And before the Captivity, between the time when the Law was lost, (which is not mentioned in the Scripture, but may probably be thought to be the time of Rehoboam, when Shishak King of Egypt took the spoils of the Temple,(1 Kings 14.26.)) and the time of Josiah, when it was found againe, they had no written Word of God, but ruled according to their own discretion, or by the direction of such, as each of them esteemed Prophets.
Eta gatibaldi aurretik, honako bi garai hauen artean, hots, Legea galdu zen garaia (hau ez da Idazteunean aipatzen, baina pentsa daiteke ziurrenik Rehoboamen garaia izan zela, Xixak Egiptoko erregeak-1 Erg. 14, 26-tenpluko hondakinak eraman zituenean) eta Josiasen garaian berriro aurkitu zuten aldiaren bitartean, ez zuten Jainkoaren hitz idatzirik ukan, beren irizpideen arabera edo bakoitzak profetatzat zituenen zuzendaritzapean gobernatu beharra izan zutelarik.