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â—2_n moses_n say_v of_o thara_n that_o his_o day_n be_v 205_o year_n and_o that_o he_o die_v in_o haran_n which_o have_v move_v st._n hierom_n and_o scaliger_n to_o look_v upon_o this_o question_n as_o the_o gordian_a knot_n other_o among_o who_o be_v nicholas_n de_fw-fr lyra_n calvinus_n cajetanus_n martyr_n torniellus_n musculus_fw-la beroaldus_n salianus_n pareus_n junius_n henricus_n philippi_n jacobus_n capellus_n ludovicus_n capellus_n temporarius_n vsserius_n isaacus_n vossius_fw-la and_o several_a more_o pretend_v to_o resolve_v this_o knotty_a question_n by_o assert_v that_o abraham_n be_v beget_v by_o thara_n when_o he_o be_v 130_o year_n old_a and_o that_o the_o word_n in_o genesis_n thara_n live_v 70_o year_n and_o beget_v abraham_n nahor_n and_o haran_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v thus_o that_o thara_n be_v 70_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o beget_v child_n among_o who_o be_v abraham_n who_o have_v the_o preference_n as_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o believer_n 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same_o other_o opinion_n concern_v the_o same_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o sacred_a writ_n and_o yet_o disagree_v with_o we_o in_o our_o hypothesis_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o in_o the_o abovementioned_a ibid._n abovementioned_a ibid._n computation_n of_o 480_o year_n betwixt_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n leave_v of_o egypt_n and_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o solomon_n be_v only_o account_v the_o year_n of_o each_o of_o the_o judge_n that_o rule_v over_o israel_n without_o include_v the_o several_a interval_n of_o their_o bondage_n oâ—_n anarchy_n ludovicus_n capellus_n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n but_o above_o all_o other_o 7._o other_o isag_n châ—on_n c._n 7._o gerhardus_fw-la johannes_n vossius_fw-la patronize_v this_o fiction_n allege_v from_o the_o author_n of_o the_o sacred_a history_n his_o intention_n have_v be_v only_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o those_o time_n the_o israelite_n be_v govern_v by_o moses_n joshua_n the_o judge_n and_o king_n without_o take_v any_o notice_n of_o those_o interval_n when_o the_o israelite_n live_v in_o servitude_n the_o memory_n of_o which_o can_v not_o but_o be_v very_o dreadful_a to_o they_o but_o this_o appear_v to_o i_o a_o very_a frivolous_a reason_n since_o i_o can_v see_v why_o the_o time_n and_o interval_n may_v not_o be_v insert_v with_o as_o much_o ease_n as_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o servitude_n itself_o beside_o that_o according_a to_o this_o supposition_n both_o the_o time_n and_o circumstance_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n must_v have_v be_v pass_v by_o in_o silence_n they_o be_v much_o more_o dreadful_a than_o the_o anarchy_n and_o interval_n of_o servitude_n of_o the_o israelite_n §_o 3._o there_o be_v also_o other_o who_o maintain_v that_o the_o time_n some_o begin_v this_o interval_n from_o another_o time_n the_o computation_n of_o these_o 480_o year_n ought_v to_o be_v interpret_v not_o from_o the_o time_n they_o pass_v through_o the_o 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jacob_n from_o a_o people_n of_o strange_a language_n judah_n be_v his_o sanctuary_n and_o israel_n his_o dominion_n the_o sea_n see_v it_o and_o flee_v jordan_n be_v drive_v back_o which_o have_v induce_v lautentius_fw-la codomannus_n to_o affirm_v the_o abovementioned_a term_n of_o 480_o year_n have_v its_o beginning_n not_o till_o that_o time_n when_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n have_v its_o peculiar_a inheritance_n assign_v to_o they_o according_a to_o which_o supposition_n he_o compute_v from_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o the_o israelite_n leave_v of_o egypt_n 599_o year_n and_o sabellicus_n melchior_n canus_n and_o michael_n moestlinus_n account_v 592_o year_n dionysius_n petavius_n temp._n petavius_n lib._n 9_o de_fw-la doctr._fw-la temp._n compute_v 520_o year_n by_o add_v 40_o year_n the_o israelite_n be_v in_o the_o desert_n to_o the_o 480_o year_n but_o petavius_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o abovenamed_a chronologer_n have_v put_v a_o wrong_a sense_n upon_o the_o phrase_n of_o the_o whole_a scripture_n in_o these_o two_o passage_n of_o deut._n 4._o and_o psalm_n 114_o which_o they_o allege_v as_o parallel_v to_o one_o another_o there_o be_v not_o intend_v the_o least_o distinct_a account_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n go_v out_o of_o egypt_n but_o only_o mention_v in_o general_a term_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o go_v out_o of_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v in_o the_o scripture_n phrase_n to_o be_v understand_v from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o pass_v through_o the_o red_a sea_n as_o for_o instance_n in_o numb_a 33._o v._n 38._o it_o be_v say_v and_o aaron_n the_o priest_n go_v up_o into_o mount_n hor_n at_o the_o commandmont_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o die_v there_o in_o the_o forty_o year_n after_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n be_v come_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n in_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month._n §_o 4._o dionysius_n petavius_n and_o some_o other_o who_o pretend_v to_o enlarge_v this_o computation_n of_o 480_o year_n allege_v that_o it_o be_v contradictory_n to_o the_o calculation_n writ_n whether_o this_o computation_n of_o 480_o year_n be_v contradictory_n to_o the_o sacred_a writ_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o interval_n of_o bondage_n of_o the_o israelite_n but_o these_o gentleman_n have_v neglect_v what_o have_v long_o ago_o be_v observe_v by_o some_o interpreter_n that_o the_o interval_n of_o the_o bondage_n of_o the_o israelite_n be_v include_v in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o judge_n and_o that_o sometime_o several_a tribe_n have_v have_v their_o several_a judge_n so_o that_o two_o or_o more_o have_v be_v their_o head_n at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o confirm_v which_o let_v we_o look_v into_o the_o book_n of_o the_o judge_n c._n 4._o v._n 2._o where_o it_o be_v relate_v that_o the_o israelite_n live_v in_o subjection_n undeâ—_n jabin_n twenty_o year_n and_o yet_o in_o the_o four_o verse_n it_o be_v add_v and_o deborah_n a_o prophetess_n the_o wife_n of_o lapidoth_n she_o judge_v israel_n at_o that_o time_n who_o can_v be_v so_o much_o beyond_o himself_o as_o to_o suppose_v that_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o their_o bondage_n ought_v to_o be_v separately_z compute_v beside_o the_o time_n of_o deborah_n which_o be_v confirm_v by_o another_o passage_n in_o the_o the_o same_o book_n where_o it_o be_v say_v of_o samson_n 20._o samson_n judge_n 15._o 20._o be_v judge_v israel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o philistine_n 20_o year_n §_o 5._o though_o it_o be_v not_o always_o requisite_a in_o judge_n how_o the_o 480_o year_n be_v divide_v between_o the_o king_n and_o judge_n a_o chronologer_n to_o give_v a_o exact_a account_n of_o all_o the_o particular_a interval_n of_o time_n when_o the_o whole_a be_v beyond_o question_n yet_o for_o the_o better_a satisfaction_n of_o the_o curious_a we_o will_v represent_v in_o the_o follow_a table_n several_a opinion_n of_o some_o of_o our_o modern_a chronologer_n concern_v these_o interval_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o go_v out_o of_o the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n be_v compute_v year_n according_a to_o  _fw-fr petavius_n be_v vos_fw-fr wil._n lang._n we_o scripture_n proof_n moses_n 40_o 40_o 40_o 40_o numb_a 14._o v._n 33._o joshua_n 14_o 26_o 14_o 17_o  _fw-fr the_o senior_n 10_o  _fw-fr 13_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr bondage_n under_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr chushan_n 8_o 8_o 8_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr othniel_n 40_o 40_o 40_o 40_o judg._n 3._o v._o 10._o seruit_fw-la under_o the_o moab_n 18_o 18_o 0_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr ehud_n 80_o 80_o 80_o 80_o judg._n 3._o v._o 20._o bond._n under_o jabin_n 20_o 20_o 0_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr deb._n &_o bar._n 40_o 40_o 40_o 40_o judg._n 4._o v._o 4._o seruit_fw-la under_o the_o midian_a 7_o 7_o 0_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr gideon_n 40_o 40_o 40_o 40_o judg._n 8._o v._o 32._o abimelech_n 3_o 3_o 40_o 3_o judg._n 9_o v._o 22._o thola_n 23_o 23_o 3_o 23_o judg._n 10._o v._o 2._o jair_a 22_o 22_o 23_o 22_o judg._n 10._o v._o 3._o seruit_fw-la under_o the_o ammonit_a 0_o 18_o 22_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr jephtha_n 6_o 6_o 18_o 6_o judg._n 12._o v._o 7._o ibzan_n 7_o 7_o 6_o 7_o judg._n 12._o v._o 9_o elon_n 10_o 10_o 7_o 10_o judg._n 12._o v._o 11._o abdon_n 8_o 8_o 18_o 8_o judg._n 12._o v._o 14._o bond._n under_o the_o philist_n 0_o 40_o 20_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr samson_n 20_o 20_o 3_o 20_o judg._n 15._o v._o 20._o eli_n 20_o 40_o  _fw-fr 40_o 1_o sam._n 4._o v._n 18._o sam._n &_o saul_n 40_o 32_o 20_o 40_o act_n 13._o v._o 21._o david_n 40_o 40_o 20_o 40_o 2_o sam._n 5._o v._n 4._o solomon_n 4_o 3_o 4_o 4_o 1_o reg._n 6._o v._n 1._o sum_n 520_o 667_o 479_o 480_o  _fw-fr chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n mention_v in_o ezec._n chap._n
caspian_a sea_n the_o tigris_n and_o euphrates_n as_o to_o the_o river_n of_o gozan_n i_o be_o of_o fuller_n opinion_n that_o the_o say_a river_n be_v the_o same_o which_o be_v since_o call_v by_o the_o persian_n cyrus_n a_o river_n of_o media_n §_o 6._o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a jewish_a interpreter_n gozan_n of_o the_o river_n of_o gozan_n maintain_v that_o this_o river_n of_o gozan_n be_v the_o sabbatic_a river_n the_o source_n of_o which_o they_o pretend_v to_o be_v near_o kalicut_n in_o the_o indies_n which_o they_o say_v be_v very_o boisterous_a six_o day_n in_o the_o week_n but_o during_o the_o sabbath_n very_o calm_a but_o other_o look_v for_o it_o in_o media_n §_o 7._o one_o aaron_n levi_n alias_o antonius_n montezini_fw-la montezini_fw-la of_o the_o opinion_n of_o antonius_n montezini_fw-la in_o his_o treatise_n write_v anno_fw-la 5404_o and_o dedicate_v to_o manasseh_n ben_n israel_n pretend_v to_o inform_v the_o world_n that_o in_o the_o west_n indies_n he_o have_v find_v out_o a_o most_o prodigious_a number_n of_o jew_n who_o be_v govern_v there_o by_o their_o own_o law_n to_o this_o day_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o other_o indian_n by_o a_o great_a river_n but_o beside_o that_o this_o impostor_n sufficient_o contradict_v himself_o in_o his_o relation_n make_v his_o fellow-travellour_n sometime_o a_o christian_a sometime_o a_o pagan_a sometime_o a_o jew_n our_o late_a voyage_n into_o those_o part_n have_v sufficient_o detect_v this_o imposture_n thus_o much_o be_v beyond_o all_o question_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o 5._o of_o l._n 2._o c._n 5._o josephus_n the_o israelite_n do_v not_o inhabit_v america_n but_o near_o the_o river_n euphrates_n §_o 8._o philippus_n mornaeus_n leunclavius_n genebrardus_n jew_n the_o modern_a tartar_n be_v not_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o ancient_a jew_n and_o postellus_n in_o his_o description_n of_o syria_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o turk_n and_o tartar_n owe_v their_o offspring_n to_o the_o jew_n which_o they_o conjecture_v by_o the_o great_a multitude_n of_o jew_n live_v in_o russia_n lithuania_n and_o some_o other_o of_o the_o most_o northern_a part_n of_o europe_n and_o by_o some_o word_n as_o those_o of_o dan_n zabulon_n and_o naphthali_n which_o they_o say_v be_v use_v to_o this_o day_n among_o the_o tartar_n the_o etymology_n of_o which_o they_o deduce_v from_o the_o syriack_n tongue_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o the_o remainder_n and_o that_o of_o turk_n as_o much_o as_o a_o exile_n in_o the_o hebrew_n language_n but_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o most_o authentic_a history_n of_o those_o part_n who_o deduce_v the_o origin_n of_o the_o tartar_n from_o the_o scytes_n the_o posterity_n of_o japhat_n not_o of_o shem._n and_o concern_v the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n they_o be_v egregious_o mistake_v and_o it_o seem_v very_o strange_a that_o paulus_n venetus_n who_o live_v in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o great_a tartar_n cham_n and_o other_o traveller_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v able_a to_o hear_v the_o least_o of_o the_o danite_n naphthalite_n etc._n etc._n samaria_n of_o the_o colonic_a send_v by_o the_o assyrian_a to_o samaria_n §_o 9_o concern_v those_o colony_n that_o be_v send_v by_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n into_o samaria_n we_o read_v thus_o in_o the_o holy_a 24._o holy_a 2_o reg._n 17._o v._n 24._o scripture_n and_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n bring_v man_n from_o babylon_n and_o from_o cuthah_n and_o from_o hava_n and_o from_o hamah_n and_o from_o sepharvaim_n and_o place_v they_o in_o the_o city_n of_o samaria_n instead_o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o they_o possess_v samaria_n and_o dwell_v in_o the_o city_n thereof_o among_o all_o these_o the_o chutaei_n be_v the_o most_o celebrate_a according_a to_o the_o testimony_n of_o ult_n of_o l._n 9_o c._n ult_n josephus_n colonies_n say_v he_o be_v send_v out_o of_o persia_n but_o especial_o from_o the_o country_n border_v upon_o the_o river_n cutah_n who_o fix_v their_o habitation_n in_o samaria_n and_o the_o other_o city_n of_o israel_n §_o 10._o the_o great_a and_o noble_a asnaphar_n mention_v scripture_n of_o asnaphar_n mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n in_o the_o holy_a 10._o holy_a ezr._n 4._o v._o 10._o scripture_n be_v by_o reinerus_n reineccius_n and_o other_o take_v for_o the_o same_o with_o shalmanassar_n by_o other_o for_o sennacherib_n but_o it_o appear_v sufficient_o out_o of_o the_o second_o verse_n of_o the_o same_o chapter_n of_o ezra_n that_o this_o asnaphar_n be_v no_o other_o than_o assarhaddon_n chap._n xx._n of_o the_o epocha_n of_o nabuchadonosor_n who_o be_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n call_v nabuchadnezzar_n 1._o the_o beginning_n of_o this_o epocha_n be_v to_o be_v regulate_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o not_o to_o be_v contradictory_n to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n to_o the_o beforementioned_a catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o ptolemy_n or_o the_o authentic_a history_n of_o berosus_n 2._o the_o four_o year_n of_o king_n jehoiachim_n be_v coincident_a with_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n 1._o nabuchadnezzar_n jer._n 25._o v._n 1._o 3._o it_o be_v in_o the_o 8_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o jehoiachim_n upon_o the_o persuasion_n of_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n do_v surrender_v himself_o to_o that_o king_n who_o carry_v he_o to_o babylon_n 12._o babylon_n 2_o reg._n 24._o v._n 12._o 4._o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n happen_v in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n 29._o nabuchadnezzar_n 2_o reg._n â—â—_o v._o 8_o â—er_n 5â—_n v._o 12._o 29._o 5._o the_o 37th_o year_n after_o the_o captivity_n of_o jehoiachim_n be_v coincident_a with_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o evilmerodac_n 31._o evilmerodac_n 2_o reg._n 25._o v._n 27._o jer._n 52._o v._n 31._o 6._o and_o the_o 127th_o year_n in_o the_o nabonassarean_a epocha_n 7._o in_o the_o same_o year_n happen_v the_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n according_a to_o 5._o to_o lib._n 5._o ptolemy_n which_o be_v coincident_a with_o the_o 4093_o do_v year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 22_o d_o of_o april_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o the_o fiâ—st_a year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v coincident_a with_o the_o 4106th_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n cyc_a ☉_o 12._o ☽_o 2._o 7._o if_o therefore_o the_o 4105_o year_n be_v subtract_v from_o epocha_n any_o certain_a year_n give_v of_o the_o jul._n period_n to_o find_v the_o begin_n of_o this_o epocha_n any_o certain_a year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n the_o residue_n show_v the_o year_n since_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o epocha_n and_o if_o the_o say_v 4105_o year_n be_v add_v to_o the_o year_n of_o the_o epocha_n the_o product_n will_v be_v correspondent_a to_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n §_o 1._o beside_o what_o the_o sacred_a history_n furnish_v king_n of_o the_o history_n â—f_n the_o chaldaean_a king_n we_o withal_o concern_v the_o chaldaean_a king_n ptolemy_n the_o fragment_n of_o berosus_n in_o josephus_n lib._n 1._o against_o appian_n and_o those_o of_o megasthenes_n in_o evang._n in_o lib_fw-la 9_o c._n 4._o the_o praep_n evang._n eusebius_n be_v such_o precious_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o chaldaean_a monarchy_n as_o be_v not_o sufficient_o to_o he_o value_v §_o 2._o johannes_n annius_n a_o italian_a monk_n see_v annius_n of_o the_o supposititious_a writing_n publish_v by_o annius_n that_o the_o book_n of_o berosus_n megasthenes_n and_o manethon_n be_v in_o great_a esteem_n among_o the_o learned_a do_v endeavour_v to_o impose_v some_o fictitious_a piece_n under_o their_o name_n upon_o the_o world_n to_o wit_n his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o five_o book_n of_o berosus_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o world_n manethon_n supplement_n to_o berosus_n megasthenes_n his_o annal_n of_o persia_n etc._n etc._n but_o his_o imposture_n have_v be_v discover_v long_o ago_o especial_o by_o the_o difference_n there_o appear_v betwixt_o his_o chronological_a computation_n and_o those_o extant_a in_o the_o fragment_n of_o berosus_n and_o megasthenes_n §_o 3._o the_o etymology_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n some_o deduce_v from_o the_o chaldaean_n nabo_fw-la which_o signify_v nabuchadnezzar_n of_o the_o etymology_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o much_o as_o a_o idol_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o of_o the_o word_n nebuzaradan_n nabonides_n nergal_n sharezer_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o funccius_n moestlinus_n and_o hainlinus_n be_v of_o same_o whether_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o nabopolassar_n be_v the_o same_o opinion_n that_o shalmanassar_n of_o who_o mention_n be_v make_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v the_o same_o with_o nabonassar_n mention_v by_o ptolemy_n and_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n ought_v to_o be_v fix_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o consequent_o to_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o nabopolassar_n but_o it_o be_v
timâ—us_n callisthenes_n who_o work_n be_v lose_v but_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o to_o be_v find_v in_o biblioth_n in_o biblioth_n diodorus_n siculus_n beside_o that_o the_o reign_v of_o these_o ancient_a persian_a monarch_n be_v render_v illustrious_a to_o posterity_n by_o many_o celestial_a character_n as_o may_v beseen_v in_o 14._o in_o almage_a l._n 5._o c._n 14._o ptolemy_n as_o to_o what_o relate_v to_o that_o argument_n that_o no_o other_o of_o the_o persian_a monarch_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v of_o but_o such_o as_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n 58._o scripture_n chron._n l._n 2._o p._n 58._o vbbo_n emmius_n have_v very_o well_o answer_v hugo_n broughton_n who_o patronize_v the_o same_o opinion_n in_o the_o follow_a word_n to_o prove_v their_o hypothesis_n they_o allege_v that_o only_o these_o king_n be_v name_v by_o ezra_n and_o nehemiah_n and_o therefore_o the_o rest_n mention_v in_o profane_a history_n ought_v to_o be_v consider_v as_o supposititious_a if_o this_o way_n 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