“... King David is recognised, in a woman’s wish, as being equal to the messenger of God in having knowledge of good and evil; hence, since the messenger of God can acknowledge what is good, he also can exe­ cute right judgement (v. 17b). She reveals her connection with Joab to the king since he immediately discovered a plot (v. 20b)173; the com­ parison is stressed again in a speech of Mephibosheth in order to appeal to the king’s responsibility (2 Sam 19.28). ... Parker interprets that the “mention of Anat and Baal in the im­ mediate [broken] context suggests that these two may share the knowl­ edge denied to the bn //” 179. The bn il, paralleled with two other cola in the following lines, supports the idea that they are members of the di­ vine council, identified as stars (cf. Job 38.7). These phrases, juxtaposed intentionally between Anat (line 1) and Baal (line 6) in the text, may be set in order to emphasise the higher deities’ comparatively distin­ guished abilities from these of the lesser deities. The context alludes to the cosmic secret, which is not opened yet to the lesser deities180. Ac­ ...”