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Onabranc ^ iof ^ lhei nati ^ iv ^ aa- 'destr ^ ed ttyvMcwefo , biit then reniainfe were afterwards powerful enough to drive the Israeli ^? , from $ K $ ( $ wiGottrfw try into the mountains ,, till the decisive victory of Gideon put an end to the oppression * T $ te Mdiahftes , in lattfer ^ tiaLeiyftate mergedinto the more general bptoeliatibn ^ f Jtr ^ bians . r' ' " ' ' * ' "" l ' ' ! f
The railKtiries are supposed tQ Mve < $ me mvrtiffly from Egypt . Tftey were a vv ^ rlike , j ^ opl ^ living on the western bor 4 ei ^ of Judea . Thei r most ancient < fqrm pfgovernment appears to have Jieeni mpnarqhtcal ^ and the ir kragp we * e > aJl a < Mr $$ sed by the affectionate titter of Abimelechy wfiich literally raeaas * , My Father the Ki ng « This was afterwards changed * into an aristocracy , undeuthe direction of five lords or provincial governors . This was the form subsisting during the time of the Hebrew judges , but afterwards
the regal power was restored . As they did not belong to the aboriginal tribes of the country which was promised to Abraham- and his seed , they were not to be driven out . They were , however , bigoted idolaters , and hated the Israelites . They were long the most- formidable enemies whom the Israelites had to encounter , till their power was broken by David . After this they are not mentioned till the accession of Nadab King of Israel , when they again renewed their struggle for superiority , till , with their rivals ^ they were reduced under subjection to the Assyrians ;
The Ammonites were descended from Lot , and owing to the relationship which subsisted between them and the descendants of Abraham , they were not molested by the Hebrews in their march towards Canaan , till their oWn fears involved them in the calamities they wished to avoid . They afterwards united with Eglon , and made an attempt singly to recover the lands of which
their ancestors had been deprived , but were defeated by Jephthah . Their hostility continued with few intervals till their capital was taken by David ; Their name seldom occurs afterwards 1 in history ; they appear , however , to have had a lairge army in the time of the Maccabees ^ and their name did not cease to ertist till , m the second century of the Christian era ^ they were absorbed in the pc ^ ver of Arabia .
. Some obscurity hangs over the origin of the Amalekites ; who ate said by some tor have de ^ cendfed rro m Esau , while the Arabians trace the lineage up to Uz , the grandson ofrNoah ^ They were , at a very remote period , a powerful arid a jealous people , and attacked the Israelites on their march from the Ited Sea * Their hostilit y towards the Israelites continued till their total defeat bV David ^ after which their name scarcely occurs .
iW Syrians were anciently , like the other countries of Western Asta , under the government of petty kings or heads of dans who divided their fine country , and rendered it unavailable either for conquest or defence . We hear nothingjof the Syrians during the time of the Judges in Israel . Dr . Russell has , however , pursued his researches through the period of the kingly government , and detailed' the wars of Benhadad and HazaeL
An abridgement of the history of the Phoenicians follows , about : Whose origin much difference of opinion exists among biblical critics and " antiquaries ; That they were Canaanites appears to be the Wore probable conjecture . Like alt other ancient states , it was at an early ( period clivided into several W independent kingdoms ^—pf which Sidon has always been tj ^ p 9 jwerful notices
e ^ tee ^ ii old ^^ a ^^ l mp ^ f ; ; but so few of it are to be met ^ i ^ irji ^ lp ^ vTO ^^ . ^^ mpre is known than that if existed int / oig > wWnc ^ , an ( J s ^ en ^ uy . fe . the earjwt Itjmes * Tyre , less ancient , hplds a morel conspitmoiisbplatfe . itt ihtt-iapBEala of K > yria than Sidon , from which she sr > runfir ^ ia ^ cl » to vvliOBe wealths and power' she succeeded ; at an' early
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1828, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2564/page/35/
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