[529] I.e., he is the greatest scion of the reigning dynasty.
[530] 'Lord of the court'—a title of Ashur.
[531] As a protection, just as Jahwe appears in a pillar of cloud to protect his people.
[532] IVR. 2d Ed. 61, col. vi. 47-52.
[533] See I Kings, xxii. 23.
[534] Strong, Beiträge zur Assyriologie, ii. 628, 629.
[535] Published and translated by S. A. Strong, Transactions of the Ninth International Oriental Congress (1893), ii. 199-208.
[536] Supplied from the context, through comparison with similar compositions.
[537] Lit., 'my soul cannot overcome.'
[538] The composition continues in this strain, Ashurbanabal and Nabu speaking alternately.