Description
2 KINGS 24:4-25:30 + Intro to 1 CHRONICLES. “Sack of Jerusalem and Babylonian Exile”. Geneva Bible. Printed in Geneva by John Bodley, 1562. Large Folio Edition (12.75″ x 8.7″), Roman type, the Second Geneva Bible (after the smaller 1560 editio princeps), Herbert 116. Known as “The Whig Bible” due to an error in Matthew 5:9 reading: “Blessed (are) the place makers.” FINE- condition; moderate edge stains, frayed lower edge and corner (see pics). COA on premium “gold leaf” paper w. gold seal. Leaf and COA are set in a museum quality Larger Bifold Portfolio. Text recounts war details of the Babylonian Exile, 587 BC, and the fate of Judah’s kings in Babylon and thereafter. The Babylonian Exile occasioned the formation of, and the most significant additions to, the Old Testament.
