The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonian, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Volume 7) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1774. Excerpt: ... THE twentieth book is divided into three articles, which, are all abridgments: the first, of the history of the Jews, from the reign of Aristobuliis to that of Herod the Great; the second of the history of the Parthians, from the establishment of that empire to the defeat of Crassus; the third of the history of the kings of Cappadocia, to the annexing of that kingdom to the Roman empire. ARTICLE I. Abridgment of the history of the Jews, from Aristobulus, son of Hyrcanus, ivho frst assumed the rank of king, to the reign os Herod the Great, the Idumaean. AS the history of the Jews is often intermixed with that of the kings of Syria and Egypt, I have taken care, as occasion offered, to relate of it what was most necessary and suitable to my subject. I shall add here what remains of that history to the reign of Herod the Great. The historian Josephus, who is in every one's hands, will satisfy the curiosity of such as are desirous of being more fully informed in it. Dean Prideaux, whom I have used here, may be also consulted to the saile effect. - -' * P 2 i-' Sect. > Sect, I. DEGREES(j-r/ Asistobulus thefts, which lajhi . two years. HYRCANUS, high priest and prince of the Jews (a), 'had left five sons at his death. .The first was Aristobulus, the second Antigonus, the third Alexander Jcniiscus, the fourth's name is unknown. The fifth was called Absalom. Aristobulus, as the eldest, -succeeded his father in the highpriesthood and temporal sovereignty. As soon as he law himself well establiihed, he assumed the diadem and title c: king, which none of those who had governed Judaea from the Babylonish captivity had done besides himself. The conjuncture seemed favourable for that design. The kings of Syria and Egypt, who were alone capable of opposing it, were weak prince?, involved .