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this are important, as is the provocative allusion to 'the sons of Satan' in Line 5. This parallels similar
references elsewhere in the corpus to 'sons of Belial', and their variation in the 'Mastemoth' / 'sons of
Darkness' allusions we have encountered above and will encounter further below.
Translation
Fragment 1 Column 1 (1) . . . and En Qeber and . . . (2) . . . Valley, and Bet Zippor, with (3) . . . all the
Valley of Mozza (4) . . . and Heikhal -Yezed(?) and Yapur and (5) . . . and Mini and En Kober (6) . . .
Garim and Hedita and Oshel (7) . . . which (8) . . . and Ashkalon . . . (9) . . . [G]alil, and the two . . .
and the Sharon (10) . . . Judah, and Beer Sheba, and Baalot (11) . . . and Qeilah and Adullam and (12)
. . . Gezer and Thamni and Gamzon and (13) . . . Hiqqar and Qittar and Ephronim and Shakkoth (14) .
. . Bet Horon, the lower and the upper, and (15) . . . and the Upper and the Lower Gilat
Fragment 1 Column 2 (1) . . . to establish there the . . . (2) the times, for a son is about to be born to
Jesse, son of Perez, son of Ju[dah . . .] (3) (He shall capture) the mountain (literally, rock) of Zion, and
he will dispossess from there all the Amorites . . . (4) to build the House for the Lord, the God of
Israel. Gold and silver . . . (5) cedars and cypress will he bring from Lebanon to build it, and the sons
of Satan . . . (6) he will do priestly service there and a man . . .your . . . (7) from the . . . And the Lord
will establish David securely . . . (8) [He]aven will dwell with him forever. But now, the Amorites are
there, and the Canaanites . . . (9) dwell where the Hittites (do), none of whom have I sought . . . (10)
from you. And the Shilonite, and the . . . I have given him as a servant . . . (11) And now, let us
establish . . . far from . . . (12) Eleazar . . . forever, from the House (13) . . . army . . .