The War Scroll

1 [ … ] And when the great hand of God is li[f]ted up against Belial and against all [ … ] of his dominion, in an everlasting defeat

2 [ … ] and the shout of the holy ones, when they pursue Assyria. And the sons of Japheth shall fall with none to rise, and the Kittim shall be crushed with no

3 [ … ] the lifting up of the hand of the God of Israel against all the multitude of Belial. At that time the priests shall sound

4 [ … the trump]ets of memorial, and all the battle-lines of the war shall gather to them; and they shall divide against all the [ … the K]ittim,

5 to destroy them utterly [ … ] as the sun hastens to set. On that day the Chief Priest shall stand, and the priests and the [Levite]s who are

6 with him, and the hea[ds of … ] the rule; and there they shall bless the God of Israel. And they shall answer and say: Blessed be Your name, O God of [god]s, for

7 You have shown Yourself great with [Your] people [ … ] wonderfully; and Your covenant You have kept for us from of old, and gates of salvation You have opened for us many times,

8 for the sak[e of ]Your [co]venant [ … ] our affliction, according to Your goodness toward us. And You, O God of righteousness, have acted for the sake of Your name. [blank]

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10 [ … ] You have dealt wondrously with us, wonder upon wonder; and from of old there has been nothing like it. For You knew our appointed time, and this day it has shone

11 for us; for [ … ] us. The hand of Your mercies is with us in an everlasting redemption, to remove the do[mi]nion of the enemy so that it is no more; and the hand of Your might

12 and in the wa[r … ] our enemies, for a defeat of annihilation. And now the day hastens us to pursue their multitude, for You

13 [ … ] and the heart of the mighty You have delivered up, so that there is no standing. Yours is the might, and in Your hand is the war, and there is no

14 [ … ] Your [ … ], and appointed times according to Your will, and recompense [ … ] Yours; and You cut off from [ … ] (1QM frg. 3,1) [ … ]

15 God [ … ] (1QM frg. 3,2) [ … ] from all, and [ … ]

16 (1QM 15,16) to remove [ … ]

17 (1QM 15,17) in the destructions ⟨in his destruction⟩ of dar[kness … ]

18 (1QM 15,18) [ … ]