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Show © cient nen The feetnd Booke of thefirst partCua Pito. Gud 328 ccna hdase itreSeEEO Wet _ commingtrom the North, and Melehize aifoincountred hina. But CAbrabai etee a spre of e Trib e half the in s opoli Scyth e a ring, either feeteBeth/am orherwil an) could notincounter cach other in Arabi alentborh places lying to the Welt of ford , parts thefe bein could not s Dale, the King and therefore SauWhich was alfo callede e e ia SS n See ft. ITI. Of the Deal Seas Owbecaufe the Sea of Sodom or the Dead Sea, called alfo the Lake of Afphaltitis, erias which ahd the falt Sea (in diftinétion from the Sea ofTyb wasfrefh Watet) alfo Pe «So Innis' the Sea'of the Witderneffe, or rather the Sea * ofthe plaines,is often ee fome ore'l thinke it Nét impertinent, to fpeake readesforthe Scriptures, anid in'this fteriealfo, theref Ca/pian Sea,which hath no out-let or disburthening. jorbeaery wWhatthereof! For itislikevntothe h make 22 -miles anid ahalfe ngs (Whic nesefe < Thelength ofthis Lake Zoféphus makes 1 80. furlo which makes £8°of our miles ‘and fomewhat mores an: ofours )and about 15 6. in breadth, fethat haue oflate yeares feene this Sea,didac Burtho effe. makes ita'great dealel Planié h is two and thirtie ofouts) it though Perf* countit (faith * rei{/émburg ) eight Ditch niles (whic ot oilrs )in breadth. (Of this Lake or Dewtr3.17- mart filitudi- length: andtwo anda halfe of theirs ( which isten AP14 immer] ambit, [peciemaris, fapore ne 2 gh Sea, Tacitus maketh this report: Lacws eftin faites aqui V0 wcres accolis peftifer 280g. vento impellitir, ney,pifcesaut reafonofthis tor,granitate ahoris one nameleemes patitur ,incertumunde[upersecha vt‘folidoferantur, periti imperitsg, wandi spoont tions;an ellinfec Soffm tafte pt acorrn of See tare. That it B verygreat, and ( as it were) a Sea nor indureth fifotolin plaines of mo- peftilent to the borderers : st is neither moucd nor raifed by the winde, skilfull of/svirme the'-va and it, o caftint are that eee init, or fowleto [wimmeinit. "Thofe things ofthe yeate it eh Moab,beutr. ming, afwellas the skilfull, are borne up by this waterAt one time otherthings) hathato of findet (the enice , Experi which ing Eatie 7 Bitumen ithe Art of gather en. FaineFroontielle Ib inte, taveht. Itisvfedin the trimmingof thips, o; the aid s not farre from tis" field The *" fort': ‘this hin fpeaket Land;he the Andthen'of batbythat isin ; were burnt with light- F pee "which were fometime Finite and adortied with great Cities bon,+ March,»hing ; of Whiehtheruinesremaine, che ground ldoking witha fad face, as bauinig lott? n,beit fruitsor a 7ot "her fruirfulnefie;: for whatfocuer dotheithet grow or is fet thereo ng within them,but moulderintoalixs: imagines2 Ci- "Crs, When they cometo ripeneffe, hatie nothience;cha r thofe Pomegranates and other experi by found itis "And s, Tacitu farre "Thus tyin Zabulon curled Lakey'dde looke s ofthis banke onthe grow fill doe eo Apples of Oranges, which ‘faitejand are 6fgoodcolotrontheout-fide,but beihg cut haue fothing but daft witty Siig ite. Vey Of the Bitumen which this Lake cafteth vp, it was by the Greekes eailed Afphal paflan defitoustd befarisfied ofthefe repoits; wentof ‘piirpofe to fee this Lake; and cat fed certaine Captities to bé caft intoit; whowere notonely vaskilfullin Cwicniming, but had cheirhandsalfo bout behinde themyet notwithftanding they were carried onthe face-of the waters, atid Couldnotfinke?"*" Si to Ofthe Kings of.Moab, much of whofe Countrie within CAérxonReuben pale: FrheKings of 47oab whole Coyntrie(within Anon) Reuben porteftretionghtet® ken from 44026 but from SchontheAmoritefew are known zaains in the 280 > bers,verf.14. taneth Meheb,whichfeeines tobe the Mheeftot or Predécefforofyalats : ' Euefae fonne ofZippoy: which ‘Batze fent for Baluaim to curle#rael. For fearing to conten a is hes atofes by arines by the exaitiples of schon and og, "heehoped bythe: helpe of oe f Casrao.§.5. ofthe Hiflory ofthe World, asit. is Sarephialkbcing of theiffueiof sada; {ometime hadthe Dominion in Moab : but the /-** , expoundit {ome wit,as :to things t writreninthddame VerlesThe/¢ al//o areantien particulars of:thefe mens Gouérnmentsareno where extantor remaining : or as others, bac prinsfuere,thefe Familiesofsada were once thus famous: but now, their pofteritie = choofe rather fo abideBabylon, and be Clay-workersto the King there, tudg,3. maAmalec and Ammon, of helpe the whowith Moab, of King z/om finde we Then {tered Ifraeland commanded them eighteene yeares. ; which Eglon, Ehud flew.in his owne houfe, and afterwardtood. ofhis Nation, Whatnamethe King of Moab had vnto whomDawid fled fearinigSan/, it doth novappeare: or whetherit were the fame againft 1 Sam22, ‘20 whom Sam/ made Warre,itis tot manifeft;for neitherare named. Bur in refpeét that this Moabite was an enemy to saw/,he receined Dasid, and relicued him ; knowing that *Sam-1435 Saal fought hisli fe. After this; Dawid him felfe entred the Region of Moab,but not likely in the fame Kings2 sam,8. time : forhee flaughteredtwo parts of the people; and made the third part tributaric: ag whereupon it wasfaidof Danid, Adoab ismy wafb-pot, ouer Edom will 1 caft mayhoe : mea- Hileonue ning that hee would reduce themto fuchanabiection, and appoint them for bafe ferui"a4 ces : Andthat he would tread downe the Idumzans. The next King after Dawids time, ofthe Moabites,whofe nameliueth,was Melba: who falling from luda; ¢ perhapsin remembranceofthe feueritie ofDauéd) faftened himfelfe #0 tothe KingsofIfrael, and paid tribute to Ahab 100000. Lainbes,and 200000. Ramis,2 Fé. with the wooll: whorevolting againe from Ifrael after the death of 4bab, was inuaded by /choram swith whom ioynedthe Kings of luda and Idumza:and beingby thefe thiee kings preftand broken; hee fled ro Kir-harefeth, as iselfe-wherefhewed. There is alfo mention made of the Moabites withoutthe Kings name : when that Nation, aflifted by the Ammonites and Idumzans, inuaded Jehafbapbat : and by rcafon of fomeprivate quarrels among themfelues, the Moabites and Ammonites fet vpon the Idumzans, and flaughtered them ; andthen one agaitif: another; fo as Jehofbaphat had a notorious viGto- 2 chier.29. rie ouerthemall, withouteither bloud or. wound. Alfoin the time of Hieremie the Prophet, there twas a-King of Moab.whichis notnamed, which was after Mefoa of Hierem.27, 36 Moab many. defcents:.: for A4efba lined with Jehoram, and this Moabite in Zedskias time, foureteene Kings of Iuda comming betweene, who waited three hundred and oddeyeares: Sve Ofthe méimorableplaces of the Gadites, and the bordering places of Ammon. @ He Territory adioyriing to Reuben,is that of Gad : whereofall that part which MAA ioyned tothe Mountaines, was fometimein the pofleffion ofthe Ammonites, ©) (AG as farreto the Southas Aroer. OF the children of G4d the feuenth fon of fa- Ce". 30. eS Sercob by Zelpha, the hand-maidof Zea,there parted our of Egypt, and died in sia the Defarts, 4555 0.and of theirfonnes there entred the Land promifed, 45 ood.bearing =" armes: fromthe halfe Tribe of adana/ethe Riuerof /4bo¢ diuided them: from Reabes the Cities of Hesbon, Elhele,and Aphec. The chiefe Citie of Gad was Aroer :whichthey make to be the fame with .4r, ot Rad- ufii.rs. bath Moab,the great orcommanding 4446, Butthe learned Junius attending diligentlie??-* tothofe words of Mofes, Deat.2.36. Abharahero, queef inripa fuminis Arnon, ce Cini= tate ipa que eff influmine ; where the Citieinthe Riuer t diftinguifbed from the Citie upon the banke of the Riwer,{ as alo in like manner Jof- ¢.t2,v.2.andc.13.v.9.) thinketh that = Hereker which doubtleffe belonged to the Gadites ¢ as Nuamb.32.34. itis {aid that they © builcit ) was indeed {eated neere Har. of the Moabites, but diuers from it. For that curfitigs or inchantménts,ro také fromthem all ftréneth and courige,andto cafvontit Harwas neuer pofleft by Mofes, iris plaine Deuteronomie2.9. whete God forbidding Ifraelcontrary tothe hapeatid defite of At0ab: yethelne defirous in fome fort - that this Citie; whichin diuers placesis faid to be within and in the middle of the Riuer of Arzon(and fo diftinguithed from Hareber ,whichis faid in the fameplaces to. bee, on the bankeof 4zon-).is Har of theMoabites, the fame Janins prooueth out of Wamb, 21.15.where _4rnon-is {aid to-bee divided into diuers ftreames; where or among which Harisfeated: And the fameis confirmed bythe place of Jef, 13-25 where Harover is faidto bee feated before Kabbah : which Kabbah as it feémes, cannot bee the fore peitilent difeates. Andthough Béfamr atthe Arttmoued by the fpiritofGodsb fié him,and to doe him feruiceyheadnifed Moabtofend Madianiti® Wortel ano ifraelites: hoping by them,asbyfit inftrhtenits oftiffchiefe,ro drawthem to the" lattie ofthe Heathen : butinthe endhesceciuedthe reward of iis'falling from at atid ofhis euill counfaile; and was {laine amionethe re(¥ofthe Princes of 444: ui Afterthefetimes the Kingsofthe Moabices aré ft riamed : fauing thar wee OF : the firft of Chromicles the fourth, that Tobin) and ‘the tien of Chazcbs, and mah 44ofesto touchit, faith,hee hath giuien Har foran inheritance tothe fonnes of Let. Now Ii 3 Rabbah |