68; flies to Izates, 109; kindly re- ceived and restored to his kingdom, 110; dies, ib.
Artabazes, or Artavasdes, is given as a present to Cleopatra by Antonius, ii.
Artaxerxes, i. 376; his edict against the Jews, 378; contradicted, 383. Artaxias, i. 520.
Artorius saves his life, ii. 423. Arucas, i. 22.
Aruntius (Euaristus,) ii. 85.
Aruntius (Paulus,) ii. 82.
Azarias, one of Daniel's companions, i. 350.
Azarias, a commander, is defeated by Gorgias, i. 418.
Azizus, ii. 116; is circumcised, and marries Drusilla, ib.; dies, 118. Azotus, or Ashdod, its inhabitants plagued, i. 178; taken by Jonathan, i. 435.
BAAL, ii. 485; god of the Tyrians. L 316.
Baalis, king, i. 348.
Baaras, a place, and plant, ii. 454.
Asa, i. 289; alliance with the king of Baasha, kills Nadab, i. 289; dies, 292
Damascus, 291.
Asael killed by Abner, i. 219. Asamoneus, i. 412.
Asamoneans, the end of their reign, i. 510.
Ascalonites punished, i. 405.
Ashod, i. 435; its inhabitants plagued, i. 178.
Ashpenaz, a eunuch, i. 350. Asineus and Anileus, ii, 67. Asprenas, ii. 82; cut in pieces, 83. Assemblies forbidden to all at Rome but to the Jews, i. 487.
Ass's head falsely reported by Apion as an object of worship among the Jews, ii. 505.
Assyrian empire overthrown, i. 335. Astarte's temple, i. 217; ii. 482. Astronomy; for its improvement the first men lived near a thousand years, i. 19; came out of Chaldea into Egypt, and thence into Greece, 24. Asylum, right of, belonging to some towns, i. 128.
Athenians decree honours to Hyrcanus, i. 482.
Athenio, a general of Cleopatra, ii. 202; perfidious, i. 522. Athronges crowns himself king of Ju- dea, ii. 31; is conquered, ib. Atratinus, i. 502.
Augustus's arrival in Syria, i. 542; his letter to Herod, 579; holds a coun- cil about the affairs of Judea, ii. 26; his edict and letter in favour of the Jews, i. 563; is angry with Herod, 574; is reconciled to him, 577 vides Herod's dominions, a. 245; his death, 254.
Azariah, the prophet, i. 290.
Baba's children preserved, i. 533; af terwards killed, 534.
Babylon, derived from Babel, i. 20; taken by Cyrus, i. 256; Nebuchad nezzar's buildings at Babylon, i. 254; its walls not built by Semiramis, but by Nebuchadnezzar, ii. 483; its walls built by Nobonnidus of brick and bitumen, ib.; its pensile gardens erected by Nebuchadnezzar, 484;
Bacchides, i. 422, 425; he attacks the Jews, ib. Bagoses, i. 385.
Balak, king of Moab, i. 121. Baladan, king of Babylon, i. 335. Balaam, the prophet, i. 121, et seq., his ass speaks, 122. Ballas, king of Sodom, i. 25. Balm, or Balsam, near Jericho, i. 473, 519.
Baltasar [Belshazzar, or Naboandel, or Nabonadius,] king of Babylon, i 354; his terrible vision, and its in- terpretation, 255; his death, 356. Balthasar [Belteshazzar,] Daniel's
name, i. 350. Banus, a hermit, ii. 129. Barachias, i. 327.
Barak, encounters Sisera, i. 163. Barbarians, their riches formerly con sisted in cattle, i. 69. Bardanes, is slain, ii. 110. Baris, built by Daniel, i. 357. Barnabazus, i. 377.
Baruch, left with Jeremiah the prophet in Judea, i. 347. Barzaphernes, governor, i 189 Barzillai, i. 241, 245.
Bazan, or Baasha, king of Israel, slaya Nadab i. 290
Bassus (Ventidius.) See Ventidius. Bassus (Cecilius,) murderer of Sextus Cæsar, i. 492; ii. 185.
Bassus (Lucilius,) sent with an army into Judea; takes Macherus, ii. 453, et seq.
Bathsheba, i. 232, et seq. Bathyllus, ii. 228.
Battering-ram, described, ii. 307. Battle at Taricheæ, ii. 322. Belus, the Tyrian god, i. 292. Belus, the Babylonian god, i. 254; his temple, ib.
Benaiah, a man of valour, i. 247; son of Jehoiada, 229; made commander, 260; son of Achilus, 262. Beneficence, its commendation and re- ward, i. 214.
Benhadad besieges Samaria, i. 297; the second time, 309; falls sick, and is smothered, 312. Benjamites attacked at Gibea, and at last cut off, i. 159; their tribe restored, ib. Berenice, daughter of Agrippa, ii. 51; is married to Herod, 97.
Berenice, Agrippa's mother, dies, ii. 52. Berenice, Archelaus's and Mariamne's daughter, ii. 116.
Berenice, the widow of Herod, marries Polemon, ii. 117; leaves him, ib. Berenice, Salome's daughter, Aristobu- lus's wife, i. 551.
Berenice, Agrippa senior's daughter, in danger, ii. 264.
Berytus, where the cause between He. rod and his sons was debated, i. 579. Bigthan, i. 377.
Birth-day of Ptolemy's son kept by the Syrians, i. 406; presents made there. upon, 407.
Bocchoris king of Egypt, ii. 497. Book of the law found, i. 338. Books composed by Solomon, i. 263; twenty-two most sacred among the Jews, ii. 476.
Booz, i. 174; kindness towards Ruth, ib.; marries her, 175.
Brazen vessels more valuable than gold, i. 371.
Bride, how she was to part from one that refused to marry her, i. 136.
Britons, 2. 434.
Britannicus, ii. 259.
Broccnus, a tribune, ii. 93.
Brother a title which Alexander Balas
gave to Jonathan, 1. 430; the same title given him by Demetrius Soter
Buckle, or button, sent to Jonathan by Alexander, king of Syria, i. 436; ane by Demetrius, 439.
CESAR (Julius) makes war in Egypt i. 479; his decrees in favour of the Jews, 485; he is murdered, 492. Cæsarea built by Herod, i. 540. Cæsarean games instituted, i. 534; ii 208; begun at the finishing of Cæsa rea Augusta, i. 561. Cæsennius Petus, ii. 457 Cæsonia, killed by Lupus, ii. 89. Cain murders Abel, i. 14; his punish- ment, ib.; peoples the land of Nod, ib Caius is made emperor, ii. 59; puts TL berius to death, ib.; his behaviour, 62; orders his statue to be erected in the temple, 63; gratifies Agrippa, and forbids its erection, 66; his letter to Petronius, ib.; rages against the Jews, 74; calls himself the brother of Jupiter, ib.; a conspiracy against him, 75; the conspirators increase, 78; his death, 82; his threatening letter to Petronius retarded till he was dead, 254; his character, 90. Caleb, one that searched the land of Canaan, i. 109, 156.
Calf (golden) near Daphne or Dan, ă.
Callimander, i. 452. Callinicus, ii. 457. Callistus, i 79.
Cambyses succeeds Cyrus, i. 362; dies ib.
Camp of the Jews, i. 107; of the Assy rians, ii. 406.
Canaan land, its description and divi sion, i. 151. Canaanites distress the tribc of Dan, i 160; spared contrary to the com- mand of God, 156; war denounced against them by Judah and Simeon, ib. Candlestick in the tabernacle, i. 93. Cantheras removed from the high priesthood, ii. 106. Capellus, ii. 133. Capito, ii. 263.
Captives of the Jews, how many killed, &c. ii. 440; captives carried in tri umph, 451, et seq.
Captivities of the ten and of the two tribes, i. 349. Cassander governs Macedonia after Alexander's death, i. 390. Cassius Longinus, i. 492,547; ii. 105; favours Antipater and Herod, i. 492; repels the Parthians, and then retires to Judea, 479; ii. 182; defeated at Philippi, i. 494.
Castles or Citadels, two at Jerusalem, i. 420, 532, 536.
Castor's cunning trick, ii. 392. Castration forbidden by the law of Mo- ses, i. 140; young men castrated by Nebuchadnezzar's order, and among others Daniel, i. 350.
- Catullus, ii. 470; his calumny against the Jews, ib.; his death, 471. Cecilius Bassus, murderer of Sextus Cæsar, i. 492; ii. 185.
Cecinna, ii. 367; sent to Vespasian, 368. Celadus, ii. 36, 246.
Celer put to death, ii. 116. Celtic legion, ii. 83. Cendebeus, i. 447; ii. 168. Cerealis sent against the Samaritans,
ii. 312; marches towards Hebron, 362; is ordered to attack the temple, 420; called to a council of war, 427. Cestius Gallus, ii. 145, 261; gathers
an army against the Jews, 281; en- ters Jerusalem, 282; is beaten, 283. Chereas (Cassius) is stirred up against Caius, ii. 75; draws others into the conspiracy, 77; gives Caius the first blow, 82; is beheaded, 96. Chargiras, ii. 404. Chalaman, i. 231. Cham, or Ham, the son of Noah, i. 19; his posterity, 23. Chanaan, or Canaan, the son of Ham, i. 23; his posterity, ib. Chares, ii. 328; dies, 331. Chatura, or Keturah, i. 32. Chebron, king of Egypt, ii. 480. Chebron, or Hebron, older than Mem- phis [Tanis,] ii. 360; taken by the Israelites, i. 152. Chelbes, ii. 485.
Cherubim, their shape not known, i. 266. Christ and Christians, ii. 45. Chusarthes, or Cushan, oppresses the Israelites, i. 161.
Chushi, or Hushai, i. 240.
Gutheans, who they were, and whence they came i 330); go to Samaria
349; hinder the rebuilding of the temple, 368. Cinnamus, ii. 110.
Circumcision is received in Palestine by the Jews, ii. 486; its institution, i. 27; the Arabians circumcise their children after the 13th year of their age, 29; the Syrians in Palestine re- ceived it from the Egyptians, 286; not to be forced upon any body, ii. 137; the Idumeans forced to be cir. cumcised, and become Jews, or leave their country, i. 450; the Itureans forced to be circumcised. 456.
Cleopatra, daughter of Antiochus mar- ried to Ptolemy, i. 403. Cleopatra, wife of Philometer, i. 431 ; she takes up arms against Ptolemy, i. 459; makes an alliance with Alex- ander, ib.; takes Ptolemais, ib. Cleopatra, wife of Demetrius II, i. 447; married to Antiochus Soter, ib. Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, meets An- tony, i. 496; her cruelty and avarice, 519; ii. 201; kills her sister Arsinoe, i. 519; obtains part of Arabia and Judea, ib.; tempts Herod to lie with her, ib.; Herod conducts her towards Egypt, 520.
Cleopatra (Selene) besieged by Ti granes, i. 466; ii. 175. Cleopatra of Jerusalem, the wife of Herod, ii. 7, 224.
Cleopatra, wife of Florus, ii. 126. Clitus, author of a rebellion at Tiberias, ii. 142; cuts off his left hand ib., 291.
Cluvius, ii. 81.
Collega (Cneus,) ii. 447.
Colonies in and out of Italy, ii. 97. Columns in the land of Siriad, i. 15
Corinthian, in Solomon's palace, 273, in Herod's temple, ii. 383. Commandments written upon two tables, i. 88; by the hand of God, 89; not to have their very words published, 88 Conscience of wood actions is safer t
be relied on, that on the conceal. ment of evil ones, i. 46. Conspiracy against Herod, i. 534, et
Convention of Asia at Ancyra, i. 563; at Jerusalem, ii. 134. Coponius, ii. 39, 42, 247. Coracinus, a fish, ii. 324.
Corban, or sacred treasure, ii. 252. Cores, or Korah, raises a sedition, i.
112; perishes, 116.
Corinthus, ii. 10; an Arabian by birth, 226.
Cornelius Faustus, i. 474; ii. 178. Cornelius, ii. 423.
Corus, a Jewish measure, i. 110. Costobarus, an Idumean, Salome's hus- band, i. 532.
Costobarus, a ringleader of the robbers, ii. 123.
Cotylas, or Zeno, i. 448; ii. 169. Cotys, king, ii. 101.
Cow, the red cow for purification, i. 119. Coze, or Koze, Idumean Idol, i. 532. Crassus, succeeds Gabinius, i. 477 ; ar- rives in Judea, and plunders the tem- ple of its treasures, 478; perishes in an expedition, ii. 182.
Creation of the world, i. 12.
Cyrus, the son of Xerxes, made king. i. 376; his letter rescinding the edict of Haman, 383,
DAGON, his temple burnt, i. 345. Damascene colonies transported into Higher Media, i. 328.
Damascus taken by Tiglathpileser, i.
328; taken by the Romans, 470. Dan built by the Danites, i. 161. Danaus, or Hermeus, king of Egypt, ii. 491.
Daniel the prophet, i. 350; is castrated, ib.; Daniel foretells future events, 351; tells and interprets Nebuchad nezzar's dream, ib.; is honoured for it, 352; his companions are cast into a fiery furnace, ib.; Daniel explains the handwriting upon the wall, 355; is carried into Media, 356; is made one of the presidents of the kingdom, ib.; a conspiracy against him, ib.; is thrown into the lion's den, 357, builds a tower at Ecbatana, 358; the manner and certainty of his prophe- cies, ib.; his vision of the ram and the he-goat, ib.; his prophecy of the destruction of the Jews, ib.; of the profanation of the temple, 416.
Crown or mitre of the high priest, i. 94. Darius, the son of Astyages, called by
Cumanus, ii. 113, 256.
Curses denounced from Mount Ebal, i. 141, 150.
Cuspius Fadus, procurator, i. 547; ii. 104, 256.
Customs or taxes of Syria, Phoenicia,
Judea, and Samaria, 8000 talents, i. 404.
Cypros, King Agrippa's wife, ii. 256. Cypros, Antipater senior's wife, i. 479;
Cypros, Antipater's daughter by Cy. pros, ii. 52; married to Alexas Sel. cias, ib.
Cypros, Herod's daughter, married to Antipater, ii. 52.
Cypros, daughter of Phasaelus and Sa. lampsio, married to Agrippa senior, ii. 51.
Cyrenius, or Quirinius, ii. 39, 459. Cyrenians derived from the Lacedæ. monians, ii. 270.
Cyrus, king of Persia, i. 356; purposes
to rebuild the Jewish temple; re- leases the Jews from their captivity, 260; his death, 362,
another name among the Greeks, i. 356.
Darius, the son of Hystaspes, made king, i. 363; makes a splendid entertain. ment, ib.; proposes questions to be resolved, ib.; his letters for rebuild. ing the temple, 365; has Cyrus's re- cords searched about that temple, 369; gives order for its rebuilding, ib.; his edict against the Samaritans, 370.
David anointed by Samuel, 195; plays
upon the harp before Saul, 196; fights Goliath, 198: his and Jonathan's friendship, 200; is reconciled to Saul, ib.; is in danger of being killed by Saul, 201; his flight, ib., 204; he spares Saul's life twice, 208, 211; promises to assist the king of Gath, 212; pursues the Amalekites, 216; makes a funeral oration for Saul and Jonathan, 218; is made king of Ju- dah, 219; and of the Israelites, 223; takes Jerusalem, 224; casts the Je busites out, ib,; marries several wixes,
225; conquers the Philistines, ib.; has the ark carried to Jerusalem, 226; purposes to build the temple, 227; his victories, 228; his liberality to Mephibosheth, 230; falls in love with Bathsheba, 231; causes Uriah to be slain, 232; marries Bathsheba, 233; is reproved by Nathan the prophet, ib.; his son by Bathsheba dies, 234; he mourns for Absalom's death, 243; or. ders the people to be numbered, 250; chooses the pestilence, 251; makes great preparations for the building of the temple, 252; exhorts Solomon to build it, ib., 256; divides the priests and Levites into twenty-four courses, 255; he dies, 257; is buried, ib.; Treasures hidden in his monument, 258, 449, 465.
Iy unusually lengthened, i. 150. Deborah, i. 188.
Decrees of the Komans, &c. in favour of the Jews, i. 481, 485, et seq. Dellius, i. 503, 5i5; ii. 194. Deluge, i. 16, et seq. Demetrius, alabarch at Alexandria, ii. 117.
Demetrius the son of Demetrius, joins Jonathan and Ptolemy, and conquers Alexander, i. 436, et seq.: called Ni- cator, 437; his letter in favour of the Jews, ib.; hated by the Antiochians, 438; breaks friendship with Jonathan, 439; conquered by Antiochus, ib.; made prisoner by Arsaces, and re- leased, 443; Trypho rebels against him, 446; defeated, and flies in vain to Cleopatra his wife, 451; goes thence to Tyre, is made a prisoner, and dies, ib.
Demetrius Eucerus made king of Syria Damascena, i. 460; his assistance de- sired by the Jews, 461; makes war upon Alexander, and conquers him, ib.; ii. 172; makes war with his bro. ther Philip, is carried prisoner into Parthia, and dies there, i. 462. Demetrius of Gadara, obtains the re- building of that city, i. 475. Demetrius Phalerius, i. 391; ii. 502; his petition to king Philadelphus, i.393. Demetrius Soter, made king of Syria, i. 422; puts Antiochus to death, ib.; sends Bacchides against the Jews, ib.; his character, 429; his letter to Jo- nathan, 430; is killed, 432.
Demons, i. 263. Demoteles, i. 441. Diana's temple at Elymais in Persia i
Dido, sister of Pygmalion, ii. 482. Dinah, Jacob's daughter, i. 42. Diodorus, son of Jason, i. 451. Diodorus, or Trypho, i. 438. Dionysius, i. 471. Diophantus, i. 576. Divorce, causes of it, i. 136. Doeg, the Syrian, i. 204. Dogs; it is natural to them to devou the bones with the flesh, i. 407. Dolabella's letter to the Ephesians in favour of the Jews, i. 488. Dolesus, ii. 354.
Domitia kind to Josephus, ii. 161. Domitian, regent in his father's absence ii. 368; kind to Josephus, 161; ex pedition against the Germans, 449. Domitius Sabinus, ii. 393. Doris, Herod's wife, i. 494; expelled the court, ii. 227.
Dorians erect Cæsar's statue in a syna. gogue, ii. 98; Petronius's edict against them, 99. Dortus, ii. 115.
Dositheus, a Jew, his perfidiousness 1. 526.
Dositheus, a general of the Jews, ii. 502. Dove sem ut of the ark, i. 17. Draco's laws, ii. 474. Drusilla, a daughter of Agrippa senior, ii. 51; married to Azizus, 116; af terwards to Felix, 117. Drusus, her brother, ii. 51. Drusus, brother of Tiberius, ii. 58.
EAGLE, pulled down from the front of
the temple, ii. 19; holding a dragon in his claws, in the Lacedemonian seal, i. 408.
Earthquake, wherein the followers of Dathan and Abiram were swallowed up, i. 116.
Earthquake, a very great one in Judea, i. 521.
Eating the sinew upon the hip, why re- fused by the Jews, i. 42. Ebutius, ii. 202; slain, 229. Eclipse of the moon, ii. 29. Ecnibalus, king of Tyre, ii. 485. Eglon, oppresses the Israelites, i. 161 Elah succeeds Baasha in the kingdom of Israel, i. 291.
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