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14._o year_n after_o ishmael_n joseph_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 15._o sara_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o hebron_n a_o ficide_n do_v coâ—…tune_n 4._o dâ—…achmes_n lib._n cap_n 16._o abraham_n die_v esau_n and_o jacobâ—…_n birth_n jacob_n be_v the_o true_a type_n of_o the_o church_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o 19_o diodo_fw-la de_fw-fr fab_n 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o functius_n in_o tabula_fw-la patrum_fw-la isaac_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o hebron_n isaac_n see_v the_o prosperity_n of_o esau_n and_o the_o affliction_n of_o jacob_n diodo_fw-la lib._n 1._o justin._n lib._n 36._o bâ—…sius_n lib._n 1._o cap_n 8._o justine_n lib_n 36._o orosius_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o the_o 18._o denasâ—…na_n of_o egypt_n sparta_n build_v the_o go_v of_o jacob_n unto_o egypt_n joseph_n die_v 65._o year_n before_o moses_n be_v bear_v the_o manner_n of_o moses_n birth_n thermutis_fw-la pharaoh_n daughter_n moses_n throw_v the_o diadem_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o dirt_n moses_n make_v captain_n over_o the_o egyptian_n 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victorâ—…_n jonathans_n victory_n jeseph_n lib._n 13._o cap._n 3._o strife_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o samaritan_o 3._o sect_n of_o the_o jew_n lacedaemonian_n come_v from_o abraham_n stock_n triphon_n young_a antiochus_n tutor_n the_o falsehood_n of_o triphon_n joseph_n lib._n 13._o cap._n 8._o 9_o joseph_n lib._n 13._o cap._n 14._o simon_n and_o his_o two_o son_n slay_v hircanus_n simons_n son_n joseph_n lib._n 13._o cap._n 16._o 17._o 3838_o aristobulus_n &_o antigonus_n samaria_n the_o second_o time_n destroy_v joseph_n lib_n 7._o 2._o macca_n cap._n 1._o the_o first_o use_n of_o the_o synagogue_n after_o the_o captivity_n samaria_n the_o second_o time_n destroy_v hircanus_n die_v aristobulus_n slay_v his_o brother_n antigonus_n the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n after_o the_o captivity_n aristobulus_n death_n alexander_n the_o three_o brother_n the_o unquiet_a state_n of_o the_o jew_n the_o tyranny_n of_o alexander_n 800_o of_o the_o jew_n hang_v antiochus_n griphus_n slay_v seleucus_n his_o son_n ptolomeus_n lamyrus_n slay_v 30000._o jew_n alexandra_n aretas_n king_n of_o arabia_n ayâ—…ed_v hirâ—…us_n aâ—…istobulus_n with_o his_o two_o son_n carry_v to_o rome_n alexander_n take_v &_o bring_v to_o rome_n by_o gabinius_n hircanus_n have_v both_o his_o ear_n cut_v off_o by_o his_o brother_n son_n antigonus_n the_o end_n of_o the_o maccabee_n race_n antipater_n the_o first_o governor_n under_o the_o roman_n antipater_n poison_v marcus_n antonius_n herod_n and_o phasaelus_n accuse_v hircanus_n the_o high_a priest_n herode_fw-la make_v king_n of_o jury_n herâ—…ds_n 3._o son_n archelaus_n herod_n antipas_n and_o philip._n joseph_n lib._n 17._o cap._n 9_o 10._o 12._o archelaus_n be_v banish_v judea_n the_o continuance_n of_o jerusalem_n joseph_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o de_fw-la bello_fw-la judaico_fw-la hippicos_fw-la the_o three_o tower_n iâ—…sephus_n a_o jew_n bear_v the_o long_a continuance_n of_o jerusalem_n five_o time_n jerusalem_n take_v and_o destroy_v the_o misery_n of_o hiâ—…rusalem_n joseph_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 7._o i_o be_o to_o egypt_n sem_fw-mi to_o asia_n japhet_n to_o europe_n abraham_n read_v in_o egypt_n of_o noah_n 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o flood_n thul_n assur_fw-fr tiglat_a phulâ—…ssar_n melancthon_n lib._n 1._o herodot_n lib._n 1._o herodotus_n lib._n 1._o josephus_n strab._n lib._n 16._o herodot_n lib._n 1_o melancth_v lib._n 1._o chap._n 10._o melancth_v lib._n 2._o chron._n 〈◊〉_d 5._o in_o belo_n 〈◊〉_d belus_n the_o 2._o king_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o idolatry_n 2._o gene._n 15._o berosus_n lib._n 5_o in_o nyno_o pharnus_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n slay_v justine_n lib._n 1._o zoroastres_n king_n of_o bactria_n slay_v by_o nynus_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr fabu_n antiquo_fw-la gestis_fw-la the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o assyrian_n continue_v 1240._o nynus_fw-la 3_o king_n die_v functius_n nynus_fw-la epitaph_n semiramis_n diodo_fw-la lib._n 2._o beros_n lib._n 3._o aniâ—…us_n in_o beroso_n de_fw-fr semira_n mide_fw-la berosus_n lib._n 5._o many_o of_o the_o best_a writer_n use_v berosus_n though_o he_o be_v have_v in_o contempt_n genesis_n 14._o bela_n be_v zoar._n abraham_n rescue_v his_o nephew_n lot_n the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o 5._o king_n of_o sodom_n gomorrha_n and_o seboim_n the_o first_o kind_n of_o common_a weal_n melchisedec_n bless_v abraham_n arius_n the_o sixth_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n caspian_o and_o bactrian_n make_v subject_a to_o the_o assyrian_n aralius_n the_o 7._o king_n of_o assyria_n lib._n 16._o cap._n 44._o baleus_n the_o 8._o king_n of_o assyria_n functiâ—…s_n in_o fabula_fw-la assyrioâ—…un_n the_o kingdom_n of_o argos_n begin_v in_o these_o day_n armatrites_n 9_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n sem_fw-mi die_v belochus_n priscus_n 10._o king_n of_o assyria_n baleus_n 11._o king_n of_o assyria_n diodo_fw-la lib._n 1._o jacob_n and_o his_o child_n remove_v to_o egypt_n the_o misery_n of_o the_o israelite_n in_o egypt_n 430._o year_n altades_n 12._o king_n of_o assyria_n functius_n beros_n lib._n 5._o eusebius_n in_o chron._n functius_n mamitus_n thâ—…_n 13._o king_n of_o assyria_n sabel_n lib_n 4._o eâ—…eadum_fw-la pliny_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 12._o strab._n lib._n 16._o genes_n 22._o mancaleus_n 14._o king_n of_o assyria_n nothing_o worth_a the_o write_n of_o the_o old_a king_n of_o assyria_n the_o beginning_n of_o berosus_n history_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o same_o sparetus_n 17._o king_n of_o assyria_n eusebius_n in_fw-la ascatades_n 18._o king_n of_o assyria_n lamprides_n 22._o king_n of_o assyria_n judg._n 19_o sosares_fw-la the_o 23._o king_n of_o assyria_n judg._n 4._o lampare_v 14._o king_n of_o assyria_n 3._o jubilee_n more_o write_v of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n then_o can_v be_v prove_v 2._o reg._n cap._n 19_o beroaldus_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o dionys._n halic_fw-mi lib._n 1._o judg._n 6._o 7._o pannias_fw-it 25._o king_n of_o assyria_n here_o end_v the_o kingdom_n of_o assyria_n judg._n 9_o the_o four_o jubilee_n 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the_o three_o king_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o chaldean_n and_o assyrian_n moses_n the_o first_o historiographer_n of_o the_o world_n diâ—…lor_n lib._n 6._o 3._o king_n cap._n 6._o carthage_n build_v joseph_n contra_fw-la appionem_fw-la lib._n 1._o laosthenes_n the_o 33._o king_n of_o assyria_n the_o 9_o jubilee_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n divide_v here_o the_o king_n of_o judae_fw-la begin_v 1._o king_n 11._o 14._o functius_n the_o first_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n pyrithides_n the_o 34._o king_n of_o assyria_n 3._o king_n 11._o seâ—…a_n king_n of_o aethiopia_n elias_n and_o elizeus_fw-la bear_v the_o middle_a age_n of_o the_o world_n nadab_n the_o second_o king_n of_o israel_n baasha_n the_o three_o king_n of_o israel_n asa_n the_o five_o king_n of_o juda_n capua_n build_v eutropius_n lib._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o corinth_n after_o bacis_n be_v call_v bacidae_n zambri_n kill_v ela_n king_n of_o israel_n zambri_n burn_v himself_o omri_n the_o sixth_o king_n of_o israel_n build_v samaria_n nepher_n king_n of_o egypt_n achab_n the_o seven_o king_n of_o israel_n famine_n tâ—…ber_v before_o call_v albula_n â—…ivius_fw-la lib._n 1._o the_o first_o kingdom_n of_o assyria_n end_v under_o sardanapalus_n which_o continue_v 1350._o year_n the_o last_o overthrow_n of_o the_o assyrian_n by_o arbaces_n the_o manner_n of_o sardapalus_fw-la death_n nabuchodonosor_n name_v hercules_n isai._n 14._o arbaces_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n belochus_n king_n of_o babylon_n 4_o reg._n cap._n 15._o 4._o reg._n cap._n 13._o salmanasser_n the_o three_o king_n of_o assyria_n 4._o king_n cap._n 17._o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n destroy_v by_o salmanasser_n 262._o by_o bucholcerus_n chap._n 16._o osea_n cap._n 10._o jere._n cap._n 50._o melancthon_n lib._n 2._o saneherib_n 2._o king_n 18._o 2._o king_n cap._n 19_o sannaherib_n slay_v by_o his_o son_n joseph_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 1._o herodot_n lib._n 2._o the_o chaldean_n functius_n lib._n 1._o comment_fw-fr lib._n 10._o cap._n 2._o asserhaddon_n succeed_v his_o father_n sanneherib_n merodach_n jeremie_n cap._n 50._o eusebius_n from_o herodotus_n do_v differ_v isai_n 39_o merodach_n send_v
be_v all_o martyr_a in_o persia_n under_o king_n sapores_fw-la the_o emperor_n constan._n write_v to_o sapores_fw-la king_n of_o persia_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o christian_n melanct._n lib._n 1._o baetica_n now_o call_v andolosia_n the_o roman_n make_v but_o two_o province_n of_o hispaine_n read_v of_o hispaine_n strabo_n lib._n 2._o &_o 3_o pomp._n mela_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o livi_fw-la lib._n 2._o all_o writer_n be_v to_o hold_v by_o moses_n controversy_n contention_n among_o historian_n from_o whence_o come_v the_o people_n after_o the_o flood_n to_o seek_v dwelling_n the_o time_n of_o tubal_n come_v to_o hispaine_n celtiberia_n call_v now_o byskaâ—…_n the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o first_o king_n not_o only_o of_o hispaine_n but_o every_o where_n berosus_n in_o nino_n annius_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la tubal_n die_v conjecture_n in_o old_a antiquity_n allow_v berosus_n sabatius_n saga_fw-la the_o monument_n of_o isisâ—…n_n â—…n_z egypt_n manethon_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispanâ—…e_n noah_n die_v in_o jubaldas_n time_n the_o town_n of_o babylon_n noth_z die_v after_o he_o have_v see_v in_o the_o world_n more_o misery_n than_o any_o man_n for_o that_o he_o see_v before_o the_o flood_n and_o after_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o people_n genesis_n 12._o pentapolis_n five_o city_n destroy_v stagnum_n asphaltidis_n brigus_n the_o 4._o king_n the_o numidian_n will_v be_v call_v hyarbae_fw-la drius_n druyde_n priest_n the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o first_o age_n after_o the_o flood_n aureum_fw-la seculum_fw-la consent_v of_o time_n the_o touchstone_n of_o truth_n genesis_n 22._o a_o temple_n build_v and_o dedicate_v to_o janus_n tagus_n the_o five_o king_n the_o old_a king_n of_o hispaine_n be_v set_v down_o by_o manethon_n as_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n be_v by_o berosus_n abraham_n die_v belus_n the_o sixth_o king_n sem_fw-mi live_v 600._o year_n plato_n in_o timâ—…o_n herodot_n lib._n 2._o and_o 3._o deabus_fw-la find_v the_o first_o mine_n of_o gold_n 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