The subjoined shield of David is given in a Hebrew book on the properties and medicaments of things. It is said to be a certain protection against fire. A cake of bread must be made, and on it must be impressed the seal or shield of David, having in the corner the word ט״יר and in the middle אנ״לא (Thou art mighty to everlasting, O Jehovah); and it must be cast aside into the fire with the words of Psalm cvi. 30, “_Then stood up Phinees and prayed; and so the plague ceased_;” and also Exod. xii. 27, “_It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s pass-over, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our homes._”[657] Footnote 620: Ps. li. 5. Footnote 621: Midrash, fol. 204, col. 1. Footnote 622: Ps. cxviii. 22. Footnote 623: See the story in the Legends of Adam. Footnote 624: Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 85, col. 2. Footnote 625: Jalkut, fol. 32, col. 2 (Parasch 2, numb. 134). Footnote 626: Ibid. (Parasch. 2, numb. 127). Footnote 627: 1 Sam. xvii. 43. Footnote 628: 2 Sam. iii. 29. Footnote 629: Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 99, col. 1. Footnote 630: Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107. Footnote 631: 1 Kings ii. 11. Footnote 632: 2 Sam. v. 5. Footnote 633: Bartolocci, i. f. 100. Footnote 634: 1 Sam. xxiv. 4. Footnote 635: Bartolocci, i. f. 122, col. 1. Footnote 636: 1 Kings i. 1. Footnote 637: Bartolocci, i. f. 122, col. 2. Footnote 638: Ps. lvii. 9; Bartolocci, i. fol. 125, col. 2. Footnote 639: Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 10 b. Footnote 640: Ps. xxii. 21. Footnote 641: Midrash Tillim, fol. 21, col. 2. Footnote 642: Eisenmenger, i. p. 409. Footnote 643: Ps. xviii. 36. Footnote 644: Ps. lv. 6. Footnote 645: Ps. lxviii. 13. Footnote 646: Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 95, col. 1. Footnote 647: Tract. Sabbath, fol. 30, col. 2. Footnote 648: Tabari, i. p. 426; Weil, p. 208. Footnote 649: Weil, p. 207. Footnote 650: Tabari, p. 428. Footnote 651: The Arabs call her Saga. Footnote 652: The story in the Talmud is almost the same, with this difference: Bathsheba was washing herself behind a beehive, then the beautiful bird perched on the hive, and David shot an arrow at it and broke the hive, and exposed Bathsheba to view. In the Rabbinic tale, David had asked for the gift of prophecy, and God told him he must be tried. This he agreed to, and the temptation to adultery was that sent him. (Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107, col. 2; Jalkut, fol. 22, col. 2.) Footnote 653: Koran, Sura xxxviii. Footnote 654: Weil, pp. 212, 213. Footnote 655: Weil, pp. 213-224. Footnote 656: Greek text, and Latin translation in Fabricius: Pseudigr. Vet. Test. t. ii. pp. 905-7. Footnote 657: סגולות ורפואות; Amst. 1703. XXXVIII. SOLOMON.[658] 1. HOW SOLOMON OBTAINED POWER.