The Book of the Cave of Treasures
by E. A. Wallis Budge | 1927 | 58,033 words
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Part 8 - The Hebrew Bible translated into Greek
Ptolemy Philadelphus reigned 38 years. In the third (or, sixth) year of his reign the fifth millennium from the creation of the world ended. This king asked the Jews who were captives in Egypt, and seventy (or, seventy-two) old men translated the Scriptures for him, from Hebrew into Greek, in the Island of Pharos. In return for this he set them free, and gave back to them also the vessels of their temple. Their names were:—
| 1. | Josephus Hezekiah Zechariah John Ezekiel Elisha |
Of the tribe of Reuben. |
| 2. | Judah Simon Samuel Addai Mattathias Shalmi |
Of the tribe of Simeon. |
| 3. | Nehemiah Joseph Theodosius Basa Adonijah Daki |
Of the tribe of Levi. |
| 4. | Jothan Abdi Elisha Ananias Zechariah Hilkiah |
Of the tribe of Judah. |
| 5. | Isaac Jacob Jesus Sambat (Sabbateus) Simon Levi |
Of the tribe of Issachar. |
| 6. | Judah Joseph Simon Zechariah Samuel Shamli |
Of the tribe of Zebulon. |
| 7. | Sambat Zedekiah Jacob Isaac Jesse Matthias |
Of the tribe of Gad. |
| 8. | Theodosius Jason Joshua John Theodotus Jothan |
Of the tribe of Asher. |
| 9. | Abraham Theophilus Arsam Jason Jeremiah Daniel |
Of the tribe of Dan. |
| 10. | Jeremiah Eliezer Zechariah Benaiah Elisha Dathi |
Of the tribe of Naphtali. |
| 11. | Samuel Josephus Judah Jonathan Dositheus Caleb |
Of the tribe of Joseph. |
| 12. | Isalus John Theodosius Arsam Abijah Ezekiel |
Of the tribe of Benjamin. |
[Ptolemy II, surnamed Philadelphus, was the son of Ptolemy I, Soter, by Beremce, and was born 308 B.C.; he reigned as sole king from 283 to 247 B.C., when he died. His name was transcribed by the Egyptian annalists thus:—
PTU[O]LMIS
and his title Philadelphus by 
meri sen (i.e. "brother-loving"). He enlarged the great Alexandrian Library, which was founded by his father, and in his day it is said to have contained as many as 400,000 books, (i.e. rolls of papyrus). It was by his orders that Manetho, a priest of Sebennytus in the Delta compiled his History of Egypt.]
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