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those thirteen high priests, eighteen took the high priesthood at Jerusalem,
one m succession to another, from the days of king Solomon, until Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon, made an expedition against that city, and burnt the temple,
and removed our nation into Babylon, and then took Josadek, the high priest,
captive; the times of these high priests were four hundred and sixty-six
years, six months, and ten days, while the Jews were still under the regal
government. But after the term of seventy years' captivity under the Babylonians,
Cyrus, king of Persia, sent the Jews from Babylon to their own land again,
and gave them leave to rebuild their temple; at which time Jesus, the son
of Josadek, took the high priesthood over the captives when they were returned
home. Now he and his posterity, who were in all fifteen, until king Antiochus
Eupator, were under a democratical government for four hundred and fourteen
years;
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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