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Title: The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statistics. With a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Belcher, Joseph, 1794-1859
Subjects: Sects Sects Religions
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. E. Potter
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rusalem, and car-ried one hundred thousand of the people captives into Egypt. Theirloyalty and fidelity, however, moved his compassion, and so raisedtheir character in his estimation, that he appointed them to places oftrust and power. In the year before Christ, two hundred and ninety-seven, diedSimon the Just, who was high priest of the Jews, the son of Onias.This high priest was the last of the men of the great synagogue, con-sisting of one hundred and twenty persons, appointed by Ezra forperfecting the restoration of the Jewish church ; and it is believed thathe made the last revision of the books of the Old Testament, and com-pleted the sacred canon, by adding the Books of Chronicles, Ezra,Nehemiab Esther, and Malachi. After the death of Ptolemy Soter, before Christ two hundred andeighty four years, the Jews were favored with another protector in hisson. This king was engaged in a long war with Antiochus Theos, kingof Syria, which they terminated by a treaty of marriage. Antiochus
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23 Judaism. 25 divorced his wife Zaodice, and married Berenice, the daughter ofPtolemy, in the year before Christ two hundred and forty-nine. PtolemyPhiladelphia dying two years afterwards, Antiochus took back his firstqueen, and separated from Berenice ; who, fearing another divorcespeedily poisoned him, cut off Berenice and her son, and placed herown son, Callinicus on the throne. Ptolemy Euergetes, now king ofEo-ypt, in revenge for the death of his sister Berenice, hastened with aconsiderable army against Syria, slew Laodice, and having subdued thekingdom, returned laden with spoils; and on his way offered manysacrifices in the temple of Jerusalem, as a grateful acknowledgment toGod for his triumphs. Ptolemy Philopater, son of Ptolemy Euergetessucceeded his father on the throne, before Christ two hundred and twenty-one. He was a very profligate prince. Antiochus, brother of Callini-cus, engaged in war with him, and at first was successful; but Ptolemyultimately conquered, and made

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