Liber I, cap. 10. De Gubernatione Speciali Hominis ante Lapsum: ubi etiam de Sabbatho et ConjugioThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶17} 2 Chron. xi. 17, 21. — …nio, dum adhuc in via Davidis ambulasse dicitur, amabat, &c. 2 Chron. xi. 17, 21. De rege Joaso dictum est supra: cui non regia libido aut corrupti mores, sed Jehoiadæ summi sacerdotis, vi…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶17} 2 Chron. xi. 17, 21, 23. — …years in which he is said to have walked in the way of David, 2 Chron. xi. 17, 21, 23. Of Joash mention has already been made; who was induced to take two wives, not by licentious passion,…