During this period, from the Babylonish captivity to the destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews suffered much from their enemies, and many thousands were sold into slavery. A few references to Josephus will assist to comprehend this subject: _Ant. B_. 11. _C_. 5. Miserable condition of the Jews as represented to the prophet Nehemiah. _B_. 11. _C_. 6. Haman said to the king of Persia, "There is a certain wicked nation (the Jews), and it is dispersed over all the habitable earth that is under thy dominion." _B_. 12. _C_. 1. The first Ptolemy took a great many captives in Judea and carried them into Egypt. _B_. 12. _C_. 2. The second Ptolemy liberated 120,000 Jews who where in bondage in Egypt. _B_. 12. _C_. 3. Antiochus set free all the Jews who had been carried captive. _B_. 12. _C_. 4. The Samaritans were in a flourishing condition, and much distressed the Jews, cutting off parts of their land, and carrying off slaves. _B_. 12. _C_. 5. The daily sacrifice was taken away, and 10,000 Jews carried captive. _B_. 14. _C_. 7. The Jews were scattered over the habitable earth. Cassius, the Roman general, carried 30,000 Jews captive. _B_. 14. _C_. 11. Four Jewish cities sold into slavery for taxes. _B_. 15. _C_. 3. Not a few ten thousands of Jews that dwelt about Babylonia. _B_. 16. _C_. 2. A great multitude of Jews dwelt in the cities of Ionia. _B_. 16. _C_. 6. The cities of Asia and Lybia ill-treated the Jews. The northern part of Africa was then called Lybia. These references to Josephus, and their contexts, well considered, will greatly assist the student in forming a proper idea of the scattered condition of the Jews about the commencement of the Christian era. We have no knowledge of the location or condition of that part of the ten tribes who went into the north country. B. C. 600, a colony left Jerusalem, under one Lehi, to people the western hemisphere. Eleven years after, it was followed by another under the direction of Mulek. Their descendants have scattered over the American continent from Cape Horn to the Arctic Sea. This branch of the house of Israel may truly be said to be scattered over half the globe. The Book of Mormon, and the monumental ruins they have left on the land, give us all the information we have of them down to the year 1492, A. D., when Christopher Columbus discovered America. Since that time, their history forms a part of the general history of the continent, which is a record of the fulfilment of many of the prophecies, in the Bible and Book of Mormon, concerning the scattering of Israel. Bible. _Deut_. 28. 37 thou shalt become a proverb and a by-word. 64 Israel to be scattered from one end of the earth even unto the other. _Chap_. 32. 26. _Psalm_ 106. 27 to overthrow their seed also among the nations. _Isa_. 5. 13 my people have gone into captivity. 10. 3 what will ye do in the day of visitation? 32. 14 the multitude of the city shall be left.