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Show Thefecond Bookeof thefirStpart Cuar.10,§.2. Hiflory ofthe World, men ({aith Yolaterran) as eee Sofus, Cygnet; Dorothens the Hiftorian, and Artem» Tal. tt fora, wrote the ftorie of Béthynia. Daems ‘Tofua 5.49. it iscalled Vrbs Sanne : from the name,asit feemesyof fomeof the Anakines,as Hebron was called /rbs Arbahi. Foveuen hence alfo were thefe Giants ex- . a Spaetabsesostonnt fayjwas that ‘iicked Herod borne, that feeking after our Saniour, pelled..Irwas taken chiefly by Oshoniel, incouraged by Calehs promife of his Daughter Iolss. v.21i caufed alithe Male-childrenoftwo yearesold and vader tobceflaine. In eRe in marriage : but that Zo/ua and the Hoaft of I/ract were atthe furprife, itappeares fof. ro. 39. This Citie /o/-2 1.15 .isnamed among thofe which out of Simeon and nda were giuento the Zesites. And henceit feemes they attribute it ro this Tribe: . Befides thefe, there ate many others in the Tribe of Stmeor; but of leffe famejas Hay, ofwhich Zo. 19.7. whichalfo lof. 21;16.is reckoned for on¢ of the Cities of the Lenites; giuen ourofthe portion of Juda and'simeon (for which taniusthinkes Hafbamis named 1 Chron.6 \59. though * intheplace of so/uz thefe two are diftinguifhed ) alfo Tholad * And ait 10 fo named't Chron. 4.29. forwhich /ofwa19i4 wee haue Eltholed. Chatzar-Sufa{o na-* Chron. 4-323 med /o/aa t9%5. for which lo/wa 15. wee haue Chatzar-Gadda, both: names agreeing in timesit had a Bithopjand.after thac, whenit was by the Saladine defaced, Richard King of Englandswhile hemade Warrein the Holy Land, gaue ita new wall and many buil: Aavichin Trib.Simeons dings. Eius muros cum Saladinus dirniffes, Richardus Angloram Xex inflaurauit, {ath Avichomeus. on : tn Dade eiae it'wasioneof themoft renowned Cities ofthe Philiftims : for hee bie 2 Samiz: nicth Guth and:4/calon onely, whem he lamentéth the death of San/ and Jonathan : not} {peaking oPrhe other three. Ted/innotin Gath, norpublifb it not in the fireetes ofAfcalon: Jrisnowcalled sca/one.-Gabinius reftored it as he did Azotws and Gaza. Next t0_4/ea/on tood' Giza or Gazera, which the Hebrewes call Hazza, the Syrians fignification : for Gaddis Tarma, and Sufa Equitatus. Azan : ofAzoaus(asthey fay) the fonne ofHerenles, Other prophane writers affirme, thatit was built by Jupiter, Pomp.Atela giues the building thereof to Cansby/es the Pets >. fans becanfe belike hee rebuilt it, and Gaze in the Perfian tongue is as‘ muchto fay as Vall: the Treafure.' This Gaza was the firftofthe fue Satrapies ofthe Philiftims : and the South bound of theand of Canaan towards Egypt. But this Citie was farre more ancient than Cambyfes; as itis *prooued by many Scriptures. It wasoncetaken by Caleb : bat Stephdevrb. the ftrength'otthe 4eakims put him-from ir. Affich time as Alexander Macedon inua-i0 Inthe fameplaces ofYo/ua and of the Chronicles Chorma is named, which they thinke to bethe fame-with that of which Wam14.45.towhichthe Amalekites and: Canaanitis purfied the y/reelizess But that Chorma cannot bein Simeon, nor within the Mountaines of Edumea. For Ifrael fled nor that way: but backe againe to the Campe, which lay to the South of Edumea}in the Defart: Deur.1. Olas 5 The fame placesalfo name Beerfbebain this Tribe : fo called of the:Oath betweene 20 chraham and Abimele? néere voto which Hagar wandred with her fonne:d/mesel. It was Gen213th ae ", dedthe Empire of Pér/iajic receiued a Garrifon for Darius : in defpight whereofitwas ai." lofe.i3. ant.t9. alfo called the Citie of Z/aac, becaufe hee dwelt long there... Whilethe Chriffians held by the adecedoniansaftera longfiege demolithed,and was called Gaza of the Defart, the Holy Land; they laboured muchto {trengthen this place, ftanding on the the _4rabian Defart, and in the South bound of Cazaan. Ichathnowthe namebordet of of GrbeHin. The other Citi¢s of Simeon which are namedinthe places of Jo/u2, and ofthe Chroa wicles aboue foted, becaufe they helpe vs nothing in ftorie, Lomit them... Inthe timeof Exekia King ofJude,certaine ofthis Tribe being {trengthened in their owne Territories, pafledto*vGedor, as itis, 1 Chron. 4.39. (the fameplace which1of15-36.is feemes called Ge. inthe * As itLand of dera and Gederothaima) Alexander Iannens King of the Lewes furprized it: and flew fiue hundred Senators in the Templeof Apollo,which fledthither for San@uarie: but this Gaza was notfetvpif the fameplace againe,to wit, on thé toundations which Uzlexander Macedonhad ouetturned, but fomewhatneerer the Sea fide : though the other‘was but tio mile of It was a Towne of greataccountinthetime of the Atacchabees, and gate many wounds to the Tewestill it was forft by. simon of which hee made'fo great account,asthat hee which at that time was inhabited by the iffte of chaz:WBS ~~ purpofed to refidethereimhimfelfe, and in hisabfence left ohn his fonne'and Sticcellor Mace.r15, to bee Gouernour. In Brochard histimeit was ftilla goodly Citie, and knowne bythe3? Broking name of Gazara. Atthe very out-let of the Riuer ofBe/or,tandeth A¢aiomathe Port of Gaza:to which the priuiledge ofa Citie was giuen by the-great:Cam/lantine, and the place called con- which hecarried the Gate-pott of Gazas!"The Riuers are Be/or, and the ‘Torrent of go Tad.16.3. &ppt called shicharjasisnored ini Affers ; 40 till the Septuagint conuerted it Rivecura: to difference it, Ef:27.12. giving the name ° the name! the firedme.-, *0¢Citietothe Torrent that watereth it. Plinie callsit i Rhixocoluha j and Jor, betweene the three Sonnes of Noa, Within the Land andvpon the River of Befor they place Gerar': which the Script ia eefit, Mialbeba, itappeares Gen. 20.3 1.and therefore no maruell that as elfewhcre Beer-focbt . tich: erin Aa. LoMetime 2. pr} Lom) 2. Gerar; bee made the Southbound of Caznzan. Ivwas of old a diftind King shepy Gen. dome fromthe Philistim Satrapies,the Kings by one commonname were called in * Jechs 5, SiHierome faith thacafterward it was called Regiofalutaris,thebealthy coantty*", 9 that it was no matuell that abraham andi Y/aac liuedmuchi n thofe parts. Of King 44 conqueft 1 Sim. 30, of the Cities about Gerar,fee 2.chyon; T4in4) More within the Land was Siceleg or Tfiglak, which was burnt by:othe Amulekites, When Dawidin his fying frém Sailto the Philiftims had left his carriages but Dé ~ followed them ouerthe Riuerof Beer, and put them to the flaughter, there, and recouered the prey. ? : Bife.rg.ttar,.. Next Debir fometime cariath-s ee : . they epher, the Citie of Letters, the Vaniuerfitie, 25 &/. AY; Or Academie of old Palefline, In Sain t - Hizromes time ‘it {eemes it had the ae 5 . . rr ? SONAF luda the fourthyforine ofJacob by Lea,there were multiplied in Egypt 44600: $4 idail which ( Caleb excepted) perifhed in the De/arts. And oftheir fonnesthere entred the Land ofCanaan 76$0.bearing armes: Agreeable to the greatnefl e > ofthis number was the greateft'Tetritorie giuen, called afterward Tedea:withinthebounds whereof were the portions allotted to Daz and Simeon included. And many Cities named in thofe Tribes,did firft, as they fay, belong vntothe Children of tude: Lofephus, - feems to be si. Corura :* Epipbanius veportsit asa Tradition, that atthis place the world was divided by feet Placehbetwicett Kadelh & Shur, Gen.20..1. Thatit was neere tothe Wilderneffe of Be? §. III THE TRIBE OF IVDA by: Herod,and called .4gr:ppias, after thename of Agrippa,the fauouriteof.ne : Then Raphia, where Philopater ouerthrew the great: Antiochus: and beyond it X 1 . a Inninuscale ie "4"4, Whofe Torrentis knownein the Scriptures by the name of * the Torpent ofEgil Hallsyp thor: Sec ins where they featedthemfelies : as al(o fiue hundred others of this Tribe,deftroyedthe Reliques Juda. -Secin the frit Para39 OfAmalec in the Mountaines of Edom, and dweltin their places. graph of t 2 Eee Ne sect ; =. Chapte The Mountaines within this Tribe are few, and that-of Sampfon'the chiefeft : vnto Cities of £ Hiftriphése. flanceafter the name ofthe EmperoursSonne. But Tahan the Apoftata foone after fa 4Niceph.to, uouring the Gazeans, made it{ubiedvntothemjand commanded it to bee' called G42 bift-cap.4, maritima. i f Jofeph.13 ant. Ontheotherfide ofBefor, ftandeth ‘Anthedondefaced by:Alexander Lannensgeltored 19-21. Jofix3.anteng: ais 321 whohad akindeof Souefdigntic ouer thenr? as Saccoth, Cariathiarim, Lachis, Bethfermes, | | | | iglag, Beerfbcba,and others. The multitude of people within this finall Prouince (fit be meated by that ground giuen tothis Tribe onely ) wereincr ediblesif the witnefle of the Scripeureshad not warianted the report. ‘For when Dawid numbred the people, they were found fiue hundredthoufand fightingmen: $o ‘The Cities of tude werein any: Buel willrem ember the chiefett of them : beginning with Avad,or Horma which ft andeth in'theentrance of Zwdea from' Idamex: whole King firtt furprized the 7/-aelirdsing they by the border of canadin towards Adoab, and Numat.v.33 tooke from them fome {poylle s,andpaffed manyprifoners : who being afterward ouerthrowneyg" by the yraelétes, the fonnies of‘Keni, the Kinfnen of Azofes, obtained a pofleffion in tat Territorie: who beforethe comming ofthe Iftaelites,dwelt betweene Atadian and Cdmalek: | Frontier towards 7damesandthe Séuth, Afcenfus Scorpionis, or AcpabsNun.24-% b,S78Fpul Isp owi aceng dsthi thes nexttoArad: focalle d:becanle of Scorpions, whichare faid to bee in Pomebit . that |