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Solomon king of Israel in the temple of the Lord according to the word of the Lord; and he carried away all Jerusalem and all the princes and the mighty men of valor into captivity, having taken ten thousand captive, and all the children and the craftsman, and none remained except the poor of the land. And he carried Jehoiachin away to Babylon and the mother and the wives of the king and the eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the men of might, men of valor, fit for war, 7,000, and the craftsman and the smith, a thousand, all mighty men fit for war, and the king of Babylon led them into exile to Babylon. And the king of Babylon made Mattathias his son king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was a son of twenty years when he began to reign and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem.

265 These things written word for word in the 4th of Kings I have set forth, so that readers may know that there have been different captivities of the Hebrew race, and that for this reason the predictions of the prophets who have spoken should not be understood in one manner or time; for 70 years the nation will continue captive in Babylonia; and of these, the beginning is different, and the end of them is also different. Therefore according to the writing of Ezra, in the first year of Cyrus the seventy-year period was fulfilled, having begun from the 4th year of Jehoiakim, at which time the decree of God also went forth through the mouth of Jeremiah, but according to the prophecy of Zechariah the prophet crying out after 42 years: O Lord, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, which you have overlooked this 70th year? From some other point this same 70-year period will have its beginning. And this is found to be taken from the death of Nebuchadnezzar until the complete building of the temple, which, having first begun from the 1st year of Cyrus, was stopped by the same Cyrus when only the foundations had been laid, until the 2nd year of Darius Hystaspes. And in the 2nd year of the same Darius, when complete permission was given to the nation and for the rebuilding of the temple, in the 6th year of Darius the work was completed, as will be shown in order from the holy writing of Ezra. Therefore, the 70 years of the captivity of Judah from the 4th year of Jehoiakim until the first year of Cyrus are these: Jehoiakim from the 4th year to the 11th, 8 years. Of Zedekiah, 11 years. Of Nebuchadnezzar, 25 years. Of Evil-Merodach, 5 years. Of Neriglissar, also called Belshazzar, 3 years. Of Darius Astyages, 17 years. Of Cyrus, 1. Total, 70. And the years from the death of Nebuchadnezzar to the complete building of the temple and the oracles of Zechariah the prophet are again numbered as 70 years, thus: Evil-Merodach, 5 years. Neriglissar, 3 years. Darius Astyages, 17 years. Cyrus, 31. Cambyses, 8. Darius Hystaspes, 6. Completed. Total, 70. From this captivity was Daniel along with those with him, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael. This Daniel, having been taught the learning, became pleasing to king Nebuchadnezzar. Africanus also testifies these things, that Daniel and the three youths were from the 2nd captivity of Judah.

266 But Panodorus and other historians say from the captivity in Samaria under Shalmaneser. Zedekiah reigned as the 20th of Judah for 11 years. and it was the year of the world 4813. Africanus numbers the 70 years of the captivity from the 1st year of Zedekiah. In the 5th year of Zedekiah, and of the world the 4th, the great prophet Ezekiel began to prophesy. And in the same year of the captivity of Jehoiakim, Zedekiah declared to the captives in Babylon that after 70 years they would return from Babylon according to the prophecy of Jeremiah. Hananiah the false prophet, opposing Jeremiah, dies, at which time Ezekiel is prophesying in Babylon. In Jerusalem there occurred manumissions of slaves. Jeremiah seeing the sons of Jonadab, son of Rechab, who had entered Jerusalem during the siege of Zedekiah, not drinking wine nor dwelling under a roof on account of their father's

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Σολομὼν βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ ναῷ κυρίου κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου· καὶ ἀπῴκισε πᾶσαν τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἰσχύι αἰχμαλωσίᾳ καὶ δέκα χιλιάδας αἰχμαλωτίσας καὶ πάντα τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὸν συγκλείοντα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη πλὴν οἱ πτωχοὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ ἀπῴκισε τὸν Ἰωαχεὶμ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους καὶ τοὺς ἰσχυροὺς τῆς γῆς ἀπήγαγεν αἰχμαλωσίας ἀποικεσίαν ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς δυνάμεως, ἄνδρας ἰσχύος, ποιοῦντας πόλεμον ζ, καὶ τὸν τέκτονα καὶ τὸν συγ κλείοντα χιλίους, πάντες δυνατοὶ ποιοῦντες πόλεμον, καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος μετοικεσίαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα. καὶ ἐβασίλευσε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος τὸν Ματθίαν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθηκε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σεδεκίαν. υἱὸς εἴκοσι ἐτῶν Σεδεκίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ιαʹ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. 265 Ταῦτα πρὸς λέξιν ἐν τῇ δʹ τῶν βασιλειῶν γεγραμμένα παρεθέμην, ὥστε εἰδέναι τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας διαφόρους αἰχμαλωσίας τοῦ Ἑβραίων γένους γεγενῆσθαι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὰς τῶν προφητῶν προρρήσεις μὴ καθ' ἕνα τρόπον ἢ χρόνον νοεῖσθαι εἰρηκότων· ἔτη οʹ διαρκέσει τὸ ἔθνος ἐπὶ τῆς Βαβυλωνίας αἰχμάλωτον· ὧν δὲ ἡ ἀρχὴ διάφορος, τούτων καὶ τὸ τέλος διάφορον. Ὅθεν κατὰ μὲν τοῦ Ἔσδρα τὴν γραφὴν τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει Κύρου ὁ ἑβδομη κονταετὴς χρόνος ἐπληρώθη ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ δʹ ἔτους Ἰωακείμ, ἡνίκα καὶ ἀπόφασις τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθε διὰ στόματος Ἱερεμίου, κατὰ δὲ τὴν προφητείαν Ζαχαρίου τοῦ προφήτου βοῶντος μετὰ ἔτη μβʹ· κύριε ἕως τίνος οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσῃς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα, ἃς ὑπερεῖδες τοῦτο οʹ ἔτος; ἄλλοθέν ποθεν ὁ αὐτὸς οὗτος οʹ χρόνος ἕξει τὴν ἀρχήν. οὗτος δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τελευτῆς Ναβουχοδονόσωρ εὑρίσκεται λαμβανόμενος ἐπὶ τὴν τελείαν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ, ἥτις ἀρξαμένη μὲν τὸ πρῶτον ἀπὸ τοῦ αʹ ἔτους Κύρου ἐπαύθη ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Κύρου μόνων τῶν θεμελίων ὑπερβληθέντων, μέχρις ἔτους βʹ ∆αρείου τοῦ Ὑστάσπου. τῷ δὲ βʹ ἔτει τοῦ αὐτοῦ ∆αρείου τελείας ἀφέσεως δοθείσης τῷ ἔθνει καὶ τῇ ἀνοικοδομῇ τοῦ ναοῦ, τῷ ςʹ ἔτει ∆αρείου ἐτελειώθη τὸ ἔργον, ὡς ἐφεξῆς δειχθήσεται ἐκ τῆς ἱερᾶς τοῦ Ἔσδρα γραφῆς. εἰσὶν οὖν τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ δʹ ἔτους Ἰωακεὶμ ἕως πρώτου ἔτους Κύρου οʹ ἔτη τῆς τοῦ Ἰούδα αἰχμαλωσίας ταῦτα· Ἰωακεὶμ ἀπὸ τοῦ δʹ ἔτους ἕως ιαʹ ἔτη ηʹ. Σεδεκίου ἔτη ιαʹ. Ναβουχοδο νόσωρ ἔτη κεʹ. Εὐειλὰδ Μαροδὰχ ἔτη εʹ. Νιριγλησάρου τοῦ καὶ Βαλτάσαρ ἔτη γʹ. ∆αρείου Ἀστυάγους ἔτη ιζʹ. Κύρου αʹ. ὁμοῦ οʹ. τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς τελευτῆς Ναβουχοδονόσωρ ἐπὶ τὴν τελείαν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοὺς χρηματισμοὺς Ζαχαρίου τοῦ προφήτου πάλιν οʹ ἔτη συναριθμεῖται οὕτως· Εὐειλὰδ Μαροδὰχ ἔτη εʹ. Νιριγλήσαρος ἔτη γʹ. ∆αρεῖος Ἀστυάγης ἔτη ιζʹ. Κῦρος λαʹ. Καμβύσης ηʹ. ∆αρεῖος Ὑστάσπου ςʹ. ἐτελειώθη ὁμοῦ οʹ. Ἐκ ταύτης τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἦν ∆ανιὴλ ἅμα τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ Ἀνανίᾳ, Ἀζαρίᾳ, Μιζαήλ. οὗτος ὁ ∆ανιὴλ παιδευθεὶς τὴν παιδείαν εὐάρεστος ἐγένετο τῷ βασιλεῖ Ναβουχοδονόσωρ. ταῦτα καὶ ὁ Ἀφρικανὸς μαρτυρῶν, ὅτι ἐκ τῆς βʹ αἰχμαλωσίας Ἰούδα ἦν ὅ τε ∆ανιὴλ καὶ οἱ τρεῖς παῖδες. 266 Πανόδωρος δὲ καὶ ἕτεροι τῶν ἱστορικῶν ἐκ τῆς ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ὑπὸ Σαλμανα σὰρ αἰχμαλωσίας. Τοῦ Ἰούδα κʹ ἐβασίλευσε Σεδεκίας ἔτη ιαʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος δωζςʹ. Ἀφρικανὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ αʹ ἔτους Σεδεκίου τὰ οʹ ἔτη τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἀριθμεῖ. Τῷ εʹ ἔτει Σεδεκίου, κόσμου δὲ δʹ, ἤρξατο προφητεύειν ὁ μέγας προφήτης Ἰεζεκιήλ. τῷ δ' αὐτῷ ἔτει τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας Ἰωακεὶμ Σεδεκίας τοῖς ἐν Βαβυλῶνι αἰχμαλώτοις ἐδήλωσεν ὅτι μετὰ οʹ ἔτη ἀναζεύξουσιν ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος κατὰ τὴν Ἱερεμίου προφητείαν. Ἀνανίας ψευδοπροφήτης ἀνθιστάμενος Ἱερεμίᾳ θνήσκει, καθ' ὃν χρόνον Ἰεζεκιὴλ προφητεύει ἐν Βαβυλῶνι. Ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐγένοντο δούλων ἐλευθερίαι. Τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰωναδὰβ υἱοῦ Ῥηχὰβ εἰσελθόντας ἐπὶ τῆς Σεδεκίου πολιορκίας εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὁρῶν Ἱερεμίας μὴ πίνοντας οἶνον μηδὲ ὑπὸ στέγην οἰκοῦντας διὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς