Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu ExternoThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶3} 1 Chron. xv. 13. — …mum excelsorum—. 2 Reg. xvi. 10, &c. quum vidisset altare—. 1 Chron. xv. 13. cum v. 15. irrupit Jehova Deus noster in nos, cum non requireremus eum rite—: et tulerunt Levitæ arcam Dei,…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶3} 1 Chron. xv. 13, 15. — …2 Kings xvi. 10. he saw an altar that was at Damascus, &c. 1 Chron. xv. 13, 15. Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order ....so the children…