t. It was then one thousand and sixty-two years,
six months, and ten days from the departure out of Egypt; and from the
deluge to the destruction of the temple, the whole interval was one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven years, six months, and ten days;
but from the generation of Adam, until this befell the temple, there
were three thousand five hundred and thirteen years, six months, and
ten days; so great was the number of years hereto belonging. And what
actions were done during these years we have particularly related. But
the general of the Babylonian king now overthrew the city to the very
foundations, and removed all the people, and took for prisoners the high
priest Seraiah, and Zephaniah the priest that was next to him, and the
rulers that guarded the temple, who were three in number, and the eunuch
who was over the armed men, and seven friends of Zedekiah, and his
scribe, and sixty other rulers; all which, together with the vessels
which they had pillaged, he carried to the king of Babylon to Riblah, a
city of Syria. So the king commanded the heads of the high priest and of
the rulers to be cut off there; but he himself led all the captives and
Zedekiah to Babylon. He also led Josedek the high priest away bound.
He was the son of Seraiah the high priest, whom the king of Babylon had
slain in Riblah, a city of Syria, as we just now related.

6. And now, because we have enumerated the succession of the kings, and
who they were, and how long they reigned, I think it necessary to set
down the names of the high priests, and who they were that succeeded one
another in the high priesthood under the Kings. The first high priest
then at the temple which Solomon built was Zadok; after him his son
Achimas received that dignity; after Achimas was Azarias; his son was
Joram, and Joram's son was Isus; after him was Axioramus; his son was
Phidens, and Phideas's son was Sudeas, and Sudeas's son was Juelus, and
Juelus's son was Jotham, and Jotham's son was Urias, and Urias's son
was Nerias, and Nerias's son was Odeas, and his son was Sallumus, and
Sallumus's son was Elcias, and his son [was Azarias, and his son]
was Sareas, [14] and his son was Josedec, who was carried captive to
Babylon. All these received the high priesthood by succession, the sons
from their father.

7. When the king was come to Babylon, he kept Zedekiah in prison until
he died, and buried him magnificently, and dedicated the vessels he had
pillaged o