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the tables of the law, i. 119;
law of Moses translated into
Greek, Pref. i. iii; ii. 129;
law made by Herod to sell
thieves, 360; law carried in
triumph at Rome, iv. 236, and
note.

Lentulus's decree in favour of the

Jews, ii. 271.

Lepidus killed by Caius, iii. 105.
Leprous persons obtain places of
honour, i. 143; are to live out
of cities, ii. 12; resolve in a
famine to go over to the enemy,
13.

Letters, whether brought into
Greece by Cadmus and the
Phoenicians, iv. 267.
Letters of Solomon, and Hiram,
and the Tyrians, i. 378; of
Xerxes to Ezra, ii. 100; of Ar-
taxerxes to the governors near
Judea, 118; of Antiochus the
Great to Ptolemy, 145; of the
Samaritans to Antiochus, 159;
of Alexander Balas to Jona-
than, 186; of Onias to Ptole-
my and Cleopatra, 189; of
Ptolemy and Cleopatra to
Onias, 190; of Demetrius to
Jonathan and the Jews, 197;
of Julius Cæsar to the Roman
magistrates, 266; and to the
Sidonians, ib.; of Mark Antony
to the Tyrians, 281.
Levites exempted from military
functions, i. 146.
Levite's concubine abused by the
inhabitants of Gibeah, i. 222.
Levitical tribe consecrated by
Moses, i. 142; their allowance,
162; how many cities belong-
ed to them, ib.

Liberius Maximus, iv. 242.

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Macedonians governed by a Ro-

man proconsul, iii. 388.
Macheras, ii. 296; iii. 283.
Macherus surrenders to Bassus,
in order to set Eleazar at li-
berty, iv. 241.

Machines or engines of the Ro-
mans, iv. 142; for casting
stones, 24.

Madai, or Medes, i. 21.
Madianites, or Midianites, bring
Israel into subjection, i. 231;
Moses makes war upon them
and beats them, 175; their wo-
men seduce the Israelites, 171.
Magician, an Egyptian one, iii.

374.
Magog, i. 21.

Mahlon, son of Elimelech, i. 245.
Malchus, or Malichus, king, ii.
198, 289; iii. 276.
Malichus, a Jewish commander,
ii. 198; iii. 267 et seq.; poi-
sons Antipater, ii. 277; a great
dissembler, 278; is killed by
a device of Herod, ib.
Manaem, or Manahem, ii. 35.
Manahem, an Essene, ii. 353.

Liberty granted the Jews by De- Manahem, son of Judas, iii. 185,

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ii. 123; made high priest among
the Samaritans, ii. 147.
Manna from heaven, i. 109; sig-
nification of the word, 110; a
sort fell in Arabia in the days
of Josephus, ib.
Manneus, son of Lazarus, iv. 174.
Manoah, i. 239.

Manslaughter, suspected, how
purged, i. 184.
Marcus, or Murcus, president of
Syria, ii. 276; iii. 267.
Marcus, iii. 141 et seq.
Mariamne, Agrippa
daughter, iii. 70, 369; married
to Archelaus, iii. 165, 355; di-
vorced, 355; married to De-
metrius, 166.

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Mariamne, or Miriam, Moses's Memucan, ii. 109.
sister, dies, i. 163.
Mariamne married to Herod, iii.
270; grows angry with Herod,
ii. 330; iii. 303; is put to
death, ii. 333; her eulogium,
334; her sons strangled, iii.
321.

Menes, or Mineus, built Mem-
phis, i. 395.

Men's lives had been happy, if

Marianne, daughter of Josephus
and Olympias, iii. 70.
Mariamne, daughter of Simon the
high priest, iii. 322.
Marion, tyrant, ii. 279.
Marriage of free men with slaves
unlawful, i. 188.
Marriage contracts altered by
Herod at Antipater's desire,
iii. 3.

Marsyas, iii. 72, 79, 82.
Mary, a noble woman, eats her
own child, iv. 196.
Mathusala, i. 12.
Mattathias, great-grandson of
Asamoneus, ii. 160; refuses to
sacrifice to an idol, 161; per-
suades the Jews to fight on the
Sabbath, ib. exhorts his sons
to defend the law, 162; dies,
163.

Matthias, made high priest, iii.

141.

Matthias Curtus, iii. 183.
Matthias, son of Margalothus, iii.

Adam had not sinned, i. 10.
Mephibosheth highly favoured by
David, i. 328, 351.
Mesha, king of Moab, ii. 6.
Meshech, one of the three holy
children, ii. 70.
Messalina, iii. 167, 375.
Mestræi, or Mitzraim, Egyptians,
i. 22.

Metellius, a Roman, iii. 398.
Micah the prophet, quoted in Je-
remiah, ii. 57.

Micaiah, the prophet, i, 432; he
is put in prison, ib.

Mice spoil the country of Ash-
dod, i. 251; five golden mice,

252.
Michal married to David, i. 283;

saves David's life, 285.
Midianites. See Madianites.
Milk, with the firstlings of the

flock, offered by Abel, i. 11.
Minucianus (Annius), iii. 105,
109.

Misael, one of the three holy
children, ii. 70.
Mithridates, king of Pergamus,
ii. 258; brings succours to Cæ-
sar in Egypt, ib.; iii. 261.

Mithridates Sinax, king of Par-

thia, ii. 233.

Mithridates, king of Pontus, dies,
ii. 248.

Mithridates, a Parthian, marries

Artabanus's daughter, iii. 99;
is taken prisoner, ib.; set at
liberty, 100; expedition against
the Jews, ib.; routs Anileus,
101.

Mitzraim, i. 22.
Modius
203.
Monobazus, brother of Izates, is
king after his brother's death,
iii. 159.
Monobazus, king of Adiabene,
iii. 150; his death, 151.
Moon eclipsed, iii. 24.

quiculus, iii. 189, 196,

Moses, his character, Pref. i. v ;
his birth foretold, 83; how
born and saved, 84, 85; why
called Moses, 86; iv. 296;
adopted by Thermusis, i. 86:
brought up to succeed her fa-
ther, ib; tramples on the crown,
87; made general of the Egyp-
tian army, and beats the Ethi-
opians, 87, 88; marries Thar-
bis, 89; flies out of Egypt, 90;
assists Raguel's daughters, ib.;
sees the burning bush at Sinai,
91; appointed to deliver the
Israelites, 92; does miracles
and hears the most sacred
name of God, 92, 93; returns
to Egypt, 93; works miracles.
before Pharaoh, 94; leads the
Israelites out of Egypt, 99;
their number, ib.; how old he
was, ib.; his prayer, 102; leads
the Israelites through the Red
Sea, 102; makes the bitter wa-
ter sweet, 106; procures quails
and manna, 109, 110; brings
water out of the rock, 111;
beats the Amalekites, 113;
brings the tables of the cove-
nant, 119; stays forty days
upon Mount Sinai, ib.; his
long stay causes great doubts

and uneasiness among the peo-
ple, ib.; confers the priest-
hood on Aaron, 131; offers
sacrifices at the tabernacle,
133, 134; receives laws and
commands at the tabernacle,
135; consecrates to God the
tribe of Levi, 142; numbers
the people, 146; gives orders
for their marching, 147; sends
spies to search the land of Ca-
naan, 149; quells the faction
of Corah, 157; his justice,
158; his prayer to God, ib.;
cleanses the people, 163; de-
stroys Sihon and Og, 165, 166;
defeats the kings of Midian,
175; appoints Joshua his suc-
cessor, 176; his predictions
before his death, 180; his song,
196; a recapitulation of his
laws, 181 et seq.; binds the
Israelites by an oath to observe
them, 197; blesses Joshua,
and exhorts him to lead the
Israelites courageously, 198;
is surrounded with a cloud, and
disappears, 199; his death
greatly lamented by the peo-
ple, 200; is scandalized, as af-
Alicted with leprosy, 143; his
great authority, 151; his books
laid up in the temple, ii. 52;
what they contain, iv. 371;
called by Manetho Osarsiph,
296, 300; allowed by the
Egyptians to be a divine man,
300; the age in which he lived,
323; his virtue and great ac-
tions, 324: his posterity ho-
noured by David, i. 366.
Mosoch, or Meshech, i. 21.
Mucianus, president of Syria, iv.
54, 99, 108, 110, 111.
Mundus ravishes Paulina, iii. 60
et seq.
Murcus. See Marcus.
Musical instruments of the Jews
described, i. 357.
Mysian war, iv. 231.
Mytgonus, king, iv. 284.

NAAMAH, daughter of Lamech,

i. 12.

Naash, or Nahash, king, i. 329;
wars against the Israelites, i.
262.

Nabal, a foolish man, i. 297.
Naboandelus, or Nabonadius, or
Baltasar, king of Babylon, ii.
77; iv. 284.
Nabolassar, or Nabopollassar,
king of Babylon, iv. 282.
Naboth, i. 426.
Nabuchodonosor, or Nebuchad-
nezzar, iv. 281; conquers a
great part of Syria, ii. 56; lays
a tax upon the Jews, ib.; sacks
Jerusalem, 57, 62; his famous
dream, 71; his golden image,
73; lives among the beasts, 74;
dies, 75.
Nabuzaradan, or Nebuzaradan,
plunders and burns the temple,
ii. 64; his other actions, 65.
Nacebus, ii. 394, 402.
Nadab, son of Aaron, i. 132,
134.

Nadab, king of Israel, i. 416.
Nahum, ii. 36; his prophecy con-
cerning Nineveh, ib.
Naomi, Elimelech's wife, i. 245.
Nathan the prophet, i. 324, 333,

364.

Nations dispersed, i. 20; called
by new names by the Greeks,

21.

Nazarites, i. 162; iii. 139.
Nechao, or Necho, ii. 55; is con-
quered by Nebuchadnezzar,

56.

Nehemiah, ii. 104; his love to
his country, ib.; exhorts the
people to rebuild the walls of
Jerusalem, 105; his death and
eulogium, 107.
Neriglissor, king, iv. 283.
Nero made emperor, iii. 167;
his death, iv. 98.
Netir, a Galilean, iv. 23.
Nicanor, ii. 160; iv. 33; sent
against Judas, ii. 177; defeat-
ed and killed, 178.

Nicanor, a friend of Titus, wound-
ed with an arrow, iv. 141.
Nicaso married to Manasseh, ii.
123.

Nicaule, or Nitocris, i. 396.
Niceteria, or festival for the vic-

tory over Nicanor, ii. 178.
Nico, the name of the principal

Roman battering-ram, iv. 145.
Nicolaus of Damascus, the Jews'
advocate, ii. 144, 364; is sent
to Herod by Augustus, 396;
his speech before Augustus,
iii. 34, 45, 345; exaggerates
Antipater's crimes, 14, 335;
his brother Ptolemy, 344.
Niger of Perea, iii. 407, 412; iv.
2, 86; his wonderful escape,
iv. 4.
Niglissar, ii. 76.

Nimrod, or Nebrodes, i. 19.
Nisroch, or Araske, a temple at
Nineveh, ii. 47.

Noah, or Noe, i. 14; is saved in

the ark, 14, 15; invocates God
after the deluge, 17; God an-
swers, 18; laws given to him,
ib.; is overtaken with wine,
23; genealogy, ib.; death, 18.
Norbanus Flaccus's letter in be-
half of the Jews, ii. 381.
Norbanus (another) slain, iii. 117.

ОBADIAH, a protector of the
true prophets, i. 423 et seq.
Obed, the prophet, ii. 37.
Obedience to be learned, before
men govern, i. 179.
Og, i. 166; his iron bed, ib.
Oil used in the oblations, i. 139;

that oil consumed by the sedi-
tious, iv. 174; oil prepared by
foreigners not used by the
Jews, ii. 143; iii. 416.
Olympias, Herod's daughter, iii.
4; is married to Joseph, son
of Herod's brother, iii. 323.
Olympius, Jupiter's image, iii. 104.
Olympus sent to Rome, ii. 400,
402; iii. 318.

Omri, king of Israel, i. 420.

On, the son of Peleth, i. 154.
Onias, son of Jaddus, succeeds
in the high priesthood, ii. 127.
Onias, the son of Simon, made
high priest, ii. 147; causes
great troubles, 156.
Onias, brother of Jesus, or Jason,

made high priest, ii. 309.
Onias and Dositheus saved Egypt
from ruin, iv. 310.
Onias, son of Onias, flies into
Egypt, and there desires to
build a Jewish temple, ii. 189;
iii. 239; iv. 262; his letter to
Ptolemy and Cleopatra, ii.
189; their answer, 190; he
builds the temple Onion, ib. ;
that temple is shut up, iv. 262.
Onias, a just man, procures rain
in a famine by his prayers, ii.
244; is stoned to death, ib.
Ophellius, ii. 285; iii. 273.
Opobalsamum, i. 398; ii. 2, 248.
Oracle concerning the destruc-

tion of Jerusalem, iv. 184, 206;
concerning a great prince to
arise in Judea, 207.
Oreb, a king of Midian, i. 233.
Orodes, iii. 57.

Oronna, or Araunah, the Jebu-
site, i. 321; his threshing-floor,
361; where Isaac was to be
offered, and the temple was
afterwards built, 362.
Osarsiph (for Moses), a priest, at
Heliopolis, iv. 295, 296, 298.
Othniel, i. 227.

Otho made emperor, iv. 99; he
kills himself, 103.
Oxen, brazen, the Jews forbidden
to make them, i. 402.

PACORUS, king, iii. 157; redeems
his wife and concubines, iv.

245.

Pacorus, the king of Parthia's
son, gets possession of Syria,
ii. 283; lays a plot to catch
Hyrcanus and Phasaelus, 285;
marches against the Jews, iii.

271; admitted into Jerusalem,
272; slain in battle, ii. 296.
Pageants, or Pegmata, at Titus's
triumph, iv. 236.

Pallas, Felix's brother, iii. 171,

372.

Palm-trees, famous, ii. 2, 248;
iii. 254; iv. 95.
Pannychis, iii. 314.
Pappinius, iii. 108.
Pappus is sent into Samaria by
Antigonus, ii. 299; iii. 285.
Paradise described, i. 8; a pen-
sile paradise at Babylon, iv.
283.

Parents' good deeds are advanta-

geous to their children, i. 415;
how to be honoured, iv. 331.
Parthians possess themselves of
Syria, and endeavour to settle
Antigonus in Judea, iii. 271;
their expedition into Judea, ii.
283; besiege Jerusalem, 284;
take the city and temple, ib. ;
their perfidiousness, 285; iii.

272.

Passover, a festival, i. 98, 141;
ii. 244; iii. 31; manner of its
celebration, iv. 219; called the
feast of unleavened bread, ii.
244; iii. 30; iv. 125; on the
14th day of Nisan, ii. 98; iv.
125; numerous sacrifices then
offered, and vast numbers come
up to it, iii. 31, 342; from the
9th hour to the 11th, and not
less than ten to one paschal
lamb, iv. 249.

Paulina ravished, iii. 60.
Paulinus, a tribune, iv. 32.
Paulinus succeeds Lupus, iv. 262;
he plunders and shuts up the
temple Onion, ib.
Pausanias murders Philip, the
king of Macedon, ii. 123.
Peace, as a goddess, has a temple
at Rome, iv. 237.
Pedanius, iii. 319; iv. 191.
Pekah slays Pekahiah, and suc-

ceeds him, ii. 35; he defeats

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