Φακεέ

Pekah, Phakee

Translated by David Whitehead12 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 26 words

Translation

King of Israel; [the one] who fought a war against Ahaz1 and in a single day killed 1500 able-bodied men and captured 1300 women and children.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φακεέ, βασιλεὺς Ἰσραήλ· ὃς ἐπολέμησε τῷ Ἄχαζ καὶ ἀνεῖλεν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ʹ22αφʹ καὶ ᾐχμαλώτευσε γυναῖκας καὶ παῖδας ʹ22ατʹ.

Betacode
*fakee/, basileu\s *)israh/l: o(\s e)pole/mhse tw=| *)/axaz kai\ a)nei=len h(me/ra| mia=| a)/ndras dunatou\s #22af# kai\ h)|xmalw/teuse gunai=kas kai\ pai=das #22at#. 

Notes (1)

  1. From George the Monk, Chronicon 221.24-26 (under his Ahaz entry; cf. 262.15-21 for Pekah/Phakee himself). See also 4 Kingdoms 15.25 LXX, 2 Chronicles 28.6 LXX, etc.
  2. 1alpha 4668. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 30 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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