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terah_n scaliger_n seth_n calvisius_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o contrary_a call_v it_o heresy_n in_o chronology_n bucholcreus_fw-la chitreus_n functius_n and_o other_o follow_v they_o yet_o torniellus_n in_o his_o annal_n confute_v they_o but_o if_o we_o advise_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n in_o abraham_n day_n we_o shall_v rather_o increase_v the_o time_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o abraham_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v to_o 1072_o than_o shorten_v it_o to_o 292_o for_o such_o pare_n of_o time_n to_o the_o quick_a draw_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o story_n if_o scripture_n testimony_n be_v not_o supreme_a see_v then_o we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v so_o people_v and_o kingdom_n so_o furnish_v with_o city_n of_o state_n and_o strength_n more_o time_n be_v require_v for_o it_o than_o many_o imagine_v etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o the_o assyrian_n time_n order_v by_o abraham_n be_v history_n §_o thus_o abraham_n birth_n be_v 352_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o the_o 2009_o 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before_o babel_n be_v take_v in_o hand_n the_o 221_o year_n which_o remain_v of_o 352_o be_v divide_v to_o ninus_n 42_o before_o abraham_n birth_n 65_o to_o belus_n and_o 114_o to_o nimrod_n yet_o this_o make_v nimrod_n in_o all_o not_o above_o 180_o year_n old_a which_o be_v not_o much_o for_o that_o generation_n gen._n 11.3_o in_o which_o they_o live_v yea_o 400_o year_n ninus_n live_v 9_o year_n after_o and_o semiramis_n succeed_v 42_o year_n when_o abraham_n be_v 52_o year_n old_a ninias_n or_o zameis_n succeed_v 38_o in_o who_o 23_o d_o year_n abraham_n at_o 75_o year_n old_a come_v to_o canaan_n and_o 10_o year_n after_o abraham_n overthrow_v amraphel_n king_n of_o shinar_n which_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v be_v ninias_n in_o who_o 33_o d_o year_n it_o happen_v though_o the_o reason_n to_o the_o contrary_n be_v not_o easy_o answer_v §_o 9_o amraphel_n king_n of_o shinar_n probable_o be_v ninias_n §_o ninias_n be_v king_n of_o babylon_n at_o that_o time_n in_o the_o 85th_o year_n of_o abraham_n it_o be_v object_v that_o chedorlaomer_n be_v great_a now_o than_o amraphel_n who_o therefore_o be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v ninias_n to_o this_o it_o may_v be_v answer_v under_o ninias_n the_o babylonian_a command_n be_v fall_v and_o the_o persian_a his_o neighbour_n king_n of_o elam_n be_v enlarge_v §_o 10._o arioch_n king_n of_o ellassar_n §_o this_o country_n can_v neither_o be_v pontus_n nor_o hellespontus_n as_o some_o think_v be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o the_o way_n to_o be_v draw_v by_o the_o persian_a who_o little_o need_v to_o seek_v such_o aid_n against_o such_o petty_a king_n which_o have_v not_o in_o all_o so_o much_o ground_n as_o middlesex_n of_o which_o sort_n canaan_n have_v 33_o destroy_v by_o joshua_n and_o the_o whole_a country_n these_o four_o king_n subdue_v be_v no_o more_o than_o the_o two_o little_a province_n of_o traconitis_n or_o basan_n and_o the_o region_n of_o the_o moabite_n stephanus_n a_o grecian_a cosmographer_n de_fw-fr vrbibus_fw-la find_v ellas_n in_o the_o border_n of_o coelosyria_n and_o hierom_n call_v it_o the_o city_n of_o arioch_n this_o city_n be_v also_o in_o the_o border_n of_o arabia_n of_o which_o arioch_n indeed_o be_v king_n and_o confederate_a with_o the_o assyrian_a king_n as_o in_o ninus_n life_n etc._n etc._n §_o 11._o tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n §_o there_o be_v divers_a petty_a kingdom_n adjoin_v to_o phoenicia_n and_o palestine_n as_o palmirenia_n batanea_n laodicene_n apamena_n chalcidice_n cassiotis_n chalibonitis_n have_v mesopotamia_n on_o the_o north_n and_o arabia_n on_o the_o east_n it_o be_v probable_a these_o be_v join_v together_o under_o tidal_a §_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o four_n §_o he_o be_v not_o king_n of_o assur_n and_o the_o other_o three_o vice-roys_n as_o pererius_n judge_v for_o moses_n never_o use_v elam_n for_o assyria_n or_o babylon_n neither_o do_v i_o believe_v the_o assyrian_a or_o babylonian_a kingdom_n be_v very_o large_a at_o this_o time_n 1._o from_o example_n thing_n hasty_o set_v up_o with_o violence_n last_v not_o as_o alexander_n conquest_n and_o tamberlain_n who_o empire_n die_v with_o they_o neither_o have_v they_o time_n to_o review_v what_o they_o have_v do_v god_n adjoin_v short_a life_n to_o assuage_v fury_n and_o nature_n care_v least_o for_o what_o she_o do_v in_o haste_n ninus_n pursue_v boundless_a dominion_n with_o violence_n semiramis_n exceed_v he_o etc._n etc._n 2._o ninias_n have_v change_v nature_n and_o condition_n with_o his_o mother_n prefer_v pleasure_n and_o ease_n before_o honour_n and_o greatness_n as_o he_o endure_v his_o mother_n reign_n so_o want_v he_o spirit_n to_o maintain_v what_o she_o leave_v he_o against_o neighbour_a prince_n who_o wound_n and_o wrong_n from_o his_o parent_n put_v they_o in_o mind_n to_o cure_v the_o one_o
of_o the_o east_n yet_o be_v there_o of_o they_o dwelling_n in_o the_o south_n they_o be_v grow_v so_o many_o that_o the_o east_n can_v not_o hold_v they_o §_o 4._o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab_n §_o jeroboam_fw-la fly_v from_o solomon_n into_o egypt_n to_o shishaâ—_n who_o eusebius_n call_v osochore_n who_o daughter_n he_o marry_v as_o adad_fw-la the_o edumenian_a have_v his_o predecessor_n wive_n sister_n and_o be_v prepare_v by_o shishak_n to_o shake_v the_o kingdom_n of_o judea_n that_o he_o may_v pillage_v it_o as_o he_o according_o do_v in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o rehoboam_n this_o man_n be_v exalt_v to_o be_v king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n prefer_v the_o policy_n of_o the_o world_n before_o god_n service_n and_o honour_n to_o prevent_v the_o people_n fall_v from_o he_o by_o resort_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o erect_v the_o two_o calf_n etc._n etc._n jeroboam_fw-la reign_v at_o sichem_n twenty_o two_o year_n nadab_n his_o son_n succeed_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o baasha_n who_o root_v oâ—â—_n all_o ieroboam_n seed_n and_o reign_v twenty_o four_o year_n at_o thersa_n and_o ela_n his_o son_n succeed_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v in_o his_o cup_n by_o zimri_n who_o succeed_v seven_o day_n but_o homri_n in_o revenge_n of_o ela_n besiege_v he_o and_o make_v he_o burn_v himself_o and_o succeed_v transfer_v the_o regal_a seat_n to_o samaria_n and_o reign_v twelve_o year_n §_o 5._o ahab_n succeed_v his_o father_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o king_n of_o zidon_n and_o embrace_v her_o religion_n as_o jeroboam_fw-la have_v his_o egyptian_a wife_n ahab_n be_v slay_v after_o twenty_o two_o year_n ocharius_fw-la succeed_v his_o father_n and_o die_v of_o a_o fall_n in_o his_o second_o year_n and_o his_o brother_n joram_n succeed_v 12_o year_n who_o with_o aid_n of_o juda_n and_o edom_n can_v not_o subdue_v moab_n who_o sacrifice_v edom_n son_n take_v in_o a_o eruption_n which_o he_o make_v out_o of_o the_o city_n whereupon_o the_o siege_n be_v break_v up_o through_o edom_n displeasure_n against_o israel_n for_o refuse_v to_o make_v peace_n with_o moab_n to_o save_v his_o son_n amos_n 2.1_o jehu_n slay_v joram_n and_o succeed_v twenty_o eight_o year_n who_o son_n jehoâ—haz_n succeed_v seventeen_o year_n and_o be_v molest_v by_o aza_n joas_n succeed_v his_o father_n sixteen_o year_n recover_v from_o aram_n what_o his_o father_n lose_v and_o sack_v jerusalem_n jeroboam_fw-la succeed_v his_o father_n forty_o one_o year_n recover_v all_o from_o hamâ—th_n to_o the_o dead_a sea_n and_o zacharias_n his_o son_n succeed_v six_o month_n and_o be_v slay_v by_o shallum_n who_o succeed_v two_o month_n and_o menahen_n slay_v he_o and_o succeed_v ten_o year_n with_o much_o cruelty_n pekahia_n his_o son_n succeed_v two_o year_n and_o peka_n slay_v he_o and_o succeed_v twenty_o year_n in_o his_o time_n tyglath_n pileser_n king_n of_o assyria_n invade_v israel_n and_o carry_v many_o captive_n into_o assyria_n he_o be_v draw_v in_o by_o achas_n king_n of_o juda_n who_o peka_n of_o israel_n and_o rezin_n of_o damascus_n waste_v and_o first_o he_o surprise_v the_o monarch_n of_o syria_n and_o damascus_n and_o then_o israel_n prepare_v the_o way_n to_o juda_n hosea_n slay_v peka_n and_o succeed_v nine_o year_n in_o who_o time_n tiglath_n pileser_n carry_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n captive_n and_o repeopled_n the_o country_n with_o cuthites_n out_o of_o arabia_n deserta_fw-la the_o persian_n with_o calanean_n border_v on_o syria_n and_o sepharim_n out_o of_o mesopotamia_n with_o the_o avim_n of_o old_a inhabit_v the_o philistine_n land_n but_o now_o inhabit_a deserta_fw-la and_o call_v havaei_fw-la chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o the_o east_n of_o jordan_n damascus_n in_o this_o border_n most_o famous_a for_o antiquity_n beauty_n riches_n be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o joy_n and_o house_n of_o pleasure_n the_o hebrew_n think_v it_o build_v by_o hus_n son_n of_o abraham_n other_o as_o jerom_o ascribe_v it_o to_o damascus_n son_n of_o eleasar_n abraham_n steward_n but_o be_v before_o eleasar_n david_n subdue_v it_o in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o adadezar_n but_o rezin_n servant_n to_o adadezer_n escape_v with_o the_o break_a force_n recover_v it_o and_o be_v make_v king_n adadezer_n return_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o force_v out_o rezin_n and_o become_v king_n of_o syria_n for_o nine_o descent_n §_o 2._o of_o the_o first_o king_n of_o damascus_n and_o their_o grow_v up_o §_o that_o damascus_n be_v of_o note_n in_o abraham_n day_n his_o steward_n be_v a_o argument_n what_o the_o government_n be_v then_o and_o long_o after_o the_o reason_n of_o moses_n story_n lead_v he_o not_o to_o handle_v the_o first_o occasion_n be_v in_o david_n reign_n who_o seek_v to_o establish_v the_o command_n of_o israel_n unto_o euphrates_n as_o god_n have_v promise_v invade_v adadezer_n who_o be_v then_o of_o the_o great_a force_n in_o syria_n strict_o take_v contain_v damascus_n saba_n camath_n or_o ituraea_n and_o geshur_n adadezer_n king_n of_o saba_n call_v to_o his_o assistance_n the_o damascene_n who_o be_v not_o rank_v under_o a_o king_n but_o after_o the_o overthrow_n reason_n a_o commander_n under_o hadadesar_n gather_v the_o break_a force_n surprise_v damascus_n where_o david_n have_v put_v a_o garrison_n and_o be_v make_v king_n there_o as_o it_o seem_v after_o david_n death_n so_o that_o as_o rehob_n and_o his_o son_n adadezer_n be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o syria_n saba_n and_o toi_fw-fr the_o first_o king_n of_o camath_n so_o rezon_n be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o damascus_n which_o before_o be_v command_v by_o the_o king_n of_o saba_n who_o power_n become_v formidable_a to_o the_o king_n of_o camath_n the_o next_o king_n be_v adad_fw-la of_o edom_n who_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n whether_o he_o flee_v from_o david_n and_o find_v his_o force_n too_o weak_a to_o recover_v edom_n it_o seem_v he_o surprise_v damascus_n and_o become_v king_n of_o aram._n the_o next_o king_n of_o aram_n be_v hezion_n who_o his_o son_n tabremmon_n succeed_v the_o father_n of_o benhadad_n who_o assist_v asa_n king_n of_o juda_n against_o baasha_n king_n of_o israel_n almost_o fifty_o year_n after_o benhadad_n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o achab_n and_o promise_v to_o restore_v what_o his_o father_n have_v take_v from_o israel_n judg._n this_o be_v a_o second_o benhadad_n who_o slay_v achab_n and_o besiege_a samaria_n the_o second_o time_n and_o be_v smother_v by_o hazael_n who_o succeed_v he_o and_o do_v much_o mischief_n to_o lud_n but_o bring_v israel_n to_o a_o low_a ebb_n 2_o king_n 13.7_o §_o 3._o of_o the_o late_a king_n be_v benhadad_o two_o or_o rather_o three_o who_o lose_v what_o hazael_n have_v get_v three_o other_o succeed_v of_o the_o same_o name_n in_o one_o of_o who_o time_n jeroboam_fw-la 2_o d._n recover_v damascus_n itself_o and_o chamath_n to_o israel_n which_o by_o david_n conquest_n have_v belong_v to_o juda_n rezin_n the_o 10_o the_o after_o adad_fw-la 1_o st_z molest_v achas_n and_o be_v take_v elath_n be_v by_o achas_n procurement_n take_v and_o slay_v by_o tiglath_n pileser_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o damascus_n dissolve_v §_o 4._o of_o lesser_a kingdom_n in_o syria_n gessur_n where_o talmai_n reign_v after_o ammihur_n success_n sophena_n or_o syria_n saba_n or_o coelosyria_n have_v rehob_n and_o adadezer_n after_o he_o who_o kingdom_n translate_v to_o damascus_n by_o rezin_n end_v with_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n not_o long_o after_o ninus_n race_n in_o sardanapalus_n have_v be_v end_v by_o phulbelechus_fw-la father_n of_o this_o tiglath_n who_o son_n salmanassar_n lead_v israel_n captive_a as_o his_o father_n have_v damascus_n senacharib_o son_n of_o salmanasser_n attempt_v jerusalem_n in_o vain_a but_o 132_o year_n after_o israel_n captivity_n it_o also_o go_v to_o babylon_n §_o 5._o jerusalem_n in_o ioshua_n day_n have_v adonizedek_n for_o king_n and_o be_v not_o inferior_a to_o hozar_n the_o chief_a of_o all_o canaanite_n this_o city_n of_o old_a call_v jebus_n inhabit_a of_o by_o jebusite_n and_o therefore_o likely_a to_o be_v build_v by_o jebusaeus_n the_o son_n of_o canaan_n and_o not_o by_o melchisedek_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v in_o abraham_n way_n return_v from_o his_o victory_n but_o rather_o that_o salem_n by_o jordan_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v in_o manasses_n though_o joshua_n slay_v their_o king_n yet_o they_o hold_v out_o 400_o year_n till_o david_n win_v it_o solomon_n so_o perfect_v the_o strength_n beauty_n and_o riches_n of_o it_o beside_o the_o renown_a temple_n that_o the_o world_n have_v not_o the_o like_a that_o ditch_n hew_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n sixty_o foot_n deep_a and_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o broad_a with_o wall_n gate_n and_o palace_n defend_v one_o hundred_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n beside_o woman_n
and_o child_n it_o endure_v many_o change_n shishak_n of_o egypt_n sack_v it_o so_o do_v joas_n of_o israel_n but_o nebuchadonozor_n fulfil_v all_o god_n judgement_n threaten_v and_o make_v way_n to_o seventy_o year_n desolation_n and_o captivity_n of_o city_n and_o people_n after_o the_o restore_n by_o cyrus_n bagòse_v lieutenant_n and_o artaxere_v spoil_v it_o and_o after_o alexander_n empire_n be_v divide_v ptolemy_n the_o first_o pretend_v to_o offer_v sacrifice_n then_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n and_o apollonius_n his_o lieutenant_n after_o he_o spoil_v it_o and_o pompey_n long_v after_o take_v it_o but_o after_o all_o repair_v that_o wicked_a herod_n do_v so_o re-edify_v and_o adorn_v both_o temple_n and_o city_n that_o it_o far_o exceed_v what_o solomon_n do_v continue_v in_o this_o state_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o our_o saviour_n death_n titus_n invest_v it_o till_o it_o be_v take_v and_o demolish_v it_o in_o which_o by_o famine_n pestilence_n sedition_n and_o enemy_n sword_n 1100000_o be_v consume_v 65_o year_n after_o be_v in_o part_n repair_v elius_n adrian_n for_o a_o new_a revolt_n overthrow_v all_o and_o build_v another_o which_o he_o call_v elia_n capitolia_fw-la and_o decree_v that_o never_o jew_n shall_v dare_v after_o to_o enter_v or_o from_o high_a place_n look_v to_o behold_v it_o yet_o after_o the_o christian_a religion_n flourish_v in_o palestine_n it_o be_v inhabit_a after_o by_o christian_n 500_o year_n and_o than_o it_o be_v take_v by_o egyptian_a sarazen_n and_o hold_v 400_o year_n and_o then_o regain_v by_o godfrey_n bovillon_n and_o so_o continue_v 88_o year_n when_o the_o sultan_n of_o egypt_n win_v it_o but_o last_o selim_n the_o turk_n take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o cusunbaris_n §_o 6._o malicious_n report_n of_o the_o heathen_a as_o quintilian_n diodor_n strabo_n justin_n tacitus_n touch_v the_o jew_n original_a answer_v by_o josephus_n against_o appion_n and_o tertullian_n in_o his_o apologet._n chap._n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n §_o 1._o juda_n by_o god_n direction_n take_v the_o management_n of_o the_o war_n after_o joshua_n be_v dead_a caleb_n with_o phineas_n and_o the_o assistance_n of_o seventy_o elder_n be_v in_o ioshua_n time_n command_v in_o chief_a their_o achievement_n we_o read_v judg._n 1._o as_o also_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n which_o seek_v to_o establish_v their_o own_o territory_n what_o befall_v they_o after_o upon_o their_o make_a peace_n with_o the_o canaanite_n and_o their_o affliction_n 8_o year_n and_o how_o othniel_n the_o son_n of_o cenas_n young_a brother_n to_o caleb_n deliver_v they_o from_o chushan_n a_o king_n of_o mesopotamia_n who_o oppress_v they_o we_o read_v in_o scripture_n how_o long_o it_o be_v between_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n and_o othniel_n be_v uncertain_a though_o it_o can_v not_o be_v a_o short_a time_n consider_v what_o war_n follow_v and_o the_o surprise_n of_o laish_n by_o the_o 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peloponesus_fw-la take_v name_v titius_n tyrant_n of_o panopea_n in_o phocis_n slay_v by_o apollo_n admetus_n king_n of_o thessaly_n perseus_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o medusa_n slay_v by_o perseus_n soldier_n of_o who_o blood_n spring_v pegasus_n belerophon_n horse_n with_o which_o he_o slay_v chimaera_n a_o pirate_n of_o of_o the_o lycian_n jon_n of_o who_o the_o athenian_n be_v call_v jones_n or_o rather_o of_o jovan_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o the_o former_a 80_o year_n of_o peace_n and_o plenty_n have_v breed_v security_n it_o bring_v forth_o neglect_v of_o god_n commandment_n and_o their_o ripe_a sin_n call_v for_o god_n judgement_n who_o raise_v jabin_n king_n of_o hazor_n who_o lay_v a_o heavy_a yoke_n on_o israel_n 20_o year_n keep_v his_o chief_a hold_n even_o in_o naphtalim_fw-la and_o reduce_v they_o to_o such_o a_o weakness_n as_o among_o forty_o thousand_o a_o weapon_n be_v not_o see_v but_o as_o volume_n may_v be_v gather_v of_o example_n prove_v all_o power_n be_v the_o lord_n how_o impotent_a soever_o his_o mean_n be_v so_o now_o the_o lord_n set_v it_o out_o in_o deliver_v israel_n two_o woman_n deborah_n and_o jael_n strike_v the_o chief_a stroke_n thus_o forty_o year_n be_v expire_v under_o jabin_n deborah_n and_o barac_n argos_n kingdom_n which_o have_v continue_v 544_o year_n be_v translate_v to_o micenae_n build_v by_o perseus_n son_n of_o danae_n daughter_n of_o acrisius_n king_n of_o argos_n the_o king_n of_o argos_n the_o king_n of_o argive_n we_o find_v inachus_n who_o daughter_n io_n be_v the_o egyptian_a isis_n phoronius_fw-la apis_n argus_n pirasus_fw-la phorbas_n triops_n crotopus_n sthelenus_n donaus_fw-la lynieus_fw-la abas_n acrosius_fw-la pelops_n after_o the_o translation_n to_o micenae_n perseus_n sthenelus_n euristeus_n atreus_n son_n of_o pelops_n agamemon_n egypthus_fw-la orestes_n tisamenus_n penthilus_n and_o comet_n midas_n now_o king_n of_o phrygia_n and_o ilus_n who_o build_v ilium_n contemporary_n with_o deborah_n §_o 5._o barac_n be_v no_o soon_o dead_a but_o israel_n return_v to_o their_o impious_a idolatry_n and_o god_n raise_v up_o the_o midianite_n assist_v with_o the_o amalekite_n to_o infest_v they_o yet_o his_o compassion_n which_o never_o fail_v raise_v they_o up_o a_o deliverer_n gideon_n the_o son_n of_o joash_n who_o story_n be_v large_o set_v down_o in_o holy_a scripture_n his_o severity_n in_o the_o revenge_n upon_o succoth_n and_o penuel_n his_o own_o son_n find_v short_o after_o his_o death_n for_o the_o debt_n of_o cruelty_n and_o mercy_n be_v leave_v unsatisfied_a and_o because_o he_o convert_v the_o gold_n into_o a_o ephod_n a_o garment_n proper_a to_o the_o highpriest_n and_o set_v it_o up_o in_o his_o city_n ophra_n as_o it_o draw_v israel_n to_o idolatry_n so_o be_v it_o the_o destruction_n of_o his_o own_o house_n aegeus_n son_n of_o pandeon_n now_o reign_v in_o athens_n euristheus_n in_o micenae_n who_o atreus_n succeed_v who_o kill_v thyestes_n his_o brother_n child_n and_o feast_v
remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
as_o numa_n in_o peace_n he_o make_v breach_n with_o the_o alban_n but_o doubt_v the_o tuscan_n their_o common_a enemy_n will_v make_v advantage_n of_o the_o dissension_n they_o put_v it_o to_o a_o combat_n of_o three_o brethren_n on_o either_o side_n cousin_n germane_a and_o of_o equal_a year_n and_o strength_n but_o the_o horatij_n of_o rome_n prevail_v against_o the_o curatij_n and_o alba_n where_o the_o latin_n submit_v to_o rome_n and_o alba_n not_o long_o after_o be_v demolish_v hyppomanes_n have_v rule_v seven_o year_n in_o athens_n in_o the_o entrance_n of_o manasses_n and_o the_o three_o last_o governor_n for_o ten_o year_n be_v in_o his_o time_n in_o who_o time_n â—_o follow_v halicarnasseus_n who_o profess_v care_n in_o match_v the_o grecian_a year_n with_o the_o roman_a occasion_n begin_v with_o rome_n building_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n and_o the_o first_o of_o cecrops_n in_o athens_n midas_n now_o reign_v in_o phrygia_n etc._n etc._n the_o scythian_n invade_v he_o syracuse_z in_o sicily_n found_v by_o archias_n miscellus_n and_o other_o corinthian_n nicomedia_n former_o astacus_n in_o propontis_n enlarge_v by_o zipartus_n navy_n of_o thrace_n sibylla_n of_o samus_n now_o live_v according_a to_o pausanias_n croton_n on_o the_o bay_n of_o tarentum_n build_v by_o miscellus_n gela_n in_o sicily_n phaselis_n in_o pamphylia_n chalcedon_n in_o asia_n build_v by_o the_o magerense_n the_o parthian_n expel_v lacedaemon_n be_v conduct_v by_o phalantus_fw-la into_o italy_n where_o they_o take_v tarentum_n chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n §_o 1._o ammon_n twenty_o two_o year_n old_a succeed_v two_o year_n and_o be_v as_o wicked_a as_o his_o father_n have_v be_v his_o servant_n slay_v he_o josiah_n eight_o year_n old_a succeed_v thirty_o one_o year_n he_o seek_v after_o the_o god_n of_o his_o father_n david_n and_o at_o twelve_o year_n old_a make_v a_o worthy_a reformation_n fulfil_v the_o prophecy_n deliver_v at_o bethel_n to_o jeroboam_fw-la by_o which_o history_n it_o appear_v that_o bethel_n and_o some_o part_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v come_v under_o the_o power_n of_o judah_n either_o take_v in_o by_o hezechiah_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o assurhaddon_n while_o the_o babylonian_n who_o love_v he_o be_v busy_a in_o assyria_n or_o at_o manasses_n enlargement_n the_o babylonian_n not_o yet_o fit_a to_o deal_v with_o the_o egyptian_a so_o far_o off_o to_o oblige_v judah_n to_o they_o be_v content_a with_o this_o enlargement_n as_o necessary_a against_o the_o egyptian_n this_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n manasses_n fortify_v himself_o after_o his_o return_n which_o be_v not_o against_o the_o babylonian_n but_o the_o egyptian_n as_o appear_v in_o josiah_n his_o oppose_a necho_n with_o such_o earnestness_n as_o argue_v a_o firm_a league_n with_o the_o babylonian_n that_o egypt_n friendship_n be_v little_a worth_n judah_n have_v oft_o find_v and_o pay_v for_o by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o babylonian_n displeasure_n for_o adhere_v to_o egypt_n yet_o have_v it_o be_v a_o small_a matter_n upon_o his_o earnest_a request_n to_o let_v he_o pass_v if_o josiah_n have_v not_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o babylonian_n by_o his_o ancestor_n covenant_n to_o offend_v and_o defend_v neither_o have_v it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o encounter_n such_o a_o army_n offer_v no_o violence_n whatever_o move_v josiah_n it_o be_v likely_a he_o forget_v as_o the_o best_a do_v sometime_o to_o ask_v counsel_n of_o god_n and_o depend_v on_o the_o babylonian_n too_o much_o which_o can_v not_o please_v god_n the_o conclusion_n be_v that_o god_n for_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o people_n take_v away_o that_o good_a king_n who_o have_v stay_v his_o hand_n from_o revenge_a himself_n upon_o they_o who_o misery_n present_o ensue_v his_o death_n so_o much_o bewail_v of_o all_o §_o 2._o neco_n son_n to_o psamniticus_n follow_v his_o father_n design_n who_o have_v make_v entrance_n into_o syria_n be_v assist_v by_o the_o extraordinary_a valour_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o know_v how_o assyria_n stand_v in_o danger_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o mede_n intend_v with_o a_o powerful_a army_n to_o visit_v euphrates_n and_o strengthen_v the_o passage_n about_o carchemish_n or_o further_o to_o invade_v syria_n have_v therefore_o overthrow_v josiah_n in_o his_o way_n not_o intend_v to_o stay_v the_o conquest_n of_o judah_n he_o proceed_v and_o take_v cadytis_n perhaps_o carchemish_n and_o become_v in_o a_o manner_n lord_n of_o all_o syria_n say_v josephus_n particular_o of_o the_o phoenician_n who_o he_o set_v to_o sail_v from_o the_o arabian_a gulf_n round_o about_o africa_n by_o the_o cape_n of_o good_a hope_n in_o his_o return_n from_o euphrates_n he_o take_v jeboahaz_n the_o young_a son_n of_o josiah_n who_o jeremy_n call_v shallum_n who_o the_o people_n have_v make_v king_n and_o put_v he_o in_o bond_n and_o put_v eliakim_n in_o his_o place_n call_z him_z jehojakim_n and_o lay_v a_o tribute_n on_o the_o land_n but_o forbear_v the_o conquest_n jehoahaz_n be_v king_n but_o three_o month_n jehojakim_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o josiah_n reign_v ten_o year_n he_o be_v of_o the_o egyptian_a faction_n and_o of_o the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o worst_a of_o his_o ancestor_n which_o have_v so_o infect_v the_o land_n that_o the_o chief_a priest_n also_o be_v defile_v therewith_o yet_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o prophet_n which_o reprove_v he_o among_o who_o vriah_n fly_v from_o the_o tyrant_n which_o seek_v his_o life_n be_v from_o egypt_n send_v back_o to_o death_n contrary_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o nation_n §_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o media_n and_o babylon_n §_o merodach_n son_n of_o baladan_n take_v advantage_n of_o senacherib_n misadventure_n and_o death_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o his_o son_n make_v himself_o king_n of_o babylon_n but_o keep_v in_o action_n till_o assurhaddon_n death_n eleven_o year_n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o intend_v syria_n but_o be_v well_o reward_v then_o by_o a_o great_a part_n of_o assyria_n if_o not_o by_o all_o as_o some_o less_o probable_o think_v yet_o his_o little_a concern_v with_o the_o assyrian_a affair_n all_o his_o long_a reign_n argue_v he_o busy_v at_o home_o in_o settle_v his_o purchase_n there_o and_o have_v amity_n with_o hezekiah_n ben._n mirodacb_n his_o son_n succeed_v twenty_o one_o year_n who_o governor_n as_o i_o take_v it_o captivate_v manasses_n in_o who_o time_n psamniticus_n with_o his_o greek_a mercenary_n prevail_v in_o syria_n which_o may_v procure_v manasses_n his_o release_n and_o it_o may_v be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n which_o the_o babylonian_n can_v not_o now_o intend_v nabulassar_n his_o son_n succeed_v thirty_o five_o year_n who_o work_n at_o home_n keep_v he_o from_o look_v abroad_o for_o phraortes_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n invade_v assyria_n and_o besiege_a ninive_n which_o it_o seem_v be_v not_o yet_o subject_a to_o babylon_n for_o nabonassar_n repel_v he_o not_o but_o the_o scythian_n invade_v media_n and_o force_v he_o thence_o phraortes_n son_n of_o deioces_n king_n of_o media_n have_v enlarge_v his_o dominion_n attempt_v ninive_n which_o yet_o remain_v of_o herself_o well_o enough_o say_v herodotus_n custom_n of_o danger_n harden_v the_o un-war-like_a who_o sudden_a unknown_a danger_n amaze_v ninive_n have_v now_o be_v long_o exercise_v so_o that_o phraortes_n and_o his_o family_n perish_v there_o cyaxares_n his_o son_n a_o brave_a man_n of_o war_n win_v in_o lesler_n asia_n all_o from_o halis_n eastward_o he_o besiege_v ninive_n and_o take_v it_o say_v eusebius_n who_o i_o rather_o believe_v than_o herodotus_n say_v the_o scythian_n come_v upon_o he_o which_o be_v not_o likely_a for_o we_o can_v think_v he_o so_o improvident_a but_o rather_o hear_v they_o be_v to_o guard_n media_n he_o leave_v the_o city_n which_o about_o this_o time_n be_v destroy_v as_o we_o read_v in_o tobit_n a_o book_n of_o sufficient_a credit_n for_o the_o story_n of_o those_o time_n and_o sure_o we_o be_v the_o prophecy_n of_o nabum_n be_v fulfil_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o probable_a it_o be_v that_o nabulassar_n after_o cyaxares_n leave_v it_o in_o weak_a case_n may_v seize_v upon_o it_o easy_o and_o put_v a_o viceroy_n in_o it_o which_o upon_o their_o rebellion_n against_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v utter_o destroy_v §_o 4._o the_o scythian_n about_o this_o time_n make_v a_o great_a expedition_n into_o asia_n of_o which_o herodotus_n speak_v much_o and_o many_o fabulous_a thing_n ill_o agree_v with_o the_o time_n their_o first_o eruption_n must_v needs_o be_v within_o the_o reign_n of_o psamniticus_n king_n of_o egypt_n who_o meet_v with_o they_o in_o palestine_n and_o get_v they_o by_o entreaty_n and_o gift_n to_o leave_v the_o country_n before_o this_o they_o have_v waste_v media_n and_o molest_v assyria_n babylonia_n etc._n etc._n andâ—_n be_v say_v to_o have_v
that_o in_o nebuchadnezzar_n seven_o year_n of_o madness_n niglisar_n may_v govern_v by_o his_o wife_n nitocris_n mean_n nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n and_o labassardach_n after_o he_o but_o slay_v after_o nine_o month_n present_o before_o nebuchadnezzar_n restauration_n chap._n ii_o the_o persian_n greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v §_o 1._o that_o the_o mede_n be_v chief_a in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o babylon_n the_o infallible_a witness_n of_o two_o great_a prophet_n make_v good_a esa._n 13_o 17._o jer._n 51.11.28_o according_a to_o which_o julius_n africanus_n prove_v babel_n be_v take_v before_o cyrus_n begin_v to_o reign_v so_o that_o the_o empire_n lose_v by_o balthassar_n the_o last_o of_o belochus_n line_n fall_v to_o cyaxares_n or_o darius_n medus_n the_o last_o of_o arbaces_n race_n who_o succeed_v his_o father_n astyages_n etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o cyrus_n to_o who_o alone_o the_o greek_n ascribe_v the_o conquest_n of_o babel_n be_v think_v immediate_a successor_n to_o astyages_n by_o some_o who_o deny_v he_o have_v any_o other_o son_n than_o this_o cyrus_n son_n of_o mandane_n his_o daughter_n viginer_n also_o probable_o reason_v that_o astyages_n have_v no_o such_o son_n as_o darius_n be_v unknown_a to_o so_o many_o author_n there_o name_v but_o negative_a argument_n from_o author_n be_v of_o no_o force_n and_o necessity_n either_o astyages_n must_v be_v darius_n in_o daniel_n 9_o which_o his_o time_n will_v not_o suffer_v or_o another_o successor_n before_o cyrus_n must_v be_v grant_v who_o for_o life_n command_v all_o yet_o in_o regard_n he_o be_v old_a and_o follow_v not_o the_o war_n in_o person_n but_o cyrus_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n do_v all_o the_o greek_n who_o hear_v only_o of_o he_o ascribe_v all_o to_o he_o as_o do_v the_o persian_n in_o honour_n to_o he_o who_o short_o bring_v all_o to_o they_o §_o 3._o xenophon_n report_n of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o assyrian_n have_v command_n of_o so_o many_o country_n desire_v to_o bring_v under_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n know_v therefore_o their_o great_a strength_n he_o persuade_v croâ—sus_n the_o rich_a and_o strong_a king_n of_o lydia_n to_o join_v with_o he_o which_o he_o easy_o yield_v for_o the_o quarrel_n to_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v war_v against_o alyattes_n his_o father_n these_o together_o compose_v a_o army_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o foot_n and_o sixty_o thousand_o horse_n but_o be_v overthrow_v by_o darius_n and_o cyaxares_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n general_n of_o the_o persian_a force_n and_o the_o assyrian_a king_n slay_v so_o that_o many_o assyrian_n revolt_v and_o babylon_n be_v glad_a for_o her_o security_n to_o get_v mercenary_a strength_n while_o cyrus_n pursue_v his_o victory_n to_o lesser_a asia_n and_o take_v croesus_n prisoner_n after_o this_o follow_v the_o attempt_n at_o babylon_n cyaxares_n bear_v the_o charge_n and_o cyrus_n be_v leader_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o achaemenes_n govern_v in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n xenophon_n report_v the_o crown_n descend_v from_o father_n to_o son_n many_o descent_n and_o that_o cambyses_n beget_v cyrus_n so_o that_o the_o story_n of_o astyages_n give_v mandane_n his_o daughter_n to_o a_o base_a man_n to_o disable_v her_o issue_n who_o greatness_n he_o fear_v be_v improbable_a two_o race_n spring_v from_o achaemenes_n the_o first_o according_a to_o reyneccius_n be_v darius_n cyrus_n first_o cambyses_n cyrus_n the_o great_a cambyses_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o race_n come_v the_o seven_o prince_n who_o overthrow_v the_o magi_n and_o choose_v darius_n son_n of_o hystaspes_n one_o of_o they_o for_o king_n persia_n first_o call_v elemais_n of_o a_o son_n of_o shem_n etc._n etc._n their_o city_n call_v persepolis_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o maccabee_n be_v call_v elemais_n in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o now_o cyrus_n but_o build_v in_o another_o place_n for_o that_o which_o alexander_n destroy_v at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o harlot_n thais_n the_o first_o kingdom_n know_v to_o we_o according_a to_o the_o interpreter_n of_o gen._n 14._o be_v chedorlaomer_n with_o who_o amraphel_n or_o ninus_n join_v in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o arabian_n chap._n iii_o of_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n §_o 1._o cyrus_n say_v strabo_n be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o river_n which_o water_v persia_n herodotus_n say_v it_o signify_v a_o father_n plutarch_n say_v the_o son_n esai_n name_v he_o almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o conquer_a lydia_n and_o take_v croesus_n before_o babylon_n which_o he_o win_v in_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o in_o the_o twenty_o eighth_n olympiad_n upon_o a_o rebellion_n subdue_v it_o again_o §_o 2._o lydia_n have_v lydus_n the_o son_n of_o atys_n her_o first_o king_n which_o family_n be_v extinguish_v argon_fw-la descend_v from_o hercules_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o oracle_n and_o hold_v twenty_o two_o generation_n to_o candaulus_n the_o last_o gyges_n succeed_v he_o in_o bed_n and_o 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see_v cap._n 8._o sect._n 3_o see_v cap._n 8._o sect._n 3_o augustine_n augustine_n natalis_n come_v â—_o judg._n n._n damascenus_n numb_a 12._o in_o success_n see_v cap._n 1.4_o sect._n 2._o 2._o see_v junius_n de_fw-fr civ_o li_n 13.14_o ant._n lâ—_n 7.12_o see_v siracides_n 47._o â—3_n 14._o etc._n etc._n etc._n lib._n 1._o sect._n 3_o 14._o and_o c._n 10._o 10._o diodorous_a siculus_n out_o of_o câ—esias_n strabo_n plutarch_n plutarch_n so_o functius_n functius_n apries_n in_o herodotus_n herodotus_n she_o lib._n 3._o 3._o iust._n l._n 9_o 9_o de_fw-fr civ_o lib._n 19_o 19_o see_v cap._n 4._o §._o 8._o