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Show Thefacond Booke ofthefrstpart inhabited with in whofe pofleffion it now remaineth ons. neighbouring nati Cuarng Cuardo.§.2. Mahometans and Chriftians ofall and thegreateft part of Arabia Petrea;according to Niger... Whofoeuer was the firf, iwhether Adadecer, or Adad of Idumva, Rezon.wasthe fecond :. who was-an enemie 26°86 Ifraclallthe dayes of Salomon. Befides the euillthat'e4dad did; the euill chat Hadad did, feemeth to bereferred to Hadad of Idumua,lately returned out of Egypt : towit, 2 Ze pe §. II. vp of their power. Ofthe firjt Kings ofDamafius,and of thegrowing * Owbeit that Damafcus were founded by Hus the fonneofane byDat yeares after he was carried thither. findeno relation oft - :ings ot the fonne ofEliezer Abrabams fleward; we without - - a mune it re Comtmon-wealth till Dasids. pe hy &ed by AMofes, fofra,and the Judges, as impertinent ouer it,asall the Cities .thofe parts =eae had ae ibe petty Kings leftto writing, rill uch - thatis ought for famous became had, yetnone of them the fame so Ww : Zoba: Syria or Sophena of Dauidouerthrew Adadezer Prince sia t aa Euphrates. and pliiéco8. pliniecalleth Nubzi, inhabiting betweene Barania ra . Kings the after foone whom Princes, Syrian ynderftand the ftorie of thofe i 0 parts North-caft the on That himfelfe, made theit vaflals, the reader may informe Comman ci or Rezon of Damafcus, the Princes in Dauids and Salomons times : Razon was one of the Cit i Damafcus 14a7. Syria Zoba,and Toba of Chamath. Butit feemeth that when Saul made warte again though him, inuaded Dawid when to Adadezer 1 Regrge atficmeth, the leader of thofe e Zoba, Damafcuswas not named. And as Zofephusfrom Damat{cus, had the - 2 cours, which were leuied and ent to Hadad-Heaer of Damafcus 2 eal Adad : who wasinthatbatiaile flaine with 22000. Aramites Armie, taking 4 .7 his of Commander the asof the ouerthrow of Adsdezer, Rezoz, oA Damafcus being tage, made himlelfe King of Damafcus: Adadezerand Adad of thathis : hearing , orJtwrea Chamath of King flainc. About the fame time Tobe to Dans ee bourandenemy Adadezer was vtterly ouerthrowne, fendeth for peace done a craftily was it S.Hieromes faith but##dd/o, richgifts, with prefenteth him Lie ii the Damafcus, of Weft Now tothe Northof the Holy Land, andtothe witt t ae Zidonians inhabited : but they for the moft part werein league and peace a‘ deansand Iftaelites. Butto returnetothe Kings of Syria, I meane ofSyria,asit a leurza,to Chamath,or Zoba,and inthe Scriptures,containing Damafcena,Sobaor shih I may adde Gefhur, becaufe it is fo.accounted in the fecond ofSam.t 5. as ie 2 fe Tertitorieto Damafcus(for Syria at largeisfatre greater,of which Paleftinaitret‘al aProuince,as I hauenoted inthe beginning ofthis Traé:') Iris not agreed of thofe 4 Hiftorians of formertimes, nor ofourlater writers, who wasthefirltsinge le Syria Zoba, ‘and Damafcus. Some account Rezoz, others Adad of Idumza: of whonvitis written in the ye t | Kings,that David having inuaded that Region,and left joabtherero deftroyall children thereof : Add of the Kings feed, fled into Egypt, and was there . seat ‘ oe, to Taphnes the Queenesfitter, asbéfore ; whohearing of Dauids death, and of Gf ture he ) feared Nations bordering the all indeed (whom Zo2b oFhis Captaine attdas Bueting thinketh, this dad did expell Rezon outof Damafcus ; and =ert 2Sam8.3. Of theSyrian Kings: "To meet feemeth otherwife. Foras Trake it, Ans nd Saul inuaded, was the founder!of that Principalisie = , p08 Rebob, whom aes forfakinghis Fathers name, as hee grew powerfull, a ve Eh gfofAdadiswhd 1Samansl! fonne Zacrobin, whic ier himithe ftyleofitdad; che great god of the Affyrians, faithfamepar t of Syria: ps i fie or Vunitie,] alfo findea Citie called:Adada inthe Onene whether thefe Princestookethe nameorgaueits[.am ignorarit.For Adad-tatt, oq4 , Eliadad werethe fame inname,with the differences of Ezér, Ben, and Eli, aeeat isagai™ it becaule firft; appeareth power;it preateft of Andthat Adadeterwas Oe Dasidvndertooiicthe watrer fecondly, becaufe hee lenied 22000. Aramites l' lce*" =:ons: for had theDama outt ofhi of his proper Domini am Damafcus> as-oui the Territ i ory of ets : .t et oe bés vs giuen haue would Scriptures tharthe ptobable had aKing apactyivis Plirl6tea9, ly,becau {oe Syria Zoba, ofthe molt of whicls ztdadezer was King; was an sin @ phinit ‘Tertitory,and contained of Arabiathe Defart.as:faxasto Emphrates;accor oe OG * ‘to Tabrimmon, the fon ofHezion, King of Aram,thar'dwelrar Damafcus, to inuade Iftael (while Baafba fought to fortifie Rama againit 4/athereby to block him vp,that he fhould notenter intoany ofthe Territories of Iftael)who according ta the defire of4/2, hauing receiucd hisiprefents, willingly inuaded the Countric of Népthalim.and:took divers Cities,and {poyles thence: .4/a in the meane while cartying away all the Materials, which This Besbadads Father Tabremmon wasin \eague with 4/4: and fo was his Father Hezion: for C4fa requireth the continuanceof that friendfhip from Benhadad, his fonne: thoughit feemeth thatthe gold andfiluer fenthim out of the Te mple, was the moft forcible argument. Andthatthis TabremmoninuadedIf{racl, before the enterprize ofhis 1 Reg.x5.u-18s : wofonne benhadad,it is coniectured.ForBeshadad when he Was prifoner with Achab, {pake as followeth » The Cities which my Father tooke fromthy Father, Iwill reftore: and tho REO Shalt makefireetes or keepers ofthe borders, for theein Damafcus : as my father did i ied maria. And hereintherearifetha great doubt (if the argument it {elfe were ofmuchimportance)becaule T2bremmox was Father indeed to Benhadad which inuaded Badfoa,at _.: ee i {abiec 2 Sam&- Koy The third kingiof Damafcus,and of Zobah both,was He2ion,to Hezion fucceeded Ta-! King.t5-1 brimmum,or Fabremmurs;to him Beshadad,asis proued in the firftof Kings: For -4/2 King of Judathefon ofAbiam, the fon of Roboam, the fon of Salomon, being vexed:& inuaded by Baafba, the facceflour ofWadaé,the fon ofLeroboams, {ent to Benhadad the fon of Baafbahad broughtto fortifie Rama withall, and conuerted themto his owne vie. . whereof the Kings or holy Land,there were three chiefe principalities, alth of Lrael, namely piv c Common-we greatly vexed or difturbedthe Stateor ba,of which". ee Chamath-Zo or Aram,Sophena or Syria Zoba,and Chamath, or -% ih 0 3082. of the Hiforie ofthe World, aad therequet of 4/2; Burthis Benhadad that twice entred vpon Achaby and was the fecond <4 timetaken prifoner, was rather the fonne of Beshadad, thefirft of that name, the confederatéof A/a and Abzam,as before, than the fonne of Tabremmon. For betweene the inuafion of Bewhadad the firlt,in Beafba's time, and the fiege of Samaria, and the ouerthrow of Beshadad by. Achabthere patt 4.9-yeares,as may be gathered out of the raignes 80 of theKingsofIftacl. Sothat if weallow 30. yeares of age to Benhadad, when he inua- dedBaafhasand after that 49.yeates ere he was taken by .Achab, which make eighty lacking one, itisvolikely that Besbaded at fiich:an age fhould-make watre.. Befides all this,. the firft Begbedad came withnofach pompe; but the fecond Beshadad vaunteth, that hee was followed with 32 «Kings : andthereforeI refolue, that Bexhadad the fonne of Tabremmuninuaded Baafoaand Omri ;.and Bewbadad the fecond itiaded C4chab. at whofe hands this Bezhadad receiued twonotorious ouerthrowes.: the firft at Samaria by a fallyiof oo.Itaelites : rhe fecond at Aphec, where, with thelike numberin effec the Ifraclites flaughtered r90000-0fthe Aramites; befides 2 7000.which were crufht bytr Xeg,z0; the fall of the wall of Aphec.Andthis Benhadad,Achab againe feteethatlibeity:towhom pd herendreth thofe townesthat his father had taken from the Predeceflour of Acheb, but beingreruyned,he refufed to render RamothGilead,a frontierTowne, and of great importance.; Now thrée yeates after (for fo long the league lafted) Ramoth norbeing deli: TReG2ze nered; 4chab inuaded Gilead,and befieged the City,beingaffilted by Jofaphat. The Aramites cameo fuccouratd fight; in which 4chab iswounded,and dyeth that night, After this, Besthadad fendeththe commander of his forces called Naamar, to Joram thefon 32276 323214 of Achab tobe healed ofthe leprofie,and thoughE/izeus had healed him » yet hee picketh quarrellagainft Joram :and when /oram by Elizeushis intelligenceshad efcaped: his plot, 2 xeg.s: he fent men,and Chariots to take the Prophet; as is aforefaid. After, penbadad befieged 2REg.6e Samaria again,and being tertified thence from heauen,hedeparteth home, and fickneth, *""* soand fendeth 4zze/ with preat gifts to Elizeus, to know his eftate if he Might liue: Assatl ¥Res.7: returning, {mothereth him.Zonara/ and Cedrenus call this Benhadad Adar,andthe fonne 3234+, Of Adar : Amos and Hier emie mention the towres of Benhadad. Jofephus writeth thar 471 Benhadad andhis fucceflour 4zae/ were worfhipped for gods by the Syriansto histime, Fth8.048, forthe fumptuous Temples which they,bpilt in'Damafcus. The Syrians alfo boafted muchof their antiquity, ignorant,>faith he, that {carce yet 1190. yeares are'compleate fince their warres withthe I{raelites. Hazael oy Azaelthe firtt King of the race of the Adads of Damat{cus, was annointed b Elihasor Blizenswhenbe was fent by Beahadad to the Prophet, to. know whether Bem k 3 hadad | i |