Note 204-8 — Chapter VII
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
On the tendencies of the later times of the Jewish monarchy toward an oligarchy of money, see Amos, 2, 6 seq.; 6 1 ff.; 8, 5 ff.; Micha, 2; 2 Isaias, 5, 8 seq. Compare Nehem. 5. While Exodus, 30 and 38, mentions over 663,000 taxable men, the ten tribes comprising the kingdom of Israel had only 60,000. XII Kings, 15, 19. Ewald, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, II, 2, 320.