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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 39

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39. Now, on a certain day, the

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king

of

Jerusalem

sent

for

him

,

and

said

:

I

wish

thee

,

Joseph

,

to

make

for

me

a

throne

to

fit

that

place

in

which

I

usually

sit

.

Joseph

obeyed

,

and

began

the

work

immediately

,

and

remained

in

the

palace

two

years

,

until

he

finished

the

work

of

that

throne

.

And

when

he

had

it

carried

to

its

place

,

he

perceived

that

each

side

wanted

two

spans

of

the

prescribed

measure

.

And

the

king

,

seeing

this

,

was

angry

with

Joseph

;

and

Joseph

,

being

in

great

fear

of

the

king

,

spent

the

night

without

supper

,

nor

did

he

taste

anything

at

all

.

Then

,

being

asked

by

the

Lord

Jesus

why

he

was

afraid

,

Joseph

said

:

Because

I

have

spoiled

all

the

work

that

I

have

been

two

years

at

.

And

the

Lord

Jesus

said

to

him

:

Fear

not

,

and

do

not

lose

heart

;

but

do

thou

take

hold

of

one

side

of

the

throne

;

I

shall

take

the

other

;

and

we

shall

put

that

to

rights

.

And

Joseph

,

having

done

as

the

Lord

Jesus

had

said

and

each

having

drawn

by

his

own

side

,

the

throne

was

put

to

rights

,

and

brought

to

the

exact

measure

of

the

place

.

And

those

that

stood

by

and

saw

this

miracle

were

struck

with

astonishment

,

and

praised

God

.

And

the

woods

used

in

that

throne

were

of

those

which

are

celebrated

in

the

time

of

Solomon

the

son

of

David

;

that

is

,

woods

of

many

and

various

kinds

.