Miscellanies 1.21.111 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Stählin 2:71

μετανοησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἡγεῖται Ἰεφθαὲ ὁ Γαλααδίτης ἐκ φυλῆς Μανασσῆ καὶ ἦρξεν ἔτη ἕξ, μεθʼ ὃν ἦρξεν Ἀβατθὰν ὁ ἐκ Βηθλεὲμ φυλῆς Ἰούδα ἔτη ἑπτά, ἔπειτα Ἑβρὼν ὁ Ζαβουλωνίτης ἔτη ὀκτώ, ἔπειτα Ἐγλὼμ Ἐφραῒμ ἔτη ὀκτώ. ἔνιοι δὲ τοῖς τοῦ Ἀβατθὰν ἔτεσιν ἑπτὰ συνάπτουσι τὰ Ἑβρὼν ὀκτὼ ἔτη. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ἐξαμαρτὼν πάλιν ὁ λαὸς ὑπὸ ἀλλοφύλοις γίνεται τοῖς Φυλιστιεὶμ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. ἐπιστρεψάντων δὲ αὐτῶν Σαμψὼν ἡγεῖται ἐκ φυλῆς Δάν, νικήσας ἐν πολέμῳ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους. οὗτος ἦρξεν ἔτεσιν εἴκοσι. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ἀναρχίας οὔσης διέκρινε τὸν λαὸν Ἠλὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη. τοῦτον δὲ διαδέχεται Σαμουὴλ ὁ προφήτης, σὺν οἷς Σαοὺλ ἐβασίλευσεν, ἔτη εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ κατασχών. οὗτος καὶ τὸν Δαβὶδ ἔχρισεν.

English · Claude translation

When they repented, Jephthah the Gileadite, of the tribe of Manasseh, led them and ruled six years; after him Ibzan of Bethlehem, of the tribe of Judah, ruled seven years; then Elon the Zebulunite, eight years; then Abdon of Ephraim, eight years. Some join Elon's eight years to Ibzan's seven. After him the people, sinning again, came under foreigners, the Philistines, for forty years. When they turned back, Samson of the tribe of Dan led them, having conquered the foreigners in war; he ruled twenty years. After him, there being no ruler, Eli the priest judged the people forty years. Samuel the prophet succeeded him, with whom Saul reigned, holding power twenty-seven years. He also anointed David.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 2:71 · 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

Text

As printed in Stählin, GCS 15, 17. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

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.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Book 3 is left partly untranslated (in Latin) there.

Scripture

Judg 12:7 · allusion, high confidence
Judg 12:8 · allusion, high confidence
Judg 13:1 · allusion, high confidence
Judg 16:31 · allusion, high confidence
1 Sam 4:18 · allusion, high confidence
1 Sam 16:13 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

The names Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon are the English Bible’s; Clement writes Ἀβατθάν, Ἑβρών, and Ἐγλώμ. The allusions are Judg 12–16 and 1 Sam 4:18; 16:13.

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.111 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/111/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.111 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/111/).