and it is a good counsel 58exceedingly.’ Then answered those two men and said to him, ‘Tell us indeed, Nabusumiskun the officer, 59what you think, and we will listen to you.’ Then answered Nabusumiskun the officer and said to them, ‘Hear me, 60indeed this Aḥiḳar was a great man and bearer of the seal to king Esarhaddon, and by his counsel and words 61all the army of Assyria were (guided). Let us not kill him undeservedly. A slave, a eunuch of mine, I will give to you. 62Let him be killed between
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