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biblical cmvmMfe INQUIRIES AND DLgftgJISITIONSt ' a^07lC (KXJKiSAA« TIOAIi HISTOBli;
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Biblical Cmvmmfe Inquiries And Dlgftgjisitionst ' A^07lc (Kxjkisaa« Tioaii Histobli;
biblical cmvmMfe INQUIRIES AND DLgftgJISITIONSt ' a ^ 07 lC ( KXJKiSAA « TIOAIi HISTOBli ;
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The Conversion of Helen , Qweeii of Y # e AdiabeneSy and her Son Izates to the Christian religitin . Feb . 8 , 1811 v Josephus is the historian of
this interesting event . I here tr&nsl&te a p&rt i > f his narrative , A . 3 . lib . xx . " About this time Helen , Queen of the Adiabenes , and her son Iz&tes conformed to
the institutions of the Jews , for the following reason . Monabaztis , king of the Adiabenes ^ having fallen in love with his sister Heleii , married her . When she was with
child , a Voice declared to him in his sleep that a babe had begun to exist , \ vhich by the providence of God would reach a happy end . Being alarmed by thevmce ^ Montibazus imrmediatejy awoke ; he told the affair to Helen , and the
son when bom he " called I 2 ates . Monabasjus had by Helen an elder son and other childteh by other wives : but he loved Izites
uti every respect as an dtily-fettgotteii child . Thi ^ pre fe rence , which tfie father did not disguise , ren ^ dered the sort an object of envy and hatred to his other brethren' "
The histotten then states that the father , t& secure his favourite son against the consequence of these passions , £ ent him to Abenncrigy king of Char ax Spasina ,
who treated him with great kind - ness , gav ^ him his own daughter in ntiarwage , with a territory which yielded him large revenues . Monabazus being now old , and de-
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sirous oBce mots 6 { Seeing his son , sends for bind ; aifci having embtat ^ d him wit ! i gr < ea : t tetider . neSSf confers tipiSn iiim a * : otHSt * y in which Amomum is prodHt&ft , and died . The ihbtlferiMarinea tli wish
the nobles th ^ at ^ ra ^ of her tate husband to faSSe Iiat £ s to the ; thironev iii- 'J 4 i % lferfeii ^ e tb Ms brothers . Td thfe ttiey Cotttenteel } and , in ofdet Id sefetire ^ th ^ ' ki % . to
dom to Ikkte $ > prb ^( Sgect piit liis brothers to dBathr * && ^ tiefen rejects the precfkiiSoHy -las i ^ jtist and trruel ; and ^ he placedthe dia « dem on tfee htead of tKe eldest
son till the ydttep ^ r SKoutct a ^ ri ^ fe . During t& ^^ tinite ^ in which Izates continued at the ibttreS ^ Spam sina , a cert ^ tiit sJipivisii in ^ rchantj named AfitiM ^ being ifrtfddticed to the ladled of the ctdWt ^ feErtighl him to worship God ^ bnfofiiiafbljf to the customs M the " ¦ ¦ Jitoii
dUjninias becoming throtigh thfetn acquainted with Iz&ifesv pfetsu ^ uJed him also to ehlbi ^ ace the tetito worship . It Happened atrdiit th « same time that HefehWEls
ittstrtiCted by other Jews to cbnforhl to the Jewish instittitidns , whfchlfcates , on hearing of the conversion of his riidther , openly embraces ; but thinking thit He could riot b « a confirmed Je \ V unless he was
circumcised , he determined to submit to tha ^ rite ; but his mother , informed of his design , endeavoured to prevent it representing to him that the measure would be dangerous , ; as his subjects , on seeing him prefer a /? -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/42/
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