Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

466 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
Alexander's "and to Abraham Thy friend, and to Isaac Thy
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"servant, and to Jacob-Israel Thy saint, to deliver
"Thy people with righteousness, and to give food
"in righteousness unto those whom Thou hast
"created for the honour of Thy glory. And now,
"O Lord God Almighty, hearken unto the prayer
"of me, Thy servant Alexander, and make to
"prosper the sign which he hath wrought, so that
"the serpents may not go forth against Thy people,
"and so that they may not destroy Thy flock until the
"day wherein Thou shalt will their going forth in
"Thy good pleasure."
And Alexander bowed low and cried out be-
fore God Almighty with groanings and with tears,
which were mingled with the awe of Him. And
The Spirit of the Spirit of God Almighty came upon him, even
on A^^n.as when he prayed at first, and told him of all
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that had been, and of all that should come to pass,
and of the hidden things of God Almighty which
appertained to the beginning and to the end; and
He brought the two mountains which were called
Madik'en and Keraftaran close together until there
remained but a distance of twenty-three' cubits
between them. Then Alexander set up between
them images of brass according to those which
he had seen in the land of the children of Japhet,
and the organ, and the drum, and the cymbals.
The musical and the pipes, and the trumpets, and all the conreconstruct-
trivances for dancing which skilful workmen had
ed.
' We should expect "twenty-two."