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According to Julius Africanus (as quoted by Eusebius), iEschylus 

 was archon at Athens, when Jotham ruled at Jerusalem : the twenty- 

 second year of iEschylus, is placed in the Parian Marble in B. C. 756 ; 

 and Clinton's computation, makes this the date of the accession of 

 Jotham. 



The Old Egyptian Chronicle (counting upwards), gives B. C. 752 

 for the accession of the Twenty-Fourth Dynasty. This dynasty has 

 not been found on the monuments : and its connexion with the Com- 

 pletion of a phoenix, will be noticed hereafter. 



The name of Schebek, the first king of the Twenty-Fifth Egyptian 

 Dynasty, has been found on the monuments. He is considered to be 

 the Sabacon of Herodotus. 



The name of Schebek II., the second king of the Twenty-Fifth 

 Egyptian Dynasty, has been found on the monuments ; together with 

 the date of the twelfth year of his reign. He is supposed to be the 

 "So" mentioned in 2 Kings xvii. 3. 



The "orb" of Isaiah xv. 7 and xliv. 4, Job xl. 22, and Psalm 

 cxxxvii. 2, may be compared with " kharub," the current Egyptian 

 name of the carob-tree (Ceratonia siliqua). — The "keronia" of Theo- 

 phrastus and Pliny, is admitted to be the carob-tree : and Pliny further 

 states, That it grows in Ionia and Syria, but not in Egypt ; where, 

 indeed, it is rarely seen at the present day. The carob-tree has 

 appeared to me to be foreign to the natural vegetation of the Mediter- 

 ranean countries. 



The "notzwtz" of Isaiah vii. 19 and lv. 13, may be compared with 

 " neschusch," given by Forskal as the current name in Yemen of the 

 Inula odora. — This plant is cultivated in Yemen ; but has not been 

 observed further North. There are, however, indigenous species of 

 Inula in the Desert of Egypt and Palestine. 



The "kmn" of Isaiah xxviii. 25 and 27, may be compared with 

 the/'kyminon" of Aristophanes and Theophrastus (Char. 10 and 19), 

 and with " kammoun " the current Egyptian name of the cummin 

 (Cuminum cyminum). — This plant is still a favorite article of cultiva- 

 tion in Egypt. 



According to Gesenius, the mouse (Mus musculus) is mentioned in 

 Isaiah ii. 20. — The mouse is figured in an Egyptian painting, appa- 

 rently not as ancient as the Pharaonic period ; and is also mentioned 

 in the Batrachomyomachia, and by Herodotus and Plautus. 



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