Posted by Jeanne Rose on Thursday, 27 August 1998, at 12:02 p.m.

I had an odd notion while reading the Old Testament assignment for Sunday School last week. It's wierd how HL pops up at the strangest times. First of all, here are the relevant verses:

9. After this Sennach'erib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezeki'ah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,

10. "Thus says Sennach'erib king of Assyria, 'On what are you relying, that you stand siege in Jerusalem?

11. Is not Hezeki'ah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"?

13. Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

14. Who among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

OK, did anyone else hear Kronos's voice saying, "Riding out of the sun . . . knowing that they're weapons and their gods are useless against you!"

(I hope so - I begin to wonder about myself sometimes.)

I had a hard time concentrating, after that, because I got to thinking - what if our horsemen had run into a certain band of nomads in, say, Palestine, whose gods were *not* useless against them?

How did the horsemen break up, anyway? I think it would make a fascinating story. Strictly non-canon, of course. And it could have fascinating implications for Methos at present.

Anyway, just thought I'd share.

Peace,

JR