1
Ahiqar returned with honor and the wealth won through wisdom rather than battle.
2
Esarhaddon rejoiced and restored him openly before the court.
3
Then the king delivered Nadan into Ahiqar's hand, for the fraud had been uncovered and the false son stood convicted by the life of the one he had tried to destroy.
4
Ahiqar did not immediately strike him. He first made Nadan hear the wisdom he had despised.