whence that name derived, 225; ta-
ken by the Babylonians, i. 345, 346;
by Pompey 474; by Herod and So.
sius, 509; by Ptolemy, i. 390; how
many times taken, ii. 441; made tri-
butary to the Romans, i. 475; levelled
with the ground, ii. 442; declared
holy, inviolable, and free by Deme-
trius, i. 431; two citadels therein,
532; who first built it, ii. 441; situ.
ated in the middle of Judea, 296; set
on fire by the Romans, 439; a fast
kept there yearly, i. 510; as also
when it was taken by Pompey, and by
Herod and Sosius, 474, 510; a Jebu-
site king of Jerusalem, with four others,
make war on the Gibeonites, i. 149;
are put to flight by Joshua, ib.; Je-
rusalem described, ii. 379, 488.
Jesse, father of David, i. 195.
Jesus Christ, a testimony to him, ii. 45.
Jesus, son of Phabet, deprived of the
priesthood, i. 539.

Jesus, son of Ananus, his ominous cla-
mour and death, ii. 431, et seq.
Jesus or Jason, i. 409.

Jesus, the son of Sapphias, governor of
Tiberias, ii. 133, 139, 285.
Jesus, brother of Onias, deprived of the
high priesthood, i. 514.
Jesus, the eldest priest after Ananus, ii.
342,347; his speech to the Idumeans,
342.

Jesus, or Joshua, the son of Nun, i. 109;

successor of Moses, 130; commands
the Israelites against the Amalekites,
84; prophecies in the lifetime of Mo-
ses, 142; leads the Israelites to Jor.
dan, 144; consults about the parti-
tion of the land, 151; his speech to
the two tribes and half, 152; his
death, 155.

Jesus, son of Saphat, ringleader of rob.

bers, ii. 139, 320.

Jethro, the Midianite, i. 156.
Jews, governed by Aristocracy, i. 476;
ii. 181; priests careful to marry ac-
cording to their law, 475; in danger
at Antioch, 447; at Ecbatana near
Galilee, ii. 132; cut off at Cæsarea,
276; at Scythopolis, 277; in factions
of account of the priesthood, i. 409;
killed on the Sabbath, 412; Jews be.
yond Euphrates, 512; at Alexandria,
in Egypt and Cyprus, 453; go to war
under Alexander the Great, 388; car.

ried into Egypt by Ptolemy, 391; ba
nished Rome, ii. 46; desire to be a
Roman province, 34; favoured by
Seleucus Nicator, i. 400; by Vespa.
sian and Titus, ib.; by Marcus Agrip.
pa, ib.; by Antiochus the Great, 401;
shut up in the Hippodrome, but re-
leased, ii. 23; pray for the welfare of
the Spartans, i. 441; Antiochus accu-
ses his own father, 446; privileges
granted them by the kings of Asia,
i. 563; Egyptians and Tyrians chief.
ly hated the Jews, ii. 478; Demetrius
remits part of the tribute, i. 431;
Jews at Alexandria allowed an eth-
narch, 478; allowed to gather their
sacred collections at Rome, 487; de-
rived from the same origin with the
Spartans, 408; have their own laws
under Alexander the Great, i. 388;
prohibited to meddle with foreign wo.
men, 405; tenacious of their laws, ii.
487; numerous at Alexandria, 478; at
Babylon, 512; form of their govern.
ment, 370; quarrel with the Syrians
about privileges, ii. 120; their mar.
riages, ii. 515; had a synagogue at
Antioch, 446; privileges under the
Romans, i. 552; send an embassy
against Archelaus, ii. 32; the Asiatic
Jews send an embassy to Cæsar, i.
563; great slaughter of Jews, ii. 73,
391, 467; calamities in Mesopotamia,
and Babylonia, ii. 67; antiquity of
their rites, i. 553, et seq.; towns in Sy
ria, Phoenicia, and Idumea, belong-
ing to them, 463.

Jezebel, Ahab's wife, i. 292; is torn to
pieces by dogs, i. 315.

Images, or brazen oxen, not lawful to
be made by Solomon, i. 279; images
of animals are against the law, i. 535,
540; to set them up, or consecrate
them, forbidden, i. 90.
Incense only to be offered by the poste

rity of Aaron, i. 325.
Infants murdered in Egypt, i. 63.
Joab, i. 219; takes the citadel of Jeru-

salem, 224; conspires, 253.
Joathan, or Jotham, i. 260, 346.
Joazar, high priest, i. 20, 39, 41; de,
prived by Archelaus, ib.

John (Baptist) killed by Herod, ii. 50.
John, the son of Dorcas, il. 336.
John (Gaddis,) is killed, i. 427.
John, son of Levi, rebuilds Gischala, ii

132, 287; enemy to Josephus, 134,
287; aims at absolute dominion,334,
352.

John, son of Judas, high priest, murders

his brother in the temple, 385.
John, captain of the Idumeans, killed,
ii. 390.

John, or Johanan, son of Kareah, i. 347;
pursues after Ishmael, 348.
Joktan, i. 22.

Jonadab, i. 325,236; he kills a giant, 248.
Jonas, the prophet, i. 323.

Jonathan, son of Ananus, ii. 99; refu.
ses the high priesthood, ib.; his ac-
tions, 258, et seq.; is murdered, 259.
Jonathan, called Apphus, the Macca-
bee, i. 412; makes a league with An-
tiochus, ii. 168; is surprised and
killed, ib.

Jonathan, son of Saul, beats a garrison
of the Philistines, i. 188; reconciles
Saul to David, 200; his conference
with David, 202; slain in battle, 216.
Jonathan, a Sadducee, provokes Hyrca-
nus against the Pharisees, i. 453.
Jonathan, a Jew, challenges the Romans
to single combat, ii. 422; is killed by
Priscus, ib.

Jonathan, a ringleader of the Sicarii, ii.
470.

Jonathan, high priest, murdered, ii. 118.
Jonathan, the Maccabee, commander of
the Jews, i. 427; with his brother Si-
mon defeats the Nabateans, 428;
makes peace with Bacchides, 429;
restores divine worship, 430; defeats
Demetrius's captains, 440; renews
the league with the Romans and Spar-
tans, ib; his letter to the Spartans,
441; killed by Trypho, 445.
Joppa taken by the Romans, ii. 280;
demolished, 319.

Joseph Cabi, high priest, ii. 121;
deprived, ib.

is

Joseph, son of Camus, made high priest,

ii. 106; deprived, 113.
Joseph, (Caiaphas) made high priest,
ii. 42; deprived, 48.
Joseph, son of a female physician, stirs
up a sedition, ii. 142.
Joseph, son of Daleus, ii. 430.
Joseph, a treasurer, i. 527.
Joseph, Herod's uncle, i. 517; married
Salome, ii. 210; discovers his in-
junction to kill Mariamne, is put to
death, i. 517, 518; ii. 210, 211.

Joseph, son of Tolas, reproaches hi
uncle, i. 403; sent to Ptolmey,
ib.; his tax-gatherer, 404; goes to
Syria, 405; his wealth and children,
ib.; dies, 408.

Joseph, son of Jacob, his dreams, i. 45;
sold to the Ishmaelites, 47; his chas
tity, 48; put in prison, 49; released,
51; discovers his brethren, 53; tries
them, 56; discovers himself, 58; his
death, 62.

Josephus made governor of Galilee, ii
285; his danger at Taricheæ, 288;
reduces Tiberias, 290; is in great
danger again, 408; his mother la
ments him as dead, ib.; his speech
to the Taricheæns, ii. 139; his stra.
tagems, 140, 145; escapes a great
danger, ii. 139; goes to Tiberias,
141; his wonderful dream, 144; goes
to Taricheæ, 150; his father put in
chains, 408; his love to his country,
436; is betrayed, 314; surrenders to
Nicanor, 315; speech to his compa
nions, ib.; is in danger of his life,
316; advises the casting of lots, 317,
carried to Vespasian, ib.; speech to
Vespasian, ib.; honoured by Vespa.
sian and Titus, 160, 318; by Domi.
tian and Domitia, 161; is set at li
berty, 367; advises the Jews to sur
render, 395, 417; accused of con.
spiracy, 471; Titus gives him lands
in Judea, 161; had three wives, ib.
his children, ib. ; was greatly skilled
in learning, 127; was a Pharisee, 129
goes to Rome, ib.; frees the Sep.
phorites from fear, 131; stays in Ga.
lilee, 133; his moderation, ib. ; when
he finished the Antiquities, ii. 127
when he was born, 128; appeals to
Vespasian, Titus, and others, for the
truth of his history, 477.

Joshua son of Nun. See Jesus.
Josiah, king of Judah, his piety, i. 338
his death, 339.

Jotapata, besieged and demolished, ii.
303 et seq.

Jotham, his parable, i. 166.
Jotham, king of Judah, his death, i.
326.

Ireneus the pleader, ii, 26.
Isaac, i. 27.

Isaiah. See Esaiah.

Ishbosheth is made king, i. 219: mw
dered by treachery, 222

Ishmael, i. 27.

Ishmael, murders Gedaliah, i. 348.
Isis, her temple polluted and demo-
lished, ii. 46.

Israelites carried captive into Media
and Persia, i. 330,

Istob, or Ishtob, king, i. 231.

Monobazus, 107; dies, 112; his chil
dren and brethren besieged in Jeru
salem, 435.

Jubal, i. 14.

Jubilee, i. 106.

Korah raises a sedition, i. 113; perishes
with his followers, 116.

575.

Jucundus, captain of horse, ii. 262
Judadas, or Dedan, i. 22.

Judas, the Essene, i. 445; ii. 171.
Judas, a Galilean, author of a fourth

sect among the Jews, ii. 39, 41, 247.
Judas, son of Jairus, is slain, ii. 456.
Judas, the Maccabee, i. 412; succeeds

his father, 413; ii. 167; speech to
his men before a battle, i. 414; is
victor, 415; comes to Jerusalem,
and restores the temple worship, 416;
takes vengeance on the Idumeans
and others, 417; besieges the cita-
del at Jerusalem, 420; made high
priest, 424; alliance with the Ro-
mans, ib.; fights Bacchides, 425; is
killed, ib.

Judas, son of Saripheus, or Sepphoreus,
ii. 18, 234.

Judas, son of Ezekias, ringleader of the
robbers, ii. 30, 242.

Judea, it begins at Coreæ, i. 472; a
great earthquake in, 521; its fertility,
ii. 488; its description, 295; length,
breadth, and limits, 296; but lately
known to the Greeks, 478; annexed
to Syria, ii. 39; parted into five ju-
risdictions, i. 476; made tributary to
the Romans, 475.

Judges of the Hebrews, i. 370.
Judges of the council in Syria and Pho-
nicia,.i. 365 seven inferior Judges
in every city, but an appeal from
them to the great Sanhedrim at Je-
rusalem, i. 132, 133.

Julian of Bithynia, ii. 416.
Justus of Tiberias, ii. 154; when he
published his history, 156; condemned
by Vespasian, but saved, 154.
Justus, son of Pistus, stirs up sedition,
ii. 131.

Izates, embraces the Jewish religion, ii.
106; is circumcised, 108; succeeds

Laborosoarchod, or Labosordacus, i
354; ii. 184.
Lamech, i. 14.

Languages confounded, i. 20.
Laodiceans, their letter in favour of the
Jews, i. 489.

Laws given the Israelites upon Mount
Sinai, i. 87, 129; to be read on the
feast of tabernacles, 132; to be
learned by children, ib. ; order a re.
bellious son to be stoned, i. 580;
martial laws, ii. 516; the tables of the
law, i. 88; law of Moses translated
into Greek, Pref. i. vii. 391; law
made by Herod to sell thieves, 550;
law carried in triumph at Rome, ii.
453, and note.
Lentulus's decree in favour of the Jews,
i. 488.

Lepidus killed by Caius, ii. 75.
Leprous persons obtain places of ho

nour, i. 105; are to live out of cities,
i. 311.

Letters of Solomon, and Hiram, and the
Tyrians, i. 264; of Xerxes to Ezra,
370; of Artaxerxes to the governors
near Judea, 383; of Antiochus the
Great to Ptolemy, 401; of the Samna-
ritans to Antiochus, 411; of Alexan.
der Balas to Jonathan, 430; of Oni.
as to Ptolemy and Cleopatra, 432;
of Ptolemy and Cleopatra to Onias,
433; of Demetrius to Jonathan and
the Jews, 437; of Julius Cæsar to
the Roman magistrates, and to the
Sidonians, 485; of Mark Antony to
the Tyrians, 495.

Levites exempted from military func
tions, i. 106.

Levite's concubine abused, i. 158.
Levitical tribe consecrated, i. 104;
their allowance, and how many cities
belonged to them, 118.
Liberius Maximus, ii. 456

Liberty granted the Jews by Demetrius,

i. 431.

Libya, i. 23.

Longinus's bravery, ii. 392.

Longus kills himself, ii. 423

Lupus Julius put to death, ii. 96.

Lot, i. 23. his wife, 28.

Lupus, governor of Alexandria,

470.

Lycurgus, ii. 517.

Lydda burnt, ii. 281.

1.ysanias is put to death, i. 519.

Lysias, i. 414 et seq.

the Hellespont, i. 390.

MACCABEES, i. 412.

ii.

lawful, i. 135.

Marsyas, ii. 53, 58, 60.

proconsul, ii. 269.

Macheras, i. 506; ii. 197.

Macherus surrenders to Bassus, ii. 456.
Machines of the Romans, ii. 388; for
casting stones, 308.
Madai, or Medes, i. 20.
Madianites, or Midianites, bring Israel
into subjection, i. 164; Moses makes
war upon them and beats them, 127;
their women seduce the Israelites,
124.

Magician, an Egyptian one, ii. 260.
Magog, i. 22.

Mahlon, son of Elimelech, i. 173.
Malchus, i. 438; 501; ii. 192.
Malichus, a Jewish commander, ii. 186;
poisons Antipater, i.493; a great dis-
sembler, ib.; is killed by a device
of Herod, ib.

Manaem, or Manahem, i. 325.
Manahem, an Essene, i. 544.
Manahem, son of Judas, ii. 130, 274, et
seq.

Manasseh, king, carried into captivity,
1. 336; is sent back, and dies, 337.
Manasseh, marries Sanballet's daugh-
ter, i. 386; high priest of the Sama-
ritans, 403.

Manna from heaven, i. 82.
Manneus, son of Lazarus, ii. 410.
Manoah, i. 170.
Manslaughter, suspected, how purged,

i. 133.

Marcus, or Murcus, president of Syria,
i. 492; ii. 186.
Marcus, ii. 99 et seq.
Mariamne, Agrippa senior's daughter,
ü. 51, 256; married to Archelaus, ii.

Mathusala, i. 14.

Mattathias, great-grandson of Asamo-
neus, refuses to sacrifice to an idol,
and persuades the Jews to fight on
the Sabbath, i. 412; exhorts his sons
to defend the law, 413; dies, ib.
Matthias, high priest, ii. 99.
Matthias Curtus, ii. 128.
Matthias, son of Margalothus, ii. 18,
234; he and his partners are burnt
alive, 20.

Matthias, son of Theophilus, made high

priest, ii. 12, 124; he is deprived, 20
Matthias, Josephus's father, ii. 128.
Matthias, son of Boethus, calls in Simon
to his aid, and is put to death by him,
ii. 407.

Maximus (Liberius,) ii. 456.
Maximus (Trebellius,) ii. 288.
Meal, the purest used in the Jewish ob
lations, 102.

Meirus, son of Belgas, ii. 430.
Melas, i. 576.
Melchisedeck, i. 26.
Memucan, i. 376.

Menes, or Mineus, built Memphis, i. 275.
Mephibosheth highly favoured by David,
i. 230, 245.

Mesha, king of Moab, i. 306.
Meshech, one of the three holy chil.
dren, i. 350.
Messalina, ii. 117.

Mestræi, or Mitzraim, Egyptians, i

Mice spoil the country of Ashdod, i.
178; five golden mice, 179.
Michal married to David, i. 199; saves
David's life, 201.

Milk &c. offered by Abel, i. 14.
Minucianus (Annius,) ii. 75, 78.
Misael, one of the three holy children,
i. 350.

Mithridates, king of Pergamus, i. 479;
brings succours to Cæsar in Egypt,
480; ii. 183.

Mithridates, king of Parthia, i. 462.
Mithridates, king of Pontus, dies, i. 473.
Mithridates, a Parthian, marries Arta-
banus's daughter, ii. 71; taken pri-
soner, ib.; set at liberty, 72; expe-
dition against the Jews, and routs
Anileus, ib.
Mitzraim, i. 21.

Modius Equicolus, ii. 133, 137, 142.
Monobazus, brother of Izates, is king
after his brother's death, ii. 112.
Monobazus, king of Adiabene, ii. 106;
his death, 107.
Moon eclipsed, ii. 20.
Moses, his character, Pref. i. viii.; his
birth foretold, 63; how born and saved,
64, 65; why called Moses, ii. 496;
adopted by Thermusis, i. 66; brought
up to succeed her father, ib.; tram.
ples on the crown, ib.; made gene-
ral of the Egyptian army, and beats
the Ethiopians, 67; marries Tharbis,
68; flies out of Egypt, ib.; sees the
burning bush at Sinai, 69; appointed
to deliver the Israelites, ib.; does
miracles and hears the most sacred
name of God, 69, 70; returns to
Egypt, 70; works miracles before
Pharaoh, 71; leads the Israelites out
of Egypt, 74; their number, ib. ; his
prayer, 76; leads the Israelites
through the Red Sea, ib. ; makes the
bitter water sweet, 80; brings water
out of the rock, 83; beats the Ama-
lekites, 84; brings the tables of the
covenant, 88; stays forty days upon
Mount Sinai, 89; confers the priest.
hood on Aaron, 97; offers sacrifices
at the tabernacle, 98; receives laws
and commands at the tabernacle, 99,
104; numbers the people, 106; gives
orders for their marching, 107; sends
spies to search the land of Canaan,
108; quells the faction of Corah, 115;
ais justice, ib.; his prayer to God, ib.;
74

VAL II.

cleanses the people, 119; destroys
Sihon and Og, 120; defeats the kings
of Midian, 127; appoints Joshua his
successor, 128; his predictions be
fore his death, 130; his song, 141;
blesses Joshua, 142; is surrounded
with a cloud, and disappears, 143; his
death greatly lamented by the people,
ib.; his great authority, 110; his
books laid up in the temple, i. 338;
what they contain, ii. 476; called by
Manetho, Osarsiph, 493, 495; allowed
by the Egyptians, to be a divine man,
ib.; the age in which he lived, 511;
his virtue and great actions, ib.; his
posterity honoured by David, i. 255
Mosoch, or Meshech, i. 20.
Mucianus, president of Syria, ii. 329,
359, 365, 366, 367.

Mundus ravishes Paulina, ii. 45, et seq.
Musical instruments of the Jews de.
scribed, i. 249.
Mysian war, ii. 449.
Mytgonus, king, ii. 485.

NAAMAH, daughter of Lamech, i. 15
Naash, or Nahash, king, i. 230; wars
against the Israelites, 186.
Nabal, a foolish man, i. 209.
Nabolassar, or Nabopollassar, king of
Babylon, ii. 483.
Naboth, i. 296.

Nabuchodonosor, or Nabuchadnezzar,
ii. 483; conquers a great part of Sy.
ria, i. 340; lays a tax upon the Jews,
ib.; sacks Jerusalem, 341, 345; his
famous dream, 350; his golden image,
352; lives among the beasts, 353;
dies, ib.

Nabuzaradan plunders and burns the
temple, i. 346.
Nacebus, i. 573, 578.
Nadab, king of Israel, i. 289.
Nahum, i. 326; his prophecy concern.
ing Nineveh, ib.

Naomi, Elimelech's wife, i. 173.
Nathan the prophet, i. 227, 233, 254
Nazarites, i. 118; ii. 98.
Nechao, or Necho, i. 39; conquered by
Nebuchadnezzar, 340.

Nehemiah, i. 373; his love to his coun.
try, ib.; exhorts the people to rebuild
the walls of Jerusalem, 374.
Neriglissor, king, ii. 484.
Nero made emperor, ii. 117; his death,
ii. 358.