The Words of Ahiqar And The Biblical Proverbs !!!
The Words of Ahiqar Ahiqar was an advisor to Sennacherib , king of Assyria from 704-681 BCE. In 1906 German archaeologists excavated a copy of his teachings, inscribed upon eleven sheets of palimpsest papyrus, from the debris of Elephantine which is today part of the city of Aswan in Southern Egypt. Ahiqar or Ahikar was an Assyrian sage known in the ancient Near East for his outstanding wisdom. The Story of Ahikar, also known as the Words of Ahikar, has been found in an Aramaic papyrus of 500 B.C. among the ruins of Elephantine Parallels: “Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness ” (Prov20:20) STOLEN From : "Whosoever takes no pride in the names of his father and mother, may the sun not shine upon him. " (Ahiqar 9:137) Parallel : He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him ; (Prov. 13:24) S