B.

Baal, god of the Tyrians, ii. 133.

Baalis, king of the Ammonites, ii. 204.

Baasha, king of Israel, ii. 74, kills Nadab his predecessor, ib. dies, 76.

Babylon, derived from Babel, (confusion of languages,) i. 32, taken by Cyrus, under
the reign of Balthazar, ii. 223, the great number of Jews who lived there, 522,
Nebuchadnezzar's buildings at Babylon, ii. 218, its pensile gardens erected by
Nebuchadnezzar, in imitation of the mountains of Media,219.

Badus, or Bath, a Jewish measure, ii. 16.

Bagoses, an enemy of the Jews, ii. 285.

Baladan, king of Babylon, ii. 176.

Balak, king of Moab, his conduct towards the Hebrews, i. 225, 226.

Balaam, the prophet, employed by Balak to curse the Hebrews, i. 226, his ass speaks
with a man's voice, 227, his sacrifices and predictions, 229, his advice to Balak
and the Midianites, 231.

Ballas, or Bera, king of Sodom, i. 40.

Balm, or Balsam, near Jericho, ii. 450.

Balthazar, or Naboandelus, king of Babylon, ii. 219, his terrible vision and its inter-
pretation, 220-223, his death, 223.

Baruch, well skilled in the Hebrew tongue, and left with Jeremiah, the prophet, in
Judea, at the Babylonian captivity, ii. 202.

Barzillai, i. 486.

Basan, or Baasha, king of Israel, ii. 74, slays Nadab, his predecessor, ib.

Basima, or Basmath, Solomon's daughter, ii. 11.

Baskets carried upon the head, i. 89.

Bassus, Ventidius, see Ventidius.

Lucilius, sent with an army into Judea; he besieges and takes Macherus,

iv. 331.

Baths, hot, at Calirrhoe, beyond Jordan, iii. 99.

Bathsheba, i. 463466.

Bath, or Badus, a Jewish measure, ii. 16.

Bathyllus, Antipater's freedman, iii. 81.

Battering ram, its description, iv. 59.

Battle at Taricheæ, upon the lake of Gennesareth, iv. 86.

Beast, a distressed, to be assisted, i. 258.

Bells, golden, at the bottom of the high-priest's garment, i. 176, their probable use,
ib. note.

Belshazzar, or Balthasar, king of Babylon, ii, 219, his terrible vision, and its inter-
pretation, 220, 221,his death, 223.

Belus, the god of the Babylonians, and his temple, ii. 218.

Benaiah, a priest by birth, and a man of valour, i. 505, son of Jehoiada, 458, made
commander of some troops of Solomon's, ii. 11.

Beneficence, its commendation, and reward, i. 426.

Benefits to be commemorated by the Hebrews, twice a day, i. 246.

Benhadad, or the son of Hadad, king of Syria, besieges Samaria, ii. 118, falls sick,
and is smothered by Hazael, 123.

Benjamin, son of Jacob and Rachel, i. 75.

Benjamites, attacked for their enormous crime at Gibeah, and at last terribly defeat-
ed, and cut off, i. 304,305, their tribe restored, 307.

Berachah, valley of, ii. 106.

Bernice, the widow of Herod, marries Polemo, iii. 283, leaves him, ib.

-, Agrippa, senior's daughter, in danger of her life, iii. 503.

Berytus, where the cause between Herod and his sons was debated in a counsel
or court, iii. 60, Romans living at Berytus, 57.

Besaleel and Aholiab, sacred workmen, i, 183,

Bethuel, i. 56.

Bigthan, ii. 266

Bilba, Rachel's handmaid, i. 68, her sons, ib.

Birthday of Ptolemy's son, kept by the Syrians, ii. 322, presents made thereupon, 323.
Blasphemer, how to be punished, i. 245.

Blessings and curses pronounced by the Hebrews, and written by Moses, i. 264.

Blind or dumb persons not to be reviled, i. 258.

Blood, the river Nile turned into, i. 132, forbidden to be eaten by Hebrews, 195.
Bobelo, ii. 249.

Book of the law found, ii. 182.

Books composed by Solomon, ii. 12.

Booz, of Elimelech's family, i. 341, his kindness towards Ruth, ib. he marries
her, 343.

Boundaries not to be removed, i. 249.

Brazen vessels more valuable than gold, ii. 253.

Breast-plate of the high-priest, i. 178, its signification, 179, why called the ora-
cle, 187.

Bride, how she was to part from one that refused to marry her, according to the
law of Moses, i. 343.

Britons, iv. 292.

Brother, a title which Alexander Balas gave to Jonathan the high priest, ii. 369,
the same title was also given him by Demetrius Soter, 384.

Buckle, or button, a golden, sent to Jonathan by Alexander king of Syria, i. 380,
and by Demetrius, 387.

Bukki, son of Abishua, high-priest, ii. 5.

Burnt-offerings, i. 189.

Burrus, Nero's Greek secretary, iii. 290.

C.

Cæsar, Julius, makes war in Egypt, ii. 463, his decrees in favour of the Jews, 474,
murdered by Brutus and Cassius, 487.

Cæsarea built by Herod, ii. 572, it was six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem, 420.
Cæsarean games instituted by Herod, ii. 561.

Cahanæa, or priestly garments, i. 174.

Cain murders his brother Abel, i. 21, his punishment, ib. he peoples the land of
Nod, 22.

Caius, son of Germanicus, is made emperor, iii. 171, puts Tiberius, the grandson of
Tiberius the emperor, to death, ib. his behaviour in the government, 176, he or-
ders his statue to be erected in the temple of Jerusalem, 178, gratifies Agrippa,
and forbids its erection, 185, his letter to Petronius, ib. he rages against the Jews,
201, calls himself the brother of Jupiter, 202, a conspiracy formed against him, 203,
the conspirators increase in number, 210, his death, 216, 217, his character, 232.
Caleb, one of the spies sent into Canaan, i. 298.

Calf, golden, near Daphne, or Dan, ii. 57.

Callistus, a freedman of Caius's, iii. 212.

Cambyses succeeds Cyrus, ii. 235, dies after a reign of six years, 236.

Canaan, fourth son of Ham, gives name to Judea, i. 35, his posterity, 36.

famine in, i. 110, its description and division, 289.

Canaanites, excision of the, occasioned by their wickedness, i. 224,* note, Canaanites
distress the tribe of Dan, 307, are spared contrary to the command of God, 298,
war denounced against them by the tribes of Judah and Simeon, 296.

Candlestick, golden, in the tabernacle, i. 173.

Capito, a centurion, or captain of a hundred soldiers, iii. 501.

Capitol, the end of the triumphal shows, iv. 327.

Captives, Jewish, how many killed, and how many kept alive, iv. 303, carried in tri-
umph, 304.

Captivities of the ten, and of the two tribes, ii. 207.

Cassander governs Macedonia, after Alexander's death, ii. 293.

Cassius Longinus, president of Syria, ii. 487, favours Antipater and Herod, 488, re-
pels the Parthians, and then retires to Judea, 462, is defeated at Philippi, 491.
Castles, or citadels, near Jerusalem, ii. 350.

Castor, the Jew's cunning trick, iv. 216.

Castration of men and beasts forbidden by the law of Moses i. 261, young men of

INDEX.

royal blood castrated by Nebuchadnezzar's order; and among others Daniel, tire
prophet, ii. 208.

Catullus, governor of Libya Pentapolitana, iv. 359, his calumny against the Jews,
his death, and the Divine vengeance on him, 360.

Celtic legion, iii. 219.

Cerealis, Petilius, lays waste the upper Idumea, burns Caphethra, and besieges
Capharabim, iv. 161, marches towards Hebron, ib. is ordered to attack the temple,
267, called to a council of war about the temple, 280.

Cestius Gallus, president of Syria, iii. 498, he gathers an army against the Jews,
iv. 10, enters Jerusalem, 13, is beaten, 17.

Cethimus, i. 34.

Chalcol, ii. 12.

Chedorlaomer, i. 41.

Cherea, Cassius, is stirred up against Caius, iii. 204, draws others into the conspira.
cy, 208, 209, executed, 243.

Cherubim, their shape not known, ii. 21.

Chesed, Nabor's son, i. 37.

Children, undutiful, laws respecting, i. 256, 257.

not always like their parents, i. 357.

Christ and Christians, iii. 144.

Chus, ancestor of Chusites or Ethiopians, i. 34.
Chusan, king of Assyria, oppresses the Israelites, i. 308.
Cilicia, anciently called Tharsus, i. 33.

Circumcision, institution of, i. 45, the Arabians circumcise their children after the
thirteenth year of their age, 49, the Syrians in Palestine received circumcision
from the Egyptians, according to Herodotus, ii. 66, not to be forced upon any
body, in the opinion of Josephus, iv. 500, the Idumeans forced to be circumcised,
and become Jews, or leave their country, by John Hyrcanus, ii. 408, the Iturians
forced to be circumcised, by Aristobulus, 421.

Cities of refuge built by Moses, i. 290.

Claudius Cæsar, dragged out of a corner to the imperial dignity, iii. 225, favoured
by the army, 242, his liberality to Agrippa, 245, his edict in favour of the Jews,
ib. his letter to the Jews, 262, he dies, 284, his wife and children, 493.
Cleopatra, daughter of Antiochus, married to Ptolemy, ii. 317.

-, wife of Philometor, ii. 373, takes up arms against Ptolemy Lathyras, 425,
makes an alliance with Alexander, 426, takes Ptolemais, ib.

queen of Egypt, meets Antony in Cilicia, ii. 495, her cruelty and avarice,
530, kills her sister Arsinoe, 534, obtains from Antony a part of Arabia and Judea,
535, attempts to seduce Herod, ib. Herod conducts her towards Egypt, 536.

Clytus, author of a rebellion at Tiberias, iv. 493, cuts off his own left hand, by the
. order of Josephus, ib.

Colonies, how sent out by the posterity of Noah, i. 32.

Columns, or pillars in the land of Syriad, i. 24, of the Corinthian order, in Solo-
mon's palace, ii. 35.

Commandments, written upon two tables, i. 165, written by the hand of God, ib. not
to have their very words published, ib.

Conscience of good actions, is safer to be relied on, than on the concealment of evil
ones, i. 85.

Conspiracy against Herod, ii. 561.

Convention of Asia, at Ancyra, iii. 30.

Coracinus, a fish, iv. 92.

Corban, or sacred treasure, iii. 480.

Corah raises a sedition against Moses, i. 209, perishes with his faction, 217.

Cori, a measure so called, i. 206.

Corinthian order of architecture, ü. 35.

Corus, a Jewish measure, of ten Attic medimni, i. 206.

Costobarus, a ringleader of the robbers, iii. 295.

Cow, the red, for purification, i. 221.

Cozbi, a Midianitish woman, i. 234, slain by Phinehas, 236.

Crassus, governor of the east, succeeds Gabinius, ii. 459, arrives in Judea, and
plunders the temple of its treasures, 460, perishes in an expedition against the
Parthians, 462,

Creation, account of the, i. 15, some parts of the narrative understood enigmatically,

16, note (*)

Crown, or Mitre, of the high-priest, i. 180.

Curses denounced from mount Ehal, i. 264.

Curtain of the tabernacle, i. 168.

Customs or taxes of Syria, Phoenicia, Judea and Samaria, eight thousand talents,
ii. 320.

Cyrus, king of Persia, ii. 230, purposes to rebuild the Jewish temple, 232, releases
the Jews from their captivity by an edict, 233, his death, 234.

son of Xerxes, called by the Greeks Artaxerxes, made king, ii. 261, his letter
rescinding the edict of Haman, 278.

D.

Dagon, the god of Ashdod, i. 349, his temple burnt, ii. 380.

Damascene colonies transported into higher Media, ii. 159.

Damascus, founded by Uz, i. 36, taken by Tiglath-Pileser, ii. 159, taken by the Ro-
mans, 446.

Dan, son of Jacob and Bilha, i. 68.

misfortunes brought upon the tribe of, i. 307.

built by the Danites, i. 308.

Daniel, the prophet, ii. 208, is castrated, with his companions, ib. his austerity of life,
209, predicts future events, 212, tells Nebuchadnezzar his dream, and interprets
it to him, 213, is honoured for it, 214, his companions are cast into a fiery furnace,
ib. explains the hand-writing upon the wall, 222, is carried into Media by Darius,
224, is made one of the presidents of the kingdom, ib. a conspiracy against him, ib.
is thrown into the lion's den, 225, builds a tower at Ecbatana, 226, the manner
and certainty of his prophecies, ib. his vision of the ram and the he-goat, 228, his
prophecy of the destruction of the Jews by the Romans, ib. of the profanation of
the temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, ii. 343.

Darda, ii. 12.

Darics, old coins, so called, i. 188.

Darius, son of Astyages, called by another name among the Greeks, ii. 224.

son of Hystaspes, made king, ii. 236, makes a splendid entertainment, 23,
proposes questions to be resolved, ib. his letters in favour of Zorobabel, for re-
building the temple, 241, has Cyrus's records searched about that temple, 247,
gives orders for its rebuilding, 248, his edict against the Samaritans, 249.

Codomanus, the last king of Persia, ii. 286, defeated by Alexander the Great,
who puts an end to the empire of the Persians, 287.

David's genealogy, i. 343, is anointed by Samuel, 386, plays upon the harp before
Saul, 387, fights Goliath, 392, his and Jonathan's friendship, 396, is reconciled to
Saul by Jonathan, 397, is in danger of being killed by Saul, ib. his flight, 398, he
spares Saul's life, 413, promises to assist the king of Gath, 421, pursues after the
Amalekites, and puts them to flight, 429, makes a funeral oration for Saul and
Jonathan, 434, is made king of Judea, ib. and of the Israelites, 444, takes Jerusa-
lem, 446, casts the Jebusites out of it, 447, marries several wives, and begets efe-
ven children, 448, conquers the Philistines, 449, has the ark carried to Jerusalem,
450, is reproached by Michael, 452, purposes to build the temple, 453, his victo-
ries, 454, his liberality to Mephibosheth, 459, falls in love with Bathsheba, 463,
causes Uriah to be slain, 465, marries Bathsheba, 467, is reproved for all by Na-
than the prophet, ib. his son by Bathsheba dies, 469, he mourns for Absalom's
death, 491, orders the people to be numbered, 506, chooses the pestilence, rather
than famine, or the sword, 507, makes great preparations for the building of the
temple, 510, exhorts Solomon to build it, ib. divides the priests and Levites into
twenty-four courses, 516, he dies, 521, is buried with great pomp, ib. the trea-
sures hidden in his monument, 523.

Day, unusually lengthened, i. 283.

Deborah, the prophetess, obtains deliverance for Israel, i. 313.

Decree of Antiochus the Great, for keeping the Jewish temple without profanation,
ii. 316, the first of the Roman senate for a league with the Jews, 359, another fei
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the same purpose, 409, another for renewing their league with the Jews under
Hyrcanus,466, a decree of the Athenians in favour ofthe Jews,467, decrees of Julius
Cæsar to the same purpose, 474, 475, a decree of Caius Julius, prætor and consul
to the Parians, on behalf of the Jews, 477, of Antonius and Dolabella, 478, of Lucius
Lentulus, the Roman consul, 481, 482, of the Roman Senate, 481, of the Perga-
mens, 482, of the Halicarnassians, 484, of the Sardinians, ib. of the Ephesians, 485,
many other decrees on the same subject omitted by Josephus, 485.
Deluge, account of the, i. 27.
Demetrius, the son of Demetrius, joins with Jonathan and Ptolemy his father-in-law,
and conquers Alexander, ii. 377, 378, called Nicator, 383, his letter in favour of
the Jews, 384, is hated by the Antiochians, 385, breaks friendship with Jonathan,
386, is conquered by Antiochus, and flies into Cilicia, 387, is made prisoner by Ar-
saces, and released, 393, Trypho rebels against him, 399, is hated by the army, 410,
is defeated, and flies in vain to Cleopatra his wife, ib. goes thence to Tyre, is made
a prisoner, and dies, ib.

Eucerus, fourth son of Antiochus Grypus, is made king of Syria, Damas-
cena, ii. 428, his assistance desired by the Jews, 429, he makes war upon Alexan-
der, and conquers him, 430, makes war with his brother Philip, is carried prisoner
into Parthia, and dies there, 431.

of Gadara, Pompey's freedman, obtains the rebuilding of that city, ii. 454.
Phalereus, keeper of the Alexandrian library, ii. 295, his petition to king
Philadelphus, 296, he places the seventy-two interpreters near the sea-side, 309.

Soter, son of Seleucus, made king of Syria, ii. 354, puts king Antiochus to
death, 355, sends Bacchides and Nicanor against the Jews, ib. his character, 368,
his letter to Jonathan, 369, is killed in the war against Alexander, 372.
Diana's temple at Elymais, in Persia, ii. 350, in Egypt, 373.

Dinah, Jacob's daughter, i. 69, violation of, by Sheehem, prince of the Sheche-
mites, 74.

Dioclerus, ii. 11.

Diodotus, or Trypho, ii. 385.

Divorce, the cause of, i. 253, whether it be lawful for a wife to send a bill of divorce
to her husband, 254.

Dius, the Macedonian name of the Jewish month Marhesvan, i. 28.

Doeg, the Syrian, i. 405.

Dolabella's letter to the Ephesians, in favour of the Jews, ii. 479.

Domitian, son of Vespasian, made regent in his father's absence, iv. 173, is kind to
Josephus, 528, his expedition against the Germans, 320.

Dorians erect Cæsar's statue in a Jewish synagogue, iii. 248, Petronius's edict
against them, ib.

Dove, sent forth out of the ark, i. 27.

Dreams, of Jacob, i. 63, Laban, 66, Josephus, 78, of Pharaoh's cup-bearer, 88, Pha-
raoh's chief baker, 89, of Pharaoh, 91, of Nebuchadnezzar, ii. 210,-380.
Drusilla, a daughter of Agrippa, senior, by Cypros, iii. 156, married to Azizus, king
of Emesa, 281, afterward to Felix, procurator of Judea, 282.

E.

Eagles, golden, pulled down from the front of the temple, iii. 95, holding a dragorr
in his claws, in the seal of the Lacedæmonians, ii. 327.

Earthquake, wherein the followers of Dathan and Abiram were swallowed up, i. 216.
"" a very great one in Judea, ii. 539.

Eating the sinew upon the hip, why refused by the Jews, i. 73.

Ebal, i. 264.

Eban, David's son, i. 448.

Eclipse of the moon, iii. 97.

Edict, a cruel, for the destruction of the Hebrew children in Egypt, i. 115-116.
Eglon, king of Moab, oppresses the Israelites, i. 309, is killed by Ehud, 310.
Ehud delivers the Israelites from the Moabites, i. 311, is made a judge, ib.

Elah succeeds Baasha in the kingdom of Israel, ii. 76.

Elam, ancestor of the Persians, i. 36.

Eleazar, commander of the zealots, iii. 520.

-----, son of Aaron, i, 182,