THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
ABACUC, where buried, ii.
315. his monument seen by
St. Jerome, ib.
Abijah succeeds Rehoboam in
the kingdom of Israel, ii. 562.
his victory against Jeroboam,
ib.
Abimelech murders his seventy
brethren, all but one, and is
made king by the Shechem-
ites, ii. 414. mortally bruised
with a stone thrown by a
woman, and, at his own com-
mand, run through the body
by his page, 416.
Abner, Saul's general, forced to
kill Asahel, ii. 502. slain by
Joab, 503.
Aborigines, ii. 37.
Abraham, when born, ii. 2, 16.
not the eldest son of Terah,
14. made but one journey
into Canaan, 5. his age be-
fore Noah died, ib. at his en-
trance into Canaan, 16. and
when he rescued his nephew
Lot, and overthrew Amra-
phel, 25. first taught the Chal-
dæans, Phoenicians, and Egyp-
tian priests astrology and di-
vine knowledge, i. 384. con-
temporary with Ninus, Semi-
ramis, and Xerxes, ii. 2. many
mighty families that came out
of his kindred, 320.
Abrocomas, his cowardice, iii.
Absalom, his rebellion, ii. 514.
Absolute lords, their advantage
over such as are served by
voluntaries, iii. 170.
Abydeni, their furious resolu-
tion, iii. 591.
Academics, their opinion of
light, against Aristotle, i. 16.
Achab and his successors, ii.
298. his death, 362.
Achæmenes, his association with
Arbaces against Sardanapa-
lus, iii. 51.
Achæmenidæ, two races of them,
iii. 53.
Achæus slays the murderers of
Seleucus Ceraunus, and takes
charge of the army in the
minority of Antiochus the
Great, iv. 645. turns traitor,
651. blocked up in Sardis,
656. betrayed to Antiochus,
who weeps over him, and
condemns him to a cruel
death, 661.
Achaians, when the most pow-
erful nation in Greece, iv.
Acheron, the river which the
poets describe to be in hell,
where it riseth, ii. 389.
Achilles, his contention with
Agamemnon, ii. 455. recon-
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