Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BLES. KINIA. MEMORABLE EVENTS. 324 Alexander the Great dies. 312 The JEm of the Seleucidae begins. 277 Translation of the Bible into Greek. 217 The battle of Raphia in Egypt. Ptolemy orders the Jews to be destroyed by his elephants. 176 Heliodorus sent to rob the temple at Jeru- salem. 167 The abomination of desolation, or statue of Jupiter set up in the temple, by Anti- ochus Epiphanes. The martyrdom of Eleazar, and the seven brethren. 166 Judas Maccabaeus begins his exploits. 164 Judas purifies the temple. 157 Judas is slain. Jonathan succeeds him. 144 Jonathan treacherously slain by Tryphon. 143 Simon acknowledged for an independent prince. He coins money. 142 Simon is created high priest, governor, and l1ed, captain, by the Jews. 130 Hyrcanus shakes off the Syrian yoke. 126 Hyrcanus takes the title of king. 80 (about) Antipater, Herod's father, comes to dwell at Jerusalem. 63 Pompey reduces Judaea, enters the temple, and puts an end to the kingdom of Syria. 54 Crassus plunders the temple. 49 The battle of Pharsalia. Pompey defeated. 40 Herod declared king of Judaea by the Ro- mans. 37 The Asmonaean dynasty extinguished, by Herod putting to death Antigonus. 31 The battle of Actium: Antony defeated. 30 The kingdom of Egypt ended, by the death of Cleopatra. 28 Herod murders his wife Mariamne. 19 Herod undertakes to rebuild the temple. 6 Herod puts to death his two sons. 3 Herod slays his son Antipater, and dies. FIRST BOOK MACCABEES: CONTAINING OCCURRENCES WHICH TOOK PLACE AT JERUSALEM AND ALEXANDRIA, DURING PART OF THE REIGN OB' PTO- LEMY PHILOPATOR, KING OF EGYPT, BETWEEN THE YEARS 217 AND 209 BEFORE CHRIST. CHAPTER I. Ptolemy defeats Antiochus. He visits Jerusalem; and attempts to enter the Temp...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Five Books of Machabees in English with Notes and Illustrations (Volume 65; V. 810). To get started finding The Five Books of Machabees in English with Notes and Illustrations (Volume 65; V. 810), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2012
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The Five Books of Machabees in English with Notes and Illustrations (Volume 65; V. 810)
Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BLES. KINIA. MEMORABLE EVENTS. 324 Alexander the Great dies. 312 The JEm of the Seleucidae begins. 277 Translation of the Bible into Greek. 217 The battle of Raphia in Egypt. Ptolemy orders the Jews to be destroyed by his elephants. 176 Heliodorus sent to rob the temple at Jeru- salem. 167 The abomination of desolation, or statue of Jupiter set up in the temple, by Anti- ochus Epiphanes. The martyrdom of Eleazar, and the seven brethren. 166 Judas Maccabaeus begins his exploits. 164 Judas purifies the temple. 157 Judas is slain. Jonathan succeeds him. 144 Jonathan treacherously slain by Tryphon. 143 Simon acknowledged for an independent prince. He coins money. 142 Simon is created high priest, governor, and l1ed, captain, by the Jews. 130 Hyrcanus shakes off the Syrian yoke. 126 Hyrcanus takes the title of king. 80 (about) Antipater, Herod's father, comes to dwell at Jerusalem. 63 Pompey reduces Judaea, enters the temple, and puts an end to the kingdom of Syria. 54 Crassus plunders the temple. 49 The battle of Pharsalia. Pompey defeated. 40 Herod declared king of Judaea by the Ro- mans. 37 The Asmonaean dynasty extinguished, by Herod putting to death Antigonus. 31 The battle of Actium: Antony defeated. 30 The kingdom of Egypt ended, by the death of Cleopatra. 28 Herod murders his wife Mariamne. 19 Herod undertakes to rebuild the temple. 6 Herod puts to death his two sons. 3 Herod slays his son Antipater, and dies. FIRST BOOK MACCABEES: CONTAINING OCCURRENCES WHICH TOOK PLACE AT JERUSALEM AND ALEXANDRIA, DURING PART OF THE REIGN OB' PTO- LEMY PHILOPATOR, KING OF EGYPT, BETWEEN THE YEARS 217 AND 209 BEFORE CHRIST. CHAPTER I. Ptolemy defeats Antiochus. He visits Jerusalem; and attempts to enter the Temp...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Five Books of Machabees in English with Notes and Illustrations (Volume 65; V. 810). To get started finding The Five Books of Machabees in English with Notes and Illustrations (Volume 65; V. 810), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.