The Hebrew, the Chaldee, and our Latin enumerate thirty-one; but the Greek [enumerates] only 29. For by it [the 70], “King Bethel,” who is the 16th, and “King Semron-meron,” who is the 23rd, are omitted. Of which thing I discern no cause. But these Kings are numbered [with] the names not of themselves, but of the places over which they ruled being set down; in which, besides the already-indicated variety of number, there is another, very slight, in the order — since “King Cades” [comes, in the Greek,] after “Achsaph,” but in the Hebrew and Latin after “Mageddo”; and again another, also small, in “King Opher,” when τῆς ἀρώχ [tēs arōch] is added; finally another, great indeed, but from the diversity usual in the Scriptures. For thus, among the 70, is ὁ βασιλεύς [ho basileus, “the king (of…)”]
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[the king] of such-and-such [place]. That the whole variety may be set before the eyes, [here are] the two lists side by side — as [they read] among the 70 (in Greek), and as [they read] in the Hebrew and Latin (a blank in the right-hand column means it agrees with the plain name; ✻ marks a king whom the 70 omit):
| № (70) | Among the 70 (Greek) | № (Heb./Lat.) | In the Hebrew & Latin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τῆς Ιεριχώ | 1 | — [Jericho] |
| 2 | γαί | 2 | Hai |
| 3 | Ιερουσαλήμ | 3 | — [Jerusalem] |
| 4 | χεβρών | 4 | — [Hebron] |
| 5 | Ιεριμούθ | 5 | — [Jerimoth] |
| 6 | λαχίς | 6 | — [Lachis] |
| 7 | αιλάμ | 7 | Eglon |
| 8 | γαζέρ | 8 | Gezer |
| 9 | δαβίρ | 9 | — [Dabir] |
| 10 | γαδέρ | 10 | Geder |
| 11 | ερμάθ | 11 | Charmah, alias Horma |
| 12 | αδέρ | 12 | Hedar |
| 13 | λεβνά | 13 | — [Lebna] |
| 14 | ὀδολλάμ (see 26) | 14 | Hedullam |
| 15 | ηλάθ | 15 | Makedah |
| ✻ | (omitted by the 70) | 16 | King of Bethel |
| 16 | ταφού | 17 | Thaphuach |
| 17 | ὀφέρ | 18 | Chepher |
| 18 | ὀφὲκ τῆς ἀρώχ | 19 | Ephek [see note] |
| 19 | ἀσώμ | 20 | Lasaron, or Saron |
| 20 | συμόων | 21 | Madon |
| 21 | μαμβρώθ | 22 | Chatsor |
| ✻ | (omitted by the 70) | 23 | King of Semron Maron |
| 22 | ἀζίφ | 24 | Acschaph |
| 23 | κεδής | 25 | — |
| 24 | ζαχάκ | 26 | Thahenach |
| 25 | μαρεδώθ | 27 | Megeddo |
| 26 | ἰεκόμ τοῦ χερμέλ | 28 | Iikniaham, toward Carmel |
| 27 | ὀδολλάμ τοῦ φεννεαλδώρ | 29 | Dor, in the region or tract of Dor |
| 28 | γεὶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας | 30 | King of the Nations of Galilee |
| 29 | θερσά | 31 | King Thersa |
[Note on no. 19 (Ephek): it seems Masius read in the Greek τῆς ἀλάκ [tēs alak], and derives [it] from the Hebrew “chelek.”]