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From the Death of Ahab to the Captivity of the Ten Tribes - Flavius Josephus

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Sanhedrim, out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> priests, <strong>the</strong> Levites, and <strong>the</strong> principal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

people, both here and 2 Chronicles 19:8; much like <strong>the</strong> old Christian<br />

judicatures <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bishop, <strong>the</strong> presbyters, <strong>the</strong> deacons, and <strong>the</strong> people.<br />

2. Concerning this precious balsam, see <strong>the</strong> note on Atiq. B. VIII. ch. 6.<br />

sect. 6.<br />

3. What are here Pontus and Thrace, as <strong>the</strong> places whi<strong>the</strong>r Jehoshaphat's<br />

fleet sailed, are in our o<strong>the</strong>r copies Ophir and Tarshish, and <strong>the</strong> place<br />

whence it sailed is in <strong>the</strong>m Eziongeber, which lay on <strong>the</strong> Red Sea,<br />

whence it was impossible for any ships <strong>to</strong> sail <strong>to</strong> Pontus or Thrace; so<br />

that <strong>Josephus</strong>'s copy differed from our o<strong>the</strong>r copies, as is fur<strong>the</strong>r plain<br />

from his own words, which render what we read, that "<strong>the</strong> ships were<br />

broken at Eziongeber, from <strong>the</strong>ir unwieldy greatness." But so far we<br />

may conclude, that <strong>Josephus</strong> thought one Ophir <strong>to</strong> be some where in <strong>the</strong><br />

Mediterranean, and not in <strong>the</strong> South Sea, though perhaps <strong>the</strong>re might be<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r Ophir in that South Sea also, and that fleets might <strong>the</strong>n sail both<br />

from Phoenicia and from <strong>the</strong> Red Sea <strong>to</strong> fetch <strong>the</strong> gold <strong>of</strong> Ophir.<br />

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