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Friday, April 26th, 2024
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B.C. (Before Christ)
Antiquities of the Jews
Book 5 — Containing The Interval Of 476 Years. From The Death Of Moses To The Death Of Eli.
Chapter 1 — How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel
Chapter 2 — How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The Israelites Transgressed The Laws Of Their Country, And Experienced Great Afflictions; And When There Was A Sedition Arisen, The Tribe Of Benjamin Was Destroyed Excepting Only Six Hundred Men
Chapter 3 — How The Israelites After This Misfortune Grew Wicked And Served The Assyrians; And How God Delivered Them By Othniel, Who Ruled Over The Forty Years
Chapter 4 — How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were Then Delivered From Slavery By One Ehud Who Retained The Dominion Eighty Years
Chapter 5 — How The Canaanites Brought The Israelites Under Slavery For Twenty Years; After Which They Were Delivered By Barak And Deborah, Who Ruled Over Them For Forty Years
Chapter 6 — How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The Israelites And Beat Them, And Afflicted Their Country For Seven Years, How They Were Delivered By Gideon, Who Ruled Over The Multitude For Forty Years
Chapter 7 — That The Judges Who Succeeded Gideon Made War With The Adjoining Nations For A Long Time
Chapter 8 — Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines
Chapter 9 — How Under Eli's Government Of The Israelites Booz Married Ruth, From Whom Came Obed The Grandfather Of David
Chapter 10 — Concerning The Birth Of Samuel; And How He Foretold The Calamity That Befell The Sons Of Eli
Chapter 11 — Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And The People And How Eli Himself Died Miserably
