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On Jehoash of Israel: Text and Manuscripts

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Joas , cum uisitasset heliseum , ad eius preceptum iacta sagitta et ter percussa terra, amasia uicto, jerusalem sibi tradite thesauros tulit.
Jehoash, when he had visited Elisha, shot an arrow on his command and struck the ground three times. He defeated Amaziah, Jerusalem surrendered, and he took way the treasures.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Ioas cum uisitasset helisevm
ad eius preceptum iacta sagit
ta. et ter percussa terra. ama
sia uicto. ierusalem sibi tradite
thesauros tulit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Ioas cum uisitasset heliseum ad eius preceptum iacta sagytta. et
ter percussa terra. amasya uicto. ierusalem sibi tradite in the
sauros tulit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Ioas cum uisitasset heliseum. ad eius preceptum
iacta sagitta. et ter percussa terra. amasia uic
to ierusalem sibi tradite thesauros tulit.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Ioas cum uisitasset heliseum. ad eius
preceptum iacta sagitta et ter percussa
terra. amasia uicto. ierusalem sibi tra
dite thesauros tulit.


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Citation recommendation

On Jehoash of Israel: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-joas2.

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