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Trivia: Challenge: Is there a longer LXX verse?

Posted: January 9th, 2014, 7:53 am
by Stephen Hughes
Challenge question: I've seen claims that is the longest verse in the Old Testament is Esther 8:9.

Let's start with the assumption that the Greek of
Esther 8:9 LXX - CATSS Rahlfs Septuaginta wrote:ἐκλήθησαν δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖς ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ μηνί ὅς ἐστι Νισα τρίτῃ καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους καὶ ἐγράφη τοῖς Ιουδαίοις ὅσα ἐνετείλατο τοῖς οἰκονόμοις καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν τῶν σατραπῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ σατραπείαις κατὰ χώραν καὶ χώραν κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτῶν λέξιν
is the longest verse of the LXX too with 48 words.

Can anyone find a longer verse in the LXX?