the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

198 The Book of Enoch [Sect. IV
wild beasts had no longer any Kvms koi ol akiaTtiKes 'i^vyov an'
power among the sheep and avrov koI s^o^ovvto avrov.
robbed them no more of aught,
48*. And that ram begat many
sheep and fell asleep ; and a
little sheep became ram in its
stead, and became prince and
leader of those sheep.
50. And that house became great and broad, and it was built
for those sheep :
(and) a tower lofty and great was built on the
house for the Lord of the sheep, and that house was low, but the
tower was elevated and lofty, and the Lord of the sheep stood
on that tower and they offered a full table before Him.
LXXXIX. 51-67. IVie Two Kingdoms of Israel and Jwlah to the
Bedrtiction of Jemsalem.
51. And again I saw those sheep that they again erred and
went many ways, and forsook that their house, and the Lord of
the sheep called some from amongst the sheep and sent them to
the sheep, but the sheep began to slay them. 52. And one of
them was saved and was not slain, and it sped away and cried
aloud over the sheep ; and they sought to slay it, bvit the Lord
of the sheep saved it from the sheep, and brought it up to me.
t)f David. 50. That house. As
DiUmann shows by a comparison of
vv, 56, 66 sq., 72 sq., and the passage
in Test. Levi 10' 6 fap oticos, hv av
e/cXt'^erat tcijpios, 'lepovaaXrjfi tcK-qS-fjaeTatj
ica$ujs •nepUx^'- ^ ^t0\o9 'Evdjx tov BtKatov,
this liouse is Jerusalem and the tower
ie the temple. It was built for
those sheep : (and) a tower lofty
and great was built on the house
{gtnt, ihio ict^h, save that mf, in insert
' that ' before ' house '). P-ilno ^afi ' it
was built for those sheep (and) a high
tower on the house', q 'it was built
for those shee]) (and) a lofty tower
was built '. I have added (and) and
yet it is after a fashion found in m,
ilno iCijb, for after ' tower ' they add
'lofty on that house and a tower '^
a dittograph of some sort. A full
table, i. b. offerings and sficrifices.
51-67. Gradual declension of Israel
till the destruction of the Temple.
51. Forsook . . . their house. True
only of the Ten Tribes. That their
house — Tuv oitcov avjSiv. Here, as in
ver. 53, the Ethiopio translator renders
the art. by a demonstrative. Called
some . . . and sent them, i. c. the
prophets. Slay. Cf. 1 Kings 18*.
52. Escape and translation of Elijah;
cf. 1 Kings 19 2 Kings 2'i 1 Enoch 93*.