Miscellanies 1.21.121 (21.121)

Summary: The last kings of Judah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, bring the chronology to the exile: from Moses' birth, 1,085 years; from David, 482.

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Greek text · Stählin 2:76

Ἰωσίαν διαδέχεται Ἰεχωνίας, ὁ καὶ Ἰωάχας, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ μῆνας τρεῖς καὶ ἡμέρας δέκα. τοῦτον Νεχαὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου δήσας ἀπήγαγεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καταστήσας ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ βασιλέα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ ἐπὶ φόρῳ τῆς γῆς ἔτη ἕνδεκα. μετὰ τοῦτον ὁ ὁμώνυμος αὐτοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ τρίμηνον βασιλεύει, εἶτα Σεδεκίας ἔτη ἕνδεκα. καὶ μέχρι τούτου προφητεύων διατείνει Ἱερεμίας, προφητεύουσι δὲ καὶ Βουζὶ καὶ Οὐρίας ὁ υἱὸς Σαμαίου καὶ Ἀμβακοὺμ σὺν αὐτῷ, καὶ τέλος ἔχει τὰ τῶν Ἑβραϊκῶν βασιλέων. γίνονται οὖν ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς Μωυσέως γενέσεως ἕως τῆς μετοικεσίας ταύτης ἔτη, ὡς μέν τινες, ἐννακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀκριβῆ χρονογραφίαν χίλια ὀγδοήκοντα πέντε μῆνες ἕξ ἡμέραι δέκα· ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς Δαβὶδ βασιλείας ἕως τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς ὑπὸ Χαλδαίων γενομένης ἔτη τετρακόσια πεντήκοντα δύο μῆνες ἕξ, ὡς δὲ ἡ καθʼ ἡμᾶς τῶν χρόνων ἀκρίβεια συνάγει, ἔτη τετρακόσια ὀγδοήκοντα δύο μῆνες ἓξ ἡμέραι δέκα.

English · Claude translation

Jeconiah, also called Jehoahaz, his son, succeeded Josiah for three months and ten days. Neco king of Egypt bound him and carried him to Egypt, setting up in his place as king his brother Jehoiakim, under tribute of the land, for eleven years. After him his namesake Jehoiakim reigned three months, then Zedekiah eleven years. And Jeremiah continued prophesying until his time, and Buzi and Uriah son of Shemaiah and Habakkuk prophesied with him; and the history of the Hebrew kings ends. From the birth of Moses to this deportation, then, there are, as some say, nine hundred and seventy-two years, but according to the exact chronology, a thousand and eighty-five years, six months, and ten days; and from the reign of David to the captivity by the Chaldeans, four hundred and fifty-two years and six months, but as our exact reckoning of the times gathers, four hundred and eighty-two years, six months, and ten days.

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Stählin 2:76 · 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
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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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Notes

Translation notes

  • The allusions are 2 Kgs 23:31–36; 24:8, 18; Jer 26:20; Ezek 1:3 (Buzi); Hab 1:1.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (accent missing on οὖν): γίνονται οὐν ἀπὸ → γίνονται οὖν ἀπὸ.

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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.121 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/121/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.121 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/121/).

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