Miscellanies 1.21.110

Summary: The chronology continues through Deborah and Barak, Gideon, Abimelech, and Tola.

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Greek text · Stählin 2:70–71

τελευτήσαντος δὲ Ἀὼδ ἁμαρτήσαντες αὖθις παρεδόθησαν βασιλεῖ Χαναὰν Ἰαβεὶμ ἔτεσιν εἴκοσι· ἐπὶ τούτου προφητεύει Δεββώρα γυνὴ Λαβιδὼθ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἐφραΐμ, καὶ ἦν ἀρχιερεὺς Ὀζιοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ῥιησοῦ. διὰ ταύτης ἡγησάμενος τῆς στρατιᾶς Βαρὰκ ὁ τοῦ Βεννὴρ ἐκ φυλῆς Νεφθαλὶμ παραταξάμενος Σισάρᾳ τῷ ἀρχιστρατήγῳ τοῦ Ἰαβεὶμ ἐνίκησε, καὶ ἦρξεν ἐντεῦθεν τοῦ λαοῦ διακρίνουσα ἡ Δεββώρα ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. τελευτησάσης δὲ αὐτῆς ἁμαρτὼν αὖθις ὁ λαὸς παραδίδοται Μαδιηναίοις ἔτη ἑπτά. ἐπὶ τούτοις Γεδεὼν ἐκ φυλῆς Μανασσῆ ὁ τοῦ Ἰωὰς τριακοσίους ἐκστρατεύσας καὶ δώδεκα μυριάδας, αὐτῶν ἀπολέσας ἦρξεν ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. μεθʼ ὃν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἔτη τρία. διαδέχεται τοῦτον Βωλεᾶς υἱὸς Βηδᾶν υἱοῦ Χαρρὰν ἐκ φυλῆς Ἐφραῒμ ἄρξας ἔτη τρία πρὸς τοῖς εἴκοσι. μεθʼ ὃν ἐξαμαρτὼν πάλιν ὁ λαὸς ἔτεσιν ὀκτωκαίδεκα Ἀμμανίταις παραδίδοται.

English · Claude translation

When Ehud died, they sinned again and were handed over to Jabin, king of Canaan, for twenty years. In his time Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, of the tribe of Ephraim, prophesied, and the high priest was Uzzi, son of Rhiesus. Through her, Barak, son of Benner, of the tribe of Naphtali, leading the army, drew up against Sisera, Jabin's commander, and conquered; and from then Deborah ruled the people as judge for forty years. When she died, the people sinned again and were handed over to the Midianites for seven years. After these, Gideon, son of Joash, of the tribe of Manasseh, marching out with three hundred men and destroying a hundred and twenty thousand of them, ruled forty years. After him his son Abimelech, three years. Boleas (that is, Tola), son of Bedan, son of Charran, of the tribe of Ephraim, succeeded him, ruling twenty-three years. After him the people, sinning again, were handed over to the Ammonites for eighteen years.

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Stählin 2:70–71 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 2, Stromata Buch I–VI, GCS 15 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1906); vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 2–3 (GCS 15, 17, 1906–1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1906–1909); made independently of existing English translations.
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Translation notes

  • The allusions are Judg 4–10. Clement’s names and genealogies often differ from the Hebrew Bible (Benner for Abinoam; Boleas son of Bedan son of Charran for Tola son of Puah son of Dodo); they are given as he writes them.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (misspelling and wrong accent in the digital text): ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. μεδʼ ὂν ὁ υἱὸς → ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. μεθʼ ὃν ὁ υἱὸς.

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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.110 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/110/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.110 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/110/).

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