The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended: To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the GreatNewton, Isaac
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The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended: To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great
Newton, Isaac
Bible -- Chronology; History, Ancient -- Chronology
but afterwards, in applying the Prophesy to _Theudas_, and _Judas_ of
_Galilee_, and at length to _Barchochab_, they seem to have shortned the
Reign of the Kingdom of _Persia_. These accounts being very imperfect, it
was necessary to have recourse to the records of the _Greeks_ and
_Latines_, and to the Canon recited by _Ptolemy_, for stating the times of
this Empire. Which being done, we have a better ground for understanding
the history of the _Jews_ set down in the books of _Ezra_ and _Nehemiah_,
and adjusting it; for this history having suffered by time, wants some
illustration: and first I shall state the history of the _Jews_ under
_Zerubbabel_, in the Reigns of _Cyrus_, _Cambysis_, and _Darius Hystaspis_.
This history is contained partly in the three first chapters of the book of
_Ezra_, and first five verses of the fourth; and partly in the book of
_Nehemiah_, from the 5th verse of the seventh chapter to the 9th verse of
the twelfth: for _Nehemiah_ copied all this out of the Chronicles of the
_Jews_, written before his days; as may appear by reading the place, and
considering that the Priests and Levites who sealed the Covenant on the
24th day of the seventh month, _Nehem._ x. were the very same with those
who returned from captivity in the first year of _Cyrus_, _Nehem._ xii. and
that all those who returned sealed it: this will be perceived by the
following comparison of their names.
The Priests who returned. The Priests who sealed.
_Nehemiah._ _Ezra_ ii. 2. _Nehemiah._
_Serajah._ _Serajah._
* _Azariah._
_Jeremiah._ _Jeremiah._
_Ezra._ _Ezra._ _Nehem._ 8.
* _Pashur._
_Amariah._ _Amariah._
_Malluch_: or _Melicu_, _Neh._ _Malchijah._
xii. 2, 14.
_Hattush_. _Hattush._
_Shechaniah_ or _Shebaniah_, _Shebaniah._
_Neh._ xii. 3, 14.
* _Malluch._
_Rehum_: or _Harim_, _ib._ 3, _Harim._
15.
_Meremoth._ _Meremoth._
_Iddo._ _Obadiah_ or _Obdia_.
* _Daniel._
_Ginnetho_: or _Ginnethon_, _Ginnethon._
_Neh._ xii. 4, 16.
* _Baruch._
* _Meshullam._
_Abijah._ _Abijah._
_Miamin._ _Mijamin._
_Maadiah._ _Maaziah._
_Bilgah._ _Bilgai._
_Shemajah._ _Shemajah._
_Jeshua._ _Jeshua._
_Binnui._ _Binnui._
_Kadmiel._ _Kadmiel._
_Sherebiah._ שרביה. _Shebaniah._ שבניה.
_Judah_: or _Hodaviah_, _Hodijah._
_Ezra_ ii. 40. & iii. 9.
Ωδουια; _Septuag._
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