Lectionary Calendar

Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter

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Historical Writings

B.C. (Before Christ)

Writings of Flavius Josephus

Antiquities of the Jews

Book 7 — Containing The Interval Of 40 Years. From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David.

Chapter 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 And Abner Were Slain

Chapter 2 — That Upon The Slaughter Of Ishbosheth By The Treachery Of His Friends, David Received The Whole Kingdom

Chapter 3 — How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The City, He Cast The Canaanites Out Of It, And Brought In The Jews To Inhabit Therein

Chapter 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

Chapter 5 — How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites, And The Kings Of Sophene And Of Damascus, And Of The Syrians As Also 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 Him

Chapter 6 — How The War Was Waged Against The Ammonites And Happily Concluded.

Chapter 7 — How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband Uriah, For Which He Is Reproved By Nathan

Chapter 8 — How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister; And How He Was Banished And Afterwards Recalled By David

Chapter 9 — Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And Concerning Ahithophel And Hushai; And Concerning Ziba And Shimei; And How Ahithophel Hanged Himself

Chapter 10 — How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His Hair And Was Slain

Chapter 11 — How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, 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 Seba; Which Amasa Was Slain By Joab

Chapter 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

Chapter 13 — That When David Had Numbered The People, They Were Punished; And How The Divine Compassion Restrained That Punishment

Chapter 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

Chapter 15 — What Charge David Gave Tohis 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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