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Ethiopia, and the throne descended to his
son Aperis. who is the same Phario Ho-
phra.
PHARIo HoPHRA.
This king reisncd about twenty five
years. The first few years of his admin,
istration were exceedingly prosperous
Egypt was then in its greatness and its
glory, but the time of its decline and final
subjugation drew near and the judgments
of Heaven, as pronounced by the Inspired
prophets Of Israel, were about to fall up
on the land of Ham.
At this time, Nebuchadnezzat, kitg of
Babylon, was beseiging Jerusalem. He
had removed one king of Judea, and put
Zedakiah in his place. Daniel with 9TH
ers had already been carried to Babylon.
The Jews felt the pressure of Babylon,
severely and feared that greater ills were
in reserve for them from that source
!, Zedakiah, anxious if possible to avert
!, these calamities and to rid himself of any
=. dependence upon this eastern master, sent
. ambassadors to Hophra, to form an alli-
ance with him, and break off the connec-
ton with Nebuchadnezzar. Hophra ellter-
ed into this alliance and prepared to march
, with an army, to the relief of Jerusalem.
The prophet warned, exhorted and en-
| treated Zedakiah and the Jews not to
trust to Egypt for help, but to trustin the
! God of Isreal.-
, Instead of receiving and obeying the
) divine council, they prosecuted the proph-
, ct, turned their backs on God and trusted
Egypt and were fatally deceived. The
t Babylonians marched against Hophra,
! who with his cowardly soldiers gradually
rstreated into Egypt and left Jerusalem
: to her fate.
Events of Importance were now trans
8 piring in another quarter. The Greeks
had planted a colony at Syrene on the
} south side Of the sea, ives: of Egypt
Buttus, the happy, their third king was
then on the throne. Close at hand were
3 his neighbors, the Lybians, who by in
dustry und peaceful arts, had made their
E barren land productive and the desert
4 bloom as the rose. Cyrenians cast their
r longing eyes upon these fruitful fields
D Battus pretending to be directed by an
f oracle of the temple, seized upon these
] lands, and drove his Lybian neighbors
. from their homes.
h Their king, Andieram, applied to Ho-
i phra for help, offering to become his ser
S want and a dependant of Egypt if he
would subdue the piraticle Cyrenians.-
o This offer was accepted. The army was
: composed partly of native Egyptians, and
partly of Greek, many of that nation
D having settled about the Delta, since the
a time of Psammetticus. AS the Lybiar
: war was against the Greek colony, he
\ very wisely retained his Greek soldiers
r for service at home, and sent native ar
my against the Cyrenians. But the Egyp
tians suffered dreadful defeat from the
e Cyrenians. A few only returned alive
n in Egypt.
: AS Phario Hophra, had retained his
e Grecian soldiers, and sent out to this wal
native Egyptians, it began to be generally
e believed by those who returned into
: Egypt, that the destruction Of the army
: was by the design Of their king, so tha
). they being annihilated, he might with
e his Grecian allies tyranize at pleasure owe
+ the remainder Of his subjects. This wa
e probably false accusation, but the unsta
: BILE people generally believed it. A re
e bellion broke out, the multitude had as
e sembled in tumultuous manner, ant
s threatened to deprive the king of hi
throne. Hophra being apprised of this
s sent Amasis, in whom he had the utmos
), confidence, and who was much esteemed
= by the people to plead his cause and pa
It city the multitude Amasis appeared
y among them reproached the people for re
i bellion and urged them to return to theil
It duty While he was thus addressing
g them, one came behind him, and put {
e helmet on his head, the multitude shouted
''All hail Amasis, king Of Egypt" Thi'
I was more than Amasis could resist, ht
}, therefore joined the multitude, and pre-
d pared to make war upon his former mas
d ter
d Hophra being thus betrayed, solicited
}. one Patar Bemis, nobleman of high
It rank, and very much esteemed by the
Il Egyptians, who yet adhered to the king te
: go down to the camp of the rebels, with
orders to bring Amasis to him alive; this
e officer attempted to obey the order, he
o came in sight of Amasis, called out te
It him and urged him to return to the king
It At first Amasis impolitely declined to
It obey, but ultimately said, that he had been
s sometime preparing visit to the king
and that he would do so as soon as he
0 could, in proper manner, and with &
: suitable equipage, thus intimating tha