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| Chapter XXII.—Antiquity of the Temple.
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Then concerning the building of the temple in
Judæa, which Solomon the king built 566 years after the exodus of
the Jews from Egypt, there is
among the Tyrians a record
how the temple was built; and in their archives writings have
been preserved, in which the temple is proved to have existed
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| 682 Others read 134
years. | years 8 months before the Tyrians founded Carthage
(and this record was made by Hiram683
(that is the name
of the king of the Tyrians), the son of Abimalus, on account of the
hereditary friendship which existed between Hiram and Solomon, and at the
same time on account of the surpassing wisdom possessed by Solomon. For
they continually engaged with each other in discussing difficult
problems. And proof of this exists in their correspondence, which to
this day is preserved among the Tyrians, and the writings that passed
between them); as Menander the Ephesian, while narrating the history of
the Tyrian kingdom, records, speaking thus: “For when Abimalus the
king of the Tyrians died, his son Hiram succeeded to the kingdom. He
lived 53 years. And Bazorus succeeded him, who lived 43, and reigned
17 years. And after him followed Methuastartus, who lived 54 years, and
reigned 12. And after him succeeded his brother Atharymus, who lived 58
years, and reigned 9. He was slain by his brother of the name of Helles,
who lived 50 years, and reigned 8 months. He was killed by Juthobalus,
priest of Astarte, who lived 40 years, and reigned 12. He was succeeded
by his son Bazorus, who lived 45 years, and reigned 7. And to him his
son Metten succeeded, who lived 32 years, and reigned 29. Pygmalion,
son of Pygmalius succeeded him, who lived 56 years, and reigned 7.684
| 684 In this register it seems
that the number of years during which each person lived does not include
the years of his reign. | And in the 7th year of his reign,
his sister, fleeing to Libya, built the city which to this day is called
Carthage.” The whole period, therefore, from the reign of Hiram
to the founding of Carthage, amounts to 155 years and 8 months. And in
the 12th year of the reign of Hiram the temple in Jerusalem was built.
So that the entire time from the building of the temple to the founding
of Carthage was 143 years and 8 months.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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