Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.

The Trauels of Alcimus, High-Priest of the poste∣ritie of Aaron.

THis Alcimus after the death of Menelaus, which was the yere before Christ 150, went with certaine impious and wicked men to Demetrius Soter, who liued in Antiochia in Syria, be∣ing 280 miles, and there accused Iudas Machabeus and all the god∣ly Iews; vsing such flattery toward the King, that he obtained the principalitie and office of high-Priest, which he held three years, 1 Mac. 7.

From Antiochia he and Bacchides returned back to Ierusalem, where hee was instituted in the office of high-priesthood, which is 280 miles.

But when he saw that hee was not able to withstand the power and singular vertue of Iudas Machabeus, he returned back to Anti∣ochia, 280 miles; where after hee had accused the good men a∣mong the Iewes, he obtained aid of Demetrius, who sent Nicanor with a great army into Iudaea against Iudas, to establish Alcimus in the priesthood.

So Alcimus and Nicanor returned into Iudaea, 280 miles.

But Alcimus seeing familiar conference to passe between Nica∣nor and Iudas Machabeus, he went backe againe to Antiochia, 280 miles, where he told Demetrius of the perfidious dealing of Nica∣nor. Wherefore Demetrius being very angry at what had hapned, wrot a sharp letter to Nicanor, giuing him to vnderstand, That it was much against his minde that hee should make a league with Iudas: and further willed him (the said league notwithstanding) to bring him bound to Antiochia. Vpon receit of which letter he made war vpon Iudas; in which expedition Nicanor was taken and had his head cut off. All this hapned in the first yeare of the priesthood of Alcimus.

But when Demetrius heard of this ouerthrow, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus with a great army, who went to Antiochia, and came to Masloth in the country of Arbela, 192 miles, where they made incursions vpon the tribe of Nepthaly, & slew a great multitude of the Israelites, 1 Mac. 9.

From Masloth they went with their army to Gilgal, 76 miles. This hapned in the second yeare of the priesthood of Alcimus.

From Gilgal they came to Ierusalem, 12 miles, 1 Macchab. cap. 9.

From thence they brought their army to Berea, 12 miles: here they were ouercome and put to flight by Iudas Machabeus, 1 Mac. cap. 9.

From Berea they fled amongst the mountaines which are be∣tween Azotus and Gazeron, six miles. Here Iudas Machabeus was slaine.

Wherefore Alcimus returned thence backe again to Ierusalem 20 miles, and caused the walls of the inner house of the Temple, and the monuments of the Priests to be taken down & destroied: but before his command was fully executed, the Lord strooke him with a dead palsie, of which he lay a time dumbe, but within a while after he died of that disease, in the second yeare of his priesthood, an. mundi 3811, and before Christ 157. Alcimus being dead, Bacchides returned back to Demetrius in Syria, 1 Mac. 9. For seuen yeares after there was no high Priest in Ierusalem, till Iona∣than the brother of Iudas Machabeus tooke vpon him that office, 1 Mac. 10.

So all his trauels were 1717 miles.