Sect. V. Of the taking of Troy, the wooden horse, the book of Sect. VI. Of the distresses and dispersions of the Greeks return- Sect. III. Of the establishing of Saul by his first victories. 478 Sect. IV. Of Saul's disobedience in his proceedings in the wars with the Philistines and Amalekites, which caused his final re- Sect. V. Of the occurrents between the rejection of Saul and his Sect. VI. Of such as lived with Samuel and Saul; of Hellen and 489 Sect. VII. Of Homer and Hesiod, and many changes in the 494 Sect. I. Of David's estate in the time of Saul. 498 Sect. II. Of the beginning of David's reign, and the war made 501 Sect. III. Of the death of Abner slain by Joab, and of Ishbosheth 503 Sect. IV. Of the flourishing time of David's kingdom, the taking 504 507 Sect. VI. The war which David made upon the Syrians. 508 Sect. VII. Of David's troubles in his reign, and of his forces. 512 revenge upon Joab and Shimei. 522 Sect. IX. Of the treasures of David and Solomon. 527 Sect. X. Of the Philistines, whom David absolutely mastered; 533 Sect. I. Of the establishing of Salomon; of birthright, and of the Sect. III. Of Salomon's sending to Ophir, and of some seeming contradictions about Salomon's riches, and of Pineda's conceit Of Salomon's successors until the end of Jehosaphat. Sect. I. Of Rehoboam's beginnings: the defection of the ten 556 Sect. II. Of Rehoboam's impiety, for which he was punished by 560 Sect. III. Of the great battle between Jeroboam and Abijah, with 562 Sect. IV. Of Asa and his contemporaries. 564 Sect. V. Of the great alteration falling out in the ten tribes dur- 567 Sect. VI. A conjecture of the causes hindering the reunion of Of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, and Ahaziah. Sect. I. That Jehoram was made king sundry times. 581 king Jehoshaphat to change his purpose often, in making his 584 586 Of Athaliah, and whose son he was that succeeded into her. Sect. I. Of Athaliah's usurping the kingdom, and what pretences Sect. VI. A digression, wherein is maintained the liberty of using 612 Of Joash and Amasia, with their contemporaries; where some- what of the building of Carthage. Sect. IV. How Zacharia was murdered by Joash. 628 Sect. VI. Of the princes living in the time of Joash; of the time Sect. VII. The beginning of Amaziah's reign. Of Joash king of Sect. VIII. Of Amaziah's war against Edom; his apostasy, and Sect. IX. A discourse of the reasons hindering Joash from uniting Juda to the crown of Israel, when he had won Jerusalem, and Sect. XI. Of the interregnum or vacancy that was in the king- dom of Juda after the death of Amaziah. Sect. I. The prosperity of Uzziah, and of Jeroboam the second, 658 Sect. III. Of the prophets which lived in the time of Uzziah; and of princes then ruling in Egypt, and in some other coun- Sect. IV. Of the Assyrian kings descending from Phul; and whe- ther Phul and Belosus were one person, or heads of sundry fa- milies, that reigned apart in Nineveh and Babylon. Sect. V. Of the Olympiads, and the time when they began. 685 Of the antiquities of Italy, and foundation of Rome in the time. of Ahaz. Sect. I. Of the old inhabitants, and of the name of Italy. 697 Sect. II. Of the aborigines, and other inhabitants of Latium, and 700, Sect. IV. Of Æneas, and of the kings and governors of Alba. 706 Sect. V. Of the beginning of Rome, and of Romulus's birth and Of Ezekias and his contemporaries. Sect. I. Of the beginning of Ezekias, and of the agreeing of Pto- Sect. II. Of the danger and deliverance of Judæa from Senna- Sect. III. Of Ezekias's sickness and recovery; and of the Baby- 718 Sect. IV. The kings that were in Media during the reign of Eze- kias of the difference found between sundry authors, in re- hearsing the Median kings. Other contemporaries of Ezekias : Of the kings that reigned in Egypt, between the deliverance of Sect. I. That many names of Egyptian kings, found in history, Of 737 Sect. IV. Of kings that reigned in the dynasty of the Larthes. 739 Sect. VII. Of Sethon who reigned with Ezekias, and sided with |