528 THE IIOKITES. 



uncle of the latter, and the conclusion of the wai- was a treaty, one 

 of the provisions of which was the marriage of a daughter of Onnos 

 to Achthoes, who was tluis united to his cousin. Achthoes holds a 

 high position among the Pharaohs, and spite of his traditional 

 cruelty and unhappy end, is frequently referred to by later monarchs, 

 who trace their descent from the Horites of the line of Seb/^'" 



The death of Achthoes or Jachath and the Shepherd invasion, 

 which is really the period of the supremacy of Ashtari and his 

 family, were coincident. The line of Seb, or, as he is at times called, 

 Sebek, just as Sibulla gives Spica, was driven out of Lower Egypt, 

 and had to take refuge at Coptos.^® There dwelt the descendants of 

 Achthoes, the children of Seb, the worshippers of Horus, the 

 religious faction or party known as the Mentcherian (Month-Hor). 

 The head of this Upper Egyptian monarchy was the son of Ati or 

 Achthoes, whose name on the monviments and in the lists varies 

 between Ahmes and Karnes. In Karnes, the initial vowel is want- 

 ing, and its absence brings out the full power of the Hebrew Cheth 

 of Achumai. He is also the head of the family, which, gathering 

 strength in the south, rose at length in rebellion against the Shethite 

 power, and reasserted the dignity of the line of Horus. His brother 

 Lahad I have not yet identified. I am not satisfied that he is Alites 

 or Salatis ; yet Lud, an ancient name of the Egyptians, seems to 

 connect with him. There are links to bind the stock of Jahath to 

 Lower as well as to Upper Egyj)t at this period, and it is possible 

 that Lahad may have taken part in 4iis brother's expulsion. With 

 Newton, however, "hypotheses non fingo." 



It is interesting to note the date of this division of the Egyptian 

 empire, as it is afforded us by the statements of Scripture. We 

 may conclu.de that Sliobal and Zibeon were contemporaries, Shobal, 

 if anything, being a little earlier than his brother. 

 Seir or Hur. 



Shobal. Zibeon. Abraham. 



Alvan or Reaiali. Anah. Isaac. 



Jahath. Aholibamah — Esau. Jacob. 



Ahumai. Joseph. 



25* For the connection of Seb, Achthoes, Mencheres, and Onnos, see Osburn, i. 373, &c, 

 «6 Osburn, ii. 64, &c. 



