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2. The death of Othniel is 91 years after the passage of the 

 Jordan, which exposes the system to the observations made 

 before on the prolongation of human Ufe. 



3. Giving Ehud but 8 years, is against the current of all 

 the MS. versions and translations of Scripture, all the copies 

 of Josephus extant, all the ancient fathers and chronologists 

 who, (except one,) unanimously concur with scripture in 

 "ranting to the second repose 80 years, and although Theo- 

 philus may have read (as is alleged by Wliiston) 8 years in 

 his copy, is it to be received against this weight of evidence 

 and cloud of witnesses ? 



4. Is it to be supposed that Ehud should deliver Israel, 

 and that Israel should relapse into idolatry, as the text ex- 

 presses, (4. Jud. 1) after the death of Ehud, be delivered 

 again by Shamgar; and be subjected to the king of Hazor 

 in the short space of 9 years ? 



5. The short period granted to Samuel is agreeable neither 

 to scripture, to reason, or to the opinions of the ancient 

 chronologists. 



6. If Saul only reigned 20 years, then with the 12 of 

 Samuel, the sum does not accord with St. Paul in granting 40 

 years to Samuel and Saul, as most understand it, or in giving 

 /U) to Saul alone. 



7. The ditierence of the terms "repose" and " jurisdic- 

 diction " is not admitted, and the precision of scripture is 

 therefore aft'orteii. 



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