ANCIENT HISTORY. 99 



X. Of all thofe ancient nations, whole names, as 

 Well as their actions, have not been deftroyed by 

 the length of time, the diftance of place, and 

 the ignorance of letters, there now remain 

 only, 



1. The hiftory of the Moabites, from their 

 founder, Moab, the fon of Lot, to the time of 

 Nebuchadnezzar. 



2. The hiilory of the Ammonites, from A m- 

 mon to the fame Nebuchadnezzar. 



3. The hiftory of the Midianites, from Mi- 

 dian, the fourth fon of Abraham, to their two laft 

 kings, Zcba and Zalmuna, who were vanquifh- 

 ed by Gideon. 



4. The hiftory of the Edomices, the defcend- 

 ants of Edom, the fon of liaac, to the time of 

 Joram, the king of the Jews, by whom they 

 were dtftro;, 



5. The hiftory of the Amalekites, whofe 

 founder was Amalck, the grandlbn of Efau, to 

 the time of Saul and David, when they no longer 

 fubfifted as a nation. 



6. The hiftory of the Canaanites, properly fo 

 called, from their founder Canaan, the fon of 

 Ham, to the time of Solomon, when they were 

 confounded in the common name of Phoeni- 

 cians 



7. The hiftory of the Philiftines, from Miz- 

 raim, the fon of Ham, their -, to the 



they were in part u by kin:: 1 Icze- 



kiah, when their capital, Aldo oyed 



by the Ally :mally, to the time that 



G 2 die 



