ZOHELETH, creeping much, draw

ing with her father, some months after, to Moses; and Aaron and Mi-ing, or sliding, a stone near En-rogel,

riam's jealousy of her influence over him; have been related under the article MOSES, Exodus ii. iv. xviii. Numb. xii.

ZIZ, a flower, a branch, a lock of curled hair, 2 Chron. xx. 16. the name of a cliff; thought to be the same with Ziza, placed by Ptolemy in Arabia Petræa.

ZOAN, motion, moving, moved, or TANIS, a very ancient city of Egypt, Numb. xiii. 7. and somewhere in the lower part of that country, not very It far from the Mediterranean Sea. was probably the capital for many ages, Isa. xix. 11. and xxx. 4.

ZOAR, little, small, or BELA, was one of the five cities that rebelled against, and was reduced by, ChedorIt seems to have laomer, Gen. xiv. been in the utmost danger of destruction along with SODOм and the other three; but Lot begged, that as it was but small, it might be preserved as a residence for him. His request was granted, and thereafter the place was called Zoar, the little one, Gen. xix. 20, 21, 22. It seems to have stood somewhere about the south end of the Dead Sea. Probably numbers of the Moabites fled hither from the ravages of the Assyrian and Chaldean troops, Isa. xv. 5. Jer. xlviii. 34.

ZOBAH, an army, warring, a swelling, was a kingdom of SYRIA, near about where Damascus stands, and had Rehob and Hadadezer for its kings, 2 Sam. viii,

at which Adonijah held his usurpation feast. Whether this stone was used by the young men to exercise themselves in rolling it, or if the fullers beat their cloth upon it, we know not, 1 Kings i. 9.

ZOPHAR, rising early, the morning, a crown, a sparrow, the Naamathite, one of JOB's three uncharitable friends, and who spoke twice against him, Job ii. 11. and xi. 20. but was pardoned in answer to Job's prayers, Job xlii. 7-9. Whether Naamath was the name of his ancestor, or of his city, we cannot determine; nor whether he was king of the Mineans, or of the Nomades, or wandering Arabs.

ZORAH, leprosy, a hornet, a city of the Danites, near the border of Here Samson was born, Judah.

Judges xiii. 2. Its inhabitants are called Zorites and Zorathites, 1 Chron. ii. 54. and iv. 1. Probably this was one of the cities which Rehoboam fortified for the secu rity of his kingdom, 2 Chronicles xi. 10.

ZUPH, a watch, covering, a roof, looking for, a Levite, and one of Samuel's ancestors. As he was the chief of the Zuphites, he probably occasioned their territory to be called the land of Zuph, and their city Ramath-zophim, or Ramath of the Zuphites, 1 Chron. vi. 35. 1 Sam. ix. 5. and i. 1.

ZUZIMS. See ZAMZUMMIMS.

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HE world's creation; Adam's fall; Cain's birth, Gen. i-iv. 129 3875 Cain murders Abel, and is divinely banished to Nod. 130 3874 Seth is born, to the great comfort of his parents, Gen. iv. v. 987 3017 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, is translated to heaven. 1536 2468 God commands Noah to warn the now fearfully corrupted inhabitants of the world of the approaching flood, and to call them to repent, Gen. vi.

1636 2348 Methuselah dies, aged 969 years. The flood overflows the earth, and contines a whole year, Gen. v-ix.

1758 22416 Peleg is born. About this time, or about 240 years after, at his death, Babel is built, languages confounded, and mankind dispersed; and Noah is said to have removed eastward, and founded the kingdom of China, Gen. xi.

1787 2217 Or 240 years later, Nimrod founds his kingdom at Babylon, and Ashur, his in Assyria; and soon after Mizraim founds the kingdom of Egypt, Gen. x. 9, 10, 12.

1920 2084 The Arabian shepherds invade Egypt, and found a kingdom, which continues about 259 years.

2006 1998 Noah dies, aged 950 years; and two years after Abram is born. 2079 1925 Chedorlaomer subdues Sodom, and the adjacent kingdoms. 2083,1921 Abram called of God, leaves Ur, and begins his pilgrimage. 2092 1912 Chedorlaomer and his allies waste the eastern part of Canaan, defeat the allied army of Sodom, Gomorrah, &c. take Lot captive; but are defeated by Abram, Gen. xiv.

2107 1897 Sodom and its neighbouring cities are destroyed, Gen. xix. 2108 1896 Isaac is born to Abraham; and not long after, Moab and Benammi to Lot, Gen. xix. xxi.

2143 1863 Isaac is intentionally offered in sacrifice; and seven years after he is married to Rebekah, Gen. xxii. xxiv.

2183 1821 Abraham dies, 15 years after the birth of Jacob and Esau. 2265 1739 Jacob returns from Padan-aram, with a numerous family, after he had there served Laban for twenty years. About a year after, Judah marries a Canaanitess, by whom he had three sons, Er, Onan, and Shelah, Gen. xxviii-xxxviii.

2276 1728 Joseph is sold into Egypt, five years after his mother's death. 2288 1716 Isaac dies, about 43 years, after he had blessed Jacob and Esau, Gen. xxxv. with xxxvii.

2289 1715 Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream; and the seven years of plenty begin, Gen. xli.

2299 1705 Jacob and his family come into Egypt, in the third of the seven years of famine, Gen. xlvi. with xlii-xlv.

2369 1635 Joseph dies, aged 110 years, Gen. 1.

world. Christ

2430 1574 The oppression of the Hebrews, and murder of their children, is begun, Exod. i. ii. Acts vii. Psal. cv.

2513 1491 Moses, in the 80th year of his age, brings the Hebrews out of Egypt; and Egypt is almost ruined by ten plagues, and the drowning of their army, Exod. iii.-xv. Psalm cv.

2553 1451 Moses dies, and the Hebrews enter Canaan; and after six years are settled in it, Deut. xxxiv. Josh. i.-xxi. Perhaps a body of fugitive Canaanites found a second kingdom of shepherds in Egypt.

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2570 1434 Joshua dies. Soon after Judah and Simeon clear their lot of the Canaanites; Micah's idol is erected at Dan: and the Benjamites are almost utterly destroyed, Josh. xxiv. Judg. i. xvii.—xxi. 2591 1413 Cushan-rishathaim oppresseth the Hebrews; and, after eight years, they are delivered by Othniel, Judges iii.

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2600 1404af

2699 1305 Jabin, king of Canaan, begins to oppress the Hebrews. 2719 1285 They are delivered by Barak, Judges iv. v.

2752 1125 Tyre is built; the Midianites begin to oppress Israel; but, after seven years, are routed by Gideon, Judges iv.—viii.

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2807 1197

2816 1188 Jair dies; and Jephthah delivers Israel from the Ammonites, Judges x. xi.

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2872 1132

2820 1184 According to most authors, Troy is taken and burnt by the Greeks, after a siege of ten years..

2848 1156 Eli begins to judge Israel. Samson is born, Judges xiii. 2888 1116 Samson pulls down the idol-temple on some thousands of the Philistines. Hereon the Hebrews attack them; but are reSoon after, they are again depulsed with the loss of 4000. feated, with the loss of 30,000; and the ark is taken.

Eli's

two wicked sons, who had corrupted the nation, are slain, and himself dies as he hears the tidings.-Perhaps these events happened 20 years sooner :

2909 1095 Or possibly 20 or 30 years later, Saul is made king, 1 Sam. x. xi. 2931 1073 Amasis king of Egypt drives out the second dynasty of shepherds; and they probably unite with the Philistines. 2941 1063 David is anointed king over Israel; and about four years after, Samuel dies, aged 98 years, 1 Sam. xvi. xxv.

2949 1055 Saul is slain; and David begins his reign over Judah. 2960 1044 Multitudes of Syrians and Phenicians, to avoid being tributaries to king David, fly into Crete, Greece, and Lesser Asia, and the north parts of Africa, under the command of Cadmus, Cilix, Phenix, Thasis, &c. and carry letters and arts along with them, 2 Sam. viii.—

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2989 1015 David dies, and is succeeded by Solomon; who, in the 4th year of his reign, lays the foundation of the temple, and finishes it in the eleventh, 1 Chron. xxix, 1 Kings i.viii. Ammon is king of Egypt; Minos, of Crete; Tros, of Troy; Cecrops, of Athens; Hellen, the son of Deucalion, in Phthiotis; Amphion and Zethus reign at Thebes of Greece, Layus the son of Cadmus being driven out; Sisyphus, at Corinth. About this time, Dedalus, the famous artist, flourishes.

3029 975 Rehoboam and Jeroboam begin to reign over the Hebrews. Shishak is king of Egypt, 1 Kings xii.-xiv. 2 Chron. xi. xii. Layus recovers the kingdom of Thebes. Thoas the Cretan is

king, first in Lemnos, and afterward of Cyprus. Hercules and Eurystheus are born.

3049 955 Abijah king of Judah dies, and Asa succeeds him.

Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri, are in succession kings of Israel, 1 Kings xv. xvi. 2 Chron. xiv.-xvi.

The Ethiopians invade Egypt, while their civil war continues, and seize on that country, and drown Orus the king in the Nile. His wife Isis dies of grief. Soon after, the Ethiopians are routed by Asa.-Evander, and his mother Carmenta, carry the letters and arts of Greece into Italy.--About this time happened the Grecian expedition of the Argonauts. Hercules and Esculapius were deified. Theseus was banished from Athens, and the Heraclides were chased out of Peloponnesus; and Agamemnon was king of Mycena, 2 Chron. xiv.

3090 914 Jehoshaphat succeeds his father Asa in the kingdom of Judah.— Ahab, Ahaziah, and Jehoram reign over Israel.

Amenophis, the Ethiopian king of Egypt, is perhaps the Memnon of Persia; and his brother Proteus, who governed Egypt, might be his viceroy, 2 Chron. xvii.--xx. 1 Kings xvi.—xxii. 2 Kings i. viii.

3100 904 According to Sir Isaac Newton and us, Troy is taken and ruined; and about 20 years after, Carthage is built, at least enlarged

by Dido and her Phenicians; and not long after, the Greek poets, Homer and Hesiod, flourish.

3120 884 Jehu murders Jehoram king of Israel, and Ahaziah king of Judah, and reigns over Israel; he and his descendants, Jehoahaz, Jehosh, Jeroboam, and Zachariah, retain that throne 112 years. Meanwhile, Hazael and Benhadad are kings of Syria; Athaliah, Joash, Amaziah, and Uzziah, are kings of Judah.— Mæris, Cheops, and Cephren, of Egypt, 2 Kings ix. xv. 2 Chron. xxii.-xxvi.

3150 854 A colony of the Eolians remove from Greece to Lesser Asia; and about 50 years after another of Fonians, and the Heraclides return to Peloponnesus.

3142 862 Or perhaps 50 years later, Jonah preached to the Ninevites. 3194 810 Uzziah begins to reign over Judah; with him were successively contemporary, Jeroboam, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, and Pekahiah, kings of Israel; Mycerinus, Nitocris, Genephactus, Bocchoris, and others, in Egypt. Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah, prophesy.

3228 776 The Greek Olympiads begin; each of which contained 4 years. 3233 771 Pul the founder of the Assyrian empire invades Canaan. 3254 750 Rome is built, or at least much enlarged and walled.

3257 747 The kingdom of Babylon is founded by Nabonassar, or Baladan, probably the son of Pul the Assyrian: he gave name to the famed era of Ptolemy the historian.

3262 742 Jotham king of Judah dies, and is succeeded by Ahaz. Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, subdues Media, Syria, and part of the ten Hebrew tribes.-So and Sevechus are kings of Egypt, 2 Kings xv. xvi. 2 Chron. xxviii.

3283 721 Shalmaneser king of Assyria carries the ten tribes of Israel into captivity, in the sixth year of Hezekiah, 2 Kings xvii.

3294 710 Sennacherib, and his Assyrian host, are cut off before Jerusalem; and soon after he is murdered by two of his own sons, and succeeded by Esar-haddon, 2 Kings xix. Isa. xxxvii.

3294 710 The Medes revolt from the Assyrians, and erect a kingdom of their own. About this time Tirhakah is king of Ethiopia; Merodach king of Babylon; Lycurgus lawgiver at Sparta;

and the Greeks invade Sicily, and there found a multitude of cities.

3336 668 Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, after extending his empire from Media to African Ethiopia, dies; and most of the western provinces of the empire revolt. Psammiticus, after a long war, defeats the other eleven princes of Egypt, and becomes king. -The Messenians of Peloponnesus, after two long and bloody wars with the Lacedemonians, are betrayed by the Arcadians, and obliged to retire into Sicily; but Newton places this 70 years later, A. M. 3406. About this time Nahum prophesied. 3361 643 Manasseh king of Judah dies, after a reign of 55 years. 3363 641 Amon king of Judah dies, and Josiah succeeds him, 2 Kings xxi. 2 Chron. xxxiii.

A terrible war rages between the Medes and Assyrians. Nineveh is once and again besieged.

3370 634 The Scythians, under Madyes or Oguz-kan, extend their victories into western China, and invade Media and Assyria.— About this time Zephaniah and Jeremiah begin to prophesy. About this time Battus founds a Grecian kingdom in Cyrene; and not long after, Phalanthus founds the Greek state of Tarentum in Italy.

3394 610 Josiah, king of Judah, is slain, 2 Kings xxiii. 2 Chron. xxxv. 3398 606 Cyaxares, king of Media, causes an invitation to be sent to all the noble Scythians, who ruled his kingdom, to a feast, and murders them; drives the rest out of his territories, and seizes on Armenia, Pontus, and Cappadocia, provinces of the Assyrian empire.

3399 605 Nabopolasser, who recovered the kingdom of Babylon from the Assyrians, dies; and Nabocolasser, or Nebuchadnezzar the Great, succeeds him, 2 Kings xxiv. Dan. i.—iv.

3403 601 After a furious war of six years, the Medes and Lydians make a peace; and they, together with the Babylonians, besiege and destroy Nineveh, and put an end to the Assyrian empire, after it had continued about 170 years, Nah. i.—iii.

3416 588 The Jewish capital and temple are burnt to the ground, by the Chaldeans, about the 27th of July, 2 Kings xxv. Jer. lii. 3430 574 Pharaoh-hophra, or Apries, receives a terrible defeat from the Cyrenians: this begins his disasters.

3432 572 After sustaining a siege of 13 years, the Tyrians leave their city to the Chaldeans, who cast the materials of it into the sea, and leave the place like a scraped rock, Ezek. xxvi.

While the Egyptians are in a state of rebellion against Pharaohhophra, Nebuchadnezzar invades and subdues the country, and makes Amasis, the chief of the rebels, his general or deputy in that kingdom, Ezek. xxix.-xxxii.

3435 569 Nebuchadnezzar becomes deranged, Dan. iv. Pharaoh-hophra, having got a number of mercenary soldiers from Ionia and Caria, attempts to reduce the traitor Amasis, but is defeated; and Amasis commences king, and is a noted lawgiver, and reigns 44 years, Ezek. xxix.

3443 581 Nebuchadnezzar dies, and is succeeded by Evil-merodach. Solon, the Athenian lawgiver, and Thales, the philosopher, flou