3703 Years of Sol. Solomon reigned 40 Years. Years of Hir. Hiram, King of Tyre. His 12th Year correfponds with the 4th of Solomon, JOSEPHUS. A. C. The Lord appears to Solomon in Gibeon. 1 Kings, 9 Hiram, in friendship with Solomon, fends him 1011 3704 2 ch. iii. 10 artificers. 3705 3 N. B. The dominion of Solomon was from II 3706 4 Egypt to the Euphrates. 12 3707 5 Temple of Solomon founded this year, 21 April. [13] ΠΟΙΟ 1009 N. B. Tyre had now been founded 240 years. 1008 3723 21 Solomon begins to build the cities in the wilder-29 Hiram receives 20 cities in Galilee from Solo- 991 3724 22 nefs. I Kings, ch. ix. Has a fleet at Ezionge-30 mon. I Kings, ch. ix. ver. 11. 999 2 2 2 2 2 456 7S 996 995 994 993 992 3725 23 ber. 372624 372725 372826 372927 373028 373129 3732 30 3733 31 Solomon, in the latter part of his reign, apofta373432 tized from the true God; time uncertain. 373533 God raifes up enemies to Solomon; Rezon, who 373634 reigned in Damafcus; Hadad, king of Edom; and 3737 35 Jeroboam, of the tribe of Ephraim. 373836 3739 37 374038 3741 39 3742/401 * [B] Contemporary Princes. Contemporary Events. Tyrian Annals. ABDASTRATUS. Shifhak, king of Egypt. This is with the Sefoftris of Herodotus. The family of the Heraclidæ had Tlepolemus, fon of Hercules, being fuppofed by Jofephus to be the fame now governed Lydia 249 years. It banished Argos, flies to Rhodes, where began with 'Argon, and ended with he is elected their chief. Candaules. HEROD. DIOD. 971 Priam, king of Troy, a prince of The War of Troy. * Vide PREF. great wealth. His allies were the For the contemporary princes of Tlepolemus follows Agamemnon to tates of Afia Minor, as far as Caria Greece, fee Homer. Troy; during which time Butas goand Lycia. See HOMER. IL. II. verns Rhodes. DIOD. Dies, aged 29. 970 Cinyras, at this time, king of Cy- It appears from him, Oreftes, fon of 1] Eldeft fon of the nurse of Ab- 969 prus, or part of it. HOMER. Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, was daftratus reigns after him, having connow born. Neftor was king of Pylos; fpired with three brothers against the Menelaus of Sparta. former king. Shishak, king of Egypt, ruled over 2] The race of the Heraclidæ now 968 The dominion of Agamemnon was Lybia and Ethiopia. He prepares to the greateft, extending from Argos to reigned in Lydia, having been settled take advantage of the divifion of the Corinth and Sicyon. there about 252 years; and continued kingdom of Judea. 253 years longer. HEROD. Shifhak takes Jerufalem. It is not The fons of Thefeus, Acamas and 3]. faid whether he returned to Egypt, or Demophoon, were fettled in Euboea proce: led to other conquests. after their father's banishment, and Peneleus leads the Boeotians againft 967 |