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Ask what thou would'st have from me, even if thou desirest the half of my kingdom and of my possessions.'

And Sennacherib the king rejoiced with a great joy, and said to Haiqar, 'Take what thou wouldst fain have of this tribute, for it is all within the grasp of thy hand.'

O my lord! what can I do with wealth and its like? but if thou wilt show me favour, give me Nadan, my sister's son, that I may recompense him for what he has done to me, and grant me his blood and hold me guiltless of it.'

O my lord! what can I do with wealth and its like? but if thou wilt show me favour, give me Nadan, my sister's son, that I may recompense him for what he has done to me, and grant me his blood and hold me guiltless of it.'

'O Nadan, my boy! I have done to thee all that is good and kind and thou hast rewarded me for it with what is ugly and bad and with killing.

And Nadan said, 'For what cause art thou wroth with me?'

O my son! thou hast been to me like a trap which was set up on the dunghill, and there came a sparrow and found the trap set up. And the sparrow said to the trap, "What doest thou here?" Said the trap, "I am praying here to God."

And the lark asked it also, "What is the piece of wood that thou holdest?" Said the trap, "That is a young oak-tree on which I lean at the time of prayer."

Said the lark: "And what is that thing in thy mouth?" Said the trap: "That is bread and victuals which I carry for all the hungry and the poor who come near to me."

And if that is thy fasting and thy prayers, God accepteth from thee neither thy fast nor thy prayer, and God will not perfect what is good concerning thee."

O my boy! what shall I say more to thee than these sayings? for the Lord knoweth what is hidden, and is acquainted with the mysteries and the secrets.

O my boy! what shall I say more to thee than these sayings? for the Lord knoweth what is hidden, and is acquainted with the mysteries and the secrets.

This is what happened and (what) we found about the tale of Haiqar, and praise be to God for ever. Amen, and peace.

This is what happened and (what) we found about the tale of Haiqar, and praise be to God for ever. Amen, and peace.

'What is to prevent you from doing this?' replied the king. 'Everything that is necessary has been placed at your disposal!

Since the law which we wish not only to transcribe but also to translate belongs to the whole Jewish race, what justification shall we be able to find for our embassy while such vast numbers of them remain in a state of slavery in your kingdom?

What I am describing was not thin gold laid over another foundation, but the whole structure was of massive gold welded together.

It was not without reason that the original founders of the city built it in due proportions, for they possessed clear insight with regard to what was required.

From this and other similar statements it was clear what his feelings towards them were.

'You observe,' he said, 'what an effect our modes of life and our associations produce upon us; by associating with the bad, men catch their depravities and become miserable throughout their life; but if they live with the wise and prudent, they find the means of escaping from ignorance and amending their lives. 5 Our lawgiver first of all laid down the principles of piety and righteousness and inculcated them point by point, not merely by prohibitions but by the use of examples as well, demonstrating the injurious effects of sin and the punishments inflicted by God upon the guilty.

Therefore lest we should be corrupted by any abomination, or our lives be perverted by evil communications, he hedged us round on all sides by rules of purity, affecting alike what we eat, or drink, or touch, or hear, or see.

Wherefore all the rules which he has laid down with regard to what is permitted in the case of these birds and other animals, he has enacted with the object of teaching us a moral lesson.

The weasel class, too, is peculiar: for besides what has been said, it has a characteristic which is defiling: It conceives through the ears and brings forth through the mouth.

And he said, 'If you are fair in speech to all alike and never act insolently nor tyrannically in your treatment of offenders. And you will do this if you watch the method by which God acts. The petitions of the worthy are always fulfilled, while those who fail to obtain an answer to their prayers are informed by means of dreams or events of what was harmful in their requests and that God does not smite them according to their sins or the greatness of His strength, but acts with forbearance towards them.'

This man the king praised and then said to the next, 'What is the highest good in life?'

Thereupon he asked the man, 'What is the true aim of courage?'

The king received the answer with great delight and looking at another said, 'What is the teaching of wisdom?'

The king received the answer with approbation and inquired of the next, 'What is the most essential qualification for ruling?'

'To keep oneself,' he answered, 'free from bribery and to practise sobriety during the greater part of one's life, to honour rightousness above all things, and to make friends of men of this type. For God, too, is a lover of justice! 13 Having signified his approval, the king said to another, 'What is the true mark of piety?'

The king signified his agreement and said to another, 'What is the essence of kingship?'

On the following day, the same arrangement was observed, and when the king found an opportunity of putting questions to the men, he questioned the first of those who had been left over for the next interrogation, What is the highest form of government?

What God gives, that you must take and keep, but never yearn for things that are beyond your reach.'

And he replied, 'All men acknowledge that we ought to show liberality to those who are well disposed towards us, but I think that we ought to show the same keen spirit of generosity to those who are opposed to us that by this means we may win them over to the right and to what is advantageous to ourselves. But we must pray to God that this may be accomplished, for he rules the minds of all men.'

The king spoke kindly to him and then asked the next, What is it that resembles beauty in value?

The king bestowed great praise upon him and asked the tenth, What is the highest form of glory?

The king expressed approval and asked the next man, What is it that is most beneficial to health?

The king acknowledged the man's answer and said to another, 'What is the advantage of kinship?'

And on the next day, when the opportunity offered, the king asked the next man, What is the grossest form of neglect?

What need was there for wrath, when all men were in subjection and no one was hostile to him? It is necessary to recognize that God rules the whole world in the spirit of kindness and without wrath at all, and you,' said he, 'O King, must of necessity copy His example.'

The king said that he had answered well and then inquired of the next man, What is good counsel?

'To act well at all times and with due reflection,' he explained, 'comparing what is advantageous to our own policy with the injurious effects that would result from the adoption of the opposite view, in order that by weighing every point we may be well advised and our purpose may be accomplished. And most important of all, by the power of God every plan of yours will find fulfilment because you practise piety.'

The king said that this man had answered well, and asked another, What is philosophy?

The king said that this man, too, had answered well and asked the tenth, What is the fruit of wisdom?

The king praised him and asked another, What is the most necessary possession for a king?

The king praised him and inquired of another, What is goal of speech? And he replied, 'To convince your opponent by showing him his mistakes in a well-ordered army of arguments.

The king was delighted by this reply, and asked another, 'Under what circumstances ought a man to suffer grief?'

The king said that he had answered wisely, and asked another, What is it that keeps a kingdom safe?

The king spoke words of encouragement to him, and asked another, What is it that maintains gratitude and honour?

13 The king expressed his approval and said to another, 'To what affairs ought kings to devote most time?'

The king said that he had answered well, and asked, What ought kings to obey? And he said, 'The laws, in order that by righteous enactments they may restore the lives of men. Even as you by such conduct in obedience to the Divine command have laid up in store for yourself a perpetual memorial.'

The king said that he had given a good answer and asked another, What man is worthy of admiration?

Delighted with the reply, the king inquired of the next man, What is best for the people? That a private citizen should be made king over them or a member of the royal family?

The king spent some time in praising this man and then asked the last of all, What is the greatest achievement in ruling an empire?

But we must define just what the Reason is and what passion is, and how many forms of passion there are, and whether the Reason is supreme over all of them.

But we must define just what the Reason is and what passion is, and how many forms of passion there are, and whether the Reason is supreme over all of them.

And what is there to be surprised at if the natural desire

But he found all his decrees of no avail to break down the constancy of our people to the Law, and he beheld all his threats and penalties utterly despised, so that even women for circumcising their sons, though they knew beforehand what would be their fate, were flung, together with their offspring, headlong from the rocks.

And yet consider; supposing some amongst them to have been faint-hearted and cowardly, what sort of language would they have used? would it not have been to this effect?

These words of the youths redoubled the wrath of the tyrant, not at their disobedience only but at what he considered their ingratitude.

O enemy of virtue and enemy of man, for what crime dost thou destroy us in this way?

And one said, 'Brother, be of good cheer,' and another, 'Bear it out nobly'; and another recalling the past, 'Remember of what stock ye are, and at whose fatherly hand Isaac for righteousness' sake yielded himself to be a sacrifice.'

We now shudder when we hear of the suffering of those youths; but they, not only seeing it with their eyes, nor merely hearing the spoken, imminent threat, but actually feeling the pang, endured it through; and that in the torture by fire, than which what greater agony can be found?

And what need have we of examples of the love of offspring among irrational animals, when even the bees, about the season of the making of the comb, fend off intruders, and stab with their sting, as with a sword, those who approach their brood, and do battle against them even to the death?

And the end was revealed before thee: for what thou gavest, thou gavest freely:

Let their counsel become thick darkness, and what I have cunningly devised, let it return upon their own heads:

For it destroys what is foreign, and everything that is bitter:

As the impulse of anger against evil, so is the impulse of joy over what is lovely, and brings in of its fruits without restraint:

And He who created me when yet I was not knew what I should do when I came into being:

Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you.

Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you.

The likeness of what is below is that which is above; for everything is above: what is below is nothing but the imagination of those that are without knowledge.

The likeness of what is below is that which is above; for everything is above: what is below is nothing but the imagination of those that are without knowledge.