Texts · 18 · Hannah and Samuel

'Your bread strengthens our bodies'

The Kushite king Piye recorded his troops praising him: your name gives us power, your beer quenches our thirst, everyone trembles at your name.

Royal propaganda in the soldiers' mouths.

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Ramses II's Kadesh poem likewise has him charging alone after everyone abandoned him.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 293

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