History of Aristakes Lastivertts'i

year of his reign, came heavily armed and set his face, arriving in the Yekheats a province in historical Armenia district, having made many stops along the way. And the free-born troops of the Tayk a historical region/principality went out to meet him, and being honored by him with generous gifts, each according to their worth—reaching positions of power, honor, and thrones—they rejoiced greatly. But the prophecy of the soul-stirring David was fulfilled upon them, that: "In the morning they shall grow like the green grass; in the morning they shall flourish and bloom; in the evening they shall wither, dry up, and fall." Psalm 90:5-6 For the king, having passed into the land of Aghori a locality, near the fortress called Havachich a locality, made his night camp. And I do not know for what causes the western troop, which is called the Butk a foreign troop unit, fell into discord with the free-born, and in that place, thirty of the most honored among the free-born died. And this was not done in vain or without cause among them; but because on the day of the Great Thursday, they mixed the poison of death into the communion of the liturgy and gave it to him to drink, and having made the blessed one die of suffocation, they removed him from life, weary of his life due to the future promises they hoped for from the king. For that reason, God’s righteous judgment repaid them according to their deeds. And from that day to this, no free-born man from the house of Tayk ever succeeded if he lengthened his life; rather, they were paid with premature death and removed from life. The Great Isaiah rebuked them, where he says: "Because this people did not desire the water of Siloam a pool in Jerusalem that flowed quietly, but desired to make Rasim Rezin and the son of Tabel Tabeel their king, for that reason, thus says the Lord: 'I am bringing upon you the water of the river, the strong and the mighty, the king of the Assyrians and his glory.'" Isaiah 8:6-7 And this is that.