Jerome, Chronicle (2005) pp.16-187

Jerome, Chronicle (2005) pp.16-187

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	The Kingship of the Assyrians		Beginning of the nation of the Hebrews			The Kingship of the Sicyonians		The Kingship of the Egyptians			BC
	Ninus son of Belus was the first to reign over all Asia except for the Indies, for 52 years. In the 43rd year of the rule of this Ninus, Abraham was born.			In his reign Abraham is born among the Hebrews; when Abraham was 100 years old he fathered Isaac.		In Greece, however, Europs was the second to rule over the Sicyonians in Greece, for forty-five years. In the twenty-second year of his reign Abraham was born.			From here onwards was the 16th government among the Egyptians, which they call a dynasty, at which time the Thebans were ruling for 190 years.





	43	a Ninus founded the city of Ninum in the land of the Assyrians, which the Hebrews call Nineveh.		b While Ninus is reigning among the Assyrians, in his final years Abraham is born.	1	22	e While Ninus was reigning among the Assyrians, Aegialeus, from whom Aegialea was named, which is now called the Peloponnesus, ruled first among the Sicyonians for 52 years. After whom the second was Europs, whose name was also used as a place name.		f While Ninus was reigning among the Assyrians, the Thebans rule over the Egyptians.	1	2016
	44				2	23				2
	45				3	24				3
	46				4	25				4
	47				5	26				5	2012
	48				6	27				6
	49	c The magus Zoroaster, king of the Bactrians, is considered important, against whom Ninus fought.		d Abraham, a Chaldaean by birth, wears away his youth among the Chaldaeans.	7	28				7
	50				8	29				8
	51				9	30				9
10	52				10	31				10	2007
	2nd of the Assyrians, Semiramis for 42 years
	2nd of the Assyrians, Semiramis for 42 years
	1				11	32	g Semiramis, wife of Ninus, ruled over the Assyrians, of whom innumerable things are recounted. She also held Asia, and constructed mud-banks, because of a flood, restoring very many of the cities of Babylonia.			11
	2				12	33				12
	3				13	34				13
	4				14	35				14
	5				15	36				15	2002
	6				16	37				16
	7				17	38				17
	8				18	39				18	1999

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	Assyrians		Hebrews		Sicyonians	Egyptians		BC
		9		19	45		19	1998
20		10		20	46		20	1997
		11		21	47		21
		12		22	48		22
		13		23	49		23
		14		24	50		24
					3rd of Sicyon, Telchin, for 20 years.
					3rd of Sicyon, Telchin, for 20 years.
		15		25	1		25	1992
		16		26	2		26
		17		27	3		27
		18		28	4		28
		19		29	5		29
30		20		30	6		30	1997
		21		31	7		31
		22		32	8		32
		23		33	9		33
		24		34	10		34
		25		35	11		35	1982
		26		36	12		36
		27		37	13		37
		28		38	14		38
		29		39	15		39
40		30		40	16		40	1977
		31		41	17		41
		32		42	18		42	1975

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	Assyrians			Hebrews		Sicyonians		Egyptians		BC
		33			43	19			43	1974
		34			44	20			44
						4th of Sicyon, Apis, for 25 years
			a The beginning of the 41st Jubilee, according to the Hebrews. Now, among them, the fiftieth year is called a 'jubilee'. Accordingly, after their calculation, there have been 2000 years from the time of Adam until the present.			4th of Sicyon, Apis, for 25 years	b After whom Apia was named, which is now called the Peloponnesus, and was previously Aegialea.
		35			45	1			45	1972
		36			46	2			46
		37			47	3			47
		38			48	4			48
		39			49	5			49
50		40			50	6			50	1967
		41			51	7			51
		42			52	8			52
		3rd of the Assyrians, Zameis, also called Ninyas, son of Ninus and Semiramis, for 38 years.



		1			53	9	c Cres the indigene was the first to reign in Crete.		53
		2			54	10	c Cres the indigene was the first to reign in Crete.		54
		3			55	11			55	1962
		4			56	12	d Crete is named after the indigene Cres, whom they say was one of the Curetes, by whom Jupiter was kidnapped and raised. They established Knossos, a city on Crete, and the temple of Cybele the Mother.		56
		5			57	13			57
		6			58	14			58
		7			59	15			59
60		8			60	16			60	1957
		9			61	17			61
		10			62	18			62	1955

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	Assyrians				Hebrews		Sicyonians		Egyptians		BC
		11				63	19			63	1954
		12				64	20			64
		13				65	21			65	1952
		14				66	22			66
		15				67	23			67
		16				68	24			68
		17				69	25			69
							5th of the Sicyonians, Thelxion, for 52 years.
							5th of the Sicyonians, Thelxion, for 52 years.
70		18				70	1			70	1947
		19				71	2			71
		20				72	3			72
		21				73	4			73
		22				74	5			74
		23	a When Abraham was 75 years old, he is considered worthy of being spoken to by God, and of the covenant that was established for him.	b First year of the Covenant of God with Abraham.		75	6	d From Abraham's 75th year, to Moses and the Hebrew nation's flight from Egypt, 430 years are counted, which Paul recalls as follows: "The law, which was made 430 years later, does not annul the covenant confirmed by God, so as to destroy the promise." 1 Also, Moses himself in Exodus agrees with this in saying: "The time that the children of Israel had lived in Egypt, and they and their fathers in the land of Canaan, was 430 years." 2		75	1942
		24				76	7			76
		25				77	8			77
		26				78	9			78
		27				79	10			79
80		28				80	11			80	1937
		29				81	12			81
		30				82	13			82
		31				83	14			83
		32				84	15			84
		33		c 10th year of the covenant		85	16			85	1932
		34		c 10th year of the covenant		86	17			86	1931

(1) Galatians 3:17, where Jerome's Vulgate has non irritam facit ad evacuandam promissionem for non infirmat ad destruendam repromissionem.
(2) Exodus 12:40. The stay in Canaan is included in the 430 years in the Septuagint, but not in the Masoretic text (or, apparently, in Jerome�s bible).

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	Assyrians					Hebrews		Sicyonians	Egyptians		BC
		35	a Through his female slave Hagar, Abraham fathers Ishmael, from whom come the race of Ishmaelites, later called Hagarenes, and finally Saracens.				87	18		87	1930
		36					88	19		88
		37					89	20		89
90		38					90	21		90	1927
		4th of the Assyrians, Arius, for 30 years
		4th of the Assyrians, Arius, for 30 years
		1					91	22		91
		2					92	23		92
		3					93	24		93
		4					94	25		94
		5		b 20th year of the Covenant.			95	26		95	1922
		6		b 20th year of the Covenant.			96	27		96
		7					97	28		97
		8					98	29		98
		9					99	30		99
100		10	c When he was 100 years old, Abraham fathered Isaac by his free wife, after which he lived another 75 years.				100	31		100	1917
					Of the Hebrews, Isaac, son of Abraham: in the sixtieth year of his life, Isaac fathered Jacob.



		11	d The word of God, when it appeared in human form, promises the calling of the gentiles to Abraham, the first of all the prophets, which in our time the word of Christ has brought to completion through preaching the Gospel among all nations.				1	32		101
		12					2	33		102
		13					3	34		103
		14					4	35		104
		15		e 30th year of the Covenant.			5	36		105	1912
		16		e 30th year of the Covenant.			6	37		106	1911

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	Assyrians				Hebrews		Sicyonians	Egyptians		BC
		17				7	38		107	1910
		18				8	39		108
		19				9	40		109
110		20	a 110th year of Abraham.			10	41		110	1907
		21	a 110th year of Abraham.			11	42		111
		22				12	43		112
		23				13	44		113
		24				14	45		114
		25	b 40th year of the Covenant.			15	46		115	1902
		26	b 40th year of the Covenant.			16	47		116
		27				17	48		117
		28				18	49		118
		29				19	50		119
120		30		c 120th year of Abraham.		20	51		120	1897
		5th of the Assyrians, Aralius, for 40 years		c 120th year of Abraham.
		5th of the Assyrians, Aralius, for 40 years
		1				21	52		121
							6th of the Sicyonians, Aegydrus, for 34 years
							6th of the Sicyonians, Aegydrus, for 34 years
		2				22	1		122
		3				23	2		123
		4				24	3		124
		5	d 50th year of the Covenant.			25	4		125	1892
		6	d 50th year of the Covenant.			26	5		126
		7				27	6		127
		8				28	7		128	1889

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	Assyrians			Hebrews		Sicyonians		Egyptians		BC
		9			29	8			129	1888
130		10	a 130th year of Abraham		30	9	f In Crete, Cres the indigene was the first to reign, as some have it. Others however proclaim that he reigned at the date written above.		130	1887
		11			31	10			131
		12			32	11			132
		13			33	12			133
		14			34	13			134
		15	b 60th year of the Covenant		35	14			135	1882
		16			36	15			136
		17			37	16			137
		18			38	17			138
		19			39	18			139
140		20	c 140th year of Abraham		40	19			140	1877
		21			41	20			141
		22			42	21			142
		23			43	22			143
		24			44	23			144
		25	d 70th year of the Covenant		45	24			145	1872
		26			46	25			146
		27			47	26			147
		28			48	27			148
		29			49	28			149
150		30	e 150th year of Abraham		50	29			150	1867
		31			51	30			151
		32			52	31			152
		33			53	32			153
		34			54	33			154	1863

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	Assyrians					Hebrews		Sicyonians			Beginning of the kingship of the Argives		Egyptians		BC
		35	a 80th year of the Covenant				55	34						155	1862
								7th of the Sicyonians, Thurimachus for 45 years
								7th of the Sicyonians, Thurimachus for 45 years
		36					56	1						156
		37					57	2						157
		38					58	3						158
		39					59	4						159
160		40	b Twin sons are born to the sexagenarian Isacc: first Esau, also called Edom, from whom come the race of Idumaeans. Secondly Jacob, later called Israel, from whom come the Israelites, who are now called Jews.	c 160th year of Abraham			60	5						160	1857
		6th of the Assyrians, Xerxes, also called Balaneus, for 30 years.		c 160th year of Abraham	Of the Hebrews, Jacob, son of Isaac, until the birth of his son Joseph, for 121 years. Jacob.
									In these times among the Argives Inachus was the first to reign, for 50 years.



		1					1	6		1		f Inachus's daughter Io, whom the Egyptians, having changed the name, call Isis and worship. The river Inachus at Argos is named after his father Inachus, the Bosphorus after his daughter Io.		161
		2					2	7		2				162
		3					3	8		3				163
		4					4	9		4				164
		5	d 90th year of the Covenant				5	10		5				165	1852
		6					6	11		6		g Castor the Chronographer speaks thus concerning the Argive kingdom: "I will therefore trace the kings of the Argives from Inachus to Sthenelantus son of Crotops; the complete span of time of which is found to be 382 years."		166
		7					7	12		7				167
		8					8	13		8				168
		9					9	14		9				169
		10	e 170th year of Abraham, but 70th of Isaac.				10	15		10				170	1847
		11	e 170th year of Abraham, but 70th of Isaac.				11	16		11				171
		12					12	17		12				172
		13					13	18		13				173	1844

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	Assyrians			Hebrews		Sicyonians	Argives				Egyptians		BC
		14			14	19		14				174	1843
		15	a 100th year of the Covenant, in which Abraham dies having lived in total 175 years.		15	20		15				175	1842
		16			16	21		16				176
		17			17	22		17				177
		18			18	23		18				178
		19			19	24		19				179
180		20	b 80th year of Isaac		20	25		20	f Apis was the first in Egypt to be regarded as a god: him they called 'Serapis'.			180	1837
		21			21	26		21				181
		22			22	27		22				182
		23			23	28		23				183
		24			24	29		24				184
		25	c 110th year of the Covenant		25	30		25				185	1832
		26			26	31		26				186
		27			27	32		27				187
		28			28	33		28				188
		29			29	34		29				189
190		30	d 90th year of Isaac		30	35		30				190	1827
		7th of the Assyrians, Armamitres, for 38 years.								17th dynasty of the Egyptians, in which time the Shepherds were reigning for 103 years


		1			31	36		31	g We conjecture that the Kings of the Egyptians were called 'Shepherds' because of Joseph and his brothers, who were attested to have gone down to Egypt in the beginning as shepherds.			1
		2			32	37		32				2
		3			33	38		33				3
		4			34	39		34				4
		5	e 120th year of the Covenant		35	40		35				5	1822
		6			36	41		36				6	1821

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	Assyrians			Hebrews		Sicyonians	Argives		Egyptians		BC
		7			37	42		37		7	1820
		8			38	43		38		8
		9			39	44		39		9
200		10	a 100th year of Isaac		40	45		40		10	1817
						8th of the Sicyonians, Leucippus, for 53 years
						8th of the Sicyonians, Leucippus, for 53 years
		11			41	1		41		11
		12			42	2		42		12
		13			43	3		43		13
		14			44	4		44		14
		15	b 130th year of the Covenant