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monarchy_n say_v thus_o jehoshua_n be_v in_o that_o office_n 5._o office_n ezra_n cap._n 2._o and_o cap._n 5._o under_o cyrus_n cambyses_n and_o darius_n hystaspis_n joiakim_n under_o xerxes_n and_o in_o the_o forepart_n of_o artaxerxes_n his_o reign_n ezra_n 8.33_o neh._n 12.10_o eliashib_n after_o he_o till_o the_o twenty_o of_o the_o same_o king_n and_o something_o low_o neh._n 3.1_o joiada_n after_o he_o in_o the_o residue_n of_o artaxerxes_n his_o reign_n and_o in_o the_o forepart_n of_o darius_n nothus_fw-la jonathan_n after_o he_o in_o the_o 12.10.23_o the_o neh_n 12.10.23_o residue_n of_o darius_n nothus_fw-la and_o under_o 7._o under_o joseph_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 7._o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n and_o last_o of_o all_o jaduah_n under_o ochus_n arses_n and_o darius_n codoman_n joseph_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 8._o all_o which_o proportion_n be_v so_o congruous_a and_o well_o agree_v to_o the_o story_n of_o ezra_n and_o nehemiah_n that_o no_o man_n i_o think_v who_o be_v serious_a will_n 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ultimi_fw-la sed_fw-la iste_fw-la darius_n cujus_fw-la meminit_fw-la cap._n 12.22_o fuit_fw-la darius_n nothus_fw-la quod_fw-la vel_fw-la inde_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quod_fw-la eodem_fw-la capite_fw-la v._o 23._o subdit_fw-la descriptos_fw-la esse_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la tempora_fw-la johannis_n summi_fw-la pontificis_fw-la be_v autem_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la sub_fw-la dario_n ultimo_fw-la sed_fw-la jaddus_n ejus_fw-la filius_fw-la quem_fw-la pverum_fw-la videre_fw-la potuit_fw-la nehemias_n sed_fw-la non_fw-la summum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la illud_fw-la asserit_fw-la that_o be_v nehemiah_n do_v not_o say_v that_o he_o live_v to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o last_o darius_n but_o that_o darius_n which_o he_o mention_v chap._n 12.22_o be_v darius_n nothus_fw-la which_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v even_o from_o that_o which_o he_o present_o subjoin_v in_o
god_n at_o which_o time_n not_o only_o be_v jehoiakim_n bind_v in_o fetter_n to_o be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n but_o daniel_n with_o certain_a more_o of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o the_o king_n seed_n and_o of_o the_o prince_n be_v bring_v thither_o by_o ashpenaz_n the_o master_n of_o the_o eunuch_n and_o teach_v there_o the_o learning_n and_o tongue_n of_o the_o chaldean_n daniel_n 1.3_o 4._o nor_o do_v the_o same_o prophet_n elsewhere_o but_o understand_v the_o beginning_n of_o these_o year_n thus_o for_o i_o understand_v say_v he_o by_o book_n the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n whereof_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v to_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n that_o he_o will_v accomplish_v 70_o year_n in_o the_o desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n dan_n 9.2_o in_o which_o text_n the_o word_n be_v plural_a desolation_n to_o show_v that_o the_o 70_o year_n must_v include_v all_o the_o calamity_n which_o fall_v upon_o jerusalem_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n begin_v 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in_o his_o twelve_o book_n and_o twenty_o four_o chapter_n de_fw-fr doctrina_fw-la temporum_fw-la and_o certain_o he_o be_v not_o far_o from_o truth_n in_o all_o this_o as_o by_o that_o which_o i_o have_v already_o write_v may_v be_v see_v i_o account_v i_o confess_v a_o little_a otherwise_o but_o decline_v not_o his_o ground_n for_o in_o the_o first_o seventy_o i_o come_v two_o year_n low_a than_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o of_o cyrus_n and_o begin_v not_o the_o second_o when_o nabuchadnezzar_n destroy_v the_o city_n and_o burn_v the_o temple_n but_o when_o he_o lay_v his_o last_o siege_n against_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4125._o of_o which_o see_v more_o in_o the_o eight_o chapter_n and_o six_o section_n and_o now_o of_o all_o in_o this_o chapter_n hitherto_o this_o be_v the_o conclusion_n that_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v send_v by_o his_o father_n upon_o a_o expedition_n into_o egypt_n and_o syria_n come_v against_o jerusalem_n and_o besiege_v it_o 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