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the lizard climbs high, and makes its home in the palaces of kings. (Proverbs 30, 28)
Wine was never made for kings, Lamuel, never for kings; carouse befits ill thy council-chamber. (Proverbs 31, 4)
Let these, my son, be all the wisdom thou cravest; this writing of books is an endless matter, and from overmuch study nature rebels. (Ecclesiastes 12, 12)
A word, then, for kings’ ears to hear, kings’ hearts to heed; a message for you, rulers, wherever you be! (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 2)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
with all the power there is in silver and gold to corrupt men, and sway even the hearts of kings; (Ecclesiasticus 8, 3)
Kings a many have lost their thrones,✻ to pretenders they never dreamed of; (Ecclesiasticus 11, 5)
since from God all healing comes, and kings themselves must needs bring gifts to him. (Ecclesiasticus 38, 2)
He made him great in the eyes of kings, entrusted commandments to him in full view of the chosen people, made a revelation to him of the divine glory. (Ecclesiasticus 45, 3)
Dearly the Lord God loved his prophet Samuel, that restored Israel’s fortunes and anointed kings to rule over it. (Ecclesiasticus 46, 16)
of kings brought to ruin and all their power lightly shattered, proud kings, that might leave their sick-beds no more? (Ecclesiasticus 48, 6)
kings thou shouldst anoint, to be the redressers of wrong, and prophets to come after thee; (Ecclesiasticus 48, 8)
