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Section A(10) of a huge collection of disordered fragmentary drafts on ancient history in which Newton correlates Jewish, Greek and Egyptian chronology. Much of the historical material later found its way into the posthumous 'Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended' (1728). These papers also contain a draft interpretation of the visions of Daniel.
Bought at the Sotheby sale by Gabriel Wells for £90 and presumably acquired by Yahuda not long afterwards.
to make war. 1 Chron. V.26.
Salmanasser (called Enemesser by Tobit (chap. 1) invaded a
Tyrij apud Ioseph
l. 9 Antiq. c. ult.
placed them in Chalach & Chabor by the river Gozan, & in
the cities of the Medes. And Hosea b
Arbela. And his successor Sennacherib saith that his fathers
had conquered also Gozan & Haran (or Carrhæ) & Reseph (or
Resen) & the children of Eden & Arpad or the Arradij. 2 King
XIX.12.
Sennacherib the son of Salmanasser in the 14th year
of Hezekiah, invaded Phœnicia, & took several cities of Iudah,
& attempted Egypt; & Sethon or Sevechus king of Egypt and
Tirhakah king of Æthiopia coming against him , he lost in one
night 185000 men, as some say by a plague, or perhaps by
lightning or a fiery wind ch
ing deserts, or as others by being disarmed by mise eating their
bowstrings, or rather surprised by Sethon & Tirhakah. For
the Egyptians in memory of this action erected a statue to Sethon
holding in his hand a mouse the
defeat Sennacherib returned in hast to Nineveh, & his kingdom
became troubled so that Tobit could not go into Media. And hewent after a
was slain by two of his sons who fled into Armenia & his son
Asserhadon succeeded him,& his estate kingdom became troubled At that time did
so that Tobit a could not go into Media.
Merodach Baladin or Mardocempad king of Babylon send
an embassy to Hezekiah king of Iudah.
Asserhadon