he solemnly pronounces, De Emend. Temp. Prolegom. p. 17,- that "Josephus was the most diligent and the greatest lover of truth of all writers ;" and is not afraid to affirm, that "it is more safe to believe him, not only as to the affairs of the Jews, but also as to those that are foreign to them, than all the Greek and Latin writers, and this because hig fidelity and compass of learning are everywhere conspicuous."
JEWISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN JOSEPHUS'S WORKS.
Table of the JEWISH MONTHS in Josephus and others, with the Syro-Macedonian Names which Josephus gives them, and of the Julian or Roman Months corresponding to them.
The first number is that of the respective Volume, the second refers to the page.
AARON, i. 186; made high-priest,
234; his sons, 235; his death, 276. Abdastartus, iv. 375. Abdemon, ii. 35; iv. 375. Abdenago, or Abednego, ii. 183. Abdon succeeds Elon, i. 373. Abel, i. 30; his sacrifice, ib. Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, i. 442; flies to David, 444; is high- priest, 461, 489, 506, 518; deprived of the high-priesthood, ii. 7. 1bibalus, iv. 375.
Abigail, i. 450; married to David, 451.
Abihu, the son of Aaron, i. 235. Abijah, or Abia, i. 512; ii. 57; suc- ceeds his father, ii. 60; conquers the ten tribes, ii. 64. Abilamaradochus, or Evil-Merodach, ii. 191. Abimael, i. 97.
Abimelech tyrannizes over the She- chemites, i. 366; expelled, 367; destroys them all, ib.; killed, 369. Abiram, i. 265.
Abishag, David's nurse, i. 535. Abishai, i. 452.
Abner, i. 416, 467, et seq.; Saul's kinsman, 416; general of his army, 467; reconciles the Israelites to David, 471; is killed, 472. Abram, or Abraham, leaves Chaldea, goes to Canaan, i. 98; lives at Da- mascus, 99; at Hebron, 101; ad- vises his sons to plant colonies, 115; instructs the Egyptians in the ma- thematical sciences, 100; divides the country between himself and Lot, 101; God promises him a son, 103; beats the Assyrians, 102; dies, 118. Absalom flies to Geshur, i. 502; re- called by a stratagem of Joab's,
503; rebels against David, 505; pursues him, 513; his army put te flight, 514; hangs on a tree by his hair, ib.; is stabbed by Joab, and dies, ib.
Achar, or Achan, is guilty of theft, i. 330; is punished, 332. Achitophel, or Ahitophel, i. 505; gives evil counsel, 509; hangs himself, 512.
Acme, iii. 444; her letters to Anti- pater and Herod, iii. 95; her death, 103.
Acmon, attacks David, i. 525; is killed by Abishai, ib. Acratheus, or Hatach, ii. 238. Actium, battle at, ii. 509, 518; iii. 385.
Ada, the wife of Lamech, i. 82. Adad, a king of Damascus, i. 486. Adam created, i. 76; his fall, 78. Ader, or Hadad, i. 486. Adonias, or Adonijah, pretends to the crown, i. 535; takes sanctuary, 538; is refused Abishag to wife, ii. 6; killed, ii. 7.
Adonibesek, made prisoner, his hands and feet cut off, and dies, i. 347. Adoram, ii. 17.
Adrasar, or Hadadezer, i. 487; ii. 47. Ebutius, a decurion, i. 32. Egypt, whence named, iv. 372. Egyptian kings called Pharaohs for 1300 years, ii. 37. Ægyptians, famous for wisdom, ii. 13;
learned mathematics of Abraham, 100; their sacred scribes or priests, 172; held it unlawful to feed cattle, 168.
Egyptian false prophet put to flight by Felix, iii. 290, 496. lius Gallus, ii. 545. Æmilius Regulus, iii. 206.
Eneas, succeeds Obodas, iii. 53. Æsop, a servant, ii. 499. Ethiopian commodities were slaves and monkeys, ii. 42. Agag, i. 418; is killed, 413. Agar, or Hagar, and Ishmael, are sent away by Abraham, i. 110. Ayyapɛvola, or forcible pressure, taken off the Jews by Demetrius, ii. 336. Aggeus, or Haggai, the prophet, ii. 217; he prophecies at the rebuild- ing of the temple, 219. Agones, or games, instituted by Herod, ii. 536; at the finishing Cæsarea, iii. 29.
Agrippa, (Marcus) his bounty towards the Jews, ii. 279; splendidly enter- tained by Herod, iii. 9; makes equal returns to him, iii. 10; his expedi- tion to the Bosphorus, ib.; hears the cause of the Jews in Ionia, iii. | 11; confirms their privileges, iii. 16; his letter to the Ephesians, in favor of the Jews, 34; and to those of Cyrene, ib.
Agrippa the Great, or elder, Herod's grandson, iii. 76, 425; his adven- tures, 162; is imprisoned, 170; his liberty and happiness foretold, 171; released, and made lord of two tetrarchies, with the title of king, 177; gives Caius a sumptuous en- tertainment at Rome, 187; is sent to Claudius, 241; his advice to Claudius, ib.; Claudius bestows on him almost all the dominions of his grandfather, 246; his eulogium, 255; his bounty towards those of Berytus, 256; he treats several kings splendidly, ib.; entertains Cæsarea with shows, and appears himself upon the stage in a magni- ficent dress, 257; dies soon after, 259; his death and children, 489. Agrippa, his son by Cypros, iii. 489;
did not immediately succeed in his father's kingdom, 261; Claudius gave him that of his uncle Herod, 278; to which he added the tetrar- chies of Philip and Lysanias, 284; | is hurt at the siege of Gamala, iv. 74; his letters to Josephus, i. 63; his speech to the Jews, to dissuade them from a war with the Romans, iii. 571.
Agrippa, son of Felix, iii. 285.
Agrippa Fonteius slain, iv. 308. Ahab, ii. 70; reproved by Elijah, 78; fights with Benhadad, 82; pardous him, 84; is afterwards killed by the Syrians, 90; his sons, 117. Ahaz, the king of Judah, ii. 139. Ahaziah, king of Israel, ii. 95. Ahaziah, king of Judah, ii. 114. Ahijah, the prophet, ii. 47. Ahimelech, or Achimelech, slain by the order of Saul, i. 442. Ahitophel, or Achitophel, i. 505; gives evil counsel, 509; hangs him- self, 512.
Ai besieged, i. 331; taken, 333. Aizel, or Uzal, i. 97. Alans, iv. 325. Albinus, iii. 295.
Alcimus, or Jacimus, ii. 321; calum- niates Judas, 322; dies, 325. Alcyon, a physician, ii. 227. Alexander Lysimachus, the alabarch, iii. 164, 247, 278.
Alexander, the son of Alexander, by Glaphyra, iii. 425.
Alexander, the son of Antiochus Epi- phanes, ii. 334; surnamed Balas, ib. in note; king of Syria, 335; his letter to Jonathan, ib.; engages in a battle with Demetrius, 338; de- mands Ptolemy's daughter in mar- riage, 343; is killed in Arabia, and his head sent to Ptolemy, 348. Alexander and Aristobulus, Herod's sons, strangled by their father's order, iii. 68, 425. Alexander, the son of Aristobulus, ii. 423; iii. 342; makes war upon the
Romans, 343; is conquered, 314; killed, ii. 430; iii. 347. Alexander Janneus succeeds his bro- ther Aristobulus, iii. 327; a sedi- tion raised against him, 328; his expedition against Ptolemais, ii. 387; is called Thracida, for his barbarous cruelty, 397; dies of a quartan ague, 401; iii. 331; his sons Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, ii. 402.
Alexander the Great succeeds his fa- ther Philip, ii. 251; conquers Da- rius, 253; pursues his victories, ib.; sends a letter to the high- priest at Jerusalem, ib.; goes to Jerusalem, 254; his dream, 255; adores the name of God on the
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