A CONNECTION

OF

SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY,

FROM

THE DEATH OF JOSHUA TO THE DECLINE OF THE
KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH.

(INTENDED TO COMPLETE THE WORKS OF SHUCKFORD AND PRIDEAUX.)

BY THE

REV. MICHAEL RUSSELL, LL.D.,

EPISCOPAL MINISTER, LEITH.

NEW EDITION, REVISED,

WITH NOTES AND ANALYSES,

BY J. TALBOYS WHEELER, F.R. G.S.

MADRAS PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, EDITOR OF PRIDEAUX' AND SHUCKFORD'S CONNECTIONS,

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

THE present edition of the Connection of Sacred and Profane History, by Bishop Russell, completes the great work commenced in the last century by Shuckford and Prideaux. The annals of mankind from the creation of the world to the advent of the Redeemer, which have been combined by three orthodox scholars of the highest eminence, are now published in one uniform series of volumes, at a price which will put them in possession of theological students of every degree.

As regards the labours of the present editor, but few observations are necessary. His aim has been to make such additions to the respective works as had been rendered necessary by modern investigations, without making any changes in the original views and opinions of their learned authors. At the same time he has sought to introduce throughout the entire series those modern appliances by which the labour of the student is abridged, and a multitude of varied facts the more easily impressed upon his memory. Accordingly, whilst historical, geographical, and mythological notes have been added wherever necessary, and much additional matter has been bracketed in the text, the text itself has been printed entire. At the same time the whole of the matter has been separated into divisions and paragraphs, with headings of the contents attached to each. Head-lines have also been inserted at the top of every page, and analytical contents have been inserted at the commencement of each volume. The importance of these latter additions will not be underrated, when it is remembered that the late Sir William Hamilton, the greatest scholar and thinker of the age, did not shrink from a similar labour whilst preparing the