THE

SACRED AND PROFANE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD

Connected,

FROM THE
CREATION OF THE WORLD

TO THE
DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE,
At the Death of Sardanapalus ;

AND TO THE
DECLENSION OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL

UNDER THE REIGNS OF AH AZ AND PEKAH.

BY
· SAMUED SHUCKFORD, D.D.
Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, George the Second.

IN FOUR VOLUMES-VOL. II.

Fourth Edition,
REVISED, CORRECTED, AND GREATLY IMPROVED,

BY JAMES CREIGHTON, BA..

ILLUSTRATED WITH A NEW AND CORRECT SET OF MAPS AND PLANS.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR W. BAYNES, 54, PATERNOSTER-ROW,

By Heney and Haddon, 12, Tabernacle-Walk.

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHÁ R L ES,

LORD VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND,

Baron of Lynn-Regis, Knight of the Most

Noble Order of the Garter, one of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and Principal Secretary of State, &c. &c.

MY LORD, YOUR Lordship's condescension, in permitting me to beg your patronage of what I now offer to the world, will not be surprising to those who have the honour to know your Lordship; for they agree in testifying your inclination to countenance and protect any clergyman, who endeavours to apply himself to studies suitable to his profession.

VOL, II.