Apocrypha

Bel and the Dragon

Bel.1 [1] When King Astyages was laid with his fathers, Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. [2] And Daniel was a companion of the king, and was the most honored of his friends. [3] Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day they spent on it twelve bushels of fine flour and forty sheep and

Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach

Sir.0 [1-14] Whereas many great teachings have been given to us through the law and the prophets and the others that followed them, on account of which we should praise Israel for instruction and wisdom; and since it is necessary not only that the readers themselves should acquire understanding but also that those who love learning

Wisdom of Solomon

Wis.1 [1] Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord with uprightness, and seek him with sincerity of heart; [2] because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him. [3] For perverse thoughts separate men from God, and when his

Additions to the Book of Esther

AddEsth.11 [2] In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the Great, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream. [3] He was a Jew, dwelling in the city of Susa, a great man, serving in the court of

Tobit

Tob.1 [1] The book of the acts of Tobit the son of Tobiel, son of Ananiel, son of Aduel, son of Gabael, of the descendants of Asiel and the tribe of Naphtali, [2] who in the days of Shalmaneser, king of the Assyrians, was taken into captivity from Thisbe, which is to the south of Kedesh Naphtali

Judith

Jdt.1 [1] In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh, in the days of Arphaxad, who ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana -- [2] he is the king who built walls about Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made

Susanna

Sus.1 [2] And he took a wife named Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, a very beautiful woman and one who feared the Lord. [3] Her parents were righteous, and had taught their daughter according to the law of Moses. [4] Joakim was very rich, and had a spacious garden adjoining his house; and the Jews used to come

Psalm 151

Ps151.1 [2] My hands made a harp, my fingers fashioned a lyre. [3] And who will declare it to my Lord? The Lord himself; it is he who hears. [4] It was he who sent his messenger and took me from my father's sheep, and anointed me with his anointing oil. [5] My brothers were handsome and tall, but

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