Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses

Church/Monastery name: 
Ashdod Yam (Azotos Paralios) - Church of the Deaconesses
Inscription number: 
3
Inscription type: 
quotation
Location: 

At the center of the nave, near the bema, within a medallion. 

Text: 

[Εἰρ]ή[νη]

2 [ἡ εἴ]σοδός

σο͜υ καὶ (ἡ ) ἔξοδό(ς) σο͜υ

4 ἀπὸ το͜ῦ νῦ[ν κ]αὶ

ἕ[ως αἰιῶνος]

6 Ἀμ[ήν]]

Translation: 

Peace (be) your coming in and your going out from this time and for

evermore. Amen.

Summary: 

A quotation of 1 Kingdoms 16:4 combined with verse 8 of Ps 120 in the Septuagint version (MT 121).

Contents
Epigraphical formulae: 
amen
Citations from LXX / NT: 
A quotation of 1 Kingdoms 16:4 combined with Ps 120 (MT 121): 8