OF THE JEWISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN JOSEPHUS' WORKS.
WITH THE SYRO-MACEDONIAN NAMES JOSEPHUS GIVES THEM, AND THE NAMES OF THE JULIAN OR ROMAN
N. B.-THE FIRST NUMBER IN ORDER IS THAT OF THE BOOK; THE second, of THE CHAPTER ;
AND THE THIRD OF THE SECTION, OR SECTIONS.
AARON, Antiq. b. ii, ch. xiii, sect. 1; b. xx, ch. x; is made
high-priest, b. iii, ch. viii, sect. 1; his sons, ib.; his
death, b. iv, ch. iv, sect. 7.
Abassar, or Sanabassar, Antiq. b. xi, c. iv, sect. 6.
Abbarus, king of the Tyrians, Against Apion, b. i, sect. 21.
Abdastartus, king of the Tyrians, Against Apion, b. i,
Abdemon, a Tyrian, Antiq. b. viii, c. v, 3; Against Apion,
b. i, sect. 17, 18.
Abdenago, or Abednego, Antiq. b. x, c. x, 1.
Abdon succeeds Elon as judge, Antiq. b. v, c. vii, 15.
Abel, Antiq. b. i, c. ii, 1; his sacrifice, ib.
A benarig, king of Charax Spasni, Antiq. b. xx, c. ii, 1.
Abia, or Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, Antiq. b. vii, c. x,
3, b. viii, c. x, 1; succeeds his father, sect. 4; conquers
the ten tribes, b. viii, c. xi, 2, 3.
Abia, king of the Arabians, Antiq. b. xx, c. iv, 1.
Abiathar, the son of Abimelech, Antiq. b. vi, ch. xiv, 6;
saves his life, and flies to David, sect. 8; is high-priest,
b. vi, c. xiv, 6; and b. vii, c. v, 4; and c. ix, 2; and c.
xi, 8; and c. xiv. 4; is deprived of the high-priesthood,
b. viii, c. i, 3.
Abibalus, king of the Tyrians, Against Apion, b. i, sect. 17.
Abigail, Antiq. b. vi, c. xiii, 7; married to David, sect. 8.
Abigail, Amasa's mother, Antiq. b. vii, c. x, 1.
Abihu, the son of Aaron, Antiq. b. iii, c. viii, 1.
Abijah, or Abia, the son of Rehoboam, Antiq. b. vii, c. x,
3; and b. viii, c. x, 1; succeeds his father, sect. 4; con-
quers the ten tribes, b. vii, c. xi, 2, 3.
A bilamaradochus, or Evil Merodach, Antiq. b. x, c. xi.
Abimael, Antiq. b. i, c. vi, 4.
Abimelech, tyrannizes over the Shechemites, Antiq. b. v,
c. vii, 1; is expelled, sect. 3; he destroys them all, sect.
4; is killed by a piece of a mill-stone, sect. 5.
Abinadab, Antiq. b. vi, c. i, 4; b. viii, c. ii, 3.
Abiram, Antiq. b. iv, c. ii, 2.
Abishag, a virgin, David's nurse, Antiq. b. vii, c. xiv, 3.
Abishai, Antiq. b. vi, c. xiii, 9.
Abner, Antiq. b. vii, c. i, 4; son of Ner, c. xiii, sect. 1;
Saul's kinsman, b. vi, c. iv, 3; general of his army, b.
vii, c. i, 3; reconciles the Israelites to David, b. vii, c.
i, 4; is killed, sect. 5.
Abram, or Abraham, the son of Terah, Antiq. b. i, c. vi,
5; leaves Chaldea, and goes to Canaan, c. vii, sect. 1;
lives at Damascus, sect. 2; advises his sons to plant co-
lonies, c. xv; instructs the Egyptians in the mathemati-
cal sciences, c. viii, sect. 2; divides the country between
himself and Lot, sect. 3; God promises him a son, c. x.
sect. 3; he beats the Assyrians, c. x; dies, c. xvii.
Absalom, Antiq. b. vii, c. iii, 3; flies to Geshur, c. viii,
sect. 3; is recalled by a stratagem of Joab, sect. 4, 5;
rebels against David, b. vii, c. ix; pursues after him, c.
x, sect. 1; his army is put to flight, sect. 2; hangs on a
tree by his hair, ib.; is stabbed by Joab, and dies, ib.
Acencheres, king of Egypt, Against Apion, b. i, sect. 15.
Acenchres, queen of Egypt, ib.
Achar, or Achan, is guilty of theft, Antiq. b. v, 10; is
punished, sect. 14.
Achitophel, or Ahithophel, Absalom's favourite, Antiq. b.
vii, c. ix, 2; gives evil counsel, sect. 5; hangs himself,
sect. 8.
Achonius, Antiq. b. xi, c. v, 4.
Acme, War, b. i, c. xxxii, 6; her letters to Antipater and
Herod, Antiq. b. xvii, c. v, 7; her death, c. vii.
Acmon, son of Araph, or Ishbi, the son of Ob, of the race
of the giants, attacks David, Antiq. b. vii, c. xii, 1; is
killed by Abishai, ib.
Acratheus, or Hatach, Antiq. b. xi, c. vi, 7.
Actium, battle at, Antiq. b. xv. c. v, 1; and c. vi, 1; War,
b. i, c. xix, 1; in the seventh year of Herod's reign,
Antiq. b. xv, c. v, 2.
Ada, the wife of Lamech, Antiq. b. i, c. ii, 2.
Adad, a king of Damascus, Antiq. b. vii, c. v, 2, &c.
Adam created, Antiq. b. i, c. i, 2; his fall, ib.
Ader, or Hadad, an Idumean, Antiq. b. viii, c. vii, 6.
Adonias, or Adonijah, pretends to the crown, Antiq. b. vii,
c. xiv, 4; takes sanctuary at the altar, sect. 6, 9; de-
mands Abishag to wife, b. viii, c. i, 1, 2; is refused,
sect. 3.
Adonibezek, king of Jerusalem, Antiq. b. v, c. ii, 2; is
made a prisoner, and has his hands and feet cut off, and
dies at Jerusalem, ib.
Adoram, Antiq. b. vii, c. v, 4; and b. viii, c. ii, 9.
Adrammelech, Antiq. b. x, c. i, 5.
Adrasar, or Hadadezer, king of Sophene, or Zoba, Antiq.
b. viii, c. v, 1; b. xiii, c. vii, 6.
Ebutius, a decurion, Life, sect. 24.
Egypt, named from a king, Against Apion, h. i, sect. 15.
Egyptian kings called Pharaohs for 1300 years, till the
reign of Solomon, Antiq. b. viii, c. vi, 2.
Ægyptians, famous before all other nations for wisdom,
Antiq. b. viii, c. ii, 5; learned mathematics of Abraham,
Antiq. b. i, c. viii, 2; their sacred scribes or priests, b.
ii, c. ix, 2; they held it unlawful to feed cattle, b. ii, c.
vii, 5.
Egyptians' false prophet put to flight by Felix, Antiq. b.
xx, c. viii, 6; War, b. ii, c. xiii, 5.
Elius Gallus, Antiq. b. xv, c. ix, 3.
Æmilius Regulus, Antiq. b. xix, c. i, 3.
Eneas, surnamed Aretas, succeeds Obodas in Arabia,
Antiq. b. xvi, c. ix, 4.
Esopus, a servant, Antiq. b. xv, c. iii, 2.
Ethiopian commodities were slaves and monkeys, Antiq. b.
viii, c. vi, 5, &c.; and c. vii, 2.
Ethiopians bordering on the Arabians, Antiq. b. ix, c. v, 3.
Agag, king of the Amalekites, Antiq. b. vi, c. vii, 2; is
killed, sect 5.
Agar, or Aagar, and Ishmael, are sent away by Abraham,
Antiq. b. i, c. xiii, 3.
Aggeus, or Haggai the prophet, Antiq. b. xi, c. iv, 5, 7;
he prophecies at the rebuilding of the temple, ib.
Agones, or games every fifth year, in honour of Cæsar, in-
stituted by Herod, Antiq. b. xv, c. viii, 1; War, b. i, c.
xxi, 8; at the finishing Cesarea, Antiq. b. xvi, c. v, 1.
Agrippa's (Marcus the Roman) bounty towards the Jews,
Antiq. b. xii, iii, 2; is splendidly entertained by Herod,
xvi, ii, 1; makes equal returns to him at Synope, sect.
2; his expedition to the Bosphorus, ib.; his speech to
the Jews at Jerusalem, War, ii, xvi, 3, 4; he confirms
their privileges, Antiq. xvi, ii, 5; his letters to the Ephe-
sians, in favour of the Jews, c. vi, sect. 4; and to those
of Cyrene, sect. 5.
Agrippa the Great, or Elder, Herod's grandson, Antiq. b.
xvii, ii, 2; and xviii, v, 4; War, i, xxviii, 1; his vari-
ous adventures, Antiq. xviii, 3, 4, &c.; is manacled and
imprisoned, c. vi, sect. 6; his future liberty and happiness
foretold, sect. 7; is released and made lord of two te-
trarchies, with the title of king, sect. 10; gives Caius a
sumptuous entertainment at Rome, c. xviii, sect. 7; is
sent by the senate to Claudius, xix, iv, 1, 2; his advice
to Claudius, ib. &c. ; is sent back to the kingdom, c. iv,
sect. 1; Claudius bestows on him almost all the domini-
ons of his grandfather, c. v, sect. 1; his eulogium, c. vii,
sect. 3; his bounty towards those of Berytus, sect. 5; he
treats several kings splendidly, c. viii, sect. 1; entertains
Cesarea with shows, and appears himself upon the stage
in a magnificent dress, and is applauded as a god, sect.
; dies soon after an unnatural death, ib.; his death and
children, War, ii, xi, 5, 6.
Agrippa, his son by Cypros, War, ii, xi, 6; did not imme-
diately succeed in his father's kingdom, Antiq. xix, ix,
2; Claudius gave him that of his uncle Herod [of Chal-
cis], xx, v, 2; War, ii, xii, 1; to which he added the
tetrarchies of Philip and Lysanias, c. vii, sect. 1; he is
hurt by a sling-stone at the siege of Gamala, iv, i, 3;
his letters to Josephus, Life, sect. 64; his famous speech
to the Jews, to dissuade them from a war with the Ro-
mans, War, ii, xvi, 4, 5.
Agrippa, son of Felix and Drusilla, Antiq. xx, vii, 3.
Agrippa Ponteus slain, War, vii, iv, 3.
Ahab, king of Israel, Antiq. vii, xiii, 1; is reproved by
Elijah, sect. 8; fights with Benhadad, and beats him, c.
xiv, sect. 1, &c.; pardons him, sect. 4; is afterwards
killed himself by the Syrians, c. xv, sect. 5; his sons, ix,
6, 5.
Ahaziah, his son, Antiq. viii, xv, 6; and ix, ii, 2; vi,
Ahaziah, king of Judah, Antiq. ix, vi, 3.
Ahaz, king of Judah, Antiq. ix, xii, 2
Ajah, the prophet, Antiq. viii, vii, 7; his prophecy, x,
iv, 4.
Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, Antiq. vii, ix, 2; c. x, sect. 4,
5; high-priest, x, viii, 6.
Ahimelech, or Achimelech the priest or high-priest, slain
by the order of Saul, Antiq. vi, xiii, 4, &c.
Ahitub, Antiq. vii, i, 3.
Ahitophel, or Achitophel, Antiq. vii, ix; gives evil counsel,
sect. 5; hangs himself, sect. 8.
Ai besieged, Antiq. v, i, 12; taken, sect. 15.
Aizel, or Uzal, Antiq. i, vi, 4.
Alaus, War, vii, vii, 4.
Albinus, procurator of Judea, Antiq. xx, ix, 1.
Alcimus, or Jacimus, the wicked high priest, Antiq. xiii,
ix, 7; calumn.ates Judas before Demetrius, c. x, sect. I ;
dies, sect. 6.
Alcyon, a physician, Antiq. xix, i, 20
Alexander Lysimachus, the alabarch, Antiq xviii, vi, 3;
and xix, v, 1; and xx, v, 2.
Alexander, the son of Alexander, by Glaphyra, War, i,
xxviii, 1.
Alexander, the son of Antiochus Epiphanes, Antiq xiii,
ii, 1; surnamed Balas, ib. in note; king of Syria, sect.
2; his letter to Jonathan, ib.; engages in a battle with
Demetrius, sect. 4; demands Ptolemy Philometer's
daughter in marriage, c. iv, sect. 1; is killed in Arabia,
and his head sent to Ptolemy, sect. 8.
Alexander and Aristobulus, Herod's sons, put in prison,
Antiq xvi, x, 5; strangled by their father's order, c. xi,
sect. 6; War, i, xxvii, 6.
Alexander, the son of Aristobulus, Antiq. xiv, iv, 5; War,
i, vii, 7; troubles Syria, Antiq. xiv, iv, 2; makes war
upon the Romans, War, i, viii, 5; is conquered by Ga-
binus, ib.; killed by Pompey's order, Antiq. xiv, vii. 4;
War, i, ix, 2.
Alexander Jauneus succeeds his brother Aristobulus, War,
i, iv, 1; a sedition raised against him, Antiq. xiii, xiv,
2, &c.; his expedition against Ptolemais, c. xii, sect. 2;
he is called Thracidas, for his barbarous cruelty, c. xiv,
Bect 2; dies of a quartan ague, after three years' sick-
ness, c. xv, sect. 5; War, i, iv, 8; his sons, Hyrcanus
and Aristobulus, Antiq. xiii, xvi; War, i, v, 1.
Alexander the Great, succeeds his father Philip, Antiq. xi,
xiii, 13; conquers Darius, sect. 3; pursues his victories
through Asia, ib. &c.; sends a letter to the high-priest
at Jerusalem, ib.; goes himself to Jerusalem, sect. 5;
his dream, ib.; he adores the name of God on the high-
priest's forehead, ib.; enters the temple, ib.; grants pri-
vileges to the Jews, ib.; the Pamphylian sea gives way
to his army, Antiq. ii. xvi, 5; his arms and armour kept
in the temple of Diana, at Elymais, xii, ix, 1; his em-
pire divided after his death, c. i.
Alexander, the son of Phasaelus and Salampsio, Antiq.
xviii, v, 4.
Alexander (Tiberius) succeeds Caspius Fadus as procurator
of Judea, Antiq. xx, v, 2; War, ii, xi, 6; is made pro-
curator of Egypt, ii, xv, 1; c. xviii, sect. 7; is made
chief commander of the Roman army under Vespasian,
iv, x, 6; and vi, iv, 3.
Alexander Zebina, king of Syria, is conquered by Antiochus
Grypus, and uies, Antiq. x.ii, ix, 3
Alexandra, Alexander Janneus's widow, holds the admi-
nistration, after his death, Antiq xiii, xvi, 1; falls sick
and dies, sect. 5, 6; her eulogium, ib.
Alexandra, daughter of Hyrcanus, wife of Alexander, the
son of Aristobulus, Hyrcanus's brother, and mother of
another Aristobulus and Mariamne, Antiq. xv, ii, 5;
writes a letter to Cleopatra, ib.; sends the pictures of her
son and daughter to Antonius, by the advice of Dellius,
sect. 6; is feignedly reconciled to Herod, sect. 7; is sus
pected by Herod, c. iii, sect. 2; prepares to fly into
Egypt, ib.; bemoans the death of Aristobulus, sect. 4;
acquaints Cleopatra with the snares of Herod, and the
death of her son, sect. 5; is put into prison, sect. 9; her
indecent behaviour towards her daughter Mariamne, c
vii, sect. 4; is killed by Herod's order, sect. 8.
Alexandra, daughter of Phasaelus and Salampsio, Antiq.
xviii, v, 4; is married to Timius Cyprius, ib.
Alexandria's causeway to the island Pharos, seven furlongs
long, Antiq. xii, ii, 12; a great part of that city assigned
to the Jews, xiv. vii, 2: the Jews declared its citizens on
a brazen pillar by Julius Cæsar, c. x, sect. 1, 2.
Alexas, Salome's husband, Antiq. xvii, i, 1; War, i,
xxviii, 6.
Alexas Selcias. Alexas's son, Antiq. xviii, v, 4.
| Alisphragmuthosis, or Halisphragmuthosis, king of Egypt,
Against Apion. i, sect. 14.
Alurus. a Jew, Life, sect. 3.
Alliance betwen Ptolemy and Antiochus, Antiq. xii, iv, 1.
Altar of incense, Antiq. iii, vi, 8; of burnt-offering made
of unhewn stone, War, v, v, 6; Against Apion, i, sect. 22.
Amadetha, or Hammadetha, Antiq. xi, vi, 5, 12.
Amalekites attack the Israelites, Antiq. iii, ii, 1; are con-
quered and plundered, sect. 4, 5.
Aman, or Haman, the enemy of the Jews, Antiq. xi, vi,
15; his edict against the Jews, sect. 6; he orders a gal-
lows to be erected for Mordecai, sect. 10; is obliged to
honour Mord cai, ib.; his malicious design is laid before
the king, sect. 11; his edict countermauded, sect. 12; he
is himself hanged on the gallows, sect. 13.
Amarinus, or Omri, king of the Israelites, Antiq. viii, xii, 5.
Amasa, general of the army, Antiq. vi. x, 1; and xi, 1;
the son of Jether, c. xv, sect. 1; killed by Joab, ib. c.
xi, sect. 7.
Amasias, or Amaziah, king of Judah, Antiq. ix, viii, 4; c.
ix, sect. 1; makes war on Jehoash, king of Israel, sect.
3; is beaten, and murdered in a conspiracy, ib.
Amasias, or Maaseiah, king Ahaz's son, slain in battle,
Antiq. ix, xii, 1.
Amasias, or Maaseiah, governor of the city, Antiq. x, iv, 1.
Amathius, Antiq. i, vi, 1.
Ambassadors sent with presents to Hezekiah, Antiq. x, ii,
2; ambassadors of the Jews, slain by the Arabs, xv, V,
2; this a violation of the law of nations, sect. 3, c. vii,
sect 9; ambassadors had a right to sit among the Roman
senators in the theatre, xiv, x, 6.
Ambassage sent by Jonathan to the Lacedemonians, Antiq.
xiii, v, 8; sent by the Jews to Rome, x, xii, 6.
Ambition and avarice causes of many mischiefs, Antiq. vii,
i, J.
Ambivius, (Marcus) procurator of Judea, Antiq. xviii, ii. 2.
Amenophis, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 15, 26,
Amesees, queen of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 15.
Aminadab, Antiq. ví, i, 4; and xi, iv, 1.
Ammonius, Antiq. xiii, iv, 6; killed, ib.
Amnon, David's son, Antiq. vii, iii, 3; falls in love with
his sister Tamar, c. viii, sect. 1; is slain by Absalom's
order, sect. 2.
Amorites given to the tribe of Reuben and Gad, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, Antiq. iv. vii, 3.
Amphitheatre built at Jerusalem, and another in the ad-
joining plain, by Herod the Great, Antiq. xv, viii, 1;
another at Jericho, xvii, viii, 2.
Amram, Moses's father, Antiq ii, ix, 3
Amram, Antiq. xx, i, 1.
Amraphel, Antiq. i, ix.
Amutal, or Hamutal, Antiq. x, v. 2.
Anacharias, or Rabsaris, a general of Sennacherib, Antiq
x, i, 1.
Anancius made high-priest, Antiq. xv. ii. 4; deprived of it,
c. ii, sect. 1; restored to it, sect. 3.
Ananias, son of Nebedius, made high-priest, Antiq. xx, ▼,
2; War, i, xii, 6; c. xvii, sect. 2; his son Ananus, a
xii, sect. 6; both sent in fetters to Rome, Autiq. xx, vi,
2; slain, together with his brother Ezekias, War, ii,
xvii, 9.
Ananias, (different from the former,) Antiq. xi, iv, 2; son
of Onias, xiii, x, 4; c. xii, sect. 2.
Ananias, the son of Masambalus, high-priest, War, T.
xiii. 1.
Ananus senior, made high-priest, Antiq. xx, ix, 1; his
eulogium, War, iv, iii, 7.
Ananus junior, the son of Ananus, made high-priest.
Antiq. xx, ix, 1; Life, sect. 38: War, iv, in, 9; his
speech to the people, sect. 10; accused of the murder of
James the Bishop, Antiq. xx, ix, 1; deprived of the
high-priesthood, ib.; his death, War, iv. v, 2.
Ananus [or Annas], son of Seth, made high-priest, Antiq.
xviii, ii, 1; deposed, sect. 2.
Ananus, son of Bamadus, one of Simon's life-guards, War,
v, xiii, 1; flies to Titus, vi. iv. 2.
Ananus, governor of the temple, Antiq. xx, vi, 2.
Ananus, son of Jonathan, War, ii, xix, 5.
Anchus, or Achish, king of Gath, Antiq. vi, xiv, 1.
Andreus, captain of Philadelphus's life-guard, Antiq. xii,
ii, 2, 3, 4; Against Apion, ii, sect. 4
Andromachus expelled the court of Herod, Antiq. xvi,
viii, 3.
Andronicus, son of Messalamus, Antiq. xiii, iii, 4.
Aner, Abraham's confederate, Antiq. i, v, 2.
Αγγαρεςθαι, οτ forcible pressure taken of the Jews by
Demetrius, Antiq. xiii, ii, 3.
Angels of God becoine familiar with women, Antiq. i, iii, 1.
Anelius, Antiq. xviii, ix, 1, 4, 5; killed by the Babylonians,
sect. 7.
Anna, or Hannah, the wife of Elcanah, Antiq. v, x, 2.
Annibus, put to death by Fadus, for mutiny, Antiq. xx,
Annius (Lucius) takes Gerasa, War, iv, ix, 1.
Anuius Minucianus, Antiq. xix, i, 3.
Annius Rufus, procurator of Judea, Antiq. xviii, ii, 2.
Anoch, or Enoch, Antiq. i, ii, 2.
Anteius killed, Antiq. xix, i, 15.
Antigonus governs Asia, after Alexander's death, Antiq. xii,
i; his fleet beaten by Ptolemy, c. xi, sect. 10.
Antigo nus, son of Aristobulus, Antiq. xiv, iv, 5; c. vii,
sect. 1; impeaches Hyrcanus and Antipater, c viii, sect.
4; War, i, x, 1; is conquered by Herod, Antiq. xiv, xii,
1; invades Judea, by the help of the Parthians, c. xiii,
sect. 3; is re-established in the government, sect. 10;
War, i, xiii, 9; cuts off Hyrcanus's ears, and causes the
death of Phasaelus, ib.; surrenders himself to Sosius,
Antiq. xiv, xvi, 2; War, i, xviii, 2; is sent in fetters to
Marcus Antonius, ib.; was the first king whose head was
cut off by the Romans, Antiq. xv, i, 2; reigned before
Herod, xvii, v, 2.
Antigonus, son of Hyrcanus I., and brother of king Aris-
tobulus, made commander of the siege of Samaria, An-
tiq. xii, x, 2; is beloved by his brother, c. xi, sect. 1;
is watched by the queen and her favourites, and by their
calumnies slain, sect. 2; War, i, iii, 2, 3, 4.
Antioch is the chief city in Syria, and the third city in the
Roman empire, War, iii, ii, 4; the Jews made citizens
thereof by Seleucus Nicator, Antiq. xii, iii, 1; it is burnt
down, War, vili, ii, 4.
Antiochus rebels against Demetrius, Antiq. xiii, iv, 7; their
envy against the Jews, xii, iii, 1.
Antiochus, king of Commagene, Antiq. xviii, ii, 5; and xix,
v, 1; c. viii, sect. 1; War, v, xi, 3; and vii, vii, 1; a
part of Cilicia, together with Commagene, granted him
by Claudius, Antiq. xix, v, 1.
Antiochus Cyzicenus, Antiq. xiii, x, 1; assists the Sama-
ritans, but is put to fight, sect. 2; War, i, ii, 2¡ is
taken prisoner, and put to death by Seleucus, Antiq. xiii,
xiii, 4.
Antiochus Dionysius, fourth son of Antiochus Grypus, king
of Syria, makes an expedition against the Jews, Antiq.
xili, xv, 1; War, i, iv, 7.
Antiochus the Great, Antiq. xii, iii, 3; his letters in favour
of the Jews, ib. &c.; his wars with Ptolemy Philopator
and Payscon, ib; marries his daughter Cleopatra to
Ptolemy, c. iv, sect. 1.
Antiochus Epiphanes, makes an expedition into Egypt,
Antiq. xii, v, 2; takes Jerusalem, and plunders the tem-
ple, sect. 3, &c.; War, i, i, 1, &c.; and vi, x; goes
into Persia, Antiq. xiii. vii, 2; designs to destroy the
Jews upon his return, ib.; his answers to the Samari-
tans, c. v, sect. 5; his impiety, xii, viii, 2; he dies, and
leaves the administration to Philip, xii, ix, 1, 2.
Antiochus Eupator, his son, invades Judea, Antiq. xii,
ix, 4; fights with Judas, ib.; War, i, i, 5; makes peace
with the Jews, Antiq. xii, ix, 7; breaks it, ib.; is killed
by Demetrius. c. x, sect. 1.
Antiochus Grypus, son of Demetrius Soter, Antiq. xiii, x,
1; his death, c. xiii, sect. 4.
Antiochus Philometer, Antiq. xiii, xii, 2.
Antiochus Pius, son of Antiochus Cyzicenus, makes war
with Seleucus, Antiq. xiii, xiii, 4; is slain in battle, ib.
Antiochus Eusebius, or Pius, the brother of Demetrius, be-
sieges Jerusalem, Antiq. xiii, viii. 2; raises the siege,
sect. 4; maks an expedition against the Parthians, is
defeated and killed, ib
Antiochus, the grandson of Seleucus, and son of Alexander,
is commonly called The God, Antiq. xii, iii, 2; is crown-
ed in his youth, xiii, v, 3; enters into alliance with Jo-
nathan the high-priest, sect. 4; is slain by Tryphon, his
tutor, c. vii, sect. 1; War, i, ii, 1.
Antiochus, the brother of Seleucus, slain in battle, Antiq.
xiii, xiii, 4.
Antiochus Soter, brother of Demetrius, father of Grypus,
Antiq. xiii, x, 1; makes war with Trypho, c. vii, sect. 2.
Antipas, Herod's son by Malthace, a Samaritan, Antiq.
xvii, i, 3; War, i, xxviii, 4; is tetrarch of Galilee, c.
viii, sect. 1; c. xi, sect. 4; and i, xxxiii, 7; goes to
Rome to get to be king, Antiq. xvii, ix, 4; War, ii, ii,
3; what was left him by Herod, Antiq. xvii, viii, 1;
what was given him by Cæsar, c. xi, sect. 4; once de-
clared king by Herod, War, i, xxxii, 7.
Antipas, one of the royal lineage, is put in prison and
slain, War, iv, iii, 4, 5.
Antipater, the Idumean, Herod's father, called Antipas,
excites troubles, Antiq. xiv. i, 3; is sent ambassador to
Aretas, by Scaurus, c. v, sect. 1; his wife Cyprus, the
Arabian, and his children, c. vii, sect. 3; his valour, c.
viii, sect. 1; he advises Hyrcanus to put himself under
the protection of Aretas, War, i, vi. 2; makes his son
Phasaelus governor of Jerusalem, and Herod of Galilee,
Antiq. xiv, ix, 2; War, i, x, 4; endeavours to deserve
Cæsar's favour, c. viii, sect. 1; andi, ix, 3; is honoured
by Cæsar, and made citizen of Rome, Antiq. xiv, viii, 3;
War, i, ix, 5; his defence against Antigonus, Antiq. xiv,
viii, 4; War, i, x, 2; is made governor of Judea, Antiq.
xiv, viii, 3; War, i, x, 3; is greatly esteemed among the
Jews, Antiq. xiv, ix, 2; is poisoned, c. xi, sect iv; War,
i, xỉ, 4.
Antipater, son of Phasaelus and Salampsio, grandson of
Herod the Great, Antiq. xviii, v, 4.
Antipater, son of Salome, impeaches Archelaus before
Cæsar, Antiq. xvii, ix, 5.
Antipater, son of Herod, Antiq. xiv, xii, 1; is sent to Rome
to Casar, avi, iii, 3; War, i, xxix, 2; c. xxxi, sect. 2;
while he is there, he, by letters, sets his father against
his brethren, Antiq. xvi, iv, 1; War, i, xxiii, 1; c. xxiv,
sect. i; his subtilty, Antiq. xvi, vii, 2; is recalled by
Herod, c. iii, sect. 3; and xvii, v, 1; he reigns jointly
with his father, c. i, sect. 1; is hated by every body after
the slaughter of his brethren, ib.; attempts his father's
life, ib.; is concerned for himself, ib.; War, i, xxxi, 3;
appears before Varus's tribunal, Antiq. xvii, v, 3; War,
i, xxxii, 1; his plea for himself, ib.; is put in irons,
Antiq. xvii, v, 7; War, i, xxxii, 5; is put to death,
Antiq. xvii, vii; War, i, xxxiii, 7.
Antipater, a Samaritan, Antiq. xvii, iv, 2; War, i, xxx, 5.
Antipater, Herod's sister's son, Antiq. xvii, i, 3.
Antipatris, taken by Vespasian, War, iv, vii, 1.
Antiphilus, Antiq. xvii, iv, 2; War, i, xxx, 5; his letter to
Antipater, Herod's son, Antiq. xvii, v, 7.
Antonia, Claudius's daughter by Petina, War, li, xii, 8.
Antonia, Claudius's mother, and Drusus's wife, lends money
to Agrippa the elder, Antiq. xviii, vi, 4; her eulogium,
Antonia, the tower, called Baris before, War, i, iil, 3; is
taken by Titus, vi, i, 7, &c.
Antony, a captain, War, iii, iii, 1, &c.
Antony, a centurion, c. vii, sect. 35
Antony (Mark), his valour, Antiq. xiv, v, 3; War, i, viil,
4; his and Dolabella's decree in favour of the Jews, An-
tiq. xiv, x, 9, &c.; he marches into Asia after Cassius's
defeat, c. xii, sect. 2; his letter to Hyrcanus, sect. 3; to
the Tyrians, sect. 4; he falls in love with Cleopatra, c.
xii, sect. 4; makes Phasaelus and Herod tetrarchs, ib.;
orders their accusers to be put to death, sect. 5; confers
sigual favours on Herod, c. xiv, sect. 4, 5; sojourns at
Athens, c. xv, sect. 5; War, i, xvi, 4; his luxury, Antiq.
xv, 2, 6.
Antonius (Lucius), Mark Antony's son, sends a letter to
the Sardians, in favour of the Jews, Antiq. xiv, x, 17.
Antonius Primus, War, iv, xi, 2.
Anubis, a god, Antiq. xviii, iii, 4.
Apachnas, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 14.
Apame, Darius's concubine, Antiq. xi, iii, 5.
Apion, ambassador for the Alexandrians to Caius, Antiq.
xviii, viii, 1.
Apollo's temple at Gaza, Antiq. xiii, xiii, 3.
Apollo's temple in the palace at Rome, War, i, ii, 6.
Apollodotus, captain of the Gazeans, Antiq. xiii, xíii, 3;
killed, ib.
Apollonius, son of Alexander, Antiq. xiii, ix, 2.
Apollonius Daus, governor of Calesyria, Antiq. xiii, iv, 3;
challenges Jonathan to an engagement, and is defeated,
ib.
Apollonius, governor of Samaria, Antiq. xii, v, 5; c. vil,
sect. 1.
Aponius, Antiq. xix, iv, 5.
Apophis, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 14.
Apsalom, War, ii, xvi, 9.
Apsan, or Ibzan, judge after Jephtha, Antiq. v, vii, 13, 14.
Aquila, the murderer of Caius, Antiq. xix, i, 14.
Arabians circumcise their children when thirteen years old,
Antiq. i, x, 2; ten towns taken from them by Alexander,
king of the Jews, xiv, i, 4; Ethiopians are their neigh-
bours, ix, v, 3.
Arabia borders on Judea, Antiq. xiv, 1, 4; Petra the king's
residence, ib.; Zabdiel their lord, c. iv, sect. 8; Arabians
are defeated, xv, v, 5; their women are great poisoners,
xvii, iv, 1.
Arn, or Haran, the father of Lot, Antiq. i, vi, 5.
Arasca, or Nisroch, a temple, Antiq. x, i, 5.
Arases, or Resin, king of the Syrians, Antiq. ix, xii, 1.
Aranna, or Orona, the Jebusite, Antiq. viii, xiii, 4; his
thrashing-floor, ib.; the place where Isaac was to have
been sacrificed, and where the temple was afterwards
built, ib.
Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, comes to Herod, Antiq.
xvi, viii, 6; c. x, sect. 7; War, i, xxv, 1, &c.; goes with
him to Antioch, ib.; reconciles Herod to his son Alex-
ander, and to his brother Pheroras, ib.; War, i, xxv,
3, 4.
Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, Antiq. xvii, i, 3; c.
iv, sect. 3; War, i, xxvii, 4; c. xxxi, sect. 1; is made
ethnarch, Antiq xvii, xi, 4; War, ii, vii, 3; marries
Glaphyra, Antiq. xvii, xiii, 1; War, ii, vii, 4; is pro-
claimed king after Herod's death, Antiq xvii, viii, 2;
War, i, xxxiii, 9; his speech to the people, Antiq. xvii,
viii, 4; War, ii, i, 1; he endeavours to appease the peo-
ple, Antiq. xvii, ix, 1, &c.; goes to Rome, sect. 3; War,
ii, ii, 1; is accused there by the deputies of the people,
Antiq. xvii, xi, 2; War, ii, vi, 1, &c.; is banished to
Vienna in Gaul, c. vii, sect. 3; his dreams and Glaphy-
ra's, Antiq. xvii, xiii, 3, 4; War, ii, vii, 3, 4.
Archelaus, son of Chelcis, Antiq. xix, ix, 1.
Archelaus, son of Magadatus, War, vi, iv, 2.
Aremmantus, Antiq. x, viii, 2.
Aretas, king of the Arabians, Antiq. xiii, xiii, 3; and xiv,
i, 4; and xvi, x, 9; War, i, vi, 2; c. xxix, sect. 3;
makes an expedition against Aristobulus, Antiq. xiv, ii,
1; succeeds Obodas, xvi, ix, 4; affords succours to Hyr-
canus, War, i, vi, 2; impeaches Sylleus, jointly with
Antipater, before Cæsar, Antiq. xvii, iii, 2.
Aretas, king of Colesyria, makes an expedition into Judea,
Antiq. xiii, xv, 3.
Aretas, of Petra, Antiq. xvii, x, 9; and xviii, v, 1.
Arioch, captain of Nebuchadnezzar's life-guards, Antiq. x,
x, 3.
Arion, treasurer of Alexandria, Antiq. xii, iv, 7, &c.
Aristras, or Aristæus, one of Ptolemy Philadelphus's life-
guards, Antiq. xii, ii, 4; Against Apion, ii, sect. 2, 4.
Aristobulus, son of Hyrcanus I., Antiq. xiii, x, 2; the first
high-priest who assumed the title of King of the Jews,
c. xi, sect. 1; called Phillelen, or lover of the Greeks,
Aristobulus, son of Alexander Janneus, an enterprising
and bold man, Antiq. xiii, xvi, 1; complains of the Pha-
risees, sect. 2; reproaches his mother Alexandra, sect. 3;
endeavours to take possession of the kingdom during his
mother's life, sect. 5; fights with his elder brother Hyr-
canus for the crown, xiv, i, 2; brings him to an accom-
modation, ib.; War, i, vi, 1; sends a golden vine to
Pompey, Antiq. xiv, iii, 1; is, with his children, brought
captive to Rome, by Pompey, c. iv, sect. 5; escapes out
of prison, but is retaken and sent back again to Rome
by Gabinus, c. vi, sect. 1; War, i, vii, 7; c. viii, sect.
6; his firmness in adversity, Antiq. xiv, vi, sect. 1; is
poisoned by the partizans of Pompey, c. vii, sect. 4; his
children, ib.
Aristobulus, son of Herod the Great, Antiq. xv, x, 1;
marries Bernice, Salome's daughter, xvi, i, 2; is put in
prison, c. x, sect. 5; is cccused by his father in an assem
bly at Berytus, and condemned, c. xi, sect. 2; is stran-
gled, sect. 6; War, i, xxvii, 6; his children, Antiq. xvii,
1, 2; War, i, xxvii, 1.
Aristobulus, son of Herod, king of Chalcis, Antiq. xx, viii,
4; War, vii, vii, 4.
Aristobulus, son of Joseph and Mariamne, Antiq. xviii,
v, 4.
Aristobulus, son of Aristobulus, and brother to the famous
Mariamne, a beautiful youth, is made high-priest by
Herod, Antiq. xv, iii, 1, 3; is drowned by the secret
order of the same Herod, ib.; War, i, xxii, 2.
Aristobulus, son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grand-
daughter of Herod the Great, Antiq. xviii, v, 4.
Aristocracy, the best form of government, Antiq. iv, viii,
Aristocracy instituted in Judea by Gabinus, War, i, viii, 3.
Arithmetic and astronomy came from Chaldea to Egypt,
and thence into Greece, Antiq. i, viii, 2.
Arius, king of the Lacedemonians, sends a letter to Onias
the high-priest, Antiq. xii, iv, 10; c. v, sect. 8.
Ark of God, its description, Antiq. iii, vi, 5; taken by the
Philistines, vi, i, 1; restored to the Israelites, sect. 2,
&c.; carried to Jerusalem, and lodged in the house of
Obed-edom, after it had been with Aminadab, Antiq.
vii, iv, 2.
Ark of Noah, where it rested, Antiq. i, iii, 6; mentioned
by all barbarian historians, ib; its remains long pre-
served, xx, ii, 3.
Armais, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 15.
Armenia conquered by Antonius, Antiq. xv, iv, 3; Cotys,
king of the Lesser Armenia, Antiq. xix, viii, 1.
Armesses, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 15.
Armory of David in the temple, Antiq. ix, vii, 2.
Aropheus, or Armariah, Antiq. viii, i, 3.
Arphaxed, Antiq. i, vi, 4.
Aruntius (Euaristus), Antiq. xix, i, 18.
Arsaces, king of the Parthians, Antiq. xiii, v, 11; c. viii,
Artabanus, king of Media, Antiq. xviii, 2, 4.
Artabanus, king of the Parthians, Antiq. xvii, iv, 4, 5; c
ix, sect. 3, 4; he flies to Izates, xx, iii, 1; is kindly re-
ceived by him, and restored to his kingdom, sect. 1, 2;
dies, sect. 3.
Artabazes, or Artavasdes, son of Tigranes, is given as a
present to Cleopatra by Antonius, War, i, xviii, 5.
Artaxerxes, king of the Persians, Antiq. xi, vi, 1; his edict
against the Jews, sect. 6; contradicted, sect. 12.
Artaxias, king of Armenia, Antiq. xv, v, 3.
Artorius cunningly saves his own life, War, vi, iii, 2.
Arucas, Antiq. i, vi, 2.
Arudeus, Antiq. i, vi, 2.
Asa, king of Jerusalem, Antiq. viii, xii, 1; makes an alli-
ance with the king of Damascus, sect. 4.
Asahel, killed by Abner, Antiq. vii, i, 3.
Asamoneus, Antiq. xii, vi, 1.
Asamoneans, the end of their reign, Antiq. xiv, xvi, 4.
Ascalonites, punished for their stubbornness, Antiq. xii,
ív, 5.
Asermoth, or IIazermaveth, Antiq. i, vi, 14.
Aserymus, king of the Tyrians, Against Apion, i, sect. 18.
Asdod, or Azotus, taken by Jonathan, Antiq. xiii, iv; its
inhabitants plagued on account of the ark of God, vi, i, 1.
Ashkenaz, Antiq. i, vi, 1.
Ashpenaz, an eunuch, Antiq. x, x, 2.
Ashur, Antiq. i, vi, 4.
Asia, its convention at Ancyra, Antiq. xvi, vi, 2; Valerius
proconsul of Asia, xix, i, 20; five hundred towns of Asia,
War, ii, xvi, 4.
Asineus and Anileus, two brethren, Antiq. xviii, ix, 1, &c.
Asocheus or Shishek, king of Egypt, War, vi, x.
Asprenas, Antiq. xix, i, 13; cut in pieces, sect. 15.
Assemblies forbidden to all at Rome, but to the Jews only,
by Julius Cæsar, Antiq. xiv. x, 3.
Ass's head falsely reported by Apion as an object of worship
among the Jews, Against Apion, ii, sect. 7.
Assi, king of Egypt, Against Apion, i, sect. 14.
Assyrian empire overthrown, Antiq. x, ii, 2.
Astarte's temple, Antiq. vi, xvi, 8; Against Apion, i, sect.
Astartus, king of the Tyrians, Against Apion, i, sect. 18.
Astronomy; for its improvement the first men lived near a
thousand years, Antiq. i, iii, 2; came out of Chaldea
into Egypt, and thence into Greece, i, vii, 2.
Asylum, or right of sanctuary, belonging to some towns in
Judea, Antiq. iv, vii, 4.
Athenians decree honours to Hyrcanus, Antiq. xiv, vii, 6.
Athenio, Antiq. xii, iv, 3.
Athenio, a general of Cleopatra, War, i, xix, 2; his perfi-
diousness, Antiq. xv, v, 1.
Athronges, a shepherd, crowns himself king of Judea, An-
tiq. xvii, x, 7; War, ii, iv, 3; is conquered with his
brethren, ib.
Atratinus, Herod's advocate, Antiq xiv, xiv, 4.
Augustus's arrival in Syria, Antiq. xv, x, 3; his letter to
Herod, xvi, xi, 1; holds a council about the affairs of
Judea, xvii, ix, 5; his edict and letter in favour of the
Jews, xvi, vi, 1, &c.; is angry with Herod, c. ix, sect.
3; is reconciled to him by the means of Nicolaus of Da-
mascus, c. x, sect. 8; divides Herod's dominions, War,
ii, vi, 3; his death, Antiq. xviii, iii, 2; War, iî, ix, 1.
Axioramus, high-priest, Antiq. x, vii, 6.
Azariah, the prophet, Antiq. viii, xii, 2.
Azarias, high-priest, Antiq. x, viii, 6.
Azarias, one of David's companions, Antiq. x, x, 1.
Azarias, a commander under Judas, is defeated by Gorgias
at Jamnia, Antiq. xii, viii, 6.
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