fathers house have sinned 7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the commandments nor the statutes nor the judgements which thou commandedst thy servant Moses 8 Remember I beseech thee the word that thou commmandedst thy servant Moses saying * Deut. 4.25 c. If ye transgress I will scatter you abroad among the nations 9 But if ye turn unto me and keep my commandments and do them * Deut. 30.4 though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven yet will I gather them from thence and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there 10 Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand 11 O LORD I beseech thee let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name and prosper I pray thee thy servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man For I was the kings cup-bearer CHAP. II. 1 Artaxerxes understanding the cause of Nehemiahs sadness sendeth him with lâ—tters and commission to Jerusalem 9 Nehemiah to the grief of the enemies cometh to Jerusalem 12 He vieweth secretly the ruines of the walls 17 He inciteth the Jews to build in despite of the enemies ANd it came to pass in the moneth Nisan in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king that wine was before him and I took up the wine and gave it unto the king Now I had not been before-time sad in his presence 2 Wherefore the king said unto me Why is thy countenance sad seeing thou art not sick this is nothing else but sorrow of heart Then I was very sore afraid 3 And said unto the king Let the king live for ever why should not my countenance be sad when the city the place of my fathers sepulchres lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire 4 Then the king said unto me For what dost thou make request So I prayed to the God of heaven 5 And I said unto the king If it please the king and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight that thou wouldest send me unto Judah unto the city of my fathers sepulchres that I may build it 6 And the king said unto me the †Heb. wise queen also fitting by him For how long shall thy journey be and when wilt thou return So it pleased the king to send me and I set him a time 7 Moreover I said unto the king If it please the king let letters be given me to the governours beyond the river that they may convey me over till I come into Judah 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the kings forest that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house and for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall enter into And the king granted me according to the good hand of my God upon me 9 ¶ Then I came to the governours beyond the river and gave them the kings letters Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsâ—men with me 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite heard of it it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel 11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days 12 ¶ And I arose in the night I and some sew men with me neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem neither was there any beast with me save the beast that I rode upon 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley even before the dragon-well and to the dung-port and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and the gates thereof were consumed with fire 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain and to the kings pool but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook and viewed the wall and turned back and entred by the gate of the valley and so returned 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did neither had I as yet told it to the sews nor to the priests nor to the nobles nor to the rulers nor to the rest that did the work 17 ¶ Then said I unto them Ye see the distress that we are in how Jerusalem lieth waste and the gates thereof are burnt with tire come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me as also the kings words that he had spoken unto me And they said Let us rise up and build So they strengthned their hands for this good work 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite and Geâ—hem the Arabian heard it they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said What is this thing that ye do will ye rebel against the king 20 Then answered I them and said unto them The God of heaven he will prosper us therefore we his servants will arise and build but you have no portion nor right nor memorial in Jerusalem CHAP. III. 1 The names and ordes of them that builded the wall THen Eliaship the high priest rose up with his brethren the prietis and they but it the sheep-gate they sanctified it and set up the dours of it even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it unto the tower of * Jer. 31 38. Hananeel 2 And †Heb. at his hand next unto him builded the men of Jericho and next to them builded Zaccur the son of Iâ—nri 3 But the fish-gate did the sons of Hassenaah build who also laid the beams thereof and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereoâ— 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz and next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meâ—hezabeel and next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah they laid the beams thereof and set up the doors thereof and the locks thereof and the bars thereof 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah unto the throne of the governour on this side the river 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries and they ‖ Or left Jerusalem unto the broad wall fortified
through the street of the city and proclaimed before him Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour 12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the kings gate but Haman hasted to his house mourning and having his head covered 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befâ—â—n him Then said his wisemen Zeresh his wife unto him if Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews before whom thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not prevail against him but shalt surely fall before him 14 And while they were yet talking with him came the kings chamberlains hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared CHAP. VII 1 Esther entertaining the king and Haman maketh suit for her own life and her peoples 5 She accuseth Haman 7 The king in his â—nâ—er understanding of the gallows which Haman had made for Mordecai causeth him to be banâ—ed thereon SO the king and Haman came †Heb. to drink to banquet with Esther the queen 2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine What is thy petition queen Esther and it shall be granted thee and what is thy request and it shall be performed even to the half of the kingdom 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said If I have found favour in thy sight O king and if it please the king let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request 4 For we are sold I and my people †Heb. that they should destroy and kill and cause to perish to be destroyed to be slain and to perish but if we had been sold for bond men bond-women I had held my tongue although the enemy could not counter all the kings damage 5 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen Who is he and where is he †Heb. whose heart hath filled him that durst presume in his heart to do so 6 And Esther said †Heb. the man adversary The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman Then Haman was afraid ‖ Or. at the presence of before the king and the queen 7 ¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace-garden and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king 8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the banquet of wine and Haman was fain upon the bed whereon Esther was Then said the king Will he force the queen also †Heb. with me before me in the house As the word went out of the kings mouth they covered Hamans face 9 And Harbonah one of the chamberlains said before the king Behold also the †Heb. tree gallows fifty cubits high which Haman had made for Mordecai who had spoken good for the king standeth in the house of Haman Then the king said Hang him thereon 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai Then was the kings wrath pacified CHAP. VIII 1 Mordecai is advanced 3 Esther maketh suit to reverse Hamans letters 7 Ahasuerus granteth to the Jews to defend themselves 15 Mordecai's honour and the Jews joy ON that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews enemy unto Esther the queen and Mordecai came before the king for Esther had told what he was unto her 2 And the king took off his ring which he had taken from Haman gave it unto Mordecai And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman 3 ¶ And Esther spake yet again before the king and fell down at his feet †Heb. she wept besought him and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite and his device that he had devised against the Jews 4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther So Esther arose and stood before the king 5 And said If it please the king and if I have found favour in his fight and the thing seem right before the king and I be pleasing in his eyes let it be written to reverse †Heb. thâ— device the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite ‖ Or who wrote which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the kings provinces 6 For how can I †Heb. 〈◊〉 able that I may see endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred 7 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen to Mordecai the Jew Behold I have given Esther the house of Haman him they have hanged upon the gallows because he laid his hands upon the Jews 8 Write ye also for the Jews as it liketh you in the kings name and seal it with the kings ring for the writing which is written in the kings name and sealed with the kings ring * See chap. 1.19 may no man reverse 9 Then were the kings scribes called at that time in the third moneth that is the moneth Sivan on the three and twentieth day thereof and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews and to the lieutenants and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia an hundred twenty and seven provinces unto every province according to the writing thereof and unto every people after their language and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus name and sealed it with the kings ring and sent letters by posts on hors-back and riders on mules and young dromedaries 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together and to stand for their life to destroy to slay and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them both little ones and women and to take the spoil of them for a prey 12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus namely upon the thirteenth day of the twefth moneth which is the moneth Adar 13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was †Heb. revealed published unto all people and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies 14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out being hastned and pressed on by the kings commandment and the decree was given at Shushan the palace 15 ¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel ofâ—blue white with a great crown of gold with a garment of fine linen and purple the city of Shushan rejoyced and was glad 16 The Jews had light and gladness
and joy and honour 17 And in every province and in every city whithersoever the kings commandment and his decree came the Jews had joy and gladness a â—east and a good day and many of the people of the land became Jews for the fear of the Jews fell upon them CHAP. IX 1 The Jews the rulers for fear of Mordecai helping them slay their enemies with the ten sons of Haman 12 Ahasuerus at the request of Esther granteth another day of slaughter and Hamans sons to be hanged 20 The two days of Purim are made festival NOw in the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar on the thirteenth day of the lame when the kings commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them though it was turned to the contrary that the Jews had rule over them that hated them 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus to lay hand on such as sought their hurt and no man could withstand them for the fear of them fell upon all people 3 And all the rulers of the provinces and the lieutenants and the deputies and †Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king officers of the king helped the Jews because the fear of Mordecai â—ell upon them 4 For Mordecai was great in the kings house and his fame went out throughout all the provinces for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater 5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword slaughter destruction and did †Heb. according to their will with they would unto those that hated them 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew destroyed five hundred men 7 And Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha 8 And Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha 9 And Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vajezatha 10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the enemy of the Jews slew they but on the spoil laid they not their hand 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace †Heb. came was brought before the king 12 ¶ And the king said unto Esther the queen The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace and the ten sons of Haman what have they done in the rest of the kings provinces now what is thy petition and it shall be granted thee or what is thy request further and it shall be done 13 Then said Esther If it please the king let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this days decree and †Heb. let men hang. let Hamans ten sons be hanged upon the gallows 14 And the king commanded it so to be done and the decree was given at Shushan and they hanged Hamans ten sons 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar and slew three hundred men at Shushan but on the prey they laid not their hand 16 But the other Jews that were in the kings provinces gathered themselves together and stood for their lives and had rest from their enemies and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand but they laid not their hands on the prey 17 On the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar and on the fourteenth day †Heb. in it of the same rested they and made it a day of feasting and gladness 18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof and on the fourteenth thereof and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested made it a day of feasting gladness 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwelt in the unwalled towns made the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar a day of gladness and feasting and a good day and of sending portions one to another 20 ¶ And Mordecai wrote these things sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus both nigh and far 21 To stablish this among them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar and the fifteenth day of the same yearly 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies and the moneth which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy and from mourning into a good day that they should make them days of feasting and joy of sending portions one to another gifts to the poor 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written unto them 24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite the enemy of all the Jews had devised against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur that is the lot to †Heb. crush consume them and to destroy them 25 But †Heb. when she came when Esther came before the king he commanded by letters that his wicked device which he devised against the Jews should return upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows 26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of ‖ That is lot Pur therefore for all the words of this letter and of that which they had seen concerning this matter and which had come unto them 27 The Jews ordained and took upon them and upon their seed and upon all such as joyned themselves unto them so as it should not †Heb. pass fail that they would keep those two days according to their writing and according to their appointed time every year 28 And that these days should be remembred and kept throughout every generation every family every province and every city and that these days of Purim should not †Heb. pass fail from among the Jews nor the memorial of them †Heb. be ended perish from their seed 29 Then Esther the queen the daughter of Abihail Mordecai the Jew wrote with †Heb. all strength all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth 31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoyned them and as they had decreed †Heb. for their souls for themselves and for their seed the matters of the fastings and their crie 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim and it was written in the book CHAP. X. 1 Ahasuerus his greatness 3 Mordecai's advancement ANd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon the tiles of the sea 2 And all the acts of his power of his might the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai whereunto the king †Heb. made him great advanced him
the dowry of virgins 18 ¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live 19 ¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death 20 ¶ * Deut. 13.13 14 15 1 Mac. 2.24 He that sacrificeth unto any god save unto the LORD onely he shall be utterly destroyed 21 ¶ * Lev. 19.33 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt 22 ¶ * Zec. 7.10 Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless childe 23 If thou afflict them in any wise and they cry at all unto me I will surely hear their cry 24 And my wrath shall wax hot and I will kill you with the sword and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless 25 ¶ * Levit. 25.36 37. Deut. 23.19 Psal 15.5 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee thou shalt not be to him as an usurer neither shalt thou lay upon him usury 26 If thou at all take thy neighbours raiment to pledge thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down 27 For that is his covering onely it is his raiment for his skin wherein shall he sleep And it shall come to pass when he crieth unto me that I will hear for I am gracious 28 ¶ * Act. 23.5 Thou shalt not revile the ‖ Or judges gods nor curse the ruler of thy people 29 ¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer †Heb. thy fulness the first of thy ripe fruits and of thy †Heb. tear liquors * Chap. 13.2 12. 34.19 the first born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep seven days it shall be with his dam on the eighth day thou shalt give it me 31 ¶ And ye shall be holy men unto me * Lev. 22.8 Ezek. 44.31 neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ye shall cast it to the dogs CHAP. XXIII 1 Of slander and false witness 3 6 Of justice 4 Of charitableness 10 Of the year of rest 12 Of the sabbath 13 Of idolatry 14 Of the three feasts 18 Of the bloud and the fat of the sacrifice 20 An Angel is promised with a blessing if they obey him THou shalt not ‖ Or receive raise a false report put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness 2 ¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil neither shalt thou †Heb. answer speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgement 3 ¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause 4 ¶ If thou meet thine enemies ox or his ass going astray thou shalt surely bring it back to him again 5 * Deut. 22.4 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden ‖ Or wilt thou cease to help him or and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him thou shalt surely leave it to joyn with him wouldest lorbear to help him thou shalt surely help with him 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of thy poor in his cause 7 Keep thee far from a false matter and the innocent and righteous stay thou not for I will not justifie the wicked 8 ¶ And * Deut. 16.19 Ecclus 20.29 thou shalt take no gift for the gift blindeth †Heb. the seeing the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous 9 ¶ Also thou shaâ—t not oppress a stranger for ye know the †Heb. soul heart of a stranger seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt 10 And * Lev. 2â— 3 six years thou shalt sow thy land and shalt gather in the fruits thereof 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still that the poor of thy people may eat and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard and with thy ‖ Or olive-trees olive-yard 12 * Ch. 20.8 Deut. 5.13 Luk. 13.14 Six days thou shalt do thy work and on the seventh day thou shalt rest that thine ox and thine ass may rest and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth 14 ¶ * Deut. 16.16 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year 15 * Chap. 13.3 34.18 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven daâ—s as I commanded thee in the time appointed of the moneth Abib for in it thou camest out from Egypt * Deut. 16 1â— Ecclus 35.4 and none shall appear before me empty 16 And the feast of harvest the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field and the feast of in-gathering which is in the end of the year when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field 17 Three times in the year all thy makes shall appear before the LORD God 18 Thou shalt not offer the bloud of my sacrifice with leavened bread nâ—â—ther shall the fat of my Or feast sacrifice remain until the morning 19 * Ch. 34 2â— The first of the first fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God * Deut. 14.21 Thou shalt not see the a kid in his mothâ—rs mise 20 ¶ * Ch. 33.2 Behold I send an Angel before thee to keep thee in the way and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared 21 Beware of him and obey his voice provoke him not for he will not pardon your transgressions for my name is in him 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and ‖ Or I will afflict them that afflict thee an adversary unto thine adversaries 23 * Ch. 33.2 For mine Angel shall go before thee and * Jos 24.11 bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittties and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebulites and I will cut them off 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods nor serve them nor do after their works * Deut. 7 2â— but thou shalt utterly overthrow them and quite break down their images 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God he shall bless thy bread and thy water and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee 26 ¶ * Deut. 7.14 There shall nothing cast their young nor be barren in thy land the number of thy days I will fulfil 27 I will send my fear before thee and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come and I will make all thine enemies turn their †Heb. neck backs
in a journey afar off yet he shall keep the pass-over unto the LORD 11 The fourteenth day of the second moneth at even they shall keep it and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs 12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning * Exod. 12.46 Joh. 19.36 nor break any bone of it according to all the ordinances of the pass-over they shall keep it 13 But the man that is clean and is not in a journey and forbeareth to keep the pass over even the same soul shall be cut off from his people because he brouâ—ht not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season that man shall bear his sin 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you and will keep the pass-over unto the LORD according to the ordinance of the pass-over and according to the manner thereof so shall he do * Exod. 12.49 ye shall have one ordinance both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land 15 ¶ And * Exod. 40.34 on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle namely the tent of the testimony and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire until the moâ—ning 16 So it was alway the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle then after that the children of Israel journeyed and in the place where the cloud abode there the children of Israel pitched their tents 18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched * 1 Cor. 10.1 as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in the tents 19 And when the cloud †Heb. prolonged tarried long upon the tabernacle many days then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and journeyed not 20 And so it was when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed 21 And so it was when the cloud †Heb. was abode from even unto the morning and that the cloud was taken up in the morning then they journeyed whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up they journeyed 22 Or whether it were two days or a moneth or a year that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle remaining thereon the children of Israel * Exod. 30.36 37. abode in their tents and journeyed not but when it was taken up they journeyed 23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed they kept the charge of the LORD at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses CHAP. X. 1 The use of the silver trumpets 11 The Israelites remove from Sinai to Paran 14 The order of their march 29 Hobah is entreated by Moses not to leave them 33 The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver of an whole peice shalt thou make them that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly and for the journeying of the camps 3 And when they shall blow with them all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet then the princes which are heads of the thousands of Israel shall gather themselves unto thee 5 When ye blow an alarm then the camps that lie on the east-parts shall go forward 6 When you blow an alarm the second time then the camps that lie on the south-side shall take their journey they shall blow an alarm for their journeys 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together you shall blow but you shall not sound an alarm 8 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets and ye shall be remembred before the LORD your God and ye shall be saved from your enemies 10 Also in the day of your gladness and in your solemn days and in the beginnings of your moneths ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings that they may be to you for a memorial before your God I am the LORD your God 11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second moneth in the second year that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses 14 ¶ * Chap. 2.3 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies and over his host was * Chap. 1.4 Nahshon the son of Amminadab 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon 17 And the tabernacle was taken down and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle 18 ¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel 21 And the Kohathites set forward bearing the * Chap. 4 4 sanctuary and ‖ That is the Gershonites and the Merarites Sâ—e vers 17. the other did set up the tabernacle against they came 22 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni 25 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the
son of Enan 28 †Heb. these Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies when they set forward 29 ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite Moses father in law We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said I will give it you come thou with us and we will do thee good for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel 30 And he said unto him I will not go but I will depart to mine own land and to my kindred 31 And he said Leave us not I pray thee forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness and thou mayest be to us in stead of eyes 32 And it shall be if thou go with us yea it shall be that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us the same will we do unto thee 33 ¶ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days journey and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days journey to search out a resting-place for them 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day when they went out of the camp 35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward that Moses said * Psal 68.1 2. Rise up LORD and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee 36 And when it rested he said Return O LORD unto the †Heb. ten thousand thousands many thousands of Israel CHAP. XI 1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses prayer 4 The people lust for flesh and lothe manna 10 Moses complaineth of his charge 16 God divideth his burden unto sevent-elders 31 Quarls are given in wrath at Kibroth hattaavah ANd when the people ‖ Or were as it were complainers complained †Heb. it was evil in the ears of c. it displeased the LORD and the LORD heard it and his anger was kindled and the fire of the LORD burnt * Ps 78.21 among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp 2 And the people cried unto Moses and when Moses prayed unto the LORD the fire †Heb. sunk was quenched 3 And he called the name of the place ‖ That is a burning Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them 4 ¶ And the * As Ex. 12.38 mixt multitude that was among them †Heb. lusted a lust fell a lusting and the children of Israel also †Heb. returned and wept wept again and said * 1 Cor. 10.6 Who shall give us flesh to eat 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlick 6 But now our soul is dried away there is nothing at all besides this manna before our eyes 7 And * Ex. 16.14 31. the manna was coriander-feed and the †Heb. eye of it as the eye of colour thereof as the colour of bdellium 8 And the people went about and gathered it and ground it in mills or beat it in a mortar and baked it in pans and made cakes of it and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oyl 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night the manna fell upon it 10 ¶ The Moses heard the people weep throughout their families every man in the door of his tent and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly Moses also was displeased 11 And Moses said unto the LORD Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me 12 Have I conceived all this people have I begotten them that thou shouldest say unto me Carry them in thy bosom as a nursing-father beareth the sucking childe unto the land which thou swearest unto their fathers 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people for they weep unto me saying Give us flesh that we may eat 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone because it is too heavy for me 15 And if thou deal thus with me kill me I pray thee out of hand if I have found favour in thy sight and let me not see my wretchedness 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people and officers over them and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stand there with thee 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee that thou bear it not thy self alone 18 And say thou unto the people Sanctifie your selves against to morrow and ye shall eat flesh for you have wept in the ears of the LORD saying Who shall give us flesh to east for it was well with us in Egypt therefore the LORD will give you flesh and ye shall eat 19 Ye shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither ten days nor twenty days 20 But even a †Heb. moneth of days whole moneth until it come out at your nostrils and it be lothsom unto you because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you and have wept before him saying Why came we forth out of Egypt 21 And Moses said The people amongst whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen and thou hast said I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole moneth 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them 23 And the LORD said unto Moses * Isa 50.2 and 59.1 Is the LORDS hand waxed short thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not 24 ¶ And Moses went out told the people the words of the LORD and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the tabernacle 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him and took of the spirit that was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders and it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them they prophesied and did not cease 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad and the spirit rested upon them and they were of them that were written but went not out unto the tabernacle and they prophesied in the camp 27 And there ran a young man and told Moses and said Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the camp 28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his young men answered and said My lord
10 How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace 16 What cities must be devoted 19 Trees of mans meat must not be destroyed in this siege WHen thou goest out to battel against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and a people more then thou be not afraid of them for the LORD thy God is with thee which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battel that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people 3 And shall say unto them Hear O Israel you approach this day unto battel against your enemies let not your hearts †Heb. be tender faint fear not and do not †Heb. make haste tremble neither be ye terrified because of them 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you 5 ¶ And the officers shall speak unto the people saying What man is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it let him go and return unto his house lest he die in the battel and another man dedicate it 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not yet †Heb. made it common See Levit. 19.23 eaten of it let him also go and return unto his house lest he die in the battel and another man eat of it 7 * Chap. 24.5 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her let him go and return unto his house lest he die in battel and another man take her 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people and they shall say * Judg. 7.3 What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted let him go and return unto his house lest his brethrens heart †Heb. melt faint as well as his heart 9 And it shall be when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies †Heb. to be in the head of the people to lead the people 10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it then proclaim peace unto it 11 And it shall be if it make thee answer of peace and open unto thee then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee and they shall serve thee 12 And if it will make no peace with thee but will make war against thee then thou shalt besiege it 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword 14 But the women and the little ones and * Josh 8.2 the cattel and all that is in the city even all the spoil thereof shalt thou †Heb. spoil take unto thy self and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies which the LORD thy God hath given thee 15 Thus shalt thou do unto the cities which are very far off from thee which are not of the cities of these nations 16 But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them namely the Hittites and the Amorites the Canaanites and the Perizzites the Hivites and the Jebusites as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee 18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods so should ye sin against the the LORD your God 19 ¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them for thou mayest eat of them and thou shalt not cut them down ‖ Or for O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege for the tree of the field is mans life †Heb. to go from before thee to employ them in the siege 20 Onely the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat thou shalt destroy and cut them down and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee until †Heb. it come down it be subdued CHAP. XXI 1 The expiation of an uncertain murder 10 The usage of a captive taken to wife 15 The first-born is not to be â—â—inherited upon private affection 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death 22 The maâ—â—factor must not hang all night on a tree IF one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it lying in the field it be not known who hath slain him 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth and they shall measure unto the cities which are found about him that is slain 3 And it shall be that the city which is next unto the slain man even the elders of that city shall take an heifer which hath not been wrought with and which hath not drawn in the yoke 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley which is neither eared nor sown and shall strike off the the heifers neck there in the valley 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him and to bless in the name of the LORD and by their †Heb. mouth word shall every controversie and every stroke be tried 6 And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley 7 And they shall answer and say Our hands have not shed this bloud neither have our eyes seen it 8 Be merciful O LORD unto thy people Israel whom thou hast redeemed and lay not innocent bloud †Heb. in the midst unto thy people of Israels charge And the bloud shall be forgiven them 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent bloud from among you when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD 10 ¶ When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands and thou hast taken them captive 11 And seed among the captives a beautiful woman and hast a desire unto her that thou wouldest have her to thy wife 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house and she shall shave her head and ‖ Or suffer to gâ—â—n †Heb. make or dress pare her nails 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her and shâ—â—â— remain in thine house and bewail her father and her mother a full moneth and after that thou shalt go in unto her and be her husband and she shall be thy wise 14 And it shall be if thou have no delight in her then thou shalt let her
†Heb. ciâ—led seated and he came with the heads of the people he executed the justice of the LORD and his judgements with Israel 22 ¶ And of Dan he said Dan is a lions whelp he shall leap from Bashan 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said O Naphtali satisfied with favour full with the blessing of the LORD possess thou the west and the south 24 ¶ And of Asher he said Let Asher be blessed with children let him be acceptable to his brethren and let him dip his foot in oyl 25 ‖ Or under thy shoes shall be iron Thy shoes shall be iron and brass and as thy days so shall thy strength be 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun who rideth upon the heaven in thy help and in his excellency on the skie 27 The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and shall say Destroy them 28 * Jer. 23.6 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine also his heaven shall drop down dew 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the LORD the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thy excellency and thine enemies ‖ Or shall be subdued shall be found liars unto thee and thou shalt tread upon their high places CHAP. XXXIV 1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land 5 He lieth there 6 His burial 7 His age 8 Thirty days mourning for him 9 Joshua succeedeth him 10 The praise of Moses ANd Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo to the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah that is over against Jericho and the LORD shewed him * Ch. 3.17 2 Mac. 2.1 all the land of Gilead unto Dan 2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all the land of Judah unto the utmost sea 3 And the south and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him * Gen. 12.7 13.15 This is the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac unto Jacob saying I will give it unto thy seed I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go over thither 5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab according to the word of the LORD 6 ¶ And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day 7 ¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim nor his †Heb. moisture natural force †Heb. sâ—ed abated 8 †And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended 9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands upon him and the children of Israel hearkned unto him and did as the LORD commanded Moses 10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses whom the LORD knew face to face 11 In all the signs and the wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land 12 And in all that mighty hand and in all the great terrour which Mosâ—s shewed in the sight of all Israel ¶ The book of JOSHUA CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses 3 The borders of the promised land 5.9 God promiseth to asist Joshua 8 He giveth him instructions 10 He prepareth the people to pass over Jordan 12 Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their promise to Moses 15 They promise him fealty NOw after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun Moses * Deut. 1.38 minister saying 2 Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise go over this Jordan thou and all this people unto the land which I do give to them even to the children of Israel 3 * Deut. 11.24 Ch. 14.9 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses 4 From the wilderness and this Lehanon even unto the great river the river Euphrates all the land of the Hittites and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your coast 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses so I will be with thee * Heb. 13.5 I will not sail thee nor forsake thee 6 * Deut. 31.23 Be strong and of a good courage for ‖ Or thou shalt cause thâ—â— people to inherit the land c. unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them 7 Onely be thou strong and very couragious that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee * Deu. 5.32 28.14 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest ‖ Or do wisely prosper withersoever thou goest 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt ‖ Or do wisely have good success 9 Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest 10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying 11 Pass through the host and command the people saying prepare you victuals for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it 12 ¶ And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying 13 Remember * Numb 32.20 the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you saying The LORD your God hath given you rest and hath given you this land 14 Your wives your little ones and your cattel shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan but ye shall pass before your brethren †Heb. marshalled by five armed all the mighty men of valour and help them 15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest as he hath given you and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it
all the land of the Amorites the inhabitants of that countrey 22 And they possessed * Deut. 2.36 all the coasts of the Amorites from Arnon even unto Jabbok and from the wilderness even unto Jordan 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel and shouldest thou possess it 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy God giveth thee to possess So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us them will we possess 25 * Numb 22.2 Deut. 23.4 Josh 24.9 And now art thou any thing better then Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab did he ever strive against Israel or did he ever fight against them 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns and in Aroer and her towns and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon three hundred years why therefore did ye not recover them within that time 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee but thou doest me wrong to war against me the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkned not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him 29 ¶ Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD and said If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands 31 Then it shalt be that †Heb. that which cometh forth which shall come forth whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon shall surely be the LORDS ‖ Or. I will offer it c. and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering 32 ¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them and the LORD delivered them into his hands 33 And he smote them from Aroer even till thou come to Minnith even twenty cities and unto ‖ Or Abel the plain of the vineyards with a very great slaughter Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel 34 ¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house and behold his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances and she was his onely childe ‖ Or he had not of his own either son or daughter †Heb. of himself beside her he had neither son nor daughter 35 And it came to pass when he saw her that he rent his clothes and said Alas my daughter thou hast brought me very low and thou art one of them that trouble me for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD and I cannot go back 36 And she said unto him My father if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies even of the children of Ammon 37 And she said unto her father Let this thing be done for me Let me alone two moneths that I may †Heb. go and go down go up and down upon the mountains and bewail my virginity I and my fellows 38 And he said Go. And he sent her away for two moneths and she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains 39 And it came to pass at the end of two moneths that she returned unto her father who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she knew no man And it was a ‖ Or ordinance custom in Israel 40 That the daughters of Israel went †Heb. from year to year yearly ‖ Or to talk with to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year CHAP. XII 1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with Jephthah and discerned by Shibboleth art slain by the Gileadites 7 Jephthah dieth 8 Ibzan who had thirty sons and thirty daughters 11 and Elon 13 and Abdon who had fourty sons and thirty nephews judged Israel ANd the men of Ephraim †Heb. were called gathered themselves together and went north-ward and said unto Jephthah Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon and didst not call us to go with thee we will burn thine house upon thee with fire 2 And Jephthah said unto them I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon and when I called you ye delivered me not out of their hands 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not I put my life in my hands and passed over against the children of Ammon and the LORD delivered them into my hand wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight against me 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they said Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites 5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites and it was so that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said Let me go over that the men of Gilead said unto him Art thou an Ephraimite If he said Nay 6 Then said they unto him Say now Shibboleth and he said Sibboleth for he could not frame to pronounce it right Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites fourty and two thousand 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years then died Jephthah the Gileadite and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead 8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel 9 And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons And he judged Israel seven years 10 Then died Ibzan and was buried at Beth-lehem 11 ¶ And after him Elon a Zebulonite judged Israel and he judged Israel ten years 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died and was buried in Ajjalon in the countrey of Zebulun 13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel a Pirathonite judged Israel 14 And he had fourty sons and thirty †Heb. sons sons nephews that rode on threescore and ten aâ—s-colts and he judged Israel eight years 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekites CHAP. XIII 1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines 2 An angel appeareth to Manoahs wife 8 The angel appeareth to Manoah 15 Manoahs sacrifice whereby the angel is discovered 24 Samson is born ANd the children of Israel †Heb. added to commit c. * Ch. 2.11 3.7 4.1 6.1 10.6 did evil again in the sight of the LORD
dealings by all this people 24 Nay my sons for it is no good report that I hear ye make the LORDS people ‖ Or to cry out to transgress 25 If one man sin against another the judge shall judge him but if a man sin against the LORD who shall intreat for him Notwithstanding they hearkned not unto the voice of their father because the LORD would slay them 26 And the childe Samuel grew on and was in favour both with the LORD and also with men 27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli and said unto him Thus saith the LORD Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father when they were in Egypt in Pharaohs house 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest to offer upon mine altar to burn incense to wear an ephod before me and * Levit. 10.14 did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation and honourest thy sons above me to make your selves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith I said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever but now the LORD saith Be it far from me for them that honour me I will honour and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed 31 Behold the days come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy fathers house that there shall not be an old man in thine house 32 And thou shalt see ‖ Or the affliction of the tabernacle for all the wealth which God would have given Israel an enemy in my habitation in all the wealth which God shall give Israel and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever 33 And the man of thine whom I shall not cut off from mine altar shall be to consume thine eyes and to grieve thine heart and all the increase of mine house shall die †Heb. men â— in the flower of their age 34 And this shall be a signe unto thee that shall come upon thy two sons on Hophni and Phinehas in one day they shall die both of them 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my minde and I will build him a fure house and he shall walk before mine Anointed for ever 36 And it shall come to pasâ— that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread and shall say †Heb. Joyn. Put me I pray thee into ‖ Or somewhat about the priestbood one of the priests offices that I may eat a piece of bread CHAP. III. 1 How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel 11 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Eli's house 15 Samuel though loth telleth Eli the vision 19 Samuel groweth in credit ANd the childe Samuel ministred unto the LORD before Eli and the word of the LORD was precious in those days there was no open vision 2 And it came to pass at that time when Eli was laid down in his place and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was and Samuel was laid down to sleep 4 That the LORD called Samuel and he answered Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli and said Here am I for thou calledst me And he said I called not â—â—e down again And he went and lay down 6 And the LORD called yet again Samuel And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said Here am I for thou didst call me And he answered I called not my son lie down again 7 ‖ Or Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time And he arose and went to Eli and said Here am I for thou didst call me And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the childe 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel Go lie down and it shall be if he call thee that thou shalt say Speak LORD for thy servant heareth So Samuel went and lay down in his place 10 And the LORD came and stood and called as at other times Samuel Samuel Then Samuel answered Speak for thy servant heareth 11 ¶ And the LORD said to Samuel Behold I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of * 2 Kings 21.12 every one that heareth it shall tingle 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house †Heb. beginning and ending when I begin I will also make an end 13 ‖ Or And I will tell him c. * Chap. 2.29 30 31 c. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth because his sons made themselves ‖ Or accursed vile and he †Heb. frowned not upon them restrained them not 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever 15 ¶ And Samuel lay until the morning and opened the doors of the house of the LORD and Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said Samuel my son And he answered Here am I. 17 And he aid What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee I pray thee hide it not from me God do â—o 〈◊〉 thee and †Heb. so add more also if thou hide any ‖ Or word thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee 18 And Samuel told him †Heb. aâ—â— the thines or worâ—s every whit and hid nothing from him And he said It is the LORD let him do what seemeth him good 19 ¶ And Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was ‖ Or faithful established to be a prophet of the LORD 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD CHAP. IV. 1 The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Eben-ezer 3 They fetch the ark to the terrour of the Philistines 10 They are smitten again the ark taken Hophm and Phinehas are slain 12 Eli at the news falling backward breaketh his neck 19 Phinebas wise discouraged in her travail with
I-chabod dieth ANd the word of Samuel ‖ Or came to pass †Heb. was came to all Israel Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battel and pitched beside Eben-ezer and the Philistines pitched in Aphek 2 And the Philistines put themselves in aray against Israel when †Heb. the battel way spread they joyned battel Israel was smitten before the Philistines and they slew of †Heb. the aray the army in the field about four thousand men 3 ¶ And when the people were come into the camp the elders of Israel said Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines Let us †Heb. take unto us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us that when it cometh among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies 4 So the people sent to Shiloh that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts which dwelleth between the cherubims and the two sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas were there with the ark of the covenant of God 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout they said What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp 7 And the Philistines were afraid for they said God is come into the camp And they said Wo unto us for there hath not been such a thing †Heb. yesterday or the thirâ— day heretofore 8 Wo unto us who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness 9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men O ye Philistines that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews * Jud. 13.1 as they have been to you †Heb. be men quit your selves like men and fight 10 ¶ And the Philistines sought and Israel was smitten and they fled every man into his tent and there was a very great slaughter for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen 11 And the ark of God was taken and the two sons of Eli Hophni and Phinehas †Heb died were slain 12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army and came to Shilon the same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head 13 And when he came lo Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watching for his heart trembled for the ark of God And when the man came into the city and told it all the city cried out 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying he said What meaneth the noise of this tumult And the man came in hastily and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old and * Chap. 3.2 his eyes †Heb. stood were dim that he could not see 16 And the man said unto Eli I am he that came out of the army and I fled to day out of the army And he said What †Heb. is the thing is there done my son 17 And the messenger answered and said Israel is fled before the Philistines and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people and thy two sons also Hophni and Phinehas are dead and the ark of God is taken 18 And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God that he fell from off the feat backward by the side of the gate and his neck brake and he died for he was an old man and heavy And he had judged Israel fourty years 19 ¶ And his daughter in law Phinehas wife was with childe near ‖ Or to cry out to be delivered and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken and that her father in law and her husband were dead she bowed her self and travailed for her pains †Heb. were turned came upon her 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her Fear not for thou hast born a son But she answered not †Heb. set not her heart neither did she regard it 21 And she named the childe ‖ That is Where is the glory or There is no glory I-chabod saying The glory is departed from Israel because the ark of God was taken and because of her father in law and her husband 22 And she said The glory is departed from Israel for the ark of God is taken CHAP. V. 1 The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod set it in the house of Dagon 3 Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces and they of Ashaod smitten with emerods 8 So God dealeth with them of Gath when it was brought thither 10 and so with them of Ekron when it was brought thither ANd the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon 3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow behold Dagon was â—aln upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD they took Dagon and set him in his place again 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning behold Dagon was â—aln upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold onely ‖ Or. the fish part the stump of Dagon was left to him 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagons house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod and he destroyed them and smote them with * Psal 78.60 emerods even Ashdod and the coasts thereof 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so they said The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us for his hand is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them and said What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel And they answered Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel a-about thither 9 And it was so that after they had carried it about the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction and he smote the men of the city both small and great and they had emerods in their secret parts 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron and it came to pass as the ark of God came to Ekron that the Ekronites cried out saying They have
round about even they also turned to he with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim when they heard that the Philistines fled even they also followed hard after them in the battel 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day and the battel passed over unto Beth-aven 24 ¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day for Saul had adjured the people saying Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening that I may be avenged on mine enemies so none of the people tasted any food 25 And all they of the land came to a wood and there was honey upon the ground 26 And when the people were come into the wood behold the honey dropped but no man put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oath 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipt it in an honey-comb and put his hand to his mouth and his eyes were enlightned 28 Then answered one of the people and said Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath saying Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day And the people were ‖ Or weary faint 29 Then said Jonathan My father hath troubled the land see I pray you how mine eyes have been enlightned because I tasted a little of this honey 30 How much more if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajjalon and the people were very faint 32 And the people flew upon the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slew them on the ground and the people did eat them * Lev. 7.26 19.26 Deu. 12.16 with the bloud 33 ¶ Then they told Saul saying Behold the people sin against the LORD in that they eat with the bloud And he said Ye have ‖ Or dealt treacherously transgressed roll a great stone unto me this day 34 And Saul said Disperse yourselves among the people and say unto them Bring me hither every man his ox and every man his sheep and slay them here and eat and sin not against the LORD in eating with the bloud And all the people brought every man his ox †Heb. in his hand with him that night and slew them there 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD †Heb. that altar be began to build unto the LORD the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD 36 ¶ And Saul said Let us go down after the Philistines by night and spoil them until the morning light and let us not leave a man of them And they said Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee Then said the priest Let us draw near hither unto God 37 And Saul asked counsel of God shall I go down after the Philistines wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel But he answered him not that day 38 And Saul said Draw ye near hither all the †Heb. â—orners Judg. 20.2 chief of the people and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day 39 For as the LORD liveth which saveth Israel though it be in Jonathan my son he shall surely die But there was not a man among all the people that answered him 40 Then said he unto all Israel Be ye on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side And the people said unto Saul Do what seemeth good unto thee 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel ‖ Or Shew the innocent Give a perfect lot And Saul and Jonathan were taken but the people †Heb. went forth escaped 42 And Saul said Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son And Jonathan was taken 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan Tell me what thou hast done And Jonathan told him and said I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand and so I must die 44 And Saul answered God do so and more also for thou shalt surely die Jonathan 45 And the people said unto Saul Shall Jonathan die who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel God forbid as the LORD liveth there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground for he hath wrought with God this day So the people rescued Jonathan that he died not 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines and the Philistines went to their own Place 47 ¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side against Moab and against the children of Ammon and against Edom and against the kings of Zobah and against the Philistines and whithersoever he turned himself he vexed them 48 And he ‖ Or. wrought mightâ—â— gathered an host and smote the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishui and Melchi-shua and the names of his two daughters were these the name of the first-born Merab and the name of the younger Michal 50 And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz and the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner Sauls uncle 51 And Kish was the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul and when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man he took him unto him CHAP. XV. 1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek 6 Saul favoureth the Kenites 8 He spareth Agag and the best of the spoil 10 Samuel denounceth unto Saul commending and excusing himself Gods rejection of him for his disobedience 24 Sauls humiliation 32 Samuel killeth Agag 34 Samuel and Saul part SAmuel also said unto Saul * Chap. 9.16 The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people over Israel now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts I remember that which Amalek did to Israel * Ex. 17. â— Numb 24.20 how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt 3 Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have and spare them not but slay both man and woman infant and suckling ox and sheep camel and ass 4 And Saul gathered the people together and numbred them in Telaim two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah 5 And Saul came to a city of A malek and ‖ Or. fought laid wait in the valley 6 ¶ And Saul said unto the Kenites Go depart get you down from among the Amalekites lest I destroy you
Keilah †Heb. â—â—ut up deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul And the LORD said they will deliver thee up 13 ¶ Then David and his men which were about six hundred arose and departed out of Keilah and went whithersoever they could go and it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah and he forbare to go forth 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph And Saul sought him every day but God delivered him not into his hand 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood 16 And Jonathan Sauls son arose and went to David into the wood and strengthned his hand in God 17 And he said unto him Fear not for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee and thou shalt be king over Israel and I shall be next unto thee and that also Saul my father knoweth 18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD and David abode in the wood and Jonathan went to his house 19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah saying Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood in the hill of Hachilah which is †Heb. on the right hand on the south of ‖ Or the wilderness Jeshimon 20 Now therefore O king come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down and our part shall be to deliver him into the kings hand 21 And Saul said Blessed be ye of the LORD for ye have compassion on me 22 Go I pray you prepare yet and know and see his place where his †Heb. foot shall is haunt is and who hath seen him there for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly 23 See therefore and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself and come ye again to me with the certainty and I will go with you and it shall come to pass if he be in the land that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah 24 And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon in the plain on the south of Jeshimon 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him and they told David where fore he came down into a rock and abode in the wilderness of Maon and when Saul heard that he pursued after David in the Wilderness of Maon 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain and David and his men on that side of the mountain and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them 27 ¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul saying Haste thee and come for the Philistines have †Heb. spread themselves upon c. invaded the land 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David went against the Philistines therefore they called that place ‖ That is The rock of divisions Sela-hammah-lekoth 29 ¶ And David went up from thence and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi CHAP. XXIV 1 David in a cave et En-gedi having cut off Sauls skirt spareth his life 8 He sheweth thereby his innocency 16 Saul acknowledging his fault taketh an oath of David and departeth ANd it came to pass when Saul was returned from †Heb. after following the Philistines that it was told him saying Behold David is in the wilderness of En-gedi 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wilde goats 3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the way where was a cave and Saul went in to cover his feet and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave 4 And the men of David said unto him Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee Behold I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee Then David arose and cut off the skirt of †Heb. the robe which was Sauls Sauls robe privily 5 And it came to pass afterward that Davids heart smote him because he had cut off Sauls skirt 6 And he said unto his men The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the LORDs anointed to stretch forth mine hand against him seeing he is the anointed of the LORD 7 So David †Heb. cut off stayed his servants with these words and suffered them not to rise against Saul but Saul rose up out of the cave and went on his way 8 David also arose afterward and went out of the cave and cried after Saul saying My lord the king And when Saul looked behinde him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself 9 ¶ And David said to Saul Wherefore hearest thou mens words saying Behold David seeketh thy hurt 10 Behold this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave and some bade me kill thee but mine eye spared thee and I said I will not put forth mine hand against my lord for he is the LORDS anointed 11 Moreover my father see yea see the skirt of thy robe in my hand for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand and I have not sinned against thee yet thou huntest my soul to take it 12 The LORD judge between me and thee and the LORD avenge me of thee but mine hand shall not be upon thee 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked but mine hand shall not be upon thee 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out after whom dost thou pursue after a dead dog after a flea 15 The LORD therefore be Judge and judge between me and thee and see and plead my cause and †Heb. judge deliver me out of thine hand 16 ¶ And it came to pass when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul that Saul said Is this thy voice my son David And Saul lift up his voice and wept 17 And he said to David Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast rewarded me good whereas I have rewarded thee evil 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me forasmuch as when the LORD had †Heb. shut up delivered me into thine hand thou killedst me not 19 For if a man finde his enemy will he let him go well away wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day 20 And now behold I know well that thou shalt surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine
hand 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my fathers house 22 And David sware unto Saul and Saul went home but David and his men gat them up unto the hold CHAP. XXV 1 Samuel dieth 2 David in Paran sendeth to Nabal 10 Provoked by Nabals churlishness he mindeth to destroy him 14 Abigail understanding thereof 18 taketh a present 23 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth David 36 Nabal hearing thereof dieth 39 David taketh Abigail and Abinoam to be his wives 44 Michal is given to Phalti ANd * Chap. 28.3 Ecclus 46.13.20 Samuel died and all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran 2 And there was a man in Maon whose ‖ Or business possessions were in Carmel and the man was very great and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal and the name of his wife Abigail and she was a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance but the man was churlish and evil in his doings and he was of the house of Caleb 4 ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep 5 And David sent out ten young men and David said unto the young men Get you up to Carmel and go to Nabal and †Heb. ask him in my name of peace greet him in my name 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity Peace be both to thee and peace be to thine house and peace be unto all that thou hast 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers now thy shepherds which were with us we †Heb. shamed hurt them not neither was there ought missing unto them all the while they were in Carmel 8 Ask thy young men and they will shew thee wherefore let the young men finde favour in thine eyes for we come in a good day give I pray thee whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants and to thy son David 9 And when Davids young men came they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David and †Heb. rested ceased 10 ¶ And Nabal answered Davids servants and said Who is David and who is the son of Jesse there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master 11 Shall I then take my bread and my water and my †Heb. slaughter flesh that I have killed for my shearers and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be 12 So Davids young men turned their way and went again and came and told him all those sayings 13 And David said unto his men Gird you on every man his sword And they girded on every man his sword and David also girded on his sword and there went up after David about four hundred men and two hundred abode by the stuff 14 ¶ But one of the young men told Abigail Nabals wife saying Behold David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master and he †Heb. flew upon them railed on them 15 But the men were very good unto us and we were not †Heb. shamed hurt neither missed we any thing as song as we were conversant with them when we were in the fields 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do for evil is determined against our master and against all his houshold for he is such a son of Belial that a man cannot speak to him 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched corn and an hundred ‖ Or lumps clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs and laid them on asses 19 And she said unto her servants Go on before me behold I come after you but she told not her husband Nabal 20 And it was so as she rode on the ass that she came down by the covert of the hill and behold David and his men came down against her and she met them 21 Now David had said Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him and he hath requited me evil for good 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall 23 And when Abigail saw David she hasted and lighted off the ass and fell before David on her face and bowed her self to the ground 24 And fell at his feet and said Upon me my lord upon me let this iniquity be and let thine hand-maid I pray thee speak in thine †Heb. ears audience and hear the words of thine hand-maid 25 Let not my lord I pray thee †Heb. lay it to his heart regard this man of Belial even Nabal for as his name is so is he Nabal is his name and folly is with him but I thine hand-maid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou didst send 26 Now therefore my lord at the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed bloud and from †Heb. saving thy self avenging thy self with thine own hand now let thine enemies and they that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal 27 And now this ‖ Or present blessing which thine hand-maid hath brought unto my lord let it even be given unto the young men that †Heb. walk at the feet of c. follow my lord 28 I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine hand-maid for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fighteth the battels of the LORD and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God and the sould of thine enemies them shall he sling out †Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling as out of the middle of a sling 30 And it shall come to pass when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel 31 That this shall be †Heb. no staggering or stumbling no grief unto thee nor offence of heart unto my lord either that thou hast shed bloud causless or that my lord hath avenged himself but when the LORD shall have dealt well
neighbour even to David 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me the LORD also shall deliver the hoâ—t of Israel into the hand of the Philistines 20 Then Saul †Heb. made â—â—sie and fell with the fulnesâ— of its statute fell straightway all along on the earth and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel and there was no strength in him for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night 21 ¶ And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore troubled and said unto him Behold thine hand-maid hath obeyed thy voice and I have put my life in my hand and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me 22 Now therefore I pray thee hearken thou also unto the voice of thine hand-maid and let me set a morsel of bread before thee and eat that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way 23 But he refused and said I will not eat but his servants together with the woman compelled him and he hearkened unto their voice so he arose from the earth and sat upon the bed 24 And the woman had a fat cast in the house and she hasted and â—â—â—â—ed it and took flour and kneaded it and did bake unleavened bread thereof 25 And she brought it before Saul and before his servants and they did eat then they rose up and went away that night CHAP. XXIX 1 David marching with the Philistines 2 is disallowed by their princes 6 Achish dâ—smiâ—â—â—th â—â—m with commendations of his fidâ—lity NOw the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in lezreel 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thâ—â—sands but David and his men passed on in the rere-ward with Achish 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines What do these Hebrews here And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines Is not this David the servant of Saul the king of Israel which hath been with me these days or these years and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him and the princes of the Philistines said unto him * 1 Chr. 11 19. Make this fellow return that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him and let him not go down with us to battel lest in the battel he be an adversary to us for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master should it not be with the heads of these men 5 Is not this David of whom they sang one to another in dances saying * Ch. 18. â— â—l 11. Saul slew his thousands and David his ten thousands 6 ¶ Then Achish called David and said unto him Surely as the LORD liveth thou hast been upright and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day nevertheless †Heb. thou art not God in the eyes of the lords the lords favour thee not 7 Wherefore now return and go in peace that thou †Heb. do not evil in the eyes of the lords displease not the lords of the Philistines 8 ¶ And David said unto Achish But what have I done and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been †Heb. before thee with 〈…〉 this day that I may not go fight against the enemies of my 〈…〉 9 And Achish answered and said to David I know 〈…〉 good in my sight as an angel of God notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said He shall not go up with us to the battel 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy masters servants that are come with thee and assoon as ye be up early in the morning and have light depart 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning 〈◊〉 return into the land of the Philistines and the Philistines went up 〈◊〉 Jezreel CHAP. XXX 1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag â— David asking counsel is encouraged by God to pursue them 11 By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies and recovereth all the spoil 22 Davids law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff 26 He sendeth presents to his friends ANd it came to pass when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day that the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag and smitten Ziklag and burnt it with fire 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein they slew not any either great or small but carried them away and went on their way 3 ¶ So David and his men came to the city and behold it was burnt with fire and their wives and their sons and their daughter were taken captives 4 Then David and the people that were with him lift up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep 5 And Davids two wives were taken captives Ahinoam the Jezreehtess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite 6 And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him because the soul of all the people was †Heb. bitter grieved every man for his sons and for his daughters but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest Ahimelechs son I pray thee bring me hither the ephod and Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David 8 And David enquired at the LORD saying Shall I pursue after this troup shall I overtake them And he answered him Pursue for thou shalt surely overtake them and without fail recover all 9 So David went he and the six hundred men that were with him and came to the brook Besor where those that were left behinde stayed 10 But David pursued he and four hundred men for two hundred abode behinde which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor 11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and gave him bread and he did eat and they made him drink water 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins and when he had eaten his spirit came again to him for he had eaten no bread nor drunk any water three days and three nights 13 And David said unto him To whom belongest thou and whence art thou And he said I am a young man of Egypt servant to an Amalekite and my master left me because three days agon I fell sick 14 We made
an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah and upon the south of Caleb and we burnt Ziklag with fire 15 And David said to him Canst thou bring me down to this company And he said Swear unto me by God that thou wilt neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master and I will bring thee down to this company 16 ¶ And when he had brought him down behold they were spread abroad upon all the earth eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah 17 And David smote them from the twi-light even unto the evening of †Heb. their wiâ—â—ow the next day and there escaped not a man of them save four hundred young men which rode upon camels and fled 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away and David rescued his two wives 19 And there was nothing lacking to them neither small nor great neither sons nor daughters neither spoil nor any thing that they had taken to them David recovered all 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds which they drave before those other cattel and said This is Davids spoil 21 ¶ And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint that they could not follow David whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor and they went forth to meet David and to meet the people that were with him and when David came near to the people he ‖ Or asked them how they did saluted them 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial of †Heb. men those that went with David and said Because they went not with us we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered save to every man his wife and his children that they may lead them away and depart 23 Then said David ye shall not do so my brethren with that which the LORD hath given us who hath preserved us and delivered the company that came against us into our hand 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter but as his part is that goeth down to the battel so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff they shall part alike 25 And it was so from that day †Heb. and forward forward that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day 26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah even to his friends saying Behold a †Heb. blessing present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD 27 To them which were in Beth-el and to them which were in south-Ramoth and to them which were in Jattir 28 And to them which were in Aroer and to them which were in Siphmoth and to them which were in Eshtemoa 29 And to them which were in Rachal and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites 30 And to them which were in Hormah and to them which were in Chor-ashan and to them which were in Athach 31 And to them which were in Hebron and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt CHAP. XXXI 1 Saul having lost his army and his sons slain he and his armour-bearer kill themselves 7 The Philistines possess the forsaken towns of the Israelites 8 They triumph over the dead carcases 11 They of Jabesh-gilead recovering the bodies by night burn them at Jabesh and mournfully bury their bones NOw * 1 Chr. 10.1 the Philistines fought against Israel and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down ‖ Or wounded slain in mount Gilboa 2 And the Philistines sollowed hard upon Saul and upon his sons and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua Sauls sons 3 And the battel went sore against Saul and the †Heb. shooters men with bowes archers †Heb. found him hit him and he was sore wounded of the archers 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer Draw thy sword and thrust me through therewith lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and ‖ Or mock me abuse me But his armour-bearer would not for he was sore afraid Therefore Saul took a sword and fell upon it 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell likewise upon his sword and died with him 6 So Saul died and his three sons and his armour-bearer and all his men that same day together 7 ¶ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley and they that were on the other side Jordan saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead they forsook the cities and fled and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it came to pass on the morrow when the Philistines came to strip the slain that they found Saul and his three sons faln in mount Gilboa 9 And they cut off his head and stripped off his armour and sent into the land of the Philistines round about to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth and they fastned his body to the wall of Beth-shan 11 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard ‖ Or concerning him of that which the Philistines had done to Saul 12 All the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodles of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and * Jer. 34.5 burnt them there 13 And they took their bones and * 2 Sam. â— 4 buried them under a tree at Jabesh and fasted seven days ¶ The second book of SAMUEL otherwise called The second book of the KINGS CHAP. I. 1 The Amalekite who brought tidings of the overthrow and accused himself of Sauls death is slain 17 David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a song NOw it came to pass after the death of Saul when David was returned from * 1 Sam. 30.17 the slaughter of the Amalekites and David had abode two days in Ziklag 2 It came even to pass on the third day that behold a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent and earth upon his head and so it was when he came to David that he fell to the earth and did obeisance 3 And David said unto him From whence comest thou And he said unto him Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped 4 And David said unto him †Heb. What was c. How went the matter I pray thee tell me And he answered That the people are fled from the battel and many of the people also are faln and dead and Saul and Jonathan his son
light †Heb. of his feet of foot †Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field as a wilde roe 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left †Heb. from after Abner from following Abner 20 Then Abner looked behinde him and said Art thou Asahel and he answered I am 21 And Abner said to him Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left and lay thee hold on one of the young men and take thee his ‖ Or spoil armour But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him 22 And Abner said again to Asahel Turn thee aside from following me wherefore should I smite thee to the ground how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib that the spear came out behinde him and he fell down there and died in the same place and it came to pass that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon 25 ¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner and became one troup and stood on the top of an hill 26 Then Abner called to Joab and said Shall the sword devour for ever knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end how long shall it be then ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren 27 And Joab said As God liveth unless thou hadst spoken surely then †Heb. from the morning in the morning the people had ‖ Or gone away gone up every one from following his brother 28 So Joab blew a trumpet and all the people stood still and pursued after Israel no more neither fought they any more 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain and passed over Jordan and went through all Bithron and they came to Mahanaim 30 And Joab returned from following Abner and when he had gathered all the people together there lacked of Davids servants nineteen men and Asahel 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin and of Abners men so that three hundred and threescore men died 32 ¶ And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulchre of his father which was in Beth-lehem and Joab and his men went all night and they came to Hebron at break of day CHAP. III. 1 During the war David still waxeth stronger 2 Six sons were born to him in Hebron 6 Abner displeased with Ish-bosheth 12 revolteth to David 13 David requireth a condition to bring him his wife Michal 17 Abner having communed with the Israelites is feasted by David and dismissed 22 Joab returning from battel is displeased with the king and killeth Abner 28 David curseth Joab 31 and mourneth for Abner NOw there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David but David waxed stronger and stronger and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker 2 ¶ And unto David were sons born in Hebron and his first-born was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess 3 And his second Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite and the third Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur 4 And the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith and the fifth Shephatiah the son of Abital 5 And the sixth Ithream by Eglah Davids wife these were born to David in Hebron 6 ¶ And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul 7 And Saul had a concubine whose name was * Chap. 21.10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah and Ish-bosheth said unto Abner Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my fathers concubine 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth and said Am I a dogs head which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father to his brethren and to his friends and have not delivered thee into the hand of David that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman 9 So do God to Abner and more also except as the LORD hath sworn to David even so I do to him 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah from Dan even to Beer sheba 11 And he could not answer Abner a word again because he feared him 12 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf saying Whose is the land saying also Make thy league with me and behold my hand shall be with thee to bring about all Israel unto thee 13 ¶ And he said Well I will make a league with thee but one thing I require of thee †Heb. saying that is Thou shalt not see my face except thou first bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou comest to see my face 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Sauls son saying Deliver me my wife Michal which I espoused to me * 1 Sam. 18.25 27. for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines 15 And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband even from * 1 Sam. 25.44 Phalti Phaltiel the son of Laish 16 And her husband went with her †Heb. going and weeping along weeping behinde her to Bahurim then said Abner unto him Go return And he returned 17 ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel saying Ye sought for David †Heb. both yesterday and the third day in times past to be king over you 18 Now then do it for the LORD hath spoken of David saying By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their enemies 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron and twenty men with him and David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast 21 And Abner said unto David I will arise and go and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king that they may make a league with thee that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth And David sent Abner away and he went in peace 22 ¶ And behold the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troup and brought in a great spoil with them but Abner was not with David in Hebron for he had sent him away and he was gone in peace 23 When
then the sword devoured 9 ¶ And Absalom met the servants of David and Absalom rode upon a mule and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak and his head caught hold of the oak and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth and the mule that was under him went away 10 And a certain man saw it and told Joab and said Behold I saw Absalom hanged in an oak 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him And behold thou sawest him and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle 12 And the man said unto Joab Though I should †Heb. weigh upon mine hand receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand yet would I not put forth mine hand against the kings son for in our hearing the king charged thee Abishai and Ittai saying †Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of c. Beware that none touch the young man Absalom 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falshood against mine own life for there is no matter hid from the king and thou thy self wouldest have set thy self against me 14 Then said Joab I may not tarry thus †Heb. before thee with thee And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the †Heb. hurt midst of the oak 15 And ten young men that bare Joabs armour compassed about and smote Absalom and slew him 16 And Joab blew the trumpet and the people returned from pursuing after Israel for Joab held back the people 17 And they took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the wood and laid a very great heap of stones upon him and all Israel fled every one to his tent 18 ¶ Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar which is in * Gen. 14.17 the kings dale for he said I have no son to keep my name in remembrance and he called the pillar after his own name and it is called unto this day Absaloms place 19 ¶ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok Let me now run and bear the king tidings how that the LORD hath †Heb. judged him from the hand c. avenged him of his enemies 20 And Joab said unto him Thou shalt not †Heb. be a man of tidings bear tidings this day but thou shalt bear tidings another day but this day thou shalt bear no tidings because the kings son is dead 21 Then said Joab to Cushi Go tell the king what thou hast seen And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab But †Heb. be what may howsoever let me I pray thee also run after Cushi And Joab said Wherefore wilt thou run my son seeing that thou hast no tidings ‖ Or convenient ready 23 But howsoever said he let me run And he said unto him Run Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain and overran Cushi 24 And David sat between the two gates and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall and lift up his eyes and looked and behold a man running alone 25 And the watchman cried and told the king And the king said If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth And he came apace and drew near 26 And the watchman saw another man running and the watchman called unto the porter and said Behold another man running alone And the king said He also bringeth tidings 27 And the watchman said †Heb. I see the running Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok And the king said He is a good man and cometh with good tidings 28 And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king ‖ Or Peace be to thee All is well And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king and said Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath †Heb. Peace delivered up the men that lift up their hand against my hand the king 29 And the king said †Heb. shut up Iâ— the young man Absalom safe And Ahimaaz answered When Joab sent the king servant me thy servant I saw a great tumult but I knew not whaâ— it was 30 And the king said unto him Turn aside and stand here And he turned aside and stood still 31 And behold Cushi came and Cushi said †Heb. Is there peace Tidings my lord the king for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee 32 And the king said unto Cushi Is the young man Absalom safe And Cushi answered The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt be as that young man is 33 ¶ And the king was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and went and as he went thâ—â— he said O my son Absalom my son my son Absalom would God I had died for thee O Aâ—salom my son my son CHAP. XIX 1 Joab causeth the king to cease his mourning 9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back 11 David sendeth to the priests incite them of Judah 18 Shimei is pardoned 24 Mephibâ—sheth excused 32 Barzillai dismissed Chimham his son is taken into the kings family 41 The Israelites expostulate with Judah fâ—r bringing hâ—me the king without them ANd it was told Joab Behold the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom 2 And the †Heb. salvation â—r dâ—liverance victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people for the people hearâ— say that day how the king was grieved for his son 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city as people being ashamed steal away when they thee in battel 4 But the king covered his face and the king cried with a loud voice O my son Absalom O Absalom my son my son 5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants which this day have saved thy life and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines 6 †Heb. bâ— loving c. In that thou lovest thine enemies and hatest thy friends for thou hast declared this day †Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee that thou regardest neither princes nor servants for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all we had died this day then it had pleased thee well 7 Now therefore arise go forth and speak †Heb. to the heart of thy servants confortably unto thy servants for I swear by the LORD if thou go not forth there will not tarry one with thee this night and that will be worse unto thee then
shall I do for you and wherewith shall I make the atonement that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him ‖ Or It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house neither pertains it to us to kill c. We will have no silver nor gold of Saul nor of his house neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel And he said What you shall say that will I do for you 5 And they answered the king The man that consumed us and that ‖ Or. â—ut us off devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul ‖ Or chosen of the LORD whom the LORD did choose And the king said I will give them 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul because of * 1 Sam. 18.3 and 20 8 â—â— the LORDS oath that was between them between David and Jonathan the son of Saul 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah whom she bare unto Saul Armoni and Mephiboâ—heth and the five sons of ‖ Or Michall sister Michal the daughter of Saul whom she †Heb. bare to Adriel brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD and they fell all seven together and were put to death in the days of harvest in the first days in the beginning of barley-harvest 10 ¶ And * Chap. 3.7 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done 12 ¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh gilead which had stoln them from the street of Beth-shan where the * 1 Sam. 31.10 Philistines had hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the countrey of Benjamin in Zelah in the sepulchre of Kish his father and they performed all that the king commanded and after that God was intreated for the land 15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel and David went down and his servants with him and fought against the Philistines and David waxed faint 16 And Ishbi-benob which was of the sons of ‖ Or Rapha the giant the weight of whose †Heb. the staff or the head spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight he being girded with a new sword thought to have slain David 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him Then the men of David sware unto him saying Thou shalt go no more out with us to battel that thou quench not the †Heb. candle or lamp light of Israel 18 * 1 Chr. 20.4 And it came to pass after this that there was again a battel with the Philistines at Gob then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph which was of the sons of ‖ Or. Rapha the giant 19 And there was again a battel in Gob with the Philâ—stines where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim a Bethlehemite slew * See 1 Chr. 20.5 the brother of Goliath the Gittite the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam 20 And there was yet a battel in Gath where was a man of great stature that had on every hand six fingers and on every foot six toes four and twenty in number and he also was born to ‖ Or Rapha the giant 21 And when he ‖ Or reproached defied Israel Jonathan the son of * 1 Sam. 16.9 Shimeah the brother of David sâ—ew him 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants CHAP. XXII A psalm of thanksgiving for Gods powerful deliverance and manifold blâ—ssings ANd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul 2 And he said * Psal 18.2 c. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer 3 The God of my rock in him will I trust hâ— is my shield and the horn of my salvation my high tower and my refuge my saviour thou savest me from violence 4 I will call on the LORD who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies 5 When the ‖ Or paâ—â—s waves of death compassed me the flouds of †Heb. Bâ—lial ungodly men made me afraid 6 The Or câ—rds sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God and he did hear my voice out of his temple and my cry did enter into his ears 8 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth 9 There went up a smoke †Heb. by out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it 10 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet 11 And he rode upon a cherub and did flie and he was seen upon the winâ—s of the wind 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him †Heb. â—inding of waterâ— dark waterâ— and thick clouds of the skies 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled 14 The LORD thundred from heaven and the most High uttered hâ—s voice 15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them lightning and discomfited them 16 And the chanels of the sea appeared the foundâ—tions of the world were discovered at the rebuking of the LORD at the blaâ—t of the breath of his nostrils 17 He sent from above he took me he drew me out of ‖ Oâ— great many waters 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that hated me for they were too strong for me 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay 20 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness
him renowned ANd * Chap. 7.8 Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaohs daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had made an end of building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall of Jerusalem round about 2 Onely the people sacrificed in high places because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days 3 And Solomon loved the LORD walking in the statutes of David his father onely he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there for that was the great high place a thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar 5 ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and God said Ask what I shall give thee 6 And Solomon said Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great ‖ Or bounty mercy according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with thee and thou hast kept for him this great kindness that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne as it is this day 7 And now O LORD my God thou hast made thy servant king in stead of David my father and I am but a little childe I know not how to go out or come in 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen a great people that cannot be numbred nor counted for multitude 9 * 2 Chr. â— 10 Give therefore thy servant an †Heb. hearing understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and bad for who is able to judge this thy so great a people 10 And the speech pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing 11 And God said unto him Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thy self †Heb. many days long life neither hast asked riches for thy self nor hast asked the life of thine enemies but hast asked for thy self understanding †Heb. to hear to discern judgement 12 Behold I have done according to thy words lo I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee 13 And I have also * Wisd 7.11 Mat. 6.33 given thee that which thou hast not asked both riches and honour so that there ‖ Or hath not been shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways to keep my statutes and my commandments * Chap. 15.5 as thy father David did walk then I will lengthen thy days 15 And Solomon awoke and behold it was a dream and he came to Jerufalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD and offered up burnt-offerings and offered peace offerings and made a feast to all his servants 16 ¶ Then came there two women that were harlots unto the king and stood before him 17 And the one woman said O my lord I and this woman dwell in one house and I was delivered of a childe with her in the house 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered that this woman was delivered also and we were together there was no stranger with us in the house save we two in the house 19 And this womans childe died in the night because she overlaid it 20 And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while thine hand-maid slept and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead childe in my bosom 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my childe suck behold it was dead but when I had considered it in the morning behold it was not my son which I did bear 22 And the other woman said Nay but the living is my son and the dead is thy son and this said No but the dead is thy son and the living is my son Thus they spake before the king 23 Then said the king The one saith This is my son that liveth and thy son is the dead and the other saith Nay but thy son is the dead and my son is the living 24 And the king said Bring me a sword And they brought a sword before the king 25 And the king said Divide the living childe in two and give half to the one and half to the other 26 Then spake the woman whose the living childe was unto the king for her bowels †Heb. were â—et yerned upon her son and she said O my lord give her the living childe and in no wise slay it but the other said Let it be neither mine nor thine but divide it 27 Then the king answered and said Give her the living childe and in no wise slay it she is the mother thereof 28 And all Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged and they feared the king for they saw that the wisdom of God was †Heb. in the midst of him in him to do judgement CHAP. IV. 1 Solomons princes 7 His twelve officers for provision 20 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom 22 His daily provision 26 His stables 29 His wisdom SO king Solomon was king over all Israel 2 And these were the princes which he had Azariah the son of Zadok ‖ Or the chief officer the priest 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah the sons of Shisha ‖ Or secretaries scribes Jehosaphat the son of Ahilud the ‖ Or rein in braâ—cer recorder 4 And Benaiah the son of Jeholada was over the host and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer and the kings friend 6 And Ahishar was over the houshold and * Ch. 5.14 Adoniram the son of Abda was over the ‖ Or levy tribute 7 ¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel which provided victuals for the king and his houshold each man his moneth in a year made provision 8 And these are their names ‖ Or. Ben-bur The son of Hur in mount Ephraim 9 ‖ Or Ben-dekar The son of Dekar in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemeth and Elon-beth-hanan 10 ‖ Or Ben-hesed The son of Hesed in Aruboth to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher 11 ‖ Or Ben-abinadab The son of Abinadab in all the region of Dor which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife 12 Baana the son of Ahilud to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth-shean which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam 13 ‖ Or Ben-â—ebâ—â— The son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh which are in Gilead to him also pertained the region
of Judah for all the kings matters also the Levites shall be officers before you †Heb. take couâ—â—â— iâ— do Deal couragiously and the LORD shall be with the good CHAP. XX. 1 Jehoshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast 5 His prayer 14 The prophesie of Jahaziel 20 Jehoshaphat exhorteth the people and setteth singers to praise the Lord. 22 The great overthrow of the enemies 26 The people having blessed God at Berachah return in triumph 31 Jehoshaphats reign 35 His convoy of ships which he made with Ahaziah according to the prophesie of Eliezer unhappily perished IT came to pass after this also that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon and with them other beside the Ammonites came against Jehoshaphat to battel 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat saying There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria and behold they be in Hazazon-tamar which is En-gedi 3 And Jehoshaphat feared and set †Heb. â—â—jaâ—â— himself to seek the LORD and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah 4 And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the LORD even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD before the new court 6 And said O LORD God of our fathers art not thou God in heaven and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee 7 Art not thou our God †Heb. tâ—â— who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever 8 And they dwelt therein and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name saying 9 * 1 Kin. 8.17 Câ—ap 6.28 If when evil cometh upon us as the sword judgement or pestilence or famine we stand before this house and in thy presence for thy name is in this house and cry unto thee in our affliction then thou wilt hear and help 10 And now behold the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir whom thou * Deu. 2.9 wouldest not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt but they turned from them destroyed them not 11 Behold I say how they reward us to come to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit 12 O our God wilt thou not judge them for we have no might against this great company that conieth against us neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones their wives and their children 14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah the son of Benaiah the son of Jeiel the son of Mattaniah a Levite of the sons of Asaph came the spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation 15 And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou king Jehoshaphat Thus saith the LORD unto you Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battel is not yours but Gods 16 To morrow go ye down against them behold they come up by the †Heb. â—sâ—ent cliff of Ziz and ye shall finde them at the end of the ‖ Or â—liâ— brook before the wilderness of Jeruel 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battel set your selves stand ye still and see the salvation of the LORD with you O Judah and Jerusalem fear not nor be dismayed to morrow go out against them for the LORD will be with you 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD worshipping the LORD 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high 20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa and as they went forth Jehoshaphat stood and said Hear me O Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem * Isa 7.9 Beleeve in the LORD your God so shall you be established beleeve his prophets so shall ye prosper 21 And when he had consulted with the people he appointed singers unto the LORD and †Heb. praisers that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army and to say Praise the LORD for his mercy endureth for ever 22 ¶ †Heb. and in the time that they c. And when they began †Heb. in singing and praise to sing and to praise the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir which were come against Judah and ‖ Or they smote one another they were smitten 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir every one helped †Heb. for the destruction to destroy another 24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilderness they looked unto the multitude and behold they were dead bodies fain to the earth and †Heb. there was not an escaping none escaped 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels which they stript off for themselves more then they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil it was so much 26 ¶ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ‖ That is blessing Berachah for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day 27 Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the †Heb. bead forefront of them to go again to Jerusalem with joy for the LORD had made them to rejoyce over their enemies 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countreys when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about 31 ¶ * 1 Kin. 22 41 c. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father and departed not from it doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away
our God for this and he was entreated of us 24 ¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests Sherebiah Hashabiah and ten of their brethren with them 25 And weighed unto them the silver and the gold and the vessels even the offering of the house of our God which the king and his counsellours and his lords and all Israel there present had offered 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels an hundred talents and of gold an hundred talents 27 Also twenty basons of gold of a thousand drams and two vessels of †Heb. yellow or shining brass fine copper †Heb. desireable precious as gold 28 And I said unto them Ye are holy unto the LORD the vessels are holy also and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering unto the LORD God of your fathers 29 Watch ye and keep them until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites and chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the house of the LORD 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God 31 ¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first moneth to go unto Jerusalem and the hand of our God was upon us and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and of such as lay in wait by the way 32 And we came to Jerusalem and abode there three days 33 ¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui Levites 34 By number and by weight of every one and all the weight was written at that time 35 Also the children of those that had been carried away which were come out of the captivity offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel twelve bullocks for all Israel ninety and six rams seventy and seven lambs twelve he-goats for a sin-offering all this was a burnt-offering unto the LORD 36 ¶ And they delivered the kings commissions unto the kings lieutenants and to the governours on this side the river and they furthered the people and the house of God CHAP. IX 1 Ezra mourneth for the affinity of the people with strangers 5 He prayeth unto God with confession of sins NOw when these things were done the princes came to me saying The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands doing according to their abominations even of the Canaanites the Hittites the Perizzites the Jebusites the Ammonites the Moabites the Egyptians and the Amorites 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands yea the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass 3 And when I heard this thing I rent my garment and my mantle and pluckt off the hair of my head and of my beard and sat down astonied 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the transgression of those that had been carried away and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice 5 ¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my ‖ Or affiction heaviness and having rent my garment and my mantle I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God 6 And said O my God I am ashamed and blush to list up my face to thee my God for our iniquities are increased over our head and our ‖ Or guiltiness trespass is grown up unto the heavens 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day and for our iniquities have we our kings and our priests been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands to the sword to captivity and to a spoil and to confusion of face as it is this day 8 And now for a †Heb. moment little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God to leave us a remnant to escape and to give us ‖ Or a pin That is a constant and sure abode a nail in his holy place that our God may lighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage 9 For we were bondmen yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia to give us a reviving to set up the house of our God and †Heb. to set up to repair the desolations thereof and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem 10 And now O our God what shall we say after this for we have forsaken thy commandments 11 Which thou hast commanded †Heb. by the hand of thy servants by thy servants the prophets saying The land unto which ye go to possess it is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands with their abominations which have filled it †Heb. from mouth to mouth from one end to another with their uncleanness 12 Now therefore * Ex. 23.32 Deut. 7.3 give not your daughters unto their sons neither take their daughters unto your sons nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever that ye may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass seeing that thou our God †Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities hast punished us less then our iniquities deserve and hast given us such deliverance as this 14 Should we again break thy commandments and joyn in affinity with the people of these abominations wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us so that there should be no remnant nor escaping 15 O LORD God of Israel thou art righteous for we remain yet escaped as it is this day behold we are before thee in our trespasses for we cannot stand before thee because of this CHAP. X. 1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the strange marriages 6 Ezra mourning assembleth the people 9 The people at the exhortation of Ezra repent and promise amendment 15 The care to perform it 18 The names of them which had married strange wives NOw when Ezra had prayed and when he had confessed weeping and casting himself down before the house of God there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children for the people †Heb. wept a treat weeping
There is a king in Judah and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words Come now therefore and let us take counsel together 8 Then I sent unto him saying There are no such things done as thou sayest but thou feignest them out of thine own heart 9 For they all made us afraid saying Their hands shall be weakned from the work that it be not done Now therefore O God strengthen my hands 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel who was shut up and he said Let us meet together in the house of God within the temple and let us shut the doors of the temple for they will come to slay thee yea in the night will they come to slay thee 11 And I said should such a man as I flee and who is there that being as I am would go into the temple to save his life I will not go in 12 And so I perceived that God had not sent him but that he pronounced this prophetie against me for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him 13 Therefore was he hired that I should be afraid and do so and sin and that they might have matter for an evil report that they might reproach me 14 My God think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works and on the prophetess Neadiah and the reâ—t of the prophets that would have put me in fear 15 ¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the moneth Esul in fifty and two days 16 And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard thereof and all the heathen that were about us saw these things they were much cast down in their own eyes for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God 17 ¶ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah †Heb. multiplied their lâ—tters pasâ—ing to Tobiah sent many letters unto Tobiah and the letters of Tobiah came unto them 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him because he was the son in law of Sâ—ecaniah the son of Arah and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me and uttered my ‖ Or matters words to him and Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear CHAP. VII 1 Nehemiah committeth the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah 5 Areâ—ister of the â—enealogy of them which came at the first out of Babylon 9 of the people 39 of the priests 43 of the Levites 46 of the Nethinims 57 of Solomons servants 63 and of the priests which could not finde theâ—r pedâ—â—ree 66 The whole number of them with their substance 70 Their oblations NOw it came to pass when the wall was built and I had set up the doors and the porters the singers the Levites were appointed 2 That I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the ruler of the palace charge over Jerusalem for he was a faithful man and feared God above many 3 And I said unto them Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot and while they stand by let them shut the doors and bar them and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem every one in his watch and every one to be over against his house 4 Now the city was †Heb broad in spaces large and great but the people were few therein and the houses were not builded 5 ¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles and the rulers and the people that they might be reâ—koned by genealogie and I â—ound a register of the genealogie of them which came up at the first and found written therein 6 * Ezrâ— 2.1 c. These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babyâ—on had carried away and came again to Jerusalem and to sedah every one unto his city 7 Who came with Zerubbabel Jeshua Nehemiah ‖ O◠〈…〉 Azariah Raamiah Nahamani Mordecai Bilshan Mispereth Bigvai Nehum Baanah the number I say of the men of the people of Israel was this 8 The children of Parosh two thousand an hundred seventy and two 9 The children of Shephatiah three hundred seventy and two 10 The children of Arah six hundred fifty and two 11 The children of Pahath-moab of the children of Jeshua and Joab two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen 12 The children of Elam a thousand two hundred fifty and four 13 The children of Zattu eight hundred fourty and five 14 The children of Zaccai seven hundred and threescore 15 The children of ‖ Or 〈◊〉 Binnui six hundred fourty and eight 16 The children of Bebai six hundred twenty and eight 17 The children of Azgad two thousand three hundred twenty and two 18 The children of Adonikam six hundred threescore and seven 19 The children of Bigvai two thousand threescore and seven 20 The children of Adin six hundred fifty and five 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah ninety and eight 22 The children of Hashum three hundred twenty and eight 23 The children of Bezai three hundred twenty and four 24 The children of ‖ Or. Jers Hariph an hundred and twelve 25 The children of ‖ Or Gibâ—ar Gibeon ninety and five 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah an hundred fourscore and eight 27 The men of Anathoth an hundred twenty and eight 28 The men of ‖ Or Aâ—maveâ—â— Beth-azmaveth fourty and two 29 The men of ‖ Or Kirjath-arim Kirjath-jearim Chephirah and Beeroth seven hundred fourty and three 30 The men of Ramah and Gaba six hundred twenty and one 31 The men of Michmas an hundred and twenty and two 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai an hundred twenty and three 33 The men of the other Nebo fifty and two 34 The children of the other * See vers 12. Elam a thousand two hundred fifty and four 35 The children of Harim three hundred and twenty 36 The children of Jericho three hundred fourty and five 37 The children of Lod Hadid and Ono seven hundred twenty and one 38 The children of Senaah three thousand nine hundred and thirty 39 ¶ The priests the children of * 〈◊〉 Chr. 〈◊〉 Jedaiah of the house of Jeshus nine hundred seventy and three 40 The children of Immer a thousand fifty and two 41 The children of Pashur a thousand two hundred fourty seven 42 The children of Harim a thousand and seventeen 43 ¶ The Levites the children of Jeshua of Kadmiel and of the children of ‖ Or Hodaviaâ— Ezr. 2.40 oâ— judaâ— Ezâ— 3.9 Hodevah seventy and four 44 ¶ The singers the children of Asaph an hundred fourty and eight 45 ¶ The porters the children of Shallum the children of Ater the children of Talmon the children of Akkub the children of Hatita the children of Shobai an hundred
a great feast unto all his princes and his servants even Esthers feast and he made a †Heb. rest release to the provinces and gave gifts according to the state of the king 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time then Mordecai sat in the kings gate 20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people as Mordecai had charged her for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai like as when she was brought up with him 21 ¶ In those days while Mordecai sat in the kings gate two of the kings chamberlains ‖ Or Bigthana ch 6.2 Bigthan and Teresh of those which kept †Heb. the threshold the door were wroth and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai who told it unto Esther the queen and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter it was found out therefore they were both hanged on a tree and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king CHAP. III. 1 Haman advanced by the king and despised by Mordecai seeketh revenge upon all the Jews 7 He casteth lots 8 He obtaineth by calumniation a decree of the king to put the Jews to death AFter these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes that were with him 2 And all the kings servants that were in the kings gate bowed and reverenced Haman for the king had so commanded concerning him but Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence 3 Then the kings servants which were in the kings gate said unto Mordecai Why transgressest thou the kings commandment 4 Now it came to pass when they spake daily unto him and he hearkned not unto them that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai his maâ—ters would stand for he had told them that he was a Jew 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence then was Haman full of wrath 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus even the people of Mordecai 7 ¶ In the first moneth that is the moneth Nisan in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus they cast Pur that is the lot before Haman from day to day and from moneth to moneth to the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar 8 ¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the province of thy kingdom and their laws are diverse from all people neither keep they the kings laws therefore it is not †Heb. meet or eâ—uâ—l for the kings profit to suffer them 9 If it please the king let it be written †Heb. to destroy them that they may be destroyed and I will †Heb. weigh pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business to bring it into the kings treasuries 10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite the Jews ‖ Or oppressour enemy 11 And the king said unto Haman The silver is given to thee the people also to do with them as it seemeth good to thee 12 Then were the kings ‖ Or secretariâ—s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the kings lieutenants and to the governours that were over every province and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written and sealed with the kings ring 13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the kings provinces to destroy to kill and to cause to perish all Jews both young and old little children and women in one day even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth which is the moneth Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey 14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people that they should be ready against that day 15 The posts went out being hastned by the kings commandment and the decree was given in Shushan the palace and the king and Haman sat down to drink but the city Shushan was perplexed CHAP. IV. 1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews 4 Esther understanding it sendeth to Mordecai who sheweth the cause and adviseth her to undertake the suit 10 She excusing her self is threatned by Mordecai 15 She appointing a fast undertaketh the suit WHen Mordecai perceived all that was done Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and a bitter cry 2 And came even before the kings gate for none miâ—ht enter into the kings gate clothed with sackcloth 3 And in every province whithersoever the kings commandment and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews and fasting and weeping and wailing and †Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many many lay in sackcloth ashes 4 ¶ So Esthers maids and her †Heb. â—â—muchs chamberlains came told it her then was the queen exceedingly grieved she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai and to take away his sackcloth from him but he received it not 5 Then called Esther for Hatach one of the kings chamberlains †Heb. whom he had set before her whom he had appointed to attend upon her and gave him a commandment to Mordecai to know what it was and why it was 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city which was before the kings gate 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had hapned unto him and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the kings treasuries for the Jews to destroy them 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them to shew it unto Esther and to declare it unto her and to charge her that she should go in unto the king to make supplication unto him and to make request before him for her people 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai 10 ¶ Again Esther spake unto Hatach and gave him commandment unto Mordecai 11 All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces do know that whosoever whether man or woman shall come unto the king into the inner court who is not called there is one saw of his to put him to death except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre that he may live
commandment of his lips †Heb. I have hid or laid up I have esteemed the words of his mouth more then ‖ Or my appointed portion my necessary food 13 But he is in one minde and who can turn him and what * Psal 115.3 his soul desireth even that he doeth 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me and many such things are with him 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence when I consider I am afraid of him 16 For God maketh my heart soft and the Almighty troubleth me 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness neither hath he covered the darkness from my face CHAP. XXIV 1 Wickedness goeth often unpunished 17 There is a secret judgement for the wicked WHy seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty do they that know him not see his days 2 Some remove the * Deut. 1â— 14. 27.17 land-marks they violently take away flocks and ‖ Or feed them feed thereof 3 They drive away the ass of the father-less they take the widows ox for a pledge 4 They turn the needy out of the way the poor of the earth hide themselves together 5 Behold as wilde asses in the desert go they forth to their work rising betimes for a prey the wilderness yeeldeth food for them and for their children 6 They reap every one his †Heb. mingled corn or dredge corn in the field and †Heb. the wicked cather the vintage they gather the vintage of the wicked 7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing that they have no covering in the cold 8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains and embrace the rock for want of a shelter 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor 10 They cause him to go naked without clothing and they take away the sheaf from the hungry 11 Which make oyl within their walls and tread their wine-presses and suffer thirst 12 Men groan from out of the city and the soul of the wounded crieth out yet God layeth not folly to them 13 They are of those that rebel against the light they know not the ways thereof nor abide in the paths thereof 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy and in the night is as a thief 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight saying No eye shall see me and †Heb. setteth his face insecret disguiseth his face 16 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the day-time they know not the light 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death if one know them they are in the terrours of the shadow of death 18 He is swift as their waters their portion is cursed in the earth he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards 19 Drought and heat †Heb. violently take consume the snow-waters so doth the grave those which have sinned 20 The womb shall forget him the worm shall feed sweetly on him he shall be no more remembred and wickedness shall be broken as a tree 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not and doeth not good to the widow 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power he riseth up ‖ Or be trusteth not his own life and no man is sure of life 23 Though it be given him to be in safety whereon he resteth yet his eyes are upon their ways 24 They are exalted for a little while but †Heb. are not are gone and brought low they are †Heb. closed up taken out of the way as all other and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn 25 And if it be not so now who will make me a liar and make my speech nothing worth CHAP. XXV Bildad sheweth that man cannot be justified before God THen answered Bildad the Shuhite and said 2 Dominion and fear are with him he maketh peace in his high places 3 Is there any number of his armies and upon whom doth not his light arise 4 * Ch. 4.17 c. 15.14 c. How then can man be justified with God or how can he be clean that is born of a woman 5 Behold even to the moon and it shineth not yea the stars are not pure in his sight 6 How much less man that is * Psal 22.6 a worm and the son of man which is a worm CHAP. XXVI 1 Job reproving the unebar table spirit of Bildad 5 acknowledgeth the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable BUt Job answered and said 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power how savest thou the arm that hath no strength 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is 4 To whom hast thou uttered words and whose spirit came from thee 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters ‖ Or with the inhabitants and the inhabitants thereof 6 * Prov. 15.11 Hell is naked before him and destruction hath no covering 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place and hangeth the eatch upon nothing 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds and the cloud is not rent under them 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne spreadeth his cloud upon it 10 He hath compassed the waters with pounds †Heb. until the eâ—â— of theâ—â— with darkness until the day and night come to an end 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof 12 He divideth the sea with his power and by his understanding he smiteth through †Heb. pride the proud 13 By hâ—s spirit he hath garnished the heavens his hand hath formed the crooked serpent 14 Lo these are parts of his ways but how little a portion is heard of him but the thunder of his power who can understand CHAP. XXVII 1 Joâ— protesieth his sincerity 8 The hypocrite is without hope 11 The blesings which the wicked have are turned into curses MOreover Job †Heb. added to take up continued his parable and said 2 As God liveth who hath taken away my judgement and the Almighty who hath †Heb. maâ—e my soul bitter vexed my soul 3 All the while my breath is in mâ— and ‖ That is the â—râ—ath which God gave him the spirit of God is in my nostrils 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness nor my tongue utter deceit 5 God forbid that I should justifie you till I die I will not remove my integrity from me 6 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my heart shall not reproach me †Heb. from my days so long as I live 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous 8 * Matth. 16.26 For what is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath
hope 10 * Aâ—ts 2.31 13.35 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy One to see corruption 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PSAL. XVII 1 David in confidence of his integrity craveth defence of God against his enemies 10 He sheweth their pride craft and eagerness 13 He prayeth against them in confidence of his hope ¶ A prayer of David Hear †Heb justice the right O LORD attend unto my cry give ear unto my prayer that goeth †Heb without lips of deceit not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence let thine eyes behold the things that are equal 3 Thou hast proved mine heart thou hast visited me in the night thou hast tried me and shalt finde nothing I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress 4 Concerning the works of men by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps †Heb. be not moved slip not 6 I have called upon thee for thou wilt hear me O God incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness O thou ‖ Or that save them which trust in thee from these that rise up against thy right hand that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from chose that rise up against them 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye hide me under the shaâ—â—â— of thy wings 9 From the wicked †Heb. that wasit me that oppress me from †Heb. mine enemies against the soul my deadly enemies who compass me about 10 They are inclosed in their own fat with their mouth they speak proudly 11 They have now compassed us in our steps they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth 12 †Heb. the likeness of him that is of every one of them is as a liâ—n that desireth to raven Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as â—t were a young lion †Heb. sitting lurking in secret places 13 Arise O LORD †Heb. prevent his face disappoint him cast him down deliver my soul from the wicked ‖ Or by thy sword which is thy sword 14 ‖ Or from men by thine hand From men which are thy hand O LORD from men of the world which have their portion in this life and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure ‖ Or their children are â—â—â—l they are full of children and leave the rest of their substance to their babes 15 As for me I will behold thy face in righteousness I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness PSAL. XVIII David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous blâ—sings ¶ To the â—met musician A psalm of David the servant of the LORD who spake unto the LORD the words of * 2 Sam. 22. this long in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul And he said I Will love thee O LORD my strength 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer my God †Heb. my â—â—â—k my strength in whom I will trust my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower 3 I will call upon the LORD who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies 4 * Psal 115.3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the flouds of †Heb. Belial ungodly men made me afraid 5 The ‖ Or â—ordâ— sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God he heard my voice out of his temple and my cry came before him even into his ears 7 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth 8 There went up a smoke †Heb. by his out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet 10 And he rode upon a cherub and did flie yea he did flie upon the wings of the wind 11 He made darkness his secret place his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed hail stones and coals of fire 13 The LORD also thundred in the heavens and the Highest gave his voice hail stones and coals of fire 14 Yea he sent out his arrows and scattered them and he shot out lightnings and discomfited them 15 Then the chanels of waters were seen and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke O LORD at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils 16 He sent from above he took me he drew me out of ‖ Or. great waters many waters 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay 19 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God 22 For all his judgments were before me and I did not put away his statutes from me 23 I was also upright †Heb. with before him and I kept my self from mine iniquity 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands †Heb. before his eyes in his eye-sight 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy self merciful with an upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure and with the froward thou wilt ‖ Or â—reâ—iâ—e shew thy self froward 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people but wilt bring down high looks 28 For thou wilt light my ‖ Or lamp candle the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness 29 For by thee I have ‖ Or broken run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall 30 As for God his way is perfect * Psal â—2 6. and 119.140 Prov. 30. â— the word of the LORD is ‖ Or refined tried he is a buckler to all those that trust in him 31 * Deut. 3â— 39. 1 Sam. 2.2 Psal 86.8 Isa 45.5 For who is God save the LORD or who is a rock save our God 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way perfect 33 He maketh my feet
as the light and thy judgement as the noon-day 7 †Heb. he silent to the LORD Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for him fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any wise to do evil 9 For evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the LORD they shall inherit the earth 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be 11 * Mat. 5.5 But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace 12 The wicked ‖ Or practiseth plotteth against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth 13 * Ps 2.4 The LORD shall laugh at him for he seeth that his day is coming 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bowe to cast down the poor and needy and to â—lay †Heb. the upright of way such as be of upright conversation 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart and their bowes shall be broken 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better then the riches of many wicked 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken but the LORD uphoodeth the righteous 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright and their inheritance shall be for ever 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied 20 But the wicked shall pâ—rish and the enemies of the LORD shall be as †Heb. the pâ—eâ—ieâ—sness of â—ambs the fat of lambs they shall consume into smoke shall they â—onsiâ—â—e away 21 The wicked borrowâ—th and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth and they that be cursed of him shall â—e â—ut 〈◊〉 23 The steps of a good man are ‖ Or astablished 〈◊〉 by the LORD and he desighteth in his way 24 Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand 25 I have been young 〈…〉 and old yâ—t have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begeting bread 26 He is †Heb. all the daâ— ever mercind and â—â—â—nd thâ—â— and his seed is blessed 27 Depart from evil and dogâ—odâ— and dwell for everm â—râ— 28 For the LORD 〈…〉 not his saints they are preserved for ever 〈…〉 of the wicked shall be cut oâ—â— 29 The righteous shall 〈…〉 therein for ever 30 The mouth of the righteous 〈…〉 and his tongue talketh of judgement 31 The law of his God is in his 〈◊〉 †Or gâ—ings shall slide 32 The wicked waâ—â—â—eth 〈…〉 to sâ—ay him 33 The LORD will no leave him in his hand waâ— condemn him when he is judged 34 Wait on the LORD and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off thou shalt see it 35 I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like ‖ Or a green tree that groweth in his own soil a green bay-tree 36 Yet he passed away and lo he was not yea I sought him but he could not be sound 37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace 38 But the transgressours shall be destroyed together the end of the wicked shall be cut off 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD he is their strength in the time of trouble 40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust in him PSAL. XXXVIII David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case ¶ A psalm of David to bring tâ— remembrance O LORD rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me fore 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any †Heb. peace or health rest in my bones because of my sin 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness 6 I am †Heb. aryed troubled I am bowed down greatly I go mourning all the day long 7 For my loyns are filled with a loathsom disease and there is no soundness in my flesh 8 I am feeble and sore broken I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart 9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength faileth me as for the light of mine eyes it also †Heb. is not with me is gone from me 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my †Heb. stroke sore and ‖ Or my neighbours my kinsmen stand afar off 12 They also that seek after my life say snares for me and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long 13 But I as a deaf man heard not and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs 15 For ‖ Or thee do I wait for in thee O LORD do I hope thou wilt ‖ Or answer hear O LORD my God 16 For I said Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoyce over me when my foot slippeth they magnifie themselves against me 17 For I am ready †Heb. for halting to halt and my sorrow is continually before me 18 For I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sin 19 But mine enemies †Heb. being living are strong are lively and they are strong and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I follow the thing that good is 21 Forsake me not O LORD O my God be not far from me 22 Make haste †Heb. for my help to help me O Lord my salvation PSAL. XXXIX 1 Davids care of his thoughts 4 The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life 7 The reverence of Gods judgements 10 and prayer are his bridies of impatience ¶ To the chief musician even to * 1 Chr. 25.1 Jeduthun A psalm of David I Said I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue I will keep †Heb. a bridle or muzzle for my mouth my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me 2 I was dumb with silence I held my peace even from good and my sorrow was †Heb. troubled stirred 3 My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue 4
LORD make me to know mine end and the measure of my days what it is that I may know ‖ Or what time I have here how frail I am 5 Behold thou hast made my days as an hand breadth and mine age is as nothing before thee verily every man †Heb. sâ—â—tled at his best state is altogether * Psa 62.9 144.4 vanity Selah 6 Surely every man walketh in †Heb. an image a vain shew surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them 7 And now Lord what wait I for my hope is in thee 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproach of the foolish 9 I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it 10 Remove thy stroke away from me I am consumed by the †Heb. conflict blow of thine hand 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity thou makest †Heb. that which is to be desire iâ— him tomelt away his beauty to consume away like a moth surely every man is vanity Selah 12 Hear my praver O LORD and give ear unto my crie hold not thy peace at my hâ—ars * Lev. 25.23 1 Chr. 29.15 Ps 119.19 Heb. 11.13 1 Pet. 2.11 for I am a stranger with thee and a sojournour as all my â—ather were 13 O spaâ—e me that I may recover strength before I go hence and be no more PSAL. XL. 1 The benefit of confidence in God 6 Obedience is the best sacrifice 11 The sense of Davids evils infiameth his prayer ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David †Heb. In waiting I waited I waited patiently for the LORD and he inclined unto me and heard my crie 2 He brought me up also out of †Heb. a pit of wise an herrible pit out of the mity clay and set my 〈◊〉 upon a roâ—â— and establishâ—â— my goings 3 And he hath â—ut a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God many shall â—â—e it and fear and shall trust in the LORD 4 Blessâ—â— is that man that maketh the LORD his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aâ—ide to lies 5 Many O LORD my God arâ— thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thought which are to uâ—-â—â—rd †Or none can order them unto thee they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee if I woulâ—â— declare and speak of them they are mo than 〈◊〉 be numbred * Ps 51.16 Isa 1.11 16.3 Hos 6.6 Mat. 12 7. Heb. 10.5 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire mine ears hast thou †Heb. diâ—ted opened burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required 7 Then said I Lord come in the volume of the book it is written of me 8 I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy law is †Heb. in the midst of my bowâ—â— within my heart 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation lo I have not refrained â—y lips O LORD thou knowest 10 I have not and thy righteousness within my heart I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great congregation 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O LORD let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to lock up they are mo then the hairs of mine head therefore my heart †Heb. forsaketh faileth me 13 Be pleased O LORD to deliver me O LORD make haste to help me 14 * Ps 35.4 72.3 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me Aha aha 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continually The LORD be magnified 17 But I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou are my help and my deliverer make no tarrying O my God PSAL. XLI 1 Gods care of the poor 4 David complaineth of his enemies is â—aâ—bâ—ry 10 He fleeth to God for succour ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David BLessed is he that considereth ‖ Or the weak or sick the poor the LORD will deliver him †Heb. in the day of evil in time of trouble 2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and ‖ Or do not thou deliver thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing thou wilt †Heb. turn make all his bed in his sickness 4 I said LORD be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me When shall he die and his name perish 6 And if he come to see me he speaketh vanity his heart gathereth iniquity to it self when he goeth abroad he telleth it 7 All that hate me whisper together against me against me do they devise †Heb. evil to me my hurt 8 †Heb. a thing of Belial An evil disease say they cleaveth fast unto him and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more 9 * Joh. 13.18 Yes †Heb. the man of my peace mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread hath †Heb. magnified list up his heel against me 10 But thou O LORD be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may requite them 11 By this I know that thou favourest me because mine enemy doth not triumph over me 12 And as for me thou upholdest me in mine integrity and settest me before thy face for ever 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting Amen and amen PSAL. XLII 1 Davids zeal to serve God in the temple 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God ¶ To the chief muscian ‖ Or a Psalm giving instruction of the sons c. Maschil for the sons of Korah AS the hart †Heb. brayeth panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God 2 My soul thirsteth for God for the living God when shall I come and appear before God 3 * Ps 80.5 My tears have been my meat day and night while they continually say unto me Where is thy God 4 When I remember these things I pour out my soul in me for I had gone with the multitude I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise with a multitude that kept holy-day 5 Why art thou †Heb. bowed down cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted in me hope
thou in God for I shall yet ‖ Or give thanks praise him ‖ Or his presence is salvation for the help of his countenance 6 O my God my soul is cast down within me therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of the Hermonites from ‖ Or the little hill the hill Mizar 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the day time and in the night his song shall be with me and my prayer unto the God of my life 9 I will say unto God my rock Why hast thou forgotten me why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy 10 As with a ‖ Or killing sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me while they say daily unto me Where is thy God 11 Why aâ—t thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God PSAL. XLIII 1 David praving to be restored to the temple promiseth to serve God joyfully 5 He encourageth his soul to trust in God JUdge me O God and plead my cause against an ‖ Or unmerciful ungodly nation O deliver me †Heb. from a man of leâ—eit iniquity from the deceitful and unjust man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why dost thou cast me off why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy 3 O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God unto God †Heb. the gladness of my joy my exceeding joy yea upon the harp will I praise thee O God my God 5 * Ps 42.5 11. Why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God PSAL. XLIV 1 The church in memory of former favours 7 complaineth of â—er present evils 17 Professing her interâ—ity 24 she fervently prayeth for succour ¶ To the chief musician for the sons of Korah Maschil WE have heard with our ears O God our fathers have told us what work thou didst in their days in the times of old 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hanâ— and plantedst them how thou didst afllict the people and câ—st them out 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword neither did their own arm save them but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them 4 Thou art my King O God command deliverances for Jacob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies through thy name will we tread them under that the up against us 6 For I will not trust in my â—owe neither shall my sword save me 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies and haâ—t put them to shame that hated us 8 In God we boast all the day long and praise thy name for ever Selah 9 But thou hast cast off and put us to shame and goest not forth with our armies 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy and they which hate us spoll for themselves 11 Thou hast given us †Heb. as sheep of meat like sheep appointed for meat and hast scattered us among the heathen 12 Thou sellest thy people †Heb. without riâ—â—es for nought and dost not increase thy wealth by their price 13 * Ps 79.4 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours a scorn and a derision to then â—â—at are round about us 14 * Jer. 24.9 Thou makest us a by word among the heathen a shaking of the head among the people 15 My confusion is continually before me and the shame of my face hath covered me 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth by reason of the enemy and avenger 17 All this is come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsly in thy covenant 18 Our heart is not turned back neither have our ‖ Or goingâ— steps declined from thy way 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god 21 Shall not God search this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart 22 * Rom. 3 3â— Yea for thy sake are we killed all the day long we are counted as sheep for the slaughter 23 Awake why sleepest thou O Lord arise cast us not off forever 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our affliction and our oppression 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust our belly cleaveth unto the earth 26 Arise †Heb. a help for uâ— for our help and redeem us for thy mercies sake PSAL. XLV 1 The majesty and grace of Christs kingdom 10 The duty of the church and the benefits thereof ¶ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim for the sons of Korah ‖ Or of instruction Maschil A song of loves MY heart †Heb. boyleth or bubbleth up is enditing a good matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the king my tongue is the pen of a ready writer 2 Thou art fairer then the children of men grace is poured into thy lips therefore God hath blessed thee forever 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh O most mighty with thy glory and thy majesty 4 And in thy majesty †Heb. prosper thou ride thou ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the kings enemies whereby the people fall under thee 6 * Heb. 1.8 Thy throne O God is for ever and ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre 7 Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness therefore God thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows 8 All thy garments small of myrrh and aloes and caâ—lâ—a out of the ivory places whereby they have made thee glad 9 Kings daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider and inclinethine ear forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty for he is thy Lord and worship thou him 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift even the rich among the people shall intreat †Heb. thy face thy favour 13 The kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold 14 She shall be brought unto the
light of their own conscience 6 He glorieth in the salvation of God ¶ To the chief musician upon Mahalath Maschil A psalm of David THe * Ps 10.4 14.1 c. fool hath said in his heart There is no God corrupt are they and have done abominable iniquity * Rom. 3.10 there is none that doeth good 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand that did seek God 3 Every one of them is gone back they are altogether become filthy there is none that doâ—th good no not one 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread they have not called upon God 5 There †Heb. they feared a fear were they in great fear where no fear was for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee thou hast put them to shame because God hath despised them 6 †Heb. who will give salvations c. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion when God bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad PSAL. LIV. 1 David complaining of the Ziphims prayeth for salvation 4Vpon his confidence in Gods help he promiseth sacrifice ¶ To the chief musician on Neginoth Maschil A psalm of David * 1 Sam. 23.19 26.1 when the Ziphims came and said to Saul Doth not David hide himself with us SAve me O God by thy name and judge me by thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God give ear to the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and oppressours seek after my soul they have not set God before them Selah 4 Behold God is mine helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul 5 He shall reward evil unto †Heb. those that observe me mine enemies cut them off in thy truth 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee I will praise thy name O LORD for it is good 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies PSAL. LV. 1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case 9 He prayeth against his enemies of whose wickedness and treachery he complaineth 16 He comforteth himself in Gods preservation of him and confusion of his enemies ¶ To the chief musician on Neginoth Maschil A psalm of David GIve ear to my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my supplication 2 Attend unto me and hear me I mourn in my complaint and make a noise 3 Because of the voice of the enemy because of the oppression of the wicked for they cast iniquity upon me and in wrath they hate me 4 My heart is sore pained within me and the terrours of death are faln upon me 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horrour hath †Heb. covered me overwhelmed me 6 And I said O that I had wings like a dove for then would I fly away and be at rest 7 Lo then would I wander far off and remain in the wilderness Selah 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempeâ—t 9 Destroy O Lord and divide their tongues for I have seen violence and strife in the city 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof deceit and guile depart not from her streets 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me then I could have born it neither was it he that hated me that did magnifie himself against me then I would have hid my self from him 13 But it was thou †Heb. a man according to my rank a man mine equal my guide and mine acquaintance 14 †Heb. who sweetned counsel We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company 15 Let death seise upon them and let them go down quick into ‖ Or the crave hell for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them 16 As for me I will call upon God and the LORD shall save me 17 Evening and morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battel that was against me for there were many with me 19 God shall hear and afflict them even he that abideth of old Selah ‖ Or with whom also there be no changes yet they fear not God because they have no changes therefore they fear not God 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him †Heb. he hath profaâ—ed he hath broken his covenant 21 The words of his mouth were smoother then butter but war was in his heart his words were softer then oyl yet were they drawn swords 22 * P. 2â— 5 Matt. â— 25 Luc. 12.22 1 Pet. 5.7 Cast thy ‖ Or 〈◊〉 burden upon the LORD and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved 23 But thou O God shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction †Heb. men of â—â—yd and deceit bloudy and deceitful men †Heb. shall not half their days shall not live out half their days but I will trust in thee PSAL. LVI 1 David praying to God in confidence of his word complaineth of his enemies 9 He professeth his confidence in Gods word and promiseth to praise him ¶ To the chief musician upon Jonath elem-rechokim ‖ Or a golden psalm of David Michtam of David when the * 1 Sam. 21.11 Philistines took him in Gath. BE merâ—iful unto me O God for man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me 2 †Heb. mine observers Mine enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many that fight against me O thou most High 3 What time I am afraid I will trust in thee 4 In God I will praise his word in God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me 5 Every day they wrest my words all their thoughts are against me for evil 6 They gather themselves together they hide themselves they mark my steps when they wait for my soul 7 Shall they escape by iniquity in thine anger cast down the people O God 8 Thou tellest my wandrings put thou my tears into thy bottle are they not in thy book 9 When I cry unto thee then shall mine enemies turn back this I know for God is for me 10 In God will I praise his word in the LORD will I praise his word 11 In God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what man can do unto me 12 Thy vows are upon me O God I will render praises unto thee 13 For thou hast deliverâ—â— my soul from death wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of
poor and sorrowful let thy salvation O God set me up on high 30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnifie him with thanksgiving 31 This also shall please the LORD better then an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs 32 The ‖ Or meek humble shall see this and be glad and your heart shall live that seek God 33 For the LORD heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him the seas and every thing that †Heb. creepeth moveth therein 35 For God will save Sion and will build the cities of Judah that they may dwell there and have it in possession 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his name shall dwell therein PSAL. LXX David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the wicked and preservation of the godly ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David to bring to remembrance MAke haste * Ps 40.13 c. O God to deliver me make haste †Heb. to my help to help me O LORD 2 * Ps 35.4.71.13 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul let them be turned backward and put to confusion that desire my hurt 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say Aha aha 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee and let such as love thy salvation say continually Let God be magnified 5 But I am poor and needy make haste unto me O God thou art my help and my deliverer O LORD make no tarrying PSAL. LXXI 1 David in confidence of faith and experience of Gods favour prayeth both for himself and against the enemies of his soul 14 He promiseth constancy 17 He prayeth for perseverance 19 He praiseth God and promiseth to do it chearfully IN * Psal 31.1 thee O LORD do I put my trust let me never be put to confusion 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape incline thine ear unto me and save me 3 †Heb. â—e thou to me for a â—â—ck of habitation Be thou my strong habitation whereunto I may continually resort thou hast given commandment to save me for thou art my rock and my fortress 4 Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the wicked out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man 5 For thou art my hope O Lord GOD thou art my trust from my youth 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb thou art he that took me out of my mothers bowels my praise shall be continually of thee 7 I am as a wonder unto many but thou art my strong refuge 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age forsake me not when my strength faileth 10 For mine enemies speak against me and they that †Heb. watch or observe lay wait for my soul take counsel together 11 Saying God hath forsaken him persecute and take him for there is none to deliver him 12 O God be not far from me O my God make haste for my help 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt 14 But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day for I know not the numbers thereof 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD I will make mention of thy righteousness even of thine onely 17 O God thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works 18 Now also †Heb. unto old aâ—e and trar hairs when I am old and gray-headed O God forsake me not until I have shewed †Heb. thine arm thy strength unto this generation and thy power to every one that is to come 19 Thy righteousness also O God is very high who hast done great things O God who is like unto thee 20 Thou which hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me again and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth 21 Thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side 22 I will also praise thee †Heb. with the instrument of psaltery with the psaltery even thy truth O my God unto thee will I sing with the harp O thou holy One of Israel 23 My lips shall greatly rejoyce when I sing unto thee and my soul which thou hast redeemed 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long for they are confounded for they are brought unto shame that seek my hurt PSAL. LXXII 1 David praying for Solomon sheweth the goodness and glory of his in type and in truth of Christs kingdom 18 He blesseth God ¶ A psalm ‖ Or of for Solomon GIve the king thy judgements O God and thy righteousness unto the kings son 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgement 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness 4 He shall judge the poor of the people he shall save the children of the needy and shall break in pieces the oppressour 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure throughout all generations 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as showres that water the earth 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace †Heb. if I there 〈◊〉 no moon so long as the moon endureth 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall how before him and his enemies shall lick the dust 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts 11 Yea all kings shall fall down before him all nations shall serve him 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth the poor also and him that hath no helper 13 He shall spare the poor needy shall save the souls of the needy 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence and precious shall their bloud be in his sight 15 And he shall live and to him †Heb. one shall give shall be given of the gold of Sheba prayer also shall be made for him continually and daily shall he be praised 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains the fruit thereof shall 〈◊〉 like Lebanon and they of the city shall 〈…〉 grass of the earth 17 His name †Heb. shall 〈◊〉 shall endure for ever †Heb. shall be as a son to continuâ— his fathâ—â—s name 〈…〉 his name shall be continued
as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall 〈◊〉 him blessed 18 Blessed 〈◊〉 the LORD God the God of Israel who onely doth wondrous things 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen and amen 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended PSAL. LXXIII 1 The prophet prevailing in a temptation 2 sheweth the occasion thereof the prosperity of the wicked 13 the wound given thereby diffidenâ—â— 15 the victory over it knowledge of Gods purpose in destroying of the wicked and sustaining the righteous ¶ ‖ Or A psalm for Asaph A psalm of Asaph ‖ Or. yet TRuly God is good to Israel even to such as are †Heb. clean of heart of a clean heart 2 But as for me my feet were almost gone my steps had well-nigh slipt 3 * Job 21. â— Psal 3â— 1 Jer. 12.1 For I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked 4 For there are no bands in their death but their strength is †Heb. fat firm 5 They are not †Heb. in the trouble of other men in trouble as other men neither are they plagued †Heb. with like other men 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain violence covereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness †Heb. they pass the thoughts of the heart they have more then heart could wish 8 They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression they speak loftily 9 They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walketh through the earth 10 Therefore his people return hither and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them 11 And they say How doth God know and is there knowledge in the most High 12 Behold these are the ungodly who prosper in the world they increase in riches 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocency 14 For all the day long have I been plagued and †Heb. my chastisement was chastned every morning 15 If I say I will speak thus behold I should offend against the generation of thy children 16 When I thought to know this †Heb. it was labour in mine eyes it was too painful for me 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God then understood I their end 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou castedst them down into destruction 19 How are they brought into desolation as in a moment they are utterly consumed with terrours 20 As a dream when one awaketh so O Lord when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image 21 Thus my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins 22 So foolish was I and †Heb. I knew not ignorant I was as a beast †Heb. with thee before thee 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee thou hast holden me by my right hand 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee 26 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the †Heb. rock strength of my heart and my portion for ever 27 For lo they that are far from thee shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God I have put my trust in the Lord GOD that I may declare all thy works PSAL. LXXIV 1 The prophet complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary 10 He moveth God to help in consideration of his power 18 of his reproachful enemies of his children and of his covenant ¶ ‖ Or a psalm for Asaph to give instruction Maschil of Asaph O God why hast thou cast us off for ever why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture 2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of old the ‖ Or tribe rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed this mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations they set up their ensigns for signs 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers 7 †Heb. they have sent thy sanctuary into tâ—â— fire They have cast sire into thy sanctuary they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground 8 They said in their hearts Let us †Heb. break destroy them together they have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land 9 We see not our signs there is no more any prophet neither is there among us any that knoweth how long 10 O God how long shall the adversary reproach shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand pluck it out of thy bosom 12 For God is my King of old working salvation in the midst of the earth 13 * Ex 14.21 Thou didst †Heb. break divide the sea by the strength thou brakest the heads of the ‖ Or a â—ales dragons in the waters 14 Thou brakest the heads of seviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness 15 * Ex. 1â— â— Numb 20.11 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the floud * Jos 2.13 thou driedst up †Heb. riverâ— of stâ—â—â—â—t mighty rivers 16 The day is thine the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast †Heb. maâ—e them made summer and winter 18 Remember this that the enemy hath reproached O LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever 20 Have respect unto the covenant for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed let the poor and needy praise thy name 22 Arise O God plead thine own cause remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies the tumult of those that rise up against thee †Heb. â—sâ—endeth increaseth continually PSAL. LXXV 1 The prophet praiseth God 2 He promiseth to judge uprightly 4. He rebuketh the proud by consideration of Gods providence 9 He praiseth God and promiseth to execute justice ¶ To the chief musician ‖ Or destroy not Al-taschith A Psalm or long ‖ Or for Asaph of Asâ—ph UNto thee O God do we give thanks unto thee do we give thanks for
waters to run down like rivers 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most Hâ—gh in the wilderness 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust 19 * Numb 11.4 Yea they spake against God they said Can God †Heb. order furnish a table in the wilderness 20 * Ex. 17.6 Numb 20.11 Behold he smote the rock that the waters gushed out and the streams over-flowed can he give bread also can he provide flesh for his people 21 Therefore the LORD heard this and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel 22 Because they beleeved not in God and trusted not in his salvation 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven 24 * Ex. â—6 14. Joh. 6.31 And had rained down manna upon them to eat and had given them of the corn of heaven 25 ‖ Or every one did eat the bread of the mighty Man did eat angels food he sent them meat to the full 26 He caused an east-wind †Heb. to go to blow in the heaven and by his power he brought in the south wind 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust and †Heb. fowl of wing feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp round about their habitations 29 So they did eat and were well filled for he gave them their own desire 30 They were not estranged from their lust but * Num. 11.33 while their meat was yet in their mouths 31 The wrath of God came upon them and slew the fattest of them and †Heb. made to bow smote down the ‖ Or young men chosen men of Israel 32 For all this they sinned still and beleeved not for his wondrous works 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity and their years in trouble 34 When he slew them then they sought him and they returned and enquired early after God 35 And they remembred that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lied unto him with their tongues 37 For their heart was not right with him neither were they stedfast in his covenant 38 But he being full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not yea many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath 39 For he remembred that they were but flesh a wind that passeth away and cometh not again 40 How oft did they ‖ Or rebel against him provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert 41 Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy One of Israel 42 They remembred not his hand nor the day when he delivered them ‖ Or from affliction from the enemy 43 How he had †Heb. set wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan 44 * Ex. 7.20 And had turned their rivers into bloud and their flouds that they could not drink 45 * Ex. 8.24 He sent divers sorts of flies among them which devoured them and * Exod. 8.6 frogs which destroyed them 46 * Ex. 10.13 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller and their labour unto the locust 47 * Ex. 9.23 He †Heb. killed destroyed their vines with hail and their sycomore-trees with ‖ Or great hailstones frost 48 †Heb. he shut up He gave up their cattel also to the hail and their flocks to ‖ Or lightnings hot thunder bolts 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger wrath and indignation and trouble by sending evil angels among them 50 †Heb. He were bed a path He made a way to his anger he spared not their soul from death but gave ‖ Or their beasts to the murrain Exod. 9.3 their life over to the pestilence 52 * Exod. 12.29 And smote all the first-born in Egypt the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham 52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock 53 And he led them on safely so that they feared not but the sea * Ex. 14.27 and 15.10 †Heb. covered overwhelmed their enemies 54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary even to this mountain which his right hand had purchased 55 He cast out the heathen also before them and * Jol. 13.7 divided them an inheritance by line made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents 56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God and kept not his testimonies 57 But turned back and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers they were turned aside like a deceitful bowe 58 * Deut. 32.21 For they provoked him to anger with their high places and moved him to jealousie with their graven images 59 When God heard this he was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel 60 * 1 Sam. 4.11 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh the tent which he placed among men 61 And delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the enemies hand 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance 63 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not †Heb. prâ—dsed given to marriage 64 Their priests fell by the sword and their widows made no lamentation 65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts he put them to a perpetual reproach 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But chose the tribe of Judah the mount Zion which he loved 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces like the earth which he hath †Heb. founded established for ever 70 * 1 Sam. 16.11 2 Sam. 7.8 He chose David also his servant and took him from the sheepfolds 71 †Heb. from after From following the ews great with young he brought him * 2 Sam. 5.2 1 Chr. 11.2 to feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands PSAL. LXXIX 1 The psalmist complaineth of the desâ—lation of Jerusalem 8 He prayeth for deliverance 13 and promiseth thankfulness ¶ A psalm ‖ Or for Asaph of Asaph O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled they have laid Jerusalem on heaps 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth 3 Their bloud have they shed like water round
servant O LORD according unto thy word 66 Teach me good judgement and knowledge for I have beleeved thy commandments 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept thy word 68 Thou art good and doest good teach me thy statutes 69 The proud have forged a he against me but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart 70 Their heart is as fat as grease but I delight in thy law 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I might learn thy statutes 72 * Ps 19.10 Pr. 8.11 The law of thy mouth is better unto me then thousands of gold and silver JOD 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have hoped in thy word 75 I know O LORD that thy judgements are †Heb. righteousness right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me 76 Let I pray thee thy merciful kindness be †Heb. to comfort me for my comfort according to thy word unto thy servant 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me that I may live for thy law is my delight 78 Let the proud be ashamed for they dealt perversly with me without a cause but I will meditate in thy precepts 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes that I be not ashamed CAPH 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation but I hope in thy word 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word saying When wilt thou comfort me 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke yet do I not forget thy statutes 84 How many are the days of thy servant when wilt thou execute judgement on them that persecute me 85 The proud have digged pits for me which are not after thy law 86 All thy commandments are †Heb. faithfulness faithful they persecute me wrongfully help thou me 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth but I forsook not thy precepts 88 Quicken me after thy loving kindness so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth LAMED 89 For ever O LORD thy word is settled in heaven 90 Thy faithfulness is †Heb. to generation and generation unto all generations thou hast established the earth and it †Heb. standeth abideth 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances for all are thy servants 92 Unless thy law had been my delights I should then have perished in mine affliction 93 I will never forget thy precepts for with them thou hast quickned me 94 I am thine save me for I have sought thy precepts 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies 96 I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandment is exceeding broad MEM. 97 O how love I thy law it is my meditation all the day 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser then mine enemies for †Heb. it is ever with me they are ever with me 99 I have more understanding then all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation 100 I understand more then the ancients because I keep thy precepts 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way that I might keep thy word 102 I have not departed from thy judgements for thou hast taught me 103 * Ps 19.10 How sweet are thy words unto my †Heb. palate taste yea sweeter then honey to my mouth 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every false way NUN 105 Thy word is a ‖ Or candle lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path 106 I have sworn and I will perform it that I will keep thy righteous judgements 107 I am afflicted very much quicken me O LORD according unto thy word 108 Accept I beseech thee the free-will-offerings of my mouth O LORD and teach me thy judgements 109 My soul is continually in my hand yet do I not forget thy law 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me yet I erred not from thy precepts 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever for they are the rejoycing of my heart 112 I have inclined mine heart †Heb. to do to perform thy statutes alway even unto the end SAMECH 113 I hate vain thoughts but thy law do I love 114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield I hope in thy word 115 * Mat. 7.23 Depart from me ye evil doers for I will keep the commandments of my God 116 Uphold me according unto thy word that I may live and let me not be ashamed of my hope 117 Hold thou me up and I shall be safe and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually 118 Thou hast troden down all them that err from thy statutes for their deceit is falshood 119 Thou †Heb. causest to cease puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross therefore I love thy testimonies 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy judgements AIN 121 I have done judgement and justice leave me not to mine oppressours 122 Be surety for thy servant for good let not the proud oppress me 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation and for the word of thy righteousness 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy and teach me thy statutes 125 I am thy servant give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies 126 It is time for thee LORD to work for they have made void thy law 127 * Ps 19.10 Pr. 8.11 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold yea above fine gold 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I hate every false way PE. 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful therefore doth my soul keep them 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light it giveth understanding unto the simple 131 I opened my mouth and panted for I longed for thy commandments 132 Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me †Heb. according to the custom towards those c. as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name 133 Order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man so will I keep thy precepts 135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes because they keep not thy law TSANDDI 137 Righteous art thou O LORD and upright are thy judgements 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are †Heb. righteousness righteous and very †Heb. faithfulness faithful 139 * Ps 69.9 Joh. 2.17 My zeal hath †Heb. cut me off consumed me because mine enemies have forgotten thy words 140 Thy word is very †Heb. tried or refined pure therefore thy servant
shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and in their glory shall you boast your selves 7 ¶ For your shame you shall have double and for confusion they shall rejoyce in their portion therefore in their land they shall possess the double everlasting joy shall be unto them 8 For I the LORD love judgement I hate robbery for burnt-offering and I will direct their work in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles and their offspring among the people all that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed 10 I will greatly rejoyce in the LORD my soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness as a bridegroom †Heb. decketh as a priest decketh himself with ornaments and as a bride adorneth her self with her jewels 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations CHAP. LXII 1 The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in Gods promises 5 The office of the ministers unto which they are incited in preaching the gospel 10 and preparing the people thereto FOr Zions sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness and all kings thy glory and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD shall name 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God 4 * Hos 1.10 1 Pet. 2.10 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate but thou shalt be called ‖ That is My delight is in ber Hephzi-bah and thy land ‖ That is Married Beulah for the LORD delighteth in thee and thy land shall be married 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin so shall thy sons marry thee and †Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom as the bridegroom rejoyceth over the bride so shall thy God rejoyce over thee 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls O Jerusalem which shall never hold their peace day nor night ‖ Or ye that are the LORD remembrancers ye that make mention of the LORD keep not silence 7 And give him no †Heb. silence rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength †Heb. If I give c. Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine for the which thou hast laboured 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it and praise the LORD and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness 10 ¶ Go through go through the gates * Ch. 40.3 and 57.14 prepare you the way of the people cast up cast up the high-way gather out the stones list up a standard for the people 11 Behold the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world * Zec. 9.9 Mat. 21.5 Joh. 12.15 Say ye to the daughter of Zion Behold thy salvation cometh behold his * Ch. 40.10 reward is with him and his ‖ Or recompence work before him 12 And they shall call them The holy people the redeemed of the LORD and thou shalt be called Sought out a city not forsaken CHAP. LXIII 1 Christ sheweth who be is 2 what his victory over his enemies 7 and what his mercy toward his church 10 In his just wrath be remembreth his free mercy 15 The church in their prayer 17 and complaint profess their faith WHo is this that cometh from Edom with died garments from Bozrah this that is †Heb. decked glorious in his apparel travelling in the greatness of his strength I that speak in righteousness mighty to save 2 Wherefore * Rev. 19.13 art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat 3 I have troden the wine-press alone and of the people there was none with me for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my sury and their bloud shall be sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiment 4 For the * Chap. 34.8 day of vengeance is in mine heart and the year of my redeemed is come 5 And I looked and there was none to help and I wondred that there was none to uphold therefore mine own * Chap. 58.16 arm brought salvation unto me and my fury it upheld me 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger and make them drunk in my fury and I will bring down their strength to the earth 7 ¶ I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses 8 For he said Surely they are my people children that will not lie so he was their saviour 9 ¶ In all their affliction he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them * Deut. 7.7 8. in his love and in his pity he redeemed them and he bare them and carried them all the days of old 10 ¶ But they * Evod. 15.24 Numb 14.11 Psal 78.56 95.9 rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their enemy and he fought against them 11 Then he remembred the days of old Moses and his people saying Where is he that * Exod. 14.30 brought them up out of the sea with the ‖ Or shepherds as Psal 77.20 shepherd of his flock where is he that put his holy spirit within him 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm * Exod. 14.21 Josh 3.16 dividing the water before them to make himself an everlasting name 13 That led them through the deep as an horse in the wilderness that they should not stumble 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley the spirit of the LORD caused him to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make they felt a glorious name 15 ¶ * Deut. 26.15 Look down from heaven and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory where is thy zeal and thy strength ‖ Or the multitude the sounding of thy bowels and of thy
like dragons their eyes did fail because there was no grass 7 ¶ O LORD though our iniquities testifie against us do thou it for thy names sake for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee 8 O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied as a mighty man that cannot save †Heb taâ— name 〈◊〉 upon 〈◊〉 yet thou O LORD art in the midst of us and ‖ 〈…〉 we are called by thy name leave us not 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people Thus have they loved to wander they have not refrained their feet therefore the LORD doth not accept them he will now remember their iniquity and visit their sirâ— 11 Then saâ—d the LORD unto me * 〈…〉 Pray not for this people for their good 12 * Pr 1 2â— Isa 1.15 Ch. 11.11 Ezek. 8 1â— Mic. 3.4 When they fast I will not hear their cry and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation I will not accept them but I will consume them by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 13 ¶ Then said I Ah Lord GOD behold the prophets say unto them Ye shall not see the sword neither shall ye have famine but I will give you †Heb. peace of truth assured peace in this place 14 Then the LORD said unto me The prophets prophesie lies in my name * Ch. 22.21 and 27.15 and 29.8 9. I sent them not neither have I commanded them neither spake unto them they prophesie unto you a false vision and divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesie in my name and I sent them not yet they say Sword and famine shall not be in this land By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed 16 And the people to whom they prophesie shall be cast out in the streeâ—s of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword and they shall have none to bury them them their wives nor their sons nor their daughters for I will pour their wickedness upon them 17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them * Ch. 13.17 La. 1.16 and 2.18 Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day and let them not cease for the virgin-daughter of my people is broken with a great breach with a very grievous blow 18 If I go forth into the field then behold the slain with the sword and it I enter into the city then behold them that are sick with famine yea both the prophet and the priest ‖ Or make merâ—bandise against a land and men acknowledge it not Ch. 5.31 go about into a land that they know not 19. Hast thou utterly rejected Judah hath thy soul loathed Zion why hast thou smitten us and there is no healing for us * Ch. 8.15 we looked for peace and there is no good and for the time of healing and behold trouble 20 We acknowledge O LORD out wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers for * Ps 106.6 Dan. 9.8 we have sinned against thee 21 Do not abhor us for thy names sake do not disgrace the throne of thy glory remember break not thy covenant with us 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain or can the heavens give showres art not thou he O LORD our God therefore we will wait upon thee for thou hast made all these things CHAP. XV. 1 The utter rejection and manifold judgements of the Jews 10 Jeremiah complaining of their spite receiveth a promise for himself 12 a threatning for them 15 He prayeth 19 and receiveth a gracious promise THen said the LORD unto me * Ezek. 11.14 Though * Ex. 32.11 14. Moses and * 1 Sa. 7.9 Samuel stood before me yet my minde could not be toward this people cast them out of my sight and let them go forth 2 And it shall come to pass if they say unto thee Whither shall we go forth then thou shalt tell them Thus saith the LORD * Ch. 42.11 Zec. 11.9 Such as are for death to death and such as are for the sword to the sword and such as are for the famine to the famine and such as are for the captivity to the captivity 3 And I will * Le. 26.16 c. appoint over them four †Heb. famines kinds saith the LORD the sword to slay and the dogs to tear and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy 4 And †Heb. I will give them for a removine I will cause them to be * Deu. 28.25 Ch. 24.9 removed into all kingdoms of the earth because of * 2 Kin. 21.11 Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah for that which he did in Jerusalem 5 For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem or who shall bemoan thee or who shall go aside †Heb. to ask of thy peace to ask how thou doest 6 Thou hast forsaken me saith the LORD thou art gone backward therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and destroy thee I am weary with repenting 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land I will bereave them of ‖ Or whatsoever is dear children I will destroy my people sith they return not from their ways 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas I have brought upon them ‖ Or against the mother-â—â—ty a young man spoiling c. or against the mother and the young men against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly and terrours upon the city 9 She that hath born seven languisheth she hath given up the ghost * Am. 8 9. her sun is gone down while it was yet day she hath been ashamed and confounded and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies faith the LORD 10 ¶ * Job 3.1 c. Ch. 20.14 Wo is me my mother that thou hast born me a man of strise a man of contention to the whole earth I have neither lent on usury nor men have lent to me on usury yet every one of them doth curse me 11 The LORD said Verily it shall be well with thy remnant verily ‖ Or I will intreat the enemy for thee I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the * Ch. 1â— 3 spoil without price and that for all thy sins even in all thy borders 14 And I will
pomegranate upon the net-work were an hundred round about 24 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the †Heb. threshold door 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch which had the charge of the men of war and seven men of them that †Heb. saw the face of the king were near the kings person which were found in the city and the ‖ Or scribe of the captain of the host principal scribe of the host who mustered the people of the land and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the midst of the city 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of babylon to Riblah 27 And the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two †Heb. souls persons 30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred fourty and five persons all the persons were four thousand and six hundred 31 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehosachin king of Judah in the twelfth moneth in the five and twentieth day of the moneth that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lilted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him forth out of prison 32 And spake †Heb. good things with him kindly unto him and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon 33 And changed his prison-garments and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life 34 And for his diet there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon †Heb. the matter of the day in his day every day a portion until the day of his death all the days of his life ¶ The LAMENTATIONS of JEREMIAH CHAP. 1. 1 The miserable estate of Jerusalem by reason of her sin 12 She complaineth of her grief 18 and confesseth Gods judgement to be righteous HOw doth the city sit solitary that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among the nations and princess among the provinces how is she become tributary 2 She * Jer. 13.17 weepeth sore in the * Job 7.3 night and her tears are on her cheeks among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her all her friends have dealt treacherously with her they are become her enemies 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction and †Heb. for the treateâ— of servitude because of great servitude she dwelleth among the heathen she findeth no rest all her persecutours overtook her between the straits 4 The ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn feasts all her gates are desolate her priests sigh her virgins are afflicted and she is in bitterness 5 Her adversaries * Deu. 28.13 14. are the chief her enemies prosper for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions her * Jer. 52.28 children are gone into captivity before the enemy 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed her princes are become like harts that finde no pasture and they are gone without strength before the pursuer 7 Jerusalem remembred in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her ‖ Or desirable pleasant things that she had in the days of old when her people fell into the hand of the enemy and none did help her the adversaries saw her and did mock at her sabbaths 8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned therefore she †Heb. is become 〈◊〉 removing or wandering is removed all that honoured her despise her because they have seen her nakedness yea she sigheth and turneth backward 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts she remembreth not her last end therefore she came down wonderfully she had no comforter O LORD behold my affliction for the enemy hath magnified himself 10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her ‖ Or desirable pleasant things for she hath seen that the heathen entred into her sanctuary whom thou didst command that * Deu. 23.3 they should not enter into thy congregation 11 All her people sigh they seek bread they have given their pleasant things for meat ‖ Or to make the soul to come again to relieve the soul see O LORD and consider for I am become vile 12 ¶ ‖ Or It is nothing Is it nothing to you all ye that †Heb. pass by the way pass by behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto me wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones and it prevaileth against them he hath spread a not for my feet he hath turned me back he hath made me desolate and saint all the day 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand they are wreathed and come up upon my neck he hath made my strength to fall the Lord hath delivered me into their hands from whom I am notable to rise up 15 The Lord hath troden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men the Lord hath troden ‖ Or the wine-press of the viram c. the virgin the daughter of Judah as in a wine-press 16 For these things I weep * Jer. 13.17 and 14.17 Ch. 2.18 mine eye mine eye runneth down with water because the comforter that should †Heb. tâ—mâ— back relieve my soul is far from me my children are desolate because the enemy prevailed 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands and there is none to comfort her the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob that his adversaries should be round about him Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them 18 ¶ The LORD is * Dan. 9.7 righteous for I have rebelled against his †Heb. mouth commandment hear I pray you all people and behold my sorrow my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity 19 I called for my lovers but they deceived me my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city while they sought their meat to relieve their souls 20 Behold O LORD for I am in distress my * Iâ— 15.11 Jer. 43.35 bowels are troubled mine heart is turned within me for I have grievously rebelled abroad the sword bereaveth at
home there is as death 21 They have heard that I sigh there is none to comfort me all mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day that thou hast ‖ Or â—â—â—laimed called and they shall be like unto me 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighs are many and my heart is saint CHAP. II. 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem 20 He complaineth thereof to God HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel and remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob and hath not pitted he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah he hath †Heb. male to south brought them down to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary and slew †Heb. all the desireable of the eye all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire 5 The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation 6 And he hath violently * Ps 80.12 and 89.40 Isa 5.5 taken away his ‖ Or â—edâ—e tabernacle as if it were of a garden he hath destroyed his places of the assembly the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar he hath abhorred his sanctuary he hath †Heb. Sout up given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces they have made a noise in the house of the LORD as in the day of a solemn feast 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out a line he hath not withdrawn his hand from †Heb. swallowing up destroying therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament they languished together 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground he hath destroyed and broken her bars her king and her princes are among the Gentiles the law is no more her * Ps 74.9 prophets also finde no vision from the LORD 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence they have cast up dust upon their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears my bowels are troubled my liver is poured upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings ‖ Or saint swoon in the streets of the city 12 They say to their mothers Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city when their soul was poured out into their mothers bosom 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken to thee O daughter of Jerusalem what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion for thy breach is great like the sea who can heal thee 14 Thy * Jer. 2.8 and 5.31 and 14.14 and 23.16 prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee and they have not discovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment 15 All that pass †Heb. by the way by clap their hands at thee they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying Is this the câ—ty that men call * Ps 48.2 the perfection of beauty the joy of the whole earth 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen it 17 The LORD hath done that which he had * Lev. 26.16 devised he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old he hath thrown down and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord O wall of the daughter of Zion * Jer. 14.17 Ch. â— 16 let tears run down like a river day and night give thy self no rest let not the apple of thine eye cease 19 Arise cry out in the night in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street 20 ¶ Behold O LORD and consider to whom thou hast done this shall the women eat their fruit and children ‖ Or swaddled with their hands of a span long shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LORD 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets my virgins and my young men are fain by the sword thou hast slain them in the day of thy anger thou hast killed and not pitied 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about so that in the day of the LORDS anger none escaped nor remained those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed CHAP. III. 1 The faithful bewall their â—alamities 22 By the mercies of God they nourish their hope 37 They acknowledge Gods justice 55 They pray for deliverance 64 and venâ—eance on their enemies I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath 2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness but not into light 3 Surely against me is he turned he turneth his hand against me all the day 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old he hath broken my bones 5 He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and travel 6 He hath set me in dark places as they that be dead of old 7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out he hath made my chain heavy 8 Also when I cry and shout he shutteth out my prayer 9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone the hath made my paths crooked 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a
enemies THe burden of Nineveth The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite 2 ‖ Or The LORD is a jealous Gâ—â— and revenger c. God is * Ex. 20.5 jealous and the LORD revengeth the LORD revengeth and †Heb. that cath furâ— is furious the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries and he reserveth wrath for his enemies 3 The LORD is â—â—ed 32 6 7. slow to anger and great in power and will not at all acquit the wicked the LORD hath his way in the wirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet 4 He rebuketh the sea maketh it dry and drieth up all the rivers Bashan languisheth and Carmel the flower of Lebanon languisheth 5 The mountains quake at him and the hills melt and the earth is burnt at his presence yea the world and all that dwell therein 6 Who can stand before his indignation and who can †Heb stand up abide in the fierceness of his anger his fury is poured out like fire and the rocks are thrown down by him 7 The LORD is good a ‖ Or strength strong hold in the day of trouble and he knoweth them that trust in him 8 But with an overrunning floud he will make an utter end of the place thereof and darkness shall pursue his enemies 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD he will make an utter end affliction shall not rise up the second time 10 For while they be folden together as thorns and while they are drunken as drunkards they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry 11 There is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against the LORD †Heb. a counsellâ—ur of Beâ—â—al a wicked counsellour 12 Thus saith the LORD ‖ Or It the would have been at peace so should they have been many and so should they have been shorn and he should have pasâ—ed away Though they be quiet and likewise many yet thus shall they be †Heb. shorn cut down when he shall pass through though I have afflicted thee I will afflict thee no more 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee and will burst thy bonds in sunder 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee that no more of thy name be sown out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image I will make thy grave for thou art vile 15 Behold upon the * Isa 52.7 Rom. 10.15 mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace O Judah †Heb. feast keep thy solemn feasts perform thy vows for †Heb. Belial the wicked shall no more pass through thee he is utterly cut off CHAP. II. The fearful and victorions armies of God againse Ninevth ‖ Or The disperser or hammer HE that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face keep the munition watch the way make thy loyns strong fortify thy power mightily 2 * Isa 10.12 For the LORD hath turned away ‖ Or the pride of Jacob as the pride of Israel the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel for the emptiers have emptied them out and marred their vinâ—-branches 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red the valiant men are ‖ Or died scarlet in scarlet the chariots shall be with ‖ Or fiery torches flaming torches in the day of his preparation and the fir-trees shall be terribâ—y shaken 4 The chariots shall rage in the streets they shall justle one against another in the broad ways †Heb. their show they shall seem like torches they shall run like the lightnings 5 He shall recount his ‖ Or gâ—lants worthies they shall stumble in their walk they shall make haste to the wall thereof and the †Heb covering or coverer defence shall be prepared 6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened and the palace shall be ‖ Or molten dissolved 7 And ‖ Or that which was established or there was a stand made Huzzab shall be ‖ Or discovered led away captive she shall be brought up and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves tabering upon their breasts 8 But Nineveh is ‖ Or from the days that she hath been of old like a pool of water yet they shall flee away Stand stand shall they cry but none shall ‖ Or cause them to turn look back 9 Take ye the spoil of silver take the spoil of gold ‖ Or and their infinite store c. for there is none â—nd of the store and glory out of all the ‖ Heb. vessels of desire pleasant furniture 10 She is empty and void and waste and the * Isa 13.7 8. heart melteth and the knees smite together and much pain is in all loyns and the faces of them all gather blackness 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions and the feeding-place of the young lions where the lion even the old lion walked and the lions whelp and none made them afraid 12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps and strangled for his lionesses and filled his holes with prey and his dens with ravine 13 Behold I am against thee saith the LORD of hosts and I will burn her chariots in the smoke and the sword shall devour thy young lions and I will cut off thy prey from the earth and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard CHAP. III. The miserable ruine of Nineveh Wo to the †Heb. city of blouds * Ezek. 24.9 Hâ—â— 2.12 bloudy city it is all full of lies and robbery the prey departeth not 2 The noise of a whip and the noise of the rattling of the wheels and of the pransing horses and of the jumping chariots 3 The hors-man lifteth up both †Heb. the flamâ— of the sword and the lightning of the spear the bright sword and the glittering spear and there is a multitude of slain and a great number of carcases and there is none end of their corpses they stumble upon their â—orpses 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot the mistress of witchcrafts that selleth nations through her whoredoms and families through her witchcrafts 5 Behold I am against thee saith the LORD of hosts and * Isa 47.3 Ezek. 16.37 I will discover thy skirts upon thy face and I will shew the nations thy nakedness and the kingdoms thy shame 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee and make thee vile and will set thee as a gazing-stock 7 And it shall come to pass that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee and say Nineveh is laid waste who will bemâ—an her Whence shall I seek â—omforters for thee 8 Art thou better then ‖ Or nourishing †Heb. no Amon. populous No that was situate among the rivers that had
Istalcurus and with him seventy men 41 And these I gathered together ‖ Or to the river called Ahava Ezra 8.15 to the river called Theras where we pitched our tents three days and then ‖ Or be numbred the people and the priests but found none of the sons of Levi I surveyed them 42 But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites 43 Then sent I unto Eleazar and ‖ Or Ariel Iduel and ‖ Or Shemaiah Masman 44 And Alnathan and Mamaias and ‖ Or Jarib These mens names with their generations are rightly distinguished Ezra 8.16 Joribas and Nathan Eunatan Zacharias and Mosollamon principal men and learned 45 And I bade them that they should go unto ‖ Or Iddo Saddeus the captain ‖ Or of who was in the place of ‖ Or Casiâ— bia the treasury 46 And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus and to ‖ Or the Nethinims at the place of Casiphia his brethren and to the treasurers in that place to send us such men as might execute the priests office in the house of the Lord. 47 And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of ‖ Or Machâ—i Moli the son of Levi the son of Israel ‖ Or Sherebiah Ezra 8.18 Asebebia and his sons and his brethren who were eighteen 48 ‖ Or also Hashabiah and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari with his brethren Ezra 8.19 And Asebia and Annuus and Osaias his brother of the sons of Channuneus and their sons were twenty men 49 And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty the catalogue of whose names were shewed 50 And there I ‖ Or proclaimed vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us for our children and for the †Heb. substance cattel 51 For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen and hors-men and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries 52 For we had said unto the king that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him to support them in all ways 53 And again we besought our Lord as touching these things and found him favourable unto us 54 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ‖ Sereâ—bias and Hassibias Esebrias and Assanias and ten men of their brethren with them 55 And I weighed them the gold and the silver and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord which the king and his counsel and the princes and all Israel had given 56 And when I had weighed it I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels of an hundred talents and an hundred talents of gold 57 And twenty golden vessels and †Heb. two vessels Ezra 8.27 twelve vessels of brass even of fine brass glittering like gold 58 And I said unto them Both you are holy unto the Lord and the vessels are holy and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord the Lord of our fathers 59 Watch ye and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites and to the principal men of the families of Israel in Jerusalem into the chambers of the house of our God 60 So the priests and the Levites who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels brought them unto Jerusalem into the temple of the Lord. 61 And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first moneth and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord which was with us and from the ‖ Or dangers in the way beginning of out journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy and so we came to Jerusalem 62 And when we had been there three days the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered into the house of our Lord on the fourth day ‖ Or unto Merimoth the sâ—n of Vriah the priest unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri 63 And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu and ‖ Or Noadiah the son of Binâ—â—â—i Moeth the son of Sabban Levites all was delivered them by number and weight 64 And all the weight of them was written up the same hour 65 Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel even twelve bullocks for all Israel fourscore and sixteen rams 66 †Heb. seventy seven lambs twelve beâ—goats for a sin offering Ezra 8. â—5 Threescore and twelve lambs goats for a peace offering twelve all of them a sacrifice to the Lord. 67 And they delivered the kings commandments unto the kings stewards and to the governours of Celosyria and Phenice and they honoured the people and the temple of God 68 Now when these things were done the rulers came unto me said 69 The nation of Israel the princes the priests and Levites have not put away from them the strange people of the land nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit of the Canaanites Hittites Pheresites Jebusites and the Moabites Egyptians and Edomites 70 * Ezra 9.2 For both they and their sons have married with their daughters and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity 71 And assoon as I had heard these things I rent my clothes and the holy garment and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard and sat me down sad and very heavy 72 So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me whilest I mourned for the iniquity but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice 73 Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent and bowing my knees and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord 74 I said O Lord I am confounded and ashamed before thy face 75 For our sins ‖ Or have abounded are multiplied above our heads and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven 76 For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin even unto this day 77 And for our sins and our fathers we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth to the sword and to captivity and for a prey with shame unto this day 78 And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee O Lord that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary 79 And to discover unto us a light in the house
to be made a spoil unto them then to die for thirst for we will be his servants that our souls may live and not see the death of our infants before our eyes nor our wives nor our children to die 28 We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth and our God and Lord of our fathers which punisheth us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers ‖ Or leâ—t â—e do meaning Holofernes that he do not according as we have said this day 29 Then there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly and they cried unto the Lord God with a loud voice 30 Then said Ozias to them Brethren be of good courage let us yet endure five days in the which space the Lord our God may turn his mercy towards us for he will not forsake us utterly 31 And if these days pass and there come no help unto us I will do according to your word 32 And he dispersed the people every one to their own charge and they went unto the walls and towres of their city and sent the women and children into their houses and they were very low brought in the city CHAP. VIII 1 The state and behaviour of Judith a widow 12 She blameth the governours for their promise to yeeld 17 and adviseth them to trust in God 28 They excuse their promise 32 She promiseth to do something for them NOw at that time Judith heard thereof which was the daughter of Merari the son of Ox the son of Joseph the son of Oziel the son of Elcia the son of Ananias the son of Gedeon the son of Raphaim the son of Acitho the son of Eliu the son of Eliab the son of Nathanael the son of ‖ Or Samaâ—iel Samael the son of Salasadal the son of Israel 2 And Manasses was her husband of her tribe and kindred who died in the barley-harvest 3 For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field the heat came upon his head and he fell on his bed and died in the city of Bethulia and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo 4 So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four moneths 5 And she made her a tent upon the top of her house and put on sackcloth upon her loyns and ware her widows apparel 6 And she fasted all the days of her widowhood save the eves of the sabbaths and the sabbaths and the eves of the new-moons and the new-moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel 7 She was also of a goodly countenance and very beautiful to behold and her husband Manasses had left her gold and silver and men-servants and maid-servants and cattle and lands ‖ Or and she kept them and she remained upon them 8 And there was none that gave her an ill word for she feared God greatly 9 Now when she heard the evil words of the people against the governour that they fainted for lack of water for Judith had heard all * Chap 7 30 31 the words that Ozias had spoken unto them and that he had sworn to deliver the city unto the Assyrians after five days 10 Then she sent her waiting-woman that had the government of all things that she had to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis the ancients of the city 11 And they came unto her and she said unto them Hear me now O ye governours of the inhabitants of Bethulia for your words that you have spoken before the people this day are not right touching this oath which ye made and pronounced between God and you and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies unless within these days the Lord turn to help you 12 And now who are you that have tempted God this day and stand in stead of God amongst the children of men 13 And now try the Lord Almighty but you shall never know any thing 14 For you cannot finde the depth of the heart of man neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh then how can you search out God that hath made all these things and know his minde or comprehend his purpose Nay my brethren provoke not the Lord our God to anger 15 For if he will not help us within these five days he hath power to defend us when he will even every day or to destroy us before our enemies 16 Do not ‖ Or enzaze binde the counsels of the Lord our God for * Num. 23.19 God is not as man that he may be threatned neither is he as the son of man that he should be wavering 17 Therefore let us wait for salvation of him and call upon him to help us and he will hear our voice if it please him 18 For there arose none in our age neither is there any now in these days neither tribe nor family nor ‖ Or town people nor city among us which worship gods made with hands * Judâ— 2.11 and 4 1 and 6.1 as hath been aforetime 19 For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword and for a spoil and had a great fall before our enemies 20 But we know none other God therefore we trust that he will not despise us nor any of our nation 21 For if we be taken so all Judea shall lie waste and our sanctuary shall be spoiled he will require the profanation thereof at our mouth 22 And the ‖ Or fear slaughter of our brethren and the captivity of the countrey and the desolation of our inheritance will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles wheresoever we shall be in bondage and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us 23 For our servitude shall not be directed to favour but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour 24 Now therefore O brethren let us shew an example to our brethren because their hearts depend upon us and the sanctuary and the house and the altar rest upon us 25 Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God which trieth us even as he did our fathers 26 Remember what things he did to * Gen. 22.1 Abraham and how he tried Isaac and what hapned to * Gen. 28.7 Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria when he kept the sheep of Laban his mothers brother 27 For he hath not tried us in the fire as he did them for the examination of their hearts neither hath he taken vengeance on us but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him to admonish them 28 Then said Ozias to her All that thou hast spoken hast thou spoken with a good heart and there is none that may gainsay thy words 29 For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding because the disposition of thine heart is good 30
But the people were very thirsty and compelled us to do unto them as we have spoken and to bring an oath upon our selves which we will not break 31 Therefore now pray thou for us because thou art a godly woman and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns and we shall faint no more 32 Then said Judith unto them Hear me and I will do a thing which shall go throughout all generations to the children of our nation 33 You shall stand this night in the gate and I will go forth with my waiting-woman and within the days that you have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine hand 34 But enquire not you of mine act for I will not declare it unto you till the things be finished that I do 35 Then said Ozias and the princes unto her Go in peace and the Lord God be before thee to take vengeance on our enemies 36 So they returned from the tent and went to their wards CHAP. IX 1 Judith humbleth her self 2 and prayeth God to prosper her purpose against the enemies of his sanctuary THen Judith fell upon her face and put ashes upon her head and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord Judith cried with a loud voice and said 2 O Lord God of my Father * Gen. 34.2 25. Simeon to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her and discovered the thigh to her shame and polluted her virginity to her reproach for thou saidst It shall not be so and yet they did so 3 Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain so that they died their bed in bloud being deceived and smotest the servants with their lords and the lords upon their thrones 4 And hast given their wives for a prey and their daughters to be captives and all their spoils to be divided amongst thy dear children which were moved with thy zeal and abhorred the pollution of their bloud and called upon thee for aid O God O my God hear me also a widow 5 For thou hast wrought not onely those things but also the things which fell out before and which ensued after thou hast thought upon the things which are now and which are to come 6 Yea what things thou didst determine were ready at hand and said Lo we are here for all thy ways are prepared and thy judgements are in thy fore-knowledge 7 For behold the Assyrians are multiplied in their power they are exalted with horse and man they glory in the strength of their footmen they trust in shield and spear and bowe and sling and know not that thou art the Lord that breakest the battles the Lord is thy name 8 Throw down their strength in thy power and bring down their force in thy wrath for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary and to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth and to cast down with sword the horn of thy altar 9 Behold their pride and send thy wrath upon their heads give into mine hand which am a widow the power that I have conceived 10 * Judg. 4.21 and 5.26 Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince and the prince with the servant break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman 11 * Judg. 7.2.2 Chr. 14.11 16.8 20.6 For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong men for thou art a God of the afflicted an helper of the oppressed an upholder of the weak a protectour of the forlorn a saviour of them that are without hope 12 I pray thee I pray thee O God of my father and God of the inheritance of Israel Lord of the heavens and earth Creatour of the waters King of every creature hear thou my prayer 13 And make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant and thy hallowed house and against the top of Sion and against the house of the possession of thy children 14 And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou CHAP. X. 3 Judith doth set forth her self 10 She and her maid go forth into the camp 17 The watch take and conduct her to Holofernes NOw after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel and bad made an end of all these words 2 She rose where she had fain down and called her maid and went down into the house in the which she abode in the sabbath-days and in her feast-days 3 And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on and put off the garments of her widowhood and washed her body all over with water and anointed her self with precious ointment and braided the hair of her head and put on a †Gr. â—atre tire upon it and put on her garments of gladness wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband 4 And she took sandals upon her feet and put about her her bracelets and her chains and her rings and her ear-rings and all her ornaments and decked her self bravely to allure the eyes of all men that should see her 5 Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine and a cruse of oyl and filled a bag with parched corn and lumps of figs and with fine bread so she ‖ Or wrapped or parked folded all these things together and said them upon her 6 Thus they went forth to the gate of the city of Bethulia and found standing there Ozias and the ancients of the city Chabris and Charmis 7 And when they saw her that her countenance was altered and her apparel was changed they wondred at her beauty very greatly and said unto her 8 The God the God of our fathers give thee savour and accomplish thine enterprises to the glory of the children of Israel and to the exaltation of Jerusalem then they worshipped God 9 And she said unto them Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof you have spoken with me so they commanded the young men to open unto her as she had spoken 10 And when they had done so Judith went out she and her maid with her and the men of the city looked after her until she was gone down the mountain and till she had passed the valley and could see her no more 11 Thus they went straight forth in the valley and the first watch of the Assyrians met her 12 And took her and asked her Of what people art thou and whence comest thou and whither goest thou And she said I am a woman of the Hebrews and am fled from them for
the army of Assur and behold the canopy wherein he did lie in his drunkenness and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman 16 As the Lord liveth who hath kept me in my way that I went my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction and yet hath he not committed sin with me to defile and shame me 17 Then all the people were wonderfully astonished and bowed themselves and worshipped God and said with one accord Blessed be thou O our God which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people 18 Then said Ozias unto her O daughter blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth and blessed be the Lord God which hath created the heavens and the earth which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies 19 For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men which remember the power of God for ever 20 And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise to visit thee in good things because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation but hast revenged our ruine walking a straight way before our God And all the people said So be it so be it CHAP. XIV 8 Achior heareth Judith shew what she had done and is cirâ—umcised 11 The bead of Holofernes is hanged up 15 He as found dead and much lamented THen said Judith unto them Hear me now my brethren and take this * 2 Mac. 15.35 head and hang it upon the highest place of your walls 2 And so soon as the morning shall appear and the sun shall come forth upon the earth take you every one his weapons and go forth every valiant man out of the city and set you a captain over them as though you would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians but go not down 3 Then they shall take their armour and shall go into their camp and raise up the captains of the army of Assur and they shall run to the tent of Holofernes but shall not finde him then fear shall fall upon them and they shall flee before your face 4 So you and all that inhabit the coast of Israel shall pursue them and overthrow them as they go 5 But before you do these things call me Achior the Ammonite that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel and that sent him to us as it were to his death 6 Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias and when he was come and saw the head of Holofernes in a mans hand in the assembly of the people he fell down on his face and his spirit failed 7 But when they had recovered him he fell at Judiths feet and reverenced heâ— and said Blessed art thou in all the tabernacle of Juda and in all nations which hearing thy name shall be astonished 8 Now therefore tell me all the things that then hast done in these days Then Judith declared unto him in the midst of the people all that she had done from the day that she went forth until that hour she spake unto them 9 And when she had left off speaking the people shouted with a loud voice and made a joyful noise in their city 10 And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done he beleeved in God greatly and circumcised the flesh of his fore-skin and was joyned unto the house of Israel unto this day 11 And assoon as the morning arose they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall and every man took his weapons and they went forth by bands unto the ‖ Or â—sâ—â—es straits of the mountain 12 But when the Assyrians saw them they sent to their leaders which came to their captains and tribunes and to every one of their rulers 13 So they came to Holofernes tent and said to him that had the charge of all his things Waken now our lord for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battel that they may be utterly destroyed 14 Then went in Bagoas and knocked at the door of the tent for he thought that he had slept with Judith 15 But because none answered he opened it and went into the bed-chamber and found him cast upon the floor dead and his head was taken from him 16 ‖ Then Therefore he cried with a loud voice with weeping and sighing and a mighty cry and rent his garments 17 After he went into the tent where Judith lodged and when he found her not he leaped out to the people and cried 18 These slaves have dealt treacherously one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonolor for behold Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head 19 When the captains of the Assyrians army heard these words they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp CHAP. XV. 1 The Assyrians are chased and slain 8 The high priest cometh to see Judith 11 The stuff of Holofernes is given to Judith 13 The women crown her with a garland ANd when they that were in the tents heard they were astonished at the thing that was done 2 And fear and trembling fell upon them so that there was no man that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour but rushing out altogether they fled into every way of the plain and of the hill-countrey 3 They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away Then the children of Israel every one that was a warriour among them rushed out upon them 4 Then sent Oziaâ— to Betomasthem and to Bebai and Chobai and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel such as should tell the things that were done and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them 5 Now when the children of Israel heard it they all fell upon them with one consent and slew them unto Chobai likewise also they that came from Jerusalem and from all the hill-countrey for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies and they that were in Galaad and in Galilee ‖ Or â—â—â—ams chased them with a great slaughter until they were past Damascus and the borders thereof 6 And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia fell upon the camp of Assur and spoiled them and were greatly enriched 7 And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained and the villages and the cities that were in the mountains and in the plain gat many spoils for the multitude was very great 8 Then Joacim the high pâ—â—â—st and the ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt in Jerusalem came to behold the good things that God had shewed to Israel and to see Judith and to salute her 9 And when they came unto her they blessed her with
the moneth Adar the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same moneth with an assembly and joy and with gladness before God according to the generations for ever among his people CHAP. XI 2 The sock and quality of Mardocheus 6 He dreameth of two dragons coming forth to fight 10 and of a little fountain which became a great water IN the fourth year of the reign of Ptolomeus and Cleopatra Dositheus who said he was a priest and Levite and Ptolomeus his son brought this epistle of Phurim which they said was the same and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolomeus that was in Jerusalem had interpreted it 2 In the second year of the reign of Anaxerxes the great in the first day of the moneth Nisan Mardocheus the son of Jairus the son of Semei the son of Cisai of the tribe of Benjamin had a dream 3 Who was a Jew and dwelt in the city of Sula a great man being a servitour in the kings court 4 He was also one of the captives which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judea and this was his dream 5 Behold a noise of a tumult with thunder and earthquakes and uproar in the land 6 And behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight and their cry was great 7 And at their cry all nations were prepared to hattel that they might fight against the righteous people 8 And so a day of darkness and obscurity tribulation and anguish affliction and great uproar upon the earth 9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled fearing their own evils and were ready to perish 10 Then they cried unto God and upon their cry as it were from a little fountain was made a great floud even much water 11 The light and the sun rose up and the lowly were exalted and devoured the glorious 12 Now when Mardocheus who had seen this dream and what God had determined to do was awake he bare this dream in minde and until night by all means was desirous to know it CHAP. XII 2 The conspiracy of the two eunuchs is discovered by Mardocheus 5 for which he is entertained by the king and rewarded ANd Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra the two eunuchs of the king and keepers of the palace 2 * Esth 2. â—1 6.2 And he heard their devices and searched out their purposes and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the king and so he certified the king of them 3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs and after that they had confessed it they were strangled 4 And the king made a record of these things and Mardocheus also wrote thereof 5 So the king commanded Mardocheus to serve in the court and for this he rewarded him 6 Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite who was in great honour with the king sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king CHAP. XIII 1 The copy of the kings letters to destroy the Jews 8 The prayer of Mardocheus for them THe copy of the letters was this Joseph Antâ—â— lib. 11. cap. 6. The great king Artaxerxes writeth these things to the princes and governours that are under him from India unto Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty provinces 2 After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world not lifted up with presumption of my authority but carrying my self alway with equity and mildness I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life and making my kingdom ‖ Or â—ildt peaceable and open for passage to the utmost coasts to renew peace which is desired of all men 3 Now when I asked my counsellours how this might be brought to pass Aman that excelled in wisdom among us and was approved for his constant good will and stedfast fidelity and had the honour of the second place in the kingdom 4 Declared unto us that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain malicious people that had laws contrary to all nations and continually despised the commandments of kings so as the uniting of our kingdoms honourably intended by us cannot ‖ Or be settled go forward 5 Seeing then we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men differing in the strange manner of their laws and evil-affected to our state working all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly stablished 6 Therefore have we commanded that all they that are signified in writing unto you by Aman who is ordained over the affairs and is ‖ Or second from us next unto us shall all with their wives and children be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies without all mercy and pity the fourteenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar of this present year 7 That they who of old and now also are malicious may in one day with violence go into the grave and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled and without trouble 8 Then Mardocheus thought upon all the works of the Lord and made his prayer unto him 9 Saying O Lord Lord the King Almighty for the whole world is in thy power and if thou hast appointed to save Israel there is no man that can gainsay thee 10 For thou hast made heaven and earth and all the wondrous things under the heaven 11 Thou art Lord of all things and there is no man that can resist thee which art the Lord. 12 Thou knowest all things and thou knowest Lord that it was neither in contempt nor pride nor for any desire of glory that I did not how down to proud Aman. 13 For I could have been content with good will for the salvation of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet 14 But I did this that I might not prefer the glory of man above the glory of God neither will I worship any but thee O God neither will I do it in pride 15 And now O Lord God and King spare thy people for their eyes are upon us to bring us to nought yea they desire to destroy the inheritance that hath been thine from the beginning 16 Despise not the portion which thou hast delivered out of Egypt for thine own self 17 Hear my prayer and be merciful unto thine inheritance turn our sorrow into joy that we may live O Lord and praise thy name and ‖ Or â—â—ut or stop not destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee O Lord. 18 All Israel in like manner cried most †Gr. mightily earnestly unto the Lord because their death was before their eyes CHAP. XIV 1 The prayer of queen Esther for her self and her people QUeen Esther also being in fear of death reforted unto the Lord 2 And laid away her glorious apparel and put on the garments of anguish and mourning and in stead of precious ointments she
is a testimony and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbeleeving soul 8 For regarding not wisdom they gat not onely this hurt that they knew not the things which were good but also left behinde them to the world a memorial of their foolishness so that in the things wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid 9 But wisdom delivered from pain those that attended upon her 10 When the righteous fled from his brothers wrath she guided him in right paths shewed him the kingdom of God and gave him knowledge of holy things made him rich in his travels and multiplied the fruit of his labours 11 In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him and made him rich 12 She defended him from his enemies and kept him safe from those that lay in wait and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory that he might know that godliness is stronger then all 13 * Gen. 37.28 39.7 Act 7.10 When the righteous was sold she forsook him not but delivered him from sin she went down with him into the pit 14 And left him not in bonds till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom and ‖ Or the power of them that ruled over him power against those that oppressed him as for them that had accused him she shewed them to be liars and gave him perpetual glory 15 * Ex. 1.10 12.42 She delivered the ‖ Or holy righteous people and blameless seed from the nation that oppressed them 16 She entred into the soul of the servant of the Lord and * Exod. 5.1 withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs 17 Rendred to the righteous a reward of their labours guided them in a marvellous way and was unto them for a cover by day and a ‖ Or flame light of stars in the night-season 18 * Exod. 14.21 22. Psal 78.13 Brought them through the Red sea and led them through much water 19 But she drowned their enemies and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep 20 Therefore the righteous spoiled the ungodly and * Exo. 15.1 praised thy holy name O Lord and magnified with one accord thine hand that sought for them 21 For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb and made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent CHAP. XI 5 The Egyptians were punished and the Israelites reserved in the same thing 15 They were plagued by the same things wherein they sinned 20 God could have destroyed them otherwise 23 but he is merciful to all SHe prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet 2 * Exod. 16.1 They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited and pitched tents in places where there lay no way 3 * Exod. 17.10 11. They stood against their enemies and were avenged of their adversaries 4 When they were thirsty they called upon thee and water was given them out of the flinty rock and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone 5 For by what things their enemies were punished by the same they in their need were benefited 6 For in stead of a fountain of a perpetual running river troubled with foul bloud 7 For a manifest reproof of that commandment whereby the infants were slain thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for 8 Declaring by that thrist then * Exod. 7.20 how thou hadst punished their adversaries 9 For when they were tried albeit but in mercy chastised they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented thirsting in another manner then the just 10 For these thou didst admonish and try as a father but the other as a severe king thou didst condemn and punish 11 Whether they were absent or present they were vexed alike 12 For a double grief came upon them and a groaning for the remembrance of things past 13 For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited they ‖ Or perceived had some feeling of the Lord. 14 For whom they rejected with scorn when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants him in the end when they saw what came to pass they admired 15 But for the foolish devices of their wickedness wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason and vile beasts thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance 16 That they might know that wherewithal a man sinneth by the same also shall he be punished 17 For thy almighty hand that made the world of matter without form wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or fierce lions 18 Or unknown wilde beasts full of rage newly created breathing out either a fiery vapour or filthy sents of scattered smoke or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes 19 Whereof not onely the harm might dispatch them at once but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them 20 Yea and without these might they have faln down with one blast being persecuted of vengeance and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight 21 For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt and who may withstand the power of thine arm 22 For the whole world before thee is as a ‖ Or little weight little grain of the balance yea as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth 23 But thou hast mercy upon all for thou canst do all things and winkest at the sins of men because they should amend 24 For thou lovest all the things that are and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made for never wouldest thou have made any thing if thou hadst hated it 25 And how could any thing have endured if it had not been thy will or been preserved if not called by thee 26 But thou sparest all for they are thine O Lord thou lover of souls CHAP. XII 2 God did not destroy those of Chanaan all at once 12 If he had done so who could control him 19 But by sparing them be taught us 27 They were punished with their gods FOr thine uncorruptible Spirit is in all things 2 Therefore chastnest thou them by little and little that offend and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended that leaving their wickedness they may beleeve on thee O Lord. 3 For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those ‖ Or ancient old inhabitants of thy holy land 4 Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of ‖ Or sorceries witchcrafts and wicked sacrifices 5 And also those merciless murderers of children and devourers of mans flesh and the feasts of bloud 6 With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crue and the parents that killed with their own
saving when there is occasion to do good and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty 24 For by speech wisdom shall be known and learning by the word of the tongue 25 In no wise speak against the truth but be abashed of the errour of thine ignorance 26 Be not ashamed to confess thy sins ‖ Or and strive not against the stream and force not the course of the river 27 Make not thy self an underling to a foolish man neither accept the person of the mighty 28 Strive for the truth unto death and the Lord shall fight for thee 29 Be not hasty in thy tongue and in thy deeds slack and remiss 30 Be not as a lion in thy house nor frantick among thy servants 31 Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive and shut when thou shouldest ‖ Or give repay CHAP. V. 1 We must not presume of our wealth and strength 6 nor of the mercy of God to sin 9 We must not be double-tongued 12 nor answer without knowledge SEt not thy heart upon thy goods and say not * Luke 12.15 I have enough for my life 2 Follow not thine own minde and thy strength to walk in the ways of thy heart 3 And say not Who shall control me for my works for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride 4 Say not I have sinned and what harm hath hapned unto me for the Lord is long-suffering he will in no wise let thee go 5 Concerning propitiation * Chap. 21.1 be not without fear to add sin unto sin 6 And say not His mercy is great he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins * Chap. 16.13 for mercy and wrath come from him and his indignation resteth upon sinners 7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord and put not off from day to day for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed and perish in the day of vengeance 8 * Prov. 10.2 11.4 Ezek. 7.19 Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity 9 Winnow not with every wind and go not into every way for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue 10 Be stedfast in thy understanding and let thy word be the same 11 * James â— 19 Be swift to hear and let thy life be sincere and with patience give answer 12 If thou hast understanding answer thy neighbour if not lay thy hand upon thy mouth 13 Honour and shame is in talk and the tongue of man is his fall 14 Be not called a whisperer and lie not in wait with thy tongue for a foul shame is upon the thief and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue 15 Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small CHAP. VI. 2 Do not extol thine own conceit 7 but make choice of a friend 18 Seek wisdom betimes 20 it is grievous to some 28 yet the fruits thereof are pleasant 35 Be ready to hear wise men IN stead of a friend become not an enemy for thereby thou shalt inherit an ill name shame and reproach even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue 2 Extol not thy self in the counsel of thine own heart that thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull straying alone 3 Thou shalt eat up thy leaves and lose thy fruit and leave thy self as a dry tree 4 A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies 5 †Gr. a sweet throat Sweet language will multiply friends and a fair-speaking tongue will increase kinde greetings 6 Be in peace with many nevertheless have but one counsellour of a thousand 7 If thou wouldest get a friend ‖ Or. â—et him in the time of trouble prove him first and be not hasty to credit him 8 For some man is a friend for his own occasion and will not abide in the day of thy trouble 9 And there is a friend who being turned to enmity and strife will discover thy reproach 10 * Chap. 37.5 Again some friend is a companion at the table and will not continue in the day of thy affliction 11 But in thy prosperity he will be as thy self and will be bold over thy servants 12 If thou be brought low he will be against thee and will hide himself from thy face 13 Separate thy self from thine enemies take heed of thy friends 14 A faithful friend is a strong defence and he that hath found such an one hath sound a treasure 15 Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend and his excellency is invaluable is invaluable 16 A faithful friend is the medicine of life and they that fear the Lord shall finde him 17 Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright for as he is so shall his neighbour be also 18 My son gather instruction from thy youth up so shalt thou finde wisdome till thine old age 19 Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth and wait for her good fruits for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon 20 She is very unpleasant to the unlearned he that is without ‖ Or heart understanding will not remain with her 21 She will lie upon him as a * Zec. 12.3 mighty stone of trial and he will cast her from him ere it be long 22 For wisdom is according to her name and she is not manifest unto many 23 Give ear my son receive my advice and refuse not my counsel 24 And put thy feet into her fetters and thy neck into her ‖ Or collar chain 25 Bow * Matth. 11.29 down thy shoulder anâ— bear her and be not grieved with her bonds 26 Come unto her with thy whole heart and keep her ways with all thy power 27 Search and seek and she shall be made known unto thee and when thou hast got hold of her let her not go 28 For at the last thou shalt finde her rest and that shall be turned to thy joy 29 Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee and her chains a robe of glory 30 For there is a golden ornament upon her and her bands are ‖ Or or a ribband of blue silk Num. 15 3â— purple lace 31 Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour and shalt put her about thee as a crown of joy 32 My son if thou wilt thou shalt be taught and if thou wilt apply thy minde thou shalt be prudent 33 If thou love to hear thou shalt receive understanding and if thou bow thine ear thou shalt be wise 34 Stand in the multitude of the * Chap. 8.9 elders and cleave unto him that is wise 35 Be willing to hear every godly discourse and let not the parables of understanding escape thee 36 And if thou seest a
is of low degree and * Gen. 41.40 Dan. 6 3â— maketh him to sit among great men 2 Commend not a man for his beauty neither abhor a man for his outward appearance 3 The hee is little among such as flie but her Fruit is the chief of sweet things 4 * Acts 12. â—1 Boast not of thy clothing and raiment and exalt not thy self in the day of honour for the works of the Lord are wonderful and his works among men are hidden 5 Many †Gr. tâ—rants kings have sat down upon the ground and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown 6 * 1 Sam. 15.28 Hith 6.10 Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced and the honourable delivered into other mens hands 7 * Deut. 12.14 17.6 7 Blame not before thou hast examined the truth understand first and then rebuke 8 * Prov. 18 1â— Answer not before thou hast heard the cause neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk 9 Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not and sit not ‖ Or in the judgement of sinners in judgement with sinners 10 My son meddle not with many matters for if thou meddle much thou shalt not be innocent and if thou follow after thou shalt not obtain neither shalt thou ‖ Or escape hurt escape by fleeing 11 * Pro. 10.3 Mat. 19.22 There is one that laboureth and taketh pains and maketh haste and is so much the more behinde 12 Again there is another that is slow and hath need of help wanting ability and full of poverty * Jol 42.10 yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good and set him up from his low estate 13 And lilted up his head from misery so that many that saw it marvelled at him 14 * Job 1.21 Fzek. 28.4 c. Prosperity and adversity life and death poverty and riches come of the Lord. 15 Wisdom knowledge and understanding of the law are of the Lord love and the way of good works are from him 16 Errour and darkness had their beginning together with sinners and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein 17 The gilt of the Lord remaineth with the godly and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever 18 There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching and this is the portion of his reward 19 Whereas he saith * Luke 12.19 I have found rest and now will eat continually of my goods and yet he knoweth not what time shall ‖ Or pass come upon him and that he must leave those things to others and die 20 * Matth. 10.22 Be stedfast in thy covenant and be conversant therein and wax old in thy work 21 Marvel not at the works of sinners but trust in the Lord and abide in thy labour for it is an easie thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich 22 The blesling of the Lord is ‖ Or for a reward in the reward of the godly and suddenly he maketh his blessing to flourish 23 Say not * Mal. 3.14 What prosit is there of my service and what good things shall I have hereafter 24 Again say not I have enough and possess many things and what evil can come to me hereafter 25 In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction and in the day of affliction there is no more remembrance of prosperity 26 For it is an easie thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways 27 The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure and in his end his deeds shall be discovered 28 Judge none blessed before his death for a man shall be known in his children 29 Bring not every man into thine house for the deceitful man hath many trains 30 Like as a partride taken and kept in a cage so is the heart of the proud and like as a spie watcheth he for thy sall 31 For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil and in things worthy praise will say blame upon thee 32 Of a spark of fire a heap of coals is kindled and a sinful man layeth wait for bloud 33 Take heed of a mischievous man for he worketh wickedness lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot 34 Receive a stranger into thine house and he will disturb thee and turn thee out of thine own CHAP. XII 2 Be not liberal to the ungodly 10 Trust not thine enemy nor the wicked WHen thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits 2 Do good to the godly man and thou shalt finde 2 recompence and if not from him yet from the most High 3 There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil nor to him that giveth no alms 4 Give to the godly man and help not a sinner 5 Do well unto him that is lowly but give not to the ungodly hold back thy bread and give it not unto him self he over-master thee thereby For else thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him 6 For the most High hateth sinners and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment 7 Give unto the good and help not the sinner 8 A friend cannot be known in prosperity and an enemy cannot be bidden in adversity 9 In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved but in his adversity even a friend will depart 10 Never trust thine enemy for like as ‖ Or brasâ— iron rusteth so is his wickedness 11 Though he humble himself and go crouching yet take good heed and beware of him and thou shalt be unto him as it thou hadst wiped a looking-glass and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away 12 Set him not by thee lest when he hath overthrown thee he stand up in thy place neither let him sit at thy right hand self he seek to take thy seat and thou at the last remember my words and be pricked therewith 13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent or any such as come nigh wilde beasis 14 So one that goeth to a sinner and is ‖ Or mâ—â—gled desiled with him in his sins who will pity 15 For a while he will abide with thee but if thou begin to fall he will not tarry 16 An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit he will * Jer. 41.6 weep with his eyes but if he sinde opportunity he will not be satisfied with bloud 17 If adversity come upon thee thou shalt sinde him there first and though he pretend to help thee yet shall he ‖ Or supplant undermine thee 18 He will shake his head and clap his hands and whisper much and change his
did lift up his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities 3 Who before him so stood to it for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him 4 * Josh 10.12 13 14. Did not the sun go back by his means and was not one day as long as two 5 He called upon the most high Lord when the enemies preassed upon him on every side and the great Lord heard him 6 And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battel to fall violently upon the nations and in the descent of Bethoron he destroyed them that resisted that the nations might know all their strength because he fought in the sight of the Lord and he followed the mighty One 7 In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy he and Caleb the son of Jephunne in that they withstood the congregation and withheld the people from sin and appeased the wicked murmuring 8 * Numb 26.65 Deut. 1.35 36. And of six hundred thousand people on foot they two were preserved to bring them into the heritage even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey 9 The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb which remained with him unto his old age so that he entred upon the high places of the land and his seed obtained it for an heritage 10 That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord. 11 And concerning the judges every one by name whose heart went not a whoring nor departed from the Lord let their memory be blessed 12 Let their bones * Chap. 4â— 10 flourish out of their place and let the name of then that were honoured be continued upon their children 13 * 1 Sam. 10 1. 16.13 Samuel the prophet of the Lord beloved of his Lord established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people 14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation and the Lord had respect unto Jacob. 15 By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision 16 He called upon the mighty Lord when his enemies preassed upon him on every side when he offered the * 1 Sam. 7.9 sucking lamb 17 And the Lord thundred from heaven and with a great noise made his voice to be heard 18 And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines 19 And before his long sleep he made * 1 Sam. 1â— 3 protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed I have not taken any mans goods so much as a shoe and no man did accuse him 20 And after his death * 1 Sam. 28.18 19. he prophesied and shewed the king his end and lift up his voice from the earth in prophesie to blot out the wickedness of the people CHAP. XLVII 1 The praise of Nathan 2 of David 12 of Solomon his glory and infirmities 23 of his end and punishment ANd after him rose up * 2 Sam. 12.1 Nathan to prophesie in the time of David 2 As is the fat taken away from the peace-offering so was David chosen out of the children of Israel 3 ‖ Or He smote lions He played with * 1 Sam. 17.34 lions as with kids with bears as with lambs 4 * 1 Sam. 17.49 50 51. Slew he not a giant when he was yet but young and did he not take away reproach from the people when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling and beat down the boasting of Goliath 5 For he called upon the most high Lord and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warriour and set up the horn of his people 6 So the people honoured him with * 1 Sam. 18.7 ten thousands and praised him in the blessings of the Lord in that he gave him a crown of glory 7 For * 2 Sam. 5.7 he destroyed the enemies on every side and ‖ Or â—â—â—temned brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries and brake their horn in sunder unto this day 8 In all his works he praised the holy One most high with words of glory with his whole heart he sung songs and loved him that made him 9 * 1 Chr. 16.4 He set singers also before the altar that by their voices they might make sweet melody and daily sing praises in their songs 10 He beautified their feasts and set in order the solemn times ‖ Or pâ—â—fectly until the end that they might praise his holy name and that the temple might sound from morning 11 * â— Sam. 12.13 The Lord took away his sins and exalted his horn for ever he gave him a covenant of kings and a throne ‖ Or of a kingdom of glory in Israel 12 After him rose up a wise son and for his sake he dwelt at large 13 * 1 King â— 21 24. Solomon reigned in a peaceable time and was honoured for God made all quiet round about him that he might build an house in his name and prepare his sanctuary for ever 14 * 1 King 2.29 30. How wise wast thou in thy youth and as a floud filled with understanding 15 Thy soul covered the whole earth and thou filledst it with dark parables 16 Thy name went far unto the islands and for thy peace thou wast beloved 17 * 1 King 4.31 32. The countreys marvelled at thee for thy songs and proverbs and parables and interpretations 18 By the name of the Lord God which is called the Lord God of Israel thou didst * 1 King 12.27 gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead 19 * 1 King 11.1 Thou didst bow thy loyns unto women and ‖ Or. in by thy body thou wast brought into subjection 20 Thou didst stain thy honour and pollute thy seed so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children and wast grieved for thy folly 21 * 1 Kin. 12.15 16.17 So the kingdom was divided and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom 22 * 2 Sam. 7 15. But the Lord will never leave off his mercy neither shall any of his works perish neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob and out of him a root unto David 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and of his seed he left behinde him Roboam even the foolishness of the people and one that had no understanding who * 1 Kin. 12.10 11 13 14. turned away the people through his counsel There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat who * 1 King 12.28 30. caused Israel to sin and shewed Ephraim the way of sin 24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly that they were driven out of the land 25 For they sought out all wickedness till the vengeance came upon them CHAP. XLVIII 1 The praise of Elias 12
Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth the merchants of Meran and of Theman the ‖ Or expounders authours of sables and searchers out of understanding none of these have known the way of wisdom or remember her paths 24 O Israel how great is the house of God and how large is the place of his possession 25 Great and hath none end high and unmeasurable 26 There were the giants famous from the beginning that were of so great stature and so expert in war 27 Those did not the Lord choose neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them 28 But they were destroyed because they had no wisdom and perished through their own foolishness 29 Who hath gone up into heaven and taken her and brought her down from the clouds 30 Who hath gone over the sea and found her and will bring her for pure gold 31 No man knoweth her way nor thinketh of her path 32 But he that knoweth all things knoweth her and hath found her out with his understanding he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts 33 He that sendeth forth light and it goeth calleth it again and it obeyeth him with fear 34 The stars shined in their watches and rejoyced when he called them they say Here we be and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them 35 This is our God and there shall none other be accounted of in comparision of him 36 He hath found out all the way of knowledge and hath given it unto Jacob his servant and to Israel his beloved 37 * Prov. 8.31 Joh. 1.14 Afterward did he shew himself upon earth and conversed with men CHAP. IV. 1 The book of commandments is that wisdom which was commanded in the former chapter 25 The Jews are moved to patience and to hope for the deliverance THis is the book of the commandments of God and the law that endureth for ever all they that keep it shall come to life but such as leave it shall die 2 Turn thee O Jacob and take hold of it walk †Gr. to the shining before the light thereof in the presence of the light thereof that thou mayest be illuminated 3 Give not thine honour to another nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation 4 O Israel happy are we for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us 5 Be of good cheer my people the memorial of Israel 6 Ye were sold to the nations not for your destruction but because ye moved God to wrath ye were delivered unto the enemies 7 For ye provoked him that made you by * 1 Cor 10.20 sacrificing unto devils and not to God 8 Ye have forgotten the everlasting God that brought you up and ye have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you 9 For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you she said Hearken O ye that dwell about Sion God hath brought upon me great mourning 10 For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters which the Everlasting brought upon them 11 With joy did I nourish them but sent them away with weeping and mourning 12 Let no man rejoyce over me a widow and forsaken of many who for the sins of my children am left desolate because they departed from the law of God 13 They knew not his statutes nor walked in the ways of his commandments nor trode in the paths ‖ Or of his discipline in righteousness of discipline in his righteousness 14 Let them that dwell about Sion come and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters which the Evelasting hath brought upon them 15 For he hath brought a nation upon them from far a shameless nation and of a strange language who neither reverenced old man nor pitied childe 16 These have carried away the dear-beloved children of the widow and left her that was alone desolate without daughters 17 But what can I help you 18 For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies 19 Go your way O my children go your way for I am left desolate 20 I have put off the clothing of ‖ Or prosperity peace and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer I will cry unto the Everlasting ‖ Or in the time of mine affliction * Ps 116.2 137.7 in my days 21 Be of good cheer O my children cry unto the Lord and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies 22 For my hope is in the Everlasting that he will save you and joy is come unto me from the holy One because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour 23 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping But God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever 24 Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory and brightness of the Everlasting 25 My children suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God for thine enemy hath persecuted thee but shortly thou shalt see his destruction and shalt tread upon his neck 26 ‖ Or My darlings My delicate ones have gone rough ways and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies 27 Be of good comfort O my children and cry unto God for you shall be remembred of him that brought these things upon you 28 For as it was your minde to go astray from God so being returned seek him ten times more 29 For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation 30 Take a good heart O Jerusalem for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee 31 Miserable are they that afflicted thee and rejoyced at thy fall 32 Miserable are the cities which thy children served miserable is she that received thy sons 33 For as she rejoyced at thy ruine and was glad of thy fall so shall she be grieved for her own desolation 34 For I will take away the rejoycing of her great multitude and her pride shall be turned into mourning 35 For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting long to endure and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time 36 O Jerusalem look about thee towards the east and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God 37 Lo thy sons come whom thou sentest away they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the holy One rejoycing in the glory of God CHAP. V. 1 Jerusalem is moved to rejoyce 5 and to behold their return out of captivity with glory PUt off O Jerusalem the garment of thy mourning and affliction and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever 2 Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God
neither would he let Jonathan go 20 And after this came Tryphon to invade the land and destroy it going round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora but Simon his host marched against him in every place wheresoever he went 21 Now they that were in the towre sent messengers unto Tryphon to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness and send them victuals 22 Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his hors-men to come that night but there self a very great snow by reason whereof he came not So he departed and came into the countrey of Galaad 23 And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan who was buried there 24 Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land 25 Then sent Simon and took the hones of Jonathan his brother and buried them in Modin the city of his fathers 26 And all Israel made great lamentation for him and bewailed him many days 27 Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren and raised it aloft to the sight with hewn stone behinde and before 28 Moreover he let up seven pyramides one against another for his father and his mother and his four brethren 29 And in these he made cunning devices about the which he set great pillars and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory and by the armour ships carved that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea 30 This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin and it standeth yet unto this day 31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus and slew him 32 And he reigned in his stead and crowned himself king of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land 33 Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea and fenced them about with high towres and great walls and gates and bars and laid up victuals †Gr. in the strong holds therein 34 Moreover Simon chose men sent to king Demetrius to the end he should give the land an immunity because †Gr. all Tryphons doings were robberies all that Tryphon did was to spoil 35 Unto whom king Demetrius answered wrote after this manner 36 King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest and friend of kings as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews sendeth greeting 37 The golden crown and the scarlet robe with ye sent unto us we have received and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you yea to write unto our officers to confirm the immunities with we have granted 38 And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand and the strong holds which ye have builded shall be your own 39 As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day we forgive it and the crown-tax also which ye ow us and if there were any other tribute paid in Jerusalem it shall no more be paid 40 And look who are meet among you to be in our court let them be enrolled and let there be peace betwixt us 41 Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the hundred and seventieth year 42 Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts in the first year of Simon the high priest the governour and leader of the Jews 43 In those days Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it round about he made also an engine of war and set it by the city and battered a certain towre and took it 44 And they that were in the engine leapt into the city whereupon there was a great uprore in the city 45 Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children and cried with a loud voice beseeching Simon †Gr. to give them his right hand to grant them peace 46 And they said Deal not with us according to our wickedness but according to thy mercy 47 So Simon was appeased towards them fought no more against them but put them out of the city and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were and so entred into it with songs and thanksgiving 48 Yea he put all uncleanness out of it and placed such men there as would keep the law and made it stronger then it was before and built therein a dwelling-place for himself 49 They also of the towre in Jerusalem were kept so strait that they could neither come forth nor go into the countrey nor buy nor sell wherefore they were in great distress for want of vâ—ctuals and a great number of them perished through samine 50 Then cried they to Simon beseeching him ‖ Or to make peace with them to be at one with them which thing he granted them and when he had put them out from thence he cleansed the towre from pollutions 51 And entred into it the three and twentieth day of the second moneth in the hundred seventy and one year with thanksgiving and branches of pasm-trees with harps and cymbals and with viols hymns songs because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel 52 He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the towre he made stronger then it was there he dwelt himself with his company 53 And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man he made him captain of all the hosts and dwelt in Gazara CHAP. XIV 3 Demetrius is taken by the king of Persia 4 The good deeds of Simon to his countrey 18 The Lacedemonians and Romanes renew their league with him 26 A memorial of his acts is set up in Sion NOw in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius gathered his forces together and went into Media to get him help to fight against Tryphon 2 But when Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius was entred within his borders he sent one of his princes to take him alive 3 Who went and smote the host of Demetrius and took him and brought him to Arsaces by whom he was put in ward 4 As for the land of Judea that was quiet all the days of Simon for he sought the good of his nation in such wise as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well 5 And as he was honourable in all his acts so in this that he took Joppe for an haven and made an entrance to the isles of the sea 6 And enlarged the bounds of his nation and recovered the countrey 7 And gathered together a great number of captives and had the dominion of Gazara and Bethsura and the towre out of the which he took all uncleanness neither was there any that resisted him 8 Then did they till their ground in peace and the earth gave her increase and the trees of the field their fruit 9 The ancient men sat all in the streets communing together of
‖ Or the wealth of the land good things and the young men put on glorious warlike apparel 10 He provided victuals for the cities set in them all manner of munition so that his honourable name was renowned unto the end of the world 11 He made peace in the land and Israel rejoyced with great joy 12 For * 1 Kin. 4.25 every man lat under his vine and his fig-tree and there was none to fray them 13 Neither was there any left in the land to fight against them yea the kings themselves were overthrown in those days 14 Moreover he strengthned all those of his people that were brought low the law he searched out and every contemner of the law and wicked person he took away 15 He beautified the sanctuary and multiplied the vessels of the temple 16 Now when it was heard at Rome and as far as Sparta that Jonathan was dead they were very sorry 17 But assoon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead and ruled the countrey and the cities therein 18 They wrote unto him in tables of brass to renew the friendship and league which they had made with Judas Jonathan his brethren 19 Which writings were read before the congregation at Jerusalem 20 And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent The rulers of the Lacedemonians with the city unto Simon the high priest and the elders and priests and residue of the people of the Jews our brethren send greeting 21 The ambassadours that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour wherefore we were glad of their coming 22 And did register the things that they spake in the council of the people in this manner Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason the Jews ambassadours came unto us to renew the friendship they had with us 23 And it pleased the people to entertain the men honourably and to put the copy of their ambassage in publick records to the end the people of the Lacedemonians might have a memorial thereof furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest 24 After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight to confirm the league with them 25 Whereof when the people heard they said What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons 26 For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel and chased away in fight their enemies from them and confirmed their liberty 27 So then they wrote it in the tables of brass which they set upon pillars in mount Sion and this is the copy of the writing The eighteenth day of the moneth Elul in the hundred threescore and twelfth year being the third year of Simon the high priest 28 At ‖ Or Jerusalem peradventure by corruption and transposition of letters or as somethink the common hall where they met to consult of matters of estate Saramel in the great congregation of the priests and people and rulers of the nation and elders of the countrey were these things notified unto us 29 Forsomuch as oftentimes there have been wars in the countrey wherein for the mintenance of their sanctuary and the law Simon the son of Mattathias of the posterity of Jarib together with his brethren put themselves in jeopardy and resilting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour 30 For after that Jonathan having gathered his nation together and been their high priest was added to his people 31 Their enemies purposed to invade their countrey that they might destroy it and lay hands on the sanctuary 32 At which time Simon rose up and sought for his nation and spent much of his own substance and armed ‖ Or the men of war the valiant men of his nation and gave them wages 33 And fortified the cities of Judea together with Bethsura that lieth upon the borders of Judea where the ‖ Or weâ—pons armour of the enemies had been before but he set a garison of Jews there 34 Moreover he fortified Joppe which lieth upon the sea and ‖ Or Gaâ—a Gazaâ—â— that bordereth upon Azotus where the enemies had dwelt before but he placed Jews there and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation thereof 35 The people therefore seeing the acts of Simon and unto what glory he thought to bring his nation made him their governour and chief priest because he had done all these things and for the justice and saith which he kept to his nation and for that he sought by all means to exalt his people 36 For in his time things prospered in his hands so that the heathen were taken out of their countrey and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem who had made themselves a towre out of with they issued of luted all about the sanctuary did much hurt ‖ Or unto religion in the holy places 37 But he placed Jews therein and fortified it for the safety of the countrey and the city and raised up the walls of Jerusalem 38 King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to those things 39 And made him one of his friends honored him with great honor 40 For he had heard say that the Romanes had called the Jews their friends and confederates and brethren and that they had entertained the ambassadours of Simon honourably 41 Also that the Jews and priests were well pleased that Simon should be their governour and high priest for ever until there should arise a faithful prophet 42 Moreover that he should be their captain and should take charge of the sanctuary to set them over their works and over the countrey and over the armour and over the fortresses that I say he should take charge of the sanctuary 43 Besides this that he should be obeyed of every man and that all the writings in the countrey should be made in his name and that he should be clothed in purple and wear gold 44 Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things or to gainsay his words or to gather an assembly in the countrey without him or to be clothed in purple or wear a buckle of gold 45 And whosoever should do otherwise or break any of these things he should be punished 46 Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon and to do as hath been said 47 Then Simon accepted hereof was well pleased to be high priest and captain governour of the Jews priests to defend them all 48 So they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place 49 Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury to the end that Simon and his sons might have them
killeth those that sought for him THen came up John from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons Judas and John said unto them I my brethren and my fathers house have ever from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes 3 But now I am old and ye by Gods mercy are of a sufficient age be ye in stead of me and my brother and go and fight for our nation and the help from heaven be with you 4 So he chose out of the countrey twenty thousand men of war with horsmen who went out against Cendebeus rested that night at Modin 5 And when as they rose in the morning and went into the plain behold a mighty great host both of footmen and hors-men came against them howbeit there was a water-brook betwixt them 6 So he and his people pitched over against them and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water-brook he went first over himself and then the men seeing him passed through after him 7 That done he divided his men and set the hors-men in the midst of the footmen for the enemies hors-men were very many 8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight so that many of them were slain and the remnant gat them to the strong hold 9 At that time was Judas Johns brother wounded but John still followed after them until he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had built 10 ‖ Or Which when be bad set on fire they fled unto the towres in the fields of Azotus and there were slain c. So they fled even unto the towres in the fields of Azotus wherefore he burnt it with fire so that there were slain of them about two thousand men Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace 11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain and he had abundance of silver and gold 12 For he was the high priests son in law 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up he thought to get the countrey to himself and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them 14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the countrey and taking care for the good ordering of them at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas in the hundred threescore and seventh year in the eleventh moneth called Sabat 15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold called Ducus which he had built made them a great banquet howbeit he had hid men there 16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons and came upon Simon into the banqueting-place and slew him and his two sons and certain of his servants 17 In which doing he committed a great treachery and recompensed evil for good 18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an host to aid him and he would deliver him the countrey and cities 19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John and unto the †Gr. captains of thousands tribunes he sent letters to come unto him that he might give them silver and gold and rewards 20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple 21 Now one had run afore to Gazara and told John that his father brethren were slain quoth he Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also 22 Hereof when he heard he was sore astonished So he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him and slew them for he knew that they sought to make him away 23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John and his wars and worthy deeds which he did and the building of the walls which he made and his doings 24 Behold these are written in the Chronicles of his priesthood from the time he was made high priest after his father ¶ The second Book of MACCABEES CHAP. I. 1 A letter of the Jews from Jerusalem to them of Egypt to thank God for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was bidden in the pit 24 The trayer of Neemias THe brethren the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea wish unto the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious unto you and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob his faithful servants 3 And give you all an heart to serve him and to do his will with a good courage and a willing minde 4 And open your hearts in his law and commandments and send you peace 5 And hear your prayers and he at one with you and never forsake you in time of trouble 6 And now we be here praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and ninth year we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom 8 And burnt the porch and shed innocent bloud then we prayed unto the Lord and were heard we offered also sacrifices and fine flour and lighted the lamps and set forth the loaves 9 And now see that ye keep the feast of * Lev. 23. â—â— tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea and the council and Judas sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus king Ptolemeus master who was of the stock of the anointed priests and to the Jews that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils we thank him highly as having been in battel against a king 12 For he cast them out that fought within the holy city 13 For when the leader was come into Persia and the army with him that seemed invincible they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Naneas priests 14 For Antiochus as though he would marry her came into the place and his friends that were with him to receive money in name of a dowry 15 Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth and he was entred with a small company into the compass of the temple they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in 16 And opening a privie door of the roof they threw stones like thunderbolts and stroke down the captain hewed them in pieces smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without 17 Blessed be our God in all things who hath delivered up the ungodly 18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the moneth * Lev.
of the customs Wherefore they were both called before the king 29 Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthood and Sostratus left Crates who was governour of the Cyprians 30 While those things were in doing they of Tarsus and Mallos made insurrection because they were given to the kings concubine called Antiochis 31 Then came the king in all haste to appease matters leaving Andronicus a man in authority for his deputy 32 Now Menelaus supposing that he had gotten a convenient time stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple and gave some of them to Andronicus and some be sold into Tyrus and the cities round about 33 Which when Onias knew of a surety he reproved him and withdrew himself into a sanctuary at Daphne that lieth by Antiochia 34 Wherefore Menelaus taking Andronicus apart prayed him to get Onias into his hands who being perswaded thereunto and coming to Onias in deceit gave him his right hand with oaths and though he were suspected by hâ—m yet perswaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice 35 For the which cause not onely the Jews but many also of other nations took great indignation and were much grieved for the unjust murder of the man 36 And when the king was come again from the places about Cilicia the Jews that were in the city and certain of the Greeks that abhorred the fact also complained because Onias was slain without cause 37 Therefore Antiochus was heartily sorry and moved to pity and wept because of the sober and modest behaviour of him that was dead 38 And being kindled with anger forthwith he took away Andronicus his purple and rent off his clothes and leading him through the whole city unto that very place where he had committed impiety against Onias there slew he the cursed murderer Thus the Lord rewarded him his punishment as he had deserved 39 Now when many sacriledges had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the consent of Menelaus and the bruit thereof was spread abroad the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus many vessels of gold being already carried away 40 Whereupon the common people rising and being filled with rage Lysimachus armed about three thousand men and began first to offer violence one ‖ Or Tyrannus Auranus being the leader a man far gone in years and no less in folly 41 They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus some of them caupht stones some clubs others taking handfuls of dust that was next at hand cast them altogether upon Lysimachus those that set upon them 42 Thus many of them they wounded and some they stroke to the ground and all of them they forced to flee but as for the church-robber himself him they killed besides the treasury 43 Of these matters therefore there was an accusation laid against Menelaus 44 Now when the king came to Tyrus three men that were sent from the senate pleaded the cause before him 45 But Menelaus being now convicted promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money if he would pacifie the king towards him 46 Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery as it were to take the air brought him to be of another minde 47 Insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief and those poor men who if they had told their cause yea before the Scythians should have been judged innocent them he condemned to death 48 Thus they that followed the matter for the city and for the people and for the holy vessels did soon suffer unjust punishment 49 Wherefore even they of Tyrus moved with hatred of that wicked deed caused them to be honourably buried 50 And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority increasing in malice and being a great traitour to the citizens CHAP. V. 2 Of the signs and tokens seen in Jerusalem 6 Of the end and wickedness of Jason 11 The pursuit of Antiochus against the Jews 15 The spoiling of the temple 27 Maccabeur fleeth into the wilderness ABout the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt 2 And then it hapned that through all the city for the space almost of fourty days there were seen hors-men running in the air in cloth of gold and armed with lances like a band of souldiers 3 And troops of hors-men in aray encountring and running one against another with shakings of shields and multitude of ‖ Or 〈◊〉 pikes and drawing of swords and casting of darts and glittering of golden ornaments and harness of all sorts 4 Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good 5 Now when there was gone forth a false rumour as though Antiochus had been dead Jason took at the least a thousand men and suddenly made an assault upon the city and they that were upon the walls being put back and the city at length taken Menelaus fled into the castle 6 But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him but thinking they had been his enemies and not his countreymen whom he conquered 7 Howbeit for all this he obtained not the principality but at the last received shame for the reward of his treason and fled again into the countrey of the Ammonites 8 In the end therefore he had an unhappy return being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians fleeing from city to city pursued of all men hated as a forsaker of the laws and being had in abomination as an open ‖ Or exeâ—â—tioner enemy of his countrey and countreymen he was cast out into Egypt 9 Thus he that had driven many out of their countrey perished in a strange land retiring to the Lacedemonians and thinking there to finde succour by reason of his kindred 10 And he that had cast out many unburied had none to mourn for him nor any solemn funerals at all nor sepulchre with his fathers 11 Now when this that was done came to the kings car he thought that Judea had revolted whereupon removing out of Egypt in a furious minde he took the city by force of arms 12 And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met and to slay such as went up upon the houses 13 Thus there was killing of young and old making away of men women and children slaying of virgins and infants 14 And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand whereof fourty thousand were slain in the conflict and no fewer sold then slain 15 Yet was he not content with this but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world Menelaus that traitour to the laws and to his own countrey being his guide 16 And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands
commaâ—dment but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses 31 And thou that hast been the authour of all mischief against the Hebrews shalt not escape the hands of God 32 For we suffer because of our sins 33 And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastning and correction yet shall he beat one again with his servants 34 But thou O godless man and of all other most wicked be not lifted up without a cause nor puffed up with uncertain hopes lifting up thy hand against the servants of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgement of almighty God who seeth all things 36 For our brethren who now have suffered a short pain are dead under Gods covenant of everlasting life but thou through the judgement of God shalt receive just punishment for thy pride 37 But I as my brethren offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess that he alone is God 38 And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty which is justly brought upon all our nation may cease 39 Then the king being in a rage handled him worse then all the rest and took it grievously that he was mocked 40 So this man died undefiled and put his whole trust in the Lord. 41 Last of all after the sons the mother died 42 Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous feasts and the extreme tortures CHAP. VIII 1 Judas gathereth an host 9 Nicanor is sent against him who Presumeth to make much money of his prisoners 16 Judas encourageth his men and putteth Nicanor to flight 18 and divideth the spoils 30 Other enemies are also defeated 35 and Nicanor fleeth with grief to Antioch THen Judas Maccabeus and they that were with him went privily into the towns and called their kins folks together and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews religion and assembled about six thousand men 2 And they called upon the Lord that he would look upon the people that was troden down of all and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men 3 And that he would have compassion upon the city sore defaced and ready to be made even with the ground and hear the bloud that cried unto him 4 And remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants and the blasphemies committed against his name and that he would shew his hatred against the wicked 5 Now when Maccabeus had his company about him he could not be withstood by the heathen for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy 6 Therefore he came at unawares and burnt up towns and cities and got into his hands the most commodious places and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies 7 But specially took he advantage of the night for such privy attempts insomuch that the bruit of his manliness was spread every where 8 So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little and that things prospered with him still more and more he wrote unto Ptolemeus the governour of Celosyria and Phenice to yeeld more aid to the kings affairs 9 Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus one of his special friends he sent him with no fewer then twenty thousand of all nations under him to root out the whole generation of the Jews and with him he joyned also Gorgias a captain who in matters of war had great experience 10 So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews as should defray the tribute of two thousand talents which the king was to pay to the Romanes 11 Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea-coast proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the almighty God 12 Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanors coming and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand 13 They that were fearful and distrusted the justice of God fled and conveyed themselves away 14 Others sold all that they had left and withal besought the Lord to deliver them being sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together 15 And if not for their own sakes yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers and for his holy and glorious name sake by which they were called 16 So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand and exhorted them not to be stricken with terrour of the enemy nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them but to fight manfully 17 And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place and the cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers 18 For they said he trust in their weapons and holdness but our confidence is in the almighty God who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us and also all the world 19 Moreover he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found and how they were delivered when under Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand perished 20 And he told them of the battel that they had in Babylon with the Galatians how they came but eight thousand in all to the business with four thousand Macedonians and that the Macedonians being perplexed the eight thousand destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven and so received a great booty 21 Thus when he had made them bold with these words and ready to die for the laws and the countrey he divided his army into four parts 22 And joyned with himself his own brethren leaders of each band to wit Simon and Josepâ— and Jonathan giving each one fifteen hundred men 23 Also be appointed Eleazar to read the holy book and when he had given them this watch-word The help of God himself leading the first band he joyned battel with Nicanor 24 And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanors host and so put all to flight 25 And took their money that came to buy them and pursued them far but lacking time they returned 26 For it was the day before the sabbath and therefore they would no longer pursue them 27 So when they had gathered ‖ That is the enemies armour their armour together and spoiled their enemies they occupied themselves about the sabbath yeelding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord who had preserved them unto that day which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them 28 And after the sabbath when they had
6 Those of the Jews that be called Assideans whose captain is Judas Maccabeus nourish war and are seditious and will not let the realm be in peace 7 Therefore I being deprived of mine ancestours honour I mean the high priesthood am now come hither 8 First verily for the unseigned care I have of things pertaining to the king and secondly even for that I intend the good of mine own countreymen for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of them aforesaid 9 Wherefore O king seeing thou knowest all these things he careful for the countrey and our nation which is pressed on every side according to the clemency that thou readily shewest unto all 10 For as long as Judas liveth it is not possible that the state should be quiet 11 This was no sooner spoken of him but others of the kings friends being maliciously set against Judas did more incense Demetrius 12 And forthwith calling Nicanor who had been master of the elephants and making him governour over Judea he sent him forth 13 Commanding him to slay Judas and to scatter them that were with him and to make Alcimus high priest of the great temple 14 Then the heathen that had sled out of Judea from Judas came to Nicanor by flocks thinking the harm and calamities of the Jews to be their welfare 15 Now when the Jews heard of Nicanors coming and that the heathen ‖ Or wâ—râ— joyned to them were up against them they cast earth upon their heads and made supplication to him that had established his people for ever and who always helpeth his portion with manifestation of his presence 16 So at the commandment of the captain they removed straightways from thence and came near unto them at the town of Dessau 17 Now Simon Judas brother had joyned battle with Nicanor but was somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies 18 Nevertheless Nicanor hearing of the manliness of them that were with Judas and the couragiousness that they had to fight for their countrey durst not try the matter by the sword 19 Wherefore he sent Posidonius and Theodotus and Mattathias to make peace 20 So when they had taken long advisement thereupon and the captain had made the multitude acquainted therewith and it appeared that they were all of one minde they consented to the covenants 21 And appointed a day to meet in together by themselves and when the day came and stools were set for either of them 22 Judas placed armed men ready in convenient places lest some treachery should be suddenly practised by the enemies so they made a peaceable conference 23 Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem and did no hurt but sent away the people that came flocking unto him 24 And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight for he loved the man from his heart 25 He prayed him also to take a wife and to beget children so he married was quiet and ‖ Or. lived together with him took part of this life 26 But Alcimus perceiving the love that was betwixt them and considering the convenants that were made came to Demetrius and told him that Nicanor was not well affected towards the state for that he had ordained Judas a traytour to his realm to be the kings successour 27 Then the king being in a rage and provoked by the accusations of the most wicked man wrote to Nicanor signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch 28 When this came to Nicanors hearing he was much confounded in himself and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which were agreed upon the man being in no fault 29 But because there was no dealing against the king he watched his time to accomplish this thing by policy 30 Notwithstanding when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him and that he entreated him more roughly then he was wont perceiving that such sowr behaviour came not of good he gathered together not a few of his men and withdrew himself from Nicanor 31 But the other knowing that he was notably prevented by Judas policy came into the great and holy temple and commanded the priests that were offering their usual sacrifices to deliver him the man 32 And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was whom he sought 33 He stretched out his right hand toward the temple and made an oath in this manner If you will not deliver me Judas as †Gr. bound a prisoner I will lay this temple of God even with the ground and I will break down the altar and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus 34 After these words he departed Then the priests lift up their hands towards heaven and besought him that was ever a defender of their nation saying in this manner 35 Thou O Lord of all things who hast need of nothing wast pleased that the temple of thine habitation should be among us 36 Therefore now O holy Lord of all holiness keep this house ever undefiled which lately was cleansed and stop every unrighteous mouth 37 Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis one of the elders of Jerusalem a lover of his countreymen and a man of very good report who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews 38 For in the former times when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles he had been accused of Judaism and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemencie for the religion of the Jews 39 So Nicanor willing to declare the hate that he bare unto the Jews sent above five hundred men of war to take him 40 For he thought by taking him to do the Jews much hurt 41 Now when the multitude would have taken the towre and violently broken into the utter door and bade that fire should be brought to burn it he being ready to be taken on every side fell upon his sword 42 Choosing rather to die manfully then to come into the hands of the wicked to be abused otherwise then beseemed his noble birth 43 But missing his stroke through haste the multitude also rushing within the doors he ran boldly up to the wall and cast himself down manfully amongst the thickest of them 44 But they quickly giving back and a space being made he fell down into the midst of the void place 45 Nevertheless while there was yet breath within him being inflamed with anger he rose up and though his bloud gushed out like spouts of water and his wounds were grievous yet he ran through the midst of the throng and standing upon a steep rock 46 When as his bloud was now quite gone he pluckt out his bowels and taking them in both his hands he cast them upon the throng and calling upon the Lord of life and spirit to restore him those again he thus died CHAP. XV. 5 Nicanors blasphemy 8 Judas
he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethanie at the mount called the mount of Olives he sent two of his disciples 30 Saying Go ye into the village over against you in the which at your entâ—ing ye shall finde a colt tyed whereon yet never man sat loose him and bring him hither 31 And if any man ask you Why do ye loose him thus shall ye say unto him Because the Lord hath need of him 32 And they that were sent went their way and found even as he had said unto them 33 And as they were loosing the colt the owners thereof said unto them Why loose ye the colt 34 And they said The Lord hath need of him 35 And they brought him to Jesus and they cast their garments upon the colt and they set Jesus thereon 36 And as he went they spread their clothes in the way 37 And when he was come nigh even now at the descent of the mount of Olives the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoyce and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen 38 Saying Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord peace in heaven and glory in the highest 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him Master rebuke thy disciples 40 And he answered and said unto them I tell you that if these should hold their peace the stones would immediately cry out 41 ¶ And when he was come near he beheld the city wept over it 42 Saying If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid from thine eyes 43 For the days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every sidâ— 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation 45 * Matth. 21.12 And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought 46 Saying unto them It is written My house is the house of prayer but ye have made it a den of theeâ—es 47 And he taught daily in the temple But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him 48 And could not finde what they might do for all the people ‖ Or hanged on him were very attentive to hear him CHAP. XX. 1 Christ avoucheth his authority by a question of Johns baptison 9 The parable of the vineyard 19 Of giving tribute to Cesar 27 He convinceth the Sadducees that denied the resurrection 41 How Christ is the son of David 45 He warneth his disciples to beware of the scribes ANd * Matth. 21.23 it came to pass that on one of those days as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders 2 And spake unto him saying Tell us By what authority doest thou these things or who is he that gave thee this authority 3 And he answered and said unto them I will also ask you one thing and answer me 4 The baptism of â—ohn was it from heaven or of men 5 And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From heaven he will say Why then believed ye him not 6 But and if we say Of men all the people will stone us for they be perswaded that John was a prophet 7 And they answered that they could not tell whence it was 8 And Jesus said unto them Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable * Matth. 21.33 A certain man planted a vineyard and let it forth to husbandmen and went into a far countrey for a long time 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty 11 And again he sent another servant and they beat him also and entreated him shamefully and sent him away empty 12 And again he sent the third and they wounded him also and cast him out 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard What shall I do I will send my beloved son it may be they will reverence him when they see him 14 But when the husbandmen saw him they reasoned among themselves saying This is the heir come let us kill him that the inheritance may be ours 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them 16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others And when they heard it they said God forbid 17 And he beheld them and said What is this then that is written * Psal 11â— 22 The stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner 18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grinde him to powder 19 ¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him and they feared the people for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them 20 And they watched him and sent forth spies which should seign themselves just men that they might take hold of his words that so they might deliver him unto the power authority of the governour 21 And they asked him saying * Matth. 22.16 Master we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly neither acceptest thou the person of any but teachest the way of God ‖ Or of a truth truly 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar or no 23 But he perceived their craftiness and said unto them Why tempt ye me 24 Shew me a ‖ See Matth. 18.28 peny whose image and superscription hath it They answered and said Cesars 25 And be said unto them Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesars and unto God the things which be Gods 26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people and they marvelled at his answer and held their peace 27 ¶ * Matth. 22.23 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees which deny that there is any resurrection and they asked him 28 Saying Master Moses wrote unto us If any mans brother die having a wife and he die without children that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother 29 There were therefore seven brethren and the first took a wife and died without children 30 And the second took her to wife and he died childless 31 And the third took her and in like manner the seven also And they left no children and died 32 Last of
roareth and when he had cried seven thunders uttered their voices 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth * Dan. 12.7 lifted up his hand to heaven 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever who created heaven and the things that therein are and the earth and the things that therein are and the sea and the things which are therein that there should be time no longer 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound the mystery of God should be finished as he hath declared to his servants the prophets 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again and said Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth 9 And I went unto the angel and said unto him Give me the little book And he said unto me * Ezek. 2.8 and 3.3 Take it and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey 10 And I took the little book out of the angels hand and ate it up and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and assâ—on as I had eaten it my belly was bitter 11 And he said unto me Thou must prophesie again before many peoples and nations and tongues and kings CHAP. XI 3 The two witnesses prophesie 6 They have power to shut heaven that it ram not 7 The beast shall fight against them and kill them 8 They lie unburied 11 and after three days and an half rise again 14 The second wo is past 15 The seventh trumpet soundeth ANd there was given me a reed like unto a rod and the angel stood saying Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that worship therein 2 But the court which is without the temple †Gr. cast out leave out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy city shall they tread under foot fourty and two moneths 3 And ‖ Or I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesie I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousand two hundred and threescore days clothed in sackcloth 4 These are the * Zech. 4.3.11.14 two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth 5 And if any man will hurt them fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies and if any man will hurt them he must in this manner be killed 6 These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophesie and have power over waters to turn them to bloud and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an hall and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves 10 And they that dwell upon the earn shall rejoyce over them and make merry and shall send gifts one to another because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entred into them and they stood upon their feet and great fear fell upon them which saw them 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them Come up hither And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell and in the earthquake ware slain †Gr. names of men of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of heaven 14 The second wo is past and behold the third wo cometh quickly 15 And the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever 16 And the four and twenty elders which sat before God on their seats fell upon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying We give thee thanks O Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned 18 And the nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets and to the saints and them that fear thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which ‖ Or corrupt destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament and there were lightnings and voices and thundrings and an earthquake and great hail CHAP. XII 1 A woman clothed with the sun travaileth 4 The great red dragon standeth before her ready to devour her childe 6 when she was delivered she fleeth into the wilderness 7 Michael and his angels fight with the dragon and prevail 13 The dragon being cast down into the earth persecuteth the woman ANd there appeared a great ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars 2 And she being with childe cried travailing in birth and pained to be delivered 3 And there appeared another ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her childe assoon as it was born 5 And she brought forth a man-childe who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron and her childe was caught up unto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness where she hath a place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days 7 And there was war in heaven Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And prevailed not neither was there place found any more in heaven 9 And the great dragon was cast out that
the Lord GOD In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely shalt thou not know it 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north-parts thou and many people with thee all of them riding upon horses a great company and a mighty army 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel as a cloud to cover the land it shall be in the latter days and I will bring thee against my land that the heathen may know me when I shall be sanctified in thee O Gog before their eyes 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time †Heb. by the hanâ—â— by my servants the prophets of Israel which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel saith the Lord GOD that my fury shall come up in my face 19 For in my jealousie and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel 20 So that the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence and the mountains shall be thrown down and the ‖ Or. 〈◊〉 Or stairs steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains saith the Lord GOD every mans sword shall be against his brother 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with bloud and I will rain upon him and upon his bands and upon the many people that are with him an overflowing rain and great hailstones fire and brimstone 23 Thus will I * Ch. 26.23 and 31.28 magnifie my self and sanctifie my self and I will be known in the eyes of many nations and they shall know that I am the LORD CHAP. XXXIX 1 Gods judgement upon Gog. 8 Israels victory 11 Gogs burial in Hamon-gog 1â— The feast of the fowls 23 Israel having been plaâ—ued for their sins shall be gathered again with eternal favour THerefore thou son of man prophesie against Gog and say Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against thee O Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal 2 And I will turn thee back and ‖ Or strike thee with six plagues or draw thee back with an book of six teeth as ch 38 â— leave but the sixth part of thee and will cause thee to come up from †Heb. the siâ—es of teâ— north the north-parts and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel 3 And I will smite thy bowe out of thy left hand and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel thou and all thy bands and the people that is with thee I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every †Heb. wine sort and to the beasts of the field †Heb. to devour to be devoured 5 Thou shalt fall upon †Heb. the face of the field the open field for I have spoken it saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I will send a fire on Magog and among them that dwell ‖ Or confidently carelesly in the isles and they shall know that I am the LORD 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD the holy One in Israel 8 ¶ Behold it is come and it is done saith the Lord GOD this is the day whereof I have spoken 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn the weapons both the shields and the bucklers the bows and the arrows and the ‖ Or javeliâ—s hand-staves and the spears and they shall ‖ Or make a fiâ—â— of them burn them with fire seven years 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field neither cut down any out of the forests for they shall burn the weapons with fire and they shall spoil those that spoiled them and rob those that robbed them saith the Lord GOD. 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea and it shall stop the ‖ Or mouths noses of the passengers and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude and they shall call it the valley of ‖ That is the multitude of Gog. Hamon-gog 12 And seven moneths shall the house of Israel be burying of them that they may cleanse the land 13 Yea all the people of the land shall bury them and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified saith the Lord GOD. 14 And they shall sever out †Heb. men of continuance men of continual employment passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth to cleanse it after the end of seven moneths shall they search 15 And the passengers that pass through the land when any seeth a mans bone then shall he †Heb. build set up a signe by it till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog 16 And also the name of the city shall be ‖ That is the multitude Hamonah thus shall they cleanse the land 17 ¶ And thou son of man Thus saith the Lord GOD Speak †Heb. to the fowl of every wing unto every feathered fowl and to every beast of the field Assemble your selves and come gather your selves on every side to my ‖ Or. slauchter sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel that ye may eat flesh and drink bloud 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the bloud of the princes of the earth of rams of lambs and of †Heb. great goats goats of bullocks all of them fatlings of Bashan 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full and drink bloud till ye be drunken of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots with mighty men and with all men of war saith the Lord GOD. 21 And I will set my glory among the heathen and all the heathen shall see my judgement that I have executed and my hand that I have laid upon them 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward 23 ¶ And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went
into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against me therefore hid I my face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies so fell they all by the sword 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them and hid my face from them 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for my holy name 26 After that they have born their shame and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me when they dwelt safely in their land and none made them afraid 27 When I have brought them again from the people and gathered them out of their enemies lands and * Ch. 36.23 am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God †Heb. by my causing of them c. which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen but I have gathered them unto their own land and have left none of them any more there 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them for I have * Joel 2.28 Act. 2.17 poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XL. 1 The time manner and end of the vision 6 The description of the east-gate 20 of the north-gate 24 of the south-gate 32 of the east-gate 35 and of the north-gate 39 Eight tables 44 The chambers 48 The porch of the house IN the five and twentieth year of our captivity in the beginning of the year in the tenth day of the moneth in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten in the self-same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and brought me thither 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel and set me upon a very high mountain ‖ Or upon which by which was as the frame of a city on the south 3 And he brought me thither and behold there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring-reed and he stood in the gate 4 And the man said unto me Son of man behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel 5 And behold a wall on the out-side of the house round about and in the mans hand a measuring-reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand-breadth so he measured the breadth of the building one reed and the height one reed 6 ¶ Then came he unto the gate †Heb. whose face was the way toward the east which looketh toward the east went up the stairs thereof measured the threshold of the gate which was one reed broad the other threshold of the gate which was one reed broad 7 And every little chamber was one reed long and one reed broad and between the little chambers were five cubits and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed 8 He measured also the porch of the gate within one reed 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate eight cubits and the posts thereof two cubits and the porch of the gate was inward 10 And the little chambers of the gate east-ward were three on this side and three on that side they three were of one measure and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate ten cubits and the length of the gate thirteen cubits 12 The †Heb. limit or bound space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side and the space was one cubit on that side and the little chambers were six cubits on this are and six cubits on that side 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another the breadth was five and twenty cubits door against door 14 He made also posts of threescore cubits even unto the post of the court round about the gate 15 And from the faâ—e of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits 16 And there were †Heb. closed narrow windows to the little chambers and to their posts within the gate round about and likewise to the ‖ Or galleries or porches arches and windows were round about ‖ Or within inward and upon each post were palm-trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court and so there were chambers and a pavement made for the court round about thirty chambers were upon the pavement 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement 19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court ‖ Or from without without an hundred cubits east-ward and north-ward 20 ¶ And the gate of the outward court †Heb. whose face was that looked toward the north he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof 21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side and the posts thereof and the ‖ Or galleries or porches arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fifty cubits and the breadth five and twenty cubits 22 And their windows and their arches and their palm-trees were after the measure of the gate that looketh towards the east and they went up unto it by seven steps and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits 24 ¶ After that he brought me toward the south and behold a gate toward the south and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures 25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about like those windows the length was fifty cubits and the breadth five and twenty cubits 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it and the arches thereof were before them and it had palm-trees one on this side and another on that side upon the posts thereof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south-gate and he measured the south-gate according to these measures 29 And the little chambers thereof and the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures and there were windows in it
of * Ex. 12.51 14.30 Egypt and redeemed thee out of the house of servants and I sent before thee Moses Aaron and Miriam 5 O my people remember now that * Num. 22.5 23.7 Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from * Num. 25. Jos 5. Shittim unto Gilgal that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD and bow my self before the high God shall I come before him with burnt-offerings with calves †Heb. sons of a â—ear of a year old 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oyl shall I give my first-born for my transgression the fruit of my †Heb. heâ—y body for the sin of my soul 8 He hath * Deut. 10.12 shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the LORD require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to †Heb. humble thy self to walk walk humbly with thy God 9 The LORDS voice crieth unto the city and ‖ Or thy naâ—â— shall see that which is the man of wisdom shall see thy name hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it 10 ¶ ‖ Or Is there yet unto every man â—n hâ—â—se of the wicked 〈◊〉 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked and the †Heb. measure of â—eaâ—ness scant measure that is abominable 11 ‖ Or shall I be pure â—â—th c. Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances and with the bag of deceiful weights 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee in making thee desolate because of thy sins 14 Thou shalt eat but not be satisfied and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee and thou shalt take hold but shalt not deliver and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword 15 Thou shalt * Deut. 28.38 Hag. 1.6 sowe but thou shalt not reap thou shalt tread the olives but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyl and sweet wine but shalt not drink wine 16 ¶ For ‖ Or He deth muâ—h â—â—ep the 〈◊〉 the statutes of * 1 Kin. 16.25 26. Omri are kept and all the works of the house of * 1 Kin. 16.30 c. Ahab and ye walk in their counsels that I should make thee a ‖ Or aâ—â—â—â—â—â—ment desolation and the inhabitants thereof an hissing therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people CHAP. VII 1 The church complaining of her small number 3 and the general câ—rruption 5 putteth her confidence not in man but in Gâ—â— 8 She triumpheth over her enemies 14 God comforteth her by promiseâ— 16 by confusion of the enemies 1â— and by his mercies WO is me for I am as †Heb the gatherings of summer when they have gathered the summer-fruits as the grape-gleanings of the vintage there is no cluster to eat my soul desired the first-ripe fruit 2 The * Ps 12.1 Isa 5â— 1 ‖ Or godly or merciful good man is perished out of the earth and there is none upright among men they all lie in wait for bloud they hunt every man his brother with a net 3 ¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly the prince asketh and the judge asketh for a reward and the great man he uttereth †Heb. the mischief of his soul hâ—s mischievous desire so thâ—y wrap it up 4 The beâ—t of them is as a brier the most upright is sharper then a thorn-hedge the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh now shall be their perplexity 5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend put ye not confidence in a guide keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom 6 For * Mat. 10. â—1 15 36. Luk. 12.53 the son dishonoureth the father the daughter riseth up against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law a mans enemies are the men of his own house 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD I will wait for the God of my salvation my God will hear me 8 ¶ Rejoyce not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the LORD shall be a light unto me 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him until he plead my cause and execute judgement for me he will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold his righteousness 10 ‖ Or and thou wilt see her that is mine enemy and â—â—ver her with shame Then she that is mine enemy shall see it and shame shall cover her which said unto me * Pâ— 79 1â— 115.2 Joel 2.17 Where is the LORD thy God mine eyes shall behold her now †Heb. she shall be for a treading down shall she be troden down as the mire of the streets 11 In the day that thy * Amos 9.11 c. walls are to be built in that day shall the dâ—cree be far removed 12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria ‖ Or even to and from the fortified cities and from the fortress even to the river and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain 13 ‖ Or after that it hath been Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein for the fruit of their doings 14 ¶ ‖ Or Rule Feed thy people with thy rod the flock of thine heritage which dwell solitarily in the wood in the midst of Carmel let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old 15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things 16 ¶ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might they shall lay their hand upon their mouth their ears shall be deaf 17 They shall lick the * Ps 72.9 dust like a serpent they shall move out of their holes like ‖ Or creeping things worms of the earth they shall be afraid of the LORD our God and shall fear because of thee 18 Who is a God like unto thee that * Exod 34.6 7. pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage he retaineth not his anger for ever because he delighteth in mercy 19 He will turn again he will have compassion upon us he will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old ¶ NAHUM CHAP. I. The maâ—â—sty of God in gâ—â—dness to his people and severity against his