
4Q246
col. l
1 [. . .] settled upon him and he fell before the throne
2 [. . .] eternal king. You are angry and your years
3 [. . .] they will see you, and all shall come for ever.
4 [. . .] great, oppression will come upon the earth
5 [. . .] and great slaughter in the city
6 [. . .] king of Assyria and of Egypt
7 [. . .] and he will be great over the earth 8 [. . .] they will do, and all will serve
9 [. . .] great will he be called and he will be designated by his name
(DSST, 138).Col. II
1 He will be called son of God, and they will call him son of the Most High. Like the sparks
2 of a vision, so will their kingdom be; they will rule several years over
3 the earth and crush everything; a people will crush another people, and a city another city.
4 Blank Until the people of God arises and makes everyone rest from the sword.
5 His kingdom will be an eternal kingdom, and all his paths in truth and uprigh[tness].
6 The earth (will be) in truth and all will make peace. The sword will cease in the earth,
7 and all the cities will pay him homage. He is a great God among the gods (?).
8 He will make war with him; he will place the peoples in his hand and cast away everyone before him.
9 His kingdom will be an eternal kingdom, and all the abysses
(DSST, 138).
