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'Rabbi Hillel, of Samaria, is worth two Mendolas any day, said Rabbi Maimon. ''Tis a most learned doctor, said Rabbi Zimri; 'and what thinks he? 'Hillel proves that there are two Tombs of the Kings, said Rabbi Maimon, 'and that neither of them are the right ones. 'What a learned doctor! exclaimed Rabbi Zimri. 'And very satisfactory, remarked Alroy.
He threw himself into the scrimmage, adding the weight of his authority to the efforts of those who were carrying on the combat with the obscurantists. Even in his historical romances, especially in the second of them, he had permitted his hatred against the hypocrites of the ghetto, disguised in the skin of the false prophet Zimri and his emulators, to make itself plainly visible.
Zimri then seized Cozbi by the locks of her hair, and brought her before Moses, whom he then addressed as follows: "Tell me, son of Amram, is this woman permitted me, or is she forbidden me?" Moses said, "She is forbidden to thee."
It was not the first, nor the only, antic by which he made himself, as Zimri, the easy butt of Dryden's satire. He became the prime favourite of the people, and his power with the mob seemed to make him the rival of the King. It added to the zest with which he pursued this new freak, that it helped him to satisfy private and personal piques.
'I doubt that, said Rabbi Zimri, 'or why should he be called king? 'Was he of the house of David? said Alroy. 'Without doubt, said Rabbi Maimon; 'he was one of our greatest kings, and conquered Julius Caesar. 'His kingdom was in the northernmost parts of Africa, said Rabbi Zimri, 'and exists to this day, if we could but find it.
Now, learned Zimri, what means this tale, an idle jest for a master of the law, yet it is written by the greatest doctor of the Captivity? 'It passeth my comprehension, said the chief Rabbi. Rabbi Eliezer was silent; the congregation groaned. 'Now hear the interpretation, said the African.
In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
This is your door? 'An humble one. Jerusalem is not Bagdad, but you are welcome. 'King Pirgandicus entered them, said Rabbi Maimon, 'but no one since. 'And when did he live? inquired Alroy. 'His reign is recorded in the Talmud, answered Rabbi Zimri, 'but in the Talmud there are no dates. 'A long while ago? asked Alroy. 'Since the Captivity, answered Rabbi Maimon.
Phinehas was now for a time in doubt whether he should dare to punish the sinners, for it was to be expected that he would eventually meet his death in this way, being one against two, Zimri and his mistress Cozbi. When, however, the plague that God had sent upon Israel on account of their sins spread more and more rapidly, Phinehas determined to risk his life in trying to kill the sinners.
In the meanwhile happened the fall of the kingdom of Samaria. The Assyrians carried off the inhabitants captive, among them Hananel, the father-in-law of Jedidiah. One of the captives, the Samaritan priest Zimri, succeeded in making his escape, and he fled to Jerusalem.
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