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When he died, Menahem reigned in his place. And after Uzziah, his son Jotham reigned over Judah; and when he died, Ahaz son of Jotham reigned. In his time Rezin the Syrian came up and Pekah son of Remaliah. But Ahaz sent to Tiglath-pileser the Assyrian, calling for an alliance. And he came and took Damascus, and put Rezin to death. And Shalmaneser the Assyrian also came up against Hoshea the son of Elah, and he became his servant. But when the Assyrian learned that he wished to revolt, for he had sent an embassy to the Ethiopian, he besieged him, and bound him, and taking Samaria and other cities, he carried them away to the Assyrians. An accusation of Israel here and of Judah. Those brought from Babylon and settled in Samaria, because they did not fear God, were being destroyed by lions. Then a priest is sent from there, and he enlightens them on the law of God, and they feared the Lord, and they served idols. The things concerning Hezekiah and the Assyrian, which are also found in Isaiah. The things concerning Manasseh and his impiety, and his murders. And when he also died, his son Amon reigned. And when Amon died, Josiah his son reigned; concerning whom it was prophesied to Jeroboam the servant of Solomon, when the king's hand also withered. This man cleansed Jerusalem, and every place, digging up the places of the priests of idols, smashing the idols. Concerning him it is said, that there has not been a king like him before, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul. In his time Jeremiah began to prophesy; in his time was Huldah the prophetess. And when Pharaoh Necho killed him, 56.354 his son Jehoahaz reigns in his place. And Pharaoh, having deposed him also, and brought him to Egypt, where he also died, appointed the son of Josiah, Eliakim, also called Jehoiakim, and he taxed the land. Who, having first become subject to Nebuchadnezzar, was cast outside the walls. Concerning him Jeremiah says: His corpse will be cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night; and then, He will be buried with the burial of a donkey. For after he had decayed, then he was buried. And when Eliakim, also called Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, died, Jehoiachin his son, grandson of Josiah, reigns; and this Jehoiachin was also called Jeconiah; no longer then did the king of Egypt go out of his country. And Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged the city, and when Jehoiachin, also called Jeconiah, came out to him with his mother, he deported him to Babylon, and he appointed his father's brother, the son of Josiah, king in Jerusalem. And this was Mattaniah, also called Zedekiah. And when he broke faith with the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar came and besieged Jerusalem; and having taken and burned it, he blinded Zedekiah, bound him, and led him away to Babylon; and he appointed Gedaliah over those left in Jerusalem. And when Ishmael killed him, those who were left rose up and entered Egypt. And after these things, Evil-merodach the king of Babylon deemed Jehoiachin in Babylon worthy of great honor. Therefore the kingdom of Samaria, as has already been said, ceased under Hoshea son of Joelah (read: Elah) who slew Pekah son of Remaliah. But the kingdom of Jerusalem ceased under Zedekiah. For he also was led away to Babylon, and with his eyes having been taken out, he was cast into a pit for 26 years... Whom after these things the king of Babylon exalted, and gave him a throne above the kingdoms there, and he ate and drank with him as long as he lived. And with this the book ends, the people having been taken into captivity, and the entire city having been captured. And the names of the kings of Judea and of Israel, and what the end of each one's actions was, and how many years each of them reigned, to relate in summary (it is) from the aforementioned four books, are thus. After the death of Saul, who reigned 40 years, David reigns over

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Τελευτήσαντος αὐτοῦ, Μαναεὶμ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ' αὐτοῦ. Μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ὀζίαν ἐβασίλευσε τοῦ Ἰούδα ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἰωθάμ· καὶ τούτου τελευτήσαντος ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄχαζ υἱὸς Ἰωθάμ. Ἐφ' οὗ Ῥαασεὶν ὁ Σύροἀνῆλθε καὶ Φακὲς υἱὸς Ῥωμελίου. Ὁ δὲ Ἄχαζ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς Θεγλαφαλσὰρ τὸν Ἀσσύριον, εἰς συμμαχίαν καλῶν. Ὁ δὲ ἐλθὼν ἔλαβε τὴν ∆αμασκὸν, καὶ τὸν Ῥαασσὶν ἐθανάτωσε. Ἀνέβη δὲ καὶ Σαλμανασὰρ ὁ Ἀσσύριος ἐπὶ Ὠσηὲ τὸν υἱὸν Ἐλᾶ, καὶἐγένετο αὐτῷ δοῦλος. Ὡς δὲ ἔγνω ὁ Ἀσσύριος, ὅτι ἀποστῆναι βούλεται, καὶ γὰρ ἐπρεσβεύσατο πρὸς τὸν Αἰθίοπα, ἐπολιόρκησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν Σαμάρειαν λαβὼν καὶ ἑτέρας πόλεις, μετῴκισεν εἰς Ἀσσυρίους. Κατηγορία τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐνταῦθα καὶ τοῦ Ἰούδα. Οἱ ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος ἀχθέντες καὶ κατοικισθέντες ἐν τῇ Σαμαρείᾳ, ἐπειδὴ μὴ ἐφοβοῦντο τὸν Θεὸν, διεφθείροντο ὑπὸ τῶν λεόντων. Τότε πέμπεται ἱερεὺς ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ φωτίζει αὐτοὺς τὸν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐφοβοῦντο, καὶ τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἐλάτρευον. Τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἐζεκίαν καὶ τὸν Ἀσσύριον, ἃ καὶ ἐν τῷἩσαΐᾳ κεῖται. Τὰ κατὰ τὸν Μανασσῆ καὶ τὴν ἀσέβειαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰς μιαιφονίας. Ὡς δὲ ἀπέθανε καὶ οὗτος, ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀμών. Τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Ἀμὼν, ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωσίας ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ· περὶ οὗ ἐπροφητεύθη τῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ δούλῳ τοῦ Σολομῶντος, ὅτε καὶ ἡ χεὶρ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐξηράνθη. Οὗτος ἐκαθῆρε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ πάντα τόπον, ἀνασκάψας τόπους τῶν ἱερέων τῶν εἰδώλων, συντρίψας τὰ εἴδωλα. Περὶ αὐτοῦ εἴρηται, ὅτι ὅμοιος αὐτῷ οὐ γέγονεν ἔμπροσθεν βασιλεὺς, ὃς ἐπέστρεψε πρὸς Κύριον ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ. Ἐπὶ τούτου ἤρξατο προφητεύειν Ἱερεμίας· ἐπὶ τούτου ἦν Ὀλδᾶ προφῆτις. Ὡς δὲ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτὸν Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ, 56.354 βασιλεύει ὁ Ἰωάχαζ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ. Ὁ δὲ Φαραὼ καὶ τοῦτον καταλύσας, καὶ εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀγαγὼν, ἔνθα καὶ ἀπέθανε, κατέστησεν υἱὸν Ἰωσίου Ἐλιακεὶμ τὸν καὶ Ἰωακεὶμ, καὶ ἐφορολόγει τὴν γῆν. Ὃς πρῶτος γενόμενος τοῦ Ναβουχοδονόσορ, ἐῤῥίφη ἔξω τῶν τειχῶν. Περὶ αὐτοῦ φησιν ὁ Ἱερεμίας· Ἔσται τὸ θνησιμαῖον αὐτοῦ ἐῤῥιμμένον τῷ καύματι τῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆς νυκτός· καὶ τότε, Ταφῇ ὄνου ταφήσεται. Μετὰ γὰρ τὸ διαλυθῆναι, τότε ἐτάφη. Ἀποθανόντος δὲ Ἐλιακεὶμ τοῦ καὶ Ἰωακεὶμ υἱοῦἸωσίου, βασιλεύει Ἰωακεὶμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ἔκγονος Ἰωσίου· ὁ δὲ Ἰωακεὶμ οὗτος καὶ Ἰεχονίας ἐκαλεῖτο·οὐκέτι λοιπὸν βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου ἐξῄει τῆς χώρας αὐτοῦ. Ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Ναβουχοδονόσορ καὶ πολιορκήσας τὴν πόλιν, ἐπειδὴ ἐξῆλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰωακεὶμ ὁ καὶ Ἰεχονίας, καὶ ἀπῴκισεν αὐτὸν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ κατεστήσατο τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, υἱὸν δὲ Ἰωσίου βασιλέα ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Οὗτος δὲ ἦν Μαθανίας ὁ καὶ Σεδεκίας. Ὡς δὲ ἠθέτησεν ἐν τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος, ἐλθὼν ὁ Ναβουχοδονόσορ πολιορκεῖ τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἑλὼν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐμπρήσας, τὸν μὲν Σεδεκίαν πηρώσας ἔδησε καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα· τὸν δὲ Γοδολίαν κατέστησεν ἐπὶ τῶν καταλειφθέντων ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Ὡς δὲ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰσμαὴλ, ἀναστάντες οἱ ὑπολειφθέντες, εἰσῆλθον εἰς Αἴγυπτον. Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τὸν Ἰωακεὶμ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι πολλῆς ἠξίωσε τιμῆς Εὐιλὰδ Μαρωδὰκ ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος. Ἡ μὲν οὖν βασιλεία τῆς Σαμαρείας, ὡς ἤδη εἴρηται, πέπαυται ἐπὶ Ὠσηὲ υἱοῦ Ἰωλὼ (λ. Ἠλὰ) τοῦσφάξαντος τὸν Φακεὲ υἱὸν Ῥωμελίου. Ἡ δὲ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ βασιλεία πέπαυται ἐπὶ Σεδεκίου. Καὶ αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀπαχθεὶς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἀφαιρεθέντων αὐτῷ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, εἰς λάκκον ἐβλήθη ἔτη κ ϛʹ ... Ὃν μετὰ ταῦτα ὑψώσας ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ θρόνον ἐπάνω τῶν ἐκεῖσε βασιλειῶν, καὶ συνήσθιε καὶ συνέπινεν αὐτῷ ἕως ἡμέρας ζωῆς αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐπὶ τούτου λήγει τὸ βιβλίον, αἰχμαλωτισθέντος τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ τῆς πόλεως πάσης ἁλούσης. Ἔστι δὲ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν βασιλέων τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ὁποῖον τῆς ἑκάστου πράξεως τὸ τέλος, καὶ πόσα ἔτη ἕκαστος αὐτῶν ἐβασίλευσε, ὡς ἐν ἐπιτόμῳ διαλαβεῖν (ἐστι) ἀπὸ τῶν προκειμένων δʹ βιβλίων, οὕτως. Μετὰ τὸ ἀπολέσθαι τὸν Σαοὺλ βασιλεύσαντα ἔτη μʹ, βασιλεύει ∆αυῒδ ἐπὶ