the renowned general of the Jews, who conducted them through the wilderness, &c. died in 1424 B.C. aged 110.

a canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a history of the wars and transactions of the person whose name it bears. This book may be divided into three parts: the first of which is a history of the conquest of the land of Canaan; the second, which begins at the 12th chapter, is a description of that country, and the division of it among the tribes; Josiah and the third, comprised in the two last chapters, contains the renewal of the covenant he caused the Israelites to make, and the death of their victorious leader and governor. The whole comprehends a term of 17, or, according to others, of 27 years.

Josiah, king of Judah, the destroyer of idolatry, and the restorer of the true worship, an excellent magistrate, and a valiant general, was slain in battle, 699 B.C.