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Show Lhefecond Bookeofthefir/?part ~~ Cua PAG.10, Gtn.14-4 this Amraphel was not at this time the greateft Monarke: for Chedorlaomer commanded in chiefe,though Amraphel be firft named by Moses inthe firlt verfeof the x 4: Chapter ofGenefis.Forthe Kings ofthe valley OF Siddim, or of Pentapelisor the fiue Cities,were the vaflalls ofchedarlaomer, and not of Amraphel: as it is written, Twelwe péeres wer they fubiec? to Chedorlaomer, but in the 13 Seere they rebelled, andin the r4.yeeve came Chedorlao nter andthe Kings that were with him: and therefore was Chedorlaomer the pridicipall in this enterprife,who was then King of Elam, which is Perfia : NowPerf being: feated over Tygr#,and to the Eaft of Amraphels Countrie; and the othertwo kings,which were companions with Amraphel, being feared to the Weft of shinaar or Babylonia: Amrapbel, who held Babylonia it felfe, feemeth at this time to hane hadno great {cope of large dominion. Forhad Amrapel beene fo great a Princeas prophane! Hiftorians make Ws#us or Semiramis whom he fucceeded, fhouldnot hauenceded the affiftance ofthree otherKingsfor this expedition. Buthee though Chedor/aomer were the firft and greareft ofthofe foure Kings,(as it is manifeft that he was : For thefelittl kings of Sodome,Gomorra,cxe:were his vaffals,and not Amraphels, ) yet this m akesnotthe coniecture lefle probable, but that this Amraphel might be Ninizs, Forit maybe, that the great and potent Empire of Affyria,had now(as we thall thew more plainely in that which followeth) receiued a downe-tight fall, ‘at the time not long beforeit commandedall the Kingdomes betweene of this warre:though India and the Phenitian Sea:to wit,inthe times of Niwas and Semiramis, 0 §. X. ofAtioch another ofthefoure Kings andthat E lies betweene Coelefyria and Arabia Petrza las, whereofhe is[aid tohane beene King, . Ow the twootherkings ioyned with Amraphel and Chedor laomer,were Arioth and Tyda/sthe one king ofElle/far,the other of the Nations. For Ele/ar,~ quilaand Hierome write Poniis + fo Tioflatus thinketh that it fhould bee Spont : which opinion Pereriu Hele: Henopbon: Genre, s fauoureth. But z tion. Foras Pontus,fo is Helle/pout farre diftan into Arabia Petreaor into Tdumeaswhich y to fend any Armies Befidesthar,it is certaine,thatthe A/jr Countries thefe foure kings chiefly inuaded: 30 dominion in Affathe leffe. For at fuchians (when they weregreateft ) had neuer. a0y timeas the Afyrians feared the inua fion ofthe Medesand Perfians,they {ent not into Afiatheleffeas commande rs: but vfed afl the Ait they had to inuite Crafus totheir affif tance: perfwading him that nothi ng coul d bee mote dangerous for himfelfand the other Kings ofthofe parts,than the Medes.againtt the Afyrians. But fircceffe of the examiue the enterprife what it was. Thefe Kings ( faith the Text ) made warre with Bera, King ofSo of Admath, and Shemebar King of Zebo dome, Birtha King of Gomorrha, Shinab Kig jm, andthe King of Bela which # Zear fiue Kings had not fo muchgro . Allwhith und found in the land long afternam as Middlefex : being fuch akinde of Regul, as nfs ely,Lords of Cities and {mal l territories adioyning;0!*" WhichCanaan hadthree and thirtie,al e or hanged by ofa. Neither Countries,whichin the Text they arel flain can the othet faidalfoto haue inuaded,b ee imiaginedto haut beeneat that time of any gteat power: ‘and therefore to call in Kings from Post or Hellehont, hadmanifefted a great impotenceand weaken effe in the Kingsof 2aéyla and Perfia, gedfor an example, that diuers Kings farre off,came toaf withoutlike occafions and circumftiit 3 anNo caufeto feare the greatneffe pettic Kings,or ofthe other Co: of theic f the and his-vndertakings and intents were to all other Pri Aces,nworld were fixed on C4# i full:But the whole Countrie o leffe donbrful than feate/' bythefe ward giuentothe halfetribe ofMana foure Kings maftered in their paflage, was " ¢,Gad,and Rexben: 4 narrow valley ing betweene Jordanand ofground|ySouthfide, & by Lybanus the mountaines of Sir: inc lofed by theriuer of Arnon on the on the North, confifting ofth twofal Prouinces of Tra" Nitis or Ba/fan,& the Region ofthe atoabites: a con queft efarr {wering to the power ofthe Affyrian e vnualuable,and little afr Ceftatewith the times ofNinus Empire, ifthe fame had remain ed in any & Semiramiswh 0 fubieéte compar dall the great kings of - Cuar.t.§- 11. ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World. part of the World, without the affiftance ofany part of 4/fa thelefle.But as the vulgar and Aguilaofthe Kings ofHelle/pont,or any other conuert Ellaffar by Pontus: fo Symm4achus makes Arioch a King ofthe Scythians,aKin g indeed,as farre fetched to the Afpriansin this Warre,as the World had loyne with anyat that time. The Septuagint doe not changethe word of Ellaffar at all,but as they keepe the (4rarat,on the mountaines whereo word f the Arke did reft,fo doe theyin this Plac the Hebrew word Ellaffar,being doubtf eretaine ull to giue it a wrong interpretation. An re#s himfelfe remembrethothe d Pere r Opinions Hellefpont: yet he dares not auowhis liki farre more probable thanthis OfPontus or ng oft hem,becaufe the Latin Tranflation hat 10 it otherwife.For Stephanus de h Vrbibusa Grecian Cofinographe r, findeth the Citie ofELfes inthe border of Gele/jria:and S.H ierome calleth Ela the Citte of Ari och, as truthic" was. Nowalthough the fame be{eated by Ste phanusitt Ca lefyria,yct it tandetinh on the borderofArabia,ofwhich Ariech was kin g: whoformerly ioyned with Win conquefts,being ofthe fame familie,a i def nd cen dedfrom ChamandChas : the name of Arius was by the Hebrewwritten Arioch : and. afterward againe inthe Atachahees:the kings of Arabia hol was foughttp be betrayed by the Lie ding that name euen tothe time ofS, Pan] ute were Princes forthe moft part confed nant ofArelles commanding in Dapwa(eus era is trne thatwefind in Damel, that int te and depending vpon the Affjrian E he time of Nabuchodone/g %, One Ari 20 nerall ofhis armie,& the ach wa Principall Commanderyade r him,who was a King of Kj which makes it plaine,that Ari och here {pokenof, the fonne ofth at Arioch Conf. derate of Ninus,was no king of Pox tus,no rtans and Babylonians.The namealfrofScythia: resions fare remouedfromthe Affyo of 4ri och who commandedvnder Nabach ismentioned in ladithby the nam odonafor e ofKing ofthe Elymeans : who area Nation of Perfie aus bordering Affyria, accord ing to Stephanus: thou ch Plinie {ets it betweene the Sea coalt,and Media:and ifany bro ther oft y the name OfArius, Ariach, Aretas he Arabian Kingsor other ofthat honfe (known orAre tas ha d the gou crn ment of that Perfiaw Pro. utuce called Elymazs(asit fee meth they had by the,places of Danieland fame wasin Nabushodonofors time. .. But this Ariach heere {poken ofm Indith.) yet the 30 fon bee taken for the King ay with mote rea. of Arabia whofe fonnes held leaptie, as thei , the fonhe of Artus,the Confederate Of Nina: : r Fathers did,being the next border onthatfide towards the Wef ing Prince ofall t vnt from the beginning, and oftheir o Babylonia, and Chaldea: andin amitie with them owne houfe, and bloud: which confirmeth. Djad: Stalus allo DioSicd-2.6.te (eX Tis Of Tidal cxother ofthe feure Kings. He fourth King by Abraha m ouerthrownyas Tidal, King of the Nations, The Hebrw writesit Gorm, whi ch Yatablus.takesto bea t proper Name: Lyra, of mix People: Caluiz of funnagate t s' without habitation. Pere findes that Galilea was inhabi rius' out of. Straba, ted by diue ly of Eeyptians, Arabia ns.and rs Nations, whicl 1werea mix t people :name; Phenicians.Nam tales are theinhabitants of Gali [ant quiGalileam habi t bs Sueh Strablir6fal lee faith strabo: and the refore was Tida/ called Nations, as they{uppofe. King of And ~ Pheaeeen was it may be fo: but theauthonitie ofStraboisnothithefe 1*3* ng ig nos peopled at this Hime, rwhen a asit,was in the time.of Stra SMC INO be, Cavan, the Canaanite was so they might be atterw then inthe Land howfoecue ards mixt. which Lknow rcanaa:t; not. adioyning to Phenicia But there are many, petty , and Paleflinas as Pal kingdoms idice, myrena, Batanes, Lao chali ce, CafCaf ‘0b 1s, Chaliboni dic ene Apanena, Chal~ tesand all thefe doe alfeio yne themfelues to the North, and to Arabja onthe Eaf Mef Meopotamia,.on t.Andthat thefe Nations Scther vader Tid gathered. themf{elues:toe 4,.take to bethe probable ft. con ie@ure, R 3 $.XI11, |