Glossae in Sacram Scripturam

APPENDIX XXII. GLOSSES ON SACRED SCRIPTURE. From an old codex of the Vatican Archive. GENESIS. CHAP. I. The Spirit of God was borne. Providence, how it had created all things. Let there be light. This is that which afterwards was diffused into vessels of leather, that is, the stars. He said. He made by means of His word. Morning. The beginning of creation. Evening. The end of the same. Image, likeness. Image is prominent in the spirit of man; likeness in the works of the body. II. He had prepared. He had perfected. Paradise. There are two: one earthly, where Adam was, the other heavenly. The tree of life, the tree of knowledge. In the observance of the commandment there was knowledge of good. Good and evil. In the transgression there was knowledge of evil. Bdellium. It is collected from a tree, and is a pigment. Evilat. This is the proper name of a land. III. Perizomata. Loincloths. Versatile. Waving. It is called versatile because there was a time when it could also have been removed.

IV. He fell. He changed the color of his face. Siu. If not so. Cursed earth in your works. Here it does not express works of cultivation, but sins. Num. You say. Eden. It interprets the most sacred place of paradise itself. Porro. Namely. vi. Famosi. Renowned by reputation. He dwelt in the land of Haid. In Hebrew it has "unstable knot." Lævigatis. Of clarity. Bitumen. A type of glue, others call it pitch, others resin. Tristega. Having three chambers. VII. Cataractæ. Windows. In culo diei. At the beginning of the day. IX. May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem. Japheth is said to mean breadth, from whom the multitude of nations is born; Shem, from whom the Hebrews, fewer in number, were cast out. Vegetat. It strengthens. XI. Ur. Fire, or light. XII. Illustrem. Magnificent. XIII. In oppidis. In camps. XV. Trimam. Three years old. Altrinsecus. Separately. Abigebat. He drove away. XVI. Libet. According to your own will. Ferus. Wrathful, untamed.

XVIII. Sata. The name of a measure: it contains a modius and a half. XIX. Cubitum. Two feet. Vallaverunt. They surrounded. Culminis. Of height. Vim. Of strength. Intuitus. Attending. XXI. Sirpi. Of a kind. Nemus. A more ornate row of trees, or from a forest. XXII. Pariter. Together. Vepres. Brambles. XXIII. Funeris. Of a body. Quin. More, or rather. Sictus. Six denarii. Antrum. A cave. XXIV. Destravit. He divides, or he sells. Aio. I say. Suscitati. They were interrogated. XXV. Hispidus. Hairy. Protinus. Immediately. Adultis. Ripe. Gnarus. Skilled. Edulio. Food, sustenance, or eating. Parvipendens. Considering as nothing. XXVI. Arcersito. Summoned. Perspicuum. Clear. Coire. To lie together, or to come together. Quispiam. Some ordinary person. Sevit. He becomes angry. Locupletatus. Enriched. Invidentes. Having envy. Humo. With earth. Olim. In ancient times. Repererunt. They found. Jurgium. A quarrel. Auctum. Found.

XXVII. Pharietram. A case for carrying arrows. Dudum. Previously. Consternatus. Untamed. Orbabor. Without children. XXVIII. Innixum. Leaning upon. XXIX. Valet. He is well. Hebdomadam. Seven years. Copula. To a conjunction. II. Edente. Giving birth. Mandragoras. Fruits similar to apples grow on that herb, and it has two sexes, male and female, and in the root it shows a likeness, and it is fertile, and it is said that whoever uproots it cannot live. Experimento. Knowing by practice. Dem. I will hand over. Furvus. Dark brown. Populeas. Of poplar trees. Serotinus. Late. XXXI. Facultate. Possibility. Inclytus. Noble. Fetus. Carrying. Opes. Riches. Clam. Secretly. Abigeres. You would drive away. Esto. Even if you thought, or behold if. Necetur. Let him be killed. Nequeo. I am not able. Depopulati. Laid waste. xxxiv. Stupri. Of the corruption of virginity. Scorto. Harlot. XXXV. Cedentes. Obeying. Libans. Tasting.

XXXVI. At the well of the oath. At the water of faith. XXXVII. Ditioni. To power. Fomitem. Tinder, kindling. Nitebatur. He was striving. Polymita. Of embroidery work. Stactem. A kind of precious resin. Acquieverunt. They agreed. XXXVIII. Divertit. He turns aside, not converts. Opilio. A shepherd of sheep. Teristrum. A headband, or fine linens. XXXIX. Arbitris. To judges. Lacinia. The hem of a garment. XL. Pincerna. A butler. Canistra. A basket woven from palm fronds for carrying bread. XLI. Conjectores. Estimators. In culmo. In a reed, in a stalk. Uredine. A burning wind. Demum. Afterwards. Præsagum. Foreknowing. Conjicere. To estimate. Macie. Leanness of body. Squalore. Filth. Industrium. Industrious. Segetes. Crops. XLII. Nutum. Providence, or power. Machinantur. They contrive. Molimur. We plan, or attempt. XLIII. Dilatio. Admission. XLIV. Augurari. To cast lots. Flagitii. Of sin, or evil, or shamefulness.

XLV. Quantocius. More quickly. Ocius. More swiftly. Solo. Ground. XLVII. In ærarium. Into the treasury. Hemina. A half-sextarius. Serite. Sow. XLIX. Cerastes. A horned serpent, harmful by its breath. Emissus. A stag is called emissus when it follows a hind. Obiit. He died. Aream. Arable land. Resistere. To flee, or to contradict. EXODUS. CHAPTER I. Ellesmoth in Hebrew, Exodus in Greek, Exitus in Latin. Lateris. Unbaked bricks: made from earth and straw. Mares. Males. Ingrueret. Would rush in. II. Elegantem. Beautiful. Fiscellam. A basket in the shape of a ship. Scirpeam. Made of rushes. In carecto, in a marshy place, or in a fen; others say a channel. Per crepidinem. Along the top of the bank. Alvei. A channel in a river, or a basin of water. Papyrione. Papyrus. Adultum. Mature, or young. III. Hubi. A thornbush, on which the rose grows. IV. Instar. Likeness. Ab hiri et nudius tertius. It signifies all past time. Impeditioris. More hindered. Diversorio. A lodging place. Illico. Immediately, or soon. In montem Dei. To the mountain of God. Coreb and Sinai are one. Sponsus sanguinis tu mihi ea. Because you are born from my blood, or because you are circumcised.

v. Exactoribus. Ministers who exact with force. VI. Adonai. Lord. Ergastulo. Private custody, or prisons. Præsertim. Especially. Patruelem. A brother's son, or daughter. VII. Colubrum. He used coluber and draco for the same thing. The rod of Aaron and the rod of Moses were one. Arcana. Secrets, or hidden things. Malefici. Inventors of the magic art. VIII. Abigantur. They are driven away. Condixerat. He agreed, or consented. Statuit. He decreed. Aggeres. A heap of earth. Sciniphe. Very tiny flies. Abominationes Ægyptiorum. Sheep, which they worshipped and refused to eat. IX. Renuis. You refuse. Turgentium. Swelling. Virens. Green. Induravit. Because it did not soften. X. Corrodet. It will gnaw, tear apart. Densæ. Thick. XI. In solio. On a throne. Mutiet. Murmur softly. Ostenta. Foretold signs. XII. Coetum. Assembly. In ædibus. In houses, or temples. In monumentum. For a memorial. More. Custom, observance. Indigenis. Citizens, or those born there. Dimittit. He permits. Cæremonias. Rites of sacrifice. Dudum. Long ago, or previously. Religio. Sanctity, goodness, piety. Efferetis. You will carry out.

XIII. Israel. Of one setting out. Column. The column of fire and the column of cloud are believed to be one, fiery on one side, and air-like, similar to a cloud. xv. They grew stiff. Quail and partridge. XVI. Pilo. Pestle, in another place spear. Gomor. A measure having twelve sextarii. Scatere. To bubble up, or to boil over. Atui. I nourished, or I fed. Ephi. Ephi and bath are the same, a measure having three modii. XVII. Jurgata. Quarreled, or having injury. Pauxillum. A little. XVIII. Præstolatur. Watches, or waits for. Disceptatio. Altercation, or contention, or dispute. Tribunus. One who is over a thousand men. Strenuis. Useful, or brave. XIX. Jaculis. Darts, or arrows driven, or thrown. Clangere. To sound. Micare. To flash, to gleam. Perstrepebat. Was resounding. Paulatim. In parts. Protixius. More lengthy. Contestare. To conjure. xv. Zelotes. The innocent one. Frustra. Without cause, without reason, in vain.

XXI. Liberi. Infants. Diis. That is, as I give to you. De industria. Concerning earnestness, concerning care. Cornupeta. Butting, seeking the horn. XXII. Acervos. Mounds. Segetes. Harvests. Deferat. He should carry. Conductum. Assembled. XXIII. Solamnitatem. Seven weeks from Easter to Pentecost. Severis. You will sow. Crabrones. Hornets. Ultroneus. Spontaneous. XXV. Concinnanda. To be arranged. Ephod. A linen stole, or a shoulder-piece, or a dalmatic. Compingite. Join. Oracutum. The oracle and the propitiatory are one and the same, where divine utterances were heard. Interrasilem. Engraved in relief. Acetabula. Small cups. Phialas. Bowls. Calices minores. Smaller chalices. Calamos. The measure of a reed. Scyphos. Larger chalices. Sphærulas. Rounded into the shape of a sphere. XXVI. Saga. A single web in curtains. Fibulas. Clasps, or brooches. A summo usque ad summum. From end to end. Inseretur. It will be placed, mixed in, enclosed.

XXVII. Fuscinulas. Trident. Arula. A bronze quadrangular vessel in which they carry coals. Cælaturis. Paintings. Paxillos. A type of measure called a palus. Contusum. Crushed. Oppansum velum. Spread out, so that it may be opened on all sides. XXVIII. Applica. Join, gather. Fungantur. They use, they serve. Rationale. A square cloth on the chest. Cidarim. Cidarim, mitre and tiara are one. In marginibus. On these hems of garments. Malum Punicum and mala granala are one, fruits of wondrous beauty. Portabit iniquitates. He who intercedes for iniquity. Feminalia. Thigh-pieces. Femora. Thighs. From femine. XXIX. Arietes immaculatos. Of one color, not diseased, not mangy, not injured. Lagana. It is made from flour, first fried in water, then in oil. Initiaberis. You will be sanctified, when at the return of the season of the year all things are concluded, in the seventh month, because the Egyptians made the beginning and end of the year in this way. Mactabis. You will kill. Jecoris. Of the liver. Arvinam. Suet. Vitalia. The entrails. Expiandum. To be cleansed. Jugiter. Perseveringly. Hin. Larger measure of nineteen sextarii, smaller of nine. Libandum. To be sacrificed.

XXX. Liba. Sacrifices. Summam. Number. Recensiti. Counted. Nomen. Power. Obolus. Half a scruple. Labrum. Labium and Labrum are one and the same: a bronze quadrangular vessel in which the priests wash. Zmirnæ. Reeds. Casiæ. Pipes. XXXII. Callide. Cunningly, to lead cautiously. Quivero. After the guilt of the offense. XXXIII. Papilivnis. Of a tent. XXXIV. Deinceps. Again, or once more. Aras. Altars. Lucus and nemus are one and the same: and it is so called because it lets through very little light. Æmulator. Imitator, or envious one, or follower. Pepigi. I made a pact, or I pledged. Fædus. Perpetual peace, or friendship. XXXV. Catervam. Crowd, multitude, assembly. Prompto. Swiftness of will, or headlong. He placed testimony in the ark: two tablets. Armillas. Round objects. Dextralia. They are broad and are worn before the sleeves. Abictavii. Woodworkers, from the fir tree. Polymitarii. For the roundness of the image: polum, round.

XXXVI. Necteretur. Would be bound. Compagem. Joint. Cyathos. Twenty-one cochlearia make a cyathus. XXXVIII. Ad plagam. To the side. Septentrionalem. Northern. Australem. Southern. Bracteas. Very thin gold leaves. Excubabant. They kept watch. XI. Sub lecto testimonii. Under the couch of the testimony. Tabernaculi. Of the tabernacle. LEVITICUS. Vagecra in Hebrew, Leviticus in Greek, Ministerialis in Latin, because the ministries of the priests are written in it. CHAPTER I. Crepidinem. Foundation. II. In clibano. In an oven, in a furnace. Torres. Roasted. Farris. A type of wheat. III. Ilia. The side near the groin. Inficians. Lying in wait. Quodlibet. Whatever kind. Collyridas. A cake, which we call a mist. x. Sanctificabor in eis. I punish those who presume. Profanum. Unlawful, violated, polluted. Lugubri. Mournful. XI. Chærogryllus. A spiny beast, larger than a hedgehog. Haliæetum. A bird similar to an eagle, but larger, yet smaller than a vulture. Larum. A sea bird, having talons like a hawk. Bubonem. Night-owl. Quocrotatus. A bird that makes a sound in the water, or a pelican. Porphyrionem. Others say a white bird similar to a swan. Herodionem. It is larger than all birds, because it seizes the eagle. Bruchus. Similar to a locust, but larger. Crocodilus. A beast in the river, similar to a lizard, but large. Mygale. Similar to a chameleon. Chamæleon. Similar to a lizard, and changes colors under gaze. Stellio. Bat. Talpa. Shrew. Chytropodes. A clay vessel, having feet.

XIII. Inolita. Contaminated. Effloruerit. Has called forth. Perspicuae. Clear, open. Ulcus. Wound, but less severe. Haud dubie. Without doubt. XIV. Papulas. Warts, which appear on lepers. Vallicula. Hollow places. XV. Sagma. Saddle. XVI. Nebula eorum. Smoke of aromatics. Imprecans. Loosing. VII. Quilibet. Whoever it may be. Aurupio. Bird-catcher, or one who listens to the songs of birds. XVIII. In pellicatum. Into the house of concubines. XIX. Praeputia. Filth of fruits, which are offered to idols. Susurro. Secretly murmuring, or sowing injuries. Stigmata. Figures, or signs. Noverca. Step-mother. Pythoncus. Incantation, divination. XXI. Incisuras. For mourning. Aula. Vic nus. Prostibulum. House of prostitution. XXII. Inquilinus. Tenant, native-born servant. Spatulas. Fruits of the palm, before they open. NUMBERS. Vaje Dabber, that is, number, because in it the children of Israel are counted.

XIV. Papulas. Warts, which appear on lepers. Vallicula. Hollow places. XV. Sa CHAPTER I. Cuneos. Multitudes. II. Vexilla. Victories. III. Sanctificavi. He will shave the head. Of all foods, a relish. IV. Hyacinthinus. Violet-colored. Coccineas. Red. Batilla. Iron spatula. V. Zelotypiæ. Envy. roro. Bed. Congesti. I have assembled, or gathered. Duntaxat. Namely, certainly. VII. Consuleret. He would seek, and ask. VIII. Stipes. Beggar, in another place, wood. Conscius. Rather far. X. Dimicant. They fight, in another place, they shine. XI. Nausea. Vomiting. XII. Ænigmata. Proposition, questions. XIII. Præcoce. Overly ripe. Lustravimus. We have gone around. XIV. Vasta. Deep. Querelas. Accusations, or outcries. Forent. They would be. XVI. Proceres. Nobles, or exalted ones. Concilium. Assembly. Parum. Small, or little. Expassus. Two paces. Globus. Column, or round. Co. acervassent. They had heaped together. Desævit. He has calmed from anger, or ceased.

XVII. Cohibebo. I will deprive. Querimonias. Lamentations. XVIII. Sceptro. Royal power. Cedit. It happens. Pateat. Let it be open/obey. XXI. Contagione. Defilement. XX. Petra. The rock which the Lord commanded Moses to strike. Alioquin. Otherwise, or: 'letter.' XXI. Puteus. The well concerning which the Lord spoke. In libro bellorum Domini. In the book of the wars of the Lord. Bellorum Israel. Of the wars of Israel. Quin potius. Much rather. XXII. Ariolus. A soothsayer, or diviner. Cuncteris. You delay/inquire. XXIII. Rhinocerotis. A beast having a horn on its nose. Augurium. Divination by lots. XXIV. Complosi. Struck together. In trieribus. In ships of the army. XXV. Pugionem. A dagger. Lupanar. A place of prostitutes. XXVII. Replicavit. He unfolded, or unrolled. XXVIII. Juge. Perpetual, always enduring. XXX. Pollicita. Promises. Distulerit. He has put off/dissembled. XXXI. Norunt. They know. Jugulate. Kill, punish. Cognorunt. They came together/acknowledged. Periscelides. Anklets; other ornaments of the shins. Cis. This side of the bank.

XXXIII. Nails in the eyes. Compunctions. XXXV. Impulerit. Compelled, forced. XXXVI. Promulgatur. Is published, is shown. DEUTERONOMY. Helle addabarim in Hebrew, Deuteronomium in Greek, Second law in Latin. CHAP. I. Guaros. Knowing. Ennnacherim and Enim. They were of the race of giants. Fanum. Temple. Egregiam. Noble, illustrious, supreme. iv. Portenta. Miracles. v. Sequester. Pledge-holder. Protelentur. Are prolonged, are deferred. VII. Spurcitia. Filth. Anathema. Abomination. VIII. Dipsas. A kind of serpent, a foot and a half long, and two palms thick, having a curved and venomous tail, with which it stings; and it is interpreted as thirst, because a man, struck by it, dies of thirst. ix. Ingentes. Great. Concio. Assembly of the people. I Procul. Far. XII. Caprea. Wild. Capra. Domestic. XIV. Sicera. Every drink without wine, which can intoxicate.

XVI. Lucum. *Lucus* in this passage is the name of a tree whose leaves do not fall. XVIII. Lustret. He illuminates by drawing through fire. XX. Cuneos. Many throngs of peoples. XXI. Reatus. Guilt. Cruore. Blood. Cæsariem. Hair of the head. Ungues. Fingernails. Contumacem. A despiser. Protervum. Perverse. Coercitus. Forbidden, contradicted. Plectendum. To be beheaded. XXII. Nefas. Crime. XXIII. Mamzer. Son of a whore. Gerens. Doing, carrying. XXIV. Nuper. Now. XXVI. In cartallo. A basket made of twigs. Funebri. Mortal. XXVII. Lævigabis. You will make smooth. Impolitis. Not rounded. XXVIII. Rubigine. A corrupting wind. Pruriginem. An itching. In suris. In the calves. Procacissimam. Most ungrateful. Illuvie secundarum. The unclean humors that follow after childbirth. XXIX. Classibus. With fleets of soldiers. Absumat ebria sitientem. What was already drunk, thirsting in idols, leads the one thirsting in the worship of God into error.

xxx. The hinges of the sky. East, South, West, and North. In offspring. In kind. xxxii. Most pure. Most pure. They assist. They help. Recent. In the present. New. In the future. xxxiii. The treasury of sands. Earthly wisdom. SAINT JEROME'S PREFACE TO JOSHUA. Finally. At last, or now. They declare. They say. From the Hexapla. From the exemplars. With a curved wound. Because the scorpion's tail is curved, whence it strikes. Editions. Translations. After the threshold. After the death of father and mother. He demands. He asks, seeks. Of sirens. Of prostitutes through magical arts; or of rippling waves. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. Chapter II. Indeed. Certainly, without doubt, assuredly. I confess. I acknowledge. That cord. With which he girded himself from the loins to the chest. Scarlet. Red. III. By its mass. By its magnitude. v. Polenta. The finest flour. VII. Through steep places. Through precipices, through sloping places. Gathered together. Collected into one, or assembled. A small rule. A little book.

VIII. Vallatus. Surrounded. Digesserat. He had described, he had arranged. IX. Pittaciis. With plasters. Decrevit. He established. X. In the book of the just. In the annals of the Hebrews. Præsidia. Fortifications. Saltem. That is to say. XI. Subnervabis. You will subjugate, or you will cause to fail. One only Asur the flame burned. Because it burned that one alone entirely. XII. Ruphaim. Of the giants. XV. From the tongue of the sea. From the sound of the sea. City of letters. Because in it there were literate men, or letters were preserved. XVIII. Marcetis. You languish. Ignavia. Weakness. XIX. Carmel of the sea. Proper name of a place. XXIII. Connubia. Marriages. Sudes. Stakes. XXIV. Young ewes. Of one year, which have not yet given birth. THE BOOK OF JUDGES. CHAPTER I. Judas ascended. Othoniel. From the same tribe. Arctavit. He oppressed on all sides. Scorpion's ascent. Proper name of a place. II. Experiar. I will certainly know. III. Satrapas. Princes of the Philistines. Sons of the Twin. Sons of the sons of Joseph, because there were two. Ancipitem. Sharp on both sides. Capulum. Hilt of a sword. Sicam. A sword. Alvi. Of the belly. Posticam. A portico. Circiter. Approximately.

iv. Clavum tabernaculi. The iron [nail] which he carried from the tent. v. Barathrum. A deep place, or a chasm in the earth. Discrimini. Judgment. Magnanimorum. Of the Reubenites. Sibilos regum. Flatteries. VII. Hydrias. Earthenware jars. Confodere. To pierce through. Collidere. To strike together. VIII. Bullas. Seals, or belt ornaments. Pondus and libra are the same; but pondus is of iron, libra of bronze. Monilibus. Faithful, or ornaments. Torques. Gold necklaces. IX. Rhamnum. A small thorny tree. Compulit. He compelled, or he drives. Palantes. Wandering. XI. Sodalibus. Contemporaries, companions. III. Jugulabant. They were killing, or they were slaying. xiv. Problema. A proposition, a question, a parable. Pronubis. Bridesmaids, or those who preside over weddings. xv. Faces. Torches, or flames. Suram. The calf of the leg. XVII. Teraphim. An image. XVIII. Opulentam. Full of riches, or abundant. Haud procul. Not far. XIX. Belial. The name of an idol.

xx. Diverti I placed in place. Bacchati. Raging. XXI, Leading choruses. Holding hands in turn in a chorus. THE BOOK OF RUTH. CHAPTER I. Confecta. Weak. Pubertatis. Of the beard having been grown. Vetulæ. Of an old woman. Anæ. Obstinato. Persevering, intent, irrevocable. II. Sarcinulas. Packsaddles. Congessit polentam. He gathered meal. De industria. From care. De incuria. From neglect. Rubore. Shame. In horreis. In granaries. In spicariis. In ears of grain. III. Aream. The place where grain is threshed. IV. Cedo juri. I yield place, I relinquish to the law. Privilegio. Private law. Celebre. Famous. Gerulæ. Of a nurse, or of a female carrier. SAINT JEROME'S HELMETED PROLOGUE TO THE BOOKS OF KINGS. Characteribus. Figures. The Samaritans also write the Pentateuch of Moses with the same number of letters. They write with the ancient letters of the Hebrews. But whence among them were the ancient letters discovered? Because after colonies were sent there from the Assyrians, and they were eaten by lions and beasts, afterwards they sent word to the kings of the Persians that they could not live there; and he sent them a priest, who would teach them the laws of the land; who, coming to Bethel, received a copy of the law from the tribe of Judah, and wrote out for them the Pentateuch, and explained the law. And after Judah and Benjamin were taken captive by the Chaldeans, and the law was burned, a copy remained in Samaria, that is, after those colonies, a copy of the law expressed in ancient letters, written, while they harmed nothing; for they were subject to them.

Esdras. When he found the letters, because he did not know the ancient forms. The name of the Lord, the Tetragrammaton, expressed in ancient letters. We find it written in letters, in certain Greek volumes (though not in the canon) which were translated by the Seventy interpreters, when the Law was burned by the Chaldeans, and after such an interval in the kingdom of the Greeks, the Seventy translated. But in their own histories, because the name of the Lord was made known among all peoples and all kingdoms of the earth, they heard many wonderful things which He wrought. Incisionibus. In cuttings, and in divisions of verses. Duplices. The five double letters among the Hebrews, because they have a double form and a double name, such as aleph, ain, tsade, samech, sin. For they are written differently at the beginnings. As with us, the beginnings of words are often written with one letter, as in kalendae, the endings with c, as in fac. A. Dibre hajamin. Words of the days: dibre, words; hajamin, of the days; not jamin, right. Beresith. In the beginning; because the Hebrews placed names for their volumes from the beginnings. Exodus. The going out.

The Hebrews inscribe the letter aleph in Genesis, which is interpreted as "doctrine," as in "In the beginning God made heaven and earth"; in Exodus, beth, which is interpreted as "house," for the instruction of the tabernacle; in Leviticus, gimel, because it discusses sacrifices most fully; in Numbers, daleth, of the tablets, because it speaks of the composition of the tabernacle of the tablets; in Deuteronomy, he, which is interpreted as "this is the law," for the repetition of the law. Job, David, and Daniel are among the Hagiographa not out of disdain, but on account of their dignity and sanctity. Hagiographa: "Holy" Scripture. They begin the order of the prophets with Joshua son of Nun, because all of Holy Scripture is worthy of the name "prophecy," since it signifies future things. Indeed, Joshua in nearly all his deeds prefigured the future works of Christ. Chronicon: "A chronicle." Five divisions. I have said five divisions for the satisfaction of those who used to affirm this. With faces prostrate: with heads bowed. Their crowns: offering their works, because the works of reverence and subjection teach the worship of the one God, through which crowns are attained.

Standing before the four living creatures. While the whole Scripture of prophecy is fulfilled in the Gospel. Galeatum. Armed, or adorned. Apocrypha. Hidden, or doubtful. Seponendum. To be set apart: said as if, I place separately. Phrasin. Expression, or interpretation. Paraphrasten. Conjecturer, or interpreter. Pells, haircloths. Fortitude and labors in the Church, which resist temptations and persecutions well. Song of Songs. For the excellence of the song. Wisdom of Solomon. It is not found among the Hebrews, which I did not know before; in the Septuagint, and in other codices. BOOK I OF KINGS. CHAPTER I. Ramatha. The city itself, which in the old translation is called Arimathia, and was of Elkanah and Samuel in the region of Tamnitica near Diospolis, whence was Joseph, who in the Gospel is written of Arimathea. Sophim. A mountain in the tribe of Ephraim. On appointed days. Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles. In Shiloh. Shiloh is in the tribe of Ephraim, in which place the ark of the covenant was until the time of Samuel. It is eleven miles from Neapolis in the region of Acrabitena. One portion. When they offered. Rival. Hostile. Tormented. Crucified. At the returning time. The cycle of the year. Drunken. Wine-soaked, intoxicated. Digest. Put off drunkenness. You are wet. You are moist. Daughters of Belial. Daughters without the yoke of the Lord's law. Belial in Hebrew is called Bel, and it was an idol of the Ninevites, because Bel is the father of Ninus. His face is not changed into something different.

In another translation: And his face never fell again; that is, so that he would have no sadness or difference. I will not go until the infant is weaned. He spoke contrary to custom; therefore Scripture records it. The Hebrews assert the time of weaning to be six years, others twelve. That the Lord may fulfill his word. Which he promised through the mouth of the priest Heli, saying: God grant you your request. I beseech you, my Lord. It is understood: That you may kindly receive it. I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he is, he is lent to the Lord; as long as he lives. II. My horn. My height and my strength. Old things. Reproaches and insults. Those who were full first hired themselves out for bread. ... and they gather to others, begging for bread and anything whatsoever, whatever is necessary, if before we seemed to lack nothing: this is said of Peninnah. He leads down to the underworld. Into dangers, as if to death. Hinges. Foundations. Sons of Belial, sons of the devil. A small fork. A trident. A cauldron. A pot. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw. It was the custom always to offer raw meats on the altar; and first the fat was burned, and then those who carried cooked the meats, both for the priests and for themselves. They kept men away from the sacrifice of the Lord. Because men were unwilling to come to sacrifice to the Lord; because they, through their bad examples, separated the people from the sacrifice; or because they compelled men to blaspheme during the sacrifice. How they slept with the women whom they were watching over.

Widows were there, who were devoting themselves to prayers in that place, and yet they did not have permission to enter the temple, like the rest of the people. But if he has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him? He shows the difficulty in this, that prayer is offered for him, not that he himself, in the manner of a priest, prays for others. Manly age. Fit for war. Before Christ. Before the king. A twisted loaf. It is to be understood as referring to any kind of petition, so that by this he might honor the priesthood. That I might eat a morsel. In the third place of the tabernacle, just like the other priests. III. The Lord's Sermon. He speaks of prophecy. Precious. Rare. There was no vision. Prophetic. Moreover, Samuel did not yet know the Lord. He was not accustomed to hearing the word of the Lord. Cutting. Twice. Both his ears ring. From terror they sound, as if he hears something. And it did not fall. In vain, that which is irrevocably fulfilled. His words. Of Samuel. And the word came to pass. It became known.

IV. Aphec. A city of Israel. Yesterday and the day before.... He bowed down, and gave birth. It is the nature of women to give birth quickly when suddenly terrified. v. And he was striking the men. They were struck with a passion, which the Greeks call syringion. Extales and attus are the same, which they made in the likeness of intestines. Satrapae. In the Philistine language, they are called princes. vi. But the Levites placed the ark of the Lord there. For there were some Levites at that time. From a walled city to a village. Whence they collected money from all: from which they made vessels, so that it would benefit all, while one plague was for all. Adabelmagnum. The proper name of a stone. But the Lord struck [them], because it was unlawful to see the ark, except for the priests alone. Of the people, seventy men. Of the city of Beth-shemesh. And fifty thousand of the common people. The common people outside the city. Kiriath-jearim. Kiriath and Gibeah, cities near each other, and the Levites were there.

VII. Abinadab. He was a priest in those days. Gabaa. The city of Samuel. The twentieth year. From that time he counts that the ark was brought into the house of Abinadab, until David transferred it to himself, and all Israel rested in divine religion, not worshipping idols; and all evils ceased from them. They drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They did this as a testimony, so that their mind would no longer be recalled from the Lord, just as poured-out water cannot be gathered or recalled. Below Bethchar. Near Masphat and Sen, two places and cities. Nor did they approach further. This is said for a long time. VIII. Focarias. What food they prepare for him, or dyes. The income from vineyards. Which can be gathered from the vine and honey. In the ears of the Lord. Praying before, in the presence of the Lord. IX. Sons of the man Jemini. Now Jemini was a family that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, from which Saul also arose: Better than him. More worthy. The land of Salisa. The proper name of a place, not that it is salty. In sitarciis. In sacks, or in a wallet. Clivum. A valley. On a high place. Because they were accustomed always to place altars in a high place, yet not under a building.

X. Lenticulam olei. A small bronze vessel, quadrangular, open on one side. Near the tomb of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin. Because in the tribe of Judah the borders of Benjamin are nearby. At the oak of Thabor. By the name of some man, like the oak of Mamre. The Hill of the Lord. A proper name of a place on account of some assistance of the Lord, or because there was a high place there, and an altar, and prophets dwell. The flock of prophets. Not because they always prophesied about the future, but because they were always ready to preach and to praise. And before them a psaltery. Because they held it in their hands. You will go down before me to Gilgal. It is understood, as if he were saying: Whenever it is necessary for you, or some dangers threaten, go down there, so that you may have a certain place to wait for me. The Lord changed his heart for him. He confirmed him in the kingdom. You will wait seven days. Do not be weary in waiting; therefore in Gilgal, because there the people celebrated the Passover with Joshua, and there he was circumcised; therefore the place will be honored. In the proverb: What, is Saul also among the prophets? Because he was not previously seen among them, nor was he of prophetic lineage. And Samuel summoned the people to the Lord. Because he disputed with the people in the presence of the Lord.

xi. Jabesh Gilead. Jahes a city. Gilead a people. Following the oxen. It happened by chance that the oxen preceded him. The spirit of the Lord rushed upon Saul. He did not prophesy about the future, but praised the Lord. XII. And Jephthah, and Samuel. He spoke concerning him. XIII. A son of one year of Saul. He was twenty-one years old, because in the law it was commanded that men be chosen for war at twenty years and above, and therefore he is said to be of one year, because he had one year beyond twenty. Otherwise, a son of one year is understood as the son of Kish, reigning for one year, he accomplished nothing great, he remained humble. In another translation, a son of one year, who were born in that year, so that they might be nourished for their service. He reigned for two years. Then, when his son was chosen. Station. Army. He cried out after Saul. He followed him, or urged himself to battle. But the Hebrews crossed the Jordan. They fled to the eastern region. They were going toward the way of Ephrath. To the road that leads to the land of Saul, in the tribe of Benjamin, where Ephrath is. To the path of the border of the impending valley of Seboim. For the border that divided the Philistines and the Jews was impending over the valley of Seboim. A smith was not to be found. Because the Philistines did not permit it. Israel went down to the Philistines. Whenever it was necessary for them to sharpen their tools for any work. A mattock. With which the earth is dug. A sword. Arms. Down to a goad. From the greater to the lesser. Correcting. Oxen, and any beasts of burden.

XIV. At the extreme part of Gibeah. At the extreme of Gibeah. In Michmash. A proper name of a place. In the middle part of a yoke. Such was the space of land as sufficed for the corpses of twenty men. Bring the ark of God. Bring it here. Withdraw your hand. Wait still, until we know whence the tumult arises, while he said before: Bring the ark. Saul cried out, and the people, encouraging themselves for battle. Flowing honey. In the herbs and in the leaves of trees, as often happens, when the earth is made; or a flow of honey appeared in many places collected by bees. In another translation it has: Behold, there was a swarm of bees. And his eyes were illuminated... Roll to me now a great stone. To build an altar as an offering for sin, or so that, according to the rite, there might be witnesses, because they forbade the people to clothe flesh with blood. Let each one bring to me a cow, etc. Do in my presence, and do not sin. Without delay he will die. Without delay he will die. Give sanctity. Give us to know, so that we may die in your vengeance. If a hair falls. A hair did not fall. Kings of Zobah. In Syria; for Zobah is a city in Syria.

XV. Like lambs. On account of obedience. He reviewed, how Amalek withstood Israel. As they were departing from Egypt. And Saul said to the Kenite. Because the Kenites were from the lineage of Moses' wife. I repent that I made Saul king. The repentance of the Lord is said to be a change of things established by him, which occurs on account of the vicissitude of things, or for the sake of the right ordering. In Carmel. Carmel is said in Greek and Latin, in Hebrew Carme. There are promontories which are called by this name: one, in which Nabal, the husband of Abigail, was, on the southern side; another near Ptolemais overhanging the sea, in which the prophet Elijah, with his knees bent, obtained rains. Triumphal arch. A chamber, or a vaulted arch. Siccine. Thus now. And Samuel did not see Saul thereafter. Because Samuel did not come to Saul, nor did he visit him before. XVI. He sanctified Jesse and his sons. Because Samuel commanded that they wash themselves with water, and abstain from their wives. An evil spirit from the Lord agitated Saul. Into the land. An evil spirit of God. How of God, if it was evil? because all things brought forth by the Lord as author are subject to divine authority. Therefore that devil himself, not as he now is, but good created by the Lord, and always subject to the Lord by his omnipotent power, was of the Lord. One knowing how to play the cithara. Because it is natural that the mind itself can be mitigated by this art in admiration.

XVII. Socoth and Azecha. Two places. In the borders of Dommim. Name of a city. Spurius. Unclean. Cassis. Which is a helmet. Scaled lorica. Chainmail. On the shins. Greaves on the shins. Phalangas. Columns, armies. He was nourishing. He was saying. An ephah of fine flour. This measure of three modii of the finest flour. Quispiam. Someone. Nunquid non verbum eat? Did my spirit not command me to come! Limpidissimas. Most clear. De torrente. We call torrents streams that are gathered by winter waters and dry up in springtime. Fundam. A sling. Ecclesia. A calling together of the people. From which lineage he descends. Out of envy, he asked as if unknowing, or to investigate the thought of the others. If I know. I do not know. XVIII. Up to the sword, and the bow, and the belt. She likewise gave. In sistra. These are a kind of musical instrument. Saul struck a thousand, and David ten thousand. In these numbers only perfection was to be sought, because David achieved a greater victory. And he was prophesying in the midst of his house. He spoke as if insane. Secundo. Favorably. In two matters, my son-in-law. Because he promised more and gave less, or because he had killed Goliath and had brought the foreskins of the Philistines.

XIX. Nisus casso vulnere. With the wound avoided. Satellites. Attendants, lictors. The hairy skin of goats. Black, because David’s hair was black and very beautiful in bodily appearance. In Nabaioth in Ramath. In the high place of that city. He stripped off his garments. He did this because he was in an ecstasy of mind. Naked. Not because he was completely naked. XX. What was in Ramah. In the high place situated. And David swore again. Jonathan swore that he would not hide from David what he heard from Saul. Perendie. The third day. In which it was permitted to work. And to seek the Lord: the writer inserted this. Vengeance. Your seat. You who ought to have rendered, are sought. Zehel. The proper name of a stone. Within you. In that part. And Jonathan arose. He arose for this reason, lest Abner, beside the king, should sit in David’s seat, but so that David’s empty seat would appear. Obnixe. Intently, submissively. Son of a woman. It is understood: You are not my son, but of an adulterous mother, since you love your enemy.

XXI. Post ephod. Near the ephod. Epilenticos. Epileptics. XXII. In angustiis constituit. Those who were exiles from other nations. Pressi ære alieno. By tribute, which they owed to others. In præsidio, in a fortified place, which he held there. He came into the forest of Haret, into the grove which is in Ramah. There was a grove on a high place of the city. Have I today begun to consult God for him? Because I know your enemy. XXIII. And David said: Lord God of Israel. So that he might later answer him through the priest: On a dark mountain, on the hill of Rachilla. There was a hill and a high place in the city, which is a city to the right of the desert, to the south of the tribe of Judah. Ziph and Maon. They were desert places. XXIV. Engaddi. It is a desert place near the shore of the Dead Sea. XXV. Samuel died. David added this. Sala polentæ. Sala, a kind of measure; polenta, meal. Uvæ passæ... Caricarum. Dried figs. In fasciculo viventium. In the company of the living.

XXVI. Let the sacrifice be honored. Let it be pleasing, as a sacrifice. XXVIII. These villages were inhabited in the land in ancient times. Ezra said this, as if to say, not now, but at some time in the past. Going as far as the land of Egypt. They were making their journey by proceeding through those villages. Jerahmeel and the Kenites. In the tribe of Judah; therefore he spoke without falsehood against their Midianites, so that the king would not think he was harming his own people. XXVIII. Now Samuel died. This is a recapitulation. Magicians and soothsayers... Having a python. Divination: python was the name of that serpent which Juno sent to pursue Latona, when she was pregnant, and on the island of Delos she gave birth to Apollo and Diana, and afterwards Latona commanded Apollo to take vengeance on the python which was pursuing her, and so it happened that he himself killed the python on the ridges of Parnassus; and he flayed it, and built a temple on the island of Delos, where he himself was nurtured; whence he is called Apollo Delius, and he placed the serpent's skin in the temple, which was called the corinna. Hence also the curtains of tents are called cortinae, and there both he himself and his priests were accustomed to give responses; and they used to divine from the python's skin. Whence those who divine are called pythones.

XXIX. "And it is a long time to me, many days or years." He said this for a long time. "In its thousands." In its armies. "In its ten thousands." As if he had a larger army. XXX. Careth, Caleb. Cities in the borders of the Jews. BOOK II OF KINGS. CHAPTER I. "And standing over him, I killed him." This he lied about, but he indicated it to the king for the sake of flattery. "In the book of the just." Because they had many books, which Ezra did not restore. "At the crossroads." In the streets. "By the blood of the slain." On account of the blood. II. "And they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct." Because the aqueduct was on that hill. "Opposite the valley." From the region of the valley. "Of the desert road in Gabaon." Because the road leads through the desert to the city. "And they came as far as the camp." He calls "camp" the place where Jacob saw the angel. III. "Dog's head." While everyone hated me on account of you. "Sira." The name is a term of reproach. "Holding a spindle." Thus soft and womanly. (The rest is missing.)