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A30018	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our Saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments with a description of the towns and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem : also, a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / collected out of the works of Henry Bunting ; and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, das ist, Ein Reisebuch uber die gantze Heilige Schrifft. English. 1682	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1682 (1682)	Wing B5362A; ESTC R37168	398,143	460

that know thee trust in thee because thou O Lord hearest their Prayers and bringest them out of trouble Rebecca as it should seem took her name from the expectation of Eternal Life for Rebechan in Hebrew doth denote such a Woman which expecteth a free delivery fr●m all Calamity and an inheritance of eternal Life Therefore Rebecca is a notable Type of the Church of God which is the Spouse of Ch●i●t shadowed in Isaac as shall hereafter be more plainly manifested The Travels of the Patriarch Isaac ISaac being young went with his Father Abraham from Berzeba to Mount Moriah where his Father would have offered him unto God as the Lord commanded him which is forty miles Genes 22. 2. From thence with his Father he returned again to Berzeba which is forty miles 3. From Berzeba he travelled with his Father to Hebron by the Plain of Mamre which is 16 miles 4. From the Plain of Mamre Isaac travelled Southward to the Fountain of Life which is 16 miles and there he dwelt Gen. 24. 5. From thence he returned back again to his Fathers Burial who was laid in that double Cave in Mamre which is 16 miles 6. From thence he returned back again to the Well of Life where he dwelt 16 miles 7. From the Fountain of Life he went to Gerar which is eight miles where Abimelech seeing the Beauty of his Wife Rebecca would have ravish'd her and for fear she told him that she was his Sister Gen. 26. 8. From Gerar Isaac went Westward to the Valley of Gerar which is eight miles and there he caused the Well to be digged up again which the Inhabitants had stopped up Gen. 26. 9. From thence he went to Beersaba which is four miles where the same Night the Lord appeared unto him and said I am the God of thy Father Abraham fear not for I am with thee and will bless and multiply thy seed for my Servant Abraham ' s sake Gen. 26. 10. From Beersaba he returned again to Hebron by the Plain of Mamre which is 16 miles here Abraham Sarah and Rebecca died and were buried Gen. 35. So all the Travels of the Patriarch Isaac were one hundred ●orty eight miles The typical signification of Isaac THE Name of Isaac is derived from Laughter for Zakah in Hebrew is as much as quod risit is in Latin which signifieth that he laughed and from hence Zechock signifies a Laughter and Isaac Mirth or one that rejoyceth with Mirth This Name was given to him by God before his Nativity Gen. 17. 18. There were seven that were named by God before their Nativity viz. Ishmael Gen. 16. Isaac Gen. 17. Cores or Cyrus King of the Persians Esa. 44. Sampson Iudg. 13. Iosia King of Iuda 1 King 13. Iohn Baptist and Iesus Christ the Son of God Luke 1. of whom Isaac was a notable Type For Christ is our true rejoycing the Laughter Mirth and Delight of the whole Church of God Abraham upon the day of the Nativity of Isaac made a great Feast to which no doubt he called many godly men and perhaps some of the Patriarchs for there was then living Sarag Arphaxad Salah Heber Thamar and Sem the Son of Noah who also had a certain knowledge of Gods promise to Abraham and that of the seed of Isaac should come the Saviour of the World And as Abraham when he would have offered his Son unto the Lord carried the Fire and the Sword but Isaac the Wood upon which he should be slain and burned O miserable sight especially to a Father to see his only Son and Heir which was miraculously begotten even then when he was without hope of Issue burnt to Ashes before his Face This was on Mount Moriah a little from Salem or Ierusalem even so our Saviour Christ for the sins that man commits and carries about him bore upon his Shoulders the wooden Cross whereupon he was offered an acceptable Sacrifice to his Father that so by his Mediation and Satisfaction we might receive Pardon for them and this was likewise done upon Mount Calvary a little from Ierusalem And as the Lord provided another Sacrifice for Abraham that so he might save his Son which was a Ram tied and intangled in Thorns so God provided a Sacrifice for the Salvation of the World even Jesus Christ our Mediator who is that immaculate and precious Lamb of God whose Head being crowned with Thorns and hanging upon the Cross by his precious Death opened unto us the door of eternal Life and made us capable of everlasting Happiness Iohn 19. 1 Peter 1. Such was the love of Abraham a Father unto God such the love of God a Father unto man that they spared not their only Sons the one typically to represent the other The other that is the only begotten Son of God to dye effectually for Abraham Isaac and all Mankind Ioh. 3. Gen. 22. The Travels of the Patriarch Jacob. FRom B●ersaba Iacob went to Bethel which is 48 miles and there he saw a Ladder that reached down from Heaven whereby the Angels ascended and descended Genes 28. 2. From Bethel he went to Haran in Mesopotamia which is 432 miles where he marryed Leah and Rachel Gen. 28. 3. From Haran in Mesopotamia he went to Mount Gilead which is 380 miles and when Laban pursued him at the Commandment of the Lord he made a League with him Gen. 31. 4. From Mount Gilead he went to Mahanaim which is 16 miles and there he met with the Angels of God Gen. 31. 5. From Mahanaim he passed the Water and went to Penuel which is four miles and there wrestled with the Angel of God Gen. 32. 6. From Penuel he went to Succoth where he pitched his Tents two miles Gen. 33. 7. From Succoth he passed the River of Iordan and went to Sichem not far from Salem about eight miles where his Daughter Dinah was ravished Gen. 33. 8. From thence he went to Bethel which is eight and twenty miles Gen. 31. 9. From Bethel he went to Bethlehen Euphrata which is twelve Miles in which way Rachel died and was buried not far from Bethlehem then Iacob went forward and set up his Tents near to the Tower of Eder a mile from Bethlehem towards the South Gen. 35. 10. From Bethlehem Euphrata and the Tower of Eder he returned again to the Valley of Mamre near Hebron to his Father Isaac which is 20 miles Gen. 35. 11. From Hebron he went to Beersaba which is 16 miles Gen. 38. 12. From Beersaba he went to the Town of Ony a little off Aegypt in the land of Gossen which is 168 miles where Ioseph his Son gave him honourable Entertainment Gen. 46. 13. From Ony he went to the City Zoan which is also called Tanis twenty eight miles where he was presented to King Pharaoh Gen. 47. 14. From Tanis he returned to Ony which is 28 miles and there he dwelt and dyed in the Land of Gossen Gen. 49. The Description of the Towns and Places to

Giblin by the Jews In S. Hierom's time it was a great Town Of Moriah UPON this Mount Abraham would have offered his Son Isaac and stood not far from Salem or Mount Sion where Mel●hisedech dwelt They were so near that Melchisedech upon the Tower of Sion might easily see the Angel that spake with Abraham when he renewed the Covenant with him concerning his Seed and Posterity and is derived from Mor or M●rar which signifies bitter Myrrh because as Gregorius saith the Church is ever subject to Affliction For all they that will serve God and live religiously must suffer Persecution Mat. 16. 2 Tim. 3. and Iarr which signifies to fear How Abraham may be typically apprehended ABraham signifies the Father of a Multitude from Ab pater a Father Ram excelsus Mighty and Hamon multitudinis Of a Multitude Not in regard of the Jews only but all those that in succeeding times shall be ingraffed into the Church and partake of everlasting Life through the Mediation of Christ Jesus the promised Seed Gal. 3. Ephes. 1. Acts 3. and is a Type and Figure of God the Father for that as Abraham was the Father of many yet had but only one Son so although God be the Father of all Nations yet had but one only Son Jesus Christ begotten of his own Essence from before the beginning of the World And as Abraham so loved God that for his sake he would not have spared his only Son so God so loved Abraham and the World that he gave his only begotten Son to die for the Salvation of their Souls The Travels of Lot LOT travelled with Abraham from Vr in Chaldaea to Haran in Mesopotamia which is 336 miles Gen. 12. 2. From Haran they travelled to Sichem in the land of Canaan b●ing 400 miles 3. From Sichem they travelled through Morae to the Hill lying between Bethel and Hay which is 24 miles 4. From the Hill between Bethel and Hay they went into Aegypt which is 240 miles Gen. 13. 5. From Aegypt they went into the Land of Canaan to the Hill lying between Bethel and Hay where Abraham had dwelt before which is 240 miles Gen. 13. 6. From the Hill between Bethel and Hay Lot separated himself from Abraham and went to the Town of Sodom Eastward which is 28 miles Gen 13. 7. In the Town of Sodom Lot was taken Prisoner he and all his houshold and led away to the Town of Dan which is 32 miles Gen. 14. 8. And when Abraham had delivered him out of the hands of his Enemies a pursued them he returned with him from Dan to Hobam in Phoenicia lying on the left side of Damascus being 80 miles 9. From Phoenicia Abraham came again with Lot to Sodom which is 160 miles 10. Lastly when the Lord had determined to rain Fire and Brimstome on Sodom Lot according to his Commandment went thence to Zoar a little Town near adjoyning where being drunk with Wine he committed Incest with both his Daughters but after coming to the knowledge of his Offence he was so sore afflicted in his Conscience that with extream Grief he died Luther saith that Abraham took him to Hebron with him to comfort him and that there he died Hebron is 36 miles from Sodom So all the Travels of the Patriarch Lot were 1652 miles The Description of the Towns and Places where he travelled and first of Sodom THE Cities that were destroyed with Fire and Brimstone from Heaven were four in number that is Sodom Gomorrah Adama and Zeboim lying 24 miles from Ierusalem South-eastward where now the Dead Sea runs The fifth was the City Bela called also Zoar which was spared for Lot's sake and distant from Sodom two miles This Lot accounted but a little City but there are that say it was a very spacious and Princely place near to which his Wife for her Disobedience was turned into a Pillar of Salt and not far off he committed Incest with his two Daughters And although Luther be of opinion that that also within a while after was burnt yet this cannot be certainly proved especially because it remaineth even to this day scituated both in the ancient place and called by the ancient Name unless some new City hath been lately built in the same place and is now called after that name which I cannot think to be true Sodamah signifieth a Mystery Gomorrah a Faggot of Thorns Adamah Red Earth Zeboim Fertile and Pleasant Zoar the burning of B●la for in ancient times it was called Baela It is the received Opinion that the Country wherein these five rich and opulent Cities stood was called Pentapolis Of the Lake or Dead Sea called Asphaltides IN the very same place where these Cities were burnt and destroyed there is at this day to be seen a Lake about 36 Miles long and in some places six in others eight and twelve miles over It boileth with Pitch and Brimstone and in some places passeth by the name of the Salt Sea and in others the dead Sea because of the noisome and venomous Air that riseth out of it insomuch as the very Birds that fly over it fall down dead and if a Beast do but drink of it mix'd with Water it makes him incurably sick It is of a wonderful nature for whatsoever heavy thing you fling into it will not sink but swim upon the top be it either Iron Lead Copper or any other weighty matter of which Vespasian the Emperour having notice to make experience of what he had heard made a Journey of purpose to see it and with him took certain condemned men who for their Offences had deserved Death these he manacled and where he thought it to be deepest caused them to be thrown in but they rose up again with such violence as if some Storm or Tempest had sent them up The Water thereof changeth three times a day and shineth against the Sun with divers colours casting out Fire and great Cakes of Pitch much resembling Bulls without heads and of that quantity This Pitch is good for divers things as to calk Ships to lay upon Cables and to use in Medicines wherefore such as come to this Sea and know the nature of it have certain Skifs and Instruments wherewith they draw these Cakes of Pitch to their Ships to which it cleaveth so fast it being naturally tough that being brought to Land they cannot get it off again but by the help of Urine Upon the Banks thereof grow Trees that bear fruit of divers kinds as Apples and such like which are fair and pleasant to the Eye but if you either touch or open them you shall find nothing but Dust. Brittenbacchus saith In this place the Serpent Tyrus whereof they use to make Treacle is found It is a little Serpent about half a Cubit long and a Finger thick being of divers colours and is so venomous that where it biteth there is no remedy unless by cutting off the Member the Head of it is rough and hairy and

King by the Tribe of Iudah in the year of the World 2891 and before Christ 1077. Here he kept his Court seven years and six months From hence also he sent Messengers to Iabes in Gilead forty four miles to signifie his gracious acceptance of that favour which they shewed unto Saul in burying of his Body there 2 Sam. 1. 1 Chr. 12. From Hebron David went to Ierusalem twenty two miles which then was called Iebus being possessed of the Iebusites but he won it with strong hand and thrust them out of it and in Mount Sion set up the City Millo which was afterward called the City of David and signifies a place of Plenty He began his Reign in Ierusalem in the thirty eighth year of his Age and seventh of his Reign In this place also he set up his House made of Cedar-wood of which H●ram King of Tyrus sent him great Plenty from Mount Libanus distant from thence 104 miles 2 Sam. 5. 1 Ch. 12. From thence he went to the Valley of Rephaim some three miles from Ierusalem in the way that leadeth to the City of Bethlem where he fought a memorable Fight against the Philistines and overcame them for which cause it was also called Baal-Perizim because by the Help and Assistance of God he had conquered the Army of the Philistines 1 Sam. 5. After he had dispersed the Enemies he returned to Ierusalem which is ●our miles The Philistines came the same Year into the Valley of Rephaim again and pitched their Tents within three miles and a half of Ierusalem and the Lord gave David a sign that when he heard a noise in the Mulberry-trees he should set upon the Enemy so David went forth and close by the Town of Gaeba and Kirjath-jearim about two miles from Ierusalem West-ward he set upon the Enemy and gave them the second Overthrow 2 Samuel 5. 1 Chr. 15. From thence David followed the Enemy to Gaza which was eighteen miles 2 Sam. 5. in the tenth Year of his Reign from his first beginning in Hebron David assembled all the Princes Priests and chief men of Israel to the number of 30000 which inhabited from Sechor till you come to Chaemah a City of Naphtali at the foot of Mount Libanus even 163 miles off These men assembled themselves in the City of Ierusalem and from thence they with David went to Kirjath-jearim which was about a mile to fetch the Ark of the Covenant from thence into the City of David 1 Sam. 6. 1 Chr. 14. From Kirjath-jearim David and all his Train returned back again to Ierusalem which was about a mile and they placed the Ark of the Lord in a new Cart and caused it to be drawn with Oxen which turned out of the way to the threshing-floor of Nachon where Vzza rashly and inconsiderately touching the Ark of God contrary to the Divine Law was presently slain by the Lord in the way and that place was called Paeri-Vza that is The Breach of Uza for he was not of the Tribe of Aaron to whom it was only lawful to touch the Ark and therefore the Lord struck him that he died miserably wherefore David being terrified by this example of God's Severity would not that day bring the Ark of the Lord into Ierusalem but carried it to the House of a certain Noble-man called Obed Aedom a Gittite who dwelt not far from Ierusalem but when it was told David that the Lord blessed the House of Obed Aedom and all his Family because the Ark was there David went from Ierusalem with a great multitude of People to the House of Obed Aedom who as is said before dwelt not far from Ierusalem yet there are some that say he was an excellent Musician in Ierusalem and dwelt in Mount Acra that is in the lower City and from thence David fetch'd the Ark of the Lord into the upper City which stood upon Mount Sion but I hold the other Opinion to be the more probable When the Ark was carried by the Priests David girt himself with a linnen Ephod which kind of Garment the Priests of the inferiour Order used to wear and danced before it singing Psalms and Hymns to the praise and glory of God and with great State brought it to the City of Ierusalem with the sound of Trumpets and Instruments of Musick and placed it in the middle of the Tabernacle which they had curiously erected in Mount Sion in the upper City which was also called the City of David This hapned in the tenth year of his Reign at which time Saul's Daughter despised him in her Heart and laughed at him but God gave her a due Recompence as you may read 2 Sam. 6. and him a just Reward for he promised by the Prophet Nathan That of his Posterity and Blood the King of Kings and Saviour of the World should be born In the Year following David invaded the Land of the Philistines and the City of Gath which with strong hand he won this was thirty four miles from Ierusalem From thence he returned back to Ierusalem 34 miles In the twelfth Year of his Reign he afflicted the Moabites with cruel War and destroyed two of their Armies with the Sword and the rest of the multitude he made Tributary which was 24 miles 2 Sam. 8. 1 Chr. 9. He returned thence to Ierusalem with great Triumph and Joy twenty four miles In the thirteenth year of his Reign Anno Mundi 2903. and before Christ 1065 he made an Expedition unto Zoba which Iosephus calleth Sophenam and is in Armenia near to Masia or Mount Taurus 600 miles from Ierusalem toward the North of which you may read before David in this place won a memorable Battel against Hadad Ezer the King thereof near to the River Euphrates he took 700 Horse and 20000 Foot burnt their Chariots took 100 Castles conquered all the Towns and Country round about and went away with a great Booty as well of Gold as Silver Brass and other things which Brass for the Excellency thereof was like unto Gold and as Iosephus saith afterwards Solomon made the Molten Sea of it When Gadarezer King of the Syrians he that built that famous City of Damascus heard of the overthrow of Hadad-Ezer he sent a great Army to his Aid which King David near to the River Euphrates smote with the Sword so that 20000 of them were slain and he carryed away a glorious Victory extending his Government from Ierusalem 600 miles towards the North that is into Armenia and beyond the River Euphrates and made these two Nations tributary unto him 2 Samuel 8. 1 Chr. 19. After David had won these two memorable Victories near Euphrates he went thence with all his Army towards the South and invaded the Land of Syria in which Journey Ioram the Son of Tohi King of Antiochia which City at this time was called Hemath met David with Gifts and Presents in the Name of his Father returning him many Thanks because he had destroyed the common Enemy

as he lay upon his Bed and after cut off his Head The Head they brought to King David to Hebron 68 miles But David was not pleased with their Treachery wherefore he caused them both to be put to Death So their Travels were 108 miles The Travels of Absalom ABsalom was born in Hebron and went with his Father to Ierusalem 22 miles 2 Sam. 13. From thence he went to Baal-hazor eight miles where he caused his Brother Amnon to be slain From thence for fear of his Father he fled into the Land of Gesur 88 miles 2 Sam 14. From thence he came back with Ioab to Ierusalem which was 88 miles 2 Sam. 14. From thence he went to Hebron 22 miles and made himself King and rebelled against his Father From thence he went back again to Ierusalem which is 22 miles There he lay with his Fathers Concubines 2 Sam. 16. From thence he pursued his Father to Machanaim 40 miles and there was hanged by the Hair in an Oak tree where Ioab put him to death 2 Sam. 18. So all the Travels of Absalom were 290 miles Of Baal-hazor IN this City Absalom made a great Feast for his Sheep-shearers and invited all his Brothers to it where he caused Amnon to be slain because he had abused his Sister Thamar It lieth in the way some eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east as you go to Iericho near to Mount Epraim 2 Sam. 13. and is derived to Baal which signifies a Lord or Husband and Chazir a Den or Cave Of the Name Absalom ABsalom signifieth a Father of Peace although he was the Author of all Discord and Sedition against his Father The Travels of the wise Woman of Thecoa THis woman went from Thecoa to Ierusalem eight miles and spake with King David and with her sweet words she persuaded him that he would recall his Son out of Exile who then remained in Gesur 2 Sam. 14. Of Thecoa THecoa was a City in the Tribe of Iuda some eight miles from Ierusalem toward the South-east near this City Iosaphat by Prayers and the sound of Trumpets without drawing Sword got a memorable Victory and for that cause it signifieth the sound of a Trumpet In this place the Prophet Amos dwelt and there lyeth buried whose Sepulchre was to be seen four hundred Years after Christ as S. Ierom observeth It was from Bethlem-Iuda six miles Near to Thecoa was the Lake Aspher where Ionathan and Machabeus's brothers pitch'd their Tents 1 Mach. 9. Of this City you may read Ier. 6. Am. 1. 2 Chr. 11. Of Achitophel THis perfidious and wicked Man was born in the Town of Gilo not far from Hebron and Debir in the Tribe of Iudah Ios. 15. 2. Sam. 15. twenty miles from Ierusalem South-Eastward who when his Counsel would not take place he went home to his won House and there desperately hanged himself The Travels of wicked Shimei SHimei went from Bahurim where he cursed King David to Bathabara upon the River Iordan which was eighteen miles where he got Pardon of David 2 Sam. 9. From thence he went back with King David unto Gilgal four miles 2 Sam. 19. From thence he went with King David to Ierusalem twelve miles 2. Sam. 19. From thence he went to Bahurim three miles From Bahurim King Solomon sent for him again to Ierusalem three miles There he was constrained to build him an House and not to depart thence upon pain of Death 1 Reg. 2. But Shimei transgressing the commandment of the King went to Gath a City of the Philistines twelve miles From thence he returned back again to Ierusalem twelve miles where he was slain by the command of King Solomon in the third year of his Reign 1 Reg. 2. So all the Travels of Shimei were 104 miles The Books of KINGS and CHRONICLES Of Abishag the Virgin that lay with David THIS Maid was accounted the fairest in all Israel for which cause she was brought to Ierusalem for King David that she might lye with him in his old Age to procure Heat she was born at Sunem a Town some forty four miles from Ierusalem 1 Reg. 1. Of Sunem you may read before in the Travels of David and Saul The Travels of King Solomon SOlomon the Son of David King of Israel entred upon the full Government of the Kingdom of Israel An●mundi 2931. and before Christ 1037. when he was about twenty years old After he went from Ierusalem to Gilgal four miles and there offered upon the Altar which Moses had made 1000 burnt offerings 1 Reg. 2. 2 Chr. 1. From thence he went back to Ierusalem four miles and built a Temple to the Lord in Mount Moriah I Reg. 6. This was begun about the fourth year of his Reign and 480 years after the Children of Israel came out of Aegypt in the Month Ziph which answereth to our May. So that the Temple began to be built in An. Mundi 2934. and before Christ 1034. To the building whereof Hiram King of Tyre sent Cedar Trees from Mount Libanus 120 miles to Ierusalem 1 Reg. 5. 2. Chr. 2. This Temple Solomon within plaited over with Gold and set with precious Stones and finished it in the Month of November about the eleventh year of his Reign 1 Reg. 6. The Dedication whereof was about the twelfth year of his Reign and in the thirty second year of his Age Anno Mundi 2942 and before Christ 1026. The Temple being finished he began to build his own house which was thirteen years a building and was finished about the 44 year of his Age and in the 24 of his Reign 1 Rg. 7. 8. After 20 Years in which time he had finished the House of the Lord and his own House in Mount Sion that he might manifest his Thankfulness to the King of Tyre he went to Cabul a City in the Tribe of Ashur some 80 miles Northward where he gave to the aforesaid Hiram 20 Towns or Cities with all the Country round about wherefore King Hiram called this Cabul that is Displeasant and Dirty 2 Reg. 9. You may read of Cabul Ios. 19. From thence he returned to Ierusalem 88 miles From thence he went to Hazor and restored the City which was 44 miles From thence he returned to Ierusalem 44 miles From thence he went to Megiddo which is not far from Iesreel in the Tribe of Manasses 44 miles from Ierusalem toward the North. This City Solomon fortified 1 Reg. 9. and Iosiah King of Iuda a long time after was there wounded to Death 2 Reg. 9. From Megiddo he returned to Ierusalem 44 miles After that Pharaoh King of Egypt had conquered Gaser and destroyed it with Fire he gave it to his Daughter the Wife of Solomon who rebuilt it This Town was scituated in the Tribe of Ephraim 28 miles from Ierusalem Northward 1 Reg. 9. From Gaser Solomon returned back again to Ierusalem being 28 miles From thence he went to the higher Bethoron which he fortified and stood 28 miles from Ierusalem

Northward 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went to the lower Bethoron 16 miles from the upper toward the South 1 Reg. 9. 2 Chr. 8. From the lower Bethoron he went to Ierusalem which was eight miles After Solomon built the City Belath which was 12 miles from Ierusalem North-vvestvvard 1 Reg. 9. 2. Chr. 8. From thence he returned back to Ierusalem 12 miles and it is very like that Solomon often visited those Towns that he built and restored From Ierusalem he went to Hemath afterward called Antiochia which was 320 miles and compassed it about with a Wall fortified it and afterward constrained all the Kingdoms thereabout to be obedient to his Government 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went with great State into the Kingdom of Zoba which is 600 miles and fortified all the great Cities and Castles of that Country that with the greater Facility they might oppose the Invasions of neighbouring Countries From thence he returned to that famous City Thamar which was also called the City of the Palmes 400 miles this he rebuilt and fortified 1 Reg. 9. 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went to Ierusalem which is 388 miles From thence he went to Ezeong●ber near to the Red Sea in the Country of Idumaea where he built a company of stately Ships and sent them to India to fetch Gold which was 176 miles from Ierusalem Southward 1 Reg. 9. From thence he returned to Ierusalem which is 176 miles But of his Riches and great Prosperity he grew Proud for he excelled all the Kings near him and gave himself to unlawful Pleasures he took unto him 300 Concubines and 700 Wives by whose perswasions he began to worship the Gods of the Gentiles which Idolatry was evil in the sight of the Lord. After he had reigned forty years which was about the sixtieth of his Age he died and was buried by his Father David in Mount Sion the City of David An. Mundi 2770 and before Christ 998. So all the Travels of Solomon were 2544 miles The description of the places to which he travelled Of Gazer you may read before in the Travels of David Of Bethoron THe upper and the lower Bethoron were two Cities in the Tribe of Ephraim built by Saaerah the Daughter of Ephraim 1 Chron. 7. The inferiour Bethoron was not far from the Castle of Emmaus eight miles from Ierusalem toward the North-West The Superiour was twenty miles distant towards the North. These Towns Solomon repaired Near to the lower Bethoron the Lord put the Enemies of Ioshuah to flight with Thunder and Hail Ios. 10. Here also Iudas Macchabeus overcame the Army of Antiochus 1 Mac. 3. Here also he put Ni●anor to death 1 Mac. 7. and signifieth A white house being derived of Beth which signifies an house and Chor he hath made white Of Baaelath THis is a City twelve miles from Ierusalem North-westward in the Tribe of Dan. This City Solomon repaired at such time as he fell in Love with many Women from whence it seemeth to take his name for Baaeleth signifieth his beloved Lady Of Thamar THamar Tadmor or Palmira stood partly in the Desart of Syria and partly in a fruitful Soyl being compassed about on the one side with a Wood on the other with fair and pleasant Fields It was the Metropolitan City of all Syria not far from Euphrates some 388 miles from Ierusalem North-Eastward and as Pliny saith lib. 5. cap. 25. although it lay betwixt two mighty Empires Rome and Parthia yet it was subject to neither fairly scituated a Free City adorned with fair and sumptuous Buildings and contented with their own Government The Wildernesses called after this Towns name Pal●arnae or the Desarts of the Palms extend themselves to Petra the Metropolitan City of Arabia-Petraea and to the borders of Arabia-Foelix one days journey from Euphrates two from the upper part of Syria and six from Babylon as Iosephus observeth Antiq. lib. 8. cap. 5. This City Solomon made Tributary to him and fortified it with strong Walls 1 Reg. 9. Of Ezeongaber you may read before The Typical Signification of Solomon SOl●mon is as much as FREDERICK in High-Dutch which signifies a Peace-maker being derived of the Hebrew word Schel●moh or Schalom to bring glad tidings of Peace Typically representing Christ the Prince of Peace who hath reconciled us with his Heavenly Father and merited an eternal place of Peace and Happiness for all such as trust in him Esay 9. And as Solomon built up the Temple of the Lord with great majesty and glory so Christ hath built up that heavenly Temple the Church of God and adorned it with the Gifts and Graces of his holy Spirit in this World that so it might be capable of eternal Glory in the World to come 2 Cor. 6. The Travels of Solomon's Ships THis Navy of Solomon's went unto Ophir that is India which was accounted from the Mart Town 4800 miles From India they returned back again 4800 miles so all their Travels were 9600 miles This Journey was finished in three years to and again so that every year they went 3200 miles and brought home plenty of Gold Silver precious Stones Ebony c. Of India MOses called this Country Havilah Gen. 2. and Ios. li. Antiq. 8. c. 7. Ophir which name saith he it took of two Brothers so called which inhabited and governed the Country all along the River Ganges But more Modern Writers derive it from Indus a River passing through it It is a spacious and fruitful Country pleasant to inhabit and as Pomponius saith hath in it 5000 Cities being divided into two parts the outward and inward The Travels of the Queen of Saba FRom Saba in Ethiopia she came to Ierusalem 964 miles From Ierusalem she returned back again which was 964 miles So all her Travels were 1928 miles Of Aethiopia THIS Country by the Hebrews is called Chus of Chus the Son of Cham who was the Son of Noah and after Aethiopia ab aestu torrida because of the great heat wherewith oftentimes the habitable Land and People as also the Wilderness were sorely scorched and burned for it is scituated in the third part of the World called Africa lying under the torrid Zone and the Aequator which two by common Experience are found to be extream hot Of Saba SAba is a metropolitan City in Aethiopia lying beyond Egypt 846 miles from Ierusalem towards the South and took the name from a certain precious Stone called Achates wherein might plainly be discerned in certain distinct Colours the rising of Fountains the Chanels of Rivers high Mountains and sometimes of Chariots and Horses drawing them It is reported That Pyrrhus King of the Epirots had one of them wherein was lively represented the Nine Muses and Apollo playing on the Viol portrayed by natural Stains and Colours so artificially as if they had been done by some curious Work-man Of this Stone you may read more in Pliny li. 37. ca. 1. 10. It was first found in Achates a River of Sicilia

are with him that so I may get my self a name and be famous through the whole Kingdom so he came out of Syria and pitched his Tents near Bethoron the lower in the Tribe of Iudah thirty two miles from Samaria But Iudas went down to him to Bethoron where he broke into his Camp overcame his whole Army and put him to the Sword with 8000 of his men but the rest fled into the Land of the Philistines 1 Mac. 3. These two Victories he obtained in the first year of his Government by which he made the name of Macchabees famous through that Kingdom This Battel was fought eight miles from Ierusalem Antiochus Epiphanes having certain Intelligence of that which had happened in the next year made an Expedition into Persia that he might gather Money in those East parts to make an offensive War against the Iews and gave Authority to Lysias whom he made Governour in his absence to suppress this faction sprung up amongst them Wherefore Lysias sent 40000 Foot and 7000 Horse into Iury and appointed Ptolomais Nicanor and Gorgias to be Generals of the whole Army Who so soon as they had entered Iudaea after Hostile manner they pitched their Tents near to a Town called Emaus Iosep. lib. Ant. 13. c. 10. This Town standeth six miles and somwhat more from Ierusalem but Iudas Macchabeus assembled his Army in Mizpah scituated in the Tribe of Benjamin not far from Ierusalem six miles from Bethoron 1. Mac. 3. After Iudas Macchabeus had implored Gods assistance in his Wars and performed many Religious ceremonies he went with his Army to Emaus which was four miles where coming upon the Enemy in the night and unexpected he overcame Nicanor put him to flight and kill'd 3000 of his men This Victory happened in the third year of Iudas Macchabeus his Government 1. Mac. 4. From Emaus he pursued the Enemy to Gexeron Azotus Asserimoth and Iamniah upon the Borders of Idumaea which was eight miles After he returned back from pursuing the Enemy with his Army to Emaus which was eight miles that he might oppose the Army of Gorgias but Gorgias understanding of the overthrow of Nicanor and burning of his Tents fled Iudas Macchabeus obtained his fourth victory in the third year of his Government which was 62 years before Christ and in the 148 year of the Government of the Graecians in Syria six miles from Emaus near to the Castle or Fortress of Bethsura which signifies the house of the Rock being a very strong place scituated in the top of a high Rock some half a mile from Ierusalem in the way which leadeth to Bethlehem Near to this Castle Iudas Macchabeus overcame Lysias Antiochus his chief General of Syria who had 20000 foot and 5000 horse in his Army carrying away a great victory and put to the sword 5000 of his men Lysias being thus overcome mediated a Peace with the Iews which was concluded upon the fourth day of the Month Diosceris which answereth unto the seventh day of our Month of Iune 2 Macch. 10. From Bethsura Iudas Macchabeus brought back his Army to Ierusalem which was almost a mile where he caused the Temple of the Lord to be cleansed of the abomination of the Gentiles and broke down the Statue of Iupiter Olympus which had continued there for the space of three years and on the fifth day of the month Caslew which is our December celebrated a solemn Passeover and built up a new Altar and dedicated it unto the Lord. In the year after being the fourth year of his Government he repaired ●he Town of Sion and fortified Bethsura against the Idumeans which Nation all this year made War upon the Iews But after Iudas gathered an army and went 40 miles into Idumaea and invaded those that were in Arabathnes and in the Land of the sons of Bean which people troubled the Israelites with continual Robberies and put them to flight so that they were constrained to take their Castle where he fired them and it together 1 Macch. 5. 2. Macch. 10. From Idumaea he returned back again with his army to Ierusalem which was forty miles Afterward he led his Army against the Ammonites which lay 60 miles from Ierusalem towards the Northeast 1. Macch. 5. From thence he went to Iaeser in the Tribe of Gad which was 24 miles which he took and all the Castles thereabouts This Town Moses in times past conquered as you may read before 1 Macch. 15. From Iaeser he returned to Ierusalem which was 40 miles From thence he went to Ioppa which was 20 miles and there he burned their Haven for Ioppa was a Haven-Town and those which scaped the fire he kill'd with the sword 2 Mac. 12. From Ioppa he went to Iamnia which was accounted four miles where in the Night he fired their Haven burn'd their Ships and spoiled their Town insomuch as the Inhabitants of Ierusalem which were sixteen miles off might easily see the Fire 2 Macch. 12. From Iamnia Iudas went with his army against Timotheus chief Captain of Antiochus Eupater who continued at the City Caspin which was something more than a mile where he overcame him and 5000 Arabians which were strengthned with 500 Horse and took the City 1 Mac. 12. Afterward Iudas Macchab. with his Brother Ionathan led an Army to Characa unto the Iews that were called Tubieni which was 96 miles against Timotheus Governour of the Ammonites but he was gone thence and had done nothing but left a Garrison in a strong hold Wherefore Dositheus and Sosipater which were Captains with Macchab. went forth and slew those that Timotheus had left in the Fortress more than 10000 men Timotheus himself also fell into their hands but by reason of his fair Speeches they suffered him to depart with Life 2 Mac. 12. 1 Mac. 5. From thence he went to Bozor a fair City which was scituated beyond Iordan near to Bethabara in the Tribe of Reuben it was also called Bazra which was 24 miles this Town he took and burned with Fire Isa. 64. 1 Mac. 5. From Bozor he went to Mizpa where Iephtha some i me sacrificed his Daughter which was 32 miles In that Journey Iudas Macchabeus rescued the Castle of Datheman drave thence Timotheus and put to the Sword 8000 of his Army After he went thence to Mizpa won the Town burn'd it with Fire and put to the Sword all the male Children because the Inhabitants had vexed the Children of Israel with continual Robbery After that he won many other Towns and Cities thereabouts 1 Mac. 5. From Mizpa Iudas passed the River and went to Astaroth-Carnaim which in the second of Macchabees is called Carnion which was eight miles here he destroyed the Temple of Venus which the Inhabitants call Astaroth and put 25000 of the Inhabitants to the Sword He went also to Atargation a Town not far off and took it and delivered all the Israelites from the greatest to the least which were in Captivity amongst the Giliadites 1.