! l!ie kin;;', and they all lelV David, ami foHowed hiiii; ll.<' tribe ol' J udah alone staid with hiii(, H.id xellled him in his royal palnoi' at Jetusal*in. liufas for his eonculiines, with whom .\bsaloli> hissiill bad accompanied, truly he removed them to iinother house;'iind ordered those that had the care of ti.e.ii to make a pleiliiful provision for ihi.n, but he CHin^not near them iiny more. U« idso appointed Aiiiasa for the captain of his for- ces, and Riive him the same high ollicc which^ Joiib before had ; and commanded hiin to gather to;,-ether out of the tribc\of Juihih as (fmit an army as' he could, and to tonic to lii.n within three da\ i that he n.iKhtdeliverto him hi" entire .iriny, a.iirmiyhtseniniim to fight B.!^inst[Sh'eba] the son of Bichri. Now while- Aiiiasa was gone out. nnd niade suUie delay in gallwrinp; the army to- pether, and so was mil yet returmd, on the third dav the kins «aid to Joab, "U is not lit we not I c alj? to procure aome olhcrticast for the '"'t'l clearly prefer Josephiis's readi^k here, when it ' M.uiinses eleven milms, l.trhidine Buiijalnlii, to Ire q« llie o.ie side, and tl.otril>e of Judah iJonbon llie other; since Bc«ian.iii in «e.ieral La.l,heoiv»till fonder gflji«: house of faul, and less flrniloDnvid li'llierto lha» nny of the rest, and so rsiiuol lie supiH.wd to l^e jnin*4 wiih J.idah iit lids time lonmke It douMe. eniwrlalljf whenil.e I'ollowlii!; reliclliu.. was headed l.y a Uenjam- itc; sec s^ct. 6, and 2 8an«. «»• 2. •!. w ' .>v 150 , ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEW.*. ■hoatij iiiakr any, delay in ihii affair ol Shcba, \nt he K«t u numeruun army about liiiii, and bi- tlio occHaion of greater iiiuchiur, and huft o«r al- lairi iirurc Ihun did Aliialoin. liitiixif; do 'n«t iliou, tluTeforc, wait iiiiy loiigrr, but take tuch Ibrcraui IhoO'liaat ut liiind. and Ihut [old bodv] of nix bunilred uiru, and thy brulhtr Abisliai wj^h thui', and purituc after our.|-ncniy, and cn- dtiBTor to fiiffit him wtforcaai-vcr tliuu ciinit oyertwiui! Iitiii\ Make haitc to prevent lilni, le>t he ieiza upon same lenicd cities, and tau» them. "Will you be so wjckt-d us to iierish liiiserubly, with jiuur ohildr«:ii and wivi-s, fur the wkc oj a vilr '••low, un,d one whom nolHKly knows who he i« I And will you have him for your king instead oi Dnviil, «h(» luith been so greiil a bcuefai:tor to you, and opposi; vourcily alone to such a might* anil strong arniv . " So she pievniled wilh tlu ni, lin.t th>y cut tJlVthe lietid of Shtba, ami thri w it nito Joab's aiiiiy. When this was done, the king's general soniidi^d a retreat, und raised the siege and when he wu» ciinie lo Jerusalem, he was pi;!iin appoinli'il to be general of all the iieopli ihe kinit also constituted Ueiiaiah captain 61 the giiardi and of the six humlred men. He also set Adoniiii over the tribute, and Snliathcs and Arhilaus over the reconls. He made Sheva the scribe, and apjwinted Zadok aqil Abiatliar ihi high priests. CHAPXIL ' so he took it up from the ground, and {. while lie approached AnmsiV, who wn* tlnn near t /'*'."' ''" fMreicsictrt dtlheretl/'roma Famine. him, as though he would kiss him, lie took liolil "'lif'^H'cCiilironiUs liadmuieJ fiinuhmfM tii of Ainasn't iieai-d with his other linud, mid he j ''« mfiitttd fur lliute nf thtm that haAhftn sniote^ him in his belly when he did not foresee - 'lain; as aha Khat ftrtat jlctiom leitii ;;t.r- formed aifitintUhe PjiUisliiuM by UaiiJ, uaU the mcnof fatot about him. . ■\ ii, and slew him. This impious and altugcther profane action. Joab did to a good young nmn and his kinsman, and one that had dune liiui no injury, and this out of Jealousv that. ho would •obtain thi chief command of the arinv, unit be in equal dignity with himself about 'the and for the samo cause it was that ti' Abner. Biit as to that former wicjl^d „ the death of his brother Asahel, wliich he^ ed to revenge, airorded him a nt prrtenrc, and made that crime a pardonable onei but hi .' this murderofAmasa there wail no sm h covering [ the senate liiiil invorn to them If" therefore lor It. JVow when Joab had kilji .1 thii. general; I sajd God, the kin;- would periifitsucli veiream.' lie piwued after Sheba, haviiij( bit a niiin with j lo be tiikeii for those that were slain, at the Cil- , } 1. After this, wlien the country ivaa grcM-:: ly nlUicted with a fuuiine, Uavid besought Otid to have merry oil the people, and to discover to hiiii what WU.S tlie cause ot it, and how a remedy miglit be luunil for that disleni|ier. Anil then the— ■prophets answered, that Ood would have the (iibeonites avenged, whom Saul the kinij was so wicked as to betray to slaughtir, andliad not obaerveiljKe oath which Joshua the general and ^P Vbishai Joab's brothel;," ■ But because thejiody sought, he sent for the (iibeonites, and asked nv on the road, and all the nii^titude canrP\iiii- I them. VVIiut il^as they would have 7 and when •hey desired toliave 8 /■', tliercbv deprive the people lof the benelits (hey < nowenjoyed by his means, and of those that thW ■■ / might hereafter ienjov by his livimr a loijij time aiiiuHg them. — ■ — tt-- — ■ ■ ,■" ' . ' ■ '% t Whet weire |;athi nrfltanarii HtUlte, ou liehaved h rnendatinn '^cd tbiy \ ^ atintcil t(i (hereby wi brews A iHkr agaiit - ■i^tinst tK« Mffglo vom rinrs, and Alany of tf a little wll lUrir vainj 'b-rtimrs of bail a man < J)) h of h diiger thar sun who w |iit^ nk'niy « 1 tiizht (bii anna, hen battle, he f rage there be of ibe s the I'hibs ' Israeliles. ' ■ 3. An4 1 'dangers, ai pea e, com ■ veral sorln made wert ters; he t taught the ihatcalleii vnU. Noi Was thus: striiies. it ' , tery hail t ujpou by Ml large iiistr s wi'.re prisiii ■"■^; tVS'i '».■■*■ A Wl«fti of Inn' ic went ; " \Vil»;= f, with' i'u vile > be i» ' lend' «r • btor to mighty hrt;iv it jkitiRV I itiCKo ' lin was [n.'0)tle, ' lul tbv ilto ul i'« ami ya (he lior ttu' ammr, %eM tu irii fcf " ■ li, unU . greM-i A If God jirer to eniedy icn thV^ ■ vc tli« , was so id noil ral and - roforpi - ftado ■ he Gl- lat lie I niul- . rclbre, :htJotl aski'U when ' cliver- Iheni . Jona- id the ■■ upon ?covef- I, ant) atthfc ' '. I litUe ,' . I'liili.- ( them.' V' as he; '-■/, had'u : ■' iWn. ' 5. for, & iishai-, -v'-'V- Jtcctvf ''■■•' I, ufld' « A M he"., made with •', •-■IC;'- great •. ' anrf ,,,;■ ■•h«r:^,' the^ .' 7 time /■( ' ,i When tfe k% b?«rt» ^at Vjii? I>MJii,tin«i ■ .-welre , lathtteif, ' l»>|;,if,th^r |«'"5 W 'f itv " J \mM, ' kt) '■Hitlilte, out! (>t t)l|«'tb»vedr hioil4f 'M-'M' lo'i .UiM!e#«!".K];rACvt!^iJ|i».' V^irtnd«t!mH ft)r,^^4«»*ii1ian;>v^/i(li»We.«(l«^b«jirr^ ijfed th(Ht'»T!|itr(>f^ jtje ({llaiilii,,«|iil \«uii(ed tl^em»i'li'i-« liij{Wj oij.tlmt'^fcfl'jiijl.'timl \thii(;h4efe»ttv(>t«v>l^(itijti|?«\i!,iMt»(t« : ia^ra(i;B>'>*v>:* in u , >in|;lo C^WtfiMi ihV »to,mj;:.iK>l" nil it,*' I'hilis' ♦inev'iii* »lei)» ^iin, ^)i«! jiiM iliij Ifrtt irtillshu fiUfij (ff tbeio ,al*(»-*e,rii »h«iB tntfie lij^li'tv Now : u Ittlle Witite :nllli/,r' ihi*. the Ciitlitfiiiin fMtch«l ' ihiitiMttn %i,n ti\\y nhWS^iay, mil Wiutf tl^e >bcuini«r» iif thlb (-•oiimiry: *>f tlje HWiWWj^JHiiul iiman .wtHii w&i iiiit'(:i»t>|.t'i^ ttii,ltKtfmil ijiii flMi^ of h(« feet tiiiv) li«ii(I« Olio fklWU>f' |tnn ^iig'er thitn men natMrtWy. Wave. Nni^ the per- 'wm who wa> (eula^Mu^t. hint liy ]Ti)Vtfj| aUI of .hi* ni'my wa<< Juiintltinij tlie i»on nf Sliiir^ea, whp ', I'liiglit thi»'irt»ii in a «ii)({t« (■otii1>»'i nild uliiv liijji; anAi'he ^ia* the piirjdn who gave thfc ,tijrii lo.lliu buttJi^, hfb^iiined th« |;re]ii«i>ut«. tiiit lifter tir^iifii^t the I'hSti>llf,pc« tmiii »'ar^n6 more U)ta/(^*i' tfhe ■ hraelilf a. " ■» , ■ . V.': -, . ''' ' ' 3. An4 i)<>w DttvSdj beitijtftvetl froirf wnlii nnd 'dangcn. and enjoy ibg lor tlte fttUirer n (irofouitd pea e, coniiiosed >onf;ii and liyinns to (Sod i>f t.e- veral aorl* of metre;* nonie of lllo»e wliiijl he mode were tTiiiieteni, and tcttnis were p«Mitanir« trrs; he nlM> iiittde in9truniavid, were men oif Coura|[«. /Whoiic that were niosl il, luitrioiis «nd„lamoU!i M them for their' iiclimi* were tlii'rty-iifrlil ; of'flvo of whoni I will mdjf relate the perl'onnaii<;f.s. for these will siirtice to uiake manifest the virtue«.of theothers »Uo; /or theje were paWerftal ciiou;;h to siiliHiic ooun- trici, Bnd.<:«^piin<.r'pr«at Wiiiins. Fii'si, ibere- fore, was- Jeisai, the son of Achiniaan, wlio iVi-- . <|uenfly lca{»eil upon 'the troojw of -the i(u-»iij ,; ':ind did not leave olf tigJitiiig tiH hi^ (rt«)rtlii<\v nine hundred of them. After liini wiis Kleaxnr * This sertion is a very rrfnnrk.ihle ffw, nnif sliuws tbalijn llieoapiiiion 01* Josi/phUSi llnviil rnin|iw>oit the liow of l^lina. not nt several tinies dctme, n'H Ilii'ir )iresenl inseTlptloiis frtiiiioiitly iii>|ily, lKiilinil. sec the note on Antk|, B. it. ctiap. xri. sert, 4. Mowever,, We niiut blisuMre here, that «* Joscplius unysr i^Anriij, B.'li.chnp. «v1.»eri.«, that the sons «i(Iie Red- Sell, Eioil. XV I— i!l, wns comiiosed lijf Me«, Drul. xixii. I— I'.l w.isanheianietpr pocni.iioiluciihnsiiy.tliiiitlersiiliiis of D:ivid wrrc of various kinds of iDetre.anit |utr1h-ii- Inrly that lliey roiiliiincil ttimclrts. and |iciit;inic!f»», ' Ailtiq. B. vii.rliap. xii. seit. ;', all whirti hniilii>«, tlinl bttlioiislif these llehrew |ibeius niiiht tm liest descri- ted to the Griiekri and Hoinans, under those names niul ehararl'urs of Mexainctcrs,'i'riinetert,and I'entanielpri. Now, it . appears thnt'tjie inslriiments of jttusic thni uirc^riiiujllv iis;'.'' ':-•'■■■■.'■ .„ th* iOH ^if'4ytt\ttjv.Wti(^,«»«|.Kiri^^riie'Wna^,t',Afi«'' ' ..' siinK,-, *('(ii»,;;,uj8,it, ,ivhf.||, |(^i-eihe;'lJ(W^hii(?s>-weni-; ' « «ii*ljer,«,ri)tafctirii(i;|i;i^HffttVfWuUitMdirii»^>lijj'.l>hv.'- • li»tilWc»v|»W«|tr«vrrtityiiilB»f l<«k'iiy.i,)(lUot''»liMi(','i«n'iV'' (WlUpon Ihfe'.irtJctn*', aiiil, s'|IV,w.lii»iiv riffilltiii, tWl , h'is.«»liB«v"i;Ji«l* i|i4y4i.ftiii«t"tlie, ;,: lumuutaillii will i)>'rtriMiM'lth»'illiatiM^iriJi;'Wiiij»- won, B"»i(f'ptj"iiins,";*»|id",;B ijuitttVii'^riMw** •4W»i -' Wea»»t '*b'W'thV (t»(i„Wd:t:li«'','limHij«tlli-i fSJItswci; : +d, i^nd »iK,i,ilted ,thr,i|rfU'<»rt [ti^\tt'h\, I'h*, ilhri'l^Wa!. ' ' Sheba, fHe ^ii^^'uf. IjJiVs; ^INiiWi VI)i*4«ji»,.'Wlin:n,' '■ iwihe i«»rit;igi4i»»,tiJ«!;;;|Mii;i<(iu»*, ilitr j.iiiUi'd thjf^r f.aTOj»^^i|il^|(':e.c»ll«!4 J;et»k>i»il,nbtil th«i' lubrn'W" #irrefl|fniil»«tVlii(l hf llji'ir em i>l}"i iiiv)l diitnbl sl^y, lie Mivoi^ nlilliitivine, avli'ii »iriiivi/>iiHJ.', ,it,htic|y pt' iiicii, ii^t wkHie i|ii' 'lie ,i)v«r>lirewi.' ^ |i||d stjine, wl?o wire itwi titllvi'rvi.^iMiMBJVstri'pjftW ' ' ' ItiKt'firn-is'lfit-pursmMi. ■ , '|'herii'/,(i|ri*|(tte!i!«v,oi:kl 't>f". (lie hfttids, mid 0/ fiK|(ili(ij;,t'r»iiy i>f tlie I'liiiini ' lines cauie ii^iuii liiiu ifi 'i;ilUy tliiit i\xt<'l«((p( /» to the city HethkliiWi, tvhicli j* twiiity fuflott)^' ' distant from Jeriisiilem. i>Iovv Uitvld »aii( tu f«> ronipaiiiofu, " We hin-o exeiHiiit Walei' in iiiy fiMrn city;, £s|M!cia)ly thetwhicb i< iu Ihe pit nraV tjie gatet" wondcri'ne if aity o|ie w(»uld Unn^ iiini tome of it to drink : out he liaidi lUat " Ue WuUld rather have it than a great deaJUfindiWy." When thene thre«' mPH liearif wliit In mi 1. they mn away imluvtiiHtcly', anJ'bnisl through the 1 itiidtit of their eijcmy's~'ctiAip, and i mile tit liith- teliciii ; And wWu Ifity .hud drawn tlit. watir, tliey retutncd ng;uin th.rLii|i;li tlti oirnu s ramp to the kiji;:, iiisiiiliiirh Ih^t the riidfdiKS it* re •u siirpriiicil HI tl,i( ' il v\e by t{ie (laii;;er anil- the Idond »l in 11, nii WHD not pViipir on that «eci mkl lo iliinl,'! Ii« poiiirwl it out to (ind. Mid j^att hiiiii' tiic .tuiviitian 'uf the HMiM. i\t\t to tn Abi)>li|>ii J"lab's bmth'er^ fur hL lu uiii. diiv sitw fix. Iinadrrdi Tlic fiflh iit thr'-e h 14 llinmh, -. by liiii:i);i;u priif>ti l'i'ir;tieiiigclialli n„id by ^tno] eminent lutn in lhf„rnuntr« of Ab ub, hi o\riited, kill him Kith liit uvui 'in Ml^l]ltt alnd tivityrrf llwlnn Irihr^ were tirou.'l I tiiirk aflrr tttal j rnplivii.v: as.ilKn, that the'sinL'ers mil niiKiri ins, wiio \ uiitlirAd liiaKaptivity, cnine Inik nilli flmif' laitru ^ I inelits."l-;/.rnlt,4l; vil. S4; .Sell, vii K \niii| (1 ti ift. { iii. si^r. M, aiid I'l a|i. iv. iict't. ii did Hi '< Ihi miiiMrand I Ilii:..rdini.'lv sives us a aUorl ileM ri ilioii of llirvi [of the instrumeiiis, .'\nlii). B viK ih mi xcrl, 1, anil,, fives IIS adistiiirl arrouitt.that sn li Itf ilnis ind hjiiiiH were suiiK in his days ;>tthntlein|ih . \n(ii| V ix rh i.T, sect, fi: so that JoSephus's nu(lii>rit> ;« I ci oiid c>rt.|i- „ Mian in tlii'seniiiHerH. Nor run .hm Iniuihi'isnt ihi ! moderns, thill iM'S not njrecBit'i Ini-iiniss c^iarai.* >, i tersi U- justly silp|ios n,hi ruiij^iiul mitlioMly now i;xtant, hereto ri-l iliii ' toheop lOMJl la |[)eiti'lp<4liiiioiii(*s'tH*rnrp in, 'II iit II e anri.tinniiiv 01 an utherinost autlitntir witni-si' .Icsiisthcaovol ftirarb Krplits. i. IR, who iKiysj 'hat III till 'Pinplp,in hn ln-». , ''■Ttie slnsprssanH j)raisc•^yi^h tl 1 ir voire- with .ri ,t \Triitj oftomilsHJ^-ll'iieii a:' ^^Am ,(f ■*. 108 AJ^'iciUlTlKS OF •niV. JEWS. l(^tJDK> ^1*1 ;rKW him wilb liU own w<)alJoui>. 0"i' Illicit"') •••'<' Ih'' t" (ho rumiuiiiioiii'O »C' li lilt III tliu K.iiiie tiisiii, cither im thi>. princi|Hil~or • theiniimlncrity,orii»i'«itnibliiwtln' rtit. Whin liii'il (rnta ■nJw', thtrc woi a iiou who ulipiii'U iiiiil Til) iiito 11 rvrtitiit |H() qiitl btcaiiac lh« |iit'« iiiuulh wiia iiuVl'nw, it wni t'viilviit he would fi<> lUh. tSvlfig mcloeil with the mnw: >o whin lif »uiv uu wuy to get out unit anvo himaidf, liu ru>r- ril, Wlirii Urn^iiah liruriltlic tvilii htiiot, ht: wrnt townja him, iiikI cuniiilK nt Ihi; iiiiiao !^k iiiiiifc, he iv'riit iltiwn into llit luoiith ol' the nity iiiui Fiitutc liiiJt, as hn >itrii|;Kl< >'• "itli a «tiiki! Iliiil li V tlirn , uiiil iiiliiii'iiialih vliw hmi. Theothic • tliiily-tiiri'O utir liiditheac in viilur aN»4, 7'Afflf nhfn iynrid haitniimberril 'llie^nijite.thcy ii-irt fjnyubtd; and how Ilit IHiint L'uilipus- iimireilrninedlhatpiiniiiiuiiul. „^ jl.'Kow ki.iig buviit will' ell i.iriiii.Hl* know ■ liow iiifiiiy ttii Ihuiisaiulii tliiri' Wi ii' of th^ j«o- pli-^ iiiiil forgot this luiiiniamSs iif Miisri',* ivho toUl them bi'IViViihnnii. ihiit if tlii' niuUitmli- ivrre iiiniihrVeil.'Kir^ ahoulil najshalf ii »htl>i'l lo tloil for t\i-ty h«ail. Arcorilingly tin- kinjt roHMiiiihil- • il Joiib, thfc i-ii|)tain of his liniiKto n" ""'' '"""- ' liir llie wholv iiiiiltitiiili'; but wm^i^lii! '';ii I tlitre II U4 no n<:C(-^!>itr iurauch n nuiiif i ii>i<>ii> in' iviiii not |iciKUBdi'(l [tu couutirmanil it,] liiit li)oiit thu \ litunberin'' of tho HrbrcwB. iiiiiiiiiiiiitiK." ,So hii ihoiri-, ami liail Oi-urml hiiu to •n>l»er • ■(uiukly, thiit h«.iiii|;lit tlrrUrti what hehari chtt- >t:D lo'iioti, tlm king rrat'.tncd with hiiiiiclf, ihwl ' Jn cu»ti hv'.ahouM aili for fuiniu*;, hu would ■{>• iW'iir iKiio it for oth«*», and ' without ilangWIb ^: Jiiniailf, niiiui be hilil b^'Ut tl«al ofi'i.ru liiiftU' I'd ii]i. lii.it to ihi! harm of oJhi-ca; tlii^t in <'«)e hu choiild rhooMi to be oyrrcpmc [by hia fiw-' V iiii(-|i] for thri'ii nionlhi), he' would aiiptar (o have c-lio»«n »-iir, hrciiiiat' h« had valiaut nun about him, and Htroiiji; luUiia, nod that, ihtreforn, lie, fiiin-d no'thinir riiiri'frnui: to he choae that nt i, illi'tioii wlm-n i* coiiiiiioii to kinf(i and to their •libji'Cl", and ill whirh tlir ftar wiii /i]ilBl ^on all »id€.«; mill Kiiid tbia bifurchand,' that "it was jnuch bilKr to fall info the bauds o( GmI than fntftlli^'ii! iif hia iiKiiiica." '4. Ayhiii the prO)ilir( had bcdrd thi% h« dev clurisl it to tiod 1 who lhrrcu|x>n |inittt|ieMilenie nnd n niorliilily uji^intbn licbrcwii; nortlid thr^y ^ die aftvr one.ii-a aiid occasiona, whirh tli<)«l' that were ufilii'lcd loulil ^ot umloratand ; fur one died iiptiii tin: iiii-kof annthi r, ttiid itie terrible maliidy MiKid thiiii ^ before thiy w«re iin-Hie, end li,-.ni;;lit tliciii t./. ,. their end Vuililt nil i »ijine Ki^mJV up lb' p;hoft iiumcdiatily willi'very ^'.nut piiiii" ami liilter grief, nud Home were wom away by tliiir dii- tempera, and had nothing i eiiiuiiiing to be buried, but aa aoon aa evi^thty fell, were entirely ma- Jiiab toolTwilh him the luada of tlie tri);i«, oilii^ Ceriilcd; aouic were i:hoked,^aiiil gnallyj lument' the gefibes, and went over the ciiniur} of ihi- Is- '■'■=--■- •■ ' i ..v ......i,. ._ i . •> ■,••■ i ; " . ' ,"!?,'» m r ^'' ■■■•' ^ A- '■ -•-.-' vi\ Ihi irriiae, U.I bianjt nl.'O atricken with u lud- ilin »; aoine. there were, who, l\f they were out liiii'liiiiglhe perisl'.eil of thii'disi'UM', wliieh began with the niitririii;; aiid^lasted till the hoiir of dinner, ae-' vi'uly llioni^und. Any, the angel atri tidied out hi» liiiud over Jcrnaidenii IIS keiuljiig tbi* terrible ■re tiuryijig Birelation, fill down deiid,T with- . . ^ t lini'liiiiglh^rilea of the funeral. A'ow there a M>.'r.<.l fil' tlitd ~.»ltdift.a.t u-lii.'li 'It.iiraii (Vlill ih.t ' ^^ "J'' riielitea, and took notice how niimrroii'* llir iiiuN tilude w.ci;e, and relurned to j|i rii>uli in t.r the kiii;!^, after nine iiioiithn iind twi'iiiy diiyn; inid be ipive in to tSe Aiiig tlie immber of t!ie pniple, without the tribr of lieiijaiiiiii, fur lie Iiud not ^'I't iiuiiibi retl that tribe, no mure than t'l'* tribi' «f Levi; /or the kiiit repented uf hJ!< hiiviiig sill- . ,. ned itgain^it (ioifr TVow '.he nuinlier of (lie i-t.-t j jmlgiuent. upon it. Hut Uavid had pul on sack- of the laraelilea wia nine hundred lli..ii:.aiidj eluth, iiiiil lay iijion the gsound, enlriatiiig (iigiiihiil lu | ed up Into tbi' air, and aaw the unijel c^rrlei^ Davjd that Ciod waa uiigry at him, he ii:r ■ tu him, and forgive hii !iin. Lint God m nt than tlu^ pniphol to liim. t.^ propi'^i,; to liiiii i'i< eleetion of three tJiingaT that hi? ini^ia ihoo... wliirh hi- likid best. " Wlii'llicf In n'.ii|h'>ii.|J Hcnd a jM.'StileiMe and a liiKtruipcr upon thr ili - brewa fur Ihreil (lays'?"' Hut a.« lu' wa.: I'i.lfi n lu H filtal choice of great iiiiserii-.s, he was in Tr lU- ble,^ nnd ^arely I'lnfouii'led; and when the pm- phet had aaid that he miist iif iucesaity inaki ' piiiiisltifd, w'ho waa their nhepherd, but ihut. tli>;^_ , 4i<''ep ought to be preaerved, as liot having suS^ III ((.at all; and he inijdorcd God that'he woiild St ml IiIh wrath u|ion him, and upon all his famii i\, liiil spare the people." * ' 1. Whin God helird hia supplication, he canae'd I he ptstileiiee to cease; and sent Glut thei pi'o- jOirt to bini, and roinmanded him to go up jiii- mt'diately tu the' threahing-ifoor of Araunali^tli': Jibiisite,' and build an iiltar there to jU'o'i, and ollVr karrjicsJij^ When.Oavid heard tmit, br did not niglect IiJs^luty; but iiiudo baatu to the If ■. |1- . " f : -■sV- ^ • Tlje woriteofCoil liy Moaefl, Rxoil. xx.v. !■,', !t»Hi- tieittly juaitfy tlie rcafbn Iiitc siveii liy JUi-i'i'l us lor tl\f great |ilap# nieiilioaeil iii lliia I'ljaplur; '■W'liin tlioii takes! titeaiiiiiot'ttier.litIilri.'n ul' Israel. aOerllreii iiuml'er, then shall llii-y uivcwiTynian a niiisoiii lor Ilia mill iinlotlie I.iiril, \jhen !l"iu iiiiinliresi thiin, f tliiit tt.i;V(! 1)1' nopla<;ue aiiiinust O.ciiiwhi'iiinoii iiiiiii- fcecsttlieni." Norinileeil roiilil Ilaviil'snr llieS:iiihe' driinV iH.j!lcel or e.vciutiiii: this law at iIiIa iiMnicratiini exrusetheiieojile.whoou^l.tatillto laivchin>i'.!litthrir , l>ounUcii olilation of liolf a shekel a piiM-e willi thiui, ' iwMjritous to rfaliain tliiir kinixs ftiiil aeveriioH fr'Afi when lliey rivnictfflie num'icnil. The jircat reaaoii , hrCakinis the I.uinan lawa of tlieir several ^in^^Bl^. whv nntioiianreaoi rA'nataniivpaiiiafuil hy aiiif with hut without the like riirn for n'lHriiiiini; tlicni'lValln tbeir wirkcil kiiipa and (•iivcrinr- iailiia. ihai llicyal- hreukinj the hiwa of Cod. "Wliclhcr it le right iu liiosj ronatiinlly ronijily will', iheia in ihcir iieilci-I of, the aljlit of nod, 10 Jicirken unto iiicii wore than unto ^ordimlMiUienruiotl'e divine luws, mid aiiller ihoaeili- tSOil, Juilsc ye," .\rta iv. I'J: "Wo ought to olty fioU vine lawi to ?o into i!laii«eorroiiienipf. In orilcr to rather than men," ver.!>!l. BT yieaw Ihosewirkeil '^iuranml governors: iinitlhni IliPy tWliPi'i-i..1n«n|ihiis imilr tlin«f hi«i1lilfini.tiiiily, Joscpliiis well olwrves, Aiiliq. li. iv. rh. fiii. aerl. IT, that it waa the ilaly oftl f |iro|tli-flf larnel to takeCa|»ihai their kin;a, when (lily slioniil have them, did aolesceeil Ihi ir |ire IM'r linii*s of iiovvi'r, Tind. provo unqoyernahle hy Iho laws of «!uil, wliieh would rertnihiy lic*a ftiita? iierm rioiis iliiiii; totlii'lr Pivine acltlenient, .N'orilJ J Ihink that, nealijieiire iicruliiir to tho Jcwii; those iiiUioin whii'h ore railed Cliriatlaim ore aoinciiiiiea iiideeil very ime! lift n ■nhmil loseveral wi^ krd poiili'al law»::nilcoiiiinaiiil» I rjiol'y iirroiiiil ■ of the particular ayni|itonis, niiA moat of tllO^l. kill' S llllll •■ill.nrnnru. l|.^t,<;ill llT flto riiill1(>niiv 1 iiii^ii^.^l.lri n>ji,t\Q.lD nf .lyi.in.iti tllln tA.*vai..t |^L!,niin..M law Hill r.od nhi I il ni nknuloi ht i veriooH \ let i |\i i i iinot now'till out other copio oOordiug IM DC Ibeir hiiisH and **flvi "ii it's i. ly i\ h if tliev pl^ im to I r I ',ur'i in (.ouni% cumruty thin )) cl..ri.i cc VI I uiii nhuure 11 vim lawa •^ _ A _ __ ._ _ _ _ _•■___ -.♦.s' \i 1 ,« '<% *• > antwrr • lia'i chu- iaisir,l>Mi vouldap- ■II Illic- it ill <'Hie h'la rM- ^ it (a have in aboui •eforii, lie • timt of' :, J to their ' lul on hII "it WHS . UmI than ily he (lr> lii'itileme riliilth^V , jr 90 in«i ; )|i(.r >VB3. aii«i-> mill It'll I'ouiil l; IKCk lif i/i^il thilii . them X:>'. ,. llii ^llllfl mil iiilter tliiir clit- 1)1' buried, lively nia- ly luiiient- ith u lull- , (IS they iid.T witti- \uiv thcru with the liiiiier, ar-' (itiii'it out i» terrible I (iji sacU- itiiig {ioil. luW ll'lilr, llKr>e tlu.l. kiiix.' lou!.: f ^^c^rrlt■^i liit MvonI justly he - it lliut. tli.:_ , aviiisr suil^ he WDiilir 1 his I'aiiiil he caiinetl . I thei (iiii- fO U|> jlll- lunali^tlx' jUu't, au.l rait, lie lii'.l itu ii) til.-. - .. Vi loliifroiinor ^pliUH well V it »a«llic their kin olcy (ibil iiid melnii- BOOK- Vll.-Clf AP. XIV ISO y ULMI mm I ■f^iive hiui both the threiih- ieil, llfat;'he fceelJ-r,--- 7 - : , p-floor, b'ikI Ih/ ni()ug;hi), anil the oxen fora iriit-oll'eriilg; aiKlKc ' nlwe appointed him. Now Araiinah wnf ||J>tf »h- ing wheat; anil whre, a'iid < eanie to hii;i, and H'ornhi|iped hiiii.; he wua Uv ^ hii ^incage a ^cbutlte, but a p»rliciilnr iViendpl David; and I'oF (hat cauie it wiin, tlial wb^n he •ivcrthrcw the city he did him nu j^uriiit at we 'inforimd the reader a little before. NowAruu- niih in<|uired, ''Wherefore i»iiiv lord rortlei to Ilia xi'rvant'f" lie nnawereil, " IV buy Ctf him till- threthJiiK-lloor, that ho mi)rhl therein build an altar to OikI. and otlir a tafrifu'e." Il jilied '"(»■ liurut-oll'uriilg; aiiit Ite li«iou);ht (iod |;raciuui|y lua.i'i:i'|itil>i<«'>'^ri|ice.\" liut the king inq^e uii-° jtrer, ll'iit III" tiiiilt hi» gencroitity and inagnnnim" ity kiiiflli , i.iiil urrepled' hii \^um\ «ill, but he de- fii'iii liini t(i tnke the price of Iheiii all, l^'r il wrii nut jii^t Ici iilli'r u giicrilire that ro.4t nulhing. And ivlicii Arnuniih laiil, he ivniild. do as hi: pieast'U, III- t)oii;,'ht lilt lhre»hiii[t-iloor of him. K'ur liflynlU'kcli. And when he had liuilt an nittir,' lie prmiriiii'il divine le/ricei and bruuftltt a burnt- offcrintr, vml o lit red pipce-ofleringii al»o; With llieiie Coil u'u" |)aiifi<'d, and hcRnuic grariouK to them u;;iiiii. Now il happened, that Abraham raniv ami inl'Tid liis unii Imihi' for n buriil-otlVr- inii 111 thiit 1 vKy | ilare ;<'(bii liav U'xt tliriott Cut, ttraiii ninieareil on- a sudiU'ii, '>liiM(iiii;r liv llicr altar, which Abraliam •acriliretl in llie Klvad of his »un, aa we haVo be- fore rehtnl. Aiiw when kine David anwiliitt God hiid heiird hii prayer, and had grnciiiUHlr acceptiil of his nityiHcea, . he reaolvetl to call that entire iilurcilK'.nllar of all the people, and to build a tcniple'to Ctod there. Wnich-worda he uttiTiil very appoaitely.to wl|»,t waa to be done afunvnrd; for God atnt.th* prophet lo him, and tnhl him, Ihiif lhere';Ahould hinaon build hiai an altaa, that i^n who wa> to take the king- doni lifter him. >. ; , ■■" CHAP. X^V. That Ddrid tnatl( ftremffSttparaliont fur ike HonttfjftUoii; and Ihatilfiort, Adomjuh's At- ttmpt ij^gdt tht huigdom, he appoiuted Holo- mon f^rel^^: r''.,„ ■ ■. } 1. After th'JlFdelivery of ihls prophecy, the king cnnimnnded thejMiigcr/ to be iiiiinberi'd; aanPtliey were (oami iii be one hundred and eighty thousand: of theae he appointed four- acore thousand to be WMm* of^trtne, and the rest of the iimltitude ti^nry t!!i' atones, iind oi_ tlieni he act Over >,tho workinei^thiec thousam and five hundred. Hi? also iBipared a grea * bnantity of iron and brasa fur'' the work, wit 'jiWany (and thoae ^xpeeding larf^fj^oredar treea the Tyriant and SidoniaiH •eoHini;tli<'>>i to hiiiii for he had sent to. them for a s7ipply of those ' trees. And he toid his friend; tli/il these things 'were now prepared, that he ii»i>r!it leave mate- rials ready fur the buildincof the teiiiiilo to his ,,;»')i:. who »vaa to reign after, him, and that he, . ' might nut. have theiu to seek then, when he was very yon Solomon, and char- ^gJfi'Kiftt", wlii'ii hi- had receivfd the kingdom, to lijiulH a ii'inpleto (iiid; unrl said, "1 WHawitling . t'ibuilil Ciodn tiMiipli' inyself, but he prohibited iiip, bccaU'iC 1 was polluted with blood and wars: . / * Wlinl JnrenhU' adds lierc ia very remarkahle, that V (hia lilQiint Mnriall was not only the very plarewtiere niitl nioiit pestilence, liu; 111 DO .MiralifliiioiRreil upliinuc lun^ iiito, liul iliat.lJud liad fuTetnld 10 Uiwid by a iirnpliet, that liore liia son aiiouU build liiniatmiple, wliirli ii not directly in any of our other cophi, tbougli trcry apceablc to what ii in thrm. but hn hath foretold, that ^lomon, my ynuiigcjil ton, thould build him ■ temple, and ahouid he call- ed by that name;over whom ha hath prumiied tu , take the like care, at a father takes over hit ton r anil thai he would make the country of the He- brews haupy under "^iiiniijllad that, not only lit Sther ri'»|^'cls, but by girBlg it pi'ace and frer- ■ iim 'froiil wars, and from internal tcditiona, which are^he );rea(est of all bUsiingt, SiH):e, therefore, l«ayv> he,) ..tKoli waat ordained by God liimtt'lfbytori' thou wusi born, endeavor to ren- der thja'clf Worthy of Itiis Ilia providenci^, at in other inktnncea, so particnlurly in being crli- gioiit, and righteiiua, and rourageoui. Keep thou alsujiia command', nn I hia lawi, over, thou fitist inaitV ti i| llioiisaa ! atiinr cutler* and rar^ieiilei's ; and tf tliuii •vhiilt want any thing farther, do thou add somi what of thine own. Wherefore, iilllipit peiforniist iSiia work, Ibou wilt be acoepiable !■> God, and have him foi Ihv patron." I)u\id alsofailhi r) eihorli d the rulers of the people (o ntaial hia aon m this buildin^r, and to attend to the divine sertiie, whenttiey should lie free Iron) all their inisfur- tones, for that liny h^ Ihia means shpuM enjoy, ' inslend of thi in, peace, anil a happy (ettlement, with which blisalngn (iod .rewards tnch tiuio relrgioiiH and lightt'ous. lie also gave orders, that when thi: temple .•ilioulcl be once bii'ilt, they should put the Ark titerein, with the ^oly vessels; jin^l he assured them, that they ought to hut« had a ti:iiiple long ago, if their fat!.e|s had qol beeu n(;«ligent of God's eoniiiiDii|t»«^.wiio had givi n it ° ill i-haivalj^at when tiicy h;^^ and to his soir.': ■■" ' 3. David was now in years, and his body, by length of time, waaberoiuc cold, niid benumbed, insoinuitli that he could get no keat by covtrilig <■ • .himself. with many clolhea: and when the phy- sicians, came together, thejli'Hgr numbnett. ow 'there was foiind in the^^^BSK ^'onian of* liup«rior beaaty to all Othcr|^HHen< (her namogMi H'as Abishag,) i.' >t,*iid had ta^r ■rmm «nil ,AI)?SthHr, anil tttr. ftiifn of /uilah|i W hwl invited j^o thi «h«r Z^dQl»itr#1ii|c^ pric»r, <«ir JVnl, ''ihet, nor HImM (Iiu captniu ^f tltf;' of Jbof<4Ffn« < Qiitrury pi(Tt)ri > ', I K«(h.in Ihii prl4i('lr to,i)nviil, noil iBflo hini.t milenl kvmj^u that 8uloni(>ii ihpulil r liiiu, hniwt, is the nwaBtiiiK.* Ad J|j|*lre«i»M the Imjc. ami wuisKipppd him,, nnd IvWA;)., had dt«liii.cl li n\t to it|>*ak with hllii^ sl)» toldliil all tkintfi ill the iiiaunur Uiat Naihani fnidt i^i |Clt«d f<» h*r; and rrlut^t^ what i »up««f Aff, mMi had niadf, und wh^ tjicy wene^hoiikli'i ^hidiipviiled, Aliidthar, tilt- high pr)ii'«tVf|yT.' ■'' ib« eJ»i|:^bl, aiitl' Uavid't aoiis, «xce|tiii^| 1^' prtf'a«U|)it JpiSniate friends.. She •«>«! nMW*h« people had Oitttnyn Oppn hWS (W .whuni h< 'would chcfote for tfii-ir kinr; . She'deMt^d him also t6 oonaider liSw; after nit departuri^ ^donii,ih, if h« w^cre kiifg, Would ilay het>anu^etaonSolopion. ' ^ > a. 5.' ^Mt m ^athalicba was ideakiit^, the Vttth , ar otijthe king's chambers (old h^i, that Nathiii. desired te- t«e him. Add whien the kin^N^kd'' commanded (hat he should'be'adniitted, he^Kiti* <• in.'ind asked hmi,'wlK.tlterhehad,ordaiiu(l>^ iiijal) to be tihg, and delivered the gbveriinki to him o* Do»? for that he had pn ' ■■ • supper, and invUed fdl hin sons at bIs« that tie had invited .lonb the rapta] his host, [and Atiathar the high^riestij win aite Q feasting with ailplauses," and miiny, joyful ScAmds Qf instrumenlf, and wish (hat hji .kingdom Biay last forcVer but he hath not invited me, lior Zadok lite higji, priest, uoj; Bensiah iKfe caiitain of the guards: and it is but lit (h»( all sjiuuld know wBether (his be xlone by thy approlmlfeii not. When Nathan had said thus, tlie kiifg IManded that they shoufd call ^athsheba to , for she >bBd gone ont of the rsoin when, prophet raiiie. >And 'wh'en'Bathigvards ; and w' .come, Ite olUcn>d them to take v_ than the jirdphtA, and all the aniied Mie palace,'^nd to s*t his son Solomon _, king's mule, and to cSrrjr l^in oiit of the the foiiutain called- Uihon, and to anoi' there with the holy.oil. and to i&ke hi This he chargeil Zadok the higb^iist, nr than the prophit, to do, and conimandeclli. _ follow Solomon through tti^ midst of fhe r. and to sduiid (he trumpets, and tq wi^h iJai "That-^ulomon thi king may nil iiphn llie rpy n l I1>ray«d Ip^dad (u be favo^, fitJioAf an* cblayr they »e( « i(le, and broilght liiitt out of Judah, r«li< , when lienalak ' le to fiolunion. iiiion upon tifti Im! rity to (h« ^ 'pil, and brought iccUiuatinns and t continue a lung,, .iitroduevtl him into gini iindn'the (l\run^., [^toiiK thriiiselvrS tu lea festival, dancing, with hiusical pipeti air fjchpiid with the — .._.. ...,, Inatriinicnts of music. ,• , iff. Kow when Adonijah and his guclts perceit- , e place of '.is sii; ;di' . fcatioii, A(ii| when, he-was conie (n the kingjpid^ bad n vrshinf)ed h|pi, Ave k,ii:;; bade l^iiii go away I' t'^ulo eThV throne 'ftV ctcr," that so all (he' people way know (hat he is ordained king by his fa(her. He also gave Solomon a charge Tconci veromtDt.to rule the whole natiol "'tsr IJut David. bC|ngj|letirbus''of ordaihing'his^ son kingof'yll the peopl«i ealled together their rulers to Jcrutal«m, with the prjestt luid the Levites; and {lari'tf; 4p%<>|l>'> fMMn SrMpPi to Sabbath. Add thu«!^^^,th« courses idistributcd bv0jpit< ^ 'leViresenceof ^-jd, and -%idi}k, and Aoiathitr ia.btgh priesti.-tittl.Qf.aU ^tTteTTofers: a^id (iMit y rtifc WAicI). came «|4ttrft was wrideh down M '. fititt'f^n4 accordingly the a^'oiid, mid to dfi "^ twenty-fuurth; and this paxtitiau hath re firtt lut»i , . courses of eight d 'posterky of iVIose^!, tt| hB?irrjpiir('s ■ of -^ W' OfS.. - 'nd also honored the #d'iiiM(le'tJ^eifi the keepers (rod; nnd'*rtf the dnnalion ||fefejh(iftti(i(fyi»lerficated.,,rtVt ''also 9rdain«#„ flnt all (hi! itibe of Lovj^.^ftt.'Wet) a% the priettt , should scrv'.,^ cDJoined |hwi« *' '' ' . '^ C , ' ■ '■ (I«h, nif Uftmiili Hulunion, U|iUII t|ft) l^ l«» the ^ t bmughl lionii and ur M luag, ,.. him into e ll\ron>., liclvfk tu , dinc'iDK, :al vipn, *' with th* ■ pcrccit- , ■lid Joab )t pirawd eie Irum- ir« thciv, lill very . r. Th«ii b nrieit, lijan MKfi II that hu thrm the ctrrihiDa- Hijali and east, und Adonijali lad \\mf, jM of (he li. It wa» and that , liiin that lad done. It for it. irudently, but ^aid V attoiiipt be Qutboi' to him, go away n of any a worthy - rantafpe, lining; hiir ihcr their •nd the f Levitet, . lod, from re of tnfe^i, iame a^r' d (Tribes, i of CJocI itnibit aid all ituiyfi he foui xteen of of Itha- ^nuld mi- Sabbath „ ialh«r and that < 3owii M iid lo df I bath re - rhty-four Ihey caat . for their ored the B keepers fonationii |>rdain«iL e prieiti, Mcahlid ■./:. ,r / jftn~ 1 #'^ (. Al^rr thit he narird the t'nlire army into . ttrelve |iarlii, witli llicir IcaiU'ra, (4111! rH|iliiiu« uf huudrrili,) imil runinmiiilcr^ Notv cMry (larl h«d twcnly-fniir llinuiniid, wltii:li Hrreoi'derrd ti< wail (III Suliiiiiiiir, liv thirty itHvii at n time, friiiii Ih tirat dny fill tin- liiil, willi tbi cnptaiim ' uf ihuutuiidK, anil (°ti|itiiini III humlredn. He ab uttothirK »Un lo lake charge of (be trenanirra.aiiij uf the vilUgea, and rhini. Now, lher<>l'oiT, since yod.kliofv~ thlit of the twelve aont whom Jacob oiir .fnrefather bail, J u- dah was amminlrd to be kiii)^, and that I .waa pre- ferred before my aix brtthri'ii, and rvceivKil tlie gOTernmeiit from God, and that nonr of ihein were uneaiy at it, ao do I alao deairc lliat niv »on* be not (• ditiuua one a(>aiu>,t another, now ^ Suloinoh ban received the king«)oni, but to bear him clieerfi)lly for riieir lord, at knowing that t (iod hath cbnaen him: for it ia not a (^rievoiia thing to obey evi'ii » foreigner at a ruler, if it be God I will, but it ia lit to rejoice when a brother hatli obtained that dicnily, ninre the reat partake of it with him. And rprhy that the promiaea of >^Uod may br fullilledi> and that tliia happin>^aa '^KWU he hath promia^i, to bialow upon king So- lonio^. over all thp.cdu|4ry, may continue there- in foinU^iui* to eoij^teS And theav proiuiiiea, O ■DO, wiff'tie firm, iiltl limine to a happy end, ii othou ahow^t lby|aelj\^> be a n'li{;ioua\Hnd u rightroua man, aUM atr'iiibst^rver of the lawa of thy country; l^ut |f jiCSJ^ ex|icct itdveraily U|Hm th» diaobeil ieiijr(|i?i;tb..:irtf " ,9. Now wh<|t|h'(^:.'kiDg hud said this, he left oH, " ''^" '""nation and pattern of the buihl- t!i#iighl of them all, to So- i|tii»iii) rfnd of the ehainbem, "iJKtfrinany they wi^ie to be, Ight. and in breadth'; aa aiimi«^|erinMttgraic wit^h^of the toldeii and ailvef'i^BllBjI'^qioriJmvelf, lie Cjifrneatly eicitei! tbein'ii'liyili* wor^i, to uie theiuimoiSt alaciity |bout thelvork; li;P exhoMMI ^ rulers it|(|Oj m^ parti^i))arlj( the trlbjlbf tevl, t9^ aaaiat him, bottrhiTausi! of l^a^HKh, «nd bjiicau^e C!od had cliAiienliiiirio lake car? df the biukiiiii^^ Ihie leniplc,r*nd oMiie .Euvernnieilt uf ffie \king- doiu. 11^; also declared to them I hat the >vo«k would be taiy, and not Very hiborioualu tWnkw becauae h« had prejN|rtd for it luaiu^talenqi- of (joM, a^d nipn' o(,OTlt'er,n| llie, i(ri«i»t(», and the l^vitea, wh<>./iliiw •^'in|[(i\l|i\(ted^'np(Viuiuda rrrat and aplenvlid pVtiuii)4twln/|j;fH(nft:t'ontii> buiion, for tliry ullli>1:t| taii of ailverirh Ibouaanil Inl^irt.o, wild Itijllnr ti'fi Ihotf aaiul Inb'iila of iron; and ii aiij one ti.td »pre< ciou| iloiieMie broii)(h( il, niul liH|ii<'Hlhed.4t !• be i|e. 10. Ujinii lliia Diraaion nil the peo|i|* p'juiced, aa in uailicular ibd Uavid, when he auw the icul al^l toi'Ward uniliilion; of the ridcra 'l|iid,» III* |>rii«t«., and ^(>te«t (•Oil »ilh a loud voii-e; railing him ** (bf^ Wther and Fiirent of Ihl- uili\rraa, and of (hat kiiigdiuni wliirii be hath givtii hu aim. lie- sidi-a llii^he prKved for liappinejM to all tha people; a^^ -Ip Siiliininn liia aon, it avSmd and ■ righleiiiiaMiln''' "■*<' •'onlirnied in Jall aorta of vir- tuv; ' and vllii'n heTwmu^nded Ihr niiilliiude to lilraa fbid.'i I'lHin whii^thty all frll down U|Min Hie ground,: and noiahippeid hmi. 'Ihfy iftao gave lb»nk«>|i> David, on arcount ol all tbi bUa- aini^a wMJitlie}^ had received ever ainraj^ he had taken thi kijijj^^iti. On the a* m da^ h< (ir< friit- rd aai'iwe^' t)|^|ioinled liini tu be king, and Zailok to be tile high prieirt uf the whole niultitud<'. , -.-^CHAP. XV. \ W tyiiat tharfe Uttvi4 g;ave lit Hs inn Aai/omtin. ')U ' Ihc Jlpiiroac/i i>/'hiti)(alh, and tofi; iituitji Thinga he lift him fur the Jtuildi^ nf'ilu Tinifh. • - i\'' " \ 1. A. i.llTi'lj!: af'.erwnrd DhmiI alao"A«,i}itp a^ di!iti.'Uipi r, (^ reaaiin of hia age, and ptjif4;iv)iig that he wiiH iii^ir to death, be Cflli il Iim h\iI\ I^j^o- nioii, and lli^cmli'ael| to liim lhib> now,^ O my !>un, going ti> my. grave Hiid In my l^llierifii' which ill the ^miiiinn way wlinh'all mm that now are, iV'^l WJill be heienffer, mi^at go, Iruol ' which way ^t iii no loifgi r puaailile tu return, »(id to. know Hnyithing'lhal |« itone in thi* woild Oa whirb ncciiM\it 1 exhort; thee, while I am »l,i)t alive, lliongb already very near to (Ivath, in the rulers it|(|(>^ aunie nianiier aa ^gbavefoiiuerly tJid in luy kd- ■ •*! ' • ■ \\fg („ iTiee. to be ri|fbt<'oua towaiils tliy S|ib- , ^i|^, nnd n ligioiia tuwiirds ISnd.'that hutb givca ritee ijty kiiigilohi ; t.> observe hii> 1 omiimnda >l1ti " hiMiiwti wlilcb heijihth, atjit .U' li\ Moms; ancH iiieiUx r d.> thou ent of faviir'|Iattery \b^1ow^ any lii>;l^<»r iitlgr«;i»^ion lo'iW''i};Httitb theei. to disceganT ihfi^ tor t( tKliti ti nKgrikse^t hm ^ laWK, thou \vi^TOni{|i|i;Miuifl T llA til . , ^ ponaa aaaw fcii aaaa^ >>■ a^*. |»a«aii ■■ n. ■ <» ai ^ _ ^ 3'lie eouM flud a proptir <)<'<:n*i«|i'i alter lie had loriie with llWflnl R 1011-4 wifile, aij|.jceiirrd trt III . adllieoil.creniirel: - - k|ly:y«i|raniu , ....„, «.j.,vv...,» iiveiiardo'.i- wlrirl. I^oniqii exeruleit (r, ord- '-'^Tnaiiy^rauaelllieriB iiavld or i' Aiiomon hi these rareii. Sonh'g Ulnrilerof Aimer and Ama »a w«» v« y h a rli a r o Ma , a n i l 1 uu ld n ui pio i M . rly ma fF ^ , HP vm y nmnm M -T p, uiii i i ijm m i — ii m [iM »| H i r i y be roriciveiieUI.erl'ygividiirt^o onion, fui ailiiain( power in kini'a,forli'S*>iit!etir v'ilfiil inurri'r i« war I^WVTVI III ■•llll'n.iui , -V . ■ ■■■}, "i ,1111111 iniiiii. I in -vnf ruiMedW no 'aWoTOoil, nnv. Ix (liri|,i llv 1 ^innat 11 1 v«r4 Vb^re;.it)^:ta (t, fir certain, in the power of u 1 njj^ '■<^v^. -IW fitt ^K ' ANT1QUITIK8 OP TH!) JEWB. boil, who htlh iliid two i«n«rali (>ul of cnv)-, Votl lhoi« richlrnii* ■nil ((ooil iiirii, Abiirr IIif nun i)( \fr, (nil AniuA llm non.ut ji (litT, nliiiix ..ijeath do (llou avfoga at ihall Mteiii K»oil In Iht't-. •inca Juab liatb brrn too liaril for me, ami iiiurK (Hildlil than iiiyit'ir, and •<> liatli riruiicd puiiiali- lii«nt liillirrlo. I aliu ciiuimit to tllae llir ion of llariiltal Iha (iilvadiK, wboUi'. in onlcr to fnu(y luc, thoii ihult Have in gnat humir, and talta K'"*' ''*" '^'i *"' '^ ha«a not dunn cood to liim lint, but wo onljf rc|iajr that drbl «>iiii:h Mc owa to hia father, fur irhatbt) did to meinnjy fli|;ht. There ia alio,9hiiiiei, tht aou of (irra, oMha tribe of Dinjainin, wb'u, after be bad cnul niuny rrproacbci upon nir, when, in my ItiKhl, I «va> ^oihg lu Mabanaim, met nia at Jurdau, and rei-eiveil aniuranco that he ahoubl then luttrr nulbing. Do tliuu now «rrk out for lame ju>t occatiun, Hndpuninh iiini." "2. Wlivn Oaviil bad giv^n thete ndnionltiont to hii •on abuut public alfaira, and oliout bi« ^Mcndt, and about lhu»e whoni he knew to di-. ' aerve puniihiueiit, be dieil, having livtil u vcnty ftar*, and rcigm:)! vyr.n year* and lix niuntbt in Htbroii, ovvr the tribe uf Judali, and thirty'" thne yeari in Jfruaalcin, over all the I'oiiutry. Thit man wni p^ an cacellrnt character, and waa endowed with all virturi that were deairable in a king, and in one that had the preiervaliun uf so many Iribri cumiiiitted to bjin; Ibr he wim ii inun uf valor in a very extraor(linary d<'|;re(% and went readily and firlt uf all into danjjtrm, when lie WB* to light fur hia tuhjecti, an eiciljni^ the .(^diera to action by hia own labors, and light- ing fur them, and not by coninianding Iheni ID ui deaputic way. He wai alau of very |j;rt:at ubill- f rant mch a preroRativa to any oftlieir klnfa. Thouirh joakivna ao nearly related to Dsvld.and ao potcnl In tlia army under a warlike aduilnlatrallon, that David dutal nut hliiiHfir put hini lo death, S Hnni, III. :!9, ami Xlx, 7. tHiinid'i turtiug tkt Ltrd't tnoimtd. anil lliia wlltioot any Juat rauae, waa the lilf heal art of trraron agalnal God and III* anointed king, undjunlly dcaervi-il dealhi fmd thougli David couMforilvetreaion aguinat i ties in undrratanding, toH appreheniion of pi*- aenl and fulurr circumilaiK^ra, ivlirii he wat taaaiiig ibu iiiuney, ofH'ncd one ruuiii of Pavid's aepulchre, and touk out' llirei: thou'nod talenta, and gave part of that lUlu to Aniiucliiii. and by Ihia means ciiuaed Uie aieg* to be laisod. ailwe h^ve infurnied the reader elaewiiire. Nliy. after hiiji, and that muiiy years, lli-rod the king opened aouthrr room, and to.ik itway « great deal of niuniy. and y< t iieillier of them cume M the cofliiiK of the kinga riirniselves, for their bo- dies were buried under the earth aourlfully, that they did not apfiear even. to tbiine that tntered iudu their monuiiienlSi .'4)ut ao luuch abtitl suffica us to ha«:e i«id concerjitug these malturs. blmseir. yet bad he doiie no more in the tase of Blilaiti tmjl^irainlaed lilin that he would liut U«a. on the day afEli return and reinausuriilltfii, hliiiicif pul hlni to dciith.'.'Huni. iTi.tK, and heaworelo hint no I'arlher, V. !i:), aa Ihe wonls are in Josephua, lliaii llisMio woiiM nuHAn put him lodeatlhwle wJliiig to gratify him- in such a tliiiigV aii.lJftcfttHe liiie uoiild press it|^£nii-^ — ,--, '^^^— >^ very uur- iiektlV. Ari'uri)Ut tvbal >he hud'proiliiscd, upon Adunijiili a suopli- catiun to hi'i'. And when her aon.c.iiiie I'irwnnl to iiuet her nnil embraced her, iin,l when he liad brought her into the house wliifc .»l'!<.ioyal throne wi'S,8et,.he sat IheiVon, un I l.a.l-.! iheiu net iiiiothi.f tjir^iie on the right' Imiid for iiis mor (livr. \Vli€n i|:ith.>heba WX$ set tiuM'u, ?^< - tiliU, "O my SKI'., griiiU iiio dill! reijiie»t that I desire f tliei', ami ('o- not any tliiin; to iiic that in disa- greealilc or uhprateiul; which tliou llinu de^aient i:r.'." And when Sol.iiii! l ull li t ou. Itj iH|» lelur lW it.jvaa J to lav li im.inds upon him, ^euMV it^a agrLLable to his duty to grabi her every ming \ ning yj J noiiK vin.-ciiAP It 10.1 Honour""!, .hr rn.rr....l hi,,. 1,.^-" «'"" won;., «na irnt «w«j U iM'X «fr. »ml »« r.ni. ..UonrJ '«{■»•' '"'1 !^,,r 'rr.. that the ho.... of lth«...»P 'JKLJ' 'V, V, of Ih. ,acerdol..l .liKnilv. M/f'.J '^*^;;;'^ ,, forrt.1 to the family of 1'hii.ei.N to /-«l th.. h i; > pri. «t- C" Zl'L^rr.;! to the .kh... ...J Hh«.mr rnf nhich fmi.lv Kli wu« lh«i fir«t tl.nt re<..»"' ftl wire theK thul follow. Hukki, the «;.. of JuMh,i.|-.«oiv w».Nler.,.olh; MnHiolb . .» > ««» AropH»-u«; Arophieui'. *on'w», AhiK.b, nml AhitWr.on w«» /...lok. wl">.«»' fi"' "»''•• bo h>i< "»«<•» '0 thiwti )<. froil. «.IIh% •nrt w»relflti»lh, liewe.,l fi.r hf ..rviii,l»>« hM«»'. 'k„m ,,er.eivr.l It, M>\ w-« "-'l.^h .l..|. .•i.ie.l th.l ,i,ore. h«l 1.0 repinl I., the .mth. ho I""' •*"•« 10 ti.'d ; •" he .d«« h.m not kw.nr m' »« r to l..»*e ..... nor I" ((o 0..1 „flhi..lly J,.«..c.lh,err t|...ft .1".' not ih, r. for.- „r„«. pi..'..h.,.ent for thy P"j;'r' ; -" ' -'I iiuni^h lli.e. tho.i wi<-ked wr.-l. h. lK.th I or Ih.. rin , . i.n.1 f.tr lt,o.e wherewith thou .1.. .1 i.bo.e rV;ih.r whrti he w« in h., "«'"•"'",'''"! Jv.t know that wickefl in. n r« n t"'i*»»K ?« birlllhouKU they be n..t H"""';'-;' '•»"';' jl'^lji uiM... their .itun.t p«t«''". '"",""" "' •" '" liii.e wh«eil. Ihey Ihink thenweUe, wcure.he- Cethev have yet .Uffrrett ..olh.nff. Ihe.r pun- iBiu<« »n.' ■ } u..,,,, ,,,H,ii |h..n,ano..mi....on -jf [heir en......' .'(o Uen.i.fi. o.. the king . ro.n- •|l.«lnl.»l*»rf'"'*''-,JBj^ :• CI .letminghif- iK'/T tefci' ^*"' tJinir '■/"thi^ hijfh mie.t ii. the r.fj:i. <.n»»v»'- i. N ■ ■ ■- ■••" " n'iidom ojul Kichu; att TlMflt. ■. '^> firi.Iv b' hi. ki..Rd..n.; «i..l hannK •>••"«*'«."» <"?. iel 10 i.ui.i.h.ue..^': he Inarhi.T ih.; .touphlor I h..«Um,t n">l»i» nf ♦•"■''"'' • , i,„,|„. „|,,(.rv»ii<.n ni inr i..— . ...■■■• lienr.i 01 li.e •i»«r.." ■ ■■ "y: ft- afraid.'lor he wi.» • K.''«le.' f.-i ...„(„„,, i, Holoi.10..; «...! H,l,,H..:l.1W. not «'»'"'" '*^'^', that he WB, in danu. r .... n^cm.nl of b.i nnor to A.lm.iTah,he fled to th.. Jiur. a.u Honped he.n.t^?prc«=..re.»fcn •l,.r.-by .0 b.u-.Af. h ,j cau,« of IbKiinK'. piel.v 'f^T .. laiol when some told the kliiR wl at J.>»b .. .1 MipoM.! ^.rhe le..t Benninh. «n.l .1o..,...«...l.-d bm. to Ii*.l hb.. up fron. tl.e altar, and hr.njr. b..» to the i^dff..Vent-.e»t. in orcler to |.mke hi. .1. f. nee. i&cr.r»b«aid.hew.,i.ld'|.olle«vethe a n^^^^ WwouW 'V'^i'tl, UulTiff h^ the kins. Sold.non coni.iiinded hinl ty rulT)ll ni. heailtherlVand let hl.n take that a, a m.m«Ji' ^'."'.tr lh'o« two captain, .( '^e h...t vvU, * had wickedly .lain, and to b..ry l... bodf. Jbal hi, «in« iniek never leave bi. fnioilv, but inift h Lelf anihi, fath.r. by JoaV, d..jO.. ...iRhl^b^. Si'.! -And when IJenaiah had dooewM. L wa. conimamled to .do. he wft. h..l«elf an. oointe.l 10 be captain of the who!.- nrn.v. H he rngaU'Mnade z'adok to be alone the b,t;>. pr.e, t. • • V.^ tie r6on. of Abiathar. who.n be had .-ei..» e,l 5 Hut luroShimei. Solomon camniaiidid that he .hould iMiild him a houiie. and ,l»v at Jei|..«8- lenrand »ttend ..,K.n l.i.... and .houlJ not have autlK^ily to CO o*er Ihe^brmil Cedron; and th-.l ?f bSbeySd that c^A^nd. deat^ •'""''''»'« • hi"p..ihh.uefll. »'„^&iS';ie an"." "" . ribly. thi.t be comnelleirh.««ake an , heionWobcy. Accord.nPI Shm.ei nicnbran.* ol wniit «nan?<-; "'"'"■",,•" ■':i_„ linV i.1 i.i. J'ftth. '•"» '»■ «t»«'h«'K*'l e\<-ri vtaiy w h nrrat u.c..r«.7. that might have be.h e»- ; Ve,ri..>n. »... h as'are aee.l.and of Ihe ^r^'^^^ . i,H..ien,-.. i.jjyuj^t'^t^^erH&'rci Tre mr nt- IV.^nPSf "her • it"-"";'-' ^ «^'] whc 1 1. "b,.d dnn? ihi...h.. thought h« .h»;h';f Irat bono.. (.. Ood. for a, he w«» n»leep>»t g;r.Bl !>"""r^' , „.._..,„j ,„ hini. •..dVo.J.iuund "rl iln fe're niionup o n jnab . bim.evcn w.ienlie liailtn toperfertlv nprpenble to t Job.,, timi '-ITnnuin 'ome neiil from ?i;f n X: I odV^a^id to hin..^.nl Wn.md edf.im*to «.k of y,.« .ome eirt.*"!'!**? he WJ. ^, V ocivehiiJ..a»«reWar.T«forhH...I>-, N. Sotmon a.ke.l of (Sod what .«»««, "'"*';j;;«'',"oa ,,ud of the, (frealeat worth in its. If. *,'"'' *'*7, roul.ll.e»tow^ith th« Kreate.lj1.y. an- what M wMmo.1 profitable for'n.anto ro.-eiie; fi.r trd d no? .W.re I., have be.lowed «pon.h...i either Rod ^r i, ver ..!• any otherrichV...,. a n.an an,l a youth odel nat r»l 'have |,,,enemi.H:^itHd, W ' Il'etrlt^ Icl .u^r-unlin-i .nd wi,d„... nnd C» ki^-ni,? or.lin«ry penon.. ev.r had. ■s- N ^ ANtiaf;iTIEH*i>V tlfi: JEWh If* ibo promiMil to prDl»ni lohU ^««rily ftir « viry l<,ii,( tinir, ir In i.,ii(Ih„„| rirh«»oii.. .ml <.l>«..r„r« Itini •h. f».». .bout whkh ih» cooUM «;,. ,hi, '.urh kul. , ,u.e Solomon w« to ,Ih. r..„,„. ,„| ,ho.. •meiiy of ih* kisK for ■ pmum, |(„i ,i,ry „„» Hon. -.|h.-rtw„reiw„ woiiirn who wirn h»r. lot. m th. .„.ir« of .h*ir li„.. .hS r««, Z himj "f whom .hu eh»» w,„i,d ,„ (,„ i„j„^rt iMKn lo woowm ,lwHI toreihor in onr Aoiiirnow | "„i^, «n p... ,h.l «. r^W-re , .o#i|, ,hr .«„ , hZr pf Ih.. ..im. .1,,.. ,.,Ur on Ihr gl, „| ,|,y ,(,|, ^". ....n ovrrUid .„ ^.n.iin,! killTKjt.nmf Ih.n.rk K??™*// r '«•••'"'■ "''.tHo^tr.i h..;,°oJ htrtflf, nnd ■• I w., ,„|,r,, ,h, , r, j , ., «..'.I.L7"'t' ^'<»»; •»*!•- 'P .h?l.o ni,^;. ,1 Ujd not find iiiy own, hut law ll,» noniiMlird J chlU lying by ni,. for I ron.id..rrd i| ^.Toy «„ found U ,0 to be. ||,„^, j, ^^ .^ , ,,,^ >,X iny «,n; ,„d Jvl,,„ r.ould not obtain hiniK r^W.j..n,y lor.1. to thy i...|.„nc,.-i l„r ,incc w» Wl*« iloncilknd Ihi-re wn. nolioiK«i lly aiMl wiadoni, iilwt sfirr thul day, allaltd . ...- - ™.,.™..,- .,, „■« mii,||*p, mill i^ififf fi ■PIHiMlnl o»»r ihr wludr roilnlrt. wrrr lh«i» Off Iho tot of KuhrainrwBUjL'rri; mrr ihr lonarcbvof Brlhl.)..„,, wa» l^rra.i Ahint ilat;. who iiiarrird H«|om int dau)(hl.r, had lb<- "Kionof llora, aail Ilia w.coa.l. undfr him Ihr rrral plain waa aiidrr llrnaiah, lh« aoii «( Achilua; h» aW ptyttntA n|| ||„ ,„„„,„ n« f.r n Jordan; nalMriuarnlrd ovrr (;ih'ad and (iaul- ■ndn. and had uwlt-r him Iha ainlT crral awl frnrid nil, j. fof Or:] Arhinailab nianaKid lh« anain of all lialiltr, — '— — xi.i .~ r.. ■ i.^ . hiniirif aUo iiiarrifd nho«K nalN* waa " ... «i#«-roa»l atmiil Anri-; a« hiiii S*li«phat' MoinI Tahor. and f urnirl, and [Iha Towrl-f Oalilfa, at f»ra« Ihr nvrr Jonlaiv; on« man wn> appoinltd ovrr nil iHm roiinlf, • Sliiti. j Ha< iiilriulrd with IhrloloUtrniainin, niidliubart.had llu'rnun- Iry r"~-'^ 1 ..!.._ _ <>H;] Arhinailab nianaEtd lh« ill'. ■• far aa .Sid.>*.and had rifd a daiirlilrr of %jIooioh. Ila«inia: Itiinarnira Md Ihr "lAlr. rt^wMMiH +*■ '•"•Hrfh..! dona MnK ,va, ihars^d „ „„ h:r and .an; hat il wa. hrr child l^^.twa, living' and that,! wa. h.r anlagoni,,-. rh Id th„, .^^ dead, ^nd whan no one roiild d.vi,,. Khni Ld." ID«nl rouU he »iv..„ .„,i .k- li. . " *"*'l j«<«W tell ilonnnTfiit- -^.. .in their umiftrda M lh«fullowinsw«yl,4,„ .liMever it: Hr bade them ,brinK ,B both the d#l*trhihl and the living child i and lenl laimt' hi. roar*" .„,^ commwided hfn. to fr|iJK„i^ 52"T^; "?.'' "!«. •'»5-»b0!i*« ohiiiirirKrl:;That" ■•light have half the livinV, ti d^ HrrinpoH all the mS- icl«|th« kill);, a. no more '" '■".."'•■•A lime, .be mat lerof th»livinKchihl. cried oK, to« «io .o, but deliver the cbildfto^ lof Iha and half thi pie private! . ^ than ayouti JJ^ ♦up Ihc real , • thai he .houli Jiirdan, ovrr wliuw t lfi'brew.;Kaiid piirlirnlarlv the In rfi( ivril a womlrifill inrrra.e m\\t Ihriiiailvra lo hu.liagdrv, and the *ii lh(ir|troiiml«: f,.r «| (hry rii)nyrd M were not ditlrarled nWi War* hikI tri'iio liBvinB; he«iilr» an nbniHlnnt friiilion nf t dr.iniMc liberty, ever,- one wan liu.y ___ iii«iilin« Ihr pr.,.lmi ..f ihrir imp lamlt. tnd oih- 'birn "'""*'^'' ""'"' *''"" *'"■' •""' '■'"™"l» •I. The kinr ha.l .No other riilrra. who wer- ovir the land of Syrln. and of Ihr rhiMlne. whirh rea.l.fd fn.iii ih« i-ivrr Kuphrale. t.. Kffypi, nnd theae rothrird hi> Iribiilri orihr nii. tioiia. JVow ihriM mnf ribuird lo the kliiff', ubir and lo hi. Mipper every day. • thirlr fori of liar Hour, and »ixly of mral; a. aNottninl otrn,anil t«'.nly o».n out of thr pn.tiirr.. and a hufldreH Ml liimh«;iill thmewrrr lirxidrii vi lial wrrr lakni hr h.intii.|: hart, and bi.ir»lo „,| i.inli ami .if ihiv Ijy day. .S„|,„„.,„ ,,„,| „1,„ ,„ J, , „„'J . NjLpf rh. At., thiir Ihr KiidN of hi. heriM-. for ipre rhnr^» wrru forfy thoii.aiid; aad be.idea h iJ* .S!**" «"«'.'»<• ••'"M.Hnd hor.rnirn, the onr •!i if °"' '*"'"'^ "I'"" ""• liinicin Jrru«»len( and. the rr.t were di.prr^rd nbrond, and dwrll in, the royal vilJaBr,; but the mmr offi.rr who pro- virfrd for the king', ex,«:,.r,. ,„ppHH| hNo the fodder for the horw,. and .till rarri.d it to the P''"* ""«■'•■• Ihr kin- aboile at that |ii„r. J. Now lhc.api.rily nml wiMloni ivhich God hnrt he.towrd on Solonion waa .o preal, tjiat he exfceded the anrienli: innomiirh that he waa no •kl ..k '•» . "• ""• uriiver the child ito Wlified with the life of the chill Z\ Z?,K .fc "'"!'''".•'. »n.-^n.,: i„,om.,ch that he wa. no ■iKht of it. alth9,«Kh it were e. eeniJd hrnlit* T'' '1"'^'""^ '" '^T Kfypl^M. "h" •re .aid "« child: but theolhSrwora»"arr«d^^ »" '"'" "' ""drntoml ng! child divided, and wa. Airou. mo«lrj^/« r ™^ ."» "iilrni that thtir ,ap,rity wi. the _fir.t woman .houl.l l"7or^emrT Wton Y-I^.vZ^ '"["!":"' '^V\ "" """F"' "« •!•«> ■ """'"• Whfn I excrllrd nnd dutinKHi.hrd hinLrPf in wiwlont .he k^g andei^d t^a. ZZZTL^X Teeded from Ihe.truth of their na..inn.k.'^'j J»dR.d U.. child to he? .hat cwXu r-..t"i1* for that .be wa. tb. real mother of t. an" he' comlemned the other a. a wicked won ,n who had no. only killed her ownchild. buTwre'ndM, -»V.* "K "»"^ ■ml" '0 compare the dally nimitiire «r kln|^h>nwn'a tahle. here ael down, and VKln« fl p;i;"::a5^,:„?r'm'.^;;7.r.i:.^br?x^^^^^^^^ i^eXI'llLirf .7'" »' 'v^^^^-^'^^^^^^ able tMH f .1, ... ,L T...,....s...-.,,-u iiiiiiKrii in wiwiont abo»e tho«e who were iiio.t rmineiit auionr,th* Hebrew, at that time for .hrewdne..; tbo.e I Drfan were Ethan, and ilemaii, and Clialcol. and Danla. _the .on. of iMahol. He al«> compo.ed boom Olioile. and .onpi, a thoii«nnd and fiye; at Ifar^blr. and .iinilundr., three thoutaiid; for b« ilwAlrSI? n«M'27"*y /""'^ ""'' S'" '"' *'• •'••». « rMnlr*^ not tht l.read of il-e fovernor, hernnM lh» INHIdafe wiiB lieavy upon Ihia peoole." Nrh. v. ih Hea Hwivyho^eronlMi.vcr. K-in. Sonliilihctoyernor-a usual airownnce of forty .hrkria of .llyer a dny. yer i 13, amDiint 10 Ch n day. or to i.lWKl a vc.i7 N.!;^ 4 .» ik »Teryday,andiliat berwithe nn^^^^^^^ ""' '"""'' "'* •'"dtca or on^ «hen rerr Poor,athl.o*n.;harre..jS,wltho,MSvTna aLSln^^.^ .." JI'"'''"^- "'"' "'"' """ •""•h l«iW»» •ny hurd^in upon li.e people ai all. 'MVow Tat whte2 Ji. .^ .^ '" "'2?' »•»■"""" "« »"■ '''"w* creat chai- wai prepared for me dally waa mie ox .imI .1, ^^^, ' W upon 11^ puMlr for maln.nml..« court, ramr In wHb «l lahlr. >l' fin* II, (nil iiilrrH tiiltoi I mill ritjfiv nuiii- ■« for ••id«» » on» iilriir, rlt in, pro. ) lire > III)! God t h« »• no ( ihtir ntluniti nur |iuitl«l iiii|uiri<< iiIhwI ifitni, but d«Krib«tl Ibelii til like * |ihil»«>|ih litni Ihtl hIII nrlikh oiirU the iiottrili ol the diiiioUiai'iUl'lir wUli'li hii drew uul Ihr. deiiii^n iIimiikIi hi' iio'liiU: iiiid when the man frililuiu iiiiiiiiilialily, hi< uiljurrd hiiu to return into kiiu uo iiiorr, making klill inenlion of Solomon, and rcciUiiK the inraulii- tiont which he conipited. And when KUu'ar would penuade and ileiiionilratr tii the ii|H'i'la- lurt thai he had inch k |iuwrr, he art a little wav ' nil' a cup orfHKMi full of watir, ami coiniuandtd the demon, at he went UmiI of the man. Id orer- luru il, and therrhy to lit Ihe ppcctatort know that he bad left the iban: and wlirn Ihit wat done, Iba ikill and iniwloni of Siiloiiiun wat •hewed very inanifrtiR; fur which reason il i* thai all uieli may kiiuwlliir vattiiett of Noloiuun'a abilitici, aiid how he wat beloved of God, and that the extraordinary tlrluet of every kind with which ihit king Wat eiUowed, may not be un- known to any people iJnder the tun; for ihii rciiiun, I tay, il it Ihalj we hiive proceeded to , (peak io largely of lliet< ^ li. Mureuvcrh lliraui had beard Ihal Solomon kingdom, wat very glad of David. So be tent i niallert, ng of Tyre, when he iicceeifbd to hit falher't f il, for he wat a friend buKiudori to him, and •aluled him, and eoii^ia^ilutrd him on the pre- aeot happy itate of hit all'uirt. Upon Which t^o- ' • Bdme prel«ndcdlVn«mei*tof tliote iMwIiiof coiijn- ration of Holoinun are Hill eiiuiit in Pnliririiii't CihI. Pieudepigr. Vet. Tetl. |>. lUi*. Iliuuili I unilrelv ilir Ikr nrom Jntrptiut in llilii lik ibu|i|»aal. Ihiii iiich twikt and arliofltolouian wtre^iiarli iinimt wiiHluin wlilrli wat Imparled to lilniliy Usd iA IiIj yiiimiier Aayn Hiey mutt lullicf liavo Iwlongcdtotucliprnlniii'liut riiiioua aruat we Und Bienlloneir, Arte Vli. i:i- 'it), mid Imil Ih-i'ii derWetl froni Ihe Idnlalry and aubertllilun of IiIh livntheii wivca and ronculilnet in lilt old\ ane, wlicn li» iiud fur aakenliml, aiidUod liad fonuikuA iiini, and slven him up todcniaiiinral delusloni. Niirilocii Jtaicvlinii'tilran|l« account othltroot Jtura,(Ur the \Vir,h. vill. rli.vl. teci. :i,)teenitolwu matter, I fuiind the iliatvoriliia fuiiioiv loniiin aeiil kiai f n •pitll*. Ibe coattaU of •rkW'h lier* follu«: Htll^lMUt Til kiNit llllUM. " Kunw thou Ihal my father wiiuhl havehuill a Irniple to llod,( liiil wnt hiniltreil by wart and continual iiiieditionti fur he did mil leave olT to i>vrrthrow hit eneniiea til) ha made thini all talijrri Io tribute) but I i^ive thankt Io timl for Ihe (leae* I at prtieni eiijuy, and on th*l nf- rounl I am at Iriaur*. and drtiKn to liiiihl a home Io (lod, for (iml forrlidd to my father that tuch a hoiite ahould be bnill hy iiie; whrrcfure I de- lire Ihcelii tend inatoin* of thy luliji'Cttvtilh mine Io iHOiint l.elianiin In rut down linilitr, for the Sidonlaiii «re more akllful than our people In culling of woihI. Aa for wa^et to the bvwrrt id woimI, I will pay whiitaorver price thou thalt determine." < 7. When Mirani had read thit epIaAt, IM WM pliiiied with it, and wrote bark Uiit ■iwa'iFiu nolomon: lllRAM TO KirtH S0I.IIMI1M. ■■ Il ia At Io hliaa (IihI thai he hath romniilled thy fulher'a Movirnnienl to Ihee, who art a wiaa man, and enilViwed with all virtiiea. At for my- arif, I rejoice at Ih* condition thou art in, and will be lubtertlenl to then in all that ihou ai'ni|>- cat Io nie about ; for when liy my lubjectt I have cut down iiiuiiy and larKe Irettol' cedar, and rv- priaa wood, I will tend them Io tea, and will onli-r my aubjeitt In make llonit of Ilia m, and to mil to what place locter of thy country Ihoit ahnltdraire, and leave them there, after which thy aubji'Cta may carry them Io Jrrutalrin: but ilo tliiiu take care to procure ut corn for thit tim- ber, which we aland in need of, 4>ecaute we ln«. habit in an ialiind."} 8. The copiet of iheie epiitUt remain at thit day. and are preterved not only in our hooka, but among the TyriaiU alto, intomuch that it' any one wouhl know Ihe certainty about them, he may deaire of Ihe keepert of ib* puldic re- rurdiof Tyre to show hiin Ihein! and he will find jilMia there tel down to a|;rre with what, we kWIPKiuil., I have taid ao much out of n de. aire ab awMHlr eaileft may know that wi- tpruk ""Hn^SHv" ''"''*• *"*' *''' "''' com|H>an a hit- 1 ' I fflJMM ffn "" " phiuallde rrlntiona which d'" cilw^Mrand pivttae lliriii ul lira tahie lime. I t';^ l|ien' Joined la the continent nt the prraeni reninlna of I'ntvlytua hy a neck of 'and over aialnat !)uloinon'a rlalrriia, titil ao called: and the rlly'a freah Water prulit- Illy w«a carried nlon| hi pipra hy that neck of land, and that tliit Itland wat ilierefore In tirlrlneat no othtr llwin II iicninauin, huvinit n/Jaifra ^>lx JUlit, I'Uek. x«vi. (I, andu vull alioiil It, AiniMl. 10; and the ciiy ' waa not of ao srcnt repiifrillnii nx t^liloti for iomn axflt; that it wna nllarked hlii. Jer. xiy. JN; x^lt. 5; xlvii. 4; Kxek. nvl. ixvll. x)i«vlil. Thai leveiity yenrt after that dcttrnrtion hy .Nehurhndnetxar, thia clly^wtia In aome meaaure revived and relrullt, lanlah xtlll. 17, 11^ tail that.ua the proptli-t KXeklel had fore- told, xxyl- 3,4, .?, 14; xiyii. :t4; the aen aroae ht«lier than before, lillallaat it overllowed iioi only the neck of. land, hut the main Itl. or jieniiiaiilii ilaelf, and dettroyeil tliiitold ami famoua city for ever; that, however, there Biill rcinaiiied nn adioininii aninllcr l»lanil, once roniiort- ed to old Tyro itaelf liy lllrnni, which waa nflerwara lnhahlted:towlileliAlejanderilie<;rnnt.wilhlneredllila puiiia, rulaed a iicw hank er niiiwivny; nnd that It plain- ly api>eara. from Mnundrcll. n moat niillieiiilc eyewll- iicaa, that tlwold large aad r.iiuoua liiy.on tlie original I ellr. and of tlie taliind whnreuiMn it iltood, to imye heeii neat, that the old large aail r iiuoua < u) , on iiie on«in*i very dllftront at dilTeieni tUiiee. Tlio rcauit of my larjro inland, ia now hilil ao geiieriilly under water, that i i Miui r l e a In Ibto matt e r, w i tli thn ad d i ti on of p om e la ter iniprovrmenlt, ttandi thut. Thai ihe heat tcttimo- nlet hereto relatinn, Imply that I'alt'tyrut, or oldeal Tyro, waa no other than that moat ancient Hinaller fort or city Tyre, tltutted on the contiiK^ni, and iiienlioned tnJoth, xlx. 30, ont of wtilrli the I'liiiiianiie or IMitrni- etan tnhabltanit were driven into a liiric itland that t flu offln the NVby Joihua; that thit itland wu ararre more than forty nrrrii of it. or m'her of thgt pd- nn- ihlle ha>- rftb -M toyigl" iolniitii tinall Mniid, reniiiin at lliia day: an that per hapa hot ahovc a hiiiiilrodth part of the Brtt iaiond and city it iiiiw ahovi- wiifcr,] 'I'hia waa foretold in the tame Kopliei'iet' of KxekicI; and, acrordlnc to them, at IHi. aundrell diatinrtly olfervea, theae poor rcmtlni of old Tyre arc now " hoijnnie like the top of a rock, a place rot ilicipreadin|df nctt til the niUtt or Uit tea" W: ''t. tw ANTi4urrii>i ()»' THi: jcwn nnr Mfmpt la ■•uid •k»mliMlln», nor iIm)?* Mini In Iwllcvn u> ImiUMlwIrl; , Mur ar* mm ■! tititrly l» ili'|i«rl fruiii •|wi»kiiig Iriilli, wliH'h i« III!' |iru|Mr •uiiiiuriiiliiliuu of ii huiurliiii, »nii v*t^j« bl«iiiv|»M. itiit w« tntltl uiHiii no HrfauK- •«iiil M )vli«t nti M)r, hhUm NT* ha iiblii lu tamtti- (>-%t Ua triilli b)' daniandriilloii uut ih« tirungMl viiivhitn. 9. Nu«r kinf; S'lloiuun, « ••mhi •• ihia rfiull* fnim Hid Iiiiik »( 'V^ti wM bniiiKlil him, iiiiii- IIH'ncl Ihai rKwIiiMM aiul (ihmI.wiII ha Urilarail iImIwIii, anil r<|Mlr«rl) Iwanty ihiHinml i-nri of whrni, MmI aa iii.iii)r biilha n( uilj imw llip lulh it alila lorunlaiM Mivmljr.iwu nciitiiruta. lli- nUn xul him Ihv H^iiiu i.iKaiuro of hiik'. So th« fhrmj. •hi|i Iwlwi'io Hiram anil NmIihiiuii hvrtb) iii. rr*aarit mur* aiul iiiori' : (tml iIm-) •wiira in con- llnuv it lor vtct, AuJ tltu kiui^ a|u>u|ul«tl a ln^ bull' li) li» liiiil un all lhi< ii«rj|ili , ol ihlrly ihiiu- Hnd laliorrn, nlmu- work li« rtmlrrril tut) lu (hriii lir pniilrnlljr (li»i>tiii|f it ■niuu|( thriir: for hi iiiailii l<>n ihiimuiul cul liinlM-rin inouiii I,»Im- nun lor km month, aiul Ihrn (i> conir^ humrt ami (hrrr ir«( iwo inuiitlia until the liuir ivhrn Ihr iithir Ittnilf tlinuiiiiiil hnil liniahtd llirir tii»k nt III'' n|>|Hiiut«(l linii'i anil mi Kllfrwarri it rainr tu ^M lliat lbi> fint (an thoiuuiMl rrliirnril ii> ihi ir murk avrry fourth month i ami it ivii< Ailonnii who UB« u>rr thia Iributr. Th'-rr iviri' al»o nl tha itraiiirrr* who wi-rf kft by Diiviil, nhn «i iv turarry the •loMca, ami olhrr inat< rniN, .mniv Ihouaaml | ami of thuar timt rut Ihi' tloni'ii, I'lKlily ihiiiianiiil. Of tliiitr, thrun thouaanti anil tViri'i' hnnilri il wcrr riil< ra ovir the rrat. lie aiio rn. jiHiicil thrill lu cut out UrKii iloni a for thr foim. ■lalinno ot Ihit Iciuiilr, niij that thi<) •houlil li| thrill III ' I'liili- ihi'iii toKi'thrr in Ihi- iiiuuntain, •ml to I ( ihi'Mi (o inu ntr. Thia iva* iloiix not only 111 our own niunlry' workmen, hot by (lioac workmen whom llirani anil alao. CHAl'. 111. 1/ Iht HuilJing of Ikt Timflt. } I. HoiXiMOil hrican to buiKI llir ti ni|)li> in llic lourth year of hit ri'lgn, on Ihii aii'oiiii lUniilh, which thd iMai'uiloniaua rail Arlciiiiaii>a,'niiil thr tiehri'wa Jiir, live hiiiiilrrd and nini'ty-|A'o triirn iiltir thff riuttua out of KKypt, but iifii r oiii' ihou- aaml ami tivriily }i'ara Iroin Abruhaui'a ruiulnK uf the ti'iiiple very deep in tilt' Kronnd&uiii the iiiatiriuN u'er« atrung atone*, niiil auclPM uoulil riniiit the loren of time; theni' niro 1|| uuili: ihiniaelvea with the eiirth, and lircmne » liii'-i* and It ture fuundfition for tliiit aiipemtrurtiiru Mhii'li Knt to be eMCUd oier il; tliiyweVi' to be M> atniii^, in order f» •ualain with iR'-e liione vnat 4Uper»tftiriMri'4iii'd to Im; \vt\ lirimnKiituI ami nit^i. litfenl; ihev i reeled ila'enlire body, quilc up In the roof, o{ white Ituni': il« liei);lit wa* aivly lu- nila , an d ila length ihl avrra with tha liraadlh of Ilia huiiie and it hwl twnlva ruliila in laliliida, ami Ila height waa raiird aa bl|tb »» a humlrnl and twriili ru- liilt. Ilr iiUo ImmIi riiuiiil .ihout the teiiiiili' thirl) tinalt nmiiM, whii h imxhl iniliida Ilia wliota laiU' file, by Ihair rlaarni-M oM til anolbar, ami by hrlr nuiiibrr, and oolwanl poaitiun round il. Ha atan made |wa iTiit tlia mid- ille walla liiina atnn;(lheii»l bv tha aama lieania III Linibir, miKhl be ihi ri.liy ni'iile llrnier; but a« l.ir that |K laid togelhi'l'ao very bar- nionioualy and ame^ilhly, that there. ap|iekred to the a|M'Ctulort no ai((n of aity hiiniiiirr, or other inalruineiit of arehilrrture, but aa ii, without iiiiy iiae of them, the entire materiala had niturally united Ihemaelvea toKithcr, that the ai^rce- i.iH'iit of iinv |Mirt Willi unother acenied rn- tlirr to have been imlunil, llian to have ariaeii from llin liirru of loida ufion them. The kin^i ulao hud ■ line contrivance for iih ntcent tu tin upper tfHini over the li niple, and thut wai by alep« inlhe Ibiekneaa of ita null; for il bad hi, liirgc door on the mat end, aa the lower hoU>> hftiT, but the entranrea were by the aidea, through virv tuinll doura. He ulao dveHiiid the ti'inpli- buill wilhiii iiiid without, with bounla of cedar, that were kept cloae luKtlhir by thick charm, ao thut Ihia loiiliivanrc iviia in the nalum of • aup- pprt and a alN'njrth tu the buildin^r. J. 4Nuw nhen |be king had divided the templi- into two pacta, be made the inner huuae of twenty eubiea[everj*way,J to be the mo%t aecret rhani- bir, but \w iippoinlcd that of forty cubita la bi' the Mancliiiiry ; and wlicu he had cut a door-placi' out of the wall, he put therein dnora of tediir, nml overlaid Ihein witli a greiit deal of grtid, that bad aculpturea uimn il, II.' ntao hnd vl-ila of blui- nnd purple, nml acarlet,- and the hrigfateat and aollent Inien, with the most curioua llowei>, wroii<;ht upon them, which were to be'drnivn . bi'forr thoi-e doors. Hi? alao dedicated f.'itlHt«i whrrvfur* !*<>lMnM»t »l lh»M» ii|i mil (it tnmi ••■•li nihrr, l))«l *til< fMU' «lM|r III*)! iiilirM liMirh Ihr ••■iiihrrn wall •■) iltv •iviit |>l(til the littDiili' Ntlh |iliiU< tlic irnli' nl llir tfiKiil)', HcrrrKbIc Id llio iiii.i>»r>' i>< llii' lirlnlit il iIk' wuII, biM III lifimUh Iwi'Hl^ riiliHa, mill mi •h»iii III' kI*"! K'iIiI i>i>i'*°*' '^ii'I- >'• "ii) ■■" "■ >ini' wiirit, li<^ Iril no |>»rl ■>' llf li'iii|ili', iM-ilhrr iMl»riiiil Miir r^ti riml. IhiI wliiit hik i uti iviI Willi Uulil'. Ur nUii Itiiil Ciiititliu ilmtvii iiiif tlii'«it iliHira m (ikf MiniiiiKf ua llli-l Mire rimittl nvir llir luiii'r iliiiir* III' llw iiiint li»l,t |iliii'i'i h«l lli> BIWPh nf tn*i ti'MIIH** lM>*» tlrt^lllllf **• ^lllll\«iirl- 4. ,N>iw MiidinKin tKiil I'ur mi iirriAi'ir nut nf T«rr, wJiiKi' imiiir wtM limni: lir w>i* li* I'irlti ■it' tlir trilir »■ >i«|ihtiill, iiii iIk' iiiutlirr'* •iilc, ii>r ill* w*< III llinl irilM-,) liiii hi« I'mliir wii> llr. oIIImi nloill otllir l>r«ilili«. Tlii" iiinii wn« tliilliil ill nil •i>rl< III wur|ii lull lii< rhiri aliill 1*1 Ml wiirkiiiK i" K>il<'i *'< •lUrr. miil imiis, lit nhuiii wrr» iiiiiiir nil lli>> iiiii'lmiiMul nnrk'n hIiiiuI IIik Iriiljik. IK run I lU'; In llu' Hill ni' Snln- iliim. MnriiiM'i'. tliU lliriilii iiinili' two [linlliin { )mIIi«i'>. whi< ml- work inltrwiivrii uilb •iiihII iihIiik, iiiiiiIi- ni tiriw<, mill coviTi'il tlir lil)-wiirli. i'u ilii« rUii ivrrv liiiMK tivii liiinilri'il i>iiiiii)irniiiil»'', in Iivd ruwa: llir iiiii' u( till ••■ |>illiir« he iit hI tin- I'U- (mni'ii.iil III" Thti'Ii III iIk' riithl linnil. nml culhil II jiirliln, iinil ihr ullur »l tlii' li'it liniiil, iiiiil <:Hl|ril It llioK. A. SoliiiiKiH Hiaii ■'•>! II Imin II •rit. iyIkim' l)|{iirii wii» lliiit ■>(' ■ liriiii'iilii re : lliit liriiHi ii vi'Mfl nm •hIIi'iI a wtt, fur \i* liirK('iii>*i>, I'lr iIk' Uvrr will Irii IWi ill (lliiiiii'ltri mill i'i>t ut llir Ihii'klirx ui * |i«liir iN iiiiililli' |iiii't rfiiil iiii n •hort pilliir, lliiil liiiH li • inr xi iimiiv . >iuitidr» 'Ihr wliiilr work witil ilrvtlMt.aiia •ti. Ill ii|ii»l to ihr (VH»k>» wiiidil wiiNdcr at IbfHi llnwt trr, llirir alrtir liiri' wiia llilai fftiain ihiiiildrrs <>l litiiiilf air|k|rl>> ril niil hrltl llw iiirnrra KtH>«*, ii|i>iii i»hii'Wrt«l- rii u •linairn)Xlii»i ol Ihr Irn nii«« a. I^r alio mad«- lill liiri?iNP*»ar|a, whi^h win* Iha la-, vvr* tlu.uiuUi;ivJ!aiU 1^ wiriih !'im(»m«il i«rtJL__ 'liitlliaif lor il bnil Hi hri|{hl lour iiihila, and ilf i'il|ri a w< ri' aa iiiik h ili*liiiil fmin raih other, tip al-o plari'il Ibrax javrra upon Ihr Irn lia*«* llitti win lallril Mrchonothi and he art flva of ' Ihr ImiKon lln' lij.ll alilr 111' Ihr liiiiplr,t which wa« Ihr alii* tuwnrila lb* north wind, and a* nianv nil Ibr ri^bl aidr, lowanli II lb, but lookloK lowariU Ibii laal: ihr aiinir [raatrm| wiiy bi- iiirn in Ibi- ara. i\ow. hi' a|i|i(iinlnl iha .I'K to lir I'ur WH-biiiK llir hand* iinil lb* frfl III Ihr prirala, wliin llii » inlirril into lh« Irin- llir, mill Hire In itarrnd l^ir iijliir, but Ihr Javrr* t.i rlianat' Ihr rnlraila nf llir lirnaU thnt wtra li> lir liorntollrriiini, wrillvlhi'ir lii't alao. T. llr iilaik mail* a brairii altar, wlinar lrn|[tl| wna iwraiy rublla, and lU brmdih Ihr •amr,Bml ila Id i|;hl Irn, lor t|i« biirnl-oftrrmna. lir alio iiiaiU' all ila na.rli of hraaa, ihr iHila, anil Iha •bovi la, and Ibr Imann*, and liriidri Ihrar, iha aniifli ra and ttir lniiK*i anil all ila olhrr vraaflai hi'ljindrof liraaa, and fiii'b braaa ua »a( In .|il< nilor and lii'UMiy like Ridd. 'I'lir king aUo di'iliiali d n ifrial niiiiilN'r uf lablra, ImiI iinr that will liirci' mill iiiadt n('|{iilil, iipnn nbh'b ibry •«•! (In Inati'i iil' Iinil: mill liii iiiadr Irn ibnuniHl. iiKii'v llial ri«r vraaria wrri) ronlainrd ill tliii^V"1^'"f ''"' lioly ''""»"' w'ln'ii waa forty I'uliila liiii;(, nml mrr brfirr Ibr vail of that moat Mini nlnrr wlirri in tbi; ark waa to be art. II, 'i'br kiiiK »l«" m»il»' pniiriii({. vr»«'la, in niliiibrr ii|;bty ibniiuin'i), and n huivkrd tbou- aand Kiildrn yiaU, and Iwirr aa niany atfvrr viaU; of icnlilrn diahra, in nriirr Ibrnin to oU'rY knradeil Aiir Ibiiir Hi Ihr allnr, Ibrrr vvirr rlj^bty llionaand, and tuiii! iia many of aiUrr. OUarnr batons aiao, Mbiri'in lliry iiiixril iinr l1ou> wilb oil . liity tiioiiaand of |(i)ld. and lwii:r naniany of »il- vrr. Uf Ibr iiieaiiirra likr tliote wbicli Mo|«a (olil. anil both Birrrlhrywrrn Irn riiliila high. I aup- pnarllio nunilx'r la lirrr fiilanly lraiiai'iltM.sI, mill Ihnt Joarnhiiawroli' Irn t'lliitnatao. * * Aa fur Ihran iwn rnnioiia iiillara, Jarhln anil Rnoi, thrir liriiihl roahj^lic nniiinmhanrlihtmi rulilia, n» tirre.anil I KInsavil. W.i JA\nt%tiv. \'; Jrr. Ili.'JI: tlinarlhlriy flrrriililta In itriiron. III. 1.1, iirinx roiitrii' tlirlriirrrndlni. (nllir iiwmiHiiK'.iliractorly liaihaar? prohnhly till' iruruuiilUi»)fc»"»tuiiii'il 111 rai'li liivi'r, ifln-e ili.-v wiMit H|iiiirTtni«il«;«iiil wmr m lie ilrawn hy lha l,rvileaiilioiitlhero«rtaolllir prirala, for III* woiliinn tliry wi'rrilralRiii'il for: unit ll.-lll■^ry hnlit niuili more, lliry ivniild liavr lawn Iimi liravy lo have hci-n miilrii 'in< t Mrre Jiwphiia (ivi'a lU n ki'y lo Ida own lanmiailt, ri gl i t an il lij ft nan i l , l ii lhh l al i rtnarlr i mil trinpir ^^1 r tV i n al l l l ir iiil r a nf a rrh l lri'li i r r i n Ih r w arl d. . t'riu'raU"ilorrylifiilrlr»Havi'paorriinrriiliiialiy|li(^'lliiit liy tlir rlgtit hnml lie ini'ana nl.at w arnlnat our meter.anil four in lii-iglil, botii InOiirroplea, I KiA»i»fi? "ten, wlien wi' auppoar oiiraclvcajainf iipfrnm ll'« eaat ■m "19, and hrrr in Joarpliua, niiiat liavc runlarned « niiira of the roiiria lowanla the lahrrnade or Irinpla iraatdralinoretlianthrarforlybatlw.wlii'hnr-iHwayaj lliriiiarlvra, nnH aoairii r«r«»; wl'i>iire il foMowa, thai aialtned tlnin. Wlicn- flm rrrnrliCiiia luird lii-mv; i Ihrinllar Jai'ljHi.on Ihr rwlii hand of llr Irniple, «ia« - ...-.....-...:- ^iieriMI.'o'j on IIk- a^iuth, uen.inal iiuf leu hand, ana OootOtt !(• u'>vi-«roa"iiort!i,,'<|!umilodr right hand. - PrrhapaJiweplrtia liomatly f.iilimeil liiar"!!:!'-! Ii i:i»y iioilN-.'n corluptft!. and he wtt no* .ib «■• ■ - ' ; -- ^ ■ r 2 ■ ■ ■ . 108 ANTlQtJITIIW OF THE JKW8. railed th)« lliii and tliq, Atnron, [ii Initii t\t.ti\,] Ihcru wera livnuly thou«nndol'f(olil,aiid twicf an many of lilvir. The golden ccu^tm, in tvliirli lb«jr cnrricil the ii|c«iiic to the ultiir, wl^ro tivi'ii- ty thoiMttiid: the other ccntriM, in wiru h tlirv . carried lir« Irani thit f^^rcal ujtur to the little id- lor, within the t«ni|4lc^ iver« lift)! thiTtisauil. 'i'ho wcerdutnl garni*iiti, ivhich brlullfi^^d to the high prtcat, ivitU the long robeii, and tin.' (irurle, nml the prrcioiii tUiiier, were ii thou-iind. liu^thi' jrowii upon wlifch iMou's wrme' (the mtnuvtil') G,od,» waH only bne, aud hutli ri iiinini'd to thin vciy diiy. lie iilao made t^-nthuiiKiind tiic'tnlo- lal guriTiciM* of fine Ijm'u, with purple girdli'ii, loj- ivory; print, jiiid, tWjj hundred tliousund trunip«(j<, iHX-orHins to thitVonniinnd ol iMokh: also, two hundred tlioniand (Jirniijiilsof fine linrn I'dr the sinKerf tlint were J.eyili!., And he uiiide , iliiuical innlruHitints, ami Hall ri» were iuventxl for linf^ing otbrnina, citHeil i\iihlu> and CInyra', [ptalterieii and liui-pit,] whilh wire niadeof eltf- tntin, [the tinest brass, 1 forty tluuimud. 9. Solomon niaile all tlic.-e thiuj-H for the ho- nor of (loTl, with great variety and ningniflcenre, •paring no cost, but UKinji aA^iossilde liberality in aditriiing the temple; and MheM- thin<;i< h.ede- dicatifed to the treuMirek of (lod. Ili' uUd jilnced' a partition round about the temple, «hii:h in our tongue Wo call (iitoii, but it is callid Thrinseoii by the Greclct, and he raited it up to the height of three cubit!! ; and it. Was for the e.iclu-'ion of the multitude from coiiiiug into tli Qod, and ojfireii pubUc.iiacr{/icei to him. { l.'Wllf.N king Solomon had linislied these works, these large and beautiful buildings,jind had-litid up his donatirfhs in the tbinple, antf i^ ♦Of the goMeHotale on the IHdh prios't's forehead, -Ihiit was in ht^ihK iWi» ilnys of Ji^iiIhis, anil a rouHU I y or two at least later, sec the note on Anliq; h^iiiV*L? vii. sect. 6. , ' , ■ , ., . ;^,i-^ t When Joseplins her? says, that the floor oft , most temple, or rourfof the (•entilex, w.ns wiili" bor raised tolice««»,urof ej(«i/.*eiV*f, with rk'fts, jir n , tills in the interval of .even years,! and had givea ! a demonstration of his riili'rtl and alacrity thtra- til, iiisoiniich tlial any one who saw it w«tuld haTe I thought it must linVe been nn i enso time er* it couhl linwbeuii liiii.hed; and [Hunild b« sur- prisedj IhutMi much tliould bo fiitished in so I short a time; short, 1 niiiin, if rompared with I the greatness of the work; htt also wrote to the I rulers anil elders »f the Hebrews, and ordered .all the peoide to gather lliemselves together tb t Jmiifalem, both to see the temple whicli he had I built, and' to iimove the ark of (iod into it; and when this iiivitalion of the whole boily of Iht people to tome to .lerusali'in wa* every where curried abroad, it was llie rtvelilhunoiilh before they cai)ie logotber,, which month is by our couii- . liyineii lallid Thisri, i)ut bi- the Alacedonians >f, with ly* must iiiVt altoilier't: of the imrr, or rourt of the prii ina gross esiiinalina only, lor lie and .. ... Jli at tlieiniicr temple, or court of tliA iirKsIs", was < uHiIs more elev.iteil ili ili tin inii'dle ruiirl, Ilie c au Israel and murh more wis the rourt of tin prints,, v.ited several rulals aliove the oii';iiost i ourl, smce tiu cniirt ot Israel was lower than t.-i one, and iii^ilu'r than the other J l'iiil^ptuai!ml;i^'^/>thatllir> irepaniltiiiilcranil Moiie»to fHiild the tciApK for l'ii(.\ yea"- ' I Kiiica v llyprrbirelans. 'ihe feast .of tabernacles hap- i iHiied to fall lit the same time, which »vas cele- ■ bratcd Jiy the Hebrews as a iiiut) holy anil most iiuiiient feast. So lliey carried tijie ark and the tabernacle which iVIosts had pitrhed, and all.^hi- ■ vessels that 'were for ininislralion to the sacri- fices of God, and. removed them to the teniplc.|| .The.kjiig himsilf, ami all the propl«'and the f.e- vitis fftnt before, n mlerin^ the/gi^ound moist 'with saciilin* and drink oHerings.'aiMl the blood of U great number of oblalious, and burning an iiiimvnse ipiaulity of iureiisc, and this tilTthe very air itst If every where rouiwl about was so. full of 'these odors that it uiet#iii a most agree- able imrliitet', persons at a great distance, and was ai^ indication of (iod's presencf, and, as iiien's o|)lnioiis were, of his habitation with thcnr in this newly built and consecrated place, lor they did not grow wearv, either of singing hymns or of dancing, until they camp to.tjie temple: and in this manner did they curry tti* ark. But whin'tliey shouhl transfer it intr) tl>e most strn't place, the rest of the multitude°went away, niid only- those priests that carried it set it betweer. the t,wo chel'ubims, which, embracing it with their wings, (for so were they trained by the nr- tilictr,) lljey covereil it as under a tent or a cu- pola. Aow the ark contained nothing else but those two lables of stone that ppeserved iho fen conimauiluihitsVwhich God spake to Moses in mount ninai, and which were engraved upon them; but they set the candlcsticli, and table, and the gol I'eii altar, in the temple, belbre the most sacred plac**, in the very same places wherein, they stood till that time in the taberna- tlt^So they ofl'ered up. the daily sacrifices; but for lRiT-t»i4«jjt^ltnr, Solomon set it before the teiiiple, (Hrtiragiiiust the dogr, that when the door Was openid, il niipht be exposed to sigJit, ami the sacred soleiiinities, gad tlte richness of the sacrifices, might be thence seen; and all the rest of the visaers they gathered together, ami put llieiiv.Vvithin the tciiipfe. ■2. JVo»K;«» soon as the priests had piit all things in order about tlie ai:l(, and had gone out, flicre came down a thick cloud, and stooijl there, and spread itself after a gentle inanncr into the teni- plc; sueh a tioud it was, us was ditfuscd, and teinper.ite, nut ffiiich a rough one as- wo «ce full of rain in the luinter sciisoii. This cloud so dark- ened the pNu'e, that one priest could not discern fSiiWOd il(ih{Ilr,aBd J*ili R|H'ak of the prcuaraiion of nia- a\mm<>tvi>v. 18; Antlq. h. viii. chap. v. r. i(«'l'™r*j^ h««»a*»u iliercfarc to alter the Sep- Ldiu'it*nutiiavr,°l>arj|vc arc to sui>|iose three years to 1* Ik I n Ihe justthiti; of the |ir£p,irniiua, as I havo i|icia my cuia|iutati(>nipf the eipeii«ciu building tlft> liijile -A, n'lps su'eiiiii rcinju^iii^f the ark from Mount 81011 ^ ^gpoiint Moriah,Jtt''th^ distanct; of almost llirei- quart) (ri of a niOc.icAnfuTqi-t&iit iKktion pt the mod era Je»)cs, nkd lollowed hy lunuy Christians alsc tunndttion. ^'' -" * , % __* *- J * .. — f « — I I \ DOOK VI1I.-CHAP. IV. m tiiiotlicr, liul it atrnrileft to the iniiulV gt' nil R vi- litilr iiMiiKr, and ||jlorW«ii a|ip( iiriiiicu'^ (ioo the <)ivina nature to i^iMM'ivi', imkI fit tor liin> to ;rivci for h« «*i; tve know it to lie the heav«n< anil the uir, and the iiu^li, and the HI a, which thou nervadrsl ; imrarl tlioU contiiin^ .I'd within tiieir limits. I have indeed built thiit 'H'lnpli' to thee, and thy niimi', that Ifiihi thence, when we iuurifii-e, and perl'urni mii-rid opera- lioiw, »o may keiid our prayerH up into tlie Air, iiiiil inuyiconttaiitty bi li< ve that thou art prrtint, ' Hud art iv>t remote from what U thine own; for nritlier when thou serat all thHif;:<, aiid hcnreiit idl thing*, nor now, whew it plenies tlue todwell litre, do8t thou leav«'tlM:''care o1 all men, but ra- ther, thou art very neijr to tlieiii all, but e»- peciatly thou art present to tliUHe that aildreM ilienmelvetto thee, whether by niKhtur bv ilji)." When he had tlius unliiiuily aiUiresSed Liiini'lf to (iod, he ennverted his disi'oume to tlie iiiiilli- lirde,- and strongly represented the power and providence of (iiid'to them; how he hud showed all things that tvere come to pans to David hia father, an many of thqiii; things had already I'oiiie topau, and the rest would certainly cometopaait hereafter; and how he hail given him hia name, and told tq David Vvhnt he Hhould bccalled before he wa» born; and foretold, that when he ahimid be king after his father'* dehth he tliould build him a teqiple, which, tince they auvv acronipli!^i- ed according to his pri^iliction, he re^<|uireil them to lilesa fimi, and Ijy believing hini,. troni tl>; si^ht otwhat they liiul wen acronijpliarKd, never ■ ■ ■ il t lativn for thee, iniich luon in lhi» poor temule so; but IJMilreat Jliee to keepjins Ihi WH house, . from briiin ili-troyeil by our eheiiiies fuf ever, , mill til take core of it us lliine own possession: but if tins' |Mi>tilr be found t» linve aiimed, aMI be then upon iiflltcleii by thie « ifli any plague becauai^ of tin ir sin, uswilli dearth, or pestilence, , ^r»iiy other iiflliction which thou iHi>tto inlliet ^n.lii'ov that trfinagrrss any of thy liidy liiws,, ilnd If they lly all of them to this tifHiple, be seeching thee, unil begging of I hie to dclivtr them, then do thon hear their pruji i<, ns bc/ng withiuthiiio house, and base mercy iipmi-t^enij . and deliver them Irniii tliiir iifllicli""-y naj. "^ nloreover, this lii'lp is what I iiiiplor.- of tliie, not for Ibe Hebrews bnlv, when tliey lUy in dis- tress, but when uiivshiill conic hllliiTrlfom uiiy ends of the world whntsoevir, ond ahull return from their sins uiid iiiiplnre thy panlon, do thou • then nurdiin them, and liimr llieir prayer. Koi< hereby all shall learn tli/it thou tliyaelf wost pleased witll the building nf this hou thee to all men In cimiiiion, unil (li^it lliiy have the en- ioymenl of ihv l,ent:filalM>»t<>wid upuntheiii.' 4. ^"heii Solomon hud said this and had east himself upon the gruiind, and wor«hi(iped a loiig lime, he rose up, and bi>iuglit aaciilices to the altar; iind when,;he had" fdleil it with iiiiblemish-^ ed'victuiis-, he uiosi evidently diacov.red that : Cod had viitli ^ilertsure accepted of nil I hat h« hud sarrifieed to him, for there ciime a fire rnir- jiing out nf tlic nir, and iiiahed with Violence ' iipiiii theliltuiv ill tlie hi),'ht of all, ami caught hold of and coiwujiied tlie*iciifice«. Now, when this divine mipiuruiice wii« seen, the people siip- poaejil it to lie n diinrtjihtruliiin of tiirti saliode in the leunile, illi.l u.i-e pbuse.l «ilh it; uiid fell ■2 le leunile, illi.l uei-e phase.! Milh it; ui iHUUpon tlie j: mum' iiiid uiushipped. to tU^spiirof any Uiingllint he hiiiTpromiaed for ... ,. . in the fnture, iji order to their happiness, or su^pict I down iinim tlie jimuiid iiiid ivoishipped I. poll that it would not rbitie to pass.'' - | which the king bigftii to hW-* »iod, aiill exhort i. When the kiiTg hud llius discoursed to the , ed. the mullilii.le to do tin. sume.uS'iiow having multitude, he looked again towanis the. temple, 1 suflicient iudicutioiis ol (iodS luvomrilc .li.posi- . mill, lifting to) his right hand to the iiiultinide,, lio'ii 1:0 tli.iii; und to piuy tliiil liny iiiigiil aN he said, " n is not pos'.iide by what ml* can do wavs liiivc •|lii- like iiiiIk uli'.in inmi hiiii, und to return suflicient thuiiks to tiod for his biiiefils that In- would pee-, rve in tliiin u miiul pure bestowed ubon thiui, for the Deity stuiiils iji j from ull wii keilness,jiii ii!i;litiiiiisiii»s and reJi- nidid of notlSng. and is iihove any such reijuilal .-I gious worship, iiml that llrry iiii-ht cnliiiiic 111 but so far as we have been made aiipi ridr, O lhi>/olisi rvuli..n of those precipl- uid.ht.od had Ixird, to otlisjr aiiimals bv thee, il becomes us to given tin ni li\ M.isi ..liic.iu'^e by mil iiieuns tho ^ bless thy niuicaly, and it 'is iifCessary fur us to re- 1 Hebrew nulioU woiild U,- \m\>\n . mid im.Ued th« turn thee thanks for what thou hast besiiued tiio»t bl<— .d of idl n:iti.Mis iiiii.ii- airniankmrt. upon our house, and on tlie Hebrew jieopl-; lor j lie exhuiMl tli.iii iil-o t.. li.; niiinlliil, that by with what other instrument caii we lit tier up- what in.lliods Ihey, Iftnl Hiiauie I tliiir present., pease thee, when thou art angry at us, or nine good ttiiiiifs, by ihf «anie,liMv iin-i preserve, properly kpreserve thy favor," than with our thi 111 suie'to tUiins. Ik -, anil ai.iKi- lliiin greater, voice; which, as »vc have it from the air, so do and nioie than tliiy .uiVi at priscnt; f>ir Ihotit we know that by U>at air it bsci lids npwariis was not sullicieni fiirlliun to ^u;i|Kise they. had I towards tlM*.] £ I Therefore oiight invselt to ri- I riceiveil lluni.cin account nl" then- |m1y *■■"' r.^ _ ^1 tt r.r*(t^^.u.. :.. '*i.. ,:...*'.. I ;.'a.._ J bcsei:ch thee, fortheliiiie to come, t() alford us by il limv be hurt. I whatsoever thou, 'Otioil, hast* powet to btMow ' '.5.' So "when the kfiig hjid >|ioki n thus tolhfi. ■ , he diss«lv4l the r.iu-regation, but i>ol I post"..., - - J — ,.....,, , — ,. . . . ten thotisond generations; Do not- thoii tin r«- l.was th;it the teniple did lirst ol nil tuale ol the lore iail to give us these^lessings. litMl to Im stiiw llJiclinis.'aiid idl ttie lli|iri«,s, with their wiv«^ tt ,. est appear to be with us upuii earth. .\s lA thy- ; days ; ami Iii I lien i'< a; I' d togetlier with all the '«elt" IM« ehtire" heayens, (iii.l 'lie ,i'iiinen«j1y of :'ne"iipl<;: ' , • j. ; • ite'Sliiftin that are thertii 1, ii.'t bu? J snv.dl hab^-.| i>. When all il.esc ^oli i.'iirlties «»t?eabundaiilly. mmmsm^^mmmmmmmmmmmm ,V? 4 Jj' 17U * ANTfQUITIES OF TUB JtJWiS. W y iiiiiCl) iWrtoi* inU«K">^^ lotlic Ufiii\>\ , tif^lli <>« account iJtKt ilii ilinttniU liHil not litciviio Ions bcrturvhiiii^ Kolttcn ri:«dyi itor hod been to iral- (lUitU |>r<)|>iire(|,an(l QnaCi-'ount (hat tliiii \iat ontjr a lii«l)i()itian ^fi>r kiiiKi. and not Cir fiud, it wiiii }on\^^T ill lininlniif;. llowiWri,^h(ii liuiidiiii;; wan raianl no itiag;|)ilii;cntl}\aa luited the liapp^ ttatr 01' lilt (IvbriHi, and u( tlin king Ih'nrtol but il n ti<(t'i'iMr^ fliA? I d«u;rib« the «ntirc atriiclurr iind dikpiMtion ql' tii<> jiArtt, tlist *o Iboir (hikt liffUi u|iO)i this iKioitVlniiy thereby inalii' a ron- jri'liit'e, ;iii)d, iia'ii wiir'i liave a' |frQt|ifCt ot 4ti uiKfniiltMr. • '; J. 'I'liix hiHine wn* a liirgeanil'riirkiutbuildin);. and tta» •iqijKirtrdb^ many pillHr^^'ithith fcido- nioii 'Uiiilt 4u cijitlnin a multitude da brariiif; (Aiusi's.nri't lakiiiK ^^''iinucc of iiiiiK, It Ha» Dullkii ntl^cu|in('iiiufi tu <;unluin 11 irrr.ul body ol nxii, wild would ciiiiie together (u' have <.auw.i> determliiod, . It waii.a hundred {Mbiti long, and 0% broad, and thi^y high, atiuobrti'd by quad- raiif^ular pillar*, which were a^ol' CKdar, but it* root was iKTuiiliiig; to tlin Cnrinlhian order,^ with fuldiuK-jMyors, and lliVir adjoining piliam qf • rgiinl iiia|;iiitaat','i'ni.'h fluted wah three caxitic^ wmclir bu^diii|< wnii Ht unco tirii), aud very oriia- !MviituL, I'tieie Wan al<6 "another |]ous>., iio,or (jWe> tliis waa )oiiieil another houte. ,tliaf. was .biiilt fur hia <|iteen There were other ruialler edificei) tor diet, an of Ihnr £ueiuie«: uiin -iiake their teiiinli>,niid tOmukefineproapeiUa in mval pela- ctii^^iid which make theiiiiiieA wlieme'thiv an I ' patiaficd, and nothing; waa omiMcd that concrrn- ^ . ( il th« divine worahip, the king ili!inii, and had been uartukera of Ihe/iiiany tarriiici a that had been uttered, and of the feath vjla that hud been aoleiUniied, thcv evcrJL uii|e raturned tolliiir own ciliea. liut uNlrrniu that- aimeprcd to the king in hia i>leep, inl'orMird liiiiu ' That " l^iod had heard hi:* praverM; and' that hie Would nut Ally preaervc the temple, but wuulti ulwuya abide ill it, that ia, in oa^e hia puatecUy and the whole iiiult)itude would' be rigliteuuV. And for hinistlf, it.aaid, that if hecontiiiucd ae: eording to the adiiionitioua bf^hia father,, lie would ndvunce liim to an iniihenafdegree' of, ilignityand happineaa.und tlwt then hia p'uKtei'ity HhnuliI bo kin):if of that country, uf the tribe .of' Judah, forovir; but that atillii' he alumld'^be found a betruter of the ordinaiirea of tile law, und forget tliuni, and turn away to the, worahip of atrange godii,. be would ful him ulf bv. the ruota; und would neither itiirer.any reiiiaiiider c^f 'tiia faiiiily to PontfRiie. iior wunid overlook i\\% , ten^ple of iKrael, or preserve tlieui any loilger Iruni afllictiona, but fvould utterly destroy tlieiii ullh teh tliuuaand wars and inislurtuuei; would raat them out of the land Whlcli he had given '{Ihcir fulhera, and make them aojo'irrMera iit 'by the^hamla of thatr Enemies: uiin -iiake their iiiiaeries (U'M rve to be a proverb, and »ii<'li as aliould very hardly b» crtdited- for tlitir »{«-' pendoua itiiiKuitu(re,'ti|l their neigliboj^^'iCrien they ahouhl hear 0(' tliem.ahould .wo»d< r.at iheir lalumitiea, bii\^ vei^ earnestly inquire fur the uc- (aaion, why the Hebrews, who hud beVn' ao far advjiiiced by tiod to audi gfory aud wealth ahduld be theuaohated by him ^ And tijat the anawer that aliould be muile by the reiiiaindir of the people ationld be, by enuft »^ing ili) ir ••iuii! dug famous. °J\Iow the contexture of tin runout workmanidiip ^f these (touca w-as in three row*, b'^it tbe fuurthirow would ixbke oik' iidniire its sciil|itiirt'8, whereby were repreaetitrd Irttn, and all i^orta. of planta, with tlic ahades that arufVi* Irbui their branches, and leaves that buhg down froiir them. Those trees and" plants covert d (h> stoiie lb»t waa beneath ihem, and thiir leaVes were wrought so proiligious tliiu and iiubtile. and their transgression 'of the laws of thik | tliut you would thiiik they W'ef'e iu motion bat ' I country . "-^Accordingly, \ve have it Irunsuiilted to us in writiilgi Ihut tHus did C!oil rfieuk Iu .',Ji "• »V «'"? Jj''":!!';:* ,''?':^;^!^ 4na "mIU Willi >loii< « .. « ifi KoRl. iiixl l).«>ttifi«" tticiii tli.nt)y in lli0 w-iiit iiiniiiwr ii* lie bml hfWitirifil tll« UmpI'' ofCod with the like »t(>iic» , H« «l»o' iim.l« liiiiiMli! » Ihroiic of pruiliKioui. bi)rn(»< of Ivory. «i>nrtr«i Itil *< » «t whiCIl •toQil. on each end of the. itiiN two lioiH!. two other lioiM •tlinding iiliove njso ; hut> nl thfl »lt- lipW-nlni e of Ih.' throne, haml« iunii- out, iind fjelived the kriig; iiml \shin he »it hii(kw»r<.). he rVitttd on hall a hiiHocliilhnl loukeil lo«urd»hi» bark, hut ^till ull wiii lnrtS'."" |.>;,'.ilierHiHipolil. 3, VVh <.diir«ooil iniil .pine-wood, he idso rnvardcd llinim Hilh riih irt*uit«, *o"> lit ••"' •""' idi" w irl)\ )«iir, uiiil nin< und ml, «hii h «ern th< |iiliirl| ul Ihtnjct thut In. Blood IH Ul cd of. bi < oum ii< (nil dut" " »" itliuid, lui «♦ lu»\e nlriuU.snid' Ahlhij'i'ef Ihcie, hi griinjed hwii <«rljin i ilica "I t not l.ir Irom \ ^ rt •r«r«i»e th» like fr..in'liitn, but th.l he who could not nolve them ihMiilil ppy Hi6npy to iim Ihal did johu thein, nadihat, Hiram aPitptml the Con- - ditfout; and when, ho wm not at>|« to xdvc tite . riddhn | uropojedby Siinim<)n.]Jie I>»id " Rre"' deal of inoniy for hi» fm.-: Imt that hi' lyfterwaril did lolve the,nropi>«iu» wrote. % ,.ii>f /< tUjrifiltr lhe(ii->«iinitiiinloSiilj>^ll ,i tnul , nil f I'll > ill llr li^iiii/'Ut mnit lif ,„c,„, . '" 'I <>,ul,l,llflilh"l the Quern »ft'm>t<"*^ 'J ^ """;'"' J 1 AoW whin Ihi king ► iw III It the W.»llii nK J, Jluabni tlood Ml lU.d ..I 1.. Ill-' '"""•»™''"''i ami mud. utriMiRi . d.ir U< i >< "-'hi ihi w.dN hat immuimsMd J", ,-. , ,hI „1kii h. h .d lUin all lamlufCabol. wl.ith n .n,i . i. it b. '''''H''' '•' » »'> '^^ / ■\^' [^^^ it, ami uav. ;lX:;;^tfr:;rt;=K.tr;r.l=rl,:.r:r.;i.„.,..,.^^^ and tret them from the" amtirguity tiiat wu,« in tliein. Now lo mtgrtrioiii' •mJ HndeMtJttdinBW'in •loloHion. that mm. ol thtwe pioblim* wne loo lUird lor h(Hi, but h« tb(iquer. his reaioninKH, iiid ilistin»rid lli.ir Md.# inwiO- inr. and brought il jiii.iii'ti 1" .«.,«..«.., ,, . _ -..-J rebuilt It JH a I ity that wan lUrturidly slrong. MO ■111 Ail be uwfid in wnr«, and the mutatioiw of «f- |.,u^ tlint noim tiuiti hapn. n Mm ( o\ « r, ht buHl two other < itiV« not'liif fiom it, II. tli horon wai the name of one ol th« m. and Haal itli ol the other Ht alwj biiill oth« r rilie* that l.iy conve. Ml. nth lor th<«.. in ord.j to the . i.joymeni ot < mil- pU laures mid iMieai ie« in thtin, kik h 8» were l.rt.«ltiuiKuag«.f^n«<"™lJv of * K'A'd lemiwrntiirp of the mr. and k nrt*>Wi.if hi* Hi^^ecaUle for fruiti ri|i« In thur prop, r leawnr. kings, wii.i. i'p. "f , il" 1, ..„,i „,,»,■ .„,„nr, \in. Solomon Main ol ilmlitr out of th' nimiiit mi t ill. liup, forW looN s?T timpln.iiiid i\hO| pulUd .fc«;i 111. anriclit <• mpU". h» bn the t< n»iJ* ol lki< id< t -'Ud tliuj ol Asli'i ho •first li. I'lip III l.mi>U|H^lt*dn, fjolomon w. nt t« f dt«ert above '<)im, and po»- I.. «s. d hinixli of It. mid bmU. llii r» u vcrj-great I 111, whit n «n« .'i«t .nt two ihij*' jourmy from \ iiiior Siria. ami one daj's joit'ii. \ from bu- plirjt.i, mill Ml I""!? d.i)s' ioiirii,\ Irom Baby- • li.iith. K""' '• Now.th. 1.1.1 iii«li) this.ilj lay so ruiioi. Ill 111 the pnti. ol ^)ii > ili "t are inha- botVilMiiU biled IS thi< il,atb.h.« tli.i. „no w.Ur to be ,li,rt. iM.I I h id. iirtd Jl. .1 \t »• Ml 'hi't pi .c only that there - - I 1 . .1 . ... .. .4. M w hi II lilt hnd. ho 'firat li. l' lip I II t.ui itlonth r.ritiiH. h. ul against th«. I ii< l.ii lu their tribute, and Mil. Iiimsilf lit ritutfitd t ni' was Abd« uion, a UTj \ out.j lon(|uered the difli. ult | robfn .( vfii th. . .jlffllll II i^d ii'.,l.,JM\ iKilufd Ih.ui ill 111 km;;. t1i. 11 ii;« , who hIu i\- Imh *> >1' hn>u kingofJ«ru*il. d.ml, hit s. ii Hi ram reign, il He rji'*. d th. .i-tirn i irii "' the nt^ higher, and mii.l. the tilv it.h l",.'i' lie alio ittucil the ttmplc of Jupjttt, «lii h "> for. stood IQ- UmU, toth. iit\,l« mi-wv ' l""k in tji. ll)ldlll^ liftw.tn tliim. and he iiili.iini' i wilh-^loiianoinof guld|ifMorc»egi:i. «n. who H.n ihtii king ' I '*• rusal.iii. "int in'iUnio Ikimiti, .ind ^k^ii.il I) ^HHlJ^Kixflihrniion oft' eiiniim/'iM'-rto/iaptwn""''* Iriic IfcTl wli.it Jo«i)liim-iiM'». nriMiillv Hiiil no /m^ tt t suOf ml» cAtlr'l Ptinrnuk lifter S'lomvli'i tallier n )Mllfflao iiao to mr ...fd -.vil I'll li ivoloiiE rf.>»T«, y Kiiiti .Ul. -■•» J. r xliv I), K •.III. - Ific fre ■oMCiit ^l^IltlOll ol Hill iia1iiP/'/MrTO(iirttl.epro|>li. II*. TT , 1..... i....id.ii in IkiH ..4c'i. hiieet II to the »l>rii),4jiid pill ol "■•••r ^^ht,ll he had, Ih. rilort 111 lit tl.n 111 lli.^) till \ W> I' ""' "J Other^ ^).l bill wli.ii tli«\ we're Kitira^nlinrnliriirii r, I i tli. iinmMifllniiUinRel afciHVillfwIi'"" ^'f iii>« w'O'iitfH.il 01 •nil I OgfteJV*"' ^o ^*' "*' •'"'wlxf' iif),i"("^l<'n>Uj "* .(.\/..IJHnlu/iiioHl,w.M'li'"<>l' "Am>nWv4 It .HUM I.. . . .If. «it III .1 I ' re nmf-^erl ,. we lnivC.- m.m iiin.! il ( - 111 I* I'V i', -H>>'"*. """ ''',•■?? [f '"""il? lilt kiii!.'» of IwyH' »"'• '•'""* M"eeti.oT ►RyPJ»*" Ktiiiopm wwin • -•'::nir.::'v„''fr.A'j::':irJ.^„X X-lJirrnhu .ii«llV Ktl.lOl.mwhm.lte*..pp««M^,6«ve^<>,neIO«C^W^ J eTrOf \he \\C b A . h "iVl. 4r.lK.akUf \c.i}.aO, , mou, than «Ii.i»tinv w l.er« <>-tw In all hii ^nHqtHHtf '. V .«. ... . -« . \l '■ i ^a- 1, In*' m ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEW8. hf luiiiie kiiin, (licy chia|;ed them into the Dtma which in liieit own tonj^uc denoted their aiMhori- Ijr; Ibr Ihun it wbi (Imi «|iat the hingi a/ Atex- , Itodria, who were ralltd (oriiierly by other ntiiiei, when tlicy took the kinriluiii, were named Flole- mici, from their firtt king, The Roman cmpa- rom alio were fronf their nativity called by other SBan(«i. but are all ttyled Cnun, their empire and their dignity iiiipoung that name uimn them, t^nd not (ufferin^ them to continue in thoM nanici which thiir fathrra enw iheiii. I lup- pOM< alio that Herodptu* of Hiilicuriiainus, when ha raid there were three^undrcul and thirty kingii of Egypt after Menei. who built Memphli, did Iherebirn not ti II u> thfir naiiira, hccuuie they were in coinmun called Pharaohi; for when after their death there waa a queen reignedi h« calU her by her iiaine Nicaulc. us thereby declaring, that wtiile the kinga were of th« iiinle line, and io admitted of the same n'anie. while a woman did not admit the aaiiie, he did therefore aet down that her name which she could not natural- ly hsive. . A» for iiiytelf, I have iliBcuvcred from our own booka, that^ftcr I'haraoh, the father-in- jawof Solomon, no Qthcr king of Kgypt did any longerui^ that name; and that it waa after that tune wlien the I'urenuntioned qiicen of Egypt and Ethiopia came to Solumon, concerning' wTioiii we iillall inform the reader presently; but I have now made nienti«iti'of these thing., that I may prove that our booka and thoae of the Egyptians agree together in iiiany thinga. 3. Uut king Solomon subdued to himself the remnant of the Cauaanites that had not before aubin>tt«d to hini! thos)! I- mean that dwell in mount Lebanein, and'aa far as the. city of Ha- • math; and ordered them to pay tribute. He ' 1 also oho *'Bypti»«. Bay of the ftcd gea, in a certain plure . oail^ Kziaii>Geber: it is now called Berenice, and i^ not fai< from the eity of Eloth. Tliis Coun- try beloDged formerly tt> the Jcwi; and became \ utefal for shippint, froni the donations of Hiruin kjnj; of. Tyre; for be'seiit a sufficient number of j^en thittier for. pilbts, and «uch as were skilful ■ cv„ ., •Vt V-' d«y abnndl, induced her to come to him" sh* being dcsiroui to he sMisCed by her own e«ne. nence, and pot by a bare hearing; (for report* tbui heard are likely enough to comply with a false opinion, while thevWholly depend on the credit o( the rtlalers.) ao^e^rcsolved to ronie to him, and that especially in ordtir to have a trial of hia wisdoui, while she proposed nues- tiopi ol very great difficulty, inif'lntceated that be would solve their hidden meaning, Accottl- ingly she came to Jeruralem with great splen- dor, and rich furniture; for she brought Wuh her camels laden with gold, With »ev. ral sotU of sweet spices, and with precious stones. 3Vo* , upon the king'i kind reception of her, he both showed « great di^ire to please her, and easily comprehending in Mi* mind the meaning of th'e curious queitioni^she propounded to him, he n- solved them sooner than any liody coWld have exntcted. So she was aniaied at the wiailpm ol bolomon, and discovered that it was more excel, lent U|)on trial than what she had heani by ri - port beforehand; and espcciallv she waa^urpris- ed at the fineness and lat^encaaof his royafiNi- lai>e, and4iot less at the good order of the aptfrt- intii the Ailfea C'hersoncsus, -which belongs : ; to llfi4i*, to fetch him gokl. Arid «vh*n-they. h«d • gathered ICHir^iiadred talents together, they rei v.turned to thftkJngngaih; •..;:, ,,■.;.. ', '-S' There 1^(4 theif a woman queeii o^ Egypt tfrdEchiopia;* she waa intjuisitive Wo phil6»o- .. lihyV-nniAOflci that on other accoiiiKJaUo wV* tO ■ tie rtdipir*^. When^Ws ()iieen heard CT th« vjr-j • _'.lue and pciidyhce' of .Splodion, she lind a" great' ..niiiiiHo»e<^lr)(ii, and ^e j'i>iiort» that went cvei'y -■* , •.TIi«t>lt'i»0Veiipf^he1«i waaflqiieeiiwts^'tmttin .■tiitilli Arabia, and not of Kgypt aiid Klhiopfa, irajose- .^pliua ii«r|;.i(Bnirt«, t«, I »uji|io«ey.jiftw »encr.iliy^|»rceil. , Aoilliiiccg^a )* well-luiowR tohcarauiilr]l4ear.fli- south rrtjml • j^Ji'tdea also; triil ainrc iiiir"S^VifiHr;fnlla'tJy» . i ««it \ .crtpt i op * um u >muiu^ (^^ab^f^^at^^^iitA^iii^ ~---rr-j — -.•• — ——«-.-«. sui BMC iiKut^vcucu lo discourse with the king, and thereby owned that shi* was overcome iVith admiration Mjllie i'„„<'i before related ; and said, r All things, ind< ti!, O king, that came to our knowledge by iVport.came with uncertainty as to bur belief of tiiem; but as to those good thimjs that to thee apbertain, both such as thou" thyself poisessest, I mean Wisdom and prudence, and the happiness thou hast from tl^y kingdom, certainly the fiiiue (f^t came to ua was no fabity ; if was not only a ttfte^ report, but it related thy happiness ^ter a much^'* lower manner than I now <*< it to be l)efore my eyis. fori as for the'/*>.ori , ,t onlj tiifjfin^cd to prrsViadepuv hiaringybul did uotsu makelinown tJie dignity of the thinj^a themselves a* '«<*« the sight of tneiii, mid tiein^ present uw ,iig jhein. I indeed, who did not bcl^^ve uh»< na«reiiortcd, by reason of the multitude and K>'HndeuT of th< thiiijgs I in<|u|red about, do see them to be much motie iiuiiwroiia thaif they were reported to kr Accordingly, I (esteem the Hebrew people, as ««ll as tliy servants and fr'i^ds, to be happy, who enjoy thy presence, and hear thy wisdom fvei-y day 'Continually. Ojie Would therefore bleri' God who hat^ so loved this countrv-, and .those tbalt, inhabit therein, as to make thee kine ' , over flienr." _ ^ ^ ^..6. Kow iVhen the quef H had thus demonstrated iBS^otiU how deeply the king had affected her, her dispotjtloh was known by (>rrfinn priaents, far she gpve.h^ni twenty' talonlji <>( gold, and an immense quantity of. spices, and ptecigut siijntf, (They say also thpt Wt' j><>»s<.»5 flji rpbtuflhat biijifamf. which our couiUrV ^iiWbp^rs by this ^o EiliiO|>ia;, lVer«ia lltHc occfon for d'eubUnc in thia .uiatter, . ,' ■■ _.-'-; -'. fSomc Hniiii'X»»cph«s for aupposinir, tlwt tliohal |>ani tree miehtjiefii^l l>fan|1ito«t of Afnln.!, or EStypl. or Elliiupiji, intO' Juilea,-iiy HVi» queen of ai.cliaTShire 'MKCr^llUive snid that otoW. no rodniry boro Hits nr> Tiotw IwHsani lint Judca; yet it is notoriously lal*i (iwi •¥'•1'?'*'*' »■♦,» peculinr to Jufh-R, (pr both Rtyut jntt Awltt.MlU lwmK:umnyetba-a bad Iti which far " * ol 11^ -^M^ 1i-. ■( , o V> \- J' ' .- ■ .. •' ^ mi, iha a exp«. -i**. report* with M _,. on th* ' rnuia have a i i|ue>- eil that . iccoru- ■pleit- ( With ll KotU \ 3Vo*.-\ • I le botli v^ 1 rnnily,-. \ ^^ of the \ \ be «!• \ ■ \- have tpin of excel- by ri- ■ V urpria- ■ \ ■ apA-t- ■herein Hica- callrd ;■ ..'. agnifi- , !'■' :- he ap. tkillul ■ - * ' " ■ e: iiOr ■, ^ ' . rrifu e^ ul ma- iuer(cd. ■'- ■'^^^■■-. f the inu< h »» . ■Ii le. a> ilimi 1 \ i*:f \ / u^ BOOK vni.- -CHAP Man> eift.) Solomon al«o repaid her with mnny C^iiod tnini^, and prinriiwlly by liealowin); u|ion her what (he rhoae of Hrr oni) lnn|innlion. fur Ihire WA« mUhinfr that phr deii^yrd wbichhe de- nied her; and «• hr wni very K<'nrmut and libe- ral in hi* own 4rinpcr, lo did be ahow the great- ntiii of hi* loul in beat^winf^ on her what ifae heraelf detirwl of him. So when thii queen of tllhiopia had obtained what we have already l^ivrii an arnoiint of, and had HKilin roniniunica- t«d to the kill); what ahe bruiight With her, ahe returned loh«rown kiiigdoiuv •.':^. '■'■';■; ■■ciiAP..,vii. ■.:/'■■* '-. How Soloinon grtm rieh, and fell dtsptnlely iM iovtmlhWomtttiandhouGod.bfinfinctnst^ af it;rniitil i$p Adir. and Jtroboafn, againtt • htm. Conetrninf tht Dtalh of Sohniott. ^ I. ^BpuT IhecMnie time there iirere 4>rou^ht to the kine froAi the Anrea CherionMiia, a coon- (r) »o railed^, prtcioua itoneii,and piiie-lreea; and 173 around the"* nriKhborini^ rounlriea,'' which pr> claimed thevirtue and wiadoni of >i>I'>hioii, into- , much that nU tlib king* i-very whi're wiTe ' roua to aee him, a* not Kivinf; or^dtt to wliiit waf reported, on aciount of ita lieinf; aliiiuai incredi- ble; Ihey alao demonalraled the regard they had . fur him, by the preaenta thry made him; lot they lent him veaaela of gold, and ailver, am purple Karmenta, and .many iorti: of •jiicep, and ' horarn, and chariota, and at many mulia fur hit carriagea aa they could tind proper tu pleaae th«T kincVeycf, by their itrengtb and beauty. Thii •dmlion that he made to thoae chariota and hortea which he had before from theae that wcrir tent him, augmented the nuliiber of hit chariuta by above four hundred, for he had • thouaand before,' and augmented the nuiuber of hit lioritt by two thouaand, for he had twenty thoutand before. Theke hprtet alio were to much exer- cited, in order .to their making a fine appear iince; and running twiftly, that no othera could upon the conipHriwn, appear either finer or Iheae treea he made use of fur iiupporting 4hei awifter; but thiy were at once the moat beauti- \ temple and the palace, aa »Uo for the matcriiil:< of OiUiical invtrunientt, the hnrpi and the paallerira, that the I^-vitrt might make uae of Ihetu-M their hymna to Upd. The Wood which wna Imiug^io him nt thia lime wna larger and finer than tilQ- thal had ever been brought liefo|«; but let iiu one iniaj^ne that theae pine-treea were like thciae which are now to named, and which lalw tbnt their denomination from the inerchanlai^^o ao call (hem, that they may procure them to be adr ■Hired .by thuae that purchaae them; for thoie we ({leak of were to the tight like the wood of the fig'trttp, but were whiter and mure ahinih||i Now we hi|4e aaid thui much, that iiuhddy 'iniay be Ignorant of the difference between thete 'urta 6i wood, nor unaiquainted with the iijttureuf tliq genuine pinc-trx , nnd we thought it built ii aeu- aunable and hiiinane thing when we iiieiitioned it, 4nd the utet the king maite of it, to ^xjdain thi4 dillertrtce no f.ir aa yic have tlpne. v ' '2. J^ow the weight of gold that wna brought hitn Was ai\ hundred and tlxty-hix talenls nut Kicluxliiig in thnt auiii what wii« brulight by the mer^haiki^. nor what the tup!«rcha ^niid kings of Arabia gn\e hini in preaenia. He aljiocaat two hundred targets of gold, foch of thenvAycigliiiig atkhundred ihekel«. ile al^iu niadn three hun- dred thielifa, every one weighinx three pu^'nda 6f gold, and h« had tnein carried and put i4lto thnf house whidi was called the forcst'of Ltba- ntibi- He alio made cups pf gold, and of [fiiV- ciuutj stones for the entertdnment of hia autsta, and "had them adorned in the most artificial man- ner; and he contrived that all his qthei^furoiture ful of all others, and their swiftness was incum' parable alsri> ,'J'hpir riders nisu were a further oniament tblhtni, being in the first pbice young men in the moat delightfill flower of their age and, being eminent fur their largeneasV and lar luHfr'thnn nlhe^ iiieit; They hatri^lau verv lOUK heads Vif hnli" hanging (|uwn, and were clothed in garments of I'tpiui purple. "They had aliio djist of gold every day apfinkled on their hair, so that their heads sparkled with the reflectioit of the auiibrMHa from the gold. The king him- self fode upon % chariot in the midst uf these men,, who Were still in armor, ami ha'd their bows fitted to' thenV Me bad on a white gar- ment, and. used tu take hia progress out of the ' city In the morning.' There wm.h a certain plAce about fifrv furlongs distalit frum Jcriisuleirt^ which is called "Kthinn ;• vcrjr pleasant it i* in (jrlie gar- • dena, and abounding in rivulelsof water; thither did he ust neglect the «are of the ways, but he laid i\ causeway of blank stone aluAg the rund thnt led to Jeriisiilem, whirh was itiu royal cily, bulb to render thein easy fur travt j1era,'and tu niani- f<'^ king bad many'thips which lay upon iheVe^pf ' , remotest nations, i ordained the Kgyptiap |iiercJiants that brought , by the sale of Which silver and gold were brought | him their merchandise to sell him a c.h«riot, with to ^he king, and, f]~gr«at uunnfity oi fxon, and \'^ pair of hursia, fur six hundred dracPiiie of sil- ' |>|;hiopi»ni, and ap^V find they '^nished their vVr, and he sent thfvm to t]ie kings of Syna,..and voyage, going and returning, in threeyears* time 3,-' Accordingly, there went, a grent fame all that very r«untry wheiice Jaa«phua;ir u'nderttooit not of jBthiapia fait of Artbia, Intiniatea'tliia queen luiiclit bring UnrXinio Judei^ Nor are Wo toauppoaa that the queen or^6ab•^ couM «rell ; and iIUL Yl, to he allexedUo'lhe contrary, since what we lliert render^afsi. or fci/«in, denoins rather lliat (jtrpra- ; ^tt itill cxiant, as Mr. MauBil^etl i|ifpfiM ua, p. 8< , eSiy imr whtcl) we now l^alWur/ientinati/CAia, or CV/>r«ii, ,-.!»,.. tbejukw Mlti« lurpeninic tree, tlian this precibi'ia hul- Mnf. ThM l4at is also the same vvonltiinllwe else- where tender by thaaniiie mistake talm af ni/(l'iii; it should k» rendered tl'a (arsrattxs of tiilit4» Jer, » i H - j 8, ^ . — . -'•', . • —~ to those kings that were beyond F.uphratcs. 5. But although Solomoy was becMiie the uioA H ^ * Wiietlier thescflne tardent and rivulctt of Biham, almut six.iiiilesfroin Jerutalein, wliilhlcr Holouiun r'ode so often bi slntc, be not thdte>ailuded io'ErrleiMi. 3,A, where lie ^ys, "lle'hiadc hjni nardenf iind orrjianta*' nTAI planii'd trees in thvm of All kind offlrttllt, lie inada him pimli^ (if Xv.'ilrr, to wiitur llie wood that liiuineih forth trees:" onil lutheflneat part wlir|^riie seems t«- allude, when, in the faiitiilrs, he roinpar^ bi«.t|iouac 10 a "jiardcn emlosci," to n ;• ipriiic t)iut up," fo « fountain sealed,'' rli, iv. I:!, (part of. whirh fouptain* «rb Itill extant, at Mr. MauBd^etl ipfp^ ua, p. 87, IT cannot now lie tertninly detietminedl^' ■"■f **'y probably hf ro'derturcd..' pt wh0th»r thh. £fitaaa, bfis any r.eln ■ ■.. • • ■' ■■ • ■ ' — ^i- < t '^V' / I - ), \:' .,.! ..lIZ'-':: ± , f . :-\ ■■-,■: ..vU •:| ■ f ,l ■■■ ',-'■ * ' .^v^t^l Vt 9 . J74 ^ ' AJNtlQUlTlM Qf THE JPVIfi|4^ >kriaut«r kH)to%ml lh« bfit UlotMl . t »*•«' Irrmllt •'♦ilifoSn.fiirf, ii|k«(i lUrt flliAit{^ nf at %d i>jf *UI(- <»H M dmt ^'l']>^ l>* r»r»i>ok Uic ubtfrvKltou of tfi^ tiMjr.ef lilt UiWfi, •rikl cain* to ai< eml uun»jr MitttH* (o ii'*X, (i^n-ginuf( hittury nf liim. ttV grcf* mxl in hin Unt of wotiirn, ami liild no rt> «lrniin on hin»cl( in kt* luU. dqf WfM 1l)) Miti- Dctl wilh |b» wonirii i>f Jtr* toimtr^^ '*'t)^i '"'' bti uitti'ricd niiinr vnvi>i «lu*i^rii|>h<-l Uail toNliitd what wavcMiiiilK, bomn.' (iixl rnitrd ii|> un me my aKwiD»t liini, wmmr iiiiw« Viat Adf lh« tJlomUrt, and of Ihc blood roia): and whim ioali, |li« capltin ot Dayid'l h the >|iu) ot Kidoin, and diMroyid all (hal wrrv KK'O gr«wn, and utile to brar arnit, fur fia uiontlit' ifadail who rrrvitvil him krtidl^. and aui|i;ii<-d hiiu a ^lilatu dwell in. and « c^ttnlfy lo DumiU hini ihip thur «o(ls, wnicn nr/im to tar gran- wJHkd ■ and when l|« wn« HT(»wn op, h* lovrd ' 6catlf kit adrciiOn fet hMj^c/i-ilnigl), uuomiucIj that hi' n«*e hini hia that WK'i:*' u*' 1hf,ir own oeofSUi 11« b1»o tugaa lo wonhip thrir ifoHii, ivtiirh hr/lid tolkr graU' Iheqi. 'I'bU ri'ry tWng oii^ If jfiilator tutprf t«38 j wifc^ ihourd . bv whwn he had a aun, who w«» WoiiKht up wii not marry women of oth«r rounlrirJytwr uMbjanllraitMifl to honor oiir own God, and nhouht worab>|i thrir goda. liul Solomon wua fallrn htadtotif; iiiti,) tin- anaaonable plraaucta, and riKafdt'd not lliMf ud- '^iponltioiia. Kor when he had iiiarrird at'ren -hun- dnid wive«|* the daughtrra of pniuta, and orno- inant ptraona, ami tlir<>« hundr<'d i onrubiiira, *(hI thear bcaidra Ihr kingf of KKyuCii duu^litrr, he aoon we* Kovvrntd by the in till hi' taiiitt to imi- tate Iheir pr»( iumt. H«< Wha furcfd to elve thenV this dtmonairation of hta ktndnraa ami ntUntuni to thriiir to livv arrordiiip tii Ok* lawi of thwBud, and Ihreat- .me?) I^ini that he should not lune rijuirr in nhat 'lie had ^one:. that indeed tli< kinfcdom ihould not be #ken from h'm while he uua alive, be- "icauac (tod had promiacd to his father Datid that he v^uhi niuki h|iii his aiirreaanr, but that he Wuld 'tiike rare that this ahnnid b( fall hia son when he wn4 dead; not ih^t he nould withdraiv alt the piopje fruitr hini, but that hi ivonld^fift ten tribi s tu^ arnunt of biM, nml Iciive imK tno tribes to Uavid's e;randsl)ew^cre Ujr foloinou It^ni'O'lt, whci rr apenks ofhisiiot lioviui; found one [ir6od]noniuu aiitoiigilint Wtfyniiniier. I>rliis vii.'.K tJow'jitiiiB n lierji' rertiiinly loo severe uponi'ala mon, wlio m |iii|kii(( the rrieriilHniB,Biid these twelve ^Vlneh oxlm, sef^us to h&\-e iIoims iionmre tlmii iinilnle IbVpaiteriiK hit lifm l>v Dnviil, tvliini uere n'l civrn Itavid by Uivine itiaiiiratian, t-re my ])i m-niiliwii of tile temples,^ rhnp. a. \ud allliouiih (iod (inve no direetion for tl r lloiis thai nilornrrf his Hiroiie, yet 4tmni|l S^DtoimXi seem Iherelii to hfve hrnken nny law ih m , K.gypt tTint both David and Jaab were dead, he (eaiue to i'haraoh, and (lesir«d tlHit- be Would l>enuit hmi ((> fa tn hit own ri<4i»try- Upon whirh the ktnr asked what il «v»s that he wanted, and what harriahipa t^ liad iitel with, that he was so desirous lo tca«rc htm t And whi n he was of' (eb irnublesoniti to hioli, and entreated hiin to diainiM him, hr did noi thtu do it, but at th* time when Solonutfl's affairs brg;an to ((tow worse.) on aieount ivf his fureinenti<opl< fiirsakc Solomori, for it was k< pt under by many gnrriMnia, and all initniatinn was not lt> b* made wilb iaft-ty, he removed thrni e, and came into Syria, there fcc lit upon one Keton. who ' hnd riin away from Hadadrier, kill); ol /oh.iii. hia inuslii. and was berome a nibbi r in ihiil (iiunlry, and ioiixd frieriilship wilh him. who ifdd ulreudy a band of rubbers about him. Sp he went up, and ariied upon that part of Syria, nml was inadi king thereof. He alao lOHde mt ur. siunt inio the land of Israel, and oam vtu onrc goiDj; out of Jeru'alt in. n prophet alomoiiso undcrslood II. nor thst it aui;ht lo (ic ao undrrsiooa. The mnklnp; niiy other altar for t^raulu hut tliat at tlie tii' crnacle, wsa eqaally fur- htdilen liv Mosex, Anliq. h. iv. rli. viii s«rl. .>, yet did noi llie two trihes and a half offpfid, when thfey niade »iit((tarfor a memorial Onl), Jtwli. xxd. Antiq.h. v. eti,i.>>ert,->'6,37 - , t Sinre U.e t«{rinnini! of ^ofomon'seviMtfc and adver- sitv W.1S tfe lime w'len llndad.'or Ader, who waa.liom » at 'h-nsl tv^foty or il.irly years 1 efori^Fo'oiiion rnme t»' tli« rrown, in tlie dajs of l»avid,liernn lo give him dwtirtl.anre.lMs miplirat'iatKo'oiiionytvil life twjian early and runliniied very loni, wl'idi the tnulttlllde of ^teh I* li . i»in |i«f f b«iit*tii«t^ fewvUktM.! CtliMlMb «f|'«-,v ■^■ ■»m)li.^^i-^iP:-ra >■ .."'wkiiiliM* Wt It,' iQ hi* «>|ij,b«:«uw,;j»f -m. *»!»ww*i ft* thj i»i*ly, Mudsill* WWW ••l?* «^^« to,«W, ■•liwIj^.Aa b* ••«»«•«/ «»l«.^ . ■ $.^0 JtraiMiqi »»»♦ W*«»*«i* by ■jIi«m' »!«»(<»„ ; to^iUt^t •ifd wWhe b»d wijiwtw^eliww 15 ; !ik» itoTernmtfM, »hrui««entViMiii • p««r W huiiw If, But wheii Soloi»a» BWlerttqjKt hi* intention im(itfeiK;h«'i7,*t«io«i5b* jociUih ' tiM^il) biui; but JiinibtMiii i*«r iiituniiMt OMt Kdbrebanil, nml M to Hhinhak, the kii% oC { " l£»|>lr,• »nw alrendy «q old iiiM, tWvinK ftigi««d cigbty ycnrt. nnd. Intid riinciy-^ur. Mo w«» buried in JeritMl^ni, hiving bef n rti|Jcrior to kU ' oiher kii>(t« in b»i>pine«», inil rirh.**, niid wi»- doni. exc«|)tif({( lb«';»»h*n h« */»» gfoWinif ipto yMTi, ho wa» rtuiiity... '■.. ... • .. ■. -»'■."■ .■ :.,■/;■:: ^ cHA!v::Vin: ■.■;'-^ . . toitliW Sim Mthe WM Nnnnwih,) bad »uc<;cede« l.ini tH Iba kinidoio, thfc nilert of the WiUtttude «fnt ioimediately into t%vpt, and cidled back Jorubo- ~ ' am; n»d whe«bc' w»»com« totlieni, to the fity SKeslii'iii Re!>obbame*ine(htt»l»», fi>rbeha<'„ p KioUed to dtclarw Wuiiielf kinK »« tb* I""" lf««'*. wbite tfe«y we re therft-gatRertd toBelher. • -%» th« rulera «f the \'r^lan tear." Tot tC«babuani ir>U thciri tlity tbmiUl foiiie to Ui'ii »giiin in three dojs* ,ti(ne, ■ when hf wouH pvo ail answer to Itu-ir requiist. ■. TJii» tiflay gav" Mcmion t J a pW'«^iit i!u«;'i'-ion, tinoe he iiail not tivcii ihtm 11 liivora'.)li' misiv«.r 176 I wkiehihty olteht 't(» |i*,<; toilift inutlitnd !|ri**e J<»n lit" wUii e whii;h^ ^|jMMt«(i*Vhn,f«» ti^e tainpcrof anch a niultilud*. Tb»y ad*bc«t tjibu, "to afcak in fc way nior« [<*• pU|fii'v»i» " .""w ........... to thjU' iiiiiiit ii>i)iir!«»♦• given, tl.rtii »linin»n(' Hn»iy.M' ofl ham), eweciallj j'iii'^c '.'•< wai ba» y<. inc;, lio»r e»«r, tliej' iHoiiplil tdiit W» eonmiliaiion :iboul_;it, •nil tmlie I'i" 0"t imslnlly (^ive tliwii aitlonii.!, ■ afibrded t!i<*i»«u>ejtao.lhi>i)et,(' «ucceM. 8. R«hoboaT»i OJW 'al'i"'.''''* Oitlier'a f^iendu, '•Qjad^isid Wtb tlierii what «|»rf of .anitwer bo *Tlil* ytent'i nf JcVolionni, Wlioti ■^slnnian tiiiri t!ie walUofJi'Tuwiiti.i. ■•ot very longafu^- le liid •»nl»l'irt «hl« twciiijr ■•laitu" tMi(;il|ii)jflii.ienipie, aiii l'i» own ■u'lii, or not vciv 'qmt uPt;:!-u'»!)-lrt,vllt. THn-w! lilnyotmi lii-e »tir. ia(j\itiOi|Sii,w'>i.'a iiolor-Mm:* w1i>- •dnea* wi!» lic.mil"' iimr's lOlirlcfaWc, r'lMj. rOnf.iin my loniier ot.sc.valyjil.'' tin* aucli Jiii #!• ifC^new -^ M- .^'■^; |«bUSt*, that their kwipt ihaulJ he aliuolt upon , »|»fe»«l*ith them." But Kehubuam rajecled' Ui)i M>g«<win(f anowcr to llio: • peoide, (for iirtther their youtli, mt lioerl*m;e inu?h rourher lrt;atn«iil fmni hiui ; auil it hia (atherbaii ihartined them with wbijw. thej;^ muU ♦ip«ct that h« wUld do it, with acorpionn. + "Tn*- king •»" pl\aMd with thi» ad»ic», and thiraKbt It agreeable t.Uhe dignity of hi» g<>vern» ntenltojtiv*' them jfich anantwer. Accordingly, when tK« Miu«titiide\waa ooiue together to hear hit ahiwer W the lb\rd llay, all the people wtr« U iti^at MAectatioBl and very inlept Jo hear what4hckiig woiddVvtolhem, »ml^opp<»ed theitUoMlSl 'IjMf" •oiidfUHUg oj. »-kind n«t«|Wi but br.iMi^4 bv hii\ftieiid)i, and aniwered at the young Wetf had^ |>|v«i» bim countel, _ «ow thi* waa done accoydin* to the will of Uod, that what iitiah had foretold might coin* to pan. a. fPTheirfwordi lhe\p*op»eVer« rtrttck at K 1 wei'i! by an iron h«iiimtr,\and wei* *o gtwred at the »«{*«.»* if they had already ftit theeffeeti of th*m,%o»il Ihey Ud p^iear indignation at the king! iilldill cried nut aloid and taid, " W« WlH ba»r no longer i>ny rrlatiofc" to David or hit pot- ftrity nfteriW. .W.'v Ai^l they «iid^fartK«N "1V« only leave to Kehoboi*! the temple which his falh./bu»t f and they tli« litenwl, to f.nraake liiiii. WaV, they -were »»> Mutr, and ret»ii»ed thiir wrath »o lohg, tliiU »»hen»h8 tent Adoram, Who win over the iWbute, that he might pacify . tttetnl and rendi^r Wi*«n milder, and neriiuade tJiim 10 forgive bint if he bud «aid B^y thing that waarasbor gritw.iua to ihf m in hit youth, they would not bear it. but tbrtW atones at hmi and ■• tilled ■ liim. When .^ebobjiam aa*. thi», h* iliiiiighl bimn-li aimed at by tl.o#p ttpnea witB wlMcTi they hail killed "hit terianj. -and^fcared lest »tf fliould unibrpo the. list ot |.B«iihm*nta In (wni"t. so 111 IjJl immediately into (lit cba- rint. taid 11 •'! to .Tcrutnlem, where «b* »"be of J.idah an 1 tlMt of Uertjaimn ordained h-iin king. but tik 1. it i>Hh« luultitiide fiirwok .the tona of l>a»id from fliai .laj,,JUi't apopmfc-. Jeroboani to bfllie rulrf of their 'publi nittlip; an eiiiwditiui u-rainit 4erol>oam and Ins people. Ihiit U infK'ht foice^ theiii by war to be his Wmitu; but he w-s forbidden of tiod b;r t'le pi i.,irt[Sl»iini'h] 'o g . to war, for that it was iiot just thi-l bi-.thr.n of the same- cnoutry .should fight oni' »BaiiwJ aoolli.r. |Ie also ; Hid, leWn-eaily. and fontiniied very long. See Bcelua. ^'t'l'llui liy trorpio,.! is not hi^'e me^nt that •■>•» •"^; i,;a! ri ralij.wMr;. ;K'i.s ..evei'iiwuTnforie (iwii; li« "it!iH a s.ntl'. -v;"" Jlia:|. urii kles .Ike the jUniia of wor .io.i.,«u-^. aso'lr f«r« '.u«l..or e«, •""•"•"rthto scri of w i|t of < I" Illtc naiurc," ice dudwaa and BgaB hcmi's ui>ua i»vie; " -^--tr- M M ■;■■ .>. \i :\V *:' '■} ' V J ..< ill m 't' ANTtQUITlES OP TUB JEWS, ' Ihil llilt A»hn\nn o( lh« niullilyilx mt* urtrnnl'-'' iAg tu Ihn pur|K»* of Uud, Si/ |ii> ilul not lint- <;««tl in (bit txpcilition. AifhiM y the tiiiinlr, nnd by the worih(p of (Jod th«re |ir»foriutd, and would . lame hini, and return to their fir»t kiiiic; and ii iio, h« ihouKI ruii the ri»k of lu;in|; liji own life: •o he iii««uted this contrrSnnci'j he niaihi two golden heifem. and built two little Icniuleii fur Iheni, the iWie in the city Hnthtl, and the other n Pan, which la>l n a» »t the founlaina of thi' leaaer Jordan,* and lip nut the hcifir* into liolh the little taiible*. in the forenientioiied cilica. ^ And when h« liud rsllid thote ten Irihen togi Iher, over whom he rul«l, he i|iad« • •poech to the people ill thcie word«i "I »up|;oir, ni> louiitry- inen, that yon know tlii>, Ih.it every plHrc hnih ■ i? It. nori. there any ope determinate place in which he \t, but he e»ery where hram and • •ee(tho«e that wor a man tluit (built ilie tcia. pie: I have alio made two golden hciferj, dedi- cated to the name (iodj and Uie one of them I have coniei raied in the city Uethel,anda|he other in Dan, to the end Ihiit tlime of yo'ii lliat dwell nearer thoie ciliea, may go to tliem, and womhiii Oodthere^and 1 will ordain jforyou certain prit»t« and Levitci from among jonrielvet, thai you may have no want of the tiflie of Levi, or of the aona of Aaron; but let hiiil|i that iideniroun among you of Being a prienl, bring to (iod a bullock and « ram. which they lay Aaron the Ar«t priest broug;ht^alHo W |,en JijrobOntii had «aid» this; he deluded th< people, and made them to revolt from the worship of their forefathers, bnd to trmigresi their laws, 'fhia was the beijinuliie of miseries to the Hebrews,- and the'cnuse why they were oirercoliie in war by foreigners, and so fell into captivity. But f e shall relate those things in their pro|>cr places hereafter. 5. When the feiist [of tabemncles] was just appnuchlng.'' Jerolioaiii w^s tUsirous'to cele- brate It himself in ll.lh.l.as did the twolribes celebrate it in Jerusalem. Accordi.iRly hrbuilt ■n altar before the Jioifer, and gmlirtook to be high iiriest himself. . So he Went up to the altar, with his own priests about him; but when he was cuing td oiler the sacrifice,, and the burnl-oa..rmg8, in tiie sight of all -the i«opli, • prophet, wlioic,naiiie wSs J.d,';,,, »«» sent hv liort, jiud came to him from Jerusalem, who Btooe de- ceiTprs of thu people, lh6»e inipoilorsand wici(t4 wretches. HvWever, tiit this people may b«- JLTL^'^l'"^^*^/;"'<''''''ftK'f*»'>T Jordan wore near a plarc called /M», and the fonntainaof the*fM° -his?!? .I'"™ "'"'■'' •'"'■>''o'e Hiclr ronJwnrilT.n. or ???•„*', •''*■«. 'S"» only one fonnlafn, arislnif at iiie Mke P.'la oi| iirthall b« pourad U|>sl»n, and SIrelrhed out his hand, awt baile them lay hold of him; but that haiiil whith ha ktreti bed luit waa rnfeebled. and he nas not able ti» pull i^ in again to him, for it waa bripiiie withered, and hung down, at if it were a, dead hand. The altar also was broken to pieces, anil all that wa» upon It was poured out, as Uie priM.het had lorttold sliuuld conic tu pass. 80 the king undarsliKKl that he was • man of veracity, and had a divine foreknowledge, and eiitreuted him l.> pray to <{ikI that he wouhl restore his righfc^nnd. ^ Aci-onlingly the prOptiil did limy to (.oiFtoKrant him itiiit reouest/ Sil (|l« king haiiiig hin hand recovered to Us nltural state, ri'Joiced at it, and iuvjted the propl/el lo sup with hiin; but Jadnn «aid, that *'h/ could not endure to come into his house, nor to' taste Id bread or water in thin city, for that waa n l4iiug (iod had forbidden bint to do; as also to go '■".^''.''J' •''" """• ""/ whicJt he came, but he said he was lo return by aiiMher way." So the king w.mdered iit the abotineiu e of the man, but was hmivell In fear, as suspedtiiig a change of his hllaira for the tyorae, from what had been said lt> htm. \ . •- ' CHAI'. IX. ' '//oHi Jaion tht PropltH vat pirmaJcii by nnnthtr lying fiufhtli und rilurntJ [tu Jtellul,] and 1M* nfUruarU tlaiik by a-J.ioh. jIt alto u/iiif voriti lilt Kicktd IWnphet Made iitt »/ Id per. «tmii« Wi«r King, and thtrtby atunaUit hit mind from Olid. 4 h \. j\(i\{- there Was a certain wicked man in that city who was a fill»e pfophet, whom Jero- boaiiihad in great esteem, but was deceived by Ihiii, aii:l «is nattering wonls. Ibis iVian was bed-rid by reason of tlie inlirmilies of old age: however, he wa.4 informed by hit lont cunrern< ing the prophet that Was conic from Jerusalem, and coiiceriiiiig the »ign8 done bv him; ancVhow, When /erolwam's right hand had' lieen enfeebled, at the prophets prayer he had It revived again. Whereupon be was aitrtid that this stranger and pn»pl and lollow.^d.alier the pronhet, uiid wlien he hu.l overtuken.liim, a» he was resting hiihlelf under a very la^rt uak-titt ibut Mas thick ami shadv, he at (iptt siiliited biiliK but presently he roii* nlaiiied of h because hv had ntt'comciiito his house, and partaken of his hoipilality. And wheiftho other suid, that^'GoJ had lorbiddco bun to taste of any one's provision in that city, he reiilied llml, •• for certain (ioj had not forbid- den t'lat I Should set food btjfore thee, fc'r I am a prophet as ihou art, and worslibi Hod in the same niaiiner that thou dost ; add 1 nni now coma at sent by hini, m order lo brins.th.-e into my house, and make thee "iiv guest.' Kow Jadon ' gave credit to thitVlving prophet, and -rctiirnca back with hiin. But whein they ivcre at dinnra • iSiid were merry togiUcr, God appeared to Ja- don, and taid.that "he should sufler punishment for transgretiiing hit coiiiiuandjs, and te told him ■ .. •' -i. ■ I ■ : *o far called the/ti^erJinfaa, to Hardly certalnlevCTj !», Jwephiis tilihsnlf, tliDiiiih itic laitrt aecouril he tf e nioit jirulialilc. However, the northern idnlairoqtrafr.aeiuu liy Jcro'onm, Ivns where I.ittic lo^AAn fell InJo GikM .Ionian, near a (ilare called Dn'phiiit, aa Joscuiiuielaa- w Wliero inroriiigus,Of the War, b. I».cli. h Ndl. 8M ' ll:enotetiicrc ' ^y w^i. am '% ndiailbai he shouhl bit way, k piK«i, an ' , cbrct ol 1 pus. as 1 (hat so 4 words of. •dofl|iii (0 Jeruta hini plT lb* did be nut - . kept him. * tioued till . (old it in hit ton*, I vaA0 • f p * bIho cliarp and said 1 ' •• (hat city. phets. wo bHried Wi * Ireatilieni then to when be i_ ^. propht'-t, ■■" ,■ •t he lyas (0 Jerubi \ is It now .this silly ^ iated to 1 • ''and.abou V ufudiviil deavorctl »■ ■i opinion, . ■ " •what had that was ..'■■' ,_ • him, thai bad undc that upo '- i ; forwerni * - . -tl^ r -«— but ntiv. «. tjidthosi J ' ken to pi . ^ what bar hiAiuftI tlBags, a • - . ded tliMt ' 'y ctiuor s ■ thus spol ^ ■ 1' ~; alieiiHtet ; works tl raged hi ♦ ■ and uiico to Ood, . . , ^ toaglil f • liiigiitbi ndiuss. : i ; ' than wh •■ -, ' fort. A bave lai Conttrr " funii thak, 1 ^ as mr* V built St * Biaai, a ■ •;■ . ■; ■- ■ - *^lil« rhni '■ S«ulhis< . . : .! 1 •. pliJt^fl •U, firsisiuii ■ _'. ■■■ »• ., Consiiiii " ■ ■ '~* ^L^ ' coplca: a W^-.i. . God revc ■ : " tflf, as ■ ' parliruli •'-•.'" \. ■ ' ,»,byll \ BOOK VHl.--ClfAP. X. m - ■ ■ • "^ .t - 1 .. .. 1— — - J .... Ailiiruiii, ■oiM^Hchiah, mni A«rliiin, mm />unB, tinil Aijaloii, kiiit (Irt)riini ihf** h« built flrilol rII ill 'On Irflw iif JikIhIi, il« iiUii liuill yhcr ia^Kf citin* iit (he Iritir of llrnjiimin, iinil wtllml thfiii •l«Hil, Hnil pill KMrriion* in Ihimi hII, ■h* miilttiiw, i>Hit,*iul (fit, mill Uf firrliUluMi i!»itv iinmiC thciii filnitlfiilly with'ulhcr pniviiioM thmwrrti nirmur^ rorkut- Iciimirai iiiur«o«iT, he |iiil ihirriii »lii*liU *ml hr »hmild m««t wilhn lion u Ira wu* |ii>iii|j , by wbit'ii l>«ii h» tliunlil br tuiii >n« ltiM.«», »ml b« il»|>rif«l of burial in lh« ••pul- cUrc» of hid (»Hf»." Wly«h tbiii|tt cmiii. fo put, *• I tupiMixi. *(:<:i>r lli*' wul »f (•ml. Ihiit (o ierubotiii iiii||li( "ot (it* l«<>l lo tlir worri» of Julon, M of oii« (li>< hiiil b<-<-a4;i, l^ut Ml bv hiiii;aiul krut him, •• alto the |ir!i-« (hat •»!« it ciiiiia anil luld it in lh« city to llm fnlv prophat, who (rut bii A>nt, and. bruught tliv liudy into Ihu citjr, and niad< a Aiuenil fur liiiu at Rreat ciiientc. H« alao cliarKi'd* hi> »vm.u> liurv, hiiiMilf with hiin; and mid that ■■nil which lir liad fmi'tolil iiK«iH>l that cily, and Ihi: iiltiif, yml prKatn.aiiil falav prji- phala, would iirovo true) niid Ihut if lin vim bMriadWith hiiu, ha ihould rijceivu no^ iiijurroiia tr«atiuent aftrr hi* iltiitli, tlic buuii not bviiig than to i>a dntiuKuiahtd aaumltr." Hut now, when he bad pcrfoiinedthunt' funeral rilia tuthv uropb^) andliuilKiviin ibut clmrgii loliia aona, u he \yu a wickrd «ud nu iiiipiiiua iiian, li« Rora to JerolHMM't and auya tu him, "And wlitrfiof*! ii It now that tliou art dialurbi^d at tfiv wurdi of ,thii ailly (tilow /" And wiiiii the kin|> hail ir- iated to him wliivt bad liapptnid ulxiutllir ulliir, '^ind.abuut his o«rn hand, uinl |{avii him tin* iiuinc' uf u divirte man, aiiB an fjicilknt priiiihi:(. In: Mi- dravorcd.i by »'»»ilcJnKl trifU, tcrwi-akin l|iiil liia opinion, Hiiij by uiting'plaiftiblii worda < onciirniiix wimt had haitlirni'Llii! iiimit.il tu injure lli« truth tbot wiw in tli'tni; rMiJM)ii'«utt(ie him, tbul "hit hand jvua enfeebled !)#■■ bibor it bad undergone ■■> ■uppurtinij; the kdidDiH; and that upon ii.i rrsliuK anUilf, it retMBl to il* ibruierniilMreaKiiiniUiid tltatustotbeartanil wu» but ntw, and bull burne ubundatic«|||pf auirilieei, audthoae'larKC iine» (Ko,undwu»HCC tliiwv^ tliiBga, and liii»( he pi>ri»hed ; [wheiici lie coiirlu- , ded tl*tj htJiiid nutiiMjIbinji in him uf u pnipli- ' ctinuf »l>»'"="li.>'''i''K '>'>•' one. When In' Imd tbua spoken, be ptrauiided the kingfliUil intirtly ; aliiiMted liia iiiiiid I'rilin Udd. iiiid iTuiii' diiiu); worka Ibut wire lif^liteuun ami iiidK£jtnd rui:uu- raged him to go un in bjji iNiiiiouljf^uciiieai* and uiiCurdiii^y, be wu» to thm de^jrce iniuiiuua to (jod, and ao Ri'iiUt u triiiiii;5re»»i)F, that he' «o«(c)it for nolhiiii; ebju evci^ nay, biit liuw he inij^lt be gdilty of ««nc nriv iii«timii'« of wiik- n I firal aiiilil. 'I'lie iirii|ihil'a very nffinv, ConaiiHiliOimrull liiin, j?i/, 'tbkheur aiid jjsliuco, and ipAna hail in !t of'Jniien, fnls'^ pro eviilciiial aaltae lOlhcr that 'iiin- s the r, after of hi* own kiijlred, and bnd by her three chil- dreiijiifrn lo. mm, be nmrried iilxi aiiothtrof bla own kindred, who waadauffhter of Abaalum by TuiiiHr, whoae name waa Niaachab, and by her he hiul a aon, whom be named Abijah. lie bad moreover uianv other rliililren by other Wivea, but he loved \1aai'bab above thrni all. Now hi bail eighteen li)ytimale'«i»e,, and lliirly concu- bine«; mid be bud born lo liiiil twenty-" ighl aona and threeaeore hi|i of iiii. . till the people tbeniaelvft imiliited bia^wii'M ■ aclioiia; for to it uauiilly hnppi h», thai |fie iitim- Hirauf subjects are cVtliyted at the aumii (inie with tlioae of tbeirgnverniir*. wlii'li aulijVcl. . till u lay ajide their own- lober way of living, M'. a reproof of their govtrnoia' inlemperuto rour- ».«, and fijlow theirVtikediiKia, at if it were virtue, fiir it is nut po»»ible lo Jiow that men ap- prove of the ai-t'iona of Ibeir/tingj, unleat th*) , do the aniiie acliont with tlieni. A^reeiibh whereto it now happened. tf> the eulyerU of Rehobounij for when be \\u* growii. impioiia, Huil a trunnKreMorbiimell', Ibev eiideaTond imt loofleiul biiifto retolvinisatiUlo be rlgbleoua. HuiUihI arnl Shisbnk, kiiig of Kgf pt, tu puiiith tliylii for their uiijliat lielnivior towardi biiu, lonri^riiing ivboiii/Herodiilua was iiiiatakeii, and ajiiiliid hn iietiiina to >. v.stris! lor this Shi- tliuk.t imfie lift*! yeariW ibe reigft of liebuboani. made uuo,x|)ediliMii [into JuileuJ with iiiany ten i Ibonnund men, for ho bad 0110 thousand two hundred cb»riotH in iiuniber ||«H followed bini. and tliretaiore thonsiind horsi men, and iour hundred thoiiaand fuotnien. Theai! («e brougJit' wilbhiin, anil they, were thir greatcJt |>art of 'thtni l.iliyaiui and Ktbiopiaiia. Now therefore, when he fill ii|wn the country of ibe, Hebrew*. Intook tbii alroiigi »t filitt of Kehoboam's Jiiiifc- doiii withoni figliiing; and wb< n he hud put pr*. risoiin In tlitjii, btsiciiine liinl of all to Jcrusaleni. ' :}; Now wheii Rthobouni, unj^the nmllitude ov.' n ronarienro. In order lo perMiado Jii-olioani to pernc vctciii 111" idolatry HndwlrknliiM.J,tlini,i ivhlrh more' nl.nmitiln roiild not l.e iiiveiili'd, wn« rnliiiiaiiid In Je ilni.i'iiropy.iir in nome otlieV niic HunjKiok, raiiiiol now he ilileriuiiied;iinroiturropli'i*>n,iiy iiotoiip.word ol- 11. ' tTlintlliia Hhi-iliak won noi Uifiaanie iieraon wiili lliefiimnn9f»q««»lrla,a»»Alne hnVeVery Inlely.in ron Iradli'lion lo all aiiiiil'd'y, »i!|ijip«ed, and «hat our Jow-phuadid iiotliikc liiin to lie llie anme ijatlioy pre , lend, I'Ul 'I'at t'cwmris wit" """'y ren'nrie* earlir ttaaivBbialiak-,iett Autheni. Itvcorilt, part It. p. VM, .*' ', r «.- ^'■^■- -■ m- ■ >■' ^NTIQUITIKS OP TUB JKWH. wltl» liim, mm ihul Mp in JarsMlmi by tha nimni of (li« »rmy of Shiihak, ■ml wiMn thay , iMMUKlit ' ioil (1) (I** Ihroi «i).'li>rT and ilfllitrr' Mwc, thry riiiikl uol IMrdtmla (lutl In b* an ibmr till* I but Shniiwiah llir |irii|ihrt (ohi lliviii, that Uuil tliraaunaii tu funali* ihriii, at Ihry h*li:ik ttaml In the rovannnt h« had liiada, hut ha i|ioilcd lha ((niplr, and rmptird thalrrnwirrt iif (Iml^ ami Ihota of tha kinjj, and rarrii'd off in- niiHirrablii t«n Miuiiujidi of |ni|d and tilvrr, artd ~ tart nnfhini^ «<. atrbrhtnd nim. lis »lta Im'ik iiway (he liiirklrra of Kuld, and (ha thiektt, which Siduiiioif (he kiii|f had iiiailn; nay, hr did not leave the coldrn <|iiivani whirh Uavii) had takrn from tha kinir of /obah, and had dnlicafnl tu .iir kinjir Rehohoaro delivered upnurcity wi(hou( lightirtfC' He tayt willml,* thnt "(he (.(hiopinni learned (o circiimriie (heir privy |)iirt« from (lie k:i;yp(iau>, wi(h thii addidun, (hnt the Thcrni- ciani *nd '^|*ni that live in Falmtine rgnfeit (hat they 'H|g»i'ned it of the Kgy|itiiin«." Yet it it eviden( that no o(her of (he Syrlunt thnt live in Falettine betidet ,ua alone nre circulnciied; but at to tuch mn((en, le( every one ipcak what ii ajfiieeable to hit own opinion. 4. When Shiihak wat Kone,a.way, kin)( Reho- boani made biicklcrt and ahielda ot liriiti, inttead of (hpte of rolil, and delivered the name number of them to Uic keepert of (he king't paliire; So int(ead of warlike expedidoni, and (hR( glory D'hinh resul^U from tlioie public actiont, ht) reign- cd in great quletncit, (hougli not wKhnnl fear, M being always nn enemy (o Jeroboam, end be died wlien he hiul lived fil'ty-teven yeara, and reigned acven(ecn. He Wat in hia'dispoii(ion, a proud and « foolish man. and lott [part of hin] (tominionii by ii|| hearkening (o nit fa(ber's friendi. He was miried in Jerutolem, in the te- pulchref of the kings; and fait son Abijab tuc- eeeded hliq in the kingdom, and this in the eigb- (ren(h year n£ Jeroboani's reign over, the ten tribes: and this Vat the conclusion of these af- fairs. It must be now our business to relate -the * llerodotna, aa here quoted by Jnaephus, and aa (his liassnuo tlill ttanils in hin present roplen, b. II. rhiip! riv. affrms, timt " the Pliihnirianii and Hyrlnns In Pnlentlne . [ whIrh liitt are eenernlly Kupponed lb dcnoteihe Jews] .l>U'neil tlieir rccciviai; rirniinrinian from the E^yp- tlant;" whoreati It Ih abumlnntly cvident.'llini llie Jch^ received ttieir rlrrumriiiloii from tlie pnlrlancb Abra- liani.Ren. xvli.O— l4,Jolin vli.33,33,a^Ironeludetrie pcyplion prietis tliemtclves did uJso. 11 Is not.tiiere- fore. Very iHillkelv that HerOilotuii, beranae llie Jews bad lived loniinEiypl'.nndraineouloritrlrcumcliicd, dlB Ihereiiprin tliink Ihny hiiil learned |hat rlmynii-Ts- ■thirt ef Jaroboam, ami bow h« aadad bu Ufa i for ba ceased n«l. aor ratted tu b« iajarloo* to tliid, hill Avary day raitad up a|(ar« uuun M|b nioiin(«in<, aiiif want on maklMf |>riat(a out ul Iha isiullUuda. CHAP. XI. CimftmitiK Ikt tlialk of m Son ^ Jtmt)«»m. //ii«i Jtratmmm um» tea/en 'ly ^h\iah, leAn dt*4 m IHIU (^tfiiaril, and was nifettiltU in kit Aifi/n>r tht l)talkv/,hruhoam, llaatkn Jt$lru\it4 Alf •Von AiadaA, aiHtall Ik^llituH ofjtrobumm. 4 \. HuWCVKH, (iod was in no long (ima ready " to return Jrnihoam't wirkad acliont,' knd tb* |iiiniihment the) detrrved, upon hit own bead, and upon the heads of all hit Iwiise. And where as a Min nf bit lay tick a( (bH( (mia, who wat called Altijah, ha ei^oined hit wife (o lay aside her mhet, and to lake the Ki^rnientt belonging In ^ a private |»'rton,aml lugolo Abljah(he pnipha(, lor that he wat a wonderful man in fure(elling fuliiritiet, it having been he who -'told ine thnt I (huuld be king " He alto enjoined her, when the eame In hini.to-inquire nincerning the child, atif the were a tiranger. whether he should rtcap* thia ditteinper. Mb the did as her huaband bade her, and cbnnKeil her hnhil, and came to the cil^ Shiloh, for there di4 Ahijiih live: and aa the wat going, into hit lioua*. hit rye* being then dim with age, O'ril appeared to him, and informed^ him of (wo (hingt, (hii( (he wife of Jeroboam' wat come (o him; and whiit aiHwer he thould make lo herimpiiry. Accordingly, at the wmiikn wnt coming Into the house like a prirale perSon. and a tiranger, he cried oiit, "Come in, O lhoi4 wife of Jerolionm! Why rom-ealetl Ihoulhi.flfT ' Tbou art i^t cnrtcealeif from Ood, who Kalh api";.'"" ' ' [leared to me, and informed m« that Ihou wati coming, and halh given me iii cnmninnd what I - thall lay to thee." So be aaid , " 'I'hnI the iho«M ' ' en away (o her huibnnd, 'nnd tpiBk (o him thus Sine* I made thee a grea( man when thou «rat( little, or mthrr wilat nothing. and.ren( ttiir. king- dom front (he hnttse of DaviiLnnd gave-K to (bee, and thou hnal been unminilfiil of thf'te benefit*^ haal ler( off my worthip, baa( made thee molten %aA» and honored them; I will in like manner cast thee down again, and will Heslroy all tb'Y houti;, and make them food for the dogs and the (nwlt; for a rerluin king it riaiii); nn, by appoint- ment, over all thia people, who abnil lenvA none of the family of Jerolmnin ifiiialniiig. The multi- tude alto thall Ihemtelvcs |)artiike of Iheaame pun- ishment, nnd shall be cast out of tfils good land, '> and ahall be scalteredinto llie places lieyond Ku- • phreles, becauie they followed (he wlckrd.praC- (ices of (he(r king, and have worshipped (he gods tha( he made, and forsaken my sacrifices. Bu(dQ jbod. O woman, make hastcback to thy husband, and (ell him this message; but (hon thaU theii find thy sou dead, for as (hnu en(eres( (he city he ' . shall ifepart this life: yet shall be be burled with the lamenlulion of all (be multitude, nnd honor- ed «rith a general- mourning, for he is the only _,^k . person of golidness of Jeroboam's family."-'^ v*" When the prpphet had Ibretold these events, the ' woman went hastily aWav with a disordered mind, and greatly grieved at the death of (h« forcniimed child : So the wat in hmenlolid'n.as she went alpng the roatl.and nioiirned for the. ion In Eitypt, and bad It not tiefbre Mane(bo,(h« ft mous E/iyptlan ChronOlotier and blttorian, who knew tlie history of his own country inur.h hctter (ban Hero dotua, complaint frequently of bis mistakes about ihitirK' 1 alTairt, as decs Jotephns more than once In thiscbap'^ icr; nor Indeed does llerodolua teem at all arquoinlM wftb the affaln of (be Jciia; for ns he never nainea (hem. to Utile or nolhlni! of whni be soys ahoiit tbem.tlielr . '. ■" roumry, or mnrldme cities, two or wmrh ht a)o|^ '. mendons, Gady(ot and Jenysus, proves (rue; nor la- deed do (here appear (o have ever been any such cttitt * :^ nnllitlrcntili . ■- fi — -^^^ '• . •ii^slb nf was imlie voidable but 11) • II iif h< r Ul n.iidcl (hi run I d lit Itiiud. A she loniiil aa lite pre I in uiuttii /. Vet I, > heart, I i>ii> arm), AlM|ith, t renlril li liilies, fill lUil tslie lnllllll, lie II coiirnKr his \iiuili lie I hoae mil Jem I'Hiiii. iiikI lire pa red ^llWwm, TnifTIi'' Nu<\,aa . I mil anil Vliijith •( , ing'nilli Jrruliotu he li«ir«elvi (tot litit ■•'• lather, ni bunni, iin (hose, H reign, ui which ll itreattT) • i.in irC i • njoy it 1 (karpun whiit in I he hntir I .•irereilii offer, am vet wlie ' irehled I to you ll pllaiu'e I iiiigrr fo alily .>;>' ;, I'ruui hit Xt) liiive and not Hgrexab fidiiest i note net Suloinni tor ineii .ifcconnt I'oiiDiilei you coi itrmy «i: - I'nr vicli idt.-irs ll demon* giout w •This g' 19 kin o« irnry lo Herbaps Out was tBy 11 of Ave I and rclH liigaatio ■f'-.. ' - .■ ■■ -7^^-*?- — . -,:—:_. .;.:v -^ -■ ■ y-^—- -, ^- ;tr:™ z._^_'_~ '.r ■t:::i:lz::^A. -.■.,..-_ o_ l:ii:ix| .' ^. . " i* - ■ ■ ■ V ' ■ / ■■■■ --. A : <■ '■ ■y V -...>■■;. ;..•;;:.:-■■ .-■,> '■ HAKXI. m ■'ii(iilli n( hrr lOii, thi WM iniliril ill ■ IHIM I toiilnblr iiiiMrjr •if lr •!< Ii*f »(i Ion I il let m»k¥ •■irli liu>li> oii IhihiI. AironliiiKlv.wlii'n h)'l hilil mmIs am > irt'itiiittiinrr) 111 Ihx kliiK. | 'it \ I lillil iKil Ji'ruliiiiiiii I IV liny "f t^htarl, |iiU Itii briMixbl luirllii'i » MifWpmr • iii> Nriii), •ml iiinl* » wiirlil>i> i i|^iili<>ii^Nin*l Aliijuh, lh« •iin iif Hi hiilitwiii, whii Imil •ilf- fciilril lin liilliir ill Ihi' kiiiKiftmi "t, <•"' •""» tiitn'«, fur III- il)»|iiiMil liiiii hriilum' iif lilf nH''. lUit when 111 hiiiril of IIih <'t|y'!• of tl"' Iw" In*"". »U'I I, lit Jirolniiiiir III II lilNi'i' riill<'il iiiiti|i|t /i inn- iHiiii. mill |>ili-lit'il Ilia ('nm|i iivnr till' iitliri, niul iil»|.(irril rvirj lliliiK iiril'nyiry lol" llir llgfcj. liW urmy roii>i<<<'il of loiir (humlrcil (linii*M'»').v •'"• '"'• . limi Mill >lniiert«, mill win' Aiinl Koiii)f to IikIiI, Alujiili •timcl ii|(.iii nil I'll! iilril.|ili»"f, mill li''il>vilh •ikiVc* Wli.iit 111- liml lo iiiiy.' Ami ivliin •ilniri' Wht mmli'. lie • lirKiiii (o fiM'iili, nnirtolil llimi, "(ioillmil run- •fiiliil th«l irnvitl mill hi* iw-tcril) .hmil.l li« rtuir riil^rii for nil timi' to roim'i wkI tlii» yoii \oHr«, hIio, liy OoiI'h iiivii ili-tiriiiiniiliim, ui'i' to iririi, mill tu iliprin lliiiii."' liml ilniiiiMioii wlili'li iliVy liHNi' -till nluiiitili lur bs. to' l.lii' Kroiili r )iiiil of it, J« riiiioniii ii iiiijunlly w iiin"!'.- • inn of it'. Iliiwivir, I tin not i.iii)|iimi<' In h ill 1 njov it iiiiv ton;;! r, iiilt wluii liii Imlli miHiriil ttmt'(iU(li>liiiii'iit,H|iiili (ii'd l|iilik« iliii'trt liiml.iP ivliiit in iiiut, III" will Idivi! oil till- tfi;ii»(tri'"i()ii< II* linllr In I'll K"'''y <•'• "'"' ''"' "'ji"l'" '"' ''''•'' oircri'il loliiin, mill uliii'll lli-liiitil utitl I'untiiiliril to oliiT, mill luitll JHfHIMllliI you ti< llo 'tllr n.llirj \«l wInn you wrrt not iijiy I'urtlor iiiijiinlH ^ iri'Hii'il I)) my t'iillii'r tliiiii tlmt Iti' diil not Kpiiik lo you no nn'io [iliniii'you, iinil tlii< only in dtinr jilUmii willi Ihc iiilviiT of lyirlii'iJ inrn, yon. in iinitrr lomook (lini, iii jou |,irrteiiil<'il, liiil in (•<■• ality you withdniw yonrirlvMi iVoiii (ioil, iiml iVoni lilt Inwn, altlioiiKli >' l"<t to exrutr Ihi! niiiii of {Histirity on .nccoiint of lli« benefiiclioiiii of iiiirrnts; but you cminiiierrd notliinK of all thiii tlir n, ncitliir do vpu i(iii«idiT It now, but comi" willi i>i> ({ri ul mi iiriny npiin't nil. Ami whutiii.il you d«|kndu|iail - tor victory .' i« it upon thi' Koldrn hcilV'r*, and ilio iillari thill you hiiviv on lij|tti |ila(-i;ii, wbii'ii. iiri' diinmistniHoiii of yonr iai|it<>ty, anil not of rrli- ciou» woraliip ! OrV it the ciictedini; inullitudi' *Thi" iiinVlraimn nupWiioii in Jo'iiepliiiii.llinl (ioti ' It kin oW» uiiirkmiiiifliiii, c^ tliiit lir miidrhimnJf, nm " tmry lo minnion w'nri',.iin iii'wly tilolalrmw knd rdwlliou'. ten irili'H,l'i«r« liijl« diii|i'i-(ivin' wnl ia- aitaation iigarmt f^nt idolatry and relnMon Idlly ap- m( MMir ar.iiit whii-h Rlvtl jliHi MJiii ROoil hn|i»»^ "" . rl.iinly llui'n U liu ■IrvilKlh a* »ll "• •" 111 iimnv tin lliulii«n>\>. Wfirii Itir. i«*r ■• I. liif 111' oii|lit Ilk iilW'f our •■''<'•* ^>i>''* 1... iiK'iln-l our l>i*il, «lilih hull* •• l> X , •itiii'Vii lii|»i' kipdhr liiitr* liuiii* tlt« nil , mill hatii niir>hii)|i^il iiur vwH iiwii .jii> iioi iiiitifi by hai(i(« dnl of I urrnplilil* IT, iKir wii« lir fiiruird by ii:Mii Lid hiiiK, in I lo diiiiii' iIm' iiMillituili I l'"l wtio i« hi" liMn workiiiaii«htii,* mill Itii' brtfinniiiK and fnil .ilall thinn«, I imrtfiiri' ki>'' ."'" <'■>'"•« I »»"» now to ri|iiiit, and tii lakr billir luliin', and to l»au' oir llu' pro'ii-iuli'in of th» wiiri »nil to •'•II 111 iHiiiii tlir liii«« of your rounlry, and to ri'Hecl whiil il hiilh liii n that bath kilvnuii'dyou to Ml liappv a "tiili" H- )iMi »ri' now in." .1. riii> «yii> till- njifprh wlitlh Abijah mad* lo tin- inultltiujr, HiU Whilr Jir wa* «lill npiakmn, jrrolioaiii Mill •onii' of hi« iu(liliir» privalfly In i'ni"iii|Hi-< Aliiiub ruuml aliuul, on ii riain fmtii of llir rijnip tfiiit Ki'^i' Mot lahin nolni' of( aiid Wlii'ii hr wki lliu* HithJii tliK <'oiti|niMof thai'iM-' uir, hi> arhiv umi iiirriihlid, and ihrir I'ouraKii fiiilid ihim", but Abijah i nroura^id tlirui. «ml rtlloHttl iHl'H |4iat hi' iviia noi tl« V all at onri; iinphiriil Ihi' diviim •.««i»lanr», whili- llii' prifia •ouildi'il with ttii' Iruinpi'l. wnti liiry iinidr • nhnut, and fill u|Kin thiir luiniift, uHil (iod brski' th»> i:OuniKt<,«nil rii'il down ih* liifi'i' of thiir i'nitlli*». and, immI* Abiiidi'a array •ufHrior lo lli^ni; fo» IJud' vootlttaOil In fraiit ibiio il womlirrfMl and vnry fuiiKiMH vi' torvr; and •ui'h « nluMxhtvr wn* now oiiulr of Jrrobo«ni'a arini, a* i< iiavitf rt'i "i oni niii|iiii I III •i,if"i^»" ,,,•,,,»■•,■«• w'Hi l»» pbitv ^Imr bywpouliud, Xur mil iniom|i">'>i il b/tlH' ru" my . H« 24 I'tnnii'd to havi' lia|.ipi iii-il In any'i>tlirr»»iil^l»v|iotli»'f it Wire of Ihn (irrcka. or 'of till- Uiiil'iFiiiiis furling ovi-nliPiw [nml .li'H 1 liiii bun In il ihiMUiarid ol Ibnir iiH-miia, ami Ihiv took thi'tirMronfKrut liliv^ by firrce, and a||od- .; »d till m; Mild Ih'IiWm thoac ihi y did tin' aiini* li» , Uithcl iinil 111 r lowiiKi and Jrihanah and htt It'ivn-. And aflir thiiiMn't Jirolioam ncvfr r<'- ■ rovdid h"iHi«i If duriuK lb* lid' ^if Abijidi, wlip n t did not Ions iiurvin , fur li« riii({ii«'d IM Ihrrr Vtiii-, and H n« Inirii'il in Juruaalrili, in llm •rpul- iliri'i olVhii ton latliira. t[" )
  • n auri I'i'di d lo till' kingdom ; and tin- yOuii|; . , mail's iiiotliiT wuaSllriiiah. Ijiiiliir Ins riijfn the I'onntryof llJ« Uratliu* mjoyi'd |H;u<:e lor ten yf arn, "^^ , ' H. And ail fur con(e I'hilii. lini'a, and niiittnued the •"■■RO i'> otiUr lo lake it; hut he *»* conspired ii(,'uin«t while he WB» Ihi'if, by a I'riend of lii", wlniae iianii! waa Baa- xlia, the aon of Abijah, and wua aluin; wliicU Unaahu took tliir kijiKdoni after lln^ olher'a death. and dcalroyed tlie wliolii fioine of Jeroboam. .It iii^o eame i» iiBui, airordiiij; nalJyd had fnrelold, lliut !icMH«!of i'tobonm'a kimlrid that died in the rity were torn to picCea and devoured by tltiga, pparrd; the reniainilrr were tlirreliy •crloiwljr tantlop- I'lliKrt loiiowW inllieni,and akdidMfliiitaiirtoreqnl: » ■ llliriinnH|uilHiaUplictweeniliolel»aiiilllieiWOIrilie»ror . .- .. |1 lhi'liiiieiofonie;wlilleotliorwla«tliejiiipi'tuallyldola-' '^ • Itouaaiid retiellioua tentrltieii would naturally have hiwn WO powe'Cil for fe l>yo-lrHii'«, which were prolty freiiui'iilly fieef'OIh frnniMirVi iifohitiy Biiil rclwllion. \,,,la il.,.tii:iiiv ri'iiaiin lo iliillhl of the trulii of tlita < prodlfiioua «mn*^:r I'ani «|">ii »<> aignal an MtoilOB g2 " ' " t. 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"$ IfiO iiiiii tbat olherii of thvin that ilied in tli<> firlili tvere torn anl llu Kingdom, ps.Uid hii-San Jthab afUr htm. ■; 1. j*rOW Ai>A, thtt.kiiig nl' ■'eruaairni, nils of Bit ( xci'llcnt rfaiirnctcr, and hnd u iTgard to (,ia(f; %hil ncillitTjIid nordrtigncd luiy thing but wlint I bad rrlation to the obacrvntion of the hiiv. Il<' - '., inade a ri loiiiiiitiun of bit kingdom, uml itiit oil whatsoever vias iviikcd tli<:i'< iii> e good, niid not to deprive themselves of the favin- oi' *v<>il: When the king and the peopje heard this, (lie) rejoiced: and all in common^ and every djie iii parlii'ular, took great cure.to behave Ihemx Iven rightroUklv. The king also sent some tu lake ciirc that (lidiie iii tlie country should observe the ^ laws also. HI* • 3. And this was the state of Asa, king of the: A two tribes. I noiVi rrtMr^ to Kansha. the king of the multitude of the Israelites, who .^lew Aa- dab, the son p/ Jeroboam, and retained (he go> vernincnt. He dwelt in thecity of Tirtah, ha«ing made that his habitiitinn, auil reigned t-wenty- four vf'or.i. Il« hi raiiie more wicked and imp!- Otis tliaiv Jeroboam or lii^ xon. Me did a (.'it'at deal ut'misi'hief to the iu>lll>tude, and was iiyilri- OkUs to God, who sent the )ii'ophet Jehu, and t«,Ul him beforehand, that "his whole family shoulfl be df stroyeil, and that he would bring the same . miseries on his liQuse which had brought that oi' Jeroboain to ruin; because, when he had breii made king by him, he hiid not requited his kind- ness by governiAglhc multitude rii^htcously aii.I religiuu^y; which thing*, in the first place, tend- <'d to their own liappineiss, und in the next phut were plcdsing to God; that he had imilateil thi- very wicked king, Jerdbnuni: and although that . man's soul baxi (lirfshed, ytt did he express to^. the last his wickedness.; and he said, that he should tlierefon: Jusll|r experience the like cala- mity with him, since he had been guilty of the like wickednessi Uut liaosha, though l^e heani beforehand what miseries would befiiH him aiid his. whole fulnily lor their Tnttolcnt behavior, yet did i^ot be leave oH' Ills wicked practices for the time to com<^, nor did he care to appear to be other than wiirse and worse till he died; norelid he then repent of his past actions, nor endeavor to obtain pardon of dod for tlieni, but dUI .a« those do who have rewards proposed to Mieui , when they have once in earnest set about their work, thev do hot leaVe oil' their Itibors; fur thus did iiaasha, when the prophet luretold to '. Jiiin what would cortie tp'jiass, gri)W worse as if what were threatened, the perdition t)f his family and the destruction of his house, (which . are really among the greatest of evils,) were , good things; and as if he were a ci>mbatant for wickedness, he every day took more and more pains for it; and at last he took his army, and assaulted a certain considerable city called Ra- .• mah, which was forty fiirloogs distant from Jerusalem; und when he had taken it, he forti- fied it, having determined beforehand to leave « garrison in it, that they iuight thence make excursions, and do miscMef to the kingdom of Asa. 4. Whereupon Asa was afraid of the attempts the eneniv might inake upon him, and consider- ing with liimself how many mischiefs tiiis army that was left in Ramah might do to the country over which hi«'8 copy,,Al)ellane, of liiraei. ■ understand our !;aviuur's words alwui the ~ 'i\: ■r u BOOK V11I.-*-CIlAP. XUl. 161 7«ow when the kiiiK of Innul hi-urd Ihu, In- \eH lilt hutliiing uiid furtif) ing Itniiinh, and ri'turneil iinwcntiy to uiiat lii« oMii |M'npt6 under the .dii- trfunei they w«rt in,; hut A«» inudp im« of.thn iimtrrinla tbut were preparrd fiir biid tlruilC rilivi, the oncot' which was cidlcd (irhah. and ihe other iMiipah; «o that after thi« Ihianha had rtu leinurc to make, exiwihtioiin agniiiit Ai«a, roi< lie wan jireK'ntcd by iic»lh, arid W8« bnrird in the city Tirtah; aiid Klah hi* aoii took the kiiig^ ilom, vihit', wlieii he had rciifiieil two years, ditu, iifliiig Ireacherouiily nlain bv Ziiiirirtho captain hen tif VMM: xm Uov) Jlhal),when lit had laktn JiuMtl lo W^. btcinne more witktd Ihanall the Kingt Ihttt nai' J)ffn htfore him. (iftht Jlcliontnftht Prophet EUjah ; and ulliat befell A'abolh. - } t. Now Aliab, the Viiig of Iirarl, dwelt in Saniariu, and hidd the ^nvcrnnK'nt for twenty- twU ycAra; and iiiadc^jio'iiUcralinn in. the ciu- dut^ of'the kini!;* that were hii prcdrciiiiiora, l^ut t>nl.t in iiuch thiuK* an were i>l' his own invention . for'the worse, ami In hiii ninat gro?! wiikcdneiix He Imitated them in their wickid ronr«'i>, and in of half hi* army ( fo'r When he W^a Vt -Ann', hi» theii injuripiiH Iwhavior lowurdi« Uml, and mbw .teward'a hoa«^, he ncrnuaded some of the I ^KprtrHUy he nuitaled the traii»(frc s»ion ol Jero- horaemcn that were under him to a^-iJiuU Elah, i hoaii ; for he womhippcd the lirifers fhiil he had^ nnd by that nieann he slew him, when ho wnii ' inmhj; and he contrived ollnr abiinril ohj<'t without Ilia armed nien and hi> i-'aptiiiiM, for thejr were alt busied in the Hiegi: of'liil>be.t1ion, a city of the' Philistines J. When Ziniri, the captain^of the armj-, bad killed Kjah, he took the -kingifoni himself, and, arcordijiK to Jehu's prophecy) slew nil the h.ouse of Jiaasiia; for it cbine to paw tliut JJaasha'a ' house utterly periihed, on account of his impiety, ill the isnie- manner as we have ftlrcady- de'- lieribed the destruction of the houHe'sf Jeroboam ;. bnt the army that was besicgip;; (iit>bethnn, wheji tjK^y heard what had hefitilen the kinj{, ,und that when Zimrt had killed him, ho had ^ined the kinedoin, they made Oniri, their pene- j ral, king, who drew o'l his arniy from Ciibbcthon, and came to Tirtah where the royal .palace was, and assaulted the city, nnd look iuby force, liut when Zimri saw that the city had lionc to defend it, he lied into the inmost part of the palace, and >et It on tire, and burnt himself with'lt, when he ■ had. reigned only seven days. Upon which the. people of Urael were presently divided, and part of tncni would have .Tibni to be kin)(, and part Uwri; but when those that .wer^ for Oinrj's ruling had beaten Tibni, Omri rcigned_over all the multitude. Now* it was in the thirtieth year .of the reign of A»n that Omri reigned, (for twelve yearsi) six of these ycar» re reigned in the city of Tinrih, and therest in the ?.ity called Sciuareon, but named by the (Irceks haniaria; but he himself ciflled it Semnreon, ftoni Se_nier, who .sold, htm the mountain whereon he built it. . Now' Omri was noAvay different from thoscjcings that reigned before hini, but that hegrew ^werse than they; fo' they, all sought hdW'they might turn the people away from God, by their daily wicked practices; and on that account it was that Ood made one of them to be slain hv another, and that no one person of their families should remain. This Omri also dieil at Samaria: and Ahab his son succeeded htni. 6. Now by these events we may Icnrn what -- concern God hnth for the all'airs o^mankind, and how be loves eood men, and hutes the wicked, and destroys them root and bram'h : for many of these kings of Israel, they iind their families, were miserably destroyed ainl taken aivay one by another, in a short time, fqr their transgres- sion and wickedness; but Asa, who was king of Jerusalem, and of the two tribes, attained, -by God's blessing, a long and blessed old a^is for his piety and righteousness, and died happily, when he bad reigned forty. and one years :»aim whep he was dead, his son Jehoshaphat succoed- rd him in the government. He was born of ' Asa's wife Azubah. And all men allo\yed that he Allowed the works of David his forefather, and this both in cout«g« and piety; but we arc not obliged now to speak any more of the affairs of this king. worship besiili's those heifers; lie aUo took to wife 'the daughter of I'.thbaul, king of the Tj rians and i^iJonians, whose name .was JiielieJ,' of whom he learned to ivorship her own gwts. ■,, This wonian was active and bold, JMid fell into so great a degree of hiioHrity and madness, that she built a le.m)Je to the (^d of (he Tyrians, wHicli they c»ir Ueln», and planted n gruvo of all sort* of trees; she also a|)ppiiited p^i<■^ts and false pro- phets to "this god.. The king also himself had many such about him, and so exceeded in mad- ness and wickedness all [the kingsj that went before him> 2. There was now 4 prophet of Odd Almighty, of'Theabon, » country in (lilead, that came to Ahab, and said to bini, that "God foretold lio would not senrl rain nor dew in those years, Unon tlie country but when he should ap|)enr, ; And when he had confirmed this by fin o.ath, he de- parted into the' southern partsi am) made his abode bv a brook, out of which he had water to drink; for as for his food, ravens brought it to him every day; bnt when that river was dried up for want of rain, he came to /■.irepliafh, a city not" far from Sidon and Tyre .for it lay b<;- tween them, and this at the coiniimnil ot'God,. for [God told him] that he Sliouhi tlifre find • . wonian who ivas a wid.ow, that should give hiiii sustenance; so viheR he was nut fur olf (lie cilv. he saw a woman that labored witli hir own hands ^atheriiiff of sticks; so God informed him that this was the woman who was to give him sustenance : so he came aiid saluted her, and de- sired her to bring him Some water to drink; but as she was going so to "croynt of the acts of Etbbaal, king, of the Tyrians-, where he says thus: "Under him there was » want S( rain from tbeinontliHyperberetajus till the month HyperbereL-euii of the year following: but when he made tuppliCBtions, tlierc came great thunders. This Kthliaal bnilt the city of fatal war and overthrow of Judea hy 'turn and bis Ro. man army, "That upon you may come all the rii;ht. »oiia hloOfl }4hpd up. 36; Luke tii;litcou8 Abel to tlic blood ut' /.acliaiias, son of xi. 31 Iti8 ANTIQUITIES OK TlIK JTAVS. Hotry* ill t'hiBDicin, mid (hocily of Aiffn )n l.^^ go uwny iiiln niiniliir |i|iicc, ami llint wlirn ilm- iivii.'^ . ">• 'liinn wiTiU he tltmijiuul thiii ivimt oT tins nrKiiilil arnil l.iiii I'of Wijali, uiid lie -liuiilil iiiin tlvil "'Ki ill IIh' (liiyt gl Ahuli, Tur iit (liiit ' mix hI' liiiii, luiiJ iml liu hIiIV to linil liini miy iii|ie il Will lliiit r.Uiliuiif ul»o nigiitkl over tliu ivhcrr iipnii until, liv nlmuM bo nut tii d«;i take enrr of liii nri! J. ^p\v tliis Hoiimii, of whom »vc npiikf lirforr. (trVulioii; hikI iold liiiii huw (liliKtiilly In- hail llhrKlio>t, uiiil taviil u hiiiiilrcd |iro|ilii Is. whin Jixiiiil ,\mv iippeni't-d to l)c dtad, raiiit to tliii nrophi t wtep- thi.' ritt of tin iii d hiid ki'p'l Uhi-iii 'cunrviikd, ■ iiiK, und lieiitiiiK l"r bri'iut with licr hiiiidit. i|iid i iiml that ihiy liiiil htm mittuiiied by him. liut Kl ' •indinif out miuh i'xprfHuioiu ns hit paanioii* die- | iuh bado liln'i fciir ii»tliili){, l)ut')(olo thu kiiii;; jtii tnted to hiT, arid coiiipliiiiied to ^liin. llmt hi! had "iif imuri'd him upon oiii.li, lliut hu would cir'tnin- rniiie to her to reprotH.>|i In r for hrr xinii, ami that ; ly nbow himself to v\hali t'liut very day. ,'U this account it was that liir »on «a» iliail. I j. So uliinOlmdiah had infomud Uii' king llmt Hut hi! budr Ir^it l>c of good ch«iT,«ml 4|liviT' Klijuli ivai'thiTo, Ahuli mi;t hnii. autTaitkt'd hiln I- mid X iiir ion to liiiii;_for that he would itilimr him MKHiii to her alive. So when >hi' liiiil lUtivered Jiir son up to him, he cufried liiiii inlo ini-ti|iper room, wh«r«.|ui hiiusi'h' lodged, and juiil him *ilown upon the beef; and Cried unloriod, and said, that "liod -had not ilonu wfll in rewarding the woiiHiii tvho Inid entertaiiiril him, and siiHtuineil liim, by takin|raw»y her son; and he prliycd that h« U'ould send, ogam Ihv soul of the child into Accordingly binij and bring him to life agiiiii in aii;;er, " If he Were tin' iiiun that alllii'li'd tli* people lif t'le liebrewn, und was the occasion of tlie dioii''hl (hey lay under." Hiit Klijiih, with- out any lV■ converse with him. 4. After II little while Elijah came to; king Ahab,* i>ccordinglO'(,iod's will, to infomi him that rain wait coining. Kow. the famine had seized upon tho whole country, and tliere was ii gneat ivnnt of what was ntreessary far sUstiiiuni'eS iii- aoniuch, that a was not only imn l.hat wanted it, but the earth itself also, which ilnl -not . produce enough for the horses und the other beasts, t of them, and said, ." I low long will ynii Jive tliiis in uncertainty of .mind anil opinion.'" lie als6 exhorted I hem, that' in case they estcein- ed their own -ciuiiitry tiod fo be the fnie and only tiod, . they Avould follow. him iiiul hU4:oin-" mnnilments; but in case they, rs|eenied hinito lie nothing, but had un opinion of tJie stran*^ gods, and liiat they ought to worship tlwui, lus' itpuii-'el was, that they slionhl follow them. Aiuf when tile niullitude made lio answer, to wli^ he said. Klijah desired, that for a trial of the power of the strange goils, and of theiivown . tiod, lie, who was his only prfijihet, wliile tiiev be found for them, they iiiiglit mow it down, und:, had. four hundred, iiiight take -a hiifn', anil reierveitfor the boasts." And when he had sent J kilj it fs a sacrilice, and lay ^tjfepon piccesol' person^ all over the habitable iMii I li.f to discover: wood, and not kindle any iiir^.artd that they ihe prophet Kliiah, and they could not find him, should dothe.same things, and c*H upon their he bade Obiidiali acioinpaiiy him; so it was re- . own gods to set the wood on /ire, /or if that solved they should make a progress, and divide j were done, thev would thence learn the iiature the ways between them, and Obndiali look one oflhc trm IuhI. This jjroposal pleased the peo- road and the king another. Aow it happened, , pie. .<' tfie prophets upon tiieir sacrifice, Klijah di