Note 23 — Chapter V · EXTENT OF THE FOURTH AGE OF THE WORLD.

The following is the passage as written by Origen, in his commentary on the Gospel of St. John:—γέγραπται γὰρ έν τῃ τρίτῃ τῶν βασιλειων, ὡς ἡτοίμασαν τοὺς λίθους, καὶ τὰ ξύλα τρισὶν ἔτεσιν· ἐν δὲ τῳ τεταρτῳ ετει, μηνι δευτέρῳ, βασιλεύοντος τοῦ βασιλέως Σολομὼντος ἐπὶ Ισραήλ, ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλέυς, κ.τ.λ.; which reads thus:—It is written in the third [book] of Kings, so they prepared stones and timber for three years; and in the fourth year, in the second month, of the reign of King Solomon over Israel, the king commanded, &c. 1 Kings v. 18; and vi. 1.