Quest. 24. Of the time prescribed, v. 14. of 2300. dayes, how it is to be taken.
1. R. Leu•• by so many dayes would haue vnderstood so many yeares, beginning from the time of Saul, which he calleth the morning, because then the kingdome of Israel flourished, and by the euening he vnderstandeth the taking away of the kingdome: from thence to the third reparation of the Sanctuarie he would haue counted 2300. yeares, when he saith the Temple should be built the third time againe, and after that neuer to be destroyed: But this Rabbine herein is a false Prophet, for from Sauls raigne there haue runne 2600. yeares, and yet this their third Temple, which they dreamed of, is not raised. 2. R Saadia by these 2300. dayes would vnderstand so many moneths, for so he counteth an 180. yeares from the be∣ginning of the kingdome of the Greekes vnto Antiochus: whereas it is euident, 1. Mac. 1. 21. that Antiochus came against Ierusalem in the 143. yeare, Oecol. and beside, whereas it is said in the text, vnto the euening and morning, it is euident, that neither moneths or yeares are here to be vnderstood, but so many naturall dayes: Cal. Theodoret by the euening vnderstan∣deth the beginning of their calamitie, by the morning the ende thereof: but the phrase of Scripture sheweth, that thereby the naturall day is comprehended, which consisteth of the day and night. As Gen. 1. throughout the chapter, the euening & morning were the first day, and the second day, so the rest. 3. It remaineth then, that by these 2300. dayes, so many daies precisely must be vnderstood, which make 6. yeares 3. moneths & 20. dayes, counting 365. dayes to a yeare, Bulling. 4. Some doe here reade onely a 1300. dayes, Osian, So also reade Montanus, and Pagnin: but the Hebrewe word alephaijm, beeing put in the duall number, signifieth two thousand, Vatab. Iun. Polan. Oecolamp.