stand before the congregation for judgement and * Numb 35.25 until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house unto the city from whence he fled 7 ¶ And they †Heb. sanctified appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali and Shechem in mount Ephraim and Kirjath-arba which is Hebron in the mountain of Judah 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho east-ward they assigned * Deu. 4.43 â— Chron. 6. â—8 Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of bloud until he stood before the congregation CHAP. XXI 1 Eight and fourty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levitâ—s 43 God gave the land and rest to the Israelites according to his tromise THen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying * Nâ—mb â— â— The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our cattel 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance at hte commandment of the LORD these cities their suburbs 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had by lot out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of Benjamin thirteen cities 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ten cities 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half-tribe or Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuâ—en and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses 9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here †〈…〉 mentioned by name 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites who were of the children of Levi had for theirs was the first lot 11 And they gave them ‖ Or Kirjâ—th-arba the city of Arba the father of Anak which city is Hebron in the hill countrey of Judah with the suburbs thereof round about â—t 12 But * Chap. 14.14 1 Chron. â— â—6 the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession 13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Libnah with her suburbs 14 And Jattir with her suburbs and Eshtemoa with her suburbs 15 And Holon with her suburbs and Debir with her suburbs 16 And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and Bethshemesh wâ—th her suburbs nine cities out of those two tribes 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Gibeon with her suburbs Geâ—â— with her suâ—urbs 18 Anatâ—oth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs four â—â—ties 19 All the â—ities of the châ—ldren of Aaron the priests were thirteen â—â—tâ—es with their suburbs 20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Gezer with her suburbs 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs four cities 23 And out of the tribe of Dan Eltekeh with her suburbs Gibbethon with her suburbs 24 Ajalon with her suburbs Gath-rimmon with her suburbs four cities 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs two cities 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon of the families of the Levites out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Beeshterah with her suburbs two cities 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kishon with her suburbs Dabareh with her suburbs 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs En-gannim with her suburbs four cities 30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs Abdon with her suburbs 31 Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs four citâ—es 32 And our of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Hamoth dor wâ—th her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs three cities 33 All the cities of the-Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Levites out of the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam with her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs 35 Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs four cities 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with her suburbs and Jahazah with her suburbs 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs four cities 38 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Mahanaim with her suburbs 39 Heshbon with her suburbs Jazer with her suburbs four cities in all 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families which were remaining of the families of the Levites were by their lot twelve cities 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were fourty and eight cities with their suburbs 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them thus were all these cities 43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt therein 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about
his son Abishua his son 51 Bukki his son Uzzi his son Zerahiah his son 52 Meraioth his son Amariah his son Ahitub his son 53 Zadok his son Ahimaaz his son 54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their coasts of the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites for theirs was the lot 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and the suburbs thereof round about it 56 But the fiâ—lds of the city and the villages thereof they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah namely Hebron the city of refuge and Libnah with her suburbs and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs 58 And ‖ Or Holou Jesh 21.15 Hilen with her suburbs Debir with her suburbs 59 And ‖ Or Am oâ—h 21.16 Ashan with her suburbs and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Geba with her suburbs and ‖ Or Almon Josh 21.18 Alemeth with her suburbs and Anathoth with her suburbs All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities 61 And unto the sons of Kohath which were left of the family of that tribe were cities given out of the half-tribe namely cut of the half-tribe of Manasseh * Josh 21.5 by lot ten cities 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out oâ— the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot throughout their families out of the tribe of Reuben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun * Josh 11.7 34. twelve cities 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim 67 * Josh 21.21 â—nd they gave unto them of the cities of refuge Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs they gave also Gezer with her suburbs 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Aner with her suburbs and Bileam with her suburbs for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Ashtaroth with her suburbs 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kedesh with her suburbs Daberath with her suburbs 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs and Anem with her suburbs 74 And out of the tribe of Asher Mashal with her suburbs and Abdon with her suburbs 75 And Hukok with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs and Hammon with her suburbs and Kirjathaim with her suburbs 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun Rimmon with her suburbs Tabor with her suburbs 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho on the east-side of Jordan were given them out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs and Jahzah with her suburbs 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs 80 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs and Mahanaim with her suburbs 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs and Jazer with her suburbs CHAP. VII 1 The sons of Issachar 6 of Benjamin 13 of Naphtali 14 of Manasseh 20 24 and of Ephraim 21 The calamity of Ephraim of the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is born 28 Ephraims habitations 30 The sons of Asher NOw the sons of Issachar were * Gen. 46.13 Numb 26.23 Tola and Puah Jashub and Shimron four 2 And the sons of Tola Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Jibsam and Shemuel heads of their fathers house to wit of Tola they were valiant men of might in their generations * 2 Sam. 24.1 2. whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred 3 And the sons of Uzzi Izrahiah and the sons of Izrahiah Michael and Obadiah and Joel Ishiah five all of them chief men 4 And with them by their generations after the house of their fathers were bands of souldiers for war six and thirty thousand men for they had man wives and sons 5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might reckoned in all by their geneâ—logies fourscore and seven thousand 6 ¶ The sons of * Gen 46.21 Benjamin Bela and Becher and Jediael three 7 And the sons of Bela Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jezimoth and Ira five heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four 8 And the sons of Becher Zemira and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abiah and Anathoth and Alameth All these are the sons of Becher 9 And the number of them after their genealogy by their generations heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour was twenty thousand and two hundred 10 The sons also of Jedial Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tharshish and Ahishahar 11 All these the sons of Jediael by the heads of their fathers mighty men of valour were seventeen thousand and two hundred souldiers fit to go out for war and battel 12 Shuppim also and Huppim the children of ‖ Or Irâ— vers 7. Ir and Hushim the sons of ‖ Or Abiram Numb 26.38 Aher 13 ¶ The son of Naphtali Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum the sons of Bilhah 14 ¶ The sons of Manasseh Ashriel whom she bare but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim whose sisters name was Maachah and the name of the second was Zelophehad and Zelophehad had daughters 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son and she called his name Peresh and the name of his brother was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem 17 And the sons of Ulam * 1 Sam. 12.11 Bedan These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod and Abiezer and Mahalah 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam 20 ¶ And the sons of Ephraim Shuthelah and Bered his
river these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh the coast of Manasseh also was on the north-side of the river and the out-goings of it were at the sea 10 South-ward it was Ephraims and north-ward it was Manassehs and the sea is his border and they met together in Asher on the north and in Issachar on the east 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns and Ibleam and her towns and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns even three countreys 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities but the Canaanites would dwell in that land 13 Yet it came to pass when the children of Israel were waxen strong that they put the Canaanites to tribute but did not utterly drive them out 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua saying Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit seeing I am a great people forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto 15 And Joshua answered them If thou be a great people then get thee up to the wood countrey and cut down for thy self there in the land of the Perizzites and of the ‖ Or Rephaims giants if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee 16 And the children of Joseph said The hill is not enough for us and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns and they who are of the valley of Jezreel 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph even to Ephraim and to Manasseh saying Thou art a great people and hast great power thou shalt not have one lot onely 18 But the mountain shall be thine for it is a wood and thou shalt cut it down and the out-goings of it shall be thine for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites though they have iron chariots and though they be strong CHAP. XVIII 1 The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh 2 The remainder of the land is described and divided into seven parts 10 Joshua divideth it by lot 11 The lot and border of Benjamin 21 Their cities ANd the whole congregation of the Children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there and the land was subdued before them 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel How long are you slack to go to possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe and I will send them and they shall rise and go through the land and describe it according to the inheritance of them and they shall come again to me 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts Judah shall abide in their coast on the south and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts and bring the description hither to me that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God 7 But the Levites have no part among you for the priest-hood of the LORD is their inheritance and Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them 8 ¶ And the men arose and went away and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land saying Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh 9 And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities into seven parts in a book and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh 10 ¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions 11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph 12 And their border on the north-side was from Jordan and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north-side and went up through the mountains west-ward and the goings-out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz to the side of Luz which is Beth-el south-ward and the border descended to Ataroth-adar near the hill that lieth on the south-side of the nether Beth-horon 14 And the border was drawn thence and compassed the corner of the sea south-ward from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon south-ward and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal which is Kirjath-jearim a city of the children of Judah This was the west-quarter 15 And the south-quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim and the border went out on the west and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom and which is in the valley of the giants on the north and descended to the valley of Hinnom to the side of Jebusi on the south and descended to En-rogel 17 And was drawn from the north and went forth to En-shemesh and went forth toward Geliloth which is over against the going up of Adummim and descended to * Chap. 15.6 the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben 18 And passed along toward the side over against †Or the plain Arabah north-ward and went down unto Arabah 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah north-ward and the out goings of the border were at the north †Heb. tongue bay of the salt-sea at the south-end of Jordan This was the south-coast 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east-side This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin by the coasts thereof round about according to their families 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and the valley of Keziz 22 And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el 23 And Avim and Parah and Ophrah 24 And Chephar-haamonai and Ophni and Gaba twelve cities with their villages 25 Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth 26 And Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah 27 And Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah 28 And Zelah Eleph and Jebusi which is Jerusalem Gibeath and Kirjath fourteen cities with their villages This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families CHAP. XIX 1 The lot of Simeon 10 of Zebulun 17 of Issachar 24 of Asher 32 of Naphtali 40 of Dan.
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
and Hamor his father deceitfully and said because he had defiled Dinah their sister 14 And they said unto them We cannot do this thing to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised for that were a reproach unto us 15 But in this will we consent unto you If ye will be as we be that every male of you be circumcised 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you and we will take your daughters to us we will dwell with you we will become one people 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised then will we take our daughter and we will be gone 18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem Hamors son 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing because he had delight in Jacobs daughter and he was more honourable then all the house of his father 20 ¶ And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city and communed with the men of their city saying 21 These men are peaceable with us therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein for the land behold it is large enough fâ—â— them let us take their daughters to us for wives and let us give them our daughters 22 Onely herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us to be one people if every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised 23 Shall not their cattel and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours onely let us consent unto them and they will dwell with us 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkned all that went out of the gate of his city and every male was circumcised all that went out of the gate of his city 25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day when they were sore that two of the sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi Dinahs brethren took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and * Chap. 49.6 slew all the males 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the †Heb. mouth edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechems house and went out 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and spoiled the city because they had defiled their sister 28 They took their sheep and their oxen and their asses and that which was in the city and that which was in the field 29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives took they captive and spoiled even all that was in the house 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land amongst the Canaanites and the Perizzites and I being few in number they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me and I shall be destroyed I and my house 31 And they said Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot CHAP. XXXV 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el 2 He purgeth his house of idols 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el 8 Deborah dieth at Allon-bachuth 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin and dieth in the way to Edar 22 Reuben lieth with Bilâ—ah 23 The sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron 28 The age death and burial of Isaac ANd God said unto Jacob Arise go up to Beth-el and dwell there and make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee * Chap. 27.43 when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother 2 Then Jacob said unto his houshold and to all that were with him Put away the strange gods that are among you and be clean and change your garments 3 And let us arise and go up to Beth-el and I will make there an altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand and all their ear-rings which were in their ears and Jacob hid them under the oke which was by Shechem 5 And they journeyed and the terrour of God was upon the cities that were round about them and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan that is Beth-el he and all the people that were with him 7 And he built there an altar and * Chap. 28.19 called the place ‖ That is the God of Beth-el El-beth-el because there God appeared unto him when he fled from the face of his brother 8 But Deborah Rebekahs nurse died and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oke and the name of it was called ‖ That is the oke of weeping Allon-bachuth 9 ¶ And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram and blessed him 10 And God said unto him Thy name is Jacob thy name shall not be called any more Jacob * Chap. 32.28 but Israel shall be thy name and he called his name Israel 11 And God said unto him I am God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee and kings shall come out of thy loyns 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac to thee I will give it and to thy seed after thee will I give the land 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him even a pillar of stone and he poured a drink-offering thereon and he poured oyl thereon 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him Beth-el 16 ¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el and there was but †Heb. a little piece of ground a little way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travailed and she had hard labour 17 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour that the midwife said unto her Fear not thou shalt have this son also 18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing for she died that she called his name ‖ That is the son of my sorrow Ben-om but his father called him ‖ That is the son of the riâ—ht hand Benjamin 19 And Rachel died and was-buried in the way to Ephrath which is Beth lehem 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave that is the pillar of Rachels grave unto this day 21 And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar 22 And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land that Reuben went and * Ch. 49.4 lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine and Israel heard it Now the sons of Jacob were twelve 23 The sons of Leah Reuben Jacobs first-born and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun 24 The sons of Rachel Joseph and Benjamin 25 And the sons of Bilhah Rachels hand-maid Dan and Naphtali 26 And the sons of Zilpah Leahs
49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua ANd the second lot came forth to Simeon even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba and Sheba and Moladah 3 And Hazar-shual and Balah and Azem 4 And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah 5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah 6 And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen thirteen cities and their villages 7 Ain Remmon and Ether and Ashan four cities their villages 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer Ramath of the south This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them 10 ¶ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid 11 And their border went up toward the sea and Maralah and reached to Dabasheth and reached to the river that is before Jokneam 12 And turned from Sarid east-ward toward the sun-rising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor and then goeth out to Daberath and goeth up to Japhia 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher to Ittah-kazin and goeth out to Remmon ‖ Or whichtâ— drawn methoar to Neah 14 And the border compasseth it on the north-side to Hannathon and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el 15 And Kattath and Nahallal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem twelve cities with their villages 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families these cities with their villages 17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar for the children of Issachar according to their families 18 And their border was toward Jezreel and Chesulloth Shunem 19 And Hapharaim and Shihon and Anaharath 20 And Rabbith and Kishion and Abez 21 And Remeth and Engannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzer 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan sixteen cities with their villages 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families the cities and their villages 24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families 25 And their border was Helkath and Hali and Beten Achshaph 26 And Alammelech and Amad and Misheal and reacheth to Carmel west-ward and to Shihor-libnath 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon and reacheth to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north-side of Beth-emek and Neiel and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand 28 And Hebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah even unto great Zidon 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city †Heb. Tzor Tyre and the coast turneth to Hosah and the out-goings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib 30 Ummah also and Aphek and Rehob twenty and two cities with their villages 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families these cities with their villages 32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali even for the children of Naphtali according to their families 33 And their coast was from Heleph from Allon to Zaanannim and Adami Nekeb and Jabneel unto Lakum and the out goings thereof were at Jordan 34 And then the coast turneth west-ward to Aznoth-tabor and goeth out from thence to Hukkok and reacheth to Zebulun on the south-side and reacheth to Asher on the west-side and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim Zer and Hammath Rakkath and Cinnereth 36 And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor 37 And Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor 38 And Iron and Migdal-el Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh nineteen cities with their villages 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families the cities and their villages 40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh 42 And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah 43 And Elon and Thimnathah and Ekron 44 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon 46 And Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the border ‖ Or over against before ‖ Or Joppa Act. 9.36 Japho 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it and smote it with the edge of the sword possessed it dwelt therein and called Leshem * Judg. 18 29. Dan after the name of Dan their father 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families these cities with their villages 49 ¶ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked even * Chap. 24.30 Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim and he built the city and dwelt therein 51 * Numb 3â— 17 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiâ—oh before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation so they made an end of dividing the countrey CHAP. XX. 1 God commandeth 7 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge THe LORD also spake unto Jeshua saying 2 Speak to the children of Israel saying * Ex. 21.13 Num. 35.6 11 14. Deut. 19.2 Appoint out for you cities of refuge whereof I spake unto you by the hand or Moses 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of bloud 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entring of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city they shall take him into the city unto them and give him a place that he may dwell among them 5 And if the avenger of bloud pursue after him then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand because he smote his neighbour unwittingly and hated him not before time 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he
he went against the inhabitants of Debir and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher 12 And Caleh said He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz Calebs younger brother took it and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife 14 And it came to pass when she came to him that she moved him to ask of her father a field and she lighted from off her ass and Caleb said unto her What wilt thou 15 And she said unto him Give me a blessing for thou hast given me a south-land give me also springs of water And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs 16 ¶ And the children of the Kenite Moses father in law went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah which lieth in the south of Arad and they went and dwelt among the people 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it and the name of the city was called * Numb 21.3 Hormah 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof and Askelon with the coast thereof and Ekron with the coast thereof 19 And the LORD was with Judah and ‖ Or be possessed the mountain he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron 20 * Numb 14.24 Jos 14.13 15.13 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses said and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day 22 ¶ And the house of Joseph they also went up against Beth-el and the LORD was with them 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el now the name of the city before was * Gen. 28.10 Luz 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city and they said unto him Shew us we pray thee the entrance into the city and * Jos 2.14 we will shew thee mercy 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city they smote the city with the edge of the sword but they let go the man and all his family 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called the name thereof Luz which is the name thereof unto this day 27 ¶ * Jos 17.11 12. Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns nor Taanach and her towns nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns but the Canaanites would dwell in that land 28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong that they put the Canaanites to tribute and did not utterly drive them out 29 ¶ * Jos 16.10 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them 30 ¶ Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol but the Canaanites dwelt among them and became tributaries 31 ¶ Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho nor the inhabitants of Zidon nor of Ahlab nor Achzib nor Helbah nor Aphik nor of Rehob 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land for they did not drive them out 33 ¶ Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath but he dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Ajjalon and in Shaalbim yet the hand of the house of Joseph †Heb. was heavy prevailed so that they became tributaries 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from ‖ Or. Maaleb-akrabbim the going up to Akrabbim from the rock and upward CHAP. II. 1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bochim 6 The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua 14 Gods anger and pity towards them 20 The Canaanites are lest to â—rove Israel ANd an ‖ Or messenger angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said I made you to go up out of Egypt and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers and I said I will never break my covenant with you 2 And * Deu. 7.2 ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land * Deu. 12.3 you shall throw down their altars but ye have not obeyed my voice why have ye done this 3 Wherefore I also said I will not drive them out from before you but they shall be * Jos 23.13 as thorns in your sides and their gods shall be a * Ex. 23.33 34.12 snare unto you 4 And it came to pass when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel that the people lift up their voice and wept 5 And they called the name of that place ‖ That is weepers Bochim and they sacrificed there unto the LORD 6 ¶ And when Joshua had let the people go the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders that †Heb. prolonâ—el days after Joshua outlived Joshua who had seen all the great works of the LORD that he did for Israel 8 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of the LORD died being an hundred and ten years old 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres in the mount of Ephraim on the north-side of the hill Gaash 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers and there arose another generation after them which knew not the LORD nor yet the works which he had done for Israel 11 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and served Baalim 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers which brought them out of the land of Egypt and followed other gods of the gods of the people that were round about them and bowed themselves unto them and provoked the LORD to anger 13 And they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth 14 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them and * Ps 44 1â— Isa 50.1 he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about so that they could not any longer stand before their
the father of Ziph and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron 43 And the sons of Hebron Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema 44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam and Rekem begat Shammai 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-zur 46 And Ephah Calebs concubine bare Haran and Moza and Gazez and Haran begat Gazez 47 And the sons of Jahdai Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph 48 Maachah Calebs concubine bare Sheber and Tirhanah 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah Shevah the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea and the daughter of Caleb was * Josh 15.17 Achsa 50 ¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the first-born of Ephratah Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem Hareph the father of Beth-gader 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons ‖ Or Reaiah Chap. 4.2 Haroeh and ‖ Or half of the Menuchiteâ— or Hatsihanunâ—â—u-choth half of the Manahethites 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim the Ithrites and the Puhites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites of them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites 54 The sons of Salma Beth-lehem and the Netophathites ‖ Or Atarites or crowns of the house of Joab Ataroth the house of Joab and half of the Manahethites the Zorites 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez the Tirathites the Shimeathites and Suchathites These are the * Judg. 1.16 Kenites that came of Hemath the father of the house of * Jer. 35.2 Rechab CHAP. III. 1 The sons of David 10 His line to Zedekiab 17 The successours of Jeconiah NOw these were the sons of David which were born unto him in Hebron the first-born * 2 Sam. 3.2 Amnon of Ahinoam the * Jos 15.56 Jezreelitess the second ‖ Or Chileab 2 Sam. 3.5 Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess 2 The third Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith 3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital the sixth Ithream by * 2 Sam. 3.5 Eglah his wife 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron and there he reigned seven years and six moneths and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years 5 * 2 Sam. 5.14 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem ‖ Or Shammua 2 Sam. 5.14 Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon four of ‖ Or Hathsheba 2 Sam. 11.3 Bath-shua the daughter of ‖ Or Eliam 2 Sam. 11.3 Ammiel 6 Ibhar also and ‖ Or Elishua 2 Sam 5.15 Elishama and Eliphelet 7 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 8 And Elishama and ‖ Or Beliada Chap. 14.7 Eliada and Eliphelet nine 9 These were all the sons of David beside the sons of the concubines and * 2 Sam. 13.1 Tamar their sister 10 ¶ And Solomons son was * 1 King 11.43 and 15.6 Rehoboam ‖ Or Abijam 1 Kin. 15.1 Abia his son Asa his son lehoshaphat his son 11 Joram his son ‖ Or Azariah 2 Chr. 22.6 21.17 Ahaziah his son Joash his son 12 Amaziah his son ‖ Or Vzziah 2 King 15.30 Azariah his son Jotham his son 13 Ahaz his son Hezekiah his son Manasseh his son 14 Amon his son Josiah his son 15 And the sons of Josiah were the first-born ‖ Or Jehoahaz 2 Ki. 23.30 Johanan the second ‖ Or Eliakim 2 Ki. 23 34. Jehoiakim the third ‖ Or Mattaniab 2 Ki. 24.17 Zedekiah the fourth Shallum 16 And the sons of * Mat. 1.11 Jehoiakim ‖ Or Jehoiachin 2 Kin. 24.6 or Coniah Jer. 22.24 Jeconiah his son Zedekiah * 2 Ki. 24.17 being his uncle his son 17 ¶ And the sons of Jeconiah Assir †Heb. Shealtiel Salathiel * Mat. 1.12 his son 18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah and Shenazar Jecamiah Hoshama and Nedabiah 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei and the sons of Zerubbabel Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister 20 And Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah Jushab-hesed five 21 And the sons of Hananiah Pelatiah and Jesaiah the sons of Rephaiah the sons of Arnan the sons of Obadiah the sons of Shechaniah 22 And the sons of Shechaniah Shemaiah and the sons of Shemaiah Huttush and Igeal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat six 23 And the sons of Neariah Elioenai and †Heb. Hizkijaha Hezekiah and Azrikam three 24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaiah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Dalaiah and Anani seven CHAP. IV. 1 11 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron 9 Of Jabez and his prayer 21 The posterity of Shelab 24 The posterity and cities of Simeon 39 Their conquest of Gedor and of the Amalekites in mount Seir. THe sons of Judah * Gen. 38.29 46.12 Pharez Hezron and ‖ Or Chelubai Chap. 2.9 or Caleb Chap. 2.18 Carmi and Hur and Shobal 2 And ‖ Or Haroch Chap. 2.52 Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad These are the families of the Zorathites 3 And these were of the father of Etam Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephratah the father of Beth lehem 5 ¶ And * Chap. 2.24 Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives Helah Naarah 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari These were the sons of Naarah 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan 8 And Coz begat Anub and Zobebah and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum 9 ¶ And Jabez was more honourable then his brethren and his mother called his name ‖ That is sorrowful Jabez saying Because I bare him with sorrow 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying †Heb. if thou wilt c. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest †Heb. do me keep me from evil that it may not grieve me And God granted him that which he requested 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir which was the father of Eshton 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of ‖ Or the city of Nahash Irnahash These are the men of Rechah 13 And the sons of Kenaz Othniel and Seraiah and the sons of Othniel ‖ Or Hathath Meonothai who begat c. Hathath 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah and Seraiah begat Joab the father of the ‖ Or inhabitants of the valley Charashim for they were craftsmen 15 And the sons of Caleb the
war were four and fourty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to the war 19 And they made war with the Hagarites with * Gen. 25.15 Jetur and Nephish and Nodab 20 And they were helped against them and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battel and he was intreated of them because they put their trust in him 21 And they †Heb. led captive took away their cattel of their camels fifty thousand and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand and of asses two thousand and of †Heb. souls of men as Nu. 31 35 men an hundred thousand 22 For there fell down many slain because the war was of God And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity 23 ¶ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers even Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel mighty men of valour †Heb men of names famous men and heads of the house of their fathers 25 ¶ And they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went a * 2 Kin. 17.7 whoring after the gods of the people of the land whom God destroyed before them 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of * 2 Kin. 15.19 Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria and he carried them away even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them unto * 2 Kin. 17.6 Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan unto this day CHAP. VI. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the captivity 16 The families of Gershom Merari and Kohath 49 The office of Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz 54 The cities of the priests and Levites THe sons of Levi * Gen. 46.11 Ex. 6.16 ‖ Or Gershom ver 16. Gershon Kohath and Merari 2 And the sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron Uzziel 3 And the children of Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam The sons also of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 4 ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas Phinehas begat Abishua 5 And Abishua begat Bukki and Bukki begat Uzzi 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah and Zerahiah begat Meraioth 7 Meraioth begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok and * 2 Sam. 15.27 Zadok begat Ahimaaz 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah and Azariah begat Johanan 10 And Johanan begat Azariah he it is that executed the priests office †Heb. in the house in the * 1 Kin 6. 2 Chro. 3. temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem 11 And Azariah begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok and Zadok begat ‖ Or Mestullam Ch. 9.11 Shallum 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah and Hilkiah begat Azariah 14 And Azariah begat * Neh. 11.11 Seraiah and Seraiah begat Jehozadak 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity * 2 Kin. 25.18 when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar 16 ¶ The sons of Levi * Ex. 6.16 ‖ Or Gershon ver 1. Gershom Kohath and Merari 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom Libni Shimei 18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel 19 The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers 20 Of Gershom Libni his son Jahath his son * Ver. 4â— Zimmah his son 21 ‖ Or Ethan v. 4â— Joah his son ‖ Or Adaiah v. 41. Iddo his son Zerah his son Jeaterai his son 22 The sons of Kohath ‖ Or Izhar ver 2 13. Amminadab his son Korah his son Assir his son 23 Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son 24 Tahath his son Uriel his son Uzziah his son and Shaul his son 25 And the sons of Elkanah * See ver 35 36. Amasai and Ahimoth 26 As for Elkanah the sons of Elkanah ‖ Or Zuph 1 Sam. 1. â— Zophai his son and Nahath his son 27 Eliab his son Jeroham his son Elkanah his son 28 And the sons of Samuel the first-born ‖ Called also Joel ver 22 and 1 Sam. 8.2 Vashni and Abiah 29 The sons of Merari Mahli Libni his son Shimei his son Uzza his son 30 Shimea his son Haggiah his son Asaiah his son 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD after that the * Ch. 16.1 ark had rest 32 And they ministred before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem and then they waited on their office according to their order 33 And these are they that †Heb. stood waited with their children of the sons of the Kohathites Heman a singer the son of Joel the son of Shemuel 34 The son of Elkanah the son of Jeroham the son of Eliel the son of Toah 35 The son of Zuph the son of Elkanah the son of Mahath the son of Amasai 36 The son of Elkanah the son of Joel the son of Azariah the son of Zephaniah 37 The son of Tahath the son of Assir the son of * Ex. 6.24 Ebiasaph the son of Korah 38 The son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi the son of Israel 39 And his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand even Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea 40 The son of Michael the son of Baasiah the son of Malchiah 41 The son of Ethni the son of Zerah the son of Adaiah 42 The son of Ethan the son of Zimmah the son of Shimei 43 The son of Jahath the son of Gershom the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand Ethan the son of ‖ Or Nuâ—haiah Clap. 15.17 Kishi the son of Abdi the son of Malluch 45 The son of Hashabiah the son of Amaziah the son of Hilkiah 46 The son of Amzi the son of Bani the son of Shamer 47 The son of Mahli the son of Mushi the son of Merari the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God 49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered * Lev. 1.9 upon the altar of the burnt-offering and * Ex. 30.7 on the altar of incense and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded 50 And these are the sons of Aaron Eleazar his son Phinehas
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
¶ For in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet young he began to seek after the God of David his father and in the twelfth year he began * 1 Kin. 13.2 to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the groves and the carved images and the molten images 4 * Levit. 26.30 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence and the ‖ Or suâ—-images images that were on high above them he cut down and the groves and the carved images and the molten images he brake in pieces and made dust of them and strowed it upon the †Heb. face of the graves graves of them that had sacrificed unto them 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon even unto Naphtali with their ‖ Or mauls mattocks round about 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves and had beaten the graven images †Heb. to make powder into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel he returned to Jerusalem 8 ¶ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign when he had purged the land and the house he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governour of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder to repair the house of the LORD his God 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim and of all the remnant of Israel and of all Judah and Benjamin and they returned to Jerusalem 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD to repair and mend the house 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it to buy hewn stonâ— and timber for couplings and ‖ Or to rafter to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed 12 And the men did the work faithfully and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites of the sons of Merari and Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites to set it forward and other of the Levites all that could skill of instruments of muâ—ick 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service and of the Levites there were scribes and officers and porters 14 ¶ And when they â—rought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD Hilkiah the priest * 2 Kin. 22.8 c. found a book of the law of the LORD given †Heb. by the hand of by Moses 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan 15 And Shaphan carried the book to the king and brought the king word back again saying All that was committed †Heb. to the hand of to thy servants they do it 17 And they have †Heb. poured out or melted gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and to the hand of the workmen 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king saying Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book And Shaphan read †Heb. â—â—it it before the king 19 And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the law that he rent his clothes 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah and Ahikam the son of Shaphan and ‖ Or Athbor 2 King 2â— 12 Abdon the son of Micah and Shaphan the scribe and Asaiah a servant of the kings saying 21 Go enquire of the LORD for me and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah concerning the words of the book that is found for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD to do after all that is written in this book 22 And Hilkiah and they that the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath the son of ‖ Or Hâ—rbaâ— 2 King 22.14 Hasrah keeper of the †Heb. â—â—â—ments wardrobe now she dwelt in Jerusalem ‖ Or in the sâ—â—â—ol or in the second part in the colledge and they spake to her to that effect 23 ¶ And she answered them Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Tell ye the man that sent you to me 24 Thus saith the LORD Behold I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah 25 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense unto other gods that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place and shall not be quenched 26 And as for the king of Judah who sent you to enquire of the LORD so shall ye say unto him Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard 27 Because thine heart was tendâ—r and thou didst humble thy self before God when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof and humbledst thy self beâ—ore me and didst rend thy clothes and weep before me I have even heard thee also saith the LORD 28 Behold I will gather thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same So they brought the king word again 29 ¶ * 2 King 23.1 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites and all the people †Heb. som â—reat can to â—â—ull great and small and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD 31 And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book 32 And he caused all that were †Heb. â—â—und present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God
saw them they took up their weapons and went out of the city to the top of the hill and every man that used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them 13 Nevertheless having gotten privily under the hill they bound Achior and cast him down and left him at the foot of the hill and returned to their lord 14 But the Israelites descended from their city and came unto him and loosed him and brought him into Bethulia and presented him to the governours of the city 15 Which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha of the tribe of Simeon and Chabris the son of Gothoniel and Charmis the son of Melchiel 16 And they called together all the ancients of the city and all their youth ran together and their women to the assembly and they set Achior in the midst of all their people Then Ozias asked him of that which was done 17 And he answered and declared unto them the words of the council of Holofernes and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel 18 Then the people fell down and worshipped God and cried unto God saying 19 O Lord God of heaven behold their pride and pity the low estate of our nation and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day 20 Then they comforted Achior and praised him greatly 21 And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house and made a feast to the elders and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help CHAP. VII 1 Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia 7 and stoppeth the water from them 22 They faint and murmure against the governours 30 who promise to yeeld within five days THe next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all his people which were come to take his part that they should remove their camp against Bethulia to take afore-hand the ascents of the hill-countrey and to make war against the children of Israel 2 Then their strong men removed their camps in that day and the army of the men of war was an hundred and seventy thousand footmen and twelve thousand hors-men beside the baggage and other men that were afoot amongst them a very great multitude 3 And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia by the fountain and they spread themselves in breadth ‖ from Dothaim Junius over Dothaim even to Belmaim and in length from Bethulia unto †Gr. bean-field Cyamon which is over against Esdraelom 4 Now the children of Israel when they saw the multitude of them were greatly troubled and said every one to his neighbour Now will these men lick up the face of the earth for neither the high mountains nor the valleys nor the hills are able to bear their weight 5 Then every man took up his weapons of war and when they had kindled fires upon their towres they remained and watched all that night 6 But in the second day Holofernes brought forth all his hors-men in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia 7 And viewed the passages up to the city and came to the fountains of their waters and took them and set garisons of men of war over them and he himself removed towards his people 8 Then came unto him all the chief of the children of Esau and all the governours of the people of Moab and the captains of the sea-coast and said 9 Let our lord now hear a word that there be not an overthrow in thine army 10 For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell because it is not easie to come up to the tops of their mountains 11 Now therefore my lord fight not against them in battel-aray and there shall not so much as one man of thy people perish 12 Remain in thy camp and keep all the men of thine army and let thy servants get into their hands the fountain of water which issueth forth of the foot of the mountain 13 For all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water thence so shall thirst kill them and they shall give up their city and we and our people shall go up to the tops of the mountains that are near and will camp upon them to watch that none go out of the city 14 So they and their wives and their children shall be consumed with famine and before the sword come against them they shall be overthrown in the streets where they dwell 15 Thus shalt thou render them an evil reward because they rebelled and met not thy person peaceably 16 And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants and he appointed to do as they had spoken 17 So the camp of the children of Ammon departed and with them five thousand of the Assyrians and they pitched in the valley and took the waters and the fountains of the waters of the children of Israel 18 Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon and camped in the hill-countrey over against Dothaim and they sent some of them toward the south and toward the east over against Ekrebel which is near unto Chusi that is upon the brook Mochmur and the rest of the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain and covered the face of the whole land and their tents and carriages were pitched to a very great multitude 19 Then the children of Israel cried unto the Lord their God because their heart failed for all their enemies had compassed them round about and there was no way to escape out from among them 20 Thus all the company of Assur remained about them both their footmen chariots and hori-men four and thirty days so that all their vessels of water failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia 21 And the ‖ Or pitâ— cisterns were emptied and they had not water to drink their fill for one day for they gave them drink by measure 22 Therefore their young children were out of heart and their women and young men fainted for thirst and fell down in the streets of the city and by the passages of the gates and there was no longer any strength in them 23 Then all the people assembled to Ozias and to the chief of the city both young men and women and children and cried with a loud voice and said before all the elders 24 God be * Exod. 5. â—â— judge between us and you for you have done us great injury in that you have not required peace of the children of Assur 25 For now we have no helper but God hath sold us into their hands that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction 26 Now therefore call them unto you and deliver the whole city for a spoil to the people of Holofernes and to all his army 27 For it is better for us