Historical Table: The Sixth Age | Douay-Rheims Bible

Anni mundi.	High-Priests.	The line of David.	The sacred History.	Schisms and infidelity.	Scriptures.
c 3418.	Iesus son of	From the	c In the captivity by diligence of the Prophets, many Jews had great zeal in true religion. And about the 24. year of the captivity Assuerus, otherwise called Astiages, made Esther Queen, and wicked Aman seeking to destroy all the Jews in those parts, was himself hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mardocheus. Esther. 7. &c.	When the Monarchy came to the Chaldees by the power of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, there was greatest confusion of many gods, and of all kinds of idolatry.	The history of Esther^ Mardocheus & Aman written in the book of Esther in the captivity.
	Josedech.	captivity the
		Jews had no
		Kings: but
		the line of
		David
d 3420.		continued in	d Evilmerodach delivered Jechonias (or Ioachin) from prison, and entertained him as a prince. 4. Reg. 25. v. 27.
		these persons
		from
e 3464.		Jechonias to	e Baltazar being slain, Darius King of Medes & Persians possessed Babylon: and Cyrus succeeding Darius, released the Jews from captivity, & gave licence to Zorobabel & Iesus to reduce the people into Jury. 2. Par. 36. v. 22. 1. Esd. 1.	And great dissension among the more learned Grecians. For the Pythagorians put their chief happiness, or Summum bonum, in the immortality of the soul. The Stoics in moral virtues. The Academics conceived much of pure spirits, as Angels, but could affirm nothing. The Peripatetics placed the consummation of all, in the aggregation of spiritual, corporal, & worldly prosperity.
		Christ.
		Salathiel.
		Zorobabel
f 3465.			f The Jews being returned into Jerusalem set up an altar and offered sacrifice. 1. Esd. 3. v. 2.		Esdras writ the relaxation of the Jews from captivity. And Nehemias the reparation of Jerusalem.
g 3466.			g The next year they began to build the temple. 1. Esd. 3. v. 8.
h 3469.	Ioachin.		h Artaxerxes (otherwise called Cambyses, also Assuerus) forbade to perfect the temple. And Iesus the High-Priest returned into Babylon. 1. Esd. 4. v. 7.
		Abiud.
i 3470.			i Daniel understood by vision that Christ should come within seventy weeks which make 490. years from the perfecting of the temple, and the walls of Jerusalem. Dan. 9. v. 25.
k 3490.	Eliasib.		k Aggeus & Zacharias the Prophets exhorted to build the Temple. 1. Esd. 5.		Aggeus. Zacharias.
l 3500.			l Judith killed Holofernes, either about this time, or in the days of Manasses before the captivity. Praefat. Iudith.		Judith, either here, or before the captivity.
m 3502.		Eliacim.	m The temple being perfected Malachias (who is supposed to be Esdras) exhorted to offer sacrifice with sincerity. Mal. 1. & 2.	The schismatical Samaritanes opposed against the building of the temple. 1. Esd. 4.	Malachias.
n 3508.			n And Nehemias brought the King’s Edict for the reparation of Jerusalem. 2. Esd. 2.	The Saducees acknowledging only the five books of Moyses rejected all other Scriptures, & denied the resurrection.
o 3509.			o Esdras, Nehemias, and others laboured in repairing Jerusalem, but were often interrupted. 2. Esd. 3.	The Scribes expounded holy Scriptures sophistically
p 3530.	Joiada.	Azor.	p About this time the city was well repaired with three walls. 2. Esd. 3. & 7. And so by the judgement of some expositers, the count of seventy weeks began, according to the prophecy of Daniel. ch. 9. v. 26.	The Pharisees were precise in the letter corrupting the sense, making large hems of their garments, often washing themselves, and the like.
	Jonathan
q 3594.	Iaddus.		q Nehemias returning from Persia (or Chaldea) into Jury found thick water, for the fire, which Jeremy had hid in a deep cave. 2. Mach. 1. v. 20. & 23.
		Sadoc.
r 3644.			r Alexander the great honoured Iaddus the High-Priest. Ioseph. li. 11. c. 8. Antiq.
s 3689.	Onias.	Achim.	s Onias a most zealous godly High-Priest. 2. Mach. 4. was persecuted by Simon a churchwarden, slain by Andronicus a courtly minion. v. 34. And after his death prayed for all the people. ch. 15. v. 12.
t 3700.	Simon.		t Iesus the son of Sirach writ the book of Ecclesiasticus in the time of this Simon High-Priest, as seemeth ch. 50. v. 24. & 25.	Sanaballat a Grecian obtained licence for his son in law Manasses, the Apostata High-Priest, to build a temple in Garizim. Ioseph. li. 11. ch. 8. Antiq.	Ecclesiasticus containeth many moral precepts, and is a store house of virtues & holy mysteries.
	Priscus.
	Eleazarus.
u 3720.			u The seventy two Interpreters being sent by Eleazarus High-Priest to Ptolomeus Philadelphus King of Aegypt, translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek.	Ananias another false pretender built another schismatical temple in Aegypt.
	Manasses an	Eliud.
	Apostata				The book of wisdom is also replenished with much doctrine of virtue, and of divine mysteries.
w 3750.	Onias.		w Another Iesus (Nephew of the former) translated Ecclesiasticus into Greek. Prolog. Eccli.	In the time of Onias the second, his brother Jason obtained for money to be High-Priest. Antiochus set up the abomination of desolation whereof Daniel prophesied ch. 9. After Jason followed more usurpers of the High-Priesthood.	ch. The books of Machabees contain the history of the Jews from Alexander the great to the time of Ioannes Hyrcanus High-Priest, above two hundred years.
	Simon.
x 3810.	Onias.	Eleazar.	x Philo the elder writ the book of wisdom in Greek. S. Jerome in pref.
y 3825.			y Antiochus Epiphanes persecuted the Church most cruelly, like as Antichrist will do near the end of the world. 1. Mach. 1. v. 11. & 2. Mach. 5. 6. 7.
	Mathathias.
z 3846.		Mathan.	z In defence of the Church Mathathias & his sons with others made wars, killed, & overthrew all their enemies, advanced religion, cleansed the temple, & delivered the people from persecution. 1. Mach. 2. &c. 2. Mach. 8. & seq.
a 3847.	Judas.
	Machabeus.
b 3853.	Ionathas.
c 3869.	Simon.
d 3878.	Ioannes.		d After the wars, the Jews in Jerusalem writ to the Jews in Aegypt, exhorting them to keep the feasts, & other rites, as they were observed in Jury. 2. Mach. 1. & 2.
	Hyrcanus.	Iacob.		Menelaus.
	Aristobulus.			Lysimachus.
	Alexander.			Alcimus.
e 3847.		Joseph the	e Pompeius the great taking Jerusalem subdued the Jews to the Romans. He entered into the holy place, called Sancta Sanctorum, there profaned holy things, carried away Aristobulus (who had been High-Priest) prisoner, and confirmed Hyrcanus in his place. After whom Cassius also spoiled the temple. S. Aug. li. 18. c. 45. de civit.
		husband of
		the most B.
	Hyrcanus.	Virgin Mary.
f 4000.			f S. John Baptist was born of Elizabeth, who had been long barren. And six months after, Christ our Saviour was born, of the B. Virgin Mary, in Bethleem; circumcised, adored by the Sages, and presented in the Temple. When King Herod reigned in Judea.
	Antigonus.	JESUS		Herodians held opinion that Herod was Christ, the Messias, whom the Jews had long expected.
	Anaelus.	CHRIST.		But Christ the Son of God coming into this world cut off all those, and other old sects. And from time to time cutteth off all haeresies, that rise against his Church.
g 4001.	Aristobulus		g Joseph fled with the child and his mother into Aegypt, & Herod murdered the innocent infants.
	Iosue.
	Simon.
h 4006.	Mathias.		h Returning from Aegypt they dwelt in Nazareth.
	Iosephus.
i 4012.	Iozarus.		i Christ at the age of twelve years remaining in Jerusalem unknown to his parents was found the third day in the temple amongst the Doctors.		The first holy Scripture of the new Testament was S. Matthew’s Gospel, written about the year of Christ 41. And the last was S. John’s Gospel the year 99.
	Eleazar.
	Iosue.
k 4030.	Annas.		k S. John Baptist preached & baptized in Jordan. Of whom Christ amongst others, was baptized, and fasted in the desert forty days.
	Ismael.
	Eleazar.
	Simon.
l 4034.	Caiphas.		l Christ crucified, redeemed mankind; arose from death; ascended to heaven; and sending the Holy Ghost planted his perpetual visible Church.