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

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

       CHAPTER 10 Concerning Rehoboam, And How God Inflicted Punishment Upon Him For His Impiety By Shishak (King Of Egypt)

       CHAPTER 11 Concerning The Death Of A Son Of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam Was Beaten By Abijah Who Died A Little Afterward And Was Succeeded In His Kingdom By Asa. And Also How, After The Death Of Jeroboam Baasha Destroyed His Son Nadab And All The House Of Jeroboam

       CHAPTER 12 How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And How Asa, Upon Baasha's Making War Against Him, Invited The King Of The Damascens To Assist Him; And How, On The Destruction Of The House Of Baasha Zimri Got The Kingdom As Did His Son Ahab After Him

       CHAPTER 13 How Ahab When He Had Taken Jezebel To Wife Became More Wicked Than All The Kings That Had Been Before Him; Of The Actions Of The Prophet Elijah, And What Befell Naboth

       CHAPTER 14 How Hadad King Of Damascus And Of Syria, Made Two Expeditions Against Ahab And Was Beaten

       CHAPTER 15 Concerning Jehoshaphat The King Of Jerusalem And How Ahab Made An Expedition Against The Syrians And Was Assisted Therein By Jehoshaphat, But Was Himself Overcome In Battle And Perished Therein

       BOOK IX Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven Years. — From The Death Of Ahab To The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes

       CHAPTER 1 Concerning Jehoshaphat Again; How He Constituted Judges And, By God's Assistance Overcame His Enemies

       CHAPTER 2 Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning The Prophet Elijah

       CHAPTER 3 How Joram And Jehoshaphat Made An Expedition Against The Moabites; As Also Concerning The Wonders Of Elisha; And The Death Of Jehoshaphat

       CHAPTER 4 Jehoram Succeeds Jehoshaphat; How Joram, His Namesake, King Of Israel, Fought With The Syrians; And What Wonders Were Done By The Prophet Elisha

       CHAPTER 5 Concerning The Wickedness Of Jehoram King Of Jerusalem; His Defeat And Death

       CHAPTER 6 How Jehu Was Anointed King, And Slew Both Joram And Ahaziah; As Also What He Did For The Punishment Of The Wicked

       CHAPTER 7 How Athaliah Reigned Over Jerusalem For Five (Six) Years When Jehoiada The High Priest Slew Her And Made Jehoash, The Son Of Ahaziah, King

       CHAPTER 8 Hazael Makes An Expedition Against The People Of Israel And The Inhabitants Of Jerusalem. Jehu Dies, And Jehoahaz Succeeds In The Government. Jehoash The King Of Jerusalem At First Is Careful About The Worship Of God But Afterwards Becomes Impious And Commands Zechariah To Be Stoned. When Jehoash (King Of Judah) Was Dead, Amaziah Succeeds Him In The Kingdom

       CHAPTER 9 How Amaziah Made An Expedition Against The Edomites And Amalekites And Conquered Them; But When He Afterwards Made War Against Joash, He Was Beaten And Not Long After Was Slain, And Uzziah Succeeded In The Government

       CHAPTER 10 Concerning Jeroboam King Of Israel And Jonah The Prophet; And How After The Death Of Jeroboam His Son Zachariah Took The Government. How Uzziah, King Of Jerusalem, Subdued The Nations That Were Round About Him; And What Befell Him When He Attempted To Offer Incense To God

       CHAPTER 11 How Zachariah Shallum, Menahem Pekahiah And Pekah Took The Government Over The Israelites; And How Pul And Tiglath-Pileser Made An Expedition Against The Israelites. How Jotham, The Son Of Uzziah Reigned Over The Tribe Of Judah; And What Things Nahum Prophesied Against The Assyrians

       CHAPTER 12 How Upon The Death Of Jotham, Ahaz Reigned In His Stead; Against Whom Rezin, King Of Syria And Pekah King Of Israel, Made War; And How