“6 ( 298.) 
ON THE 
: POSSIBILITY OF RECONCILING 
THE 
‘SCRIPTURAL AND. PROFANE ACCOUNTS 
OF THE 
ASSYRIAN MONARCHY. 
BY THE 
REV. JOHN KENRICK, A.M. 
(Read Dec, 26th, 1817.) 
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“ Audace st, ma cautamente audace.”—T asso. 
'T’0 reconcile the scriptural accounts of the 
Assyrian affairs, with the details which are 
given us by profane historians, has long been. 
the crux historicorum. The first thing neces-. 
sary towards enabling us to ascertain whether 
they admit of conciliation; is to state the dif- 
ference which actually exists. 
The 10th chapter of the book of Rlovasie 
contains the earliest mention of the capital 
of the Assyrian empire, and it is there said, 
that “ Assur builded it,” but without any 
mention of the time of its foundation, or its 
actual size and importance. That the mo- 
narchies which existed in this part of Asia 
