The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-15

ference 10 himself and his labors Mr. Gliddon de.
scribcd the Egyptians nation that in intellectual,
moral and social refinement, less than in scientific
literary, political add practical greatness had arrived
ri supremacy long before the OF Noses aud whose
sublime ogethought had stamped nobesi instilu.
lions aud wisest doetrnes with an Egyptian impress
The resuscitaled annals OF Hams noble progeny by
means OF eXpounded monuments and translated doc
unents, could not but be interesting part of an
cient history, and ahor ing beneficial comparisons
for modern polty. But they of still greater i'm
portsnce interviewer with that Holy Record upon
which we base every thing that valuable and
be both in doctrine and IN institution. The collection
preservation, and expoundng of the originals OF tho
chronicles and legendary traditions which time and
barbarism were hourly sweeping away, and TO ex-
hbit the glories Of the Pharaonc epochs had been
the object of the great Champoliion and other hero.
logisls; and the condensation of their labors and dis
coyeres into popular lectures the effort of the
lecturer In single evening he could but present
brief abstract OF the Pharaohs, yet that he hoped
10 make Interesting and important to the historian;
the Biblical chronographer and general reader In H.
lustration OF the value of herogp hica researches in
relation TO Serptural history, he would adduce in.
stances throwing light upon the interval between
Joshua and the Hebrew captivity from b. c. i 450 to
D. c. $50. The first instance that OF Pharaoh
Hophra, Jer. Xiv 80, upon whom jeremiah in chap.
xxxyi, 3, warned Jerusalem not TO rely for aid
against Nebuchadnezzar. Who the PROF het foretold
would return TO Egypt (aiier having come up, as if
10 assist Zedekiah, (and leave the king of Jerusalem
TO his fate. The name of the Pharaoh Of Egypt on
whom Zedekah relied, was sHaphrah or 'Hophrah ,
according TO Maronitic punctuation, and was shown
TO be the Ouaphre of the Scptuagint the Ephrae of
the Vulgate the Haphres or Vaphres of Manetho and
the Apres Of Dodorus Sicuus He was the 9Th
King of the 26th or Saitic Dynasty, b. C. 5SS.
IL was this Pharaoh Hophra who is alluded to ID
the prophecy Of Ezekiel xxx. g 3. "Son of man
set thy face against the Pharaoh king of Egypt and
prophecy against him and all Egypt.n-Thus saith
the Lord God, Behold | am against thee Pharaoh
king OF Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the
md,t OF his rivers, &c., till the Almighty declares he
will make Egypt .desolate from Migdol to the Tow
er Of Sycne.' This prophecy made while Hophra
was in the zenith Of his power and boosted of the Nile
''My river is mine own, and have made it for my
SELF was literally fulfilled shortly after in his de-
feat disgrace and death. Soon AFTER in the fulfil
ment of double prophecy, his ally Zedekiah, king
of Judah, is conquered and carried into captivity
his soldiers rebeed-Amasis sent to conciate them
turned traitor, and suffered himself to be elected
kng--and Patabermes being sent by Hophra against
Auass, and being mutilated in the and ears be-
cause he failed OF success, there was, IN consequence
of this barbarty, utter abandonment of Hoplra
BY his friends. He fell into the hands Of the
nsurpng Amasis, who stranged him to allay popular
indignation. He was buried in the tomb of his an
cestors by the generous Amasis within the precincts
of the temple OF Meth, at Sais city now in ruins
where the lecturer has often unused in Solitude and
conjured up the departed visions Of her glory until
he has the Temple Of Meth, the Tombs of The
Saitic Dynasty, and the Pharaonic City, rise from
III
with sedge and teeming with wild fowl, still marks
the place of the which the aquatic excur-
sions Of the priests performed; mounds of red
brick, marble columns, iriezes and other broken re
lies, and broken sarcophagus, mark the place of
the Temple and Metropolis Amid its ruins the lee
turer has INDUCED in the sports of the chase has net
ted ducks on Minerals lake. chased Jackas amid
the ruins of the Sanctuary shot wolves in tie COM
mercia part of the city, speared the wild hog where
Apries or Hophra was stranged, aud scared the ow
and the bittern from the sepulchre &C hmass. W.
t<re re2nJns ~ 81 tie Fa.slialci Babylct.-'I gn
~ psla Procession ~, tae hi'lera, Az roo's q
tai5g ahd igyili swtt z s. In tae = 30 II g. u,
non. isaiah, yts - -t1r TIE first eai4cset a
cts, tsnlapr f5ttt rfh ca-tucc.es CO ~. r =.
II. uaac and little q lnU PnHaCh. lie saae car
;Sucte3 are o. an chcliak iow ~ h6ra and on do
e1sin r. op, 81 .nat,cs se s01 q PsamnlSt.k H.
History points out Hophra the son of Psammeik
III SO that the historical, scripural and monumental
identity fully made out The lecturer read the car
touches containing the name and titles of Hophra -
''Benefcent Deity y 'Lord of the two worlds .
nower and upper Egypt "Sun who reoices in his
prince. On an Egyptian stature of priest is an in
scripuou which states thai lac houiisbed n the regr
ofPhsraoh Remesto, Amasis aud Psammetck Ill
As all monuments bore the names of the regnin.
kings, this presents the fact that probably owing L
his cruelty TO Patarbemis, Hophras was chang
ed by his subjects from ''Sun, who IN his heart re
joicethn TO "kemesto,' the abominabe Pharaoh
allow art thou fallen from heaven, Lucfer sor
words of Isaiah. Chow art thou cut down to IN.
ground that ddst weaken the nations ~
In the pleuitude Of his power, little deeming Del
ty could dispossess him, this yanglorious King doom
ed by the Almighty, denounced Toy the prophets de
serted by his allies lie cast down from the pima
Gle of his glory fulfilling the prophetic curse Of Jere
miah "Bebold will give Pharaoh Hophra, King o
Egypt, into the hands OF his enemies, and into Thu
hands OF them that seek bis life" And now, afte
the lapse Of 24l2 years, the faithful heroglyphic
proclaim, they shall do to generations yet slumber
ing in the womb Of lime, the fate ofPharaoh Hophra
who has
LEFT name at which the world grew pale,
To paint mortal and adorn tale"
The broken sarcophagus and violated remains O
the tombs of Amasis and his Queen Onlznas the SIS
Of ages from their violation by Cambyses, as relate
by Herodotus.
The lecturer noticed next Pharaoh Necho. IN
grandfather of Hophra Of whom incidental mentio
made in scripture, and in the doubtful records Q
profane authors. He pointed out and read the car
touche containing his name and titles, Sun stron
IN justice" Neko. Inscriptions found on the f1ne
raj tablets Of two priests establish the time of thi
Pharaoh, and the duration of his life and reign to
day.
The next Pharaoh noticed by Mr. Gliddon. was Nh
Tirhaka of the Bible c. 695. Tahraka Of the mon
uments In 1898 Rosseni discovered at Thebes
mummy m tomb with description Of designating
her as "Sezarinichur," the of the daughter o
Tahraka. The next in order was So, then Zerah o
Zarak, and lastly SheshoDk the Shishsk of the Ri
bic. This last was very Interesting On tue fir.
court Of the Temple Of kaonac, at Thebes, is a vas
tableau which is sculptured Pharaoh of giganti
size holding in bis uplifed hands pole-sxe about
smte group fprisoners, whom, bound together b
the hair Of their heads he about TO offer 10 the de
ties OF Thebes. Over Pharaoh's head appears in h
erogIyphies, "5un of the merdional parts of N
world approved Of the Sum-" "Son Of the Sun, b.
loved of Anon" SheshoDk Above the head Of III
Deity Amun Ria, is long inscription Of twenty c,
lumns, in which the god addresses the king The 20
Amun Ria Is presenting 10 Sheshonk five lines
prisoners, each Of whom represents a conquered n.
ton and wears on his breast the turreed oval repr
senting city, and W ich contains the name of IN