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eight. Then, when the people repented, judges were appointed for them. Othniel for forty years, Eglon for 18 years, Ehud for 8 years. Then when they sinned, foreigners ruled for 20 years. Then Deborah judged them for 40 years; then the Midianites ruled them for 7 years. Then Gideon judged them for 40 years, Abimelech for 3 years, Tola for 23 years, Jair for 22 years. Then the Philistines and the Ammonites ruled them for 18 years. Then Jephthah judged them for six years, Ibzan for 7 years, Elon for 10 years, Abdon for 8 years. Then foreigners ruled them for 40 years. Then Samson judged them for 20 years. Then there was peace among them for 40 years. Then Samgar judged them for one year, Eli for 20 years, Samuel for 12 years. And after the judges there were kings among them, first named Saul, who reigned for 20 years, then David our forefather for 40 years. So until the reign of David, the total is 498 years. And after these reigned Solomon, who also first built the temple in Jerusalem according to the will of God, for 40 years, and after him Rehoboam for 17 years, and after him Abijah for 7 years, and after him Asa for 41 years, and after him Jehoshaphat for 25 years, and after him Joram for 8 years, and after him Ahaziah for one year, and after him Athaliah for six years, and after her Joash for 40 years, and after him Amaziah for 39 years, and after him Uzziah for 52 years, and after him Jotham for 10 years, and after him Ahaz for 17 years, and after him Hezekiah for 29 years, and after him Manasseh for 55 years, and after him Amon for 2 years, and after him Josiah for 31 years, and after him Jehoahaz for 3 months, and after him Jehoiakim for 11 years, then another Jehoiachin for 3 months and 10 days, and after him Zedekiah for 11 years. And after these kings, as the people persisted in their sins and did not repent, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, the king of Babylon, named Nebuchadnezzar, came up to Judea. He removed the people of the Jews to Babylon and destroyed the temple which Solomon had built. And in the captivity of Babylon, the people spent 70 years. Therefore, up to the sojourn in the land of Babylon, the total is 4054 years, months, 10 days. And just as God foretold through Jeremiah the prophet that the people would be taken captive to Babylon, so he also signified that they would return again to their own land after 70 years. When the 70 years were completed, therefore, Cyrus became king of the Persians, who, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, in the second year of his reign, proclaimed, commanding by written decrees all the Jews who were in his kingdom to return to their own country and to rebuild for God the temple, which the aforementioned king of Babylon had destroyed. In addition to this, Cyrus, at the command of God, ordered Sheshbazzar and Mithridates, his own bodyguards, that the vessels taken from the temple of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar be brought back and deposited in the temple. In the second year, therefore

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ὀκτώ. εἶτα μετανοήσαντος τοῦ λαοῦ κριταὶ ἐγενήθησαν αὐτοῖς. Γοθονεὴλ ἔτεσιν τεσσαράκοντα, Ἐκλὼν ἔτεσιν ιη, Ἀὼθ ἔτεσιν η. ἔπειτα πταισάντων αὐτῶν ἀλλόφυλοι ἐκράτησαν ἔτεσιν κ. ἔπειτα ∆εββώρα ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς ἔτεσιν μ· ἔπειτα Μαδιανῖται ἐκράτησαν αὐτῶν ἔτεσιν ζ. εἶτα Γεδεὼν ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς ἔτεσιν μ, Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔτεσιν γ, Θωλὰ ἔτεσιν κγ, Ἰαεὶρ ἔτεσιν κβ. ἔπειτα Φυλιστιεὶμ καὶ Ἀμμανῖται ἐκράτησαν αὐτῶν ἔτεσιν ιη. εἶτα Ἰεφθάε ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς ἔτεσιν ἕξ, Ἐσβὼν ἔτεσιν ζ, Aἰλὼν ἔτεσιν ι, Ἀβδὼν ἔτεσιν η. ἔπειτα ἀλλόφυλοι ἐκράτησαν αὐτῶν ἔτεσιν μ. εἶτα Σαμψὼν ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς ἔτεσιν κ. ἔπειτα εἰρήνη ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο ἔτεσιν μ. εἶτα Σαμηρὰ ἔκρινεν αὐτοὺς ἐνιαυτόν, Ἠλὶς ἔτεσιν κ, Σαμουὴλ ἔτεσιν ιβ. Μετὰ δὲ τοὺς κριτὰς ἐγένοντο βασιλεῖς ἐν αὐτοῖς, πρῶτος ὀνόματι Σαούλ, ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη κ, ἔπειτα ∆αυὶδ ὁ πρόγονος ἡμῶν ἔτη μ. γίνεται οὖν μέχρι τῆς τοῦ ∆αυὶδ βασιλείας τὰ πάντα ἔτη υη. Μετὰ δὲ τούτους ἐβασιλεύει Σολομών, ὁ καὶ τὸν ναὸν τὸν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις κατὰ βουλὴν θεοῦ πρῶτος οἰκοδομήσας, δι' ἐτῶν μ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ῥοβοὰμ ἔτεσιν ιζ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀβίας ἔτεσιν ζ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀσὰ ἔτεσιν μα, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἰωσαφὰτ ἔτεσιν κε, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἰωρὰμ ἔτη η, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ὀχοζίας ἐνιαυτόν, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Γοθολία ἔτεσιν ἕξ, μετὰ δὲ ταύτην Ἰωὰς ἔτεσιν μ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀμεσίας ἔτεσιν λθ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ὀζίας ἔτεσιν νβ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἰωαθὰμ ἔτεσιν ι, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἄχαζ ἔτεσιν ιζ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἐζεκίας ἔτεσιν κθ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Μανασσὴς ἔτεσιν νε, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἀμὼς ἔτεσιν β, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἰωσίας ἔτεσιν λα, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ὠχὰς μῆνας γ, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἰωακεὶμ ἔτη ια, ἔπειτα Ἰωακεὶμ ἕτερος μῆνας γ ἡμέρας ι, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Σεδεκίας ἔτη ια. μετὰ δὲ τούτους τοὺς βασιλεῖς, διαμένοντος τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν καὶ μὴ μετανοοῦντος, κατὰ προφητείαν Ἰερεμίου ἀνέβη εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν βασιλεὺς Βαβυ- λῶνος, ὄνομα Ναβουχοδονόσορ. οὗτος μετῴκησεν τὸν λαὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ τὸν ναὸν κατέστρεψεν, ὃν ᾠκοδομήκει Σολομών. ἐν δὲ τῇ μετοικεσίᾳ Βαβυλῶνος, ὁ λαὸς ἐποίησεν ἔτη ο. γίνεται οὖν μέχρι τῆς παροικεσίας ἐν γῇ Βαβυλῶνος τὰ πάντα ἔτη δ"νδ μῆνες ἡμέραι ι. Ὃν τρόπον δὲ ὁ θεὸς προεῖπεν διὰ Ἰερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου τὸν λαὸν αἰχμαλωτισθῆναι εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, οὕτως προεσήμανεν καὶ τὸ πάλιν ἐπανελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν μετὰ ο ἔτη. τελειου- μένων οὖν ο ἐτῶν γίνεται Κύρος βασιλεὺς Περσῶν, ὃς κατὰ τὴν προφητείαν Ἰερεμίου δευτέρῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἐκήρυξεν κελεύων δι' ἐγγράφων τοὺς Ἰουδαίους πάντας, τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέφειν εἰς τὴν ἑαυτῶν χώραν καὶ τῷ θεῷ ἀνοικοδομεῖν τὸν ναόν, ὃν καθῃρήκει βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ὁ προειρη- μένος. πρὸς τούτοις δὲ ὁ Κύρος κατ' ἐγκέλευσιν τοῦ θεοῦ προσέταξεν Σαβεσσάρῳ καὶ Μιθριδάτῃ, τοῖς ἰδίοις σωματοφύλαξιν, τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ληφθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἀποκομισθῆναι καὶ ἀποτεθῆναι εἰς τὸν ναόν. ἐν τῷ οὖν δευτέρῳ ἔτει