George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Carried. Greek, “surrounded….and burnt their tents, and plundered their folds for cattle:” mandras . (Haydock) — Madian lay to the east of the Dead Sea. (Calmet)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 2:16
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 2:16 · Douay-Rheims
“And he carried away all the children of Madian, and stripped them of all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of the sword.”
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.