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The
Antiquities Of The Jews by Flavius Josephus (Books 1 - 6) (Books 7 - 13) (Books 14 - 20) |
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Book 7.
From Death
of Saul to
Death of David |
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Chapter
1: David Reigned
over One Tribe at
Hebron, While Saul's Son Reigned
over Rest of Multitude; In
Civil War Asahel
and Abner Slain |
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Chapter
2: Upon Slaughter
of Ishbosheth, by
Treachery of His Friends,
David Received Whole Kingdom
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Chapter
3: How David Laid
Siege to Jerusalem, Casts Canaanites out
of it, and brought Jews
to Inhabit Therein
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Chapter
4: When David
Conquered Philistines,
He Removed Ark to Jerusalem,
and Had Mind to
Build Temple |
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Chapter
5: David Brought
Under the Philistines,
Moabites, Syrians, Idumeans and
others in War; and
Was Mindful of
Friendship that Jonathan Borne Him |
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Chapter
6: How War Was
Waged Against
Ammonites and Happily Concluded |
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Chapter
7: How David Fell
in Love with
Bathsheba, and Slew Her
Husband Uriah, for Which
He Is Reproved by
Nathan |
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Chapter
8: How Absalom
Murdered Amnon; and How He Was Banished,
and Afterwards Recalled by David
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Chapter
9: Insurrection of
Absalom Against David; and Ahithophel and Hushai;
and Ziba and Shimei; and
How Ahithophel
Hanged Himself |
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Chapter
10: When Absalom
Was Beaten, He Was
Caught in Tree by
His Hair, and Was
Slain |
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Chapter
11: How David,
when Recovered Kingdom,
Was Reconciled to Shimei, Ziba;
Upon Rise of
Sedition, Amasa made Captain
to Pursue Sheba; Amasa Slain by Joab
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Chapter
12: Hebrews
Delivered from Famine
when Gibeonites Caused Punishment
Inflicted for
Slain; Great Actions
Against Philistines by David, Men of
Valor |
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Chapter
13: When David
Numbered People, They Were Punished;
How Divine Compassion
Restrained
Punishment |
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Chapter
14: David Made
Great Preparations for
House of God; Upon
Adonijahs Attempt to Gain
Kingdom, He
Appointed Solomon to Reign |
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Chapter
15: What Charge
David Gave Solomon at Approach of His Death,
and How Many Things He
Left for Building
the Temple |
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Book 8.
From Death
of David to
Death of Ahab |
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Chapter
1: How Solomon,
when He Received
Kingdom, Conquered
Enemies |
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Chapter
2: Wife of
Solomon; Solomon's
Wisdom, what He
got from Hiram for
Building Temple |
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Chapter
3: Building of The
Temple |
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Chapter
4: Solomon Removes
Ark into Temple,
Makes Supplication to God, Offers Public
Sacrifices |
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Chapter
5: Solomon Builds
Royal Palace, Very
Costly and Splendid;
How He Solved Riddles
Sent Him by Hiram
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Chapter
6: Solomon
Fortifies Jerusalem
and Builds Great Cities,
Brought Some
Canaanites into Subjection;
Entertained Queen of Egypt / Ethiopia
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Chapter
7: Solomon Grows
Rich, Falls Desperately in Love with Women,
God, Being Incensed, Raised up Ader
- Jeroboam Against
Him; Death of Solomon |
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Chapter
8: Upon Death of
Solomon, People
Forsook Son Rehoboam, Ordain Jeroboam
King over Ten Tribes |
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Chapter
9: Jadon the
Prophet Persuaded by Lying Prophet, and
Returned [To Bethel], and
Was Afterwards
Slain by Lion. |
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Chapter
10: Rehoboam and
How God Inflicted
Punishment upon Him
for His Impiety, by
Shishak [King of
Egypt] |
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Chapter
11: Death of Son
of Jeroboam; How Jeroboam Beaten by Abijah, dies
Afterwards, Succeeded iby Asa.
Baasha Destroys
Nadab & House of Jeroboam |
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Chapter
12: How Zerah,
King of Ethiopians, Beaten
by Asa; How Asa, upon
Baashas War,
Invites King of Damascus;
Destruction House of Baasha, Zimri
King |
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Chapter
13: Ahab, When
Jezebel his Wife, Became
More Wicked Than All Kings Before
Him,; Actions of
Elijah, and What
Befell Naboth |
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Chapter
14: How Hadad King
of Damascus /
Syria, Made Two Expeditions
Against Ahab, and Was Beaten
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Chapter
15: Jehoshaphat
King of Jerusalem. Ahab Makes Expedition Against Syrians
with Jehoshaphat, but Was
Overcome in
Battle, and Perished |
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Book 9.
From Death
of Ahab to
Captivity of the Ten Tribes |
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Chapter
1: Jehoshaphat,
How He Constituted Judges and by Gods
Assistance Overcame His Enemies
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Chapter
2: Ahaziah, King
of Israel, and
Prophet Elijah |
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Chapter
3: Joram and
Jehoshaphat Make Expedition Against Moabites;
Wonders of Elisha;
Death of Jehoshaphat |
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Chapter
4: Jehoram
Succeeds Jehoshaphat;
How Joram, His Namesake, Fought
Syrians; Wonders
by Prophet Elisha |
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Chapter
5: Wickedness of
Jehoram, King Of
Jerusalem; His
Defeat and Death |
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Chapter
6: Jehu Anointed
King, and Slew
Joram and Ahaziah; What
He Did for Punishment
of
Wicked |
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Chapter
7: Athaliah
Reigned over Jerusalem
for Five [Six] Years when Jehoiada
(High Priest) Slew
Her, Jehoash, Son
of Ahaziah, made King |
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Chapter
8: Hazael Makes
Expedition Against Israel /
Jerusalem. Jehu Dies, Jehoahaz King;
Jehoash,
Jerusalem's King, Has Zechariah
Stoned. Jehoash Dies, Amaziah
King |
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Chapter
9: Amaziah
Expedition Against Edomites,
Amalekites,Conquered Them; Afterwards
War Against Joash,
Beaten, Slain, and
Uzziah Succeeded him |
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Chapter
10: Jeroboam, King
of Israel, and Prophet
Jonah; After Death of Jeroboam,
Son Zachariah made
King. Uzziah
Subdues Nations Round Him. |
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Chapter
11: Zachariah,
Shallum, Pekah, etc. take
Government over Israelites; Pul /
Tiglath-Pileser
Expedition Against Israelites.
Nahum Prophesies of
Assyrians |
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Chapter
12: After Death of
Jotham, Ahaz Reigns;
Against Whom Rezin and Pekah
(King of Israel)
Made War; Tiglath-Pileser Assists Ahaz, Syria Wasted |
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Chapter
13: Pekah Dies by
Treachery of Hoshea, Who After Subdued by
Shalmaneser; Hezekiah Reigns Instead of
Ahaz, His Actions
of Piety / Justice |
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Chapter
14: Shalmaneser
Takes Samaria, Transplants
Ten Tribes into Media,
Brought Nation of
Cutheans into
Their Country |
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Book 10.
From
Captivity of Ten Tribes to First Year of Cyrus |
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Chapter
1: Sennacherib
Against Hezekiah; Rabshakeh
Threatens Hezekiah when
Sennacherib Against
Egyptians, Isaiah Encouraged
Him; Sennacherib Fails in
Egypt |
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Chapter
2: Hezekiah Sick,
Ready to Die, God
Gives Him Fifteen More
Years, secure Promised by
Shadow back Ten
Degrees |
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Chapter
3: Manasseh Reigns
After Hezekiah, in
Captivity Returns to God,
Restored to His Kingdom
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Chapter
4: Amon Reigns
Instead of Manasseh; After Amon, Josiah
Reigns - is Righteous and
Religious. Huldah
the Prophetess |
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Chapter
5: Josiah Fought
with Neco, Wounded, Dies Afterward; How Neco Carried
Jehoahaz, (King) to Egypt, Delivers
Kingdom to
Jehoiakim; Jeremiah - Ezekiel |
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Chapter
6: Nebuchadnezzar,
when Conquered Egypt,
Went Against Jews, Slew
Jehoiakim, Makes
Jehoiachin, His
Son, King |
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Chapter
7: King of Babylon
Repents of Making Jehoiachin King, Took to Babylon, Kingdom
to Zedekiah. King Doesn't
believe Jeremiah/Ezekiel; What Befell Jeremiah |
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Chapter
8: King of Babylon
Takes Jerusalem, Burns
Temple, Removes People of Jerusalem -
Zedekiah to
Babylon, who Succeeded High Priesthood Under Kings |
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Chapter
9: Nebuzaradan Set
Gedaliah over Judea Jews,
Gedaliah Slain by Ishmael;
Johanan, After
Ishmael, to Egypt with People;
Nebuchadnezzar against Egyptians,
captives |
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Chapter
10: Daniel and
What Befell Him at
Babylon |
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Chapter
11: Nebuchadnezzar
and Successors, How Govt
Dissolved by Persians; Daniel in
Media and
Prophecies He Delivered |
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Book 11.
From First
of Cyrus to Death of Alexander the Great |
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Chapter
1: Cyrus, King of
Persians, Delivers Jews from Babylon, Returns them
to Country to Build Temple,
Which He Pays
For |
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Chapter
2: Upon Death of
Cyrus, Jews Hindered Building Temple by Cutheans
and Neighboring Governors;
How Cambyses
Forbade Jews to Do This |
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Chapter
3: After Death of
Cambyses and Slaughter
of Magi, Under Darius, Zorobabel
Superior to others
in Solution of Problems,
Obtained Kingly Favor for Temple
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Chapter
4: How Temple
Built, While Cutheans Endeavored Vainly
to Obstruct Work |
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Chapter
5: Xerxes, Son of
Darius, Favored
Jews; Concerning Esdras and Nehemiah |
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Chapter
6: Esther,
Mordecai and Haman;
In Reign of Artaxerxes,
Jews in Danger of
Perishing. |
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Chapter
7: John Slew His
Brother Jesus in
Temple; How Bagoses
Injured Jews; What Sanballat
Did |
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Chapter
8: Sanballat,
Manasseh and Temple
Built on Mount Gerizzim;
How Alexander
Entered Jerusalem, Benefits Bestowed on Jews |
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Book 12.
From Death
of Alexander the Great to Death of Judas Maccabeus
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Chapter
1: Ptolemy, Son of
Lagus, Took Jerusalem/Judea by Deceit-Treachery,
Carried Many Jews Thence,
Planted Them in
Egypt |
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Chapter
2: Ptolemy
Philadelphus Procured Laws
of Jews to Be Translated into
Greek Tongue, Set
Captives Free,
Dedicated Gifts to God |
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Chapter
3: Kings of Asia
Honored Jewish
Nation, Made Them Citizens of Cities They Built |
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Chapter
4: Antiochus Makes
League with Ptolemy;
How Onias Provoked Ptolemy
Euergetes; Joseph
Brought Things Right Again;
More Things by Joseph, Son Hyrcanus
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Chapter
5: Quarrels of
Jews About High Priesthood,
Antiochus Against Jerusalem, Took City,
Pillaged Temple;
Jews Forsook Laws;
Samaritans Name Temple to Jupiter Hellenius |
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Chapter
6: Antiochuss Prohibition to Jews on Laws
of Their Country;
Mattathias, Despised
King, Overcame Antiochus's
Generals; Death of
Mattathias, Succession of Judas |
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Chapter
7: Judas
Overthrows Forces of Apollonius
-Seron, Killed Generals of Their
Armies Themselves;
After Lysias/Gorgias Beaten,
goes to Jerusalem, Purifies
Temple |
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Chapter
8: Judas Subdued
Nations Round About;
Simon Beat People of Tyre/Ptolemais;
Judas Overcame
Timotheus, Did Other Things After Joseph/Azarias Beaten |
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Chapter
9: Death of
Antiochus Epiphanes.
Antiochus Eupator Fought Judas,
Besieged Him in
Temple and Afterwards
Made Peace, Departed. Of
Alcimus/Onias |
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Chapter
10: Bacchides,
General of Demetriuss Army,
Against Judea, Returned Without
Success; Nicanor
Then Sent Against Judas, Perished
with Army; Alcimus dies, Judas
succeeds |
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Chapter
11: Bacchides
Again Against Judas;
Judas Fell while
Courageously Fighting |
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Book 13.
From Death
of Judas Maccabeus to Death of Queen Alexandra |
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Chapter
1: How Jonathan
Took Government After Brother Judas; How He
and Brother Simon Waged War
Against
Bacchides |
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Chapter
2: How Alexander
[Bala], in War with
Demetrius, Granted Jonathan
Advantages, becomes High
Priest. Death of
Demetrius |
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Chapter
3: The Friendship
Between Onias and
Ptolemy Philometor; How
Onias Built Temple in
Egypt like
Jerusalem |
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Chapter
4: How Alexander
Extraordinarily Honored Jonathan; How Demetrius
(Demetrius' Son) Overcame Alexander,
Made League with
Jonathan |
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Chapter
5: How Trypho Beat
Demetrius, Delivered Kingdom to Alexander's
Son Antiochus, Gained Jonathan for
Assistant;
Actions/Embassies of Jonathan |
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Chapter
6: Jonathan Slain
by Treachery; Jews
Made Simon Their General &
High Priest - Courageous Actions
He Performed
Against Trypho |
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Chapter
7: Simon
Confederates Himself with
Antiochus Pius, Made War Against
Trypho, then
Antiochuss General;
Simon Murdered by Treacherous
Ptolemy |
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Chapter
8: Hyrcanus
Receives High Priesthood,
Ejects Ptolemy. Antiochus Makes War
Against Hyrcanus,
then Makes League
with Him |
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Chapter
9: After Death of
Antiochus, Hyrcanus
Made Expedition Against Syria &
League with
Romans. Death of King Demetrius, Alexander |
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Chapter
10: Quarrel
Between Antiochus Grypus and
Antiochus Cyzicenus About Kingdom,
Hyrcanus Took
Samaria- Demolished
It; Hyrcaus Joins Sadducees, Left
Pharisees |
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Chapter
11: Aristobulus
Takes Government, Puts Diadem
on Head, and Was Barbarously Cruel
to His Mother and
Brethren; After He
Had Slain Antigonus, Died |
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Chapter
12: Alexander
Takes Government, Makes War
Against Ptolemais, Raised Siege
Fearing Ptolemy
Lathyrus; Cleopatra
Persuaded to War Against
Ptolemy |
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Chapter
13: Alexander in
League of Defense With
Cleopatra, Made War Against Celesyria,
Overthrew Gaza;
Slew Jews that Rebelled;
Antiochus Grypus, Seleucus,
Others |
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Chapter
14: Demetrius
Eucerus Overcomes Alexander,
Retires out of Country Fearing
Jews; Alexander
Slew Many Jews, Got Clear Troubles; Demetrius Death |
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Chapter
15: Antiochus
(Dionysus) and After Aretas,
Made War into Judea; Alexander
Took Cities,
Returned to Jerusalem,
Dies; Counsel Given
Alexandra |
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Chapter
16: Alexandra
Gains Good Will of Pharisees, Retains Kingdom Nine Years,
Then After Doing Many
Glorious Actions,
Died |
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