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F65. Twenty-fourth dynasty. Bocchoris the Saite, 44 years (43 in Samuel), under whom a lamb spoke.
F65. Twenty-fifth dynasty: three Ethiopian kings. 1. Sabakon, who, taking Bocchoris captive, burned him alive, and reigned 12 years. 2. Sebichos his son, 12 years. 3. Tarakos, 20 years. Together, 44 years.
F65. Twenty-fifth dynasty of three Ethiopian kings. Sabacon, who burned the captive Bocchoris alive, and reigned 12 years. Sebichus his son, 12 years. Taracus, 20 years. Sum: 44 years. [Editorial note: Sabacus and Sebichus are by Bunsen's account one name, the one Greek, the other nearer the Egyptian Schebek; the monuments give (Sevech I) Schebek Nefrukera, (Sevech II) Schebek, and (Tarkos) Thak, that is, Tirhaka. The second king's eighteenth year and the third's twentieth are attested, while Africanus gives Tarkos only 18 years; hence the 20 of the Eusebian Manetho is to be preferred. Sabako is called Sua or So in the sacred books (2 Kings 17:4), to whom Hoshea sent an embassy; Tarkos is Tearkos in Strabo, Tharaka in the Septuagint, Tirhakah in the Hebrew text, Tharsikes in Josephus, Tharthas king of the Ethiopians in the Paschal Chronicle. He undertook the expedition against king Sennacherib in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, when he was not yet king but had brought auxiliary forces from Ethiopia to the Egyptians; afterward he appears to have turned against the very people he had come to help, and to have seized the rule through the slaying of Sebichus — though perhaps 'slain' stands wrongly for 'dead.']
F66. Twenty-sixth dynasty: nine Saite kings. 1. Stephinates, 7 years. 2. Nechepsos, 6 years. 3. Nechao, 8 years. 4. Psammetichos, 54 years. 5. Nechao the Second, 4 years: this one took Jerusalem, and led king Joachaz captive into Egypt. 6. Psammouthis the second, six years. 7. Ouaphris, 19 years — to whom the remnant of the Jews fled when Jerusalem was taken by the Assyrians. 8. Amosis, 44 years. 9. Psammecherites, 6 months. Together, 150 years and 6 months.
F67. Twenty-sixth dynasty: nine Saite kings. 1. Ammeris the Ethiopian, 12 years. 2. Stephinathis, 7 years. 3. Nechepsos, 4 years. 4. Nechao, 8 years. 5. Psammetichos, 44 years. 6. Nechao the Second, 6 years: this one took Jerusalem (etc., as in Africanus). 7. Psammouthis the second, also called Psammetichos, 17 years. 8. Ouaphris, 25 years, to whom the remnant fled (see Africanus). 9. Amosis, 42 years. Together, 163 years (the true sum is 168; in the Latin, more correctly, 167).
F67. Twenty-sixth dynasty of nine Saite kings. Ammeres the Ethiopian, 12 years. Stephinathis, 7. Nechepsos, 6. Nechaus, 8. Psammetichus, 44. Nechaus the second, 6: by him Jerusalem was taken, and king Joachaz led captive into Egypt. Psammuthes the second, also called Psammetichus, 17. Vaphres, 25, to whom the remnant of the Jews fled when Jerusalem had been brought under the power of the Assyrians. Amosis, 42. Sum of the years: 167.
F68. Twenty-seventh dynasty: eight Persian kings. 1. Cambyses, in the fifth year of his own kingship over the Persians, became king of Egypt: 36 years. 2. Darius, Hystaspes' son: 36 years. 3. Xerxes the Great: 21. 4. Artabanos: seven months. 5. Artaxerxes: 41. 6. Xerxes: two months. 7. Sogdianos, 7 months. 8. Darius son of Xerxes, 19 years. Together, 124 years, 4 months.
F69. Twenty-seventh dynasty: eight Persian kings. 1. Cambyses, in the fifth year of his own kingship, became king of Egypt: 3 years. 2. The Magi, 7 months. 3. Darius, 36 years. 4. Xerxes son of Darius, 21 years. 5. Artaxerxes the Long-handed, 40 years. 6. Xerxes the Second, 2 months. 7. Sogdianos, 7 months. 8. Darius son of Xerxes, 19 years. Together, 120 years and 4 months.
F69. Twenty-seventh dynasty of eight Persian kings. Cambyses, who in the fifth year of his reign became master of the Egyptians, 3 years. The Magi, seven months. Darius, 36 years. Xerxes son of Darius, 21. Artaxerxes, 40. Xerxes the second, 2 months. Sogdianus, 7 months. Darius son of Xerxes, 19 years. Sum: 120 years and 4 months.
F70. Twenty-eighth dynasty. Amyrteos the Saite, 6 years.
F70. Twenty-eighth dynasty. Amyrtaios the Saite, 6 years.
F70. Twenty-eighth dynasty. Amyrtes the Saite, 6 years.
F71. Twenty-ninth dynasty: four Mendesian kings. 1. Nepherites, 6 years. 2. Achoris, 13 years. 3. Psammouthis, one year. 4. Nepherites, 4 months. Together, 20 years, 4 months.
F71. Twenty-ninth dynasty: Mendesian kings, four (or five). 1. Nepherites, 6 years. 2. Achoris, 13 years. 3. Nepherites, 4 months. 5. Mouthis, one year and 4 months.
F71. Twenty-ninth dynasty of four Mendesian kings. Nepherites, 6 years. Achoris, 13 years. Psammuthes, one year. Muthes, one year (not counted in the Canon). Sum: 21 years and 4 months.
F72. Thirtieth dynasty: three Sebennyte kings. 1. Nektanebes, 18 years. 2. Teos, 2 years. 3. Nektanebos, 18 years. Together, 38 years.
F72. Thirtieth dynasty: three Sebennyte kings. 1. Nektanebes, 18 years. 2. Teos, 2 years. 3. Nektanebos, 8 years. Together, 20 years.
F72. Thirtieth dynasty of three Sebennyte kings. Nectanebis, 10 years (in the Canon, 18). Teos, 2 years. Nectanebis, 8 years (in the Canon, 19). Sum: 20 years.
F73. Thirty-first dynasty: three Persian kings. 1. Ochos, in the twentieth year of his own kingship over the Persians, became king of Egypt: 2 years. 2. Arses, 3 years. 3. Darius, 4 years. Together, the years of the third volume: 850. Thus far Manetho.
F73. Thirty-first dynasty: three Persian kings. 1. Ochos, in the twentieth year of his own kingship over the Persians, masters Egypt for 7 years. 2. After him Arses son of Ochos, 4 years. 3. After him Darius, six years — whom Alexander the Macedonian brought down. These things from Manetho's third volume. Thus far Manetho.
F73. Thirty-first dynasty of the Persians. Ochus, already ruling the Persians in his twentieth year, occupied Egypt and held it 6 years. Afterward Arses son of Ochus, 4 years. Then Darius, 6 years, whom Alexander the Macedonian slew. And these things are from Manetho's third book.