set his love upon me therefore will I deliver him I will set him on high because he hath known my name 15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him 16 With †Heb. length of days long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation PSAL. XCII 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God 4 for his great works 6 for his judgements on the wicked 10 and for his goodness to the godly ¶ A psalm or song for the sabbath-day IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD and to sing praises unto thy name O most High 2 To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness †Heb. in the nights every night 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery ‖ Or upon the solemn sound with the harp upon the harp with †Heb. Higgaion a solemn sound 4 For thou LORD hast made me glad through thy work I will triumph in the works of thy hands 5 O LORD how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep 6 A brutish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this 7 When the wicked spring as the grass and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever 8 But thou LORD art most high for evermore 9 For lo thine enemies O LORD for lo thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the born of an unicorn I shall be anointed with fresh oyl 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me 12 * Hosea 14.5 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and †Heb. green flourishing 15 To shew that the LORD is upright he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him PSAL. XCIII The majesty power and holiness of Christs kingdom THe LORD reigneth he is clothed with majesty the LORD is clothed with strength wherewith he hath girded himself the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved 2 Thy throne is established †Heb from then of old thou art from everlasting 3 The flouds have lifted up O LORD the flouds have lifted up their voice the flouds lift up their waves 4 The LORD on high is mightier then the noise of many waters yea then the mighty waves of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are very sure holiness becometh thine house O LORD †Heb. to length of days for ever PSAL. XCIV 1 The prophet calling for justice complaineth of tyranny and impiety 8 He teacheth Gods providence 12 He sheweth the blessedness of affliction 16 God is the defender of the afflicted O LORD †Heb. God of revenges God to whom vengeance belongeth O God to whom vengeance belongeth †Heb. shine forth shew thy self 2 Lift up thy self thou judge of the earth render a reward to the proud 3 LORD how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves 5 They break in pieces thy people O LORD and afflict thine heritage 6 They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless 7 * Psal 10.11 13. Yet they say The LORD shall not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it 8 Understand ye brutish among the people and ye fools when will ye be wise 9 * Exod. 4.11 Prov. 20.13 He that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see 10 He that chastiseth the heathen shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he know 11 * 1 Cor. 3.20 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O LORD and teachest him out of thy law 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity until the pâ—t be digged for the wicked 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 15 But judgement shall return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart †Heb. shall be afteâ— it shall follow it 16 Who will rise up for me against the evil doers or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity 17 Unless the LORD had been my help my soul had ‖ Or quickly almost dwelt in silence 18 When I said My foot slippeth thy mercy O LORD held me up 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameth miscâ—iâ—f â—y a law 21 They gather tâ—â—mselves together against the soul of the righteous and condâ—mn the innocent bloud 22 But the LORD is my defence and my God is the rock of my râ—fuge 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness yea the LORD our God shall cut them off PSAL. XCV 1 An exhortation to praise God 3 for his greatness 6 and for his goodness 8 and not to tempt him O Come let us sing unto the LORD let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation 2 Let us †Heb. prevent his face come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms 3 For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods 4 †Heb. in whose In his hand are the deep places of the earth ‖ Or the brights of the hills are his the strength of the hills is his also 5 †Heb. whos 's the sea is The sea is his and he made it his hands formed the dry land 6 O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the LORD our maker 7 For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand * Heb. 3.7 and 4.7 to day if ye will hear his voice 8 Harden not your heart * Exod. 17.2.7 Num. 14.22 c. as in the †Heb. contention provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness 9 When your fathers tempted me proved me and saw my work 10 Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do err in their heart and they have not known my ways 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath †Heb. if they enter into my rest that they should not enter into my rest PSAL. XCVI 1 An exhortation to praise God
of the field had shadow under it and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof and all flesh was fâ—d of it 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed and behold a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven 14 He cried †Cald. with might aloud and faid thus How down the tree and cut off his branches shake off his leaves and scatter his fruit let the beasts get away from under it and the fowls from his branches 15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth even with a band of iron and brass in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth 16 Let his heart be changed from mans and let a beasts heart be given unto him and let seven times pass over him 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will and setteth up over it the basest of men 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen now thou O Belteshazzar declare the interpretation thereof forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation but thou art able for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee 19 ¶ Then Daniel whose name was Belteshazzar was astonied for one hour and his thoughts troubled him the king spake and said Belteshazzar let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble thee Belteshazzar answered and said My lord the dream be to them that hate thee and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies 20 The tree that thou sawest which grew was strong whose height reached unto the heaven and the â—ight thereof to all the earth 21 Whose leaves were fair and the fruit thereof much and in it was meat for all under which the beasts of the field dwelt and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation 22 It is thou O king that art grown and become strong for thy greatness is grown and reacheth unto heaven and thy dominion to the end of the earth 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven and saying Hew the tree down and destroy it yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth even with a band of iron and brass in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over him 24 This is the interpretation O king and this is the decree of the most High which is come upon my lord the king 25 That they shall * Ch. 5.21 c. drive thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven and seven times shall pass over thee till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree-roots thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule 27 Wherefore O king let my counsel be acceptable unto thee and break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor if it may be ‖ Or an beaâ—ing of thineerroâ—â— a lengthning of thy tranquillity 28 ¶ All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar 29 At the end of twelve moneths he walked ‖ Or upon in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon 30 The king spake and said Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honour of my majesty 31 While the word was in the kings mouth there fell a voice from heaven saying O king Nebuchadnezzar to thee it is spoken The kingdom is departed from thee 32 And they shall drive thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen and seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar and he was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers and his nails like birds claws 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lift up mine eyes unto heaven and mine understanding returned unto me and I blessed the most High and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever whose dominion is * Ch. 7.14 Mic. 4.7 Lu. 1.33 an everlasting dominion and his kingdom is from generation to generation 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him * Job 9.12 If. 45.9 What doest thou 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me and for the glory of my kingdom mine honour and brightness returned unto me and my counsellours and my lords sought unto me and I was established in my kingdom and excellent majesty was added unto me 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven all whose works are truth and his ways judgement and those that walk in pride he is able to abase CHAP. V. 1 Belshazzars impious â—east 5 A â—and-writing unknown to the magicians troubleth the king 10 At the commendation of the queen Daniel is brought 17 He reproving the king of pride and idolatry 25 readeth and interpreteth the writing 30 The monarchy is translated to the Medes BElshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords and drank wine before the thousand 2 Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had †Cald. brought forth taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem that the king and his princes his wives and his concubines might drink therein 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem and the king and his princes his wives and his concubines drank in them 4 They drunk wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver of brass of iron of wood and of stone 5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a mans hand and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the kings palace and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote 6 Then the kings †Cald. brightnessâ—â— countenance †Cald. changed iâ— was changed and his thoughts troubled him so that the ‖ Or girdles †Cald. bindings oâ— knots joynts of his loyns were loosed and his knees smote one against another 7 The king cried †Cald. with might aloud to bring in the astrologers the Caldeans and the soothsayers and the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon Whosoever shall read this writing and shew me the interpretation thereof shall be clothed with ‖ Or purpâ—â— scarlet and have a chain of gold about his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom 8 Then came in all the kings wise men but they could not read the writing nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled and his †Cald. brightnesses countenance was changed in him and his lords were astonied 10 ¶ Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet-house and the queen spake and said O king live for ever let not thy thoughts trouble thee nor let thy countenance be changed 11 * Ch. 2.48 There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods and in the days of thy ‖ Or grandfather father light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy ‖ Or grandfather father the king I say thy father made * Ch. 4.9 master of the magicians astrologers Caldeans and soothsayers 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding ‖ Or of an interpreter c. interpreting of dreams and shewing of hard sentences and ‖ Or of a dissolver dissolving of †Cald. knots doubts were found in the same Daniel whom the king named Belteshazzar now let Daniel be called and he will shew the interpretation 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king and the king spake and said unto Daniel Art thou that Daniel which art of the children of the captivity of Judah whom the king my ‖ Or grandfather father brought out of Jewry 14 I have even heard of thee that the spirit of the gods is in thee and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee 15 And now the wise men the astrologers have been brought in before me that they should read this writing and make known unto me the interpretation thereof but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing 16 And I have heard of thee that thou canst †Cald. interpret make interpretations and dissolve doubts now if thou canst read the writing and make known to me the interpretation thereof thou shalt be clothed with scarlet and have a chain of gold about thy neck and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom 17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said before the king Let thy gifts be to thy self and give thy ‖ Or feâ— as Ch. 2.6 rewards to another yet I will read the writing unto the king and make known to him the interpretation 18 O thou king the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour 19 And for the majesty that he gave him all people nations and languages trembled and feared before him whom he would be slew and whom he would he kept alive and whom he would he set up and whom he would he put down ‖ Or to dead proudly 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his minde hardned in pride he was †Cald. made to come down deposed from his kingly throne and they took his glory from him 21 And he was * Ch. 4.22 driven from the sons of men and ‖ Or he made his heart equal c. his heart was made like the beasts and his dwelling was with the wilde asses they fed him with grass like oxen and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will 22 And thou his son O Belshazzar hast not humbled thine heart though thou knewest all this 23 But hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee and thou and thy lords thy wives and thy concubines have drunk wine in them and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold of brass iron wood and stone which see not nor hear nor know and the God in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him and this writing was written 25 ¶ And this is the writing that was written MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN 26 This is the interpretation of the thing MENE God hath numbred thy kingdom and finished it 27 TEKEL thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting 28 PERES thy kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians 29 Then commanded Belshazzar and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and put a chain of gold about his neck and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Caldeans slain 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom †Cald. he as the son of c. being ‖ Or now about threescore and two year old CHAP. VI. 1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents 4 They couspiring against him obtain an idolatrous decree 10 Daniel accused of the breach thereof is cast into the lions den 18 Daniel is saved 24 his adversaries devoured 25 and God magnified by a decree IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes which should be over the whole kingdom 2 And over these three presidents of whom Daniel was first that the princes might give accounts unto them and the king should have no damage 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm 4 ¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to finde occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom but they could finde none occasion nor fault forasmuch as he was faithful neither was there any errour or fault found in him 5 Then said these men We shall not finde any occasion against this Daniel except we finde it against him concerning the law of his God 6 Then these presidents and princes †Or came â—â—multâ—â—ously assembled together to the king and said thus unto him King Darius live for ever 7 All the presidents of the kingdom the governours and the princes the counsellours and the captains have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm ‖
before the LORD empty 17 Every man shall give †Heb. according to the gift of his hand as he is able according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee 18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes and they shall judge the people with just judgement 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgement thou shalt not respect persons * Exod. 23.8 neither take a gift for a gift doth blinde the eyes of the wise and pervert the ‖ Or matters words of the righteous 20 †Heb. justice justice That which is altogether just shalt thou follow that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 21 ¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God which thou shalt make thee 22 * Lev. 26.1 Neither shalt thou set thee up any ‖ Or statue or pillar image which the LORD thy God hateth CHAP. XVII 1 The things sacrificed must be sound 2 Idolaters must be slain 8 Hard controversies are to be determined by the priests and judges 12 The contemner of that determination must die 14 The election 16 and duty of a king THou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock or ‖ Or goat sheep wherein is blemish or any evil-savouredness for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God 2 ¶ If there be found among you within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God in transgressing his covenant 3 And hath gone and served other gods and worshipped them either the sun or mooâ— or any of the host of heaven which I have not commanded 4 And it be told thee and thou hast heard of it and enquired diligently and behold it be true and the thing certain that such abomination is wrought in Israel 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing unto thy gates even that man or that woman and shalt stone them with stones till they die 6 * Numb â—5 3â— Ch. 19.15 Mat. 18.16 Joh. 8.17 2 Cor. 13.1 Heb. 10.28 At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death and afterward the hands of all the people so thou shalt put the evil away from among you 8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgement between bloud and bloud between plea and plea and between stroke and stroke being matters of controversie within thy gates then shalt thou arise and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites and unto the judge that shall be in those days and enquire and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgement 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee and according to the judgement which they shall tell thee thou shalt do thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee to the right hand nor to the left 12 And the man that will do presumptuously †Heb. not to hearken and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God or unto the judge even that man shall die and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel 13 And all the people shall hear and fear and do no more presumptuously 14 ¶ When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee and shalt possess it and shalt dwell therein and shalt say I well set a king over me like as all the nations that are about me 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom the LORD thy God shall choose one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee thou mayest not set a stranger over thee which is not thy brother 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself nor cause the people to return to Egypt to the end that he should multiply horses forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you Ye shall henceforth return no more that way 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself that his heart turn not away neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold 18 And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites 19 And it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the LORD his God to keep all the words of this law and these statutes to do them 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and that he turn not aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom he and his children in the midst of Israel CHAP. XVIII 1 The Lord is the priests and Levites inheritance 3 The priests due 6 The Levites portion 9 The abominations of the nations are to be avoided 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard 20 The presumptuous prophet is to die THe priests the Levites and all the tribe of Levi * Numb 18.20 Chap. 10.9 shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel they * 1 Cor. 9.13 shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire and his inheritance 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren the LORD is their inheritance as he hath said unto them 3 ¶ And this shall be the priests due from the people from them that offer a sacrifice whether it be ox or sheep and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder and the two cheeâ—s and the maw 4 The first-fruit also of thy corn of thy wine and of thy oyl and the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him 5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of the LORD him and his sons for ever 6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel where he sojourned and come with all the desire of his minde unto the place which the LORD shall choose 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God as all his brethren the Levites do which stand there before the LORD 8 They shall
man all that he saith cometh surely to pass now let us go thither peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go 7 Then said Saul to his servant But behold if we go what shall we bring the man for the bread †Heb. is gone out of c. is spent in our vessels and there is not a present to bring to the man of God what †Heb. is with us have we 8 And the servant answered Saul again and said Behold †Heb. there is found in my hand I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver that will I give to the man of God to tell us our way 9 Before time in Israel when a man went to enquire of God thus he spake Come and let us go to the seer for he that is now called a Prophet was before-time called a Seer 10 Then said Saul to his servant †Heb. Thy word is good Well said come let us go so they went unto the city where the man of God was 11 ¶ And as they went up †Heb. in the asunâ— of the city the hill to the city they found young maidens going out to draw water and said unto them Is the seer here 12 And they answered them and said He is behold he is before you make haste now for he came to day to the city for there is a ‖ Or fâ—â—st sacrifice of the people to day in the high place 13 Assoon as ye be come into the city ye shall straightway finde him before he go up to the high place to eat for the people will not eat until he come because he doth bless the sacrifice and afterwards they eat that be bidden Now therefore get you up for about †Heb. to day this time ye shall finde him 14 And they went up into the city and when they were come into the city behold Samuel came out against them for to go up to the high place 15 ¶ * Ch. 15.1 Act. 13.21 Now the LORD had †Heb. revealed the tar of Samuel told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came saying 16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines for I have looked upon my people because their cry is come unto me 17 And when Samuel saw Saul the LORD said unto him Behold the man whom I spake to thee of this same shall †Heb. restrain in reign over my people 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said Tell me I pray thee where the seers house is 19 And Samuel answered Saul and said I am the seer go up before me unto the high place for ye shall eat with me to day and to morrow I will let thee go and will tell thee all that is in thine heart 20 And as for thine asses that were lost †Heb. to day three days three days ago set not thy minde on them for they are found and on whom is all the desire of Israel is it not on thee and on all thy fathers house 21 And Saul answered and said Am not I a Benjamite of the smallest of the tribes of Israel and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin wherefore then speakest thou †Heb. according to this word so to me 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the parlour and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden which were about thirty persons 23 And Samuel said unto the cook Bring the portion which I gave thee of which I said unto thee Set it by thee 24 And the cook took up the shoulder and that which was upon it and set it before Saul and Samuel said Behold that which is ‖ Or reserâ—ed left set it before thee and ear for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said I have invited the people so Saul did eat with Samuel that day 25 ¶ And when they were come down from the high place into the city Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house 26 And they arose early and it came to pass about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house saying Up that I may send thee away And Saul arose and they went out both of them he and Samuel abroad 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city Samuel said to Saul Bid the servant pass on before us and he passed on but stand thou still †Heb. to day a while that I may shew thee the word of God CHAP. X. 1 Samuel anointeth Saul 2 He confirmeth him by prediction of three signs 9 Sauls heart is changed and he prophesieth 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdom from his unele 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot 26 The different affections of his subjects THen Samuel took a vial of oyl and poured it upon his head and kissed him and said Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance 2 When thou art departed from me to day then thou shalt finde two men by * Gen. 35. â—0 Rachels sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah and they will say unto thee The asses which thou wentest to seek are found and so thy father hath left †Heb. the business the care of the asses and sorroweth for you saying What shall I do for my son 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el one carrying three kids and another carrying three loaves of bread and another carrying a bottle of wine 4 And they will †Heb. aâ—â— thee of peace salute thee and give thee two loaves of bread which thou shalt receive of their hands 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God where is the garison of the Philistines and it shall come to pass when thou art come thither to the city that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery and a tabret and a pipe and a harp before them and they shall prophesie 6 And the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee and thou shalt prophesie with them and shalt be turned into another man 7 And †Heb. it shall conis to past that when these signs c. let it be when these signs are come unto thee †Heb. do for thee as thine hand shalt finde that thou do as occasion shall serve thee for God is with thee 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal and behold I will come down unto thee to offer burnt-offerings and
Solomon 42 And the †Heb. days time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was * 2 Chr. 9.30 fourty years 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father and * Mat. 1.7 called Hoboam Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XII 1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him 6 Rehoboam refusing the old mens counsel by the advice of young men answereth them roughly 16 Ten tribes revolting kill Adoram and make Rehoboam to flee 21 Rehoboam raising an army is forbidden by Shemaiah 25 Jeroboam strengthneth himself by cities 26 and by the idolatry of the two calves ANd * 2 Chr. 10.1 Rehoboam went to Shechem for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king 2 And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat who was yet in * Chap. 21.40 Egypt heard of it for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt 3 That they sent and called him and Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spake unto Rehoboam saying 4 Thy father made our * Chap. 4.7 yoke grievous now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us lighter and we will serve thee 5 And he said unto them Depart yet for three days then come again so me And the people departed 6 ¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived and said How do you advise that I may answer this people 7 And they spake unto him saying If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them then they will be thy servants for ever 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him and which stood before him 9 And he said unto them What counsel give ye that we may answer this people who have spoken to me saying Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him saying Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee saying Thy father made our yoke heavy but make thou it lighter unto us thus shalt thou say unto them My little finger shall be thicker then my fathers loyns 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke I will add to your yoke my father hath chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 12 ¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day as the king had appointed saying Come to me again the third day 13 And the king answered the people †Heb. hardly roughly and forsook the old mens counsel that they gave him 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy and I will add to your yoke my father also chastised you with whâ—pâ— but I will chaâ—tise you with scorpions 15 Wherefore the king hearkned not unto the people for the cause was from the LORD that he might perform his saying which the LORD * Chap. â—â— 31 spake by Ahâ—jah the Shilonâ—te unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat 16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkned not unto them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse to your tents O Israel now see to thine own house David So Israel departed unto their tents 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram who was over the tribute and all Israel stoned him with stones that he died therefore king Rehoboam †Heb. strengtâ—â—â— himself made speed to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem 19 So Israel ‖ Or fell away rebelled against the house of David unto this day 20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again that they sent and called him unto the congregation and made him king over all Israel there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah * Chap. 11.13 onely 21 ¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were warriours to fight against the house of Israel to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon 22 But * 2 Chr. 11.2 the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God saying 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the remnant of the people saying 24 Thus saith the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel return every man to his house for this thing is from me They hearkned therefore to the word of the LORD and returned to depart according to the word of the LORD 25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim and dwelt therein and went out from thence and built Penuel 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord even unto Rehoboam king of Judah and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah 28 Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem * Exod. 32.8 behold thy gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 29 And he set the one in Beth-el and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin for the people went to worship before the one even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high places and made priests of the lowest of the people which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth moneth on the fifteenth day of the moneth like unto the feast that is in Judah and he ‖ Or went up to the altar c. offered upon the altar so did he in Beth-el ‖ Or to sacrifice sacrificing unto the calves that he had made and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made 33 So he ‖ Or went up to the altar c. offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth moneth even in the moneth which he had devised of his own heart and ordained a feast
I pray thee a morsel of bread in thine hand 12 And she said As the LORD thy God liveth I have not a cake but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oyl in a cruse and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it and die 13 And Elijah said unto her Fear not go and do as thou hast said but make me thereof a little cake first and bring it unto me and after make for thee and for thy son 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel The barrel of meal shall not waste neither shall the cruse of oyl fail until the day that the LORD †Heb. giveth sendeth rain upon the earth 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah and she and he and her house did eat ‖ Or a full year many days 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not neither did the cruse of oyl fail according to the word of the LORD which he spake †Heb. by the hand of by Elijah 17 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman the mistress of the house fell sick and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him 18 And she said unto Elijah What have I to do with thee O thou man of God art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son 19 And he said unto her Give me thy son And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft where he abode and laid him upon his own bed 20 And he cried unto the LORD and said O LORD my God hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son 21 And he †Heb. measured stretched himself upon the childe three times and cried unto the LORD and said O LORD my God I pray thee let this childs soul come †Heb. into his inward parts into him again 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah and the soul of the childe came into him again and he revived 23 And Elijah took the childe and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him unto his mother and Elijah said See thy son liveth 24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah Now by this I know that thou art a man of God and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth CHAP. XVIII 1 In the extremity of samine Elijah sent to Abah meeteth good Obadlah 9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Elijah 17 Elijah reproving Ahab by fire from heaven convinceth Baals prophets 41 Elijah by prayer obtaining rain followeth Ahab to Jezreel ANd it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year saying Go shew thy self unto Ahab and I will send rain upon the earth 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab and there was a sore famine in Samaria 3 And Ahab called †Heb. Obadiahu Obadiah which was †Heb. over his house the governour of his house now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly 4 For it was so when †Heb. Izebel Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took an hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah Go into the land unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks peradventure we may finde grass to save the horses and mules alive †Heb. that we cut not off our selves from the beasts that we leese not all the beasts 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself 7 ¶ And as Obadiah was in the way behold Elijah met him and he knew him and fell on his lace and said Art thou that my lord Elijah 8 And he answered him I am go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here 9 And he said What have I sinned that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me 10 As the LORD thy God liveth there is no nation nor kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee and when they said He is not there he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they found thee not 11 And now thou sayest Go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here 12 And it shall come to pass assoon as I am gone from thee that the spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot finde thee he shall slay me but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD how I hid an hundred men of the LORDS prophets by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water 14 And now thou sayest Go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here and he shall slay me 15 And Elijah said As the LORD of hosts liveth before whom I stand I will surely shew my self unto him to day 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him and Ahab went to meet Elijah 17 ¶ And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah that Ahab said unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israel 18 And he answered I have not troubled Israel but thou and thy fathers house in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and thou hast followed Baalim 19 Now therefore send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty and the prophets of the groves four hundred which eat at Jezebels table 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel 21 And Elijah came unto all the people and said How long halt ye between two ‖ Or. thoughts opinions if the LORD be God follow him but if Baal then follow him And the people answered him not a word 22 Then said Elijah unto the people I even I onely remain a prophet of the LORD but Baals prophets are four hundred and fifty men 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks and let them choose one bullock for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on wood and put no fire under and I will dress the other bullock and lay it on wood and put no fire under 24 And call ye on the name of your gods and I will call on the name of the LORD and the God that answereth by fire let him be God And all the people answered and said †Heb. The word is good It is well spoken 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal Choose you one bullock for your selves and dress it first for ye are many and call on the name of your gods but put no fire under 26
earth thou hast made heaven earth 16 LORD bow down thine ear and hear open LORD thine eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproach the living God 17 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands 18 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 19 Now therefore O LORD our God I beseech thee save thou us out of his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God even thou onely 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lift up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 23 †Heb. by the hand of By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD and hast said With the multâ—tude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lehanon and will cut down †Heb. the tainess c. the tall cedar trees thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders and into ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of ‖ Or fentel besieged places 25 ‖ Or Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and senced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste tenced cities into ruinous heaps 26 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of cand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 27 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 29 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves and in the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof 30 And †Heb. the escapinâ— of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it 33 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 34 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 35 ¶ And * Isa 37.36 Ecclus 48.21 1 Mac. â— 41 2 Mac. 8.19 it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 37 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer * Tob. 1.21 his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Aâ—â—rat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XX. 1 Hezekiah having received a message of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun â—oeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 12 Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder hath notice of his treasures 14 Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity 20 Manasseh succeedeth Hezekiah IN * 2 Chr. 32.24 Isa 3â— 1 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. give charge concerning thine house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the LORD saying 3 I beseech thee O LORD remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with a great weeping sore 4 And it came to pass afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle ‖ Or city court that the word of the LORD came to him saying 5 Turn again and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will heal thee on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this city for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 7 And Isaiah said Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boyl and he recovered 8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah What shall be the signe that the LORD will heal me and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day 9 And Isaiah said This signe shalt thou have of the LORD that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go back ten degrees 10 And Hezekiah answered It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees nay but let the shadow return backward ten degrees 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD and * Isa 28.8 Ecclus 48.23 he brought the shadow ten
Solomon his father while he yet lived saying What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people 7 And they spake unto him saying If thou be kinde to this people and please them and speak good words to them they will be thy servants for ever 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him that stood before him 9 And he said unto them What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people which have spoken to me saying Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us 10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him saying Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee saying Thy father made our yoke heavy but make thou it somewhat lighter for us thus shalt thou say unto them My little finger shall be thicker then my fathers loyns 11 For whereas my father †Heb. lâ—ded put a heavy yoke upon you I will put more to your yoke my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king bade saying Come again to me on the third day 13 And the king answered them roughly and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men 14 And answered them after the advice of the young men saying My father made your yoke heavy but I will add thereto my father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions 15 So the king hearkned not unto the people for the cause was of God that the LORD might perform his word which he spake by the * 1 King 11.29 hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat 16 ¶ And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them the people answered the king saying What portion have we in David and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse every man to your tents O Israel and now David see to thine own house So all Israel went to their tents 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah Rehoboam reigned over them 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute and the children of Israel stoned him with stones that he died but king Rehoboam †Heb. strengthneâ— himself made speed to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day CHAP. XI 1 Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel is forbidden by Shemaiah 5 He strengthneth his kingdom with forts and provision 13 The priests and Levites and such as feared God forsaken by Jeroboam strengthen the kingdom of Judah 18 The wives and children of Rehoboam ANd * 1 King 12.21 c. when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were warriours to fight against Israel that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God saying 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying 4 Thus saith the LORD Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren return every man to his house for this thing is done of me And they obeyed the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam 5 ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defence in Judah 6 He built even Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa 7 And Beth-zur and Shoco and Adullam 8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph 9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah 10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities 11 And he fortified the strong holds and put captains in them and store of victual and of oyl and wine 12 And in every several city be put shields and spears and made them exceeding strong having Judah and Benjamin on his side 13 ¶ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel †Heb. presented themselves to him resorted to him out of all their coasts 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession came to Judah and Jerusalem for * Chap. 13.9 Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priests office unto the LORD 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places and for the devils and for the calves which he had made 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers 17 So they strengthned the kingdom of Judah and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon 18 ¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse 19 Which bare him children Jeush and Shamariah and Zaham 20 And after her he took * 1 King 15.2 Maachah the daughter of Absalom which bare him Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines for he took eighteen wives and threescore concubines and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief to be ruler among his brethren for he thought to make him king 23 And he dealt wisely and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countreys of Judah and Benjamin unto every fenced city and he gave them victual in abundance and he desired †Heb. a multitude of wives many wives CHAP. XII 1 Rehoboam forsaking the Lord is punished by Shishak 5 He and the princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah are delivered from destruction but not from spoil 13 The reign and death of Rehoboam ANd it came to pass when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthned himself he forsook the law of the LORD and all Israel with him 2 And it came to pass that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem * 1 Kin. 14.14 21. because they had transgressed against the LORD 3 With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand hors-men and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt the Lubims the Sukkiims and the Ethiopians 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah and came to Jerusalem 5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak and said unto them Thus saith the LORD Ye have forsaken me and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak 6
he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them Go out unto the cities of Judah and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year and see that ye haste the matter howbeit the Levites hastned it not 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief and said unto him Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection according to the commandment of * Ex. 30 12.13 14. Moses the servant of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel for the tabernacle of witness 7 For the sons of Athaliah that wicked woman had broken up the house of God and also all the dedicate things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim 8 And at the kings commandment they made a chest and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD 9 And they made †Heb. a voice a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoyced and brought in and cast into the chest until they had made an end 11 Now it came to pass that at what time the chest was brought unto the kings office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money the kings scribe and the high priests officer came and emptied the chest and took it and carried it to his place again Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD 13 So the workmen wrought and †Heb. the healing went upon the work the work was perfected by them and they set the house of God in his state and strengthned it 14 And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD even vessels to minister and ‖ Or pesâ—â—â—s to offer withal and spoons and vessels of gold and silver and they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada 15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel both towards God and towards his house 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah and made obeysance to the king then the king hearkned unto them 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers and served groves and idols and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass 19 Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again unto the LORD and they testified against them but they would not give ear 20 And the spirit of God ‡ Heb. clothed came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest which stood above the people and said unto them Thus saith God Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD that ye cannot prosper because ye have forsaken the LORD he hath also forsaken you 21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD 22 Thus Joash the king remembred not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him but slew his son and when he died he said The LORD look upon it and require it 23 ¶ And it came to pass †Heb in the revolution of the Jur. at the end of the year that the host of Syria came up against him and they came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of †Heb. Darmesek Damascus 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers so they executed judgement against Joain 25 And when they were departed from him for they left him in great diseases his own servants conspired against him for the bloud of the sons of Jehoiada the priest and slew him on his bed and he died and they buried him in the city of David but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings 26 And these are they that conspired against him ‖ Or Jozachar 2 King 12.21 Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of ‖ Or Sâ—omer Shimrith a Moabitess 27 ¶ Now concerning his sons and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him and the †Heb. sâ—unding repairing of the house behold they are written in the ‖ Or commentery story of the book of the kings And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXV 1 Amaziah beginneth to reign well 3 He executeth justice on the traitours 5 Having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites at the word of a prophet he loseth the hundred talents and dismisseth them 11 He overthroweth the Edomites 10 13 The Israelites discontented with their dismission spoil as they return home 14 Amaziah proud of his victory serveth the gods of Edom and despiseth the admonitions of the prophet 17 He provoketh Joash to his overthrow 25 His reign 27 He is slain by conspiracy AMaziah * Kin. 14.1 c. was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD but not with a perfect heart 3 ¶ Now it came to pass when the kingdom was †Heb. confirmed upon him established to him that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father 4 But he slew not their children but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses where the LORD commanded saying * Deut. 24.16 2 Kin. 14.6 Jer. 31.30 Ezek 18.20 The fathers shall not die for the children neither shall the children die for the fathers but every man shall die for his own sin 5 ¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and made them captains over thousands and captains over hundreds according to the houses of their fathers throughout all Judah and Benjamin and he numbred them from twenty years old and above and found them three hundred thousand choice men able to go forth to war that could handle spear and shield 6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for
herds in abundance for God had given him substance very much 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water-course of Gihon and brought it straight down to the west-side of the city of David And Hezekiah prospered in all his works 31 ¶ Howbeit in the business of the †Heb. interpreters embassadours of the princes of Babylon who * 2 Kin. 20.12 Isa 39.1 sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land God left him to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 32 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his †Heb. kindnesses goodness behold they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the ‖ Or. highest chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXXIII 1 Manasseh his wicked reign 3 He setteth up idolatry and wâ—ulâ— not be admonished 11 He is carried into Babylon 12Vpon his prayer to God he is released and putteth down idolatry 18 His acts 20 He dying Amon succeedeth him 21 Amon reigning wickâ—â—ly is slain by his servants 25 The murderers being slain Josiah succeedeth him MAnasseh * 2 Kin. 21.1 c. was twelve years old when he began to reign and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem 2 But did that which was evil in the â—iâ—â—t of the LORD like unto the * Deut. 23.9 abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel 3 ¶ For †Heb. he returned and built â—e built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had * 2 Kin. 18.4 broken down and he reared up altars for Baalim and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD whereof the LORD had said * Deut. 12.11 1 Kin. 8.29 9.3 Chap. 6.6 and 7.16 In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom also he observed times and used enchantments and used witchcraft and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke him to anger 7 And he set a carved image the idol which he had made in the house of God of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son In * Psal 132.14 this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel will I put my name for ever 8 * 2 Sam. 7.10 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err and to do worse then the heathen whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh and to his people but they would not hearken 11 ¶ Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host †Heb. which were the kings of the king of Assyria which took Manasseh among the thorns and bound him with ‖ Or chains fetters and carried him to Babylon 12 And when he was in affliction he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers 13 And prayed unto him and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David on the west-side of Gihon in the valley even to the entring in at the fish-gate and compassed about ‖ Or the tower Ophel and raised it up a very great height and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah 15 And he took away the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the LORD and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem and cast them out of the city 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and thank-offerings and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high-places yet unto the LORD their God onely 18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh his prayer unto his God and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel behold thâ—y are written in the book of the kings of Israel 19 His prayer also and how God was entreated of him and all his sin and his trespass and the places wherein he built high places and set up groves and graven images before he was humbled behold they are written among the sayings of ‖ Or Hosai the seers 20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers and they buried him in his own house and Amon his son reigned in his stead 21 ¶ * 2 Kin. 21.19 c Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign and reigned two years in Jerusalem 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD as did Manasseh his father for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made and served them 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself but Amon †Heb. multiplied trespass trespassed more and more 24 And his servants conspired against him and slew him in his own house 25 ¶ Buâ— the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead CHAP. XXXIV 1 Josiah his good reign 3 He destroyeth idolatry 8 He taketh order for the repair of the temple 14 Hilkiah having found a book of the law Josiah sendeth to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. 23 Huldah prophesieth the destruction of Jerusalem but respite thereof in Josiahs time 29 Josiah causing it to be read in a solemn assembly râ—neweth the covenant with God JOsiah * 2 Kin. 21.1 c was eight years old when he began to reign and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of David his father and declined neither to the right hand nor to the left 3
11 For they intended evil against thee they imagined a mischievous device which they are not able to perform 12 Therefore ‖ Or thou shalt set them as a â—utt shalt thou make them turn their †Heb. shoulder back when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them 13 Be thou exalted LORD in thine own strength so will we sing and praise thy power PSAL. XXII 1 David complaineth in great discouragement 9 He prayeth in great distrâ—ss 23 He praâ—seth God ¶ To the chief musician upon ‖ Or the hinde of the morning Aâ—jeleth Shâ—har A psalm of David MY * Mat. 27.46 Mark 15.34 God my God way hast thou forsaken me why art thou so far †Heb. from my salvation from helping me and from the words of my roaring 2 O my God I cry in the day time but thou hearest not and in the night-season and †Heb. there is no silence to me am not silent 3 But thou art holy O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel 4 Our fathers trusted in thee they trusted and thou didst deliver them 5 They cryed unto thee and were delivered they trusted in thee and were not confounded 6 But I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people 7 * Mat. 27.39 All they that see me laugh me to scorn they †Heb. open shoot out the lip they shake the head saying 8 * Mat. 27.43 †Heb. he rolled himself on the LORD He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him let him deliver him ‖ Or if he delight in him seeing he delighted in him 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb thou ‖ Or keeptst me in safety didst make me hope when I was upon my mothers breasts 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb thou art my God from my mothers belly 11 Be not far from me for trouble is near for there is †Heb. not a helper none to help 12 Many bulls have compassed me strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round 13 They †Heb. opened their mouths against me gaped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and a roaring lion 14 I am poured out like water and all my bones are ‖ Or sundred out of joynt my heart is like wax it is melted in the midst of my bowels 15 My strength is dried up like a potsheard and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogs have compassed me the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me * Mat. 27.35 Mar. 15.24 Luke 23. â—3 John 19.23.27 they pierced my hands and my feet 17 I may tell all my bones they look and stare upon me 18 * Luke 23.34 John 19.24 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture 19 But be not thou far from me O LORD O my strength haste thee to help me 20 Deliver my soul from the sword †Heb. my onely one my darling †Heb. from the hand from the power of the dog 21 Save me from the lions mouth for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns 22 * Hebr. 2.12 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee 23 Ye that fear the LORD praise him all ye the seed of Jacob glorifie him and fear him all ye the seed of Israel 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted neither hath he hid his face from him but when he cried unto him he heard 25 My praise shall â—e of thee in the great congregation I will pay my vow before them that fear him 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied they shall praise the LORD that seek him your heart shall live for ever 27 * Psal 2.8 72.11 86.9 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee 28 For the kingdom is the LORDS and he is the governour among the nations 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul 30 A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this PSAL. XXIII Davids confidence in Gods graâ—e ¶ A psalm of David THE LORD is * Isa 40.11 Jerem. 23.4 Ezek. 34.23 John 10.11 1 Pet. 2.25 my shepherd I shall not want 2 He maketh me to lie down in †Heb. pastures of tender grass green pastures he leadeth me beside the †Heb. waters of quietness still waters 3 He restoreth my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake 4 Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death * Psal 3.6 and 118.6 I will fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou †Heb. makest fat anointest my head with oyl my cup runneth over 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the LORD †Heb. to length of days forever PSAL. XXIV 1 Gods lordship in the world 3 The citizens of kisspiritual kingdom 7 An exhortation to receive him ¶ A psalm of David THe * Deu. 10.14 Job 41.11 Psal 50.12 1 Cor. 10.26 28. earth is the LORDS and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 2 * Job 28.6 Psal 1â—4 5 and 135.6 For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods 3 * Psal 15. â— Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD and who shall stand in his holy place 4 * Isa 33.15 16. †Heb. the clean of hands He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation 6 This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face ‖ Or O God of Jacob. O Jacob. Selah 7 Lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 8 Who is this King of glory the LORD strong and mighty the LORD mighty in battel 9 Lift up your heads O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 10 Who is this King of glory the LORD of hosts he is the King of glory Selah PSAL. XXV 1 Davids confidence in prayer 7
12 I will praise thee O Lord my God with all my heart and I will glorifie thy name for evermore 13 For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest ‖ Or grace hell 14 O God the proud are risen against me and the assemblies of †Heb. terrible violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them 15 * Deu. 34 6. Nu. 14.18 Ps 1â— 3.8 139.4 and 145.8 But thou O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth 16 〈◊〉 turn unto me and have mercy upon me give thy strength unto 〈◊〉 servant and save the son of thine hand-maid 17 Shew me a token for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashâ—â—â—d because thâ—â— LORD hast holpen me and comforted me PSAL. LXXXVII 1 The â—â—â—ur and â—lory of the church 4 The increase honour and comfort of the 〈◊〉 thereof ¶ A psalm or song ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah HIs foundation is in the holy mountains 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee O city of God Selah 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia this man was born there 5 And of Zion it shall be said This and that man was born in her and the Highest himself shall establish her 6 The LORD shall count when he writeth up the people that this man was born there Selah 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there all my springs are in thee PSAL. LXXXVIII A prayer containing a grievous complaint ¶ A song or psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah to the chief musician upon Mahasath Leannoth ‖ Or 〈◊〉 psalm of Heman the Ezrabite giving instruction Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite O LORD God of my salvation I have cried day and night before thee 2 Let my prayer come before thee incline thine ear unto my cry 3 For my soul is full of troubles and my life draweth nigh unto the grave 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit I am as a man that hath no strength 5 Free among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave whom thou remembrest no more and they are cut off ‖ Or by thy hand from thy hand 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the deeps 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves Selah 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me thou hast made me an abomination unto them I am shut up and I cannot come forth 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction LORD I have called daily upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead shall the dead arise and praise thee Selah 11 Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave or thy faithfulness in destruction 12 Shall thy wonders he known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness 13 But unto thee have I cried O LORD and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee 14 LORD why castest thou off my soul why hidest thou thy face from me 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up while I suffer thy terrours I am distracted 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me thy terrours have cut me off 17 They came round about me ‖ Or all the say daily like water they compassed me about together 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness PSAL. LXXXIX 1 The psalmist praiseth God for his covenant 5 for his wonderful power 15 for the care of his church 19 for his favour to the kingdom of David 38 Then complaining of contrary events 46 he expostulateth prayeth and blesseth God ¶ ‖ Or A psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite to give instruction Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite I Will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations 2 For I have said Mercy shall be built up for ever thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens 3 I have made covenant with my chosen I have * 2 Sam. 7.11 c. sworn unto David my servant 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations Selah 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders O LORD thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him 8 O LORD God of hosts who is a strong LORD like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them 10 Thou hast broken ‖ Or Egypt Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies †Heb. with the arm of thy strength with thy strong arm 11 * Gen. 1.1 Psal 24.1 and 50.12 The heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded them 12 The north and the south thou hast created them Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy name 13 Thou hast †Heb. an arm with might a mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand 14 Justice and judgement are the ‖ Or establishment habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that know the * Num. 10.6 joyful found they shall walk O LORD in the light of thy countenance 16 In thy name shall they rejoyce all the day and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted 18 For ‖ Or our shield is of the LORD and our king is of the holy one of Israel the LORD is our defence and the holy one of Israel is our king 19 Then thou spakest in vision to the holy one and saidst I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people 20 * 1 Sam. 16.12 I have found David my servant with my holy oyl have I anointed him 21 With whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them
for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia He is come forth to make war with thee and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Telassar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arphad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD saying 16 O LORD of hosts God of Israel that dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 17 Incline thine ear O LORD and hear open thine eyes O LORD and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib which hath sent to reproach the living God 18 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the †Heb. lands nations and their countreys 19 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 20 Now therefore O LORD our God save us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD even thou onely 21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amòz sent unto Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 24 †Heb. By the hand of thy servants By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord and hast said By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lebanon and I will cut down †Heb. the talness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof the tall cedars thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the height of his border and ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 25 I have dâ—gged and drunk water and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the ‖ Or fineed and closed besieged places 26 ‖ Or Hast thou not beard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps 27 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of hand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 28 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 29 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore will I put my book in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 30 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself and the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof 31 And †Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the * 2 Kin. 19.31 Ch. 9.7 zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields nor cast a bank against it 34 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 35 For I will * 2 Kin. 20.6 defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 36 Then the * 2 Kin 19.35 angel of the LORD went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 37 ¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 38 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Ararat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXXVIII 1 Hezekiah having received a messave of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun goeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 9 His song of thanksgiving IN * 2 Kin. 20.1 2 Chr. 32.24 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. Give charge concerning thy house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD 3 And said Remember now O LORD I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with great weeping sore 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaian saying 5 Go and say to Hezekiah Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will add unto thy days fifteen years 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of
been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countreys and against great kingdoms of war and of evil and of pestilence 9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace when the word of the prophet shall come to pass then shall the prophet be known that the LORD hath truly sent him 10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the * Ch. 27.2 yoke from off the prophet Jeremiahs neck and brake it 11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people saying Thus saith the LORD Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years And the prophet Jeremiah went his way 12 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah saying 13 Go and tell Hananiah saying Thus saith the LORD Thou hast broken the yokes of wood but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and they shall serve him and I have given him the beasts of the field also 15 ¶ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet Hear now Hananiah The LORD hath not sent thee but thou makest this people to trust in a lie 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD Behold I will cast thee from off the face of the earth this year thou shalt die because thou hast taught * Deu. 12.5 Ch 2â— 32 †Heb. â—â—vâ—â—t rebellion against the LORD 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh moneth CHAP. XXIX 1 Jeremiah sendeth a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there 8 and not to beleeve the dreams of their prophets 10 and that they shall return with grace after seventy years 15 He foretelleth the destruction of the rest for their disobedience 20 He sheweth the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah two lying prophets 24 Shemaiah writeth a letter against Jeremiah 30 Jeremiah reaâ—eth his doom NOw these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives and to the priests and to the prophets and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon 2 Alter that * 2 Kin. 24.12 c. Jeconiah the king and the queen and the ‖ Or chamberlains eunuchs the princes of Judah and Jerusalem and the carpenters and the smiths were departed from Jerusalem 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon saying 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel unto all that are carried away captives whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon 5 Build ye houses and dwell in them and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them 6 Take ye wives and beget sons and daughters and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands that they may bear sons and daughters that ye may be increased there and not diminished 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives and pray unto the LORD for it for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace 8 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Let not your prophets and your diviners that be in the midst of you * Ch. 14 â—4 and 27.21 and 27.15 deceive you neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed 9 For they prophesie †Heb. in a lie falsly unto you in my name I have not sent them saith the LORD 10 ¶ For thu saith the LORD that after * 2 Chr. 36.21.22 Ezr. 1.1 Ch. 25.12 and 27.22 Dan. 9.2 seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you and perform my good word towards you in causing you to return to this place 11 For I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the LORD thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an †Heb. end and expectation expected end 12 Then shall ye * Dan. 9.3 c. call upon me and ye shall go and pray unto me and I will hearken unto you 13 And ye shall seek me and finde me when ye shall search for me with all your heart 14 And I will be found of you saith the LORD and I will turn away your captivity and I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places whither I have driven you saith the LORD and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive 15 ¶ Because ye have said The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon 16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David and of all the people that dwelleth in this city and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity 17 Thus saith the LORD of hous Behold I will send upon them the * Ch. 24.10 sword the famine and the pestilence and will make them like * Ch. 24.8 vile figs that cannot be eaten they are so evil 18 And I will persecute them with the sword with the famine and with the pestilence and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth †Heb. for a curse to be a curse and an astonishment and an hissing and a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them 19 Because they have not hearkned to my words saith the LORD which * Ch. 25.4 and 32.33 I sent unto them by my servants the prophets rising up early and sending them but ye would not hear saith the LORD 20 ¶ Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD all ye of the captivity whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon 21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel of Ahab the son of Kolaiah and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah which prophesie a lie unto you in my name Behold I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and he shall slay them before your eyes 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon saying The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab whom the king of Babylon rosted in the fire 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbours wives and have spoken lying words in my name which I have not commanded them even I know and am a witness saith the LORD 24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the ‖ Or dreamer Nehelamite saying 25 Thus
did lift up his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities 3 Who before him so stood to it for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him 4 * Josh 10.12 13 14. Did not the sun go back by his means and was not one day as long as two 5 He called upon the most high Lord when the enemies preassed upon him on every side and the great Lord heard him 6 And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battel to fall violently upon the nations and in the descent of Bethoron he destroyed them that resisted that the nations might know all their strength because he fought in the sight of the Lord and he followed the mighty One 7 In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy he and Caleb the son of Jephunne in that they withstood the congregation and withheld the people from sin and appeased the wicked murmuring 8 * Numb 26.65 Deut. 1.35 36. And of six hundred thousand people on foot they two were preserved to bring them into the heritage even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey 9 The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb which remained with him unto his old age so that he entred upon the high places of the land and his seed obtained it for an heritage 10 That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord. 11 And concerning the judges every one by name whose heart went not a whoring nor departed from the Lord let their memory be blessed 12 Let their bones * Chap. 4â— 10 flourish out of their place and let the name of then that were honoured be continued upon their children 13 * 1 Sam. 10 1. 16.13 Samuel the prophet of the Lord beloved of his Lord established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people 14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation and the Lord had respect unto Jacob. 15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision 16 He called upon the mighty Lord when his enemies preassed upon him on every side when he offered the * 1 Sam. 7.9 sucking lamb 17 And the Lord thundred from heaven and with a great noise made his voice to be heard 18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines 19 And before his long sleep he made * 1 Sam. 1â— 3 protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed I have not taken any mans goods so much as a shoe and no man did accuse him 20 And after his death * 1 Sam. 28.18 19. he prophesied and shewed the king his end and lift up his voice from the earth in prophesie to blot out the wickedness of the people CHAP. XLVII 1 The praise of Nathan 2 of David 12 of Solomon his glory and infirmities 23 of his end and punishment ANd after him rose up * 2 Sam. 12.1 Nathan to prophesie in the time of David 2 As is the fat taken away from the peace-offering so was David chosen out of the children of Israel 3 ‖ Or He smote lions He played with * 1 Sam. 17.34 lions as with kids with bears as with lambs 4 * 1 Sam. 17.49 50 51. Slew he not a giant when he was yet but young and did he not take away reproach from the people when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling and beat down the boasting of Goliath 5 For he called upon the most high Lord and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warriour and set up the horn of his people 6 So the people honoured him with * 1 Sam. 18.7 ten thousands and praised him in the blessings of the Lord in that he gave him a crown of glory 7 For * 2 Sam. 5.7 he destroyed the enemies on every side and ‖ Or â—â—â—temned brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries and brake their horn in sunder unto this day 8 In all his works he praised the holy One most high with words of glory with his whole heart he sung songs and loved him that made him 9 * 1 Chr. 16.4 He set singers also before the altar that by their voices they might make sweet melody and daily sing praises in their songs 10 He beautified their feasts and set in order the solemn times ‖ Or pâ—â—fectly until the end that they might praise his holy name and that the temple might sound from morning 11 * â— Sam. 12.13 The Lord took away his sins and exalted his horn for ever he gave him a covenant of kings and a throne ‖ Or of a kingdom of glory in Israel 12 After him rose up a wise son and for his sake he dwelt at large 13 * 1 King â— 21 24. Solomon reigned in a peaceable time and was honoured for God made all quiet round about him that he might build an house in his name and prepare his sanctuary for ever 14 * 1 King 2.29 30. How wise wast thou in thy youth and as a floud filled with understanding 15 Thy soul covered the whole earth and thou filledst it with dark parables 16 Thy name went far unto the islands and for thy peace thou wast beloved 17 * 1 King 4.31 32. The countreys marvelled at thee for thy songs and proverbs and parables and interpretations 18 By the name of the Lord God which is called the Lord God of Israel thou didst * 1 King 12.27 gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead 19 * 1 King 11.1 Thou didst bow thy loyns unto women and ‖ Or. in by thy body thou wast brought into subjection 20 Thou didst stain thy honour and pollute thy seed so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children and wast grieved for thy folly 21 * 1 Kin. 12.15 16.17 So the kingdom was divided and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom 22 * 2 Sam. 7 15. But the Lord will never leave off his mercy neither shall any of his works perish neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob and out of him a root unto David 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and of his seed he left behinde him Roboam even the foolishness of the people and one that had no understanding who * 1 Kin. 12.10 11 13 14. turned away the people through his counsel There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat who * 1 King 12.28 30. caused Israel to sin and shewed Ephraim the way of sin 24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly that they were driven out of the land 25 For they sought out all wickedness till the vengeance came upon them CHAP. XLVIII 1 The praise of Elias 12
robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet 23 And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and be merry 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found And they began to be merry 25 Now his elder son was in the field and as he came and drew nigh to the house he heard musick and dancing 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant 27 And he said unto him Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe found 28 And he was angry and would not go in therefore came his father out and intreated him 29 And he answering said to his father Lo these many years do I serve thee neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment and yet thou never gavest me a kid the I might make merry with my friends 30 But as soon as this thy son was come which hath devoured thy living with harlots thou hast killed for him the fatted calf 31 And he said unto him Son thou art ever with me and all that I have is thine 32 It was meet that we should make merry and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alive again and was lost and is found CHAP. XVI 1 The parable of the unjust steward 14 Christ reproveth the by poâ—risie of the covetous Pharisees 19 The rich glutton and Lazarus the begger ANd he said also unto his disciples There was a certain rich man which had a steward and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods 2 And he called him and said unto him How is it that I hear this of thee give an account of thy stewardship for thou mayest be no longer steward 3 Then the steward said within himself What shall I do for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed 4 I am resolved what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses 5 So he called every one of his lords debters unto him and said unto the first How much owest thou unto my lord 6 And he said An hundred ‖ The word Batus in the original containeth nine gallons three quarts measures of oyl And he said unto him Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty 7 Then said he to another And how much owest thou And he said An hundred ‖ The word here interpreted a measure in the original containeth about fourteen bushels and a pottle measures of wheat And he said unto him Take thy bill and write fourscore 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward because he had done wisely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light 9 And I say unto you Make to your selves friends of the ‖ Or riches mammon of unrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations 10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous ‖ Or riches mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another mans who shall give you that which is your own 13 ¶ * Matth. 6.24 No servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon 14 And the Pharisees also who were covetous heard all these things and they derided him 15 And he said unto them Ye are they which justifie your selves before men but God knoweth your hearts for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God 16 * Matth. 11.11 The law and the prophets were until John since that time the kingdom of God is preached and every man preasseth into it 17 * Matth. 5 1â— And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass then one tittle of the law to fail 18 * Matth. 5.32 Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery 19 ¶ There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day 20 And there was a certain begger named Lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich mans table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores 22 And it came to pass that the begger died and was carried by the angels into Abrahams bosom the rich man also died and was buried 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom 24 And he cried and said Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame 25 But Abraham said Son remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things and likewise Lazarus evil things but now he is comforted and thou art tormented 26 And besides all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that would come from thence 27 Then he said I pray thee therefore father that thou wouldst send him to my fathers house 28 For I have five brethren that he may testifie unto them lest they also come into this place of torment 29 Abraham saith unto him They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them 30 And he said Nay father Abraham but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent 31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead CHAP. XVII 1 Christ teacheth to avoid occasions of offence 3 One to forgive another 6 The power of faith 7 How we are bound to God and not he to us 11 He healeth ten lepers 22 Of the kingdom of God and the coming of the Son of man THen said he unto the disciples * Matth. 18.7 It is impossible but that offences will come but wo unto him through whom they come 2 It were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea then that he should offend one of these little ones 3 ¶ Take heed to your selves * Matth. 18.23 If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day
asked him saying Good Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life 19 And Jesus said unto him Why callest thou me good none is good save one that is God 20 Thou knowest the commandments Do not commit adultery Do not kill Do not steal Do not bear false witness Honour thy father and thy mother 21 And he said All these have I kept from my youth up 22 Now when Jesus heard these things he said unto him Yet lackest thou one thing Sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come follow me 23 And when he heard this he was very sorrowful for he was very rich 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful he said How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 26 And they that heard it said Who then can be saved 27 And he said The things which are impossible with men are possible with God 28 * Matth. 19.27 Then Peter said Lo we have left all and followed thee 29 And he said unto them Verily I say unto you there is no man that hath lest house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of Gods sake 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time and in the world to come life everlasting 31 ¶ * Matth. 20.17 Then he took unto him the twelve and said unto them Behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated and spitted on 33 And they shall scourge him and put him to death and the third day he shall rise again 34 And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they the things which were spoken 35 ¶ * Matth 20.29 And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a certain blinde man lat by the way-side begging 36 And hearing the multitude pass by he asked what it meant 37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by 38 And he cried saying Jesus thou son of David have mercy on me 39 And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace but he cried so much the more Thou son of David have mercy on me 40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him and when he was come near he asked him 41 Saying What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee And he said Lord that I may receive my sight 42 And Jesus said unto him Receive thy sight thy faith hath saved thee 43 And immediately he received his sight and followed him glorifying God and all the people when they saw it gave praise unto God CHAP. XIX 1 Of Zacheus a publican 11 The ten pieces of money 28 Christ rideth into Jerusalem with triumph 41 weepeth over it 45 driveth the buyers and sellers out of the temple 47 teaching daily in it The rulers would have destroyed him but for fear of the people ANd Jesus entred and passed through Jericho 2 And behold there was a man named Zacheus which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was and could not for the preass because he was little of stature 4 And he ran before and climbed up into a sycomore-tree to see him for he was to pass that way 5 And when Jesus came to the place he looked up and saw him and said unto him Zacheus make haste and come down for to day I must abide at thy house 6 And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully 7 And when they saw it they all murmured saying That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner 8 And Zacheus stood and said unto the Lord behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation I restore him four-fold 9 And Jesus said unto him This day is salvation come to this house forsomuch as he also is the son of Abraham 10 * Matth. 18.11 For the son of man is come to seek to save that which was lost 11 And as they heard these things he added and spake a parable because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear 12 * Matth. 25.14 He said therefore A certain noble man went into a far countrey to receive for himself a kingdom and to return 13 And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten ‖ Mina here translated a pound is twelve ounces and an half which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings six pence pounds and said unto them Occupy till I come 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him saying We will not have this man to reign over us 15 And it came to pass that when he was returned having received the kingdom then he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money that he might know how much every man had gained by trading 16 Then came the first saying Lord thy pound hath gained ten pounds 17 And he said unto him Well thou good servant because thou hast been faithful in a very little have thou authority over ten cities 18 And the second came saying Lord thy pound hath gained five pounds 19 And he said likewise to him Be thou also over five cities 20 And another came saying Lord behold here is thy pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin 21 For I feared thee because thou art an austere man thou takest up that thou layedst not down and reapest that thou didst not sow 22 And he saith unto him Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee thou wicked servant Thou knewest that I was an austere man taking up that I laid not down and reaping that I did not sow 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury 24 And he said unto them that stood by Take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds 25 And they said unto him Lord he hath ten pounds 26 For I say unto you * Matth. 13.12 That unto every one which hath shall be given and from him that hath not even that he hath shall be taken away from him 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me 28 ¶ And when he had thus spoken he went before ascending up to Jerusalem 29 * Matth. 21.1 And it came to pass when
watchful and constant in the faith 9 to resist the cruel adversary the devil THe elders which are among you I exhort who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed 2 Feed the flock of God ‖ Or as much as in you is which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready minde 3 Neither as ‖ Or over-ruling being lords over Gods heritage but being ensamples to the flock 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away 5 Likewise ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for * Jam. 4.6 God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble 6 * Jam. 4.10 Humble your selves therefore under the mighty haâ—â—â— of God that he may exalt you in due time 7 * Ps 55.22 Mat. 6.25 Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 8 Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lyon walketh about seeking whom he may devour 9 Whom resisted fast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world 10 But the God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect stabish strengthen settle you 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen 12 By Silvanus a faithful brother unto you as I suppose I have written briefly exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 13 The church that is at Babylon elected together with you saluteth you and so doth Marcus my son 14 * Rom. 15 1â— Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity Peace he with you all that are in Christ Jesus Amen ¶ The second epistle general of S. PETER CHAP. I. 1 Confirming them in hope of the increase of Gods graces 5 he exhorteth them by faith and good works to make their calling sure 12 whereof he is careful to remember them knowing that his death is at hand 1â— and warreth them to be constant in the faith of Christ who is the true Son of God by the eye witness of the apostles beholding his majesty and by the testimony of the Father and the prophets SImon Peter a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us ‖ Or by to glory and vertue 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust 5 And besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge 6 And to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godliness 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 8 For if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ 9 But he that lacketh these things is blinde and cannot see far off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins 10 Wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shall never fall 11 For so an entrance shall be ministred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things though ye know them and be established in the present truth 13 Yea I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as * Joh. 21.18 our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me 15 Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have thâ—se things always in remembrance 16 For we have not followed * 1 Cor. 1.17 2.1 cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but were eye witnesses of his majesty 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory * Mat. 17. â— This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard when we were with him in the holy mount 19 We have also a more sure word of prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts 20 Knowing this first that no prophesie of the scripture is of any private interpretation 21 For * 2 Tim. 3.16 the prophesie came not ‖ Or at any time in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost CHAP. II. 1 He foretelleth them of false teachers shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers 7 from which the godly shall be delivered as Lot was out of Sodom 10 and more fully describeth the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers whereby they may be the better known and avoided BUt there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction 2 And many shall follow their ‖ Or lastivious ways as some copies read pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandize of you whose judgement now of a long time lingteth not and their damnation slumbreth not 4 For if God spared not * Job 4.18 Jude 6. the angels that sinned but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement 5 And spared not the old world but saved * Gen. 7.1 Noah the eighth person a preacher of righteousness bringing in the floud upon the world of the ungodly 6 And * Gen. 19.14 turning the cities of Sodom and Gomortha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly 7 And delivered just Lot vexed with the filthy
law and did obeisance and kissed him and they asked each other of their †Heb. peace welfare and they came into the tent 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israels sake and all the travel the had †Heb. found them come upon them by the way c how the LORD delivered them 9 And Jethro rejoyced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians 10 And Jethro said Blessed be the LORD who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater then all gods * Chap. 1.10 16 22 5.7 14.18 for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them 12 And Jethro Moses father in law took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God and Aaron came and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses father in law before God 13 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening 14 And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people he said What is this thing that thou doest to the people why â—itteâ—t thou thy self alone and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even 15 And Moses said unto his father in law Because the people come unto me to enquire of God 16 When they have a matter they come unto me and I judge between †Heb. a man and his fellow one and another and I do make them know the statutes of God and his laws 17 And Moses father in law said unto him The thing that thou doest is not good 18 †Heb. fading thou wilt fade Thou wilt surely wear away both thou and this people that is with thee for this thing is too heavy for thee * Deut. 1.9 thou art not able to perform it thy self alone 19 Hearken now unto my voice I will give thee counsel and God shall be with thee Be thou for the people to God-ward that thou mayest bring the causes unto God 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such as sear God men of truth hating covetousness and place such over them to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds rulers of fifties and rulers of tens 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons and it shall be that every great matter they shall bring unto thee but every small matter they shall judge So shall it be easier for thy self and they shall beat the burden with thee 23 If thou shalt do this thing and God command thee so then thou shalt be able to endure and all this people shall also go to their place in peace 24 So Moses hearkned to the voice of his father in law and did all that he had said 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people rulers of thousands rulers of hundreds rulers of fifties and rulers of tens 26 And they judged the people at all seasons the hard causes they brought unto Moses but every small matter they judged themselves 27 ¶ And Moses let his father in law depart and he went his way into his own land CHAP. XIX 1 The people come to Sinai 3 Gods message by Moses unto the people out of the mount 8 The peoples answer returned again 10 The people are prepared against the third day 12 The mountain must not be touched 16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount IN the third moneth when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai 2 For they were departed from Rephidim and were come to the desert of Sinai and had pitched in the wilderness and there Israel encamped before the mount 3 And * Act. 7.38 Moses went up unto God and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain saying Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob and tell the children of Israel 4 * Deut. 29.2 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on eagles wings and brought you unto my self 5 Now * Deut. 5.2 therefore If ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people for * Deut. 10.14 Pl. 24.1 all the earth is mine 6 And ye shall be unto me a * 1 Pet. 2.9 Rev. 1.6 kingdom of priests and an holy nation These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel 7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him 8 And * Chap. 24 3 7. Deut. 5.27 2â— 17 all the people answered together and said All that the LORD hath spoken we will do And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD 9 And the LORD said unto Moses Lo I come unto thee in a thick cloud that the people may hear when I speak with thee and beleeve thee for ever And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD 10 ¶ â—nd the LORD said unto Moses Go unto the people and sanctifie them to day and to morrow and let them wash their clothes 11 And be ready against the third day for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai 12 And thou shalt set bound unto the people round about saying Take heed to your selves that ye go not up into the mount or touch the border of it * Heb. 12.20 whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death 13 There shall not an hand touch it but he shall surely be stoned or shot through whether it be beast or man it shall not live when the ‖ Or â—ornet trumpet soundeth song they shall come up to the mount 14 ¶ And Moses went down from the mount unto the people and sanctified the people and they washed their clothes 15 And he said unto the people Be ready against the third day come not at your wives 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud so that all the people that was in the camp trembled 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God and they stood at the nether part of the mount 18 And * Deu.
hill under Ashdoth-pisgah east-ward 18 ¶ And I commanded you at that time saying The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it * Numb 32.20 ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel all that are †Heb. sons of power meet for the war 19 But your wives and your little ones and your cattel for I know that ye have much caâ—tel shall abide in your cities which I have given you 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren as well as unto you and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan and then shall ye * Jos 22.4 return every man unto his possession which I have given you 21 ¶ And * Numb 27.18 I commanded Joshua at that time saying Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest 22 Ye shall not fear them for the LORD your God he shall fight for you 23 And I besought the LORD at that time saying 24 O Lord GOD thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might 25 I pray thee let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan that goodly mountain and Lebanon 26 But the LORD * Numb 20.12 Chap. 1.37 was wroth with me for your sakes and would not hear me and the LORD said unto me Let it suffice thee speak no more unto me of this matter 27 Get thee up into the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah and lift up thine eyes west-ward and north-ward and south-ward and east-ward and behold it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go over this Jordan 28 But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor CHAP. IV. 1 An exhortation to obedience 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan NOw therefore hearken O Israel unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you for to do them that ye may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you 2 * Ch. 12.32 Jos 1.7 Prov. 30.6 Rev. 22.18 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you neither shall you diminish ought from it that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of * Numb â—5 4 c. Baal-peor for all the men that followed Baal-peor the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day 5 Behold I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the LORD my God commanded me that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it 6 Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and say Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people 7 For what nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for 8 And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day 9 Onely take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life but teach them thy sons and thy sons sons 10 Specially the day that thou stoodst before the LORD thy God in Horeb when the LORD said unto me Gather me the people together and I will make them hear my words that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth and that they may teach their children 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain and the * Ex. 19.18 mountain burnt with fire unto the †Heb. heart midst of heaven with darkness clouds and thick darkness 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire ye heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude †Heb. save a voice onely ye heard a voice 13 And he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten commandments and he wrote them upon two tables of stone 14 ¶ And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgements that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto your selves for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire 16 Lest ye corrupt your selves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likeness of male or female 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars even all the host of heaven shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them which the LORD thy God hath ‖ Or â—mparted divided unto all nations under the whole heaven 20 But the LORD hath taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace even out of Egypt to be unto him a people of inheritance as ye are this day 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and sware that I should not go over Jordan and that I should not go in unto that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance 22 But I must die in this land I must not go over Jordan but ye shall go over and possess that good land 23 Take heed unto your selves lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God which he made with you and make you a graven image or the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forhidden thee 24 For * Ch. 9.3 Heb. 12.29 the LORD thy God is a consuming fire even a jealous God 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children and childrens children and shalt have remained long in the land and shall corrupt your selves and make a graven image or the likeness of any thing and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God to provoke him to anger 26 I call heaven
the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and all the people shall say Amen 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law and all the people shall say Amen 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say Amen 25 * Ezek 22.12 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person and all the people shall say Amen 26 * Gal. 3.10 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say Amen CHAP. XXVIII 1 The blessings for obedience 15 The curses for disobedience ANd it shall come to pass * Levit 26.3 if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattel the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ‖ Or dough or kneading-troughs store 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face they shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy ‖ Or barâ—s store-houses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD and they shall be afraid of thee 11 And * Chaâ— 30.9 c. the LORD shall make thee plentâ—â—us ‖ Or for good in goods in the fruit of thy †Heb. belly body and in the fruit of thy cattel and in the fruit of thy ground in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and * Chap. 15.6 thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head and not the tail and thou shalt be above onely and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to observe and to do them 14 And thou shalt not go aâ—ide from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serve them 15 ¶ But it shall come to pass * Levit. 26.14 Lam. 2.17 Mal. 2.2 Bar. 1.20 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD the God to observe to do all his commandements and his statutes which I command thee this day that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city and cursed shalt thou be in the field 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land the increase of thy kine and the floâ—ks of thy sheep 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing vexation and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto †Heb. whith thou wousdest do for to do until thou be destroyed and untâ—â—l thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsâ—kâ—n me 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it 22 * Levit 26.16 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption and with a feaver and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the ‖ Or drought sword and with blasting and with mildew and they shall pursue thee until thou perish 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iroâ— 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust from heaven shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven waâ—s before them and shalt be †Heb. for a removing removed into all the kingdoms of the earth 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth and no man shall fray them away 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt and with the emerods and with the scab and with the itch whereof thou canst not be healed 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-days as the blind gropeth in darkness and thou shalt net prosper in thy ways and thou shalt be onely oppressed and spoiled evermore and no man shall save thee 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife and another man shall lie with her thou shalt build an house and thou shalt not dwell therein * Chap. 20.6 thou shalt plant a vineyard and shalt not †Heb. profane or use it as common meat gather the grapes thereof 31 Thine ox shall be slain â—â—â—ore thine eyes and thou shalt not eat thereof thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and †Heb. shall not return to thee shall not be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies and thou shalt have none to rescue them 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people and thine eyes sâ—all look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand 33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees and in the legs with a sore botch that cannot be healed from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head 36 The LORD shall
to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings * Ch. 13.8 seven days shalt thou tarry till I come to thee and shew thee what thou shalt do 9 ¶ And it was so that when he had turned his †Heb. shoulder back to go from Samuel God †Heb. turned gave him another heart and all those signs came to pass that day 10 And when they came thither to the hill behold a company of prophets met him and the spirit of God came upon him and he prophesied among them 11 And it came to pass when all that knew him before time saw that behould he prophesied among the prophets then the people said †Heb. a man to his neighbour one to another What is this that is come unto the son of Kish * Ch. 19.24 Is Saul also among the prophets 12 And one †Heb. from thence of the same place answered and said But who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying he came to the high place 14 ¶ And Sauls uncle said unto him and to his servant Whither went ye And he said To seek the asses and when we saw that they were no where we came to Samuel 15 And Sauls uncle said Tell me I pray thee what Samuel said unto you 16 And Saul said unto his uncle He told us plainly that the asses were found But of the matter of the kingdom whereof Samuel spake he told him not 17 ¶ And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh 18 And said unto the children of Israel Thus saith the LORD God of Israel I brought up Israel out of Egypt and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all kingdoms and of them that oppressed you 19 And ye have this day rejected your God who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations and ye have said unto him Nay but set a king over us Now therefore present your selves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near the tribe of Benjamin was taken 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families the family of Matri was taken and Saul the son of Kish was taken and when they sought him he could not be found 22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further if the man should yet come thither and the LORD answered Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff 23 And they ran an fetched him thence and when he stood among the people he was higher then any of the people from his shoulders and upward 24 And Samuel said to all the people See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen that there is none like him among all the people And all the people shouted and said †Heb. Let the king live God save the king 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom and wrote it in a book and said it up before the LORD and Samuel sent all the people away every man to his house 26 ¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah and there went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched 27 But the children of Belial said How shall this man save us And they despised him and brought him no presents but ‖ Or he was as thouth he had been deaf he held his peace CHAP. XI 1 Nahash offereth them of Jabesh-giâ—ead a reproachful condition 4 They send messengers and are delivered by Saul 12 Sual thereby is confirmed and his kingdom renewed THen Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash Make a covenant with us and we will serve thee 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them On this condition will I make a covenant with you that I may thrust out all your right eyes and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel 3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him †Heb. Forbear us Give us seven days respite that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel and then if there be no man to save us we will come out to thee 4 ¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul and told the tidings in the ears of the people and all the people lift up their voices and wept 5 And behold Saul came after the herd out of the field and Saul said What aileth the people that they weep and they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh 6 And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings and his anger was kind led greatly 7 And he took a yoke of oxen and hewed them in pieces and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers saying Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel so shall it be done unto his oxen and the fear of the LORD fell on the people and they came out †Heb. as one man with one consent 8 And when he numbred them in Bezek the children of Israel were three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand 9 And they said unto the messengers that came Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead To morrow by that time the sun be hot ye shall have †Or deliverance help And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh and they were glad 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said To morrow we will come out unto you and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you 11 And it was so on the morrow that Saul put the people in three companies and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day and it came to pass that they which remained were scattered so that two of them were not left together 12 ¶ And the people said unto Samuel Who is he that said Shall Saul reign over us bring the men that we may put them to death 13 And Saul said There shall not a man be put to death this day for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel 14 Then said Samuel to the people Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there 15 And all the people went to Gilgal and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoyced greatly CHAP. XII 1 Samuel testifieth his integrity 6 He reproveth the people of ingratitude 16 He terrifieth them with thunder in harvest-time 20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy ANd Samuel said unto all Israel Behold I have hearkned unto your voice in all that ye said unto me and have made a king over you 2 And now behold the king walketh
thou done And Saul said Because I saw that the people were scattered from me and that thou camest not within the days appointed and that the Philistines gathered themselves together to Michmash 12 Therefore said I the Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal and I have not †Heb. intreated the fate made supplication unto the LORD I forced my self therefore and offered a burnt-offering 13 And Samuel said to Saul Thou hast done foolishly thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God which he commanded thee for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee 15 And Samuel arose and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin and Saul numbred the people that were †Heb. found present with him about six hundred men 16 And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people that were present with them abode in Gibeah of Benjamin but the Philistines encamped in Michmash 17 ¶ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah unto the land of Shual 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness 19 ¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel for the Philistines said Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his ax and his mattock 21 Yet they had †Heb. a file with mouths a file for the mattocks and for the coulters and for the forks and for the axes and †Heb. to set to sharpen the goads 22 So it came to pass in the day of battel that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found 23 And the ‖ Or standing camp garison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash CHAP. XIV 1 Jonathan unwitting to his father the priest or the people goeth and iniraculously smiteth the Philistines garison 15 A divine terrour maketh them beat themselves 17 Saul not staying the priests answer setteth on them 21 The captivated Hebrews and the bidden Israelites joyn against them 24 Sauls unadvised adjuration hindreth the victory 32 He restraineth the people from eating bloud 35 He buildeth an altar 36 Jonathan taken by lot is saved by the people 47 Sauls strength and family NOw ‖ Or there wâ—â— a day it came to pass upon a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour Come and let us go over to the Philistines garison that is on the other side but he told not his father 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate-tree which is in Migron and the people that were with him were about six hundred men 3 And Ahiah the son of Ahitub * Chap. 4.21 I-chabods brother the son of Phinehas the son of Eli the LORDS priest in Shiloh wearing an ephod and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone 4 ¶ And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines garison there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side and the name of the one was Bozez and the name of the other Seneh 5 The †Heb. tooth forefront of the one was situate north-ward over against Michmash and the other south-ward over against Gibeah 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour Come and let us go over unto the garison of these uncircumcised it may be that the LORD will work for us for there is no restraint to the LORD * 2 Chr. 14.11 to save by many or by few 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him Do all that is in thine heart turn thee behold I am with thee according to thy heart 8 Then said Jonathan Behold we will pass over unto these men and we will discover our selves unto them 9 If they say thus unto us †Heb. â—ie still Tarry until we come to you then we will stand still in our place and will not go up unto them 10 But if they say thus Come up unto us then we will go up for * 1 Mac. 4.30 the LORD hath delivered them into our hand and this shall be a signe unto us 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garison of the Philistines and the Philistines said Behold the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves 12 And the men of the garison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer and said Come up to us and we will shew you a thing And Jonathan said unto his armour-bearer Come up after me for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet and his armour-bearer after him and they fell before Jonathan and his armour-bearer slew after him 14 And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made was about twenty men within as it were ‖ Or â—aâ—f a furrow of an 〈◊〉 of land an half-acre of land which a yoke of oxen might plow 15 And there was trembling in the host in the field and among all the people the garison and the spoilers they also trembled and the earth quaked so it was †Heb. a trembling of God a very great trembling 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked and behold the multitude melted away and they went on beating down one another 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him Number now and see who is gone from us And when they had numbred behold Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah Bring hither the ark of God for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel 19 ¶ And it came to pass while Saul talked unto the priest that the ‖ Or tumult noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased and Saul said unto the priest Withdraw thine hand 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him †Heb. were cryed together assembled themselves and they came to the battel and behold * Judges 7.22 2 Chro. 20.23 every mans sword was against his fellow and there was a very great discomfiture 21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time which went up with them into the camp from the countrey
Joab and all the host that was with him were come they told Joab saying Abner the son of Ner came to the king and he hath sent him away and he is gone in peace 24 Then Joab came to the king and said What hast thou done behold Abner came unto thee why is it that thou hast sent him away and he is quite gone 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner that he came to deceive thee and to know thy going out and thy coming in and to know all that thou doest 26 And when Joab was come out from David he sent messengers after Abner which brought him again from the well of Sirah but David knew it not 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron Joab * 1 Kin 2.5 took him aside in the gate to speak with him ‖ Or peaceably quietly and smote him there under the fifth rib that he died for the bloud of * Chap. 2.22 Asahel his brother 28 ¶ And afterward when David heard it he said I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the †Heb. blouds bloud of Abner the son of Ner 29 Let it rest on the head of Jōab and on all his fathers house and let there not †Heb. be cut off fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue or that is a leper or that leaneth on a staff or that falleth on the sword or that lacketh bread 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because he had slain their brother * Chap. 2.23 Asahel at Gibeon in the battel 31 ¶ And David said to Joab and to all the people that were with him Rent your clothes and gird you with sackcloth and mourn before Abner And king David himself followed the †Heb. bed bier 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron and the king lift up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner and all the people wept 33 And the king lamented over Abner and said Died Abner as a fool dieth 34 Thy hands were not bound nor thy feet put into fetters as a man falleth before †Heb. children of iniquity wicked men so fellest thou And all the people wept again over him 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day David sware saying So do God to me and more also if I taste bread or ought else till the sun be down 36 And all the people took notice of it and it †Heb. was good be their eyes pleased them as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people 37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his servants Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man faln this day in Israel 39 And I am this day †Heb. tender weak though anointed king and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness CHAP. IV. 1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner 2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth and bring his head to Hebron 9 David causeth them to be slain and Ish-bosheths head to be buried ANd when Sauls son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron his hands were feeble and all the Israelites were troubled 2 And Sauls son had two men that were captains of bands the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the †Heb. second other Rechab the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite of the children of Benjamin for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and were sojourners there until this day 4 And Jonathan Sauls son had a son that was lame of his feet and was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel and his nurse took him up and fled and it came to pass as she made haste to flee that he fell and became lame and his name was Mephibosheth 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite Rechab and Baanah went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth who lay on a bed at noon 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house as though they would have fetched wheat and they smote him under the fifth rib and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped 7 For when they came into the house he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber and they smote him and slew him and beheaded him took his head and gat them away through the plain all night 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron and said to the king Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy which sought thy life and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and of his seed 9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite and said unto them As the LORD liveth who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity 10 When * Chap. 1.4.16 one told me saying Behold Saul is dead †Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer c. thinking to have brought good tidings I took hold of him and slew him in Ziklag †Or which was the reward I gave him for his tidings who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings 11 How much more when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed shall I not therefore now require his bloud of your hand and take you away from the earth 12 And David commanded his young men and they slew them and cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the * Chap. 3.32 sepulchre of Abner in Hebron CHAP. V. 1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David over Israel 4 Davids are 6 He taking Zion from the Jebusites dwelleth in it 11 Hiram sendeth to David 13 Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem 17 David directed by God smiteth the Philistines at Baal-perazim 22 and again at the mulberry-trees THen * 1 〈◊〉 11.1 came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron spake saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh 2 Also in time past when Saul was king over us thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD said to thee * Psal 78.71 Thou shalt feed my people Israel and thou shalt be a captain over Israel 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David king over Israel 4 ¶ David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned fourty years 5 In Hebron he reigned over
LORD and set it in his place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had †pitched for it and David offered burnt-offerings and peace offerings before the LORD 18 And assoon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace offerings * 1 Chr. 16.2 he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts 19 And he dealt among all the people even among the whole multiâ—â—de of Israel as well to the women as men to every one a cake of bread and a good piece of flesh and a flagon of wine so all the people departed eâ—â—â—y one to his house 20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his houshold and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said How glorious was the king of Israel to day who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the hand-maids of his servants as one of the vain fellows ‖ Or openly shamelesly uncovereth himself 21 And David said unto Michal It was before the LORD which chose me before thy father and before all his house to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD over Israel therefore will I play before the LORD 22 And I will yet be more vile then thus and will be base in mine own sight and ‖ Or of the handmaidâ— of my servants of the maid servants which thou hast spoken of of them shall I be had in honour 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no childe until the day of her death CHAP. VII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 4 after by the word of God forbiadeth him 12 He promiseth him benefits and blessings in his seed 18 Davids prayer and thanksgiving ANd it came to pass * 1 Chr. 17.1 when the king sat in his house and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet See now I dwell in an house of cedar but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains 3 And Nathan said to the king Go do all that is in thine heart for the LORD is with thee 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan saying 5 Go and tell †Heb. to my servant to David my servant David Thus saith the LORD Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of â—gypt even to this day but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with ‖ Chro. 1â— â— any of the judges any of the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel saying Why build ye not me an house of cedar 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts * 1 Sam. 16.11 Ps 78.70 I took thee from the sheep-cote †Heb. from after from following the sheep to be ruler over my people over Israel 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest and have out off all thine enemies †Heb. from thy â—ace out of thy sight and have made thee a great name like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more as beforetime 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house 12 ¶ And * 1 King 8.20 when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers I will set up thy seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels and I will establish his kingdom 13 * 1 Kin. 5.5 6.12 1 Chr. 22.10 He shall build an house for my name and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever 14 * Heb. 1.5 I will be his father and he shall be my son * Ps 89.30 31 32. if he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men 15 But my mercy shall not depart a way from him as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee thy throne shall be established for ever 17 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 18 ¶ Then went king David in and sat before the LORD and he said Who am I O Lord GOD and what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lord GOD but thou hast spoken also of thy servants house for a great while to come and is this the †Heb. law manner of man O Lord GOD 20 And what can David say more unto thee for thou Lord GOD knowest thy servant 21 For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things to make thy servant know them 22 Wherefore thou art great O LORD God for there is none like thee neither is there any God beside thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 23 And * Deut. 4.7 what one nation in the earth is like thy people even like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and to make him a name and to do for you great things and terrible for thy land before thy people which thou redeemest to thee from Egypt from the nations and their gods 24 For thou hast confirmed to thy self thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever and thou LORD art become their God 25 And now O LORD God the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy serâ—ant and concerning his house establish it for ever and do as thou hast said 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee 27 For thou O LORD of hosts God of Israel hast †Heb. opened the ear revealed to thy servant saying I will build thee an house therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee 28 And now O Lord GOD thou art that God and * John 17.17 thy words be true and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 29 Therefore now †Heb. be thou pleased let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may continue for ever before thee for thou O Lord GOD hast spoken
with him covered every man his head and they went up weeping as they went up 31 ¶ And one told David saying Ahithophel is among the conspiratours with Absalom And David said O LORD I pray thee turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness 32 ¶ And it came to pass that when David was come to the top of the mount where he worshipped God behold Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent and earth upon his head 33 Unto whom David said If thou passest on with me then thou shalt be a burden unto me 34 But if thou return to the city and say unto Absalom I will be thy servant O king as I have been thy fathers servant hitherto so will I now also be thy servant then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests therefore it shall be that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the kings house thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests 36 Behold they have there with them their two sons Ammaaz Zadoks son and Jonathan Abiathars son and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear 37 So Hushai Davids friend came into the city and Absalom came into Jerusalem CHAP. XVI 1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions obtaineth his masters inheritance 5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth David 9 David with patience abstaineth and restraineth others from revenge 15 Hushai insinuateth himself into Absaloms counsel 20 Abithophels counsel ANd when David was a little past the top of the hill behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of asses saddled and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and an hundred bunches of raisins and an hundred of summer-fruits and a bottle of wine 2 And the king said unto Ziba What meanest thou by these And Ziba said The asses be for the kings houshold to ride on and the bread and summer-fruit for the young men to eat and the wine that suâ—h as be faint in the wilderness may drink 3 And the king said And where is thy masters son And Ziba said unto the king Behold he abideth at Jerusalem for he said To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father 4 Then said the king to Ziba Behold thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth And Ziba said †Heb. I do obeisance I humbly beseech thee that I may finde grace in thy sight my lord O king 5 ¶ And when king David came to Bahurim behold thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei the son of Gera ‖ Or he still came forth and cursed he came forth and cursed still as he came 6 And he cast stones at David and at all the servants of king David and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed Come out come out thou †Heb. man of bloud bloudy man and thou man of Belial 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the bloud of the house of Saul in whose stead thou hast reigned and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son and †Heb. behold thee in thy evil behold thou art taken in thy mischief because thou art a bloudy man 9 ¶ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king Why should this * 1 Sam. 24.14 Chap. 9.8 dead dog curse my lord the king let me go over I pray thee and take off his head 10 And he king said What have I to do with you ye sons of Zeruiah so let him curse because the LORD hath said unto him Curse David Who shall then say Wherefore hast thou done so 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants Behold my son which came forth of my bowels seeketh my life how much more now may this Benjamite do it let him alone and let him curse for the LORD hath bidden him 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine ‖ Or zeaâ—s †Heb. eye affiliction and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day 13 And as David and his men went by the way Shimei went along on the hills side over against him and cursed as he went and threw sâ—â—nes at him and †Heb. duâ—ted him with dust cast dust 14 And the king and all the people that were with him came weary and refreshed themselves there 15 ¶ And Absalom and all the people the men of Israel came to Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him 16 And it came to pass when Hushai the Archite Davids friend was come unto Absalom that Hushai said unto Absalom †Heb. Let the king live God save the king God save the king 17 And Absalom said to Hushai Is this thy kindness to thy friend why wentest thou not with thy friend 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom Nay but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose his will I be and with him will I abide 19 And again whom should I serve should I not serve in the presence of his son as I have served in thy fathers presence so will I be in thy presence 20 ¶ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel Give counsel among you what we shall do 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom Go in unto thy fathers concubines which he hath left to keep the house and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house and Absalom went in unto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days was as if a man had enquired at the †Heb. word oracle of God so was all the counsel of Ahithophel born with David and with Absalom CHAP. XVII 1 Ahithophels counsel is overthrown by Hushai's according to Gods appointment 15 Secret intelligence is sent unto David 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself 25 Amasa is made captain 27 David at Mahanaim is furnished with provision MOreover Ahithophel said unto Ahsalom Let me now choose out twelve thousand men and I will arise and pursue after David this night 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed and will make him afraid and all the people that are with him shall flee and I will smite the king onely 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned so all the people shall be in peace 4 And the saying †Heb. was right in the eyes of c. pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel 5 Then said Absalom Call now Hushai the Archite also and let us hear likewise †Heb.
so will I certainly do this day 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth and did reverence to the king and said Let my lord king David live for ever 32 ¶ And king David said Call me Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada And they came before the king 33 The king also said unto them Take with you the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride upon †Heb. which belongeth to me mine own mule and bring him down to Gihon 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel and blow ye with the trumpet and say God save king Solomon 35 Then ye shall come up after him that he may come and sit upon my throne for he shall be king in my stead and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said Amen the LORD God of my lord the king say so too 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king even so be he with Solomon and make his throne greater then the throne of my lord king David 38 So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon king Davids mule and brought him to Gihon 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oyl out of the tabernacle and anointed Solomon and they blew the trumpet and all the people said God save king Solomon 40 And all the people came up after him and the people piped with ‖ Or fluter pipes and rejoyced with great joy so that the earth rent with the sound of them 41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating and when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet he said Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar 42 And while he yet spake behold Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came and Adonijah said unto him Come in for thou art a valiant man and bringest good tidings 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and they have caused him to ride upon the kings mule 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon and they are come up from thence rejoycing so that the city rang again this is the noise that ye have heard 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom 47 And moreover the kings servants came to bless our lord king David saying God make the name of Solomon better then thy name and make his throne greater then thy throne and the king bowed himself upon the bed 48 And also thus said the king Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which hath given one to sit on my throne this day mine eyes even seeing it 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and went every man his way 50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon and arose and went and caught hold on the horns of the altar 51 And it was told Solomon saying Behold Adonijah feareth king Solomon for lo he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar saying Let king Solomon swear unto in to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword 52 And Solomon said If he will shew himself a worthy man there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth but if wickedness shall be found in him he shall die 53 So king Solomon sent and they brought him down from the altar and he came and howed himself to king Solomon and Solomon said unto him Go to thine house CHAP. II. 1 David having given a charge to Solomon 3 of religiousness 5 of Joab 7 of Barzillai 8 of Shimei 10 dieth 12 Solomon uttâ—eâ—eth 13 Adonijiah moving Bath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abiathar is put tâ— dâ—ath 26 Abiathar having his life give him is detriâ—ed of the priesthood 28 Joah freeing to the borns of the altar is there slain 25 Beâ—â—â—ah is put in Joahs room and Zadok in Abâ—atrars 26 Shâ—mâ—â— conjineâ— to Jerusalem by occasion of â—coing thence to Gath is put to death NOw the days of David drew nigh that he should die and he charged Solomon his son saying 2 I go the way of all the earth be thou strong therefore and shew thy self a man 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God to walk in his ways to keep his statutes and his commandments and his judgements and his testimomes as it is written in the law of Moses that thou mayest * Deu. 29.9 Jo. h. 1. ◠‖ Or. dâ— wisely prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thy self 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me saying If thy children take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul * 2 Sam. 7.12 there shall not †Heb. bâ—â—ut off from thee from the throne fail thee said he a man on the throne of Israel 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel unto * 2 Sam. 3 2â— Abner the son of Ner and unto * 2 Sam. 20.10 Amasa the son of Jether whom he slew and †Heb. put shed the bloud of war in peace and put the bloud of war upon his girdle that was about his loyns and in his shoes that were on his feet 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of * 2 Sam. 19.31 Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be of those that eat at thy table for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother 8 And behold thou hast with thee * 2 Sam. 16.5 Shimei the son of Gera a Benjamite of Bahurim which cursed me with a †Heb. strong grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim but he came down to meet me at Jordan and I sware to him by the LORD saying * 2 Sam. 19.22 I will not put thee to death with the sword 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with bloud 10 So * Act. 2.29 13.36 David dept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David 11 And the days that David * 2 Sam. 5.4 1 Chr. 29.26 27. reigned over Israel were
fourty years seven years reigned he in Hebron and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem 12 ¶ * â—2 Chr. 29.23 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father and his kingdom was established greatly 13 ¶ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon and she said Comest thou peaceably And he said Peaceably 14 He said moreover I have somewhat to say unto thee And she said Say on 15 And he said Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel set their faces on me that I should reign howbeit the kingdom is turned about and is become my brothers for it was his from the LORD 16 And now I ask one petition of thee †Heb. turn not away my face deny me not And she said unto him Say on 17 And he said Speak I pray thee unto Solomon the king for he will not say thee nay that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife 18 And Bath-sheba said Well I will speak for thee unto the king 19 ¶ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon to speak unto him for Adonijah and the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the kings mother and she sat on his right hand 20 Then she said I desire one small petition of thee I pray thee say me not nay And the king said unto her Ask on my mother for I will not say thee nay 21 And she said Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah ask for him the kingdom also for he is mine elder brother even for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab the son of Zeruiah 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD saying God do so to me and more also if Adonijah have not spoken this word agaist his own life 24 Now therefore as the LORD liveth which hath established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who hath made me an house as he * 2 Sam. 7.12 13. promised Adonijah shall be put to death this day 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and he fell upon him that he died 26 ¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king Get thee to Anathoth unto thine own fields for thou art †Heb. a man of dâ—â—th worthy of death but I will not at this time put thee to death because thou batest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD that he might * 1 Sam. 2.31 35. fulfil the word of the LORD which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh 28 ¶ Then tidings came to Joab for Joab had turned after Adonijah though he turned not after Absalom and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and caught hold on the horns of the altar 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD and behold he is by the altar then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada saying Go fall upon him 30 And Benaiah came to the rabernacle of the LORD and said unto him Thus saith the king Come forth And he said Nay but I will die here And Benaiah brought the king word again saying Thus said Joab and thus he answered me 31 And the king said unto him Do as he hath said and fall upon him and bury him that thou mayest take away the innocent bloud which Joab shed from me and from the house of my father 32 And the LORD shall return his bloud upon his own head who fell upon two men more righteous and better then he and slew them with the sword my father David not knowing thereof to wit * 2 Sam. 3.27 Abner the son of Ner captain of the host of Israel and * 2 Sam. 2â— 10 Amasa the son of Jether captain of the host of Judah 33 Their bloud shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his seed for ever but upon David and upon his seed and upon his house and upon his throne shall there be peace for ever from the LORD 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and slew him and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness 35 ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar 36 ¶ And the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him Build thee an house in Jerusalem and dwell there and go not forth thence any whither 37 For it shall be that on the day thou goest out and passest over the brook Kidron thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die thy bloud shall be upon thine own head 38 And Shimei said unto the king The saying is good as my lord the king hath said so will thy servant do And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath and they told Shimei saving Behold thy servants he in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose and saddled his ass and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and was come again 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD and protested unto thee saying Know for a certain that on the day thou goest out and walkest abroad any whither that thou shalt surely die and thou saidst unto me The word that I have heard is good 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD and the commandment that I have charged thee with 44 The king said moreover to Shimei Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to that thou didst to David my father therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada which went out and fell upon him that he died and the * 2 Chr. 1.1 kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon CHAP. III. 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaohs daughter 2 High places being in use Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon 5 Solomon at Gibeon in the choice which God gave him preferring wasdom obtaineth wisdom riches and honour 16 Solomons judgement between the two harlots maketh
and his judgements which he commanded our fathers 59 And let these my words wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night that he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel †Heb. the thing of a day in his day at all times as the matter shall require 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is none else 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments as at this day 62 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 7.4 the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings which he offered unto the LORD two and twenty thousand oxen and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD 64 * 2 Chr. 7.7 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD for there he offered burnt-offerings and meat-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings and meat-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him a great congregation from the entring in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt before the LORD our God seven days and seven days even fourteen days 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they ‖ Or thanked blessed the king and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant and for Israel his people CHAP. IX 1 Gods covenant in a vision with Solomon 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram 15 In Solomons works the Gentiles were his bond-men the Israelites honourable servants 24 Pharaohs daughter removeth to her house 25 Solomons yearly solemn sacrifices 26 His navy fetcheth gold from Ophir ANd * 2 Chr. ◠11 it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD and the kings house and all Solomons desire which he was pleased to do 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time * Chap. 3.5 as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon 3 And the LORD said unto him I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me I have hallowed this house which thou hast built * Chap. 8.29 to put my name there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually 4 And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all that I have commanded thee and wilt keep my statutes and my judgements 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever * 2 Sam. 7.12 1 Chron. 22.10 as I promised to David thy father saying There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel 6 But if you shall at all turn from following me you or your children and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed * Jer. 7.14 for my name will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all people 8 And at this house which is high every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss and they shall say * Deut. 29.24 Jer. 22.8 Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land and to this house 9 And they shall answer Because they forsook the LORD their God who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold upon other gods and have worshipped them and served them therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil 10 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 8.1 it came to pass at the end of twenty years when Solomon had built the two houses the house of the LORD and the kings house 11 Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir-trees and with gold according to all his desire that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him and they †Heb. were not right in his eyes pleased him not 13 And he said What cities are these which thou hast given me my brother And he called them the land of ‖ That is Displeasing or Dirty Cabul unto this day 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold 15 ¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised for to build the house of the LORD and his own house and Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burnt it with fire and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city and given it for a present unto his daughter Solomons wife 17 And Solomon built Gezer and Beth-horon the nether 18 And Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness in the land 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his hors-men and †Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites Hittites Perizzites Hivites and Jebusites which were not of the children of Israel 21 Their children that were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service unto this day 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon * Levit. 25.39 make no bond-men but they were men of war and his servants and his princes and his captains and rulers of his chariots and his hors-men 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomons work five hundred and fifty which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work 24 ¶ But * 2 Chr. 8.11 Pharaohs daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her then did he build Millo 25 ¶ And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD and he burnt incense †Heb. upon it upon the altar that was before the LORD so he finished the house 26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber which is
concubines and his wives turned away his heart 4 For it came to pass when Solomon was old that his wives turned away his heart after other gods and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God as was the heart of David his father 5 For Solomon went after * Judg. 2.13 Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD and †Heb. fulfilled not after went not fully after the LORD as did David his father 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab in the hill that is before Jerusalem and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods 9 ¶ And the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel * Ch. 3.5 9.2 which had appeared unto him twice 10 And * Ch. 6.12 had commanded him concerning this thing that he should not go after other gods but he kept not that which the LORD commanded 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon Forasmuch as this †Heb. is with thee is done of thee and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded thee * Ch. 12.15 I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy fathers sake but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servants sake and for Jerusalems sake which I have chosen 14 ¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon Hadad the Edomite he was of the kings seed in Edom. 15 * 2 Sam. 8.14 For it came to pass when David was in Edom and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain after he had smitten every male in Edom 16 For six moneths did Joab remain there with all Israel until he had cut off every male in Edom 17 That Hadad fled he and certain Edomites of his fathers servants with him to go into Egypt Hadad being yet a little childe 18 And they arose out of Midian and came to Paran and they took men with them out of Paran and they came to Egypt unto Pharaoh king of Egypt which gave him an house and appointed him victuals and gave him land 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife the sister of Tahpenes the queen 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaohs house and Genubath was in Pharaohs houshold among the sons of Pharaoh 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the captain of the host was dead Hadad said to Pharaoh †Heb. Send me away Let me depart that I may go to mine own countrey 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him But what hast thou lacked with me that behold thou seekest to go to thine own countrey And he answered †Heb. Not. Nothing howbeit let me go in any wise 23 ¶ And God stirred him up another adversary Rezon the son of Eliadah which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah 24 And he gathered men unto him and became captain over a band * 2 Sam. 8.3 10.18 when David slew them of Zobah and they went to Damascus and dwelt therein and reigned in Damascus 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon beside the mischief that Hadad did and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Syria 26 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 13.6 Jeroboam the son of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda Solomons servant whose mothers name was Zeruiah a widow woman even he lift up his hand against the king 27 And this was the cause that he lift up his hand against the king Solomon built Millo and †Heb. â—losed repaired the breaches of the city of David his father 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour and Solomon seeing the young man that he †Heb. did work was industrious he made him ruler over all the †Heb. burden charge of the house of Joseph 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way and he had clad himself with a new garment and they two were alone in the fieâ—d 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him and rent it in twelve pieces 31 And he said to Jeroboam Take thee ten pieces for thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to thee 32 But he shall have one tribe for my servant Davids sake and for Jerusalems sake the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel 33 Because that they have forsaken me and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidoniaâ—s Chemoâ—h the god of the Moabites and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon and have not walked in my ways to do that which is right in mine eyes and to keep my statutes and my judgements as did David his father 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servants sake whom I chose because he kept my commandments and my statutes 35 But * Chap. 12.15 I will take the kingdom out of his sons hand and will give it unto thee even ten tribes 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe that David my servant may have a †Heb. â—amp or â—â—â—dle light alway before me in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen me to put my name tâ—ere 37 And I will take thee and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth and shalt be king over Israel 38 And it shall be it thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee and wilt walk in my ways and do that is right in my sight to keep my statutes and my commandments as David my servant did that I will be with thee and build thee a sure house as I built for David and will give Israel unto thee 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David but not for ever 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam and Jerâ—â—oam arose and fled into Egypt unto Shishak king of Egypt and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon 41 ¶ And the rest of the ‖ Or words or things acts of Solomon and all that he did and his wisdom are they not written in the book of the acts of
had done before him and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God as the heart of David his father 4 Nevertheless for Davids sake did the LORD his God give him a ‖ Or candle lamp in Jerusalem to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem 5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life * 2 Sam. 11.4 12.9 save onely in the matter of Uriah the Hittite 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did are they not written in the * 2 Chr. 13.3 book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and * 2 Chr. 14 1. Asa his son reigned in his stead 9 ¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah 10 And fourty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem and his ‖ That is grand-mothers mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD as did David his father 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made 13 And also * 2 Chr. 15.16 Maachah his mother even her he removed from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove and Asa †Heb. cut of destroyed her idol and burnt it by the brook Kidron 14 But the high places were not removed nevertheless Asa his heart was perfect with the LORD all his days 15 And he brought in the †Heb. holy things which his father had dedicated and the things which himself had dedicated into the house of the LORD silver and gold and vessels 16 ¶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days 17 And * 2 Chr. 16.1 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were lest in the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the kings house and delivered them into the hand of his servants and king Asa sent them to * 2 Chr. 16.2 Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimon the son of Hezion king of Syria that dwelt at Damascus saying 19 There is a league between me and thee and between my father and thy father behold I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel that he may †Heb. go up depart from me 20 So Ben-hadad hearkned unto king Asa and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel and smote ljon and Dan and Abel-beth-maachah and all Cinneroth with all the land of Naphtali 21 And it came to pass when Baasha heard thereof that he left off building of Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah none was †Heb. â—ree exempted and they took away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof wherewith Baasha had builded and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet 24 And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father and * Mat. 1.8 called Josaphat Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead 25 ¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam †Heb. reigned began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah and reigned over Israel two years 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin 27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon which belongeth to the Philistines for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him and reigned in his stead 29 And it came to pass when he reigned that he smote all the house of Jeroboam he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed until he had destroyed him according unto * Chap. 〈◊〉 the saying of the LORD which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he made Israel sin by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger 31 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah twenty and four years 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin CHAP. XVI 1 7 Jehu's prophesie against Baasha 5 Elab succeedeth him 8 Zimri conspiring against Elah succeedeth him 11 Zimri exceuteth Jehu's prophesie 15 Omri made king by the souldiers forceth Zimri desperately to burn himself 21 The kingdom being divided Omri prevaileth against Tibni 23 Omri buildeth Samaria 25 His wieked reign 27 Abah succeedeth him 29 Ahabs most wicked reign 34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho THen the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha saying 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust and made thee prince over my people Israel and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam and hast made my people Israel to sin to provoke me to anger with their sins 3 Behold I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house and will make thy house like * Ch. 15.29 the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat 4 * Ch. 14.11 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah and Elah his son reigned in his stead
he began to reign and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD yet not like David his father he did according to all things as Joash his father did 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places 5 ¶ And it came to pass assoon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand that he slew his servants * Chap. 12.20 which had slain the king his father 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses wherein the LORD commanded saying * Deut. 24.16 Ezek. 18.20 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children nor the children be put to death for the fathers but every man shall be put to death for his own sin 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand and took ‖ Ot the rock Selah by war and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day 8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel saying Come let us look one another in the face 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah saying The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon saying Give thy daughter to my son to wife and there passed by a wilde beast that was in Lebanon and trod down the thistle 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom and thine heart hath listed thee up glory of this and tarry †Heb. at thy house at home for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt that thou shouldest fall even thou and Judah with thee 11 But Amaziah would not hear therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh which belongeth to Judah 12 And Judah †Heb. was smitten was put to the worse before Israel and they fled every man to their tents 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Beth-shemesh and came to Jerusalem and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate four hundred cubits 14 And he took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasures of the kings house and hostages and returned to Samaria 15 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 19 Now * 2 Chr 25.27 they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish but they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there 20 And they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David 21 ¶ And all the people of Judah took †2 Chr. 26.1 he iâ— called Vzziah Azariah which â—â—as sixteen years old and made him king in stead of his father Amaziah 22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after that the king slept with his fathers 23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria and reigned fourty and one years 24 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the LORD he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entring of Hamath unto the sea of the plain according to the word of the LORD God of Israel which he spake by the hand of his servant * Mat. 12.39 40 called Jonas Jonan the son of Amittai the prophet which was of Gath-hepher 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel that it was very bitter for there was not any shut up nor any lest nor any helper for Israel 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash 28 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might how he warred and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath which belonged to Judah for Israel are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers even with the kings of Israel and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XV. 1 Azariah his good reign 5 He dying a leper Jotham succeedeth 8 Zachariah the last of Jehu his generation reigning ill is slain by Shallum 13 Shallum reigning a moneth is slain by Menahem 16 Menahem strengthneth himself by Pul. 21 Pekahiah succeedeth him 23 Pekahiah is slain by Pekah 27 Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser and slain by Hoshea 32 Jothams good reign 36 Ahaz succeedeth him IN the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father Amaziah had done 4 Save that the high places were not removed the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places 5 ¶ And the LORD smote the king so that he was a leper unto the day of his death and dwelt in a several house and Jotham the kings son was over the house judging the people of the land 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David and Jotham his son reigned in his stead 8 ¶ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six moneths 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD as his fathers had done he departed not from the fins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat Who made Israel to sin 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired
armour in the house of their gods and fastned his head in the temple of Dagon 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the valiant men and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days 13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he †Heb. transgressed committed against the LORD * 1 Sam. 15.23 even against the word of the LORD which he kept not and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit * 1 Sam. 28.7 to enquire of it 14 And enquired not of the LORD therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of †Heb. Isai Jesse CHAP. XI 1 David by a general consent is made king at Hebron 4 He winneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joabs valour 10 A catalogue of Davids mighty men THen * 2 Sam. 5.1 all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh 2 And moreover †Heb both yesterday and the third day in time past even when Saul was king thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD thy God said unto thee Thou shalt ‖ Or rule feed my people Israel and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD †Heb. by the hand of by * 1 Sam. 16.13 Samuel 4 ¶ And David and all Israel * 2 Sam. 5.6 went to Jerusalem which is Jebus where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David Thou shalt not come hither Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion which is the city of David 6 And David said Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be †Heb. head chief and captain So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up and was chief 7 And David dwelt in the castle therefore they called ‖ That is Zion 2 Sam. 5.7 iâ— The city of David 8 And he built the city round about even from Millo round about and loab †Heb. revived repaired the rest of the city 9 So David †Heb. went in going and increasing waxed greater and greater for the LORD of hosts was with him 10 ¶ * â— Sam. 23.8 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had who ‖ Or â—â—ld strongly with him strengthned themselves with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had Jashobeam ‖ Or son of Hachmoni an Hachmonite the chief of the captains he lift up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite who was one of the three mighties 13 He was with David at ‖ Or Ephisdamrim 1 Sam. 17.1 Pas-dammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battel where was a parcel of ground full of barley and the people fled from before the Philistines 14 And they ‖ Or stood set themselves in the midst of that parcel and delivered it and slew the Philistines and the LORD saved them by a great ‖ Or salvation deliverance 15 ¶ Now ‖ Or three captains over the thirty three of the thirty captains * 2 Sam. 13.12 went down to the rock to David into the cave of Adullam and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim 16 And David was then in the hold and the Philistines garison was then at Beth-lehem 17 And David longed and said Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David but David would not drink of it but poured it out to the LORD 19 And said My God forbid it me that I should do this thing shall I drink the bloud of these men †Heb. with their lives that have put their lives in jeopardy for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it therefore he would not drink it These things did these three mightiest 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab he was chief of the three for lifting up his spear against three hundred he slew them and had a name among the three 21 * 1 Sam. 23.19 c. Or the three he was more honourable then the two for he was their captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel †Heb. great of deeds who had done many acts he slew two lion-like men of Moab also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy-day 23 And he slew an Egyptian †Heb. a maâ— of measure a man of great stature five cubits high and in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weavers beam and he went down to him with a staff and pluckt the spear out of the Egyptians hand and slew him with his own spear 24 These thing did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among the three mighties 25 Behold he was honourable among the thirty but attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard 26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were Asah-el the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem 27 Shammoth the ‖ Or Harodite 2 Sam. 23.25 Harorite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Antothite 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Netophathite Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertained to the children of Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite Eliahba the Shaalbonite 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the son of Ur 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Anijah the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the son of Ezbai 38 Joel the brother of Nathan Mibhar ‖ Or the Haggerite the son of Haggeri 39 Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah 40 Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite 41 Uriah the Hittite Zabad the son of Ahlai 42 Adina the son of Saiza the Reubenite a captain of
the Reubenites and thirty with him 43 Hanan the son of Maachah and Joshaphat the Mithnite 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite 45 Jediael the ‖ Or Shimrite son of Shimri and Joha his brother the Tizite 46 Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam and Ithmah the Moabite 47 Eliel and Obed and Jasiel the Mesobaite CHAP. XII 1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag 23 The armies that came to him at Hebron NOw * 1 Sam. 27.2 these are they that came to David to Ziklag †Heb. being yet shut up while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish and they were among the mighty men helpers of the war 2 They were armed with bowes and could use both the right hand and the left in burling stones and shooting arrows out of a bowe even of Sauls brethren of Benjamin 3 The chief was Ahiezer then Joash the sons of ‖ Or Hasmaah Shemaah the Gibeathite and Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth and Berachah and Jehu the Antothite 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite a mighty man among the thirty and over the thirty and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Josabad the Gederathite 5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatian the Haruphite 6 Elkanah and Jesiah and Azareel and Joezer and Jashobeam the Korhites 7 And Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might and men †Heb. of the best of war fit for the battel that could handle shield and buckler whose faces were like the faces of lions and were †Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste as swift as the roes upon the mountains 9 Ezer the first Obadiah the second Eliab the third 10 Mishmannah the fourth Jeremiah the fifth 11 Attai the sixth Eliel the seventh 12 Johanan the eighth Elzabad the ninth 13 Jeremiah the tenth Machbanai the eleventh 14 These were of the sons of Gad captains of the host ‖ Or one that was least could resist an hundred and the greatest a thousand one of the least was over an hundred and the greatest over a thousand 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first moneth when it had †Heb. filled over overflown all his * Josh 3.15 banks and they put to flight all them of the valleys both toward the east and toward the west 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David 17 And David went out †Heb. before them to meet them and answered and said unto them if ye be come peaceably unto me to help me mine heart shall †Heb. be one be knit unto you but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies seeing there is no ‖ Or violence wrong in mine hands the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it 18 Then †Heb. the spirit clothed Amasai the spirit came upon Amasai who was chief of the captains and be said Thine are we David and on thy side thou son of Jesse peace peace be unto thee and peace be to thine helpers for thy God helpeth thee Then David received them and made them captains of the band 19 And there â—ell some of Manasseh to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battel but they helped them not for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away saying * 1 Sam. 29 4. He will fall to his master Saul †Heb. oâ— our heads to the jeopardy of our heads 20 As he went to Ziklag there fell to him of Manasseh Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zilthai captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh 21 And they helped David ‖ Or with a band against the band of the rovers for they were all mighty men of valour and were captains in the host 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him until it was a great host like the host of God 23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the ‖ Or captains or men †Heb. heads bands that were ready armed to the war and came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the LORD 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred ready ‖ Or prepared armed to the war 25 Of the children of Simeon mighty men of valour for the war seven thousand and one hundred 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites and with him were three thousand and seven hundred 28 And Zadok a young man mighty of valour and of his fathers house twenty and two captains 29 And of the children of Benjamin †Heb. brethren the kindred of Saul three thousand for hitherto †Heb. a multitude of them the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men of valour †Heb. men of names famous throughout the house of their fathers 31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand which were expressed by name to come and make David king 32 And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their commandment 33 Of Zebulun such as went forth to battel ‖ Or rangers of battel or ranged in battel expert in war with all instruments of war fifty thousand which could ‖ Or set the battel in aray keep rank they were †Heb. without a heart and a heart not of double heart 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred 36 And of Asher such as went forth to battel ‖ Or keeping their rank expert in war fourty thousand 37 And on the other side of Jordan of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh with all manner of instruments of war for the battel an hundred and twenty thousand 38 All these men of war that could keep rank came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king 39 And there they were with David three days eating and drinking for their brethren had prepared for them 40 Moreover they that were nigh them even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali brought bread on asses and on camels and mules and on oxen and
thereof let the fields rejoyce and all that is therein 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD because he cometh to judge the earth 34 * Psal 10â— 1. 118.1 136. â— O give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 35 And say ye Save us O God of our salvation and gather us together and deliver us from the heathen that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever and all * Deut. 27 25. the people said Amen and praised the LORD 37 ¶ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren to minister before the ark continually as every days work required 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren threescore and eight Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters 39 And Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually †Heb. in the morning and in the evening morning and evening and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD which he commanded Israel 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest that were chosen who were expressed by name to give thanks to the LORD because his mercy endureth for ever 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound and with musical instruments of God and the sons of Jeduthun were †Heb. for the gate porters 43 And all the people departed every man to his house and David returned to bless his house CHAP. XVII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 3 after by the word of God forbidâ—eth him 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed 16 Davids prayer and thanksgiving NOw * 2 Sam. 7.1 c. it came to pass as David sat in his house that David said to Nathan the prophet Lo I dwell in an house of cedars but the ark of the cevenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains 2 Then Nathan said unto David Do all that is in thine heart for God is with thee 3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night that the word of God came to Nathan saying 4 Go and tell David my servant Thus saith the LORD Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day but †Heb. have been have gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people saying Why have ye not built me an house of cedars 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts I took thee from the sheep-cote even †Heb. from after from following the sheep that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant them and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more as at the beginning 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel moreover I will subdue all thine enemies Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers that I will raise up thy seed after thee which shall be of thy sons and I will establish his kingdom 12 He shall build me an house and I will stablish his throne for ever 13 * 2 Sam. 7.14 I will be his father and he shall be my son and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him that was before thee 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for evermore 15 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD and said Who am I O LORD God and what is mine house that thou hast brought me hitherto 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes O God for thou hast also spoken of thy servants house for a great while to come and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree O LORD God 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant for thou knowest thy servant 19 O LORD for thy servants sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all this greatness in making known all these †Heb. greatnesses great things 20 O LORD there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel whom God went to redeem to be his own people to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever and thou LORD becamest their God 23 Therefore now LORD let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever and do as thou hast said 24 Let it even be established that thy name may be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel even a God to Israel and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee 25 For thou O my God †Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee 26 And now LORD thou art God and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 27 Now therefore ‖ Or it hath plused thee let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may be before thee for ever for thou blessest O LORD and it shall be blessed for ever CHAP. XVIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to bless David 11 The presents and the spoil David dedieateth to God 13 He putteth garisons in Edom. 14 Davids officers NOw
himself to David with his face to the ground 22 Then David said to Ornan †Heb. 〈◊〉 Grant me the place of this threshing-floor that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD thou shalt 〈◊〉 it me for the full price that the plague may be stayed from the people 23 And Ornan said unto David Take it to thee and let my lord the kings do that which is good in his eyes â—o I give thee the exen also for burnt-offerings and the threshing-instruments for wood and the wheat for the meat offering I give it all 24 And king David said to Ornan Nay but I will verily buy it for the full price for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD nor offer burnt-offerings without cost 25 So * 2 Sam. 24.24 David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings and called upon the LORD and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering 27 And the LORD commanded the angel and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite then he sacrificed there 29 For the tabernacle or the LORD which Moses made in the wilderness and the altar of the burnt-offering were at that season in the high place at * 1 Kin. 3.4 Ch. 16.30 2 Chr. 1.3 Gibeon 30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD CHAP. XXII 1 David oreknowing the place of the temple prepareth abundance for the building of it 6 He instructeth Solomon in Gods promises and his duty in building the temple 17 He chargeth the princes to assist his son THen David said This is the house of the LORD God and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joynings and brass in abundance without weight 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar-wood to David 5 And David said * Chap. 29.1 Solomon my son is young and tender and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical of same and of glory throughout all countreys I will therefore now make preparation for it So David prepared abundantly before his death 6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel 7 And David said to Solomon My son as for me it was in my minde to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God 8 But the word of the LORD came to me saying * Chap. 28.3 Thou hast shed bloud abundantly and hast made great wars thou shalt not build an house unto my name because thou hast shed much bloud upon the earth in my sight 9 Behold a son shall be born to thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about for his name shall be ‖ That is peaâ—â—able Solomon and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days 10 * 2 Sam. 7.13 He shall build an house for my name and he shall be my son and I will be his father and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever 11 Now my son the LORD be with thee and prosper thou and build the house of the LORD thy God as he hath said of thee 12 Onely the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God 13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgements which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel be strong and of good courage dread not nor be dismayed 14 Now behold ‖ Or in my poverty in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver and of brass and iron without * As vers 3. weight for it is in abundance timber also and stone have I prepared and thou mayest add thereto 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance hewers and ‖ That is masons and carpenters workers of stone and timber and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work 16 Of the gold the silver and the brass and the iron there is no number Arise therefore and be doing and the LORD be with thee 17 ¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son saying 18 Is not the LORD your God with you and hath he not given you rest on every side for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God arise therefore and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD your God to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD CHAP. XXIII 1 David in his old age maketh Solomon king 2 The number and distribution of the Levites 7 The families of the Gershonites 12 The sons of Kohath 21 The sons of Merari 24 The office of the Levites SO when David was old and full of days he made * Chap 28.5 Solomon his son king over Israel 2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the priests and the Levites 3 Now the Levites were numbred from the age of * Numb 4.3 thirty years and upward and their number by their pulls man by man was thirty and eight thousand 4 Of which twenty and four thousand were ‖ Or to overâ—set to set forward the work of the house of the LORD and six thousand were officers and judges 5 Moreover four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made said David to praise therewith 6 And * Ex. 6.16 Ch. 6.1 c. 2 Chr. 8.14 20.25 David divided them into †Heb. divisions courses among the sons of Levi namely Gershon Kohath and Merari 7 ¶ Of the * Ch. 26.21 Gershonites were ‖ Or Zehni Ch. 6.17 Laadan and Shimei 8 The sons of Laadan the chief was Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three 9 The sons of Shimei Shelomith and Haziel and Haran three These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan 10 And the sons of Shimei were
10 He encourageth Solomon to build the temple 11 He giveth him patterns for the form and gold and silver for the materials ANd David assembled all the princes of Israel the princes of the tribes and the captains of the companies that ministred to the king by course and the captains over the thousands and captains over the hundreds and the stewards over all the substance and ‖ Or cattel possession of the king and of his sons with the ‖ Or eunuâ—hâ— officers and with the mighty men and with all the valiant men unto Jerusalem 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet and said Hear me my brethren and my people As for me I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God and had made ready for the building 3 But God said unto me * 2 Sam. 7.5 13. 1 Kin. 5.5 Chap. 22.8 Thou shalt not build an house for my name because thou hast been a man of war and hast shed †Heb. blouds bloud 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever for he hath chosen * Gen. 49.8 1 Sam. 16.13 Ps 78.68 Judah to be the ruler and of the house of Judah the house of my father and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel 5 * Ch. 23.5 And of all my sons for the LORD hath given me many sons he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel 6 And he said unto me * 2 Sam. 7.13 2 Chr. 1.9 Solomon thy son he shall build my house and my courts for I have chosen him to be my son and I will be his father 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever if he be †Heb. strong constant to do my commandments and my judgements as at this day 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD and in the audience of our God keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God that ye may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever 9 ¶ And thou Solomon my son know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing minde for * 1 Sam. 16.7 Ps 7.9 139.2 Jer. 11.20 17.10 20.12 the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts if thou seek him he will be found of thee but if thou forsake him he will cast thee off for ever 10 Take heed now for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary be strong and do it 11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses thereof and of the treasuries thereof and of the upper chambers thereof and of the inner parlours thereof and of the place of the mercy-seat 12 And the pattern †Heb. of all that was with him of all that he had by the spirit of the courts of the house of the LORD and of all the chambers round about of the treasuries of the house of God and of the treasuries of the dedicate things 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold for all instruments of all manner of service silver also for all instruments of silver by weight for all instruments of every kind of service 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold and for their lamps of gold by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof and for the candlesticks of silver by weight both for the candlestick and also for the lamps thereof according to the use of every candlestick 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shew-bread for every table and likewise silver for the tables of silver 17 Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks and the bowls and the cups and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the * 1 Sam. 6.4 cherubims that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD 19 All this said David the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me even all the works of this pattern 20 And David said to Solomon his son Be strong and of good courage and do it fear not nor be dismayed for the LORD God even my God will be with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD 21 And behold the courses of the priests and the Levites even theâ— shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man for any manner of service also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment CHAP. XXIX 1 David by his example and intreaty 6 causeth the princes and people to offer willingly 10 Davids thanksgiving and prayer 20 The people having blessed God and sacrificed make Solomon king 26 Davids reign and death FUrthermore David the king said unto all the congregation Solomon my son whom alone God hath chosen is yet * Chap. 22. â— young and tender and the work is great for the palace is not for man but for the LORD God 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold and the silver for things of silver and the brass for things of brass the iron for things of iron and wood for things of wood onyx-stones and stones to be set glistring stones and of divers colours and all manner of precious stones and marble-stones in abundance 3 Moreover because I have set my affection to the house of my God I have of mine own proper good of gold and silver which I have given to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house 4 Even three thousand talents of gold of the gold of * 1 King 9.28 Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses withal 5 The gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers And who then is willing †Heb. to fâ—ll his â—â—nd to consecrate his service this day unto
the LORD 6 ¶ Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds with the rulers over the kings work offered willingly 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams and of silver ten thousand talents and of brass eighteen thousand talents and one hundred thousand talents of iron 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite 9 Then the people rejoyced for that they offered willingly because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD and David the king also rejoyced with great joy 10 ¶ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation and David said Blessed be thou LORD God of Israel our father for ever and ever 11 * â—â—â—t 6.13 1 Tim. 1 1â— Rev. 5.13 Thine O LORD is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine thine is the kingdom O LORD and thou art exalted as head above all 12 Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all 13 Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name 14 But who am I and what is my people that we should †Heb. retain or obtain strength be able to offer so willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and †Heb. of thine hand of thine own have we given thee 15 For * Ps 39.12 Heb. 11.13 1 Pet. 2.11 we are strangers before thee and sojourners as were all our fathers * Ps 90.9 our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none †Heb. expectation abiding 16 O LORD our God all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand and is all thine own 17 I know also my God that thou * 1 Sam. 16.7 Ch. 28.9 triest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness As for me in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things and now have I seen with joy thy people which are ‖ Or found present here to offer willingly unto thee 18 O LORD God of Abraham Isaac and of Israel our fathers keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people and ‖ Or. stablish prepare their heart unto thee 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments thy testimonies and thy statutes and to do all these things and to build the palace for the which I have made provision 20 ¶ And David said to all the congregation Now bless the LORD your God And all the congregation blessed the LORD God or their fathers and bowed down their heads and worshipped the LORD and the king 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the morrow after that day even a thousand bullocks a thousand rams and a thousand lambs with their drink-offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness and they made Solomon the son of David king the second time and * 1 Kin. 1.39 anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governour and Zadok to be priest 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in stead of David his father and prospered and all Israel obeyed him 24 And all the princes and the mighty men and all the sons likewise of king David †Heb. gave the hand under Solomon submitted themselves unto Solomon the king 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and * 1 Kin. 3.13 2 Chr. 1.12 Eccles 2.9 bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel 26 ¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was fourty years seven years reigned he in Hebron and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem 28 And he died in a good old age full of days riches and honour and Solomon his son reigned in his stead 29 Now the acts of David the king first and last behold they are written in the ‖ Or history †Heb. words book of Samuel the seer and in the book of Nathan the prophet and in the book of Gad the seer 30 With all his reign and his might and the times that went over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the countreys ¶ The second book of the CHRONICLES CHAP. I. 1 The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon 7 Solomons choice of wisdom is blessed by God 13 Solomons strength and wealth ANd * 1 King 1.46 Solomon the son of David was strengthned in his kingdom and the LORD his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every governour in all Israel the chief of the fathers 3 So Solomon and all the congregation with him went to the high place that was at * 1 Kin. 3.4 1 Chr. 16.39 21.29 Gibeon for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness 4 * 2 Sam. 6.2 â—â— But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem 5 Moreover * Ex. 38.1 the brasen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made ‖ Or â—â—s there he put before the tabernacle of the LORD and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD which was at the tabernacle of the congregation and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it 7 ¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon and said unto him Ask what I shall give thee 8 And Solomon said unto God Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father and hast made me * 1 Chr. 28. â— to reign in his stead 9 Now O LORD God let thy promise unto David my father be established * 1 King 3. â— for thou hast made me king over a people †Heb. much as the dust of the â—â—â—th like the dust of the earth in multitude 10 * 1 King 3.9 Give me now wisdom and knowledge that I may * Numb 27.17 go out and come in before this people for who can judge this thy people that is
not able to receive the burnt-offerings and the meat-offerings and the fat 8 ¶ Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days and all Israel with him a very great congregation from the entring in of Hamath unto * Josh 13.3 the river of Egypt 9 And in the eighth day they made †Heb. a restraint a solemn assembly for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh moneth he sent the people away into their tents glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 Thus * 1 King 9.1 c. Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the kings house and all that came into Solomons heart to make in the house of the LORD and in his own house he prosperously effected 12 ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said unto him I have heard thy prayer * Deut. 12.5 and have chosen this place to my self for an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain or if I command the locusts to devour the land or if I send pestilence among my people 14 If my people †Heb. upon whom my name is called which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land 15 Now * Chap. 6.40 mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent †Heb. to the prayer of this place unto the prayer that is made in this place 16 For now have * Chap. 6.6 I chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually 17 And as for thee if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked and do according to all that I have commanded thee and shalt observe my statutes and my judgements 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom according as I have covenanted with David thy father saying * Chap. 6.16 †Heb. there shall not be cut off to thee There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel 19 * Lev. 26.14 Deu. 28.15 But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them and this house which I have sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all nations 21 And this house which is high shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it so that he shall say * Deut. 29.24 Jer. 22.8 9. Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land and unto this house 22 And it shall be answered Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshipped them and served them therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them CHAP. VIII 1 Solomons buildings 7 The Gentiles which were left Solomon made tributaries but the Israelites rulers 11 Pharaohs daughter removeth to her house 12 Solomons yearly solemn sacrifices 14 He appointeth the priests Levites to their places 17 The navy fetcheth gold from Ophir ANd * King 9.10 c. it came to pass at the end of twenty years wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomom Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and prevailed against it 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath 5 Also he built Both-horon the upper and Beth-horon the nether fenced cities with walls gates and bars 6 And Baalath and all the store-cities that Solomon had and all the chariot-cities and the cities of the hors-men and †Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and throughout all the land of his dominion 7 ¶ As for all the people that were left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites which were not of Israel 8 But of their children who were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel consumed not them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work but they were men of war and chief of his captains and captains of his chariots and hors-men 10 And these were the chief of king Solomons officers even two hundred and fifty that bare rule over the people 11 ¶ And Solomon * 1 King 3.1 and 7.8 brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her for he said My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel because the places are †Heb. holiness holy whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come 12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch 13 Even after a certain rate every * Exod. 29 38. day offering according to the commandment of Moses on the sabbaths and on the new-moons and on the solemn feasts * Exod. 23.14 Deut. 16.16 three times in the year even in the feast of unleavened bread and in the feast of weeks in the feast of tabernacles 14 ¶ And he appointed according to the order of David his father the * 1 Chr. 24.1 courses of the priests to their service and the Levites to their charges to praise and minister before the priests as the duty of every day required the * 1 Chr. 9 17. porters also by their courses at every gate for †Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God so had David the man of God commanded 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD and until it was finished so the house of the LORD was perfected 17 ¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber and to ‖ Or Elath Deut. 2.8 Eloth at the sea-side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships and servants that had knowledge of the sea and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and they said The LORD is righteous 7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah saying They have humbled themselves therefore I will not destroy them but I will grant them ‖ Or a little wâ—ile some deliverance and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countreys 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the kings house he took all he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had * Chap. â— 15 made 10 In stead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard that kept the entrance of the kings house 11 And when the king entred into the house of the LORD the guard came and fet them and brought them again into the guard-chamber 12 And when he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him that he would not destroy him altogether ‖ Or and yet â—is Judah there were good things and also in Judah things went well 13 ¶ So king Rehoboam strengthned himself in Jerusalem and reigned for * 1 Kin. 14.21 Rehoboam was one and fourty years old when he began to reign and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitess 14 And he did evil because he ‖ Or fixed prepared not his heart to seek the LORD 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam first and last are they not written in the †Heb. words book of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David and Abijah his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XIII 1 Abijah succeeding maketh war against Jeroboam 4 He declareth the right of his cause 13 Trusting in God he overcometh Jeroboam 21 The wives and children of Abijah NOw * 1 Kin. 15.1 c. in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem his mothers name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam 3 And Abijah †Heb. bound together set the battel in aray with an army of valiant men of war even four hundred thousand chosen men Jeroboam also set the battel in aray against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men being mighty men of valour 4 ¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim which is in mount Ephraim and said Hear me thou Jeroboam and all Israel 5 Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the son of David is risen up and hath * 1 Kin. 11.26 rebelled against his lord 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men the children of Belial and have strengthned themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted and could not withstand them 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David and ye be a great multitude and there are with you golden calves which Jeroboam * 1 Kin. 12.28 made you for gods 9 * Ch. 11.14 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD the sons of Aaron and the Levites and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands so that whosoever cometh †Heb. to fill his hand to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams the same may be a priest of them that are no gods 10 But as for us the LORD is our God and we have not forsaken him and the priests which minister unto the LORD are the sons of Aaron and the Levites wait upon their business 11 * Ch. 2.4 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense the * Lev. 24.6 shew-bread also set they in order upon the pure table and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof to burn every evening for we keep the charge of the LORD our God but ye have forsaken him 12 And behold God himself is with us for our captain and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you O children of Israel fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers for you shall not prosper 13 ¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behinde them so they were before Judah the ambushment was behinde them 14 And when Judah looked back behold the battel was before and behinde and they cried unto the LORD and the priests sounded with the trumpets 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout and as the men of Judah shouted it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah and God delivered them into their hand 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time and the children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam and took cities from him Beth-el with the towns thereof and Jeshanah with the towns thereof and Ephrain with the towns thereof 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah and the LORD strook him and he died 21 ¶ But Abijah waxed mighty and married fourteen wives and begat twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah and his ways and his sayings are written in the ‖ Or commentary story of the prophet * Ch. 12.15 Iddo CHAP. XIV 1 Asa succeeding destroyeth idolatry 6 Having peace he strengthneth his kingdom with forts and armies 9 Calling on God he overthroweth Zerah and spoileth the Ethiopians SO Abijah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and * 1 Kin. 15.8 c. Asa his son reigned in his stead in his days the land was quiet ten years 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places and brake down the †Heb. statues images and cut down the groves 4 And
commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers and to do the law and the commandment 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the †Heb. sun-images images and the kingdom was quiet before him 6 ¶ And he built fenced cities in Judah for the land had rest and he had no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest 7 Therefore he said unto Judah Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers gates and bars while the land is yet before us because we have sought the LORD our God we have sought him and he hath given us rest on every side so they built and prospered 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears out of Judah three hundred thousand and out of Benjamin that bare shields and drew bowes two hundred and fourscore thousand all these were mighty men of valour 9 ¶ * Chap. 16.8 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand and three hundred chariots and came unto Mareshah 10 Then Asa went out against him and they set the battel in aray in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God and said LORD it is * 1 Sam. 14.6 nothing with thee to help whether with many or with them that have no power help us O LORD our God for we rest on thee and in thy name we go against this multitude O LORD thou art our God set not ‖ Or mortal man man prevail against thee 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah and the Ethiopians fled 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar and the Ethiopians were overthrown that they could not recover themselves for they were †Heb. broken destroyed before the LORD and before his host and they carried away very much spoil 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar for the fear of the LORD came upon them and they spoiled all the cities for there was exceeding much spoil in them 15 They smote also the tents of cattel and carried away sheep and camels in abundance and returned to Jerusalem CHAP. XV. 1 Asa with Judah and many of Israel moved by the prophesie of Azariah the son of Oded make a solemn covenant with God 16 He putteth down Maachah his mother for her idolatry 18 He bringeth dedicate things into the house of God and enjoyeth a long peace ANd the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded 2 And he went out †Heb. before Asa to meet Asa and said unto him Hear ye me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin The LORD is with you while ye be with him and if ye seek him he will be found of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel and sought him he was found of them 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countreys 6 And nation was †Heb. beaten in pieces destroyed of nation and city of city for God did vex them with all adversity 7 Be ye strong therefore and let not your hands be weak for your work shall be rewarded 8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophesie of Oded the prophet he took courage and put away the †Heb. abominations abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim and renewed the altar of the LORD that was before the porch of the LORD 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh and out of Simeon for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third moneth in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa 11 And they offered unto the LORD †Heb. in that day the same time of the spoil which they had brought seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep 12 And they entred into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel * Deut. 13.9 should be put to death whether small or great whether man or woman 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with cornets 15 And all Judah rejoyced at the oath for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire and he was found of them and the LORD gave them rest round about 16 ¶ And also concerning * 1 Kin. 15.13 Maachah the mother of Asa the king he removed her from being queer because she had made an †Heb. borrour idol in a grove and Asa cut down her idol and stamped it and burnt it at the brook Kidron 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days 18 ¶ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated silver and gold and vessels 19 And there was no more war unto the sive and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa CHAP. XVI 1 Asa by the aid of the Syrians diverteth Baasha from building of Ramah 7 Being reproved thereof by Hanani be putteth him in prison 11 Among his other acts in his disease he seeketh not to God but to the physitians 13 His death and burial IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa * 1 Kin. 15.17 Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the kings house and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria that dwelt at †Heb. Darmesek Damascus saying 3 There is a league between me and thee as there was between my father and thy father behold I have sent thee silver and gold go break thy league with Baasha king of Israel that he may depart from me 4 And Ben-hadad hearkned unto king Asa and sent the captains of †Heb. which were his his armies against the cities of Israel and they smote ljon and Dan and Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali 5 And it came to pass when Baasha heard it that he left off building of Ramah and let
his work cease 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof wherewith Baasha was a building and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah 7 ¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said unto him Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria and not relied on the LORD thy God therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand 8 Were not * Ch. 14.9 the Ethiopians and the Lubims †Heb. in abundance a huge host with very many chariots and hors-men yet because thou didst rely on the LORD he delivered them into thine hand 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth ‖ Or strongly to hold with them c. to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him Herein thou hast done foolishly therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer and put him in a prison-house for he was in a rage with him because of this thing And Asa †Heb. crushed oppressed some of the people the same time 11 ¶ And behold the acts of Asa first and last lo they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet until his disease was exceeding great yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD but to the physicians 13 ¶ And Asa slept with his fathers and died in the one and fourtieth year of his reign 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres which he had †Heb. digged made for himself in the city of David and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries art and they made a very great burning for him CHAP. XVII 1 Jehoshaphat succeeding Asa reigneth well and prospereth 7 He sendeth Levites with the princes to teach Judah 10 His enemies being terrified by God some of them bring him presents and tribute 12 His greatness captains and armies ANd * 1 Kin. 15. â—4 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead and strengthned himself against Israel 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah and set garisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father David and sought not unto Baalim 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father and walked in his commandments and not after the doings of Israel 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand and all Judah †Heb. gave brought to Jehoshaphat presents and he had riches and honour in abundance 6 And his heart ‖ That is was â—ncourazed was lift up in the ways of the LORD moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah 7 ¶ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes even to Ben-hail and to Obadiah and to Zechariah and to Nethaneel and to Michaiah to teach in the cities of Judah 8 And with them he sent Levites even Shemaiah and Nethaniah and Zebadiah and Asahel and Shemiramoth and Jehonathan and Adonijah and Tobijah and Tob-adonijah Levites and with them Elishama and Jehoram priests 9 And they taught in Judah and had the book of the law of the LORD with them and went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people 10 ¶ And the fear of the LORD †Heb. was fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat 11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and tribute-silver and the Arabians brought him flocks seven thousand and seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred he-goats 12 ¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly and he built in Judah ‖ Or â—pâ—laâ—â—â— castles and cities of store 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah and the men of war mighty men of valour were in Jerusalem 14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers Of Judah the captains of thousands Adnah the chief and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand 15 And †Heb. aâ— his hand next to him was Jehohanan the captain and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand 16 And next him was â—masiah the son of Zichri who willingly offered himself unto the LORD and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour 17 And of Benjamin Eliada a mighty man of valour and with him armed men with bowe and shield two hundred thousand 18 And next him was Jehozabad and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war 19 These waited on the king besides those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah CHAP. XVIII 1 Jehoshaphat joyned in affinity with Ahab is perswaded to go with him against Ramoth-gilead 4 Ahab seduced by false prophets according to the word of Michiah is slain there NOw Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance and joyned affinity with Ahab 2 * 1 Kin. 22.2 And †Heb. at the end of years after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria and Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people that he had with him and perswaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead And he answered him I am a thou art and my people as thy people and we will be with thee in the war 4 ¶ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel Enquire I pray thee at the word of the LORD to day 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men and said unto them Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battel or shall I forbear And they said Go up for God will deliver it into the kings hand 6 But Jehoshaphat said Is there not here a prophet of the LORD †Heb. yet or more besides that we might enquire of him 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat There is yet one man by whom we may enquire of the LORD but I hate him for he never prophesieth good unto me but always evil the same is Micaiah the son of Imla And Jehoshaphat said Let not the king say so 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his ‖ Or eunucht officers and said †Heb. hasten Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne clothed in their robes and they sat in a ‖ Or floor void place at the
of Judah for all the kings matters also the Levites shall be officers before you †Heb. take couâ—â—â— iâ— do Deal couragiously and the LORD shall be with the good CHAP. XX. 1 Jehoshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast 5 His prayer 14 The prophesie of Jahaziel 20 Jehoshaphat exhorteth the people and setteth singers to praise the Lord. 22 The great overthrow of the enemies 26 The people having blessed God at Berachah return in triumph 31 Jehoshaphats reign 35 His convoy of ships which he made with Ahaziah according to the prophesie of Eliezer unhappily perished IT came to pass after this also that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon and with them other beside the Ammonites came against Jehoshaphat to battel 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat saying There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria and behold they be in Hazazon-tamar which is En-gedi 3 And Jehoshaphat feared and set †Heb. â—â—jaâ—â— himself to seek the LORD and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah 4 And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the LORD even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD before the new court 6 And said O LORD God of our fathers art not thou God in heaven and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee 7 Art not thou our God †Heb. tâ—â— who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever 8 And they dwelt therein and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name saying 9 * 1 Kin. 8.17 Câ—ap 6.28 If when evil cometh upon us as the sword judgement or pestilence or famine we stand before this house and in thy presence for thy name is in this house and cry unto thee in our affliction then thou wilt hear and help 10 And now behold the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir whom thou * Deu. 2.9 wouldest not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt but they turned from them destroyed them not 11 Behold I say how they reward us to come to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit 12 O our God wilt thou not judge them for we have no might against this great company that conieth against us neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones their wives and their children 14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah the son of Benaiah the son of Jeiel the son of Mattaniah a Levite of the sons of Asaph came the spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation 15 And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou king Jehoshaphat Thus saith the LORD unto you Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battel is not yours but Gods 16 To morrow go ye down against them behold they come up by the †Heb. â—sâ—ent cliff of Ziz and ye shall finde them at the end of the ‖ Or â—liâ— brook before the wilderness of Jeruel 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battel set your selves stand ye still and see the salvation of the LORD with you O Judah and Jerusalem fear not nor be dismayed to morrow go out against them for the LORD will be with you 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD worshipping the LORD 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high 20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa and as they went forth Jehoshaphat stood and said Hear me O Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem * Isa 7.9 Beleeve in the LORD your God so shall you be established beleeve his prophets so shall ye prosper 21 And when he had consulted with the people he appointed singers unto the LORD and †Heb. praisers that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army and to say Praise the LORD for his mercy endureth for ever 22 ¶ †Heb. and in the time that they c. And when they began †Heb. in singing and praise to sing and to praise the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir which were come against Judah and ‖ Or they smote one another they were smitten 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir every one helped †Heb. for the destruction to destroy another 24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilderness they looked unto the multitude and behold they were dead bodies fain to the earth and †Heb. there was not an escaping none escaped 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels which they stript off for themselves more then they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil it was so much 26 ¶ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ‖ That is blessing Berachah for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day 27 Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the †Heb. bead forefront of them to go again to Jerusalem with joy for the LORD had made them to rejoyce over their enemies 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countreys when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about 31 ¶ * 1 Kin. 22 41 c. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father and departed not from it doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away
of Ahab and found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah that ministred to Ahaziah he slew them 9 * 2 Kin. 9.27 And he fought Ahaziah and they caught him for he was hid in Samaria and brought him to Jehu and when they had slain him they buried him because said they he is the son of Jehoshaphat who fought the LORD with all his heart So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom 10 ¶ * 2 Kin. 11. â— But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead she arose destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah 11 But Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the kings sons that were slain and put him and his nurse in a bed-chamber So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram the wife of Jehoiada the priest for she was the sister of Ahaziah hid him from Athaliah so that she slew him not 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years and Athaliah reigned over the land CHAP. XXIII 1 Jehoiada having sit things in order maketh Joash king 12 Athaliah is slain 16. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God ANd * 2 Kin. 11.4 c. in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthned himself and took the captains of hundreds Azariah the son of Jeroham and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan and Azar ah the son of Obed and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah and Elishaphat the son of Zichri into covenant with him 2 And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah and the chief of the fathers of Israel and they came to Jerusalem 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God and he said unto them Behold the kings son shall reign as the LORD hath * 2 Sam. 7.12 1 Kin. 2 4. and 9.5 Châ—â— 16. and 7.18 said of the sons of David 4 This is the thing that ye shall do A third part of you entring on the sabbath of the priests and of the Levites shali be porters of the †Heb. â—tresâ—olds doors 5 And a third part shall be at the kings house and a third part at the gate of the foundation and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD save the priests and they that minister of the Levites they shall go in for they are holy but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about every man with his weapons in his hand and whosoever else cometh into the house he shall be put to death but be you with the king when he cometh in and when he goeth out 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded and took every man his men that were to come in on the saboath with them that were to go out on the sabbath for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears and bucklers and shields that had been king Davids which were in the house of God 10 And he set all the people every man having his weapon in his hand from the right †Heb. shoulder side of the †Heb. house temple to the left side of the temple along by the altar and the temple by the king round about 11 Then they brought out the kings son and put upon him the crown and * Deu. 17.18 gave him the testimony and made him king and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said †Heb. Let the king live God save the king 12 ¶ Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king she came to the people into the house of the LORD 13 And she looked and behold the king stood at his pillar at the entring in and the princes and the trumpets by the king and all the people of the land rejoyced and sounded with trumpets also the singers with instruments of musick and such as taught to sing praise Then Athaliah rent her clothes and said †Heb. conspiracy Treason treason 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host and said unto them Have her forth of the ranges and whoso followeth her let him be slain with the sword For the priest said Slay her not in the house of the LORD 15 So they laid hands on her and when she was come to the entring of the hors gate by the kings house they slew her there 16 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king that they should be the LORDS people 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and brakeit down and brake his altars and his images in pieces and * Deu. 13.9 slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had * 1 Chr. 24.1 distributed in the house of the LORD to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD as it is written in the * Na. 28.2 law of Moses with rejoyting and with singing as it was ordained †Heb. by the hands of David by David 19 And he set the * 1 Chr 26 1 c. porters at the gates of the house of the LORD that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in 20 And he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and the governours of the people and all the people of the land and brought down the king from the house of the LORD and they came through the high gate into the kings house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom 21 And all the people of the land rejoyced and the city was quiet after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword CHAP. XXIV 1 Joash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada 4 He giveth order for the repair of the temple 15 Jehoiada his death and honourable burial 17 Joash falling to idolatry slayeth Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 23 Joash is spoiled by the Syrians and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad 37 Amaziah succeedeth him JOash * 2 Kin. 12 1 c was seven years old when he began to reign and he reigned fourty years in Jerusalem his mothers name also was Zibeah of Beer-sheba 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives and he begat sons and daughters 4 ¶ And it came to pass after this that Joash was minded †Heb. to renew to repair the house of the LORD 5 And
in his transgression have we prepared and sanctified and behold they are before the altar of the LORD 20 ¶ Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the rulers of the city and went up to the house of the LORD 21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he-goats for a * Levit. â— 14 sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah and he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD 22 So they killed the bullocks and the priests received the bloud and * Levit. 8.14 1â— Heb. 9.21 sprinkled it on the altar likewise when they had killed the rams they sprinkied the bloud upon the altar they killed also the lambs and they sprinkled the bloud upon the altar 23 And they brought †Heb. near forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation and they laid their * Levit. 4.15 hands upon them 24 And the priests killed them and they made reconciliation with their bloud upon the altar to make an atonement for all Israel for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel 25 * 1 Chron 16.4 and 25.6 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals with psalteries and with harps according to the commandment of David and of Gad the kings seer and Nathan the prophet for so was the commandment †Heb. by the hand of the LORD of the LORD †Heb. by the hand of by his prophets 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David and the priests with the trumpets 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar and †Heb. in the time when the burnt-offering began the song of the LORD beâ—an also with the trumpets and with the †Heb. hands of instruments instruments ordained by David king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped and the †Heb. song singers sang and the trumpeters sounded and all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were †Heb. sound present with him bowed themselves and worshipped 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer and they sang praises with gladness and they bowed their heads and worshipped 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said Now ye have ‖ Or filled your hand consecrated your selves unto the LORD come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings and as many as were of a free heart burnt-offerings 22 And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought was threescore and ten bulloâ—ks an hundred rams and two hundred lambs all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep 34 But the priests were too sew so that they could not stay all the burnt-offerings wherefore their brethren the Levites †Heb. strengthned them did help them till the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctifie themselves then the priests 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order 36 And Hezekiah rejoyced and all the people that God had prepared the people for the thing was done suddenly CHAP. XXX 1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn pass-over on the second moneth for Judah and Israel 13 The assembly having destroyed the altars of idolatry keep the feast fourteen days 27 The priests and Levites bless the people ANd Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Eparaim and Manasseh that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel 2 For the king had taken counsel and his princes and all the congregation in Jerusalem to keep the pass-over in the second * Num. 9.10 11. moneth 3 For they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem 4 And the thing †Heb. was right in the eyes of the king pleased the king and all the congregation 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan that they should come to keep the pass-over unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written 6 So the posts went with the letters †Heb. from the â—â—nd from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah and according to the commandment of the king saying Ye children of Israel turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham Isaac and Israel and he will return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria 7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers who therefore gave them up to desolation as ye see 8 Now †Heb. â—arden not your necks be ye not stiff-necked as your fathers were but †Heb. give the hâ—nd yeeld your selves unto the LORD and enter into his sanctuary which he hath sanctified for ever and serve the LORD your God that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD your brethren and your children shall finde compassion before them that lead them captive so that they shall come again into this land for the LORD your God is * Exod. 34.6 gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the countrey of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the LORD 13 ¶ And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second moneth a very great congregation 14 And they arose and took away the * Chap. 28 24. altars that were in Jerusalem and all the altars for incense took they away and cast them into the brook Kidron 15 Then they killed the pass-over on the fourteenth day of the second moneth and the priests and the Levites were
of Aaron the priests which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities in every several city the men that were expressed by name to give portions to all the males among the priests and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites 20 ¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah and wrought that which was goâ—d and right and truth before the LORD his God 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God and in the law and in the commandments to seek his God he did it with all his heart and prospered CHAP XXXII 1 Sennackerib invadinâ— Judah Hezekiah fortifieth himself and encourageth his people 9 Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib by message and letters Hezekiah and Isaiah pray 21 An angel destroyeth the bost of the Assâ—rians to the glory of Hezekiah 24 Hezekiah praying in his sickness God giveth him a signe of recovery 25 He waxing proud is humbled by God 27 His wealth and works 21 His errour in the embassare of Babylon 32 He dying Manasseh succeedeth him AFter * 2 Kin. 18.13 c. Isa 36.1 c. these things and the establishment thereof Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entred into Judah and encamped against the fenced cities and thought †Heb. to break them up to win them for himself 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come and that †Heb. his face was to war he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city and they did help him 4 So there was gathered much people together who stopt all the fountains and the brook that †Heb. overflowed ran through the midst of the sand saying Why should the kings of Assyria come and finde much water 5 Also he strengthned himself built up all the wall that was broker and raise it up to the towers and another wall without repaired Millo in the city of David made ‖ Or swords or weapons darts and shields in abundance 6 And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city and †Heb. spake to their heart spake comfortably to them saying 7 Be strong and couragious be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him for there be nâ—â— with us then with him 8 With him is an * Jer. 17.5 arm of flesh but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battels And the people †Heb. lâ—aned rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah 9 ¶ * 2 Kin. 18.17 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem but he himself laid siege against Lachish and all his †Heb. dominion power with him unto Hezekiah king of Judah and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem saying 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria Whereon do ye trust that ye abide ‖ Or in the strong hold in the siege in Jerusalem 11 Doth not Hezekiah perswade you to give over your selves to die by famine and by thirst saying The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem saying Ye shall worship before one altar and burn inâ—ense upon it 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people out of mine hand that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you not perswade you on this manner neither yâ—t beleeve him for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand and out of the hand of my fathers how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand 16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God and against his servant Hezekiah 17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel and to speak against him saying As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand 18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall to affright them and to trouble them that they might take the city 19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth which weÌ„re the work of the hands of man 20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven 21 ¶ * 2 Kin. 19.35 c. And the LORD sent an angel which cut off all the mighty men of valour and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria so he returned with shame of face to his own land And when he was come into the house of his god they that came forth of his own bowels †Heb. made him fall slew him there with the sword 22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all other and guided them on every side 23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem and †Heb. precious things presents to Hezekiah king of Judah so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth 24 ¶ * 2 Kin. 20.1 Isa 38.1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death and prayed unto the LORD and he spake unto him and he ‖ Or wrought a miracle for him gave him a signe 25 But Hezekiah rendred not again according to the benefit done unto him for his heart was lifted up therefore there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for †Heb. the lifting up the pride of his heart both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah 27 ¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour and he made himself treasuries for silver and for gold and for precious stones and for spices and for shields and for all manner of †Heb. instrumâ—nts of desire pleasant jewels 28 Store-houses also for the increase of corn and wine and oyl and stalls for all manner of beasts and cotes for flocks 29 Moreover he provided him cities and possessions of flocks and
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths in Jerusalem 3 And the king of Egypt †Heb. removed him put him down at Jerusalem and †Heb. muâ—cted condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem and turned his name to Jehoiakim And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt 5 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in ‖ Or chains fetters to carry him to Babylon 7 * 2 Kin. 24.13 Dan. 1.1 2. Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and his abominations which he did and that which was found in him behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah and ‖ Or Jeconiah 1 Chr. 3.16 or Coniah Jer. 22.24 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead 9 ¶ * 2 Kin. 24.8 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths and ten days in Jerusalem and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD 10 And †Heb. at the return of the year when the year was expired king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the †Heb. vâ—ssels of desire goodly vessels of the house of the LORD and made ‖ Or. Mattaniah 2 King 24.17 * Jer. 37.1 Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem 11 ¶ * 2 Kin. 24.18 Jer. 52.1 c. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear by God but he stiffned his neck and hardned his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel 14 ¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests and the people transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem 15 * Jer. 25.2 4. and 35.15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them †Heb. by the hand of his messengers by his messengers rising up ‖ That is continually and carefully betimes and sending because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place 16 But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people till there was no †Heb. healing remedy 17 * 2 Kin. 25.1 c. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Caldees who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion upon young man or maiden old man or him that stooped for age he gave them all into his hand 18 And all the vessels of the house of God great and small and the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king and of his princes all these he brought to Babylon 19 And they burnt the house of God and brake down the wall of Jerusalem and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof 20 And †Heb. the remainder from the sword them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Perâ—ia 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of * Jer. 25 9 12. 29.10 Jeremiah until the land * Lev. 26.34 35 43. had enjoyed her sabbaths for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath to fulfil threescore and ten years 22 ¶ * Ezra 1.1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of * Jer. 25.12.13 29.10 Jeremiah might be acomplished the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing saying 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Pesia All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem which is in Judah who is there among you of all his people the LORD his God be with him and let him go up ¶ EZRA CHAP. I. 1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple 5 The people provide for the return 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar NOw in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the word of the LORD * 2 Chr. 36.22 Jer. 25.12 29.10 by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia that he †Heb. caused a vâ—â—ce to â—ass made a Proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing saying 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he hath * Isa 44.28 45.13 charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem which is in Judah 3 Who is there among you of all his people his God be with him and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and build the house of the LORD God of Israel he is the God which is in Jerusalem 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth let the men of his place †Heb. lift him up help him with silver and with gold and with goods and with beasts besides the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem 5 ¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem 6 And all they that were about them ‖ This is helped them strengthned their hands with vessels of silver with gold with goods and with beasts and with precious things besides all that was willingly offered 7 ¶ Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD * 2 King 24.12 2 Chr. â—6 â— which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring sorth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer and numbred them unto
sling-stones are turned with him into stubble 29 Darts are counted as stubble he laugheth at the shaking of a spear 30 †Heb. sharp pieces of the potsheâ—â—d Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp-pointed things upon the mire 31 He maketh the deep to boyl like a pot he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment 32 He maketh a path to shine after him one would think the deep to be hoary 33 Upon earth there is not his like ‖ Or who behave themselves without fear who is made without fear 34 He beholdeth all high things he is a king over all the children of pride CHAP. XLII 1 Job submitteth himself unto God 7 God preferring Jobs cause maketh his friends submit themselves and accepteth him 10 He magnifieth and blesseth Job 16 Jobs age and death THen Job answered the LORD and said 2 I know that thou canst do every thing and that ‖ Or no thought of thine can be hindred no thought can be withholden from thee 3 * Chap. 38.2 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge therefore have I uttered that I understood not things too wonderful for me which I knew not 4 Hear I beseech thee and I will speak I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee 6 Wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes 7 ¶ And it was so that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite My wrath is kindled against thee and against thy two friends for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right as my servant Job hath 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams and go to my servant â—ob and offer up for your selves a burnt-offering and my servant Job shall pray for you for †Heb. his face or person him will I accept lest I deal with you after your folly in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right like my servant Job 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did according as the LORD commanded them the LORD also accepted †Heb. the face of Job Job 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends also the LORD †Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double gave Job twice as much as he had before 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren and all his sisters and all they that had been of his acquaintance before and did eat bread with him in his house and they bemoaned him and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him every man also gave him a piece of money and every one an ear-ring of gold 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more then his beginning for he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she-asses 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters 14 And he called the name of the first Jemima and the name of the second Kezia and the name of the third Keren-happuch 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren 16 After this lived Job an hundred and fourty years and saw his sons and his sons sons even four generations 17 So Job died being old and full of days ¶ The book of PSALMS PSAL. I. 1 The happiness of the godly 4 The unhappiness of the ungodly BLessed * Pro. 4.14 is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ‖ Or wicked ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD * Josh 1.8 Psal 119.1 and in his law doth he meditate day and night 3 And he shall be like a tree * Jer. 17.8 planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not †Heb. fade wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper 4 The ungodly are not so but are * Psal 35.5 Isa 17.13 like the chaff which the wind driveth away 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish PSAL. II. 1 The kingdom of Christ 10 Kings are exhorted to accept it WHy * Acts 4.25 do the heathen ‖ Or tumultuously assemble rage and the people †Heb. meditate imagine a vain thing 2 The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against his anointed saying 3 Let us break their bands asunder cast away their cords from us 4 * Pro. 1.26 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh the LORD shall have them in derision 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and ‖ Or trouble vex them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet have I †Heb. anointed set my king †Heb. upon Zion the kill of my holiness upon my holy hill of Zion 7 I will declare ‖ Or for a decree the decree the LORD hath said unto me * Acts 13.33 Heb. 1.5 Thou art my son this day have I begotten thee 8 * Psal 72.8 Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession 9 * Rev. 2.27 19.15 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessel 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings be instructed ye judges of the earth 11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoyce with trembling 12 Kiss the son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little * Prov. 16.20 Isa 30.18 Jer. 17.7 Rom. 9.33 and 10.11 1 Pet. 2.6 blessed are all they that put their trust in him PSAL. III. The security of Gods protection ¶ A psalm of David * 2 Sam. 15 14. when he fled from Absalom his son LORD how are they increased that trouble me many are they that rise up against me 2 Many there be which say of my soul There is no help for him in God Selah 3 But thou O LORD art a shield ‖ Or about for me my glory and the sister up of mine head 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill Selah 5 * Psal 4 8. I said me dâ—wn and at I awaked for the LORD sustained me 6 * Psal 27.3 I will not â—e afâ—â—â—â— of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round aboâ—t
thou in God for I shall yet ‖ Or give thanks praise him ‖ Or his presence is salvation for the help of his countenance 6 O my God my soul is cast down within me therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of the Hermonites from ‖ Or the little hill the hill Mizar 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the day time and in the night his song shall be with me and my prayer unto the God of my life 9 I will say unto God my rock Why hast thou forgotten me why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy 10 As with a ‖ Or killing sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me while they say daily unto me Where is thy God 11 Why aâ—t thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God PSAL. XLIII 1 David praving to be restored to the temple promiseth to serve God joyfully 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God JUdge me O God and plead my cause against an ‖ Or unmerciful ungodly nation O deliver me †Heb. from a man of leâ—eit iniquity from the deceitful and unjust man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why dost thou cast me off why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy 3 O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God unto God †Heb. the gladness of my joy my exceeding joy yea upon the harp will I praise thee O God my God 5 * Ps 42.5 11. Why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God PSAL. XLIV 1 The church in memory of former favours 7 complaineth of â—er present evils 17 Professing her interâ—ity 24 she fervently prayeth for succour ¶ To the chief musician for the sons of Korah Maschil WE have heard with our ears O God our fathers have told us what work thou didst in their days in the times of old 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hanâ— and plantedst them how thou didst afllict the people and câ—st them out 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword neither did their own arm save them but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them 4 Thou art my King O God command deliverances for Jacob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies through thy name will we tread them under that the up against us 6 For I will not trust in my â—owe neither shall my sword save me 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies and haâ—t put them to shame that hated us 8 In God we boast all the day long and praise thy name for ever Selah 9 But thou hast cast off and put us to shame and goest not forth with our armies 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy and they which hate us spoll for themselves 11 Thou hast given us †Heb. as sheep of meat like sheep appointed for meat and hast scattered us among the heathen 12 Thou sellest thy people †Heb. without riâ—â—es for nought and dost not increase thy wealth by their price 13 * Ps 79.4 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours a scorn and a derision to then â—â—at are round about us 14 * Jer. 24.9 Thou makest us a by word among the heathen a shaking of the head among the people 15 My confusion is continually before me and the shame of my face hath covered me 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth by reason of the enemy and avenger 17 All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsly in thy covenant 18 Our heart is not turned back neither have our ‖ Or goingâ— steps declined from thy way 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god 21 Shall not God search this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart 22 * Rom. 3 3â— Yea for thy sake are we killed all the day long we are counted as sheep for the slaughter 23 Awake why sleepest thou O Lord arise cast us not off forever 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our affliction and our oppression 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust our belly cleaveth unto the earth 26 Arise †Heb. a help for uâ— for our help and redeem us for thy mercies sake PSAL. XLV 1 The majesty and grace of Christs kingdom 10 The duty of the church and the benefits thereof ¶ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim for the sons of Korah ‖ Or of instruction Maschil A song of loves MY heart †Heb. boyleth or bubbleth up is enditing a good matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the king my tongue is the pen of a ready writer 2 Thou art fairer then the children of men grace is poured into thy lips therefore God hath blessed thee forever 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh O most mighty with thy glory and thy majesty 4 And in thy majesty †Heb. prosper thou ride thou ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies whereby the people fall under thee 6 * Heb. 1.8 Thy throne O God is for ever and ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre 7 Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness therefore God thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows 8 All thy garments small of myrrh and aloes and caâ—lâ—a out of the ivory places whereby they have made thee glad 9 Kings daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider and inclinethine ear forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty for he is thy Lord and worship thou him 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift even the rich among the people shall intreat †Heb. thy face thy favour 13 The kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 14 She shall be brought unto the
king in raiment of needle-work the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee 15 With gladness and rejoycing shall they be brought they shall enter into the kings palace 16 In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth 17 I will make thy name to be remembred in all generations therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever PSAL. XLVI 1 The confidence which the church hath in God 8 An exhortation to behold it ¶ To the chief musician ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah A song upon Alamoth GOd is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble 2 Therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into †Heb. the heart of the sâ—as the midst of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah 4 There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High 5 God is in the midst of â—er she shall not be mâ—ved God shall heâ—p her †Heb. when the morning appeareth and that early 6 The heathen raged the kingdoms were moved he uttered his voice the earth melted 7 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is †Heb. an high place for us our refuge Selah 8 Come behold the works of the LORD what desolations he hath made in the earth 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth he breaketh the howe and cutteth the spear in sunder he burneth the chariot in the fire 10 Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth 11 The LORD of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah PSAL. XLVII 1 The nations are exhorted chearfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah O Clap your hands all ye people shout unto God with the voice of triumph 2 For the LORD most High is terrible he is a great King over all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us the excellency of Jacob whom he loved Selah 5 God is gone up with a shout the LORD with the sound of a trumpet 6 Sing praises to God sing praises sing praises unto our King sing praises 7 For God is the King of all the earth sing ye praises ‖ Or every one that hath understanding with understanding 8 God reigneth over the heathen God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness 9 ‖ Or the voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham The princes of the people are gathered together even the people of the God of Abraham for the shields of the earth belong unto God he is greatly exalted PSAL. XLVIII The ornaments and priviledges of the church ¶ A long and psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah GReat is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God in the mountain of his holiness 2 Beautiful for situation the joy of the whole earth is mount Zion on the sides of the north the city of the great king 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge 4 For lo the kings were assembled they passed by together 5 They saw it and so they marvelled they were troubled and hasted away 6 Fear took hold upon them there and pain as of a woman in travail 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind 8 As we have heard so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts in the city of our God God will establish it for ever Selah 9 We have thought of thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple 10 According to thy name O God so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousness 11 Let mount Zion rejoyce let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgements 12 Walk about Zion and go round about her tell the towers thereof 13 †Heb. set your heart to her bulwarks Mark ye well her bulwarks ‖ Or raise up consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death PSAL. XLIX 1 An earnest perswasion to build the faith of resurrection not on worldly power but on God 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be admired ¶ To the chief musician A psalm ‖ Or of for the sons of Korah HEar this all ye people give ear all ye inhabitants of the world 2 Both low and high rich and poor together 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding 4 * Ps â—8 2 Mat. 13.35 I will incline mine ear to a parable I will open my dark saying upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about 6 They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother nor give to God a ransom for him 8 For the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever 9 That he should still live for ever end not see corruption 10 For he seeth that wise men die likewise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever and their dwelling places †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations they call their lands after their own names 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not he is like the beasts that perish 13 This their way is their folly yet their posterity †Heb. delight in their mouth approve their sayings Selah 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave death shall seed on them and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning and their ‖ Or strength beauty shall consume ‖ Or the grave being an habitation to every one of them in the grave from their dwelling 15 But God will redeem my soul †Heb. from the hand of the grave from the power of ‖ Or hell the grave for he shall receive me Selah 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased 17 * Job 27.19 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away his glory shall not descend after him 18 Though †Heb. in his life whiles he lived he blessed his soul and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thy self 19
David praiseth God for his grace 4 The blessedness of Gods chosen by reason of benefits ¶ To the chief musician A psalm and song of David PRaise †Heb. is silent waiteth for thee O God in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed 2 O thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come 3 †Heb. words or matters of iniquities Iniquities prevail against me as for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of thy holy temple 5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us O God of our salvation who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of them that are afar off upon the sea 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains being girded with power 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas the noise of their waves and the tumult of the people 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening ‖ Or to sing to rejoyce 9 Thou visitest the earth and ‖ Or after thou hadst nude it to desire rain waterest it thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God which is full of water thou preparest them corn when thou hast so provided for it 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly ‖ Or thou caustâ— rain to destend into the furrows thereof thou settlest the furrows thereof †Heb. thou dissolvest it thou makest it soft with showres thou blessest the springing thereof 11 Thou crownest †Heb. the year of thy goodness the year with thy goodness and thy paths drop fatness 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness and the little hills †Heb. are girded with joy rejoyce on every side 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks the valleys also are covered over with corn they shout for joy they also sing PSAL. LXVI 1. David exhorteth to praise God 5 to observe his great words 8 to bless him for his gracious benefits 12 He voweth for himself religious service to God 16 He declareth Gods special goodness to himself ¶ To the chief musician A song or psalm MAke a joyful noise unto God †Heb. all the earth all ye lands 2 Sing forth the honour of his name make his praise glorious 3 Say unto God How terrible art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies ‖ Or yeeld sâ—â—â—â—ed obedience †Heb. lie submit themselves unto thee 4 All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee they shall sing to thy name Selah 5 Come and see the works of God be is terrible in his doing toward the children of men 6 He turned the sea into dry land they went through the flood on foot there did we rejoyce in him 7 He ruleth by his power for ever his eyes behold the nations let not the rebellious exalt themselves Selah 8 O bless our God ye people and make the voice of his Praise to be heard 9 Which †Heb. putteth holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved 10 For thou O God hast proved us thou hast tried us as silver is tried 11 Thou broughtest us into the net thou laidst affliction upon our loyns 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads we went through fire and through water but thou broughtest us out into a †Heb. waist wealthy place 13 I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings I will pay thee my vows 14 Which my lips have †Heb. opened uttered and my mouth hath spoken when I was in trouble 15 I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices of †Heb. morrow fatlings with the incense of rams I will offer bullocks with goats Selah 16 Come and hear all ye that fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my soul 17 I cryed unto him with my mouth and he was extolled with my tongue 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me 19 But verily God hath heard me he hath attended to the voice of my prayer 20 Blessed he God which hath not turned away my prayer nor his mercy from me PSAL. LXVII 1 A prayer for the enlargement of Gods kingdom 3 to the joy of the people 6 and the increase of Gods blessings ¶ To the chief musician on Neginoth A psalm or song GOd be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine †Heb. with us upon us Selah 2 That thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations 3 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people righteously and †Heb. lead govern the nations upon earth Selah 5 Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee 6 Then shall the earth yeeld her increase and God even our own God shall bless us 7 God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him PSAL. LXVIII 1 A prayer at the removing of the ark 4 An exhortation to praise God for his mercies 7 for his care of the church 19 for his great works ¶ To the chief musician A psalm or song of David LEt * Numb 10.35 God arise let his enemies be scattered let them also that hate him flee †Heb. from his fait before him 2 As smoke is driven away so drive them away as wax melteth before the fire so let the wicked perish at the presence of God 3 But let the righteous be glad let them rejoyce before God yea let them †Heb. rejoyce with gladness exceedingly rejoyce 4 Sing unto God sing praises to his name extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH and rejoyce before him 5 A father of the fatherless and a judge of the widows is God in his holy habitation 6 God setteth the solitary †Heb. in a house in families he bringeth out those which are bound with chains but the rebellious dwell in a dry land 7 O God when thou wentest forth before thy people when thou didst march through the wilderness Selah 8 The earth shook the heavens also dropped at the presence of God even Sinai it self was moved at the presence of God the God of Israel 9 Thou O God didst †Heb. stake out send a plentiful rain whereby thou didst †Heb. confirm it confirm thine inheritance when it was weary 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein thou O God hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor 11 The Lord gave the word great was the †Heb. army company of those that published it 12 Kings of armies
†Heb. did flee did flee did flee apace and she that tarried at home divided the spoil 13 Though ye have lien among the pots yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver and her feathers with yellow gold 14 When the Almighty scattered kings ‖ Or for her she was in it it was white as snow in Salmon 15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan an high hill as the hill of Bashan 16 Why leap ye ye high hills this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in yea the LORD will dwell in it for ever 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand ‖ Or even many thousands even thousands of angels the Lord is among them as in Sinai in the holy place 18 * Eph. 4.8 Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts †Heb. in the man for men yea for the rebellious also that the LORD God might dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits even the God of our salvation Selah 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses 22 The Lord said I will bring again from Bashan I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea 23 That thy foot may be ‖ Or râ—d dipped in the bloud of thine enemies and the tongue of thy dogs in the same 24 They have seen thy goings O God even the goings of my God my King in the sanctuary 25 The singers went before the players on instruments followed after amongst them were the damsels playing with timbress 26 Bless ye God in the congregations even the Lord ‖ Or ye that are of the fountain of Israel from the fountain of Israel 27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler the princes of Judah ‖ Or with their company and their council the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength strengthen O God that which thou hast wrought for us 29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee 30 Rebuke ‖ Or the beast of the reeds the company of spear-men the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the people till every one submit himself with pieces of silver ‖ Or he scattereth scatter thou the people that delight in war 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God 32 Sing unto God ye kingdoms of the earth O sing praises unto the Lord Selah 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens which were of old so he doth †Heb. give send out his voice and that a mighty voice 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God his excellency is over Israel and his strength is in the ‖ Or heavens clouds 35 O God thou art terrible out of thy holy places the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people blessed be God PSAL. LXIX 1 David complaineth of his affliction 13 He prayeth for deliverance 22 He devoteth his enemies to dectruction 30 He praiseth God with thanksgiving ¶ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim A psalm of David SAve me O God for the waters are come in unto my soul 2 I sink in †Heb. the mire of depth deep mire where there is no standing I am come into †Heb. depth of waters deep waters where the flouds everflow me 3 I am weary of my crying my throat is dried mine eyes fail while I wait for my God 4 They that hate me without a cause are mo then the hairs of mine head they that would destroy me being mine enemies wrongfully are mighty then I restored that which I took not away 5 O God thou knowest my foolishness and my †Heb. guiltiness sins are not hid from thee 6 Let not them that wait on thee O Lord GOD of hosts he ashamed for my lake let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake O God of Israel 7 Because for thy sake I have born reproach shame hath covered my face 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an aliant unto my mothers children 9 * Joh. 2. â—â— For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up * Rom. 15.3 and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are faln upon me 10 When I wept and chastned my soul with fasting that was to my reproach 11 I made sackcloth also my garment and I became a proverb to them 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and I was the song of the †Heb. drinkers of strong drink drunkards 13 But as for me my prayer is unto thee O LORD in an acceptable time O God in the multitude of thy mercy hear me in the truth of thy salvation 14 Deliver me out of the mire and let me not sink let me be delivered from them that hate me and out of the deep waters 15 Let not the water-flood overflow me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me 16 Hear me O LORD for thy loving kindness is good turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble †Heb. make haste to hear me hear me speedily 18 Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it deliver me because of mine enemies 19 Thou hast known my reproach and my shame and my dishonour mine adversaries are all before thee 20 Reproach hath broken my heart and I am full of heaviness and I looked for some †Heb. to lament with me to take pity but there was none and for comforters but I found none 21 They gave me also gall for my meat * Mat. 27.48 Mar. 15.23 Joh. 19.29 and in my thirst they gave me vineger to drink 22 * Rom. 11.9 Let their table become a snare before them and that which should have been for their welfare let it become a trap 23 Let their eyes be darkned that they see not and make their loyns continually to shake 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them 25 Let †Heb. their palace their habitation be desolate †Heb. let there not be a dweller let none dwell in their tents 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten and they talk to the grief of †Heb. thy wounded those whom thou hast wounded 27 Add ‖ Or punishment of iniquity iniquity to their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousness 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the siving and not be written with the righteous 29 But I am
4 for his greatness 8 for his kingdom 11 for his general judgement O * 1 Chron. 16.23 Sing unto the LORD a new song sing unto the LORD all the earth 2 Sing unto the LORD bless his name shew forth his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his glory among the heathen his wonders among all people 4 For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols but the LORD made the heavens 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary 7 Give unto the LORD O ye kindreds of the people give unto the LORD glory and strength 8 Give unto the LORD the glory †Heb. of his name due unto his name bring an offering and come into his courts 9 O worship the LORD ‖ Or in the glorious sanctuary in the beauty of holiness fear before him all the earth 10 Say among the heathen that * Psal 93.1 and 97.1 the LORD reigneth the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce and let the earth be glad let the sea roar and the fulness thereof 12 Let the field be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce 13 Before the LORD for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth PSAL. XCVII 1 The majesty of Gods kingdom 7 The church rejoyceth at Gods judgements upon idolateri 10 An exhortation to godliness and gladness THe LORD reigneth let the earth rejoyce let the †Heb. many or great isles multitude of isles be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him * Psal 89.14 righteousness and judgement are the ‖ Or establishment habitation of his throne 3 A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about 4 His lightnings enlightned the world the earth saw trembled 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens declare his righteousness and all the people see his glory 7 * Ex. 20.4 Levit. 26.1 Deut. 5.8 Confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of idols * Heb. 1.6 worship him all ye gods 8 Zion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgements O LORD 9 For thou LORD art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods 10 Ye that love the LORD * Ps 34.14 Amos 5.15 Rom. 12.9 hate evil he preserveth the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart 12 Rejoyce in the LORD ye righteous and give thanks ‖ Or to the memorial at the remembrance of his holiness PSAL. XCVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews 4 the Gentiles 7 and all the creatures to praise God ¶ A psalm O Sing unto the LORD a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory 2 * Isa 52.10 The LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousness hath he ‖ Or revealed openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 3 He hath remembred his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth make a loud noise and rejoyce and ring praise 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp with the harp and the voice of a psalm 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD the King 7 Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 8 Let the flouds clap their hands let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD * Ps 96.13 for he cometh to judge the earth with righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity PSAL. XCIX 1 The prophet setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion 5 exhorteth all by the example of forefathers to worship God at his holy hill THe LORD reigneth let the people tremble he sitteth between the cherubims let the earth †Heb. stagger be moved 2 The LORD is great in Zion and he is high above all people 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name for it is holy 4 The kings strength also loveth judgement thou dost establish equity thou executest judgement and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at his footstool for ‖ Or it is holy he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests and Samuel among them that call upon his name they called upon the LORD he answered them 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimomes and the ordinance that he gave them 8 Thou answeredst them O LORD our God thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions 9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy hill for the LORD our God is holy PSAL. C. 1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully 3 for his greatness 4 and for his power ¶ A psalm of ‖ Or thankâ—giving praise MAke a joyful noise unto the LORD †Heb. all the earth all ye lands 2 Serve the LORD with gladness come before his presence with singing 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God it is he that hath made us ‖ Or and his we are and not we our selves we are his people the sheep of his pasture 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name 5 Fort the LORD is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth †Heb. to generation and generation to all generations PSAL. CI. David maketh a vow and profession of godliness ¶ A psalm of David I Will sing of mercy and judgement unto thee O LORD will I sing 2 I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within my house with a perfect heart 3 I will set no †Heb. thing of Belial wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me he that walketh ‖ Or perfect in the way in a perfect way he shall serve me 7 He that worketh
deceit shall not dwell within my house he that telleth lies †Heb. shall not be established shall not tarry in my sight 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD PSâ—L CII 1 The prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous complaint 12 He taketh comfort in the eternity and mercy of God 18 The mercies of God are to be recorded 23 He sustaineth his weakness by the unchangeableness of God ¶ A prayer ‖ Or for of the afflicted when he is over whelmed and poureth out his complaint before the LORD HEar my prayer O LORD and let my cry come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble incline thine ear unto me in the day when I call answer me speedily 3 For my days are consumed ‖ Or as some read into smoke like smoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my ‖ Or flesh skin 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness I am like an owl of the desert 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day and they that are mad against me are sworn against me 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down 11 * Isa 40.6 Jam. 1.10 My days are like a shadow that declineth and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O LORD shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer 18 This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven did the LORD behold the earth 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner to loose †Heb. the children of death those that are appointed to death 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms to serve the LORD 23 He †Heb. afflicted weakned my strength in the way he shortned my days 24 I said O my God take me not away in the midst of my days thy years are throughout all generations 25 †Heb. 1.10 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt †Heb. stanâ— endure yea all of them shall wax old like a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed 27 But thou art the same and thy years shall have no end 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be established before thee PSAL. CIII 1 An exhortation to bless God for his mercy 15 and for the constancy thereof ¶ A psalm of David BLess the LORD O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name 2 Bless the LORD O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed 7 He made known his ways unto Moses his acts unto the children of Israel 8 * Exod 34.6 7. Num. 14.18 Deut. 5.10 Neh. 9.17 Psal 86.15 Jer. 32.18 The LORD is merciful and gracious slow to anger and †Heb. great of mercy plenteous in mercy 9 He will not always chide neither will he keep his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities 11 For †Heb. according to the height of the heaven as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him 12 As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our transgressions from us 13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the LORD pitieth them that fear him 14 For he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust 15 As for man his days are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourisheth 16 For the wind passeth over it and †Heb. it is not it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him his righteousness unto childrens children 18 * Deut. 7.9 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 Bless the LORD ye his angels †Heb. mighty in strength that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkning unto the voice of his word 21 Bless ye the LORD all ye his hosts ye ministers of his that do his pleasure 22 Bless the LORD all his works in all places of his dominion bless the LORD O my soul PSAL. CIV 1 A meditation upon the mighty power 7 and wonderful providence of God 31 Gods glory is eternal 33 The prophet voweth perpetually to praise God BLess the LORD O my soul O LORD my God thou art very great thou art clothed with honour and majesty 2 Who coverest thy self with light as with a garment who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters who maketh the clouds his chariot who walketh upon the wings of the wind 4 * Hebr. 1.7 Who maketh his angels spirits his ministers a flaming fire 5 †Heb. he hath founded the earth upon her bases Who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed for ever 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment the waters stood above the mountains 7 At thy rebuke they fled at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away 8 ‖ Or the mountains ascend the valleys descend They go up by the mountains they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them 9 Thou hast set a bound
to favour his fatherless children 13 Let his posterity be cut off and in the generation following let their name be blotted out 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembred with the LORD and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out 15 Let them be before the LORD continually that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to shew mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man that he might even slay the broken in heart 17 As he loved curing so let it come unto him as he delighted not in blessing so let it be far from him 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment so let it come †Heb. within him into his bowels like water and like oyl into his bones 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD and of them that speak evil against my soul 21 But do thou for me O GOD the Lord for thy names sake because thy mercy is good deliver thou me 22 For I am poor and needy and my heart is wounded within me 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth I am tossed up and down as the locust 24 My knees are weak through fasting and my flesh faileth of fatness 25 I became also a reproach unto them when they looked upon me they shaked their heads 26 Help me O LORD my God O save me according to thy mercy 27 That they may know that this is thy hand that thou LORD hast done it 28 Let them curse but bless thou when they arise let them be ashamed but let thy servant rejoyce 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth yea I will praise him among the multitude 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save him †Heb. from the judâ—es of his soul from those that condemn his soul PSAL. CX 1 The kingdom 4 the priesthood 5 the conquest 7 and the passion of Christ ¶ A psalm of David THe * Mat. 22.44 Mark 12.26 Luke 20.42 Acts 2.24 1 Cor. 15.25 Heb. 1.13 LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion rule thou in the mids of thine enemies 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power in the beauties of holiness ‖ Or more then the womb of the morning thou shalt have c. from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth 4 The LORD hath sworn and will not repent * Heb. 5.6 and 7.17 Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath 6 He shall judge among the heathen he shall fill the places with the dead bodies he shall wound the heads over ‖ Or great many countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up the head PSAL. CXI 1 The psalmist by his example inciteth others to praise God for his glorious 5 and gracious works 10 The fear of God breedeth true wisdom †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD I will praise the LORD with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation 2 The works of the LORD are great sought out of all them that have pleasure therein 3 His work is honourable and glorious and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembred the LORD is gracious and full of compassion 5 He hath given †Heb. prey meat unto them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement all his commandments are sure 8 They †Heb. are stabâ—iâ—ied stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and uprightness 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his name 10 * Job 28.28 Prov. 1.7 and 9.10 Ecclus 1.16 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom ‖ Or. good success a good understanding have all they †Heb that do them that do his commandments his praise endureth for ever PSAL. CXII 1 Godliness hath the promises of this life 4 and of the life to come 10 The prosperity of the godly shall be an ese-sore to the wicked †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD that delighteth greatly in his commandments 2 His feed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the upright shall be blessed 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth forever 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness he is gracious and full of compassion and righteous 5 A good man sheweth favour and lendeth he will guide his affairs with †Heb. judgement discretion 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance 7 He shall not be a fraid of evil tidings his heart is fixed trusting in the LORD 8 His heart is established he shall not be afraid until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 * 2 Cor. 9.9 He hath dispersed he hath given to the poor his righteousness endureth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved he shall gnash with his teeth and melt away the desire of the wicked shall perish PSAL. CXIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his excellency 6 for his mercy †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise O ye servants of the LORD praise the name of the LORD 2 * Dan. 2.20 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore 3 * Mal. 1.11 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORDS name is to be praised 4 The LORD is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God who †Heb. exalteth himself to dwell dwelleth on high 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth 7 * 1 Sam. 2.8 Psal 107.41 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghil 8 That he may set him with princes even with the princes of his people 9 He maketh the barren woman †Heb. to dwell in an house to keep house and to be
a joyful mother of children Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXIV 1 An exhortation by the example of the dumb creatures to fear God in his church WHen * Ex. 16.3 Israel went out of Egypt the house of Jacob from a people of strange language 2 Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 * Ex. 14.21 The sea saw it and fled * Josh 3.13 Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs 5 What ailed thee O thou sea that thou fleddest thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like lambs 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 * Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 Which turned the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of waters PSAL. CXV 1 Because God is truly gloricus 4 and idols are vanity 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings NOt unto us O LORD not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore should the heathen say * Psal 41.10 79.10 Where is now their God 3 * Psal 135.6 But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 4 * Psal 135.15 Their idols are silver and gold the work of mens hands 5 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 6 They have ears but they hear not noses have they but they sinell not 7 They have hands but they handle not feet have they but they walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 9 O Israel trust thou in the LORD he is their help and their shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 11 Ye that fear the LORD trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us he will bless us he will bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD both small †Heb. with and great 14 The LORD shall increase you more more you your children 15 You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth 16 The heaven even the heavens are the LORDs but the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not the LORD neither any that go down into silence 18 * Dan. 2 20. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore Praise the LORD PSAL. CXVI 1 The psalmist professeth his love and ducy to God for his deliverance 12 He studieth to be thankful I Love the LORD because he hath heard my voice and my supplications 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him †Heb. in my days as long as I live 3 * Psal 18.5 6. The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of hell †Heb. found me gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD O LORD I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the LORD and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The LORD preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me 7 Return unto thy rest O my soul for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living 10 * 2 Cor. 4.13 I beleeved therefore have I spoken I was greatly afflicted 11 I said in my haste * Rom. 3.4 All men are liars 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me 13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the LORD 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints 16 O LORD truly I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thy hand-maid thou hast loosed my bonds 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the LORD 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 19 In the courts of the LORDs house in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVII An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth O * Rom. 15.11 Praise the LORD all ye nations praise him all ye people 2 For his merciful kindness is great towards us and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 The psalmist by his experience sheweth how good it is to trust in God 19Vnder the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed O * 1 Chr. 16.8 Ps 106.1 107.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good because his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth for ever 3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth for ever 4 Let them now that fear the LORD say that his mercy endureth for ever 5 I called upon the LORD †Heb. out of distress in distress the LORD answered me and set me in a large place 6 * Ps 56.4 11. Heb. 13.6 The LORD is †Heb. for me on my side I will not fear what can man do unto me 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in man 9 * Ps 146.2 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me about but in the name of the LORD will I †Heb. out them off destroy them 11 They compassed me about yea they compassed me about but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them 12 They compassed me about like bees they are quenched as the fire of thorns for in the name of the LORD I will †Heb. out down destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the LORD helped me 14 * Ex. 15.2 Isa 12.2 The LORD is my strength and song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of rejoycing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the LORD 18 The
set upon thy throne 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation 14 This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it 15 I will ‖ Or surely abundantly bless her provision I will satifie her poor with bread 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy 17 * Lu. 1 69 There will I make the horn of David to bud I have ordained a ‖ Or candle lamp for mine anointed 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame but upon himself shall-his crown flourish PSAL. CXXXIII The benefit of the communion of saints ¶ A song of degrees of David BEhold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell †Heb. even together together in unity 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard even Aarons beard that went down to the skirts of his garments 3 As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the LORD commanded the blessing even life for evermore PSAL. CXXXIV An exhortation to bless God ¶ A song of degrees BEhold bless ye the LORD all ye servants of the LORD which b◠night stand in the house of the LORD 2 Lift up your hands ‖ Or in holiness in the sanctuary and bless the LORD 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion PSAL. CXXXV An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 for his power 8 for his judgements 15 The vanity of idols 19 An exhortation to bless God PRaise ye the LORD praise ye the name of the LORD praise him O ye servant of the LORD 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD in the courts of the house of our God 3 Praise ye the LORD for the LORD is good sing praises unto his name for it is pleasant 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure 5 For I know that the LORD is great that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places 7 * Jer. 10.13 He causeth the vapour to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh lightnings for the rain the bringeth the wind out of his treasuries 8 * Ex. 12.29 Who smote the first-born of Egypt †Heb. from man unto beast both of man and beast 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants 10 * Num. 21.24 25 26 34 35. Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan and all the kingdoms of Canaan 12 * Jol. 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy name O LORD endureth for ever and thy memorial O LORD †Heb. to generation and generation throughout all generations 14 For the LORD will judge his people and he will repent himself concerning his servants 15 * Ps 115.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have ears but they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouths 18 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 19 Bless the LORD O house of Israel bless the LORD O house of Aaron 20 Bless the LORD O house of Levi ye that scar the LORD bless the LORD 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion which dwelleth at Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXXXVI An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies O * Ps 106.1 107.1 118.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 * Gen. 1.1 To him that by wisdom made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 * Gen. 1.9 Jer. 10.12 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 * Gen. 1.14 To him that made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun †Heb. for the rulings by day to rule by day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 * Ex. 12.29 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 * Ex. 13.17 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a strong hand and with a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 * Ex. 14.21 22. To him which divided the Red sea into parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 * Ex. 14.28 But †Heb. shaked off overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 * Ex. 15.22 To him which led his people through the wilderness for his mercy endureth for ever 17 To him which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 * Deu. 29.7 Ps 135.10 12. And slew famous kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 * Nu. 21.23 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 * Nu. 21.33 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 * Jos 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever PSAL. CXXXVII The constancy of the Jews in captivity 7 The prophet curseth Edom and Babel BY the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembred Zion 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us †Heb. the words of a song a song and they that †Heb. laid us on heaps wasted us required of us mirth saying Sing us one of the songs of Zion
sincere 7 and his life safe from snares ¶ A psalm of David LORD I cry unto thee make Laste unto me give car unto my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be †Heb. directed set forth before thee as incense and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice 3 Set a watch O LORD before my mouth keep the door of my lips 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me not eat of their dainties 5 ‖ Or let the righteous smite me kindly and reprove me let not their pricious oyl break my head c. Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me it shall be an excellent oyl which shall not break my head for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places they shall hear my words for they are sweet 7 Our bones are scattered at the graves mouth as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth 8 But mine eyes are unto thee O GOD the Lord in thee is my trust †Heb. make not my soul hers leave not my soul destitute 9 Keep me from the snare which they have said for me and the grins of the workers of iniquity 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets whilest that I withal †Heb. pass over escape PSAL. CXLII David sheweth that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God ¶ ‖ Or A psalm of David giving instruction Maschil of David a prayer when he was in the cave I Cried unto the LORD with my voice with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication 2 I poured out my complaint before him I shewed before him my trouble 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me then thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 ‖ Or look 〈◊〉 the right hand and see I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge †Heb. perished from me sailed me †Heb. no man sought after my soul no man cared for my soul 5 I cried unto thee O LORD I said Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living 6 Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutours for they are stronger then I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name the righteous shall compass me about for thou shalt deal bountifully with me PSAL. CXLIII 1 David prayeth for favour in judgement 3 He complaineth of his griefs 5 He strengthneth his faith by meditation and prayer 7 He prayeth for grace 9 for deliverance 10 for sanctification 12 for destruction of his enemies ¶ A psalm of David HEar my prayer O LORD give ear to my supplications in thy faithfulness answer me and in thy righteousness 2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant for * Exod. 34.7 Rom. 3.20 Gal. 2.16 in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me my heart within me is desolate 5 I remember the days of old I meditate on all thy works I muse on the work of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land Selah 7 Hear me speedily O LORD my spirit saileth hide not thy face from me ‖ Or for I am become like c. lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit 8 Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning for in thee do I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walk for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O LORD from mine enemies I †Heb. hid me with thee flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God thy spirit is good lead me into the land of uprightness 11 Quicken me O LORD for thy names sake for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul for I am thy servant PSAL. CXLIV 1 David blesseth God for his mercy both to him and to man 5 He prayeth that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies 9 He promiseth to praise God 11 He prayeth for the happy estate of the kingdom ¶ A psalm of David BLessed be the LORD †Heb. my rock my strength * 2 Sam. 22.35 which teacheth my hands †Heb. to the war c. to war and my fingers to fight 2 * 2 Sam. 22.2 3 40. ‖ Or my mercy My goodness and my fortress my high tower and my deliveter my shield and he in whom I trust who subdueth my people under me 3 * Job 7.17 Psal 8.4 Heb. 2.6 LORD what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him 4 * Job 14.2 Ps 29.5 Man is like to vanity his days are as a shadow that passeth away 5 Bow thy heavens O LORD and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 * Ps 18.13 14. Cast forth lightning and scatter them shoot out thine arrows and destroy them 7 Send thine †Heb. hands hand from above rid me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whos 's mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee 10 It is be that giveth ‖ Or victory salvation unto kings who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword 11 Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our daughters may be as corner-stones †Heb. cut polished after the similitude of a palace 13 That our garners may be full affording †Heb. from kinde to kinde all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be †Heb. able to hear burâ—eas or leaden with fiesh strong to labour that there be no breaking in nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets 15 * Psal 33.21 and 65 4. Happy is that people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the LORD PSAL. CXLV 1 David praiseth God for his fame 8 for his goodness
11 for his kingdom 14 for his providence 17 for his saving mercy ¶ Davids psalm of praise I Will extol thee my God O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever 2 Every day will I bless thee and I will praise thy name for ever and ever 3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised †Heb. and of his greatness there is no searth and his greatness is unsearchable 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty and of thy wondrous †Heb. thines or words works 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and I will †Heb. declare 〈◊〉 declare thy greatness 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness 8 * Exod. 34.6 7. Nu. 14.18 Psal 86.5 15. and 102.8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and †Heb. great in mercy of great mercy 9 The LORD is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works 10 All thy works shall praise thee O LORD and thy saints shall bless thee 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom 13 Thy kingdom is †Heb. a kingdom of all ages an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down 15 The eyes of all ‖ Or look unto thee wait upon thee and thou-givest them their meat in due season 16 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and ‖ Or merciful or bâ—â—â—tiful holy in all his works 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him to all that call upon him in truth 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he destroy 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever PSAL. CXLVI 1 The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God 3 He exborteth not to trust in man 5 God for his power justice mercy and kingdom is onely worthy to be trusted †Heb. Hal e lessujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise the LORD O my soul 2 While I live will I praise the LORD I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being 3 * Psal 118.8 9. Put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no ‖ Or salvation help 4 His breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help whose hope is in the LORD his God 6 Which made heaven and earth the sea and all that therein is which keepeth truth for ever 7 Which executeth judgement for the oppressed which giveth food to the hungry the LORD looseth the prisoners 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down the LORD loveth the righteous 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers he relieveth the fatherless and widow but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down 10 * Exod. 15.18 The LORD shall reign for ever even thy God O Zion unto all generations Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVII 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of the church 4 his power 6 and his mercy 7 to praise him for his providence 12 to praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom 15 for his power over the meteors 19 and for his ordinances in the church PRaise ye the LORD for it is good to sing praises unto our God for it is pleasant and praise is comely 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel 3 He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their †Heb. griefs wounds 4 He telleth the number of the stars he calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and of great power †Heb. of his understanding there is no number his understanding is infinite 6 The LORD listeth up the meek he casteth the wicked down to the ground 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving sing praise upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds who prepareth rain for the earth who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains 9 * Job 38.41 Psal 104.27 28. He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him in those that hope in his mercy 12 Praise the LORD O Jerusalem praise thy God O Zion 13 For he hath strengthned the bars of thy gates he hath blessed thy children within thee 14 †Heb. who maketh thy border peace He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the †Heb. fat of wheat finest of the wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wool he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold 18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow 19 He sheweth †Heb. his words his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgements unto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgements they have not known them Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXLVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial 7 the terrestrial 11 and the rational creatures to praise God †Heb. Hallelujah PRaise ye the LORD Praise ye the LORD from the heavens praise him in the heights 2 Praise ye him all his angels praise ye him all his hosts 3 Praise ye him sun and moon praise him all ye stars of light 4 Praise him ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above the heavens 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD for he commanded and they were created 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever he hath made a decree which shall not pass 7 Praise the LORD from the earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapour stormy wind fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel creeping things and †Heb. birds of wing flying fowl 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the earth 12 Both young
For the LORD spake thus to me †Heb. in strength of hand with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people saying 12 Say ye not A confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say A confederacy neither fear ye their fear nor be afraid 13 Sanctifie the LORD of hoâ—s himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary but for * Ch. 2â— 16 Luk. 2. â—4 Rom. 9 3â— 1 Pet. 2.8 a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 15 And many among them shall * Matth. 2â— 44. Luk. 20.18 stumble and fall and be broken and besnared and be taken 16 Binde up the testimony seal the law among my disciples 17 And I will wait upon the LORD that hâ—â—â—th his face from the house of Jacob and I will look for him 18 * Hebr. 2 13. Behold I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts which dwelleth in mount Zion 19 ¶ And when they shall say unto you Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto wizard that peep and that mutter should not a people seek unto their God for the living to the dead 20 * Luk. 16.29 To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is †Heb. no morning no light in them 21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry they shall fret themselves and curse their king and their God and look upward 22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble and darkness dimness of anguish and they shall be driven to darkness CHAP. IX 1 What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions by the kingdom and birth of Chrâ—st 8 The judgements upon Israel for their pride 13 for their byjoâ—r sie 18 and for their impenitency NEvertheless the dimnesâ— shall not be such as was in her vexation when at the first he lightâ— afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Jordan in Galilee ‖ Or populous of the nations 2 * Mat. 4.16 Eph. 5.14 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation and ‖ Or to him not increased the joy they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest and as men rejoyce when they divide the spoil 4 ‖ Or when thou breakest For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder the rod of his oppressour as in the day of * Judg. 7.22 Ch. 10.26 Midian 5 ‖ Or When the whole â—atteâ— of the warrâ—our was c. For every bâ—ttel of the warriour is with confused noise and garments rolled in bloud ‖ Or and it was c. but this shall be with burning and †Heb meat fewel of fire 6 For unto us a childe is born unto us a * Joh. 3.16 son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellour The mighty God The everlasting father The prince of peace 7 Of the increase of his government and peace * Luke 1.32 33. there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgement and with justice from henceforth even for ever the * 2 King 19.31 Ch 37.32 zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this 8 ¶ The Lord sent a word into Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel 9 And all the people shall know even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria that say in the pride and stoutness of heart 10 The bricks are fallen down but we will build with hewn stones the sycomores are cut down but we will change them into cedars 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him and †Heb. mingle joyn his enemies together 12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behinde and they shall devour Israel †Heb. with whole mouth with open mouth * Ch. 5.25 10.4 for all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 13 ¶ For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them neither do they seek the LORD of hosts 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail branch and rush in one day 15 The ancient and honourable he is the head and the prophet that teacheth lies he is the tail 16 For ‖ Or they that call them blessed the leaders of this people cause them to err and ‖ Or they that are called blessed of them they that are led of them are †Heb. swallowed up destroâ—ed 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows for ever one is an hypocrite and an evil doer and every mouth speaketh ‖ Or villany folly for all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 18 ¶ For wickedness â—urneth as the fire it shall devour the briers and thorns and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkned and the people shall be as the †Heb. meat fewel of the fire no man shall spare his brother 20 And he shall †Heb. cut snatch on the right hand and be hungry and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm 21 Manasseh Ephraim and Ephraim Manasseh and they together shall be against Judah For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still CHAP. X. 1 The wo of tyrants 5 Assyria the rod of hypocrites for his pride shall he broken 20. A remnant of Israel shall be saved 24 Israel is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria WO unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and ‖ Or to the writers that write grievousness that write grievousness which they have prescribed 2 To turn aside the needy from judgement and to take away the right from the poor of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the father less 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation and in the desolation which shall come from far to whom will ye flee for help and where will ye leave
your glory 4 Without me they shall bow down under the priseners and they shall fall under the slain * Ch. 5.25 and 9.12 For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 5 ¶ ‖ Or Wo to the Assyrian O †Heb. Asâ—ur Assyrian the rod of mine anger ‖ Or thâ—uth and the staff in their hand is mine indignation 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil and to take the prey and †Heb. to lar them a treading to tread them down like the mire of the streets 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so neither doth his heart think so but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few 8 * 2 Kin. 18.24 33. and 19 10 c. For he saith Are not my princes altogether kings 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish is not Hamath as Arphad is not Samaria as Damascus 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria 11 Shall I not as I have done unto Samaria and her idols so do to Jerusalem and her idols 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath performed his whole work * 2 Kin. 19.31 upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem I will †Heb. visit upon punish the fruit †Heb. of the treatness of the heart of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks 13 For he saith By the strength of my hand I have done it and by my wisdom for I am prudent and I have removed the bounds of the people and have robbed their treasures and I have put down the inhabitans ‖ Or like many people like a valiant man 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the earth and there was none that moved the wing or opened the mouth or peeped 15 Shall the ax boast it self against him that heweth therewith or shall the saw magnifie it self against him that shaketh it ‖ Or as if 〈◊〉 rod should shake them that lift it up as if the rod should shake it self against them that lift it up or as if the staff should lift up ‖ Or that which is not wood it self as if it were no wood 16 Therefore shall the Lord the LORD of hosts send among his fat ones leanness and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire and his holy One for a flame and it shall burn devour his thorns and his briers in one day 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field †Heb. from the soul and even to the flesh both soul and body and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be †Heb. number few that a childe may write them 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again stay upon him that smote them but shall stay upon the LORD the holy One of Israel in truth 21 The remnant shall return even the remnant of Jacob unto the might God 22 * Ro. 9.27 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea yet a remnant †Heb. in or amongst of them shall return * Ch. 28.22 the consumption decreed shall overflow ‖ Or in with righteousness 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption even determined in the midst of all the land 24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts O my people that dwellest in Zion be not afraid of the Assyrian he shall smite thee with a rod ‖ Or but be shall lift up his staff for thee and shall lift up his staff against thee after the manner of * Exod. 14. Egypt 25 For yet a very little while and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of * Judg. 7 2â— Chap. 9.4 Midian at the rock of Oreb and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt 27 And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden †Heb. shall remove shall be taken away from off thy shoulder and his yoke from off thy neck and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing 28 He is come to Aiath he is passed to Migron at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages 29 They are gone over the passage they have taken up their lodging at Geba Ramah is afraid Gibeah of Saul is fled 30 †Heb. Cryst â—ill with thy voice Lift up thy voice O daughter of Gallim cause it to be heard unto Laish O poor Anathoth 31 Madmenah is removed the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion the hill of Jerusalem 33 Behold the Lord the LORD of hosts shall top the bough with terrour and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down and the haughty shall be humbled 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron and Lebanon shall fall ‖ Or mightily by a mighty one CHAP. XI 1 The peaceable kingdom of the branch out of the root of Jesse 10 The victorious restauration of Israel and vocation of the Gentiles ANd there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of * Act. 13. â—3 Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD 3 And shall make him of †Heb. sent or smell quick understanding in the fear of the LORD and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his ears 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and ‖ Or argue reprove with equity for the meek of the earth and he shall * Job 4.9 2 Thes 2.8 smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loyns and faithfulness the girdle of his reins 6 * Ch. 65 2â— The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the kid and the calf and the young lion and the
fatling together and a little childe shall lead them 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed their young ones shall lie down together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox 8 And the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the asp and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the ‖ Or adders cockstrice den 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea 10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensigne of the people to it shall the * Ro 1â— 10 Gentiles seek and his rest shall be †Heb. glory glorious 11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea 12 And he shall set up an ensigne for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four †Heb. wings corners of the earth 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off Ephriam shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west they shall spoil †Heb. the children of the east them of the east together †Heb. Edom and Moah shall be the laying on of their hand they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moah †Heb. the children of Ammon their obedience and the children of Ammon shall obey them 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river and shall simite it in the seven streams and make men go over †Heb. in shâ—es dry-shod 16 And there shall be an high-way for the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria * Ex. 14.29 like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt CHAP. XII A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God ANd in that day thou shalt say O LORD I will praise thee though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortedst me 2 Behold God is my salvation I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my * Ex. 15â— Ps 118.14 strength and my song he also is become my salvation 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation 4 And in that day shall ye say * 1 Chr. 16.3 Ps 105.1 Praise the LORD ‖ Or proclaim his name call upon his name declare his doings among the people make mention that his name is exalted 5 Sing unto the LORD for he hath done excellent things this is known in all the earth 6 Cry out and shout thou †Heb. inhabitresâ— inhabitant of Zion for great is the holy One of Israel in the midst of thee CHAP. XIII 1 God mustereth the armies of his wrath 6 He threatneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes 19 The desolation of Babylon THe burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain exalt the voice unto them shake the hand that they may go into the gates of the nobles 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger even them that rejoyce in my highness 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains †Heb. the likeness of like as of a great people a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battel 5 They come from a far countrey from the end of heaven even the LORD and the weapons of his indignation to destroy the whole land 6 ¶ Howl ye for the day of the LORD is at hand it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty 7 Therefore shall all hands ‖ Or fall down be faint every mans heart shall melt 8 And they shall be afraid pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth they shall †Heb. wonder be amazed †Heb. every man at his neighbour one at another their faces shall be as †Heb. faces of the flames flames 9 Behold the day of the LORD cometh cruel both with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light the sun shall be * Ezek. 32.7 Joel 2.31 and 3.15 Mat. 24.29 Mar. 13.24 Lu. 21.25 darkned in his going forth and the moon shall not cause her light to shine 11 And I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their iniquity and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible 12 I will make a man more precious thâ—n fine gold even a man then the golden wedge of Ophir 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens and the earth shall remove out of her place in the wrath of the LORD of hosts and in the day of his fierce anger 14 And it shall he as the chased roe and as a sheep that no man taketh up they shall every man turn to his own people and flee every one unto his own land 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through and every one that is joyned unto them shall fall by the sword 16 Their children also shall be * Ps 137.9 dashed to pieces before their eyes their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished 17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them which shall not regard silver and as for gold they shall not delight in it 18 Their bowes also shall dash the young men to pieces and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb their eyes shall not spare children 19 ¶ And Babylon the glory of kingdoms the beauty of the Caldees excellency shall be †Heb. as the overthrowing as when God overthrew * Ge. 19.24 Jer. 30.40 Sodom and Gomorrah 20 It shall never be inhabited neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there neither shall the shepherds make their fold there 21 But †Heb. Ziim wilde beasts of the desert shall lie there and their houses shall be full of †Heb. Othim doleful creatures and ‖ Or ostriches †Heb. daughters of the owl owls shall dwell there and satyres shall
years old for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of †Heb. breaking destruction 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be †Heb. desolations desolate for the hay is withered away the grass faileth there is no green thing 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten and that which they have laid up shall they carry away to the ‖ Or â—aâ—ley of the Arbians brook of the willows 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab the howling thereof unto Eglaim and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood for I will bring †Heb. additions more upon Dimon lions upon him that escapeth of Moab and upon the remnant of the land CHAP. XVI 1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Christs kingdom 6 Moab is threatned for her pride 9 The prophet bewaileth her 12 The judgement of Moab SEnd ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from ‖ Or Petr◠†Heb. a rock Sela to the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion 2 For it shall be that as a wandring bird ‖ Or a nest forsaken cast out of the nest so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon 3 †Heb. Bring Take counsel execute judgement make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon-day hide the outcasts bewray not him that wandreth 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee Moab be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler for the †Heb. wringer extortioner is at an end the spoiler ceaseth †Heb. the treader down the oppressours are consumed out of the land 5 And in mercy * Dan. 7.14.27 Mâ—c 4.7 Lu. 1 4â— shall the throne be ‖ Or prepared established and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David judging and seeking judgement and hasting righteousness 6 ¶ We have heard of the * Jer. 48.27 pride of Moab he is very proud even of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath but his lies shall not be so 7 Therefore shall Moab * Jer. 48.20 howl for Moab every one shall howl for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye ‖ Or mutter mourn surely they are stricken 8 For the fields of Heshbon languish and the vine of Sibmah the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof they are come even unto Jazer they wandred through the wilderness her branches are ‖ Or plucked up stretched out they are gone over the sea 9 ¶ Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah I will water thee with my tears O Heshbon and Elealeh for ‖ Or the alarm is faln upon c. the shouting for thy summer-fruits and for thy harvest is faln 10 And * Jer. 48.33 gladness is taken away and joy out of the plentiful field and in the vineyards there shall be no singing neither shall that * be shoutâ—ng the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses I have made their vintage-shouting to cease 11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray but he shall not prevail 13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time 14 But now the LORD hath spoken saying Within three years as the years of an hireling and the glory of Moab shall be contemned with all that great multitude and the remnant shall be very small and ‖ Or not many feeble CHAP. XVII 1 Syria and Israel are threatned 6 A remnant shall forsake idolatry 9 The rest shall be plagued for their impiety 12 The wo of Israels enemies THe burden of Damascus Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city and it shall be a ruinous heap 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken they shall be for flocks which shall lie down and none shall make them afraid 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim and the kingdom from Damascus and the remnant of Syria they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel saith the LORD of hosts 4 And in that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean 5 And it shall be as when the harvest-man gathereth the corn and reapeth the ears with his arm and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim 6 ¶ Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it as the shaking of an olive-tree two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof saith the LORD God of Israel 7 At that day shall a man look to his maker and his eyes shall have respect to the holy One of Israel 8 And he shall not look to the altars the work of his hands neither shall respect that which his fingers have made either the groves or the ‖ Or suâ—-images images 9 ¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough and an uppermost branch which they left because of the children of Israel and there shall be desolation 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants and shalt set it with strange slips 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish but the harvest shall be ‖ Or removed in the day of inheritance and there shall be deadly sorrow a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow 12 ¶ Wo to the ‖ Or noise multitude of many people which make a noise like the noise of the seas and to the rushing of nations that make a rushing like the rushing of ‖ Or manâ— mighty waters 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters but God shall rebuke them and they shall flee far off and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind and like ‖ Or the-â—â—â— dowâ— a rolling thing before the whirlwind 14 And behold at evening-tide trouble and before the morning he is not this is the portion of them y spoil us and the lot of them that rob us CHAP. XVIII 1 God in care of his people will destroy the Ethiopians 7 An access thereby shall crow unto the church Wo to the land shadowing with wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia 2 That sendeth ambassadours by the sea even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters saying Go ye swift messengers to a nation Or out-spread and
polished scattered and pâ—eled to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ‖ Or a nation that metest out and treadeth down †Heb. a nation of line line and treading under foot a nation meted out and troden down ‖ Or whose land the rivers despist whose land the rivers have spoiled 3 All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth see ye when he lifteth up an ensigne on the mountains and when he bloweth a trumpet hear ye 4 For so the LORD said unto me I will take my rest and I will consider in my dwelling-place like a clear heat ‖ Or regard my set dwelling upon herbs and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest 5 For afore the harvest when the bud is perfect and the sowre grape is ripening in the flower he shall both cut off the sprâ—gs with pruning-houks and take away and cut down the branches 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth and the fowls shall summer upon them and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them 7 ¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people ‖ Or after rain scattered and peeled and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto a nation meted out and troden under foot ‖ Or out-spread and polished whole land the rivers have spotled to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts the mount Zion CHAP. XIX 1 The confusion of Egypt 11 The foolishness of their princes 18 The calling of Egypt to the church 23 The covenant of Egypt Aâ—â—â—ria Israel THe burden of Egypt Behold the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it 2 And I will †Heb. mingle set the Egyptians against the Egyptians and they shall fight every one against his brother and every one against his neighbour city against city and kingdom against kingdom 3 And the spirit of Egypt †Heb. shall be emptied shall fail in the midst thereof and I will †Heb. swallow up destroy the counsel thereof and they shall seek to the idols to the charmers and to them that have familiar spirits and to the wizards 4 And the Egyptians will I ‖ Or shut up give over into the hand of a cruel lord and a fierce king shall rule over them saith the Lord the LORD of hosts 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea and the river shall be wasted and dried up 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up the reeds and flags shall wither 7 The paper-reeds by the brooks by the mouth of the brooks and every thing sown by the brooks shall wither be driven away †Heb. aâ—â— shall not be and be no more 8 The fishers also shall mourn and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish 9 Moreover they that work in fine flax and they that weave ‖ Or white works net-works shall be confounded 10 And they shall be broken in the †Heb. foundations purposes thereof all that make sluces and ponds †Heb. of â—â—at 〈…〉 for fish 11 ¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are foâ—ls the counsel of the wise counsellours of Pharaoh is become brutish how say ye unto Pharaoh I am the son of the wise the son of ancient kings 12 Where are they where are thy wise men and let them tell thee now and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools the princes of Noph are deceived they have also seduced Egypt even ‖ Or governours †Heb. corners they that are the stay of the tribes thereof 14 The LORD hath mingled †Heb. a spirit of â—â—â—versities a perverse spirit in the midst thereof and they have caused Egyp to err in every work thereof as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt which the head or tail branch or rush may do 16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts which he shaketh over it 17 And the land of Judah shall be a terrour unto Egypt every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which he hath determined against it 18 ¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak †Heb. 〈◊〉 lip the language of Canaan and swear to the LORD of hosts one shall be called the city ‖ Or of Hâ—res or of the 〈◊〉 of destruction 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD 20 And it shall be for a signâ— and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressours and he shall send them a saviour and a great one and he shall deliver them 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day and shall do sacrifice and oblation yea they shall vow a vow unto the LORD and perform it 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt he shall smite and heal it and they shall return even to the LORD and he shall be intreated of them and shall heal them 23 ¶ In that dry shall there be a high-way out of Egypt to Assyria and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria even a blessing in the midst of the land 25 Whom the LORD of host shall bless saying Blessed be Egypt my people and Assyria the work of my hands and Israel mine inheritance CHAP. XX. A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia IN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and fought against Ashdod and took it 2 At the same time spake the LORD †Heb. by the hand of Isaiâ—â— by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loyns and put off thy shoe from thy foot And he did so walking naked and bare-foot 3 And the LORD said Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare-foot three years for a signe and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away †Heb. the captivity of Egypt the Egyptians prisoners and
Hilkiah 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe and strengthen him with thy girdle I will commit thy government into his hand and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder so he shall * Iob 12 14 Rev. 3.7 open none shall shut and he shall shut none shall open 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place and he shall be for a glorious throne to his fathers house 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his fathers house the offspring and the issue all vessels of small quantity from the vessels of cups even to all the ‖ Or instruments of viols vessels of flagons 25 In that day saith the LORD of hosts shall the nail that is fastned in the sure place be removed and be cut down and fall and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off for the LORD hath spoken it CHAP. XXIII 1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre 17 Their unhappy return THe burden of Tyre Howl ye ships of Tarshish for it is laid waste so that there is no house no entring in from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them 2 Be †Heb. fâ—eâ—t still ye inhabitants of the isle thou whom the merchants of Zidon that pass over the sea have replenished 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor the harvest of the river is her revenue and she is a mart of nations 4 Be thou ashamed O Zidon for the sea hath spoken even the strength of the sea saying I travail not nor bring forth children neither do I nourish up young men nor bring up virgins 5 As at the report concerning Egypt so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish howl ye inhabitants of the isle 7 Is this your joyous city whose antiquity is of ancient days her own feet shall carry her †Heb. from afar off afar off to sojourn 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre the crowning city whose merchants are princes whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it †Heb. to pollute to stain the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth 10 Pass through thy land as a river O daughter of Tarshish there is no more †Heb. girdle strength 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea he shook the kingdoms the LORD hath given a commandment ‖ Or concerning a merchant-man against †Heb. Canaan the merchant city to destroy the ‖ Or strengths strong holds thereof 12 And he said Thou shalt no more rejoyce O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon arise pass over to Chittim there also shalt thou have no rest 13 Behold the land of the Caldeans this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness they set up the towers thereof they raised up the palaces thereof and he brought it to ruine 14 Howl ye ships of Tarshish for your strength is laid waste 15 And it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years according to the days of one king after the end of seventy years †Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot shall Tyre sing as an harlot 16 Take an harp go about the city thou harlot that hast been forgotten make sweet melody sing many songs that thou mayest be remembred 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre and she shall turn to her hire and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD it shall not be treasured nor laid up for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD to eat sufficiently and for †Heb. old durable clothing CHAP. XXIV 1 The doleful judgements of God upon the land 13 A remnant shall joyfully praise him 16 God in his judgements shall advance his kingdom BEhold the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste and †Heb. perverseth tâ—e faâ—e thereof turneth it upside down and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof 2 And it shall be as with the people so with the ‖ Or priceâ— * Hos 4.9 priest as with the servant to with his master as with the maid so with her mistress as with the buyer so with the seller as with the lender so with the borrower as with the taker of usury so with the giver of usury to him 3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled for the LORD hath spoken this word 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away the world languisheth and fadeth away †Heb. the â—â—lect of the people the haughty people of the earth do languish 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because they have transgressed the laws changed the ordinance broken the everlasting covenant 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth and they that dwell therein are desolate therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned and few men left 7 The new wine mourneth the vine languisheth all the merry-hearted do sigh 8 The mirth * Jer. 7.34 and 16.9 and 25.10 Ezek. 26.13 Hos 2.11 of tabrets ceaseth the noise of them that rejoyce endeth the joy of the harp ceaseth 9 They shall not drink wine with a song strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it 10 The city of confusion is broken down every house is shut up that no man may come in 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets all joy is darkned the mirth of the land is gone 12 In the city is left desolation and the gate is smitten with destruction 13 ¶ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree and as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage is done 14 They shall lift up their voice they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD they shall cry aloud from the sea 15 Wherefore glorifie yâ— the LORD in the ‖ Or valleys fires even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the Isles of the sea 16 ¶ From the †Heb. wing uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs even glory to the righteous but I said †Heb. Leanness to me or My secret to me My leanness my leanness wo unto me the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously yea the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously 17 * Jer. 48.43 44. Fear and the pit and the snare are upon thee O inhabitant of the earth 18 And it shall come to pass that he who fleeth from the noise
Judah unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth moneth 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 5 Before I * Isa 49.1 5. formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I * Gal. 1.15 16. sanctified thee and I †Heb. save ordained thee a prophet unto the nations 6 Then said I Ah * Exod. 4.10 Lord GOD behold I cannot speak for I am a childe 7 ¶ But the LORD said unto me Say not I am a childe for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak 8 * Ezek. 3.9 Be not afraid of their faces for * Ex. 3.12 Deut. 31.6 8. Josh 1.5 Hebt 13.6 I am with thee to deliver thee saith the LORD 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand and * Isa 6.7 touched my mouth and the LORD said unto me Behold I have * Ch. 5.14 put my words in thy mouth 10 See I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms to * Ch. 18.7 2 Cor. 10.4 â— root out and to pull down and to destroy and to throw down to build and to plant 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying Jeremiah what seest thou and I said I see a rod of an almond-tree 12 Then said the LORD unto me Thou hast well seen for I will hasten my word to perform it 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time saying What seest thou and I said I see a seething pot and the face thereof was †Heb. from the face of the norte towards the north 14 The the LORD said unto me Out of the * Chap. 4.6 north an evil †Heb. shall be opened shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land 15 For so I will * Chap. 5.15 6.22 10.22 call all the families of the kingdoms of the north saith the LORD and they shall come and they shall set every one his throne at the entring of the gates of Jerusalem and against all the walls thereof round about and against all the cities of Judah 16 And I will utter my judgements against them touching all their wickedness who have forsaken me and have burnt incense unto other gods and worshipped the works of their own hands 17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy joyns and arise and speak unto them all that I command thee be not dismayed at their faces left I ‖ Or break to pieces confound thee before them 18 For behold I have made thee this day * Isa 50.7 Chap. 6.27 and 15.20 a defenced city and an iron pillar and brasen walls against the whole land against the kings of Judah against the princes thereof against the priests thereof and against the people of the land 19 And they shall fight against thee but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee saith the LORD to deliver thee CHAP. II. 1 God having shewed his former kindness expostulateth with the Jews their causless revolt 9 beyond any example 14 They are the causes of their own calamities 20 The sins of Judah 31 Her confidence is rejected MOreover the word of the LORD came to me saying 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying Thus saith the LORD I remember ‖ Or. for thy sake thee the kindness of thy * Ezek. 16.8 youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness in a land that was not sown 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD and the first-fruits of his increase * Chap. 12.14 all that devour him shall offend evil shall come upon them saith the LORD 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain 6 Neither said they Where is the LORD that * Isa 63.9 11 13. Hos 13.4 brought us up out of the land of Egypt that led us through the wilderness through a land of deserts and of pits through a land of drought and of the shadow of death through a land that no man passed through and where no man dwelt 7 And I brought you into a plentiful countrey to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof but when ye entred ye * Psal 78.58 and 106.38 defiled my land and made mine heritage an abomination 8 The priests said not Where is the LORD and they that handle the * Rom. 2.20 law knew me not the pastours also transgressed against me and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit 9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you saith the LORD and with your childrens children will I plead 10 For pass ‖ Or over to over the isles of Chittim and see and send unto Kedar and consider diligently and see if there be such a thing 11 Hath a nation changed their gods which are * Chap. 16.20 yet no gods but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit 12 Beastonished O ye heavens at this and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the LORD 13 For my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the * Ps 36.9 Chap. 17.13 18.14 fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns that can hold no water 14 ¶ Is Israel a servant is he a home-born slave why is he †Heb. become a spoil spoiled 15 The young lions roared upon him and †Heb. gave out their voice yelled and they made his land waste his cities are burnt without inhabitant 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes ‖ Or feed on thy crown Deut. 33.12 Isa 8.8 have broken the crown of thy head 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thy self in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God when he led thee by the way 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink the waters of Sihor or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the river 19 Thine own * Isa 3. â— Hos 5.5 wickedness shall correct thee and thy backslidings shall reprove thee know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God and that my fear is not in thee saith the Lord GOD of hosts 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands and thou saidst I will not ‖ Or sâ—â—ve transgress when * 11.57.5 7. Chap. 3.6 upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest playing the harlot
I will build them and not pull them down and I will plant them and not pluck them up 7 And I will give them * Deu. 30.6 Ch. 32.39 Ezek. 1â— 19 and 35.25.27 an heart to know me that I am the LORD and they shall be * Ch. 30.12 and 31.33 and 32.38 my people and I will be their God for they shall return unto me with their whole heart 8 ¶ And as the evil * Ch. 29.17 figs which cannot be eaten they are so evil surely thus saith the LORD So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah and his princes and the residue of Jerusalem that remain in this land and them that dwell in the land of Egypt 9 And I will deliver them †Heb. for removing or vexation to * Deu. 28.25 Ch. 11. â— be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt to be a reproach and a proverb a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall drive them 10 And I will send the sword the famine and the pestilence among them till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers CHAP. XXV 1 Jeremiah reproving the Jews disobedience to the prophets 8 foretelleth the seventy years captivity 12 and after that the destruction of Babylon 15Vnder the type of a cup of wine be foresheweth the destruction of all nations 34 The howling of the shepherds THe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah even unto this day that is the three and twentieth year the word of the LORD hath come unto me and I have spoken unto you rising early and speaking but ye have not hearkned 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets * Ch. 29.19 rising early and sending them but ye have not hearkned nor inclined your ear to hear 5 They said * 2 Kin. 17.13 Ch. 18.11 and 35.15 Jon. 3.8 Turn ye again now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever 6 And go not after other gods to serve them and to worship them and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands and I will do you no hurt 7 Yet ye have not hearkned unto me saith the LORD that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts Because ye have not heard my words 9 Behold I will send and take all the families of the north saith the LORD and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon my servant and will bring them against this land and against the inhabitants thereof and against all these nations round about and will utterly destroy them and make them an astonishment and an hissing and perpetual desolations 10 Moreover †Heb. I will cause to perish from them I will take from them the * Gâ—l 7.34 and 16.9 Ezek. 26.13 Hos 2.11 voice of mirth and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride the sound of the milstones and the light of the candle 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years 12 And it shall come to pass * 2 Chr. 36.21.22 Ezt. 1.1 Ch. 29.10 Dan. 9.2 when seventy years are accomplished that I will †Heb. visit upon punish the king of Babylon and that nation saith the LORD for their iniquity and the land of the Caldeans and will make it perpetual desolations 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it even all that is written in this book which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations 14 For many nations and great kings shall * Ch. 27.7 serve themselves of them also and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands 15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me Take the * Job 21.20 Ps 75.8 Is 51.17 wine-cup of this fury at my hand and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it 16 And they shall drink and be moved and be mad because of the sword that I will send among them 17 Then took I the cup at the LORDS hand and made all the nations to drink unto whom the LORD had sent me 18 To wit Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and the kings thereof and the princes thereof to make them a desolation an astonishment an hissing and a curse as it is this day 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt and his servants and his princes and all his people 20 And all the mingled people and all the kings of the land of Uz and all the kings of the land of the Philistines and Ashkelon and Azzah and Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod 21 * Ch. 49.7 c. Edom and * Ch. 48. Moah and the children of * Ch. 49.1 Ammon 22 And all the kings of * Ch. 47.4 Tyrus and all the kings of Zidon and the kings of the ‖ Or region by the sea-side isles which are beyond the * Ch. 49.23 sea 23 * Ch. 49.28 Dedan and Tema and Buz and all †Heb. cut off into corners or having the corners of the hair polled Ch. 9.26 that are in the utmost corners 24 And all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the * Ch. 49.31 mingled people that dwell in the desert 25 And all the kings of Zimri and all the kings of * Ch. 49.34 Elam and all the kings of the Medes 26 And all the kings of the north far and near one with another and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Drink ye and be drunken and spue and fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you 28 And it shall be if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink then shalt thou say unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts Ye shall certainly drink 29 For lo I begin to bring evil on the * 1 Pet. 4.17 city †Heb. upon which my name is called which is called by my name and should ye be utterly unpunished ye shall not be unpunished for I will call for a sword
Heb. sons of the people common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death CHAP. XXVII 1Vnder the type of bonds and yokes be prophesieth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nehuchadnezzar 8 He exhorteth them to yield and not to beleeve the false prophets 12 The like he doth to Zedekiah 19 He foretelleth the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon and there continue until the day of visitation IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD to me Make thee bonds and yokes and put them upon thy neck 3 And send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the Ammonites and to the king of Tyrus and to the king of Zidon by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah 4 And command them ‖ Or concerning their masters saying to say unto their masters Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Thus shall ye say unto your masters 5 I have made the earth the man and the beast that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm and * Dan. 4.17 25. have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon * Ch. 25.9 43.10 my servant and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him 7 And all nations shall serve him and his son and his sons son until the very time of his land come and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him 8 And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon that nation will I punish saith the LORD with the sword and with the famine and with the pestilence until I have consumed them by his hand 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets nor to your diviners nor to your †Heb. deâ—ams dreamers nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers which speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon 10 For they prophesie a lie unto you to remove you far from your land and that I should drive you out and ye should perish 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him those will I let remain still in their own land saith the LORD and they shall till it and dwell therein 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words saying Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people and live 13 Why will ye die thou and thy people by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon for they prophesie * Ch. 14.14 and 23.21 and 27.8 a lie unto you 15 For I have not sent them saith the LORD yet they prophesie †Heb. in a lie or lyingly a lie in my name that I might drive you out and that ye might perish ye and the prophets that prophesie unto you 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people saying Thus saith the LORD Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesie unto you saying Behold the vessels of the LORDS house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon for they prophesie a lie unto you 17 Hearken not unto them serve the king of Babylon and live wherefore should this city be laid waste 18 But if they be prophets and if the word of the LORD be with them let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are lest in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem go not to Babylon 19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not when he carried away * 2 Kin. 24.14 15. captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem 21 Yea thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem 22 They shall be * 2 Kim 25.13 2 Chr. 36.18 carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I * 2 Chr. 36.22 Ch. 29.10 visit them saith the LORD then will I bring them up and restore them to this place CHAP. XXVIII 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsly the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah 5 Jeremiah wishing it to be true sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke 15 and foretelleth Hananiahs death ANd it came to pass the same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year and in the fifth moneth that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet which was of Gibeon spake unto me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and of all the people saying 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts the God of Israel saying I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon 3 Within †Heb. two years of days two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORDs house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this Place and carried them to Babylon 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah with all the †Heb. captivity captives of Judah that went into Babylon saith the LORD for I will break the yoke of the king of Babalon 5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said Amen The LORD do so the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied to bring again the vessels of the LORDS house and all that is carried away captive from Babylon into this place 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the people 8 The prophets that have
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah which they have done to provoke me to anger they their kings their princes their priests and their prophets and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 33 And they have turned unto me the †Heb. neck * Chap. 2.27 back and not the face though I taught them rising up early and teaching them yet they have not hearkned to receive instruction 34 But they * Chap. 23.11 set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to defile it 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom to * Chap. 7.31 19.5 cause their sons and their daughters to paâ—s through the fire unto * Levit. 18.21 Molech which I commanded them not neither came it into my minde that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin 36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning this city whereof ye say It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 37 Behold I will * Deut. 30.3 gather them out of all countreys whither I have driven them in mine anger and in my fury and in great wrath and I will bring them again unto this place and I will cause them to dwell safely 38 And they shall be * Chap. 24.7 and 30.22 31.33 my people and I will be their God 39 And I will * Ezek. 11.19 give them one heart and one way that they may fear me †Heb. all days for ever for the good of them and of their children after them 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away †Heb. from after them from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me 41 Yea I will rejoyce over them to do them good and I will plant them in this land †Heb. in truth or stability assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul 42 For thus saith the LORD Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them 43 And fields shall be bought in this land whereof ye say It is desolate without man or beast it is given into the hand of the Caldeans 44 Men shall buy fields for money and subscribe evidences and seal them and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah and in the cities of the mountains and in the cities of the valley and in the cities of the south for I will cause their captivity to return saith the LORD CHAP. XXXIII 1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return 9 a joyful state 12 a setled government 15 Christ the branch of righteousness 17 a continuance of kingdom and priesthood 20 and a stability of a blessed seed MOreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time while he was yet * Chap. 32 2.3 shut up in the court of the prison saying 2 Thus saith the LORD the * Isa 37.26 maker thereof the LORD that formed it to establish it the LORD is his name 3 Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and ‖ Or hidden mighty things which thou knowest not 4 For thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are thrown down by the mounts and by the sword 5 They come to fight with the Caldeans but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city 6 Behold I will bring it health and cure and I will cure them and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return and will build them as at the first 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will * Chap. 31.34 Mic. 7.18 pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against me 9 ¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy a praise an honour before all the nations of the earth which shall hear all the good that I do unto them and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it 10 Thus saith the LORD Again there shall be heard in this place which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man and without inhabitant and without beast 11 The * Chap. 7.34 16.9 voice of joy and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride the voice of them that shall say Praise the LORD of hosts for the LORD is good for his mercy endureth for ever and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD for I will cause to return the captivity of the land as at the first saith the LORD 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Again in this place which is desolate without man and without beast and in all the cities thereof shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down 13 In the cities of the mountains in the cities of the vale and in the cities of the south and in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them saith the LORD 14 Behold the days come saith the LORD that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah 15 ¶ In those days and at that time will I cause the * Isa 11.1 4.2 Chap. 23.5 branch of righteousness to grow up unto David and he shall execute judgement and righteousness in the land 16 In those days shall Judah be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called †Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu the LORD our righteousness 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD †Heb. There shall not be cut off from David David shall never * 2 Sam. 7.16 1 Kings 2.4 want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings and to kindle meat-offerings and to do sacrifice continually 19 ¶ And the word of the LORD
came unto Jeremiah saying 20 Thus saith the LORD * Isa 54.9 Chap. 31.36 if you can break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night and that their should not be day and night in their season 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne and with the Levites the priests my ministers 22 As * Chap. 3◠37 the host of heaven cannot be numbred neither the sand of the sea measured so will I multiply the seed of David my servant and the Levites that minister unto me 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah saying 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken saying The two families which the LORD hath chosen he hath even cast them off thus they have despised my people that they should be no more a nation before them 25 Thus saith the LORD If my covenant be not with day and night and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham Isaac and Jacob for I will cause their captivity to return and have mercy on them CHAP. XXXIV 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of Zedekiah and the city 8 The princes and the people having dismissed their bond-servants contrary to the covenant of God reassume them 12 Jeremiah for their disobedience obedience giveth them and Zedekiah into the bands of their enemies THe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD * 2 Kin. 25.1 c. Chap. 52.1 when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth †Heb. the dominion of his hand of his dominion and all the people fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities thereof saying 2 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him Thus saith the LORD Behold I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall burn it with fire 3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand but shalt surely be * Ch. 32.4 taken and delivered into his hand and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon and †Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth and thou shalt go to Babylon 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD O Zedekiah king of Judah Thus saith the LORD of thee Thou shalt not die by the sword 5 But thou-shalt die in peace and with the burnings of thy fathers the former kings which were before thee so shall they burn odours for thee and they will lament thee saying Ah Lord for I have pronounced the word saith the LORD 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem 7 When the king of Babylons army fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left against Lachish and against Azekah for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah 8 ¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem to proclaim * Exod. 21.1 liberty unto them 9 That every man should let his man-servant and every man his maid-servant being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess go free that none should serve himself of them to wit of a Jew his brother 10 Now when all the princes and all the people which had entred into the covenant heard that every one should let his man-servant and every one his maid-servant go free that none should serve themselves of them any more then they obeyed and let them go 11 But afterwards they turned and caused the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go free to return and brought them into subjection for servants and for hand-maids 12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying 13 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bond-men saying 14 At the end of * Exod. 21.2 Deut. 15.12 seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew which ‖ Or hath sold himself hath been sold unto thee and when he hath served thee six years thou shalt let him go free from thee but your fathers hearkned not unto me neither inclined their ear 15 And ye were †Heb. to day now turned and had done right in my sight in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour and ye had made a covenant before me in the house †Heb. whereupon my name is called which is called by my name 16 But ye turned and polluted my name and caused every man his servant and every man his hand-maid whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure to return and brought them into subjection to be unto you for servants and for hand-maids 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD Ye have not hearkned unto me in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother and every man to his neighbour behold I proclaim a liberty for you saith the LORD to the sword to the pestilence and to the famine and I will make you †Heb. for a removing to be * Deut. 28.64 Chap. 29.18 removed into all the kingdoms of the earth 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof 19 The princes of Judah and the princes of Jerusalem the eunuchs and the priests and all the people of the land which passed between the parts of the cals 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life and their * Chap. 7.33 16.4 dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven and to the beasts of the earth 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seek their life and into the hand of the king of Babylons army which are gone up from you 22 Behold I will command saith the LORD and cause them to return to this city and they shall fight against it and take it and burn it with fire and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant CHAP. XXXV 1 By the obedience of the Reehabites 12 Jeremiah condemneth the disobedients of the Jews 18 God blesseth the Rechabites for their obedience THe word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
die as an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab 41 ‖ Or The cities Kerioth is taken and the strong holds are surprised and the mighty mens hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs 42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people because he hath magnified himself against the LORD 43 * Isa 24.17 18. Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon thee O inhabitant of Moab saith the LORD 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare for I will bring upon it even upon Moab the year of their visitation saith the LORD 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force but * Numb 21.28 a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the †Heb. children of noise tumultuous ones 46 Wo be unto thee O Moab the people of Chemosh perisheth for thy sons are taken †Heb. in captivity captives and thy daughters captives 47 ¶ Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days saith the LORD Thus far is the judgement of Moab CHAP. XLIX 1 The judgement of the Ammonites 6 Their restauration 7 The judgement of Edom 23 of Damascus 28 of Kedar 30 of Hazâ—r 34 and of Elam 39 The restauration of Elam ‖ Or Against COncerning the Ammonites thus saith the LORD Hath Israel no sons hath he no heir why then doth ‖ Or Melcom their king inherit * Am. 1.13 Gad and his people dwell in his cities 2 Therefore behold the days come saith the LORD that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in * Am. 1.14 Rabbah of the Ammonites and it shall be a desolate heap and her daughters shall be burnt with fire then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs saith the LORD 3 Howl O Heshbon for Ai is spoiled cry ye daughters of Rabbah gird ye with sackcloth lament and run to and fro by the hedges for ‖ Or Melcom their king shall go into captivity and his * Ch. 48.7 priests and his princes together 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys ‖ Or thy valley floweth away thy flowing valley O backsliding daughter that trusted in her treasures saying Who shall come unto me 5 Behold I will bring a fear upon thee saith the Lord GOD of hosts from all those that be about thee and ye shall be driven out every man right forth and none shall gather up him that wandreth 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon saith the LORD 7 ¶ Concerning Edom thus saith the LORD of hosts * Obad. ver 8. Is wisdom no more in Teman is counsel perished from the prudent is their wisdom vanished 8 Flee ye ‖ Or they are turned back turn back dwell deep O inhabitants of Dedan for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him the time that I will visit him 9 If * Obad. ver 5. grape-gatherers come to thee would they not leave some gleaning-grapes if theeves by night they will destroy †Heb. their sufficiency till they have enough 10 But I have made Esau bare I have uncovered his secret places and he shall not be able to hide himself his seed is spoiled and his brethren and his neighbours and he is not 11 Leave thy fatherless children I will preserve them alive and let thy widows trust in me 12 For thus saith the LORD Behold they whose judgement was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken and art thou he that shalt altogether go unpunished thou shalt not go unpunished but thou shalt surely drink of it 13 For I have sworn by my self saith the LORD that Bozrah shall become a desolation a reproach a waste and a curse and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes 14 I have heard a * Obad. ver 1. rumour from the LORD and an ambassadour is sent unto the heathen saying Gather ye together and come against her and rise up to the battel 15 For lo I will make thee small among the heathen and despised among men 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee and the pride of thine heart O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock that holdest the height of the hill though thou shouldest make thy * Obad. ver 4. nest as high as the eagle I will bring thee down from thence saith the LORD 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation * Chap. 50.13 every one that goeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof 18 * Gen. 19.25 Ch. 50.40 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof saith the LORD no man shall abide there neither shall a son of man dwell in it 19 Behold he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong but I will suddenly make him run away from her and who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her for who is like me and who will ‖ Or convent me in judgement * Job 41.10 Chap. 50.44 45. appoint me the time and who is that shepherd that will stand before me 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he hath taken against Edom and his purposes that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman surely the least of the flock shall draw them out surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the †Heb. Weedy sea Red sea 22 Behold he shall come up and flie as the eagle and spread his wings over Bozrah and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs 23 ¶ Concerning Damascus Hamath is confounded and Arpad for they have heard evil tidings they are †Heb. melted saint-hearted there is sorrow ‖ Or as on the sea on the sea it cannot be quiet 24 Damascus is waxed feeble and turneth her self to flee and fear hath seised on her anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail 25 How is the city of praise not left the city of my joy 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day saith the LORD of hosts 27 And I will kindle a * Am. 1.4 fire in the wall of Damascus and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad 28 ¶ Concerning Kedar and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite thus saith the LORD Arise ye go up to Kedar and
Behold it is cast into the fire for fewel the fire devoureth both the ends of it and the midst of it is burnt †Heb. will it prosper is it meet for any work 5 Behold when it was whole it was †Heb. made sit meet for no work how much less shall it be meet yet for any work when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned 6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD As the vine tree among the trees of the forest which I have given to the fire for fewel so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem 7 And I will set my face against them they shall go out from one fire and another fire shall devour them and ye shall know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them 8 And I will make the land desolate because they have †Heb. tresâ— assedâ— trespass committed a trespass saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XVI 1Vnder the similitude of a wretched infant is shewed the natural state of Jerusalem 6 Gods extraordinary love towards her 15 Her monstrous whoredom 35 Her grievous judgement 44 Her sin matching her mother and exceeding her sisters Sodom and Samarta calleth for judgements â—0 Mercy is promised her in the end AGain the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man cause Jerusalem to know her abominations 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem Thy †Heb. cutting out or habitation birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan thy father was an Amorite and thy mother an Hittite 4 And as for thy nativity in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut neither wast thou washed in water ‖ Or when I looked upon thee to supple thee thou wast not salted at all nor swaddled at all 5 None eye pitied thee to do any of these unto thee to have compassion upon thee but thou wast cast out in the open field to the lothing of thy person in the day that thou wast born 6 ¶ And when I passed by thee and saw thee ‖ Or. troden under foot polluted in thine own bloud I said unto thee when thou wast in thy bloud Live yea I said unto thee when thou wast in thy bloud Live 7 I have †Heb. made thee a million caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field and thou hast increased and waxen great and thou art come to †Heb. ornament of ornaments excellent ornaments thy breasts are fashioned and thine hair is grown whereas thou wast naked and bare 8 Now when I passed by thee and looked upon thee behold thy time was the time of love and I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness yea I sware unto thee and entred into a covenant with thee saith the Lord GOD and thou becamest mine 9 Then washed I thee with water yea I throughly washed away thy †Heb. blouds bloud from thee and I anointed thee with oyl 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work shod thee with badgers skin I girded thee about with fine linen I covered thee with silk 11 I decked thee also with ornaments and I put bracelets upon thine hands and a chain on thy neck 12 And I pat a jewel on thy forehead and ear-rings in thine ears and a beautiful crown upon thine head 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver and thy raiment was of fine linen and silk and broidered work thou didst eat fine flour and honey and oyl and thou wast exceeding beautiful and thou didst prosper into a kingdom 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty for it was perfect through my comliness which I had put upon thee saith the Lord GOD. 15 ¶ But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and playedst the hatlet because of thy renown and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by his it was 16 And of thy garments thou didst take and deckedst thy high places with divers colours and playedst the harlot thereupon the like things shall not come neither shall it be so 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver which I had given thee and madest to thy self images †Heb. of a male of men and didâ—t commit whoredom with thâ—m 18 And tookest thy broidered garmenâ—s and coveredst them and thou hast set mine oyl and mine incense before them 19 My meat also which I gave thee fine flour and oyl and honey wherewith I fed thee thou hast even set it before them for †Heb. a savour of rest a sweet savour and thus it was saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters whom thou hast born unto me and these hast thou sacrificed unto them †Heb. to devour to be devoured is this of thy whoredoms a small matter 21 That thou hast slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them 22 And in all thine aâ—ominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembred the days of thy youth when thou wast naked and bare and wast polluted in thy bloud 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness wo wo unto thee saith the Lord GOD 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an ‖ Or brothel-house eminent place and hast made thee an high place in every street 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred and hast opened thy feet to every one that pâ—ssed by and multiplied thy whoredoms 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours great of flesh and hast increased thy whoredoms to provoke me to anger 27 Behold therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee and have diminished thine ordinary food and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee the ‖ Or cities daughters of the Philistines which are ashamed of thy lewd way 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians because thou wast unsatiable yea thou hast played the harlot with them and yet couldest not be satisfied 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Calâ—ea and yet thou wast not satisfied hâ—rewith 30 How weak is thine heart saith the Lord GOD seeing thou doest all these things the work of an imperious whorish woman 31 ‖ Or in thy â—auâ—hters is thine c. In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way and makest thine â—igh place in every street and hast not been as an harlot in that thou scornest hire 32 But as a wife that commiteth adultery which taketh strangers in stead of her husband 33 They give giâ—ts to all whores but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers and †Heb. bâ—â—oâ—st hirest thâ—m that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom 34 And the contrary is in thee
the LORD when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the countrey for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to your fathers 43 And there shall ye remember your ways and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled and ye shall so the your selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my names sake not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings O ye house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 46 Son of man set thy face toward the fouth and drop thy word toward the south and prophesie against the forest of the south-field 47 And say to the forest of the south Hear the word of the LORD Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree the flaming flame shall not be quenched and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it it shall not be quenched 49 Then said I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables CHAP. XXI 1 Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a signe of sighing 8 The sharp and bright sword 18 against Jerusalem 25 against the kingdom 28 and against the Ammonites ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man fet thy face toward Jerusalem and drop thy word toward the holy places and prophesie against the land of Israel 3 And say to the land of Israel Thus saith the LORD Behold I am against thee and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath it shall not return any more 6 Sigh therefore thou son of man with the breaking of thy loyns and with bitterness righ before their eyes 7 And it shall be when they say unto thee Wherefore fighest thou that thou shalt answer For the tidings because it cometh and every heart shall melt and all hands shall be feeble and every spirit shall faint and all knees †Heb. shall go into water shall be weak as water behold it cometh and shall be brought to pass faith the Lord GOD. 8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the LORD Say A sword a sword is sharpned and also furbished 10 It is sharpned to make a sore daughter it is furbished that it may glitter should we then maâ—e mirth ‖ Or it is therof of my son it â—eâ—â— iseth every tree it contemmeth the rod of my son as every tree 11 And he hath given it tobe furbished that it may be handled the sword is sharpned and it is furbiâ—hed to give it into the hand of the slayer 12 Cry and howl son of man for it shall be upon my people it shall be upon all the princes of Israel ‖ Or they are thâ—â—â—â— down to the sword with my people terrours by reason of the sword shall be upon my people * Jet 31.19 sinte therefore upon thy thigh 13 ‖ Or When the trial hath been what then I shall they not also belong to the despising rodâ— Because it is a trial and what If the sword contemn even the rod it shall be no more faith the Lord GOD. 14 Thou therefore son of man prophefie and smite thine †Heb. band to band hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time the sword of the stain it is the sword of the great men that are flam which entreth into their privy chambers 15 I have set the ‖ Or glittering or jear point of the sword against all their gates that their heart may faint and their ruine be multiplied ah it is made bright it is ‖ Or sharpned wrapt up for the ddaughter 16 Go thee one way or other either on the right hand †Heb. set thy self take the lest band or on the left whithersoever thy face is set 17 I will also smite mine hands together and I will cause my fury to rest I the LORD have said it 18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again saying 19 Also thou son of man appoint thee two ways that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both twain shall come forth out of one land and choose thou a place choose it at the head of the way to the city 20 Appoint a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites and to Juâ—ah in Jerusalem the defenced 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the †Heb. mother of the way parting of the way at the head of the two ways to use divination he made his ‖ Or knines arrows bright he consulted with †Heb. teraphim images he looked in the liver 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem to appoint ‖ Or battering rams †Heb. rams captains to open the mouth in the slaughter to lift up the voice with shouting to appoint battering rams against the gates to cast a mount and to build a fort 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their fight ‖ Or for the oaths made unto them to them that have sword oaths but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembred in that your transgressions are discovered so that in all your doings your sins do appear because I say that ye are come to remembrance ye shall be taken with the hand 25 ¶ And thou profane wicked prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have an end 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD Remove the diadem and take off the crown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high 27 †Heb. Perverted pervirted pervirted will I make it I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give it him 28 ¶ And thou son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach even say thou The sword the sword is drawn for the slaughter it is furbished to consume because of the glittering 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee whiles they divine a lie unto thee to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain of the wicked whose
from his sin and do †Heb. judgement and justice that which is lawful and right 15 If the wicked restore the pledge give again that he had robbed walk in the statutes of life without committing iniquity he shall surely live he shall not die 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him he hath done that which is lawful and right he shall surely live 17 ¶ Yet the children of thy people say The way of the Lord is not equal but as for them their way is not equal 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness and committeth iniquity he shall even die thereby 19 But it the wicked turn from his wickedness and do that which is lawful and right he shall live thereby 20 Yet ye say * Ch. 18.25 The way of the Lord is not equal O ye house of Israel I will judge you every one after his ways 21 ¶ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity in the tenth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me saying * 2 Kin. 25. The city is smitten 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening afore he that was escaped came and had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning and my mouth was opened and I was no more * Ch. 24.27 dumb 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 24 Son of man they that inhabit these wastes of the land of Israel speak saying Abraham was one and he inherited the land but we are many the land is given us for inheritance 25 Wherefore say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ye eat with the bloud and lift up your eyes toward your idols and shed bloud and shall ye possess the land 26 Ye stand upon your sword ye work abomination and ye defile every one his neighbours wife and shall ye possess the land 27 Say thou thus unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD As I live surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts †Heb. 〈◊〉 him to be devoured and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence 28 For I will lay the land †Heb. desolation and desolation most desolate and the * Ch. 7.24 and 24.21 〈◊〉 30.6 7. pomp of her strength shall cease and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate that none shall pass through 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed 30 ¶ Also thou son of man the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another every one to his brother saying Come I pray you and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD 31 And they come unto thee †Heb. 〈◊〉 to the â—â—mine of the people as the people cometh and ‖ Or 〈◊〉 people 〈◊〉 beâ—â—â—e 〈◊〉 they sit before thee as my people and they hear thy words but they will not do them for with their mouth †Heb. 〈◊〉 make lâ—â—es or 〈◊〉 they shew much love but their heart goeth after their covetousness 32 And so thou art unto them as †Heb. 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear thy words but they do them not 33 And when this cometh to pass lo it will come then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them CHAP. XXXIV 1 A reproof of the shepherds 7 Gods judgement against them 11 His providence for his flock 20 The kingdom of Christ ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man prophesie against the * Jer. 23. â—â— shepherds of Israel prophesie and say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds Wo be to the shepherds of Israel that do seed themselves should not the shepherds seed the flocks 3 Ye eat the fat and ye clothe you with the wooll ye kill them that are fed but ye seed not the flock 4 The diseased have ye not strengthned neither have ye healed that which was sick neither have ye bound up that which was broken neither have ye brought again that which was driven away neither have ye sought that which was lost but with * 1 Pet. 5.3 force and with cruelty have ye ruled them 5 And they were scattered ‖ Or without a shepherd and so verse 8. because there is no shepherd and they became meat to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered 6 My sheep wandred through all the mountains and upon every high hill yea my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth and none did search or seek after them 7 ¶ Therefore ye shepherds hear the word of the LORD 8 As I live saith the Lord GOD surely because my flock became a prey and my flock became meat to every beast of the field because there was no shepherd neither did my shepherds search for my flock but the shepherds fed themselves and fed not my flock 9 Therefore O ye shepherds hear the word of the LORD 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against the shepherds and I will require my flock at their hand and cause them to cease from seeding the flock neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more for I will deliver my flock from their mouth that they may not be meat for them 11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I even I will both search my sheep and seek them out 12 †Heb. according to the speaking As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dard day 13 And I will bring them out from the people and gather them from the countreys and will bring them to their own land and seed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited places of the countrey 14 I will feed them in a good pasture and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be there shall they lie in a good fold and is a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel 15 I will feed my flock and I will cause them to lie down saith the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and will binde up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy the fat and the strong I will seed them with judgement 17 And as for you O
my flock thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I judge between †Heb. small cattel of lambs and kids cattel and cattel between the rams and the †Heb. great he-goats he-goats 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures and to have drunk of the deep waters but ye must foul the residue with your feet 19 And as for my flock they eat that which ye have troden with your feet and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet 20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them Behold I even I will judge between the fat cattel and between the lean cattel 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder and pusht all the diseased with your horns till ye have scattered them abroad 22 Therefore will I save my flock and they shall no more be a prey and I will judge between cattel and cattel 23 And I will set up one * Isa 40. â—â— Joh. 10.11 shepherd over them and he shall feed them even my servant David he shall feed them and he shall be their shepherd 24 And I the LORD will be their God and my servant David a prince among them I the LORD have spoken it 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil 〈◊〉 to cease out of the land and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and deep in the woâ—ds 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing and I will cause the showre to come down in his seaâ—on there shall be showres of blessing 27 And the tree of the field shall yeeld her fruit and the earth shall yeeld her increase and they shall be sate in their land and shall know that I am the LORD when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen neither shall the beasts of the land devour them but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afraid 29 And I will raise up for them a * Iâ—â— 11 1â— Jer. 22.5 plant ‖ Or. for renown or renown and they shall be no more †Heb. taken away consumed with hunger in the land neither bear the shame of the heathen any more 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them and that they even the house of Israel are my people saith the Lord GOD. 31 And ye my * â—on 10.11 flock the flock of my pasture are men and I am your God saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XXXV The judgement of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel MOreover the wore of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man set thy face agaist mount Seir and prophesie against it 3 And say unto it Thus saith the Lord GOD. Behold O mount Seir I am against thee and I will stretch out mine hand against thee and I will make thee †Heb. desolation and desolation most desolate 4 I will lay thy cities waste and thou shalt be desolate and thou shalt know that I am the LORD 5 Because thou hast had a ‖ Or hatred 〈◊〉 perpetual hatred and hast †Heb. poured out 〈◊〉 children shed the bloud of the children of Israel by the †Heb. haâ—â—â— force of the sword in the time of their calamity in the time that their iniquity had an end 6 Therefore as I live saith the Lord GOD I will prepare thee unto bloud and bloud shall pursue thee sith thou hast not hated bloud even bloud shall pursue thee 7 Thus will I make mount Seir †Heb. desolation and desolation most desolate and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth 8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy rivers shall they fall that are slain with the sword 9 I will make thee perpetual desolations and thy cities shall not return and ye shall know that I am the LORD 10 Because thou hast said These two nations and these two countreys shall be mine and we will * Psal 83.4 12. possess it ‖ Or thouâ—â— the LORD was there whereas the LORD was there 11 Therefore as I live saith the Lord GOD I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them and I will make my self known amongst them when I have judged thee 12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel saying They are laid desolate they are given us †Heb. to devour to consume 13 Thus with your mouth ye have †Heb. magnified boasted against me and have multiplied your words against me I have heard them 14 Thus saith the Lord GOD When the whole earth rejoyceth I will make thee desolate 15 As thou didst rejoyce at the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate so will I do unto thee thou shalt be desolate O mount Seir and all Idumea even all of it and they shall know that I am the LORD CHAP. XXXVI 1 The land of Israel is comforted both by destruction of the beathen who spitefully used it 8 and by the blessings of God promised unto it 16 Israel was rejected for their sin 21 and shall be restored without their desert 25 The blessings of Christs kingdom ALso thou son of man prophesie unto the * Chap 6.2 mountains of Israel and say Ye mountains of Israel hear the word of the LORD 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD Because the enemy had said against you Aha even the ancient high places are ours in possession 3 Therefore prophesie and say Thus saith the Lord GOD †Heb. Because for because Because they have made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen and ‖ Or ye are made to come upon the lip of the congue ye are taken up in the lips of talkers and are an infamy of the people 4 Therefore ye mountains of Israel hear the word of the Lord GOD Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills to the ‖ Or bottoms 9 dales rivers and to the valleys to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Surely in the fire of my jealousie have I spoken against the residue of the heathen and against all Idumea which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart with despiteful minds to cast
it out for a prey 6 Prophesie therefore concerning the land of Israel and say unto the mountains and to the hills to the rivers and to the valleys Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I have spoken in my jealousie and in my fury because ye have born the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD I have lifted up mine hand Surely the heathen that are about you they shall bear their shame 8 ¶ But ye O mountains of Israel ye shall shoot forth your branches and yeeld your fruit to my people of Israel for they are at hand to come 9 For behold I am for you and I will turn unto you and ye shall be tilled and sown 10 And I will multiply men upon you all the house of Israel even all of it and the cities shall be inhabited and the wastes shall be builded 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast and they shall increase and bring fruit and I will settle you after your old estates and will do better unto you then at your beginnings and ye shall know that I am the LORD 12 Yea. I will cause men to walk upon you even my people Israel and they shall possess thee and thou shalt be their inheritance and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD Because they say unto you Thou land devourest up men and hast bereaved thy nations 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more neither ‖ Or cause to sell bereave thy nations any more saith the Lord GOD. 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more saith the Lord GOD. 16 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 17 Son of man when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land they defiled it by their own way and by their doings their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the bloud that they had shed upon the land and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it 19 And I scattered them among the heathen and they were dispersed through the countreys according to their way and according to their doings I judged them 20 And when they entred unto the heathen whither they went they * Isa 52.5 Rom. 2. â—4 profaned my holy name when they said to them These are the people of the LORD and are gone forth out of his land 21 ¶ But I had pity for mine holy name which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen whither they went 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord GOD I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for mine holy names sake which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went 23 And I will sanctifie my great name which was profaned among the heathen which ye have profaned in the midst of them and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD saith the Lord GOD when I shall be sanctified in you before ‖ Or â—our their eyes 24 For I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countreys and will bring you into your own land 25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your all filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you 26 A * Jer. 32.39 Chap. 11.19 new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh 27 And I will put my * Chap. 11.19 spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my judgements and do them 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers and ye shall be my people and I will be your God 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses and I will call for the corn and will increase it and lay no famine upon you 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways and your doings that were not good and shall lothe your selves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations 32 Not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord GOD be it known unto you be ashamed and confounded for your own ways O house of Israel 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquines I will also cause you to dwell in the cities and the wastes shall be builded 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by 35 And they shall say This land that was desolate is become like the garden of * Chap. 1â— 13 Eden and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced and are inhabited 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places and plant that that was desolate I * Ch. 17.24 22.14 37.14 the LORD have spoken it and I will do it 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them I will increase them with men like a flock 38 As the †Heb. flock of holy things holy flock as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men and they shall know that I am the LORD CHAP. XXXVII 1 By the resurrection of dry bones 11 the dead hope of Israel is revived 15 By the uniting of two sticks 18 is shewed the incorporation of Israel into Judah 20 The promises of Christs kingdom THe hand of the LORD was upon me and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones 2 And caused me to pass by them round about and behold there were very many in the open ‖ Or champion valley and lo they were very dry 3 And he said unto me Son of man can these bones live and I answered O Lord GOD thou knowest 4 Again he said unto me Prophesie upon these bones and say unto them O ye dry bones hear the word of the LORD 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones Behold I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live 6 And I will lay sinews upon you and will bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put breath in you and ye shall live and ye shall know that I am the LORD 7 So I
and understanding 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the †Heb. word commandment came forth and I am come to shew thee for thou art †Heb. a man of dâ—sires greatly beloved therefore understand the matter and consider the vision 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city ‖ Or to refrain to finish the transgression and ‖ Or to seal up to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and †Heb. prophet prophesie and to anoint the most Holy 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks the street †Heb. shall return and be built shall be built again and the ‖ Or breach or ditch wall even †Heb. in strait of times in troublous times 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off ‖ Or and shall have nothing but not for himself and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a floud and unto the end of the war ‖ Or it shall be 〈◊〉 off by desolations desolations are determined 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease and ‖ Or with the abominable armies for the overspreading of * Matth. 24.15 Mark 13.14 Luke 21. â—0 abominations he shall make it desolate even until the consummâ—tion and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate CHAP. X. 1 Daniel having humbled himself seeth a vision 1â— Being troubled with fear he is comforted by the angel IN the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel whose name was called Belteshazzar and the thing was true but the time appointed was †Heb. greaâ— long and he understood the thing and had understanding of the vision 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three †Heb. weeks of days full weeks 3 I ate no †Heb. â—â—ead of â—esires pleasant bread neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth neither did I anoint my sell at all till chree whole weeks were fulfilled 4 And in the four and twenfieth day of the first moneth as I was by the side of the great river which is * Gâ—n 2.14 Hiddekel 5 Then I lift up mine eyes and looked and behold †Heb. one man a certain man clothed in linen whose loyns were * Rev. 1.23 14 15. girded with fine gold of Uphaz 6 His body also was like the beryl and his face as the appearance of lightning and his eyes as lamps of fire and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision for the men that were with me saw not the vision but a great quaking fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves 8 Therefore I was left alone and saw this great vision and there remained no strength in me for my ‖ Or vigour * Ch. 7.28 comeliness was turned in me into corruption and I retained no strength 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words and when I heard the voice of his words then was I in a deep sleep on my face and my face toward the ground 10 ¶ And behold an hand touched me which †Heb. moved set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands 11 And he said unto me O Daniel †Heb. a man of desires a man greatly beloved understand the words that I speak unto thee and †Heb. stand upon thy standing stand upright for unto thee am I now sent And when he had spoken this word unto me I stood trembling 12 Then said he unto me Fear not Daniel for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand and to chasten thy self before thy God thy words were heard and I am come for thy words 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days but lo Michael ‖ Or the first one of the chief princes came to help me and I remained there with the kings of Persia 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days for yet the vision is for many days 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me I set my face toward the ground and I became dumb 16 And behold one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips then I opened my mouth and spake and said unto him that stood before me O my lord by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me and I have retained no strength 17 For how can ‖ Or this servant of my lord the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord for as for me straightway there remained no strength in me neither is there breath left in me 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man and he strengthned me 19 And said O man greatly beloved fear not peace be unto thee be strong yea be strong And when he had spoken unto me I was strengthned and said Let my lord speak for thou hast strengthned me 20 Then said he Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee and now will I return to sight with the prince of Persia and when I am gone forth lo the prince of Grecia shall come 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth and there is none that †Heb. strengthneth himself holdeth with me in these things but Michael your prince CHAP. XI 1 The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia 5 Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north 30 The invasion and tyranny of the Romans ALso I in the first year of Darius the Mede even I stood to confirm and to strengthen him 2 And now will I shew thee the truth Behold there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia and the fourth shall be far richer then they all and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia 3 And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will 4 And when he shall stand up his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven and not to his posterity nor according to his dominion which he ruled for his kingdom shall be pluckt up even for others besides those 5 ¶ And the king of the south shall be strong and one of his princes and he
Or smell your holy-days smell in your solemn assemblies 22 Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings I will not accept them neither will I regard the ‖ Or thank-offerings peace-offerings of your fat beasts 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs for I will not hear the melody of thy viols 24 But let judgement †Heb. roll run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream 25 * Acts 7.42 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness fourty years O house of Israel 26 But ye have born ‖ Or Siccuth your king the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images the star of your god which ye made to your selves 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus saith the LORD whose name is the God of hosts CHAP. VI. 1 The wantonness of Israel 7 shall be plagued with desolation 12 and their incorrigibleness * Luk. 6.24 WO to them that ‖ Or are secure are at ease in Zion and trust in the mountain of Samaria which are named * Ex. 19.5 ‖ Or first-fruits chief of the nations to whom the house of Israel came 2 Pass ye unto Calneh and see and from thence go ye to Hemath the great then go down to Gath of the Philistines be they better then these kingdoms or their horder greater then your border 3 Ye that * Ezek. 12.27 put far away the * Ch. 5.18 evil day and cause the ‖ Or habitation seat of violence to come near 4 That lie upon beds of ivory and ‖ Or abound with superfluities stretch themselves upon their couches and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall 5 That ‖ Or quaver chant to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick like David 6 That drink ‖ Or in bowls of wine wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments but they are not grieved for the †Heb. breach affliction of Joseph 7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed 8 * Jer. 51.14 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself saith the LORD the God of hosts I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces therefore will I deliver up the city with †Heb. the fulness thereof all that is therein 9 And it shall come to pass if there remain ten men in one house that they shall die 10 And a mans uncle shall take him up and he that burneth him to bring out the bones out of the house and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house Is there yet any with thee and he shall say No then shall he say * Ch. 5.13 Hold thy tongue for ‖ Or they will not or Save not we may not make mention of the name of the LORD 11 For behold the LORD commandeth and he will smite the great house with ‖ Or droppings breaches and the little house with clefts 12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock will one plow there with oxen for ye have turned judgement into gall and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock 13 Ye which rejoyce in a thing of nought which say Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength 14 But behold I will raise up against you a nation O house of Israel saith the LORD the God of hosts and they shall afflict you from the entring in of Hemath unto the ‖ Or valley river of the wilderness CHAP. VII 1 The judgements of the grashoppers 4 and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos. 7 By the wall of a plumb-line is signified the rejection of Israel 10 Amaziah complaineth of Amos. 14 Amos sheweth his calling 16 and Amaziahs judgement THus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me and behold he formed ‖ Or green worms grashoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth and lo it was the latter growth after the kings mowings 2 And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land then I said O Lord GOD forgive I beseech thee ‖ Or who of or for Jacob shall stand by whom shall Jacob arise for he is small 3 The LORD repented for this It shall not be saith the LORD 4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me and behold the Lord GOD called to contend by fire and it devoured the great deep and did eat up a part 5 Then said I O Lord GOD cease I beseech thee by whom shall Jacob arise for he is small 6 The LORD repented for this This also shall not be saith the Lord GOD. 7 ¶ Thus he shewed me and behold the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line with a plumb-line in his hand 8 And the LORD said unto me Amos what seest thou and I said A plumb-line Then said the Lord Behold I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel I will not again pass by them any more 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword 10 ¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel saying Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel the land is not able to bear all his words 11 For thus Amos saith Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos O thou seer go flee thee away into the land of Judah and there eat bread and prophesie there 13 But prophesie not again any more at Beth-el for it is the kings ‖ Or sanctuary chappel and it is the †Heb. house of for kingdom kings court 14 ¶ Then answered Amos and said to Amaziah I was no prophet neither was I a prophets son but I was an herdman and a gatherer of ‖ Or wilde figs. sycomore-fruit 15 And the LORD took me †Heb. from bebinde as I followed the flock and the LORD said unto me Go prophesie unto my people Israel 16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD thou sayest Prophesie not against Israel and * Ezek. 21.2 drop not thy word against the house of Isaac 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword and thy land shall be divided by line and thou shalt die in a polluted land and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land CHAP. VIII 1 By a basket of summer-fruit is shewed the propinquity of Israels end 4 Oppression is reproved 11
A famine of the word threatned THus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me and behold a basket of summer-fruit 2 And he said Amos what seest thou and I said A basket of summer-fruit Then said the LORD unto me The end is come upon my people of Israel I will not again pass by them any more 3 And the songs of the temple †Heb. shall howl shall be howlings in that day saith the Lord GOD there shall be many dead bodies in every place they shall cast them forth †Heb. be silent with silence 4 ¶ Hear this O ye that swallow up the needy even to make the poor of the land to fail 5 Saying When will the ‖ Or moneth new-moon be gone that we may sell corn and the sabbath that we may †Heb. open set forth wheat making the ephah small and the shekel great and †Heb. perverting the balances of deceit falsifying the balances by deceit 6 That we may buy the poor for * Chap. 2.6 silver and the needy for a pair of shoes yea and sell the refuse of the wheat 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob Surely I will never forget any of their works 8 Shall not the land tremble for this and every one mourn that dwelleth therein and it shall rise up wholly as a floud and it shall be cast out and drowned as by the floud of Egypt 9 And it shall come to pass in that day saith the Lord GOD that I will cause the sun to go down at noon and I will darken the earth in the clear day 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loyns and baldness upon every head and I will make it as the mourning of an onely son and the end thereof as a bitter day 11 ¶ Behold the days come saith the Lord GOD that I will send a famine in the land not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the LORD 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD and shall not finde it 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria and say Thy god O Dan liveth and the manner of Beer-sheba liveth even they shall fall and never rise up again CHAP. IX 1 The certainty of the desolation 11 The restoring of the tabernacle of David I Saw the Lord standing upon the altar and he said Smite the ‖ Or chapiter or knop lintel of the door that the posts may shake and ‖ Or wound them cut them in the head all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword he that fleeth of them shall not flee away and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered 2 * Psal 139.8 c. Though they dig into hell thence shall mine hand take them though they climb up to heaven thence will I bring them down 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel I will search and take them out thence and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea thence will I command the serpent and he shall bite them 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies thence will I command the sword and it shall slay them and * Jer. 44.11 I will set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land and it shall melt and all that dwell therein shall mourn and it shall rise up wholly like a floud and shall be drowned as by the floud of Egypt 6 It is he that buiâ—deth his ‖ Or spheres †Heb. ascensions * Ps 104.3 stories in the heaven and hath founded his ‖ Or bundle troup in the earth he that * Chap. 5.8 calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face of the earth the LORD is his name 7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me O children of Israel saith the LORD Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt and the * Jer. 47.4 Philistines from Caphtor and the Assyrians from Kir 8 Behold the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob saith the LORD 9 For lo I will command and I will †Heb. cause to move sift the house of Israel among all nations like as corn is sifted in a sive yet shall not the least †Heb. stone grain fall upon the earth 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword which say The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us 11 ¶ In that day will I raise up the * Act. 15.16 tabernacle of David that is faln and †Heb. hâ—â—â—e or wall close up the breaches thereof and I will raise up his ruines and I will build it as in the days of old 12 That they may possess the ramnant of Edom and of all the heathen †Heb. upon whom my name is called which are called by my name saith the LORD that doeth this 13 Behold the days come saith the LORD that the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that †Heb. draweth forth soweth seed and the mountains shall drop ‖ Or nâ—w wine * Joel 3.18 sweet wine and all the hills shall melt 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them and they shalt plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them 15 And I will plant them upon their land and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them saith the LORD thy God ¶ OBADIAH 1 The destruction of Edom 3 for their pride 10 and for their wrong unto Jacob. 17 The salvation and victory of Jacob. THe vision of Obadiah Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom. * Jer. 49.14 We have heard a rumour from the LORD and an ambassadour is sent among the heathen Arise ye and let us rise up against her in battel 2 Behold I have made thee small among the heathen thou art greatly despised 3 ¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock whose habitation is high that saith in his heart Who shall bring me down to the ground 4 * Jer. 49.16 Though thou exalt thy self as the eagle and though thou set thy nest among the stars thence will I bring thee down saith the
LORD 5 It * Jer. 49.9 theeves came to thee if robbers by night how art thou cut off would they not have stoln till they had enough if the grape-gatherers came to thee would they not leave ‖ Or gleanings some grapes 6 How are the things of Esau searched out how are his hid things sought up 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border †Heb. the men of thy peace the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee and prevailed against thee †Heb. the men of thy bread they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee there is none understanding ‖ Or of it in him 8 * Is 29.14 Jer. 49.7 Shall I not in that day saith the LORD even destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding out of the mount of Esau 9 And thy mighty men O Teman shall be dismayed to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter 10 ¶ For thy * Gen. 27.41 Ezek. 35.5 Amos 1.11 violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee and thou shalt be cut off for ever 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side in the day that the strangers ‖ Or carried away his substance carried away captive his forces and foreiners entred into his gates and cast lots upon Jerusalem even thou wast as one of them 12 But ‖ Or. do not bebold c. thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger neither shouldest thou have rejoyced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction neither shouldest thou have †Heb. magnified thy mouth spoken proudly in the day of distress 13 Thou shouldest not have entred into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity yea thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity nor have laid hands on their ‖ Or forces substance in the day of their calamity 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the cross-way to cut off those of his that did escape neither shouldest thou have ‖ Or shut up delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen * Ezek. 35.15 as thou hast done it shall be done unto thee thy reward shall return upon thine own head 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the heathen drink continually yea they shall drink and they shall ‖ Or sup up swallow down and they shall be as though they had not been 17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be ‖ Or they that escape deliverance and ‖ Or it shall be holy there shall be holiness and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame and the house of Esau for stubble and they shall kindle in them and devour them and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau for the LORD hath spoken it 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau and they of the plain the Philistines and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites even unto Zarephath and the captivity of Jerusalem ‖ Or shall possess that which is in Sepharad which is in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the south 21 And * 1 Tim. 4.10 Jam. 5.20 saviours shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau and the * Luk. 1.33 kingdom shall be the LORDS ¶ JONAH CHAP. I. 1 Jonah sent to Nineveh fleeth to Tarshish 4 He is bewrayed by a tempest 11 thrown into the sea 17 and swallowed up by a fish NOw the word of the LORD came unto ‖ Called Mat. 12.39 fonas Jonah the son of Amittai saying 2 Arise go to Nineveh that * Gen. 10.11 12. Chap. 3.3 great city and cry against it for their wickedness is come up before me 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD and went down to Joppa and he found a ship going to Tarshish so he paid the fare thereof and went down into it to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD 4 ¶ But the LORD †Heb. cast forth sent out a great wind into the sea and there was a mighty tempest in the sea so that the ship †Heb. thought to be broken was like to be broken 5 Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it of them but Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship and he lay and was fast asleep 6 So the ship-master came to him and said unto him What meanest thou O sleeper arise call upon thy God if so be that God will think upon us that we perish not 7 And they said every one to his fellow Come and let us cast lots that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us So they cast lots and the lot fell upon Jonah 8 Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us what is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy countrey and of what people art thou 9 And he said unto them I am an Hebrew and I fear the LORD the God of heaven which hath made the sea and the dry land 10 Then were the men †Heb. with great fear exceedingly afraid and said unto him Why hast thou done this for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD because he had told them 11 ¶ Then said they unto him What shall we do unto thee that the sea †Heb may be silent from us may be calm unto us for the sea ‖ Or grew more and more tempestuous †Heb. went wrought and was tempestuous 12 And he said unto them Take me up and cast me forth into the sea so shall the sea be calm unto you for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you 13 Nevertheless the men †Heb. diâ—â—ed rowed hard to bring it to the land but they could not for the sea wrought and was tempestuous against them 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD and said We beseech thee O LORD we beseech thee let us not perish for this mans life and lay not upon us innocent bloud for thou O LORD hast done as it pleased thee 15 So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea and the sea †Heb. sâ—â—â—d ceased from her raging
with you saith the LORD of hosts 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt so my spirit remaineth among you fear ye not 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts * Heb. 12 26. Yet once it is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land 7 And I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the LORD of hosts 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine saith the LORD of hosts 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater then of the former saith the LORD of hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the LORD of hosts 10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Ask now the priests concerning the law saying 12 It one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oyl or any meat shall it be holy And the priests answered and said No. 13 Then said Haggai Is one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean And the priests answered and said It shall be unclean 14 Then answered Haggai and said So is this people and so is this nation before me saith the LORD and so is every work of their hands and that which they offer there is unclean 15 And now I pray you consider from this day and upward from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD 16 Since those days were when one came to an heap of twenty measures there were but ten when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press there were but twenty 17 ¶ I smote you * Am. 4.9 with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands yet ye turned not to me saith the LORD 18 Consider now from this day and upward from the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth even from the day that the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid consider it 19 Is the seed yet in the barn yea as yet the vine and the fig-tree and the pomegranate and the olive-tree hath not brought forth from this day will I bless you 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the moneth saying 21 Speak to Zerubbabel governour of Judah saying I will shake the heavens and the earth 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen and I will overthrow the chariots and those that ride in them and the horses and their riders shall come down every one by the sword of his brother 23 In that day saith the LORD of hosts will I take thee O Zerubbabel my servant the son of Shealtiel saith the LORD and will make thee as a signet for I have chosen thee saith the LORD of hosts ¶ ZECHARIAH CHAP. I. 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance 7 The vision of the horses 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem 18 The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters IN the eighth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 2 The LORD hath been †Heb. with displeasure sore displeased with your fathers 3 Therefore say thou unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mal. 3.7 Turn ye unto me saith the LORD of hosts and I will turn unto you saith the LORD of hosts 4 Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have cried saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Is 31.6 Jer. 3.12 18.11 Ezek. 18.30 Hos 14 1◠Turn ye now from your evil ways and from your evil doings but they did not hear nor hearken unto me saith the LORD 5 Your fathers where are they and the prophets do they live for ever 6 But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not ‖ Or overtake take hold of your fathers and they returned and said * L◠1.18 Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us according to our ways and according to our doings so hath he dealt with us 7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 8 I saw by night and behold a man riding upon a red horse and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom and behinde him were there red horses ‖ Or hay speckled and white 9 Then said I O my Lord what are these And the angel that talked with me said unto me I will shew thee what these be 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees and said We have walked to and fro through the earth and behold all the earth sitteth still and is at rest 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said O LORD of hosts how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me Cry thou saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts I am * Ch. 8.2 jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousie 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at case for I was but a little displeased and they helped forward the affliction 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies my house shall be built in it saith the LORD of hosts and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem 17 Cry yet saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts My cities through †Hēb good prosperity shall yet be spread abroad and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem 18 ¶ Then lift I up mine eyes and saw and behold four horns 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me What be these And he answered me These are the horns which have scattered Judah Israel and Jerusalem 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters 21 Then said I What come these to do And he spake saying These are the horns which have scattered Judah
come to pass that as he cried and they would not hear so * Pro. 1.28 Isa 1.15 Jer. 11.11 and 14.12 they cried and I would not hear saith the LORD of hosts 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not thus the land was desolate after them that no man passed through nor returned for they laid the †Heb. land of desire pleasant land desolate CHAP. VIII 1 The restauration of Jerusalem 9 They are encouraged to the building by Gods favour to them 16 Good works are required of them 18 Joy and enlargement are promised AGain the word of the LORD of hosts came to me saying 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Ch. 1.16 I was jealous for Zion with great jealousie and I was jealous for her with great fury 3 Thus saith the LORD I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem and every man with his staff in his hand †Heb. for multitude of days for very age 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts If it be ‖ Or hard or difficult marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days should it also be marvellous in mine eyes saith the LORD of hosts 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will save my people from the east-countrey and from †Heb. the countrey of the going down of the sun the west-countrey 8 And I will bring them and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and they shall be my people and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts Let your hands be strong ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid that the temple might be built 10 For before these days ‖ Or the hire of man became nothing c. there was no * Hag. 1.6 hire for man nor any hire for beast neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction for I set all men every one against his neighbour 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days saith the LORD of hosts 12 For the seed shall be †Heb. of peace prosperous the vine shall give her fruit and the ground shall give her increase and the heavens shall give their dew and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things 13 And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen O house of Judah and house of Israel so will I save you and ye shall be a blessing fear not but let your hands be strong 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked me to wrath saith the LORD of hosts and I repented not 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah fear ye not 16 ¶ These are the things that ye shall do * Eph. 4.25 Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour †Heb. judge truth and the judgement of peace execute the judgement of truth and peace in your gates 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false oath for all these are things that I hate saith the LORD 18 ¶ And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me saying 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts The fast of the fourth moneth and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness and cheerful †Heb. solemn or set times feasts therefore love the truth and peace 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying * Isa 2.3 Mic. 4.1 2. Let us go ‖ Or continually †Heb. going speedily †Heb. to intreat the face of the LORD to pray before the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts I will go also 22 Yea many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to pray before the LORD 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts In those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew saying We will go with you for we have heard that god is with you CHAP. IX 1 God defendeth his Church 9 Zion is exhorted to rejoyce for the coming of Christ and his peaceable kingdom 12 Gods promises of victory and defence THe burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach and Damascus shall be the rest thereof when the eyes of man as of all the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby Tyrus and Zidon though it be very * Ezek. 28 â— c. wise 3 And Tyrus did build her self a strong hold and heaped up silver as the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets 4 Behold the Lord will cast her out and he will smite her power in the sea and she shall be devoured with fire 5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear Gaza also shall see it and be very sorrowful and Ekron for her expectation shall be ashamed and the king shall perish from Gaza and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines 7 And I will take away his †Heb. â—â—oudâ— bloud out of his mouth and his abominations from between his teeth but he that remaineth even he shall be for our God and he shall be as a governour in Judah and Ekron as a Jebusite 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army because of him that passeth by and because of him that returneth and no oppressour shall pass through them any more for now have I seen with mine eyes 9 ¶ * Isa 62.11 Mat. 21.5 Joh. 12.15 Rejoyce greatly O daughter of Zion shout O daughter of Jerusalem behold thy King cometh unto thee he is just and ‖ Or savine himself having salvation lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the fole of an ass 10 And I will cut off the chariot from
thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff even ‖ Or Binders Bands that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel 15 ¶ And the LORD laid unto me Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd 16 For lo I will raise up a shepherd in the land which shall not visit those that be ‖ Or bidden cut off neither shall seek the young one nor heal that that is broken nor ‖ Or bear feed that that standeth still but he shall eat the flesh of the fat and tear their claws in pieces 17 * Jer. 23. ◠Ezek. 34. ◠Joh. 10.12 Wo to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock the sword shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye his arm shall be clean dried up and his right eye shall be utterly darkned CHAP. XII 1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling to her self 3 and a burdensom stone to her adversaries 6 The victorious restoring of Judah 9 The repentance of Jerusalem THe burden of the word of the LORD for Israel saith the LORD which stretcheth forth the heavens and layeth the foundation of the earth and formeth the spirit of man within him 2 Behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of ‖ Or stumber or poison trembling unto all the people round about ‖ Or and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem 3 ¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensom stone for all people all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it 4 In that day saith the LORD I will smite every horse with astonishment and his rider with madness and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah and will smite every horse of the people with blindness 5 And the governours of Judah shall say in their heart ‖ Or There is strength to me and to the inhabitants c. The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God 6 ¶ In that day will I make the governours of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood and like a torch of fire in a sheaf and they shall devour all the people round about on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place even in Jerusalem 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnifie themselves against Judah 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he that is ‖ Or object †Heb. faln feeble among them at that day shall be as David and the house of David shall be as God as the angel of the LORD before them 9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem 10 And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall * Joh. 19.24 37. Rev. 1.7 look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born 11 In that day shall there be a great * Act. 2.37 mourning in Jerusalem * ◠Chron. 35.24 as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon 12 And the land shall mourn †Heb. families families every family apart the family of the house of David apart and their wives apart the family of the house of Nathan apart and their wives apart 13 The family of the house of Levi apart and their wives apart the family of Shimei apart and their wives apart 14 All the families that remain every family apart and their wives apart CHAP. XIII 1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem 2 from idolatry and false prophesie 7 The death of Christ and the trial of a third part IN that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for †Heb. separation for uncleanness uncleanness 2 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD of hosts that I will * Ezek. 30.13 cut off the names of the idols out of the land and they shall no more be remembred and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land 3 And it shall come to pass that when any shall yet prophesie then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him Thou shalt not live for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth 4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he hath prophesied neither shall they wear †Heb. a garment of hair a rough garment †Heb. to lie to deceive 5 But he shall say I am no prophet I am an husbandman for man taught me to keep cattel from my youth 6 And one shall say unto him What are these wounds in thine hands Then he shall answer Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends 7 ¶ Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man that is my fellow saith the LORD of hosts * Matth. 26.31 Mar. 14.27 smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones 8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land saith the LORD two parts therein shall be cut off and die but the third shall be left therein 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire and will * 1 Pet. 1 6 7. refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried they shall call on my name and I will hear them I will say It is my people and they shall say The LORD is my God CHAP. XIV 1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed 4 The coming of Christ and the graces of his kingdom 12 The plague of Jerusalems enemies 16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord 20 and their spoils shall be holy BEhold the day of the LORD cometh and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battel and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women ravished and half of the city shall go forth into captivity and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city 3 Then shall the
that sinned and ‖ Or â—ne ungodly did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms and how they grieved him ‖ Or sensibly exceedingly so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel 25 * 2 Chr. 35.20 Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon Euphrates and Josias went out against him 26 But the king of Egypt sent to him saying What have I to do with thee O king of Judea 27 I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee for my war is upon Euphrates and now the Lord is with me yea the Lord is with me hasting me forward depart from me and be not against the Lord. 28 Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him but undertook to fight with him not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord 29 But joyned battel with him in the plain of Magiddo and the princes came against king Josias 30 Then said the king unto his servants Carry me away out of the battel for I am very weak and immediately his servants took him away out of the battel 31 Then gat he up upon his second chariot and being brought back to Jerusalem died and was buried in his fathers sepulchre 32 And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias yea Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him unto this day and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel 33 These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah and every one of the acts that Josias did and his glory and his understanding in the law of the Lord and the things that he had done before and the things now recited are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea 34 * 2 Kings 23.30 2 Chr. 36 1â— And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias and made him king in stead of Josias his father when he was twenty and three years old 35 And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three moneths and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem 36 And he set a tax upon the land of an hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold 37 The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem 38 And he bound Joacim and the nobles but Zaraces his brother he apprehended and brought him out of Egypt 39 Five and twenty years old was * 2 Chr. 36 4 5. Jeboiakim or Ellakim Joacim when he was made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem and he did evil before the Lord. 40 Wherefore against him Nebuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up and bound him with a chain of brass and carried him unto Babylon 41 Nebuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord and carried them away and set them in his own temple at Babylon 42 But those things that are recorded of him and of his uncleanness and impiety are written in the chronicles of the kings 43 And Joacim his son reigned in his stead he was made king being eighteen years old 44 And reigned but three moneths and ten days in Jerusalem and did evil before the Lord. 45 So after a year Nebuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord 46 And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem when he was one and twenty years old and he reigned eleven years 47 And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord. 48 And after that king Nebuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord he forswore himself and rebelled and hardning his neck and his heart he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel 49 The governours also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws and passed all the pollutions of all nations and defiled the temple of the Lord which was sanctified in Jerusalem 50 Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back because he spared them and his tabernacle also 51 But they had his messengers in derision and look when the Lord spake unto them they made a sport of his prophets 52 So far forth that he being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness commanded the kings of the Caldees to come up against them 53 Who slew their young men with the sword yea even within the compass of their holy temple and spared neither young man nor maid old man nor childe among them for he delivered all into their hands 54 And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord both great and small with the vessels of the ark of God and the kings treasures and carried them away into Babylon 55 As for the house of the Lord they burnt it brake down the walls of Jerusalem set fire upon her towers 56 And as for her glorious things they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto Babylon 57 Who became servants to him and his children till the Persians reigned to fulfil the * Jer. 25.11 29.10 word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy 58 Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths the whole time of her desolation shall she ‖ Or keep sabbath rest until the full term of seventy years CHAP. II. 1 Cyrus is moved by God to build the temple 5 and giveth leave to the Jews to return and contribute to it 11 He delivereth again the vessels which had been taken thence 25 Artaxerxes forbiddeth the Jews to build any more IN the * 2 Chr. 36.22 Ezra 1.1 c. first year of Cyrus king of the Persians that the word of the Lord might be accomplished that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy 2 The Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians and he made proclamation through all his kingdom and also by writing 3 Saying Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians The Lord of Israel the most high Lord hath made me king of the whole world 4 And commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Jewry 5 If therefore there be any of you that are of his people let the Lord even his Lord be with him and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea and build the house of the Lord of Israel for ‖ Or this he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem 6 Whosoever then dwell in the places about let them help him those I say that are his neighbours with gold and with silver 7 With gifts with horses and with cattel and other
the benefits that I have done for you when you were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness * Num. 14.3 did you not cry unto me 18 Saying Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians then to die in this wilderness 19 Then had I pity upon your mournings and gave you manna to eat * Wisd 16.20 so ye did eat angels bread 20 * Num. 20.11 Wis 11.4 When ye were thirsty did I not cleave the rock and waters flowed out ‖ Or abundanthy to your fill for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees 21 I divided among you a fruitful land I cast out the Canaanites the Pheresites and the Philistines before you * Isa 5.4 What shall I yet do more for you saith the Lord. 22 Thus saith the Almighty Lord When you were in the wilderness ‖ Or at the bitter waters or waters of Marab Ex. 15.23 in the river of the Amorites being athirst blaspheming my name 23 I gave you not fire for your blasphemies but cast a tree in the water and made the river sweet 24 What shall I do unto thee O Jacob thou * Ex. 32.8 Juda wouldst not obey me I will turn me to other nations and unto those will I give my name that they may keep my statutes 25 Seeing ye have forsaken me I will forsake you also when ye desire me to be gracious unto you I shall have no mercy upon you 26 * Isa 1.15 Whensoever you shall call upon me I will not hear you for ye have defiled your hands with bloud and your feet are swift to commit man-slaughter 27 Ye have not as it were forsaken me but your own selves saith the Lord. 28 Thus saith the Almighty Lord Have I not prayed you as a father his sons as a mother her daughters and a nurse her young babes 29 That ye would be my people ‖ Or aâ— I am your God and I should be your God that ye would be my children and I should be your father 30 * Matth. 23.37 I gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings but now what shall I do unto you I will cast you out from my face 31 * Isa 1.13 When you offer unto me I will turn my face from you for your solemn feast-days your new-moons and your circumcisions have I forsaken 32 I sent unto you my servants the prophets whom ye have taken and slain and torn their bodies in pieces whose bloud I will require of your hands saith the Lord. 33 Thus saith the Almighty Lord Your house is desolate I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble 34 And your children shall not be fruitful for they have despised my commandment and done the thing that is evil before me 35 Your houses will I give to a people that shall come which not having heard of me yet shall beleeve me to whom I have shewed no signs yet they shall do that I have commanded them 36 They have seen no prophets yet they shall call their sins to remembrance and acknowledge them 37 I take to witness the grace of the people to come whose little ones rejoyce in gladness and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes yet in spirit they beleeve the thing that I say 38 And now brother behold what glory and see the people that cometh from the east 39 Unto whom I will give for leaders Abraham Isaac and Jacob Oseas Amos and Micheas Joel Abdias and Jonas 40 Nahum and Abacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zachary and Malachy which is called also an * Mal. 3.1 angel of the Lord. CHAP. II. 2 God complaineth of his people 10 Yet Esdras is willed to comfort them 34 Because they refused the Gentiles are called 43 Esdras seeth thâ— Son of God and those that are crowned by him THus saith the Lord I brought this people out of bondage and I â—ave them my commandments by my servants the prophets whom they would not hear but despised my counsels 2 The mother that bare them saith unto them Go your way ye children for I am a widow and forsaken 3 I brought you up with gladness but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you for ye have sinned before the Lord your God and done that thing that is evil before him 4 But what shall I now do unto you I am a widow and forsaken go your way O my children and ask mercy of the Lord. 5 As for me O Father I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children which would not keep my covenant 6 That thou bring them to confusion and their mother to a spoil that there may be no offspring of them 7 Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen let their names be put out of the earth for they have despised my ‖ Or sacramentâ— or oath covenant 8 Wo be unto thee Assur thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee O thou wicked people remember * Gen. 19.24 what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha 9 Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes even so also will I do unto them that hear me not saith the Almighty Lord. 10 Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem which I would have given unto Israel 11 Their glory also will I take unto me and give these the everlasting tabernacies which I had prepared for them 12 They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour they shall neither labour nor be weary 13 Go and ye shall receive pray for few days unto you that they may be shortned the kingdom is already prepared for you watch 14 Take heaven and earth to witness for I have broken the evil in pieces and created the good for I live saith the Lord. 15 Mother embrace thy children and ‖ Or bring them up with gladness as a dove make their feet fast for c. bring them up with gladness make their feet as fast as a pillar for I have chosen thee saith the Lord. 16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places and bring them out of the graves for I have known ‖ Or thy name O Israel my name in Israel 17 Fear not thou mother of the children for I have chosen thee saith the Lord. 18 For thy help will I send my servants Esay and Jeremy after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits 19 And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey and seven mighty mountains whereupon there grow roses and lilies whereby I will fill thy children with joy 20 Do right to the widow judge for the fatherless give to the poor defend the orphan clothe the naked 21 Heal the broken and the weak laugh not a lame man to scorn defend
the maimed and let the blinde man come into the sight of my clearness 22 Keep the old and young within thy walls 23 * Tob. â— 17 18. Wheresoever thou findest the dead †signing bury them take them and bury them and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection 24 Abide still O my people and take thy rest for thy quietness shall come 25 Nourish thy children O thou good nurse stablish their feet 26 As for the servants whom I have given thee there shall not one of them perish for I will require them from among thy number 27 Be not weary for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh others shall weep and be sorrowful but thou shalt be merry and have abundance 28 The heathen shall envy thee but they shall be able to do nothing against thee saith the Lord. 29 My hands shall cover thee so that thy children shall not see hell 30 Be joyful O thou mother with thy children for I will deliver thee saith the Lord. 31 Remember thy children that sleep for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth and shew mercy unto them for I am merciful saith the Lord Almighty 32 Embrace thy children until I come and ‖ Or preaâ—e shew mercy unto them for my wells run over and my grace shall not fail 33 I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb that I should go unto Israel but when I came unto then they set me at nought and despised the commandment of the Lord. 34 And therefore I say unto you O ye heathen that hear and understand Look for your Shepherd he shall give you everlasting rest for he is nigh at hand that shall come in the end of the world 35 Be ready to the reward of the kingdom for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore 36 Flee the shadow of this world receive the joyfulness of your glory I testify my Saviour openly 37 O receive the gift that is given you and be glad giving thanks unto him that hath called you to the heavenly kingdom 38 Arise up and stand behold the number of those that be sealed ‖ Or for in the feast of the Lord. 39 Which are departed from the shadow of the world and have received glorious garments of the Lord. 40 Take thy number O Sion and †Lat. conclude shut up those of thine that are clothed in white which have fulfilled the law of the Lord. 41 The number of thy children whom thou longedst for is fulfilled beseech the power of the Lord that thy people which have been called from the beginning may be hallowed 42 * Rev. 7.9 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people whom I could not number and they all praised the Lord with songs 43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature taller then all the rest and upon every one of their heads he set crowns and was more exalted which I marvelled at greatly 44 So I asked the angel and said ‖ Or Lord. Sir what are these 45 He answered and said unto me These be they that have put off the mortal clothing and put on the immortal and have confessed the name of God now are they crowned and receive palms 46 Then said I unto the angel What young person is it that crowneth them and giveth them palms in their hands 47 So he answered and said unto me It is the Son of God whom they have confessed in the world Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stifly for the name of the Lord. 48 Then the angel said unto me Go thy way and tell my people what manner of things and how great wonders of the Lord thy God thou hast seen CHAP. III. 1 Esdras is troubled 13 and acknowledgeth the sins of the people 28 yet complaineth that the heathen were lords over them being more wicked then they IN the thirtieth year after the ruine of the city I was in Babylon and lay troubled upon my bed and my thoughts came up over my heart 2 For I saw the desolation of Sion and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon 3 And my spirit was sore moved so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High and said 4 O Lord who bearest rule thou spakest at the beginning when thou didst plant the earth and that thy self alone and commandedst the people 5 * Gen. 2.7 And gavest a body unto Adam without soul which was the workmanship of thine hands and didst breath into him the breath of life and he was made living before thee 6 And thou leddest him into paradise which thy right hand had planted before ever the earth came forward 7 And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way which he transgressed and immediately thou appointedst death in him and in his generations of whom came nations tribes people and kindreds out of number 8 * Gen. 6.12 And every people walked after their own will and did wonderful things before thee and despised thy commandments 9 * Gen. 7.10 And again in process of time thou broughtest the floud upon those that dwelt in the world and destroyedst them 10 And it came to pass in every of them that as death was to Adam so was the floud to these 11 Nevertheless one of them thou leftest namely * 1 Pet. 3.20 Noah with his houshold of whom came all righteous men 12 And it happened that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply and had gotten them many children and were a great people they began again to be more ungodly then the first 13 Now when they lived so wickedly before thee * Gen. 12.1 thou didst choose thee a man from among them whose name was * Gen. 17.5 Abraham 14 Him thou lovedst and unto him onely thou shewedst thy will 15 And madest an everlasting covenant with him promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed 16 * Gen. 21.2 3. And unto him thou gavest Isaac and * Gen. 25.25 26. unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau As for Jacob thou * Mal. 1.2 3. Rom. 9.13 didst choose him to thee and put by Esau and so Jacob became a great multitude 17 And it came to pass that when thou ledst his seed out of Egypt * Exod. 19.1 Deut. 4.10 thou broughtest them up to the mount Sina 18 And bowing the heavens thou didst set fast the earth movedst the whole world and madest the depths to tremble and troubledst the men of that age 19 And thy glory went through four gates of fire and of earthquake and of wind and of cold that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob ‖ and to all the generation of Israel that they should keep it with diligence and diligence unto the generation of Israel 20 And yet tookest thou not away
old 15 But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineve which was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus and before his death he rejoyced over Nineve ¶ JUDITH CHAP. I. 2 Arphaxed doth fortify Echatane 5 Nabuchodonosor maketh war against him 7 and craveth aid 12 He threatneth those that would not aid him 15 and killeth Arphaxad 16 and returneth to Nineve IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor who reigned in Nineve the great city in the days of Arphaxad which reigned over the Medes in Ecbatane 2 And built in Ecbatane walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long and made the height of the wall seventy cubits and the breadth thereof fifty cubits 3 And set the towers thereof upon the gates of it an hundred cubits â—igh and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits 4 And he made the gates thereof even gates that were railed to the height of seventy cubits and the breadth of them was fourty cubits for the going forth of his mighty armies and for the setting in aray of his footmen 5 Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain which is the plain in the borders of Ragau. 6 And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill-countrey and all that dwelt by Euphrates and Tigris and Hydaspe and the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans and very many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves to the battel 7 Then Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia and to all that dwelt west-ward and to those that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus and Libanus and Antilibanus and to all that dwelt upon the sea-coast 8 And to those amongst the nations that were of Carmel and Galaad and the higher Galilee and the great plain of Esdrelom 9 And to all that were in Samaria and the cities thereof and beyond Jordan unto Jerusalem and Betane and Chellus and Kades and the river of Egypt and Taphnes and Ramess all the land of Gesem 10 Until you come beyond Tanis and Memphis and to all the inhabitants of Egypt until you come to the borders of Ethiopia 11 But all the inhabitants of the land made light of the commandment of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians neither went they with him to the battel for they were not afraid of him yea he was before them as one man and they sent away his ambassadours from them without effect and with disgrace 12 Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry with all this countrey and sware by his throne and kingdom that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria and that he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab and the children of Ammon and all Judea and all that were in Egypt till you come to the borders of the two seas 13 Then he marched in battel-aray with his power against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year and he prevailed in his battel for he overthrew all the power of Arphaxad and all his hors-men and all his chariots 14 And became lord of his cities and came unto Ecbatane and took the towers and spoiled the streets thereof and turned the beauty thereof into shame 15 He took also Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau and smote him through with his darts and destroyed him utterly that day 16 So he returned afterward to Nineve both he and all his company of sundry nations being a very great multitude of men of war and there he took his ease and banqueted both he and his army an hundred and twenty days CHAP. II. 4 Holofernes is appointed general 11 and charged to spare none that will not yeeld 15 His army and provision 23 the places which he won and wasted as he went ANd in the eighteenth year the two and twentieth day of the first moneth there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians that he should as he said avenge himself on all the earth 2 So he called unto him all his officers and all his nobles and communicated with them his secret counsel and * 1 Sam. 20.7 25.17 concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth 3 Then they decreed to destroy all flesh that did not obey the commandment of his mouth 4 And when he had ended his counsel Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army which was †Gr. second man next unto him and said unto him 5 Thus saith the great king the lord of the whole earth Behold thou shalt go forth from my presence and take with thee men that trust in their own strength of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand 6 And thou shalt go against all the west-countrey because they disobeyed my commandment 7 And thou shalt declare unto them that they prepare for me ‖ After the manner of the kings of Persiâ— to whom earth and water was wont to be given to acknowledge that they were lords of land and sea Herodotus earth and water for I will go forth in my wrath against them and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army and I will give them for a spoil unto them 8 So that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks and the river shall be filled with their dead till it overflow 9 And I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth 10 Thou therefore shalt go forth and take before-hand for me all their coasts and if they will yeeld themselves unto thee thou shalt reserve them for me till the day of their punishment 11 But concerning them that rebel let not thine eyes spare them but put them to the slaughter and spoil them wheresoever thou goest 12 For as I live and by the power of my kingdom whatsoever I have spoken that will I do by mine hand 13 And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord but accomplish them fully as I have commanded thee and defer not to do them 14 Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord and called all the governours and captains and the officers of the army of Assur 15 And he mustered the chosen men for the battel as his lord had commanded him unto an hundred and twenty thousand and twelve thousand archers on hors-back 16 And he ranged them as a great army is ordered for the war 17 And he took camels and asses for their carriages a very great number and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision 18 And plenty of victual for every man of the army and very much gold and silver out of the kings house 19 Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nabuchodonosor in the voyage and to cover all
understanding or deceit beguile his soul 12 For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest and the wandring of concupiscence doth †Gr. pervert undermine the simple minde 13 He being made ‖ Or sanctified or consummated perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time 14 For his soul pleased the Lord therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked 15 This the people saw and understood it not neither laid they up this in their minds That his grace and mercy is with his saints and that he hath respect unto his chosen 16 Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous 17 For they shall see the end of the wise and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety 18 They shall see him and despise him but God shall laugh them to scorn and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase and a reproach among the dead for evermore 19 For he shall rend them and cast them down headlong that they shall be speechless and he shall shake them from the foundation and they shall be utterly laid waste and be in sorrow and their memorial shall perish 20 And ‖ Or to the casting up of the account when they cast up the accounts of their sins they shall come with fear and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face CHAP. V. 1 The wicked shall wonder at the godly 4 and confess their errour 5 and the vanity of their lives 15 God will reward the just 17 and war against the wicked THen shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him and made no account of his labours 2 When they see it they shall be troubled with terrible fear and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation so far beyond all that they looked for 3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves This was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a ‖ Or parable proverb of reproach 4 * Chap 3.2 We fools accounted his life madness and his end to be without honour 5 How is he numbred among the children of God and his lot is among the saints 6 Therefore have we erred from the way of truth and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us and the sun of righteousnese rose not upon us 7 We ‖ Or filled our selves or surfeted wearied our selves in the way of wickedness and destruction yea we have gone through deserts where there lay no way but as for the way of the Lord we have not known it 8 What hath pride profited us or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us 9 All those things are * 1 Chr. 29.15 Chap. 2.5 passed away like a shadow and as a poste that hasted by 10 And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water which when it is gone by the trace thereof cannot be found neither the path-way of the keel in the waves 11 * Prov. 30.19 Or as when a bird ‖ Or flieth hath flown through the air there is no token of her way to be found but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them is passed through and therein afterwards no signe where she went is to be found 12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark it parteth the air which immediately cometh together again so that a man cannot know where it went through 13 Even so we in like manner assoon as we were born began to draw to our end and had no signe of vertue to shew but were consumed in our own wickedness 14 * Job 8.9 For the hope of the ungodly is like †Gr. thistle-down dust that is blown away with the wind like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm like as the ‖ Or â—haff smoke which is * Psal 1.4 103.14 Pro. 10.25 11.7 Jam. 1.10 11. dispersed here and there with a tempest and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day 15 But the righteous live for evermore their reward also is with the Lord and the care of them is with the most High 16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious ‖ Or palace unless the word be taken unproperly as 2 Mac. 2.17 kingdom and a beautiful crown from the Lords hand for with his right hand shall he cover them and with his arm shall he protect them 17 He shall take to him his jealousie for complete armour and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies 18 He shall put on * Isa 59.17 righteousness as a breast-plate and true judgement in stead of an helmet 19 He shall take ‖ Or equity holiness for an invincible shield 20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword and the world shall sight with him against the unwise 21 Then shall the right-aiming thunder-bolts go abroad and from the clouds as from a well-drawn bowe shall they flie to the mark 22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone-bowe and the water of the sea shall rage against them and the flouds shall cruelly drown them 23 Yea a mighty wind shall stand up against them and like a storm shall blow them away thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty CHAP. VI. 1 Kings must give ear 3 They have their power from God 5 who will not spare them 12 Wisdom is soon found 21 Princes must seek for it 24 for a wise prince is the stay of his people HEar therefore O ye kings and understand learn ye that be judges of the ends of the earth 2 Give ear you that rule the people and glory in the multitude of nations 3 For * Rom. 13.1 2. power is given you of the Lord and sovereignty from the Highest who shall try your works and search out your counsels 4 Because being ministers of his kingdom you have not judged aright nor kept the law nor walked after the counsel of God 5 Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you for a sharp judgement shall be to them that be in high places 6 For mercy will soon pardon the meanest but mighty men shall be mightily tormented 7 For he which is Lord overall shall fear no * Deut. 10.17 2 Chr. 19.7 Job 34.19 Ecclus 35.12 16. Act. 10.33 Rom. 2.11 Gal. 2.6 Eph. 6.9 Col. 3.25 1 Pet. 1.17 mans person neither shall he stand in aw of any mans greatness for he hath made the small and great and careth for all alike 8 But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty
praise him therewith 23 Draw near unto me you unlearned and dwell in the house of learning 24 Wherefore are you slow and what say you of these things seeing your souls are very thirsty 25 I opened my mouth and said * Isai 55.1 Buy her for your selves without money 26 Put your neck under the yoke and let your soul receive instruction she is hard at hand to finde 27 * Chap. 6.19 Behold with your eyes how that I have had but little labour and have gotten unto me much rest 28 Get learning with a great sum of money get much gold by her 29 Let your soul rejoyce in his mercy and be not ashamed of his praise 30 Work your work betimes and in his time he will give you your reward ¶ BARUCH CHAP. I. 1 Baruch wrote a book in Babylon 5 The Jews there wept at the reading of it 7 They send money and the book to the brethren at Jerusalem ANd these are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nerias the son of Maasias the son of Sedecias the son of Asadias the son of Chelcias wrote in Babylon 2 In the fifth year and in the seventh day of the moneth what time as the Caldeans took Jerusalem and burnt it with fire 3 And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of ‖ Or Joacim Joachim king of Juda and in the ears of all the people that came to hear the book 4 And in the hearing of the nobles and of the kings sons and in the hearing of the elders and of all the people from the lowest unto the highest even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud 5 Whereupon they wept fasted ‖ Or and vowed vows and prayed before the Lord. 6 They made also a collection of money according to every mans power 7 And they sent it to Jerusalem unto ‖ Or Joacim Joachim the high priest the son of Chescias son of Salom and to the priests and to all the people which were sound with him at Jerusalem 8 At the same time when he received the vessels of the house of the Lord that were carried out of the temple to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the moneth Sivan namely silver vessels which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made 9 After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias and the princes and the ‖ Or prisoners captives and the mighty men and the people of the land from Jerusalem and brought them unto Babylon 10 And they said behold we have sent you money to buy you burnt-offerings and sin-offerings and incense and prepare ye †Gr corruptly for minâ—ba manna and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God 11 And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and for the life of Balthalar his son that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven * meat-offering 12 And the Lord will give us strength and lighten our eyes and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and under the shadow of Balthasar his son and we shall serve them many days and finde favour in their sight 13 Pray for us also unto the Lord our God for we have sinned against the Lord our God and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us 14 And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you to make confession in the house of the Lord upon the feasts and solemn days 15 And ye shall say * Chap. â— 6 To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness but unto us the confusion of faces as it is coms to pass this day unto them of Juda and to the inhabitants of Jerulalem 16 And to our kings and to our princes and to our priests and to our prophets and to our fathers 17 For we have * Dan. 9.5 sinned before the Lord 18 And disobeyed him and have not hearkned unto the voice of the Lord our God to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly 19 Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt unto this present day we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice 20 * Deut. 28.15 Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us and the curse which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey like as it is to see this day 21 Nevertheless we have not hearkned unto the voice of the Lord our God according unto all the words of the prophets whom he sent unto us 22 But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart to serve strange gods and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God CHAP. II. The prayer and confession which the Jews at Babylon made and sent in that book unto the brethreâ—◠〈◊〉 Jerusalem THerefore the Lord hath made good his word which he pronounced against us and against our judges that judged Israel and against our kings and against our princes and against the men of Israel and Juda. 2 To bring upon us great plagues such as never hapned under the whose heaven as it came to pass in Jerusalem according to the things that were written in the law of Moses 3 That a man should * Deut. 28.53 eat the flesh of his own son and the flesh of his own daughter 4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about where the Lord hath scattered them 5 Thus we †Gr. were beneath and not above were cast down and not exalted becaused we have sinned against the Lord our God and have not been obedient unto his voice 6 * Ch. 1.15 To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness but unto us and to our fathers open shame as appeareth this day 7 For all these plagues are come upon us which the Lord hath pronounced against us 8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart 9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil and the Lord hath brought it upon us for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us 10 Yet we have not hearkned unto his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he hath set before us 11 * Dan. 9.15 And now O Lord God of Israel that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and high arm and with signs and with wonders and with great power and hast gotten thy self a name as appeareth this day 12 O Lord our
burnt-offering or sacrifice or oblation or incense or place to sacrifice before thee and to finde mercy 16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted 17 Like as in the burnt-offerings of rams and bullocks and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day and grant that we may wholly go after thee for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee 18 And now we follow thee with all our heart we fear thee and seek thy face 19 Put us not to shame but deal with us after thy loving kindness and according to the multitude of thy mercies 20 Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works give glory to thy name O Lord let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed 21 And let them be confounded ‖ Or by thy power and might in all their power and might and let their strength be broken 22 And let them know that thou art Lord the onely God and glorious over the whole world 23 And the kings servants that put them in ceased not to make the oven hot with ‖ Or naphtha which is a certain kinde of fat and chalky clay Plin. lib. 2 cap. 105. rosin pitch tow and small wood 24 So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace fourty and nine cubits 25 And it passed through and burnt those Caldeans it found about the furnace 26 But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven 27 And made the mids of the furnace as it had been a ‖ Or 〈◊〉 moist whistling wind so that the fire touched them not at all neither hurt nor troubled them 28 Then the three as out of one mouth praised glorified and blessed God in the furnace saying 29 Blessed art thou O Lord God of our fathers and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 30 And blessed is thy glorious and holy name and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 31 Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 32 Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths and sittest upon the cherubims and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 33 Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 34 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven and above all to be praised and glorified for ever 35 O all ye works of the Lord bless ye the Lord Praise and ‖ Or highly exalt and so in the rest exalt him above all for ever 36 * Ps 148.4 O ye heavens bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 37 O ye angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 38 O all ye waters that be above the heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 39 O all ye powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 40 O ye sun and moon bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 41 O ye stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 42 O every showre and dew bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 43 O all ye winds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 44 O ye fire and heat bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 45 O ye winter and summer bless ye the Lord praise him and exalt him above all for ever 46 O ye dews and storms of snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 47 O ye nights and days bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 48 O ye light and darkness bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 49 O ye ice and cold bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 50 O ye frost and snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 51 O ye lightnings and clouds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 52 O let the earth bless the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 53 O ye mountains and little hills bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 54 O all ye things that grow on the earth bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 55 O ye fountains bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 56 O ye seas and rivers bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 57 O ye whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 58 O all ye fowls of the †Gr. heaven air bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 59 O all ye beasts and cattel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 60 O ye children of men bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 61 O Israel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 62 O ye priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 63 O ye servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 64 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 65 O ye ‖ Or saints holy and humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 66 O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever for he hath delivered us from ‖ Or grave hell and saved us from the hand of death and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us 67 O give thanks unto the Lord because he is gracious for his mercy endureth for ever 68 O all ye that worship the Lord bless the God of gods praise him and give him thanks for his mercy endureth for ever ¶ The history of Susanna set apart from the beginning of Daniel because it is not in the Hebrew as neither the narration of †Gr. Bels dragon Bel and the Dragon 16 Two judges hide themselves in the garden of Susanna to have their pleasure of her 28 which when they could not obtain they accuse and cause her to be condemned for adultery 45 But Daniel examineth the matter again and findeth the two judges false THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Joacim 2 And he took a wife whose name was Susanna the daughter of Chelcias
carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel who is in the lions den 35 And Habbacuc said Lord I never saw Babylon neither do I know where the den is 36 Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown and * Ezek. 8.3 bare him by the hair of his head and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den 37 And Habbacuc cried saying O Daniel Daniel * 1 Kin. 17.4 take the dinner which God hath sent thee 38 And Daniel said Thou hast remembred me O God neither hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee 39 So Daniel arose and did eat and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc in his own place again immediately 40 Upon the seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel and when he came to the den he looked in and behold Daniel was sitting 41 Then cried the king with a loud voice saying Great art thou O Lord God of Daniel and there is none other besides thee 42 * Jer. 37.17 And he drew him out and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den and they were devoured in a moment before his face ¶ The prayer of MANASSES king of Juda when he was holden captive in Babylon O Lord almighty God of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous seed who hast made heaven and earth with all the ornament thereof who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment who hast shut up the deep and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name whom all men fear and tremble before they power for the majesty of thy glory cannot be born and thine angry threatning towards sinners is importable but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable for thou art the most high Lord of great compassion long-suffering very merciful and repentest of the evils of men Thou O Lord according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners that they may be saved Thou therefore O Lord that art the God of the just hast not appointed repentance to the just as to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob which have not sinned against thee but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea My transgressions O Lord are multiplied my transgressions are multiplied and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquity I am bowed down with many iron bands that I cannot lift up mine head ‖ Or neither take my breath neither have any release for I have provoked thy wrath and done evil before thee I did not thy will neither kept I thy commandments I have set up abominations and have multiplied offences Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart beseeching thee of grace I have sinned O Lord I have sinned and I acknowledge mine iniquities wherefore I humbly beseech thee forgive me O Lord forgive me and destroy me not with mine iniquities Be not angry with me for ever by reserving evil for me neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth For thou art the God even the God of them that repent and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness for thou wilt save me that am unworthy according to thy great mercy Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee and thine is the glory for ever and ever Amen ¶ The first book of the MACCABEES CHAP. I. 14 Antiochus gave leave to set up the fashions of the Gentiles in Jerusalem 22 and spoiled it and the temple in it 57 and set up therein the abomination of desolation 63 and slew those that did circumcise their children ANd it hapned after that Alexander son of Philip the Macedonian who came out of the land of ‖ Or Chetbiim Chettiim had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes that he reigned in his stead the first over Greece 2 And made many wars and wan many strong holds and slew the kings of the earth 3 And went through to the ends of the earth and took spoils of many nations insomuch that the earth was quiet before him whereupon ‖ Or his heart was exalted and lifted up he was exalted and his heart was lifted up 4 And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countreys and nations and ‖ Or kingdoms which became c. kings who became tributaries unto him 5 And after these things he fell sick and perceived †Gr. that he dieth that he should die 6 Wherefore he called his servants such as were honourable and had been brought up with him from his youth and parted his kingdom among them while he was yet alive 7 So Alexander reigned twelve years and then died 8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place 9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves so did their sons after them many years and evils were multiplied in the earth 10 And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes son of Antiochus the king who had been an hostage at Rome and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks 11 In those days went there out of Israel wicked men who perswaded many saying Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us for since we departed from them †Gr. many evils have found us we have had much sorrow 12 So this device pleased them well 13 Then certain of the people were so forward herein that they went to the king who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen 14 Whereupon they ‖ Or set up an open school at Jerusalem built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen 15 And made themselves uncircumcised and forsook the holy covenant and joyned themselves to the heathen and were sold to do mischief 16 Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms 17 Wherefore he entred into Egypt with a great multitude with chariots and elephants and hors-men and a great navy 18 And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt but Ptolemee was afraid of him and fled and many were wounded to death 19 Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt and he took the spoils thereof 20 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he returned again in the hundred fourty and third year and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude 21 And entred proudly into the sanctuary and took away the golden altar and the candlestick of light and all the vessels thereof 22 And the table
killeth those that sought for him THen came up John from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons Judas and John said unto them I my brethren and my fathers house have ever from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes 3 But now I am old and ye by Gods mercy are of a sufficient age be ye in stead of me and my brother and go and fight for our nation and the help from heaven be with you 4 So he chose out of the countrey twenty thousand men of war with horsmen who went out against Cendebeus rested that night at Modin 5 And when as they rose in the morning and went into the plain behold a mighty great host both of footmen and hors-men came against them howbeit there was a water-brook betwixt them 6 So he and his people pitched over against them and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water-brook he went first over himself and then the men seeing him passed through after him 7 That done he divided his men and set the hors-men in the midst of the footmen for the enemies hors-men were very many 8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight so that many of them were slain and the remnant gat them to the strong hold 9 At that time was Judas Johns brother wounded but John still followed after them until he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had built 10 ‖ Or Which when be bad set on fire they fled unto the towres in the fields of Azotus and there were slain c. So they fled even unto the towres in the fields of Azotus wherefore he burnt it with fire so that there were slain of them about two thousand men Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace 11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain and he had abundance of silver and gold 12 For he was the high priests son in law 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up he thought to get the countrey to himself and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them 14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the countrey and taking care for the good ordering of them at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas in the hundred threescore and seventh year in the eleventh moneth called Sabat 15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold called Ducus which he had built made them a great banquet howbeit he had hid men there 16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons and came upon Simon into the banqueting-place and slew him and his two sons and certain of his servants 17 In which doing he committed a great treachery and recompensed evil for good 18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an host to aid him and he would deliver him the countrey and cities 19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John and unto the †Gr. captains of thousands tribunes he sent letters to come unto him that he might give them silver and gold and rewards 20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple 21 Now one had run afore to Gazara and told John that his father brethren were slain quoth he Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also 22 Hereof when he heard he was sore astonished So he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him and slew them for he knew that they sought to make him away 23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John and his wars and worthy deeds which he did and the building of the walls which he made and his doings 24 Behold these are written in the Chronicles of his priesthood from the time he was made high priest after his father ¶ The second Book of MACCABEES CHAP. I. 1 A letter of the Jews from Jerusalem to them of Egypt to thank God for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was bidden in the pit 24 The trayer of Neemias THe brethren the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea wish unto the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious unto you and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob his faithful servants 3 And give you all an heart to serve him and to do his will with a good courage and a willing minde 4 And open your hearts in his law and commandments and send you peace 5 And hear your prayers and he at one with you and never forsake you in time of trouble 6 And now we be here praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and ninth year we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom 8 And burnt the porch and shed innocent bloud then we prayed unto the Lord and were heard we offered also sacrifices and fine flour and lighted the lamps and set forth the loaves 9 And now see that ye keep the feast of * Lev. 23. â—â— tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea and the council and Judas sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus king Ptolemeus master who was of the stock of the anointed priests and to the Jews that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils we thank him highly as having been in battel against a king 12 For he cast them out that fought within the holy city 13 For when the leader was come into Persia and the army with him that seemed invincible they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Naneas priests 14 For Antiochus as though he would marry her came into the place and his friends that were with him to receive money in name of a dowry 15 Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth and he was entred with a small company into the compass of the temple they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in 16 And opening a privie door of the roof they threw stones like thunderbolts and stroke down the captain hewed them in pieces smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without 17 Blessed be our God in all things who hath delivered up the ungodly 18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the moneth * Lev.
would not be comforted because they are not 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 Saying Arise and take the young childe and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the young childes life 21 And he arose and took the young childe and his mother and came into the land of Israel 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be called a Nazarene CHAP. III. 1 John preacheth his office life and baptism 7 Here reprebendeth the Pharisees 13 and baptizeth Christ in Jordan IN those days came * Mar. 1.4 Luk. 3.2 John the Baptists preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 And saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias saying * Isa 40. â— Mar. 1.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths strait 4 And the same John had his raiment of camels hair and a leathern girdle about his loyns and his meat was locusts and wilde honey 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them * Chap. 12.34 O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ‖ Or answerable to amendment of life meet for repentance 9 And think not to say within your selves * Joh. 8.39 We have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham 10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees * Chap. 7.19 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 11 * Mar. 1.8 Luke 3.16 John 1.26 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire 12 Whose fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire 13 ¶ * Mar. 1.9 Luk. 3.21 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him 14 But John forbad him saying I have need to be baptized of thee and comest thou to me 15 And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him 16 And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him 17 And lo a voice from heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased CHAP. IV. 1 Christ fasteth and is tempted 11 The angels minister unto him 13 He dwelleth in Capernaum 17 beginneth to preach 18 calleth Peter and Andrew 21 James and John 23 and healeth all the diseased THen was * Mar. 1 1â— Luk. 4.1 Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil 2 And when he had fasted fourty days and fourty nights he was afterward an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread 4 But he answered and said It is written * Deut. 8.3 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written * Ps 91.11 He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone 7 Jesus said unto him It is written again * Deut. 6.16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God 8 Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them 9 And saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me 10 Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is written * Deut. 6.13 10.20 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve 11 Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministred unto him 12 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 Luk. 4.14 Joh 4.43 Now when Jesus had heard that John was ‖ Or dâ—livered up cast into prison he departed into Galilee 13 And leaving Nazareth he came and dwelt in Capernaum which is upon the sea-coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying 15 * Isa 9.1 The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up 17 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 18 ¶ * Mar. 1.16 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 19 And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you fishers of men 20 And they straightway left their nets and followed him 21 And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the ship their father followed him 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsie and he healed them 25 And there
followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from Decapolis and from Jerusalem and from Judea and from beyond Jordan CHAP. V. 1 Christ beginneth his sâ—rmon in the mount 3 declaring who are blessed 13 who are the salt of the earth 14 the light of the world the city on an hill 15 the candle 17 that he came to fulfil the law 21 What it is to kill 27 to commit adultery 33 to swear 38 exhorteth to suffer wrong 44 to love even one enâ—mies 48 and to labour after perfectness ANd seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain and when he was set his disciples came unto him 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them saying 3 * Luk. 6.20 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 4 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted 5 * Ps 37.11 Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness * Isa 65.13 for they shall be filled 7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy 8 * Psal 24.4 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God 10 * 1 Pet. 3.14 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of * 1 Pet. 4.14 evil against you †Gr. lying falsly for my sake 12 Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you 13 ¶ Ye are the salt of the earth * Mar. 9.50 Luk. 14.34 but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men 14 Ye are the light of the world A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid 15 Neither do men * Mar. 4.21 Luk. 8.16 and 11.33 light a candle and put it under ‖ The word in the original signifieth a measure containing about a pinte less then a peck a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house 16 Let your light so shine before men * 1 Pet. 2.12 that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven 17 ¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil 18 For verily I say unto you * Luk. 16.17 Till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled 19 * James 2.10 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven 20 For I say unto you That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven 21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said ‖ Or to them by them of old time * Exod. 20.13 Deut. 5.17 Thou shalt not kill whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement 22 But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement and whosoever shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of the council but whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconcilâ—d to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift 25 * Luke 12.58 Agree with thine adversary quickly whiles thou art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and thou be cast into prison 26 Verily I say unto thee thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing 27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time * Exod. â—0 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 28 But I say unto you That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart 29 * Ch. 18.8 Mar. 9.47 And if thy right eye ‖ Or. do cause thee do offend offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell 30 And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and â—ot that thy whole body should be cast into hell 31 It hath been said * Deut. 24.1 Whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement 32 But I say unto you that * Luk. 16 1â— whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fortification causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shâ—ll marry her that is divorced 1 Cor. 7.10 committeth adultery 33 ¶ Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time * Exo. 20.7 Lev. 19.12 Deut. 5.11 Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths 34 But I say unto you Swear not at all neither by heaven for it is Gods throne 35 Nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black 37 * James 5.12 But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil 38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said * Exod. 21.24 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39 But I say unto you * Lev. 24.20 Deu. 19.21 that ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain 42 Give to him that asketh thee and * Luk. 6.20 Rom. 12.17 1 Cor. 6.7 from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away 43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said * Deut. 15.8 Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy 44 But I say unto
unto the dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rent you 7 ¶ * Ch. 21.22 Mar. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Joh. 16.24 Jam. 1.6 Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened unto you 8 For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened 9 Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone 10 Or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent 11 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him 12 Therefore all things * Luke 6.31 whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets 13 ¶ * Luke 13.24 Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction many there be which go in thereat 14 ‖ Or bow Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that finde it 15 ¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits * Luk. 6.43 Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit 19 * Ch. 3.10 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them 21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me * Rom. 2.12 Jam. 1.22 Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven 22 Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works 23 And then will I profess unto them * Luke 13.27 I never knew you * Psal 6 8. depart from me ye that work iniquity 24 ¶ Therefore * Luk. 6.47 whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock 25 And the rain descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand 27 And the rain descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings * Mar. 1.22 Luk. 4.32 the people were astonished at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one having authority not as the scribes CHAP. VIII 1 Christ cleanseth the lâ—per 5 healeth the centurions servant 14 Peters mother in law 16 and many other diseased 18 sâ—â—weth how â—e is to be followed 23 stilleth the tempest on the sea 28 driveth the devils out of two men possessed 31 and suffereth them to go into the swine WHen he was come down from the mountain great multitudes followed him 2 * Mar. 1.40 Luk. 5.12 And behold there came a leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean 3 And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean And immediately his leprosie was cleansed 4 And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man but go thy way shew thy self to the priest and offer the gift that * Lev. 14.4 Moses commanded for a testimony unto them 5 ¶ * Luk. 7.1 And when Jesus was entred into Capernaum there came unto him a centurion beseeching him 6 And saying Lord my servant lieth at home sick of the palsie grievously tormented 7 And Jesus saith unto him I will come and heal him 8 The centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof but speak the word onely and my servant shall be healed 9 For I am a man under authority having souldiers under me and I say to this man Go and he goeth and to another Come and he cometh and to my servant Do this and he doeth it 10 When Jesus heard it he marvelled and said to them that followed Verily I say unto you I have not found so great faith no not in Israel 11 And I say unto you that many shall come from the east west and shall sit down with Abraham Isaac Jacob in the kingdom of heaven 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion Go thy way and as thou hast beleeved so be it done unto thee And his servant was healed in the self-same hour 14 ¶ * Mar. 1.29 Luke 4 3â— And when Jesus was come into Peters house he saw his wives mother laid and sick of a fever 15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her and she arose and ministred unto them 16 ¶ * Mar. 1. â—1 Luk. 4.40 When the even was come they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying * Isa 52.4 1 Pet. 2.24 Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him he gave commandment to depart unto the other side 19 * Luk. 9 5â— And a certain scribe came and said unto him Master I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest 20 And Jesus saith unto him The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the son of man hath not where to lay his head 21 And another of his disciples said unto him Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father 22 But Jesus said unto him Follow me let the dead bury their dead 23 ¶ And when he was entred into a ship his disciples followed him 24 * Mar. 4.37 Luke 8.23 And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep 25 And his disciples came to him and awoke him saying Lord save us we perish 26 And he saith unto them Why are ye fearful O ye of little faith Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and
what ye ask can ye drink of the cup that I drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with 39 And they said unto him We can And Jesus said unto them Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared 41 And when the ten heard it they began to be much displeased with James and John 42 But Jesus called them to him and saith unto them * Luk. 22.23 Ye know that they which ‖ Or think good are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and their great ones exercise authority upon them 43 But so shall it not be among you but whosoever will be great among you shall be your minister 44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all 45 For even the Son of man came not to be administred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many 46 ¶ * Mat. 20.19 And they came to Jericho and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people blinde Bartimeus the son of Timeus sat by the high-way-side begging 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out and say Jesus thou son of David have mercy on me 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace but he cried the more a great deal Thou son of David have mercy on me 49 And Jesus stood still and commanded him to he called and they call the blinde man saying unto him Be of good comfort rise he calleth thee 50 And he casting away his garment rose and came to Jesus 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him What will thou that I should do unto thee The blinde man said unto him Lord that I might receive my sight 52 And Jesus said unto him Go thy way thy faith hath ‖ Or saved thâ—â— made thee whole And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way CHAP. XI 1 Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem 12 curseth the fruitless leafie tree 15 purgeth the temple 20 exhorteth his disciples to stedfastness of faith and to forgive their enemies 27 and defendeth the lawfulness of his actions by the witness of John who was a man sent of God ANd * Mat. 21.1 when they came nigh to Jerusalem unto Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of Olives he sendeth forth two of his disciples 2 And saith unto them Go your way into the village over against you and assoon as ye be entred into it ye shall finde a colt tied whereon never man sat loose him and bring him 3 And it any man say unto you Why do ye this say ye that the Lord hath need of him and straightway he will send him hither 4 And they went their way and sound the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met and they loose him 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them What do ye loosing the colt 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded and they let them go 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and cast their garments on him and he sat upon him 8 And many spread their garments in the way and others cut down branches off the trees and strawed them in the way 9 And they that went before and they that followed cried saying Hosanna blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest 11 And Jesus entred into Jerusalem and into the temple and when he had looked round about upon all things and now the even-tide was come he went out unto Bethany with the twelve 12 ¶ And on the morrow when they were come from Bethany he was hungry 13 * Mat. 2â— 19 And seeing a fig-tree asar off having leaves he came if haply he might finde any thing thereon and when he came to it he sound nothing but leaves for the time of figs was not yet 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever And his disciples heard it 15 ¶ * Mat. 2â— 12 And they come to Jerusalem and Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple 17 And he taught saying unto them Is it not written My house shall be called of all nations the house of Prayer but ye have made it a den of theeves 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him for they feared him because all the people was astonished at his doctrine 19 And when even was come he went out of the city 20 ¶ * Mat. 21.19 And in the morning as they passed by they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him Master behold the sig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them ‖ Or Have the faith of God Have faith in God 23 For verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea and shall not doubt in his heart but shall beleeve that those things which he saith shall come to pass he shall have whatsoever he saith 24 Therefore I say unto you * Mat. 7.7 What things soever ye desire when ye pray beleeve that ye receive them and ye shall have them 25 And when ye stand praying * Mat. 6.14 forgive if ye have ought against any that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses 26 But if you do not forgive neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses 27 ¶ And they come against to Jerusalem * Mat. 21.23 and as he was walking in the temple there come to him the chief Priests and the scribes and the elders 28 And say unto him By what authority doest thou these things and who gave thee this authority to do these things 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them I will also ask of you one ‖ Or thing question and answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things 30 The baptism of John was it from heaven or of men answer me 31 And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From heaven he will say Why then did ye not beleeve him 32 But if we shall say Of men they feared the people for all men
counted John that he was a prophet indeed 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus We cannot tell And Jesus answering saith unto them Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things CHAP. XII 1 In a parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful husbandmen Christ foretelleth the reprobation of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles 13 He avoideth the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Cesar 18 convinceth the errour of the Sadducees who denied the resurrection 28 resolveth the seribe who questioned of the first commandment 35 resuteth the opinion that the scribes held of Christ 38 bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hâ—pocrisy 41 and commendeth the poor widow for her two mites above all ANd * Mat. 27.33 he began to speak unto them by parables 〈◊〉 certain man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about it and digged a place for the wine-fat and built a towre and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far countrey 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard 3 And they caught him and beat him and sent him away empty 4 And again he sent unto them another servant and at him they cast stoney and wounded him in the head and sent him away shamefully handled 5 And again he sent another and him they killed and many others beating some and killing some 6 Having yet therefore one son his welbeloved he sent him also last unto them saying They will reverence my son 7 But those husbandmen said amongst themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours 8 And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard 9 What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do he will come and destroy the husbandmen and will give the vineyard unto others 10 And have ye not read this scripture * Psal 118.22 The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner 11 This was the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes 12 And they sought to lay hold on him but feared the people for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them and they lest him and went their way 13 ¶ * Mat. 22.25 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to catch him in his words 14 And when they were come they say unto him Master we know that thou art true and carest for no man for thou regardest not the person of men but teachest the way of God in truth Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar or not 15 Shall we give or shall we not give But he knowing their hypocrisie said unto them Why tempt ye me bring me a ‖ Valuing of our money seven pence halspeny as Mat. 18.28 peny that I may see it 16 And they brought it and he saith unto them Whose is this image and superscription And they said unto him Cesars 17 And Jesus answering said unto them Render to Cesar the things that are Cesars and to God the things that are Gods And they marvelled at him 18 ¶ * Mat. 22.23 Then come unto him the Sadducees which say there is no resurrection and they asked him saying 19 Master Moses wrote unto us if a mans brother die and leave his wife behinde him and leave no children that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother 20 Now there were seven brethren and the first took a wife and dying lest no seed 21 And the second took her and died neither left he any seed and the third likewise 22 And the seven had her and left no seed last of all the woman died also 23 In the resurrection therefore when they shall rise whose wife shall she be of them for the seven had her to wife 24 And Jesus answering said unto them Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures neither the power of God 25 For when they shall rise from the dead they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels which are in heaven 26 And as touching the dead that they rise have ye not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spake unto him saying I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob 27 He is not the God of the dead but the God of the living ye therefore do greatly err 28 ¶ * Mat. 22 3â— And one of the scribes came and having heard them reasoning together and perceiving that he had answered them well asked him Which is the first commandment of all 29 And Jesus answered him The first of all the commandments is Hear O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy minde and with all thy strength this is the first commandment 31 And the second is like namely this Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself there is none other commandment greater then these 32 And the scribe said unto him Well Master thou hast said the truth for there is one God and there is none other but he 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength to love his neighbour as himself is more then all whose burnt-offerings and sacrifices 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly he said unto him Thou art not far from the kingdom of God And no man after that durst ask him any question 35 ¶ * Mat. 22 4â— And Jesus answered and said while he taught in the temple How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David 36 For David himself said by the holy Ghost * Ps 110.1 The LORD said to my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord and whence is he then his son And the common people heard him gladly 38 ¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine * Mat. 23.5 Beware of the scribes which love to go in long clothing love salutations in the market-places 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues and the uppermost rooms at feasts 40 * Mat. 23.14 Which devour widows houses and for a pretence make long prayers these shall receive greater damnation 41 ¶ * Luk. 21.1 And Jesus sat over against the treasury and beheld how the people cast ‖ A piece of brass money See Mat. 10.29 money into the treasury and many that were rich cast in much 42 And there came a certain poor widow and she threw in two ‖ It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money mites which make a farthing 43 And he called unto
and let us make three tabernacles one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elias not knowing what he said 34 While he thus spake there came a cloud and overshadowed them and they feared as they entred into the cloud 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud saying This is my beloved Son hear him 36 And when the voice was past Jesus was found alone and they kept it close and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen 37 ¶ * Mat. 17. â—4 And it came to pass that on the next day when they were come down from the hill much people met him 38 And behold a man of the company cried out saying Master I beseech thee look upon my son for he is mine onely childe 39 And so a spirit taketh him he suddenly crieth out it teareth him that he someth again bruising him hardly departeth from him 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out they could not 41 And Jesus answering said O faithless and perverse generation how long shall I be with you and suffer you Bring thy son hither 42 And as he was yet a coming the devil threw him down and tare him and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the childe and delivered him again to his father 43 ¶ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God But while they wondred every one at all things which Jesus did he said unto his disciples 44 * Mat. 1â— 22 Let these sayings sink down into your ears for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men 45 But they understood not this saying and it was hid from them that they perceived it not and they feared to ask him of that saying 46 ¶ * Mat. 18.1 Mar. 9. â—4 Then there arose a reasoning among them which of them should be greatest 47 And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart took a childe and set him by him 48 And said unto them Whosoever shall receive this childe in my name receiveth me and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me for he that is least among you all the same shall be great 49 ¶ * Mar. 9.33 And John answered and said Master we saw one casting out devils in thy name and we forbad him because he followeth not with us 50 And Jesus said unto him Forbid him not for he that is not against us is for us 51 ¶ And it came to pass when the time was come that he should be received up he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem 52 And sent messengers before his face and they went and entred into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him 53 And they did not receive him because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem 54 And when his disciples James and John saw his they said Lord wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and confirme them even as * 2 Kin. 1.10 Elias did 55 But he turned and rebuked them and said Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives but to save them And they went to another village 57 ¶ * Mat. 8. â—9 And it came to pass that as they went in the way a certain man said unto him Lord I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest 58 And Jesus said unto him Foxes have hoses and birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head 59 * Mat. 8 2â— And he said unto another Follow me But he said Lord suffer me first to go bury my father 60 Jesus said unto him Let the dead bury their dead but go thou and preach the kingdom of God 61 And another also said Lord I will follow thee but let me first go bid them farewel which are at home at my house 62 And Jesus said unto him No man having put his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God CHAP. X. 1 Christ sendeth out at once seventy disciples to work miracles and to preach 17 admonisheth them to be humble and wherein to rejoyce 21 thanketh his Father for his grace 23 magnifieth the happy estate of his church 25 teacheth the lawyer how to attain eternal life and to take every one for his neighbour that needeth his mercy 41 reprehendeth Martha and commendeth Mary her sister AFter * Mat. 10. â— these things the Lord appointed other seventy also and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come 2 Therefore said he unto them * Mat. 9.37 The harvest truly is great but the labourers are few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest 3 Go your ways * Mat. 10.16 behold I send you forth as lambs among wolves 4 Carry neither purse nor scrip nor shoes and salute no mam by the way 5 * Mat. 10.11 And into whatsoever house ye enter first say Peace be to this house 6 And if the son of peace be there your peace shall rest upon it if not it shall turn to you again 7 And in the same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give for the labourer is worthy of his hire Go not from house to house 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you eat such things as are set before you 9 And heal the sick that are therein and say unto them The kingdom of God is come high unto you 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not go your ways out into the streets of the same and say 11 Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us we do wipe off against you notwithstanding be ye sure of this that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you 12 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom then for that city 13 * Mat. 15.21 Wo unto thee Chorazin wo unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you they had a great while ago repented sitting in sackcloth ashes 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgement then for you 15 And thou Capernatim which art exalted to heaven shalt be thrust down to hell 16 * Mat. 10.40 He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me 17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy saying Lord even the devils are subject unto us through thy name 18 And he said unto them I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven 19 Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents scorpions over all the power of the enemy
that gathereth not with me scattereth 24 * Mat. 12.43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none he saith I will return unto my house whence I came out 25 And when he cometh he findeth it swept and garnished 26 Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked then himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse then the first 27 ¶ And it came to pass as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lift up her voice and said unto him Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the paps which thou hast sucked 28 But he said Yea rather blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it 29 ¶ * Mat. 12.38 And when the people were gathered thick together he began to say This is an evil generation they seek a signe and there shall no signe be given it but the signe of Jonas the prophet 30 For as Jonas was a signe unto the Ninevites so shall also the Son of man be to this generation 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation and condemn them for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold a greater then Solomon is here 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgement with this generation and shall condemn it for they repented at the preaching of Jonas and behold a greater then Jonas is here 33 * Mat. 5.15 No man when he hath lighted a candle putteth it in a secret place neither under a ‖ See Mat. 5.15 bushel but on a candlestick that they which come in may see the light 34 * Mat. 6 2â— The light of the body is the eye therefore when thine eye is single thy whole body also is full of light but when thine eye is evil thy body also is full of darkness 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness 36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light having no part dark the whole shall be full of light as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light 37 ¶ And as he spake a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him and he went in and sat down to meat 38 And when the Pharisee saw it he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner 39 * Mat. 23.25 And the Lord said unto him Now do ye Pharisees make clean the out-side of the cup and the platter but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness 40 Ye fools did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also 41 But rather give alms ‖ Or as you are able of such things as you have and behold all things are clean unto you 42 But wo unto you Pharisees for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over judgement and the love of God these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone 43 * Mat. 1â— 6 Wo unto you Pharisees for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets 44 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are as graves which appear not and the men that walk over them are not aware of them 45 ¶ Then answered one of the lawyers and said unto him Master thus saying thou reproachest us also 46 * Mat. 23.4 And he said Wo unto you also ye lawyers for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be born and ye your selves touch not the burdens with one of your singers 47 * Mat. 23.29 Wo unto you for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and your fathers killed them 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers for they indeed killed them and ye build their sepulchres 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God I will send them prophets and apostles and some of them they shall slay and persecute 50 That the bloud of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation 51 * Gen. 4.8 From the bloud of Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple verily I say unto you It shall be required of this generation 52 * Mat. 23.13 Wo unto you sawyers for ye have taken away the key of knowledge ye entred not in your selves and them that were entring in ye ‖ Or forbad hindred 53 And as he said these things unto them the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehentently and to provoke him to speak of many things 54 Laying wait for him and seeking to catch something out of his mouth that they might accuse him CHAP. XII 1 Christ preacheth to his disciples to avoid hypocrisie and fearfulness in publishing his doctrine 13 warneth the people to beware of covetousness by the parable of the rich man who set up greater barns 22 We must not be over careful of earthly things 31 but seek the kingdom of God 33 give alms 36 be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he cometh 41 Christs ministers are to set to their charge 49 and look for persecution 54 The people must take this time of grace 58 because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation IN * Mat. 1â— 6 the mean time when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people insomuch that they trode one upon another he began to say unto his disciples first of all Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrine 2 * Mat. 10.26 For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed neither hid that shall not be known 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops 4 * Mat. 10.28 And I say unto you my friends Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do 5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear Fear him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell yea I say unto you Fear him 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two ‖ See Mat. 10. â—9 farthings and not one of them is forgotten before God 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbred Fear not therefore ye are of more value then many sparrows 8 * Mat. 10.32 2 Tim. 2 12 Also I say unto you Whosoever shall confess me before men him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man it
foretelleth of the traitour 24 dehorteth the rest of his aposties from ambition 32 assureth Peter his faith should not sail 34 and yet he should deny him thrice 39 He prayeth in the mount and sweateth bloud 47 is betrayed with a kiss 50 he healeth Maschus ear 54 He is thrice denied of Peter 63 shamefully abused 66 and confesseth himself to be the Son of God NOw * Matth. 26.2 the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh which is called the pass-over 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him for they feared the people 3 ¶ * Matth. 26.14 Then entred Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot being of the number of the twelve 4 And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray him unto them 5 And they were glad and covenanted to give him money 6 And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him unto them ‖ Or without tumult in the absence of the muâ—titude 7 ¶ * Matth. 26.17 Then came the day of unleavened bread when the pass-over must be killed 8 And he sent Peter and John saying Go and prepare us the pass-over that we may eat 9 And they said unto him Where wilt thou that we prepare 10 And he said unto them Behold when ye are entred into the city there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water follow him into the house where he entreth in 11 And ye shall say unto the good man of the house The Master saith unto thee Where is the guest-chamber where I shall eat the pass-over with my disciples 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished there make ready 13 And they went and found as he had said unto them and they made ready the pass over 14 * Matth. 26.20 And when the hour was come he sat down and the twelve apostles with him 15 And he said unto them ‖ Or I have heartily desires With desire I have desired to eat this pass-over with you before I suffer 16 For I say unto you I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God 17 And he took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide it among yourselves 18 For I say unto you I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall come 19 ¶ * Matth. 26.26 And he took bread and gave thanks and brake it and gave unto them saying This is my body which is given for you this do in remembrance of me 20 Likewise also the cup after supper saying This cup is the new testament in my blood which is shed for you 21 ¶ * Matth. 26.21 But behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table 22 And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed 23 And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing 24 ¶ And there was also a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest 25 * Matth. 20.25 And he said unto them The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactours 26 But ye shall not be so but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger and he that is chief as he that doth serve 27 For whether is greater he that sitteth at meat or he that serveth is not he that sitteth at meat but I am among you as he that serveth 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me 30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom * Matth. 19.28 and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel 31 ¶ And the Lord said Simon Simon behold * 1 Pet. 5.8 Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat 32 But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren 33 And he said unto him Lord I am ready to go with thee both into prison and to death 34 * Matth. 26.34 And he said I tell thee Peter the cock shall not crow this day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me 35 * Matth. 10.9 And he said unto them When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thing And they said Nothing 36 Then said he unto them But now he that hath a purse let him take it and likewise his scrip and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one 37 For I say unto you that this that is written must yet be acomplished in me * Isa 53.12 And he was reckoned among the transgressours for the things concerning me have an end 38 And they said Lord behold here are two swords And he said unto them It is enough 39 ¶ * Matth. 26.36 And he came out and went as he was wont to the mount of Olives and his disciples also followed him 40 * Matth. 26.41 And when he was at the place he said unto them Pray that ye enter not into temptation 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stones cast and kneeled down and prayed 42 Saying Father if thou be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will but thine be done 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthning him 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of bloud falling down to the ground 45 And when he rose up from prayer and was come to his disciples he found them sleeping for sorrow 46 And said unto them Why sleep ye rise and pray lest ye enter into temptation 47 ¶ And while he yet spake * Matth. 26.47 behold a multitude and he that was called Judas one of the twelve went before them and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him 48 But Jesus said unto him Judas betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss 49 When they which were about him saw what would follow they said unto him Lord. shall we smite with the sword 50 ¶ And one of them smote the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear 51 And Jesus answered and said Suffer ye thus far And he touched his ear and healed him 52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and the elders which were come to him Be ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves 53 When I was daily with you in the temple ye stretched forth no hands against me but this is your hour and the power of darkness 54 ¶ * Matth. 26.57 Then took they him and led him and brought him into the high
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 holy or just things which word the Septuag both in the place of Isa 55.3 and in many others use for that which is in the Hebrew mercies mercies of David 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm * Psal 16.10 Thou shalt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption 36 For David ‖ Or after he had in his own age served the will of God after he had served his own generation by the will of God * 1 Kings 2.10 fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers saw corruption 37 But he whom God raised again saw no corruption 38 ¶ Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins 39 And by him all that beleeve are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses 40 Beware therefore left that come upon you which is spoken of in * Hab. 1.5 the prophets 41 Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise beleeve though a man declare it unto you 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them †Gr. in the week between or in the sabbath between the next sabbath 43 Now when the congrâ—gation was broken up many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking to them perswaded them to continue in the grace of God 44 ¶ And the next sabbath-day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes they were filled with envy and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul contradicting and blaspheming 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you but seeing ye put it from you and judge your selves unworthy of everlasting life lo we turn to the Gentiles 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us saying * Isa 49.6 I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth 48 And when the Gentiles heard this they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord and as many as were ordained to eternal life beleeved 49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women and the chief men of the city and raised perfection against Paul and Barnabas and expeâ—sed them out of their coasts 51 * Matth. 10.14 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them and came unto Iconium 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the holy Ghost CHAP. XIV 1 Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium 8 At Lystra Paul healeth a creeple whereupon they are reputed as gods 19 Paul is stoned 21 They pass through divers churches confirming the disciples in faith and patience 26 Returning to Antioch they report what God had done with them ANd it came to pass in Iconium that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks beleeved 2 But the unbeleeving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds evil-affected against the brethren 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord which gave testimony unto the word of his grace and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands 4 But the multitude of the city was divided and part held with the Jews and part with the apostles 5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles and also of the Jews with their rulers to use them despitefully to stone them 6 They were ware of it and fled unto Lystra and Derbe cities of Lycaonia and unto the region that lieth round about 7 And there they preached the gospel 8 ¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra impotent in his feet being a creeple from his mothers womb who never had walked 9 The same heard Paul speak who stedfastly beholding him and perceiving that he had saith to be healed 10 Said with a loud voice Stand up right on thy feet And he leaped and walked 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done they lift up their voices saying in the speech of Lycaonia The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men 12 And they called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the chief speaker 13 Then the priest of Jupiter which was before their city brought oxen and garlands unto the gates and would have done sacrifice with the people 14 Which when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of they rent their clothes and ran in among the people crying our 15 And saying Sirs why do ye these things We also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God * Gen. 1.1 Psal 146.6 Rev. 14.7 which made heaven and earth and the sea and all things that are therein 16 * Psal 81 12. Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness in that he did good and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons filling our hearts with food and gladness 18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people that they had not done sacrifice unto them 19 ¶ And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium who perswaded the people * 2 Cot. 11.23 and having stoned Paul drew him out of the city supposing he had been dead 20 Howbeit as the disciples stood round about him he rose up and came into the city the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city and had taught many they returned again to Lystra and to Iconium Antioch 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church and had prayed with fasting they commended them to the Lord on whom they beleeved 24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia they came to Pamphylia 25 And when they had preached the word in Perga they went down into Attalia 26 And thence sailed to Antioch from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled 27 And when they were come and had gathered the church together they rehearsed all that God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles 28 And there they abode long time with the disciples CHAP. XV. 1 Great dissention ariseth touching circumcision 6 The apostles
kill the prisoners lest any of them should swim out and escape 43 But the centurion willing to save Paul kept them from their purpose and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land 44 And the rest some on boards and some on broken pieces of the ship And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land CHAP. XXVIII 1 Paul after his shipwrack is kindly entertained of the Barbarians 3 The viper on his hand hurteth him not 8 He healeth many diseases in the island 11 They depart towards Rome 17 He declareth to the Jews the cause of his coming 24 After his preaching some were perswaded and some beleeved not 30 Yet he preacheth there two years ANd when they were escaped then they knew that the island was called Melita 2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness for they kindled a fire and received us every one because of the present rain and because of the cold 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire there came a viper out of the heat and fastned on his hand 4 And when the Barbarians law the venemous beast hang on his hand they said among themselves No doubt this man is a murderer whom though he hath escaped the sea yet vengeance suffereth not to live 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swoln or faln down dead suddenly but after they had looked a great while and saw no harm come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island whose name was Publius who received us and lodged us three days courteously 8 And it came to pass that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloudy flux to whom Paul entred in and prayed and laid his hands on him and healed him 9 So when this was done others also which had diseases in the island came and were healed 10 Who also honoured us with many honours and when we departed they laded us with such things as were necessary 11 And after three moneths we departed in a ship of Alexandria which had wintred in the isle whose signe was Castor and Pollux 12 And landing at Syracuse we tarried there three days 13 And from thence we set a compass and came to Rhegium and after one day the south-wind blew and we came the next day to Puteoâ—â— 14 Where we found brethren and were desired to tarry with them seven days and so we went toward Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren heard of us they came to meet us as far as Appii-forum and the Three taverns whom when Paul saw he thanked God and took courage 16 And when we came to Rome the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a souldier that kept him 17 And it came to pass that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together And when they were come together he said unto them Men and brethren though I have committed nothing against the people or customs of our fathers yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans 18 Who when they had examined me would have let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Jews spake against it I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar not that I had ought to accuse my nation of 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you to see you and to speak with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain 21 And they said unto him We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest for as concerning this sect we know that every where it is spoken against 23 And when they had appointed him a day there came many to him into his lodging to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God perswading them concerning Jesus both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets from morning till evening 24 And some beleeved the things which were spoken and some beleeved not 25 And when they agreed not among themselves they departed after that Paul had spoken one word Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers 26 Saying * Isa 6.9 Mat. 13.14 Mar. 4.12 Luk. 8.10 Joh. 12.40 Rom. 11.8 Go unto this people and say Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see and not perceive 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have they closed lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal them 28 Be it known therefore unto you that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles and that they will hear it 29 And when he had said these words the Jews departed and had great reasoning among themselves 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him 31 Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence no man forbidding him ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the ROMANS CHAP. I. 1 Paul commendeth his calling to the Romans 9 and his desire to come to them 16 What his gospel is and the righteousness which it sheweth 18 God is angry with all manner of sin 21 What were the sins of the Gentiles PAul a servant of Jesus Christ called to be an apostle * Act. 13.2 separated unto the gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh 4 And †Or. determined declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship ‖ Or to the obedience of faith for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ 7 To all that be in Rome beloved of God called to be saints Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 8 First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world 9 For God is my witness whom I serve ‖ Or in my spirit with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers
power 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power 21 What will ye shall I come unto you with a rod or in love and in the spirit of meekness CHAP. V. 1 The incestuous person 6 is cause rather of shame unto them then of rejoycing 7 The old leaven is to be purged out 10 Hainous offenders are to be shunned and avoided IT is reported commonly that there is fornication among you and such fornication as is not so much as named amongst the Gentiles that one should have his fathers wife 2 And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you 3 * Col. 2.5 For I verily as absent in body but present in spirit have ‖ Or determined judged already as though I were present concerning him that that hath so done this deed 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ 5 * 1 Tim. 1.10 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus 6 Your glorying is not good Know ye not that * Gal. 5.9 a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened For even Christ our pass-over ‖ Or is slain is sacrificed for us 8 Therefore let us keep ‖ Or holy-day the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicatours 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicatours of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needs go out of the world 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicatour or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such an one no not to eat 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without do not ye judge them that are within 13 But them that are without God judgeth Therefore put away from among your selves that wicked person CHAP. VI. 1 The Corinthians must not vex their brethren in going to law with them 6 especially under infidels 9 The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God 15 Our bodies are the members of Christ 19 and temples of the holy Ghost 16 17 they must not therefore be defiled DAre any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world if the world shall be judged by you are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels how much more things that pertain to this life 4 If then ye have judgements of things pertaining to this life set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church 5 I speak to your shame Is it so that there is not a wise man amongst you no not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren 6 But brother goeth to law with brother and that before the unbeleevers 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you because ye go to law one with another * Mat. 6.39 Luke 6 2◠Rom. 12.19 why do ye not rather take wrong why do ye not rather suffer your selves to be defrauded 8 Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God Be not deceived neither fornicatours nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankinde 10 Nor theeves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God 11 And such were * Tit. 3.3 some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 12 * Chap. 20.23 All things are lawful unto me but all things are not ‖ Or profitable expedient all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any 13 Meats for the belly and the belly for meats but God shall destroy both it and them Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord and the Lord for the body 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by his own power 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot God forbid 16 What know ye not that he which is joyned to an harlot is one body for * Gen. 2.24 Matth. 19.5 Eph. 5.31 two saith he shall be one flesh 17 But he that is joyned unto the Lord is one spirit 18 Flee fornication Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body 19 What * Chap. 3.16 know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you which ye have of God and ye are not your own 20 For * Chap. 7.33 ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods CHAP. VII 2 He treateth of marriage 4 shewing it to be a remedy against fornication 10 and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved 18 20 Every man must be content with his vocation 25 Virginity wherefore to be embraced 35 And for what respects we may either marry or abstain from marrying NOw concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me It is good for a man not to touch a woman 2 Nevertheless to avoid fornication let every man have his own wife and let every woman have her own husband 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband 4 The wife hath not power of her own body but the husband and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body but the wife 5 Defraud you not one the other except it be with consent for a time that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer and come together again that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency 6 But I speak this by permission and not of commandment 7 For I would that all men were even as I my self but every man hath his proper gift of God one after this manner another after that 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry then to burn 10
for their works sake And be at peace among your selves 14 Now we ‖ Or beseech exhort you brethren warn them that are ‖ Or disorderly unruly comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient toward all men 15 * Pro. 17.13 20.22 Mat. 5.44 Rom. 12.17 1 Pet. 3.8 See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and to all men 16 Rejoyce evermore 17 * Luk. 18.1 Col. 4. â— Pray without ceasing 18 In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 19 Quench not the Spirit 20 Despise not prophesyings 21 Prove all things hold fast that which is good 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil 23 And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 24 Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it 25 Brethren pray for us 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss 27 I ‖ Or adjurt charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you Amen ¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens ¶ The second epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS CHAP. I. 1 S Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith love and patience 11 and therewithal useth divers reasons for the comforting of them in persecution whereof the châ—efest is taken from the righteous judgement of God PAul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * â— Thes 3.2 3. We are bound to thank God always for you brethren as it is meet because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 4 So that we our selves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience faith in all your persecutions tribulations that ye endure 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which ye also suffer 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us when * 1 Th. 4. â—6 the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with †Gr. the angels of his power his mighty angels 8 In flaming fire ‖ Or yeelding taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that beleeve because our testimony among you was beleeved in that day 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you that our God would ‖ Or woâ—hsafâ— count you worthy of this calling and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ CHAP. II. 1 He willeth them to continue stedfast in the truth received 3 sheweth that there shall â—e a departure from the faith 9 and a discovery of Antichrist before the day of the Lord come 15 and thereupon repeateth his former exhortation and praâ—eth for them NOw we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him 2 That ye be not soon shaken in minde or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ is at hand 3 Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God 5 Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things 6 And now ye know what ‖ Or â—â—â—â—eth withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work onely he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way 8 And then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume * Isa 11.4 Hos 6.5 Rev. 2 16. with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming 9 Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should beleeve a lie 12 That they all might be damned who beleeved not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit belief of the truth 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace 17 Comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word work CHAP. III. 1 He craveth their prayers for himself 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in them 5 maketh request to God in their beâ—asf 6 giveth them divers precepts especially to shun idleness and ill company 16 and last of all concludeth with prayer and salutation FInally brethren * Eph. 6.17 Col. 4.3 pray for us that the word of the Lord †Gr. may run may have free course and be glorified even as it is with you 2 And that we may be dâ—livered from †Gr. absurd unreasonable and wicked men for all men have not faith 3 But the Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you that ye both do and will do the things which we command you 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into ‖ Or the patience of Christ the patient waiting for
magistrates to be ready to every good work 2 To speak evil of no man to be no brawlers but gentle shewing all meekness unto all men 3 For * 1 Cor. 6.11 we our selves also were sometimes foolish disobedient deceived serving divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy hateful and hating one another 4 But after that the kindness and ‖ Or pity love of God our Saviour toward man appeared 5 * 2 Tim. 1.9 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost 6 Which he shed on us †Gr. richly abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour 7 That being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life 8 This is a faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have beleeved in God might be careful to maintain good works these things are good and profitable unto men 9 But * 1 Tim. 1.4 2 Tim. 2 2◠avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law for they are unprofitable and vain 10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject 11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth being condemned of himself 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee or Tychicus be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis for I have determined there to winter 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently that nothing be wanting unto them 14 And let ours also learn to ‖ Or profess honest trades maintain good works for necessary uses that they be not unfruitful 15 all that are with me salute thee Greet them that love us in the faith Grace be with you all Amen ¶ It was written to Titus ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians from Nicopolis of Macedonia ¶ The epistle of PAUL to PHILEMON 4 He rejoyceth to hear of the faith and love of Philemon 9 whom he desireth to forgive his servant Onesimus and lovingly to receive him again PAul a prisoner of Jesus Christ and Timothy our brother unto Philemon our dearly beloved and fellow-labourer 2 And to our beloved Apphia and Archippus our fellow-souldier and to the church in thy house 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 4 * 1 Thes 1.2 2 Thes 1.3 I thank my God making mention of thee always in my prayers 5 Hearing of thy love and faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus and toward all saints 6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee brother 8 Wherefore though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoyn thee that which is convenient 9 Yet for loves sake I rather beseech thee being such a one as Paul the aged and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ 10 I beseech thee for my son * Gol. 4.9 Onesimus whom I have begotten in my bonds 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable but now profitable to thee and to me 12 Whom I have sent again thou therefore receive him that is mine own bowels 13 Whom I would have retained with me that in thy stead he might have ministred unto me in the bonds of the gospel 14 But without thy minde would I do nothing that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity but willingly 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season that thou shouldest receive him for ever 16 Not now as a servant but above a servant a brother beloved speacially to me but how much more unto thee both in the flesh and in the Lord 17 If thou count me therefore a partner receive him as my self 18 If he hath wronged thee or oweth thee ought put that on mine account 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand I will repay it albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides 20 Yea brother let me have joy of thee in the Lord refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee knowing that thou wilt also do more then I say 22 But withal prepare me also a lodging for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you 23 There salute thee Epaphras my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus 24 Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my fellow-labourers 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ Written from Rome to Philemon by Onesimus a servant ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the HEBREWS CHAP. I. 1 Christ in these last times coming to us from the Father 4 is preserved above the angels both in person and office GOd who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the prophets 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son whom he hath appointed heir of all things by whom also he made the worlds 3 * Wisd 7.26 Col. 1.15 Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high 4 Being made so much better then the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time * Psal 2.7 Acts 13.33 Chap. 5.5 Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And again * 2 Sam. 7.14 1 Chr. 22.10 Psal 89.26 27. I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son 6 And again when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith * Psa 97.7 And let all the angels of God worship him 7 And of the angels he saith * Ps 104.4 Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire 8 But unto the Son he saith * Ps 45.6 7 Thy throne O God is for ever and ever a sceptre of †Gr. rightness or straitness righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom 9 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows 10 And * Psal 102 25 c. Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands 11 * Isa 34.4 They shall perish but thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail 13 But to which
into lasciviousness and denying the onely Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance though ye once knew this how that the Lord having saved the people out of the land of Egypt afterward * Num. 14.37 destroyed them that beleeved not 6 And * 2 Pet. 2.4 the angels which kept not their ‖ Or principality first eslate but lest their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day 7 Even as * Gen. 19.24 Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication and going after †Gr. other strange flesh are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of eternal fire 8 * 2 Pet. 2.10 11. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh despise dominion and speak evil of dignities 9 Yet Michael the archangel when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses durst not bring against him a railing accusation but said * Zech. 3.2 The Lord rebuke thee 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not but what they know naturally as brute beasts in those things they corrupt themselves 11 Wo unto them for they have gone in the way of Cain and * 2 Pet. 2.15 ran greedily after the errour of Balaam for reward and perished in the gain-saying of Core 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you seeding themselves without fear * 2 Pet. 2.17 clouds they are without water carried about of winds trees whose fruit withereth without fruit twice dead plucked up by the roots 13 Raging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame wandring stars to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever 14 And Enoch also the seventh from Adam prophesied of these saying Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints 15 To execute judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him 16 These are murmurers complainers walking after their own lusts and their mouth speaketh great swelling words having mens persons in admiration because of advantage 17 But beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ 18 How that they told you * 1 Tim. 4.1 2 Tim. 3.1 2 Pet. 3.3 there should be mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts 19 These be they who separate themselves sensual having not the Spirit 20 But ye beloved building up yourselves on your most holy faith praying in the holy Ghost 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life 22 And of some have compassion making a difference 23 And others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy 25 To the onely wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty dominion and power both now and ever Amen ¶ The REVELATION of S. JOHN the Divine CHAP. I. 4 John writeth his revelation to the seven churches of Asia signified by the seven golden candlesticks 7 The coming of Christ 14 His glorious power and majesty THe revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John 2 Who bare record of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw 3 Blessâ—d is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this prophesie and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand 4 JOhn to the seven churches which are in Asia-Grace be unto you and peace from him * Exod. 4.14 which is and which was and which is to come and from the seven spirits which are before his throne 5 And from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the * 1 Cor. 15.20 Col. 1.18 first-begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth Unto him that loved us * Heb. 9.14 1 Joh. 1.7 and washed us from our sins in his own bloud 6 And hath * 1 Pet. 2.5 made us kings and priests unto God and his Father to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen 7 * Dan. 7.13 Mat. 24.30 Behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him and * Zec. 12.10 they also which pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him even so Amen 8 * Chap. 21.6 and 22.13 I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending saith the Lord which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty 9 I John who also am your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lords day and heard behinde me a great voice as of a trumpet 11 Saying I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last and What thou seest write in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna and unto Pergamos and unto Thyatira and unto Sardis and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me And being turned I law seven golden candlesticks 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man * Dan. 10. â—â— 6. clothed with a garment down to the foot and girt about the paps with a golden girdle 14 His head and his hairs were white like wooll as white as snow and his eyes were as a flame of fire 15 And his feet like unto fine brass as if they burned in a furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength 17 And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead and he laid his right hand upon me saying unto me Fear not * Is 41.4 44.6 I am the first and the last 18 I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keys of hell and of death 19 Write the things which thou hast seen and the things which are and the things which shall be hereafter 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the
roareth and when he had cried seven thunders uttered their voices 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth * Dan. 12.7 lifted up his hand to heaven 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever who created heaven and the things that therein are and the earth and the things that therein are and the sea and the things which are therein that there should be time no longer 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound the mystery of God should be finished as he hath declared to his servants the prophets 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again and said Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth 9 And I went unto the angel and said unto him Give me the little book And he said unto me * Ezek. 2.8 and 3.3 Take it and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey 10 And I took the little book out of the angels hand and ate it up and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and assâ—on as I had eaten it my belly was bitter 11 And he said unto me Thou must prophesie again before many peoples and nations and tongues and kings CHAP. XI 3 The two witnesses prophesie 6 They have power to shut heaven that it ram not 7 The beast shall fight against them and kill them 8 They lie unburied 11 and after three days and an half rise again 14 The second wo is past 15 The seventh trumpet soundeth ANd there was given me a reed like unto a rod and the angel stood saying Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that worship therein 2 But the court which is without the temple †Gr. cast out leave out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy city shall they tread under foot fourty and two moneths 3 And ‖ Or I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesie I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousand two hundred and threescore days clothed in sackcloth 4 These are the * Zech. 4.3.11.14 two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth 5 And if any man will hurt them fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies and if any man will hurt them he must in this manner be killed 6 These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophesie and have power over waters to turn them to bloud and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an hall and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves 10 And they that dwell upon the earn shall rejoyce over them and make merry and shall send gifts one to another because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entred into them and they stood upon their feet and great fear fell upon them which saw them 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them Come up hither And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell and in the earthquake ware slain †Gr. names of men of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of heaven 14 The second wo is past and behold the third wo cometh quickly 15 And the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever 16 And the four and twenty elders which sat before God on their seats fell upon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying We give thee thanks O Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned 18 And the nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets and to the saints and them that fear thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which ‖ Or corrupt destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament and there were lightnings and voices and thundrings and an earthquake and great hail CHAP. XII 1 A woman clothed with the sun travaileth 4 The great red dragon standeth before her ready to devour her childe 6 when she was delivered she fleeth into the wilderness 7 Michael and his angels fight with the dragon and prevail 13 The dragon being cast down into the earth persecuteth the woman ANd there appeared a great ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars 2 And she being with childe cried travailing in birth and pained to be delivered 3 And there appeared another ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her childe assoon as it was born 5 And she brought forth a man-childe who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron and her childe was caught up unto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness where she hath a place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days 7 And there was war in heaven Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And prevailed not neither was there place found any more in heaven 9 And the great dragon was cast out that
Babylon came in remembrane before God * Jer. 25.15 to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath 20 And every island fled away and the moutains were not found 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven every stone about the weight of a talent and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail for the plague thereof was exceeding great CHAP. XVII 3 4 A woman arayed in purple and scarlet with a golden cup in her band sitteth upon the beast 5 which is great Babylon the mother of all abominations 9 The interpretation of the seven heads 12 and the ten horns 14 The victory of the Lamb. 16 The punishment of the whore ANd there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials and talked with me saying unto me Come hither I will shew unto thee the judgement of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-coloured beast full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns 4 And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour †Gr. guilded decked with gold and precious stone and pearls having a golden cup in her hand full or abominations and silthiness of her fornication 5 And upon her forehead was a name written MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF ‖ Or fornications HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the bloud of the saints and with the bloud of the martyrs of Jesus and when I saw her I wondred with great admitation 7 And the angel said unto me Wherefore didst thou marvel I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her which hath the seven heads and ten horns 8 The beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottom less pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they behold the beast that was and is not and yet is 9 And here is the minde which hath wisdom The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth 10 And there are seven kings five are fain and one is and the other is not yet come and when he cometh he must continue a short space 11 And the beast that was and is not even he is the eighth and is of the seven and goeth into perdition 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings which have received no kingdom as yet but receive power as kings one hour with the beast 13 These have one minde and shall give their power and strength unto the beast 14 These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them * 1 Tim. 6.15 Chap. 19 16 for he is Lord of lords and King of kings and they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful 15 And he saith unto me The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast these shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will and to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth CHAP. XVIII 2 Babylon is faln 4 The people of God commanded to depart out of her 9 The kings of the earth 11 with the merchants and mariners lament over her 20 The saints rejoyce for the judgements of God upon her ANd after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven having great power and the earth was lightned with his glory 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice saying * Cha. 14.8 Babylon the great is fain is fain and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the ‖ Or power abundance of her delicacies 4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying * Jer. 51.6 Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven and God hath remembred her iniquities 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you and double unto her double according to her works in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double 7 How much she hath glorified her self and lived deliciously so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart I sit a * Isa 47.8 queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and mourning and samine and she shall be utterly burnt with fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her 9 And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her * Ezek. 26. â—7 shall bewail her and lament for her when they shall see the smoke of her burning 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment saying Alas alas that great city Babylon that mighty city for in one hour is thy judgement come 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her for no man buyeth * Ezek. 27.27 her merchandise any more 12 The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones and of pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet and all ‖ Or sweet thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory and all manner vessels of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble 13 And cinnamon and odours and ointments and frankincense and wine and oyl and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and ‖ Or. bodies slaves and souls of men 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee and all things which were dainty and goodly are dâ—parted from thee and thou shalt finde them no more at all 15 The merchants of these things which were made rich by her shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment weeping and wailing 16 And saying Alas alas that great city that was clothed in fine linen and purple and searlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls 17 For in one
Keilah †Heb. â—â—ut up deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul And the LORD said they will deliver thee up 13 ¶ Then David and his men which were about six hundred arose and departed out of Keilah and went whithersoever they could go and it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah and he forbare to go forth 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph And Saul sought him every day but God delivered him not into his hand 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood 16 And Jonathan Sauls son arose and went to David into the wood and strengthned his hand in God 17 And he said unto him Fear not for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee and thou shalt be king over Israel and I shall be next unto thee and that also Saul my father knoweth 18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD and David abode in the wood and Jonathan went to his house 19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah saying Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood in the hill of Hachilah which is †Heb. on the right hand on the south of ‖ Or the wilderness Jeshimon 20 Now therefore O king come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down and our part shall be to deliver him into the kings hand 21 And Saul said Blessed be ye of the LORD for ye have compassion on me 22 Go I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place where his †Heb. foot shall is haunt is and who hath seen him there for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly 23 See therefore and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself and come ye again to me with the certainty and I will go with you and it shall come to pass if he be in the land that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah 24 And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon in the plain on the south of Jeshimon 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him and they told David where fore he came down into a rock and abode in the wilderness of Maon and when Saul heard that he pursued after David in the Wilderness of Maon 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side of the mountain and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them 27 ¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul saying Haste thee and come for the Philistines have †Heb. spread themselves upon c. invaded the land 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David went against the Philistines therefore they called that place ‖ That is The rock of divisions Sela-hammah-lekoth 29 ¶ And David went up from thence and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi CHAP. XXIV 1 David in a cave et En-gedi having cut off Sauls skirt spareth his life 8 He sheweth thereby his innocency 16 Saul acknowledging his fault taketh an oath of David and departeth ANd it came to pass when Saul was returned from †Heb. after following the Philistines that it was told him saying Behold David is in the wilderness of En-gedi 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wilde goats 3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way where was a cave and Saul went in to cover his feet and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave 4 And the men of David said unto him Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee Behold I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee Then David arose and cut off the skirt of †Heb. the robe which was Sauls Sauls robe privily 5 And it came to pass afterward that Davids heart smote him because he had cut off Sauls skirt 6 And he said unto his men The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the LORDs anointed to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is the anointed of the LORD 7 So David †Heb. cut off stayed his servants with these words and suffered them not to rise against Saul but Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way 8 David also arose afterward and went out of the cave and cried after Saul saying My lord the king And when Saul looked behinde him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself 9 ¶ And David said to Saul Wherefore hearest thou mens words saying Behold David seeketh thy hurt 10 Behold this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave and some bade me kill thee but mine eye spared thee and I said I will not put forth mine hand against my lord for he is the LORDS anointed 11 Moreover my father see yea see the skirt of thy robe in my hand for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand and I have not sinned against thee yet thou huntest my soul to take it 12 The LORD judge between me and thee and the LORD avenge me of thee but mine hand shall not be upon thee 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked but mine hand shall not be upon thee 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out after whom dost thou pursue after a dead dog after a flea 15 The LORD therefore be Judge and judge between me and thee and see and plead my cause and †Heb. judge deliver me out of thine hand 16 ¶ And it came to pass when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul that Saul said Is this thy voice my son David And Saul lift up his voice and wept 17 And he said to David Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me forasmuch as when the LORD had †Heb. shut up delivered me into thine hand thou killedst me not 19 For if a man finde his enemy will he let him go well away wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day 20 And now behold I know well that thou shalt surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine
hand 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my fathers house 22 And David sware unto Saul and Saul went home but David and his men gat them up unto the hold CHAP. XXV 1 Samuel dieth 2 David in Paran sendeth to Nabal 10 Provoked by Nabals churlishness he mindeth to destroy him 14 Abigail understanding thereof 18 taketh a present 23 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth David 36 Nabal hearing thereof dieth 39 David taketh Abigail and Abinoam to be his wives 44 Michal is given to Phalti ANd * Chap. 28.3 Ecclus 46.13.20 Samuel died and all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran 2 And there was a man in Maon whose ‖ Or business possessions were in Carmel and the man was very great and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal and the name of his wife Abigail and she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance but the man was churlish and evil in his doings and he was of the house of Caleb 4 ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep 5 And David sent out ten young men and David said unto the young men Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and †Heb. ask him in my name of peace greet him in my name 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity Peace be both to thee and peace be to thine house and peace be unto all that thou hast 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers now thy shepherds which were with us we †Heb. shamed hurt them not neither was there ought missing unto them all the while they were in Carmel 8 Ask thy young men and they will shew thee wherefore let the young men finde favour in thine eyes for we come in a good day give I pray thee whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants and to thy son David 9 And when Davids young men came they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David and †Heb. rested ceased 10 ¶ And Nabal answered Davids servants and said Who is David and who is the son of Jesse there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master 11 Shall I then take my bread and my water and my †Heb. slaughter flesh that I have killed for my shearers and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be 12 So Davids young men turned their way and went again and came and told him all those sayings 13 And David said unto his men Gird you on every man his sword And they girded on every man his sword and David also girded on his sword and there went up after David about four hundred men and two hundred abode by the stuff 14 ¶ But one of the young men told Abigail Nabals wife saying Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master and he †Heb. flew upon them railed on them 15 But the men were very good unto us and we were not †Heb. shamed hurt neither missed we any thing as song as we were conversant with them when we were in the fields 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do for evil is determined against our master and against all his houshold for he is such a son of Belial that a man cannot speak to him 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched corn and an hundred ‖ Or lumps clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs and laid them on asses 19 And she said unto her servants Go on before me behold I come after you but she told not her husband Nabal 20 And it was so as she rode on the ass that she came down by the covert of the hill and behold David and his men came down against her and she met them 21 Now David had said Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him and he hath requited me evil for good 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall 23 And when Abigail saw David she hasted and lighted off the ass and fell before David on her face and bowed her self to the ground 24 And fell at his feet and said Upon me my lord upon me let this iniquity be and let thine hand-maid I pray thee speak in thine †Heb. ears audience and hear the words of thine hand-maid 25 Let not my lord I pray thee †Heb. lay it to his heart regard this man of Belial even Nabal for as his name is so is he Nabal is his name and folly is with him but I thine hand-maid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou didst send 26 Now therefore my lord at the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed bloud and from †Heb. saving thy self avenging thy self with thine own hand now let thine enemies and they that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal 27 And now this ‖ Or present blessing which thine hand-maid hath brought unto my lord let it even be given unto the young men that †Heb. walk at the feet of c. follow my lord 28 I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine hand-maid for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fighteth the battels of the LORD and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God and the sould of thine enemies them shall he sling out †Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling as out of the middle of a sling 30 And it shall come to pass when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel 31 That this shall be †Heb. no staggering or stumbling no grief unto thee nor offence of heart unto my lord either that thou hast shed bloud causless or that my lord hath avenged himself but when the LORD shall have dealt well
behold I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly 22 And David answered and said Behold the kings spear and let one of the young men come over and fetch it 23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORDS anointed 24 And behold as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD and let him deliver me out of all tribulation 25 Then Saul said to David Blessed be thou my son David thou shalt both do great things and also shalt still prevail So David went on his way and Saul returned to his place CHAP. XXVII 1 Saul bearing David to be in Gath seeketh no more for him 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish 8 He invading other countreys perswadeth Achish he fought against Judah ANd David said in his heart I shall now †Heb. be consumed perish one day by the hand of Saul there is nothing better for me then that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines and Saul shall despair of me to seek me any more in any coast of Israel so shall I escape out of his hand 2 And David arose and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish the son of Maoch king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath he and his men every man with his houshold even David with his two wives Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess Nabals wife 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath and he sought no more again for him 5 ¶ And David said unto Achish If I have now found grace in thine eyes let them give me a place in some town in the countrey that I may dwell there for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day 7 And †Heb. the number of days the time that David dwelt in the countrey of the Philistines was †Heb. a year of days a full year and four moneths 8 ¶ And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites and the ‖ Or Gerzites Gezrites and the Amalekites for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land as thou goest unto Shur even unto the land of Egypt 9 And David smote the land and left neither man nor woman alive and took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the apparel and returned and came to Achish 10 And Achish said ‖ Or Did you not make a rode c. Whither have ye made a rode to day And David said Against the south of Judah and against the south of the Jerahmeelites and against the south of the Kenites 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring tidings to Gath saying Lest they should tell on us laying So did David and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistines 12 And Achish beleeved David saying He hath made his people Israel †Heb. to sâ—â—nk utterly to abhor him therefore he shall be my servant for ever CHAP. XXVIII 1 Achish putteth confidence in David 3 Saul having destroyed the witches 4 and now in his fear forsaken of God 7 seeketh to a witch 9 The witch encouraged by Saul raiseth up Samuel 15 Saul hearing his ruine fainteth 21 The woman with his servants refresh him with meat ANd it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare to fight with Israel and Achish said unto David Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to battel thou and thy men 2 And David said to Achish Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do And Achish said to David Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever 3 ¶ Now * Chap. 25.1 Samuel was dead and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah even in his own city and Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land 4 ¶ And the Philistines gathered themselves together and came and pitched in Shunem and Saul gathered all Israel together and they pitched in Gilboa 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines he was afraid and his heart greatly trembled 6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD the LORD answered him not neither by dreams nor by Urim nor by prophets 7 ¶ Then said Saul unto his servants Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit that I may go to her and enquire of her And his servants said to him Behold there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Eâ—dor 8 And Saul disguised himself and put on other raiment and he went and two men with him and they came to the woman by night and he said I pray thee divine unto me by the familiar spirit and bring me him up whom I shall name unto thee 9 And the woman said unto him Behold thou knowest what Saul hath done how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life to cause me to die 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD saying As the LORD liveth there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing 11 Then said the woman Whom shall I bring up unto thee And he said Bring me up Samuel 12 And when the woman saw Samuel she cried with a loud voice and the woman spake to Saul saying Why hast thou deceived me for thou art Saul 13 And the king said unto her Be not afraid for what sawest thou And the woman said unto Saul I saw gods ascending out of the earth 14 And he said unto her †Heb. What is his form What form is he of And she said An old man cometh up and he is covered with a mantle And Saul perceived that it was Samuel and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed himself 15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up And Saul answered I am sore distressed for the Philistines make war against me and God is departed from me and answereth me no more neither †Heb. by the hand of prophets by prophets nor by dreams therefore I have called thee that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do 16 Then said Samuel Wherefore then dost thou ask of me seeing the LORD is departed from thee and is become thine enemy 17 And the LORD hath done ‖ Or for himself to him * Ch. 15.28 as he spake by †Heb. mine hand me for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand and given it to thy
neighbour even to David 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me the LORD also shall deliver the hoâ—t of Israel into the hand of the Philistines 20 Then Saul †Heb. made â—â—sie and fell with the fulnesâ— of its statute fell straightway all along on the earth and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel and there was no strength in him for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night 21 ¶ And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore troubled and said unto him Behold thine hand-maid hath obeyed thy voice and I have put my life in my hand and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me 22 Now therefore I pray thee hearken thou also unto the voice of thine hand-maid and let me set a morsel of bread before thee and eat that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way 23 But he refused and said I will not eat but his servants together with the woman compelled him and he hearkened unto their voice so he arose from the earth and sat upon the bed 24 And the woman had a fat cast in the house and she hasted and â—â—â—â—ed it and took flour and kneaded it and did bake unleavened bread thereof 25 And she brought it before Saul and before his servants and they did eat then they rose up and went away that night CHAP. XXIX 1 David marching with the Philistines 2 is disallowed by their princes 6 Achish dâ—smiâ—â—â—th â—â—m with commendations of his fidâ—lity NOw the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in lezreel 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thâ—â—sands but David and his men passed on in the rere-ward with Achish 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines What do these Hebrews here And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel which hath been with me these days or these years and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him and the princes of the Philistines said unto him * 1 Chr. 11 19. Make this fellow return that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him and let him not go down with us to battel lest in the battel he be an adversary to us for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master should it not be with the heads of these men 5 Is not this David of whom they sang one to another in dances saying * Ch. 18. â— â—l 11. Saul slew his thousands and David his ten thousands 6 ¶ Then Achish called David and said unto him Surely as the LORD liveth thou hast been upright and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day nevertheless †Heb. thou art not God in the eyes of the lords the lords favour thee not 7 Wherefore now return and go in peace that thou †Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords displease not the lords of the Philistines 8 ¶ And David said unto Achish But what have I done and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been †Heb. before thee with 〈…〉 this day that I may not go fight against the enemies of my 〈…〉 9 And Achish answered and said to David I know 〈…〉 good in my sight as an angel of God notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said He shall not go up with us to the battel 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy masters servants that are come with thee and assoon as ye be up early in the morning and have light depart 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning 〈◊〉 return into the land of the Philistines and the Philistines went up 〈◊〉 Jezreel CHAP. XXX 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag â— David asking counsel is encouraged by God to pursue them 11 By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies and recovereth all the spoil 22 Davids law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff 26 He sendeth presents to his friends ANd it came to pass when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day that the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag and smitten Ziklag and burnt it with fire 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein they slew not any either great or small but carried them away and went on their way 3 ¶ So David and his men came to the city and behold it was burnt with fire and their wives and their sons and their daughter were taken captives 4 Then David and the people that were with him lift up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep 5 And Davids two wives were taken captives Ahinoam the Jezreehtess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite 6 And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him because the soul of all the people was †Heb. bitter grieved every man for his sons and for his daughters but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest Ahimelechs son I pray thee bring me hither the ephod and Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David 8 And David enquired at the LORD saying Shall I pursue after this troup shall I overtake them And he answered him Pursue for thou shalt surely overtake them and without fail recover all 9 So David went he and the six hundred men that were with him and came to the brook Besor where those that were left behinde stayed 10 But David pursued he and four hundred men for two hundred abode behinde which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor 11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and gave him bread and he did eat and they made him drink water 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins and when he had eaten his spirit came again to him for he had eaten no bread nor drunk any water three days and three nights 13 And David said unto him To whom belongest thou and whence art thou And he said I am a young man of Egypt servant to an Amalekite and my master left me because three days agon I fell sick 14 We made
said unto them Speak ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith the great king the king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest 20 Thou ‖ Or talkest sayest but they are but †Heb. word of the lips vain words ‖ Or but counsel and strength are for the war I have counsel and strength for the war now on whom doest thou trust that thou rebellest against me 21 Now behold thou †Heb. trustest this trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed even upon Egypt on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him 22 But if ye say unto me We trust in the LORD our God is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem 23 Now therefore I pray thee gâ—ve ‖ Or bostageâ— pledges to my lord the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for hors-men 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it The LORD said to me Go up against this land and destroy it 26 Then said Eliakin the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand it and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall that they may eat their own dung and drink †Heb. the water of their feet their own piss with you 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language and spake saying Hear the word of the great king the king of Assyria 29 Thus saith the king Let not Hezekiah deceive you for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD saying The LORD will surely deliver us and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah for thus saith the king of Assyria ‖ Or Seek my favour †Heb. Make with me a blessing Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me and then eat ye every man of his own vine and every one of his fig-tree and drink ye every one the waters of his ‖ Or pit cistern 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of corn and wine a land of bread vineyards a land of oyl-olive and of honey that ye may live and not die and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he ‖ Or deceiveth perswadeth you saying The LORD will deliver us 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad where are the gods of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countreys that have delivered their countrey out of mine hand that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand 36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word for the kings commandment was saying Answer him not 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rab-shakeh CHAP. XIX 1 Hezekiâ—h mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them 6 Isaiah comforteth them 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14 Hezekiah his prayer 20 Isaiah his prophesie of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib and the good of Zion 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons ANd * Isai 37.1 it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD 2 And he sent Eliakim which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to * Luke 3.4 called Esaias Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz 3 And they said unto him Thus saith Hezekiah This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and ‖ Or provocation blasphemy for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are †Heb. found left 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them Thus shall ye say to your master Thus saith the LORD Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me 7 Behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumour and shall return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land 8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah for he had heard that he was departed from Zachish 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia Behold he is come out to fight against thee he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim of Henah and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD said O LORD God of Israel which dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the
of your ground neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field saith the LORD of hosts 12 And all nations shall call you blessed for ye shall be a delightsom land saith the LORD of hosts 13 ¶ Your words have been * Job 21.14 stout against me saith the LORD yet ye say What have we spoken so much against thee 14 Ye have said It is vain to serve God and what profit is it that we have kept †Heb. his observation his ordinance and that we have walked †Heb. in black mournfully before the LORD of hosts 15 And now we call the proud happy yea they that work wickedness †Heb. are built are set up yea they that * Ps 95.9 tempt God are even delivered 16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another and the LORD hearkned and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD and that thought upon his name 17 And they shall be mine saith the LORD of hosts in that day when I make up my ‖ Or special treasure jewels and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not CHAP. IV. 1 Gods judgement on the wicked 2 and his blessing on the good 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law 5 and telleth of Elijahs coming and office FOr behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven and all the proud yea and all that do wickedly shall be stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the LORD of hosts that it shall leave them neither root nor branch 2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the * Luk. 1.78 sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this saith the LORD of hosts 4 ¶ Remember ye the * Exod. 20.3 law of Moses my servant which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel with the statutes and judgements 5 ¶ Behold I will send you * Mat. 11.14 Mar. 9.11 Luk. 1.17 Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth with a curse The end of the Prophets APOCRYPHA I. ESDRAS CHAP. I. 1 Josias his charge to the priests and Levites 7 A great pass-over is kept 32 His death is much lamented 34 His successours 53 The temple eity and people are destroyed 56 Therest are carried unto Babylon ANd Josias held the * 2 Kings 23.21 2 Chr. 35.1 feast of the pass-over in Jerusalem unto his Lord and offered the pass-over the fourteenth day of the first moneth 2 Having set the priests according to their daily courses being arayed in long garments in the temple of the Lord. 3 And he spake unto the Levites the holy ministers of Israel that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built 4 And said Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders now therefore serve the Lord your God and minister unto his people Israel and prepare you after your families and kindreds 5 According as David the king of Israel prescribed and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel 6 Offer the pass-over in order and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren and keep the pass-over according to the commandment of the Lord which was given unto Moses 7 And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids and three thousand calves these things were given of the kings allowance according as he promised to the people to the priests and to the Levites 8 And Helkias Zacharias and ‖ Or Jâ—â—iâ—l Syelus the governours of the temple gave to the priests for the pass-over two thousand and six hundred sheep and three hundred calves 9 And Jeconias and Samaias and Nathanael his brother and Assabias and Ochiel and Joram captains over thousands gave to the Levites for the pass-over five thousand sheep and ‖ Or fâ—â—e hundred calves 2 Chr. 35.9 seven hundred calves 10 And when these things were done the priests and Levites having the unleavened bread stood in very comely order according to the kindreds 11 And according to the several dignities of the fathers before the people to offer to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses * 2 Chr. 35.13 and so of the â—â—â—locks and thus did they in the morning 12 And they rosted the pass-over with fire as appertaineth as for the sacrifices they sod them in brass pots and pans ‖ Or with good sâ—â—d or willingly 2 Chr. 35.13 with a good savour 13 And set them before all the people and afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests their brethren the sons of Aaron 14 For the priests offered the fat until night and the Levites prepared for themselves and the priests their brethren the sons of Aaron 15 The holy singers also the sons of Asaph were in their order according to the appointment * 2. Chr. 35.15 of David and Asaph of David to wit Asaph Zacharias and Jeduthun who was * 2 Chr. 35.15 the kings stâ—â— of the kings retinue 16 Moreover the porters were at every gate it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service for their brethren the Levites prepared for them 17 Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day that they might hold the pass-over 18 And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the LORD according to the commandment of king Josias 19 So the children of Israel which were present held the pass-over at that time and the feast of sweet bread seven days 20 And such a pass-over was not kept in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel 21 Yea all the kings of Israel held not such a pass-over as Josias and the priests and the Levites and the Jews held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem 22 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this pass-over kept 23 And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness 24 As for the things that came to pass in his time they were written in former times concerning those