inhabiters of the londe euen the Cananites gauest them in to their hande and their kynges and y e people of the londe y t they might do with them what they wolde And they wanne their stronge cities a fat londe and toke possession of houses y t were full of all maner goodes welles dygged out vynyardes oylgardens many frutefull trees and they ate were fylled became fat lyued in welth thorow thy greate goodnes Neuertheles they were disobedient and rebelled agaynst the and cast thy lawe behynde their backes and slewe thy prophetes which exhorted them so earnestly that they shulde cōuerte vnto the and dyd greate blasphemies Therfore gauest thou them ouer in to the hāde of their enemies that vexed them And in y e tyme of their trouble they cried vnto the and thou hardest them from heauen and thorow thy greate mercy thou gauest them sauiours which helped thē out of the hande of their enemies But whan they came to rest they turned back agayne to do euell before the therfore leftest thou them in the hande of their enemies so y t they had y e dominion ouer them So they cōuerted and cryed vnto the and thou herdest them from heauen and many a tyme hast thou delyuered them acordinge to y e greate mercy and testified vnto them that they shulde turne agayne vnto thy lawe Notwithstōdinge they were proude and herkened not vnto thy cōmaundementes but synned in thy lawes which a man shulde do lyue in them turned their shulder awaye were styffnecked wolde not heare And many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them testified vnto them thorow y e sprete euen by the office of y e prophetes yet wolde they not heare Therfore gauest thou thē in to y e hāde of y e nacions in the londes But for thy greate mercies sake thou hast not vtterly cōsumed them nether forsaken them for thou art a gracious and mercifull God Now oure God thou greate God mightie and terrible thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy regarde not a litle all the trauayle y t hath happened vnto vs oure kynges prynces prestes prophetes fathers all thy people sence the tyme of the kynges of Assur vnto this daie Thou art righteous in all y t thou hast broughte vpō vs for thou hast done righte As for vs we haue bene vngodly and o r kynges prynces prestes fathers haue not done after y e lawe ner regarded y e cōmaundementes thy earnest exhortaciōs wherwith thou hast exhorted them haue not serued y e in their kyngdome and in thy greate goodes y t thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous lōde which thou gauest them to good and haue not conuerted from their wicked workes Beholde therfore are we in bondage this daye Yee euen in the lōde that thou gauest vnto oure fathers to enioye the frutes and goodes therof beholde there are we bondmen And greate is the increase of it vnto the kynges whom thou hast set ouer vs because of oure synnes and they haue dominion ouer oure bodies and catell and we are in greate trouble And in all this made we a sure couenaunt wrote it let o r prynces Leuites prestes seale it The X. Chapter THe sealers were Nehemias that is Hathirsatha the sonne of Hachalia and Sedechias Seraia Asaria Ieremy Pashur Amaria Malchia Hattus Sebania Malluch Harim Meremoth Obadia Daniel Sinthun Baruch Mesullam Abia Meiamin Maasga Bilgai and Semaia these were prestes The Leuites were Iesua y e sonne of Asania Binui amonge the childrē of Henadad Cadmiel And their brethren Sechania Hodia Celita Plaia Hauan Micha Rehob Hasabia Sachur Serebia Sebania Hodia Bani and Beninu The heades of the people were Pareos Pahath Moab Elam Sathu Bani Buni Asgad Sebai Adonia Bigenai Adiu Ater Hezechias Asur Hodia Hasum Bezai Hariph Anathot Neubai Magpias Mesullam Hesir Mesesabeel Sadoc Iaddua Platia Hanan Anaia Hoseia Hanania Hasub Halohes Pilha Sobek Rehum Hasabna Maeseia Ahia Hanan Anan Malluch Harim and Baena And the other people the prestes Leuites Porters syngers Nethinims all they that had separated them selues from y e people in the lōdes vnto the lawe of God with their wyues sonnes and daughters as many as coulde vnderstonde it and their lordes that had rule of them receaued it for their brethren And they came to sweare and to bynde them selues with an ooth to walke in Gods lawe which was geuen by Moses the seruaunt of God that they wolde obserue and do acordinge vnto all the commaundementes iudgmentes and statutes of the LORDE oure God and that we wolde not geue oure doughters vnto the people in the lōde nether to take their doughters for oure sonnes And yf y e people of the lōde broughte ware on the Sabbath and all maner of vytayles to sell that we wolde not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy dayes And that we wolde let the seuēth yeare be fre concernynge all maner of charge And we layed a statute vpon oure selues to geue yearly y e thirde parte of a Sycle to the mynistracion in the house of oure God namely to the shewbred to the daylie meat-offerynge to the daylie burnt offerynge of y e Sabbathes of the new mones and feast dayes and to the thinges that were sanctified and to the syn offerynges to reconcyle Israel with all and to all the busynes in y e house of oure God And we cast the lot amonge the prestes Leuites and the people for offerynge of y e wod to be brought vnto y e house of o r God from yeare to yeare after the houses of oure fathers that it might be brent at tymes appoynted vpon the altare of the LORDE oure God as it is wrytten in the lawe and yearly to brynge the firstlinges of o r londe the firstlinges of oure frutes of all trees yeare by yeare vnto y e house of the LORDE and the firstlinges of oure sonnes and of oure catell as it is wrytten in the lawe and the firstlinges of oure oxen and of oure shepe that we shulde brynge all this to the house of oure God vnto the prestes that mynister in the house of oure God and that we shulde brynge the firstlinges of oure dowe and of oure Heue offeringes and the frutes of all maner trees of wyne also and of oyle vnto the prestes to the chestes of the house of oure God And the tithes of o lōde vnto the Leuites y t the Leuites might haue the tithes in all the cities of oure mynistracion And the prest the sonne of Aaron shal w t the Leuites haue also of the tithes of y e Leuites so that the Leuites shal brynge vp the tithes of their tithes vnto the house of oure God to the chest in y e treasure house For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shall brynge vp the Heue offerynges of the corne wyne and oyle vnto the chestes there are the vessels of
so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce The thirde lot fell vpon the childreÌ„ of Zabulon after their kynreds And the border of their enheritauÌ„ce was vnto Sarid goeth vp westwarde to Mareala bordreth vpon Dabaseth and reacheth vnto the ryuer that floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam turneth from Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth Thabor and coÌ„meth out vnto Dabrath and reacheth vp to Iapia and from theÌ„ce goeth it westwarde thorow Githa Hepher and Itha Kazim and commeth out towarde Rimon Hamthoar Hanea fetcheth a compasse aboute from the north vnto Nathon the goynge out of it is in y e valley Iephtha El Katath Nahalal Simron Iedeala Bethlehem These are twolue cities and their vyllages This is the enheritauÌ„ce of the childreÌ„ of Zabulon in their kynreds these are their cities and vyllages The fourth lot fell vpoÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Isachar after their kynreds their border was Iesraela Chessulloth Sunem Hapharaim Sion Anaharath Raabith Kision Abez Kemeth En GaÌ„nim Enhada Beth Pazez bordreth vpon Thabor Sahazima Beth Semes and y e outgoinge of it was at Iordane These are sixtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds cities and vyllages The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser after their kynreds And their border was Helkath Hali Beten Achsaph Alamelech Amead Miseal and borderth on Carmel vnto the see and on Sihor and Libnath and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon and bordreth on Zabulon and on the valley of Iephtael and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde of Ebron Rehob Hamon and Cana vnto greate Sidon And turneth towarde Rama vnto the stronge cite of Zor and turneth towarde Hossa and goeth out vnto the see after y e 〈◊〉 towarde Achsib Vma Aphek Rehob These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds And their border was froÌ„ Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim Adai Nekeb Iabne El vnto Lakum and goeth out vnto Iordane and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor and coÌ„meth ouâ— from thence vnto Hukok and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south and on Asser towarde the west and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east and hath stronge cities Zidimzer Hamath Rakath Chinnaret Adama Rama Hazor Kedes Edrei En Hazor Iereon Migdal ElhareÌ„ Beth Anath Beth Same 's These are nyentene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of y e trybe of the children of Nephtali in their kynreds cities and vyllages The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Dan after their kynreds And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea Esthaol Irsames Saalabin Aialon Iethla Elon Thimnata Ekron Eltheke GibethoÌ„ Baalath Iehud Bâ—erbarak Gat Rimon Me Iarkon Rakon with the border by Iapho and on the same goeth the border of the children of Dan out And the children of DaÌ„ wente vp and foughte agaynst Lesem and wanne it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and toke it in possession dwelt therin and called it Dan after y e name of their father This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Dan in their kynreds cities and vyllages And whaÌ„ y e loÌ„de was all parted out with the borders therof the children of Israel gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun an enheritaunce amonge them and acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE they gaue him y e cite that he requyred namely Thimnath Serah vpon mouÌ„t Ephraim there buylded he the cite and dwelt therin These are the enheritaunces which Eleasar the prest and Iosua y e sonne of Nun and the chefest of the fathers amonge y e tribes deuided out by lot vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel at Silo before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnes and so they ended the deuydinge out of the londe The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Iosua and sayde Speake to the children of Israel Geue amonge you fre cities wherof I spake vnto you by Moses that a deedsleyer which sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly maye flye thither y t they maye be fre amoÌ„ge you from the avenger of bloude And he that flyeth to one of those cities shal stonde without before the porte of the cite and shewe his cause before the Elders of the cite then shall they take him to them in to the cite and geue him place to dwell with them And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon him they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in to his handes for so moch as he hath slayne his neghboure vnawarres and was not his enemye afore but he shall dwell in y e cite tyll he stonde before the congregacion in iudgment vntyll the hye prest dye which shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deedsleyer returne and go vnto his awne cite and vnto his house to the cite from whence he was fled Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon mount Nepthali and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim and Kiriatharba that is Hebron vpon mouÌ„t Iuda And beyoÌ„de Iordane on the east syde of Iericho they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad and Golan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasse These were the cities appoynted for all y e children of Israel and for the straungers which dwelt amonge them that whosoeuer had slayne a soule vnawarres might flye thither that he shulde not be put to death by the auenger of bloude tyll he had stonde before the congregacion The XXI Chapters THen the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun and to y e awncient fathers amoÌ„ge the trybes of the children of Israel and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan and sayde The LORDE commaunded by Moses that we shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in and the suburbes of the same for oure catell Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof vnto the Leuites acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda of the trybe of Simeon and of the trybe of Ben Iamin The other childreÌ„ of Kahath of the same kynred had by the lot ten cities of the trybe of Ephraim of the trybe of Dan and of the halfe trybe of Manasse But the children of Gerson of the same kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities of the trybe of Isachar of the trybe of Asser of
y e trybe of Nepthali and of the halfe trybe of Manasse at Basan The children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities of the trybe of Ruben of the trybe of Gad and of the trybe of Zabulon So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott as the LORDE commaunded by Moses Of the trybe of the children of Iuda and of the trybe of the children of Simeon they gaue these cities which they named by name vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui for the first lot was theyrs So they gaue them Kiriatharba which was the fathers of Enak that is Hebren vpon the mount Iuda and the suburbes therof rounde aboute But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest the fre cite of the deed sleyers Hebron and the suburbes therof Libna and the suburbes therof Iathir and the suburbes therof Esthuma and the suburbes therof Holon and the suburbes therof Debir and the suburbes therof Ain and the suburbes therof Iuta and the suburbes therof Beth Semes and the suburbes therof euen nyne cities of these two trybes But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities Gibeon and y e suburbes therof Gaba and the suburbes therof Anathot and the suburbes therof Almon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the children of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes The kynreds of the other children of Kahath the Leuites had by their lott foure cities of the trybe of Ephraim and they gaue thē the fre cite of the deedsleiers Sechē and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof Kibzaim and the suburbes therof Bethron and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Dan foure cities Eltheke and y e suburbes therof Gibthon and the suburbes therof Aialon and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities Thaenach and the suburbes therof Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the other children of y e kynred of Kahath were ten with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities the fre cite for the deedslayer Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof Beasthra and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities Kision and the suburbes therof Dabrach and the suburbes therof Iarmuth and the suburbes therof Engannim and the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Asser foure cities Miseal Abdon Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes therof Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities the fre cite Kedes for the deedsleyer in Galile Hamoth Dor and Karthan with the suburbes therof so that all the cities of the kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene w t their suburbes Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen Of the trybe of Zabulon foure cities Iakneam Kartha Dimna and Nahalal w t y e suburbes therof Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities Bezer Iahza Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes Of the trybe of Gad foure cities the fre cite for the deedsleyer Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of y e other Leuites were twolue Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge y e possession of the children of Israel were eight and fortye with their suburbes And these cities were so dealte out that euery one had their suburbes rounde aboute the one as the other Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue they toke possession of it and dwelt therin And the LORDE gaue thē rest before all those y t were aboute them like as he sware vnto their fathers none of their enemies stode agaynst thē but all their enmies delyuered he in to their hande And their myssed nothinge of all the good that the LORDE had promysed vnto the house of Israel it came euery whyt The XXII Chapter THen Iosua called y e Rubenites and Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto them Ye haue kepte all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded you and haue herkened vnto my voyce in all y t I haue commaūded you Ye haue not forsaken youre brethrē a longe season vnto this daye and haue wayted vpon the commaundement of the LORDE youre God For so moch now as the LORDE youre God hath broughte youre brethrē to rest as he promysed them turne you now and go youre waye to youre tentes in to the londe of youre possession which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue you beyōde Iordane But take diligent hede now that ye do acordinge to the commaundement and lawe which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath commaunded That ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes and cleue vnto him and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule So Iosua blessed them and let them go And they wente vnto their tentes Vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse had Moses geuen possession at Basan vnto the other halfe gaue Iosua amonge their brethren on this syde Iordane westwarde And whan he let them go to their tentes and blessed them he sayde vnto them Ye come home agayne with greate good vnto youre tētes with exceadynge moch catell syluer golde brasse yron and rayment distribute therfore the spoyle of youre enemyes amonge youre brethren So the Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasse returned and wente from the children of Israel out of Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan to go in to the countre of Gilead to the londe of their possession that they mighte possesse it acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE by Moses And whan they came vnto the heapes by Iordane which lye in the londe of Canaan the same Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe of Manasses buylded there besyde Iordane a fayre greate altare But whan the children of Israel herde saye Beholde the children of Ruben the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue buylded an altare ouer agaynst the londe of Canaan vpon the heapes by Iordane on this syde the children of Israel they gathered them selues together with the whole congregacion at Silo to go vp agaynst thē with an armye And in the meane season they sent to them in to the londe of Gilead Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and with him ten chefe prynces amonge the houses of their fathers out of euery tribe in Israel one And they came to the children of Ruben to the children of Gad and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in the londe of Gilead and sayde Thus sayeth the whole congregacion
bullockes and ten thousande shepe And many of the prestes sanctified them selues And the whole congregacion of Iuda reioysed the prestes and Leuites and all the congregacion that came out of Israel and the straungers that were come out of the londe of Israel and they that dwelt in Iuda and greate ioye was there at Ierusalem for sence the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the kynge of Israel was there no soch ioye at IerusaleÌ„ And the prestes and Leuites stode vp and blessed the people and their voyce was herde and their prayer came in to his holy habitacion in heauen The XXXI Chapter ANd whan all this was fynished all the Israelites that were founde in y e cities of Iuda wente out and brake the pilers and hewed downe the groues and brake downe the hye places and altares out of all Iuda Ben Iamin Ephraim and Manasses tyll they had destroyed theÌ„ And all the children of Israel wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto their cities But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites in their ordinaunces euery one after his office both the prestes and Leuites for the burntsacrifices and thank offerynges to mynister to geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hoost of the LORDE And the kynge gaue his porcion of his substauÌ„ce for the burnt offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge and for the burnt offerynges of the Sabbath and of the newmone and of the feastes as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE And he spake vnto y e people which dwelt at Ierusalem that they shulde geue porcioÌ„s vnto the prestes and Leuites y t they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE And whaÌ„ y e worde came forth the childreÌ„ of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of corne wyne oyle hony and allmaner increace of the felde and broughte in moch of all maner tithes And the children of Israel and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanctifyed which they had halowed vnto the LORDE their God and made here an heape and there an heape In the thirde moneth begaÌ„ne they to laye vpon heapes and in the seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it And whaÌ„ Ezechias with the rulers wente in and sawe the heapes they praysed the LORDE and his people of Israel And Ezechiâ—s axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes And Asaria the prest the chefe in the house of Sadoc sayde vnto him Sence the tyme that they beganne to brynge the Heue offerynges in to y e house of the LORDE we haue eaten and are satisfied and yet is there lefte ouer for the LORDE hath blessed his people therfore is this heape lefte ouer Then commaunded the kynge that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE And they prepared them â–ª and put in the Heue offerynges and tithes and that which was halowed faithfully And the ouersighte of the same had Chanania the Leuite and Simei his brother the seconde and Iehiel Asasia Naglath Asahel Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachia Mahath and Benaia ordeyned of the hande off Chanania and Simei his brother acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Ezechias But Asaria was prynce in the house of God And Core y e sonne of Iemna the Leuite the power of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes of God which were geuen for Heue offerynges vnto the LORDE and ouer the Most holy And vnder his hande were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semaia Amaria and Sachania in the cities of the prestes vpon credence that they shulde geue vnto their brethreÌ„ acordinge to their courses to the leest as to the greatest And vnto them that were counted for men childreÌ„ from thre yeare olde and aboue amonge all theÌ„ that weÌ„te in to the house of the LORDE euery one vpoÌ„ his daye to their office in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened for prestes in the house of their fathers and the Leuites from twentye yeare and aboue in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened amonge their children wyues sonnes and doughters amoÌ„ge the whole congregacion for that which was halowed sanctifyed they vpon credence There were men also named by name amonge Aarons children the prestes vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all y e cities that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the men children amoÌ„ge the prestes and to all them that were nombred amonge the Leuites Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda and dyd that which was good righte and true in the sighte of the LORDE his God And in all the busynes that he toke in haÌ„de concernynge the seruyce of the house of God acordinge to the lawe and commaundement to seke his God that dyd he with all his hert and therfore prospered he well The XXXII Chapter AFter these actes and faithfulnes came Sennacharib the kynge of Assur and wente in to Iuda and pitched before the stroÌ„ge cities and thoughte to plucke them vnto him And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite and they helped him and there gathered together a greate people and couered all y e welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe and sayde Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water whaÌ„ they come And he toke a corage vnto him and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye and made towres theron and buylded yet another wall without and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes and set captaynes of warre ouer the people And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite and spake hertely vnto them and sayde Be stronge and bolde feare not and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur ner all y e multitude that is with him for there is one greater with vs then with him With him is a fleshly arme but with vs is the LORDE oure God to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y e people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem for he laye before Lachis all his hoost w t him to Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda to all Iuda that was at IerusaleÌ„ sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem Ezechias disceaueth you that he maye delyuer you vnto death hoÌ„ger and thyrst and sayeth The LORDE oure God shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge of Assur Is it not Ezechias that hath put awaye his hye places and altares and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalem Before one altare shal ye worshippe and burne incense theron Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all y e people in the londes Haue the
sonne of Maeseia the sonne of Malchija the sonne of Athin y e sonne of Serah the sonne of Adaia the sonne of Ethan the sonne of Sima the sonne of Simei the sonne of Iahath the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Leui. Their brethren the childrē of Merari stode on the lefte hande namely Ethan the sonne of Kusi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Malluch the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Amazia the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Amzi the sonne of Bani the sonne of Samer the sonne of Maheli the sonne of Musi the sonne of Merari the sonne of Leui. As for their brethrē the Leuites they were geuen to all the offices in the habitacion of the house of the LORDE but the office of Aaron and his sonnes was to kyndle the fyre vpon the altare of burnt offerynges and vpon the altare of incense and to all the busynes in the most holy and to make attonement for the people acordinge as Moses y e seruaunt of God commaunded These are the children of Aaron Eleasar his sonne whose sonne was Phineas whose sonne was Abisua whose sonne was Buki whose sonne was Vsi whose sonne was Serahia whose sonne was Meraioth whose sonne was Amaria whose sonne was Achitob whose sonne was Sadoc whose sonne was Ahimaas And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders namely of Aarons children of the kynred of y e Kahathites for this lot fell vnto them And they gaue thē Hebron in the londe of Iuda the suburbes of the same rounde aboute But the felde of y e cite the vyllages therof gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron these fre cities Hebron Libna with their suburbes Iather Esthemoa Hilen Debir Asan and Bethsemes with their suburbes And out of the trybe of Ben Iamin Geba Alemeth and Anathot w t their suburbes so y t all the cities in their kinred were thirtene The other childrē of Kahath of their kynred had out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses ten cities by lot The children of Gerson of their kynred had out of y e trybe of Isachar out of the trybe of Asser out of the trybe of Nephtali out of the trybe of Manasses in Basan thirtene cities The childrē of Merari of their kynred had by lot out of the trybe of Ruben out of the trybe of Gad and out of the trybe of Zabulon twolue cities And vnto y e Leuites gaue the childrē of Israel cities with their suburbes namely by lot out the trybe of the children of Iuda out of the trybe of the childrē of Simeon out of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin euen those cities which they appoynted by name But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim So gaue they now vnto thē namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath y e fre cities Sichem vpon mount Ephraim Geser Iakmeam Bethoron Aialon and Gath Rimon with their suburbes And out of y e halfe trybe of Manasses Aner and Bileam with their suburbes But vnto the children of Gerson they gaue out of the kynred of the halfe trybe of Manasses Golā in Basan and Astharoth with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Isachar Kedes Dabrath Ramoth and Anem with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Asser Masal Abdō Hikoh and Sehob with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Nephtali Kedes in Galile Hāmon and Kiriathaim with their suburbes Vnto the other children of Merari gaue they out of the trybe of Zabulon Rimano and Thabor with their suburbes And beyōde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde besyde Iordane out of the trybe of Ruben Bezer in the wildernes Iahza Kedemoth and Mepaath with their suburbes Out of the trybe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead Mahanaim Heszbon and Iaeser with their suburbes The VIII Chapter THe children of Isachar were Thola Pua Iasub and Simrom these foure The children of Thola were Vsi Rephaia Ieriel Iahemai and Iebsam and Samuel heades in the house of their fathers of Thola mightie men in their kynred in nombre in the tyme of Dauid two and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth The children of Vsi were Iesrahia The children of Iesrahia were Michael and Obedia Ioel and Iesia all these fyue were heades And with them amonge their kynred in the house of their fathers there were ready harnessed men of warre to the battayll sixe and thirtie thousande for they had many wiues and children And the mightie men of their brethren in all the kynreds of Isachar were seuē and foure score thousande and were all nombred The children of Ben Iamin were Bela Becher and Iedieel these thre The children of Bela were Ezbon Vsi Vsiel Ieremoth Iri these fyue heades in y e house of their fathers mightie men and were nombred two twentie thousande and foure and thyrtie The childrē of Becher were Semira Ioas Elieser Elioenai Amri Ieremoth Abia Anathot Alameh all these were the children of Becher and were rekened in their kinreds after the heades in the house of their fathers valeaunt men twentie thousande and two hundreth The children of Iedieel were Bilhan The childrē of Bilhan were Ieus Ben Iamin Ehud Cnaena Sethan Tharsis and Ahisahar all these were the children of Iedieel heades of the fathers valeaunt men euen seuentene thousande which wente forth to the warre for to fighte And Supim and Hupim were the childrē of Ir. But Husim were the children of Aher The children of Nephtali were Iahziel Guni Iezer and Sallum the children of Bilha The children of Manasses are these Esriel whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare But first begat he Machir the father of Gilead And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim Supim their sisters name was Maecha His secōde sonnes name was Zelaphehad And Zelaphehad had doughters And Maecha y e wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares his brothers name was Sares and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem Vlams sonne was Bedam These are the children of Gilead y e sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud Abieser and Mahela And Semida had these children Ahean Sichem Likhi and Aniam The children of Ephraim were these Suthelah whose sonne was Bered whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Eleada whose sonne was Thahath whose sonne was Sabad whose sonne was Suthelah whose sonne was Eser and Elead And the men of Gath that dwelt in the londe slewe them because they were gone downe to take their catell And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season and his brethren came to comforte him And he wente in to his wife which conceaued and bare a sonne whom he called Bria because of the aduersite that was in his house His doughter was Seera which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron Vsen Serea Whose sonne was Rephad Reseph whose sonne was Thelah whose
crowne taxes of the thirde parte of sede and half of the frute of trees which is myne owne dewty These I leaue for you from this daye forth so that they shall not be taken of the londe of Iuda ner of the thre cities which are added thervnto out of Samaria and Galilee from this daye forth for euermore IerusaleÌ„ also with all thinges beloÌ„ginge therto shal be holy and fre yee y t tithes tributes shal pertayne vnto it As for the power of y e castell which is at Ierusalem I remytte geue it vnto the hye prest that he maye set in it soch men as he shall chose to kepe it I frely delyuer all the Iewes that are presoners thorow out all my realme so that euery one of them shal be fre from payenge eny tribute yee euen of their catell All the soleÌ„pne feastes Sabbathes New mones the dayes appoynted the thre daies before and after the feast shall be fre for all the Iewes in my realme so that in them no man shal haue power to do eny thinge or to moue eny busynesse agaynst eny of them in eny maner of cause There shal xxx M. also of the Iewes be written vp in the kynges hoost and haue their wages payed as all other men of warre of the kynges shulde haue and of them shal be ordened certayne to kepe the kynges stronge holdes yee and some of them shal be set ouer the kynges busynesse that they maye faithfully deale with the same The Iewes also shal haue prynces of their owne walke in their owne lawes as the kynge hath commaunded in the londe of Iuda And the thre cities that are fallen vnto Iewry from the countre of Samaria and Galilee shal be taken as Iewry and be vnder one nether be subiecte to eny straunge lorde but to the hye prest As for Ptolomais and the londe pertayninge therto I geue it vnto the Sanctuary at Ierusalem for the necessary expeÌ„ces of the holy thinges Morouer I will geue euery yeare xv M. Sycles of syluer out of y e kynges checker which pertayneth vnto me to the worke of the temple yee loke what remayneth which they y t had oure matters in honde in tymes past haue not payed that same shal they geue vnto them also And besydes all this the v. M. sycles which they toke yearly of the reÌ„tes of the Sanctuary shal belonge vnto the prestes that do seruyce Item who so euer they be that fle vnto the temple at Ierusalem or within the liberties therof where as they are fallen in to the kynges daunger for eny maner of busynes they shall be pardoned and all the goodes that they haue in my realme shal be fre For the buyldinge also repayringe of the worke of the Sanctuary expenses shal be geuen out of the kynges Checker Yee and for the makinge of the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem for the breakinge downe of the olde and for the settinge vp of the stronge holdes in Iewry shal y e costes and charges be geuen out of the kynges Checker But when Ionathas and the people herde these wordes they gaue no credence vnto them nether receaued them for they remembred the greate wickednesse that he had done vnto Israel and how sore he had vexed them Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexander for he was a prynce that had dealte frendly with them and so they stode by him allwaye TheÌ„ gathered kynge AlexaÌ„der a greate hoost and brought his armye agaynst Demetrius So y e two kynges stroke battayll together but Demetrius hoost fled and Alexander folowed after and fell vpon them A mightie sore felde was it continuynge till the Sonne wente downe and Demetrius was slayne the same daye And Alexander sente embassâ—tours vnto Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte with these wordes sayenge For so moch as I am come agayne to my realme and am set in the trone of my progenitours and haue gotten the dominion ouer come Demetrius conquered the londe and striken a felde with him so that we haue discomfited both him and his hoost and syt in the trone of his kyngdome Let vs now make frendshipe together geue me thy daughter to wife so shall I be thy sonne in lawe and both geue the rewardes and hir greate dignite Ptolomy the kynge gaue answere sayenge Happy be the daye wherin thou art come agayne to the londe of thy progenitours and set in the trone of their kyngdome And now will I fulfill thy writynge but mete me at Ptolomais y t we maye se one another and that I maye mary my doughter vnto the acordinge to thy desyre So Ptolomy weÌ„te out of Egipte with his doughter Cleopatra came vnto Ptolomais in y e Clxij yeare where kynge AlexaÌ„der met him he gaue Alexander his doughter Cleopatra and maried them at Ptolomais with greate worshipe like as the maner of kynges is to be Then wrote kynge Alexander vnto Ionathas that he shulde come and mete him So he wente honorably vnto Ptolomais there he met the two kinges and gaue them greate presentes of golde and syluer founde fauoure in their sight And there came together agaynst Ionathas certayne wicked men and vngracious personnes of Israel makynge complayntes of him but the kynge regarded them not As for Ionathas the kynge commaunded to take of his garmentes and to clothe him in purple and so they dyd Then the kynge appoynted him to syt by him and sayde vnto his prynces Go with him in to the myddest of the cite and make a proclamacion that no man complayne agaynst him of eny matter and that no man trouble him for eny maner of cause So it happened that when his accusers sawe the worshipe which was proclamed of him y t he was clothed in purple they fled euerychone And the kynge made moch of him wrote him amonge his chefe frendes made him a duke and partaker of his dominion Thus Ionathas wente agayne to Ierusalem with peace and gladnesse In the Clxv. yeare came Demetrius the sonne of Demetrius from Creta in to his fathers londe wherof when Alexander herde tell he was right sory and returned vnto Antioche And Demetrius chose Appollonius which had the gouernaunce of Celosyria to be his captayne So he gathered a greate hoost and came vnto Iamnia and sende worde vnto Ionathas the hye prest sayenge Darrest thou w t stonde vs thy self alone As for me I am but laughed to scorne and shamed because thou prouest thy strength agaynst vs in the mountaynes Now therfore yf thou trustest in thyne owne strength come downe to vs in to the playne felde and there let vs proue oure strength together thou shalt fynde that I haue valeaunt men of warre with me and shalt knowe who I am the other that stonde by me Which saye that youre fote is not able to stonde before oure face for thy fathers haue bene twyse chaced in to their owne londe And now how wylt thou be able to abyde so greate