English Translation of The War Rule (Serekh ha-Milhamah)
4Q285 (SM)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (12)
- ]Isaiah the prophet: [The thickets of the forest] will be cut [down
- with an axe and Lebanon by a majestic one will f]all. And there shall come
forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse [
- ] the Branch of David and they will enter into judgement with [
- ] and the Prince of the Congregation, the Bran[ch of David] will kill him
[
- by stroke]s and by wounds. And a Priest [of renown (?)] will command [
- the s]lai[n] of the Kitti[m]
Transcription and translation by G. Vermes
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