George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Thirteenth. Greek, 18th. — Month. Nisan, in spring.”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 2:1
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 2:1 · Douay-Rheims
“In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.