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But to Rehoboam the son of Solomon two tribes are left, that 1.117 of Judah and that of Benjamin; for Jerusalem lies in the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, and for this reason it was joined to the tribe of Judah. That scripture records the first transgressions of Solomon and his achievements, but not as transgressions, since it appears that both before the building of the temple and after its building, while still a young man, he was sacrificing and burning incense on the high places and unlawfully had foreign women. For a time, however, in the first parts the history of scripture does not accuse him, not relating the events as if he had not acted badly. And again, not all things in the temple did he fashion piously. That God appeared twice to Solomon, urgently securing him to abstain from unlawful things. But Josephus says that he died ingloriously for this reason also, because along with his other lawless acts he fashioned lions and oxen into a lofty spectacle. For God does not permit these things to happen through the law, not even for the sake of sight and spectacle. That Ahijah the Shilonite, being a prophet, meeting Jeroboam the servant of Solomon, who was wearing a new garment, tore it into twelve pieces and gave him ten pieces, saying, "God gives you the ten tribes of Israel because of the iniquities of Solomon; however, after his death you will receive them." 1.118 That Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, suspecting him. But he, knowing this, departed to Shishak king of Egypt, and was there until the death of his lord Solomon. And he took the daughter of Shishak as his wife. That the temple in Jerusalem had four courts, and into the outermost all were permitted to enter, even foreigners, but menstruating women alone were forbidden to pass. Into the second all Jews entered, and their women who were clean from every defilement. Into the third the males of the Jews, and into the fourth the priests alone. Into the sanctuary and to the altar the blameless priests, clothed in priestly garments. Into the holy of holies the high priest alone, clothed in his own vestment, once a year. That in his old age Solomon turned away from God, when his wives set up idols; for he who permits others to set them up, in effect establishes them himself. And for this reason Satan, Hadad, was given to him. That Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, the son of a harlot woman, and he reigned over Israel in Samaria. And having joined battle with Abijah he was defeated, and 500,000 of Israel fell. That in the third year of the reign of Athaliah, Jehu killed Joram and Ahaziah and the sons of Ahab and Jezebel. 1.119 That Ahaz son of Uzziah, and father of Hezekiah, king of Judah, cut in pieces the panels of the stands. And they were lions and oxen and Cherubim. And the "mechonoth" is a laver. the bronze oxen supporting the bronze sea, which Solomon unlawfully fashioned. And he placed the sea on a stone base. And the rest has been written before. And some things from the Chronicles. The Chronicles often say what is missing and omit what is present, and often they also alter the whole meaning. For in saying that Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord like David and Solomon his father, it alters the meaning; for the things concerning Solomon have been made manifest. And Asa smote Jeroboam in Israel with the tribe of Benjamin and Judah, five hundred thousand fighting men. And Jeroboam son of Nebat no longer lifted up his head against Judah. That the sisters of David were Zeruiah and Abigail, and to Zeruiah the sons were Abishai and Joab and Asahel, and to Abigail the son was Amasa. This one did not attain to the three mighty men of David. That Reuben, being the firstborn, fell from the blessing and from being numbered as the firstborn, because he went up to his father's bed, and Jacob his father gave it to Joseph, but he gave the birthright to Judah. 1.120 That the second of Chronicles says there was nothing in the tabernacle except the tablets only. That Jehoiada the

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Ῥοβοὰμ δὲ τῷ υἱῷ Σολομῶντος καταλιμπάνονται φυλαὶ δύο, ἡ 1.117 τοῦ Ἰούδα καὶ ἡ τοῦ Βενιαμίν· ἡ γὰρ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ κληρουχίᾳ τῆς Βενιαμίτιδος φυλῆς κεῖται, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο συνήφθη τῇ φυλῇ Ἰούδα. Ὅτι τὰ πρῶτα παραπτώματα ἱστορεῖ ἡ γραφὴ Σολομῶντος καὶ τὰ κατορθώματα, ἀλλ' οὐχ ὡς παραπτώματα, ἐπεὶ φαίνεται καὶ πρὸ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ μετὰ τὴν κτίσιν, ἔτι νέος ὤν, ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς θύων καὶ θυμιῶν καὶ γυναῖκας ἀλλοφύλους ἔχων παρανόμως. τέως δὲ ἐν πρώτοις ἡ ἱστορία τῆς γραφῆς οὐκ ἐγκα λεῖ αὐτῷ, οὐχ ὡς μὴ πράξαντος κακῶς τὰ πράγματα διηγουμένη. καὶ αὖθις οὐ πάντα τὰ ἐν τῷ ναῷ εὐαγῶς ἔπλασεν. Ὅτι δὶς ὤφθη ὁ θεὸς τῷ Σολομῶντι, κατ' ἐπίτασιν ἀσφα λιζόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν παρανόμων. ὁ δὲ Ἰώσηπος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀκλεῶς τεθνάναι αὐτὸν λέγει, διὰ τὸ καὶ λέοντας καὶ βόας μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀνομημάτων εἰς ὑψηλὴν θεωρίαν ἀναπλά σαι αὐτόν. ὁ γὰρ θεὸς οὐδὲ ὄψεως ἕνεκεν καὶ θεωρίας παραχω ρεῖ ταῦτα διὰ τοῦ νόμου γίνεσθαι. Ὅτι Ἀθίας ὁ Σιλωνίτης προφήτης ὤν, συναντήσας Ἱεροβοὰμ τῷ δούλῳ Σολομῶντος, ὃ ἐφόρει καινὸν ἱμάτιον διαρρήξας εἰς φάρση δώδεκα δέδωκεν αὐτῷ δέκα ῥήγματα, εἰπών "σοὶ δίδω σιν ὁ θεὸς τὰς δέκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας Σολομῶν τος· ὅμως μετὰ θάνατον αὐτοῦ λήψῃ αὐτάς." 1.118 Ὅτι Σολομῶν ἐζήτησε τὸν Ἱεροβοὰμ ἀποκτεῖναι ὑπονοήσας αὐτόν. ὁ δὲ γνοὺς ἀνεχώρησε πρὸς Σουσακεὶμ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ Σολομῶντος. ἔλαβε δὲ τὴν θυγατέρα Σουσακεὶμ ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα. Ὅτι ὁ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ναὸς τέσσαρας εἶχε περιβόλους, καὶ εἰς μὲν τὸν ἐξωτάτω εἰσελθεῖν ἐπετέτραπτο πᾶσι καὶ τοῖς ἀλλοφύ λοις, γυναιξὶ δὲ ἐμμηνίοις μόναις ἀπείρητο παριέναι. εἰς δὲ τὸν δεύτερον Ἰουδαῖοι πάντες εἰσῄεσαν, καὶ αἱ τούτων γυναῖκες καθα ραὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς μιάσματος. εἰς δὲ τὸν τρίτον οἱ ἄρρενες τῶν Ἰου δαίων, εἰς δὲ τὸν τέταρτον οἱ ἱερεῖς μόνοι. εἰς δὲ τὸν ναὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν οἱ ἄμωμοι ἱερεῖς, στολὰς ἱερατικὰς ἐνδεδυμένοι. εἰς δὲ τὸ ἄδυτον ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς μόνος, τὴν οἰκείαν στολὴν περιβεβλη μένος, ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. Ὅτι ἐν γήρᾳ αὐτοῦ Σολομῶν ἐξώκειλεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, τῶν γυναικῶν αὐτοῦ εἴδωλα ἀνατιθουσῶν· ὁ γὰρ ἑτέρων ἀνατιθέντων ἐφιεὶς αὐτὸς ἱδρύεται δυνάμει. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐδόθη αὐτῷ Σατὰν ὁ Ἄδερ. Ὅτι Ἱεροβοὰμ δοῦλος ἦν Σολομῶντος, υἱὸς γυναικὸς πόρ νης, ἐβασίλευσε δὲ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. καὶ συμβαλὼν πόλεμον τῷ Ἀβίᾳ ἡττήθη, καὶ ἔπεσον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ χιλιάδες φʹ. Ὅτι ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας Γοθολίας Ἰηοῦ ἀνεῖλε τὸν Ἰορὰμ καὶ τὸν Ὀχοζίαν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀχαὰβ καὶ τὴν Ἰζάβελ. 1.119 Ὅτι Ἄχαζ υἱὸς Ὀζίου, πατὴρ δὲ Ἐζεκίου, βασιλεὺς Ἰούδσυνέκοψε τὰ συγκλείσματα τῶν μεχονώθ. ἦσαν δὲ λέοντες καὶ βόες καὶ Χερουβίμ. ἔστι δὲ ὁ μεχονὼθ λουτήρ. τοὺς βόας τοὺς χαλκοῦς τοὺς βαστάζοντας τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν χαλκῆν, οὓς παρανόμως ἀνεπλάσατο Σολομῶν. καὶ ἔθηκε τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ βάσει λιθίνῃ. τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἐγράφησαν ἔμπροσθεν. Καὶ ἐκ τῶν Παραλειπομένων τινά. αἱ Παραλειπόμεναι τὰ λείποντα πολλάκις λέγουσι καὶ τὰ ὄντα παραλιμπάνουσι, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ ὅλην ἔννοιαν ἀλλοιοῦσιν. ἐν γὰρ τῷ λέγειν ὅτι Ἀσᾶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον κυρίου ὡς ∆αβὶδ καὶ Σολομῶν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλοιοῖ τὸν νοῦν· τὰ γὰρ περὶ τοῦ Σολομῶντος πεφανέρωται. ἐπάταξε δὲ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἱεροβοὰμ Ἀσᾶ μετὰ φυλῆς Βενιαμὶνκαὶ Ἰούδα πεντακοσίας χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν πολεμιστῶν. καὶ οὐκέτι ᾖρε κεφαλὴν κατὰ Ἰούδα Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱὸς Ναβάτ. Ὅτι ἀδελφαὶ ∆αβὶδ Σαρουΐα καὶ Ἀβιγαία, καὶ τῇ μὲν Σαρουΐᾳ υἱοὶ Ἀβεσᾶ καὶ Ἰωὰβ καὶ Ἀσσαήλ, τῇ δὲ Ἀβιγαίᾳ υἱὸἈμεσᾶ. οὗτος οὐκ ἔφθασε πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς δυνάστας τοῦ ∆αβίδ. Ὅτι ὁ Ῥουβεὶμ πρωτότοκος ὢν ἐξέπεσε τῆς εὐλογίας καὶ τοῦ ἀριθμεῖσθαι ὡς πρωτότοκος, ἐπειδὴ ἀνέβη εἰς κοίτην πατρὸς αὐ τοῦ, καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ δέδωκε τῷ Ἰωσήφ, τὰ δὲ πρωτοτόκια δέδωκε τῷ Ἰούδᾳ. 1.120 Ὅτι λέγει ἡ δευτέρα τῶν Παραλειπομένων μὴ εἶναι ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ εἰ μὴ τὰς πλάκας μόνον. Ὅτι Ἰωδαὲ ὁ