ABSTRACT
And he did unto us that which was written in the Law, and we were anointed; AZARIAH to the priesthood and I to the kingdom, and 'ALMEYAS, the mouth of God, keeper of the Law, that is to say, keeper of ZION, and the Ear of the King in every path of righteousness. And they commanded me that I should do nothing except under their advice, and they set us before the King and before the elders of ISRAEL, and all the people heard whilst ZADOK the priest was giving us the commands. And the horns and the organs were blown, and the sounds of their harps and musical instruments, and the noise of their outcries which were made at that time were in the gates of JERUSALEM. But what shall I tell unto you, 0 ye who were present there? It seemed to us that the earth quaked from her very foundations, and that the heavens above our heads thundered, and the heart trembled with the knees."
