The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 38
Judah 3
A sixty-pound stone hurled upon Achor’s horse killed the giant king who flung darts before and behind from horseback.
1nd when the two kings of 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.
2 And the other king, Taphue, I slew as he sat upon his horse, and so I scattered all the people.
3 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.
4 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.
5 And as I stripped off his breastplate, behold, eight men his companions began to fight with me.
6 I wound round therefore my garment in my hand; and I slang stones at them, and killed four of them, and the rest fled.
7 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.
8 Therefore my father had no care in the wars when I was among my brethren.
9 For he saw in a vision concerning me, that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome.
Did You Know?
A sixty-pound stone hurled upon Achor’s horse killed the giant king who flung darts before and behind from horseback.
After fighting Achor for two hours, the warrior clove his shield into two parts and chopped off his feet.
Jacob slew Beelisa, king of all the kings and a giant twelve cubits high, until fear ended the wars.
When eight of Achor’s companions attacked after his breastplate was stripped, sling stones killed four and the rest fled.
Jacob saw in a vision that an angel of might followed his son everywhere so he should not be overcome.
← → arrow keys to navigate chapters · spacebar to play/pause audio