sidents of the kingdom, ib. A con- spiracy against him, 86. ls thrown into the lions den, ib. Builds a tower at Ecbatana, 87. The manner and certainty of his prophecies, 88. His vision of the ram and the he- goat, 89. His prophecy of the de- struction of the Jews by the Romans, ib. Of the profanation of the temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, 181. Darda, i. 411.
Darius, the son of Astiages, called by another name among the Greeks, ii. 83.
Darius, the son of Hystaspes, made king, ii. 96. Makes a splendid en- tertainment, ib. Proposes questions to be resolved, ib. His letters in fa- vour of Zorobabel for rebuilding the temple, 100. Has Cyrus's records searched about that temple, 105. Gives order for its rebuilding, ib. His edict against the Samaritans, 107.
David's genealogy, i. 270. Is anointed
by Samuel, 303. Plays upon the harp before Saul, 305. Fights Goli- ath, 306. His and Jonathan's friend- ship, 310, 314, et seq. Is reconciled to Saul by Jonathan, 311. Is in danger of being killed by Saul, 312. His flight, 317, 329. He spares Saul's life twice, 324, 328. Promises to assist the king of Gath, 330. Pur- sues after the Amalekites, and puts them to flight, 336. Makes a fune- ral oration for Saul and Jonathan, 341. Is made king of Judah, ib. And of the Israelites, 349. Takes Jerusalem, 350. Casts the Jebusites out of it, ib, Marries several wives, and begets eleven children, 351. Conquers the Philistines, 352. Has the ark carried to Jerusalem, 353. Is reproached by Michal, 354. Pur- poses to build the temple, 355 His victories, 356. His liberality to Mephibosheth, 359. He falls in love with Bathsheba, 362. Causes Uriah to be slain, 363. Marries Bathsheba, 364. Is reproved for all by Nathan the prophet, ib. His son by Bath- sheba dies, 366. He mourns for Ab- salom's death, 381. Orders the peo- ple to be numbered, 392. Chooses the pestilence rather than famine or the sword, 393. Makes great preparations for the building of the temple, 395. Exhorts Solomon to build it, 396, 401. Divides the priests and Levites into twenty-four
courses, 399. He dies, 403. Is bu- ried with great pomp, 404. The treasures hidden in his monument, ib. ii. 232, 411. iii. 257. Day unusually lengthened, i. 230. Debora, i. 251.
Deceased, what care was taken of them by the Jews, iv. 351.
Decrees of the Romans, &c. in favour of the Jews, ii. 280, et seq. 286, et seq. Dedan, i. 24.
Dellius the wicked, ii. 314, 330, iii. 295.
Demetrius, alabarch at Alexandria, iii. 176.
Demetrius, the son of Demetrius, joins with Jonathan and Ptolemy his fa- ther-in-law, and conquers Alexander, ii. 212. Called Nicator, 213. His let- ter in favour of the Jews, ib. Is hat- ed by the Antiochians, 215. Breaks friendship with Jonathan, 216. Is conquered by Antiochus, and flies into Cilicia, ib. Is made prisoner by Arsaces, and released, 222. Trypho rebels against him, 228. Is hated by the army, 255. Is defeated, and flies in vain to Cleopatra his wife, ib. Goes thence to Tyre, is made a pri- soner, and dies, ib. Demetrius Eucerus, fourth son of An- tiochus Grypus, is made king of Sy- ria Damascena, ii. 249. His assis- tance desired by the Jews, ib. He makes war upon Alexander, and con- quers him, 250. iii. 262, et seq. makes war with his brother Philip, is carried prisoner into Parthia, and dies there, ii. 252.
Demetrius of Gadara, Pompey's freed-
man, obtains the rebuilding of that city, ii. 271.
Demetrius Phalerius, keeper of the Alexandrian library, ii. 141. iv. 327. His petition to king Philadelphus, 142.
He places the seventy-two in- terpreters near the sea-side, 141. Demetrius Soter, son of Seleucus, made king of Syria, ii. 190. Puts king An- tiochus to death, ib. Sends Bacchi- des and Nicanor against the Jews, 191, et seq. His character, 201. His letter to Jonathan, 203. Is killed in the war against Alexander, 204. Demoteles, ii. 219.
Diana's temple at Elymais in Persia, ii. 185. Country Diana's temple in Egypt, 205.
Dido, queen of the Tyrians, iv. 206, Diklath, i. 25.
Dinah, Jacob's daughter, i. 56.
Dioclerus, i. 410. Diodorus, son of Jason, ii. 234. Diodotus, or Trypho, ii. 214. Dionysius, tyrant of Tripoli, ii. 265. Diophantes, a forger of letters, ii. 428. Divorce, what are the causes of it, i. 206, et seq. Whether it be lawful for a wife to send a bill of divorce to her husband, 208.
Doeg, the Syrian, i. 318.
raelites, i. 249. Is made a judge, ib. Elah succeeds Baasha in the kingdom of Israel, i. 457. Elam, i. 25.
Elcanab, or Elkanah, ii. 40. Elcanah, or Elkanah, Samuel's father, i. 271.
Elcias, the high priest, ii. 70. Eleazar's house, i. 400. Eleazar's commendation, iv. 147.
Dolabella's letter to the Ephesians in Eleazar, the son of Aaron, i. 143.
Eleazar, a ring-leader of the robbers, iii. 157. iv, 260. Is taken prisoner, and sent to Rome, 178, 397. Eleazar of Masada's speech to his gar- rison, iv. 266.
Eleazar, the son of Moses, i. 100. Eleazar the high priest in the days of Joshua, i. 179. He dies, 238. Eleazar the high priest in the days of Philadelphus, i. 4. ii. 145. iii. 51. His letter to Philadelphus, ii. 147. He dies, 160.
Eleazar, treasurer of the temple, ii. 275.
Eleazar's (the son of Sameas) valour, iv. 24.
Eleazar, the son of Simon, iii. 437. iv. 77, 121, 132, 210. Eleazar, the companion of Simon, dies, iv. 106.
Eleazar, commander of the temple, iii. 184, 418.
Eleazar taken prisoner by Rufus, iv. 254.
Eleutheri, horsemen so called, iii. 289. Eli, the high priest, i. 406. Is judge in Israel after Sampson, 268. profligate sons, 271. Eliakim, ii. 48.
Eliashib, the high priest, ii. 111, Dies, 131.
Elien, David's son, i. 351. Elijah the prophet, i. 459, et seq.
miracles wrought for the widow of Sarepta, ib. He presents himself to Ahab, 460. Foretels rain, ib. The false prophets are killed by his or- der, 463. Calls for fire from hea-
ven, ii. 4. Is taken up, 6. His let- ter to king Jehoram, 17. Elimelech, i. 268.
Elioneus, the son of Cantharus, is made high-priest, iii. 153. Eliphale, or Eliphelet, David's son, i. Elisa, i. 22. [351. Elisha, the prophet, the son of Sha- phat, i. 464. and ií. 5, 6. His mira- cles, 8, et seq. His death and eulo- gium, 29. His cure of the barren fountain, iv. 101.
Elkanah, or Elcanab, ii. 40. Elkanah, or Elcanah, Samuel's father, i. 271.
Elon succeeds Ibsan as judge, i, 262. Elpis, Herod's wife, iii. 4. 342. Elthemus, general of the Arabians, iii. 311.
Eluleus, king of the Tyrians, ii. 45. Emnos, David's son, i. 351. Ennaphen, David's son, i. 351. Enemies, when conquered, may be law- fully killed, ii. 11. Enoch, i. 12. 15,
Enoch and Elijah translated, ii. 6. Enos, the son of Seth, i. 15. Ensigns of the Romans, with Cæsar's image, iii. 62. Sacrifices offered to them, iv. 220.
Epaphroditus, his character, i. 4. great friend of Josephus, iii. 245. Ephesians, their decree in favour of the Jews, ii. 296. Ephod, i. 139. Epicrates, ii. 237.
Epicureans, their error concerning Pro- vidence confuted, ii. 90. Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, king of Commagena, iv. 155. Epistle of Jonathan the high-priest to the Lacedemonians, ii. 219. Of Phi- ladelphus for freeing the captive Jews, 143. To Eleazar the high-priest, 145. Of Solomon, and Hiram, king of the Tyrians, i. 413. Xerxes to Esdras, ii. 108. Artaxerxes to the governors near Judea, 128. Of An- tiochus the Great to Ptolemy Epi- phanes, 157. Of the Samaritans to Antiochus Theus, 173. Of Alexan- der Balas to Jonathan, 202. Of Onias to Ptolemy and Cleopatra, 205. Of Demetrius to Jonathan and the Jews, 213,
Of Julius Cæsar to the Roman magistrates, 286, et seq. Of Mark Antony to the Tyrians, 303. Esaiah the prophet, ii. 44. and 49, 52, et seq. His eulogium, ib. His pre- phecy concerning the Assyrians, 44. Concerning Cyrus 210 years be
fore his reign, 91. The same read by Cyrus, ib. His prophecy con- cerning the temple of Onias, iv. 277. Esau, or Edom, i. 58. His birth, ib. Escol, i. 30.
Esdras, ii. 108. His grief for the fo- reign marriages, 110. He reads the law of Moses to the people, 112. He dies, 113.
Essen, or high-priest's breastplate, i. 145. When its shining ceased, 148. Essens honoured by Herod, ii. 379. Are against swearing, iii. 380. Their manners, rites, and doctrines de cribed, ii. 219. iii. 56. and iii. 378, et seq. They abstained from anoint- ing themselves with oil, ib. Their diligence in reading their sacred books, 380. Simon the Essen, an interpreter of dreams, 52.
Esther, ii. 119. Is married to the
king, ib. Is concerned for the ews, 121. Invites the king and Haman to an entertainment, 123.
Ethbaal, or Ithobalus, king of Tyre, i. 459. iv. 296. 300.
Ethi, or Ittai the Gittite, i. 373. Ethnarch (Simon) ii. 225. Contracts thence dated, 226.
· (Archelaus) iii. 48. 374. Euarates Cous, ii. 427. iii. 337. Euaristus Arruntius, iii. 127. Eve oreated, i. 8. Her fall, 10. Evi, king of the Midianites, i. 192. Evil-merodach, ii. 82. iv. 299. Euodus, freed-man of Tiberius, iii, 83. Eupolemus's son John, ii. 194. Eurycles slanders the sons of Herod, ii. 194. iii. 334. He returns to his own country, 337. Eutychus, Agrippa's freed-man and charioteer, iii. 78.
Caius Cæsar's coachman,
iii. 142. Exempt from military service, who, i. 214.
Exorcisms, or forms for casting out
dæmons, composed by Solomon, i.
412. Ezechias, a ringleader of the robbers, ii. 282.
Ezekiel the propbet, ii, 59. 68. Is car- ried captive into Babylon, 62. His prophecy concerning the destruction of the Jews, 63. His prophecy re- conciled to that of Jeremiah, ib.
FABATUS, Cæsar's servant, iii. 8. He rod's steward, 345.
Fabius, governor of Damascus, ii. 300. Flies (the god of) i. e. Beelzebub, the iii. 286.
Fabius, a centurion, ii. 270.
Factions, three in Jerusalem, iv. 121,
Fadus (Cuspius) procurator of Judea, ii. 384. and iii. 156. 157, et seq. and 392.
Famine in Judea in the 13th year of Herod's reign, ii. 368. Another in the reign of Claudius, i. 164. iii. 162. and 169. A dismal famine in Jeru- salem, iv. 168. 178. and 207. For Saul's cruelty to the Gibeonites, i. 388. At Samaria, ii. 256. Famine and pestilence, two of the greatest evils, 65. Fannius the consul's decree in favour
of the Jews, ii. 292. Fannius, a Roman prætor, ii. 234. Fast observed Jerusalem, ii. 326. On the day on which Pompey took Je- rusalem, ib. 269.
Fate unavoidable, i. 475. and iv. 185. 194, 196. 203. and 220. Feast of unleavened bread.
Festivals of the Hebrews, i. 151. Three great ones, iii. 67. At those festi- vals Roman guards were posted at the temple, 393. Immunity grant- ed them at those festivals by Deme- trius Soter, ii. 203. Celebrated by the Jews in shining garments, 240. And on them did no manner of work, i. 153. Celebrated by the Gentiles in idleness and pleasure, 56. No mourning among the Jews at such times, ii. 112. Nor did they then travel far, 233. Egyptian women appeared at such times in public, i, 64. Wood carried on a festival day for the altar, iii. 420. Festival of dedication of the temple by Judas Maccabeus, ii. 181. Festus (Porcius) procurator of Judea, iii. 181. He dies, 182. Flaccus (Norbanus) pro-consul, ii. 409, president of Syria, iii. 76. Flesh of horses, mules, &c. forbidden to be brought within the walls of Je- rusalem, ii. 158.
Florus (Gessius) procurator of Judea,
iii. 58. and 156. and 185. Is the cause of the Jewish war, 189. 196. 401. 403. 405. He is derided by the people, 403. He plunders the city, 404. He calumniates the Jews before Cestius, 408.
Fonteius Agrippa, killed by the Scy- thians, iv. 246. Is
Fountain near Jericho, iv. 101. cured by Elisha, ib. Its wonderful virtue, ib.
Friends never free from envy, i. 286. Frigius (Titus) iv. 211. Fronto, iv. 212.
Fulvia, a lady defrauded of her money by a Jew, iii. 66,
Furius, a centurion, ii. 270. iii. 271.
Gabaris, or Gabares, i. 410. Gabinius, ii. 265. iii. 268.
Is made president of Syria, 270. ii. 272. iii. 274.
Gad, the prophet, iv. 394.
Gadara taken by Vespasian, iv. 96. The Gadarenes made prisoners, and killed, 15.
Gaddis (John) ii. 198.
Galadens, their queen Laodice, ii. 249. Galba, iii. 85. Succeeds Nero, iv. 104. Is murdered in a conspiracy, iv. 105. Galilee comes under all under the Ro- man dominion, iv. 54. 65, Galli, eunuchs so called, i. 212. Gallicanus, iv. 34. Gallus (Ælius) ii. 371. Gallus (Cestius) president of Syria, iii. 290. 401.
Gallus, a centurion, iv. 57. Gallus (Rubrius) iv. 246. Gamala besieged, iv. 54, et seq. Games of the circus, iii. 112. Olym. pic games restored by Herod, ii. 406. Cæsarean games instituted by He- rod, 364. and 405. iii. 317. Ordain- ed by Titus, on the birth-days of his father and brother, iv. 240. Garizzim, its temple demolished, ii. 233,
Gauls, iii. 413. Possess at home the
source of happiness, ib. Become
Herod's life-guards, 313.
Gaza, taken and demolished, ii. 248. Gazeans grievously punished by Jona- than, ii. 219.
Gemellus (Tiberius) iii. 84. Gemellus, Herod's friend, expelled his court, ii. 418.
Gentile gods not to be derided, in the
opinion of Josephus, i. 200. iv. 355. Geometry, invented by the long-lived patriarchs, i. 19.
Gera, the father of Ehud, i. 249. Gerastratus, king of the Tyrians, iv. 300. Germanicus's house, iii. 123. The fa- ther of Caius, 84. Is sent into the east, 61. Is poisoned by Piso, 62. Germans described, iii. 413. Are en- slaved by the Romans, iv. 221. They mutiny, iv. 244. A German's predic- tions concerning Agrippa, iii. 82. German guard, 124.
Gessius Florus, procurator of Judea. See Florus above. Gether, i. 25.
Giants, i. 240. 389. Their remains in Hebron, 162. and 240. Gibeah, its inhabitants guilty of a rape,
Gibeonites, by a wile, make a covenant with Joshua, i. 228. Their fraud de- tected and punished, ib. They are satisfied for the attempt of Saul to slay them, 388.
Gideon's stratagem, i. 254. He dies, 256.
Glaphyra, daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, is married to Alexan- der, the son of Herod, ii. 388. enmity with Salome, 412. 388. iii. 327. Her pride, ib. Her lamenta- tion when her husband was put in chains, ii. 429. She is sent back a widow to her father, iii. 3. She is afterwards married to Juba, king of Libya, and afterwards to Archelaus, ethnarch of Judea, 53. Her dream and death, ib.
God (the true God) his presence in the tabernacle, i. 145. His wisdom, and that he cannot be bribed, 155. His mercy only obtained by religion, 237. His foreknowledge, and that his decrees cannot be avoided, 172. His will is irresistible, 89. Without his will nothing can happen, 75. His providence asserted against the Epi. cureans, ii. 89. That nothing is con- cealed from him, i. 61. It is dange- rous to disobey him, 300. Whether it is easier to serve God or man? 448. He uses beasts to punish the wicked, ii. 87. Judged to be only the god of the hills by the Syrians, i. 468. Is not to be imposed on by the wicked, 213. Delights not in sacrifices, but in good men, i. 301.
Is called on in time of danger, by even bad men, iii. 20. Foretels fu- turities, that men may provide against them, i. 70. Affords assistance on- ly when the case is desperate, 109. Delights in those that promote his worship, ii. 394. Discovers his inef- fable name to Moses, i. 99. Is by nature merciful to the poor, 210. Is omnipresent, 61. 315. His boun- ty the cause of all men's happiness, 196.
Gods (false gods) of Laban stolen, i. 52. Of Cutha in Persia, brought to Samaria, ii. 45. Of the conquered Amalekites, worshipped by Amaziah, 31. Of the heathen, not to be curs- ed or blasphemed, in the opinion of Josephus, i. 200. iv. 355. Beelzebub, the god of flies, at Ekron, ii. 4. Goliath of Gath, a giant, i. 305. Chal- lenges the Jews to a single combat, ib. Is slain by David, 308. Gomer and Gomerites, i. 22. Gorgias, governor of Jamnai, is put to to flight, ii. 180. Has better suc- cess afterwards, 185.
Gorion, the son of Josephus, and Si- meon the son of Gamaliel, exhort the people to attack the mutineers, iv. 70. Is put to death, 91. Gratus, procurator of Judea, iii. 79. Puts Simon, Herod's old slave to death, 42. Meets Varus coming to Jerusalem, 372. One Gratus dis-
covers Claudius, and brings him out to be emperor, 136. Greeks called old nations by names of their own, i. 22. And put the He- brew names into their own form, ib. Guards placed about the temple by the Romans, iii. 170.
HADAD, king of Syria, i. 356. Hadad, or Hadar, an Edomite, be- comes Solomon's enemy, i. 439. Hadadezer, or Hadarezer, king of So- phene, or Zobah, i. 439. Hagar and Ishmael, are sent away by Abraham, i. 36.
Haggai, a prophet, after the captivity, ii. 105, 106. He and Zechariah en- courage the Jews to rebuild their temple, ib.
Haggith, David's wife, i. 397. Halicarnasseans' decree in favour of the Jews, ii. 295.
Haman, an enemy of the Jews, ii. 120. His edict against the Jews, in the name of Artaxerxes, 121. He orders
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