tient will be £843905.52, equal to £843905 10s. 4 d. sterling. It is said that King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target, 2 Chron. ix. 15. King Solomon made likewise three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred she kels of gold went to one shield, 2 Chron. ix, 16. To find the value of two hundred targets, I consider that one target is one-fifth of the weight of a talent; for a talent is 3000 shekels, and a target is but 600, which is the fifth of 3000, therefore one of the targets of gold is but one-fifth the value of a talent of gold: and so this will be the rule; Divide 140650.920 (i. e. the shillings sterling that are equal to one talent of gold) by 5, the quotient will be 28130.184s. (i. e. the value of one target) which multiply by 200 (the number of the targets) the product will be the value of the 200 targets in shillings sterling; divide the product by 20s. the quotient will be the value of the 200 targets in pounds and part of a pound sterling, viz. £281301.84, equal to £281,301 16s. 94d. See the operation following. Example. 5) 140650.920s. equal to one talent of gold. Quotient 28130.184s. equal to one target of gold. Product 5626036.800s. equal to two hundred targets. 20) 5626036.80s. Quotient £281301.84 equal to £281,301 16s. 9 d. To find the value of the 300 shields of gold, each containing 300 shekels, equal to 1⁄2 of a target. The rule is : Multiply 14065.092s, (i. e. the value of one shield, equal to half the value of one target) by 300 (the number of shields) the product will be the value of the 300 shields in shillings and part of a shilling sterling: divide the product by 20, the quotient will be the pounds and part of a pound sterling that are equal in value to the 300 shields, viz. £210976.38, equal to £210,976 7s. 7d. See the operation following: Example. 14065.092s. the value of one shield. Product 4219527.600s. equal to 300 shields. 20) 4219527.600s. Quotient £210976.38 equal to £210976 7s. 7d. In 1 Kings x. 14. we are told, that the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents. And by the preceding rule the reader will find that his annual income amounted to £4,683,675 12s. 8d. sterling.* a These calculations, in which I have followed Mr. Reynolds, (State of the greatest King, &c. p. 58) will be found materially to differ from those of the Abbé Fleury, in p. 193, 194, of this work; but as they appeared to me to be perfectly correct, I judged them of too much conse quence to be omitted. Part IV. CONTAINING FARTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE CUSTOMS, MANNERS, &c. OF THE ISRAELITES, IN WHICH A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, EITHER NOT TOUCHED BEFORE, OR BUT SLIGHTLY HANDLED, ARE CHAP. I. Division of the Hebrews into Tribes and Families. THE Hebrews were divided into twelve tribes, according to the number of the sons of Jacob. But GoD reserved to himself the posterity of Levi, and consecrated them to the service of his altars. So, that tribe could not properly be reckoned among the twelve tribes; but then Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, made two different tribes, which thereby supplied its place. The tribe of Levi was divided into three families, which derived their names and origin from the three sons of Levi. From Gershon came the Gershonites; from Kohath, the Kohathites; from Merari, the Merarites. Kohath, the second son of Levi, had Amram, the father of Aaron and Moses; the latter of which was the governor and lawgiver of the Hebrews, the former their highpriest. Aaron had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. After the death of the two former, the priesthood remained with the two others; whose posterity David divided into twenty-four classes, who performed the offices of the priesthood weekly, in their turns. Sixteen of these classes were in the family of Eleazar: whose names and order were as follow: 1. Jehoiarib, 2. Jedaiah, 3. Harim, 4. Seorim, 5. Malchijah, 6. Mijamim, 7. Hakkoz, 8. Abijah, 9. Jeshuah, 10. Shecaiah, 11. Eliashib, 12. Jakim, 13. Huppah, 14. Jeshebeah, 15. Bilgah, 16. Immer. So that there were but eight in the family of Ithamar, viz. 17. Hezir, 18. Aphses, 19. Pethahiah, 20. Jehezekel,' 21. Jachin, 22. Gamul, 23. Delaiah, 24. Maaziah. The other tribes were divided into different families, in the same manner, and their names were these: 1. The tribe of Reuben had four families the Hanochites, the Palluites, the Hesronites, the Carmites. ; 2. The tribe of Simeon had five; the Nemuelites, the Jaminites, the Jachinites, the Zarhites, the Shaulites. 3. The tribe of Gad had seven; the Zephonites, the Haggites, the Shanites, the Oznites, the Erites, the Arodites, the Arelites. 4. The tribe of Judah had five; the ShelaOr, Ezechiel. a 1 Chron. xxiv. nites, the Pharzites, the Zarhites, the Hesronites, the Hamulites. 5. The tribe of Issachar had four; the Tolaites, the Punites, the Jashubites, the Shrimronites. 6. The tribe of Zebulun had three; the Sardites, the Elonites, the Jahleelites. 7. The tribe of Manasseh had eight: the Machirites, the Gileadites, the Jeezerites, the Helekites, the Arielites, the Shechemites, the Shemiadites, the Hepherites. 8. The tribe of Ephraim had four the Shuthalites, the Bachrites, the Tahanites, the Eranites. 9. The tribe of Benjamin had seven; the Belaites, the Ashbeelites, the Ahiramites, the Shuphamites, the Huphamites, the Ardites, the Naamites, 10. The tribe of Dan had but one; the Shuhamites. 11. The tribe of Asher had five; the Jimnites, the Jesuites, the Beriites, the Heberites, the Malchielites. 12. The tribe of Naphtali had four; the Jahzeelites, the Gunites, the Jezerites, the Shillemites. Hitherto we have spoken only of the Hebrews by birth, who descended from Abraham, and belonged to one of the tribes; whence it was, that they were better esteemed among the Jews, than those who had been born Gentiles, and had embraced Judaism. For thus we find St. Paul urging it, as a matter of merit among |