A70035:199
The Scriptures harmony
The Scriptures harmony by E.F., Esq.
London: printed by Richard Cotes for William Hope, 1643
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
As to Jeshua. He was the son of Jozadak, alias 1Jehozadak, the son of Seraiah, the chief Priest, who was slain by Nebuchadnezzar. Now admit that Jehozadak was ten years old when he was carried into Captivity, and that 30. years after he begat Jeshua; then was Jeshua 40. years old in the first year of Cyrus, and 70. when the Temple was finished.
As to Jeshua. He was the sonne of Jozadak, alias 1Jehozadak, the sonne of Seraiah, the chiefe Priest, who was slaine by Nebuchadnezzar. Now admit that Jehozadak was ten yeeres old when he was carried into Captivity, and that 30. yeeres after he begat Jeshua; then was Jeshua 40. yeeres old in the first yeere of Cyrus, and 70. when the Temple was finished.
- 1Ezra 3. v. 2. 1 Chr. 6. v. 14, 15. 2 K▪ 25 v. 18. 21
As to Mordecai. Admit that he was five years 1old when he was carried away Captive with Jeconiah, then was he 122. years old in the 12. year 2of Ahasuerus, when the two days of Purim were by the Decree of Queen Esther made festival; after 3which should he live eight years, he then died at the age of 130. which was not unlikely in those 4times.