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The Testament of Judah Concerning Fortitude, and Love of Money, and Fornication

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Section 3

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3. And when the two kings of

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the

Canaanites

came

in

warlike

array

against

our

flocks

,

and

much

people

with

them

,

I

by

myself

rushed

upon

King

Sur

and

seized

him

;

and

I

beat

him

upon

the

legs

,

and

dragged

him

down

,

and

so

I

slew

him

.

And

the

other

king

,

Taphue

,

I

slew

as

he

sat

upon

his

horse

,

and

so

I

scattered

all

the

people

.

Achor

the

king

,

a

man

of

giant

stature

,

hurling

darts

before

and

behind

as

he

sat

on

horseback

,

I

slew

;

for

I

hurled

a

stone

of

sixty

pounds

weight

,

and

cast

it

upon

his

horse

,

and

killed

him

.

And

I

fought

with

Achor

for

two

hours

,

and

I

killed

him

;

and

I

clave

his

shield

into

two

parts

,

and

I

chopped

off

his

feet

.

And

as

I

stripped

off

his

breastplate

,

behold

,

eight

men

his

companions

began

to

fight

with

me

.

I

wound

round

therefore

my

garment

in

my

hand

;

and

I

slang

stones

at

them

,

and

killed

four

of

them

,

and

the

rest

fled

.

And

Jacob

my

father

slew

Beelisa

,

king

of

all

the

kings

,

a

giant

in

strength

,

twelve

cubits

high

;

and

fear

fell

upon

them

,

and

they

ceased

from

making

war

with

us

.

Therefore

my

father

had

no

care

in

the

wars

when

I

was

among

my

brethren

.

For

he

saw

in

a

vision

concerning

me

,

that

an

angel

of

might

followed

me

everywhere

,

that

I

should

not

be

overcome

.

Notes

2
In c. 5 we find this name, with a slight variety of spelling, as that of a place over which this king may have ruled. It is doubtless equivalent to the Hebrew Tappuah, a name of several cities mentioned in the Old Testament. See Josh. xv. 34; xvi. 8; xvii. 8; 1 Chron. ii. 43. Cf. Thapha, Jubilees, 34.