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A09268	The period of the Persian monarchie VVherein sundry places of Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel are cleered: extracted, contracted, and englished, much of it out of Doctor Raynolds, by the late learned and godly man William Pemble, of Magdalen Hall in Oxford. Published and enlarged since his death by his friend, Richard Capel.	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.	1631 (1631)	STC 19582; ESTC S114347	63,361	88

and best agree vpon 40 yeares This Darius Nothus his bastard sonne had the honour to have the holy Citie builded and finished in his dayes He reigned in all Yeares 19 Moneths 6 7 Artaxerxes Mnemon In his dayes flourished the Prophet Malachie Cyrus his brother called Cyrus the younger tooke armes against him with the losse of his owne life Whose expedition is described by that famous Xenophon This Artaxerxes reigned 43   8 Ochus called Darius Artaxerxes Ochus He reigned 23   9 Arses the sonne of Ochus was slaine by Bagoas an Eunuch who killed first Ochus his Father Arses reigned 3   Broughton leaues out the 20 yeares of Ochus and makes Ochus and Arses to be but one man and thrusting out Arses gives vnto Ochus his three yeares and no more He was deceived by the Florentine Printer of Clemens Alexandrinus printing for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for 20 put by the Librarie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Yeares Moneths 10 Darius Codomannes his sonne succeeded him and in the 6 yeare of his reigne he was beaten by Alexander Magnus and slaine by Bessus Gouernour of Bactrya one of Alexanders Princes and Captaines and so an end of the Persian Monarchie He reigned 6   The whole time of the Persian Monarchy was a matter of 228 yeares Cyrus began to reigne in Persia the 55 Olympiad Darius the last was subdued by Alexander the 112 Olympiad So betwixt Cyrus and Darius there fell in 57 Olympiads each Olympiad had the terme of 4 yeares so we finde 228 compleat yeares onely adding the imperfect yeares of the 112 Olympiad in which Olympiad Darius was slaine Some petty differences there are about small matters in judicious Chronologers chiefely about Cyrus his time after he was Emperour for some giue him but 3 or 4 yeares at the most But in the summe of the matter the chiefest agree vpon this reckoning and giue to the Persian Monarchie about 228 yeares     CHAP. II. An Explanation of the former Kings of the Persian Monarchie out of Daniel Dan. 11.2 There shall stand vp yet 3. Kings in P●rsia and the 4. shall be far●e richer than they all And by ●is strength through ●is rubes he shall stirre vp all against the Realme of G●aecia SIth the former voyce shewes this was in the f●rst yeare of Darius the Mede and therefore whereas it is said There shall stand vp yet three Kings the sense is That from or after Darius the Mede there shall be three Kings in Per●ia viz. Cyrus Cambyses Darius Hystaspis and then the fourth is plainly Xerxes as appeares by that of his gr●at riches and his huge and mighty preparations made to invade Greece Now sith 't is as cleere as day that the fourth was Xerxes the other 3 can be no other than Cyrus Cambyses and Darius Hystaspis The only Objection that can be made is of a Magus named Smerdis who tooke vpon him to be the sonne of Cyrus and vsurped the Throne after Cambyses against whom he conspired But the answere is that the Holy Ghost doth not hold him worth the naming and hee beares no place in the holy writ amongst the Kings of Persia whether it be for that his time was short for e●e he saw 7 moneth● the Nobles conspired against him and suppressed him or whether he being a conspirator is rather to be called a Tyrant than a King 't is out of question the Holy Ghost doth passe the Magus or Sm●rdis over Some doe take the odde moneths that this Smerdis vsurped and adde them to the time of Cambyses and so giue him somewhat a longer time of reigne than I haue done but so small a difference is not worth the speaking of 2. Chron. 36. a 20 And they were servants to him and to his b sons a Nebuchadnezzar b His son Euilmerodach 2. Reg. 25.27 His nephew Belshazzar Dan. 5.1 And all nations shall feare him and his sonne and his sonnes son vntill the time of his Lord come when many nations and great Kings shall serue themselues of him 2. Chron. 36.21 To fulfill the Word of the Lord spoken by c Ieremiah untill the land had her fill of Sabbaths for all the dayes that she lay desolate she kept Sabbath d 70 yeares c Ier. 25.11 And this whole land shall be desolate and an astonishment and these Nations shall serue the King of Babell 70. yeares and Ier. 19.10 d beginning when Iehoiaki● or Ieconiah was carried away captiue ending at the first yeare of Cyrus and Darius the Mede Kings of Persia. That they began at Ieconiahs captivity is proved by Ezek. 40.1 In the fiue and twentieth yeare of our being in captivity in the beginning of the yeare in the 10 th day of the moneth in the 14 th yeare after the Citie was smitten c. Now Ezekiel for the most part reckons the yeare from the first of Ieconiahs captivity As Ezech. 1.2 And more plainely out of Ieremiah cap. 29.2.10 where writing to those that were carried away with Ieconiah he tels them that they shall be 70 yeares in captivity from the time of their carrying away as may appeare if the Chapter be rightly considered of 2. Chron. 36.22.23 But in the first yeare of c Cyrus King of Persia c. Thus saith Cyrus King of Persia. c Together with Darius the Mede whom Cyrus had of his owne accord admitted into the governement of the Empire with himselfe as Dan. 5.31 Darius of the Medes tooke the Kingdome being 62. yeares old and Daniel 9.1 In the first yeare of Darius the sonne of Ahash●erosh of the seed of the Medes which was made King of the realm of the Chaldeans For Cyrus led with ambition went about warres in other Countries and therfore Darius had the title of the King though Cyrus were King in ●ffect Ezra 1.1 Now in the first f yeare of f Cyrus King of Persia that the Word of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremiah might be accomplished the Lord stirred vp the spirit of Cyrus K. of Persia and he made a proclamation throughout all his Kingdome c. f When he first reigned ouer Babylon for otherwise hee reigned 30. yeares in Persia and in the 28 th of his reigne of Persia was this captivity of the Iewes ended Ezra 2.2 Which came with g Zerubbabel to wit Ieshua Nehemiah c. g Zerubbabel was chiefe Captaine Ieshua or Iehoshua son of Iehozadak high Priest Hag. 1.1 But Nehemiah a man of great authority went not now but came 64. or 54. yeares after Ezra 3.1 And when the 7. moneth was come and the children of Israel were in their Cities the people assembled themselues as one man vnto Ierusalem From the first day of the 7. moneth they offered burnt offerings h And Cambyses his sonne synecdochicè Ezra 3.8 In the second yeare of their comming vnto the house of God in Ierusalem c. they began to set forward the worke of the

r Broughton the Persian Monarchie cannot be held to stand 200 yeares ARGUM. 3. Ezra is called son of Serajah Ezra 7.1 Now Serajah was slaine before the destruction of Ierusalem 2. King 25.21 Therefore Ezra must needs be borne at that time who also lived untill the later times of the Persian Monarchy therefore either the Persian Monarchie must endure but 130 years or else Ezra must live above 200 wch is not likely ARGUM. 4. Is from the 70 weekes of Daniel which they say doe begin at the 1. yeare of Cyrus and end with Christ and are precisely 490 yeares and therefore the Persian Monarchie cannot be no not 200 years For then from the first of King Cyrus will arise more then 490. yeares to the death of Christ. 2. Chr. 26.21 For the land rested or kept Sabbath all the dayes of her desolation to fulfill 70 yeares Iudg. 11.26 Israel dwelt in Heshbon Aroër and Arnon 300. yeares Apoc. 11.12.13 Three yeares and a halfe c. Gen. 15.13 Know for a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs 400. yeres and they shall serve them Matth. 1.17 From Abraham to David are 14. Generations from David to the captivity of Babylon 14. Generations from the Capt. of Babylon unto Christ 14. Generations Mat. 12.14 So shall the Son of Man be three dayes and 3. nights in the heart of the earth Object The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 must be translated Dimidio not Medio So that Christ shall be said to abolish sacrifice and offering not in the middle of the Weeke but in halfe of the Weeke and this halfe must be the last halfe and not the first a Exod 12. Medio noctis Exod 24.16 dimidium sangui●is Some doe question whether it be their part to reade on in the Booke of Ezra in their private going over the Scripture sith many places are nothing but names and as they conceive of no great use to us b In sacris Libris nihil contemnatur aut obiter praetereatur etiamsi nomina recenseantur Chrysost. hom 21. 24. super Gen. Et in Rom. 16. Ser. 31. c Chrysost. Serm. 3. de Lazaro Object But doth not Paul Tim. 1.4 warne Timothy that hee should not give heed to fables and endlesse genealogies which minister questions rather then ediying d August contra Adversarios Le●gis Prophet lib. 2. cap. 1. tom 6. e Aquinas in 1. Tim. 1.4 Tit. 3.9 f Chrysost. Hom. 23. in Act. Questionum nullus finis Cap. 1. v. 1. Now in the first yeare of Cyrus King of Persia that the Word of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremiah might be fulfilled the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia that he made proclamation throughout all his kingdome g In respect of their custome Religion h Vid. 23.9.5 cap. 45. in annot i Davenant in Col. 1. v. 2. p. 15.16 Ver. 7. Also Cyrus the King brought forth the Vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Ierusalem and had put them in the house of his God k Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 truncavit Ver. 8. Even those did Cyrus King of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithridath the Treasurer and numbred them unto Shazbazzar the Prince of Iudah Ezra 2. Question is made whether onely they of Iudah and Benjamin returned a Sanctius in Zachar. 8. 13. §. 32. Ver. 1. Now these are the children of the Province that went up out of the Captivity * Mat. 1.12 Ver. 2. Which came up with Zerubbabel Iesuah and Nehemiah Serviah Reelajob Mordecay Bilsha● c. Of Zerubbbael m Chrysost. Hom. 7. in Mat. 2. n Scaliger de emendat temporum lib. 6. o Great men under some tutors are put in places of imployment young Asclepiades held men began about that age to be wise And the Civil law saith that men at 14. are fit for action Vid. Tertul. de animâ cap. 38. Zach. 4.9 Vers. 2. Of Nehemiah p Scal. de emend lib. 6. Wolph in ●it lib. Nehem c. 12. Dion Carthus in Ezr. 2. Vers. 2. Of Mordecay * Vers. 61. And the children of the Priests the children of Habaja● the children of Roz the children of Barzillai which tooke a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vers. 62. These sought their Register amongst those that were reckoned by Genealogie but they were not found therefore they were as polluted put from the Priesthood q i. e. genealogizatorum r i.e. kept from the Priesthood Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 elongati sunt so Steph. Polluti à sacerdotio i.e. ut polluti abstrusi sunt à Sacerdotio Iunius Apportati del Sacerdotio co●●e persone non consecrate Deodat Gen. 11.4 Vers. 63. And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eate of the most holy things till there stood up a Priest with Vrim Thummim s What Vrim and Thummim was Vid. Phag in Exod. 18. Delr disquisit Magicas l. 4. q. 2. §. 4. Chap. 4. v. 5. They hired counsellers against them to frustrate their purpose all the dayes of Cyrus K. of Persia even untill the reigne of Darius K. of Persia. Question is made who this Darius King of Persia was which of the Darij a Ioseph antiq lib. 11. cap. 3. Chap. 7. v. 3. The sonne of Amaziah the sonne of Azariah the sonne of Merajoth Cap. 10.11 Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your Fathers doe his pleasure and separate your selues from the people of the land and from the strange wiues Cap. 9.1 Now when these things were done the Princes came unto me saying The people of Israel and the Priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the land doing according to the abominations even of the Canaanites the Hittites the Perizzites the Iebusites the Ammonites the Moabites the Egyptians and the Amorites ver 2. For they have taken of their daughters for themselues and for their sonnes so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands yea the hand of the Princes and Rulers hath beene chiefe in this trespasse Cap. 10.44 All these had taken strange wives and some of them had wives by whom they had children h Chytraeus in Levit. 18.28 qu. ● c. etiam citantur i Piscator 1. King 3.1 Solomons first wife was an Egyptian but a proselyte 1. King 3.1 2 3. è verisimile che prima la faccile an marsirat ne●la vera rel●gione è ren unciare alle sue Idololatrie i. e. 'T is like hee caused her to be instructed in the true religion and to renounce her Idolatry Deodat Italian Altra mente haualbe peccato contra alla Legge Deut. 7.3.4 i. e. Else hee had sinned against the Law Ibid. La quale benchi reguardi principalmente à popoli Cananei male detti ha puri

year of his Kingdome of Persia but of his Monarchy when he had conquered Babylon Now how long he reigned after his Conquest precisely we cannot say Dan. 10.1 we read of The third year of Cyrus and some Chronologers think he lived not much above five or sixe yeares longer T is sayd The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus There be that say that Cyrus was converted because he is called The Lords annoynted and his Servant But Saul was the annoynted of the Lord yet none of the best men or of the best Kings Hee that doth looke over the stories of Cyrus shall find that hee lived and dyed a meere Heathen And the Prophet Isay cap. 45.4 saith in the name of God That Cyrus had not knowne him And therefore it was in respect of his office and the worke the Lord did designe him to though he never were really anoynted with oyle as Saul and David were I say in regard of his place and this great worke of the Lord in his hand he was called The annoynted of the Lord. Out of which we may see that the Lord doth many times doe great and famous matters for his Church by the hands of wicked men And their divinity is not sound who hold the contrary Tenet It was the mighty worke of God to bring this wise and great Prince in the very first entrance into his Monarchy before things were fully setled to dismisse so great so united a people as the Iewes were into their owne Country with such a faire and ample patent as hee did they being held among the Barbarians a People given much to insurrection But God must and will have his wayes take place There is no resisting of his will by any The will of men must goe after his decree Which decrees of God manifested no lesse than 170. yeares before did not leave this fact of Cyrus contingent but made it necessary They write that he was made to see the Prophecy of Isaiah where he finding his very name so long before he was borne was thereby moved to this great worke That might bee a perswasion but the cause we see was because the Lord by a potent worke of his spirit stirred up the heart of Cyrus to send forth so gracious an Edict And yet we must not thinke that this his being made acquainted with the will of Gods decrees gave to this his Act the Nature of Obedience Obedience being properly an act of ours when wee doe obey the will of Gods command he by it imposing on us and requiring of us the worke as a duty In the first of Kings 11. Ieroboam had it cleered to him that Gods will was hee should be King over the tenne Tribes yet because it was a will of Gods decree not of his cōmand as of a duty to be done by him he goes among Divines for an intruder and an usurper in and for that fact of his 'T is Obedience when wee obey a divine precept but not ever when wee follow a divine instinct 'T is a worke belonging immediately and onely to God to worke effectually on the Will and thus to stirre up the heart of a man Kings hearts are in Gods hands This shewes us that nothing that is once appointed by God in his worship say it be after used in Idolatrous worship as these vessels were can be defiled but it may must returne to 'ts ancient use and bee had in the worship of God againe Whereas wee reade 2. Kings 24.13 that Nebuchadnezzar did cut in pieces all the Vessels of gold which Solomon K. of Israel had made in the Temple of the Lord The meaning is That hee did curtaile as it were the Temple For 't is plaine hee did reserve those Vessels whole For Belshazzar did after drinke in them Dan. 5.2 And here wee finde that they were restored and brought backe to the house of God againe This Shazbazzar the Prince of Iudah was Zerubbabel called so in Chaldaea Iunius denies it but our English Annotations and that of Deodat's in the Italian doe with more likelihood affirme it He was by the King ordained head Conductor of those of his Nation who would be willing to returne Thus God kept the seignorie and the chiefe staffe of Authority in the line of Iudah No length nor change of time can eate out and breake off the decrees of God CHAP. V. This Chapter containes a list of such as returned to Ierusalem at the first going up and chiefly of those who offered presents for the reedifying of the Temple of the Lord. IN the numbers you may finde some differences from that Catalogue wee have Neh. 7. As for example Here v. 5. the Sons of Arah are said to be 775. There v. 10.652 Reconcile the places thus 775. gave their names in Babylon that they would returne only 652. mentioned in Nehemiah came up into Iuda●a the rest changing their mindes or dying by the way And where Nehemiah hath more it might be by joyning with them in the way The Answere that is made I thinke is sound That sith in Ezr. 2. the summe of the Principals of the whole Bodie that returned besides their followers were 42360. But now reckon we the numbers of Iudah and Benjamin by the pole which are punctually set downe Ezr. 2. and they come short of the totall summe a matter of 12000. Now these 12000. are those of other 10. Tribes besides Iudah and Benjamin Wee reade that so many went over of other Tribes to Rehoboam that as 't is said His Crowne was strengthened by them and many of Israel came over to Asa and in Hezekiah's dayes sundry of Ashur Zabulon and Manasse joyned themselves with Iudah And who can doubt but that in Captivity being Countrey-men in forreigne parts much of the 10. Tribes incorporated themselves into the two Tribes And no other but this is the meaning of that fift ver of the first chap. of Ez. Then rose up the chiefe of the Fathers of Iudah and Benjamin with all them whose spirit God had raised to goe up That is saith Deodate all those of other Tribes according as wee reade 1. Chron. 9.3 In Ierusalem dwelt of the children of Iudah and of the children of Benjamin and of the children of Ephraim and Manasse who no question in the Captivity for very conscience and Religion joyned themselves to Iudah By Province our English Annotations meanes Iudaea but Iunius and Deodate doe seeme to mee with more reason to understand by Province Babylonia that is saith Iunius those who inrolled their names in Babylonia called here a Province saith the Italian because the other Israëlites were dispersed in sundry other provinces Zerubbabel was son of Salathiel borne in Babylon and accordingly he had a Babylonian name He was a Chiefe in the first yeare of Cyrus and we find in sacred Story that hee lived to see the building of the Temple about the

house of God and v. 9. they laid the foundation Ezra 4.5 And they hired counsellers against them to hinder their device all the dayes of l Cyrus K. of Persia even vntill the reigne of Darius K. of Persia. l The son of Hystaspes the third King from Cyrus who either for to curry favour with the people or for the loue of Atossa Cyrus his daughter whom after he had gotten the Kingdome he married did carefully ratifie euery thing that Cyrus had done that hereby he might establish himselfe and therefore in his time also those crafty vnderminers of the Iewes prosperity did preuaile 6 And in the dayes o● k Ahash●erosh in the beginning of his reigne wrote they an accusation against the Inhabitants of Iudah and Ierusalem k That is of Xerxes called Ahashuerosh or Assuerus q. d. an hereditary Prince both because he was borne after that Darius was King as also because he first was borne of A●ossa Cyrus his daughter and so seemed by subrogation and representation to succeed his grandfather Cyrus 7 And in the dayes of l A●tash ashte Mithridate Tabeël and the rest of the companions c. wrote vnto the King for the staying of the building of the Temple l Or Artaxerxes he namely that was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Longimanus the sonne of Xerxes by Amestris the daughter of Otan as Herod Polym● whom Ctesias calleth Amistris or Amystres the daughter of Onopha That is to say by Ester the daughter of Abi●hail Ester 2.15 Ezra 5.24 Then m ceased the worke of the house of God which was at Ierusalem and did stay vnto the second yeare of n Darius King of Persia. m About 41. yeares for Artaxerxes Longimanus reigned 40. whereunto must be added the first yeare of Darius n Namely Darius Nothus for a bastard was hee who before hee was King was called Ochus Ezra 5.1 Then Haggai a Prophet and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah and Ierusalem Haggai 1.1 ●n the 2. yeare of King Darius in the 6. moneth in the 1. day of the moneth came the Word of the Lord by the ministry of Haggai the Prophet vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel a Prince of Iudah and to Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadach the high Priest chap. 2. In the 7. moneth and 21. day of the moneth came the Word v. 4. Who is left a●ong you that saw this house in her first glory how doe you see it now Is it not in your eyes in comparison of that as nothing The hands of Zerubbabel haue laid the foundation of this house and his hands shall also fi●ish it c. In the 8. moneth of the second yeare of Darius came the Word of the Lord vnto Zechariah the sonne of Berechiah the ●onne of Iddo the Prophet And v. 7. In the eleventh moneth c. Zechar. 7.1 And in the 4. yeare of King Darius the Word of the Lord came vnto Zechariah o This and the verses following are spoken by way of preuention to comfort the Iewes dismayed at the consideration of the meannesse simplenes of this house in comparison of that which Solomon built purposedly done by the Prophet because about 106. yeares before this time the very like griefe possessed the hearts of good men Ezr. 3.12 Not that any of them that saw the first Temple were now alive but by an usuall Hebrew manner of speaking Quasi dicas Say that any of them were now alive how would they weepe Yet for all that saith the Lord Goe ye on For the glory of the second house shall exceed that of the first For those in Ezr. 3.12 were then sayd to be old Ezra 6.10 That they may offer sweet odo●●s unto the God of heaven pray for q the Kings life and for his r sonnes p viz. Darius Nothus which made this decree r Namely Arsaca afterwards called Artaxerxes Cyrus Artossa and Oxendrae perhaps if he were borne at that time Now this the King did more earnestly require because some other of his children had soone dyed Ctesias Ezra 6.14 So the Elders of the Iewes builded they prospered by the prophecying of Naggai the Prophet and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo and they builded and finished it by the appointment of the God of heaven and by the commandement of s Cyrus and t Darius and u Artashashte Kings of Persia. v. 15. And this house was finished in the 3. day of the moneth Adar which was the 6. year of the reigne of K. Darius and the 42. after their returne s viz. Cyrus the great who first gave commandment for the returne t viz. Darius Nothus v Or Artaxerxes namely Artaxerxes Mnemon who reigned together with his father Darius Nothus And therefore it is that Plutarch gives him 62. yeares reigne because from the beginning he was made Co-Emperour with his father by reason of the warres against Secundianus and other chiefe men of the Kingdome Ezra 6.23 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread 7. dayes with joy for the Lord had made them glad and turned the heart of the K. of x Ashur unto them to encourage them in the worke of the house of God even the God of Israël x Darius Nothus who dividing his Kingdome with his sonne Arsaca or Artaxerxes committed to his sons charge the more Southerne parts of the Kingdome and reserved to himselfe such Countries as lay more Northerly as more befitting his age experience in those quarters For whilst his father Artaxerxes Longimanus lived he was made Governour of Hyrcania where also he married Parysatis Now the Countries subject unto the Persian King are bounded within the two Seas Hyrcanum Persicum All that tract bounding Northward on the Caspian or Hyrcanian Sea is called Assyria The other lying Southward toward Mare Rubrum and Sinus Persicus is called Persia. But speciall mention is made here of the King of Ashur because that these Iewes which went with Ezra in the second returne from captivity did come out of those high Northerne Countries the former that returned under Zerubbabel out of the Southerne Countries That this is so appeares in the 8. Chapt. Ezra 7.1 Now after these things in the y reigne of Arthashash●● K. of Persia was Ezra the sonne of Seraj●h c. And ●e came to Ierusalem with o●her of the Iewes in the 5. moneth which was the 7 z year of the K. ver 9. For upon the first day of the first moneth he began to goe up from Babel and on the first day of the fifth moneth came ●e to Ierusalem according to the good hand of his God that was upon him Nehemiah 1.1 The words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hacha●iah in the moneth b Chisten c. in the 20. yeare c. v. 2. came Hanani one of my Brethren c. v. 3. And they said to me The residue c. y i. e. Of Artaxerxes Muemon when after his fathers decease he alone ruled