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First Book of Chronicles. It is called Chronicles, because many things omitted in the books of Kings are contained in these books. In this first book is the genealogy of all the tribes from Adam until the kings, according to tribes and according to peoples and according to clans and according to house. And which of the Levites David appointed to sing to God with flutes and lyres, and which he appointed for the works of the temple. For he himself had previously begun to build the temple. And it goes through certain other things in detail concerning the kings and the generations. To which these things must be added, that the total years of those who reigned in Jerusalem from David become 474. All the kings were from the one line of David, and those who did what was right are 9; and those who did what was evil are 12, without, however, Athaliah. And of those who reigned in Samaria, the total years become 269 and 30 days; there were 12 kings from eight different lines; and all of them did what was evil, according to the sin of Jeroboam. Second Book of Chronicles. In the second book of Chronicles the acts of the kings are presented. Those who wrote these things down are the prophets who existed at various times. And in order to know in part the authors, it should be noted that (read: that) the acts of all the kings of Israel and Judah are set forth here; that is, those omitted from the history of the kings. And those who recorded all their acts are these: Samuel, and Nathan and Gad the prophets wrote the things concerning David; concerning Solomon, Nathan and Ahijah the prophets; concerning Jeroboam, Shemaiah and Iddo the prophets; concerning Abijah, Iddo the prophet. The things concerning Asa, in the book of the words concerning the kings of Judah; concerning Jehoshaphat, Jehu the prophet, the son of Hanani, who wrote down a book of the words of the kings of Israel. The things concerning Joash, in the writing of the kings. The things concerning Amaziah, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. The things concerning Uzziah, Isaiah (six) the prophet. The things concerning Jotham, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. The things concerning Ahaz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. The things concerning Hezekiah, Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet. The things concerning Manasseh, in the words of the seers. The things concerning Josiah, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. The 56.358 things concerning Jehoiakim, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. These things can be found so arranged in the Chronicles of the kings.

First Book of Ezra. The book is called Ezra, because Ezra himself, being a priest and a scribe, narrates and writes the return of the sons of Israel from Persia to Jerusalem that took place.

The return happened first from the command, and then when Cyrus and Darius the kings commanded, by the hand of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and Ezra and Zerubbabel, who competed with problems, a promise having been set forth, for the victor to ask whatever he might wish from the king. So when one said that wine conquers, and the other said that the king conquers, Zerubbabel said that women conquer, but above all, the truth. And since, having said these things, he had won, and heard that he could ask what he wanted, he himself requested that the captivity be released, and that Jerusalem be rebuilt. And it happened as he requested, and the captivity was released. For then the 70 years of wrath were also fulfilled. Therefore, those who went up from the captivity from Judah and Benjamin, and the Levites, are in number 42,000, 330 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, their male and female servants #227334, 200 singers, #22 *6*720 donkeys, and those who were building were Zerubbabel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and Nehemiah. And Ezra, skillful in the law, himself brought the law, and read it, and set in order all things concerning the temple and the Levites. He himself showed the law, and caused the foreign wives, whom they had taken in the time of the captivity, to be cast out. And all cast them out, and were purified, and he celebrated the Passover according to the law, as it is written, and the

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Παραλειπόμενα βιβλίον αʹ. Παραλειπόμενα καλεῖται, ἐπειδὴ πολλὰ ἐν ταῖς Βασιλείαις παραλειφθέντα περιέχεται ἐν τούτοις τοῖς βιβλίοις. Ἔστι δὲ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ πρώτῳ γενεαλογία πασῶν φυλῶν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῶν βασιλέων κατὰ φυλὰς καὶ κατὰ δήμους καὶ κατὰ πατριὰς καὶ κατ' οἶκον. Τίνας τε ἔταξε τῶν Λευϊτῶν ∆αυῒδ ἐν αὐλοῖς καὶ κινύραις ᾄδειν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ τίνας ἔταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῦ ναοῦ. Πρότερος γὰρ αὐτὸς τὸν ναὸν κτίζειν ἤρξατο. Καὶ ἕτερά τινα λεπτομερῶς βασιλέων καὶ τῶν γενεῶν διέρχεται. Οἷς συναπτέον καὶ ταῦτα, ὅτι γίνεται ὁμοῦ τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ βασιλευσάντων ἀπὸ τοῦ ∆αυῒδ τὰ πάντα ἔτη υοδʹ. Οἱ δὲ βασιλεῖς πάντες γεγόνασιν ἐξ ἑνὸς γένους τοῦ ∆αυῒδ, καὶ οἳ μὲν ἐποιήσαντο τὸ εὐθὲς, εἰσὶ θʹ· οἳ δὲ τὸ πονηρὸν ἐποιήσαντο, ιβʹ, χωρὶς μέντοι Γοθολίας. Τῶν δὲ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ βασιλευσάντων γίνονται ὁμοῦ τὰ πάντα ἔτη σξθʹ καὶ ἡμέραι λʹ· βασιλεῖς μὲν ιβʹ ἐκ διαφόρων ὀκτὼ γενεῶν γεγόνασιν· οἱ δὲ πάντες ἐποιήσαντο τὸ πονηρὸν, κατὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν Ἱεροβοάμ. Παραλειπόμενα βιβλίον βʹ. Ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ βίβλῳ τῶν Παραλειπομένων παράγονται πράξεις βασιλέων. Εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ ταύτας ἀναγράψαντες οἱ κατὰ καιροὺς ὄντες προφῆται. Ὑπὲρ δὲ τοῦ γινώσκειν ἐκ μέρους τοὺς συγγράψαντας, σημειωτέον οὗτος (λ. ὅτι) μὲν πράξεις ἔγκεινται ἐνταῦθα πάντων τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα· ἤτοι αἱ παραλειφθεῖσαι τῆς ἱστορίας τῶν βασιλέων. Οἱ δὲ τὰς ἁπάσας αὐτῶν πράξεις ἱστορήσαντες, εἰσὶν οὗτοι· τὰ περὶ τοῦ ∆αυῒδ ἔγραψε Σαμουὴλ, καὶ Ναθὰν καὶ Γὰδ οἱ προφῆται· τὰ περὶ Σολομῶντος, Ναθὰν καὶ Ἀχίας προφῆται· τὰ περὶ Ἱεροβοὰμ, Σαμέας καὶ Ἀδδὼ προφῆται· τὰ περὶ Ἀβιὰ, Ἀδδὼ ὁ προφήτης. Τὰ περὶ Ἀσὰ, ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ λόγων περὶ τῶν βασιλέων Ἰούδα· τὰ περὶ Ἰωσαφὰτ, Ἰοὺ ὁ προφήτης, τοῦ Ἀναμὴ, ὃςκατέγραψε βιβλίον λόγων τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραήλ. Τὰ περὶ Ἰωὰς, ἐπὶ τὴν γραφὴν τῶν βασιλέων. Τὰ περὶ Ἀμεσία. ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. Τὰπερὶ Ὀζίου, Ἰεσίας (σιξ) ὁ προφήτης. Τὰ περὶ Ἰωθὰμ, ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. Τὰ περὶ Ἄχαζ, ἐπὶ βιβλίον βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. Τὰ περὶ Ἐζεκίου, Ἡσαΐας υἱὸς Ἀμὼς ὁ προφήτης. Ταπερὶ Μανασσῆ, ἐπὶ λόγων τῶν ὁρώντων. Τὰ περὶ Ἰωσίου, ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. Τὰ 56.358 περὶ Ἰωακεὶμ, ἐπὶ βιβλίου βασιλέων Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰσραήλ. Ταῦτα ἔστιν εὑρεῖν οὕτω τεταγμένα ἐν τοῖς Παραλειπομένοις τῶν βασιλέων.

Ἔσδρας βιβλίον αʹ. Ἔσδρας καλεῖται τὸ βιβλίον, ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς Ἔσδρας ἱερεὺς

ὢν καὶ ἀναγνώστης, ἐξηγεῖται καὶ συγγράφει τὴν ἐπάνοδον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ Περσίδος εἰς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ γενομένην. Γέγονε δὲ ἡ ἐπάνοδος προτέρως μὲν ἐκ τοῦ προστάγματος, ἔπειτα δὲ κελεύσαντος Κύρου καὶ ∆αρείου τῶν βασιλέων ἐν χειρὶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ, καὶ Ἔσδρα καὶ Ζοροβάβελ, οἳ ἤρισαν προβλήμασι, τεθείσης ἐπαγγελίας, αἰτῆσαι τὸν νικῶντα ὅπερ ἐὰν θελήσῃ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως. Τοῦ τοίνυν ἑνὸς εἰπόντος νικᾷν τὸν οἶνον, καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου εἰπόντος νικᾷν τὸν βασιλέα, ὁ Ζοροβάβελ εἶπεν νικᾷν τὰς γυναῖκας, ὑπὲρ δὲ πάντα τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα εἰρηκὼς νενίκηκε, καὶ ἤκουσε αἰτήσασθαι ὃ βούλεται, ἠξίωσε αὐτὸς ἀφεθῆναι τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν, καὶ οἰκοδομηθῆναι τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Καὶ γέγονεν ὡς ἠξίωσε, καὶ ἀφείθη ἡ αἰχμαλωσία. Τότε γὰρ ἐπληρώθη καὶ τὰ οʹ ἔτη τῆς ὀργῆς. Εἰσὶ τοίνυν οἱ ἀναβάντες ἀπὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἀπὸ Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν, καὶ οἱ Λευῗται, τὸν ἀριθμὸν μυριάδες δʹ καὶ δισχίλιοι, ἵπποι τλʹ, ἡμίονοι σμεʹ, κάμηλοι υλεʹ, παῖδες αὐτῶν καὶ παιδίσκαι #22ζτλδʹ, οἱ ᾄδοντες σʹ, ὄνοι #22 ϛψκʹ, καὶ οἱ μὲν οἰκοδομοῦντες ἦσαν Ζοροβάβελ, καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ, καὶ Νεεμίας. Ὁ δὲ Ἔσδρας εὐφυὴςἐν τῷ νόμῳ, αὐτὸς προσεκόμισε τὸν νόμον, καὶ ἀνέγνω, καὶ διετύπωσε πάντα τὰ κατὰ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τοὺς Λευΐτας. Αὐτὸς ἔδειξε τὸν νόμον, καὶ πεποίηκε ἐκβληθῆναι τὰς ἀλλογενεῖς γυναῖκας τοὺς λαβόντας ἐν καιρῷ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας. Καὶ ἐξέβαλον πάντες, καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθησαν, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πάσχα νομίμως, ὡς γέγραπται, καὶ τὴν