Dead Sea scrolls/4Q174

Dead Sea scrolls 4Q174 by unknown

(4QFlorilegium) A fragment from Cave IV at Qumran

Col. I (Frgs. 1-3)

¹ . . . [I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them in order that they may dwell there and no more be troubled by their] enemies. No son of iniquity [will afflict them again] as before, from the day that ² [I set judges] over my people Israel (2 Sam 7:10). This is the house which [ in the] last days according as it is written in the book ³ [ the sanctuary, O Lord,] which your hands have established, Yahweh shall reign for ever and ever (Exod 15:17-18) This is the house in which [ ] shall not enter there ⁴ [ f]orever, nor the Ammonite, the Moabite, nor the bastard, nor the foreigner, nor the stranger forever because there shall be the ones who bear the holy name ⁵ [f]orever. Continually it will appear above it. And strangers will no longer destroy it as they previously destroyed ⁶ the sanctuary of Israel because of its sins. He commanded that a sanctuary of men be built for himself in order to offer up to him like the smoke of incense ⁷ the works of the Law And according to his words to David, (2 "And I [will give] you [rest] from all your enemies" (2 Sam 7:11). This means that he will give them rest from a[ll] ⁸ the sons of Belial, who cause them to stumble to destroy them [ ] according as they come with a plan of [B]el[i]al to cause the s[ons of] ⁹ light to stumble, to think upon them wicked plans in order to deli[ver] his [s]oul to Belial in their w[ic]ked error. ¹⁰ [And] Yahweh has [de]clared to you that he will build you a house (2 Sam 7:11c). I will raise up your seed after you (2 Sam 7:12). I will establish the throne of his kingdom ¹¹ f[orever] (2 Sam 7:13). I wi[ll be] a father to me and he shall be a son to me (2 Sam 7:14). He is the branch of David who will arise with the interpreter of the Law who ¹² [ ] in Zi[on in the la]st days according as it is written: "I will raise up the tent of ¹³ David that has falle[n] (Amos 9:11), who will arise to save Israel. ¹⁴ An in[ter]pretation of "Blessed is [the] man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked" (Ps 1:1). Interpretation of the wor[d concerns] those who depart from the way [ ] ¹⁵ which is written in the Book of Isaiah the prophet for the last [d]ays, "It happened that with a strong [hand he turned me aside from walking on the path] of ¹⁶ this people" (Isa 8:11). And they are those about whom it is written in the Book of Ezekiel the prophet, "[They should] not [defile themselves any longer with all] ¹⁷ their idols (Ezek 37:23; see 44:10). These are the sons of Zadok and the m[e]n of his his cou[ns]el [ ] after them to the council of the community. ¹⁸ "[Why] do the nations [rag]e and the people im[agine] a vain thing? [Kings of the earth] ris[e up] and [and p]rinces conspire together against Yahweh and against [his anointed] (Ps 2:1-2). ¹⁹ [In]terpretation of the saying [concerns na]tions and th[ey ] the chosen of Israel in the last days.

Col. 2 (Frgs. 1-3)

¹ This is the time of the trial that c[omes J]udah to complete [ ] ² Belial, and a remnant will remain [l]ot and they do all the Law [ ] ³ Moses. It is [ a]s it is written in the Book of Daniel, "The wicked [act wickedly]" ^4a and the righteous [ shall be made wh]ite and be purified (Dan 12:10) And a people who know God will remain strong [ ] . After [ ] which is for them [ ] in their descent.