79 



3539 Tenth, Elon, 10 years. 



354-9 Eleventh, Abdon^ 8 Do. 



3557 Thirteenth, Eli, 40 Do. including sixth oppression. 



3558 of Philistians, 40 j6ars, and thirteenth Judge. 



3577 Samson, - 20 Do. 



3597 Capture of the ark, and beginning of the government 



of Samuel, for 22 years. 

 3619 Saul, first King, 40 Do. 

 3659 David, - - - 40 Do. 

 3699 Solomon. 



3703 Fourth year of Solomon, and foundation of the temple. 

 Add to these the 40 years of Moses in the desert, and tho 

 sum is exactly four hundred and eighty years. 



3263 beginning of Joshua. 

 Subduct 40 for the sera of the exod. 



3223 

 Add 1 Kings, 6-1, 480 



Sum, 3703 foundation of the temple, as above. 



Marsham has nearly agreed, at least in principle, with 

 Usher, but differs in the arrangement of the periods, and the 

 arguments by which he supports them. It will not be un- 

 necessary or useless, to subjoin a view of his system and 

 reasoning. It is as follows. 



Note. — My edition is that of Leipzig, 1683, in quarto — the 

 EjigUsh editions are commonly in folio. 

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