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he laid it aside from the mountain. And for a third time, having been led astray by his wife Delilah and having told her of the divine strength in his hair, he is shorn by her and, betrayed to the foreigners, he is blinded, imprisoned in a mill, bound in fetters; and when they were celebrating his capture after some time, his hair having already grown out a little, they brought him out, ordering him to entertain them. And he, having been supported against the pillars by the one leading him by the hand, and having prayed to God for vengeance against them, buried both those in the house and those who had gone up on the roofs, about 3000, by pulling down the pillars and perishing along with them; whom his brothers and parents buried, after he had judged Israel for 20 years. Counting from the first year of Samson to the first contest at Olympia held by Heracles, you will find 430 years until the first Olympiad. Anarchy and peace for 40 years. And it was the year of the world 4310. The events concerning Micah, who made a graven image and an ephod and a house for God and established a priest, whom the 600 from the tribe of Dan came and took, were in these times, and the events concerning the woman who was dismembered and the war against the tribe of Benjamin, where Scripture says that Phinehas son of Eleazar was living. Josephus says that the events concerning the dismembered woman in Gibeah and the war of the 11 tribes against the tribe of Benjamin happened immediately after the death of Joshua, and he at the end of the judges, there being much disagreement concerning the times from Moses until Eli the priest. 204 Scripture was silent about the times of Joshua son of Nun and the elders after him, but unwritten custom has handed down 27 for Joshua, and 18 for the elders; and thus almost all are in agreement. But Eusebius of Caesarea alone did not include the years of the elders, while Africanus assigned 30 years to them, for which Eusebius brings many charges against him, saying that he was greatly in error and had undertaken a most audacious matter, having inserted besides these another 70 years of his own—40 for the anarchy, and 30 for the peace—100 in all. But Africanus, for his part, admits concerning these things that they are disputed at the end of his fifth book. But Eusebius, wishing to establish the 450 years of the judges mentioned by the divine apostle in Acts, made use of some of these, he is nevertheless at a loss, saying that the years after the death of Moses down to Solomon and the building of the temple are stated otherwise in the third book of Kings. For he says: And it came to pass in the 440th year of the exodus from Egypt that Solomon began to build the temple. But the Hebrew has: And it came to pass in the 480th year. But these things, he says, the teachers of the Jews said were accurately computed by counting only the period of rule of the judges from Israel and not reckoning separately that of the foreigners, but including it in that of the judges; which does not agree with the holy book of Judges. Indeed, he says that the holy apostle, in saying 450 years for the judges, was not speaking with precision, but according to a more common interpretation. If, therefore, according to the apostle, we add up the 450 years of the judges and the 40 years of Moses in the wilderness, the 27 of Joshua and the 18 of the elders after Joshua, and further the 20 of Eli the priest, the 20 of Samuel and the 40 of Saul, the 40 of David and the 4 of Solomon, the total time from the exodus to the construction of the temple will be 659 years, but according to Eusebius it is 600, and according to Africanus over 740. But according to each of these three numbers, the generations which arose from the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Levi, whether divided or not, will have an improbable rate of childbearing. For from Abraham to David there are 14 generations. Of these, 9 were at the time of Moses in the wilderness, during which Nahshon son of Amminadab, ruler of the tribe of Judah, was known, whose sister Elisheba Aaron the high priest married; who died in the wilderness. And from Nahshon to 205 David there are 5 generations, as follows: Salmon son of Nahshon, who took Rahab the prostitute in the time of Joshua, begot Boaz; and Boaz begot Obed by Ruth; and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David. How then is it possible for the 9 generations from Abraham to Moses to have occurred in 470 years, but only five from Joshua son of Nun to David in 600 years? For each one will be 120

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ὄρους ἀπέθετο. τρίτῃ δὲ τῇ ∆αλιδᾷ γυναικὶ συναπαχθεὶς καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς κόμης αὐτοῦ θείαν ἰσχὺν ἐξειπὼν ὑπ' αὐτῆς κείρεται καὶ ἀλλοφύλοις προδοθεὶς τυφλοῦται ἐν μυλῶνι πεπεδημένος καθειρχθεὶς, οὗ τὴν ἅλωσιν μετά τινα χρόνον ἑορ τάζοντες, τῶν τριχῶν αὐτῷ ἐξανθουσῶν ἤδη μικρόν, προήγαγον παίζειν αὐτὸν κελεύσαντες. ὁ δὲ τοῖς κίοσι διὰ τοῦ χειραγωγοῦντος αὐτὸν ἐπι στηριχθείς, εὐξάμενος παρὰ θεοῦ τὴν κατ' αὐτῶν ἐκδίκησιν, τούς τε ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν στεγῶν ἀνιόντας ἀμφὶ τοὺς γ κατέχωσε, ἐπι σπασάμενος τοὺς κίονας καὶ συνδιαφθαρεὶς αὐτοῖς· ὃν ἔθαψαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ οἱ γονεῖς κρίναντα τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἔτη κʹ. Τὸν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ πρῶτον ὑφ' Ἡρακλέους ἀγῶνα ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου ἔτους Σαμψὼν ἀριθμῶν εὑρήσεις ἔτη υλʹ ἕως πρώτης ὀλυμπιάδος. Ἀναρχίας καὶ εἰρήνης ἔτη μʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δτιʹ. Τὰ κατὰ τὸν Μιχᾶ, ὃς ἐποίησε γλυπτὸν καὶ ἐφοὺδ καὶ οἶκον τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἱερέα κατέστησεν, ὃν οἱ χʹ ἐκ φυλῆς ∆ὰν ἐλθόντες ἔλαβον, ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τούτοις ἦν, καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν μελισθεῖσαν καὶ ὁ κατὰ τῆς φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν πόλεμος, ἔνθα ζῆν τὸν Φινεὲς υἱὸν Ἐλεάζαρ λέγει ἡ γραφή. τὰ περὶ τῆς μελισθείσης γυναικὸς ἐν Γαβαὼν καὶ τὸν πόλεμον τῶν ιαʹ φυλῶν πρὸς τὴν φυλὴν Βενιαμὶν μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Ἰησοῦ φησιν Ἰώσηππος εὐθέως, καὶ ὁ κατὰ τὸ τέλος τῶν κριτῶν, πολλῆς διαφωνίας οὔσης περὶ τῶν χρόνων τῶν ἀπὸ Μωυσέως ἕως Ἡλεὶ τοῦ ἱερέως. 204 Τὰ μὲν Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ καὶ τῶν μετ' αὐτὸν πρεσβυτέρων ἡ γραφὴ παρεσιώπησεν, ἡ δὲ ἄγραφος συνήθεια τοῦ μὲν Ἰησοῦ κζʹ, τῶν δὲ πρεσ βυτέρων ιηʹ παρέδωκε· καὶ οὕτω σχεδὸν πάντες ὁμοφωνοῦσιν. Εὐσέβιος δὲ μόνος ὁ Καισαρεὺς τὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων οὐ παρέλαβεν, ὁ δὲ Ἀφρικανὸς ἔτη λʹ αὐτοῖς ἀπένειμεν, ᾧ πλεῖστα κατεγκαλεῖ ὁ Εὐσέβιος ὡς μεγάλα, φησί, διαμαρτόντι καὶ τολμηροτάτῳ πράγματι ἐπικεχειρηκότι, πρὸς τού τοις ἄλλα οʹ ἔτη, τὰ μʹ μὲν τὰ τῆς ἀναρχίας, λʹ δὲ τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης οἴκοθεν παρεμβαλόντι, τὰ ὅλα ρʹ. ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν Ἀφρικανὸς περὶ τούτων ὡς διαφω νουμένων ἐν τέλει τοῦ εʹ λόγου καθομολογεῖ. Ὁ δὲ Εὐσέβιος τὰ παρὰ τῷ θείῳ ἀποστόλῳ ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι τῶν κριτῶν ἔτη υνʹ συστῆσαι βουληθεὶς συνεχρήσατο τούτων τισί, διαπορεῖ μέντοι λέγων τὰ μετὰ τὴν Μωυσέως τελευτὴν ἄλλως κεῖσθαι μέχρι Σολομῶνος καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπισκευῆς ἐν τῷ γʹ τῶν βασιλειῶν. λέγει γάρ· καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ υμʹ ἔτει τῆς ἐξόδου τῆς ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν Σολομὼν τὸν ναόν. τὸ δὲ Ἑβραϊκόν· καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ υʹ καὶ πʹ ἔτει. ταῦτα δέ, φησίν, οἱ τῶν Ἰουδαίων διδάσκαλοι ἀκριβῶς συνάγεσθαι ἔλεγον μόνης τῆς τῶν ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ κριτῶν χρονοκρατίας ἀριθμουμένης καὶ μὴ λο γιζομένης ἰδίως τῆς τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, ἀλλὰ τῆς τῶν κριτῶν συννοουμένης· ὅπερ οὐ συνᾴδει τῇ ἱερᾷ τῶν κριτῶν βίβλῳ. τόν γε μὴν ἱερὸν ἀπόστολόν φησιν υνʹ ἔτη τῶν κριτῶν οὐκ ἀκριβολογούμενον εἰπεῖν, ἀλλ' ἐκδοχῇ κοινο τέρᾳ. ἐὰν οὖν κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον τὰ τῶν κριτῶν υνʹ ἔτη καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐρήμου μʹ ἔτη Μωυσέως Ἰησοῦ τε κζʹ καὶ τῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦν πρεσβυτέρων ιηʹ, καὶ ἔτι Ἡλεὶ τοῦ ἱερέως κʹ, Σαμουὴλ κʹ καὶ Σαοὺλ μʹ, ∆αβίδ τε μʹ καὶ Σολομῶνος δʹ συναριθμήσωμεν, ἔσται ὁ πᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐξόδου χρόνος ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ ναοῦ κατασκευὴν ἐτῶν χνθʹ, κατὰ δὲ Εὐσέβιον χʹ καὶ κατὰ Ἀφρικανὸν ὑπὲρ τὰ ψμʹ. καθ' ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν τριῶν τούτων ἀριθμὸν αἵ τε ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα αἵ τε ἐκ φυλῆς Λευὶ διαγενόμεναι γενεαὶ ἢ καὶ μεριζό μεναι ἀπίθανον ἕξουσι τὴν παιδοποιίαν. ἀπὸ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἕως ∆αβὶδ γε νεαὶ ιδʹ. τούτων θʹ ἦν ἐπὶ Μωυσέως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθ' ἣν ἐγνωρίζετο Ναασσὼν υἱὸς Ἀμιναδὰμ ἄρχων φυλῆς Ἰούδα, οὗ τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἘλισάβεἈαρὼν ἀρχιερεὺς ἔγημεν· ὃς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τελευτᾷ. ἀπὸ Ναασσὼν δὲ ἕως 205 ∆αβὶδ γενεαὶ εʹ οὕτως· Σαλμὼν υἱὸς Ναασσών, ὃς ἠγάγετο Ῥαὰβ τὴν πόρνην ἐπὶ Ἰησοῦ, ἐγέννησε τὸν Βοόζ, Βοὸζ δὲ τὸν Ὠβὴδ ἐκ τῆς Ῥούθ,Ὠβὴδ δὲ τὸν Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ Ἰεσσαὶ τὸν ∆αβίδ· πῶς οὖν δυνατὸν τὰς ἀπὸἈβραὰμ ἕως Μωυσέως θʹ διαγενέσθαι γενεὰς ἐν υοʹ ἔτεσι, πέντε δὲ μό νας ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ ἐν χʹ ἔτεσιν ἕως ∆αβίδ; ἔσται γὰρ ἕκαστος ρκʹ