The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-09

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This king is sometimes called Sheshank.
l believe DIR. Abbot has in his collection,
the shield and signet ring of Shishack,
found among the ruins of Egypt.
In my collection of painting, have
copy of the picture taken from the wall of
Karnak, representing the prince of Judah
in captivity, with his arms bound behind
his body, and rope around his neck
The following is from Heebe;
Shishak, or Sesonchis-the Sheshanks
of the monuments, is the first king of
Manetho's twenty-second dynasty. The
reign of this monarch is supposed to have
taken place about 976 years B. c., and
his inauguration title reads, according to
Mr., Osburn, thus: "Pharao in the Upper
Region, Sesostris it is approved of the
Sum-" The invasion of this monarch of
Juda in the fifth year OF the reign of Re-
hoboam is commemorated on the northern
wall of the palace at Kornak; but the pic
ture is said to be SO much mutilated, that
nothing remains but three captiyes bound
to stake, which forms as usual, the title
page at the beginning, and portion of the
triumphal procession at the end, which is
so much dilapidated, that only the names
of the captives are legible.
1t was to this monarch, Jeroboam is
said to have fled, to avoid the wrath of
Solomon, who intended to kill him. It
might prehaps have been upon his insti-
cation: that Shishack undertook his expe-
di:ion against Rehoboam. The king of
Egypt is said to have led sixty thousand
horse, twelve hundred chariots, and be-
sides an innumerable-thatis, avast corps
of foot against the monarch of Judea,
whom he conquered, took his strongest
cities, and as it appears, Jerusalem itself,
which he deprived of its most valuable
riches and among them even the three
hundred shields of gold, that Solomon is
said to have caused to be made Still the
Egyptian conqueror left Rehoboam in
possession 6f the throne, but, as it appears
as vassal king.
, sABACHo so sETHoN.
The power of Egypt seems, during the
monarchs succeeding Shishak, to have de-
clined, as the Ethiopian king of Nerve Sa-
bacho, or Shsbak, as he is called in the
, monumental inscriptions, in the midst o.
The eighth century before the Christian
Era, was able to take possession of Up.
| per Egypt also. This king is said to have
reigned with great clemency and justice
; and it appears very improbable that he
cruelty treated the conquered king o
Egypt, as some writer's relate, inasmucl
as he abrogated the punishment of death
, and ordered that the criminals who were
sentenced to die, should repair the case
wsys, on which the respective districts te
which they belonged, were situated; &
: much more rational punishment than tina
!, of death, or solitary Imprisonment for life
both Of which are, not only inhuman
but also irrational and impolitic. Thi:
,, monarch is said to have built severaltem
Piles, and among others, one in the city O
Bubastis, of which Herodotis gives long
and vivid description. If Saboca or Sa
bacus, be the same as So, then it was he
whose aid Hasea, the king of Israel, i'm
plored against Salmaneser, king of the AS
syrian kingdom of Ninevah.
1t is related that at length Sabaco haG
, a dream, wherein the tutelar deities O
Thebes appeared to him, and advised hin
that he could not hold the kingdom O
Egypt with safety and happiness, unless
he massacred the priests. This dream o.
vision was repeated several times; but hi.
heart abhorred deed so inhuman, he
sent for the priests and declared to then
what it was, the God had urged him to dc
and that he considered this as sign tha
it was their pleasure he should remain nc
longer in Egypt; and that therefore with
pure hands and clear concience he woulc
return to his native land, rather than be
under the necessity of staining his life by
such general blood-shed in order tc
maintain himself on the throne of Egypt
Besides the fifty years which an oracle
had predicted he should reign over Egypt
were expired, and he there thought it but
just to return into his own country. The
truth enveloped in this tradition is very
probably this: a conspiracy of the priests
compelled Sabaco either to annihilate then
by bloody means or retire from Egypt
and rather than sully his fair fame and
conscience with so much bloodshed, he
relinquished the dominion of Egypt
Still it must be observed that knowing
the nature of men, and conduct generally
persued by princes, we may not be much
mistaken in supposing that Sabaco, if he
really acted as he related, may also have
been Influenced, to such course through
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