Miscellanies 1.21.113 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Stählin 2:71–72

καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐβασίλευσε Σολομὼν υἱὸς Δαβὶδ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. διαμένει ἐπὶ τούτου Νάθαν προφητεύων, ὃς καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν περὶ τῆς τοῦ ναοῦ οἰκοδομῆς· ὁμοίως καὶ Ἀχίας ἐκ Σηλὼμ προφητεύει, ἦσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς ἄμφω, ὃ τε Δαβὶδ ὅ τε Σολομών, προφῆται. Σαδὼν δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς πρῶτος ἐν τῷ ναῷ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησε Σολομών, ἱεράτευσεν, ὄγδοος ὢν ἀπὸ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ πρώτου ἀρχιερέως. γίνονται οὖν ἀπὸ Μωυσέως ἐπὶ τὴν Σολομῶνος ἡλικίαν, ὡς μέν τινές φασιν, ἔτη πεντακόσια ἐνενήκοντα πέντε, ὡς δὲ ἕτεροι, πεντακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ. εἰ δέ τις τοῖς ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ μέχρι Δαβὶδ τετρακοσίοις πεντήκοντα ἔτεσι συγκαταριθμήσαι τὰ τῆς Μωυσέως στρατηίας τεσσαράκοντα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ὀγδοήκοντα ἔτη, ἃ γεγόνει ὁ Μωυσῆς πρὸ τοῦ τὴν ἔξοδον τοῖς Ἑβραίοις ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου γεγονέναι, προσθείη τε τούτοις τὰ τῆς βασιλείας τῆς Δαβὶδ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη, συνάξει ἔτη τὰ πάντα ἑξακόσια δέκα.

English · Claude translation

After this Solomon, son of David, reigned forty years. In his time Nathan continued prophesying, who also exhorted him about the building of the temple; likewise Ahijah of Shiloh prophesied; and both kings, David and Solomon, were prophets. Zadok the high priest was the first to serve as priest in the temple Solomon built, being eighth from Aaron, the first high priest. From Moses to the age of Solomon, then, there are, as some say, five hundred and ninety-five years, or, as others say, five hundred and seventy-six. If someone adds to the four hundred and fifty years from Joshua to David the forty years of Moses' leadership and the other eighty years that Moses lived before the Hebrews' exodus from Egypt, and adds to these the forty years of David's reign, he will reckon six hundred and ten years in all.

About this passage

Source

Stählin 2:71–72 · 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

1 Kgs 11:42 · allusion, high confidence
1 Kgs 11:29 · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

The allusions are 1 Kgs 11:42, 1 Kgs 11:29, and 1 Chr 6:3–8.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (accent: grave on τὰ; misspelling in the digital text; wrong breathing on ἀπὸ): γίνονται οὖν ἁπὸ Μωυσέως → γίνονται οὖν ἀπὸ Μωυσέως; προσθείη τε τούτοις τά τῆς βασιλείας → προσθείη τε τούτοις τὰ τῆς βασιλείας; ἔτη τὰ πάντα ἑξακόσια δίκα → ἔτη τὰ πάντα ἑξακόσια δέκα.

Cite this passage

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.113 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/113/).

Plain text

Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.21.113 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-stromata/1/21/113/).