Hammurabi

At that time, the gods Anu and Enlil, for the enhancement of the well-being of the people, named me by my name Hammurabi, the pious prince, who venerates the gods, to make justice prevail in the land, to abolish the wicked and the evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to rise like the sun-god Shamash himself associated with dispensing justice over all humankind to illuminate the land.3

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

At that time, the gods Anu and Enlil, for the enhancement of the well-being of the people, named me by my name Hammurabi, the pious prince, who venerates the gods, to make justice prevail in the land, to abolish the wicked and the evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to rise like the sun-god Shamash himself associated with dispensing justice over all humankind to illuminate the land.3

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

At that time, the gods Anu and Enlil, for the enhancement of the well-being of the people, named me by my name Hammurabi, the pious prince, who venerates the gods, to make justice prevail in the land, to abolish the wicked and the evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to rise like the sun-god Shamash himself associated with dispensing justice over all humankind to illuminate the land.3

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

At that time, the gods Anu and Enlil, for the enhancement of the well-being of the people, named me by my name Hammurabi, the pious prince, who venerates the gods, to make justice prevail in the land, to abolish the wicked and the evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to rise like the sun-god Shamash himself associated with dispensing justice over all humankind to illuminate the land.3

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Hammurabi is an examplary figure of the ensi, first to put the Law in written form.

The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006

I can imagine the monolith in a museum, like the code of Hammurabi, which is full of stuff about how grievances about slaves are to be settled, this one crammed with Americana iconography.

In Austin, Texas, I pay my traditional visit to the 10 Commandment monument. Ann Althouse 2008

_ Prof. Clay, it should be added, clings to the older reading, Hammurabi, which is retained in this volume.

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic Anonymous 1891

His successors built it up, and then a brilliant ruler name Hammurabi took power as the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 to 1750 B.C.

Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

A conscientious monarch, such as Hammurabi, who describes himself as "a real father to his people," must have been a very busy man.

Early European History Hutton Webster

This state of things was fastened all the more firmly on the people by strong kings such as Hammurabi, who lived about B.C. 2000 and who unified the country under a powerful central government with his own city, Babylon, as the capital.

Hebrew Life and Times 1918