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cable to the readings of Yignoles, who defends 648 as the 

 number of Josephus ; or that of Hales, his last corrector, 

 •who finds equal authority for 622. Again, (Ant. 9- 14.) Jo" 

 sephus states the captivity of the 10 tribes, Avas 947 years 

 after the exod, and 200 after the jurisdiction of Joshua, 

 as if Joshua ended his administration 147 years after the 

 exod. Supposing we correct the former numbers to 807,* 

 and understand it to ihean, " after the beginning of Joshua, 

 in the 40tli year of the exod," we shall derive the same in- 

 terval; for the 240 he assigns from the end of Solomon to this 

 captivity, being subducted, leaves 667 years, as the interval 

 between Joshua and Rehoboam; taking away the 36 of 

 Solomon, 631 remain from beginning of Joshua, and 591 

 from the exod to the fourth year of Solomon : subduct, then,. 

 11 1 years of the servitudes, and 480 remain as before. 



Again, he reckons (Ant. 7- 3.) 515 3-ears from the division 

 of the land, to the taking of Jerusalem by David, add 19 of 

 Joshua, 40 of Moses, the sum is 574, which with the 33 of 

 David and 4 of Solomon, make 611 or 12, which in another 

 place he assigns as the interval from the exod, to the foun- 

 dation of the temple, the 20 years surplus being perhaps the 



time 



• Whiston would correct the reading to 907, inaccurately, as is evident from the 

 account above, which alone, makes the system of Josephus inconsistent. 



f The remainder of the 25 he assigns to Joshua, the division having taken place in 

 the 6th year. 



