Antiochians rebel, ii. 195; their envy against the Jews, 143. Antiochus, king of Commagena, iii. 58, 137, 144; iv. 163, 243; Commagena and part of Cilicia granted him, iii. 137. Antiochus Cyzicenus, ii. 218; assists the Samaritans, but is put to flight, 219; iii. 243; is taken prisoner, and put to death by Seleucus, ii. 230. Antiochus Dionysius makes an expedition against the Jews, ii. 234; iii. 248.
Antiochus the Great, ii. 144; his letters in favour of the Jews, 145, 146; his wars with Pto- lemy Philopater, and Physcon, 144, et seq.; marries his daugh- ter Cleopatra to Ptolemy, 147. Antiochus Epiphanes, his expe-
dition into Egypt, ii. 157; takes Jerusalem, 158; goes into Persia, 164; designs to destroy the Jews, ib.; his im- piety, 214; he dies, 171. Antiochus Eupator, his son in- vades Judea, ii. 173; fights with Judas, ib.; iii. 240; makes peace with the Jews, iii, 174; breaks it, 175; is killed, ib. Antiochus Grypus, ii. 218; his death, 230.
Antiochus Philometer, ii. 226. Antiochus Pius makes war with
Seleucus, ii. 231; is slain, ib. Antiochus Eusebius, or Pius be- sieges Jerusalem, ii. 213; raises the siege, 215; marches against the Parthians, and is killed, ib. Antiochus, the son of Alexander, commonly called The God, ii. 144; crowned in his youth, 199; enters into alliance with Jonathan the high priest, 200; slain by Trypho his tutor, 210; iii. 240. Antiochus, the brother of Seleu- cus, slain in battle, ii. 231. Antiochus Soter, brother of De-
metrius, ii. 218; makes war with Trypho, 211. Antipas, Herod's son by Mal- thace, iii. 4; is tetrarch of Ga- lilee, 27; goes to Rome to get to be a king, 32, 344; what was given him by Cæsar, 353. Antipas is put in prison and slain, iv. 64.
Antipater, the Idumean, excites
troubles, ii. 242; sent ambas- sador to Aretas, 252; his wife Cyprus, and his children, 257; his valour, 258; advises Hyr- canus to put himself under the protection of Aretas, iii. 251; makes his son Phasaelus go- vernor of Jerusalem, and He- rod of Galilee, ii. 262; endea- vours to deserve Cæsar's fa- vour, iii. 261; honoured by Cæsar, and made citizen of Rome, ii. 259; iii. 262; his defence against Antigonus, ii. 259; iii. 263; made governor of Judea, ii. 260; iii. 363; poi- soned, ii. 277.
Antipater, son of Phasaelus and Salampsio, iii. 70.
Antipater, son of Salome, im-
peaches Archelaus, iii. 33. Antipater, son of Herod, ii. 280;
sent to Rome to Cæsar, 370; iii. 325, 329; he sets his father against his brethren, ii. 369; his subtilty, 383; reigns joint- ly with his father, iii. 1; hated by every body, ib.; attempts his father's life, 2; is concerned for himself, ib.; appears be- fore Varus's tribunal, 13, 332; his plea, 14; is put in irons, 19; is put to death, iii. 26,
Antipatris, taken by Vespasian, iv. 94.
Antonia, Claudius's daughter by Petina, iii. 373. Antonia, Claudius's mother, lends money to Agrippa the elder, iii. 73; her eulogium, 76.
Antonia, called Baris, iii. 251; taken by Titus, iv. 181, et seq. Antonius (Lucius), sends a letter to the Sardians, in favour of the Jews, ii. 271. Antoninus Primus, iv. 111. Antony, a captain, iv. 3. Antony, a centurion, iv. 30. Antony (Mark), his decree in fa- vour of the Jews, ii. 269; marches into Asia, after Cas- sius's defeat, 280; his letter to Hyrcanus, ib.; to the Tyrians, 281; falls in love with Cleo- patra, 283; makes Phasaelus and Herod tetrarchs, ib.; or- ders their accusers to be put to death, ib.; confers signal fa- vours on Herod, 290; sojourns at Athens, 295; his luxury,
Anubis, a god, iii. 61.
Apachmas, king of Egypt, iv.
Apame, Darius's concubine, ii. 91..
Apion, ambassador, iii. 86. Apollodotus, captain of the Ga- zeans, ii. 230; killed, ib. Apollonius, ii. 217. Apollonius Daus, ii. 193; chal- lenges Jonathan to an engage- ment, and is defeated, ib. Apollonius, governor of Samaria, ii. 160, 163. Aponius, iii. 135.
Apophis, king of Egypt, iv. 276. Apsalom, iii. 398.
Apsan, or Ibzan, judge, i. 239. Aquila, the murderer of Caius, iii. 116.
Arabians circumcise their chil- dren when thirteen, i. 34; twelve towns taken from them by Alexander, ii. 243. Arabia borders on Judea, ii. 243; Petra the king's residence, ib. ; Zabdiel their lord, 196; Ara- bians defeated, 323; their wo- men great poisoners, iii. 9. Aram, i. 23.
Aran, or Haran, i. 24. Arasca, or Nisroch, ii. 47. Arases, or Resin, ii. 37. Araunah, or Oronna, the Jebu- site; his threshing floor, i. 361; the place where Isaac was to have been sacrificed, and where the temple was after- wards built, 362. Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, comes to Herod, ii. 391, 399; iii. 312; goes with him to An- tioch, 314; reconciles Herod to his son Alexander, and to his brother Pheroras, 314. Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, iii. 4, 12, 322, 329; made ethnarch, 45; marries Glaphyra, 50, 353; proclaim- ed king, 28, 340; his speech to the people, 29, 341; endea- vours to appease the people, 30; goes to Rome, 31; ac- cused there by the deputies of the people, 43, 355; banished to Vienne, 355; his dreams and Glaphyra's, 49, 355. Archelaus, son of Chelcias, iii.
Archelaus, son of Magadatus, iv. 198.
Aretas, king of the Arabians, ii.
230, 243, 401; ii. 251, 325; expedition against Aristobulus, ii. 243; succeeds Obodas, 395; succours Hyrcanus, iii. 251; impeaches Sylleus, iii. 8. Aretas, king of Čelesyria, marches against Judea, ii. 234. Aretas of Petra, iii. 41, 67. Arioch, ii. 71.
Arion, treasurer, ii. 152. Aristobulus, son of Hyrcanus I.; the first high priest who as- sumed the title of king, ii. 222; called Philellen, or lover of the Greeks, 224. Aristobulus, son of Alexander Janneus, an enterprising man, ii. 237; complains of the Pha- risees, ib.; reproaches his mo-
ther, 238; endeavours to take possession of the kingdom, ib.; fights with his elder brother for the crown, 241; brings him to an accommodation, 242; iii. 251; sends a golden vine to Pompey, ii. 246; is, with his children, brought captive to Rome by Pompey, 252; es- capes, but is retaken and sent back again, 254; iii. 259; is poisoned by the partisans of Pompey, 261; his children, ib. Aristobulus, son of Herod the Great, ii. 349; marries Bere- nice, 361; put in prison, 399; accused by his father and con- demned, 403; strangled, 407; iii. 321. Aristobulus, son of Herod, king of Chalcis, iii. 168; iv. 244. Aristobulus, son of Joseph and Mariamņe, iii. 72. Aristobulus, son of Aristobulus, is made high priest by Herod, ii. 309; drowned by the secret order of the same Herod, 311; iii. 302. Aristobulus, son of Aristobulus
and Berenice, iii. 70. Aristocracy the best form of go- vernment, i. 185; instituted in Judea by Gabinius, iii. 259. Arithmetic and astronomy came from Chaldea to Egypt, and thence into Greece, i. 27. Arius, sends a letter to Onias, ii. 155.
Ark of God, its description, i. 124; taken by the Philistines, 250; restored, 254; carried to Jerusalem, 323.
Ark of Noah, where it rested, i. 16; mentioned by all barba- rian historians, 17; its remains long preserved, ib.
Armais, king of Egypt, iv. 277. Armenia conquered by Antonius, ii. 317; Cotys king of the Lesser Armenia, iii. 144. Armesses, king of Egypt, iv. 278.
Arphaxad, i. 24. Arsaces, king, ii. 205, 215. Artabanus, king of Media, iii. 57. Artabanus, king of the Parthians, iii. 65, 95; flies to Izates, 155; kindly received and restored to his kingdom, 155; dies, 156. Artabazes, or Artavasdes, is given as a present to Cleopatra by Antonius, iii. 290. Artaxerxes, ii. 107; his edict against the Jews, 111; contra- dicted, 118. Artaxias, ii. 317. Artorius saves his life, iv. 194. Arucas, i. 23. Arudeus, i. 23.
Aruntius (Euaristus), iii. 120. Aruntius (Paulus), iii. 115. Asa, i. 417; alliance with the king of Damascus, 419. Asael killed by Abner, i. 312. Asamoneus, ii. 160. Asamoneans, the end of their reign, ii. 303.
Ascalonites punished, ii. 150. Ashdod, or Azotus, taken by Jo- nathan, ii. 150; its inhabitants plagued, i. 251.
Ashpenaz, a eunuch, ii. 70. Asia, its convention at Ancyra, ii. 379; Valerius proconsul of, iii.
Asineus and Anelius, iii. 93. Asprenas, iii. 115; cut in pieces, 117.
Assemblies forbidden to all at
Rome but to the Jews, ii. 269. Ass's head falsely reported by Apion as an object of worship among the Jews, iv. 314. Assyrian empire overthrown, ii.
Astarte's temple, i. 309; iv. 280. Astronomy; for its improvement the first men lived near a thou- sand years, i. 18; came out of Chaldea into Egypt, and thence into Greece, 25. Asylum, right of, belonging to some towns, i. 177.
Athenians decree honours to Hyr- Badus, or Bath, i. 380.
canus, ii. 261. Athenio, ii. 149.
Athenio, a general of Cleopatra,
iii. 290; perfidious, ii. 322. Athronges crowns himself king of Judea, iii. 40; is conquered, ib. Atratinus, ii. 290. Augustus's arrival in Syria, ii. 351; his letter to Herod, 403; holds a council about the af- fairs of Judea, iii. 32; his edict and letter in favour of the Jews, ii. 380; is angry with Herod, 395; is reconciled to him, 400; divides Herod's do- minions, iii. 353; his death, 363.
Azariah, the prophet, i. 418. Azarias, one of Daniel's compa- nions, ii. 70. Azarias, a commander, is defeat-
ed by Gorgias, ii. 170. Azizus, iii. 165; is circumcised, and marries Drusilla, ib.; dies, 168.
Azotus, or Ashdod, its inhabit- ants plagued, i. 251; taken by Jonathan, ii. 194.
Balak, king of Moab, i. 166. Baladan, king of Babylon, ii. 48. Balaam, the prophet, i. 166, et
seq.; his ass speaks, 168. Ballas, king of Sodom, i. 27. Balm, or Balsam, near Jericho, ii. 248, 316.
Baltasar [Belshazzar, or Naboan- del, or Nabonadius], king of Babylon, ii. 77; his terrible vision, and its interpretation, 77, 78; his death, 79. Balthasar [Belteshazzar], Daniel's name, ii. 70.
Banus, a hermit, iii. 183. Barachias, ii. 37.
Barak encounters Sisera, i. 230. Barbarians, their riches formerly
consisted in cattle, i. 91. Bardanes, iii. 156; is slain, 157. Baris, built by Daniel, ii. 81. Barnabazus, ii. 110.
Baruch, left with Jeremiah the prophet in Judea, ii. 66. Barzaphernes, governor, iii. 271. Barzillai, i. 346, 352.
Basan, or Baasha, king of Israel, i. 418; slays Nadab, 417.
BAAL, iv. 284; god of the Tyri- Bassus (Ventidius). See Venti-
ans, ii. 21.
Baalis, king, ii. 67.
Baaras, a place, and plant, iv.
Baasha, kills Nadab, i. 417; dies,
Baba's children preserved, ii.
337; afterwards killed, 338. Babylon, derived from Babel, i. 20; taken by Cyrus, ii. 79; Nebuchadnezzar's buildings at Babylon, ii. 76; its walls not built by Semiramis, but by Ne- buchadnezzar, iv. 282; its walls built by Nabonnidus of brick and bitumen, ib.; its pensile gardens erected by Ne- buchadnezzar, 283; ii. 76. Bacchides, ii. 176, 179; he at- tacks the Jews, 180.
Bassus (Cecilius), murderer of
Sextus Cæsar, ii. 276; iii. 266. Bassus (Lucilius), sent with an army into Judea; takes Ma- cherus, iv. 238, et seq. Bathsheba, i. 331, et seq. Bathyllus, iii. 329. Battering-ram, described, iv. 21. Battle at Taricheæ, iv. 45. Belshazzar [or Baltasar, or Na- boandel, or Nabonadius], king of Babylon, ii. 77; his terrible vision, and its interpretation, 77, 78; his death, 79. Belteshazzar (Daniel), ii. 70. Belus, the Tyrian god, i. 421. Belus, the Babylonian god, ii. 76; his temple, ib.
Benaiah, a man of valour, i. 355;
son of Jehoiada, 328; made commander, 371; son of Achi- lus, 376. Beneficence, its commendation and reward, i. 304. Benhadad besieges Samaria, i. 428; the second time, ii. 11; falls sick, and is smothered, 15. Benjamites attacked at Gibea, and at last cut off, i. 223; their tribe restored, 224. Berenice, daughter of Agrippa, iii. 70; is married to Herod, 137.
Berenice, Agrippa's mother, dies, iii. 71.
Berenice, Archelaus's and Ma-
riamne's daughter, iii. 165. Berenice, the widow of Herod,
marries Polemon, iii. 166; leaves him, ib.
Berenice, Salome's daughter, Aris- tobulus's wife, ii. 361. Berenice, Agrippa senior's daugh- ter, in danger, iii. 381. Bernicianus, iii. 373.
Berytus, where the cause be-
tween Herod and his sons was debated, ii. 403. Bigthan, ii. 110. Birth-day of Ptolemy's son kept
by the Syrians, ii. 152; pre- sents made thereupon, 153. Bocchoris king of Egypt, iv. 303. Book of the law found, ii. 52. Books composed by Solomon, i.
377; twenty-two most sacred among the Jews, iv. 271. Booz, i. 245; kindness towards Ruth, 246; marries her, 247. Brazen vessels more valuable than gold, ii. 101.
Bride, how she was to part from one that refused to marry her, i. 189.
Britons, iv. 210. Britannicus, iii. 373. Brocchus, a tribune, iii. 131. Brother, a title which Alexander
Balas gave to Jonathan, ii. 186;
the same title given him by Demetrius Soter, 197.
Buckle, or button, sent to Jona- than by Alexander, king of Sy- ria, ii. 194; and by Demetrius, 200.
Burrhus, iii. 171.
CESAR (Julius) makes war in Egypt, ii. 258; his decrees in favour of the Jews, 266; he is murdered, 276.
Cæsarea built by Herod, ii. 347. Cæsarean games instituted, ii.
338; iii. 299; begun at the finishing of Cæsarea Augusta, ii. 377.
Cæsennius Petus, iv. 243. Cæsonia, killed by Lupus, iii.
Cain murders Abel, i. 11; his punishment, ib.; peoples the land of Nod, 12.
Caius is made emperor, iii. 81, 364; puts Tiberius to death, 81; his behaviour, 86; orders his statue to be erected in the temple, 87; gratifies Agrippa, and forbids its erection, 92; his letter to Petronius, ib.; rages against the Jews, 103; calls himself the brother of Jupiter, 104; a conspiracy against him, 105; the conspi- rators increase, 109; his death, 115; his threatening letter to Petronius retarded till he was dead, 93, 367; his character, 127.
Caleb, one that searched the land of Canaan, i. 149, 219. Calf (golden) near Daphne or Dan, iv. 50. Callimander, ii. 219. Callinicus, iv. 244. Callistus, iii. 111. Cambyses succeeds Cyrus, ii. 87; dies, 88.
Camp of the Jews, i. 146; of the Assyrians, iv. 168.
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