w into one monarchy by degrees: and the father of _Solomon's_ Queen,
was the first King of _Egypt_, who came into _Phoenicia_ with an Army: but
he only took _Gezir_, and gave it to his daughter. _Sesac_, the next King,
came out of _Egypt_ with an army of _Libyans_, _Troglodites_ and
_Ethiopians_, 2 Chron. xii. 3. and therefore was then King of all those
countries; and we do not read in Scripture, that any former King of
_Egypt_; who Reigned over all those nations, came out of _Egypt_ with a
great army to conquer other countries. The sacred history of the
_Israelites_, from the days of _Abraham_ to the days of _Solomon_, admits
of no such conqueror. _Sesostris_ reigned over all the same nations of the
_Libyans_, _Troglodites_ and _Ethiopians_, and came out of _Egypt_ with a
great army to conquer other Kingdoms. The Shepherds reigned long in the
lower part of _Egypt_, and were expelled thence, just before the building
of _Jerusalem_ and the Temple; according to _Manetho_; and whilst they
Reigned in the lower part of _Egypt_, the upper part thereof was under
other Kings: and while _Egypt_ was divided into several Kingdoms, there was
no room for any such King of all _Egypt_ as _Sesostris_; and no historian
makes him later than _Sesac_: and therefore he was one and the same King of
_Egypt_ with _Sesac_. This is no new opinion: _Josephus_ discovered it when
he affirmed that _Herodotus_ erred, in ascribing the actions of _Sesac_ to
_Sesostris_, and that the error was only in the name of the King: for this
is as much as to say, that the true name of him who did those things
described by _Herodotus_, was _Sesac_; and that _Herodotus_ erred only in
calling him _Sesostris_; or that he was called _Sesostris_ by a corruption
of his name. Our great Chronologer, _Sir John Marsham_, was also of opinion
that _Sesostris_ was _Sesac_: and if this be granted, it is then most
certain, that _Sesostris_ came out of _Egypt_ in the fifth year of
_Rehoboam_ to invade the nations, and returned back into _Egypt_ in the
14th year of that King; and that _Danaus_ then flying from his brother,
came into _Greece_ within a year or two after: and the _Argonautic_
expedition being one Generation later than that invasion, and than the
coming of _Danaus_ into _Greece_, was certainly about 40 or 45 years later
than the death of _Solomon_. _Prometheus_ stay'd on _Mount Caucasus_ [46]
thirty years, and then was released by _Hercules_: and therefore the
_Argonauti