Jehoiakim was See Broughtons consent of Scriptures Mores Tables carried to Babylon and sent home againe * Read Jer. 22. v. 18. 19. That Daniel and the rest were carried away Captives in the first yeere of Nebuchadnezzar That Jehoiakim rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth yeere of his reigne That Nebuchadnezzar came not against him till five yeeres after That the Chaldean Kingdome continued but 70. yeeres Which they seeke to wrest from the words of Jeremiah but in vaine Jer. 25. for though in the fourth of Jehoiakim he prophesieth of the just continuance of the Chaldean Kingdome untill the end of the 70. yeeres Captivity yet he saith not that the 70. yeeres Captivity began in the fourth of Jehoiakim for the Scriptures declare that they began not till the end of the reigne of Zedekiah which was eighteene yeeres after the said prophecy Thirdly because the Captivity of Jehoiakim as also of his sonne was but a particular Captivity of some few though I grant many Nobles were then carried away But the Captivity of Judah or the 70. yeeres Captivity was not the Captivity of a few or only of the chief but of the whole Land of Judah of Prince and people with the utter destruction of Jerusalem in the end of the reigne of Zedekiah Of this Captivity it is said So Iudah 2 K. 25. v. 21. was carried away out of their Land And Jehozadak 1 Chr. 6. v. 15. compared with 2 K. 25 v. 18. the sonne of Seraiah went into Captivity when the Lord carried away Iudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar Thus Iudah was carried away Captive out Jer. 52. v. 27. of his owne Land And the word of the Lord came unto Jer. 1. v. 1 2. Jeremiah in the dayes of Iehoiakim unto the end of eleventh yeer of Zedekiah unto the carrying away Ierusalem Captive in the fifth moneth What words can plainer expresse the time when the Captivity of Iudah began Them that had escaped from the sword carryed 2 Chr 36. v. 20. 21. he away to Babylon where they were servants to him and his sons untill the reigne of the Kingdome of Persia to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremiah untill the Land had enjoyed her Sabbaths for as long as shee lay desolate she kept Sabbath to fulfill three score and tenne yeeres See here the 70. yeeres desolation must be fulfilled from this Captivity in the end of Zedekiah Fourthly because if Jehoiakim were carried away captive in his third yeere then must Jeconiah's Captivity be in the ninth yeere of Nebuchadnezzar For â— Chr. 36. v. 59. Jehoiakim reigned eight yeeres after that and his sonne Ieconiah three moneths and ten dayes But this is contrary to the Scriptures which say directly that Nebuchadnezzar tooke Iehoiachin alias Ieconiah 2 K. 24. v. 12. in the eighth yeere of his reigne And Ieremiah saies in the seventh yeere Jer. 52. v. 28. Fifthly because in the last chapter of Ieremiah where the severall Captivities are reckoned up there Jer. 52. v. 28 29 30. is no notice taken of the Captivity of Iehoiakim nor of the Captives at that time carried to Babylon being none but a few children chosen out of certaine of the children of Israel and of the Kings seed Dan. 1. v. 3. 4 and of the Princes such as had ability in them to stand in the Kings Palace and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans Whereas the Captivity of Zedekiah is there and also in the 39. Chapter and in the latter booke of the Kings and Chronicles largely related as being the grand and most remarkable Captivity The Captivity of Iudah From the beginning of the Captivity of Babylon unto the Commandement to restore and to build Jerusalem againe are 152. yeeres FOR 2 Chr. 36. v. 21 Jer 25. v. 11 c. 29. v. 10. Dan. 9. v. 2. The Captivity continued 70 yeeres The next yeere after being the first yeere of King Cyrus Israel returned from Captivity Ezra 1. v. 1 They began to build the Temple in the second Ezra 3. v. 8. yeere of the said Cyrus And it was finished in 29 yeeres after which was the sixth yeere of King Darius the son of Hystaspes C. 6. v. 15. Of this Temple it was prophecied that the glory thereof should be greater then of the former which was Hag. 2. v 9. not in respect of the beauty in building but because of the presence of the Messiah our Saviour who John 18. v 20. should teach therein Artaxerxes in the end of his seventh yeer which Ezra 7. v. 8. 11 was 52 yeeres after the finishing of the Temple sent Ezra and gave him Commission to restore and to build Jerusalem againe Here began the 70. weeks revealed by the Angel Gabriel unto Daniel Dan. 9. v. 21. 24 The said times accompted are 152 yeeres Reasons why it cannot be admitted that Daniels 70. weeks should be accompted from the first yeere of King Cyrus The one is because the Angel saith expressely that the 70. weeks must be accompted from the going forth of the Commandement to restore and Dan. 9. v. 25. to build Jerusalem which Commandement was not given forth by Cyrus for the Commission of Cyrus twice rehearsed by Ezra was onely Ezra 1. 6. to build the Temple And though it be also true that Cyrus gave Commandement to build Jerusalem yet Esa 44. v. 28. c. 45. v. 13. he gave not Commandement to restore Jerusalem Whereas that Commandement which the Angel spake of was both to restore and to build Jerusalem This was given forth by Artaxerxes in the seventh Ezra 7. v. 11. yeere of his reigne As may be seene by the tenour of Ezra his Commission For Ierusalem was then restored when the Lawes were taught and Religion established and it was then built when Magistrates and Iudges were set therein Without Religion Ierusalem could not be restored without Magistrates it could not be called a City To settle both these Ezra onely received authority and had Commandement The other reason is because the Assertors of this opinion when they come to particulars doe grossely rend in sunder all Histories especially of the Persian Monarchy and are forced to build on their own phansies As That Cyrus after he took Bahel Broughtons Advertisement of corruption pag. 11. See Mr. Mores Tables reigned but three yeeres Cambyses after his fathers death foure But Mr. More will have it that Cambyses reigned with his father sixe yeeres and one after his fathers death Both alike true For if Cyrus and Cambyses reigned so short a time how could Cambyses the Prince of the Kingdome of Persia withstand Dan. 10. v. 13. compared with v. 1. the building of the Temple 21. yeeres as the Scriptures affirme and are so understood even by Mr. Broughton himselfe Broughton ibid. That Darius the sonne of Hystaspes
Samson and 20. under Eli. Eli Judge and Priest 40 yeeres 1 Sam. 4. v. 18. Observe here that from the death of Joshua unto Broughtons Advertisement pag 65. 67. Samuel are 339. yeeres whereof the times of oppression and afflictions of Israel were 111. yeeres which added together according to the Jewes manner of speaking make 450. yeeres And therefore Saint Paul saith that God gave the Israelites Judges Acts 13. v. 20. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasi after a sort 450. yeeres Samuel and Saul 40 yeeres See Expositours upon Acts 13. v. 21. 1 Sam. 6. v. 1. C. 7. v. 2. 15. C. 8. v. 1. 5. C. 11. v. 7. C. 27. v. 1. 7. To wit Samuel alone about 27. yeers with Saul about 10. yeers Saul after Samuels death about 3. yeers David reigned 40 yeeres and 6 moneths 2 Sam 2 v. 11. C. 5 v. 4. 5. 1 K. 2. v. 11. 1 Chr. 3 v 4. c. 29. v. 26. 27. 1. King 6. v. 1. 2 Chr. 3. v. 2. Solomon having reigned 3 yeeres and 6 moneths in the end of the foure hundred and fourscore yeere after Israel came out of Egypt in the second moneth of the Legall yeere began to lay the foundation of the Temple which was finished in the seven yeeres and sixe moneths As appeares 1 King 6. vers 1. 37. 38. But the sixe moneths are there left So 2 Sam. 5. v. 5. comp with 1 K. 2. v. 11. So 2 King 24. v. 8. compared with 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. So Gen. 5. v. 32 compared with C. 11. v. 10. out as the Scriptures oftentimes do imperfect numbers The said times accompted are 480 yeeres Which are mentioned 1 King 6. vers 1. From the laying of the foundation of Solomon's Temple unto the beginning of the Captivity of Babylon are 430. yeeres and 10. dayes FOR Solomon after the laying of the foundation of 1 K. 11. v. 42. 2 Chr. 9. v. 30. the Temple reigned 36 yeeres and 6 moneths Presently after the death of Solomon upon the 1 K. 12. v. 1. 4. 11. 19 20 21. 2 Chr. 10 v. 1. 11. 19. c. 11 v. 1. 12. Josh 15. v. 63. c. 18. v. 11. 28. 1 K. 11. v. 13. 32. c. 12. v. 20. 2 K. 17 v. 18. rough answer of his sonne Rehoboam ten Tribes rebelled and made Jeroboam King over Israel but the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin followed the house of David which because they had their possessions mixed are sometimes accounted as one Tribe Kings of Iudah Rehoboam 1 King 14. v. 21. 2 Chr. 12. v. 13. 17 yeeres Abijah 3 yeeres 1 K. 15. v. 2 2 Chr. 13. v. 2. Asa 41 yeeres 1 King 15. v. 10. 2. Chr. 16. v. 13. Iehoshaphat 1 King 22. v. 42. 2 Chr. 20. v. 31. 25 yeeres He is stiled King of 2. Chr. 21. v. 2. Israel because the right of the Crowne of Israel was in him for Israel rebelled against C. 10. v. 19. the house of David and also because God is called the God C. 15. v. 13. of Israel therefore the Kingdome and Verse 17. C. 12. v. 1. C. 21. v. 4. people of Iudah where and by whom God was chiefely worshipped are somtimes called Israel Iehoram alias 2 King 8. v. 17. 23. 2 Chr. 21. v. 5. 20. Ioram 8 yeeres Note that the beginning of his reigne is in the Scriptures accompted either from the time he first reigned in his fathers presence and so he 2 K. 8. v. 16 Where in the Original it is In the fifth yeere of Joram the son of Ahab King of Israel and of Jehoshaph King of Judah began to reigne in the fifth yeere of Jehoshaphat at the age of 32. yeeres Or from the time he first reigned in his fathers absence and so he began to reigne neere the end of the 18. yeere of Iehoshaphat 2 Chr. 18. v. 2 when Iehoshaphat went down to see Ahab in 2 K. 1. v. 17. the beginning of the second yeer after Iehoram King of Israel began to reigne Or from the time he first reigned after his fathers death and so he began to reigne at the age of 52. yeeres in the fifth yeere of Ioram King of Israel 2 Ch. 8. v. 16. and he reigned eight yeeres Ahaziah alias 2 K. 8. v. 26. 2 Chr. 21. v. 17. c. 22. v. 2. 6. Iehoahaz alias Azariah 1 yeere He was 22. yeeres Ludovic Lavater in Paralip 22. v. 2. old when he began to reign with his father and was 42. yeeres old when he began to reign alone after his fathers death Athaliah the 2 King 11. v. 3. 4 2 Chr. 22. v. 12. Queene 6 yeeres She was slaine in Compare 2 King 10. v. 36. with c. 13. v. 1. c. 11 v. 2 4. with v 24. the beginning of the seventh yeere of her reigne Ioash alias Iehoash 2 K. 12. v. 1 2 Chr. 24. v. 1. 40 yeeres Amaziah 2 K. 14 v. 2 2 Chr. 25. v. 1. 29 yeeres Vzziah alias 2 K. 15. v. 2. 2 Chr. 26. v. 3. Azariah 52. yeers Iotham 2 K. 15. v. 33 2 Chr. 27. v. 1. 8. 16 yeeres Ahaz 2 K. 16. v. 2. 2 Chr. 28. vers 1. 16 yeeres Hezekiah 2 K. 18. v. 2. 2 Chr. 29. vers 1. 29 yeeres Kings of Israel Ieroboam 21. yeers 1 King 14. v. 20. Nadab 1. yeere C 15. v. 25. Baasha 23. yeeres Verse 33. He began to reigne in the beginning of the third of Asa Elah 1. yeere C. 16. v. 8. Zimri 7. dayes Verse 15. Omri 11. yeeres Verse 23. He began to reigne in the beginning of Verse 15. 16. 23. the 27. of Asa though he was not fully confirmed till the death of Tibni in the 31. of Asa Ahab 21. yeeres Verse 29 In the end of his C. 20. v. 1. 22. 26. C. 22. v. 1. 2. 4. 29. 34. 37. 17. and of his 18. yeere he smote Benhadad King of Syria Afterwards they continued three yeeres without warre but in the third yeer Iehoshaphat leaving his sonne Iehoram King in his absence came to visit him And in the end of that yeere Ahab with Iehoshaphat went against Ramoth Gilead and was there slaine Ahaziah 2. yeers 1 King 22. v. 51. Jehoram alias Ioram * * 2 King 9. v. 14. 15. yeers He began to reigne C. 3. v. 1. neere the end of the 19. but in the 18. Vers 24. 25. C. 6. v. 8. 23 compleat of Iehoshaphat but he was not confirmed in his Kingdome till he overcame the rebelling Moabites and sent away the Syrians which was three yeeres after And then he reigned 12. yeeres Neere the end of 2 King 8 v. 16. his sixth yeere but in the fifth compleat Iehoram King of Iudah after his fathers death began to reigne And in the end of his Verse 25. C. 9. v. 29. 11. yeere or in the
c. 3. v. 1 2. Joseph l. d. c. 8. some times couragiously and prosperously resisted but he quickly deceasing Judas Maccabeus according to his appointment rose up in his stead and became both the Captaine and Governour of Judea in the end of the 146. yeere of the Grecian Kingdome Antiochus having then reigned 9 yeeres Iudas sirnamed Maccabeus was slaine in 1 Mac. 9. v. 3. 18 Joseph l. d. c. 9. 19. the end of the first moneth of the 152. yeere having governed 5 yeeres and 1 moneth In the second yeere of his government on the 1 Mac. 4. v. 36. 10 â—he 60. five and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the 148. yeer he finished the cleansing of the Sanctuary and restored the daily Sacrifice So that from the time that the transgression of desolation began and the daily Sacrifice decaied unto the cleansing of the Sanctuary and the full restoring of the Sacrifice are 6. yeeres 3. moneths and 17. dayes which containe those 2300. dayes revealed unto Daniel Dan. 8. v. 13. 14. 1 Mac. 12. v. 48. c. 13. v. 12. 23. compare c. 11. v. 19. 20. with c. 13. v. 41 42. Func Chr. f. 83. Bucholz p. 79. Ionathan the High-Priest was taken prisoner and slaine in the end of the 169. yeere having governed 18 yeeres Simon the High-Priest and Prince of the Jewes 1 Mac. 13. v 42 c. 16. v. 14. 16 Joseph Antiqu. l. 13. c. 11. 14 was treacherously slaine in the 11. moneth of the 177. yeer having governed 7 yeers and 11 moneths Iohn sirnamed Hyrcanus the High-Priest 1 Mac. 16. v. 23 24. Joseph Antiqu. l. d. d. c. 15. 18. governed 31 yeeres Aristobulus who was the first that Crowned Joseph l. d. c. 19 himselfe King of Judea reigned 1 yeere Alexander sirnamed Ianneus 27 yeeres Ioseph l. d. c. 20 23. Salome whom the Greeks call Alexandra Ioseph l. d. c. 24. the wife of the said Alexander reigned 9 yeeres Aristobulus compelling his brother Hyrcanus Ioseph l. 14. c. 1 8. the High-Priest to submit unto a private life took upon him both the Kingdome and Priest-hood but in the third yeere of his reign he was taken prisoner by Pompey and carried to Rome Presently after Gabinius the Romane Generall Ioseph l. d. c. 10. vanquishing Alexander the son of Aristobulus erected five seats of Justice The first at Jerusalem the second at Gadar the third at Amatho the fourth at Jericho the fifth at Saphor in Galilee and so changed the Kingdome into an Aristocracy which was immediately Ioseph l. d. c. 11. interrupted by Aristobulus who escaped from Rome but was soone taken by the said Gabinius and againe sent back Aristobulus reigned including the time of his Ioseph ibid. Captivity 3 yeers and 6 moneths Afterwards the said Aristocracy continued Ioseph l. d. c. 15. schol illustrat 15 yeeres and 6 moneths Antipater by Julius Caesar made Governour of Judea in the end of the third yeere Ioseph l. d. c. 15. 17 schol illustrat Func Chr. fol. 89. of his government placed his two elder sonnes Phasaelus over Jerusalem and Herod over Galilee Phasaelus and Herod when they had governed Joseph l. d. c. 25. fchol illustr Func chr ibid. 3 yeeres were displaced by the Parthians Antigonus sonne to Aristobulus by the Parthians Ioseph l. d. c. 24. l. 15. c. 1. schol illustr Func Chr. ibid. made King reigned 5 yeeres Herod before named was by the Romanes declared Joseph l. 14. c. 26. 28. l. 15. c. 1. l. 17. c. 10. Func Chr. f. 91. King of Judea and by their help overcame Antigonus After which he was sirnamed the Great and reigned 34 yeeres Of whom Matth. 2. v. 1. to the 19. Luke 1. v. 5. He was nine yeeres and sixe moneths in repairing Iosoph Antiqu. l. 15. c. ult Bucholz p. 128 Zerubbabels Temple which was in building including the times of interruption 29. yeeres Solomon's was built in seven yeeres and sixe moneths Now adde these three summes together and according to the Jewes manner of speaking which they frequently used for memory sake The Temple was in John 2. v. 20. building 46. yeeres Our Saviour Iesus Christ was borne in the Ioseph l. 17. c. 10 Func Chr. f. 91. beginning of the 34. yeere of Herod And in the beginning of the 42. yeere of Augustus Euseb Chr. fol. 69. D. Beda l. d. Polan Synt. Theol. l. 6. c. 27. Baron apparat ad Annal. Eccl. Chemnit Harm Evangel c. 8. Luke 2. v. 1. Gen. 49. v. 10. accompting from the death of his predecessour Julius Caesar At that time Augustus made a Decree that all the world should be taxed Note That when Jacob said the Scepter shall not depart from Judah untill Shiloh come It is not to be understood that the Crowne should continue in the Tribe of Judah from the time of the said Prophecy untill Christs comming For before David Calvin institut l. 1. c. 8. Sect. 7. the Prophecy tooke no effect And after Zedekiah even untill the Maccabees excepting onely Zerubbabel Neh. 5. v. 14. 15 Ezek. 21. v. 25 26 27. Genebr Chr. l. 1. and Nehemiah who yet were no Kings nor absolute Governours it is altogether uncertaine who ruled in Judea and from the Maccabees untill Christ it is manifest the supreme authority was not in the Tribe of Judah The true sense thereof is That after Davids reigne in whom the Prophecy first took effect The Scepter that is the right and just title unto Comment vulg in 1. Matth. the Crowne should not depart from the Tribe of Iudah untill Christ came which is clearely proved Matth. 1. v. 1. to the 17. by Saint Matthew But at our Saviours birth or comming the Jewes were not onely dispossessed of the Baron apparat ad Annal. Eccl. Chemnit Harm Evangel c. 2. Crowne but also had lost the very right and title thereunto by swearing fealty unto King Herod not long before and so Iacobs Prophecy was fully accomplished Archelaus succeeding his father Herod reigned Matth. 2. v. 22. Ioseph Antiqu. l. 17. c. 10. 13. Gerhard Comment in Harm Evang. c. 10. Ioseph l. d. c. ult 3 yeeres but was then degraded by Augustus Caesar and made President onely of halfe Herod's Kingdome the other halfe was divided betwixt Herods two other sonnes Philip and Antipas Seven yeeres after Augustus confined the said Archelaus for his Tyranny unto Vienna a City of France where he died Herod sirnamed Antipas and Philip at the aforesaid division of Herod's Kingdome were by Augustus made Tetrarchs the former of Galilee Luke 3. v. 1. the latter of Iturea and of the Region of Trachonitis This Herod beheaded Iohn the Baptist and was by our Saviour termed a Fox for his deceit and treachery Matth. 14. v. 1. Whom Saint Mark using the phrase of his owne people calleth a
beginning of his 12. after he was confirmed in the Kingdome Ahaziah King of Iudah began to reigne Iehu 28. yeeres C. 10 v. 36 Iehoahaz 16. yeers C. 13. v. 1. He began to reign in the beginning of the 23. yeere of Ioash King of Iudah Note That the last yeere of Ieroboam Nadab Baasha Elah Omri Ahab and Iehoahaz is not accompted because they were slain or died in the beginning of the yeere as may appear by comparing with the yeers of the Kings of Iudah Ioash 16. yeeres 2 King 13. v. 10. He began to reigne neere the end of the 28. but in the 27. compleat of Joash King of Judah Ieroboam 41. yeers C. 14. v. 23 In the beginning of C. 15. v. 1. his 16. but in his 27. yeere accompting the 11. yeeres which Jeroboam reigned with his father began Azariah King of Judah to reigne From the beginning of the 27. of Azariah Compare c. 14 v. 23. with c. 15. vers 8. King of Iudah to the end of the 38. was 1â— yeeres there was a Vacancy in the Kingdome of Israel Zachariah Verse d. 6. moneths He began to reign in the very end of the 38. of Azariah Shallum 1. moneth Menahem 10. yeeres and Verse 13. 5. moneths Pekahiah 2. yeeres Compare v. 17. with vers 23. Pâ—kâ—h 20. yeeres He began to reign in the beginning 2 King 15. vers 27. of the 52. of Azariah Hoshea 19. yeeres He began to reign in the beginning of the fourth yeer Verse 30. of Ahaz K. of Iudah which was the beginning of the 20. after Iotham began And in the end of the 13. but in the 12. compleat of Ahaz Hoshea C. 17. v. 1. was confirmed in his Kingd After which he reigned 9 yeers In the end of the third of Hoshea began Hezekiah to reign C. 18. v. 1. In the beginning of the 4. of Hezekiah which was the beginning Ver. 9. 10. C. 17 v. 6. of the 7. of Hoshea Shalmaneser King of Assyria came up against Samaria and at the end of 3. yeers which was in the end of the 6. of Hezek and of the ninth of Hoshea Samaria was taken Here began the Captivity of Israel Ver. 18. 21 23 24. Note that Israel was then carried away into Assyria 1 K. 17. v. 6. c. 18. v. 11. and placed in Halath and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the Cities of the Medes but 46. yeeres after they were driven thence dispersed and so broken that they were not a people As Isaiah foretold in the third yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah which Isa 7. v. 1. 8. was three score and five yeeres before it came to passe Manasseh 55 yeeres 2 K. 22. v. 1. 2 Chr. 33 v. 1. Amon 2 yeeres 2 K. 21 v 19. 2 Chr. 34 v. 21 Iosiah 31 yeeres 2 K. 21. v 1. 2 Chr. 33. v. 1. Iehoahaz alias Iohanan alias Shallum 2 K. 23. v 31. 1 Chr. 3. v 15. 2 Chr. 36. v 2. Jer. 22. v. 11. Comp. 2 Chr. 36. v. 2. with v 5. 3 moneths He is called the first borne because he first succeeded in the Kingdome but his brother Iehoiakim was the elder by two yeeres Iehoiakim alias Ioakim alias Eliakim 2 K. 23. v 34. 36 1 Chr. 3. v. 15. 2 Chr. 36. v. 4 5 11 yeeres Under Pharaoh Nechoh he reigned eight yeeres 2 K. 23. v 34. 35 c. 24. v. 1. Dan. 1. v. 1 2. Joseph Antiqu. l. 10. â— â— and under Nebuchadnez zar three yeeres but in the said third yeere which was the eleventh yeere of his reigne in Ierusalem he rebelled and the Lord gave him into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar 2 K. 24. v. 8. Iehoiachin alias Ieconiah alias Coniah 1 Chr. 3. v. 16. 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. Jer. 22. v 24. c. 37. v. 1. 3 moneths and 10 dayes To wit three moneths and ten dayes alone after his Comment vulg in 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. fathers death being then at the age of eighteene But with his father he reigned ten yeeres before and began his reigne at eight yeeres old Note that the Scriptures expresse Iehoiachins Jer. 52. v. 28. Captivity to be in the seventh yeere compleat of Nebuchadnezzars reigne or when the seventh yeere was 2 Chr. 36. v. 10 expired or in the beginning of his eighth yeere All 2 K. 24. v. 12. which point at one and the same time From his Captivity the Prophet Ezekiel takes his Ezek. 1. v. 2. c. 8. 20. 24. 26. 29. 31. 32. 40. v. 1. Ezek. 1. v. 1 2. 2 K. 22. v. 3 8. accompt The fifth yeere of his Captivity was the thirtieth yeere after the finding of the booke of the Law in the eighteenth of King Iosiah Zedekiah alias Mattaniah 11 yeers 2 K. 24. v. 17. 18. 2 Chr 36 v. 11. Jer. 52. v. 1. Jer. 37 v. 1. Jun. Trem. in 1 Chr. 3. v. 16. He is called the sonne of Ieconiah not by nature for he was his Unkle but by succession in the government So Ahab was sonne to Baasha 1 King 20. v. 34. Broughtons Advertisement pag. 51. 59. 61. compared with c. 15. v. 19 20. So Salathiel was sonne to Jeconiah 1 Chr. 3. v. 17. Matth. 1. v. 12. From the revolt of Ieroboam unto the siege of Ierusalem in the ninth yeere of Zedekiah are 390. 2 K. 25. v. â— yeers which were the yeeres of the iniquity of the house Ezek. 4. v. 5. of Israel for some of the Israelites who were mixed with the Tribe of Judah remained untill this time In the end of his reigne Jerusalem was taken 2 K. 25. v. 2. 3. 8. Here began the Captivity of Judah 2 K. 25. v. 4. to v. 22. 2 Chron. 36. v. 17. to v. 21. Jer. 1. v. 3. c. 52. v. 27. commonly called the Captivity of Babylon with the utter destruction of Ierusalem The said times accompted are 430 yeeres and 10 dayes Reasons why it cannot be admitted that the Captivity of Judah alias the 70 yeeres Captivity began in the third yeere of Iehoiakim First because the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim was the first yeere of Nebuchadnezzar How then could Nebuchadnezzar Jer. 25 v. 1. come up in the third of Iehoiakim And to say that Nebuchadnezzar began to reign and came up in the end of the third of Iehoiakim is contrary to the Text alleadged and also against reason For what man can imagine that Nebuchadnezzar should receive his Crowne raise immediately a mighty host subdue all Syria march afterwards with an Joseph Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. Army into Iudea which is neere 400. miles from Babylon the very sight whereof caused Iehoiakim to become his servant and all this to be done in the very 2 K. 24. v. 1. end of the third of Iehoiakim Secondly because it is grounded upon nothing but figments and falsities As that
pag. 165. Sleidan l. 1. Belshazzar in the beginning of his foureteenth yeere was slaine so that he reigned but 13 yeeres compleat Of these three Ieremiah speaks c. 27. v. 6 7. Note that when Cyrus the Persian overcame Astyages King of the Medes whom Daniel Dan. 9. v. 1. calleth Ahasuerus Darius alias Cyaxares sonne of the said Astyages took upon him the Kingdome but finding his souldiers to forsake him and having Joseph Antiqu. l 10. c 12. Xenoph de instit Cyri. l. 1. 8. no issue male he forthwith gave his daughter in marriage unto the said Cyrus sonne of Cambyses the Persian and Mandana the sister of Darius and joyned him in the government who was prosperous in Dan. 5. v. 2. 30. Ezra 1. v. 1. Isa 45. v. 1. warres took Babylon where he slew Belshazzar in his drunkennesse delivered the Jewes from Captivity subdued many Nations and was The first Monarch of Persia Darius reigned with Cyrus 1 yeere after Xenoph. l. 8. Sleid. l. 1. Belshazzar was slaine Of this Darius speaketh Ezra c. 6. v. 14. and Dan. c. 6. v. 1. And of their joynt-reigne v. 28. c. 8. v. 3. Isa 21. v. 2. 9. In respect of which joynt-reigne Darius is said to Dan. 5 v. 30. 31 Jer. 51. v. 11. Isa 13. v. 17. Melancthon l 2. chron de 2. Monarch pag. 10. Sr. W. R. Hist l. 3. c. 3. Sect. 5. Dan. 9. v. 1. take the Kingdome of the Chaldeans or Babylon though indeed Cyrus was onely in that action and Darius was by him made King over the Realme of the Chaldeans Cyrus after Darius his death 15 yeeres The building of the Temple went forward two yeeres but from the beginning of the third yeere Ezra 4. v. 24. Dan. 10. v. 1 2. 4. 13. of Cyrus accompting from Darius his death Cambyses withstood it and caused it to cease 21. yeeres which was untill he himselfe died Allowing therefore eight yeeres unto him with Smerdis the Mage it is plaine that he hindered the building in his fathers absence 13. yeeres Whereunto adding those two yeeres when it went forward the time of Cyrus his reigne after Darius was 15. yeeres Cambyses when his father Cyrus invaded Scythia Herodot l. 3. Grimston Estat in the Chron. of Persia Sect. 1. 6 was appointed King according to the custome of the Persians which was to leave the nearest in bloud to rule in the Kings absence In which Expedition Cyrus was at length slaine and then Cambyses reigned alone 7 yeers and 5 moneths Ezra calleth him Artaxerxes alias Artahshashte Ezra 4. v. 7. 11. 23. which was then a generall name unto the Kings of Persia as Pharaoh to the Kings of Egypt Caesar to the Roman Emperors and at this day Sophi to the Persian Beda de 6. aetat mundi Constant Phryg fol. 162. Buchol pag. 33. Isaacs fol. 132. Euseb chr fol. 53. D. Melancth l. 2. Chron. de 2. Monarch p. 3. Aelian hist l. 12. c. 43. Grimst l. d. Sect. 8. Smerdis the Mage reigned 7 moneths which time is usually added to Cambyses Darius sonne to Hystaspes King by election sirnamed Artaxerxes Ahasuerus reigned 36 yeeres Of whom Ezra 4. v. 5 6. where he is called Ahasuerus v. â—4 c. 5. v. 7. c. 6. v. 14. where he is called Artaxerxes v. 15. 22. where he is called King of Assyria Hag. 1. v. 1. Zech. 1. v. 1. c. 7. v. 1. He was the husband of Queen Esther alias Hadassah Esth 2. v. 7. Func Chron. fol. 65. Esth 1. v. 1. compared with 1 Esdras 2. v. the last and c. 3. v. 1 2. Xerxes sonne to Darius in the fifth yeere of his Of whom Dan. 11. v. 2. reigne went with an innumerable host against the Grecians but after many battels in the end of his Herodot l. 7. 15 yeere was utterly overthrowne both at Sea and Land and brought into such contempt that presently Bucholz pag. 36. 38. upon his returne into Asia he joyned his son Longimanus in the government wholly giving himselfe Vict Strigel Schol hist in Melancth l. 2. Chron. unto lust and cruelty and sixe yeeres after was slaine by his Unkle Artabanus His last sixe yeeres are the same with his sons and therefore not to be accompted Hist x Ctesiae Persicis Euseb chr f. 56. Melancth l d. pag 4. Christoph Helvic fol. 17. Artaxerxes sirnamed Longimanus 40 yeeres Of whom Ezra 7. v. 7. Neh. 2. v. â— c. 5. v. 14. c. 13. v. 6. In the end of his seventh yeere he gave Ezra his Func Comment in Chronol l. 2. Bucholz p. 40. Neh 2. v. 1. 8. 13 c. 4. v. 1. 3. 7. 8. 13. to v. the last Commission and then began Daniels 70. weeks And in his twentieth yeere he gave Nchemiah Commission to repaire some houses and to build the wals of Jerusalem which accordingly was executed although as it was foretold to Daniel the Dan. 9. v. 25. street was built againe and the wall even in troublesome times Xerxes Hist ex Ctesiae Persicis Christ Helvic fol. 18. Isaacs Chron. fol. 140. sons to Artaxerxes reigned severally 9 moneths Sogdian alias Secundian Darius Nothus 19 yeeres Sleidan l. 1. Grimst l. d. Sect. 1. 12. Bucholz pag. 43 Artaxerxes Mnemon 40 yeeres Euseb Chron. fol. 57. Melancth l. d. pag 4. Darius Artaxerxes sirnamed Ochus Metasthenes Aelian hist l. 2. c. 17. Melancth l. d. ib. Func Chr. f 73. Sleidan l. 1. Grimst l. d. Sect. 1. 13. 26 yeeres Arsames alias Arsaces alias Arses Beda l. d. Metasthenes Func Chr. f 74. Helv. ib. Grimst l. d. Sect. 1. 13. 4 yeeres Darius whose first name was Colomannus Beda l. d. Metasthenes Func Chr. f. 74 Helvic ib. Grimst l. d. Sect. 1. 13. 14. alias Codomannus reigned 6 yeeres Of whom Neh. 12. v. 22. Joseph Antiqu. lib. 11. cap. 7. This Darius was in three battels vanquished 1 Mac. 1. v. 1. Joseph Antiqu. l. 11 c. ult Aelian hist l. 8. c. 7. l. 12. c. 43. Justin l. 11 Sleidan l. 1. Grimst l. d. Sect. 14. by Alexander the Great An Object One Argument Mr. Broughton brings wherewith as he conceives he disproveth al computations but his owne and it is drawne from the ages of Zerubbabel Jeshua Mordecai Ezra and Nehemiah which See Broughtons consent of Scripture saith he must be stretched beyond all likelihood if the Kingdome of Persia continued above 130. yeeres Resolved As to Zerubbabel Jeremiah tels us That Jehoiakim alias Jeconiah was brought forth of prison in Jer. 52. v. 31. 33 34. the 37. yeere of his Captivity which was the 26. yeere of the Captivity of Judah and did eate continually before the King of Babylon untill the day of his death which admit to be two yeeres after then were 28. yeeres of Judah's Captivity passed Salathiel alias Matth 1. v. 12. 1 Chr. 3. v. 18
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Shealtiel was the sonne of Jeconiah by succession Salathiel begat Pedaiah Pedaiah begat Zerubbabel Now admit that Salathiel immediately after he succeeded Jeconiah begat Pedaiah and that Pedaiah at 24. yeeres also begat Zerubbabel which probably was not sooner then was Zerubbabel 18. yeeres old in the first yeer of King Cyrus and 48. when the Temple was finished in the reigne of Darius Hystaspes As to Jeshua He was the sonne of Jozadak alias Ezra 3. v. 2. 1 Chr. 6. v. 14 15. 2 K 25 v. 18. 21 Jehozadak the sonne of Seraiah the chiefe Priest who was slaine by Nebuchadnezzar Now admit that Jehozadak was ten yeeres old when he was carried into Captivity and that 30. yeeres after he begat Jeshua then was Jeshua 40. yeeres old in the first yeere of Cyrus and 70. when the Temple was finished As to Mordecai Admit that he was five yeeres Esth 2. v. 6. old when he was carried away Captive with Jeconiah then was he 122. yeeres old in the 12. yeere C. 3. v. 7. of Ahasuerus when the two daies of Purim were by the Decree of Queene Esther made feastivall after C. 9. v. 1. 32. which should he live eight yeeres he then died at the age of 130. which was not unlikely in those 2 Chr. 24. v. 15 times As to Ezra Admit that he was five yeeres old when his father Seraiah the chiefe Priest was slaine then was he 170. yeeres old in the 20. of Artaxerxes Longimanus when he read and instructed the people in Neh. 2. v. 1 c. 8. v. 3. 13. the words of the Law after which should he live ten yeers though peradventure he lived not one yeer he then died at the age of Isaac 180. yeers old And what unlikelihood is there but that God for the good of Gen. 35. v. 28. his Church might as well preserve Ezra unto this age as he did Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar to a far Moses Aegyptius in suo Misna ut citatur l. 2. chr Genebr greater whom the Jewes affirme to have lived 300. yeeres Nor will it further extend the age of Ezra to shew that Ezra went into the Chamber of Johanan and that he wrote the Books of the Chronicles in Johanan's time For Johanan alias Ionathan was the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliashib the sonne of Ioiakim Neh. 12 v. v. 10 11. the sonne of Ieshua Now admit each of these to be begotten in the thirtieth yeere of their fathers age observing what we spake before concerning Ieshua then was Iohanan borne in the fifth yeere of Artaxerxes Longimanus and so Ezra might very well in the beginning of Artaxerxes his eighth yeere go into the chamber of Iohanan who was then about Ezra 10. v. 6. three yeeres old And what hinders but that he might write the sonnes of Levi the chief of the fathers Neh. 12. v. 23. in the Booke of the Chronicles even untill the dayes of Iohanan seeing he lived in the 20. of Artaxerxes at which time Iohanan was 15. yeeres old But if Mr. Broughton may prevaile the said Priests shall be much more forward in procreation For he will allow but 87. yeeres from the Captivity of Zedekiah See Broughtons consent of Scripture unto the 7. of Artaxerxes Whence it follows that though ten yeeres be granted to Iehozadak at the time of Captivity yet every one of them must begin to beget children before 19. yeeres old otherwise Iohanan could not be borne when Ezra came to Ierusalem True it is Nehemiah saith that the Levites and Priests were recorded unto the reigne of Darius but by Neh. 12. v. 22. whom this was done he tels not it is plaine not by Ezra for he wrote but untill the dayes of Iohanan 1 Chr. 9. compared with Neh. 11. And though Nehemiah concludes these were in the daies of Joiakim and in the dayes of Nehemiah the Governour and of Ezra the Priest the Scribe yet it C. 12. v. 26. cannot be understood that they were all of them in every one of their daies for that is impossible but that all of them were in all their daies some in the daies of Joiakim some in the dayes of Ezra some in the daies of Nehemiah As to the age of Nehemiah Admit that he was 25. yeeres old when he came to Jerusalem and lived unto the end of the Persian Monarchy he was then Neh. 2. v. 11. 130. yeeres old when he died which is nothing unlikely Func fol 74. Thus we have the continuance of the Persian Kingdome unto 210. yeeres and probably the ages of Zerubbabel Ieshua Mordecai Ezra and Nehemiah without the diminution of the one or stretching of the other beyond reason The first Monarch of Grecia Alexander the Great after the full overthrow Justin l. 11. Bacholz pag. 53. of Darius reigned 7 yeeres Upon his death-bed he parted his Kingdome among 1 Mac. 1. v. 6. 9. Dan. 11. v. 5. to the 30. his servants such as were honourable who all after his death put Crownes upon themselves and soone fell into warres one against another Of whom the chiefest were foure Seleucus King of Syria Joseph Antiqu. l. 12. c 1. Justin l. 13. Sleidan l. 1. Dan. 7. v. 6 c. 8. v. 8. 21 22. c. 11. v. 3 4. Ptolomeus of Egypt Antigonus of Asia the lesse and Cassander of Macedon And of these the two former excelled in power between whom what leagues and conflicts should be Daniel foretold under the names of The King of the North and the King Dan. 11. of the South For Syria lieth Northward and Egypt Southward from Judea The whole chapter is paraphrased by Joseph Hall Bishop of Exceter Note That the Grecian Kingdome Func fol. 75. Bucholz pag. 56 so often mentioned in the Books of the Maccabees began 13 yeeres compleat after the death of Alexander the Great Antiochus sirnamed Epiphanes sonne of Dan. 8. v. 23. c 11. v. 21. 1 Mac. 1. v. 10. 2 Mac. 4. v. 7. Joseph Antiqu. l. 12 c. 5. Antiochus King of Syria a King of fierce countenance a vile person that wicked root after his brother Seleucus was dead began to reigne in the end of the 137 yeere of the Grecian Kingdome On the eighth day of the fifth moneth in the 141. Dan. 8. v. 11 12 13. 1 Mac. 1. v. 13 14. 15. 21. to the end of the ch c. 2. v. 6. to the 16. Joseph Antiqu. l. 12. c. 7 8. yeere the transgression of desolation began and the daily sacrifice decaied by the grosse idolatry of those who with the licence of Antiochus joyned themselves to the Heathen and were sold to do mischief And in the 143. yeere he took Jerusalem polluted the Sanctuary hindered and afterwards forbad the daily Sacrifice and compelled the Jewes to all manner of ambition Whom Mattathias the Priest for 1 Mac. 2. v. 1. 19 to the 48. v. 66. 70.