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But also concerning the building of the temple in Judea, which King Solomon built five hundred and sixty-six years after the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, it has been recorded among the Tyrians that the temple was built, and in their archives the records are preserved, in which records the temple is found to have been built one hundred and forty-three years and eight months earlier than the Tyrians founded Carthage; (it was recorded by Hirom by name, king of the Tyrians, son of Abeibalus, because from a paternal friendship Hirom had become a friend of Solomon, and at the same time on account of the surpassing wisdom which Solomon possessed. For they continually tested one another with problems; and a proof of this, they say also that copies of their letters are preserved among the Tyrians to this day; and they sent letters to one another.) —as Menander of Ephesus mentions, writing about the kingdom of the Tyrians, saying thus: "For when Abeibalus," king of the Tyrians, "died, his son Hirom succeeded to the kingdom, who lived fifty-three years and reigned for thirty-four years . And Baleazarus succeeded him, living 43 years, who reigned 17 years. After him, Abdastratus, who lived 29 years reigned 9 years. And after him, Methuastartus, living 54 years, reigned 12 years. And after him his brother Atharymus, living 58 years, reigned 9 years. His brother, Helles by name, slew him, who lived 50 years and reigned eight months. Iuthobalus, a priest of Astarte, slew him, who lived 40 years and reigned 32 years. His son Balezorus succeeded him, who lived 45 years and reigned years. And his son Mettenus, living 32 years, reigned 29 years. Pygmalion succeeded him, who lived 50 years and reigned 47 years. And in the seventh year of his reign his sister, fleeing to Libya, built a city which to this day is called Carchedonia. Therefore the whole time is summed up from the reign of Hirom until the founding of Carthage as 155 years and eight months. And in the twelfth year of the reign of Hirom the temple in Jerusalem was built, so that the whole time has been from the building of the temple until the founding of Carthage 143 years and 8 months." Concerning the testimony then of the Phoenicians and Egyptians, as the authors Manetho the Egyptian and Menander the Ephesian have written history concerning our times, and moreover also Josephus who chronicled the Jewish war waged against them by the Romans, let what has been said be sufficient for us. For from these ancient writers it is shown that the writings of the rest are also more recent than the writings given to us through Moses, and indeed also than those of the prophets in between; for the one who became the later of the prophets, Zacharias by name, flourished during the reign of Darius. But also all the lawgivers are found legislating in between. For if one should mention Solon the Athenian, he lived in the times of the kings Cyrus and Darius, at the time of Zacharias

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Ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ ἐν Ἰουδαίᾳ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σολομὼν μετὰ ἔτη πεντακόσια ἑξήκοντα ἓξ τῆς Aἰγύπτου ἐξοδίας τῶν Ἰουδαίων, παρὰ Τυρίοις ἀναγέγραπται ὡς ὁ ναὸς ᾠκοδόμηται, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀρχείοις αὐτῶν πεφύλακται τὰ γράμματα, ἐν αἷς ἀναγραφαῖς εὑρίσκεται γεγονὼς ὁ ναὸς πρὸ τοῦ τοὺς Τυρίους τὴν Καρχηδόνα κτίσαι θᾶττον ἔτεσιν ἑκατὸν τεσσαρά- κοντα τρισίν, μησὶν ὀκτώ· (ἀνεγράφη ὑπὸ Ἱερώμου τοὔνομα βασιλέως Τυρίων, υἱοῦ δὲ Ἀβειβάλου, διὰ τὸ ἐκ πατρικῆς συνηθείας τὸν Ἱέρωμον γεγενῆσθαι φίλον τοῦ Σολομῶνος, ἅμα καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν σοφίαν, ἣν ἔσχεν ὁ Σολομών. ἐν γὰρ προβλήμασιν ἀλλήλους συνεχῶς ἐγύμναζον· τεκμήριον δὲ τούτου, καὶ ἀντίγραφα ἐπιστολῶν αὐτῶν φασιν μέχρι τοῦ δεῦρο παρὰ τοῖς Τυρίοις πεφυλαγ- μένα· γράμματά τε ἀλλήλοις διέπεμπον.) -καθὼς μέμνηται Μέναν- δρος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, ἱστορῶν περὶ τῆς Τυρίων βασιλείας, λέγων οὕτως· "Τελευτήσαντος γὰρ Ἀβειβάλου" βασιλέως Τυρίων "διεδέξατο τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἱέρωμος, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη πεντήκοντα τρία <ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη τριάκοντα τέσσαρα>. τοῦτον δὲ διεδέξατο Βαλεά- ζωρος, βιώσας ἔτη μγ, ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιζ. μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀβδάστρατος, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη κθ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη θ. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Μεθουάσταρτος, βιώσας ἔτη νδ, ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιβ. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀθάρυμος, βιώσας ἔτη νη, ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη θ. τοῦτον ἀνεῖλεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ Ἕλλης τοὔνομα, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη ν ἐβασίλευσεν μῆνας ὀκτώ. τοῦτον ἀνεῖλεν Ἰουθώβαλος, ἱερεὺς τῆς Ἀστάρτης, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη μ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη λβ. τοῦτον διεδέξατο ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Βαλέζωρος, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη με ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη . υἱὸς δὲ τούτου Μέττηνος, βιώσας ἔτη λβ, ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη κθ. τοῦτον διεδέξατο Πυγμαλίων, ὃς βιώσας ἔτη ν ἐβασί- λευσεν ἔτη μζ. ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς Λιβύην φυγοῦσα πόλιν ᾠκοδόμησεν τὴν μέχρι τοῦ δεῦρο Καρχηδονίαν καλουμένην. συνάγεται οὖν ὁ πᾶς χρόνος ἀπὸ τῆς Ἱερώμου βασιλείας μέχρι Καρχηδόνος κτίσεως ἔτη ρνε, μῆνες ὀκτώ. τῷ δὲ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆς Ἱερώμου βασιλείας ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ὁ ναὸς ᾠκοδομήθη, ὥστε τὸν πάντα χρόνον γεγενῆσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ναοῦ οἰκοδομῆς μέχρι Καρχηδόνος κτίσεως ἔτη ρμγ, μῆνες η." Τῆς μὲν οὖν Φοινίκων καὶ Aἰγυπτίων μαρτυρίας, ὡς ἱστορή- κασιν περὶ τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς χρόνων οἱ συγγράψαντες Μαναιθὼς ὁ Aἰγύπτιος καὶ ὁ Μένανδρος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, ἔτι δὲ καὶ Ἰώσηππος ὁ ἀναγράψας τὸν Ἰουδαϊκὸν πόλεμον τὸν γενόμενον αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων, ἀρκετῶς ἤτω ἡμῖν τὰ εἰρημένα. ἐκ γὰρ τούτων τῶν ἀρχαίων δείκνυται καὶ τὰ τῶν λοιπῶν συγγράμματα ἔσχατα εἶναι τῶν διὰ Μωσέως ἡμῖν δεδομένων γραμμάτων, ἔτι μὴν καὶ τῶν μεταξὺ προφητῶν· ὁ γὰρ ὕστερος τῶν προφητῶν γενόμενος Ζαχαρίας ὀνόματι ἤκμασεν κατὰ τὴν ∆αρείου βασιλείαν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ νομοθέται πάντες μεταξὺ εὑρίσκονται νομοθετοῦντες. εἰ γάρ τις εἴποι Σόλωνα τὸν Ἀθηναῖον, οὗτος γέγονεν κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους Κύρου καὶ ∆αρείου τῶν βασιλέων, κατὰ τὸν χρόνον Ζαχαρίου