Chapter 62
14. And it came to pass that Zepho lost a young heifer and went to seek it, and he heard it lowing round about the mountain.
15. And Zepho went and looked, and behold there was a large cave at the bottom of the mountain, and there was a great stone there at the entrance of the cave. And Zepho split the stone and he came unto the cave and looked, and behold a large animal was devouring the ox; from the middle upward it resembled a man, and from the middle downward it resembled an animal, and Zepho rose up against the animal and slew it with his sword.
16. And the inhabitants of Chittim heard of this thing, and they rejoiced exceedingly, and they said, what shall we do unto this man who has slain this animal that devoured our cattle?
17. And they all assembled and they agreed to dedicate one day of the year to him, and they called the name thereof Zepho after his name, and year after year they brought unto him on that day drink offerings, and they brought him gifts.
18. At that time Jania, the daughter of Uzu wife of king Angeas, fell ill, and her illness was heavily felt by Angeas and his officers. And Angeas said unto his wise men, what shall I do to Jania and how shall I heal her from her illness? And his wise men said unto him, because the air of our country is not like the air of the land of Chittim, and our water is not like their water, for this reason therefore the queen has fallen ill.
19. For through the change of air and water she fell ill, and also because in her country she drank only the water which came from Purmah, which her ancestors had brought up with aquaducts.
20. And Angeas commanded his servants, and they brought unto him in vessels from the waters of Purmah belonging to Chittim, and they weighed those waters with all the waters of the land of Africa and found those waters to be lighter than the waters of Africa.
21. And Angeas saw this thing and he commanded all his officers to assemble the hewers of stone in thousands and tens of thousands, and they hewed stones without number, and the builders came and they built an exceedingly strong aquaduct, and in this way they conveyed the spring of water from the land of Chittim unto Africa, and those waters were for queen Jania and used for all her concerns, to drink from and to bake, wash and bathe therewith, and also to water therewith all seed from which food can be obtained, and all fruit of the ground.
22. And the king commanded that they should bring from the soil of Chittim in large ships, and they also brought stones to build therewith, and the builders built palaces for queen Jania, and the queen was healed from her illness.
23. At the revolution of the year the troops of Africa continued coming to the land of Chittim to plunder as usual, and Zepho son of Eliphaz heard their report, and he gave orders concerning them and he fought against them, and they fled before him, and he delivered the land of Chittim from them.
24. And the children of Chittim saw the valor of Zepho, and the children of Chittim resolved to make Zepho king over them, and he became king over them. And whilst he reigned they went to subdue the children of Tubal and all the surrounding islands.
25. And their king Zepho went at their head and they made war with Tubal and the islands, and they subdued them, and when they returned from the battle they renewed his government for him, and they built for him a very large palace as royal habitation and seat, and they made a large throne for him, and Zepho reigned over the whole land of Chittim and over the land of Italia for fifty years.
1. IN that year, being the seventy ninth year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, Reuben died, the son of Jacob, in the land of Egypt. Reuben was at his death a hundred and twenty five years old, and they put him into a coffin and he was given into the hands of his children.
2. In the eightieth year his brother Dan died. He was a hundred and twenty years old at his death, and he was also put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
3. That year king Chusham of Edom died, and after him reigned Hadad, the son of Bedad, for thirty five years. In the eighty first year Issachar, the son of Jacob, died in Egypt, and Issachar was a hundred and twenty two years old at his death, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt and given into the hands of his children.
4. And in the eighty second year died his brother Asher. He was a hundred and twenty three years old at his death, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt and given into the hands of his children.
5. And in the eighty third year Gad died. He was a hundred and twenty five years old at his death, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt and given into the hands of his children. 143 .
6. And it came to pass in the eighty fourth year, that is the fifth year of the reign of Hadad, son of king Bedad of Edom, that Hadad assembled all the children of Esau; and he got his whole army in readiness, about four hundred thousand men, and he directed his way to the land of Moab, and he went to fight against Moab and to make them tributary to him.
7. And the children of Moab heard this thing and were very much frightened, and they sent a request to the children of Midian asking to assist them in fighting Hadad, son of king Bedad of Edom.
8. And Hadad came unto the land of Moab, and Moab and the children of Midian went out to meet him, and they placed themselves in battle array against him in the field of Moab.
9. And Hadad fought with Moab, and there fell of the children of Moab and the children of Midian many slain ones, about two hundred thousand men.
10. And the battle was very severe upon Moab. And when the children of Moab saw that the battle was sore upon them, they weakened their hands and turned their backs, and left the children of Midian to carry on the battle.
11. And the children of Midian knew not the intentions of Moab, but they strengthened themselves in battle and fought with Hadad and all his host, and all Midian fell before him.
12. And Hadad smote all Midian with a heavy smiting, and he slew them with the edge of the sword; he left none remaining of those who came to assist Moab.
13. And when all the children of Midian had perished in battle, and the children of Moab had escaped, Hadad made all Moab at that time tributary to him. And they came under his hand, and they gave a yearly tax as it was ordered, and Hadad turned and went back to his land.
14. And at the revolution of the year, when the rest of the people of Midian that were in the land heard that all their brethren had fallen in battle against Hadad for the sake of Moab, because the children of Moab had turned their backs in battle and had left the fighting to Midian, then five of the princes of Midian resolved with the rest of their brethren, who remained in their land, to fight against Moab to avenge the cause of their brethren.
15. And the children of Midian sent to all their brethren, the children of the east, and all their brethren, all the children of Keturah, to come and assist Midian to fight against Moab.
16. And the children of Moab heard this thing, and they were greatly afraid that all the children of the east had assembled together against them for battle, and they, the children of Moab, sent a message to the land of Edom, to Hadad the son of Bedad, saying:
17. Come now unto us and assist us and we will smite Midian, for they all assembled together and have come against us with all their brethren, the children of the east, to wage battle, to avenge the cause of Midian that fell in battle.
18. And Hadad, son of Bedad, king of Edom, went forth with his whole army and went to the land of Moab to fight against Midian, and Midian and the children of the east fought agaomst Moab in the field of Moab, and the battle was very fierce between them.
19. And Hadad smote all the children of Midian and the children of the east with the edge of the sword; and Hadad at that time delivered Moab from the hand of Midian, and those that remained of Midian. And the children of the east fled before Hadad and his army, and Hadad pursued them into their land, and smote them with a very heavy slaughter, and the slain fell on the road.
20. And Hadad delivered Moab from the hand of Midian, for all the children of Midian had fallen by the edge of the sword, and Hadad turned and went back to his land.
21. And from that day forth the children of Midian hated the children of Moab, because they had fallen in battle for their sake, and there was a great and mighty enmity between them all the days.
22. And all that were found of Midian on the road of the land of Moab perished by the sword of Moab, and all that were found of Moab on the road of the land of Midian perished by the sword of Midian; thus did Midian unto Moab and Moab unto Midian for many days.
23. And it came to pass at that time that Judah, the son of Jacob, died in Egypt, in the eighty sixth year of Jacob going down to Egypt, and Judah was a hundred and twenty nine years old at his death, and they embalmed him and put him into a coffin and he was given into the hands of his children.
24. And in the eighty ninth year Naphtali died, he was a hundred and thirty two years old, and he was put into a coffin and given into the hands of his children.
25. And it came to pass in the ninety first year of the Israelites going down to Egypt, that is in the thirtieth year of the reign of Zepho, the son of Eliphaz son of Esau, in his reign over the children of Chittim, that the children of Africa came upon the children of Chittim to plunder them as usual, although they had not come upon them for thirteen years.
26. And they came to them in that year, and Zepho, the son of Eliphaz, went out to them with