... Interestingly, the very same idea of the rule over the waters, absent in the Masoretic Text of Zechariah 9:10 (מים עד-ים), is found only one other place in the Greek Bible, namely in Nahum 1:12 Old Greek: τάδε λέγει κύριος κατάρχων ὑδάτων πολλῶν (this says the Lord who rules over many waters). Again, the Masoretic Text of Nahum 1:12 has a typical prophetic introduction: כה אמר יהוה - This is what the Lord says, without any reference to the rule over water. Since the idea of ruling over waters is attested in the literature in Ugarit (the god ’Ilu rules over the sea), Fabry suggested that its presence in Nahum 1:12 Old Greek and Zechariah 9:9 Old Greek must be a reflection of ’a quite enigmatical Canaanite renaissance.’ ...