borne vnto Naemi and they called his name Obed. The same is the father of Isai which is y e father of Dauid This is y e generacion of Phares Phares begat Hesrom Hesrom begat Aram. Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begatt Naasson Naasson begat Salmon SalmoÌ„ begat Boos Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai. Isai begat Dauid The ende of the boke of Ruth The first boke of the kynges otherwyse called the first boke of Samuel What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of Elcana and his two wyues Vnto Anna geueth God Samuel which is appropriated vnto the LORDE Chap. II. The thankfull songe of Anna. The sonnes of Eli do wickedly their father refourmeth them not therfore is the presthode takeÌ„ from him and his sonnes Chap. III. The reuelacion shewed vnto Samuel and vnto Eli. Chap. IIII. Israel fighteth agaynst the Philistynes loseth the victory and is smytten the seconde tyme. The Philistynes wynne the Arke of the LORDE The two sonnes of Eli perishe the father falleth downe and breaketh his necke Chap. V. The Philistynes bringe the Arke of the LORDE in to the temple of Dagon which falleth downe before it Chap. VI. The Philistynes sende the Arke agayne vnto the people of God with certayne giftes and offerynges Chap. VII The Arke is broughte in to Aminadabs house Samuel exhorteth the people to amendment Chap. VIII Samuels sonnes rule not well The people desyre to haue a kynge Chap. IX.X. Saul seketh his fathers asses and coÌ„meth vnto Samuel which at the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE anoynteth him kinge and sheweth him vnto the people Chap. XI Saul defendeth Iabes from Nahas the Ammonite Chap. XII Samuel sheweth his innocency vnto the people and geueth them a godly exhoâ—tacion Chap. XIII The Philistynes gather them selues agaynst Israel Saul is disobedient vnto to the LORDE Samuel reproueth him Chap. XIIII Ionathas discoÌ„fiteth the enemies by sotyltie Saul helpeth him the father wolde slaye the sonne the people delyuer him Chap. XV. Samuel coÌ„maundeth Saul to 〈◊〉 Amalek and vtterly to destroye him â–ª Saul is dishobedient therfore is he deposed from the kyngdome Chap. XVI Dauid is anoynted kynge The euell sprete vexeth Saul Dauid easeth him with playenge at the harpe Chap. XVII Dauid destroyeth Goliath the 〈◊〉 The Philistynes fle Chap. XVIII Ionathas and Dauid are sworne louers Dauid behaueth himselfe wysely in all thinges The people loue him Saul geueth him his doughter of purpose that the Philistynes mighte destroye him Chap. XIX Saul commauÌ„deth to kyll Dauid Ionathas geueth him warnynge Dauid flyeth his waye His wife delyuereth him Chap. XX. Dauid auoydeth from the kynges displeasure Ionathas warneth him Chap. XXI Dauid flieth vnto Noba to the prest Ahimelech and eateth of the shewbred Chap. XXII Dauids freÌ„des helpe him Doâ—g the Edomite slayeth Ahimelech the other prestes of the LORDE Chap. XXIII Saul layeth wayte for Dauid â—â—â—getteth him out of the waye and the LORDE defendeth him Chap. XXIIII Saul commeth into Dauids hande which wil not slaye him but cutteth of a pece of his garment c. Chap. XXV Samuel dyeth Nabal displeaseth Dauid Abigail pacifieth him Chap. XXVI Dauid fyndeth Saul slepynge and where as Abisai wolde slaye him he wil not suffre him but taketh awaye his speare and the cuppe of water Chap. XXVII Dauid flyeth vnto Achis the kynge at Geth Chap. XXVIII Dauid is made Achis captayne Saul axeth councell at the Sothsayer Samuel appeareth vnto him and rebuketh him Chap. XXIX The Philistynes are not contente that Dauid shulde be their captayne The kynge sendeth him home agayne Chap. XXX The Amalechites fall vpoÌ„ Siceâ—ek Dauid foloweth vpon them and recouereth the spoyle agayne Chap. XXXI The Philistynes fihgte agaynst Israel Sauls sonnes are slayne he wounded and slayeth him selfe The first Chapter THere was a man of Ramathaim Sophim of mount Ephraim whose name was Elcana y e sonne of Ieroham y e sonne of Elihu y e sonne of Tohu y e sonne of Zuph y t was an Ephrate And he had two wyues y e one was called Anna y e other Peninna As for Peninna she had children but Anna had no childreÌ„ And y e same man weÌ„te vp froÌ„ his cite at his tyme to worshippe and to offer vnto the LORDE Zebaoth at Silo. There were the prestes of the LORDE Ophni and Phineas the two sonnes of Eli. Now whan it came vpon a daye that Elcana offred he gaue partes vnto his wife Peninna and to all his sonnes and doughters But vnto Anna he gaue one deale heuely for he loued Anna. Neuertheles the LORDE had closed hir wombe hir aduersary cast her in the tethe with hir vnfrutefulnes because the LORDE had closed hir wombe thus dyd she euery yeare whan they wente vp to the house of the LORDE and thus she prouoked her So she wepte and ate nothinge But Elcana hir huszbande sayde vnto her Wherfore wepest thou and why eatest thou not And wherfore is thine hert so greued Am not I better vnto the then ten sonnes Then stode Anna vp whan she had eaten and dronken at Silo. But Eli the prest sat vpon a stole by the poste of the temple of the LORDE And she was full of heuynâ—â—â— in hir herte and prayed vnto the LORDE and wepte and vowed a vowe and sayde O LORDE Zebaoth yf thou wilt loke vpon the aduersite of thy handmayden and thynke vpon me and not forget thy handmayden and wilt geue thy handmayden a sonne I wil geue him vnto the LORDE all his life longe and there shal no rasouâ—e come vpon his heade And whaÌ„ she had prayed longe before y e LORDE Eli toke hede to hir mouth for Anna spake in hir hert hir lippes onely moued but hir voyce was not herde Then thoughte Eli she had bene dronken and sayde vnto her How longe wilt thou be dronken Let come from the the wyne that thou hast by the. Neuertheles Anna answered and sayde No my lorde I am a soroufull woman wyne and stronge drynke haue I not dronken but haue poured out my hert before y e LORDE Counte not thy handmayden a doughter of Belial for out of my heuy thoughte and sorow haue I spoken hitherto Eli answered her and sayde Go y i waye in peace the God of Israel shal graunte y e thy peticion that thou hast desyred of him She sayde Let thy handmayden fynde fauoure in thy sighte So the woman wente hir waye and ate and loked nomore so soroufully and on y e morow they gat them vp by tymes And whan they had worshipped before y e LORDE they returned and came home vnto Ramatha And Elcana laye with Anna his wife and the LORDE remembred her And after certayne dayes she coÌ„ceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Samuel for I haue desyred him sayde she of the LORDE And whan the man Elcana wente vp with all his houszholde to offre sacrifice and his vowe vnto the LORDE at soch tyme as y e custome was Anna wente not vp but sayde vnto
of the spoyle of the enemies of the LORDE namely vnto them of Bethel vnto them at Ramath in the south vnto them at Iathir vnto them at Aroer vnto them at Siphamoth vnto them at Eschemoa vnto them at Rachal vnto them in the cities of the Ierahmielites vnto them in the cities of the Kenites vnto them at Horma vnto theÌ„ at Borasan vnto theÌ„ at Atach vnto them at Hebron and vnto all the places where Dauid had walked w t his men The XXXI Chapter BVt y e Philistynes foughte against Israel and the men of Israel fled before the Philistynes and fell downe smytten vpon the mount Gilboa And the Philistynes preassed vpon Saul and his sonnes and slewe Ionathas Abinadab and Malchisua the sonnes of Saul And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul the archers fell vpon him with bowes and he was sore wounded of the archers Then sayde Saul vnto his wapeÌ„bearer â–ª Drawe out thy swerde and thrust it thorow me that these vncircumcised come not and slaie me and make a laughinge stocke of me Neuertheles his wapenbearer wolde not for he was sore afrayed Then toke Saul y e swerde and fell therin Now whan his wapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed he fell also vpon his swerde and dyed with him Thus dyed Saul and his thre sonnes his wapenbearer and all his men together the same daye Whan y e men of Israel which were beyonde the valley and beyonde Iordane sawe y t the men of Israel were fled and that Saul and his sonnes were deed they lefte y e cities and fled also Then came the Philistynes dwelt therin On the nexte daye came the Philistynes to spoyle y e slayne and founde Saul and his thre sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gilboa and smote of his heade and toke of his harnesse and sent it in to the lande of the Philistynes rounde aboute to shewe it in the house of their Idols and amonge the people layed his harnesse in y e house of Astaroth but his body hanged they vp vpoÌ„ the wall of Bethsan Whan they of Iabes in Gilead herde what the Philistynes had done vnto Saul they gat them vp as many as were men of armes and wente all the nighte and toke y e body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes from y e wall of Bethsan broughte theÌ„ to Iabes and brent them there and toke their bones and buried them vnder y e tre at Iabes fasted seueÌ„ dayes The ende of the first boke of the kynges otherwyse called the first boke of Samuel The seconde boke of the kynges otherwyse called the seconde boke of Samuel What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The death of Saul is shewed vnto Dauid which mourneth for him Chap. II. Dauid is anoynted kynge of the men of Iuda Abner goeth aboute to make Iszboseth Sauls sonne kynge of Israel Chap. III Discorde betwixte the house of Dauid and Saul Abner lyeth with Sauls concubyne is reproued therfore and falleth vnto Dauid Ioab stycketh Abner Chap. IIII. Iszboseth is stickâ—e of traitourâ— whom Dauid putteth to death Chap. V Dauid taketh in all the kyngdome and ouercommeth the Philistynes on euâ—ry syde Chap. VI. Dauid causeth the Arke of the LORDE to be caried out of Abinadabs house in to the house of Obed EdoÌ„ Vsâ— is punyshed for touchinge it Dauid carieth it in to his cite Chap. VII Dauid is forbyddeÌ„ to buylde an house vnto the LORDE vnto whom he geueth thankes Chap. VIII Dauid subdueth the Philistynes and other 〈◊〉 aboute him Chap. IX Dauid sheweth fauoure to Sauls kinred and doth theÌ„ good for Ionathas sake Chap. X. Dauid sendeth messaungers to the kynge of the Ammonites which putteth theÌ„ to shame wherfore Dauid goeth agaynst them and wynneth the victory of them two tymes Chap. XI Dauid coÌ„mitteth aduoutry with Bethseba and causeth hir huszbaÌ„de be slayne Chap. XII The prophet Nathan rebuketh Dauid which knowlegeth his synne and requyreth mercy His sonne dyeth Chap. XIII Ammon defyleth Thamar therfore Absalom slayeth him Chap. XIIII Ioab reconcyleth Absalom vnto his father with suttyltie Absalom sendeth for Ioab and because he coÌ„meth not to him he burneth vp his corne Chap. XV. AbsaloÌ„ seketh his fathers kyngdome Dauid flyeth with his men Chap. XVI Dauid geueth Siba all the good of Mephiboseth Semei curseth and blasphemeth Dauid Absalom lyeth with his fathers concubynes Chap. XVII The LORDE turneth the councell of Achitophel The councell of Chusaâ— goeth forth Chap. XVIII Dauids hoost wynneth the victory Absalom is slayne Dauid his father is soroufull Chap. XIX Ioab rebuketh the kinge for his mournynge Israel flyeth in to their teÌ„tes Iuda cleueth vnto Dauid Semei and Mephiboseth optayne fauoure Barsillai sheweth the kynge greate fendshippe Chap. XX. Seba maketh an vproure and deuydeth Israel from Dauid Ioab stycketh Amasa Ioab foloweth vpon Seba and laieth sege vnto him in Abela Chap. XXI A greate honger Sauls childreÌ„ are geueÌ„ vnto the Gibeonites Dauid fighteth agaynst the Philistynes Chap. XXII Dauid prayseth the LORDE with a songe of thankesgeuynge because he delyuered him out of the hande of Saul and other enemies Chap. XXIII The last wordes of Dauid The names of the Worthies are rehearsed Chap. XXIIII Dauid noÌ„breth the people and displeaseth the LORDE which plageth his londe with the pestilence The first Chapter AFter y e death of Saul whan Dauid was come agayne from the slaughter of y e Amalechites and had remayned two dayes at Siclag beholde on the thirde daye there came a man out of Sauls hoost with his clothes rente and earth vpon his heade And whan he came vnto Dauid he fell downe to the grounde and worshipped Dauid sayde vnto him Whence commest thou He sayde vnto him Out of the hoost of Israel am I fled Dauid sayde vnto him Tell me what is the matter He sayde the people is fled from the battayll and many of the people are fallen Yee and Saul also is deed and his sonne Ionathas Dauid sayde vnto the yonge maÌ„ that brought him this worde How knowest thou that Saul and Ionathas his sonne are deed The yonge man y t tolde him this sayde I came by chaunce vnto mount Gelboa and beholde Saul leaned vpon his speare the charettes and horsmeÌ„ folowed harde after him and he turned him aboute and sawe me and called me And I sayde Here am I. And he sayde vnto me What art thou I sayde vnto him I am an Amalechite And he saide vnto me Come to me and kyll me for anguysh hath gotten holde of me for my life is yet whole within me Then stepte I to him and slewe him for I knowe well that he coulde not lyue after his fall And I toke the crowne from his heade and the armelet froÌ„ his arme and haue broughte it here vnto y e my lorde Then toke Dauid holde of his clothes and rente them and so dyd all the meÌ„ that were with him mourned and wepte and fasted vntyll the euen ouer Saul Ionathas
at Bethleem vnder y e gate caried it broughte it vnto Dauid neuertheles he wolde not drynke it but offred it vnto the LORDE sayde The LORDE let this be farre fro me that I shulde do it Is it not the bloude of the men that ioperded their lyues and wente thither And he wolde not drynke it This dyd the thre Worthies Abisai y e brother of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was one also chefe amoÌ„ge thre He lifte vp his speare smote thre hundreth was an awncient man amoÌ„ge thre the noblest amonge thre was their ruler But he came not vnto the thre And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of Ishail a man of greate actes of Cabzeell smote two mightie giauÌ„tes of y e Moabites weÌ„te downe slewe a lyon at a well in the snowe tyme. He smote also a fayre goodly man of Egipte which had a speare in his hande But he weÌ„te downe to him with a staffe and toke the speare out of the Egipcians hande by violence and slewe him with his owne speare This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and was a famous man amoÌ„ge thre Worthies and more honorable then the thirtie but he came not vnto the thre And Dauid made him of his secrete couÌ„cell Asahel the brother of Ioab is amonge y e thirtie Elham his vncles sonne at Bethleem Samma the Haradite Elika the Haradite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonne of Tekoite Abiser the Anthothite Mebunai the Husathite Zalmon the Ahohite Maherai the Netophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea of the childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin Benaia the Pirgathonite Hidai of the broke of Gaas Abialbon the Arbathite Asmaueth the Bahumite Eliaheba the Baalbonite The children of Iasen and Ionathas Samma the Hararite Eliphelet the sonne of Ahaszbai y e sonne of Maechathi Eliam the sonne of Achitophel y e Gilonite Hesrai of Carmel Paerai the Arbite Iegael the sonne of Nathan of Soba â–ª Bani the Gadite Zeleg the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the weapen bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia Ira the Iethrite Gareb the Iethrite Vriâ—s the Hethite These are alltogether seuen and thirtie The XXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE was wrothfully displeased of y e new agaynst Israel and moued Dauid amonge them because he saide Go nombre Israel and Iuda And the kynge sayde vnto Ioab y e chefe captayne of his hoost Go aboute in all the trybes of Israel from Dan vnto Berseba and nombre the people that I maye knowe how many they be Ioab sayde vnto the kynge The LORDE thy God adde vnto this people an hundreth tymes as moch as it is now that my lorde the kynge maye se his eyes lust theron But why hath my lorde the kynge a desyre to this thinge Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab and the captaynes of the hoost So Ioab and y e captaynes of the hoost wente forth from the kynge to nombre the people of Israel and passed ouer Iordane and pitched at Aroer at the righte hande of the cite which lyeth in y e ryuer of Gad and at Iaseer came to Gilead and in the lowe countre of Hadsi and came vnto Dan Iaan and aboute Sidon and came to the stronge cite of Tyrus and all the cities of the Heuites and Cananites and came forth to the south parte of Iuda vnto Berseba and weÌ„te rounde aboute that countre and after nyne monethes and twenty daies they came to Ierusalem And Ioab delyuered vnto y e kynge the summe of the people that was nombred And in Israel there were eight C. thousande stronge men that drue out the swerde and in Iuda fyue hundreth thousande men And after that the people was nombred Dauids hert smote him selfe And Dauid sayde vnto y e LORDE I haue synned sore that I haue done this And now LORDE take awaie the trespace of thy seruaunt For I haue done very vnwysely And whan Dauid rose vp in the mornynge the worde of the LORDE came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids Seer sayde Go speake vnto Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE â–ª I brynge the thre thinges chose the one of them that I maye do it vnto the. Gad came vnto Dauid and tolde him and sayde vnto him Wilt thou that seuen yeare derth shall come in to thy londe Or that thou be fayne to flye before thine aduersaries thre monethes and they to persecute the Or that there be pestilence thre dayes in the londe Take aduysement therfore and se what answere I shal bringe agayne vnto him y t sent me Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in extreme trouble Neuertheles yf it maye be let me rather fall in to y e handes of the LORDE for his mercy is greate I wyll not fall in to the handes of men So the LORDE sent pestileÌ„ce in to Israel from the morow vnto the tyme appoynted so that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto Berseba thre score and ten thousande men And whan the angel stretched his hande ouer Ierusalem to destroye it the LORDE repented ouer the euell and sayde vnto the angell It is ynough holde now thy hande The angell of the LORDE was besyde the barne of Arafna the Iebusite But whan Dauid sawe the angell that smote the people he sayde vnto the LORDE beholde It is I that haue synned I haue done the trespace As for these shepe what haue they done Oh let thy haÌ„de be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house And Gad came to Dauid at the same tyme and saide vnto him Go vp and set vp an altare vnto the LORDE in y e barne of Arafna the Iebusite So Dauid weÌ„te vp as Gad sayde and as the LORDE had commaunded And whaÌ„ Arafna loked aboute him he sawe the kynge with his seruauntes goinge vnto him and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounde and sayde Wherfore commeth my lorde y e kynge vnto his seruaunt Dauid sayde To bye the barne of the and to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arafna sayde vnto Dauid Let my lorde the kynge take it and offre what pleaseth him Beholde there is an oxe for a burnt offerynge and sleddes and vessels of oxen to the wodd All this gaue Arafna vnto the kynge And Arafna sayde vnto y e kynge The LORDE thy God make the accepted vnto him Neuertheles y e kynge sayde vnto Arafna Not so but I wyll bye it of the for as moch as it is worth For I wyl not offre burnt offerynges vnto y e LORDE of y t which I haue for naughte So Dauid boughte the barne and the oxe for fiftye Sicles of syluer and buylded an altare there vnto the LORDE and offred burnt offerynges deed offerynges And the LORDE was mercifull vnto y e londe and y e plage ceassed from the people of Israel The ende of the seconde boke of the kynges otherwyse called the seconde boke of Samuel The thyrde boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap.
thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come in to y e battayll in thine araie The kinge of Israel chaunged his clothes also and wēte in to the battayll But the kynge of Siria commaunded the rulers of his charettes of whom there were two and thirtie and saide Ye shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel And whan the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat they thought it had bene the kynge of Israel and fell vpon him with fightinge But Iosaphat cried So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kinge of Israel they turned back frō him A certayne man bended his bowe harde and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and y e longes And he sayde vnto his charetman Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpō his charet agaynst the Syriās and dyed in the eueninge and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet And whan the Sonne wente downe there was a proclamacion made in the hoost and sayde Euery one gett him in to his cite and to his countre Thus the kynge dyed and was broughte vnto Samaria and they buryed him in Samaria And whan they waszshed the charett in the pole of Samaria y e dogges licked his bloude but the harlottes waszshed him acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake What more there is to saye of Achab all y t he dyd and of the Yuery house which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel So Achab slepte with his fathers and his sonne Ahasia was kynge in his steade And Iosaphat the sonne of Asa was kynge ouer Iuda in the fourth yeare of Achab kynge of Israel and was fyue and thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge and raigned fyue and twentye yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Asuba y e doughter of Silhi and he walked in all the waye of his father Asa departed not there from And he dyd that which was right in y e sighte of the LORDE yet put he not awaye y e hie places and y e people offred and brent in cēse yet vpon the hye places and he had peace with the kynge of Israel What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and the mighte that he exercised and how he fought beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda He put out of the londe also the whoremongers that yet were lefte which remayned ouer in the tyme of his father Asa. And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused to make shippes vpon the See which shulde go to fetch golde in Ophir but they wente not for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab vnto Iosaphat Let my seruauntes passe with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat slepte with his fathers and was buried in y e cite of Dauid And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade The ende of the thirde boke of the kynges The fourth boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the reigne of Ochosias otherwyse called Ahasia and of Ioram his brother and how the fyre cōsumed the two captaynes with their men Chap. II. Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet Eliseus receaueth the sprete of Elias maketh the bytter water swete and curseth the mysnurtoured children Chap. III. Of Ioram and Iosaphat and of their warre what Eliseus saide vnto them Chap. IIII. Eliseus helpeth the womā that was in dett and for another woman which had no children he optayneth one of God which childe beynge deed he rayseth vp agayne Chap. V. Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed from his leprosy and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt is made leporous Chap. VI. The yron swymmeth in the water The kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Israel His seruauntes which go aboute to take Eliseus are smytten with blyndnes A greate honger in Samaria Chap. VII Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes of the Syrians and how vytayles beganne to be good chepe Chap. VIII Of the seuen yeare derth Benadab is sick and areth coūcell at Eliseus Of Ochosias the sonne of Ioram Chap. IX Of Iehu how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel and how he roted out the houof Achab and of Iesabel Chap. X. The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are broughte vnto Iehu Of Ochosias brethren Iehu slayeth Baal prestes Chap. XI Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede saue Ioas which escapeth and is made kynge by Ioiada the prest Chap. XII Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue but euell after his death Chap. XIII Of the kynges Ioachias Ioas Ieroboam and how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue reuyued Chap. XIIII Of Ioas Amasias Ieroboam and Azarias Chap. XV. Of Azarias the Leper and of his sonne Ionathas Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel Of Sellum Manahem Pacea Romelia And how Teglatphalasser cōquererh the cities of Iuda ▪ Chap. XVI Of Achas Resin and Ezechias Chap. XVII Of Osea how Salmanasar came vpon him and conquered and caried the people awaye captyue And how God punyshed those that came in their steade Chap. XVIII Of the good kynge Ezechias how Sennacherib troubleth him Chap. XIX Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay which comforreth him God defendeth Ezechias delyuereth him Chap. XX. Ezechias is deed sick but Esay at the commaundement of the LORDE promyseth him to lyue yet fyftene yeare Chap. XXI Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses how he lyued and how he dyed Of his sonne Amon. Chap. XXII Of the reigne of that noble vertuous kynge Iosias and of his goodly actes Chap. XXIII How Iosias caused the boke of the couenaūt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor cōmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusalē wynneth it setteth fyre on it and caryeth awaye the kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon The fyrst Chapter AHasia the sonne off Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e seuententh yeare of Iosaphat kīge of Iuda reigned ouer Israel two yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and of his mother in the waie of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne And serued Baal and worshipped him and displeased the LORDE God of Israel euē as his father dyd The
it And whan the yeare was gone aboute y e power of the Syrians wente vp came to Iuda Ierusalem and destroyed the rulers in the people and sent all the spoiles of them vnto Damascon For the power of the Syrians came but with a fewe men yet gaue y e LORDE a very greate power in to their hande because they had forsaken y e LORDE God of their fathers They executed iudgment also vpon Ioas. And whan they departed frō him they lefte him in greate sicknesses Neuertheles his seruauntes conspyred against him because of the bloude of the childrē of Ioiada the prest slewe him vpō his bed he dyed and they buryed him in the cite of Dauid but not amonge the sepulcres of the kynges They that conspyred against him were these Sabad y e sonne of Simeath the Ammonitisse and Iosabad the sonne of Simrith the Moabitisse As for his sonnes and the summe that was gathered vnder him and the buyldinge of the house of God beholde they are wrytten in the storye in the boke of the kynges And Amasias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXV Chapter FYue and twentye yeare olde was Amasias whan he was made kynge and reigned nyne and twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem And he dyd y t which was right in the sighte of the LORDE but not w t a whole her Now whan his kingdome was in strēgth he slewe his seruaūtes which had slayne the kinge his father But their childrē slewe he not for so is it wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses where the LORDE cōmaundeth and sayeth The fathers shal not dye for the children nether shal the children dye for the fathers but euery one shal die for his awne synne And Amasias broughte Iuda together and set them after the fathers houses after the rulers ouer thousandes ouer hundreds amonge all Iuda and Ben Iamin and nombred them from twentye yeare olde aboue and founde of thē thre hundreth thousande chosen men which were able to go forth to the warre and caryed speares and shyldes And out of Israel appoynted he an hundreth thousande stronge men of warre for an hundreth talentes of siluer But there came a man of God vnto him and sayde O kynge Let not the hoost of Israel come w t the for the LORDE is not with Israel nether with all the childrē of Ephraim For yf thou commest to shewe y e boldnes in the battaill God shal make the fall before thine enemies For God hath power to helpe and to cause for to fall Amasias sayde vnto the man of God What shal be done then with y e hundreth talentes y t I haue geuē y e soudyers of Israel The mā of God sayde The LORDE hath yet more thē this to geue the. So Amasias separated out the men of warre which were come to him out of Ephraim y t they shulde departed vnto their place Then waxed their wrath very whote agaynst Iuda and they wente agayne vnto their place in wrothfull displeasure And Amasias strēgthed himselfe and caried out his people and wente forth in to the Salt valley and smote ten thousande of the children of Seir. And the childrē of Iuda toke ten thousande of thē alyue whom they broughte vp to the toppe of a mountayne and cast thē downe headlinges from the toppe of the mount so that they all to barst in sunder But y e childrē of the men of warre whom Amasias had sent awaye agayne that they shulde not go to the battayll with his people fell in to the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Beth Horon and smote thre thousande of mē and toke moch spoyle And whan Amasias came agayne from the slaughter of the Edomites he broughte the goddes of the children of Seir and made them his goddes and worshipped before them brent incense vnto them Then was the LORDE very wroth at Amasias sent vnto him a prophet which sayde vnto him Why sekest thou the goddes of the people which coulde not delyuer their folke from y e hande And whan he talked with him the kynge sayde vnto him Haue they made y e of the kynges councell Ceasse why wilt thou be smytten Then the prophet ceassed sayde I perceaue that the LORDE is mynded to destroye y e because thou hast done this and herkenest not vnto my councell And Amasias y e kynge of Iuda toke coūcell sent vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas y e sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel sayēge Come let vs se one another But Ioas the kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias y e kynge of Iuda sayenge The hawthorne in Libanus sent vnto y e Cedre tre in Libanus sayēge Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife But a wylde beest in Libanus ranne ouer y e haw thorne trode it downe Thou thinkest Beholde I haue smytten the Edomites therfore is thine hert proude to boaste Now byde at home why stryuest thou after mysfortune that thou mayest fall Iuda w t the Neuertheles Amasias consented not for so was it broughte to passe of God y t they mighte be geuen in to the handes of the enemies because they soughte the goddes of y e Edomites Then wente Ioas the kynge of Israel vp they sawe one another he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda But Iuda was smyttē before Israel and they fled euery one vnto his tent And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias y e kynge of Iuda the sonne of Ioas y e sonne of Ioahas at Beth Semes broughte him to Ierusalem brake downe the wall of Ierusalē from y e porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte euē foure hundreth cubites longe and toke with him all the golde and siluer and all the ornamentes that were foūde in y e house of God with Obed Edom and in the treasures in the kynges house and the childrē to pledge vnto Samaria And Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda liued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel fiftene yeare What more there is to saye of Amasias both the first and last beholde it is written in y e boke of the kynges of Iuda Israel And frō the tyme forth that Amasias departed from the LORDE they conspyred against him at Ierusalem But he fled vnto Lachis Thē sent they after him vnto Lachis slewe him there And they brought him vpō horses buried him beside his fathers in the cite of Iuda The XXVI Chapter THen all the people of Iuda toke Osias which was syxtene yeare olde and made him kynge in steade of his father Amasias He builded Eloth broughte it agayne vnto Iuda after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers Sixtene yeare olde was Osias whan he was made kinge and reigned two and fiftie yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusalem And he did right in the syght of
vncle He tolde vs y t the asses were foūde But of y e kyngdome he tolde him nothinge what Samuel had sayde Samuel called the people together vnto the LORDE to Mispa and spake vnto the children of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE the God of Israel I broughte Israel out of Egipte and delyuered you from the hande of y e Egipcians and from the hande of all the kyngdomes that oppressed you But now haue ye refused yo r God which hath helped you out of all youre sorowes and troubles ye haue saide vnto him Set a kinge ouer v◠Well stonde ye now before y e LORDE acordinge to youre trybes and kynreds Now whan Samuel had brought forth all the trybes of Israel the trybe of Ben Iamin was taken And whan he had broughte forth the trybe of Ben Iamin with his kynreds the kynred of Matri was takē Saul the sonne of Cis was takē And they sought him but they founde him not Then axed they further at the LORDE whether he was for to come thither The LORDE answered Beholde he hath hyd him selfe amonge y e vessels Then ranne they thither and fetched him And whan he stode amonge the people he was hygher by the heade then all the people And Samuel sayde vnto all the people There se ye him whom the LORDE hath chosen for in all the people there is none like him Then gaue all the people a shoute and sayde God saue the new kynge Samuel tolde the people all the lawe of the kyngdome and wrote it in a boke and layed it before the LORDE And Samuel let all the people go euery one to his awne house And Saul wente home also vnto Gibea and there wente with him one parte of the hoost whose hertes God had touched But the childrē of Belial sayde What shal this felowe helpe vs and despysed him broughte him no presente But he made him as though he herde it no◠The XI Chapter NAhas y e Ammonite wēte vp layed sege vnto Iabes in Gilead And all the men of Iabes sayde vnto Nahas Be at one with vs we wyll serue the. But Nahas y e Ammonite answered them I wil make a couenaunt with you of this condicion that I maye thrust out all youre right eyes and put you to shame amonge all Israel Then sayde all the Elders of Iabes vnto him Geue vs seuen dayes respyte that we maye sende messaungers into all y e coastes of Israel Yf there be then no sauioure we wyl go forth vnto the. So the messaungers came vnto Gibea of Saul and spake this before the eares of the people Then all y e people lifte vp their voyce and wepte And beholde Saul came after the oxen out of the felde and sayde What ayleth the people that they wepe So they tolde him the earande of the men of Iabes Then came the sprete of God vpon him whan he had herde these wordes and his wrath was sore moued and he toke a couple of oxen and hewed them in sunder and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel by the messaungers sayenge Who so euer goeth not forth after Saul and Samuel his oxen shal be thus dealte withall Then fell the feare of the LORDE vpon the people so that they wente forth like as one man and they were tolde at Basek and of the childrē of Israel there were thre hundreth thousande men and thirtie thousande of the children of Iuda And they spake vnto the messaungers that were come Saye thus to the men of Iabes in Gilead Tomorow shal ye haue helpe whan y e Sonne is at the whotest Whan y e messaungers came and tolde this to the men of Iabes they were glad And the men of Iabes sayde Tomorow wyll we come forth vnto you that ye maye do vnto vs what so euer it pleaseth you And on y e nexte morow Saul set the people in thre partes and came into the hoost aboute the mornynge watch and smote the Ammonites tyll the daye was at the whotest As for those y t remayned they were so scatred that two of them abode not together Then sayde the people vnto Samuel Where are they that sayde Shulde Saul raigne ouer vs Delyuer vs here the men that we maye put them to death But Saul sayde There shal noman dye this daye for to daye hath the LORDE geuen health in Israel Samuel sayde vnto the people Come let vs go vnto Gilgall and renue the kyngdome there Then wente all the people vnto Gilgall and there they made Saul kinge before the LORDE at Gilgal and offred deed offeringes before the LORDE And Saul with all the men of Israel reioysed there greatly The XII Chapter SAmuel sayde vnto all Israel Beholde I haue herkened vnto youre voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me and haue made a kynge ouer you And now lo there goeth youre kynge before you As for me I am waxen olde and graye heered and my sonnes are with you and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye Beholde here am I ▪ answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge If I haue oppressed eny mā yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande and kepte it secretly I wil restore it you agayne They saide ▪ Thou hast done vs nether violence ner wronge nether oppressed ner taken ought of eny mans hande He sayde The LORDE be witnesse agaynst you and so be his anoynted this daye that ye haue founde nothinge in my hāde They saide Yee they shal be witnesses And Samuel sayde vnto the people The LORDE which made Moses and Aaron and broughte youre fathers out of the londe of Egipte is here present Stōde forth now therfore that I maye iudge you before the LORDE ouer the righteousnes of the LORDE which he hath done for you and youre fathers Whan Iacob was come in to Egipte youre fathers cryed vnto the LORDE And he sent Moses and Aaron to brynge youre fathers out of Egipte and to cause them for to dwell in this place But whan they forgat the LORDE their God he solde them vnder the power of Sissera the captayne at Hazor and vnder the power of the Philistynes and vnder the power of the kinge of the Moabites which foughte agaynst them But they cried vnto the LORDE and sayde We haue synned in that we haue forsaken the LORDE and serued Baalim and Astaroth But now deliuer vs from the hande of oure enemies and we wyl serue the. Then the LORDE sent Ierubaal Bedan Iephthae and Samuel delyuered you from youre enemies rounde aboute and caused you to dwell safe But whan ye sawe that Nahas the kynge of the children of Ammon came agaynst you ye sayde vnto me Not thou but a kynge shal raigne ouer vs where as notwithstōdinge youre God was youre kynge
his sonne and ouer the people of the LORDE and ouer the house of Israel because they were fallen thorow the swerde And Dauid sayde to the yonge man that broughte him worde What art thou He sayde I am y e sonne of a straunger an Amalechite Dauid sayde How happeneth it that thou wast not afrayed to laye thine hāde vpon the LORDES anointed to destroye him And Dauid sayde vnto one of his yonge men Come hither and slaye him And he smote him that he dyed Then sayde Dauid vnto him Thy bloude be vpon thyne owne heade For thy mouth hath spoken against thyselfe and sayde I haue slayne the anoynted of the LORDE And Dauid mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Ionathas his sonne and commaunded to teach the childrē of Iuda the bowe Beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the righteous The Eldest in Israel are slayne vpon the heigth of the. How are the Worthies fallē Tell it not at Gath speake not of it in y e stretes at Ascalon lest the doughters of y e Philistynes reioyse lest the doughters of y e vncircumcysed tryumphe Ye mountaynes of Gelboa nether dew ner rayne come vpō you nether lōde be wherof commeth Heue offerynges for there is y e shylde of the Worthies smytten downe the shylde of Saul as though he had not bene anoynted with oyle The bowe of Ionathas fayled not and the swerde of Saul came not agayne voyde from the bloude of the slayne and frō the fat of the giauntes Saul and Ionathas louely and pleasaūt in their lyfe and in their deeth were not parted asunder lighter then Aegles and stronger then lyons Ye doughters of Israel wepe ouer Saul which clothed yow with purple in pleasures and decked you with Iewels of golde on youre garmentes How are the Worthies fallen so in the battayll Ionathas is slayne vpon y e heigth of the. I am sory for the my brother Ionathas thou hast bene very louely vnto me Thy loue hath bene more speciall vnto me then the loue of wemen How are the Worthies falle◠and y e weapens destroyed The II. Chapter AFter these actes Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shall I go vp in to one of the cities of Iuda And the LORDE sayde vnto him Go vp Dauid sayde Whither He sayde Vnto Hebron So Dauid wente thither with his two wyues Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse and Abigail Nabals wyfe of Carmel And Dauid broughte vp the men that were him also euery one with his housholde and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron And y e men of Iuda came and there they anointed him kynge ouer the house of Iuda And whā it was tolde Dauid that they of Iabes in Gilead had buried Saul he sent messaungers vnto them sayenge Blessed be ye of the LORDE that ye haue done soch mercy vpon youre lorde Saul and haue buried him The LORDE therfore shewe mercy now and faithfulnes vpon you And because ye haue done this I also wyll do you good Let youre hāde now therfore be comforted and be ye stronge for though Saul youre lorde be deed yet hath the house of Iuda chosen me to be kynge ouer them But Abner the sonne of Ner which was Sauls chefe captayne toke Iszboseth the sonne of Saul and broughte him thorow the hoost and made him kynge ouer Gilead Assuri Iesrael Ephraim Ben Iamin and ouer all Israel And Iszboseth the sonne of Saul was fourtye yeare olde whan he was made kynge of Israel he raigned two yeares But the house of Iuda helde with Dauid The tyme y t Dauid was kynge at Hebron ouer the house of Iuda was seuen yeare and sixe monethes longe And Abner the sonne of Ner wēte forth with the seruauntes of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul out of y e hoost vnto Gibeon And Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia wēte forth with Dauids seruauntes and they met together by the pole at Gibeon and these laye on the one syde of the pole the other on the other syde And Abner sayde vnto Ioab Let the yonge mē get them vp and playe before vs. Ioab sayde Let them aryse Then gat they them vp wente in nombre twolue of Ben Iamin on Iszboseth Sauls sonnes syde and twolue of Dauids seruauntes And euery one gat another by the heade and thrust his swerde in his syde and fell together therfore is the place called Helkath hazurim that is the felde of the Worthies which is at Gibeon And there arose a sore harde battayll the same daye But Abner and the men of Israel were put to flighte of Dauids seruauntes Thre sonnes of Zeru Ia were there Ioab Abisai Asahel As for Asahel he was lighte of fete as a Roo in y e felde folowed after Abner and turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to y e lefte from Abner Then Abner turned him aboute and sayde Art thou Asahel He sayde Yee Abner sayde vnto him Go thy waye ether to the righte hande or to the lefte and get the one of y e yonge men and take his harnesse from him Neuertheles he wolde not leaue of frō him Then sayde Abner agayne to Asahel Get the awaye fro me why wilt thou that I smyte the to the grounde and how darre I lifte vp my face before y e brother Ioab Howbeit he wolde not go his waye Then Abner thrust him in with a speare in to his bely so that the speare wēte out behynde him And there he fell and dyed before him and who so came to the place where Asahel laye deed stode styll there But Ioab and Abisai folowed vpon Abner till the sonne wente downe And whan they came to y e hyll of Amma which lieth before Giah by y e waye to the wildernes of Gibeon the children of Ben Iamin gathered them selues together behynde Abner and grewe to a multitude and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll And Abner called vnto Ioab and sayde Shal the swerde thē deuoure without ende Knowest thou not that it wyll be bytter at the last How longe wil it be or thou saie vnto the people that they leaue of from their brethrē Ioab sayde As truly as God lyueth yf thou haddest sayde thus daye in the morninge the people had ceassed euery one from his brother And Ioab blewe the trompet all the people stode still and folowed nomore vpon Israel nether foughte they eny more Abner and his men wente all that same night ouer the playne felde and passed ouer Iordane walked thorow all Bithron and came to the tentes Ioab turned him from Abner and gathered all y e people together And of Dauids seruauntes there myssed nynetene men and Asahel But Dauids seruaūtes had smytten so amonge Ben Iamin and the men of Abner that thre hundreth and threscore men were deed And they toke vp Asahel and buried him in his fathers graue at Bethleem And Ioab with his men wēte all that nighte and at the breake of the daie they came vnto Hebron
I ▪ Adonias seketh his fathers kyngdome Salomon is ordeyned kynge Chap. II. Dauid before his death exhorteth Salomō to godlynes Adonias Ioab and Semei are put to death Abiathar is deposed from the presthode Chap. III. Salomō optayneth wyszdome of God The wise sentence of Salomon betwene the two wemen that stroue for the childe Chap. IIII. The descripcion of Salomons kyngdome and of his wyszdome Chap. V. Hiram the kinge of Tyre sendeth Salomon connynge craftesmen to buylde the Temple Chap. VI. The descripcion of the time whā Salomon beganne to buylde the Temple and how it was buylded Chap. VII Salomon buyldeth himselfe an house of the tymber of mount Libanus Chap. VIII The Arke of the LORDE is brought in to Salomons temple The thankesgeuynge and prayer of Salomon Chap. IX The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon which geueth Hiram twenty cities c. Chap. X. Quene Saba hearynge of Salomons wyszdome commeth to Ierusalem Chap. XI Salomon displeaseth God with the loue of Heythenysh wemen God deuydeth his kyngdome he dyeth Chap. XII Roboam foloweth yonge councell and maketh the people to cleue to Ieroboam which setteth vp Idolatry with the two golden calues Chap. XIII Ieroboam despiseth the prophet of the LORDE is punyshed receaued to grace agayne A Lyon slayeth the dishobedient prophet Chap. XIIII Ieroboam dyeth his sonne Nadab is kynge Of Roboams dominion Chap. XV. Abia reigneth in Iuda after hī reigneth Asa which hath warre with Baasa the kynge of Israel After him reigneth Iosaphath and Baesa dyeth Chap. XVI Ella reigneth in steade of his father Baesa Simri slayeth him and taketh the kyngdome The people are deuided Achab is kynge Chap. XVII A greate drouth derth in Elias tyme. The LORDE fedeth him thorow the Rauens and by the wedowe at Sarepta Chap. XVIII Elias commeth agayne vnto Achab. All Baals prestes are slayne Chap. XIX Iesebel threateneth Elias he flieth and is fed and strengthed by the angell The LORDE talketh with him vpon mount Horeb ▪ Eliseus is called Chap. XX. Benadab the kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Samaria and Israel is ouercome and discomfited Chap. XXI Achab oppresseth Naboth for his vynyarde Elias rebuketh him Chap. XXII Iosaphat ande Achab helpe one another to fighte The prophet Micheas warueth them The first Chapter ANd whā kinge Dauid was olde well stryckē in age he coulde not be warme though he was couered with clothes Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Let vs seke a yonge damsell a virgin for oure lorde the kynge to stonde before the kynge and to norish him to slepe in his armes and to warme oure lorde the kynge And they sought a fayre dāsell in all the coastes of Israel and founde Abisag of Sunem and brought her vnto y e kynge And she was a very fayre damsell and noryshed y e kynge and serued him Howbeit the kynge knewe her not Adonias y e sonne of Hagith lifte vp him selfe and sayde I wyl be kynge And he prepared him charettes and horsmen and fyftie men to be renners on fote before him And his father reproued hī not therfore so moch as to saye Wherfore doest thou so And he was a man of a very fayre bewtye and he had begotten him nexte after Absalō And his matter stode by Ioab y e sonne of Zeru Ia and by Abiathar the prest which helped Adonias But Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and Nathan the prest and Semei and Rei and Dauids Worthies were not with Adonias And whā Adonias offred shepe and oxē and fat catell besyde the stone of Soheleth which lyeth by the well of Rogel he called all his brethrē the kynges sonnes and all the men of Iuda the kynges seruaūtes But the prophet Nathan and Benaia and the Worthies and his brother Salomon called he not Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother Hast thou not herde y t Adonias is kynge and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof Come now therfore I wyll geue the councell that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me and he shall sytt vpon my seate Why is then Adonias made kynge Beholde while thou art yet there and talkest with the kynge I wyll come in after the and tell forth thy tayle And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to y e chamber And the kynge was very olde And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge And Bethseba bowed hirselfe and worshipped the kynge The kynge sayde What wilt thou She sayde vnto him My lorde Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate But now lo Adonias is kynge and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not He hath offred oxen and fat catell and many shepe and hath called all the kynges sonnes and Abiathar the prest and Ioab the chefe captayne But thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not bydden Neuertheles thou my lorde art kynge the eyes of all Israel loke vnto the. that thou shuldest shewe them who shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after the. And whā my lorde the kynge slepeth with his fathers then shal I and my sonne Salomon be fayne to be synners But whyle she yet spake to the kynge the prophet Nathan came and she tolde y e kinge beholde there is the prophet Nathan And whan he came in before the kynge he worshipped the kynge vpon his face to the grounde and sayde My lorde O kynge hast thou saide Adonias shal be kinge after me syt vpō my seate For he is gone downe this daye and hath offred oxen and fat catell hath called all the kynges sonnes and the captaynes and the prest Abiathar And beholde they eate and drynke before him and saye God saue the kynge Adonias But me thy seruaunt and Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not called Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him The kinge answered and saide Call Bethseba vnto me And she came in before the kinge And whan she stode before the kynge the kynge sware and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble I wyl do vnto the this daye euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE the God of Israel so that Salomon thy sonne shal be kynge after me and he shal sit pon my seate in my steade Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde and thanked the kynge and sayde God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore And the kynge sayde Call me the prest Sadoc the prophet Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada And whan they came in before the kynge the kynge sayde vnto them Take youre lordes seruauntes
founde euen as he had sayde But whā they lowsed y e foale the owners therof sayde vnto thē Why lowse ye the foale They sayde The LORDE hath nede therof And they brought it vnto Iesus and cast their clothes vpō the foale and set Iesus theron Now as he wente they spred their garmentes in the waye And whan he wēte downe fro mount Oliuete y e whole multitude of his disciples begāne ioyfully to prayse God with loude voyce ouer all the miracles that they had sene and sayde Blessed be he that cōmeth a kynge in the name of the LORDE Peace be in heauen and prayse in the height And some of the Pharises amonge the people sayde vnto him Master rebuke thy disciples And he answered and sayde vnto them I tell you yf these holde their peace yet shal the stones crye And whan he was come neare he behelde the cite and wepte vpō it and sayde Yf thou knewest what were for y e peace thou shuldest remēbre it euen in this present daye of thine But now is it hyd from thine eyes For the tyme shal come vpon the that thine enimies shal cast vp a bāke aboute the and aboute thy children with the and besege y e and kepe the in on euery syde and make the eauen with the grounde and shal not leaue in the one stone vpon another because thou hast not knowne y e tyme wherin thou hast bene visited And he wente in to the temple and begāne to dryue out them that bought and solde therin and sayde vnto them It is wrytten My house is an house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And he taught daylie in the tēple But the hye prestes and the scrybes and the chefest of y e people wente aboute to destroye him and founde not what to do vnto him For all the people stacke by him and gaue him audience The XX. Chapter ANd it fortuned one of those dayes whan he taught the people in the tēple and preached the Gospell the hye prestes and scrybes came to him with the Elders and spake vnto him and sayde Tell vs by what auctorite doest thou these thinges Or who gaue the this auctorite But he answered sayde vnto thē I wil axe you a worde also tell it me The baptyme of Ihō was it from heauen or of men But they thought in them selues and sayde Yf we saye from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not thē beleue him But yf we saye of men then shal all the people stone vs for they be persuaded that Ihon is a prophet And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was And Iesus sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges And he beganne to tell the people this symilitude A certayne man planted a vynyarde and let it out vnto huszbādmen and wente himself in to a straunge countre for a greate season And whan his tyme was come he sent a seruaūt to the huszbādmen that they might geue him of the frute of the vynyarde But the huszbandmen bet him and sent him awaye emptye And agayne he sent yet another seruaūt but they bet him also and intreated him shamefully sent him awaye emptye And besydes this he sent the thirde but they wounded him also and thrust him out Then sayde the lorde of the vynyarde What shal I do I wil sende my deare sonne peraduenture they wil stonde in awe of him whan they se him But whan the huszbande men sawe the sonne they thought in thē selues and sayde This is the heyre come let vs kyll him y t the inheritaunce maye be oures And they thrust him out of y e vynyarde and slew him What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do vnto them He shal come and destroye those huszbandmen and let out his vynyarde vnto other Whan they herde that they sayde God forbyd But he behelde thē and sayde What is this then that is wrytten The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head corner stone Who so euer falleth vpon this stone shal be broken in sunder but vpō whō so euer he falleth he shall grynde him to poulder And the hye prestes and scrybes wente aboute to laye handes vpon him the same houre and they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokē this symilitude agaynst them And they watched hī sent forth spyes which shulde fayne thē selues perfecte that they might take him in his wordes to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of y e debite And they axed him sayde Master we knowe that thou sayest teachest right and regardest the outwarde appearaūce of no man but teachest the waye of God truly Is it laufull that we geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not But he perceaued their craftynes and sayde vnto them Why tēpte ye me Shewe me the peny Whose ymage and superscripcion hath it They answered and sayde The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue thē vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours vnto God that which is Gods And they coude not reproue his worde before the people and marueyled at his answere and helde their peace Then came vnto him certayne of the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses wrote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife and dyeth without childrē then shal his brother take his wife and rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there seuē brethrē the first toke a wife and dyed childlesse and the seconde toke the wife and deyed without children also and the thirde toke her likewyse all the seuē and left no children behynde thē and dyed At the last after them all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife And Iesus answered and saide vnto them The childrē of this worlde mary are maried but they y t shal be worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed shal nether mary ner be maried for they can dye nomore For they are like vnto the angels and are the children of God in so moch as they are children of the resurreccion But that the deed ryse agayne hath Moses also signified besydes the bush when he called the LORDE the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob But God is not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge for they lyue all vnto him Then answered certayne of the scrybes and sayde Master thou haist sayde well And from that tyme forth they durst axe him no mo questions But he sayde vnto them How saye they that Christ is Dauids sonne And Dauid himself sayeth in the boke of the Psalmes The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Dauid calleth him LORDE how
thy fylthy nakednes do not apere anoynt thine eyes with eye salue y t thou mayste se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasten Be feruent therfore and repent Beholde I stonde at the doore knocke Yf eny man heare my voyce and vpen the dore I wil come in vnto him and will suppe with him he with me To him that ouercoÌ„mth will I grauÌ„te to sytt with me on my seate eueÌ„ as I ouercam and haue sytteÌ„ with my father on his seate Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s The IIII. Chapter AFter this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heaueÌ„ and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which sayde come vp hydder and I wil shewe the thinges which must be fulfylled her after And immediatly I was in the sprete beholde a seate was set in heauen and one sat on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon like vnto a iaspar stone and a sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate in syght like to a Smaragde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpon the seates xxiiij elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of y e seate proceded lightnynges and thundrynges voyces and there wer seuen laÌ„pes of fyre burninge before the seate which are the seuen spretes of God And before the seate there wasâ—â— see of glasse like vnto crystall and in the mydes off the seate and rounde aboute the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the first beest was like a lion the seconde beest like a calfe and the thyrde beest had a face as a man and the fourth beest was like a flyenge egle And the foure beestes had eche one off them vj. wynges aboute him and they were full of eyes with in And they had no rest daye nether night sayenge * holy holy holy is the LORDE God almyghty which was and is and is to come And when those beestes gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which lyueth for euer and euer y e xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sat on the trone and worshipped him y t lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before y e trone sayenge thou art worthy LORDE to receaue glory and hono r and power for thou hast created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The V. Chapter ANd I sawe in the right hoÌ„de of him that sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in on the backside sealed with seueÌ„ seales And I sawe a stroÌ„ge angell preachinge with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales therof And no maÌ„ in heaueÌ„ ner in earth nether vnder y e earth was able to opeÌ„ y e boke nether to loke thereon And I wepte moch because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke nether to loke thereon And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde the lyon which is off the trybe of Iuda y e rote of Dauid hath obtayned to opeÌ„ the boke and to lowse the seueÌ„ seales therof And I behelde lo in the myddes of the seate and of y e foure beastes and in the myddes of y e elders stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled which had seuen hornes and seueÌ„ eyes which are the seueÌ„ spretes of God sent in to all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the right hoÌ„de of him that sat vpon the seate And when he had taken the boke the foure beestes and the xxiiij elders fell downe before the lambe hauinge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are y e prayers of the sayntes and they songe a newe songe saynge thou art worthy to take the boke to opeÌ„ the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and toÌ„ges and people and nacions hast made vs vnto o r God kynges and prestes and we shal raygne on y e earth And I behelde and I herd the voyce of many angilles aboute the trone and aboute the beestes and y e elders and I herde thousand thousandes sayenge with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receaue power and riches wiszdome and strength and honoure and glory and blessynge And all creatures which are in heaueÌ„ on the earth vnder the earth in the see all y t are in theÌ„ herd I sayenge blessinge honoure glory power be vnto him y t sytteth vpoÌ„ the seate and vnto the laÌ„be for euermore And the foure beestes saide AmeÌ„ And y e xxiiij elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped him that lyueth for euermore The VI. Chapter ANd I sawe when the laÌ„be opened one of the seales I herde one of the foure beestes saye as it wer the noyse off thonder come and se. And I sawe and beholde there was a whyte horsse and he y t sat on him had a bowe and a crowne was geuen vnto him and he went forth conquerynge and for to ouercome And wheÌ„ he opened the seconde seale I herde the seconde beeste saye come and se. And there went out another horsse that was reed power was geuen to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they shulde kyll one another And there was geueÌ„ vnto him a gret swearde And when he opened the thyrde seale I herde the thyrde beeste saye come se. And I behelde and lo a blacke horsse and he that sate on him had a payre of balances in his honde And I herde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye a measure of whete for a peny and thre measures of barly for a peny and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not And when he opened the fourth seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye come and se. And I loked and beholde a pale horsse and his name that sat on him was deeth and hell folowed after him power was geueÌ„ vnto them ouer the fourthe parte of the earth to kyll with swearde and w t honger and with deeth of the vermen of the earth And when he opened the fyfte seale I sawe vnder the aultre the soules of them y t were kylled for the worde of God and for y e testimony which they had and they cryed with a lowde voyce sayeÌ„ge How loÌ„ge tariest thou LORDE holy and true to iudge to auenge oure bloude on them that dwell on the earth And longe whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them And it was sayde vnto them that they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll the nomber of their felowes and brethreÌ„ and of them that shulde be killed as they were were fulfilled And I behelde when he