The chronography of Gregory Abû'l Faraj, the son of Aaron, the Hebrew physician, commonly known as Bar Hebraeus : being the first part of his political history of the world / translated from the Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge.
- Bar Hebraeus
- Date:
- 1932
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The chronography of Gregory Abû'l Faraj, the son of Aaron, the Hebrew physician, commonly known as Bar Hebraeus : being the first part of his political history of the world / translated from the Syriac by Ernest A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![II THE JUDGES. FROM JOSHUA TO SAMUEL [15] Here beginneth the Second Series, from the Patriarchs to the Judges AFTER moses the prophet, isho' (joshua) the son of non, his disciple, ruled the people, according to eusebius and andronicus, twenty-seven years, and according to anianus twenty-five years. And when joshua was eighty- three years old he received the rod of rule from moses the Great, and he brought the people into the land of promise; and he destroyed seven peoples of the canaanites. And in his tenth year, that is to say of his rule, he divided the inheritance for the people. He died at the age of one hun¬ dred and ten years. After joshua, the son of non, the priests (or, elders) governed the people. Now the Book doth not show the number of their years, but africanus saith that they ruled for thirty years. And anianus saith that phinehas, the Zealot, the son of eliezar, the priest, governed the people for twenty- four years, kushan the wicked had dominion over the peoples of the people for eight years, and he was killed by 'athni’el (othniel). After kushan, othniel judged the people forty years, and in the days of othniel cities were built in bethunIa (bithynia), malos, papos, tasos, KALISTA, [and] MARONDA. After othniel, 'eglon, the moabite, ruled the people after the manner of a tyrant for eighteen years, and he was killed by ’ahor (ehud), the son of GIRA. After 'eglon, ’ahor (ehud) the son of girajudged the people for sixty-two years; those who say eighty years include with them the eighteen years of [the exile of] 'eglon. In the time of ’ahor the ‘Beth Din’ (i.e. temple) of ’arios paghos (Areopagus) was built in Athens ; and lacedemon ’ia was built, and halab (aleppo) was built by balkos, the Assyrian king. After ’ahor (ehud), shamghar the son of 'anath judged the people for eighteen years. This man killed sixty men of the philistine chiefs with a goad for bulls—in [another] manuscript [we read] six hundred. After shamghar, nabhin (jabin), king of hasor, [judged the people for] twenty years. The name of the captain of the host of this nabhin was sisra, and he had ninety (nine hundred in Judges iv. 3) chariots of iron; his head was smashed in by Deborah the prophetess and he perished. After nabhIn (jabin) came Deborah and barak, [they ruled for] forty years, Deborah and barak sang the song of [16] praise for the deliverance of the Lord. After deborah and barAjv the midianites ruled the people in a cruel](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31365334_0101.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
