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Title: The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, from the declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the time of Christ
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Prideaux, Humphrey, 1648-1724
Subjects: Jews History, Ancient
Publisher: Oxford, Univ. Press
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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tosend an army into Bactria c against his brother. But there hedid not meet with so easy success; dfor a fierce battle ensuing,though Hystaspes did not get the victory, yet he did so wellmake good his ground, that no advantage was gotten againsthim, but both armies parted with equal success, and each re-tired to make better preparations for a second encounter. B.C.463. But the next year dArtaxer\es having drawn together a muchstronger army, as having the greatest part of the empire at hisdevotion, overpowered Hystaspes, and utterly overthrew him ina second battle; whereby having removed all difficulties and op-positions, he now became fully possessed of the whole empire ;.Hid the better to secure himself in it, ho removed all those a ( fcedaa. tria at his fathers death, is attested by b Flatarchtu in Artaxerxe. Diodoras Sicalas, lib. 11. p. 53. s That Hystaspes was governor of Bac- <l Ctesias. e Diodor. Sic. lit). 11. ner n -jin. nuii-;. in/, n.i.u. ilUBlim. niiiui. iiu. 11. c. u.
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B. C. 464-462.) ABTAXERXE8 3. 287 governors of cities and provinces, of whom he had any suspicion,that they hud been concerned with, or any way well affected toeither of the parties which he had suppressed, and put into theirplaoee only Bueh ae he had a thorough confidence in. After thishe did set himself to reform all the abuses and disorders of therumiit. whereby he gained to himself much credit andauthority throughout all the provinces of the empire, andthoroughly established himself in the affections of the people,wherein lieth the surest interest of princes. Ait«■:• Artaxerxes had obtained these successes, and thereby B.C. 46:firmly settled himself in the peaceable possession of the wholePersian empire, *he appointed a solemn rejoicing on this ac-count, and caused it to be celebrated in the city of Shushan,or Susa, in feastings and shows, for the term of an hundred andeighty days, on the conclusion of which he made a great feast forall the princes and people that were then i

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