CONNECTION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. was another party forming for Ptolemy Philometor, king of Egypt, and that both of them were agreed "not to give unto him the honour of the kingdom," as the prophet Daniel had foretold; he applied to Eumenes, king of Pergamos, and Attalus his brother, and "by flattering speeches," and great promises of friendship, prevailed with them to help him against Heliodorus. Having by their means suppressed the usurper, he was quietly placed on the throne; and peaceably obtained the kingdom, as had been predicted in the same prophecy. Upon his accession to the throne he took the name of Epiphanes, or the Illustrious; but being in every respect "a vile person," as Daniel foretold of him, he was styled Epimanes, or the Madman. He was scarcely seated on the throne, when, being pressed by the Romans to raise their heavy tribute, among other means he deposed the good and pious high priest Onias, and sold the pontificate to his brother Jason for the yearly sum of 360 talents; and afterwards he deposed B. C. 172. Jason, and sold it to his brother Menelaus for 660 talents. Incensed that the curators of young Ptolemy should have demanded for their master the provinces of Phoenicia, Cole-Syria, and Palestine, which had been assigned for the dowry of Cleopatra, Antiochus marched towards the frontiers of Egypt, and meeting the forces of Ptolemy near Pelusium, they came to a battle, in which B. C. 171. Antiochus obtained the victory. He afterwards routed the Egyptians, took Pelusium, ascended as far as Memphis, and made himself master of all Egypt, except Alexandria. The governor of Cyprus revolted from Ptolemy, and delivered up that important island to Antiochus; and the effeminate monarch of Egypt, having done little for the defence of himself and subjects, fell into the hands of the conqueror. While Antiochus was in Egypt, a false report having been spread of his death, Jason marched with a thousand men to recover the high priesthood, surprised the city of Jerusalem, drove Menelaus into the castle, and cruelly put to death all those whom he considered his adversaries. Antiochus being informed of these events, and supposing that the whole Jewish nation had revolted, hastened out of Egypt to quell the rebellion; and being told that the inhabitants of Jerusalem had made great rejoicings at the news of his death, he was so provoked, that having B. C. 170. taken it by storm, he slew 40,000 persons, sold as many more for slaves, plundered the temple of gold and furniture to the amount of 800 talents of gold, entered the Holy of Holies, and sacrificed a sow upon the altar of burnt offerings, and caused the broth of it to be sprinkled all over the temple. He then returned to Antioch, laden with the spoils both of Egypt and Judea; appointing one Philip, a barbarous and cruel man, governor of Judea; and continuing Menelaus in the high priesthood. Antiochus hearing that the Alexandrians B. C. 169. had made Physcon king in the stead of Philometor, under pretext of restoring the deposed king, made a third expedition into Egypt, and marched directly towards Alexandria to lay siege to the place. But finding that the civil war raging between the brothers would quickly render the country an easy prey to him, he seemingly again restored the kingdom to Philometor, excepting only Pelusium, and returned to Antioch. Suspecting his designs, however, Philometor and Physcon agreed to reign jointly in peace; which so enraged Antiochus, that he again invaded Egypt, ravaged and subdued it as far as Memphis, and advanced to besiege Alexandria. But Roman ambassadors charged him to withdraw his ship of their state. Mad with rage at this dis- B. C. 168. Mattathias, great-grandson of Asmonæus, from whom CONNECTION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. dedication to be kept annually, and repaired Jerusalem, tobulus, his eldest son. This prince, who was which had almost been reduced to a heap of B. c. 165. ruins. Antiochus at this time was engaged in an expedition against the Persians, who, with the Armenians, had revolted from him; and when returning, having heard of the success of the Jews under Judas, and the defeat of his generals, he threat-religion, burnt Gaza their capital; and also ened utterly to destroy the whole nation, and make Jerusalem their common burial-place. But while these proud words were in his mouth, the judgments of God overtook him; for he was smitten with an incurable disease, being seized with grievous torments in his bowels, and a most intolerable ulcer, which B. C. 164. terminated in his death. He was succeeded in the kingdom by his son Antiochus Eupator, a minor of nine years old, under the tuition of Lysias, the Syrian governor; who combined with the Idumeans and other neighbouring nations to destroy the whole race of Israel. Judas, informed of this, carried the war into the enemies' country; and for some years proved a terrible scourge to the Idumeans, Syrians, and Arabs, and other heathen nations, till he B. C. 161. was slain by the general of Demetrius Soter. He was succeeded in the command by his brother Jonathan; who, with his brother Simon, continued to rectify with astonishing bravery and prudence the disorders both in church and state; and Onias the high priest having settled in Egypt, where he afterwards built a temple for the use of his countrymen, according to the form of that in Jerusalem, they officiated in Judea both as high priests and civil governors, during the reigns of Alexander Balas and Demetrius Nicator. Jonathan having been B. C. 144. treacherously slain by the usurper Tryphon, and Simon, and his sons Judas and Mattathias murdered by Ptolemy his son-in-law, his son John Hyrcanus succeeded to the pontificate B. C. 135. and government of Judea. He was at first constrained to make a disadvantageous peace with the Syrians; but on the accession of Demetrius Nicator, Hyrcanus shook off the Syrian yoke, B. C. 130. and maintained his independence during the revolutions which followed in Syria. He enlarged his borders by seizing upon various places in Syria, Phoenicia, and Arabia; and took SheB. C. 130. chem and destroyed the temple on mount Gerizim, extended his conquests over the Idumeans, whom he compelled to embrace the Jewish religion; renewed the league with the RoB. C. 129. mans, which had been made by his father Simon, by which he obtained greater privileges and advantages than the nation ever enjoyed before; and, under the conduct of his sons Aristobulus and Antigonus, he utterly destroyed Samaria. After this he governed Judea, Samaria, and Galilee for two years. He died in the thirteenth year of his administration, and left the high priesthood and sovereignty to Aris B. C. 128. 589 B. C. 97. B. C. 79. B. C. 70. B. C. 65. the first since the captivity who put on the B. C. 107. B. C. 63. B. C. 54. B. c. 47. B. C. 40. B. C. 30. state was at length subverted by Titus, the A. D. 79. son of Vespasian. THE GREAT PROPHECIES AND ALLUSIONS TO CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY CITED, EITHER AS PREDICTIONS FULFILLED IN HIM, OR APPLIED TO HIM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. FROM HALES'S ANALYSIS OF SACRED CHRONOLOGY. FIRST SERIES: DESCRIBING CHRIST IN HIS Human NATURE, AS THE PROMISED SEED OF THE WOMAN, IN THE GRAND CHARTER OF OUR REDEMPTION (GEN. iii. 15); and his PEDIGREE, SUFFERINGS, AND GLORY, IN HIS SUCCESSIVE MANIFESTATIONS OF HIMSELF UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. I. THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.-Ge. | VIII. OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.-Ge. | XIII. HIS INTOMBMENT AND EM3.15. Gal.4.4. 1 Tim. 2. 15. Rev.12.5. 49. 10. 1 Ch.5.2. Mi. 5. 2. Mat. 2.6. He. 7. 14. Re. 5. 5. II. BORN OF A VIRGIN.-Ps. 22. 10; 69.8; 86.16; 116.16. Isa. 7.14; 49.1. Mi. 5. 3. Je. 31. 22. Mat. 1. 23. Lu. 1.26-35. III. OF THE FAMILY OF SHEM.-Ge.9.26. IX. OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.-2 Sa. IV. OF THE RACE OF THE HEBREWS.-X. BORN AT BETHLEHEM, THE CITY V. OF THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. -Ge. 12.3; 18.18; 22. 18. Mat. 1. 1. Jno. 8.56. Ac. 3. 25. VI. OF THE LINE OF ISAAC.- Ge. 17. 19; 21.12; 26.4. Ro. 9.7. Gal. 4. 23-28. He. 11. 18. VII. OF JACOB OR ISRAEL.- Ge. 28. 4-14. Ex. 4. 22. Nu. 24. 7-17. Ps. 135. 4, &c. Is. 41.8; 49.6. Je. 14.8. Lu. 1. 68; 2. 30. Ac. 28. 20. OF DAVID.Mi. 5. 2. Mat. 2. 6. Lu. XI. HIS PASSION OR SUFFERINGS.— XII. HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS.-Nu. 21.9. Ps. 16.10; 22.16; 31.22; 49.15. BALMENT.-Is. 53.9. Mat. 26.12. Mar. 14.8. Jno. 12.7; 19.40. 1 Co. 15.4. XIV. HIS RESURRECTION ON THE THIRD DAY.-Ps. 16. 10; 17. 15; 49.15; 73.24. Jon. 1. 17. Mat. 12.40; 16.4; 27.63. Jno. 2.19. Ac.2.27-31; 13. 35. 1 Co. 15. 4. SECOND SERIES: XIII. THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES. --- DESCRIBING HIS CHARACTER AND OFFICES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. I. THE SON OF GOD.-2 Sa.7.14. 1 Ch. 17.13. Ps. 2.7; 72.1. Pr. 30. 4. Da. 3.25. Mar. 1.1. Lu.1.35. Mat.3.17; 17.5. Jno.1.34-50; 3.16-18; 20.31. He. 1.1-5. Ro. 1. 4. 1 Jno. 4. 14. Re. 1. 5, 6. II. THE SON OF MAN.-Ps. 8. 4, 5. III. THE HOLY ONE, OR SAINT.-De. 33.8. Ps. 16.10; 89. 19. Is. 10. 17; 29.23; 49.7. Ho. 11.9. Hab. 1.12; 3. 3. Mar. 1. 24. Lu. 1. 35; 4.34. 1 Jno. 2. 20. VIII. THE REDEEMER, OR SAVIOUR.— IX. THE LAMB OF GOD.-Ge.22.8. Is. 53.7. Jno. 1.29. Ac. 8.32-35. 1 Pe. IV. THE SAINT OF SAINTS.-Dan. 9. 24. X. THE MEDIATOR, INTERCESSOR, OR ADVOCATE.-Job 33. 23. Is. 53. 12; 59. 16. Lu. 23. 34. 1 Ti. 2. 5. He. 9. 15. 1 Jno. 2. 1. Re. 5. 9. V. THE JUST ONE, OR RIGHTEOUS. Zec. 9.9. Je. 23. 5. Is. 41. 2. Ps. 34. 19, 21. Lu. 1. 17. Mat. 27. 19-24. Lu. 23. 47. Ac. 3. 14; 7.52; 22.14. 1 Jno. 2. 1, 29. Ja. 5. 6. VI. THE WISDOM OF GOD.- Pr. 8. 22-30. Mat.11.19. Lu. 11. 49. 1 Co. 1. 24. XI. SHILOH, THE APOSTLE.-Ge.49.10. XII. THE HIGH PRIEST.-Ps. 110. 4. XIV. THE LEADER, OR CHIEF CAPTAIN. -Jo. 5. 14. 1 Ch.5.2. Is. 55.4. Mi. 5.2. Da.9.25. Mat. 2. 6. He. 2.10. XV. THE MESSIAH, CHRIST, King of ISRAEL.-1 Sa. 2.10. 2 Sa. 7. 12. 1 Ch. 17.11. Ps. 2.2; 45.1,6; 72.1; 89.36. Is. 61.1. Da.9.26. Mat. 2.2-4; 16.16. Lu. 23. 2. Jno. 1.41-49; 6.69. Ac.4. 26, 27; 10.38. XVI. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Ex. 24. XVII. THE LORD OF HOSTS, OR THE PASSAGES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT QUOTED OR ALLUDED TO IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. This list contains not only the direct or indirect citations, but also the allusions which are particularly worthy of attention: and the passages are given in the order of the books of the New Testament. The mere allusions are marked a. |