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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Josephus Update [Thursday]

Here's the latest on Josephus.....

I have finished Book 6 in Antiquities of the Jews:
 
From the Death of Eli to the Death of Saul

I'm currently reading:

Book 7 - Antiquities of The Jews - From the Death of Saul to the Death of David

There are 15 chapters:

[1] How David Reigned Over One Tribe at Hebron, While the Son of Saul Reigned over the Rest of the Multitude; and How, in the Civil War Which Then Arose, Asahel ad Abner were Slain
[2] That Upon the Slaughter of Ishibosheth, by the Treachery of His Friends, David Received the Whole Kingdom
[3] How David Laid Seige to Jerusalem, and When He Had Taken the City, He Cast the Canaanites Out of It, and Brought in the Jews to Inhabit Therein
[4] That When David had Conquered the Philistines, Who Made War Against Him at Jerusalem, He Removed the Ark to Jerusalem, and Had a Mind to Build a Temple
[5 How David Brought Under the Philistines, and the Moabites, and the Kings of Sophene, and of Damascus, and of the Syrians, as also of the Idumeans in War; and how He made a League with the King of Hamath, and was mindful of the Friendship that Jonathan, the Son of Saul, had Borne to Him
[6] How the War was Waged Against the Ammonites, and Happily Concluded
[7] How David Fell in Love with Bathsheba, and Slew Her Husband Uriah, for which He is Reproved by Nathan
[8] How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister, and How He was Banished, and Afterwards Recalled by David
[9] Concerning the Insurrection of Absalom against David, and Concerning Ahithophel and Hushai; and Concerning Zira and Shimei; and How Ahithophel Hanged Himself
[10] How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught in a Tree By His Hair, and Was Slain
[11] How David, Whe He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled to Shimel and to Ziba; and Showed A Great Affection to Barzillai; and How Upon the Rise of a Sedition, He made Amasa Captain of His Host in Order to Pursue Sheba, Which Amasa was Slain by Joab
[12] How the Hebrews were Delivered from a Famine when the Gibeonites had caused Punishment to be Inflicted for Those of Them that had been Slain; As Also, What Great Actions were Performed Against the Philistines by David, and the Men of Valor About Him
[13] That When David Had Numbered the People, They Were Punished, and How the Divine Compassion Restrained that Punishment
[14] That David Made Great Preparations for the House of God; and That Upon Adonijah's Attempt to Gain the Kingdom, He Appointed Solomon to Reign
[15] What Charge David Gave to His Son Solomon at the Approach of His Death; and How Many Things He Left Him for the Building of the Temple

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