The years of the world are Calmet's, from the Creation; beside them stand the years before Christ, and, from the birth of Christ, the years of Jesus Christ and of the Vulgar Era. Under each page of the table is the page as printed in 1732.
Year of the World 1. Of the Julian Period 710. Year before Christ 4000. Year before the Vulgar Æra 4004.
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| 1 | THE Creation of Matter, or of the Chaos. I. Day. The Creation of Light. II. Day. The Creation of the Firmament. III. Day. The Creation of the Sea, the Waters, the Plants, and Trees. IV. Day. The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. V. Day. The Creation of the Fishes, and Birds. VI. Day. The Creation of the Land-Animals, and of Man. God causes all the Animals to appear before Adam. Adam gives them Names. God creates the Woman; he takes her out of the Side of Man, and gives her him for a Wife. He brings them into the earthly Paradise. VII. Day. God rests himself after he had finish'd the Work of Creation; he sanctifies the Repose of the Sabbath. X. Day. The Devil tempts Eve, by means of the Serpent. Eve disobeys God, and persuades her Husband Adam to be disobedient also. God drives them out of Paradise a few days after their Creation, and perhaps on the tenth Day of the World. | 4000 |
| 2 | The Birth of Cain, the Son of Adam and Eve. | 3999 |
| 3 | The Birth of Abel. | 3998 |
| 129 | Cain kills his Brother Abel. | 3871 |
| 130 | The Birth of Seth, the Son of Adam and Eve. | 3870 |
| 235 | The Birth of Enos, the Son of Seth. | 3765 |
| 325 | The Birth of Cainan, the Son of Enos. | 3675 |
| 395 | The Birth of Mahalaleel, the Son of Cainan. | 3605 |
| 460 | The Birth of Jared, the Son of Mahalaleel. | 3540 |
| 622 | The Birth of Enoch, the Son of Jared. | 3378 |
| 687 | The Birth of Methuselah, the Son of Enoch. | 3313 |
| 874 | The Birth of Lamech, the Son of Methuselah. | 3126 |
| 930 | The Death of Adam, aged 930 Years. | 3070 |
| 987 | Enoch translated, after he had lived 365 Years. | 3013 |
| 1042 | The Death of Seth, the Son of Adam, aged 912 Years. | 2958 |
| 1056 | The Birth of Noah, the Son of Lamech. | 2944 |
| 1140 | The Death of Enos, aged 905 Years. | 2860 |
| 1235 | The Death of Cainan, aged 910 Years. | 2765 |
| 1290 | The Death of Mahalaleel, aged 895 Years. | 2710 |
| 1422 | The Death of Jared, aged 962 Years. | 2578 |
| 1536 | God informs Noah of the future Deluge, and sends him to preach Repentance to Mankind, 120 Years before the Deluge. 1 Pet. iii. 20. 2 Pet. ii. 5. Gen. vi. 3. | 2464 |
| 1556 | The Birth of Japheth, the eldest Son of Noah. Gen. v. 31. x. 21. | 2444 |
| 1558 | The Birth of Shem, the second Son of Noah. | 2442 |
| 1651 | The Death of Lamech, the Father of Noah, aged 777 Years. | 2349 |
| 1656 | The Death of Methuselah, he that had lived the longest of Men. He died at the age of 969 Years. Gen. v. 27. in the very Year of the Deluge. God | 2344 |
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| 1656 | God commanded Noah to prepare to enter into the Ark, on the tenth Day of the second Month, which answers to November and December. On the seventeenth Day of the same Month, Noah enters into the Ark, with his Wife, his Children, and the three Wives of his three Sons. It rains upon the Earth for 40 Days and 40 Nights. The Waters continue upon the Earth for 150 Days. The seventeenth Day of the seventh Month the Ark rests upon the Mountain of Ararat. The first Day of the tenth Month the tops of the Mountains began to be discover'd. Gen. viii. 34. Forty Days afterwards Noah sent forth the Raven. Gen. viii. 6, Seven Days after Noah sent out the Dove. It return'd, and seven Days after he sent it out again: It return'd in the Evening, bringing an Olivebranch in its Beak. After seven Days more he sent it forth again, and then it return'd to him no more. Gen. viii. 8, 12. | 2344 7 |
| 1657 | Noah being now 601 Years old, the first Day of the first Month he takes off the Roof of the Ark. The twenty seventh Day of the second Month Noah comes out of the Ark. He offers to God Sacrifices of Thanksgiving. God permits Men the use of Flesh; he gives the Rain-bow as a Pledge, that he would send no more an universal Deluge. Gen. viii. 9. | 2343 |
| 1658 | The Birth of Arphaxad, the Son of Shem. | 2342 |
| 1663 | About 7 Years after the Deluge, Noah, having planted a Vineyard, drank of the Wine to excess; and falling asleep, uncover'd himself in an indecent manner, in his Tent. Ham expos'd him for it; and Noah at his awaking cursed Canaan the Son of Ham, who might then be about or 7 Years old. | 2337 6 |
| 1693 | The Birth of Salab, Son of Arphaxad. | 2307 |
| 1723 | The Birth of Heber, Son of Salah. | 2277 |
| 1757 | The Birth of Phaleg, Son of Heber. 1770'Twas about this time that Men undertook the building of the Tower of Babel, where God confounded their Language, and forced them to disperse themselves into the different Parts of the World. 1771'Tis here may be fixt the beginning of the Assyrian Monarchy, founded by Nimrod. Gen. x. 9, 10. From this Year to the taking of Babylon by Alexander the Great, are reckon'd 1903 Years, which is just the number of Years that Callisthenes found, in the Astronomical Calculations of the Chaldeans. Porphyr. apud Simplic. l. 2. de Cœlo. The Egyptian Empire began about the same time, by Ham the Father of Mizraim. This Empire continued for 1663 Years, till the taking of Egypt by Cambyses. Constantin. Manass. in Annalib. | 2243 2230 2229 |
| 1787 | The Birth of Reu, the Son of Phaleg. | 2213 |
| 1819 | The Birth of Serug, the Son of Reu. | 2181 |
| 1849 | The Birth of Nabor, the Son of Serug. | 2151 |
| 1878 | The Birth of Terah, the Son of Nabor. | 2122 |
| 1948 | The Birth of Haran, the Son of Terah. | 2052 |
| 2006 | The Death of Noah, aged 950 Years. | 1994 |
| 2008 | The Birth of Abram, the Son of Terah. | 1992 |
| 2018 | The Birth of Sarai, the Wife of Abram. | 1982 |
| 2083 | The Calling of Abram from Ur of the Chaldees. He goes into the City of Charre, or Haran, of Mesopotamia. His Father Terah dies there, aged Years. Gen. xxxi. 31, 32. | 1917 205 |
| 2083 | The second Calling of Abram out of the City of Haran. He comes into the Land of Promise with Sarah his Wife, and Lot his Nephew, and dwells at Sichem. | 1917 |
| 2084 | Abram goes down into Egypt. Pharaoh takes away his Wife, and soon restores her again. Abram goes out of Egypt; he and Lot separate from each other. | 1916 |
| 2091 | The Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah revolt from Chedorlaomer. Chedor- | 1909 |
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| 2092 | Chedorlaomer, and his Allies, come to make War with the Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the rest that had withdrawn from their Obedience. These are overcome, Sodom is pillaged, Lot is taken Captive by the Enemy; Abram pursues them, disperses them, retakes the Booty, and rescues Lot. Melchizedeck blesses him. The Lord makes a Covenant with Abram, and promises him a numerous Posterity. Gen. xv. | 1908 |
| 2093 | Sarai gives her Maid Hagar for a Wife to her Husband Abram. | 1907 |
| 2094 | The Birth of Ishmael, the Son of Abram and Hagar. Abram was then Years old. Gen. xvi. 16. | 86 1906 |
| 2107 | The new Covenant of the Lord with Abram. God promises him a numerous Posterity. Gen. xvii. God changes his name from Abram to Abraham, and that of Sarai to Sarah. The Institution of Circumcision. Abraham entertains three Angels under the appearance of Travellers; they promise him the Birth of Isaac. Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, are burnt by fire from Heaven. Lot is preserv'd. He retires to Zoar. He commits Incest with his Daughters. | 1893 |
| 2108 | Abraham departs from the Plain of Mamre, and goes to Beer-sheba. | 1892 |
| 2115 | The Birth of Isaac, the Son of Abraham and Sarah. Gen. xvii. Sarah having seen Ishmael at play with Isaac, made Abraham to turn away Hagar and Ishmael. Hagar causes her Son Ishmael to take an Egyptian Woman to Wife, by whom he had several Children. | 1885 |
| 2133 | The Covenant between Abraham and Abimelech, King of Gerar. Gen. xxi. Abraham is about to offer his Son Isaac to God for a Burnt-offering. Gen. xxii. | 1867 |
| 2145 | The Death of Sarah, Abraham's Wife, aged 127 Years. Gen. xxiii. 1, 2. | 1855 |
| 2148 | Abraham sends his Steward Eliezar into Mesopotamia, to ask for a Wife for his Son Isaac, who was 40 Years of Age. Gen. xxv. 20. Eliezar brings Rebekah to him. Gen. xxiv, xxv. | 1852 |
| 2150 | The Marriage of Abraham and Keturah, by whom he had several Children. | 1850 |
| 2158 | The Death of Shem, the Son of Noah, 500 Years after the Birth of Arphaxad. | 1842 |
| 2167 | Rebekah continuing Barren for nineteen Years, Isaac intercedes for her, and obtains for her the favour of Conception. | 1833 |
| 2168 | The Birth of Jacob and Esau, Isaac being 60 Years old. Gen. xxv. 24, | 26 1832 |
| 2184 | The Death of Abraham, aged 175 Years. | 1817 |
| 2187 | The Death of Heber, aged 464 Years. | 1813 |
| 2200 | Isaac goes to Gerar. God renews to him the Promises that he had made to his Father Abraham. Isaac makes a Covenant with Abimelech King of Gerar. | 1800 |
| 2208 | The Marriage of Esau with Canaanitish Women. The Deluge of Ogyges in Attica, 1020 Years before the first Olympiad. | 1792 |
| 2231 | The Death of Ishmael, the eldest Son of Abraham. He was 137 Years old. | 1769 |
| 2245 | Isaac against his first Intention, gives his Blessing to Jacob, instead of giving it to Esau. Jacob withdraws into Mesopotamia, to his Uncle Laban. There he marries Leah, then Rachel. | 1755 |
| 2246 | The Birth of Reuben, Son of Jacob and Leah. | 1754 |
| 2247 | The Birth of Simeon, the Son of Leah. | 1753 |
| 2248 | The Birth of Levi, the Son of Leah. | 1752 |
| 2249 | The Birth of Judah, the Son of Leah. | 1751 |
| 2259 | The Birth of Joseph, the Son of Jacob and Rachel. Jacob was then 90 Years old. Jacob | 1741 |
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| 2265 | Jacob takes a resolution of returning to his Parents in the Land of Canaan. Laban pursues him, and overtakes him upon the Mountains of Gilead. Esau comes to meet him, and receives him with much Affection. Jacob arrives at Shechem. | 1735 |
| 2273 | Dinah, Jacob's Daughter, having had the curiosity to go to see the Festivals of the Canaanites, is ravish'd by Shechem the Son of Hamor. Dinah's Brothers revenge this Affront by the Death of the Shechemites. The Birth of Benjamin, the Son of Rachel. | 1727 |
| 2276 | Joseph being now seventeen Years old, tells his Father Jacob his Brothers Faults, which made them hate him, and sell him to Strangers, who took him into Egypt, where he was sold again as a Slave to Potiphar. About this time Judah marries the Daughter of Shuah a Canaanite, by whom he had Er, Onan, and Shelah. | 1724 |
| 2286 | Joseph is tempted by the Wife of his Master Potiphar; he refuses her, and is put into Prison. | 1714 |
| 2287 | He explains the Dreams of the two Officers of King Pharaoh. | 1713 |
| 2288 | The Death of Isaac, aged 180 Years. | 1712 |
| 2289 | Pharaoh's Dreams explain'd by Joseph. He is set at liberty, and made Governour of all Egypt. The beginning of the seven Years of Plenty, foretold by Joseph. | 1711 1710 |
| 2290 | The Birth of Manasseh, Son of Joseph. | |
| 2291 | The Birth of Ephraim, the second Son of Joseph. | 1709 |
| 2296 | The beginning of the seven Years of Scarcity, foretold by Joseph. | 1704 |
| 2297 | Joseph's ten Brethren come into Egypt to buy Corn. Joseph keeps Simeon, nor lets his other Brethren go, but upon promise of bringing their younger Brother Benjamin. | 1703 |
| 2298 | Joseph's Brethren return into Egypt with their Brother Benjamin. Joseph discovers himself to them, and engages them to come into Egypt with their Father. Jacob comes thither with his whole Family, being then Years old. | 1702 130 |
| 2300 | Joseph gets into his hands all the Money that was in Egypt, and puts it into the King's Treasury. | 1700 |
| 2301 | Joseph gets all the Cattle of the Country for the King, the People being obliged to sell them, to have wherewithal to subsist. | 1699 |
| 2302 | The Egyptians sell their Lands and Liberties to Pharaoh, for a maintenance. | 1698 |
| 2302 | The end of the seven Years of Scarcity. Joseph returns the Egyptians their Cattle and their Lands, on condition that they should give the King the fifth part of the Produce of their Labour. | 1698 |
| 2315 | Jacob's last Sickness. He gives his Blessing to Ephraim and Manasseh; foretels what should happen to all his Sons, desires to be buried with his Fathers. He dies, aged 147 Years. | 1695 |
| 2369 | The Death of Joseph, aged 110 Years. He foretels the Departure of the Israelites out of Egypt, and desires his Bones may be taken with them into the Land of Canaan. | 1631 |
| 2385 | The Death of Levi, aged 137 Years. | 1615 |
| 2427 | A new King in Egypt, who knew neither Joseph, nor the Services he had done for the Country. He begins to persecute the Israelites. About this time lived Job, famous for his Wisdom and Virtue, as well as for his exemplary Patience. He was descended from Isaac by Esau. Isaac. Jacob. Esau. Joseph. Raguel. Ephraim. Zara. Beriah. Job. The I | 1573 |
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| The Birth of Aaron, Son of Amram and Jocabed. | ||
| 2433 | The Birth of Moses, Brother to Aaron. He is exposed upon the Banks of the Nile, and found by Pharaoh's Daughter, who gives him to Jocabed to nurse, and adopts him for her own Son. Moses goes to visit his Brethren; kills an Egyptian that insulted an Hebrew. But being inform'd that Pharaoh knew what he had done, he retires into the Country of Midian, where he marries Zipporah, the Daughter of Jethro. He had two Sons by her, Gershon and Eliezer. The Lord appear'd to Moses in a burning Bush, as he was feeding his Father-in-law's Flocks, and sent him into Egypt, to deliver the Israelites from the Oppression under which they groan'd. He returns into Egypt. His Brother Aaron comes to meet him, as far as Mount Horeb. The two Brothers present themselves before Pharaoh, and declare to him the Commands of the Lord. Pharaoh refuses to set the Israelites at liberty, and loads them with new Burdens. Moses performs several Miracles in his presence. The first Plague of Egypt. Water changed into Blood. About the 18th day of the sixth Month. II. Plague. Frogs cover the Land, and come into all the Houses. About the 25th day of the same Month. III. Plague. Gnats or Lice. The 17th day of the same Month. IV. Flies of all sorts. About the 28th and 29th of the same Month. V. The Murrain upon the Cattle. About the first day of the seventh Month, which afterwards was the first Month of the holy Year. VI. The Boyls. About the third day of the same seventh Month. VII. Hail, Thunder, and Fire from Heaven. The fourth day of the seventh Month. VIII. The Locusts that infested all Egypt. The seventh day of the same Month. IX. The palpable Darkness. The tenth day of the same Month. On this Day Moses appointed, that this Month for the future should be the first Month, according to the sacred Style. He established the Celebration of the Passover, and set apart the Paschal Lamb, which was to be sacrificed four days afterwards. X. The Death of the First-born, in the Night of the 14th or 15th of the Month Abib. This same Night the Israelites celebrated the first Passover, and Pharaoh compell'd them to go out of Egypt. They depart from Rameses. From thence they went the first day to Succoth; from Succoth to Etham. From Etham they turn'd about towards the South, and came to encamp at Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the Sea, over against Baal-zephon. Pharaoh repenting that he had let them go, pursues them with his Army, and overtakes them at Pi-hahiroth. God gave the Hebrews a Pillar of Cloud to guide and protect them. Moses struck the Sea with his miraculous Rod, and God divided the Waters, so that the Israelites went thro' it on dry Ground. The Egyptians thinking to pass thro' after them, were all drowned; on the 21st of the first Month. Moses having pass'd over the Sea, was now in the Wilderness of Etham; and after they had march'd for three days in the Desart, the Israelites arrived at Marah, where Moses sweeten'd the Waters, by throwing in a certain Wood. From Marah they came to Elim, where they found twelve Fountains, and seventy Palm-trees. From Elim they came to the Red-Sea, then into the Desart of Sin, where God sent them Manna. From thence they went to Dophcah, Alush, and Rephidim, where Moses gave them Water from a Rock. About this Place the Amalekites came to oppose Israel, and inhumanly slew those who could not keep up with the body of the Army. Moses sent Joshua against them, while he himself went up to a Mountain, and lifted up his Hands on high. On |
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| 2513 | On the third day of the third Month, after their Departure out of Egypt, the Israelites came to the foot of Mount Sinai, where they encamped for above a Year. Moses goes up into the Mountain, and God tells him, that he was ready to make a Covenant with Israel, on condition that the People would be obedient and faithful to him. Moses comes down from the Mountain, and makes his report to the People of what the Lord had proposed. The People make answer, that they were ready to enter into this Covenant. Moses ascends again into the Mountain, and gives an account to God of the good Dispositions of the People. God orders him to descend, and to bid the People prepare themselves for two Days to receive his Law; and that on the third Day the Lord would descend upon the Mountain, and give them his Law. He adds, that no one must approach the Mountain till the third Day; and that if any one should come near it, he should be put to death. On the third Day the Glory of God appear'd upon the Mountain; there was heard as it were the sound of a Trumpet, and of Thunder. Moses brought the People to the foot of Sinai, as it were to have the honour of appearing in the Presence of God. He alone goes up into the Mountain. God bids him go down, and to forbid the People to ascend, lest they should be put to death. Moses obeys, and declares to the People the Orders of God. He then ascends again, and God gave him the Decalogue. He comes down again, and proposes to the People what he had received from the Lord. The People consent to make a Covenant with the Lord on the Terms proposed. Moses goes up again into the Mountain, and God gives him several judiciary Precepts that properly belong'd only to Civil Policy. At his return he sets up twelve Altars at the foot of the Mountain, causes Victims to be sacrificed to ratify the Covenant, and sprinkles with the Blood of the Sacrifices the Book that contain'd the Conditions of the Covenant. He also sprinkles the People, who promise to be faithful to the Lord. After this Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy Elders of Israel, go up into the Mountain, and see the Glory of the Lord. They came down the same Day; but Moses, and his Servant Joshua, stay there six Days longer. The seventh Day the Lord call'd Moses, and shew'd him for forty Days all that concern'd his Tabernacle, the Ceremonies of the Sacrifices, and such other things as had not yet been propos'd to him. After these forty Days, God gave Moses the Decalogue written upon two Tables of Stone, and bid him make haste down, because the Children of Israel had made them a golden Calf, and had worship'd it. Moses came down, and finding the People dancing about their golden Calf, he threw down the Tables of Stone upon the Ground, and brake them. Then coming into the Camp, he took the Calf and broke it in pieces; and put to death, by the Sword of the Levites, to the number of twenty three thousand Israelites, who had worship'd this Idol. The Day following Moses went up again into the Mountain, and by his Intreaties obtain'd from God, that he would pardon his People the Crime they had now committed. God orders him to prepare new Tables of the Law, and promises him not to forsake Israel. Moses comes down from the Mountain, and prepares new Tables; and going up again the Day following, God lets him see his Glory. He continues again forty Days and forty Nights upon the Mountain, and God writes again his Law upon the Tables of Stone that he had prepared. After forty Days he came down, not knowing that his Face still shone with Glory. He puts a Vail over his Face, spoke to the People, and proposed | 1487 |
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the Christ,
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| proposed to them to erect a Tabernacle to the Lord; to which every one was to contribute, according to his Ability and Devotion. To accomplish this Design, he taxed every one of the Israelites at half a Shekel a-peice. This occasion'd a numbering of the People, who were found to amount to 603550 Men. He appointed Bezaleel and Aholiab to oversee the Work of the Tabernacle. | ||
| 2514 | The raising of the Tabernacle, and of all its Parts, on the first Day of the first Month of the second Year, after the coming forth out of Egypt. A second numbering of the People, the first Day of the second Month. The Consecration of the Tabernacle, of the Altars, of the Priests, the fifth Day of the second Month. The Levites number'd by themselves. They are all consecrated to the Service of the Tabernacle, instead of the First-born of Israel. On the eighth Day after the Consecration of the Tabernacle, or on the Octave of the Dedication, the Princes of the Tribes, each on his Day, offer their Presents to the Tabernacle. Jethro comes to the Camp of Israel, a few days before the Departure of the Children of Israel from the Camp at Sinai. On the twentieth day of the second Month, which answers to our May and June, the Israelites decamp from Sinai, and come to Taberah, or the Burning; from thence to Kibroth-hattaavah, or the Graves of Lust, three days Journey from Mount Sinai. Eldad and Medad prophesy in the Camp. Numb. xi. 26, 27. God sends Quails to his People. Numb. xi. 31, 32. They arrive at Hazeroth, where Aaron and Miriam murmur against Moses because of his Wife Zipporah. Miriam continues seven Days without the Camp. Thence they come to Rithmah, in the Wilderness of Paran, and thence to Kadesh-barnea; from whence they send twelve chosen Men, one out of each Tribe, to search out and examine the Land of Canaan. After forty Days these Men return to Kadesh-barnea, and exasperate the People against Moses, saying that this Country devour'd its Inhabitants, and that they were not able to make a Conquest of it. Caleb and Joshua withstood them, but the People mutiny; and God swore that none of the Murmurers should enter into the Land of Canaan, but that they should continue forty Years in the Desart, till this Generation was intirely consumed. He commands them to go back towards the Red-Sea. The People are resolved upon entring into Canaan, but they are repell'd by the Amalekites and the Canaanites, who beat them back as far as Hormah. | 1486 1485 |
| 2515 | The People continued a good while at Kadesh-barnea. From thence they went towards the Red-Sea. And these are the Names of the several Stations mention'd by Moses. | |
| 1 | Rameses. The first Station. 17. Rithmah. | |
| 2 | Succoth. 18. Rimmon-parez. | |
| 3 | Etham. 19. Libnah. | |
| 4 | Baal-zephon. 20. Ristah. | |
| 5 | In the Desart of Etham. 21. Kebelathah. 6. Marah. 22. Mount Shapher. | |
| 7 | Elim. 23. Haradah. | |
| 8 | Upon the Coasts of the Red-Sea. 24. Makheloth. | |
| 9 | In the Desart of Sin. 25. Tabath. | |
| 10 | Dophkah. 26. Tarah. | |
| 11 | Alush. 27. Mithcah. | |
| 12 | Rephidim. 28. Hathmonah. | |
| 13 | Sinai. 29. Moseroth. | |
| 14 | Taberah. 30. Bene-jaakan. | |
| 15 | Kibroth-hattaavah. 31. Hor-hagidgad. | |
| 16 | Hazeroth. 32. Jotbathah. 33. Ebronah. |
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| 33. Ebronah. 42. Valley of Zared. Christ. 34. Ezion-gaber. 43. Bamoth-arnon. 35. Mozeroth. 44. Beer. 36. Kadesh; or the Waters of Strife. 45. Muttanah. 46. Nahaliel. 37. Mount Hor. 47. Dibon-gad. 38. Zalmonah. 48. Almon-diblathaim. 39. Punon. 49. Mount Pisgah. 40. Oboth. 50. Kedemoth. 41. Ije-abarim. 51. Abel-shittim. 'Twas probably at the Encampment of Kadesh-barnea, that the Sedition was raised against Moses, headed by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. | ||
| 2552 | After having wander'd in the Desarts of Arabia-Petræa, and Idumea, for the space of thirty-seven Years, they return'd to Mozeroth near to Kadesh-barnea; this was in the nine and thirtieth Year after the coming out of Egypt. Moses sends Ambassadors to the King of Edom, to desire a Passage thro' his Territories; but he refuses. The Israelites arrive at Kadesh, where Miriam died, aged an hundred and thirty Years. The Israelites murmur for want of Water. Moses causes it to come forth out of the Rock. But he, as well as Aaron, having shewn some distrust, God condemns them to die without entring into the Land of Promise. From Kadesh they went to encamp at Mount Hor, where Aaron dy'd, aged an hundred and twenty three Years, the first Day of the fifth Month. The King of Harad sets upon the Israelites, and takes several Captives. From Mount Hor they come to Zalmonah, where Moses set up the Brazen Serpent, to defend the Israelites against the biting of the fiery Serpents. Others think this happen'd at Punon. From Zalmonah they went to Punon, from Punon to Oboth, from Oboth to Ije-abarim; then to the Brook or Valley of Zared, thence to Mattanah, then to Nahaliel, thence to Bamoth-Arnon, thence to Dibon-gad beyond the Brook Arnon, thence to Almon-diblathaim, thence to Mount Pisgah, near the City of Kedemoth. | 1448 |
| 2553 | Sibon, King of the Amorites, refuses the Israelites a Passage thro' his Dominions. Moses makes war against him, and takes his Country. Og, the King of Bashan, sets upon the Hebrews, and is defeated. The Israelites encamp in the Plains of Moab. Balak, King of Moab, sends for Balaam to curse the Israelites. The Israelites are seduced to Fornication, and to the Idolatry of Baal-peor. War against the Midianites. Distribution of the Countries of Sihon and Og to the Tribes of Reuben and Gad, and to the half Tribe of Manasseh. Moses renews the Covenant of Israel with the Lord. The Death of Moses, being 120 Years old. He died in the twelfth Month of the holy Year. Joshua succeeds him. He sends Spies to Jericho, in the first Month, answering to March and April. The People pass over Jordan on the tenth of the first Month. The Day following Joshua restores the use of Circumcision. Manna ceases to fall. The first Passover after the passing over Jordan, the fifteenth of the first Month. The taking of Jericho. The Israelites come to Mount Ebal to erect an Altar, pursuant to the Order of Moses. Josh. viii. 30, 35. Deut. xxvii. 2, 12, &c. The Gibeonites make a League with Joshua. The | 1447 |
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| 2553 | The War of the five Kings in confederacy against the Gibeonites. Joshua defeats them; and, at his Intercession, God causes the Sun and Moon to stop in their Courses. | 1447 |
| 2554 | The War of Joshua against the Kings of Canaan. These Wars took up six Years. | 1446 |
| 2559 | Joshua divides the conquer'd Country among the Tribes of Judah, Ephraim, and the half Tribe of Manasseh. He gives Caleb the Portion that the Lord had promis'd him, and assists him in making a Conquest of it. | 1441 |
| 2560 | The Ark of the Lord, and the Tabernacle, are fix'd at Shiloh, in the Tribe of Ephraim. Joshua distributes the Country to the Tribes of Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. He has his own Portion given him at Timnath-serah, upon the Mountain of Gabash. The Return of the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half Tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan. | 1440 |
| 2561 | Joshua renews the Covenant with the Lord and the Israelites. The Death of Joshua, at the Age of 110 Years. After his Death the Elders govern for about eighteen or twenty Years; during which time happen'd the Wars of the Tribe of Judah with Adoni-bezek. This was succeeded by an Anarchy; during which, some of the Tribe of Dan made a Conquest of the City of Laish. 'Twas in this Interval that the Story of Micah happen'd, and the Idolatry, of which his Ephod was the occasion. And the War of the twelve Tribes against that of Benjamin, to revenge the Outrage committed upon the Wife of a Levite. The Lord sent his Prophets, in vain, to reclaim the Hebrews from their Extravagances. He permitted therefore that they should fall into Slavery, and under the Subjection of their Enemies. | 1439 |
| 2591 | The first Servitude of the Israelites for eight Years, under Chushanrishathaim, King of Mesopotamia. | 1409 |
| 2599 | Othniel delivers them from it, and conquers Chushan-rishathaim, and judges the People forty Years. | 1401 |
| 2661 | II. Servitude under Eglon King of Moab, about 62 Years after the Peace procured by Othniel for the Israelites. | 1339 |
| 2679 | Ehud delivers them out of it, about fourscore Years after the Peace procured by Othniel. The III. Servitude of the Israelites under the Philistines. Shamgar delivers Year them from it. uncertain. | 1321 |
| 2719 | IV. Servitude under Jabin King of Hazor. Deborah and Barak deliver them after twenty Years. It continued from 2699 to 2719. | 1281 |
| 2752 | V. Servitude under the Midianites. | 1248 |
| 2759 | God raises up Gideon, to deliver them. He governs Israel from the Year 2759 to 2768, for 9 Years. | 1241 |
| 2768 | Abimelech, the Son of Gideon, procures himself to be made King of Shechem. | 1232 |
| 2771 | He was kill'd three Years afterwards. | 1229 |
| 2772 | Tola was Judge of Israel after Abimelech. He govern'd for twenty-three Years. | 1228 |
| 2795 | Jair succeeds him, chiefly beyond Jordan. He govern'd twenty two Years. | 1205 |
| 2799 | VI. Servitude under the Philistines and the Ammonites. | 1201 |
| 2817 | Jephthah delivers the Israelites beyond Jordan. | 1183 |
| 2820 | The taking of the City of Troy, four hundred and eight Years before the first Olympiad. | 1180 |
| 2823 | The Death of Jephthah. Ibzan succeeds him. | 1177 |
| 2830 | The Death of Ibzan. Elon succeeds him. | 1170 |
| 2840 | The Death of Elon. Abdon succeeds him. | 1160 |
| 2848 | The Death of Abdon. The High-priest Eli succeeds in the dignity of Judge of Israel. VII. Ser- | 1152 |
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|---|---|---|
| VII. Servitude under the Philistines for 40 Years. Judg. xiii. | 1 | |
| 2849 | The Birth of Samuel. Under his Judicature God raises Samson, who was born in the Year of the World 2849. | 1151 |
| 2861 | God begins to manifest himself to Samuel. | 1139 |
| 2867 | Samson marries at Timnath. Thence he takes an occasion of exercising his Office of the Defender of Israel. | 1133 |
| 2868 | He puts fire to the ripe Corn of the Philistines, by the means of three hundred Foxes. | 1132 |
| 2887 | He is deliver'd to the Philistines by Delilah, and kills himself under the ruins of the Temple of Dagon, where he destroys a great multitude of the Philistines. He was the Defender of Israel for twenty Years; from 2867 to 2887. | 1113 |
| 2888 | War between the Philistines and the Israelites. The Ark of the Lord is taken by the Philistines. The Death of the High-priest Eli. He govern'd Israel for forty Years. The Philistines send back the Ark with Presents. It is deposited at Kirjath-jearim. Samuel is acknowledged Chief and Judge of Israel, for or Years. The Victory of the Israelites over the Philistines. | 1112 39 40 |
| 2908 | The Israelites ask a King of Samuel. | 1092 |
| 2909 | Saul is appointed King by lot, and consecrated in the Assembly of the People at Mizpah. He reign'd 40 Years. Acts xiii. 21. He delivers Jabesh-gilead, that was besieged by the Ammonites. Saul chases the Philistines from Michmash. | 1091 |
| 2911 | The War of the Philistines against Saul. The Army of Israel assembles at Gilgal. They are terrify'd at the sight of the Strength of the Philistines. Saul not having obey'd Samuel's Orders, is rejected of God. The miraculous Victory obtain'd by Jonathan over the Philistines. | 1089 |
| 2919 | The Birth of David, the Son of Jesse. | 1081 |
| 2930 | The War of Saul against the Amalekites. He defeats his Enemies; but he disobeys the Orders of the Lord, who rejects him. | 1070 |
| 2941 | Samuel is sent by God to Bethlehem, there to anoint David King of Israel. | 1059 |
| 2942 | The War of the Philistines against the Israelites. David fights against Goliath, and kills him. | 1058 |
| 2943 | Saul, urged by Jealousy, endeavours to put David to death. | 1057 |
| 2944 | David retires to Achish King of Gath. Being discover'd, he withdraws into the Land of Moab. The Death of Ahimelech, and the other Priests kill'd by Saul. Abiathar escapes to David. David delivers Keilah, besieged by the Philistines. | 1056 |
| 2945 | He flies into the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul pursues him thither, but is obliged to return suddenly, upon the news of an Irruption of the Philistines. | 1055 |
| 2946 | David withdraws into the Country about En-gedi. He spares Saul who had enter'd alone into the Cave, where David and his Men were concealed. | 1054 |
| 2947 | The Death of Samuel, at the age of 98 Years. He had judged Israel for one and twenty Years, before the Reign of Saul. He lived still thirty eight Years afterwards. David retires into the Wilderness of Paran. The History of Nabal. David marries Abigail. He comes into the Desart of Ziph, enters by night into the Tent of Saul, and takes away his Lance, and the Cruse of Water he had there. At length he withdraws to Achish King of Gath, who assigns him Ziklag, for an Habitation to himself and Followers. There he abides a Year and four Months. | 1053 |
| 2949 | War of the Philistines against Saul. Saul causes the Ghost of Samuel to be raised. He loses the Battle, and kills himself. The | 1051 |
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| 2949 | The Amalekites pillage Ziklag in the absence of David. David recovers the Plunder, and the Captives that the Amalekites had taken. Abner causes Ishbosheth, the Son of Saul, to be acknowledg'd for King. Ishbosheth reigns at Mahanaim beyond Jordan. David is acknowledg'd King by the Tribe of Judah, and consecrated a second time. He reigns at Hebron. His whole Reign was 40 Years. Sam. v. 41. | 1051 2 |
| 2951 | A War between the House of Ishbosheth, and that of David. It continued four or five Years. | 1049 |
| 2956 | Abner quits the Party of Ishbosheth, and is reconciled to David. He is treacherously slain by Joab. Ishbosheth is assassinated in his Bed. David is acknowledg'd as King over all Israel, and consecrated the third time at Hebron. | 1044 |
| 2957 | Jerusalem is taken from the Jebusites by David. He there fixes the Seat of his Dominion. | 1043 |
| 2958 | The War of the Philistines against David. He beats them at Baal-perazim. | 1042 |
| 2959 | David undertakes to bring the Ark from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem. It is at first laid up in the Custody of Abinadab. After three Months, David brings it to his own Palace. | 1041 |
| 2960 | David forms a design of building a Temple for the Lord. He is diverted from it by the Prophet Nathan. David's War against the Philistines, against Hadadezer, against Damascus, and against Idumea. They continued for about six Years. | 1040 |
| 2967 | The Wars of David against the King of the Ammonites, who had insulted his Ambassadors. | 1033 |
| 2968 | David's Wars against the Syrians, who had given assistance to the Ammonites against him. | 1032 |
| 2969 | Joab besiegeth Rabbah, the Capital City of the Ammonites. David commits Adultery with Bath-sheba, and causes Uriah to be kill'd. The taking of Rabbah. | 1031 |
| 2970 | After the Birth of the Son conceived by the Adultery of David with Bath -sheba, Nathan reproves David for his Crime. David's Repentance. | 1030 |
| 2971 | The Birth of Solomon. | 1029 |
| 2972 | Amnon, David's Son, ravisheth Tamar, his own Sister by the Father's side. | 1028 |
| 2974 | Absalom kills his Brother Amnon, to revenge the Injury done to his Sister Tamar. | 1026 |
| 2977 | Joab procures Absalom's Return. | 1023 |
| 2979 | Absalom is received at Court, and appears before David. | 1021 |
| 2981 | Absalom's Rebellion against his Father David. Absalom loses the Battle, and is kill'd by Joab. The Sedition of Sheba, the Son of Bichri, appeased by Joab. | 1019 |
| 2983 | In this Year is placed the beginning of the Famine sent by God, to revenge the Death of the Gibeonites, that were unjustly slain by Saul. It ended in 2936. | 1017 |
| 2987 | David attempts to number the People. God gives him the choice of three Plagues, by which his ambitious Curiosity was to be punish'd. | 1013 |
| 2988 | David prepares all Necessaries for the building of the Temple, which God then revealed to him should be built upon Mount Zion, in the Threshing-floor of Araunah. The Birth of Rehoboam, the Son of Solomon. | 1012 |
| 2989 | Abishag the Shunnamite is given to David, to keep warmth in him in his old Age. Adonijah aspires at the Kingdom. David causes his Son Solomon to be acknowledged for King. Adonijah takes refuge at the Altar. Solomon is proclaim'd King by all Israel, and by all the great Men of the Kingdom. | 1011 |
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| 2990 | The Death of David, 1010 aged 70 Years, after having reign'd seven Years and a half over Judah at Hebron, and thirty three Years over all Israel at Jerusalem. Solomon reigns alone, after having reign'd about six Months in the Life -time of his Father David. He reigned 40 Years. 1 Kings xi. 42. He puts Adonijah to death, who asked for Abishag to be given him to wife. He takes away the Office of the High-priesthood from Abiathar, and leaves it intire to Zadok, who for the future enjoys it alone. Joab is put to death, even in the Temple, where he had taken refuge. | |
| 2991 | The Marriage of 1009 Solomon with the Daughter of the King of Egypt. Solomon goes to Gibeon to offer Sacrifices there, and to pray to God there. God grants him Wisdom which he had petition'd for, and outward Prosperity which he did not ask for. A remarkable Sentence which he gave in a Controversy between two Women, who mutually accused each other of having put to death the Child of one of them. | |
| 2992 | Hiram, King of Tyre, 1008 having sent to congratulate Solomon upon his Accession to the Crown, Solomon requires of him Timber and Workmen, to assist him in building a Temple to the Lord. Solomon lays the Foundation of the Temple, on the second Day of the second Month, which answers to May and June. | |
| 3000 | The Temple built by Solomon is finish'd; it was seven Years and an half in building. It was dedicated the Year following, probably, because of the Solemnity of the Year of Jubilee, that then happen'd. | 1000 |
| 3001 | The Dedication of the Temple. | 999 |
| 3012 | Solomon finishes the building of his Palace, and of that of his Queen, the Daughter of Pharaoh. | 988 |
| 3026 | The Rebellion of Jeroboam against Solomon. He flies into Egypt. | 974 |
| 3029 | The Death of Solomon. Rehoboam succeeds him. He alienates the Minds of the Israelites from him, and occasions the Revolt of the ten Tribes. Jeroboam the Son of Nebat, is acknowledg'd King of the ten Tribes. | 971 |
| Year of the World | Before Christ | Kings of Judah | Kings of Israel | Year of the World | Before Christ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3029 | 971 | Rehoboam intended to make war with the ten Tribes, but was diverted by a Prophet. He reign'd 17 Years. 1 Kings xiv. 21. | Jeroboam, the Son of Nebat King of Israel, abolishes the Worship of the Lord, and sets up the Worship of golden Calves. He reign'd 19 Years. | 3030 | 970 |
| 3030 | 970 | The Priests and Israelites that fear'd the Lord withdraw out of the Kingdom of Israel, and come into that of Judah. | |||
| 3032 | 968 | Rehoboam gives himself up to Impiety. | |||
| 3033 | 967 | Shishak King of Egypt comes to Jerusalem, plunders the Treasures of the Temple, and those of the King. | |||
| 3046 | 954 | The Death of Rehoboam. Abijam succeeds him, and reigns three Years. | |||
| 3047 | 953 | Abijam's Victory over Jeroboam. | Jeroboam is overcome by Abijam, who kills five hundred thousand of his Men. | 3047 | 953 |
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| 3049 | 951 | The Death of Abijam. Asa succeeds him, and reigns 41 Years. | |||
| 3053 | 947 | Asa suppresses the Idolatry that had been introduced into Judah. | The Death of Jeroboam; and Nadab his Son succeeds him, who reigns two Years. | 3050 | 950 |
| 3055 | 945 | The Birth of Jehoshaphat the Son of Asa. | |||
| 3063 | 937 | The Victory of Asa over Zerah King of Ethiopia, or of the Country of Cush, bordering upon Egypt. | The Death of Nadab. Baasha succeeds him, and reigns 20 Years. | 3054 | 946 |
| 3064 | 936 | Asa King of Judah engages Ben-hadad King of Syria to make an Irruption into the Territories of the Kingdom of Israel, to force Baasha to quit his undertaking at Ramah. | Baasha built Ramah, to hinder the Israelites from going to Jerusalem. Ben-hadad, King of Damascus, enters upon the Country of Baasha King of Israel. | 3064 | 936 |
| The Death of Baasha King of Israel. He is succeeded by Elah his Son, who reigns two Years. | 3074 | 926 | |||
| Zimri kills Elah, and usurps the Kingdom, which he enjoys but seven days. Omri besieges him in Tirzah, and forces him to burn himself in his own Palace. Tibni disputes the Crown with Omri, but at last Omri prevails. He began to reign alone in the 31st Year of Asa King of Judah, and in the Year of the World 3079. | 3075 | 925 | |||
| 3080 | 920 | The Birth of Jehoram, the Son of Jehoshaphat. Hesiod flourishes. | Omri builds Samaria, | 3079 | 921 |
| and makes it the Seat of his Empire. | 3080 | 920 | |||
| The Death of Omri. Ahab his Son succeeds him, and reigns 22 Years. | 3086 | 914 | |||
| 3087 | 913 | Asa being troubled with a Lameness in his Feet, probably the Gout, places his confidence in Physicians, rather than in the Lord. | |||
| 3090 | 910 | The Death of Asa, after a Reign of 41 Years. Jehoshaphat succeeds him, and reigns 25 Years. He expels all sorts of superstitious Worship out of his Dominions. | During this Interval the Prophet Elijah appears in the Kingdom of Israel. He presents himself before Ahab, and causes the false Prophets of Baal to be slain. He | 3096 | 904 |
| 3097 | 903 | The Birth of Abaziah, Son of Jehoram and Athaliah, and |
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| and Grandson of Jehoshaphat. | He gives the Prophetick Unction to Elisha. | ||||
| Ben-hadad, King of Syria, lays Siege to Samaria, and is forc'd to quit it with loss. | 3103 | 897 | |||
| He returns the Year following, and was beaten at Aphek. | 3104 | 896 | |||
| Ahab takes possession of Naboth's Vineyard. | 3105 | 895 | |||
| 3106 | 894 | Jehoshaphat nominates his Son Jehoram for King, and makes him his Viceroy. | Ahab invests his Son Ahaziah with the Royal Power and Dignity. | 3106 | 894 |
| 3107 | 893 | Jehoshaphat accompanies Ahab in his Expedition against Ramoth-gilead, and is in danger of being slain. | Ahab makes War against Ramoth-gilead. He is kill'd in disguise, which he put on because he would be unknown to the Enemy. Ahaziah succeeds him, and reigns two Years. | 3107 | 893 |
| 3108 | 892 | Jehoshaphat undertakes to equip a Fleet, to make a Voyage to Ophir. But Ahaziah, King of Israel, partaking of the Design, God permits the Fleet to be destroy'd by Tempests. About the same time he is invaded by the Ammonites and the Moabites, over whom he obtains a miraculous Victory. Elijah is carry'd thro' the Air in a fiery Chariot. | Ahaziah falls from the Platform of his House into the Room below, and is dangerously wounded. He dies, and Jehoram his Brother succeeds him, who reigns 12 Years. He makes War against the Moabites. | 3108 | 892 |
| Elisha foretels the Victory to the Army of the Israelites, and procures Water for them in abundance. | 3109 | 891 | |||
| 3112 | 888 | Jehoshaphat invests his Son Jehoram with the Royal Dignity. | |||
| 3115 | 885 | The Death of Jehoshaphat. Jehoram succeeds him. The Idumeans revolt against Jehoram, and assert their Liberty. | |||
| 3116 | 884 | Jehoram, at the importunity of his Wife Athaliah, introduces into Judah the idolatrous Worship of Baal. | |||
| 3117 | 883 | Jehoram is smitten of God with an incurable Distemper in his Bowels. | |||
| 3118 | 882 | He makes his Son Ahaziah his Viceroy. The Death of Jehoram. | |||
| 3119 | 881 | Ahaziah succeeds him, and reigns but one Year. | The Siege of Samaria, by Ben-hadad King of Syria. | 3119 | 881 |
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| Year of the World | Before Christ | Kings of Judah | Kings of Israel | Year of the World | Before Christ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He and his Army are | 3119 | 881 | |||
| The Birth of Joash, or Je- | |||||
| 3119 | 881 | hoash. Homer flourishes. | 3120 | 880 | |
| seized with a panick Fear, | 3148 | 852 | |||
| 3120 | 880 | and break up in confusion | 3165 | 835 | |
| in the Night-time. | 3168 | 832 | |||
| 3126 | 874 | Ahaziah accompanies JeElisha | |||
| goes to Damascus, | 3178 | 822 | |||
| 3140 | 860 | horam, King of Israel, to the Siege of Ramoth- | foretels the Death of Benhadad, and the Reign Hazael. Jehoram marches with Ahaziah against Ramoth-gilead, and is there dangerously wounded. He causes himself be carry'd to Jezreel. Jehu rebels against Jehoram, and kills him. Jehu reigns 28 Years. 2 Kings x. 36. Death of Jehu; and Jehoahaz his Son suc- | 3181 | 819 |
| 3147 | 853 | gilead. Ahaziah is put | |||
| 3164 | 836 | to death by the order of Jehu. Athaliah kill'd all | |||
| 3165 | 835 | that remain'd of the | |||
| 3177 | 823 | Royal Family, and | |||
| 3178 | 822 | usurp'd the Kingdom. But the young Prince | |||
| 3194 | 806 | Joash is preserv'd, and kept secretly in the Temple for 6 Years. Jehoiada, the High-priest, sets Joash upon the Throne of Judah, and puts Athaliah to death. Joash reigns 40 Years. The Birth of Amaziah, the Son of Joash. Joash undertakes to reThe pair the Ruins of the Temple. The High-priest Zechariah, Son of Jehoiada, is kill'd in the Temple by the order of Joash. The War of Hazael, King of Syria, against Joash. 2 Kings xii. 17. The Year following Hazael returns against Joash, and forces large Sums from him. 2 Chron. xxiv. 23, &c. Death of Joash King of Judah; and Amaziah succeeds him, who reigns 29 Years. The War of Amaziah He declares War against Joash King of Israel, and is beaten by him. The Birth of Uzziah, or Azariah, the Son of Amaziah. The Death of Amaziah; and ceeds him, who reigns 52 Years. Kingdom of Judah, | |||
| ceeds him, who reigns Years. The Death of Jehoahaz the Son of Jehu. Joash, Jehoash, succeeds him. Elisha dies about the time. The Death of Hazael King of Syria; and -hadad succeeds him. War of Joash against hadad. against the Idumeans. Joash obtains a great Victory against Amaziah King of Judah. The Death of Joash King of Israel; and Jeroboam succeeds him, who reigns 41 Years. Uzziah, or Azariah, Under his Reign, in arose the Vol. III. Under | 17 |
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| dah. the Prophets Isaiah and Amos. | |||||
| Under the Reign of Jeroboam II. the Prophets Jonah, Hosea, and Amos, prophesy'd in Israel. | |||||
| 3221 | 779 | The Birth of Jotham, the Son of Uzziah. | The Death of Jeroboam II. Zachariah his Son succeeds him, who reigns 6 Months, or perhaps 10 Years. The Chronology of this Reign is perplext. 2 Kings xv. 8, 12. places the death of Zachariah in the 38th Year of Uzziah, and allows him but a Reign of 6 Months. And yet reckoning what time remains to the end of the Kingdom of Israel, we must either admit an Interregnum of 9 or 11 Years, between Jeroboam II. and Zachariah, as Usher has done ; or we must suppose that Jeroboam II. reign'd 51 Years; or lastly, that he did not begin his Reign till 3191, and finish'd it but in 3232, which is the Year of the Death of Zachariah. | 3222 | 778 |
| Zachariah is kill'd by Shallum, after a Reign of six Months. | 3232 | 768 | |||
| Shallum reigns one Month, and is kill'd by Menahem, who reigns 10 Years. Pul King of Assyria comes upon the Territories of Israel, and Menahem becomes Tributary to him. | 3233 | 767 | |||
| The Death of Menahem, and Pekahiah his Son succeeds him. | 3243 | 757 | |||
| 3246 | 754 | The Death of Uzziah; and Jotham his Son succeeds him, who reigns 16 Years. Isaiah sees the Glory of the Lord. Isai. vi. Under the Reign of Jotham, Isaiah and Hosea prophesy'd. | The Death of Pekahiah, being assassinated by Pekah the Son of Remaliah, who reigns in his stead for 28 Years. The Text allows him a Reign of 20 Years only, but we must read 28 Years. Syncellus says, p. 202, 203, that it was 28 Years in a Copy quoted by St. Basil. And indeed his Reign began in the 52 Year of Azariah, 2 Kings xv. 27. and ended in the 12 Year of Ahaz, Kings 2 Kings | 3245 | 755 |
| 3252 | 748 | The Birth of Hezekiah, the Son of Jotham King of Judah. |
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| 2 Kings xvii. 1. which every body allows is a space of 28 Years. | |||||
| Arbaces Governour of Media, and Belesus the Babylonian, conspire against Sardanapalus King of Assyria, and besiege him in Ninive. | 3254 | 746 | |||
| After a Siege of 3 Years, Sardanapalus burns himself in his Palace, with all his Riches. Arbaces is acknowledg'd King, and sets the Medes at liberty. Belesus, otherwise call'd Baladan or Nabonasser, lays the foundation of the Babylonish Empire. This is that so famous Epoch of Nabonasser, which falls in the Year 743 before Christ, or 747 before our vulgar Era. Ninus junior, call'd in Scripture Tiglath-pileser, successor of Sardanapalus, continues the Assyrian Empire, but reduced into very narrow Limits. He reign'd 19 Years, or according to others 30 Years. | 3257 | 743 | |||
| 3261 | 739 | Rezin King of Syria, and Pekah King of Israel, begin to invade the Kingdom of Judah. | |||
| 3262 | 738 | The Death of Jotham, and Ahaz succeeds him, who reigns 16 Years. Rezin King of Syria, and Pekah King of Israel, continue their Hostilities against the Kingdom of Judah. Isaiah foretels to Ahaz the Birth of the Messiah, and a speedy deliverance from the two Kings his Enemies. For indeed they obtain'd no advantage over him this Year. | |||
| 3263 | 737 | But the Year following they return'd again, and spoil'd all his Country. | |||
| 3264 | 736 | The Idumeans and Philistines also set upon the Country of Judea. Ahaz invites to his assistance Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria, and submits to pay him Tribute. | Tiglath-pileser overcomes Rezin King of Damascus, and puts him to Death. He enters into the Land of Israel, takes many Cities there, and takes away many Captives, chiefly the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half Tribe of Manasseh. This is the first Captivity of Israel. | 3264 | 736 |
| Hoshea the Son of Elah puts Pekah to Death, and usurps the Kingdom. | 3265 | 735 | |||
| He begins to reign peaceably the twelfth Year of Ahaz. 2 Kings xvii. 1. and reigns 9 Years. | 3274 | 726 | |||
| Shalmaneser succeeds Tiglathpileser, King of Nineveh. Kings | 3276 | 724 | |||
| 3277 | 723 | Ahaz remits the Royal Authority to his Son Hezekiah. Kings |
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| 3278 | 722 The Death of Ahaz King of Judah. Hezekiah succeeds him, and restores the Worship of the Lord in Judea, which Ahaz had almost intirely subverted. | ||||
| 3279 | 721 They begin again to gather into the Temple the First-Fruits and Tythes, for the maintenance of the Priests and Ministers. | Hoshea King of Israel makes an Alliance with So King of Egypt, and endeavours to shake off the Yoke of Shalmaneser. | 3279 | 721 | |
| Shalmaneser besieges Samaria, and takes it after three Years Siege. | 3280 | 720 | |||
| He carries beyond the Euphrates the Tribes that Tiglath -pileser had not already carried into Captivity, in the 9th Year of Hoshea, and 6th of Hezekiah. And here ends the Kingdom of Israel, after it had subsisted for 254 Years. | 3283 | 717 |
| Year of the World | Year before Christ | |
|---|---|---|
| 3279 | Among the Captives, carry'd away beyond the Euphrates by Shalmaneser, was Tobit, of the Tribe of Naphtali, at Nineveh. | 721 |
| 3290 | Hezekiah shakes off the Yoke of the Assyrians, and makes a League with Egypt, and with the King of Cush, against Sennacherib. | 710 |
| 3291 | Sennacherib takes the Field against Hezekiah, and takes several of the Cities of Judah. Hezekiah's Sickness. Isaiah foretels his Cure, and gives him a Sign and Pledge of it, that the Shadow of the Sun should go back upon Ahaz's Dial. Sennacherib besieges Lachish. Hezekiah seeing that his Allies took no care to relieve him, gives Money to Sennacherib; yet he continues to make war against him. He sends Rabshakeh to Jerusalem, and marches himself against Taracha King of Cush, or Arabia. As he was returning into Judea, the Angel of the Lord kills 185000 Men of his Army, and constrains him to retire to Nineveh, where he is put to death by his two Sons. | 709 |
| 3292 | Assaradon, or Esar-haddon, succeeds Sennacherib. 'Twas probably about the same time that Baladan, or Merodach-Baladan, King of Babylon, sent to congratulate Hezekiah upon the recovery of his Health, and to inquire about the Prodigy that happen'd upon this occasion. Micah the Morasthite, and Nahum, prophesy under Hezekiah. | 708 |
| 3293 | Tartan is sent by Assaradon against the Philistines, the Idumeans, and the Egyptians. | 707 |
| 3294 | Assaradon sends an Israelitish Priest to the Cushites settled at Shechem. | 706 |
| 3306 | The Death of Hezekiah; and Manasseh succeeds him, who reigns Years. | 55 694 |
| 3323 | Assaradon makes himself master of Babylon, and re-unites the Empire of Assyria to that of Chaldea. | 677 |
| 3329 | Manasseh is taken by the Chaldeans, and carry'd to Babylon. The | 661 |
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| 3347 | The War of Holophernes against several Nations. He is put to death in Judea by Judith. | 653 |
| 3361 | The Death of Manasseh. He return'd into Judea a good while before, but the time is not exactly known. Ammon succeeds him, and reigns two Years. He does evil before the Lord. | 639 |
| 3363 | The Death of Ammon; and Josiah succeeds him. Zephaniah prophesy'd at the beginning of his Reign. | 637 |
| 3370 | Josiah endeavours to reform the Abuses that had been introduced into the Kingdom. He restores the Worship of the Lord. | 630 |
| 3376 | Jeremiah begins to prophesy, in the thirteenth Year of Josiah. | 624 |
| 3380 | The High-priest Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law in the Treasury of the Temple, in the 18th Year of Josiah. 2 Kings xxii. 3. xxiii. 23. Chron. xxxiv. 8. xxxv. 19. Money is collected for repairing the Temple. The Prophetess Huldah foretels the Calamities that threaten Judah. | 620 2 |
| 3381 | A solemn Passover, celebrated by Josiah and all the People. Joel prophesies under Josiah. | 619 |
| 3394 | Josiah endeavours to oppose the Expedition of Necho King of Egypt, against Carchemish. He is mortally wounded, and dies at Jerusalem. Jeremiah composes Lamentations upon the Death of Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Jehoahaz is set upon the Throne by the People of Judah; but Necho, at his return from Carchemish deposes him, and sets up in his place Eliakim, or Jehoiakim, his Brother, Son of Josiah, who reigns 11 Years. | 606 |
| 3395 | Habakkuk prophesies under his Reign. | 605 |
| 3398 | Nebuchadnezzar besieges Carchemish, and reduces it to the Obedience of the Chaldeans. From thence he comes into Palestine, and besieges Jerusalem, takes the City, and leaves Jehoiakim there, but on condition of paying him a large Tribute. Daniel and his Companions are led captive to Babylon. 2 Kings xxiii. 36. 2 Chron. xxxv. 5, 6. Jerem. xxvi. xlvi. 2. | 602 1 |
| 3399 | Jeremiah begins to reduce his Prophecies into writing. | 601 |
| 3402 | Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a great Statue, explain'd by Daniel. | 598 |
| 3404 | The History of Susanna at Babylon. Jehoiakim revolts against Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar sends an Army against him, from Chaldea, Syria, and Moab, who ravage the whole Country, and bring away 3023 Jews to Babylon, in the seventh Year of Jehoiakim. See 2 Kings xxiv. 2. Jerem. lii. 28. | 596 |
| 3405 | The Birth of Cyrus, Son of Cambyses and Mandane. Jehoiakim revolts a second time against Nebuchadnezzar. He is taken, put to death, and cast to the Fowls of the Air, after a Reign of 11 Years. | 595 |
| 3406 | Jehoiakin, or Coniah, or Jecconiah, succeeds him, who reigns three Months and ten Days. Nebuchadnezzar besieges him in Jerusalem, and takes him, after he had reign'd three Months and ten Days. He is carry'd to Babylon, with part of the People. Mordecai is of the number of the Captives. His Uncle Zedekiah is left at Jerusalem in his place, and reigns 11 Years. Zedekiah sends Ambassadors to Babylon. Jeremiah writes to the captive Jews there. | 594 |
| 3409 | Seraiah and Baruch are sent by Zedekiah to Babylon. | 591 |
| 3410 | Ezekiel begins to prophesy in Chaldea. | 590 |
| 3411 | He foretels the taking of Jerusalem, and the Dispersion of the Jews. Ezek. iv. v. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. Zedekiah takes secret Measures with the King of Egypt, to shake off the Yoke of the Chaldeans. | 589 |
| 3414 | Zedekiah openly revolts against Nebuchadnezzar. | 586 |
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| 3414 | Nebuchadnezzar marches an Army against Jerusalem. He besieges it; quits the Siege to go against the King of Egypt, who came to assist Zedekiah. Returns back to the Siege. Jeremiah does not cease prophesying during the whole Siege, which continued almost three Years. Ezekiel also describes the same Siege in Chaldea. Ezek. xi. xii. | 586 |
| 3416 | Jerusalem taken on the ninth day of the fourth Month, which answers to July and August. This was the eleventh Year of Zedekiah. Zedekiah endeavouring to fly by night, is taken and brought to Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar then was. They put out his Eyes, and carry'd him to Babylon. Thus were the Prophecies reconcil'd, one of which said, that he should not see Babylon, and yet he should die there. Ezek. xii. 13. And the other said, that he should see the King of Babylon, and should enter into this City. Jerem. xxxii. 4. xxxiv. 3. Jerusalem and the Temple are burnt, on the seventh day of the fourth Month. The Jews of Jerusalem, and of all Judea, are carry'd away captive beyond the Euphrates. Thus ended the Kingdom of Judea, after it had subsisted for Years, from the beginning of the Reign of David; and 388 Years from the Separation of Judah and the ten Tribes. The beginning of the seventy-years Captivity foretold by Jeremiah. xxv. 11. xxix. 10. Gedaliah is made Governor of the Remains of the People. | 584 468 |
| 3417 | Jeremiah is carry'd into Egypt by the Jews, after the Death of Gedaliah. He prophesies in Egypt. Jerem. xliv. Ezekiel in Chaldea prophesies against the Captives of Judah. Ezek. xxxiii. | 583 |
| 3419 | The Siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. This Siege lasted for thirteen Years. During this Interval Nebuchadnezzar made war with the Idumeans, the Ammonites, and Moabites. Joseph. Antiq. l. x. c. p. 345. Obadiah prophesies against Idumea. | 581 11 |
| 3432 | The taking of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar makes war against Egypt. | 568 |
| 3433 | Having finish'd all these Wars, he returns to Babylon. | 567 |
| 3434 | Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a great Tree. | 566 |
| 3435 | His Metamorphosis into an Ox. | 565 |
| 3443 | He returns to his former Condition. | 557 |
| 3444 | He sets up a golden Statue, and orders it to be worship'd. Daniel's three Companions are cast into the fiery Furnace. Nebuchadnezzar's Death, after a Reign of forty-three Years, from the Death of Nabonassar his Father, who died in 3399. Evilmerodach his Son succeeds him, who reigns but one Year. | 556 |
| 3445 | Belshazzar his Son succeeds him. Daniel's Visions, of the four mysterious Animals. Dan. vii. | 555 |
| 3446 | Cyrus begins to appear; he sets the Persians at liberty, and takes the Title of King. | 554 |
| 3448 | Belshazzar's impious Feast. His Death. Darius the Mede succeeds Belshazzar. | 552 |
| 3449 | Daniel's Prophecy of seventy Weeks. Dan. ix. x. | 551 |
| 3450 | Darius makes a Decree, that Supplication should be made to no other God but himself. Daniel, upon this, is cast into the Lion's Den. Cyrus meditates the Destruction of the Empire of the Medes and Chaldeans. He first begins with the Medes; and having overcome Astyages King of the Medes, his Uncle by the Mother's side, he gives him the Government of Hyrcania. | 550 |
| 3455 | Then he marches against Darius the Mede, his Uncle; but first he makes war with the Allies of his Uncle Darius, and particularly with Crœsus King of Lydia. He | 545 |
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| 3456 | He attempts Babylon, and makes himself Master of it. | 544 |
| 3457 | He sets the Jews at liberty, and permits them to return into their own Country, in the first Year of his Reign over all the East. The History of Bel and the Dragon, which were demolish'd by Daniel. | 543 |
| 3458 | The Jews, at their return from their Captivity, renew the Sacrifices in the Temple of the Lord. | 542 |
| 3475 | The Death of Cyrus, at the age of 70 Years. Cambyses succeeds him. The Cushites or Samaritans obtain a Prohibition from him, forbidding the Jews to go on in the building of their Temple. | 525 |
| 3478 | Cambyses makes war in Egypt, which continues five Years. | 522 |
| 3480 | He puts his Brother Smerdis to death. | 520 |
| 3483 | The Death of Cambyses. The seven Magians take possession of the Empire. Artaxata, one of them, forbids the Jews to go on with the building of the Temple. Seven of the chief Officers of the Persians conspire against the Magians, and put them to death. Darius Son of Hystaspes, otherwise call'd Abasuerus, is acknowledg'd King of the Persians. He marries Athossa, the Daughter of Cyrus. | 517 |
| 3484 | Haggai begins to prophesy; and reproaches the Jews for their negligence, in not building the House of the Lord. | 516 |
| 3485 | The Jews begin again to work at the building of the Temple. About the same time Zechariah begins to prophesy. | 515 |
| 3486 | Darius, by an express Decree, allows the Jews to rebuild their Temple. Here properly end the seventy Years of Captivity foretold by Jeremiah, which began in the Year of the World 3416. | 514 |
| 3487 | The Feast of Darius, or Abasuerus, at which he divorces Vashti. | 513 |
| 3488 | He espouses Esther. | 512 |
| 3489 | The Dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem, rebuilt by Zerubbabel. | 511 |
| 3495 | The beginning of the Fortune and Rise of Haman. He vows the Destruction of the Jews, and procures from Abasuerus an Order for their Extermination. | 505 |
| 3496 | Esther obtains a Revocation of this Decree. Haman is hung up upon the Gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The Jews take revenge upon all their Enemies at Shushan, and thro' the whole Persian Empire. | 504 |
| 3519 | The Death of Darius, or Abasuerus; and Xerxes succeeds him. | 481 |
| 3531 | Xerxes dies, and Artaxerxes succeeds him. | 469 |
| 3537 | He sends back Ezra to Jerusalem, with several Priests and Levites of his Nation. This was in the seventh Year of Artaxerxes. Ezra vii. 1, 7, 8. | 463 |
| 3538 | Ezra reforms the Abuses that had crept in among the Jews, especially as to the strange Wives they had marry'd. | 462 |
| 3550 | Nehemiah obtains leave of Artaxerxes to go to Jerusalem, and to rebuild its Gates and Walls. The Dedication of the Walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah prevails with several Families in the Country to fix their Habitation at Jerusalem. | 450 |
| 3551 | The Israelites put away the strange Wives they had taken. Nehemiah renews the Covenant of Israel with the Lord. | 449 |
| 3563 | Nehemiah returns to King Artaxerxes. | 437 |
| 3565 | Nehemiah comes a second time into Judea, and there reforms several Abuses. Zechariah prophesies under his Government; as also Malachi, whom several have confounded with Ezra. | 435 |
| 3580 | The Death of Nehemiah. Eliashib the High-priest, who lived under Nehemiah, had Joiada for his Successor; and he had Jonathan, who was kill'd in the Tem- | 420 |
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| 3654 | Artaxerxes Ochus sends several Jews into Captivity in Hyrcania, whom he had taken in Egypt. | 346 |
| 3671 | Alexander the Great passes into Asia. | 329 |
| 3672 | He lays siege to Tyre, and demands of the High-priest Jaddus the same Succours that he had been us'd to furnish to the King of Persia. Jaddus refuses them. Alexander comes to Jerusalem, shews respect to the Highpriest, is favourable to the Jews, and grants them an Exemption from Tribute every Sabbatical Year. The Samaritans obtain leave of Alexander to build a Temple upon Mount Gerizim. | 328 |
| 3673 | Alexander conquers Egypt. At his return into Phenicia he chastises the Samaritans who had kill'd Andromachus, Governour of the Province, and gave the Jews a part of their Country. | 327 |
| 3674 | The Death of Darius Codomannus, the last King of the Persians. | 326 |
| 3681 | The Death of Alexander the Great, first Monarch of the Grecians in the East. Judea was first in the Division of the Kings of Syria. | 319 |
| 3684 | Ptolemy, Son of Lagus, made a Conquest of it afterwards, and carry'd a great number of Jews into Egypt. | 316 |
| 3690 | Antigonus retakes Judea from Ptolemy Son of Lagus. | 310 |
| 3692 | Ptolemy Son of Lagus, having conquer'd Demetrius Son of Antigonus, near Gaza, becomes again Master of Judea. Afterwards Judea returns again to the Jurisdiction of the Kings of Syria, and the Jews paid them Tribute for some time. They were in subjection to the Kings of Egypt under the Reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, if what we read about the Version of the Septuagint be not intirely fabulous. | 308 |
| 3727 | This Version is suppos'd to be made about this time. | 273 |
| 3743 | Antiochus Theos, King of Syria, who began to reign this Year, granted to the Jews the Privileges of free Denizens thro'out his Dominions, in the same manner as his Grecian Subjects. | 257 |
| 3758 | Ptolemy Euergetes makes himself master of Syria and Judea. The Highpriest Jaddus dying in 3682, Onias I. succeeds him, who had for Successor Simon the Just, in 3702. He dying in 3711, left his Son Onias II. who being but a Child, his Father's Brother Eleazar discharged the Office of High-priest, which he did about thirty Years. 'Tis under the Priesthood of Eleazar that the Version of the Septuagint is said to be made. After the Death of Eleazar in 3744, Manasseh, the great Uncle of Onias, and Brother of Jaddus, was invested with the Priesthood. | 242 |
| 3771 | Manasseh dying this Year, Oniah II. enter'd into the Possession of the High -priesthood. He incurring the Indignation of the King of Egypt, for not paying the Tribute of twenty Talents due to the King; his Nephew Joseph gains the King's Favour, and takes to farm the Tributes of CeleSyria, Phenicia, Samaria, and Judea. | 229 |
| 3783 | The Death of Ptolemy Euergetes, King of Egypt. Ptolemy Philopator succeeds him. | 217 |
| 3785 | The Death of the High-priest Onias II. Simon II. succeeds him in the Priesthood. | 215 |
| 3786 | The War of Antiochus the Great, against Ptolemy Philopator. | 214 |
| 3787 | Ptolemy Philopator's Victory over Antiochus, at Raphia in Syria. Polyb. l. 5. Ptolemy attempts to enter into the Temple of Jerusalem, and is hinder'd by the Priests. He returns into Egypt, and in revenge condemns all the Jews in his Dominions to be trod in pieces by Elephants, except they renounce their Religion. God gives his People a miraculous Deliverance. See the third Book of the Maccabees. | 213 |
| 3788 | The Egyptians rebel against their King Ptolemy Philopator, and the Jews take his part. I The | 212 |
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| 3800 | The Death of Ptolemy Philopator. Ptolemy Epiphanes succeeds him, at the Age of three or four Years. | 200 |
| 3802 | Antiochus the Great makes a Conquest of Phenicia and Judea. | 198 |
| 3805 | The Death of Simon II. the High-priest; and Onias III. succeeds him. | 195 |
| 3806 | Scopas, the General of Ptolemy Epiphanes's Army, retakes these Provinces from Antiochus. | 194 |
| 3807 | Antiochus defeats Scopas, and is received by the Jews into Jerusalem. Polyb. l. 16. Joseph. Antiq. l. 12. c. 3. Arius, King of Lacedemon, writes to Onias III. and acknowledges the Kindred of the Jews and Lacedemonians. The Year uncertain. But, perhaps, it was rather Onias I. | 193 |
| 3812 | Antiochus the Great gives his Daughter Cleopatra in marriage to Ptolemy Epiphanes King of Egypt, and gives him as a Dowry Cele-Syria, Phenicia, Judea, and Samaria. | 188 |
| 3815 | Antiochus declaring War against the Romans, is overcome, and deprived of a great part of his Dominions. He preserves Syria and Judea. | 185 |
| 3817 | He dies, and leaves Seleucus Philopator for his Successor. Antiochus, his other Son, sirnamed afterwards Epiphanes, had been sent to Rome as an Hostage. | 183 |
| 3828 | Heliodorus is sent into Judea by the Order of Seleucus, to fetch away the Treasure that was in the Temple of Jerusalem. He is prevented by an Angel, who smites him. Onias III. is forc'd to go to Antioch, to vindicate himself against the Calumnies charged upon him. Seleucus sends his Son Demetrius to Rome, in the place of his Brother Antiochus, who had been an Hostage there for fourteen Years. While Antiochus was upon his Journey to return into Syria, Seleucus was put to death by the Machinations of Heliodorus, who intended to usurp the Kingdom. Antiochus, at his arrival, was received by the Syrians as their Tutelar Deity; which occasion'd the Name of Epiphanes to be given him. | 172 |
| 3829 | Jason, Son of the High-priest Simon II. and Brother of Onias III. who was then High-priest, buys the High-priesthood of Antiochus Epiphanes. Several Jews renounce Judaism, and fall off to the Religion and Ceremonies of the Greeks. | 171 |
| 3831 | Antiochus Epiphanes intends to make War with Ptolemy Philometor, King of Egypt. He comes to Jerusalem, and is received there with great honour. | 169 |
| 3834 | Menelaus offers three hundred Talents of Silver for the High-priesthood, more than what Jason had given for it, and obtains a Grant of it from Antiochus. Menelaus not paying the Sum that he had engaged to the King, is deprived of the High-priesthood, and Lysimachus his Brother is order'd to perform the Functions of it. Menelaus gaining to his Party Andronicus Governour of Antioch, in the Absence of Antiochus Epiphanes, causes Onias III. the High-priest, to be kill'd. Lysimachus thinking to plunder the Treasury of the Temple of Jerusalem, is put to death in the Temple itself. The same Year Antiochus preparing to make War in Egypt, Prodigies were seen in the Air over Jerusalem. A Report being spread, that Antiochus Epiphanes was dead in Egypt; Jason came to make an Attempt upon Jerusalem, but was repuls'd with loss. Antiochus being inform'd that some Jews had made a Rejoicing at the false News that was spread of his Death, comes to Jerusalem, plunders it, and puts to death above eighty thousand Men. | 166 |
| 3836 | Apollonius is sent into Judea by Antiochus Epiphanes. He demolishes the Walls of Jerusalem, and lays the People under great Hardships. He builds | 164 |
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| 3837 | Antiochus Epiphanes publishes an Edict, to constrain all the People of his Dominions to comply with the Religion of the Grecians. The Sacrifices of the Temple are interrupted, and the Statue of Jupiter Olympius is set up upon the Altar of Burnt-sacrifices. The Martyrdom of old Eleazar at Antioch, and of the seven Brethren Maccabees, and their Mother. Mattathias and his seven Sons retire into the Mountains: The Assideans join themselves to them. About this time flourished Jesus the Son of Sirach, Author of the Book Ecclesiasticus. The Death of Mattathias. He is succeeded by Judas Maccabeus. Judas defeats the Army of Apollonius, and afterwards overcomes Seron the Governour of Cele-Syria. Antiochus Epiphanes wanting Money to pay the Romans, goes into Persia. Nicanor and Gorgias, and afterwards Ptolemy the Son of Dorymenes, come into Judea, each at the head of an Army. Judas Maccabeus marches against Nicanor, and puts him to flight. Gorgias dares not venture a Battle against Judas. Lysias coming into Judea with an Army, is beaten, and forc'd to return to Antioch. Judas purifies the Temple, after it had been three Years defiled by the Gentiles. This is call'd Encænia in the Gospel. John x. 22. Timotheus and Bacchides, Generals of the Syrian Army, are beaten by Judas. Antiochus Epiphanes dies in Persia. His Son Antiochus Eupator succeeds him, at the age of nine Years, under the Regency of Lysias. Judas makes War with the Enemies of his Nation, in Idumea, and beyond Jordan. Timotheus is a second time overcome by Judas. | 163 162 161 160 |
| 3841 | The People beyond Jordan, and those of Galilee, conspire against the Jews. They are suppress'd by Judas and his Brethren. Lysias coming into Judea, is forc'd to make peace with Judas, and to return to Antioch. A Letter of King Antiochus Eupator, in favour of the Jews. The Roman Legates write to the Jews, and promise them to support their Interests with the King of Syria. The Treachery of the Men of Joppa and Samaria against the Jews, chastised by Judas. Judas makes War beyond Jordan. He defeats a General of the Syrian Troops, call'd Timotheus, different from the Timotheus he had beat before. He then went to attack Gorgias in Idumea; and having defeated him, he found that those Jews who were kill'd in the Fight had conceal'd Gold under their Clothes, which they had taken from an Idol's Temple at Jamnia. He offer'd Sacrifices of Atonement for them at Jerusalem. Antiochus Eupator comes himself with an Army into Judea. He besieges Bethshur, and takes it after several Skirmishes. He comes afterwards to besiege Jerusalem. In the mean time Philip, who had been appointed Regent of the Kingdom by Antiochus Epiphanes, being come to Antioch, Lysias prevail'd with the King to make peace with the Jews, and to return to Antioch. But before he return'd he enter'd into the City of Jerusalem, and caus'd the Wall to be demolish'd that Judas had built, to secure the Temple from the Insults of the Citadel. Menelaus the High-priest dies, and is succeeded by Alcimus, an Intruder. | |
| 3842 | Onias IV. |
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| 3842 | Onias IV. Son of Onias III. who was the lawful Heir of the Dignity of High-priest, retires into Egypt, where some time after he built the Temple call'd Onion, after the Model of that of Jerusalem. Demetrius Son of Seleucus, who had been sent to Rome as an Hostage, makes his Escape from thence, and comes into Syria, where he puts his Nephew Eupator to death, and also Lysias the Regent of the Kingdom, and is own'd for King of Syria. | 158 |
| 3843 | Alcimus intercedes with Demetrius for the Confirmation of the Dignity of | |
| 157 | High-priest, which he had received from Eupator. He returns into Judea with Bacchides, and enters into Jerusalem. He is driven from thence, and returns to Demetrius, who appoints Nicanor, with some Troops, to take him back to Judea. Nicanor makes an Accommodation with Judas, and lives for some time in good intelligence with him. Alcimus accuses Nicanor of betraying the King's Interests. Demetrius gives order to Nicanor to bring Judas to him. Judas withdraws himself, and puts himself at the head of a body of Men, with which he sets upon Nicanor, and kills about five thousand of his Men. The Death of Rhazis, a famous old Man, who chuses rather to die by his own Hand, than to fall alive into the Hands of Nicanor. Judas's second Battle with Nicanor, in which this General is kill'd, and Judas obtains a complete Victory. Bacchides and Alcimus are again sent into Judea. Judas gives them Battle, tho abandon'd by the greatest part of his Men. He dies like an Hero, upon an heap of Enemies that he had slain. Jonathan Maccabeus is chosen for Chief of his Nation, and for Highpriest, in the place of Judas. The Envoys returned, that Judas had sent to Rome, to make an Alliance with the Romans. Bacchides pursues Jonathan; he, after a slight Combat, swims over the Jordan in sight of the Enemy. | |
| 3844 | The Death of Alcimus. | 156 |
| 3846 | Jonathan and Simon Maccabeus are besieged in Beth-bessen, or Beth-agla. Jonathan goes out of the Place, raises Soldiers, and defeats several Bodies of the Enemy. Simon his Brother makes several Sallies, and breaks the Measures of Bacchides. Jonathan makes Proposals of Peace to him, which are accepted. Jonathan fixes his Abode at Mikmash, where he judges the People. | 154 |
| 3851 | Alexander Balas, natural Son of Antiochus Epiphanes, comes into Syria, to be acknowledg'd King of this Country. Demetrius Soter, King of Syria, writes to Jonathan, to ask Soldiers of him against Alexander Balas. Balas also writes to Jonathan to offer him his Friendship, and to give him the Dignity of High-priest. Jonathan takes part with Balas, puts on the Purple, and performs the Functions of High-priest for the first time at Jerusalem, which he makes his ordinary Residence, in the Year of the Greeks 160. Demetrius's second Letter to Jonathan; but Jonathan would not trust him. 3854 The Death of Demetrius Soter. Alexander Balas is acknowledg'd King of Syria. 146 Onias IV. Son of Onias III. builds the Temple Onion in Egypt, after the Pattern of that at Jerusalem. A Dispute between the Jews and Samaritans of Alexandria, concerning their Temples. The Samaritans are condemn'd by the King of Egypt, and the Temple of Jerusalem is prefer'd to that of Gerizim. Aristobulus, a Peripatetick Jew, flourished in Egypt under Ptolemy Philometor. Deme- | 149 |
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| 3854 | Demetrius Nicanor, eldest Son of Demetrius Soter, comes into Cilicia to recover the Kingdom of his Father. Apollonius, to whom Alexander Balas had trusted the management of his Affairs, revolts to Demetrius Nicanor. He marches an Army against Jonathan Maccabeus, who continued in the Interests of Alexander Balas. Apollonius is put to flight. | 146 |
| 3858 | Ptolemy Philometor King of Egypt comes into Syria, with a pretence of assisting Alexander Balas, but really with a design to dethrone him. | 142 |
| 3859 | Alexander Balas gives battle to Philometor and Demetrius Nicanor. He loses it, and flies to Zabdiel King of Arabia, who has his Head cut off. The Death of Ptolemy Philometor in Syria. Cleopatra his Queen gives the Command of her Army to Onias the Jew, Son of Onias III. Onias restrains Ptolemy Physcon, Son of Philometor, who attempts to exclude his Mother from the Government. Jonathan takes advantage from the Weakness of Demetrius Nicanor, King of Syria, to besiege the Fortress which the Syrians held at Jerusalem. Demetrius comes into Palestine, and Jonathan finds means to gain him over by Presents. | 141 |
| 3860 | Demetrius Nicanor is set upon by the Inhabitants of Antioch, who had revolted against him. Jonathan sends him Soldiers, who deliver him. Tryphon brings young Antiochus, Son of Alexander Balas, out of Arabia, and has him acknowledg'd as King of Syria. Jonathan espouses his Interests against Demetrius Nicanor. Jonathan renews the Alliance with the Romans and Lacedemonians. He is treacherously taken by Tryphon in Ptolemais, who some time after puts him to death. | 140 |
| 3861 | Simon Maccabeus succeeds Jonathan in the Government of the People. Tryphon puts to death the young King Antiochus Theos, and usurps the Kingdom of Syria. Simon acknowledges Demetrius Nicanor, who had been dispossess'd of the Kingdom of Syria, and obtains from him the intire Freedom of the Jews from any foreign Yoke. | 139 |
| 3862 | The Syrian Troops, that held the Citadel of Jerusalem, are obliged to capitulate. Demetrius Nicator, or Nicanor, goes into Persia with an Army, and is taken by the King of Persia. Simon is acknowledg'd for High-priest, and Chief of the Nation of the Jews, in a great Assembly held at Jerusalem. | 138 |
| 3864 | Antiochus Sidetes, Brother of Demetrius Nicator, becomes King of Syria, allows Simon to coin Money, and confirms all the Privileges granted to the Jews by his Predecessors. | 136 |
| 3865 | The Return of the Ambassadors that Simon had sent to Rome, to renew the Alliance with the Romans. | 135 |
| 3866 | Antiochus Sidetes falls out with Simon, and sends Cendebeus into Palestine, to ravage the Country. Cendebeus is beaten by John and Judas, Simon's Sons. | 134 |
| 3869 | Simon is kill'd by Treachery, with two of his Sons, by Ptolemy his Sonin-law, in the Castle of Doch. | 131 |
| 3870 | Hircanus, or otherwise John Hircanus, succeeds his Father Simon. Antiochus Sidetes besieges Hircanus in Jerusalem. Hircanus obtains of the King a Truce of eight Days, to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. He makes peace with Antiochus. Hircanus finds Money in David's Tomb; or rather the hidden Treasures of the Kings of Judah. | 130 |
| 3873 | Antiochus Sidetes goes to make War with the Persians, and Hircanus accompanies him in this War. Antiochus is conquer'd, and put to death. | 127 |
| 3874 | Hircanus shakes off the Yoke of the Kings of Syria, sets himself at perfect liberty, and takes several Cities from Syria. | 126 |
| 3875 | He attacks the Idumeans, and obliges them to receive Circumcision. | 125 |
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| 3877 | He sends Ambassadors to Rome, to renew his Alliance with the Senate. While the two Kings of Syria, both of them call'd Antiochus, make War with each other, Hircanus strengthens himself in his new Monarchy. | 123 |
| 3894 | He besieges Samaria, and takes it after a Year's Siege. Joseph. Antiq. l. c. 18. | 13 106 |
| 3895 | The Death of Hircanus, after a Reign of twenty-nine Years. | 105 |
| 3898 | Under his Government is placed the beginning of the three principal Sects of the Hebrews, the Pharisees, the Essenians, and the Saducees; but their exact Epocha is not known. Judas, otherwise call'd Aristobulus, or Philellen, succeeds John Hircanus. He associates his Brother Antigonus with him in the Government, and leaves his other Brethren and his Mother in Bonds. He lets his Mother starve in Prison, and takes the Diadem and Title of King. He reigns one Year. He declares War with the Itureans. Antigonus his Brother beats them, and obliges them to be circumcised. Joseph. Antiq. l. 13. c. 19. Antigonus is put to death at his return from this Expedition, by the Order of his Brother Aristobulus. | 102 |
| 3899 | The Death of Aristobulus, after a Reign of one Year. Alexander Janneus, his Brother, succeeds him, and reigns 26 Years. He attempts Ptolemais; but hearing that Ptolemy Lathurus was coming to relieve this City, he raises the Siege, and lays waste the Country. | 101 |
| 3900 | Ptolemy Lathurus obtains a great Victory over Alexander King of the Jews. | 100 |
| 3901 | Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, fearing that Lathurus should give her disturbance in Egypt, is beforehand with him, and sends Helcias and Ananias the Jews against him, with a powerful Army. She takes Ptolemais. | 99 |
| 3902 | Alexander Janneus, King of the Jews, makes an Alliance with Cleopatra, and takes some Places in Palestine. | 98 |
| 3906 | Afterwards he attacks Gaza, takes it, and demolishes it. | 94 |
| 3907 | The Jews make an Insurrection against him, but he brings them to their Duty. He wages several Wars abroad, and with good Success. But his Subjects go to war with him for six Years, and invite to their assistance Demetrius Eucerus, King of Syria. Alexander loses the Battle; but the consideration of his Misfortune changes the Hearts of his Subjects, and reconciles them to him. Demetrius Eucerus is obliged to retire into Syria. The Years of these Events are not well known. | 93 |
| 3919 | Antiochus Dionysius, King of Syria, makes an Irruption into Judea, sets upon the Arabians, and beats them; at last he is beaten, and put to death. Aretas, King of the Arabians, afterwards comes to attack Alexander; and having overcome him, he treats with him, and retires. | 81 |
| 3920 | Alexander Janneus takes the Cities of Dion, Gerasa, Gaulon, Seleucia, and several other Places. | 80 |
| 3926 | The Death of Alexander Janneus, at the Age of 49 Years. Joseph. Antiq. l. 13. c. 23. Alexandra his Queen, otherwise call'd Salome, or Salina, succeeds him in the Government. She gains the Pharisees to her Party, by giving them great Power in the State. She reign'd 9 Years. | 74 |
| 3933 | Aristobulus II. Son of Alexander Janneus, puts himself at the head of the old Soldiers of his Father, and expresses his discontent with the Government of his Mother and the Pharisees. | 67 |
| 3934 | He afterwards takes possession of the chief Places of Judea, during his Mother's Sickness. | 66 |
| 3935 | The Death of Queen Alexandra. Hyrcanus, her eldest Son, and Brother of Aristobulus, is own'd for King. He reigns peaceably for two Years. | 65 |
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| 3935 | A Battle between Hircanus and Aristobulus, in which Hircanus is overcome at Jericho. Hircanus had been High-priest under the Reign of his Mother for 9 Years, then King and Pontif for 2 Years, afterwards only Priest for 4 Years; after which he was Ethnarch for 19 Years. At last he was Herod's Captive and Sport for eight Years. So that he survived his Father Alexander Janneus the space of 48 Years. | 65 |
| 3938 | Peace is concluded between the two Brothers, on condition that Hyrcanus shall be content to live as a private Man in the Enjoyment of his Estate; and that Aristobulus shall be acknowledg'd for High-priest and King of the Jews. Thus Hyrcanus having reign'd three Years and three Months, resigns the Kingdom to Aristobulus II. who reigns three Years and three Months. | 62 |
| 61 | Hyrcanus, at the Instigation of Antipater, commits himself to the Pro- | |
| 3939 | tection of the King of the Arabians. Aretas, King of the Arabians, undertakes to set Hyrcanus upon the Throne. Aristobulus is worsted, and forc'd to shut himself up in the Temple of Jerusalem. He sends Deputations, first to Gabinius, and then to Scaurus, who were sent by Pompey into Syria; and offers them great Sums of Money to engage on his side, and to oblige Aretas to raise the Siege of the Temple which he had besieged. Scaurus writes to Aretas, and threatens to declare him an Enemy to the Roman People, if he does not presently retire. Aretas withdraws his Forces; Aristobulus pursues him, gives him battle, and obtains a Victory over him. | 60 |
| 3940 | Pompey comes to Damascus, and orders Aristobulus and Hyrcanus to appear before him. He hears the Cause of the two Brothers, and advises them to live in a good Understanding with each other. | 59 |
| 3941 | Aristobulus withdraws into Jerusalem, and maintains the City against Pompey, who besieges it. The City and Temple are taken by force. Aristobulus is taken Prisoner, Hyrcanus made High-priest and Prince of the Jews, but not allow'd to wear the Diadem. Judea is included in its ancient Limits, and obliged to pay Tribute to the Romans. Alexander, the Son of Aristobulus, having escaped from the Custody of those that carry'd him to Rome, comes into Judea, and raises Soldiers there. The End of the Kingdom of Syria. Augustus is born. | |
| 3947 | Gabinius, the Commander of a body of Roman Troops, beats Alexander, and besieges him in the Castle of Alexandrion. Alexander surrenders, and | 53 |
| 3948 | puts all his strong Places into Gabinius's Hands. Aristobulus making his Escape from Rome, returns into Judea, and endeavours to repair the Castle of Alexandrion. He is hinder'd by the Romans, who set upon him, and put his little Army to flight. He flies to Macheron, with a design to fortify it; but he is presently besieged in it. After some resistance he is taken, and sent a second time Prisoner to Rome. | 52 |
| 3949 | ||
| 51 | Ptolemy Auletes, King of Egypt, by help of Money prevails with Gabinius to come into Egypt, to restore him to the Throne. John Hyrcanus furnishes Gabinius with Provisions for his Army, and writes to the Jews, who had possession of Pelusium, to favour the Passage of the Romans. While Gabinius is busy in the War of Egypt, Alexander, Son of Aristobulus, makes Devastations in Judea. Gabinius gives him Battle at the foot of Mount Tabor, and defeats him. | |
| 3950 | Crassus succeeds Gabinius in the Government of Syria. Crassus passing into Syria, and finding the Province in a quiet Condition, he takes a resolution of making War with the Parthians. | 50 49 |
| 3951 | He comes to Jerusalem, and takes away great Riches out of the Temple. He |
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| 3951 | He marches against the Parthians; is beaten, and kill'd by Orodes. | 49 |
| 3952 | Cassius brings back the Remains of the Roman Army over the Euphrates, takes Tarichea, and brings from thence above thirty thousand Jewish Captives. He restrains Alexander, Son of King Aristobulus, and obliges him to live quiet. The civil War between Cesar and Pompey. | 48 |
| 3955 | Julius Cesar making himself Master of Rome, sets Aristobulus at liberty, and sends him with two Legions into Syria. But those of Pompey's Party give Poison to Aristobulus, by which he dies. Scipio cuts off the Head of young Alexander, Son of Aristobulus. The Battle of Pharsalia. Antipater Governour of Judea. The Library of Alexandria is burnt. | 45 |
| 3957 | Antipater, by the Order of Hyrcanus, joins himself with Mithridates, who was going into Egypt with Succours for Cesar, and assists him in reducing the Egyptians. Cesar having finish'd the War in Egypt, comes into Syria, and confirms Hyrcanus in the High-priesthood. Vitruvius flourishes. Antigonus, Son of Aristobulus; having made Remonstrances to Cesar concerning the Death of his Father and Brother; Cesar has little regard to his Complaints, being prejudic'd against him by Antipater. Antipater takes advantage of the Indolence of Hyrcanus, and makes his eldest Son Phazael Governour of Jerusalem, and Herod, another of his Sons, Governour of Galilee. | 43 |
| 3958 | Herod is summon'd to Jerusalem, there to give an account of his Conduct. But finding himself in danger of being condemn'd, he retires to his Government. Hillel and Sameas, two famous Rabbins, lived about this time. Sameas was Master to Hillel. Jonathan Son of Uziel, Author of the Chaldee Paraphrase, was the Disciple of Hillel. Josephus says, that Pollio was Master of Sameas. St. Jerom says, that Akiba succeeded Sameas and Hillel in the School of the Hebrews. Cesar passes into Africa. Cato kills himself at Utica. A Reform of the Roman Kalendar, in the Year of Rome 708. This Year consisted of 445 Days. Censorin. c. 20. | 42 |
| 3959 | Hyrcanus sends Ambassadors to Julius Cesar, to renew the Alliance with the Roman People. The Alliance was renew'd in a manner very advantageous to the Jews. | 41 |
| 3960 | After the death of Julius Cesar, the Ambassadors of the Jews were introduced into the Senate, and obtain'd their whole Request. The Jews of Asia are confirm'd in their Priviledge, of not being compel'd into the Wars. | 40 |
| 3961 | Cassius demands seven hundred Talents from Judea. Malichus causes Antipater to be poison'd. Herod causes Malichus to be kill'd, to revenge the Death of his Father. | 39 |
| 3962 | Felix having attempted Phazael, is shut up by him in a Tower, from whence Phazael would not release him, but upon composition. The Era of Spain; Spain being then subdued to Augustus by Domitius Calvinus. Herod and Phazael Tetrarchs of Judea. Joseph. l. 14. c. 23. | 38 |
| 3963 | Antigonus the second, Son of Aristobulus, gathers an Army, and enters into Judea. But Herod gives him battle; and routs him, before he made any advance into the Country. Mark Anthony coming into Bithynia, some Jews resort to him, and accuse Herod and Phazael before him. But Herod coming thither, wins upon the Affections of Anthony, and disappoints his Accusers. Mark Anthony being at Ephesus, grants the Liberty of their Nation to such Jews as had been brought captive by Cassius; and causes the Lands to be restored that had been unjustly taken away from the Jews. Mark | 37 |
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| 3963 | Mark Anthony coming to Antioch, some principal Men of the Jews come to him, to accuse Herod and Phazael; but he instead of hearing them, makes the two Brothers Tetrarchs of the Jews. The Jews afterwards send a Deputation, of a thousand of the most considerable Men of their Nation, to Anthony, who was then at Tyre; but all in vain. | 37 |
| 3964 | Antigonus, Son of Aristobulus, prevails with the Parthians to place him upon the Throne of Judea. The Parthians seize Hyrcanus and Phazael, and deliver them up to Antigonus. Phazael knocks out his own Brains; and the Parthians carry away Hyrcanus beyond the Euphrates, after Antigonus had cut off his Ears. Herod is forc'd to fly to Jerusalem, and thence to go to Rome, to implore the Assistance of Anthony. He obtains the Kingdom of Judea from the Senate, and returns with Letters from Anthony, who orders the Governours of Syria to assist him all they can in obtaining the Kingdom. He reigns 37 Years. Joseph. Antiq. l. 14. c. 26. | 36 |
| 3965 | He first takes Joppa, then goes to Massada, where his Brother Joseph was besieged by Antigonus. He raises the Siege, and marches against Jerusalem; but the Season being too far advanced, he could not then lie down before it. He takes the Robbers that hid themselves in the Caves of Galilee, and puts them to death. Machera, a Roman Captain, together with Joseph Herod's Brother, carry on the War against Antigonus, while Herod goes with Troops to Anthony, who was then besieging Samosata. | 35 |
| 3966 | After the taking of Samosata, Anthony sends Sosius with Herod into Judea, to reduce it to his Obedience. | 34 |
| 3967 | After several Fights Herod marches against Jerusalem. The City is taken, and Antigonus surrenders himself to Sosius, who insults him, calling him Antigona instead of Antigonus. Antigonus is taken Prisoner to Antioch to Anthony, who orders his Head to be cut off. Here ends the Reign of the Asmoneans after it had continued 126 Years. Ananel was High-priest for the first time. Joseph Antiq. l. 15. c. 2. | 33 |
| 3968 | Hyrcanus is treated kindly by the King of the Parthians. He obtains leave to return into Judea. Because he could no longer exercise the Functions of the High-priesthood, Herod bestows that Dignity on Ananel. | 32 |
| 3969 | Alexandra, the mother of Mariamne and Aristobulus, obtains of Herod, that Aristobulus might be made High-priest. | 31 |
| 3970 | Herod causes the young Aristobulus to be drowned, after he had been High-priest one Year. Ananel is High-priest the second time. Herod is sent for by Anthony, to justify himself concerning the Murder of Aristobulus, of which he was accused. The War between Augustus and Mark Anthony. Herod sides with Anthony. | 30 |
| 3973 | Herod's Wars with the Arabians. A great Earthquake in Judea. The Battle of Actium, in which Augustus obtains a Victory over Mark Anthony. Herod seizes Hyrcanus, who attempted to take shelter with the King of the Arabians, and put him to death. | 27 |
| 3974 | He goes to Rome to make his Court to Augustus, and obtains the Confirmation of the Kingdom of Judea. Anthony and Cleopatra kill themselves. The End of the Kings of Alexandria, 294 Years from the Death of Alexander the Great. | 26 |
| 3975 | Augustus comes into Syria, passes thro' Palestine, and is magnificently entertained by Herod. | 25 |
| 3976 | Herod puts to death his Wife Mariamne, the Daughter of Alexandra. Salome, | 24 |
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| 3978 | Salome, Herod's Sister, divorces herself from 22 Costobarus. | |
| 3979 | The Plague and Famine rage in Judea. 21 | |
| 3982 | Herod undertakes several Buildings, contrary 18 to the Religion of the Jews. He builds Cesarea of Palestine. | |
| 3983 | Agrippa, Augustus's Favorite, comes into 17 Asia. Herod makes him a Visit. | |
| 3984 | Augustus gives Trachonitis to Herod. 16 | |
| 3985 | Herod undertakes to build the Temple of 15 Jerusalem quite new. | |
| 3988 | Herod makes a Journey to Rome, to recom12 mend himself to Augustus. | |
| 3989 | He marries his two Sons, Alexander and 11 Aristobulus. | |
| 3990 | Herod goes to meet Agrippa, and engages 10 him to come to Jerusalem. | |
| 3991 | Domestick Divisions in Herod's Family. Sa- 9 lome, Pheroras, and Antipater, at variance with Alexander and Aristobulus. | |
| 3993 | Herod goes to Rome, and himself accuses his 7 two Sons Alexander and Aristobulus to Augustus. | |
| 3994 | The solemn Dedication of the City of Ce- 6 sarea, that Herod had built in honour of Augustus. | |
| 3995 | Augustus continues the Jews of Alexandria 5 in their ancient Rights and Privileges. Herod, as they say, causes David's Tomb to be open'd, to take out Treasure that lay there conceal'd. | |
| 3996 | New Disturbances in Herod's Family. 4 Archelaus, King of Cappadocia, reconciles his Son-in-law Alexander, and his Father Herod. Archelaus goes to Rome with Herod. | |
| 3997 | Herod makes War in Arabia. 3 | |
| 3998 | Herod is accused to Augustus of killing several Arabs. The Angel appears to St. Zachary. The Conception of John the Baptist, on the 24th of September. | |
| 3999 | The Annunciation of the Incarnation of the Son of God, to the Virgin Mary, the 25th of March. Herod condemns and puts to death his two Sons, Alexander and Aristobulus. Antipater, the Son of Herod, aims at the Kingdom. Herod sends Antipater to Rome. The Artifices and Tricks of Antipater are discover'd. The Birth of St. John the Baptist, six Months before the Birth of Jesus, on the 24th of June. | |
| 4000 | The Birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, on the 25th of December, the fourth Year before the Vulgar Era. | Year of Jesus Christ 1; before the Vulgar Era 4 |
| 4001 | The Circumcision of Jesus Christ, on the first of January. | before the Vulgar Era 3 |
| Antipater returns from Rome. He is accused and convicted of a Design to poison Herod. | ||
| The Wise-Men come to worship Jesus Christ. | ||
| The Purification of the holy Virgin. Jesus is presented in the Temple, forty Days after his Birth, on the second of February. | ||
| His Flight into Egypt. | ||
| The Massacre of the Innocents at Bethlehem. | ||
| Antipater is put to death by the Order of Herod. | ||
| The Death of Herod, five days after that of Antipater. | ||
| Archelaus is appointed King of Judea, by the Will of Herod. | ||
| The Return of Jesus Christ out of Egypt. He goes to dwell at Nazareth. | ||
| Archelaus goes to Rome, to desire of Augustus the Confirmation of Herod's Will in his favour. | ||
| The Jews revolt, and Varus keeps them in their Duty. | ||
| Archelaus obtains a part of his Father's Dominions, with the Title of Tetrarch; and returns to Judea. | ||
| An Impostor endeavours to make himself to be taken for Alexander, Son of Herod and Mariamne. |
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| 4002 | Archelaus takes away the High-priesthood from Joazar and gives it to Eleazar. | 2 | 1 |
| 4004 | The Vulgar Era, the fourth Year of Jesus Christ, the first of which has but eight Days. | ||
| 4009 | Archelaus is banish'd to Vienne in Gaul. | 9 | 6 |
| 4010 | The Enrolment or Taxation made by Cyrenius in Syria. This was his second Enrolment. The Revolt of Judas the Gaulonite, Chief of the Herodians. | 10 | 7 |
| 4012 | Jesus Christ at twelve years of age goes into the Temple of Jerusalem, and continues there three Days, unknown to his Parents. | 12 | 9 |
| 4013 | Marcus Ambivius is Governour of Judea. | 13 | 10 |
| 4017 | The Death of the Emperor Augustus, after he had reign'd Years, 5 Months, and 4 Days. Tiberius succeeds him, and reigns 22 Years, 6 Months, Days. | 57 | 17 14 28 |
| 4023 | Tiberius drives out of Italy all those that profess'd the Jewish Religion, or Egyptian Superstitions. | 23 | 20 |
| 4031 | Pilate is sent Governour into Judea. He attemps to bring the Roman Colours and Ensigns into Jerusalem, but is opposed by the Jews. | 31 | 28 |
| 4032 | The beginning of the Preaching of John the Baptist. | 32 | 29 |
| 4033 | The Baptism of Jesus Christ, by John the Baptist. Jesus goes into the Desart. At the end of forty Days he returns to St. John. He calls Andrew, Simon, Philip, and Nathaniel. He goes to the Marriage of Cana, where he changes Water into Wine. He comes to Capernaum, and thence to Jerusalem, where he celebrates his first Passover after his Baptism. The Passover this Year was on the 15th of April. Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night. Jesus goes upon the Banks of Jordan, where he baptizes. Herod Antipas marries Herodias his Brother Philip's Wife, he being yet alive. John the Baptist declares vehemently against this Marriage, and is put in Prison. Jesus withdraws into Galilee; he converts the Samaritan Woman, and several Samaritans, at Shechem, or Sichem. He preaches at Nazareth, and leaves this City to dwell at Capernaum. The Calling of Simon, Andrew, James, and John. He works several Miracles. The Vocation of St. Matthew. | 33 | 30 |
| 4034 | The second Passover that our Saviour celebrated after his Baptism and Preaching. He heals one sick of the Palsy on the Sabbath-day. The Jews take a Resolution of putting Jesus to death. Our Saviour's Sermon on the Mount, which contains an Abstract of the Duties of Christianity. John the Baptist being in Prison, sends a Deputation to Jesus Christ, to inquire if he was the Messiah. | 34 | 31 |
| 4035 | The Mission of the Apostles into several Parts of Judea. John the Baptist put to death by the Order of Herod, and at the Instigation of Herodias, in the 17th Year of Tiberius. Jesus Christ feeds five thousand Men with five Loaves and two Fishes. The People would make him a King. He retires. Jesus Christ's third Passover after his Baptism. He passes thro' Judea and Galilee, teaching every where, and doing many Miracles. The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The Mission of the seventy-two Disciples. Jesus goes to Jerusalem at the Feast of Pentecost. His | 35 | 32 |
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| 4035 His Parents would have him go to the Feast of Tabernacles. He tells them his Hour was not yet come; however; he goes thither about the middle of the Feast, that is, about the fourth day of the Octave. 35 4036 At the beginning of the thirty-sixth Year of Jesus Christ; Lazarus, who was beloved by him, fell sick and died. Jesus comes from beyond Jordan, and raises him to life again. 36 33 He retires to Ephrem upon Jordan, to avoid the Snares and Malice of the Jews of Jerusalem. He comes to Jerusalem, to be present at the last Passover that he celebrated upon Earth. On Sunday the 29th of March, and the 9th of Nisan, he arrives at Bethany, and sups with Simon the Leper. The Day following, being Monday the 30th of March, he makes his triumphant Entry into Jerusalem. On Tuesday, March the 31st, he comes again to Jerusalem, and on the way gives his Curse to the barren Fig-tree. On Wednesday the first of April, the Priests and Scribes consult upon Methods to apprehend him. Thursday, April 2. Jesus passes this day upon the Mount of Olives, and sends Peter and John into the City, to prepare what was necessary for the Passover. Thursday-Evening he goes into the City, and eats his last Supper with his Apostles. He institutes the Eucharist; and after Supper he goes with them into the Garden of Olives, where Judas, accompany'd by the Soldiers that had been appointed him by the chief Priest, comes and seizes him. In the Night-time Jesus is conducted to Annas, the Father-in-law of the High-priest Caiphas. The next day being Friday, the 3d of April, and the 14th of Nisan, he is carry'd to Pilate, accused, condemned and crucify'd upon Calvary. Towards Evening, before the Repose of the Sabbath began, he is taken down from the Cross, embalm'd, and laid in his Tomb. The Priests set Guards about it, and seal up the Entry of the Sepulchre. He continues in the Tomb all Friday-night, all Saturday, or the Sabbath, and a part of Saturday-night, till Sunday-morning. He rises again on Sunday-morning. The Angels declare his Resurrection to the holy Women, that were come to visit the Tomb. Jesus himself appears, I. to Mary Magdalen, under the appearance of a Gardener; II. to the other holy Women that were returning from the Sepulchre; III. to Peter; IV. to the two Disciples that were going to Emmaus; V. to all the Apostles assembled in a Chamber at Jerusalem, excepting Thomas, who was absent: All this upon the Sunday on which he arose. Eight Days after, in the same Place, he came again into the midst of his Disciples, and convinces Thomas, now present, that it was he himself. After this the Apostles return into Galilee, where Jesus shews himself to them on several Occasions. The Apostles having passed about twenty-eight Days in Galilee, return to Jerusalem. Jesus appear'd to them while they sat together at Table, in Jerusalem, on the 14th of May, this Year; and having taken them out of the City, upon the Mount of Olives, he ascended into Heaven before them all, on the fortieth Day after his Resurrection. Ten Days after, which was the Feast of Pentecost, he sends them the Holy Ghost, which descends upon them in the form of Tongues of Fire. 4037 The Election of the seven Deacons. 37 34 The Martyrdom of St. Stephen. Saul | 32 |
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| 4037 | Saul or Paul persecutes the Church. His Conversion: Pilate writes to Tiberius on the Subject of the Death of Jesus Christ. St. James Minor is made Bishop of Jerusalem. St. Philip the Deacon baptizes the Eunuch of Queen Candace. The Dispersion of the Apostles over the whole Earth. | 3734 | |
| 4038 | The young Agrippa, being much involved in debt in Judea, takes a Resolution of going to Rome. | 3835 | |
| 4039 | He arrives at Rome, and devotes himself to Caius, who was afterwards Emperor. | 3936 | |
| 4040 | He falls under the displeasure of Tiberius, and is put into Prison. Pilate is recall'd into Italy. The Death of Tiberius. Caius Caligula succeeds him. Agrippa is set at liberty, and promoted to honour. Apollonius Tyanæus becomes famous, about the end of Tiberius's Reign. 'Tis thought it was about this time that St. Peter came to Antioch. | 4037 | |
| 4041 | St. Paul is forc'd to make his escape from Damascus, by being let down in a Basket. He comes to Jerusalem, and Barnabas introduces him to the Apostles and Disciples. He goes to Tarsus in Cilicia, his own Country. Caligula gives Agrippa the Tetrarchy of his Uncle Philip; he returns into Judea, and passing thro' Alexandria, he is ridicul'd by the Inhabitants. The Citizens of Alexandria make an Uproar against the Jews, at the Instigation of Flaccus. Pilate kills himself. | 4138 | |
| 4042 | Flaccus is apprehended and carry'd to Rome, and banish'd by the Order of Caligula. Herod the Tetrarch goes to Rome, in hopes of obtaining something from the Emperor. But Caligula, being prepossess'd by Agrippa, banishes him to Lyons. | 4239 | |
| 4043 | Caligula orders Petronius to set up his Statue in the Temple of Jerusalem. The Jews obtain some delay from Petronius. Agrippa endeavours to divert the Emperor from this Thought, and at last obtains, as a great Favour, that this Statue should not be set up there. Philo the Jew goes with a Deputation from the Jews at Alexandria to Caligula. | 4340 | |
| 4044 | Philo obtains an Audience of the Emperor, and runs the hazard of his Life. The History of the two Brothers Asineus and Anineus. The Jews quit Babylon, and retire to Seleucia. 'Twas about this time that Helena, Queen of the Adiabenians, and Izates her Son, embrace Judaism. The Death of Caius Caligula. Claudius succeeds him. Agrippa persuades him to accept the Empire that the Army had offer'd him. Claudius adds Judea and Samaria to Agrippa's Dominions. Agrippa returns into Judea, and takes away the High-priesthood from Theophilus Son of Ananus, to give it to Simon Cantharas. Soon after he takes this Dignity from Cantharas, and gives it to Matthias. | 4441 | |
| 4045 | St. Peter comes to Rome in the Reign of Claudius. The exact Year is not very certain. | 4542 | |
| 4046 | Agrippa deprives the High-priest Matthias of the Priesthood, and bestows it on Elioneus Son of Citheus. | 4643 | |
| 4047 | He causes St. James Major to be seized, and beheads him. St. Peter is also put into Prison by his Order; but he is set at liberty by an Angel. Some | 4744 |
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| 4047 | Some time afterwards Agrippa being at Cesarea, received a sudden Stroke from Heaven, and died in great misery. This Judgment was inflicted upon him for being too much elated at the flattering Praises that were given him. Paul and Barnabas go to Jerusalem with the charitable Contributions of the Believers of Antioch. At their return to Antioch, the Church sends them forth to preach to the Gentiles, wherever the Holy-Ghost should lead them. | 47 | 44 |
| 4048 | Cuspius Fadus is sent into Judea as Governour. A great Famine in Judea. Paul and Barnabas go to Cyprus, and thence to Pamphilia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia. Being at Lystrum, the People were preparing to offer Sacrifices to them as Gods. | 48 | 45 |
| 4049 | They return to Antioch. The first Epistle of St. Peter. About this time St. Mark writes his Gospel. Cuspius Fadus is recall'd, and the Government of Judea is given to Tiberius Alexander. | 49 | 46 |
| 4051 | Herod, King of Chalcis, takes away the Pontificate from Joseph, Son of Camides, and gives it to Ananias Son of Nebedeus. The Death of Herod King of Chalcis. Ventidius Cumanus is made Governour of Judea, in the place of Tiberius Alexander. | 51 | 48 |
| 4052 | Troubles in Judea under the Government of Cumanus. | 52 | 49 |
| 4054 | Some Judaizing Christians would have the converted Gentiles be subject to the Ceremonies of the Law. The Council of Jerusalem, where it was determin'd, that the converted Gentiles should not be obliged to the Observation of the Legal Ceremonies. St. Peter comes to Antioch, and is reproved by St. Paul. Paul and Barnabas part, upon the account of John Mark. St. Timothy adheres to St. Paul, and receives Circumcision. St. Luke also was at this time with St. Paul. | 54 | 51 |
| 4055 | St. Paul passes out of Asia into Macedonia. From thence he comes to Athens. | 55 | 52 |
| 4056 | From Athens he goes to Corinth. The Jews are drove out of Rome under the Reign of Claudius. Felix is sent Governour into Judea, instead of Cumanus. The first Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. His second Epistle to the Thessalonians, some Months after the first. | 56 | 53 |
| 4057 | St. Paul leaves Corinth, after he had continued there for eighteen Months, and takes ship to go to Jerusalem. He takes Ephesus in his way. The Arrival of Apollos at Ephesus. He there preaches Jesus Christ. St. Paul having finish'd his Devotions at Jerusalem, goes to Antioch. From thence he passes into Galatia, and Phrygia, and then returns to Ephesus, where he continues three Years. The Death of the Emperor Claudius, being poison'd by Agrippina. Nero succeeds him. | 57 | 54 |
| 4058 | The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. | 58 | 55 |
| 4059 | The first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. | 59 | 56 |
| 4060 | St. Paul is forc'd to leave Ephesus on account of the Uproar raised against him by Demetrius the Silver-smith. He goes into Macedonia. The second Epistle to the Corinthians. | 60 | 57 |
| 4061 | The Epistle to the Romans. St. | 61 | 58 |
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| 4061 | St. Paul goes into Palestine, to carry the Contributions of the Faithful. He is seized in the Temple of Jerusalem. | 61 | 58 |
| 4062 | Some time after he is sent Prisoner to Cesarea. Ishmael, Son of Tabei, is made High-priest instead of Ananias. Disturbances between the Jews of Cesarea, and the other Inhabitants of the same City. | 62 | 59 |
| 4063 | Porcius Festus is made Governour of Judea, in the room of Felix. St. Paul appeals to the Emperor. He is put on Shipboard, and sent to Rome. St. Paul's Shipwreck at Malta. | 63 | 60 |
| 4064 | He arrives at Rome, and continues there a Prisoner for two Years. The Jews build a Wall, which hinders Agrippa from looking within the Temple. Ishmael the High-priest is deposed. And Joseph, sirnamed Cabei, is put in his place. | 64 | 61 |
| 4065 | The Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians. The Epistle to the Colossians. The Martyrdom of St. James Minor, Bishop of Jerusalem. | 65 | 62 |
| 4066 | The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews, written from Italy, soon after he was set at liberty. Albinus, the successor of Felix, arrives in Judea. A Division among the Priests of Jerusalem on the Subject of Tythes. The singing Levites obtain leave to wear linen Garments in the Temple, as well as the Priests. Jesus Son of Ananus, begins to cry in Jerusalem, Wo to the City, &c. and continues so to cry till the beginning of the Siege by the Romans. | 66 | 63 |
| 4067 | St. Paul comes out of Italy into Judea, passes by the Isle of Crete, by Ephesus, and Macedonia. 'Tis thought it was from Macedonia that he wrote his first Epistle to Timothy. St. Paul's Epistle to Titus. Agrippa takes away the Highpriesthood from Jesus Son of Gamaliel, and gives it to Matthias Son of Theophilus. Gessius Florus is made Governour of Judea, in the place of Albinus. Nero puts fire to the City of Rome, and throws the blame upon the Christians, several of which are put to death. | 67 | 64 |
| 4068 | St. Peter writes his second Epistle, probably, from Rome. Several Prodigies happen at Jerusalem this Year, during the Feast of the Passover. St. Paul goes to Rome the last time, and is there put into Prison; as also St. Peter. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians. The second Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy. Apollonius Tyanæus comes to Rome. | 68 | 65 |
| 4069 | The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome. St. Clement succeeds St. Peter; but he does not take upon him the Government of the Church till after the Death of St. Linus. St. Mark comes again to Alexandria, and there suffers Martyrdom. Cestius, Governour of Syria, comes to Jerusalem, and there takes a Poll of the Jews that came to the Feast of the Passover. Disturbances at Cesarea, and at Jerusalem. Florus puts several Jews to death. The Jews rise against him, and kill the Roman Garison that was at Jerusalem. A Massacre of the Jews of Cesarea in Palestine. All the Jews of Scythopolis have their Throats cut in one Night. Cestius, Governour of Syria, comes into Judea. He 2 | 69 | 66 |
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| 4069 | He besieges the Temple of Jerusalem; he retires, and is beaten by the Jews. The Believers of Jerusalem seeing a War going to break out, retire to Pella in the Kingdom of Agrippa, beyond Jordan. Vespasian is appointed by Nero for the Jewish War. Josephus is made Governour of Galilee. Vespasian sends his Son Titus to Alexandria. He comes himself to Antioch, and forms a numerous Army. | 69 | 66 |
| 4070 | Vespasian enters into Judea, and subdues Galilee. Josephus is besieged in Jotapata. The City is taken, and Josephus surrenders to Vespasian. Tiberias and Tarichea, which had revolted against Agrippa, are reduced to obedience by Vespasian. Divisions in Jerusalem. The Zealots seize the Temple, and commit a thousand Violences in Jerusalem. They depose Theophilus, from being High-priest, and put one call'd Phannias in his place. The Zealots send for the Idumeans to succour Jerusalem. They put to death Ananus, and Jesus Son of Gamala, and Zacharias Son of Baruch. The Idumeans retire from Jerusalem. | 70 | 67 |
| 4071 | The Death of the Emperor Nero. Galba succeeds him. Vespasian makes himself Master of all the Places of strength in Judea, which were about Jerusalem. Simon Son of Gioras ravages Judea, and the southern Parts of Idumea. | 71 | 68 |
| 4072 | The Death of Galba. Otho is declared Emperor. The Death of Otho. Vitellius is proclaim'd Emperor. Vespasian is declared Emperor by his Army. He is acknowledg'd as such all over the East. Josephus is set at liberty. John of Giscala puts himself at the head of the Zealots. Eleazar, Son of Simon, forms a third Party, and makes himself Master of the inner Temple, or of the Court of the Priests. | 72 | 69 |
| 4073 | Titus marches against Jerusalem, to form the Siege of the Place. He lies down before Jerusalem some days before the Feast of the Passover. The Factions unite at first against the Romans, but afterwards are divided again. The Romans make themselves Masters of the first Enclosure of Jerusalem, then of the second; at least they make a Wall all round the City, which was soon reduced to such distress by Famine, that a Mother eat her own Child. On the seventeenth day of July the perpetual Sacrifice ceased in the Temple. The Romans become Masters of the Court of the People, and set fire to the Galleries. A Roman Soldier sets the Temple on fire, notwithstanding Titus had given command to the contrary. The Romans being now Masters of the City and Temple, offer Sacrifices of Thanksgiving to their Gods. The taking of the last Enclosure of the City. John of Giscala, and Simon Son of Gioras, after having attempted in vain to escape, conceal themselves in the Common-Sewers. | 73 | 70 |
| 4074 | Titus demolishes the Temple to its very Foundations. He also demolishes the City, and reserves only the Towers of Hippicos, Phazael, and Mariamne. Titus returns to Rome, and with his Father Vespasian triumphs over Judea. Bassus | 74 | 71 |
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| 4075 | After the Death of Bassus, Fulvius Sylva succeeds, and makes himself Master of some Fortresses that still held out in Judea. The Temple Onion, in Egypt, is shut up by the Romans. An Assassin of Judea seduces the Jews of Cyrene, and is the cause of their Destruction. Vespasian causes a strict Search to be made for all those that were of the Race of David. The End of the Chronological Table of the History of the Bible. THE | 74 | 71 75 72 |
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