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A44772 An institution of general history from the beginning of the vvorld to the monarchy of Constantine the Great : composed in such method and manner as never yet was extant / by William Howel ... Howell, William, 1631 or 2-1683. 1661 (1661) Wing H3136; ESTC R14308 1,415,991 898

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which_o the_o priest_n from_o who_o herodotus_n have_v his_o information_n hide_v this_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o their_o country_n 19_o return_v from_o egypt_n into_o palestine_n he_o besiege_v 37._o besiege_v 2_o chron._n 32._o 1_o king_n 19_o esay_n 37._o lachish_n and_o thence_o remove_v to_o libnah_n where_o he_o write_v a_o blasphemous_a letter_n to_o hezekiah_n for_o hear_v that_o tirhakah_n king_n of_o aethiopia_n or_o arabia_n by_o josephus_n call_v tharsices_n by_o strab●_n tearkon_n be_v come_v against_o he_o in_o behalf_n of_o the_o egyptian_n he_o remove_v for_o fear_n and_o god_n send_v his_o angel_n into_o his_o camp_n who_o slay_v in_o one_o night_n 85000_o man_n which_o thing_n as_o a_o plague_n be_v also_o record_v by_o 2._o by_o apud_fw-la joseph_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la cap._n 2._o berosus_n then_o return_v he_o as_o god_n have_v promise_v hezekiah_n with_o great_a consternation_n into_o his_o own_o land_n where_o rage_a against_o the_o jew_n that_o dwell_v at_o niniveh_n if_o credit_n be_v to_o begve_v to_o the_o book_n of_o ●ob●_n he_o be_v after_o 44_o day_n slay_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o his_o idol_n nisroch_n by_o his_o two_o son_n ad●amelech_n and_o sharezer_n who_o flee_v for_o it_o into_o the_o land_n of_o ararat_n or_o armenia_n and_o esarchaddon_n his_o son_n reign_v in_o his_o stead_n assaradinus_fw-la esarchaddon_n the_o same_o with_o assaradinus_fw-la 20._o this_o esarchaddon_n be_v think_v and_o that_o probable_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o assaradinus_fw-la mention_v by_o ptolemy_n in_o his_o catalogue_n of_o king_n and_o who_o subdue_v babylon_n it_o be_v also_o think_v that_o 17._o that_o 2_o king_n 17._o this_o be_v he_o who_o when_o he_o bring_v a_o new_a colony_n into_o samaria_n from_o babylon_n cathah_n ana_n hamath_n and_o sepharvaim_v at_o the_o same_o time_n make_v a_o inroad_n into_o judaea_n as_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a take_v 33._o take_v 2_o chron._n 33._o menasseh_n 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chronil_n cap._n 28.29_o &_o chron._n p._n 171._o a._n non_fw-la est_fw-la germanum_fw-la opus_fw-la pam._n in_o tert._n apol._n n._n 287._o author_n impose_v on_o the_o world_n with_o several_a other_o of_o the_o same_o credit_n and_o therefore_o deserve_v to_o be_v reject_v the_o time_n of_o this_o saosduchinus_n fall_v in_o with_o that_o of_o deioces_n who_o according_a to_o herodotus_n build_v ecbatane_n the_o metropolis_n of_o media_n if_o any_o credit_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o book_n of_o judith_n we_o may_v judge_v he_o to_o be_v that_o nabuchadonosor_n mention_v there_o to_o have_v overthrow_v arphaxad_a king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o builder_n of_o that_o city_n in_o the_o great_a plain_n of_o ragan_n after_o he_o have_v take_v he_o in_o the_o mountain_n he_o slay_v he_o plunder_v ecbatane_n and_o then_o return_v victorious_o unto_o niniveh_n where_o he_o feast_v his_o army_n for_o 120_o day_n the_o year_n after_o enter_v into_o consultation_n how_o to_o subdue_v the_o several_a nation_n about_o he_o he_o ordain_v holophernes_n his_o general_n who_o strait_o besiege_v bethsara_n a_o town_n of_o judaea_n by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o courage_n of_o judith_n the_o widow_n of_o one_o manasses_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n be_v circumvent_v and_o have_v his_o head_n cut_v off_o in_o his_o tent._n chuniladanus_n chuniladanus_n 21._o saosduchinus_n or_o saosducmus_n have_v reign_v twenty_o year_n chuniladanus_n succeed_v he_o think_v also_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o saracus_fw-la mention_v by_o alexander_n polyhistor_n against_o he_o come_v etc._n come_v herodotus_n lib._n 1.102_o etc._n etc._n phraortes_n the_o son_n of_o deioces_n in_o revenge_n of_o his_o father_n death_n after_o he_o have_v first_o of_o all_o other_o subdue_v the_o persian_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o asia_n but_o his_o good_a fortune_n here_o forsake_v he_o and_o he_o perish_v with_o the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o army_n in_o the_o 22_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n his_o son_n cyaxares_n succeed_v be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v more_o puissant_a than_o his_o ancestor_n and_o the_o first_o that_o distinguish_v the_o people_n of_o asia_n into_o several_a province_n and_o soldier_n into_o their_o several_a rank_n of_o pike-man_n horseman_n and_o those_o that_o use_v dart_n he_o fight_v with_o the_o lydian_n at_o which_o time_n so_o great_a a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n happen_v that_o the_o day_n seem_v to_o be_v turn_v into_o night_n have_v bring_v to_o his_o obedience_n all_o asia_n beyond_o the_o river_n halys_n he_o gather_v his_o force_n together_o and_o go_v against_o nineveh_n with_o intention_n to_o destroy_v the_o city_n he_o overthrow_v the_o assyrian_n in_o battle_n and_o besiege_v the_o place_n but_o it_o happen_v at_o this_o time_n that_o a_o great_a army_n of_o scythian_n have_v drive_v the_o cimmerian_n out_o of_o europe_n year_n the_o scythian_n obtain_v asia_n 28_o year_n under_o conduct_n of_o madye_n the_o son_n of_o protothya_n call_v 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king_n recover_v his_o dominion_n it_o loose_v it_o during_o these_o thing_n 3378._o thing_n polyhistor_n apud_fw-la cedrenum_fw-la vide_fw-la usserium_fw-la in_o annot._fw-la vet_z test_n ad_fw-la a._n m._n 3378._o nabopolassar_n a_o babylonian_a and_o general_n to_o the_o assyrian_a king_n contract_v affinity_n with_o astyages_n the_o son_n of_o cyaxares_n and_o governor_n of_o media_n nebucadnesar_n the_o son_n of_o nabopolassar_n marry_v amylis_n daughter_n to_o astyages_n the_o effect_n of_o this_o alliance_n be_v that_o they_o joint_o set_v upon_o baracus_n or_o chynaladanus_n in_o niniveh_n and_o take_v the_o city_n slay_v he_o therein_o after_o he_o have_v reign_v 22_o year_n at_o this_o time_n the_o prophecy_n against_o niniveh_n seem_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o its_o destruction_n for_o in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o greek_a book_n of_o tobia●_n it_o be_v write_v that_o nebuchadonosor_n and_o assuerus_n take_v niniveh_n tobias_n be_v yet_o alive_a who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v live_v 127_o year_n or_o as_o the_o latin_a have_v it_o 99_o 95_o have_v already_o pass_v from_o the_o take_n of_o samaria_n at_o which_o time_n he_o be_v carry_v captive_a with_o his_o father_n into_o assyria_n by_o salmanasar_n nabopolassar_n nabopolassar_n 23._o chynaladanus_n be_v dead_a nabopolassar_n or_o nabulassar_n obtain_v his_o kingdom_n in_o the_o 123th_o year_n of_o nabonasar_n according_a to_o 14._o to_o magn._n syntax_n l._n 5._o c._n 14._o ptolemy_n who_o canon_n of_o king_n also_o as_o to_o the_o term_n of_o year_n collect_v from_o the_o particular_a reign_n of_o each_o direct_o answer_v to_o this_o account_n 35._o account_n 2_o king_n 23._o 2_o chron._n 35._o against_o he_o come_v up_o pharaoh_n necho_n and_o take_v carchemish_v a_o city_n situate_a upon_o euphrates_n kill_v josiah_n the_o king_n of_o judah_n who_o attempt_v to_o stop_v his_o passage_n he_o hold_v this_o town_n the_o apionem_fw-la the_o berosus_n apud_fw-la joseph_n lib._n 1._o contra_fw-la apionem_fw-la governor_n of_o coelosyria_n and_o phoenicia_n revolt_v from_o the_o
lord_n as_o he_o sleep_v in_o his_o chamber_n and_o bring_v his_o head_n unto_o david_n year_n ishbosheth_n slay_v after_o seven_o year_n he_o reward_v they_o with_o death_n 12._o 1_o chron._n 12._o and_o be_v by_o the_o captain_n and_o all_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o tribe_n anoint_v the_o three_o time_n king_n at_o hebron_n over_o all_o israel_n which_o government_n he_o hold_v 33_o year_n etc._n 2_o sam._n 5.6_o 7._o etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o this_o instalment_n he_o take_v jerusalem_n from_o the_o jebusite_n and_o make_v it_o the_o seat_n of_o his_o kingdom_n himself_o build_v and_o fortify_v the_o city_n of_o zion_n and_o joab_n repair_v the_o rest_n then_o twice_o he_o overthrow_v the_o philistine_n in_o rephidim_n who_o come_v up_o against_o he_o after_o they_o hear_v he_o be_v make_v king_n etc._n 1_o chron._n 12._o etc._n etc._n the_o ark_n of_o god_n he_o remove_v from_o kiriath-jearim_a to_o the_o house_n of_o obed_n edom_n the_o gittite_n and_o thence_o after_o three_o month_n into_o zion_n he_o purpose_v to_o build_v god_n a_o house_n but_o be_v forbid_v because_o a_o man_n of_o blood_n that_o work_n which_o be_v to_o be_v reserve_v for_o solomon_n for_o beside_o his_o war_n in_o his_o young_a time_n all_o the_o space_n betwixt_o this_o and_o the_o birth_n of_o solomon_n seem_v employ_v in_o war_n wherein_o he_o overcome_v the_o philistine_n amalekite_n moabite_n ammonite_n idumaean_n and_o syrian_n the_o border_n of_o his_o empire_n he_o very_o much_o enlarge_v not_o only_o from_o shihor_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o hamath_n but_o also_o as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n the_o utmost_a limit_n promise_v by_o god_n unto_o abraham_n and_o only_o possess_v by_o he_o and_o his_o son_n and_o successor_n solomon_n murder_n david_n adultery_n and_o murder_n 39_o solomon_n be_v the_o second_o son_n beget_v on_o bathsheba_n 13._o 1_o sam._n 11.12_o 13._o the_o wife_n of_o uriah_n the_o hittite_n with_o which_o woman_n david_n first_o 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