OLD and NEW TESTAMENT CONNECTED in the HISTORY OF THE JEWS and NEIGHBOURING NATIONS, FROM THE Declenfion of the Kingdoms of ISRAEL and GLASGOW Printed for CALEB BUGLASS Bookfeller in Berwick. Declenfion of the Kingdoms of ISRAEL and JUDAH, to the Time of CHRIST. A BOOK V. RTAXERXES having, by the death of Artabanus, remov ed one grand obstacle to his quiet poffeffing of the throne, had still two others to ftruggle with, his brother Hyftafpes in Bactria, Anno 464. Artaxerxes I, and Artabanus's party at home. And this laft being nearest at hand, gave him the first trouble: for (a) although Artabanus was dead, he had left behind him feven fons, and many partifans, who immediately gathered together to revenge his death; where, on a fierce conflict ensued between them and those who stood by Artaxerxes, in which many noble Perfians were slain; but at length Artaxerxes having prevailed, did cut off all that were concerned in this confpiracy; and especially he took a signal revenge of every one of those who had an hand in the murder of his father, and particularly of the eunuch Mithridates that betrayed him, whom he caufed to be boated to death, The, (b) manner VOL. II. (a) Ctefias. A (6) Plutarchus in Artaxerxe, of |