Miscellaneous Notes and Queries Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...king Sur and seized him; and I beat him upon the legs, and dragged him down, and 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. I stripped off his breastplate, and 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, twelves 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 co. cerning me, that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome. 4. And in the south there befell a greater war than that in Shechem; and I joined in battle array with my brethren, and pursued a thousand men, and slew of them two hundred of them and four kings, Ane I went up against them upon the wall, and two other kings I slew; and so we freed Hebron, and took all the captives of the kings. 5. On the next day we departed to Areta, a city strong and walled and inexcessible, threatening us with death. Therefore I and Gad approached on the east side of the city, and Reuben and Levi on the west and south. And they that were upon the wall, thinking that we were alone, charged down upon us; and so our brethren se retly climbed up the wall on both sides by ladders, and e...