The Antiquities of the Jews
Written by Flavius Josephus
Translated by William Whiston

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Book - Chapter	Title
The Antiquities of the Jews - Foreword by Mikael Knighton	Flavius Josephus - The Antiquities of the Jews
PREFACE	Preface to The Antiquities of the Jews
BOOK I Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirty-Three Years. From The Creation To The Death Of Isaac.
Book I - Chapter I	The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements.
Book I - Chapter II	Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge.
Book I - Chapter III	Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar.
Book I - Chapter IV	Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of Tongues.
Book I - Chapter V	After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies, And Inhabited The Whole Earth.
Book I - Chapter VI	How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants.
Book I - Chapter VII	How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The Chaldeans, And Lived In The Land Then Called Canaan But Now Judea.
Book I - Chapter VIII	That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence Into Egypt; And After He Had Continued There A While He Returned Back Again.
Book I - Chapter IX	The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian Wall.
Book I - Chapter X	How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And Saved The Sodomite Prisoners, And Took From The Assyrians The Prey They Had Gotten.
Book I - Chapter XI	How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His Wrath Against Them For Their Sins.
Book I - Chapter XII	Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of Abraham; And Concerning The Arabians, Who Were His Posterity.
Book I - Chapter XIII	Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham.
Book I - Chapter XIV	Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days.
Book I - Chapter XV	How The Nation Of The Troglodytes Were Derived From Abraham By Keturah.
Book I - Chapter XVI	How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife.
Book I - Chapter XVII	Concerning The Death Of Abraham.
Book I - Chapter XVIII	Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education.
Book I - Chapter XIX	Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother.
Book I - Chapter XX	Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau.
Book I - Chapter XXI	Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity.
Book I - Chapter XXII	How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron.

BOOK II  Containing The Interval Of Two Hundred And Twenty Years. From The Death Of Isaac To The Exodus Out Of Egypt.
Book II - Chapter I	How Esau And Jacob, Isaac's Sons Divided Their Habitation; And Esau Possessed Idumea And Jacob Canaan.
Book II - Chapter II	How Joseph, The Youngest Of Jacob's Sons, Was Envied By His Brethren, When Certain Dreams Had Foreshown His Future Happiness.
Book II - Chapter III	How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By Reason Of Their Hatred To Him; And How He There Grew Famous And Illustrious And Had His Brethren Under His Power.
Book II - Chapter IV	Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph.
Book II - Chapter V	What Things Befell Joseph In Prison.
Book II - Chapter VI	How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection
Book II - Chapter VII	The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine
Book II - Chapter VIII	Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph
Book II - Chapter IX	Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years
Book II - Chapter X	How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians
Book II - Chapter XI	How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian
Book II - Chapter XII	Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses
Book II - Chapter XIII	How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh
Book II - Chapter XIV	Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians
Book II - Chapter XV	How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt
Book II - Chapter XVI	How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them

BOOK III Containing The Interval Of Two Years. From The Exodus Out Of Egypt, To The Rejection Of That Generation.
Book III - Chapter I	How Moses When He Had Brought The People Out Of Egypt Led Them To Mount Sinai; But Not Till They Had Suffered Much In Their Journey
Book III - Chapter II	How The Amalekites And The Neighbouring Nations, Made War With The Hebrews And Were Beaten And Lost A Great Part Of Their Army
Book III - Chapter III	That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He Came To Him To Mount Sinai
Book III - Chapter IV	How Raguel Suggested To Moses To Set His People In Order, Under Their Rulers Of Thousands, And Rulers Of Hundreds, Who Lived Without Order Before; And How Moses Complied In All Things With His Father-In-Law's Admonition
Book III - Chapter V	How Moses Ascended Up To Mount Sinai, And Received Laws From God, And Delivered Them To The Hebrews
Book III - Chapter VI	Concerning The Tabernacle Which Moses Built In The Wilderness For The Honor Of God And Which Seemed To Be A Temple
Book III - Chapter VII	Concerning The Garments Of The Priests, And Of The High Priest
Book III - Chapter VIII	Of The Priesthood Of Aaron
Book III - Chapter IX	The Manner Of Our Offering Sacrifices
Book III - Chapter X	Concerning The Festivals; And How Each Day Of Such Festival Is To Be Observed
Book III - Chapter XI	Of The Purifications
Book III - Chapter XII	Several Laws
Book III - Chapter XIII	Moses Removed From Mount Sinai, And Conducted The People To The Borders Of The Canaanites
Book III - Chapter XIV	How Moses Sent Some Persons To Search Out The Land Of The Canaanites, And The Largeness Of Their Cities; And Further That When Those Who Were Sent Were Returned, After Forty Days And Reported That They Should Not Be A Match For Them, And Extolled The Stre
Book III - Chapter XV	How Moses Was Displeased At This, And Foretold That God Was Angry And That They Should Continue In The Wilderness For Forty Years And Not, During That Time, Either Return Into Egypt Or Take Possession Of Canaan

BOOK IV Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Eight Years. From The Rejection Of That Generation To The Death Of Moses.
Book IV - Chapter I	Fight Of The Hebrews With The Canaanites Without The Consent Of Moses; And Their Defeat
Book IV - Chapter II	The Sedition Of Corah And Of The Multitude Against Moses, And Against His Brother, Concerning The Priesthood
Book IV - Chapter III	How Those That Stirred Up This Sedition Were Destroyed, According To The Will Of God; And How Aaron, Moses's Brother Both He And His Posterity, Retained The Priesthood
Book IV - Chapter IV	What Happened To The Hebrews During Thirty-Eight Years In The Wilderness
Book IV - Chapter V	How Moses Conquered Sihon And Og Kings Of The Amorites, And Destroyed Their Whole Army And Then Divided Their Land By Lot To Two Tribes And A Half Of The Hebrews
Book IV - Chapter VI	Concerning Balaam The Prophet And What Kind Of Man He Was
Book IV - Chapter VII	How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame Them
Book IV - Chapter VIII	The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind

BOOK V Containing The Interval Of Four Hundred And Seventy-Six Years. From The Death Of Moses To The Death Of Eli.
BOOK V - Chapter I	How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel
BOOK V - Chapter II	How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The Israelites Transgressed The Laws Of Their Country, And Experienced Great Afflictions; And When There Was A Sedition Arisen, The Tribe Of Benjamin Was Destroyed Excepting Only Six Hundred Men
BOOK V - Chapter III	How The Israelites After This Misfortune Grew Wicked And Served The Assyrians; And How God Delivered Them By Othniel, Who Ruled Over The Forty Years
BOOK V - Chapter IV	How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were Then Delivered From Slavery By One Ehud Who Retained The Dominion Eighty Years
BOOK V - Chapter V	How The Canaanites Brought The Israelites Under Slavery For Twenty Years; After Which They Were Delivered By Barak And Deborah, Who Ruled Over Them For Forty Years
BOOK V - Chapter VI	How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The Israelites And Beat Them, And Afflicted Their Country For Seven Years, How They Were Delivered By Gideon, Who Ruled Over The Multitude For Forty Years
BOOK V - Chapter VII	That The Judges Who Succeeded Gideon Made War With The Adjoining Nations For A Long Time
BOOK V - Chapter VIII	Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines
BOOK V - Chapter IX	How Under Eli's Government Of The Israelites Booz Married Ruth, From Whom Came Obed The Grandfather Of David
BOOK V - Chapter X	Concerning The Birth Of Samuel; And How He Foretold The Calamity That Befell The Sons Of Eli
BOOK V - Chapter XI	Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And The People And How Eli Himself Died Miserably

BOOK VI Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years. From The Death Of Eli To The Death Of Saul.
BOOK VI - Chapter I	The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon Their Land, By The Wrath Of Go On Account Of Their Having Carried The Ark Away Captive; And After What Manner They Sent It Back To The Hebrews
BOOK VI - Chapter II	The Expedition Of The Philistines Against The Hebrews And The Hebrews' Victory Under The Conduct Of Samuel The Prophet, Who Was Their General
BOOK VI - Chapter III	How Samuel When He Was So Infirm With Old Age That He Could Not Take Care Of The Public Affairs Intrusted Them To His Sons; And How Upon The Evil Administration Of The Government By Them The Multitude Were So Angry, That They Required To Have A King To Go
BOOK VI - Chapter IV	The Appointment Of A King Over The Israelites, Whose Name Was Saul; And This By The Command Of God
BOOK VI - Chapter V	Saul's Expedition Against The Nation Of The Ammonites And Victory Over Them And The Spoils He Took From Them
BOOK VI - Chapter VI	How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews And Were Beaten
BOOK VI - Chapter VII	Saul's War With The Amalekites, And Conquest Of Them
BOOK VI - Chapter VIII	How, Upon Saul's Transgression Of The Prophet's Commands, Samuel Ordained Another Person To Be King Privately, Whose Name Was David, As God Commanded Him
BOOK VI - Chapter IX	How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews Under The Reign Of Saul; And How They Were Overcome By David's Slaying Goliath In Single Combat
BOOK VI - Chapter X	Saul Envies David For His Glorious Success, And Takes An Occasion Of Entrapping Him, From The Promise He Made Him Of Giving Him His Daughter In Marriage; But This Upon Condition Of His Bringing Him Six Hundred Heads Of The Philistines
BOOK VI - Chapter XI	How David, Upon Saul's Laying Snares For Him, Did Yet Escape The Dangers He Was In By The Affection And Care Of Jonathan And The Contrivances Of His Wife Michal: And How He Came To Samuel The Prophet
BOOK VI - Chapter XII	How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of The Philistines And Of The Moabites, And How Saul Slew Ahimelech And His Family
BOOK VI - Chapter XIII	How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul Did Not Kill Him. Also Concerning The Death Of Samuel And Nabal
BOOK VI - Chapter XIV	Now Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight With The Philistines Desired A Necromantic Woman To Raise Up The Soul Of Samuel To Him; And How He Died, With His Sons Upon The Overthrow Of The Hebrews In Battle

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