{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Jeremiah and Ambacum were still prophesying in the time of Zedekiah. In\r\nthe fifth year of his reign Ezekiel prophesied at Babylon; after him\r\nNahum, then Daniel. After him, again, Haggai and Zechariah prophesied\r\nin the time of Darius the First for two years; and then the angel\r\namong the twelve.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1028\" id=\"FNanchor_1028\">[1028]</a> After Haggai and Zechariah, Nehemiah, the\r\nchief cup-bearer of Artaxerxes, the son of Acheli the Israelite, built\r\nthe city of Jerusalem and restored the temple. During the captivity\r\nlived Esther and Mordecai, whose book is still extant, as also that of\r\nthe Maccabees. During this captivity Mishael, Ananias, and Azarias,\r\nrefusing to worship the image, and being thrown into a furnace of fire,\r\nwere saved by the appearance of an angel. At that time, on account of\r\nthe serpent,<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1029\" id=\"FNanchor_1029\">[1029]</a> Daniel was thrown into the den of lions; but being<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_433\">[433]</span>\r\npreserved through the providence of God by Ambacub, he is restored on\r\nthe seventh day. At this period, too, occurred the sign of Jona; and\r\nTobias, through the assistance of the angel Raphael, married Sarah, the\r\ndemon having killed her seven first suitors; and after the marriage of\r\nTobias, his father Tobit recovered his sight. At that time Zorobabel,\r\nhaving by his wisdom overcome his opponents, and obtained leave from\r\nDarius for the rebuilding of Jerusalem, returned with Esdras to his\r\nnative land; and by him the redemption of the people and the revisal\r\nand restoration of the inspired oracles were effected; and the passover\r\nof deliverance celebrated, and marriage with aliens dissolved.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE MISCELLANIES.","BOOK I.","CHAPTER XXI. THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF FAR HIGHER ANTIQUITY THAN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEKS."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1029","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-776"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"17b876f9e7ebc306293107aedab4471dda95888fce4847e9727e328b341c6f11","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_1029","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1029","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1029\" id=\"Footnote_1029\">[1029]</a> On account of killing the serpent, as is related in the\r\napocryphal book, “Bel and the Dragon, or Serpent.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_1029","text_sha256":"ad3acee96c1599e98f5eef91fa68739988dd3dfced2a256aaf4d81244d0edd9e","verified":false,"work_id":null}