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Show eases ; al teri ThefecondBoke of thefirst part CuLG Cuarang.g. the more, after'the firft Hazael whichftifled his mafter Benhadad, and had flaine Joram' ho receiued e : He waged warre with Joram; w hadad fhould recouerhis prefentficknefl to becured g rnin retu ce when rom ad:f Gile divers wounds at the encounter at Ramothin ias, are flaineby Zehw, as beforeis fonneofAchab King of Iftael. For soas began to taigneinthe 7. yeare of Lehi King of Lirael; andafter he had raigned 23 .yeares;the Temple was not yet repaived, after which cand how long we know not)itis faid that Hazel took Geth,andturnedhis face towards Jerufalem. Iris alfo fome proofe that Ha2ael that tooke Geth,was not the fame with Ha- ofIuda, ‘Abaziah or Ochox the King anddeath lefreel,hethe of Loram, Acael continued the warre againft Ieha,and watted Gile. at m8 2 Reg.t 3. 17+ aReg. ta. ordan. He thien inuaded Iuportions of Gad, Renben,and Manajfe oucrl te. coe : daandtooke Gath;butby gifts from eas hewasauerted fromattempting Hierufalem cael thatmurthered Bewhadad, becaule hecould notat that time bee ofgood yeares, be; lehofaphat, Ichoram, and Ahaziah bis for he prefented him all che hallowed things whichhee himfelfe had dedicated , and all the which fathers, Kings of Indabad dedicated , and Lord,and in the Kings boufé. This was the the of ries treafa the in found was which Id plea fe the Adads of Damafcus. For Afadidiy econ time te the Temple was fpoyled to vpon Baafbe King ed him to warte vefent Bembadad with thofetreafures, when hee inuit eene Jo and Azael,yer a partot betw n fitio compo this nding thfta of L{rael. And notwi ,andflaughtered many principall per+ 2Reg.13-U.7 his Armyfpoyled the other Prouinces of Indea and brought himto that extremitie, a8 fons.Laftly, 4zael vexed Joahas the fonne of zebu, thoufand fooot-men ofall hispeople. heleft him but fifty horfemen,ten Chariots,& ten Prt Of the later Kings,and decay and overthrow of their power. a Reg, 238 Fefeph. Antl,70.65 1 Regstq.28. 4 ashe a ceffe : for Joas King of i/rael, the fonne ofthe vnhappy Toachaz, battels:and EB foretold by Elifbathe Prophet, beat penbadad inthree {cuerall taken v0" =} heeloftallthofe Citiesto "/rael, which his Father Hazael had lently from Joachaz. by the fame Afeerthis Beahadad the fontic ofHaxae/, there fucceeded three others makes Lofephus, by cited Danea/ccnus Nicholaws onely loft, are Stories name, ofwhomthe the i fecond, the Zeroboam mention ofthem': andin oneof thefe Kingstimes it was that but better in fonne of Joasrecouered Damatcus it felfe,toludah, faith the Geneua, 40d how thatis, , Iehudeprolfracle Chamatham c> Damafcum, Iinins, vtque recuperabat heereconered for i{rael, Damafcusand Chamatha of Indea , for thefe Cities fometimescon quered by Dania, didof right belongto the Tribe of Juda. Anditis likely chat this conqueft vpon the Adads was performed : the firtt of thele thice Adads then liuing, ofwhomthereis no Story. For when as Jeboas the King of the ten Tribes had thrice ouercome the Syrians in the timeofBewhaded the fonne of Haske and had recouered the Cities which Hazae/ had wonfrom Iffael and fo left his wing dométohis fonne Zeroboam the fecond,it feemeth that this reroboam without delay, a hauing nothing elfeleft for him to enterprize, inftantly followed his fathers good 10F f tunc, and inuaded Damafcus, at Razin, or Rezin, after lofephus Rafes,after Zonaras Raafon,the'r6. Adad, making leagit with Pekab, or Phac.es King of Iftael, againft C4cbaz King of Iuda'; both carty ae great numberof prifoners. fter this they both befiege Achazin Hierufalem: but" valle pret 16.55: Then Adad alone inuadeth E/ath,and bearing out the Iewes, taketh it'a Colonie ofSf- tooke him,a Wherefore Acbab brought Teglatphalalfar againft Raizin, qwho Tifpb_Ant,t.g, 108. headed him,and won Damafcus: with whomeridedthe line ofthe Adeds andthe oe Colke dome ofDamafcus: the Affyriansbecomming maftersboth of that and Tftach Adadsas they raigned in order are thus reckoned. ing asit feemeth,the fecond perfon inthe kingdomtejand Commanderof Bewhadads‘men of warte. Tothis Hazael (be he the firft or fecond) fucceeded 81 penbadad the third, whom Joa/h King of Ifrael thrice overthrew. 10.9, Refiv ot Reziathela{t, who ioyned with Pekah King ofIfrael,againft Iuda, at which time Achaz King ofIuda wagedforhis defence Teglatphalafer. Nowbetiween Benhadad the third,and Reaiz the lalt,Witolaus Damafcenus findes three other Kings of the Adads, which make twelueinall. Forthe reft ofthe Priaces of Syria, which werebut regu/i, as thofe of Emath,and Geffur, we finde that Tohw was King of Emath or Camath in Dawidstime, to whom heefent , his fonne /oram with prefents, after Dauidsvitory againft Adadezer. fpcaketh of a King of Emath, but names him not. name, the fot Fa Erer Hazael, Benhadad the fecond, or rather the third ofthat with ill {uce BB) of Hazael, reigned in Damafcus: who fought againft Ifrael, was Lofeph diate G.9+ ofthe Hiftoryofthe World, 3 Adadezer the fonne of Rehob. ~ Rein the fonneofEliadad, or Razin. Hexion Tabremmon, Beshadad, who inuaded Baafba. i Benbadad the fecond, taken prifoner by Achab. oul ,fe 7 Haxael, whom E4(ba toretold, with reares,of hisaduancement ; the fame ve ich threw Joram King of Iftael at Ramoth Gilead. And that there was a fecond Hatad att preceded Bewhadad che third,itis not improbable,becaufe that Hazael which rookefant gad compounded the warre with Zoz,made the Expedition thirty yectes, 4" i) poor Allo Senacherib ¥ei-37- ge ITIL ao pate: pues od ape : Of other leffer Kingdomesofthe Syrians, which being broug htvnder the Affyriansneuer recowered them/felues againe, SE E Geffen wefinde two Kings named; to wit, Talat, andhis Father.mihar, I to Talmai,whofe daughter Dawid married, it was that Abfalor fled, who.was @his maternall grandfather.Ofthe Kings of Sephenaor Syria,Soba or Ceelofyria aretwo named, Rehob or Rechob the Father of Adadezer, and _ddadézer himfelfe, andit is plaine chat after his death the feat of the Kingsof Soba was transferred to. Dainafcus,a Citiebetterfitting their greatneffe.A frer Rezén became Lord of ‘both PrincipalitiessAnd the race of the{e Kings ofSyria, (which becamefo potent,and ioyned Soba, 30 Damafcus,Emath; and the Defart of Arabia with orher Prouincesinto one, vader Rezin the fecondofthe 4dads')as it began with Dawid, fo it ended at once with the Kingdome of Iftacl. For thax King ofluda waged the Aflyrian 7:colatphalaffaragaintt Pekah King of Iftacljandagaintt Rexinthe lat King ofDamafcus : which Teglath firft inuaded Damafcena,and the région of Soba,and tooke Damafcusit {elfe,and did put to death Rezin the laft carrying the Inhabitants captiué! This was the fecond time that the Affyrians attempted Lrael. Forfirit; Phal Belochus entred the borders thereof( Menahem gouerning I{rael) who ftoprthe entetprife of P4a/ witha thoufand talents offiluer : forthis Phul Belochwaswhole pedigree wee willexamine hereafter, being fcarce'warmeas yet in his {eate at Babylon, which hee; withthe Kelpe of hiscompanion -4rbaces, had wrefted 4o from Sardanapalus : having befides this'King of Syria in his way, who feemed to ‘beea gteat and ftrong Prince, was content to take the compofition ofa thoufand talents of the King of{ftael for thar prefént time, Buthis fonne Teglath following the purpofe of his father Be/ochus, andfinding fo excellentdn occafion, as the warre begun betweene Iftacl and Judah} Pek ah commanding in'the one, and Achaz in the other; his neighbour Resin being alfo wrapt inthatwarre,and walted in ftrerigth thereby, did willingly accepttheoffer of_4cha= King of luda, his impreftand entertainment. So,firft attempting Damafcus which layin his path towards Ifrael, hee carried it (avis before remem- bredJandthenwith greateafe poffeft himfelfe ofthe Cities of Nephthalim;leading with him a great part of the people captiue, "And his forine Sdlmanaffer, whiom Ptolomie cal$6 leth Nabenaffer, after the reuolt of Hofea;forced Samariasand rent that'Kingdome afundet. Soas the line and'raceofWinw in Sardanapalus,; whom Belochws fapplanted; the race and Monarchie of the Syrian Adads in Rezin, whom Teglath flaightevedtheWing- a' tiene? domeofil ffaclin Ho/eaywhom Salmanaffer ouerturned'; ‘happened neere about thatof Nindsin the dayesof Belochus andtheother two inthe days of Teglatphalaper; and Salmanaffer his fon! Fot Sardanapalaé perithed, Ofiaraling luda; andthe other two Kingdomes werediflolued; Achazyer lining: _ Laftly the Kingdomedf Iudait felfe, being attempted by sennacherib;' the fonte of Salmanafferihvaine, and preferued for the time by-God imitactlonfly, "was at length veterly |
