Flavius Josephus - The Antiquities of the Jews & The War of the Jews

CHAPTER 2 How, After The Death Of Joshua Their Commander, The Israelites Transgressed The Laws Of Their Country, And Experienced Great Afflictions; And When There Was A Sedition Arisen, The Tribe Of Benjamin Was Destroyed Excepting Only Six Hundred Men

CHAPTER 3 How The Israelites After This Misfortune Grew Wicked And Served The Assyrians; And How God Delivered Them By Othniel, Who Ruled Over The Forty Years

CHAPTER 4 How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were Then Delivered From Slavery By One Ehud Who Retained The Dominion Eighty Years

CHAPTER 5 How The Canaanites Brought The Israelites Under Slavery For Twenty Years; After Which They Were Delivered By Barak And Deborah, Who Ruled Over Them For Forty Years

CHAPTER 6 How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The Israelites And Beat Them, And Afflicted Their Country For Seven Years, How They Were Delivered By Gideon, Who Ruled Over The Multitude For Forty Years

CHAPTER 7 That The Judges Who Succeeded Gideon Made War With The Adjoining Nations For A Long Time

CHAPTER 8 Concerning The Fortitude Of Samson, And What Mischiefs He Brought Upon The Philistines

CHAPTER 9 How Under Eli's Government Of The Israelites Booz Married Ruth, From Whom Came Obed The Grandfather Of David

CHAPTER 10 Concerning The Birth Of Samuel; And How He Foretold The Calamity That Befell The Sons Of Eli

CHAPTER 11 Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And The People And How Eli Himself Died Miserably

BOOK VI Containing The Interval Of Thirty-Two Years. — From The Death Of Eli To The Death Of Saul

CHAPTER 1 The Destruction That Came Upon The Philistines, And Upon Their Land, By The Wrath Of Go On Account Of Their Having Carried The Ark Away Captive; And After What Manner They Sent It Back To The Hebrews

CHAPTER 2 The Expedition Of The Philistines Against The Hebrews And The Hebrews' Victory Under The Conduct Of Samuel The Prophet, Who Was Their General

CHAPTER 3 How Samuel When He Was So Infirm With Old Age That He Could Not Take Care Of The Public Affairs Intrusted Them To His Sons; And How Upon The Evil Administration Of The Government By Them The Multitude Were So Angry, That They Required To Have A King To Govern Them, Although Samuel Was Much Displeased Thereat

CHAPTER 4 The Appointment Of A King Over The Israelites, Whose Name Was Saul; And This By The Command Of God

CHAPTER 5 Saul's Expedition Against The Nation Of The Ammonites And Victory Over Them And The Spoils He Took From Them

CHAPTER 6 How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews And Were Beaten

CHAPTER 7 Saul's War With The Amalekites, And Conquest Of Them

CHAPTER 8 How, Upon Saul's Transgression Of The Prophet's Commands, Samuel Ordained Another Person To Be King Privately, Whose Name Was David, As God Commanded Him

CHAPTER 9 How The Philistines Made Another Expedition Against The Hebrews Under The Reign Of Saul; And How They Were Overcome By David's Slaying Goliath In Single Combat

CHAPTER 10 Saul Envies David For His Glorious Success, And Takes An Occasion Of Entrapping Him, From The Promise He Made Him Of Giving Him His Daughter In Marriage; But This Upon Condition Of His Bringing Him Six Hundred Heads Of The Philistines

CHAPTER 11 How David, Upon Saul's Laying Snares For Him, Did Yet Escape The Dangers He Was In By The Affection And Care Of Jonathan And The Contrivances Of His Wife Michal: And How He Came To Samuel The Prophet

CHAPTER 12 How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of The Philistines And Of The Moabites, And How Saul Slew Ahimelech And His Family

CHAPTER 13 How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul Did Not Kill Him. Also Concerning The Death Of Samuel And Nabal

CHAPTER 14 How Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight With The Philistines Desired A Necromantic Woman To Raise Up The Soul Of Samuel To Him; And How He Died, With His Sons Upon The Overthrow Of The Hebrews In Battle

BOOK VII Containing The Interval Of Forty Years. — From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David

CHAPTER 1 How David Reigned Over One Tribe At Hebron While The Son Of Saul Reigned Over The Rest Of The Multitude; And How, In The Civil War Which Then Arose Asahel And Abner Were Slain

CHAPTER 2 That Upon The Slaughter Of Ishbosheth By The Treachery Of His Friends, David Received The Whole Kingdom

CHAPTER 3 How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The City, He Cast The Canaanites Out Of It, And Brought In The Jews To Inhabit Therein

CHAPTER 4 That When David Had Conquered The Philistines Who Made War Against Him At Jerusalem, He Removed The Ark To Jerusalem And Had A Mind To Build A Temple

CHAPTER 5 How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites, And The Kings Of Sophene And Of Damascus, And Of The Syrians As Also The Idumeans, In War; And How He Made A League With The King Of Hamath; And Was Mindful Of The Friendship That Jonathan, The Son Of Saul, Had Borne Him

CHAPTER 6 How The War Was Waged Against The Ammonites And Happily Concluded

CHAPTER 7 How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband Uriah, For Which He Is Reproved By Nathan

CHAPTER 8 How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister; And How He Was Banished And Afterwards Recalled By David

CHAPTER 9 Concerning The Insurrection Of Absalom Against David And Concerning Ahithophel And Hushai; And Concerning Ziba And Shimei; And How Ahithophel Hanged Himself

CHAPTER 10 How, When Absalom Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By His Hair And Was Slain

CHAPTER 11 How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba; And Showed A Great Affection To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A Sedition, He Made Amasa Captain Of His Host, In Order To Pursue Seba; Which Amasa Was Slain By Joab

CHAPTER 12 How The Hebrews Were Delivered From A Famine When The Gibeonites Had Caused Punishment To Be Inflicted For Those Of Them That Had Been Slain: As Also, What Great Actions Were Performed Against The Philistines By David, And The Men Of Valor About Him

CHAPTER 13 That When David Had Numbered the People, They Were Punished; and How the Divine Compassion Restrained That Punishment

CHAPTER 14 That David Made Great Preparations For The House Of God; And That, Upon Adonijah's Attempt To Gain The Kingdom, He Appointed Solomon To Reign

CHAPTER 15 What Charge David Gave To his Son Solomon At The Approach Of His Death, And How Many Things He Left Him For The Building Of The Temple

BOOK VIII Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Sixty-Three Years. — From The Death Of David To The Death Of Ahab

CHAPTER 1 How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His Enemies

CHAPTER 2 Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And Riches; And Concerning What He Obtained Of Hiram For The Building Of The Temple

CHAPTER 3 Of The Building Of This Temple

CHAPTER 4 How Solomon Removed The Ark Into The Temple How He Made Supplication To God, And Offered Public Sacrifices To Him

CHAPTER 5 How Solomon Built Himself A Royal Palace, Very Costly And Splendid; And How He Solved The Riddles Which Were Sent Him By Hiram

CHAPTER 6 How Solomon Fortified The City Of Jerusalem, And Built Great Cities; And How He Brought Some Of The Canaanites Into Subjection, And Entertained The Queen Of Egypt And Of Ethiopia

CHAPTER 7 How Solomon Grew Rich, And Fell Desperately In Love With Women And How God, Being Incensed At It, Raised Up Ader And Jeroboam Against Him. Concerning The Death Of Solomon

CHAPTER 8 How, Upon The Death Of Solomon The People Forsook His Son Rehoboam, And Ordained Jeroboam King Over The Ten Tribes

CHAPTER 9 How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet And Returned (To Bethel,) And Was Afterwards Slain By A Lion. As Also What Words The Wicked Prophet Made Use Of To Persuade The King, And Thereby Alienated His Mind From God