III. Of the Affyrian Chronology, to the Fall of Table of the Succeffion of the Affyrian Kings, according to Eufebius and Syn- A Table of the Succeffion of the Affyrian SECT. III. The Hiftory of the Babylonians, Table of the Kings of Babylon, the imme diate Succeffors of Nimrod, 408 ibid. The Hiftory of the Ancient Phrygians, Trojans, Lycians, Lydians, &c. SECT. I. A brief Account of Asia Proper, II. A Description of Phrygia, III. Of the Antiquity, Government, Reli- 438 441 VI. Of the Antiquity, Government, Laws, Re ligion, Customs, Arts, Learning, and Trade of the Trojans, 466 VII. The Reigns of the Trojan Kings, 470 DIRECTIONS for placing the COPPER-PLATES. Plan of Jerufalem, according to Jofephus and the Rabbies, Elevation of the Temple of Jerufalem, as rebuilt by Herod, Map of Mefopotamia and Babylonia, View of the City of Babylon, Map of Afia Minor, to face p. 1 176 367 423 438 ΑΝ Univerfal History, FROM THE Earliest Accounts to the Prefent Time. CHA P. · VIII. The Hiftory of the Jews, from their Return from the Babylonish Captivity, to the Destruction of Jerufalem, by Titus Vefpafian. HIS chapter, containing an epocha of five hundred The diviTH and thirty-fix years, may be conveniently divided on and into seven sections or æras, according to the following chronology chronological order. } Years of Total of the flood. years. Sect. I. From their return to Jerufalem, 1812 127 1939 2182 243 III. The reigns of the Maccabees, from ΙΟΙ of this chapter. IV. To the reign of Herod, and his taking of Jerufalem; a fhort, but copious epoch VOL. III. B V. To V. To the birth of Chrift, concluding with an account of the principal Jewish after Chr. years. fects at that time: and, VI. To the death of Chrift, in the 33 70 1812. thirty-third year of his age VII. To the total deftruction of Jeru-` SECT. I. 73 40 609 The Hiftory of the Jews, from their Return out of Babylon, to their being governed by their High-priests, where the canonical Books end. Yr. of Fl. AS foon as the feventy years captivity, pronounced by Jeremiah against this rebellious people, were fully accomplished (A), the great Cyrus afcending the throne, Ante Chr. 536. Cyrus's decree. a Jerem. xxv. 11. xxix. 10. (A) These seventy years are differently computed: fome begin them from the fourth of Jehoiakim, and end them at the first iffuing of Cyrus's decree. Others, from the words of Zechariah, place the beginning of it at the deftruction of Jerufalem, and its conclufion at the publication of Darius's decree for rebuilding of the temple, and reftoring liberty to the Jews. Both computations may be justly maintained, and may have even been defigned by Jeremiah, fince between either of the two epochas there are juft feventy years, and the latter begins and ends juft eighteen years after the former. For as the captivity, which began in the fourth of Jehoiakim, could not be faid to be completed till the total deftruction of the city, and Jewish monarchy; fo neither could their deliverance, begun at the firft decree of Cyrus, be faid to be completed till the fourth year of Darius, which put it in full vigour and execution. We may reckon a third method or ftage of computing these feventy years, which anfwers in the fame exactness with the two former; namely, from the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, when Nebuzaradan carried off all the remainder of the conquered Jews; at which time the captivity was completed: and the full restoration of their templeworship, at the dedication of the new temple, and their celebrating the first paffover, in the feventh year of Darius; when, and not till then, was fully completed the end of their thraldom, and the Jewish religion reftored to its ancient fplendor and regularity (1). (1) Vide Prideaux Connect, vol. i. part 3. |