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Show te = thereunto for ©°2 feton fire the : Temple re a agin sine be all ¢ 4 . a Target on theit left armnes, fhamevpon //rael) becaufe thofe Gileadites viing to carty ~ 4 - 7 "| . *' T il "7 = which couldnotbutfhadow their left eyes,fhould bylofing theirright, be veterly difath bledto defend them(felues s.bur.Sea/cametotheir refcue, anddeliuered themfrom pease haning ofDamse e confederat the me feem,beca : tmay te Naha,asi k S This anger : =: sway ‘ D nkes thavthis Wahas wasflaine inthe battaile,w en.saul | hem in pieces, and cat the reft,inro Lime-kils seafk te s ges : j 2 of Gadaratheyplace Sebei,? in which,lo/ephusant.5.13. faith, lephtha was? oe. To the Eaft ade 20 ig buried: whence others reading with the "alzar,lud.i2.7. Sevultws ef in. Cinitate faa GI- cic ake lebad,( fori vna Ciuitatum Gilehad )imagine Gilehadtobe the mc of a Citie. >Id to tha, meme ? Vulgar, 1 A#acc. 5.26. whereit ribe of Git the Vulgar, manner following, the Inlike : be the faite 1with Sebei. readeth Cafphorfor Chesbon ; the fame Adrichomius imiaginethit to be ampla & firma Gilehaditarwm Ciuitat :{o of one City Hesbon or Cacsbon, which theycall Effebon, thé chiefe Citie df Schon; inthe Tribe of Reuben, hee imaginethtwo more : this Cafphorin E : §. VII. Of the other balfe of Manaffe. ; they Qgiin. .Ba/an) with HOW SedLt of Sr ofthe Kingdome. A UAUIHOI nd ; 20of the Land. ofGileed,a Hegel Mana(fes,and-a Citiin Gad which he calleth Casbon,ofwhich we haue admonifhed the ( heretofore. Of Gamala (fo called, becaufethe Hill on whichit ftood,was in faReader in t the from Gadara, Gadara, in farre from C not farre f placeth ic Zo/ephas Cdttimell) which likethe backcof of aaCa .._fhionnion liketh 3° lower Gaulanitis oueragainft Tarichea,whichis onthe Welt fide ofthe Sea or Lake of cap.1.¢% Tiberias; {ee this /o/ephus in the fourth booke of the lewith warté': where hee defcribes Land.of Hus,and) Arg 0b, or Trachonitis( wherein alfo were: patt of; the fall 7 with greaté burnt 30 hy fl '° 909 meaccabens\, was torced by himby affaulr, and taken and ' high Towers > others by; drowning§ 4it13. Ante13 fomebyftrangling, felues: g others by leaping§ over chem {libs : :: Kings of 1uhe50 flay Gedaliah, who ferued NaPachodone/or. the place by naturcrobealmoftinuincible : and inthe ftori¢ of the fiege, fhewes how ¥/pafian with much dangerof his owneperfon, entring ir, was.at firft repulfed, with o- L...| Territories ot,*- Batapia,Gaulonitis, Gelfuri, Mdachati,andAuranitis)wasgiuen : : pega ? : d *Another ters... I rjtory.adioy« °2 Macc. '12. 276 atnion,) Of which mee ae ve ate SE ds «ti nton baa ack flewthem- |1 +¢ washighly fauoured of C#/ar; fearing the terrible * reuenge of Herod, they Baalis,the confedett ,ofwhofe pame wereade, was The fift King of the AmmpnitesNabwchodono fent J/macl of the bloud ofthe for;Baales of Zedechia safter whofetakingig by by 3 : : : ) ay that they could not preuaile, : but perceining manycrimes linus Cafarof > and that Herod 7 Dio : f J , ; acer = *"Ephron neere Tordan ; which she to- yeeld paflagor ie fs ‘Thenthe ftrong Cirie of atl i rleys fi ofWheat,and ren thoufand of Barley.s. which the Ammonites contin snare aon eon: t oy e Sephora in Galilee,the ico,and the third,Hicr or Amathus g Emath ; > aay ; " : ‘ to Jztizens impatiently bearing the tyranny of Herod,farnamed.4/calonita,accufed him xChron-v27. i 4 Sanduary's ‘arid neere {te Seeee for Seehle ir sn Pieces with Sawes and Harroweshe tare them. the Moabires their neighbours againft him, anct affifted hier.g0.& 41- dofaphat gouerning Juda,they againeby Jothamminfor dthey.were Tributari dethem her.-O perithed 2 Chi07.20 ~ y 388 Tributaries,andithey were talentsiof 2 Chron.36- ‘perithed together. Ofas made them filuer, sen hundreth a athonsé, tocontinue that;Tribute,andto increafe it, to wit, tinued 2? i Affer. t cia, firft, Gedara the fecond, 4's ee ee being ed ee ege wan it; anc {DUET monethsfi the in Paleftine. Hierufalem ofthe fiue Courts oflisttice : ssh ea tans Galilee. ieee Sika se fourth and fift.The Ci- d : their chicfe Cui ouer-turne Ammonites, werehich together with the North "a1!shofe Arabians, inthe weighedia talent of gold was henche: hiladelohi bound'of Czall fachas 22.0f which lee {ar on Dawids head; h dH c inthe Tribe of he : os pps : Ay ; : aughter, Iabes Gilead, or Tabefus, was another of the Cities of this halfe Tribe, which being : Sem , was déliuered bySaal, as is # elfewhereh befieged by Wahas * King of the Ammonites i lof: 6.ant. Fo ea k Yue Z .. 3 eeee ee is thie. Sie sh. es a etcshiee mentioned. et Ecthfan aeor : the walls iltcont : 1 1 Chron.10. ee eae teix onewetigs diag ee 'Fab pula € Pei y cd, olen BER ene River Hieromiace;which Riuer O7tel/fus feemes to thinke tobe Iaboc. At the foote of the Hillthere {pring forrhalfo hot baths, as at Machwrus. Alexander Ianmuns after ten Jofiph.x4 ean and fubuerted ir Pompey ett edie: andGabinius hs fi easit-onem 6ee, sea ™ made Jofevbuethi i phokee Ante of the Moalsiens of 185gnfsricethonghe/aTe sikcmeth that there were three Kings at ; ; , Seoutstailed eee) Ef rS¢) . t Tffob,thatss te his eftablithment, when Dania fent to congratula ts Hanun {accceded Nabas :to: whomane ineitof a ect : his Father; hee moft contempTataGE and to confirme the formerfriend(hip which he had with to the knees, and, fhaued they) garments rs. Ambafladou offthe cut def4riin Kil' tugufly and proudly the aydes receiued from the A ithitanding J F ; Rebab is an0ap ina d norWitn sana eae ay aah. at Ero cher Bexeeae halfe of theirbeards. Butafterwar Haver & Sidon, mites {ubiedto Adadexer,and from the Reguli of Rehab,and Maacah,and from/floby yet ta entokg which weighgda Philadelphiaywastakens: the Crowne einNuimt;: Of Rabba, after feneri . : 5 : were priloners, Dauidexecured with. ftrange feuerity; yofthesdWorld, ‘ofthe Hiflor pilin e.§.7. Cuara einer 7 tpart Cuar.10.§. The Jecond Booke of thefirs isiiaaiee aia 334 2 ning to Maia/- tothe halfe Fuibe of adave//¢,ouer lordan,ofwhich thofethree later Proninces defende ther very memorable a¢cidents:and howatlength'aftér the céming of Tiras whenit was Soavepire themfelues againft them,formany ages.) But Batemiapolemic ferteth farther off, and t0 ded with fome the North+Eaft,as a skirt ofarsria theDéfart Sand allhofe other Prowinces hefore a taken, many leaping downe therockes with their wiues and children, to the numberof theCounnry of28 jladelphias likewifeall:che cof which belongedixo:Ged, and Reaben; fauigi eftaped; faue onely twowomenthat hidthemfclues. Sasciti eee ztiraaand Itrea,he nameth but as partof Calo/yria ;/asfarreSouth as fiue thoufand,thusperifhed: befides foure thoufandflaine by the Romans: fo rhat norte ‘ it felfefiomtheRiuer ob faboctoty relthyon afan, orafter the Septuagint; Bafanitissfteetcherh Le; : ; ihe Batt the * ALachatian effwri: and fromthe Mountaines to lordan,a Region exceeding Fert; e d Geffuri: ea Woods0t dos he neh by reafon whereofit aboundedin all forts of Cattell. It had alfo the goodlieft che Propact rae oa all 7 pate of the world : efpecially. of Oakes,which beare matt (of which et many fo bred y hereofthe by.reafon nd ofBa/banja Oakes Oyee e, harias;Howl < by ie pottelof - 2009.in one Herd were carried headlonginto the Sea,by the vncleanefpirits which Colonies +napSiien ourof oneofthe Gadarens. ofc had iniethreefcore Cities walled aH i. acta vite? we a eee after Ggand hisfonnes were flaitiepfzjrsdefcended of Mamafer? Ciritsob/es Co. i . »and called the Counttic after hisowne nameyiddorhn Jair, or the thefe;Pel 0) 7 isdne principal Cities oftthis halfe Tribe ( for 1 willomirthereft)are thofe parts, ag times * Batis, otherwifeBerevicesby selencusKingofSpray itis faidto hauc beene i = ot led Pella,after'thoname of that Pella in WAzcedon sin:which both Phslip the Fatherandb ttowhence(poo me LAlexander the Gréatwere borne:dewas takenjandin pare demolithedby oe , appearesyhaeie eer Janneus King of the Tewes ? becaute itrefufed taobey the Iewes lawes#-but ic? s now biié 4 waeefwniceePaired by Pompey; and annexéd tothe Gouernment of Syriaodvi where h# lage,faith Niger. Carwaim by the River oflaboc,taken by 4 Judasddgecabens | oftC paragraph a on geGir Paragrapn el. aghaps cowardti atabacath; of which Mabacathmemhs hatebeanetakien as Sothey callthemof ; cen¢ Ipoken toward £1 end of the a Mevacets. 2 eats s fee aboucinthe Tophel gap.Fe t. 5.40 , "7? d a andJo/12.5 Deut. 3.14. andard Mac.s.36. : 5 pete feethe capt seeeb in1 chis - sr e i ae HIVE HG the other fide ofthe Lake ) /o/ephus placeth Hippus or Hippene, ie reliestobs att takenormuchimord ground master ia > (which ison About foure miles Weft from Gadara,and as much Fait from Tiberias whence Ptolomie giues ™ vite fim part ofArabia Petnea:for manyofthele {onalKing meetBe Land neere the Dead Seashemakesdthandit i ig7R \x Countieok. Keats x . dtr-$-13, € Ancienily as itfeemésit was called fe it may fecme in which it ftandeth: 4° the namestothe hils chat compaffe damaten ve eat forhat P the" plaines to haue beeneof nofmall note. Itis feated farre fromthe hill Countrie : onthe Eaft of the Lake, as alfo Plinie noverlilib.s. cep.15. It was reftored by Pompey: after. by of t9/epsB.nd. Augufing added to Hereds Tetrarchie : It was watted by the Iewes, in the beginning' '9* againft"** inraged were they Nation, their rebellion : when by many maflactes oftheir their borderers. _ Thenext Citic of nore, but of more ancientfame, is Edrehi or Edrai, wherein Og Of another F King of Bafanchiefly abode, when Mofesand I{racl inuaded him : and necre-ynto this ps ofa 3 1c his Regall Citie sit was thathe loft chebattaile and hislife. It ftood in S.Héerames time+ peut. sees go and had the name of Adat or Adara. Notfarre from thefe rownes neére Iordan; inthis valley,ftood Gerafla or Gergeffa,inhabited by the Gergefites,defcended ofthe fiftfonof ""°> " Canaat, OF thefe Gergefites we reade A¢at.8.28. that Clirift comming fromthe other yoir.8i28, fide of the Lake of Tiberias;Jandedintheircoafts : where cafting the Diuels our ofthe pofleffed, hee permitted themto enterinto the heard of Hoggés : in which ftorie, fof by5. allone syj'3, Gergefites or Gergefins,5.Luke and §.A¢arke haue G adarens : notasif thefe.were -a 7a Geryeffa or Gerafla is a diftin& Townein thefe parts from Gadera) am iN: conf u Je f o-* - * rest . a = int , either might wellbe namee! Thi oC ; me d, and the Cities neighbours d calamities; of which Jofephus hath T his Citic receiued many changesan is r i} ory r, often menron, |