_Egypt_ was at first divided into many small Kingdoms, like other nations; and grew into one monarchy by degrees: and the father of _Solomon's_ Queen, was the first King of _Egypt_, who came into _Phœnicia_ with an Army: but he only took _Gezir_, and gave it to his daughter. _Sesac_, the next King, came out of _Egypt_ with an army of _Libyans_, _Troglodites_ and _Ethiopians_, 2 Chron. xii. 3. and therefore was then King of all those countries; and we do not read in Scripture, that any former King of _Egypt_; who Reigned over all those nations, came out of _Egypt_ with a great army to conquer other countries. The sacred history of the _Israelites_, from the days of _Abraham_ to the days of _Solomon_, admits of no such conqueror. _Sesostris_ reigned over all the same nations of the _Libyans_, _Troglodites_ and _Ethiopians_, and came out of _Egypt_ with a great army to conquer other Kingdoms. The Shepherds reigned long in the lower part of _Egypt_, and were expelled thence, just before the building of _Jerusalem_ and the Temple; according to _Manetho_; and whilst they Reigned in the lower part of _Egypt_, the upper part thereof was under other Kings: and while _Egypt_ was divided into several Kingdoms, there was no room for any such King of all _Egypt_ as _Sesostris_; and no historian makes him later than _Sesac_: and therefore he was one and the same King of _Egypt_ with _Sesac_. This is no new opinion: _Josephus_ discovered it when he affirmed that _Herodotus_ erred, in ascribing the actions of _Sesac_ to _Sesostris_, and that the error was only in the name of the King: for this is as much as to say, that the true name of him who did those things described by _Herodotus_, was _Sesac_; and that _Herodotus_ erred only in calling him _Sesostris_; or that he was called _Sesostris_ by a corruption of his name. Our great Chronologer, _Sir John Marsham_, was also of opinion that _Sesostris_ was _Sesac_: and if this be granted, it is then most certain, that _Sesostris_ came out of _Egypt_ in the fifth year of _Rehoboam_ to invade the nations, and returned back into _Egypt_ in the 14th year of that King; and that _Danaus_ then flying from his brother, came into _Greece_ within a year or two after: and the _Argonautic_ expedition being one Generation later than that invasion, and than the coming of _Danaus_ into _Greece_, was certainly about 40 or 45 years later than the death of _Solomon_. _Prometheus_ stay'd on _Mount Caucasus_ [46] thirty years, and then was released by _Hercules_: and therefore the _Argonautic_ expedition was thirty years after _Prometheus_ had been left on _Mount Caucasus_ by _Sesostris_, that is, about 44 years after the death of _Solomon_.