Book of the Bee

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THE NAMES OF THE KINGS OF PERSIA. 123 THE KINGS OF THE PERSIANS FROM SHABOR (SAPOR) THE SON OF HORMIZD \ In the fourth year of Constantine Caesar the Victorious, Shabor reigned in Persia 70 years. [■VL»] Ardashir his brother, 20 years. Vahran (Bahram) and Shabor, the sons of Ardashir, 20 years. Yazdagerd, the son of Shabor, 20 years. Vahran (Bahram), the son of Yazdagerd, 20 years. Peroz, the son of Yazdagerd, 27 years. Balash, the son of Peroz, 4 years. Kawad, the son of Peroz, 41 years. Chosrau, the son of Kawad, 47 years. Hormizd, the son of Chosrau, 12 years. From Shabor to this fifteenth year of Chosrau the son of Hormizd, in which he destroyed Dara 1 2, is three hundred and six years. The sum of all the years from Adam to this fifteenth year of Chosrau the conqueror, which is the nine hundred and sixteenth year of the Greeks3, is 5861 years. From Adam to the Crucifixion is 5280 years. The whole of the Jewish economy therefore, from the time they went out of Egypt until Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus, was 1601 years. From Abraham to this year is 2031 years. OF THE YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM THE WORLD. From Adam to the Flood was 2262 years. From the Flood to Abraham was 1015 years. From Abraham to [pan] the Exodus of the people from Egypt was 430 years. From the Exodus of the people by the hand of Moses to Solomon and the building of the Temple was 400 years. From Solomon to the first Captivity, which Nebuchadnezzar led away captive, was 495 years. From the first Captivity to the prophesying of Daniel was 180 years. From the prophesying of Daniel to the Birth 1 For a list of the Sasanian kings see Noldeke, Geschichte der Perser rind Araber zur Zeit der Sasaniden, p. 436 a; and Marsden, Numismata Orientalia, pt. i, p. 437- 2 Schoenfelder, p. 86, quo hoc genus expiral ! See Noldeke, Geschichte der Perser und Araber , pp. 239, 290 sqq. ; Assemani, Bibl. Orient ., t. ii, p. 62. 3 I. e. a. d. 604. Noldeke, Geschichte der Perser und Araber , p. 436 a .