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Antiquities of the Jews
Flavius Josephus Translator: William Whiston
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BOOK I. Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And
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CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In
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CHAPTER 7. How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The
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CHAPTER 8. That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence
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CHAPTER 10. How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And
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CHAPTER 12. Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of
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CHAPTER 2. How Joseph, The Youngest Of Jacob's Sons, Was Envied By His
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CHAPTER 3. How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By
Reading
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CHAPTER 16. How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They
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CHAPTER 1. How Moses When He Had Brought The People Out Of Egypt Led
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CHAPTER 2. How The Amalekites And The Neighbouring Nations, Made War
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CHAPTER 4. How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order,
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CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Tabernacle Which Moses Built In The Wilderness
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CHAPTER 14. How Moses Sent Some Persons To Search Out The Land Of The
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CHAPTER 15. How Moses Was Displeased At This, And Foretold That God Was
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BOOK IV. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Eight Years.—From The
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CHAPTER 3. How Those That Stirred Up This Sedition Were Destroyed,
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CHAPTER 5. How Moses Conquered Sihon And Og Kings Of The Amorites, And
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BOOK V. Containing The Interval Of Four Hundred And Seventy-Six
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CHAPTER 1. How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The
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CHAPTER 2. How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The
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CHAPTER 3. How The Israelites After This Misfortune Grew Wicked And
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CHAPTER 4. How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were
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CHAPTER 5. How The Canaanites Brought The Israelites Under Slavery For
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CHAPTER 6. How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The
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CHAPTER 9. How Under Eli's Government Of The Israelites Booz Married
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CHAPTER 11. Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And
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CHAPTER 1. The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon
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CHAPTER 2. The Expedition Of The Philistines Against The Hebrews And The
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CHAPTER 3. How Samuel When He Was So Infirm With Old Age That He Could
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CHAPTER 5. Saul's Expedition Against The Nation Of The Ammonites And
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CHAPTER 8. How, Upon Saul's Transgression Of The Prophet's Commands,
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CHAPTER 9. How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The
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CHAPTER 10. Saul Envies David For His Glorious Success, And Takes An
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CHAPTER 11. How David, Upon Saul's Laying Snares For Him, Did Yet Escape
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CHAPTER 12. How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of
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CHAPTER 13. How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul
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CHAPTER 14. Now Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight
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CHAPTER 1. How David Reigned Over One Tribe At Hebron While The Son Of
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CHAPTER 3. How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The
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CHAPTER 4. That When David Had Conquered The Philistines Who Made War
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CHAPTER 5. How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites,
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CHAPTER 8. How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister;
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And
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CHAPTER 11. How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled
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CHAPTER 12. How The Hebrews Were Delivered From A Famine When The
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CHAPTER 13. That When David Had Numbered the People, They Were Punished;
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CHAPTER 14. That David Made Great Preparations For The House Of God; And
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CHAPTER 15. What Charge David Gave Tohis Son Solomon At The Approach Of
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BOOK VIII. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Sixty-Three
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CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And
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CHAPTER 4. How Solomon Removed The Ark Into The Temple How He Made
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CHAPTER 5. How Solomon Built Himself A Royal Palace, Very Costly And
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CHAPTER 6. How Solomon Fortified The City Of Jerusalem, And Built Great
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CHAPTER 7. How Solomon Grew Rich, And Fell Desperately In Love With
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CHAPTER 8. How, Upon The Death Of Solomon The People Forsook His Son
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CHAPTER 9. How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet
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CHAPTER 11. Concerning The Death Of A Son Of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam Was
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CHAPTER 12. How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And
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CHAPTER 13. How Ahab When He Had Taken Jezebel To Wife Became More
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CHAPTER 15. Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab
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BOOK IX. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven
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CHAPTER 3. How Joram And Jehoshaphat Made An Expedition Against The
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CHAPTER 4. Jehoram Succeeds Jehoshaphat; How Joram, His Namesake, King
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CHAPTER 6. How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both Joram And Ahaziah;
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CHAPTER 7. How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem For Five [Six] Years When
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CHAPTER 8. Hazael Makes An Expedition Against The People Of Israel And
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CHAPTER 9. How Amaziah Made An Expedition Against The Edomites And
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CHAPTER 10. Concerning Jeroboam King Of Israel And Jonah The Prophet;
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CHAPTER 11. How Zachariah Shallum, Menahem Pekahiah And Pekah Took The
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CHAPTER 12. How Upon The Death Of Jotham, Ahaz Reigned In His Stead;
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CHAPTER 13. How Pekah Died By The Treachery Of Hoshea Who Was A Little
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CHAPTER 14. How Shalmaneser Took Samaria By Force And How He
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BOOK X. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Eighty-Two Years And
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CHAPTER 1. How Sennacherib Made An Expedition Against Hezekiah; What
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CHAPTER 2. How Hezekiah Was Sick, And Ready To Die; And How God Bestowed
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CHAPTER 3. How Manasseh Reigned After Hezekiah; And How When He Was In
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CHAPTER 4. How Amon Reigned Instead Of Manasseh; And After Amon Reigned
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CHAPTER 5. How Josiah Fought With Neco [King Of Egypt.] And Was Wounded
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CHAPTER 6. How Nebuchadnezzar, When He Had Conquered The King Of Egypt
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CHAPTER 7. That The King Of Babylon Repented Of Making Jehoiachin King,
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CHAPTER 8. How The King Of Babylon Took Jerusalem And Burnt The Temple
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CHAPTER 9. How Nebuzaradan Set Gedaliah Over The Jews That Were Left In
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CHAPTER 11. Concerning Nebuchadnezzar And His Successors And How Their
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BOOK XI. Containing The Interval Of Two Hundred And Fifty-Three Years
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CHAPTER 1. How Cyrus, King Of The Persians, Delivered The Jews Out Of
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CHAPTER 2. How Upon The Death Of Cyrus The Jews Were Hindered In
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CHAPTER 3. How After The Death Of Cambyses And The Slaughter Of The Magi
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CHAPTER 6. Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The
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CHAPTER 7. How John Slew His Brother Jesus In The Temple; And How
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CHAPTER 8. Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They
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BOOK XII. Containing The Interval Of A Hundred And Seventy Years.—From
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CHAPTER 1. How Ptolemy The Son Of Lagus Took Jerusalem And Judea By
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CHAPTER 2. How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured The Laws Of The Jews To Be
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CHAPTER 4. How Antiochus Made A League With Ptolemy And How Onias
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CHAPTER 5. How, Upon The Quarrels One Against Another About The High
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CHAPTER 6. How, Upon Antiochus's Prohibition To The Jews To Make Use Of
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CHAPTER 7. How Judas Overthrew The Forces Of Apollonius And Seron And
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CHAPTER 8. How Judas Subdued The Nations Round About; And How Simon Beat
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Death Of Antiochus Epiphane. How Antiochus
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CHAPTER 10. How Bacchides, The General Of Demetrius's Army, Made An
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CHAPTER 11. That Bacchides Was Again Sent Out Against Judas; And How
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BOOK XIII. Containing The Interval Of Eighty-Two Years.—From The Death
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CHAPTER 1. How Jonathan Took The Government After His Brother Judas; And
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CHAPTER 2. How Alexander [Bala] In His War With Demetrius, Granted
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CHAPTER 3. The Friendship That Was Between Onias And Ptolemy Philometor;
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CHAPTER 4. How Alexander Honored Jonathan After An Extraordinary Manner;
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CHAPTER 5. How Trypho After He Had Beaten Demetrius Delivered The
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CHAPTER 6. How Jonathan Was Slain By Treachery; And How Thereupon The
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CHAPTER 7. How Simon Confederated Himself With Antiochus Pius, And Made
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CHAPTER 8. Hyrcanus Receives The High Priesthood, And Ejects Ptolemy Out
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CHAPTER 9. How, After The Death Of Antiochus, Hyrcanus Made An
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CHAPTER 10. How Upon The Quarrel Between Antiochus Grypus And Antiochus
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CHAPTER 11. How Aristobulus, When He Had Taken The Government First Of
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CHAPTER 12. How Alexander When He Had Taken The Government Made An
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CHAPTER 13. How Alexander, upon the League of Mutual Defense Which
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CHAPTER 14. How Demetrius Eucerus Overcame Alexander And Yet In A Little
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CHAPTER 15. How Antiochus, Who Was Called Dionysus, And After Him Aretas
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CHAPTER 16. How Alexandra By Gaining The Good-Will Of The Pharisees,
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CHAPTER 1. The War Between Aristobulus And Hyrcanus About The Kingdom;
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CHAPTER 2. How Aretas And Hyrcanus Made An Expedition Against
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CHAPTER 3. How Aristobulus And Hyrcanus Came To Pompey In Order To Argue
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CHAPTER 4. How Pompey When The Citizens Of Jerusalem Shut Their Gates
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CHAPTER 5. How Scaurus Made A League Of Mutual Assistance With Aretas;
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CHAPTER 6. How Gabinius Caught Aristobulus After He Had Fled From Rome,
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CHAPTER 7. How Crassus Came Into Judea, And Pillaged The Temple; And
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CHAPTER 8. The Jews Become Confederates With Cæsar When He Fought
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CHAPTER 9. How Antipater Committed The Care Of Galilee To Herod, And
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CHAPTER 10. The Honors That Were Paid The Jews; And The Leagues That
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CHAPTER 11. How Marcus, Succeeded Sextus When He Had Been Slain By
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CHAPTER 12. Herod Ejects Antigonus, The Son Of Aristobulus Out Of Judea,
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CHAPTER 13. How Antony Made Herod And Phasaelus Tetrarchs, After They
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CHAPTER 14. How Herod Got Away From The King Of Arabia And Made Haste To
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CHAPTER 15. How Herod Sailed Out Of Italy To Judea, And Fought With
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CHAPTER 16. How Herod, When He Had Married Mariamne Took Jerusalem With
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BOOK XV. Containing The Interval Of Eighteen Years.—From The Death Of
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CHAPTER 1. Concerning Pollio And Sameas. Herod Slays The Principal Of
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CHAPTER 2. How Hyrcanus Was Set At Liberty By The Parthians, And
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CHAPTER 3. How Herod Upon His Making Aristobulus High Priest Took Care
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CHAPTER 4. How Cleopatra, When She Had Gotten From Antony Some Parts Of
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CHAPTER 5. How Herod Made War With The King Of Arabia, And After They
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CHAPTER 6. How Herod Slew Hyrcanus And Then Hasted Away To Cæsar, And
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CHAPTER 7. How Herod Slew Sohemus And Mariamne And Afterward Alexandra
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CHAPTER 8. How Ten Men Of The Citizens [Of Jerusalem] Made A Conspiracy
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Famine That Happened In Judea And Syria; And
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CHAPTER 10. How Herod Sent His Sons To Rome; How Also He Was Accused By
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CHAPTER 11. How Herod Rebuilt The Temple And Raised It Higher And Made
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BOOK XVI. Containing The Interval Of Twelve Years.—From The Finishing Of
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CHAPTER 1. A Law Of Herod's About, Thieves. Salome And Pheroras
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CHAPTER 2. How Herod Twice Sailed To Agrippa; And How Upon The Complaint
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CHAPTER 3. How Great Disturbances Arose In Herods Family On His
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CHAPTER 4. How During Antipater's Abode At Rome, Herod Brought Alexander
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CHAPTER 5. How Herod Celebrated The Games That Were To Return Every
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CHAPTER 6. An Embassage In Cyrene And Asia To Cæsar, Concerning The
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CHAPTER 8. How Herod Took Up Alexander And Bound Him; Whom Yet Archelaus
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Revolt Of The Trachonites; How Sylleus Accused
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CHAPTER 10. How Eurycles Falsely Accused Herod's Sons; And How Their
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CHAPTER 11. How Herod, By Permission From Cæsar Accused His Sons Before
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BOOK XVII. Containing The Interval Of Fourteen Years.—From The Death Of
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CHAPTER 1. How Antipater Was Hated By All The Nation [Of The Jews] For
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CHAPTER 2. Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots
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CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Enmity Between Herod And Pheroras; How Herod
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CHAPTER 4. Pheroras's Wife Is Accused By His Freedmen, As Guilty Of
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CHAPTER 5. Antipater's Navigation From Rome To His Father; And How He
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CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition
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CHAPTER 7. Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And
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BOOK XVIII. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years.—From The
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CHAPTER 1. How Cyrenius Was Sent By Cæsar To Make A Taxation Of Syria
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CHAPTER 2. Now Herod And Philip Built Several Cities In Honor Of Cæsar.
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CHAPTER 3. Sedition Of The Jews Against Pontius Pilate. Concerning
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CHAPTER 4. How The Samaritans Made A Tumult And Pilate Destroyed Many Of
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CHAPTER 5. Herod The Tetrarch Makes War With Aretas, The King Of Arabia,
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CHAPTER 6. Of The Navigation Of King Agrippa To Rome, To Tiberius Cæsar;
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CHAPTER 8. Concerning The Embassage Of The Jews To Caius; [28] And How
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BOOK XIX. Containing The Interval Of Three Years And A Half.—From The
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CHAPTER 2. How The Senators Determined To Restore The Democracy; But The
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CHAPTER 3. How Claudius Was Seized Upon And Brought Out Of His House And
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CHAPTER 4. What Things King Agrippa Did For Claudius; And How Claudius
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CHAPTER 5. How Claudius Restored To Agrippa His Grandfathers Kingdoms
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CHAPTER 6. What Things Were Done By Agrippa At Jerusalem When He Was
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CHAPTER 7. Concerning Silas And On What Account It Was That King Agrippa
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CHAPTER 9. What Things Were Done After The Death Of Agrippa; And How
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CHAPTER 2. How Helena The Queen Of Adiabene And Her Son Izates, Embraced
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CHAPTER 3. How Artabanus, the King of Parthia out of Fear of the Secret
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CHAPTER 4. How Izates Was Betrayed By His Own Subjects, And Fought
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CHAPTER 5. Concerning Theudas And The Sons Of Judas The Galilean; As
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CHAPTER 6. How There Happened A Quarrel Between The Jews And The
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CHAPTER 8. After What Manner Upon The Death Of Claudius, Nero Succeeded
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning Albinus Under Whose Procuratorship James Was
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CHAPTER 11. Concerning Florus The Procurator, Who Necessitated The Jews
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BOOK I. Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And
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CHAPTER 1. The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The
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CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations
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CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In
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CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of
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CHAPTER 5. After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies,
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CHAPTER 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First
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CHAPTER 7. How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The
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CHAPTER 8. That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence
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CHAPTER 9. The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War.
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CHAPTER 10. How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And
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CHAPTER 11. How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His
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CHAPTER 12. Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of
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CHAPTER 13. Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham.
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CHAPTER 14. Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days.
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CHAPTER 15. How The Nation Of The Troglodytes Were Derived From Abraham
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CHAPTER 16. How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife.
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CHAPTER 17. Concerning The Death Of Abraham.
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CHAPTER 18. Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their
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CHAPTER 19. Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The
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CHAPTER 20. Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau.
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CHAPTER 21. Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity.
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CHAPTER 22. How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron.
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CHAPTER 1. How Esau And Jacob, Isaac's Sons Divided Their Habitation;
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CHAPTER 2. How Joseph, The Youngest Of Jacob's Sons, Was Envied By His
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CHAPTER 3. How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By
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CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph.
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CHAPTER 5. What Things Befell Joseph In Prison.
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CHAPTER 6. How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His
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CHAPTER 7. The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him,
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CHAPTER 8. Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph.
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CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt,
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CHAPTER 10. How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians.
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CHAPTER 11. How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian.
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CHAPTER 12. Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses.
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CHAPTER 13. How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh.
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CHAPTER 14. Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians.
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CHAPTER 15. How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt.
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CHAPTER 16. How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They
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CHAPTER 1. How Moses When He Had Brought The People Out Of Egypt Led
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CHAPTER 2. How The Amalekites And The Neighbouring Nations, Made War
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CHAPTER 3. That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He
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CHAPTER 4. How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order,
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CHAPTER 5. How Moses Ascended Up To Mount Sinai, And Received Laws From
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CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Tabernacle Which Moses Built In The Wilderness
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CHAPTER 7. Concerning The Garments Of The Priests, And Of The High
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CHAPTER 8. Of The Priesthood Of Aaron.
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CHAPTER 9. The Manner Of Our Offering Sacrifices.
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CHAPTER 10. Concerning The Festivals; And How Each Day Of Such Festival
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CHAPTER 11. Of The Purifications.
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CHAPTER 12. Several Laws.
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CHAPTER 13. Moses Removed From Mount Sinai, And Conducted The People To
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CHAPTER 14. How Moses Sent Some Persons To Search Out The Land Of The
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CHAPTER 15. How Moses Was Displeased At This, And Foretold That God Was
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Part I. ch. 23. p. 168. The other name of it, Horeb, is never used by
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BOOK IV. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Eight Years.—From The
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CHAPTER 1. Fight Of The Hebrews With The Canaanites Without The Consent
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CHAPTER 2. The Sedition Of Corah And Of The Multitude Against Moses, And
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CHAPTER 3. How Those That Stirred Up This Sedition Were Destroyed,
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CHAPTER 4. What Happened To The Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years In The
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CHAPTER 5. How Moses Conquered Sihon And Og Kings Of The Amorites, And
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CHAPTER 6. Concerning Balaam The Prophet And What Kind Of Man He Was.
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CHAPTER 7. How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame
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CHAPTER 8. The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From
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BOOK V. Containing The Interval Of Four Hundred And Seventy-Six
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CHAPTER 1. How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The
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CHAPTER 2. How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The
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CHAPTER 3. How The Israelites After This Misfortune Grew Wicked And
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CHAPTER 4. How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were
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CHAPTER 5. How The Canaanites Brought The Israelites Under Slavery For
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CHAPTER 6. How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The
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CHAPTER 7. That The Judges Who Succeeded Gideon Made War With The
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CHAPTER 8. Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He
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CHAPTER 9. How Under Eli's Government Of The Israelites Booz Married
265
CHAPTER 10. Concerning The Birth Of Samuel; And How He Foretold The
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CHAPTER 11. Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And
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CHAPTER 1. The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon
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CHAPTER 2. The Expedition Of The Philistines Against The Hebrews And The
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CHAPTER 3. How Samuel When He Was So Infirm With Old Age That He Could
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CHAPTER 4. The Appointment Of A King Over The Israelites, Whose Name Was
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CHAPTER 5. Saul's Expedition Against The Nation Of The Ammonites And
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CHAPTER 6. How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The
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CHAPTER 7. Saul's War With The Amalekites, And Conquest Of Them.
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CHAPTER 8. How, Upon Saul's Transgression Of The Prophet's Commands,
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CHAPTER 9. How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The
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CHAPTER 10. Saul Envies David For His Glorious Success, And Takes An
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CHAPTER 11. How David, Upon Saul's Laying Snares For Him, Did Yet Escape
278
CHAPTER 12. How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of
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CHAPTER 13. How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul
280
CHAPTER 14. How Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight
281
CHAPTER 1. How David Reigned Over One Tribe At Hebron While The Son Of
282
CHAPTER 2. That Upon The Slaughter Of Ishbosheth By The Treachery Of His
283
CHAPTER 3. How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The
284
CHAPTER 4. That When David Had Conquered The Philistines Who Made War
285
CHAPTER 5. How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites,
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CHAPTER 6. How The War Was Waged Against The Ammonites And Happily
287
CHAPTER 7. How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband
288
CHAPTER 8. How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister;
289
CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And
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CHAPTER 10. How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His
291
CHAPTER 11. How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled
292
CHAPTER 12. How The Hebrews Were Delivered From A Famine When The
293
CHAPTER 13. That When David Had Numbered the People, They Were Punished;
294
CHAPTER 14. That David Made Great Preparations For The House Of God; And
295
CHAPTER 15. What Charge David Gave To his Son Solomon At The Approach Of
296
BOOK VIII. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Sixty-Three
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CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And
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CHAPTER 4. How Solomon Removed The Ark Into The Temple How He Made
299
CHAPTER 5. How Solomon Built Himself A Royal Palace, Very Costly And
300
CHAPTER 6. How Solomon Fortified The City Of Jerusalem, And Built Great
301
CHAPTER 7. How Solomon Grew Rich, And Fell Desperately In Love With
302
CHAPTER 8. How, Upon The Death Of Solomon The People Forsook His Son
303
CHAPTER 9. How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet
304
CHAPTER 11. Concerning The Death Of A Son Of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam Was
305
CHAPTER 12. How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And
306
CHAPTER 13. How Ahab When He Had Taken Jezebel To Wife Became More
307
CHAPTER 15. Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab
308
BOOK VIII. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Sixty-Three
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CHAPTER 1. How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His
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CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And
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CHAPTER 3. Of The Building Of This Temple
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CHAPTER 4. How Solomon Removed The Ark Into The Temple How He Made
313
CHAPTER 5. How Solomon Built Himself A Royal Palace, Very Costly And
314
CHAPTER 6. How Solomon Fortified The City Of Jerusalem, And Built Great
315
CHAPTER 7. How Solomon Grew Rich, And Fell Desperately In Love With
316
CHAPTER 8. How, Upon The Death Of Solomon The People Forsook His Son
317
CHAPTER 9. How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet
318
CHAPTER 10. Concerning Rehoboam, And How God Inflicted Punishment Upon
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CHAPTER 11. Concerning The Death Of A Son Of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam Was
320
CHAPTER 12. How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And
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CHAPTER 13. How Ahab When He Had Taken Jezebel To Wife Became More
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CHAPTER 14. How Hadad King Of Damascus And Of Syria, Made Two
323
CHAPTER 15. Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab
324
BOOK IX. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven
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CHAPTER 1. Concerning Jehoshaphat Again; How He Constituted Judges And,
326
CHAPTER 2. Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning
327
CHAPTER 3. How Joram And Jehoshaphat Made An Expedition Against The
328
CHAPTER 4. Jehoram Succeeds Jehoshaphat; How Joram, His Namesake, King
329
CHAPTER 5. Concerning The Wickedness Of Jehoram King Of Jerusalem; His
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CHAPTER 6. How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both Joram And Ahaziah;
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CHAPTER 7. How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem For Five [Six] Years When
332
CHAPTER 8. Hazael Makes An Expedition Against The People Of Israel And
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CHAPTER 9. How Amaziah Made An Expedition Against The Edomites And
334
CHAPTER 10. Concerning Jeroboam King Of Israel And Jonah The Prophet;
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CHAPTER 11. How Zachariah Shallum, Menahem Pekahiah And Pekah Took The
336
CHAPTER 12. How Upon The Death Of Jotham, Ahaz Reigned In His Stead;
337
CHAPTER 13. How Pekah Died By The Treachery Of Hoshea Who Was A Little
338
CHAPTER 14. How Shalmaneser Took Samaria By Force And How He
339
BOOK X. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Eighty-Two Years And
340
CHAPTER 1. How Sennacherib Made An Expedition Against Hezekiah; What
341
CHAPTER 2. How Hezekiah Was Sick, And Ready To Die; And How God Bestowed
342
CHAPTER 3. How Manasseh Reigned After Hezekiah; And How When He Was In
343
CHAPTER 4. How Amon Reigned Instead Of Manasseh; And After Amon Reigned
344
CHAPTER 5. How Josiah Fought With Neco [King Of Egypt.] And Was Wounded
345
CHAPTER 6. How Nebuchadnezzar, When He Had Conquered The King Of Egypt
346
CHAPTER 7. That The King Of Babylon Repented Of Making Jehoiachin King,
347
CHAPTER 8. How The King Of Babylon Took Jerusalem And Burnt The Temple
348
CHAPTER 9. How Nebuzaradan Set Gedaliah Over The Jews That Were Left In
349
CHAPTER 10. Concerning Daniel And What Befell Him At Babylon.
350
CHAPTER 11. Concerning Nebuchadnezzar And His Successors And How Their
351
BOOK XI. Containing The Interval Of Two Hundred And Fifty-Three Years
352
CHAPTER 1. How Cyrus, King Of The Persians, Delivered The Jews Out Of
353
CHAPTER 2. How Upon The Death Of Cyrus The Jews Were Hindered In
354
CHAPTER 3. How After The Death Of Cambyses And The Slaughter Of The Magi
355
CHAPTER 4. How The Temple Was Built While The Cutheans Endeavored In
356
CHAPTER 5. How Xerxes The Son Of Darius Was Well Disposed To The Jews;
357
CHAPTER 6. Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The
358
CHAPTER 7. How John Slew His Brother Jesus In The Temple; And How
359
CHAPTER 8. Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They
360
BOOK XII. Containing The Interval Of A Hundred And Seventy Years.—From
361
CHAPTER 1. How Ptolemy The Son Of Lagus Took Jerusalem And Judea By
362
CHAPTER 2. How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured The Laws Of The Jews To Be
363
CHAPTER 3. How The Kings Of Asia Honored The Nation Of The Jews And Made
364
CHAPTER 4. How Antiochus Made A League With Ptolemy And How Onias
365
CHAPTER 5. How, Upon The Quarrels One Against Another About The High
366
CHAPTER 6. How, Upon Antiochus's Prohibition To The Jews To Make Use Of
367
CHAPTER 7. How Judas Overthrew The Forces Of Apollonius And Seron And
368
CHAPTER 8. How Judas Subdued The Nations Round About; And How Simon Beat
369
CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Death Of Antiochus Epiphane. How Antiochus
370
CHAPTER 10. How Bacchides, The General Of Demetrius's Army, Made An
371
CHAPTER 11. That Bacchides Was Again Sent Out Against Judas; And How
372
BOOK XIII. Containing The Interval Of Eighty-Two Years.—From The Death
373
CHAPTER 1. How Jonathan Took The Government After His Brother Judas; And
374
CHAPTER 2. How Alexander [Bala] In His War With Demetrius, Granted
375
CHAPTER 3. The Friendship That Was Between Onias And Ptolemy Philometor;
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CHAPTER 4. How Alexander Honored Jonathan After An Extraordinary Manner;
377
CHAPTER 5. How Trypho After He Had Beaten Demetrius Delivered The
378
CHAPTER 6. How Jonathan Was Slain By Treachery; And How Thereupon The
379
CHAPTER 7. How Simon Confederated Himself With Antiochus Pius, And Made
380
CHAPTER 8. Hyrcanus Receives The High Priesthood, And Ejects Ptolemy Out
381
CHAPTER 9. How, After The Death Of Antiochus, Hyrcanus Made An
382
CHAPTER 10. How Upon The Quarrel Between Antiochus Grypus And Antiochus
383
CHAPTER 11. How Aristobulus, When He Had Taken The Government First Of
384
CHAPTER 12. How Alexander When He Had Taken The Government Made An
385
CHAPTER 13. How Alexander, upon the League of Mutual Defense Which
386
CHAPTER 14. How Demetrius Eucerus Overcame Alexander And Yet In A Little
387
CHAPTER 15. How Antiochus, Who Was Called Dionysus, And After Him Aretas
388
CHAPTER 16. How Alexandra By Gaining The Good-Will Of The Pharisees,
389
CHAPTER 1. The War Between Aristobulus And Hyrcanus About The Kingdom;
390
CHAPTER 2. How Aretas And Hyrcanus Made An Expedition Against
391
CHAPTER 3. How Aristobulus And Hyrcanus Came To Pompey In Order To Argue
392
CHAPTER 4. How Pompey When The Citizens Of Jerusalem Shut Their Gates
393
CHAPTER 5. How Scaurus Made A League Of Mutual Assistance With Aretas;
394
CHAPTER 6. How Gabinius Caught Aristobulus After He Had Fled From Rome,
395
CHAPTER 7. How Crassus Came Into Judea, And Pillaged The Temple; And
396
CHAPTER 8. The Jews Become Confederates With Cæsar When He Fought
397
CHAPTER 9. How Antipater Committed The Care Of Galilee To Herod, And
398
CHAPTER 10. The Honors That Were Paid The Jews; And The Leagues That
399
CHAPTER 11. How Marcus, Succeeded Sextus When He Had Been Slain By
400
CHAPTER 12. Herod Ejects Antigonus, The Son Of Aristobulus Out Of Judea,
401
CHAPTER 13. How Antony Made Herod And Phasaelus Tetrarchs, After They
402
CHAPTER 14. How Herod Got Away From The King Of Arabia And Made Haste To
403
CHAPTER 15. How Herod Sailed Out Of Italy To Judea, And Fought With
404
CHAPTER 16. How Herod, When He Had Married Mariamne Took Jerusalem With
405
BOOK XV. Containing The Interval Of Eighteen Years.—From The Death Of
406
CHAPTER 1. Concerning Pollio And Sameas. Herod Slays The Principal Of
407
CHAPTER 2. How Hyrcanus Was Set At Liberty By The Parthians, And
408
CHAPTER 3. How Herod Upon His Making Aristobulus High Priest Took Care
409
CHAPTER 4. How Cleopatra, When She Had Gotten From Antony Some Parts Of
410
CHAPTER 5. How Herod Made War With The King Of Arabia, And After They
411
CHAPTER 6. How Herod Slew Hyrcanus And Then Hasted Away To Cæsar, And
412
CHAPTER 7. How Herod Slew Sohemus And Mariamne And Afterward Alexandra
413
CHAPTER 8. How Ten Men Of The Citizens [Of Jerusalem] Made A Conspiracy
414
CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Famine That Happened In Judea And Syria; And
415
CHAPTER 10. How Herod Sent His Sons To Rome; How Also He Was Accused By
416
CHAPTER 11. How Herod Rebuilt The Temple And Raised It Higher And Made
417
BOOK XVI. Containing The Interval Of Twelve Years.—From The Finishing Of
418
CHAPTER 1. A Law Of Herod's About, Thieves. Salome And Pheroras
419
CHAPTER 2. How Herod Twice Sailed To Agrippa; And How Upon The Complaint
420
CHAPTER 3 How Great Disturbances Arose In Herods Family On His Preferring
421
CHAPTER 4. How During Antipater's Abode At Rome, Herod Brought Alexander
422
CHAPTER 5. How Herod Celebrated The Games That Were To Return Every
423
CHAPTER 6. An Embassage In Cyrene And Asia To Cæsar, Concerning The
424
CHAPTER 7. How, Upon Herod's Going Down Into David's Sepulcher, The
425
CHAPTER 8. How Herod Took Up Alexander And Bound Him; Whom Yet Archelaus
426
CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Revolt Of The Trachonites; How Sylleus Accused
427
CHAPTER 10. How Eurycles Falsely Accused Herod's Sons; And How Their
428
CHAPTER 11. How Herod, By Permission From Cæsar Accused His Sons Before
429
BOOK XVII. Containing The Interval Of Fourteen Years.—From The Death Of
430
CHAPTER 1. How Antipater Was Hated By All The Nation [Of The Jews] For
431
CHAPTER 2. Concerning Zamaris, The Babylonian Jew; Concerning The Plots
432
CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Enmity Between Herod And Pheroras; How Herod
433
CHAPTER 4. Pheroras's Wife Is Accused By His Freedmen, As Guilty Of
434
CHAPTER 5. Antipater's Navigation From Rome To His Father; And How He
435
CHAPTER 6. Concerning The Disease That Herod Fell Into And The Sedition
436
CHAPTER 7. Herod Has Thoughts Of Killing Himself With His Own Hand; And
437
CHAPTER 8. Concerning Herod's Death, And Testament, And Burial.
438
CHAPTER 9. How The People Raised A Sedition Against Archelaus, And How
439
CHAPTER 10. A Sedition Against Sabinus; And How Varus Brought The
440
CHAPTER 11. An Embassage To Cæsar; And How Cæsar Confirmed Herod's
441
CHAPTER 12. Concerning A Spurious Alexander.
442
CHAPTER 13. How Archelaus Upon A Second Accusation, Was Banished To
443
BOOK XVIII. Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years.—From The
444
CHAPTER 1. How Cyrenius Was Sent By Cæsar To Make A Taxation Of Syria
445
CHAPTER 2. How Herod And Philip Built Several Cities In Honor Of Cæsar.
446
CHAPTER 3. Sedition Of The Jews Against Pontius Pilate. Concerning
447
CHAPTER 4. How The Samaritans Made A Tumult And Pilate Destroyed Many Of
448
CHAPTER 5. Herod The Tetrarch Makes War With Aretas, The King Of Arabia,
449
CHAPTER 6. Of The Navigation Of King Agrippa To Rome, To Tiberius Cæsar;
450
CHAPTER 7. How Herod The Tetrarch Was Banished.
451
CHAPTER 8. Concerning The Embassage Of The Jews To Caius; 28 And How
452
CHAPTER 9. What Befell The Jews That Were In Babylon On Occasion Of
453
BOOK XIX. Containing The Interval Of Three Years And A Half.—From The
454
CHAPTER 1. How Caius 1 Was Slain By Cherea.
455
CHAPTER 2. How The Senators Determined To Restore The Democracy; But The
456
CHAPTER 3. How Claudius Was Seized Upon And Brought Out Of His House And
457
CHAPTER 4. What Things King Agrippa Did For Claudius; And How Claudius
458
CHAPTER 5. How Claudius Restored To Agrippa His Grandfathers Kingdoms
459
CHAPTER 6. What Things Were Done By Agrippa At Jerusalem When He Was
460
CHAPTER 7. Concerning Silas And On What Account It Was That King Agrippa
461
CHAPTER 8. What Other Acts Were Done By Agrippa Until His Death; And
462
CHAPTER 9. What Things Were Done After The Death Of Agrippa; And How
463
CHAPTER 1. A Sedition Of The Philadelphians Against The Jews; And Also
464
CHAPTER 2. How Helena The Queen Of Adiabene And Her Son Izates, Embraced
465
CHAPTER 3. How Artabanus, the King of Parthia out of Fear of the Secret
466
CHAPTER 4. How Izates Was Betrayed By His Own Subjects, And Fought
467
CHAPTER 5. Concerning Theudas And The Sons Of Judas The Galilean; As
468
CHAPTER 6. How There Happened A Quarrel Between The Jews And The
469
CHAPTER 7. Felix Is Made Procurator Of Judea; As Also Concerning
470
CHAPTER 8. After What Manner Upon The Death Of Claudius, Nero Succeeded
471
CHAPTER 9. Concerning Albinus Under Whose Procuratorship James Was
472
CHAPTER 10. An Enumeration Of The High Priests.
473
CHAPTER 11. Concerning Florus The Procurator, Who Necessitated The Jews
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CHAPTER 3. How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By
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