Testament of Judah

Chapter 3

  1. 1 And when the two kings of the Canaanites came sheathed in armour against our flocks, and much people with them, single-handed I rushed upon the king of Hazor, and smote him on the greaves
  2. 2 and dragged him down, and so I Slew him. And the other, the king of Tappuah, as he sat upon his
  3. 3 horse, [I slew, and so I scattered all his people. Achor the king] a man of giant stature I found, hurling javelins before and behind as he sat on horseback, and I took up a stone of sixty pounds
  4. 4 weight, and hurled it and smote his horse, and killed it. And I fought with (this) other for two
  5. 5 hours; and I clave his shield in twain, and I chopped off his feet, and killed him. And as I was
  6. 6 stripping off his breastplate, behold nine men his companions began to fight with me. And I wound my garment on my hand; and I slung stones at them, and killed four of them, and the rest fled.
  7. 7 And Jacob my father slew Beelesath, king of all the kings, a giant in strength, twelve cubits high.
  8. 8 And fear fell upon them, and they ceased warring against us. Therefore my father was free from
  9. 10 anxiety in the wars when I was with my brethren. For he saw in a vision concerning me that an angel of might followed me everywhere, that I should not be overcome.