The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations Volume 4; From the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 Excerpt: ...it carried off the disease with it. And therefore to make sure work of it, the parricide caused him to be stifled to death in his bed, and after that c he put to death all his other brothers, and raged with that cruelty towards the nobility, as well as all others, that he made himself the odium of all his people; whereon d fearing lest they should depose him and place a son of his, then grown up to man's state, upon the throne instead of him, he put him to death to prevent it. Hereon c great numbers of the nobility of Parthia dreading his cruelty, fled the country to avoid it, several of which took refuge in Syria under the protection of Antony, among whom Monaeses was the most eminent, who growing much into the confidence of Antony, thereby became the chief promoter of that war with Parthia, which Anthony the next year engaged in. 1 Appian. de Bellis Civilibus, lib. 5. z Justin, lib. 42. cap. 4. 1 Justin, lib. 42. cap. 4. Dion Cassius, lib. 49. p. 406. b Plutarchus in Crnsso circa finem. Herod on the death of Antigonus f made Ananelus high priest in his stead. He was an obscure priest residing among the Jews of Baby-u""3' Ionia, and a descendant of those who had settled in that country after the Babylonish captivity, but K being of the pontifical family, and formerly well known to Herod, he sent for him from Babylonia, and put him into this office; and that which chiefly recommended him to this choice was the obscurity and meanness of the man, that being a person without credit or interest at Jerusalem, he might not there, by virtue of his high station and dignity, be in a capacity of interfering with the regal authority. In the interim Hyrcanus continued a prisoner at Seleucia in Babylonia, till Phraates came to the crown. Amidst the cruelties w...