woman to look upon 12 Therefore it shall come to pass when the Egyptians shall see thee that they shall say This is his wife and they will kill me but they will save thee alive 13 Say I pray thee thou art my sister that it may be well with me for thy sake and my soul shall live because of thee 14 ¶ And it came to pass that when Abram was come into Egypt the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commended her before Pharaoh and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house 16 And he intreated Abram well for her sake and he had sheep and oxen and he-asses and men-servants and maid-servants and she-asses and camels 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abrams wife 18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said What is this that thou hast done unto me Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife 19 Why saidst thou She is my sister so I might have taken her to me to wife now therefore behold thy wife take her and go thy way 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him and they sent him away and his wife and all that he had CHAP. XIII 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt 7 By disagreement they part asunder 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom 14 God reneweth the promise to Abram 18 He removeth to Hebron and there buildeth an altar ANd Abram went up out of Egypt he and his wife and all that he had and Lot with him into the south 2 And Abram was very rich in cattel in silver and in gold 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning between Beth-el Hai 4 Unto the * Chap 12.7 place of the altar which he had made there at the first and there Abram called on the name of the LORD 5 ¶ And Lot also which went with Abram had flocks and herds and tents 6 And the land was not able to bear them that they might dwell together for their substance was great so that they could not dwell together 7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abrams cattel and the herdmen of Lots cattel And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land 8 And Abram said unto Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen for we be †Heb. men brethren brethren 9 Is not the whole land before thee Separate thy self I pray thee from me if thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to the right or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go to the left 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan that it was well watered every where before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah even as the garden of the LORD like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan and Lot journeyed cast and they separated themselves the one from the other 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram after that Lot was separated from him Lift up now thine eyes and look from the place where thou art north-ward and south-ward and east-ward and west ward 15 For all the land which thou seelt * Chap. 12 7. 26.4 Deut. 34. â— to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth so that if a man can number the dust of the earth then shall thy seed also he numbred 17 Arise walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it for I will give it unto thee 18 Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt in the †Heb. plaint plain of Manire which is in Hebron and built there an altar unto the LORD CHAP. XIV 1 The battel of four kings against five 12 Lot is taken prisoner 14 Abram rescueth him 18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram 20 Abram giveth him tithe 22 The rest of the spoil his partners having had their portions he restoreth to the king of Sodom ANd it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar Arioch king of Ellasar Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of nations 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom and with Birsha king of Gomorrah Shinab king of Admah and Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela which is Zoar. 3 All these were joyned together in the vale of Siddim which is the salt sea 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer and in the thirteenth year they rebelled 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim and the Zuzims in Ham and the Emims in ‖ Or the plain of Kiriathaim Shaveh Kiriathaim 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir unto ‖ Or the plain of Paran El-paran which is by the wilderness 7 And they returned and came to En-mishpat which is Kadesh and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezoâ—-tamar 8 And there went out the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela the same is Zoar and they joyned battel with them in the vale of Siddim 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam and with Tidal king of nations and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar four kings with five 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits and the kings of Sodomand Gomorrah fled and fell there and they that remained fled to the mountain 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their victuals and went their way 12 And they took Lot Abrams brothers son who dwelt in Sodom and his goods and departed 13 And there came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner and these were confederate with Abram 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive he ‖ Or led forth armed his ‖ Or instructed trained servants born in his own house three hundred and eighteen and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them he and his servants by night and smote them and pursued them unto Hobah which is on the left hand of Damascus 16 And he brought back all the goods and also brought again his brother Lot and his goods and the women also and the people 17 ¶ And the king of Sodom
so God hath shewed me also thy seed 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees and he bowed himself with his face to the earth 13 And Joseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand towards Israels left hand and Manasseh in his left hand towards Israels right hand and brought them near unto him 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraims head who was the younger and his left hand upon Manassehs head guiding his hands wittingly for Manasseh was the first-born 15 ¶ And * Heb. 11.21 he blessed Joseph and said God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which fed me all my life long unto this day 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil bless the lads and let my name be named on them and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac and let them †Heb. as fishes do increase grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth 17 And when Joseph saw that his father said his right hand upon the head of Ephraim it displeased him and he held up his fathers hand to remove it from Ephraâ—ms head unto Manassehs head 18 And Joseph said unto his father Not so my father for this is the first born put thy right hand upon his head 19 And his father refused and said I know it my son I know it he also small become a people and he also shall be great but truly his younger brother shall be greater then he and his seed shall become a †Heb. fulness multitude of nations 20 And he Idessed them that day saying In thee shall Israel bless saying God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh and he set Ephraim before Manasseh 21 And Israel said unto Joseph Behold I die but God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bowe CHAP. XLIX 1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them 3 Their blessing in particular 29 He chargeth them about his burial 33 He dieth ANd Jacob called unto his sons and said Gather your selves together that I may tell you that which shall befal you in the last days 2 Gather your selves together and hear ye sons of Jacob and hearken unto Israel your father 3 ¶ Reuben thou art my first-born my might and the beginning of my strength the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power 4 Unstable as water †Heb. do not thou excel thou shalt not excel because thou * Ch. 35.22 1 Chr. 5.1 wentest up to thy fathers bed then defiledst thou it ‖ Or my coueh is gone He went up to my couch 5 ¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren ‖ Or their swords are weapons of violence instruments of cruelt are in their habitations 6 O my soul come not thou into their secret unto their assembly mine honour be not thou united for in their anger they slew a man and in their self-will they ‖ Or houghed oxen digged down a wall 7 Cursed be their anger for it was fierce and their wrath for it was cruel I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel 8 ¶ Judah thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies thy fathers children shall bow down before thee 9 Judah is a lions whelp from the prey my son thou art gone up he stooped down he couched as a lion and as an old lion who shall rouse him up 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a law-giver from between his feet until Shiloh come and unto him shall the gathering of the people be 11 Binding his fole unto the vine and his asses cost unto the choice vine he washed his garments in wine and his clothes in the bloud of granes 12 His eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk 13 ¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea and he shall be for an haven of shipe and his border shall be unto Zidon 14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens 15 And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant unto tribute 16 ¶ Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way †Heb. an arrow-snake an adder in the path that biteth the horsheels so that his rider shall fall backward 18 I have waited for thy salvation O LORD 19 ¶ Gad a troup shall overcome him but he shall overcome at the last 20 ¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat and he shall yeeld royal dainties 21 ¶ Naphthali is a hinde let loose he giveth goodly words 22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough even a fruitful bough by a well whose †Heb. daughter branches run over the wall 23 The archers have sorely grieved him shot at him hated him 24 But his bowe abode in strength and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob from thence is the shepherd the stone of Israel 25 Even by the God of thy father who shall help thee and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above blessings of the deep that lieth under blessings of the breasts and of the womb 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills they shall be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren 27 ¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf in the morning he shall devour the prey and at night he shall divide the sâ—oil 28 ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them every one according to his blessing he blessed them 29 And he charged them and said unto them I am to be gathered unto my people * Ch. 47 3â— burâ— me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan * Ch. 23.16 which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife and there I buried Leah 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons he gathered up his feet into the bed and yeelded up the ghost and was gathered unto his people CHAP. L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 4
will be honoured upon Pharaoh and upon all his host that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD And they did so 5 ¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people tied and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people and they said Why have we done this that we have let Israel go from serving us 6 And he made ready his chariot and took his people with him 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and captains over every one of them 8 And the LORd hardned the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued after the children of Israel and the children of Israel went out with an high hand 9 But the * Josh 24.6 â— Mac. 4.9 Egyptians pursued after them all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his hors-men and his army and overtook them enâ—â—â—ping by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal zephon 10 ¶ And when Pharaoh drew nigh the children of Israel lift up their eyes and behold the Egyptians marched after them they were sore afraid and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD 11 And they said unto Moses Because there were no graves in Egypt had thou taken us away to die in the wilderness Wherefore haâ—t thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt 12 * Chap. 6.9 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt saying Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptian For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians then that we should die in the wilderness 13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people Fear ye not stand still and see the salvation of the LORD which he will shew to you to day ‖ Or fâ—r whereas you have seen the Egyptians to day c. for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day ye shall see them again no more for ever 14 The LORD shall sight for you and ye shall hold your peace 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Wherefore criest thou unto me Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward 16 But lift thou up thy rod and stretch out thine hand over the sea and divide it and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the mids of the sea 17 And I behold I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians and they shall follow them and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his hoâ—t upon his chariots and upon his hors-men 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh upon his chariots and upon his hors-men 19 ¶ And the angel of God which went before the camp of Israel removed and went behinde them and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face and stood behinde them 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel and it was a cloud and darkness to them but it gave light by night to 〈◊〉 so that the one came not near the other all the night 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east-wind all that night and made the sea dry-land and the waters were * Josh 4.23 Psal 114.3 divided 22 And * Psal 78.13 1 Cor. 10.1 Heb. 11.29 the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry-ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left 23 ¶ And the Egyptians pursued and went in after them to the midst of the sea even all Pharaohs horses his chariots and his hors-men 24 And it came to pass that in the morning-watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and troubled the host of the Egyptians 25 And took off their chariot-wheels ‖ Or and made them to â—o heavily that they drave them heavily so that the Egyptians said Let us thee from the face of Israel for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians 26 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand over the sea that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians upon their chariots and upon their hors-men 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared and the Egyptians â—led against it and the LORD †Heb. shook off overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea 28 And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the hors-men and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them there remained not so much as * Psal 106.11 one of them 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry-land in the midst of the sea and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the â—ea-â—hore 31 And Israel saw that great †Heb. â— and. work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians and the people feared the LORD and beleeved the LORD and his servant Moses CHAP. XV. 1 Moses song 22 The people want water 23 The waters at Marah are bitter 25 A tree sweetneth them 27 At Elim are twelve wells and seventy palm-trees THen sang * Wisd 10.20 Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD and spake saying I will sing unto the LORD for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea 2 The LORD is my strength and song and he is become my salvation he is my God and I will prepare him an habitation my fathers God and I will exalt him 3 The LORD is a man of war the LORD is his name 4 Pharaohs chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea 5 The depths have covered them they sank into the bottom as a stone 6 Thy right hand O LORD is become glorious in power thy right hand O LORD hath dashed in pieces the enemy 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee thou sentest forth thy wrath which consumed them as stubble 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together the flouds stoed upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea 9 The enemy said I will pursue I will overtake I will divide the spoil my lust shall be satisfied upon them I will draw my sword my hand shall ‖ Or repossess destroy them 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind the sea covered them they sank as lead in the mighty waters 11 Who is like unto thee O LORD amongst the ‖ Or mighty ones gods who is like thee glorious in holiness
and behold if the plague have not changed his colour and the plague be not spread it is unclean thou shalt burn it in the fire it is fret inward †Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof or in the forehead thereof whether it be bare within or without 56 And if the priest look and behold the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it then he shall rend it out of the garment or out of the skin or out of the warp or out of the woof 57 And if it appear still in the garment either in the warp or in the woof or in any thing of skin it is a spreading plague thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire 58 And the garment either warp or woof or whatsoever thing of skin it be which thou shalt wash if the plague be departed from them then it shall be washed the second time and shall be clean 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosie in a garment of woollen or linen either in the warp or woof or any thing of skins to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean CHAP. XIV 1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper 33 The signs of leprosie in an house 48 The cleansing of that house ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing He * Mat. 8.2 Maâ— â— 40 Luk. 5.12 shall be brought unto the priest 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp and the priest shall look and behold if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two ‖ Or sparrows birds alive and clean and cedar wood and scarlet and hyssop 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water 6 As for the living bird he shall take it and the cedar-wood and the scarlet and the hyssop and shall dip them and the living bird in the bloud of the bird that was killed over the running water 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosie seven times and shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird loose †Heb. upon the face of the field into the open field 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes shave off all his hair and wash himself in water that he may be clean and after that he shall come into the camp shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days 9 But it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eye-brows even all his hair he shall shave off and he shall wash his clothes also he shall wash his flesh in water and he shall be clean 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish and one ew-lamb †Heb. the daughter of her year of the first year without blemish and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat offering mingled with oyl one log of oyl 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean and those things before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 12 And the priest shall take one he-lamb and offer him for a trespass-offering and the log of oyl and * Exod. 29.24 wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering in the holy place for * Chap. 7.7 as the sin-offering is the priests so is the trespass offering it is most holy 14 And the priest shall take some of the bloud of the trespass-offering and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oyl and pour it into the palm of his own left hand 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oyl that is in his left hand shal sprinkle of the oyl with his finger seven times before the LORD 17 And of the rest of the oyl that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot upon the bloud of the trespass-offering 18 And the remnant of the oyl that is in the priests hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD 19 And the priest shall offer the sin-offering and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meat offering upon the altar and the priest shall make an atonement for him and he shall be clean 21 And if he be poor and †Heb. his hand reach not cannot get so much then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering †Heb. for a waving to be waved to make an atonement for him and one tenth-deal of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering and a log of oyl 22 And two turtle-doves or two young pigeons such as he is able to get and the one shall be a sin-offering and the other a burnt-offering 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering the log of oyl and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering and the priest shall take some of the bloud of the trespass-offering and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the great toe of his right foot 26 And the priest shall pour of the oyl into the palm of his own left hand 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oyl that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD 28 And the priest shall put of the oyl that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of hâ—â— right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot upon the place of the bloud of the trespass-offering 29 And the rest of the oyl that is in the priests hand he shall put upon the head of him that it to be cleansed to make an atonement for him before the LORD 30 And he shall
strengthned to go down unto the host Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the out-side of the ‖ Or 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 armed men that were in the host 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and * Ch. 6.33 and the children of the eaâ—t lay along in the valley like grashoppers for multitude and their camels were without number as the sand by the sea-side for multitude 13 And when Gideon was come behold there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow and said Behoâ—d I dreamed a dream and lo a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the bost of Midian and came unto a tent and smote it that it fell and overturned it that the tent lay along 14 And his fellow answered and said This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash a man of Israel for into his hand hath God delivered Midian and all the host 15 ¶ And it was sâ— when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and †Heb. the â—â—â—tâ—inâ— thâ—â—â—â—f the interpretation thereof that he worshipped and retained into the host of Israel and said Arise for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and he put †Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them a trumpet in every mans hand with empty pitchers and ‖ Or fire-bran is or torches lamps within the pitchers 17 And he said unto them Look on me do likewise behold when I come to the out-side of the camp it shall be that as I do so shall ye do 18 When I blow with a trumpet I and all that are with me then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and say The sword of the LORD and of Gideon 19 ¶ So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him came unto the out-side of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch and they had but newly set the watch and they blew the trumpets and brake the pitchers that were in their hands 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets and brake the pitchers and held the lamps in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal and they cryed The sword of the LORD and of Gideon 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp and all the host ran and cryed and fled 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets and * Isa 9.4 the LORD set every mans sword against his fellow even throughout all the hoâ—t and the host fled to Beth shittah ‖ Or towards in Zereroth and to the †Heb. lip border of Abel-meholah unto Tabbaâ—h 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali and out of Asher and out of all Manasseh and pursued after the Midianites 24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim saying Come down against the Midianites and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan Then all the men of Ephraâ—m gathered themselves together and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan 25 And they took * Psal 83.11 Isa 10.26 two princes of the Midianites Oreb and Zeeb and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb and Zeeb they slew at the wine-press of Zeeb and pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to gideon on the other side Jordan CHAP. VIII 1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites 4 Succoth and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideon army 10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken 13 Succoth and Penuel are destroyed 17 Gideon revengeth his brethrens death on Zebah and Zalmunna 22 He refuseth government 24 His ephod cause of idolatry 28 Midian subdued 29 Gideons children and death 33 The Israelites idolatry and ingratitude ANd the men of Ephraim said unto him †Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us Why hast thou served us thus that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites And they did chide with him †Heb. strongly sharply 2 And he said unto them What have I done now in comparison of you Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better then the vintage of Abiezer 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian Oreb and Zeeb and what was I able to do in comparison of you Then their †Heb. spirit anger was abated toward him when he had said that 4 ¶ And Gideon came to Jordan and passed over he and the three hundred men that were with him saint yet pursuing them 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth Give I pray you loaves of bread unto the people that follow me for they be faint and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian 6 ¶ And the princes of Succoth said Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand that we should give bread unto thine army 7 And Gideon said Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zulmunna into mine hand then I will †Heb. 〈◊〉 tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers 8 And he went up thence to Penuel and spake unto them likewise and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel saying When I come again in peace I will break down this tower 10 ¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their hosts with them about fifteen thousand men all that were lest of all the hosts of the children of the east for there fell ‖ Or an hundred and twenty thousand every one drewing a sword an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword 11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah and smote the host for the host was secure 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled he pursued after them and took the two kings of Midian Zebah and Zalmunna and †Heb. terrified discomfited all the host 13 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battel before the sun was up 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth and enquired of him and he †Heb. â—â—rit described unto him the princes of Succoth and the elders thereof even threescore and seventeen men 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth and said Behold Zebah and Zalmunna with whom ye did upbraid me saying Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary 16 And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them he †Heb. maâ—e to know taught the men of Succoth 17 and he beat down the tower of * 1 King 12.25 Penuel and slew the men of the city 18 ¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna What manner of men were they whom ye
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
that was in the front of the house the length of it was according to the breadth of the house twenty cubits the height was an hundred and twenty and he overlaid it within with pure gold 5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree which he overlaid with fine gold and set thereon palm-trees and chains 6 And he †Heb. covered garnished the house with precious stones for beauty and the gold was gold of Parvaim 7 He overlaid also the house the beams the posts and the walls thereof and the doors thereof with gold and graved cherubims on the walls 8 And he made the most holy house the length whereof was accordâ—â— to the breadth of the house twenty cubits and the breadth thereof twenty cubits and he overlaid it with fine gold amounting to six hundred talents 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold and he overlaid the upper chambers with gold 10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims ‖ Or as some think of moveable work of image-work and overlaid them with gold 11 ¶ And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long one wing of the one cherub was five cubits reaching to the wall of the house and the other wing was likewise five cubits reaching to the wing of the other cherub 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits reaching to the wall of the house and the other wing was five cubits also joyning to the wing of the other cherub 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits and they stood on their feet and their faces were ‖ Or toward the house inward 14 ¶ And he made the * Matth. 27.51 vail of blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and †Heb. caused to ascend wrought cherubims thereon 15 Also he made before the house * 1 King 7.15 Jer. 52.21 two pillars of thirty and five cubits †Heb. long high and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits 16 And he made chains as in the oracle and put them on the heads of the pillars and made an hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains 17 And he * 1 King 7.21 reared up the pillars before the temple one on the right hand and the other on the left and called the name of that on the right hand ‖ That is he shall establish Jachin and the name of that on the left ‖ That is in it is strength Boaz. CHAP. IV. 1 The altar of brass 2 The molten sea upon twelve oxen 6 The ten lavers candlesticks and tables 9 The courts and the instrumants of brass 19 The instruments of gold MOreover he made an altar of brass twenty cubits the length thereof and twenty cubits the breadth thereof and ten cubits the height thereof 2 ¶ * 1 King 7.23 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits †Heb. from his brim to his brim from brim to brim round in compass and five cubits the height thereof and a fine of thirty cubits did compass it round about 3 * 1 King 7.24 And under it was the similitude of oxen which did compass it round about ten in a cubit compassing the sea round about Two rows of oxen were cast when it was cast 4 It stood upon twelve oxen three looking toward the north and three looking toward the west and three looking toward the south and three looking toward the east and the sea was set above upon them and all their hinder parts were inward 5 And the thickness of it was an hand-breadth and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup ‖ Or â—â—â—e a lily-flower with flowers of lilies and it received and held threâ— thousand baths 6 ¶ He made also ten lavers and put five on the right hand and five on the left to wash in them †Heb. the work of burnt-offering such things as they offered for the burnt-offering they washed in them but the sea was for the priests to wash in 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form and set them in the temple five on the right hand and five on the left 8 He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple five on the right side and five on the left and he made an hundred ‖ Or hands basons of gold 9 ¶ Furthermore he made the court of the priests the great court and doors for the court and overlaid the doors of them with brass 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east-end over against the south 11 And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the ‖ Or bowls basons and Huram †Heb. finished to make finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God 12 To wit the two pillars and the pommels and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars 13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths two rows of pomegranates on each wreath to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were †Heb. upon the face upon the pillars 14 He made also bases and ‖ Or caldrons lavers made he upon the bases 15 One sea and twelve oxen under it 16 The pots also and the shovels and the flesh hooks and all their instruments did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of †Heb. made bright or scoured bright brass 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them in the †Heb. thicknesses of the ground clay-ground between Succoth and and Zeredathah 18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance for the weight of the brass could not be found out 19 ¶ And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God the golden altar also the tables whereon the shew-bread was set 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps that they should burn after the manner before the oracle of pure gold 21 And the flowers and the lamps and the tongs made he of gold and that †Heb. perfections of gold perfect gold 22 And the snuffers and the ‖ Or bowls basons and the spoons and the censers of pure gold and the entry of the house the inner doors thereof for the most holy place and the doors of the house of the temple were of gold CHAP. V. 1 The dedicated treasures 2 The solemn induction of the ark into the cracle 11 God being praised giveth a visible signe of his favour THus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished * 1 King 7.51 and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated and the silver and the gold
thirty and eight 46 ¶ The Nethinims the children of Ziha the children of Hashupha the children of Tabbaoth 47 The children of Keros the children of Sia the children of Padon 48 The children of Lebana the children of Hagaba the children of Shalmai 49 The children of Hanan the children of Giddel the children of Gahar 50 The children of Reaiah the children of Rezin the children of Nekoda 51 The children of Gazzam the children of Uzza the children of Phaseah 52 The children of Besai the children of Meunim the children of Nephishesim 53 The children of Bakbuk the children of Hakupha the children of Harhur 54 The children of Bazlith the children of Mchida the children of Harsha 55 The children of Barkos the children of Sisera the children of Tamah 56 The children of Neziah the children of Hatipha 57 ¶ The children of Solomons servants the children of Sotal the children of Sophereth the children of Perida 58 The children of Jaala the children of Darkon the children of Giddel 59 The children of Shephatiah the children of Hattil the children of Pochereth of Zebaim the children of ‖ Or Ami. Amon. 60 All the Nethinims and the children of Solomons servants were three hundred ninety and two 61 * Ezra 2.59 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah Tel-haresha Cherub Addon and Immer but they could not shew their fathers house nor their ‖ Or â—edegree seed whether they were of Israel 62 The children of Delaiah the children of Tobiah the children of Nekoda six hundred fourty and two 63 ¶ And of the priests the children of Habaiah the children of Koz the children of Barzillai which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife and was called after their name 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogie but it was not found therefore were they 〈◊〉 as polluted put from the priesthood 65 And Or the â—â—â—â—â—nour the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim 66 ¶ The whole congregation together was fourty and two thousand three hundred and threescore 67 Beside their man-servants and their maid-servants of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven and they had two hundred fourty and five singing-men and singing-women 68 Their horses seven hundred thirty and six their mules two hundred fourty and five 69 Their camels four hundred thirty and five six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses 70 ¶ And †Heb. part some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work the Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold fifty basons five hundred and thirty priests garments 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand pound of silver and threescore and seven priests garments 73 So the priests and the Levites and the porters and the singers and some of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities and when the seventh moneth came the children of Israel were in their cities CHAP. VIII 1 The religious manner of reading and hearing the law 9 They comfort the people 13 The forwardness of them to hear and be insirusted 16 They keep the feast of tabernacles ANd all * Ezra 3.1 the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate and they spake unto Ezra the * Ezra 7.6 scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded to Israel 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women and all †Heb. that understood in hearing that could hear with understanding upon the first day of the seventh moneth 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate †Heb. from the light from the morning until mid-day before the men and the women and those that could understand and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a †Heb. tower of wood pulpit of wood which they had made for the purpose and beside him stood Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Urijah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on his right hand and on his left hand Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchiah and Hashum and Hashbadana Zechariah and Meshullam 5 And Ezra opened the book in the †Heb. eyes sight of all the people for he was above all the people and when he opened it all the people stood up 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD the great God and all the people answered Amen amen with lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground 7 Also Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah Jamin Akkub Shabbethai Hodijah Maaseiah Kelita Azariah Jozabad Hanan Pelaiah and the Levites caused the people to understand the law and the people stood in their place 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly and gave the sense and caused them to understand the reading 9 ¶ And Nehemiah which is ‖ Or the governouâ— the Tirshatha and Ezra the priest the scribe and the Levites that taught the people said unto all the people This day is holy unto the LORD your God mourn not nor weep for all the people wept when they heard the words of the law 10 Then he said unto them Go your way eat the fat and drink the sweet and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared for this day is holy unto our Lord neither be you sorry for the joy of the LORD is your strength 11 So the Levites stilled all the people saying Hold your peace for the day is holy neither be ye grieved 12 And all the people went their way to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great mirth because they had understood the words that were declared unto them 13 ¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people the priests and the Levites unto Ezra the scribe even ‖ Or that they might instruct in the words of the law to understand the words of the law 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded †Heb. by the hand of by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in * Levit. 23.34 Deut. 16.13 booths in the feast of the seventh moneth 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem saying Go forth unto the mount and fetch olive-branches and pine-branches and myrtle branches and palm-branches and branches of thick trees to make booths as it is written 16 ¶ So
his anger 18 They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm †Heb. stealeth away carrieth away 19 God layâ—th up ‖ That is the punishment of â—lâ— iniquity his iniquity for his children he rewardeth him and he shall know it 20 His eyes shall see his destruction and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him when the number of his moneths is cut off in the midst 22 Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he judgeth those that are high 23 One dieth †Heb. in his very perfection or in the strength of his peâ—fection in his full strength being wholly at ease and quiet 24 His ‖ Or milk pails breasts are full of milk and his bones are moistned with marrow 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul and never eateth with pleasure 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust and the worms shall cover them 27 Behold I know your thoughts and the devices which ye wrongfully magine against me 28 For ye say Where is the house of the prince and where are †Heb. the tent of the taberâ—â—â—les of the wicked the dwelling-places of the wicked 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way and do ye not know their tokens 30 * Pro. 16.4 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction they shall be brought forth to †Heb. the day of â—raths the day of wrath 31 Who shall declare his way to his face and who shall repay him what he hath done 32 Yet shall he be brought to the †Heb. â—raves grave and shall †Heb. watch in the heap remain in the tomb 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him and every man shall draw after him as there are innumerable before him 34 How then comfort ye me in vain seeing in your answers there remaineth †Heb. transgression falshood CHAP. XXII 1 Elipbaz sheweth that mans goodness profiteth not God 5 He accuseth â—ob of diâ—ers sins 21 Heeâ—hâ—rteth him to repentance with promises of merâ—y THen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said 2 Can a man be profitable unto God ‖ Or if be may be profitable doth his good success depend thereon as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee will he enter with thee into judgement 5 Is not thy wickedness great and thine iniquities infinite 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought and †Heb. stripped the clothes of the naked stripped the naked of their clothing 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry 8 But as for †Heb. the man of arm the mighty man he had the earth and the †Heb. eminent or accepted for counter-naâ—ee honourable man dwelt in it 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty and the arms of the fatherless have been broken 10 Therefore snares are round about thee and sudden fear troubleth thee 11 Or darkness that thou canst not see and abundance of waters cover thee 12 Is not God in the height of heaven and behold †Heb. the â—ead of the stars the height of the stars how high they are 13 And thou sayest ‖ Or What. How doth God know can he judge through the dark cloud 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him that he seeth not and he walketh in the circuit of heaven 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have troden 16 Which were cut down out of time †Heb. a floud was pourel upon thâ—ir foundation whose foundation was overflown with a floud 17 * Ch. 21.14 Which said unto God depart from us and what can the Almighty do ‖ Or to them for them 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things but * Ch. 21.16 the counsel of the wicked is far from me 19 * Ps 107.42 The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh them to scorn 20 Whereas our ‖ Or estate substance is not cut down but ‖ Or their excellency the remnant of them the fire consumeth 21 Acquaint now thy self ‖ That is with God with him and be at peace thereby good shall come unto thee 22 Receive I pray thee the law from his mouth and lay up his words in thine heart 23 * Chap. 8.5 6. If thou return to the Almighty thou shalt be built up thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold ‖ Or on the dust as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks 25 Yea the Almighty shall be thy ‖ Or gold defence and thou shalt have †Heb. silver of strength plenty of silver 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift up thy face unto God 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him and he shall hear thee and thou shalt pay thy vows 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and the light shall shine upon thy ways 29 When men are cast down then thou shalt say There is lifting up and he shall save †Heb. him that hath low eyes the humble person 30 ‖ Or the innocent shall deliver the island He shall deliver the island of the innocent and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands CHAP. XXIII 1 Job lonzeth to appear before God 6 in confidence of his mercy 8 God who is invisible observeth our ways 11 Jobs innocency 13 Gods decree is immutable THen â—ob answered and said 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter †Heb. my hand my stroke is heavier then my groaning 3 O that I knew where I might finde him that I might come even to his seat 4 I would order my cause before him and fill my mouth with arguments 5 I would know the words which he would answer me and understand what he would say unto me 6 Will he plead against me with his great power No but he would put strength in me 7 There the righteous might dispute with him so should I be delivered for ever from my judge 8 Behold I go forward but he is not there and backward but I cannot perceive him 9 On the left hand where he doth work but I cannot behold him he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him 10 But he knoweth †Heb. the way that is with me the way that I take when he hath tried me I shall come forth as gold 11 My foot hath held his steps his way have I kept and not declined 12 Neither have I gone back from the
sincere 7 and his life safe from snares ¶ A psalm of David LORD I cry unto thee make Laste unto me give car unto my voice when I cry unto thee 2 Let my prayer be †Heb. directed set forth before thee as incense and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice 3 Set a watch O LORD before my mouth keep the door of my lips 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me not eat of their dainties 5 ‖ Or let the righteous smite me kindly and reprove me let not their pricious oyl break my head c. Let the righteous smite me it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me it shall be an excellent oyl which shall not break my head for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places they shall hear my words for they are sweet 7 Our bones are scattered at the graves mouth as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth 8 But mine eyes are unto thee O GOD the Lord in thee is my trust †Heb. make not my soul hers leave not my soul destitute 9 Keep me from the snare which they have said for me and the grins of the workers of iniquity 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets whilest that I withal †Heb. pass over escape PSAL. CXLII David sheweth that in his trouble all his comfort was in prayer unto God ¶ ‖ Or A psalm of David giving instruction Maschil of David a prayer when he was in the cave I Cried unto the LORD with my voice with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication 2 I poured out my complaint before him I shewed before him my trouble 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me then thou knewest my path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me 4 ‖ Or look 〈◊〉 the right hand and see I looked on my right hand and beheld but there was no man that would know me refuge †Heb. perished from me sailed me †Heb. no man sought after my soul no man cared for my soul 5 I cried unto thee O LORD I said Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living 6 Attend unto my cry for I am brought very low deliver me from my persecutours for they are stronger then I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name the righteous shall compass me about for thou shalt deal bountifully with me PSAL. CXLIII 1 David prayeth for favour in judgement 3 He complaineth of his griefs 5 He strengthneth his faith by meditation and prayer 7 He prayeth for grace 9 for deliverance 10 for sanctification 12 for destruction of his enemies ¶ A psalm of David HEar my prayer O LORD give ear to my supplications in thy faithfulness answer me and in thy righteousness 2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant for * Exod. 34.7 Rom. 3.20 Gal. 2.16 in thy sight shall no man living be justified 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been long dead 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me my heart within me is desolate 5 I remember the days of old I meditate on all thy works I muse on the work of thy hands 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land Selah 7 Hear me speedily O LORD my spirit saileth hide not thy face from me ‖ Or for I am become like c. lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit 8 Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning for in thee do I trust cause me to know the way wherein I should walk for I lift up my soul unto thee 9 Deliver me O LORD from mine enemies I †Heb. hid me with thee flee unto thee to hide me 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou art my God thy spirit is good lead me into the land of uprightness 11 Quicken me O LORD for thy names sake for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies and destroy all them that afflict my soul for I am thy servant PSAL. CXLIV 1 David blesseth God for his mercy both to him and to man 5 He prayeth that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies 9 He promiseth to praise God 11 He prayeth for the happy estate of the kingdom ¶ A psalm of David BLessed be the LORD †Heb. my rock my strength * 2 Sam. 22.35 which teacheth my hands †Heb. to the war c. to war and my fingers to fight 2 * 2 Sam. 22.2 3 40. ‖ Or my mercy My goodness and my fortress my high tower and my deliveter my shield and he in whom I trust who subdueth my people under me 3 * Job 7.17 Psal 8.4 Heb. 2.6 LORD what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him 4 * Job 14.2 Ps 29.5 Man is like to vanity his days are as a shadow that passeth away 5 Bow thy heavens O LORD and come down touch the mountains and they shall smoke 6 * Ps 18.13 14. Cast forth lightning and scatter them shoot out thine arrows and destroy them 7 Send thine †Heb. hands hand from above rid me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strange children 8 Whos 's mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 9 I will sing a new song unto thee O God upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee 10 It is be that giveth ‖ Or victory salvation unto kings who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword 11 Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falshood 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our daughters may be as corner-stones †Heb. cut polished after the similitude of a palace 13 That our garners may be full affording †Heb. from kinde to kinde all manner of store that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets 14 That our oxen may be †Heb. able to hear burâ—eas or leaden with fiesh strong to labour that there be no breaking in nor going out that there be no complaining in our streets 15 * Psal 33.21 and 65 4. Happy is that people that is in such a case yea happy is that people whose God is the LORD PSAL. CXLV 1 David praiseth God for his fame 8 for his goodness
is pleasant unto thy soul 11 Discretion shall preserve thee understanding shall keep thee 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man from the man that speaketh froward things 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness 14 Who rejoyce to do evil and delight in the frowardness of the wicked 15 Whose ways are crooked and they froward in their paths 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman * Chap. â— 3 and 7.5 even from the stranger which flattereth with her words 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God 18 For her house inclineth unto death and her paths unto the dead 19 None that go unto her return again neither take they hold of the paths of life 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous 21 * Ps 37. â—9 For the upright shall dwell in the land and the perfect shall remain in it 22 * Job 18.17 Psal 104.35 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the transgressours shall be ‖ Or pluckt up rooted out of it CHAP. III. 1 An exhortation to obedience 5 to faith 7 to mortification 9 to devotion 11 to patience 13 The happy gain of wisdâ—m 19 The power 21 and the benefits of wisdom 27 An exhortation to charitableness 30 peaceableness 31 and contentedness 33 The cursed state of the wicked My son forget not my law * Deut. 8.1 30.16 but let thine heart keep my commandments 2 For length of days and †Heb. â—ewâ— of life long life and peace shall they add to thee 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee * Ex. 13.9 Deut. 6.8 binde them about thy neck write them upon the table of thine heart 4 * Psal 111.10 So shalt thou sinde favour and ‖ Or good sâ—â—cess good understanding in the sight of God and man 5 ¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding 6 * 1 Chr. 28.9 In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths 7 ¶ * Rom. 12.16 Be not wise in thine own eyes fear the LORD and depart from evil 8 It shall be †Heb. medicine health to thy navel and †Heb. aâ—terine or moisâ—â—ng marrow to thy bones 9 * Exed 23.10 and 34.26 Deut. 26.2 c. Mal. 3.10 c. Luke 14.13 Honour the LORD with thy substance and with the first-fruits of all thine increase 10 * Deut. 28.8 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out with new wine 11 ¶ * Job 5.17 Hebr. 12.5 Revel 3.39 My son despise not the chastning of the LORD neither be weary of his correction 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth even as a father the son in whom he delighteth 13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and †Heb. the man that craweth out understanding the man that getteth understanding 14 * Job â—3 15 c. Pal. 19.10 Chap. 8.11 10. 16.16 For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof them fine gold 15 She is more precious then rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her 16 Length of days is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and honour 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her and happy is every one that retaineth her 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth by understanding hath he ‖ Or pâ—â—sared established the heavens 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew 21 ¶ My son let not them depart from thine eyes keep sound wisdom and discretion 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul and grace to thy neck 23 * Ps 37.24 91.11 12. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely and thy foot foot shall not stumble 24 When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid yea thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear neither of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken 27 ¶ Withhold not good from †Heb. the owners thereof them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it 28 Say not unto thy neighbour Go and come again and to morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee 29 ‖ Or practise no evil Devise not evil against thy neighbour seeing he dwelleth securely by thee 30 ¶ Strive not with a man without cause if he have done thee no harm 31 ¶ * Ps 37.1 Envy thou not †Heb. a man of violence the oppressour and choose none of his ways 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD * Ps 25.14 but his secret is with the righteous 33 ¶ * Mal. 2.2 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked but he blesseth the habitation of the just 34 ¶ * Jam. 4.6.1 Pet. 5.5 Surely he scorneth the scorners but he giveth grace unto the lowly 35 The wise shall inherit glory but shame †Heb. tâ—alteth the fools shall be the promotion of fools CHAP. IV. 1 Solomon to perswade obedience 3 sheweth what instruction he had of his parents 5 To study wisdom 14 and to shun the path of the wicked 20 He exhorteth to faith 23 and sanctification HEar ye children the instruction of a father and attend to know understanding 2 For I give you good doctrine forsake you not my law 3 For I was my fathers son * 1 Chr. 29.1 tender and onely beloved in the sight of my mother 4 * 1 Chr. 28.9 He taught me also and said unto me Let thine heart retain my words keep my commandments and live 5 Get wisdom get understanding forget it not neither decline from the words of my mouth 6 Forsake her not and she shall preserve thee love her and she shall keep thee 7 Wisdom is the principal thing therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding 8 Exalt her and she shall promote thee she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her 9 She shall give to thine head * Chap. 1.9 an ornament of grace ‖ Or she shall compass thee with a crown of glory a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee 10 Hear O my son and receive my sayings and the years of thy life shall be many 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom I have led thee in right paths 12 When thou goest thy steps shall not be straitned * Psal 91.11 12. and when thou runnest thou shalt
black but comely O ye daughters of Jerusalem as the tents of Kedar as the curtains of Solomon 6 Look not upon me because I am black because the sun hath looked upon me my mothers children were angry with me they made me the keeper of the vineyards but mine own vineyard have I not kept 7 Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth where thou seedest where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon for why should I be ‖ Or aâ— one that is veileâ— as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions 8 ¶ If thou know not O thou fairest among women go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids beside the shepherds tents 9 I have compared thee O my love to a company of horses in Pharaohs chariots 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels thy neck with chains of gold 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver 12 ¶ While the king sitteth at his table my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof 13 A bundle of myrrh is my welbeloved unto me he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of ‖ Or cypress camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi 15 * Ch. 4.1 5.12 Behold thou art fair ‖ Or my companion my love behold thou art fair thou hast doves eyes 16 Behold thou art fair my beloved yea pleasant also our bed is green 17 The beams of our house are cedar and our ‖ Or galleries rafters of fir CHAP. II. 1 The mutual love of Christ and his church 8 The hope 10 and calling of the church 14 Christs care of the church 16 The profession of the church her faith and hope I Am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys 2 As the lily among thorns so is my love among the daughters 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloved among the sons †Heb. I delighted and sat down c. I sat down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was sweet to my †Heb. palate taste 4 He brought me to the †Heb. house of wine banquetting-house and his banner over me was love 5 Stay me with flagons †Heb. straw me with apples comfort me with apples for I am sick of love 6 * Ch. 8.3 His left hand is under my head and his right hand doth embrace me 7 †Heb. I adjure you * Ch. 3.5 8.4 I charge you O ye daughters of Jerusalem by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye stir not up not awake my love till he please 8 ¶ The voice of my beloved behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains skipping upon the hills 9 * Ver. 17. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart behold he standeth behinde our wall he looketh forth at the windows †Heb. flourishing shewing himself through the lattess 10 My beloved spake and said unto me Rise up my love my fair one and come away 11 For lo the winter is past the rain is over and gone 12 The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land 13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell Arise my love my fair one and come away 14 ¶ O my dove that art in the clefts of the rock in the secret places of the stairs let me see thy countenance let me hear thy voice for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely 15 Take us the foxes the little foxes that spoil the vines for our vines have tender grapes 16 ¶ * Ch. 6.3 7.10 My beloved is mine and I am his he feedeth among the lilies 17 * Ch. 4.6 Until the day break and the shadows flee away turn my beloved and be thou * Ch. 8.14 like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains ‖ Or of division of Bether CHAP. III. 1 The church her fight and victory in temptation 6 The church glorieth in Christ BY night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth I sought him but I found him not 2 I will rise now and go about the city in the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth I sought him but I found him not 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me to whom I said Saw ye him whom my soul loveth 4 It was but a little that I passed from them but I found him whom my soul loveth I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother house and into the chamber of her that conceived me 5 * Ch. 2.7 â— 4. I charge you O ye daughters of Jerusalem by the roes and by the hinds of the field that ye stir not up nor awake my love till he please 6 ¶ * Ch. 8.5 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke perfumed with myrth and frankincense with all powders of the merchant 7 Behold his bed which is Solomons threescore valiant men are about it of the valiant of Israel 8 They all hold swords being expert in war every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night 9 King Solomon made himsell ‖ Or a bâ—â— a chariot of the wood of Lebanon 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver the bottom thereof of gold the covering of it of purple the midst thereof being paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem 11 Go forth O ye daughters of Zion and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart CHAP. IV. 1 Christ setteth foâ—th the graces of the church 8 He sheweth his love to her 16 The church prayeth to be made fit for his presence * Ch. 1.15 5.12 BEhold thou art fair my love behold thou art fair thou hast doves eyes within thy locks thy hair is as a * Ch. 6.5.6 flock of goats ‖ Or that eat of c. that appear from mount Gilead 2 The teeth are like a flock of sheep that art even shorn which came up from the washing whereof every one bear twins and none is barren among them 3 Thy lips are like a threed of scarlet and thy speech is comely thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury whereon there hang a thousand bucklers all shields of mighty men 5 * Ch. 7.5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins which feed among the lilies 6 * Ch. 2.17 Until the day †Heb. creaths break and the shadows flee away I
thee is like ‖ Or crimson Carmel and the hair of thine head like purple the king is †Heb. bound held in the galleries 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou O love for delights 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree and thy breasts to clusters of grapes 8 I said I will go up to the palm-tree I will take hold of the boughs thereof now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine and the smell of thy nose like apples 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved that goeth down †Heb. straightly sweetly causing the lips ‖ Or of the ancient of those that are asleep to speak 10 ¶ * Ch. 2.16 ◠3 I am my beloveds and his desire is towards me 11 Come my beloved let us go forth into the field let us lodge in the villages 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards let us see if the vine flourish whether the tender grape †Heb. open appear and the pomegranates bud forth there will I give thee my loves 13 The * Gen. 30.14 mandrakes give a smell and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits new and old which I have laid up for thee O my beloved CHAP. VIII 1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 The vehemency of love 8 The calling of the Gentiles 14 The church prayeth for Christs coming O That thou wert as my brother that sucked the breasts of my mother when I should finde thee without I would kiss thee yea †Heb. they should not despise me I should not be despised 2 I would lead thee and bring thee into my mothers house who would instruct me I would cause thee to drink of * Pro. 9.2 spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate 3 * Ch. 2.6 His left hand should be under my head and his right hand should embrace me 4 * Ch. 2.7 3.5 I charge you O daughters of Jerusalem †Heb. why should ye stir up or why c. that ye stir not up nor awake my love until be please 5 * Ch. 3.6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved I raised thee up under the apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth there she brought thee forth that bare thee 6 ¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arm for love is strong as death jealousie is †Heb. hard cruel as the grave the coals thereof are coals of fire which hath a most vehement flame 7 Many waters cannot quench love neither can the flouds drown it it a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly be contemned 8 ¶ We have a little sister and she hath no breasts what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we will build upon her a palace of silver and if she be a door we will enclose her with boards of cedar 10 I am a wall and my breasts like towres then was I in his eyes as one that found †Heb. peace favour 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon he let out the vineyard unto keepers every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver 12 My vineyard which is mine is before me thou O Solomon must have a thousand and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens the companions hearken to thy voice cause me to hear it 14 ¶ †Heb. Fice away Make haste my beloved and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices ¶ The book of the Prophet ISAIAH CHAP. I. 2 Isaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion 5 He lamenteth her judgements 10 He upbraideth their whole service 16 He exhorteth to repentance with promises and threatnings 21 Bewailing their wickedness he denounceth Gods judgements 2◠He promiseth grace 28 and threatneth destruction to the wicked THe vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah 2 * Deu. 32.1 Hear O heavens and give ear O earth for the LORD hath spoken I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me 3 * Jer. 8.7 The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider 4 Ah sinful nation a people †Heb. of heaviness laden with iniquity a seed of evil-doers children that are corrupters they have forsaken the LORD they have provoked the holy One of Israel unto anger they are †Heb. alienated or separated gone away backward 5 ¶ Why should ye be stricken any more ye will †Heb. increase revolt revolt more and more the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it but wounds and bruises and putrisying fores they have not been closed neither bound up neither mollified with ‖ Or oyl ointment 7 * Deu. 28.51.52 Chap. 5.5 Your countrey is desolate your cities are burnt with fire your land strangers devour it in your presence and it is desolate †Heb. as the overthrow of strangers as overthrown by strangers 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers as a besieged city 9 * La. 3.22 Rom. 9.29 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant we should have been as * Gen. 19.24 Sodom and we should have been like unto Gomorrah 10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD ye rulers of Sodom give ear unto the law of our God ye people of Gomorrah 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your * Pr. 15.8 21.27 Ch. 66 3. Jer. 6.20 Am. 5 2◠22. sacrifices unto me saith the LORD I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts and I delight not in the bloud of bullocks or of lambs or of †Heb. great he-goats he-goats 12 When ye come †Heb. to be seen to appear before me who hath required this at your hand to tread my courts 13 Bring no more vain oblations incense is an abomination unto me the new-moons and sabbaths the calling of assemblies I cannot away with it is ‖ Or grief iniquity even the solemn meeting 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth they are a trouble unto me I am weary to bear them 15 And * Pro. 1.28 Jer. 14.12 Mi◠3.4 when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you yea when ye †Heb. multiply prayer make many prayers I will not hear your hands are full of *
For the LORD spake thus to me †Heb. in strength of hand with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people saying 12 Say ye not A confederacy to all them to whom this people shall say A confederacy neither fear ye their fear nor be afraid 13 Sanctifie the LORD of hoâ—s himself and let him be your fear and let him be your dread 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary but for * Ch. 2â— 16 Luk. 2. â—4 Rom. 9 3â— 1 Pet. 2.8 a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 15 And many among them shall * Matth. 2â— 44. Luk. 20.18 stumble and fall and be broken and besnared and be taken 16 Binde up the testimony seal the law among my disciples 17 And I will wait upon the LORD that hâ—â—â—th his face from the house of Jacob and I will look for him 18 * Hebr. 2 13. Behold I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts which dwelleth in mount Zion 19 ¶ And when they shall say unto you Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto wizard that peep and that mutter should not a people seek unto their God for the living to the dead 20 * Luk. 16.29 To the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is †Heb. no morning no light in them 21 And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry they shall fret themselves and curse their king and their God and look upward 22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble and darkness dimness of anguish and they shall be driven to darkness CHAP. IX 1 What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions by the kingdom and birth of Chrâ—st 8 The judgements upon Israel for their pride 13 for their byjoâ—r sie 18 and for their impenitency NEvertheless the dimnesâ— shall not be such as was in her vexation when at the first he lightâ— afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Jordan in Galilee ‖ Or populous of the nations 2 * Mat. 4.16 Eph. 5.14 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation and ‖ Or to him not increased the joy they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest and as men rejoyce when they divide the spoil 4 ‖ Or when thou breakest For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder the rod of his oppressour as in the day of * Judg. 7.22 Ch. 10.26 Midian 5 ‖ Or When the whole â—atteâ— of the warrâ—our was c. For every bâ—ttel of the warriour is with confused noise and garments rolled in bloud ‖ Or and it was c. but this shall be with burning and †Heb meat fewel of fire 6 For unto us a childe is born unto us a * Joh. 3.16 son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellour The mighty God The everlasting father The prince of peace 7 Of the increase of his government and peace * Luke 1.32 33. there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgement and with justice from henceforth even for ever the * 2 King 19.31 Ch 37.32 zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this 8 ¶ The Lord sent a word into Jacob and it hath lighted upon Israel 9 And all the people shall know even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria that say in the pride and stoutness of heart 10 The bricks are fallen down but we will build with hewn stones the sycomores are cut down but we will change them into cedars 11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him and †Heb. mingle joyn his enemies together 12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behinde and they shall devour Israel †Heb. with whole mouth with open mouth * Ch. 5.25 10.4 for all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 13 ¶ For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them neither do they seek the LORD of hosts 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail branch and rush in one day 15 The ancient and honourable he is the head and the prophet that teacheth lies he is the tail 16 For ‖ Or they that call them blessed the leaders of this people cause them to err and ‖ Or they that are called blessed of them they that are led of them are †Heb. swallowed up destroâ—ed 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows for ever one is an hypocrite and an evil doer and every mouth speaketh ‖ Or villany folly for all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still 18 ¶ For wickedness â—urneth as the fire it shall devour the briers and thorns and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkned and the people shall be as the †Heb. meat fewel of the fire no man shall spare his brother 20 And he shall †Heb. cut snatch on the right hand and be hungry and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm 21 Manasseh Ephraim and Ephraim Manasseh and they together shall be against Judah For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still CHAP. X. 1 The wo of tyrants 5 Assyria the rod of hypocrites for his pride shall he broken 20. A remnant of Israel shall be saved 24 Israel is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria WO unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and ‖ Or to the writers that write grievousness that write grievousness which they have prescribed 2 To turn aside the needy from judgement and to take away the right from the poor of my people that widows may be their prey and that they may rob the father less 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation and in the desolation which shall come from far to whom will ye flee for help and where will ye leave
from other women in thy whoredoms whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms and in that thou givest a reward and no reward is given unto thee therefore thou art contrary 35 ¶ Wherefore O harlot hear the word of the LORD 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD Because thy filthiness was poured out and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers and with all the idols of thy abominations and by the bloud of thy children which thou didst give unto them 37 Behold therefore I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure and all them that thou hast loved with all them that thou hast hated I will even gather them round about against thee and will discover thy nakedness unto them that they may see all thy nakedness 38 And I will judge thee †Heb. with judgements of as women that break wedlock and shed bloud are judged and I will give thee bloud in fury and jealousie 39 And I will also give thee into their hand and they shall throw down thine eminent place and shall break down thy high places they shall strip thee also of thy clothes and shall take †Heb. instruments of thine ornament thy fair jewels and leave thee naked and bare 40 They shall also bring up a company against thee and they shall stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with their swords 41 And they shall * 2 Kin. 25. â— Jer. 52.13 burn thine houses with fire and execute judgements upon thee in the sight of many women and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot thou also shalt give no hire any more 42 So will I make my fury towards thee to rest and my jealousie shall depart from thee and I will be quiet and will be no more angry 43 Because thou hast not remembred the days of thy youth but hast fretted me in all these things behold therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head saith the Lord GOD and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations 44 ¶ Behold every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee saying As is the mother so is her daughter 45 Thou art thy mothers daughter that lotheth her husband and her children and thou art the sister of thy sisters which lothed their husbands and their children your mother was an Hittite and your father an Amorite 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria she her daughters that dwell aâ— thy left hand and †Heb. lesser thâ—â— thou thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is Sodom and her daughters 47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways nor done after their abominations but ‖ Or tâ—at at was … ed as is â—mall thing as if that were a very little thing thou wast corrupted more then they in all thy ways 48 As I live saith the Lord GOD Sodom thy sister hath not done she nor her daughters as thou hast done thou and thy daughters 49 Behold this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom Pride fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters neither dâ—d she strengthen tâ—e hand of the poor and needy 50 And they were â—â—â—ghty and committed abomination before me therefore * Gen. 19. â—â— I took them away as I saw good 52 Neither hath Samarâ—a committâ—d half of thy sins but thou hast multâ—pâ—â—â—ed thine aâ—ominations more then they and hast justified thy sisters in all tâ—â—â—e abominations which thou hast done 52 Thou also which haâ—t judged thy sisters bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable then they they are more râ—ghteous then thou yea be thou confounded also and bear thy shame in that thou hast justified thy sisters 53 When I shall bring again their captivity the captivity of Sodom and her daughters and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done in that thou art a comfort unto them 55 When thy sisters Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate 56 For thy sister Sodom was not †Heb. for a report or bearing mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy †Heb. prides or excellencies pride 57 Before thy wickedness was discovered as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of †Heb. Aâ—am Syria and all that are round about her the daughters of the Philistines which ‖ Or spoil despise thee round about 58 Thou hast †Heb. born them born thy lewdness and thine abominations saith the LORD 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD I will even deal with thee as thou hast done which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant 60 ¶ Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways and be ashamed when thou shalt receive thy sisters thine elder and thy younger and I will give them unto thee for * Gal. 4.2 daughters but not by thy covenant 62 And I will establish my covenant wâ—th thee and thou shalt know that I am the LORD 63 That thou mayest remember and be confounded and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XVII 1Vnder the parable of two eagles and a vine 11 is shewed Gods judgement upon Jerusalem for revolting from Babylon to Egypt 22 God promiseth to plant the â—â—â—ar of the gospel ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man put forth a riddle and speak a parable unto the house of Israel 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD A great eagle with great wings long-winged full of feathers which had †Heb. embroidering divers colours came unto Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar 4 He cropt off the top of his young twigs and carried it into a land of traffick he set it in a city of merchants 5 He took also of the seed of the land and †Heb. put it in a fieâ—â—â— of seed planted it in a fruitful field he placed it by great waters and set it as a willow-tree 6 And it grew and became a spreading vine of low stature whose branches turned toward him and the roots thereof were under him so it became a vine and brought forth branches and shot forth sprigs 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers and behold this vine did bend her roots towards him and shot forth her branches toward him that he might water it by the
the LORD when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the countrey for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to your fathers 43 And there shall ye remember your ways and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled and ye shall so the your selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my names sake not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings O ye house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 46 Son of man set thy face toward the fouth and drop thy word toward the south and prophesie against the forest of the south-field 47 And say to the forest of the south Hear the word of the LORD Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree the flaming flame shall not be quenched and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it it shall not be quenched 49 Then said I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables CHAP. XXI 1 Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a signe of sighing 8 The sharp and bright sword 18 against Jerusalem 25 against the kingdom 28 and against the Ammonites ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man fet thy face toward Jerusalem and drop thy word toward the holy places and prophesie against the land of Israel 3 And say to the land of Israel Thus saith the LORD Behold I am against thee and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath it shall not return any more 6 Sigh therefore thou son of man with the breaking of thy loyns and with bitterness righ before their eyes 7 And it shall be when they say unto thee Wherefore fighest thou that thou shalt answer For the tidings because it cometh and every heart shall melt and all hands shall be feeble and every spirit shall faint and all knees †Heb. shall go into water shall be weak as water behold it cometh and shall be brought to pass faith the Lord GOD. 8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the LORD Say A sword a sword is sharpned and also furbished 10 It is sharpned to make a sore daughter it is furbished that it may glitter should we then maâ—e mirth ‖ Or it is therof of my son it â—eâ—â— iseth every tree it contemmeth the rod of my son as every tree 11 And he hath given it tobe furbished that it may be handled the sword is sharpned and it is furbiâ—hed to give it into the hand of the slayer 12 Cry and howl son of man for it shall be upon my people it shall be upon all the princes of Israel ‖ Or they are thâ—â—â—â— down to the sword with my people terrours by reason of the sword shall be upon my people * Jet 31.19 sinte therefore upon thy thigh 13 ‖ Or When the trial hath been what then I shall they not also belong to the despising rodâ— Because it is a trial and what If the sword contemn even the rod it shall be no more faith the Lord GOD. 14 Thou therefore son of man prophefie and smite thine †Heb. band to band hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time the sword of the stain it is the sword of the great men that are flam which entreth into their privy chambers 15 I have set the ‖ Or glittering or jear point of the sword against all their gates that their heart may faint and their ruine be multiplied ah it is made bright it is ‖ Or sharpned wrapt up for the ddaughter 16 Go thee one way or other either on the right hand †Heb. set thy self take the lest band or on the left whithersoever thy face is set 17 I will also smite mine hands together and I will cause my fury to rest I the LORD have said it 18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again saying 19 Also thou son of man appoint thee two ways that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both twain shall come forth out of one land and choose thou a place choose it at the head of the way to the city 20 Appoint a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites and to Juâ—ah in Jerusalem the defenced 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the †Heb. mother of the way parting of the way at the head of the two ways to use divination he made his ‖ Or knines arrows bright he consulted with †Heb. teraphim images he looked in the liver 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem to appoint ‖ Or battering rams †Heb. rams captains to open the mouth in the slaughter to lift up the voice with shouting to appoint battering rams against the gates to cast a mount and to build a fort 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their fight ‖ Or for the oaths made unto them to them that have sword oaths but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembred in that your transgressions are discovered so that in all your doings your sins do appear because I say that ye are come to remembrance ye shall be taken with the hand 25 ¶ And thou profane wicked prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have an end 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD Remove the diadem and take off the crown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high 27 †Heb. Perverted pervirted pervirted will I make it I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give it him 28 ¶ And thou son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach even say thou The sword the sword is drawn for the slaughter it is furbished to consume because of the glittering 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee whiles they divine a lie unto thee to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain of the wicked whose
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
shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished for that that is determined shall be done 37 Neither shall he regard the god of his fathers nor the desire of women nor regard any god for he shall magnifie himself above all 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of ‖ Or munitions †Heb. Mauzzim or as for the almighty God in his seat he shall honour yea he shall honour a god c. forces and a God whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold and silver and with precious stones and †Heb. things desired pleasant things 39 Thus shall he do in the †Heb. fortresses of munitions most strong holds with a strange God whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall divide the land for †Heb. a price gain 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind with chariots and with hors men and with many ships and he shall enter into the countreys and shall overflow and pass over 41 He shall enter also into the ‖ Or goodly land †Heb. land of delight or ornament glorious land and many countreys shall be overthrown but these shall escape out of his hand even Edom and Moaâ— and the chief of the children of Ammon 42 He shall †Heb. send forth stretch forth his hand also upon the countreys and the land of Egypt shall not escape 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him therefore he sâ—â—ll go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the ‖ Or goodly †Heb. mountain of delicht of holiness glorious holy mountain yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him CHAP. XII 1 Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles 5 Daniel is informed of the times ANd at that time shall Michael stand up the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time and at that time thy people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written in the book 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake * Matth. 25.46 Joh. 5.29 some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt 3 And they that be ‖ Or teachers wise shall * Matth. 13.43 shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever 4 But thou O Daniel shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased 5 ¶ Then I Daniel looked and behold there stood other two the one on this side of the †Heb. lip bank of the river and the other on that side of the bank of the river 6 And one said to the man clothed in * Ch. 10. â— linen which was ‖ Or from above upon the waters of the river How long shall it be to the end of these wonders 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river when he * Rev. 10. â— held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time times and ‖ Or part an half and when he shall have accompâ—â—â—hed to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished 8 And I heard but I understood not then said I O my Lord what shall be the end of these things 9 And he said Go thy way Daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end 10 Many shall be purified and made white and tried but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and †Heb. to set up the abomination c. the abomination that ‖ Or astonisheth maketh desolate set up there shall be a thousand two handred and ninety days 12 Bressed is he that waâ—tâ—th and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days 13 But go thou thy way till the and be ‖ Or and thou c. for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lâ—t at the end of the days ¶ HOSEA CHAP. I. 1 Hosea to shew Gods judgement for spiritual wheredom taketh Gomer 〈◊〉 and hath by her Jezreel 6 Lo-ruhamah 8 and Lo-ammi 10 The restauration of Judah and Israel THe word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea and the LORD said to Hosea Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms for the land hath committed great whoredom departing from the LORD 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim which conceived and bare him a son 4 And the LORD said unto him Call his name Jezreel for yet a little while and I will †Heb. visit avenge the bloud of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel 5 And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bowe of Israel in the valley of Jezreel 6 ¶ And she conceived again and bare a daughter and God said unto him Call her name ‖ That is not having obtained mercy Lo-ruhamah for †Heb. I will not and any more to I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel ‖ Or that I should altogâ—ther pardon them but I will utterly take them away 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by the LORD their God and will not save them by bowe nor by sword nor by battel by horses nor by hors-men 8 ¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah she conceived and bare a son 9 Then said God Call his name ‖ That is Not my people Lo-ammi for ye are not my people and I will not be your God 10 ¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor numbred * Rom. 9.25 26.
16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly and †Heb. sacrificed a sacrifice unto the LORD and â—oâ—eâ— vows offered a sacrifice unto the LORD and made vows 17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah and * Mat. 12.40 16.4 Luk. 11.30 Jonah was in the †Heb. bowels belly of the fish three days and three nights CHAP. II. 1 The prayer of Jonah 10 He is delivered from the fish THen Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fishes belly 2 And said I * Ps 12â— 1 cried ‖ Or out of mine affliction by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD and he heard me out of the belly of ‖ Or the grave hell cried I and thou heardest my voice 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep in the †Heb heart midst of the seas and the flouds compassed me about all thy billows and thy waves passed over me 4 Then I said I am cast out of thy sight yet I will look again toward thy holy temple 5 The * Psal 69.1 waters compassed me about even to the soul the depth closed me round about the weeds were wrapt about my head 6 I went down to the †Heb. cuttings off bottoms of the mountains the earth with her bars was about me for ever yet hast thou brought up my life from ‖ Or the pit corruption O LORD my God 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembred the LORD and my prayer came in unto thee into thine holy temple 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of * Ps 50.14 23. 116.17 Hos 14.2 Heb. 13.15 thanksgiving I will pay that that I have vowed * Psal 3.8 salvation is of the LORD 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land CHAP. III. 1 Jonah sent again preacheth to the Ninevites 5Vpon their repentance 10 God repenteth ANd the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time saying 2 Arise go unto Nineveh that great city and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee 3 So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh according to the word of the LORD now Nineveh was an †Heb. of God exceeding great citie of three days journey 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a days journey and he cried and said Yet fourty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown 5 ¶ So the people of Nineveh * Mat. 12.41 Luk. 11.32 beleeved God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least of them 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh and he arose from his throne and he laid his robe from him and covered him with sackcloth and sat in ashes 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and †Heb. said published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his †Heb. great men nobles saying Let neither man nor beast herd nor flock taste any thing let them not feed nor drink water 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God yea let them turn every one from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands 9 * Joel 2.14 Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger that we perish not 10 ¶ And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them and he did it not CHAP. IV. 1 Jonah repining at Gods mercy 4 is reproved by the type of a gourd BUt it disbleased Jonah exceedingly and he was very angry 2 And he prayed unto the LORD and said I pray thee O LORD was not this my saying when I was yet in my countrey Therefore I * Chap. 1.3 fled before unto Tarshish for I knew that thou art a * Exod. 24.6 â—sal 86.5 Joel 2.13 gracious God and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repentest thee of the evil 3 Therefore now O LORD take I beseech thee my life from me for it is better for me to die then to live 4 ¶ Then said the LORD ‖ Or Art thou greatly angry Doest thou well to be angry 5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east-side of the city and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shadow till he might see what would become of the city 6 And the LORD God prepared a ‖ Or palm-rist †Heb. Kikajon gourd and made it to come up over Jonah that it might be a shadow over his head to deliver him from his grief So â—onah †Heb. rejâ—yced with great joy was exceeding glad of the gourd 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day and it smote the gourd that it withered 8 And it came to paâ—â— when the sun did arise that God prepared a ‖ Or silent vehement east-wind and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted and wished in himself to die and said It is better for me to die then to live 9 And God said to Jonah ‖ Or Art thou greatly angry Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd and he said ‖ Or I am greatly angry I do well to be angry even unto death 10 Then said the LORD Thou hast ‖ Or spared had pity on the gourd for the which thou hast not laboured neither madest it grow which †Heb. was the son of the night came up in a night and perished in a night 11 And should not I spare Nineveh that great city wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand and also much cattel ¶ MICAH CHAP. I. 1 Micah sheweth the wrath of God against Jacob for idolatry 10 He exhorteth to mourning THe word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem 2 †Heb. Hear ye pâ—â—â—le all of them Hear all ye people * Deu. 32.1 Isa 1.2 hearken O earth and †Heb. the fulness thereof all that therein is and let the Lord GOD be witness against you the Lord from his holy temple 3 For behold * Isa 26.21 the LORD cometh forth out of his * Ps 115.3 place and will come down and tread upon the * Deu. 32.13 and 33.29 high places of the earth 4 And * Ps â—7 5 the mountains shall be molten under him and the valleys shall be cleft as wax before the fire and as the waters that are poured down †Heb. a descent a steep place 5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this and for the
so that no man did lift up his head but these are come to fray them to cast out the horns of the Gentiles which lift up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it CHAP. II. 1 God in the care of Jerusalem sendeth to measure it 6 The redemption of Zion 10 The promise of Gods presence I Lift up mine eyes again and looked and behold a man with a measuring-line in his hand 2 Then said I Whither goest thou And he said unto me To measure Jerusalem to see what is the breadth thereof and what is the length thereof 3 And behold the angel that talked with me went forth and another angel went out to meet him 4 And said unto him Run speak to this young man saying Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein 5 For I saith the LORD will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her 6 ¶ Ho ho come forth and flee from the land of the north saith the LORD for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven saith the LORD 7 Deliver thy self O Zion that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you for he that * Deu. 32.10 Psa 17.8 toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye 9 For behold I will shake mine hand upon them and they shall be a spoil to their servants and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me 10 ¶ * Isa 12.6 and 54.1 Sing and rejoyce O daughter of Zion for lo I come and I * Lev. 26.12 Ezek. 37.27 2 Cor. 6.16 will dwell in the midst of thee saith the LORD 11 And many nations shall be joyned to the LORD in that day and shall be my people and I will dwell in the midst of thee and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land and shall choose Jerusalem again 13 Be silent O all flesh before the LORD for he is raised up out of †Heb. the habitation of his hâ—liness his holy habitation CHAP. III. 1Vnder the type of Joshua the restauration of the church 8 Christ the Branch is promised ANd he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD and ‖ That is an adversary Satan standing at his right hand †Heb. to â—ebis adversary to resist him 2 And the LORD said unto Satan * Jude 9. The LORD rebuke thee O Satan even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the angel 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying Take away the filthy garments from him And unto him he said Behold I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee and I will clothe thee with change of raiment 5 And I said Let them set a fair mitre upon his head so they set a fair mitre upon his head and clothed him with garments and the angel of the LORD stood by 6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua saying 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts If thou wilt walk in my ways and if thou wilt keep my ‖ Or ordinance charge then thou shalt also judge my house and shalt also keep my courts and I will give thee †Heb. walks places to walk among these that stand by 8 Hear now O Joshua the high priest thou and thy fellows that sit before thee for they are †Heb. men of wonder men wondred at for behold I will bring forth my servant the * Isa 11.1 Jer. 23.5 and 33.15 Ch. 6.12 Luk. 1.78 BRANCH 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua upon one stone shall be seven eyes behold I will engrave the graving thereof saith the LORD of hosts I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day 10 In that day saith the LORD of hosts shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree CHAP. IV. 1 By the golden candlestick is foreshewed the good success of Zerubbabels foundation 11 By the two olive-trees the two anointed ones ANd the angel that talked with me came again and waked me as a man that is wakened out of his sleep 2 And said unto me What seest thou And I said I have looked and behold a candlestick all of gold †Heb. with her bowl with a bowl upon the top of it and his seven lamps thereon and ‖ Or seven several pipes to the lamps c. seven pipes to the seven lamps which were upon the top thereof 3 And two olive-trees by it one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side thereof 4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me saying What are these my lord 5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me Knowest thou not what these be And I said No my lord 6 Then he answered and spake unto me saying This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel saying Not by ‖ Or army might nor by power but by my spirit saith the LORD of hosts 7 Who art thou O great mountain before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain and he shall bring forth the head-stone thereof with shoutings crying Grace grace unto it 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house his hands shall also finish it and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you 10 For who hath despised the day of small things ‖ Or sith the seven â—es of the LORD shall rejoyce for they shall rejoyce and shall see the †Heb. stone of tin plummet in the hand of Zerubhabel with those seven * Ch. 3.9 they are the eyes of the LORD which run to and fro through the whole earth 11 ¶ Then answered I and said unto him What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick upon the left side thereof 12 And I answered again and said unto him What be these two olive-branches which †Heb. by the hand through the two golden pipes ‖ Or empty out of themselves oylinto the gold empty †Heb. the gold the golden oyl out of themselves 13 And he answered me and said Knowest thou not what these be And I said No my lord 14 Then said he These are the two †Heb. sons of oyl anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth CHAP. V. 1 By the flying roll is shewed the curse of theeves and swearers 5 By a woman pressed
unto us your minde concerning the writings Then began the first who had spoken of the strength of wine 18 And he said thus O ye men how exceeding strong is wine it causeth all men to err that drink it 19 It maketh the minde of the king and of the fatherless childe to be all one of the bond-man and of the freeman of the poor man and of the rich 20 It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth so that a man remembreth neither sorrow nor debt 21 And it maketh every heart rich so that a man remembreth neither king nor governour and it maketh to speak all things by talents 22 And when they are in their cups they forget their love both to friends and brethren and a little after draw out swords 23 But when they are from the wine they remember not what they have done 24 O ye men is not wine the strongest that enforceth to do thus And when he had so spoken he held his peace CHAP. IV. 1 The second declareth the power of a king 14 The third the force of women 33 and of truth 41 The third is judged to be wisest 47 and obtaineth letters of the king to build Jerusalem 58 He praiseth God and sheweth his brethren what he had done THen the second that had spoken of the strength of the king began to say 2 O ye men do not men excel in strength that ‖ Or have the command bear rule over sea and land and all things in them 3 But yet the king is more mighty for he is lord of all these things and hath dominion over them and whatsoever he commandeth them they do 4 If he bid them make war the one against the other they do it if he send them out against the enemies they go and break down mountains walls and towers 5 They slay and are slain and transgress not the kings commandment if they get the victory they bring all to the king as well the spoil as all things else 6 Likewise for those that are no souldiers and have not to do with wars but use husbandry when they have reaped again that which they had sown they bring it to the king and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king 7 And yet he is but one man if he command to kill they kill if he command to spare they spare 8 If he command to smite they smite if he command to make desolate they make desolate if he command to build they build 9 If he command to cut down they cut down if he command to plant they plant 10 So all his people and his armies obey him furthermore he lieth down he eateth and drinketh and taketh his rest 11 And these keep watch round about him neither ‖ Or can may any one depart and do his own business neither disobey they him in any thing 12 O ye men how should not the king be mightiest when in such sort he is obeyed And he held his tongue 13 ¶ Then the third who had spoken of women and of the truth this was Zorobabel began to speak 14 O ye men it is not the great king nor the multitude of men neither is it wine that †Heb. is of force excelleth who is it then that ruleth them or hath the lordship over them are they not women 15 Women have born the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land 16 Even of them came they and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards from whence the wine cometh 17 These also make garments for men these bring glory unto men and without women cannot men be 18 Yea and if men have gathered together gold and silver or any other goodly thing do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty 19 And letting all those things go do they not gape and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her and have not all men more desire unto her then unto silver or gold or any goodly thing whatsoever 20 A man leaveth his own father that brought him up and his own countrey and cleaveth unto his wife 21 He sticks not to spend his life with his wife and remembreth neither father nor mother nor countrey 22 By this also you must know that women have dominion over you do ye not labour and toil and give and bring all to the woman 23 Yea a man taketh his sword and goeth his way to rob and to steal to sail upon the sea and upon rivers 24 And looketh upon a lion and goeth in the darkness and when he hath stoln spoiled and robbed he bringeth it to his love 25 Wherefore a man loveth his wife better then father or mother 26 Yea many there be that have ‖ Or grown desperate run out of their wits for women and become servants for their sakes 27 Many also have perished have erred and sinned for women 28 And now do you not beleeve me is not the king great in his power do not all regions fear to touch him 29 Yet did I see him and Apame the kings concubine the daughter of the admirable ‖ Jos antiq l. 11. c. 4. Rabsaces Themasiu◠Bartacus sitting at the right hand of the king 30 And taking the crown from the kings head and setting it upon her own head she also stroke the king with her left hand 31 And yet ‖ Or hereat for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open month if she laughed upon him he laughed also but if she took any displeasure at him the king was fain to flatter that she might ‖ Or be friends with him be reconciled to him again 32 O ye men how can it be but women should be strong seeing they do thus 33 Then the king and the princes looked one upon another so he began to speak of the truth 34 O ye men are not women strong great is the earth high is the heaven swift is the sun in his course for he compasseth the heavens round about and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day 35 Is he not great that maketh these things therefore great is the truth and stronger then all things 36 All the earth ‖ Or praiseth the truth Athanasius calleth upon the truth and the heaven blesseth it all works shake and tremble at it and with it is no unrighteous thing 37 Wine is wicked the king is wicked women are wicked all the children of men are wicked and such are all their wicked works and there is no truth in them in their unrighteousness also they shall perish 38 As for the truth it endureth and is always strong it liveth and conquereth for evermore 39 With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards but she doeth the things that are just and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things and all men do well like of her works 40 Neither in her judgement is any
* Zattu Zamoth * Elioenai Eliadas * Eliashib Elisimus * Mattaniah Othonias Jarimoth and * Zabad Sabatus and * Aziza Sardeus 29 Of the sons of Bebai Johannes and Ananias and * Zabbai Jolabad and * Athlai Amatheis 30 Of the sons of * Bani Mani * Meshullam Olamus * Malluch Mamuchus * Adaiah Jedeus Jasubus * Sheal. Jasael and Hieremoth 31 †Of the names in verse 31 32 34 35 see Ezra 10.30 31 34 c. And of the sons of Addi Naathus and Moosias Lacunus and Naidus and Mathanias and Sesthel Balnuus and Manasseas 32 And of the sons of Annas Elionas and Aseas and Melchias and Sabbeus and Simon Chosameus 33 And of the sons of Asom * Mattenai Altaneus and * Mattithiah Matthias and * Zabad Bannaia Eliphalat and Manasses and Semei 34 And of the sons of Maani Jeremias Momdis Omaerus Juel Mabdai and Pelias and Anos Carabasion and Enasibus and Mamnitanaimus Eliasis Bannus Eliali Samis Selemias Nathanias and of the sons of Ozora Sesis Esril Azaelus Samatus Zambis Josiphus 35 And of the sons of Ethma Mazitias Zabadaias Edes Juel Banaias 36 All these had taken strange wives and they put them away with their children 37 And the priests and Levites and they that were of Israel dwelt in Jerusalem and in the countrey in the first day of the seventh moneth so the children of Israel were in their ‖ Or villagâ—â— habitations 38 * Neh. 8.1 And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east 39 And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader that he would bring the law of Moses that was given of the Lord God of Israel 40 So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman and to all the priests to hear the law in the first day of the seventh moneth 41 And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto mid-day before both men and women and all the multitude gave heed unto the law 42 And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made for that purpose 43 And there stood up by him Matathias Sammus Ananias Azarias Urias ‖ Or Hilkiah Ezecias ‖ Or Maasiah Balasamus upon the right hand 44 And upon his left hand stood ‖ Or Pedaiah Phaldaius Misael Melchias ‖ Or Hashum Lothasubus and ‖ See Neh. 8.4 Nabarias 45 The took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude for he sat †Heb. above them all honourably in the first place in the sight of them all 46 And when he opened the law they stood all straight up So Esdras blessed the Lord God most high the God of hosts Almighty 47 And all the people answered Amen and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground and worshipped the Lord. 48 Also Jesus Anus Sarabias Adinus Jacubus Sabbateas ‖ Or Hodijah Auteas Maianeas and Calitas Azarias and Joazabdus and Ananias Biatas the Levites taught the law of the Lord making them withal to understand it 49 ‖ Then Nehemiah and Ezra the priest and scribe and the Levites that instructed the people said unto all the people Nehem. 8.9 Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader and to the Levites that taught the multitude even to all saying 50 This day is holy unto the Lord for they all wept when they heard the law 51 Go then and eat the fat and drink the sweet and send part to ‖ Or the poor them that have nothing 52 For this day is holy unto the Lord and be not sorrowful for the Lord will bring you to honour 53 So the Levites published all things to the people saying This day is holy to the Lord be not sorrowful 54 Then went they their way every one to eat and drink and make merry and to give part to them that had nothing and to make great cheer 55 Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed and for the which they had been assembled II. ESDRAS CHAP. I. 1 Esdras is commanded to reprove the people 24 God threatneth to cast them off 35 to give their houses to a people of more grace then they THe second book of the prophet * Ezra 7.1 Esdras the son of Saraias the son of Azarias the son of Helchias the son of ‖ Or Shallum Sadamias the son of Sadoc the son of Achitob 2 The son of Achias the son of Phinees the son of Heli the son of Amarias the son of Aziei the son of Marimoth the son of Arna the son of Ozias the son of Borith the son of Abisei the son of Phinees the son of Eleazar 3 The son of Aaron of the tribe of Levi which was captive in the land of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes king of the Persians 4 And the word of the Lord came unto me saying 5 Go thy way and * Isa â— â— shew my people their sinful deeds and their children their wickedness which they have done against me that they may tell their childrens children 6 Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them for they have forgotten me and have offered unto strange gods 7 Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage but they have provoked me unto wrath and despised my counsels 8 Pull thou off then the hair of thy head and cast all evil upon them for they have not been obedient unto my law but it is a rebellious people 9 How long shall I forbear them unto whom I have done so much good 10 Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes * Ex. 14.28 Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down 11 * Num. 21.24 Josh 8 and 10 and 12. And all the nations have I destroyed before them and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces even of Tyrus and Sidon and have slain all their enemies 12 Speak thou therefore unto them saying Thus saith the Lord 13 * Ex. 14.29 I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe ‖ Or sheet passage * Ex. 3.10 â—â—d 4.14 I gave you Moses for a leader Aaron for a priest 14 * Ex. 13.21 I gave you light in a pillar of fire and great wonders have I done among you yet have you forgotten me saith the Lord. 15 Thus saith the Almighty Lord The * Ex. 16.13 Ps 105.40 quails were as a token for you I gave you tents for your safeguard nevertheless you murmured there 16 And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies but ever to this day do ye yet murmure 17 Where are
you * Luk. 6.27 Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray * Luk. 23.34 Acts 7. â—â— for them which despightfully use you and persecute you 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh the sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust 46 * Luk. 6.32 For if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the publicans the same 47 And if ye salute your brethren onely what do you more then others do not even the publicans so 48 Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect CHAP. VI. 1 Christ continueth his sermon in the mount speaking of alms 5 prayer 14 forgiving our brethren 16 fasting 19 where our treasure is to be laid up 24 of serving God and mammon 25 exhorteth not to be careful for wordly things 33 but to seek Gods kingdom TAke heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them otherwise ye have no reward ‖ Or with of your Father which is in heaven 2 Therefore * Rom. 12.8 when thou doest thine alms ‖ Or cause not a trumpet to be sounded do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men Verily I say unto you they have their reward 3 But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth 4 That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly 5 ¶ And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men Verily I say unto you they have their reward 6 But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly 7 But when ye pray use not vain * Ecclus 7.14 repetitions as the heathen do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them for your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him 9 After this manner therefore pray ye * Luk. 11. â— Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name 10 Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven 11 Give us this day our daily bread 12 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debters 13 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever Amen 14 * Mark 11.25 For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses 16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you they have their reward 17 But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly 19 ¶ Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeves break through and steal 20 * Luke 12.32 1 Tim. 6.19 But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeves do not break through nor steal 21 For where your treasure is there will your heart be also 22 * Luke 11.34 The light of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light 23 But if thine eye be evil thy whole body shall be full of darkness If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is that darkness 24 ¶ * Luke 16.13 No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon 25 Therefore I say unto you * Ps 55.22 Luk 12.22 1 Pet. 5.7 Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more then meat and the body then raiment 26 Behold the fowls of the air for they sowe not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature 28 And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lillies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin 29 And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arayed like one of these 30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall be not much more clothe you O ye of little faith 31 Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it self sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof CHAP. VII 1 Christ ending his sermon in the mount reproveth rash judgement 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs 7 exhorteth to prayer 13 to enter in at the strait gate 15 to beware of false prophets 21 not to be hearers but doâ—rs of the word 24 like houses builded on a rock 26 and not on the sand * Luk. 6.37 Rom. 2.1 JUdge not that ye be not judged 2 For with what judgement ye judge ye shall be judged * Mar. 4.24 Luk. 6.38 and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again 3 * Luk. 6.41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye 5 Thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye 6 ¶ Give not that which is holy
And I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast that is thine 26 His lord answered and said unto him Thou wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I have not strawed 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury 28 Take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him which hath ten talents 29 * Ch. 13.12 Mar. 4.25 Luk. 8.18 For unto every one that hath shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth 31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations he shall separate them one â—â—oâ— another as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goatâ— 33 And he shall â—et the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world 35 * Isa 58.7 Ezek. 18.7 For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in 36 Naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I was in prison and ye came unto me 37 Then shall the righteous answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred and fed thee or thirsty and gave thee drink 38 When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in or naked and clothed thee 39 Or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand * Psal 6.8 Câ—â—p 7.23 Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil his angels 42 For I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink 43 I was a stranger and ye took me not in naked and ye clothed me not sick and in prison and ye visited me not 44 Then shall they also answer him saying Lord when saw we thee an hungred or a thirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee 45 Then shall he answer them saying Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me 46 And * Dan. 12.2 Joh. 5.29 these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal CHAP. XXVI 1 The rulers conspire against Christ 6 The woman anointeth his â—ead 14 Judas selleth him 17 Christ eateth the pass-over 26 instituteth his holy supper 36 prayeth in the garden 47 and being betrayed with a kiss 57 is carried to Caiaphas 69 and dented of Peter ANd it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings he said unto his disciples 2 * Mar. 14.1 Luk. 22.1 John 13.1 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the pass over and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified 3 * Joh. 11.47 Then assembled together the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people unto the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty and kill him 5 But they said Not on the feast day lest there be an uproar among the people 6 ¶ * Mar. 14.3 Joh. 11.1 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at meat 8 But when his disciples saw it they had indignation saying To what purpose is this waste 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor 10 When Jesus understood it he said unto them Why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good work upon me 11 * Deut. 15.11 For ye have the poor always with you but me ye have not always 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body she did it for my burial 13 Verily I say unto you Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world there shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her 14 ¶ * Mark 14.10 Luke 23.3 Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went unto the chief priests 15 And said unto them What will ye give me and I will deliver him unto you And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him 17 ¶ * Mark 14.12 Luke 22.7 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus saying unto him Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pass-over 18 And he said Go into the city to such a man and say unto him The Master saith My time is at hand I will keep the pass-over at thy house with my disciples 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them and they made ready the pass-over 20 * Mark 14.16 Luke 22.14 Joâ— 13.21 Now when the even was come he sat down with the twelve 21 And as they did eat he said Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one of them to say unto him Lord is it I 23 And he answered and said * Psal 41.9 He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray me 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him but wo unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed it had been good for that man if he had not been born 25 Then Judas which betrayed him answered and said Master is it I He said unto him Thou hast said 26 ¶ And as they were eating * 1 Cor. 11.22 24. Jesus took bread and ‖ Many Greek copâ—es have save thanks blessed it and brake it and gave it to the disciples and said Take eat this is my body 27 And he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to thâ—m saying Drink ye all of it 28 For this is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins 29 But I say unto you I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until
I say unto you He shall not lose his reward 42 * Mat. 18.5 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that beleeve in me it is better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea 43 * Mat. 5.27 18.8 And if thy hand ‖ Or cause thee to offend offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter into life maimed then having two hands to go into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 44 * Isa 66.24 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 45 And if thy foot offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter halt into life then having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 46 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 47 And if thine eye ‖ Or cause tâ—â—e to offend offend thee pluck it out it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye then having two eyes to be cast into hell fire 48 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 49 For every one shall be salted with sire * Lev. 2.13 and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt 50 * Mat. 5.13 Salt is good but if the salt have lost his saltness wherewith will you leason it Have salt in your seâ—â—es have peace one with another CHAP. X. 2 Christ disputeth with the Pharisees touching divorcement 13 blesseth the children that are brought unto him 17 resolveth a rich man how he may inherit â—â—fe everlasting 23 telleth his disciples of the danger of riches 28 promiseth rewards to them that forsake any thing for the gospel 32 foretelleth his death and resurrection 35 biddeth the two ambitious suiters to think rather of suffering with him 45 and restoreth to Bartimeus his sight ANd * Mat. 19.1 he arose from thence and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan and the people resort unto him again and as he was wont he taught them again 2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him and asked him Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife tempting him 3 And he answered said unto them What did Moses command you 4 And they said Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife 8 And they twain shall be one flesh so then they are no more twain but one flesh 9 What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter 11 And he said unto them * Mat. 5.32 19.9 Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to another she committeth adultery 13 ¶ * Mat. 19.13 And they brought young children to him that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them 14 But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said unto them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God 15 Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little childe he shall not enter therein 16 And he took them up in his arms put his hands upon them and blessed them 17 ¶ * Mat. 19.15 And when he was gone forth into the way there came one running and kneeled to him and asked him Good Master what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life 18 And Jesus said unto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but one that is God 19 Thou knowest the commandments Do not commit adultery Do not kill Do not steal Do not bear false witness Defraud not Honour thy father and mother 20 And he answered and said unto him Master all these have I observed from my youth 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him One thing thou lackest go thy way sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come take up the cross and follow me 22 And he was sad at that saying and went away grieved for he had great possessions 23 ¶ And Jesus looked round about and saith unto his disciples How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words But Jesus answereth again and saith unto them Children how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 26 And they were astonished out of measure saying among themselves Who then can be saved 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith With men it is impossible but not with God for with God all things are possible 28 ¶ * Mat. 19.27 Then Peter began to say unto him Lo we have left all and have followed thee 29 And Jesus answered and said Verily I say unto you There is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospels 30 But he shall receive an hundred-sold now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions and in the world to come eternal life 31 * Mat. 19.30 But many that are first shall be last and the last first 32 ¶ * Mat. 20.17 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem and Jesus went before them and they were amazed and as they followed they were afraid And he took again the twelve and began to tell them what things should happen unto him 33 Saying Behold we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles 34 And they shall mock him and shall scourge him and shall spit upon him and shall kill him and the third day he shall rise again 35 ¶ * Mat. 20 2â— And James and John the sons of Zebedee come unto him saying Master we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire 36 And he said unto them What would ye that I should do for you 37 They said unto him Grant unto us that we may sit one on thy right hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory 38 But Jesus said unto them Ye know not
what ye ask can ye drink of the cup that I drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with 39 And they said unto him We can And Jesus said unto them Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared 41 And when the ten heard it they began to be much displeased with James and John 42 But Jesus called them to him and saith unto them * Luk. 22.23 Ye know that they which ‖ Or think good are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them and their great ones exercise authority upon them 43 But so shall it not be among you but whosoever will be great among you shall be your minister 44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all 45 For even the Son of man came not to be administred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many 46 ¶ * Mat. 20.19 And they came to Jericho and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people blinde Bartimeus the son of Timeus sat by the high-way-side begging 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out and say Jesus thou son of David have mercy on me 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace but he cried the more a great deal Thou son of David have mercy on me 49 And Jesus stood still and commanded him to he called and they call the blinde man saying unto him Be of good comfort rise he calleth thee 50 And he casting away his garment rose and came to Jesus 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him What will thou that I should do unto thee The blinde man said unto him Lord that I might receive my sight 52 And Jesus said unto him Go thy way thy faith hath ‖ Or saved thâ—â— made thee whole And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way CHAP. XI 1 Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem 12 curseth the fruitless leafie tree 15 purgeth the temple 20 exhorteth his disciples to stedfastness of faith and to forgive their enemies 27 and defendeth the lawfulness of his actions by the witness of John who was a man sent of God ANd * Mat. 21.1 when they came nigh to Jerusalem unto Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of Olives he sendeth forth two of his disciples 2 And saith unto them Go your way into the village over against you and assoon as ye be entred into it ye shall finde a colt tied whereon never man sat loose him and bring him 3 And it any man say unto you Why do ye this say ye that the Lord hath need of him and straightway he will send him hither 4 And they went their way and sound the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met and they loose him 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them What do ye loosing the colt 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded and they let them go 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and cast their garments on him and he sat upon him 8 And many spread their garments in the way and others cut down branches off the trees and strawed them in the way 9 And they that went before and they that followed cried saying Hosanna blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest 11 And Jesus entred into Jerusalem and into the temple and when he had looked round about upon all things and now the even-tide was come he went out unto Bethany with the twelve 12 ¶ And on the morrow when they were come from Bethany he was hungry 13 * Mat. 2â— 19 And seeing a fig-tree asar off having leaves he came if haply he might finde any thing thereon and when he came to it he sound nothing but leaves for the time of figs was not yet 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever And his disciples heard it 15 ¶ * Mat. 2â— 12 And they come to Jerusalem and Jesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple 17 And he taught saying unto them Is it not written My house shall be called of all nations the house of Prayer but ye have made it a den of theeves 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him for they feared him because all the people was astonished at his doctrine 19 And when even was come he went out of the city 20 ¶ * Mat. 21.19 And in the morning as they passed by they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him Master behold the sig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them ‖ Or Have the faith of God Have faith in God 23 For verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea and shall not doubt in his heart but shall beleeve that those things which he saith shall come to pass he shall have whatsoever he saith 24 Therefore I say unto you * Mat. 7.7 What things soever ye desire when ye pray beleeve that ye receive them and ye shall have them 25 And when ye stand praying * Mat. 6.14 forgive if ye have ought against any that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses 26 But if you do not forgive neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses 27 ¶ And they come against to Jerusalem * Mat. 21.23 and as he was walking in the temple there come to him the chief Priests and the scribes and the elders 28 And say unto him By what authority doest thou these things and who gave thee this authority to do these things 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them I will also ask of you one ‖ Or thing question and answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things 30 The baptism of John was it from heaven or of men answer me 31 And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From heaven he will say Why then did ye not beleeve him 32 But if we shall say Of men they feared the people for all men
49 The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua ANd the second lot came forth to Simeon even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba and Sheba and Moladah 3 And Hazar-shual and Balah and Azem 4 And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah 5 And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah 6 And Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen thirteen cities and their villages 7 Ain Remmon and Ether and Ashan four cities their villages 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer Ramath of the south This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them 10 ¶ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid 11 And their border went up toward the sea and Maralah and reached to Dabasheth and reached to the river that is before Jokneam 12 And turned from Sarid east-ward toward the sun-rising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor and then goeth out to Daberath and goeth up to Japhia 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher to Ittah-kazin and goeth out to Remmon ‖ Or whichtâ— drawn methoar to Neah 14 And the border compasseth it on the north-side to Hannathon and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el 15 And Kattath and Nahallal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem twelve cities with their villages 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families these cities with their villages 17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar for the children of Issachar according to their families 18 And their border was toward Jezreel and Chesulloth Shunem 19 And Hapharaim and Shihon and Anaharath 20 And Rabbith and Kishion and Abez 21 And Remeth and Engannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzer 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor and Shahazimah and Beth-shemesh and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan sixteen cities with their villages 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families the cities and their villages 24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families 25 And their border was Helkath and Hali and Beten Achshaph 26 And Alammelech and Amad and Misheal and reacheth to Carmel west-ward and to Shihor-libnath 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth-dagon and reacheth to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north-side of Beth-emek and Neiel and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand 28 And Hebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah even unto great Zidon 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city †Heb. Tzor Tyre and the coast turneth to Hosah and the out-goings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib 30 Ummah also and Aphek and Rehob twenty and two cities with their villages 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families these cities with their villages 32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali even for the children of Naphtali according to their families 33 And their coast was from Heleph from Allon to Zaanannim and Adami Nekeb and Jabneel unto Lakum and the out goings thereof were at Jordan 34 And then the coast turneth west-ward to Aznoth-tabor and goeth out from thence to Hukkok and reacheth to Zebulun on the south-side and reacheth to Asher on the west-side and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim Zer and Hammath Rakkath and Cinnereth 36 And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor 37 And Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor 38 And Iron and Migdal-el Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh nineteen cities with their villages 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families the cities and their villages 40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh 42 And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah 43 And Elon and Thimnathah and Ekron 44 And Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath 45 And Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon 46 And Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the border ‖ Or over against before ‖ Or Joppa Act. 9.36 Japho 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it and smote it with the edge of the sword possessed it dwelt therein and called Leshem * Judg. 18 29. Dan after the name of Dan their father 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families these cities with their villages 49 ¶ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them 50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked even * Chap. 24.30 Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim and he built the city and dwelt therein 51 * Numb 3â— 17 These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiâ—oh before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation so they made an end of dividing the countrey CHAP. XX. 1 God commandeth 7 and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge THe LORD also spake unto Jeshua saying 2 Speak to the children of Israel saying * Ex. 21.13 Num. 35.6 11 14. Deut. 19.2 Appoint out for you cities of refuge whereof I spake unto you by the hand or Moses 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of bloud 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entring of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city they shall take him into the city unto them and give him a place that he may dwell among them 5 And if the avenger of bloud pursue after him then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand because he smote his neighbour unwittingly and hated him not before time 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he
enemies 15 Whithersoever they went out the hand of the LORD was against them for evil as the LORD had said and * Lev. 25. Deu. 28. as the LORD had sworn unto them and they were greatly distressed 16 ¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges which †Heb. saved delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges but they went a whoring after other gods and bowed themselves unto them they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD but they did not so 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges then the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them 19 And it came to pass * Ch. 3.12 when the judge was dead that they returned and ‖ Or were corrupt corrupted themselves more then their fathers in sollowing other gods to serve them and to bow down unto them †Heb. they let nothing fall of their they ceased not from their own doings nor from their stubborn way 20 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel and he said Because that this People hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers and have not hearkned unto my voice 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died 22 That through them I may prove Israel whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein as their fathers did keep it or not 23 Therefore the LORD ‖ Or suffered left those nations without driving them out hastily neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua CHAP. III. 1 The nations which were left to prove Israel 5 By communion with them they commit idolatry 8 Othniel delivereth them from Chushan-rishathaim 12 Ebud from Eâ—lon 21 Shamâ—ar from the Philistines NOw these are the nations which the LORD left to prove Israel by them even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan 2 Onely that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war at the least such as before knew nothing thereof 3 Namely five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon from mount Baal-hermon unto the entring in of Hamath 4 And they weâ—â— to prove Israel by them to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses 5 ¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives and gave their daughters to their sons and served their gods 7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and forgat the LORD their God and served Baalim and the groves 8 ¶ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of †Heb. Aram nabaraâ—m Mesopotamia and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD the LORD raised up a †Heb. saviour deliverer to the children of Israel who delivered them even Othmel the son of Kenaz Calebs younger brother 10 And the spirit of the LORD †Heb. was came upon him and he judged Israel and went out to war and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of †Heb. Aaram Mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim 11 And the land had rest fourty years and Othniel the son of Kenaz died 12 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD and the LORD strengthned Eglon the king of Moab against Israel because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel and possessed the city of palm-trees 14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years 15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD the LORD raised them up a deliverer Ehud the son of Gera ‖ Or the son of Jemini a Benjamite a man †Heb. shut of his right hand left-handed and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab 16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges of a cubit length and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh 17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab and Eglon was a very fat man 18 And when he had made an end to offer the present he sent away the people that bare the present 19 But he himself turned again from the ‖ Or graven images quarries that were by Gilgal and said I have a secret errand unto thee O king who said Keep silence And all that stood by him went out from him 20 And Ehud came unto him and he was sitting in †Heb. a parlour of cooling a summer-parlour which he had for himself alone and Ehud said I have a message from God unto thee And he arose out of his seat 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the dagger from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly 22 And the haft also went in after the blade and the fat closed upon the blade so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly and ‖ Or it came out at the fundament the dirt came out 23 The Ehud went forth through the porch and shut the doors of the parlour upon him and locked them 24 When he was gone out his servants came and when they saw that behold the doors of the parlour were locked they said Surely he ‖ Or doth his â—asement covereth his feet in his summer-chamber 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed and behold he opened not the doors of the parlour therefore they took a key and opened them and behold their lord was faln down dead on the earth 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried and passed beyond the quarries and escaped unto Seirath 27 And it came to pass when he was come that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount and he before them 28 And he said unto them Follow after me for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand And they went down after him and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab and suffered not a man to pass over 29 ¶ And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men all †Heb. fet Iusty and all men of
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites that were by the house of the LORD where the women wove †Heb. houses hangings for the grove 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of â—udah and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense from Geba to Beer-sheba and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entring in of the gate of Joshua the governour of the city which were on a mans left hand at the gate of the city 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren 10 And he defiled Topheth which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun at the entring in of the house of the LORD by the chamber of Nathan-melech the ‖ Or eunuch oâ— officer chamberlain which was in the suburbs and burnt the chariots of the sun with fire 12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz which the kings of Judah had made and the altars which * Ch. 21.5 Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD did the king beat down and ‖ Or ran from thence brake them down from thence and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem which were on the right hand of ‖ That is the mount of Oâ—ives the mount of corruption which * 1 Kin. 11.7 Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon did the king defile 14 And he brake in pieces the †Heb. statâ—es images and cut down the groves and filled their places with the bones of men 15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin had made both that altar and the high place he brake down and burnt the high place and stampt it small to powder and burnt the grove 16 And as Josiah turned himself he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount and sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres and burnt them upon the altar and polluted it according to the * 1 Kin. 13. â— word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed who proclaimed these words 17 Then he said What title is that that I see And the men of the city told him It is the sepulchre of the man of God which came from Judah and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el 18 And he said Let him alone let no man move his bones so they let his bones †Heb. to escape alone with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger Josiah took away and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el 20 And he ‖ Or sacrificed slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars and burnt mens bones upon them and returned to Jerusalem 21 ¶ And the king commanded all the people saying * 2 Chron. 35.1 1 Esdr 1.1 Keep the pass-over unto the LORD your God * Exod. 12.3 Deut. 16.2 as it is written in the book of this covenant 22 Surely there was not holden such a pass-over from the days of the judges that judged Israel nor in all the days of the kings of Israel nor of the kings of Judah 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem 24 ¶ Moreover the workers with familiar spirits and the wizards and the ‖ Or teraphim images and the idols and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem did Josiah put away that he might perform the words of * Levit. 20.27 Deut. 18.11 the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD 25 And like unto him was there no king before him that turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might according to all the law of Moses neither after him arose there any like him 26 ¶ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah because of all the †Heb. angers provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal 27 And the LORD said I will remove Judah also out of my sight as I have removed Israel and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen and the house of which I said * 1 Kin. 8.29 9.3 Chap. 21.7 My name shall be there 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 29 ¶ * 2 Chron. 35.20 In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates and king Josiah went against him and he slew him at Megiddo when he had seen him 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own sepulchre and * 2 Chron. 36.1 the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in his fathers stead 31 ¶ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD according to all that his fathers had done 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in hands at Riblah in the land of Hamath ‖ Or because be reigned that he might not reign in Jerusalem and †Heb. set a mulct upon the land put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold 34 And Pharaoh nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father and turned his name to * Mat. 1.11 called Jakim Jehoiakim and took Jehoahaz away and he came to Egypt and died there 35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land of every one according to his
war were four and fourty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to the war 19 And they made war with the Hagarites with * Gen. 25.15 Jetur and Nephish and Nodab 20 And they were helped against them and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battel and he was intreated of them because they put their trust in him 21 And they †Heb. led captive took away their cattel of their camels fifty thousand and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand and of asses two thousand and of †Heb. souls of men as Nu. 31 35 men an hundred thousand 22 For there fell down many slain because the war was of God And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity 23 ¶ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers even Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel mighty men of valour †Heb men of names famous men and heads of the house of their fathers 25 ¶ And they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went a * 2 Kin. 17.7 whoring after the gods of the people of the land whom God destroyed before them 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of * 2 Kin. 15.19 Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria and he carried them away even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them unto * 2 Kin. 17.6 Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan unto this day CHAP. VI. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the captivity 16 The families of Gershom Merari and Kohath 49 The office of Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz 54 The cities of the priests and Levites THe sons of Levi * Gen. 46.11 Ex. 6.16 ‖ Or Gershom ver 16. Gershon Kohath and Merari 2 And the sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron Uzziel 3 And the children of Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam The sons also of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 4 ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas Phinehas begat Abishua 5 And Abishua begat Bukki and Bukki begat Uzzi 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah and Zerahiah begat Meraioth 7 Meraioth begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok and * 2 Sam. 15.27 Zadok begat Ahimaaz 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah and Azariah begat Johanan 10 And Johanan begat Azariah he it is that executed the priests office †Heb. in the house in the * 1 Kin 6. 2 Chro. 3. temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem 11 And Azariah begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok and Zadok begat ‖ Or Mestullam Ch. 9.11 Shallum 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah and Hilkiah begat Azariah 14 And Azariah begat * Neh. 11.11 Seraiah and Seraiah begat Jehozadak 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity * 2 Kin. 25.18 when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar 16 ¶ The sons of Levi * Ex. 6.16 ‖ Or Gershon ver 1. Gershom Kohath and Merari 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom Libni Shimei 18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel 19 The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers 20 Of Gershom Libni his son Jahath his son * Ver. 4â— Zimmah his son 21 ‖ Or Ethan v. 4â— Joah his son ‖ Or Adaiah v. 41. Iddo his son Zerah his son Jeaterai his son 22 The sons of Kohath ‖ Or Izhar ver 2 13. Amminadab his son Korah his son Assir his son 23 Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son 24 Tahath his son Uriel his son Uzziah his son and Shaul his son 25 And the sons of Elkanah * See ver 35 36. Amasai and Ahimoth 26 As for Elkanah the sons of Elkanah ‖ Or Zuph 1 Sam. 1. â— Zophai his son and Nahath his son 27 Eliab his son Jeroham his son Elkanah his son 28 And the sons of Samuel the first-born ‖ Called also Joel ver 22 and 1 Sam. 8.2 Vashni and Abiah 29 The sons of Merari Mahli Libni his son Shimei his son Uzza his son 30 Shimea his son Haggiah his son Asaiah his son 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD after that the * Ch. 16.1 ark had rest 32 And they ministred before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem and then they waited on their office according to their order 33 And these are they that †Heb. stood waited with their children of the sons of the Kohathites Heman a singer the son of Joel the son of Shemuel 34 The son of Elkanah the son of Jeroham the son of Eliel the son of Toah 35 The son of Zuph the son of Elkanah the son of Mahath the son of Amasai 36 The son of Elkanah the son of Joel the son of Azariah the son of Zephaniah 37 The son of Tahath the son of Assir the son of * Ex. 6.24 Ebiasaph the son of Korah 38 The son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi the son of Israel 39 And his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand even Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea 40 The son of Michael the son of Baasiah the son of Malchiah 41 The son of Ethni the son of Zerah the son of Adaiah 42 The son of Ethan the son of Zimmah the son of Shimei 43 The son of Jahath the son of Gershom the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand Ethan the son of ‖ Or Nuâ—haiah Clap. 15.17 Kishi the son of Abdi the son of Malluch 45 The son of Hashabiah the son of Amaziah the son of Hilkiah 46 The son of Amzi the son of Bani the son of Shamer 47 The son of Mahli the son of Mushi the son of Merari the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God 49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered * Lev. 1.9 upon the altar of the burnt-offering and * Ex. 30.7 on the altar of incense and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded 50 And these are the sons of Aaron Eleazar his son Phinehas
the face of the earta west-ward with their chariots and hors-men and their chosen footmen 20 A great multitude also of sundry countreys came with them like locusts and like the sand of the earth for the multitude was without number 21 And they went forth of Nineve three days journey toward the plain of Bectileth and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia 22 Then he took all his army his foot men and hors-men and chariots and went from thence into the hill-countrey 23 And destroyed Phud and Lud and spoiled all the children of Rassis and the children of Ismael which were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians 24 Then he went over Euphrates and went through Mesopotamia and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai till you come to the sea 25 And he took the borders of Cilicia and killed all that resisted him and came to the borders of Japheth which were toward the south over against Arabia 26 He compassed also all the children of Madian and burnt up their tabernacles and spoiled their sheep-cotes 27 Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat-harvest and burnt up all their fields and destroyed their flocks and herds also he spoiled their cities and utterly wasted their countreys and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword 28 Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea-coasts which were in Sidon and Tyrus and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina and all that dwelt in Jemnaan and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly CHAP. III. 1 They of the sea-coasts intreat for peace 7 Holofernes is received there 8 Yet he destroyeth their gods that they might worship onely Nabuchodonosor 9 He cometh near to Judea SO they sent ambassadours unto him to treat of peace saying 2 Behold we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee use us as shall be good in thy sight 3 Behold our houses and all our places and all our fields of wheat and flocks and herds and all the lodges of our tents lie before thy face use them as it pleaseth thee 4 Behold even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee 5 So the men came to Holofernes and declared unto him after this manner 6 Then came he down toward the sea-coast both he and his army and set garisons in the high cities and took out of them chosen men for aid 7 So they and all the countrey round about received them with garlands with dances and with timbrels 8 Yet he did cast down their frontiers and cut down their groves for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land that all Nations should worship Nabuchodonosor onely and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god 9 Also he came over against ‖ Or Esâ—â—elom Esdraelon near unto ‖ Or Doâ—u Dothan Junius Gen. 37.17 Judea over against the †Gr. great sea great strait of Judea 10 And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis and there he tarried a whole moneth that he might gather together all the carriages of his army CHAP. IV. 4 The Jews are afraid of Holofernes 5 and fortifie the hills 6 They of Bethulia take charge of the passages 9 All Israel fall to fasting and prayer NOw the children of Israel that dwelt in Judea heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians had done to the nations and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples and brought them to nought 2 Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him and were troubled for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God 3 For they were newly returned from the captivity and all the people ‖ Or out of Judea of Judea were lately gathered together and the vessels and the altar and the house were sanctified after the profanation 4 Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria and the villages and to Bethoron and Belmen and Jericho and to Choba and Esora and to the valley of Salem 5 And possessed themselves before-hand of all the tops of the high mountains and fortified the villages that were in them and laid up victuals for the provision of war for their fields were of late reaped 6 Also Joacim the higâ—-priest which was in those days in Jerusalem wrote to them that â—â—elt in Bethulia and Betomestham which is over against ‖ Or Esdredom Esdraelon toward the ‖ Or plain open countrey near to Dothaim 7 Charging them to keep the passages of the hill-countrey for by them there was an entrance into Judea and it was easie to stop them that would come up because the passage was strait ‖ Or two against all for two men at the most 8 And the children of Israel did as Joacim the high priest had commanded them with the ‖ Or â—oâ—â—â—nours ancients of all the people of Israel which dwelt at Jerusalem 9 Then every man of Israel cried to God with great servency and with great vehemency did they humble their souls 10 Both they and their wives and their children and their cattel and every stranger and hireling and their servants bought with money put sackcloth upon their loyns 11 Thus every man and woman and the little children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the temple and cast ashes upon their heads and spread out their sackcloth before the face of the Lord also they put sackcloth about the altar 12 And cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly that he would not give their children for a prey and their wives for a spoil and the cities of their inheritance to destruction and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach and for the nations to rejoyce at 13 So God heard their prayers and looked upon their afflictions for the people fasted many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty 14 And Joacim the high priest and all the priests that stood before the Lord and they which ministred unto the Lord had their loyns girf with sackcloth and offered the daily burnt-offerings with the vows and free-gifts of the people 15 And had ashes on their mitres and cried unto the Lord with all their power that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously CHAP. V. â— Achior telleth Holofernes what the Jews are 8 and what their God had done for them 2â— and adviseth not to meddle with them 22 All that heard him were offended at him THen was it declared to Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur that the children of Israel had prepared for war and had shut up the passages of the hill-countrey and had fortified †Gr. all the top all the tops of the high
entred into the house from the people his disciples asked him concerning the parable 18 And he saith unto them Are ye so without understanding also Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from without entreth into the man it cannot defile him 19 Because it entreth not into his heart but into the belly and goeth out into the draught purging all meats 20 And he said That which cometh out of the man that defileth the man 21 * Gen. 6.5 8.21 Mat. 15.19 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts adulteries fornications murders 22 Thefts coveteousness wickedness deceit lasciviousness an evil eye blasphemy pride foolishness 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man 24 ¶ * Mat. 15.21 And from thence he arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entred into an house and would have no man know it but he could not be hid 25 For a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell at his feet 26 The woman was a ‖ Or Gentile Greek a Syrophenician by nation and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter 27 But Jesus said unto her Let the children first be filled for it is not meet to take the childrens bread and to cast it unto the dogs 28 And she answered and said unto him Yes Lord yet the dogs under the table eat of the childrens crumbs 29 And he said unto her For this saying go thy way the devil is gone out of thy daughter 30 And when she was come to her house she found the devil gone out and her daughter laid upon the bed 31 ¶ And again departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon he came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf and had an impediment in his speech and they beseech him to put his hand upon him 33 And he took him aside from the multitude and put his fingers into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue 34 And looking up to heaven he sighed and saith unto him Ephphatha that is Be opened 35 And straightway his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spake plain 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man but the more he charged them so much the more a great deal they published it 37 And were beyond measure astonished saying He hath done all things well he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak CHAP. VIII 1 Christ feedeth the people miraculously 10 refuseth to give a signe to the Pharisees 14 admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisâ—es and of the leaven of Herod 22 giveth a blinde man his sight 27 acknowledgeth that he is the Christ who should suffer and rise again 34 and exhorteth to patience in persecution for the profession of the gospel IN those days * Mat. â—5 32 the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat Jesus called his disciples unto him and saith unto them 2 I have compassion on the multitude because they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat 3 And if I send them away â—aâ—ing to their own houses they will faint by the way for divers of them came from far 4 And his disciples answered him From whence can a man satisfie these men with bread here in the wilderness 5 And he asked them How many loaves have ye And they said Seven 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground and he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and brake and gave to his disciples to set before them and they did set them before the people 7 And they had a few small fishes and he blessed and commanded to set them also before them 8 So they did eat and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand and he sent them away 10 ¶ And straightway he entred into a ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha 11 * Mat. 16.1 And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him seeking of him a signe from heaven tempting him 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and saith Why doth this generation seek after a signe verily I say unto you There shall no signe be given to this generation 13 And he left them and entring into the ship again departed to the other side 14 ¶ * Mat. 16.5 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread neither had they in the ship with them more then one loaf 15 And he charged them saying Take heed beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod 16 And they reasoned among themselves saying It is * Mat. 16.7 because we have no bread 17 And when Jesus knew it he saith unto them Why reason ye because ye have no bread â— perceive ye not yet neither understand have ye your heart yet hardned 18 Having eyes see ye not and having ears hear ye not and do ye not remember 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand how many baskets full of fragments took ye up they say unto him Twelve 20 And when the seven among four thousand how many baskets full of fragments took ye up And they said Seven 21 And he said unto them How is it that ye do not understand 22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida and they bring a blinde man unto him and besought him to touch him 23 And he took the blinde man by the hand and led him out of the town and when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands upon him he asked him if he saw ought 24 And he looked up and said I see men as trees walking 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes and made him look up and he was restored and saw every man clearly 26 And he sent him away to his house saying Neither go into the town nor tell it to any in the town 27 ¶ * Mat. â—â— 13 And Jesus went out and his disciples into the towns of Cesarea Philippi and by the way he asked his disciples saying unto them Whom do men say that I am 28 And they answered John the Baptist but some say Elias and others One of the prophets 29 And he saith unto them But whom say ye that I am And Peter answereth and saith unto him Thou art the Christ 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and scribes and be killed and after three days rise again 32 And he spake that saying openly And Peter took him and began
supper and preacheth 9 Eutychus having faln down dead 10 is raised to life 17 At Miletus he calleth the elders together telleth them what shall befal to himself 28 committeth Gods flock to them 29 warneth them of false teachers 22 commendeth them to God 36 prayeth with them and goeth his way ANd after the uproar was ceased Paul called unto him the disciples and embraced them and departed for to go into Macedonia 2 And when he had gone over those parts and had given them much exhortation he came into Greece 3 And there abode three moneths when the Jews laid wait for him as he was about to sail into Syria he purposed to return through Macedonia 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea and of the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus and Gaius of Derbe and Timotheus and of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread and came unto them to Troas in five days where we abode seven days 7 And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together * Chap. 2.45 to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech until midnight 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus being faln into a deep sleep and as Paul was long preaching he sunk down with sleep fell down from the third loft was taken up dead 10 And Paul went down and fell on him and embracing him said Trouble not your selves for his life is in him 11 When he therefore was come up again and had broken bread eaten and talked a long while even till break of day so he departed 12 And they brought the young man alive and were not a little comforted 13 ¶ And we went before to ship and sailed unto Assos there intending to take in Paul for so had he appointed minding himself to go a foot 14 And when he met with us at Assos we took him in and came to Mytilene 15 And we sailed thence and came the next day over against Chios and the next day we arrived at Samos and tarried at Trogyllium and the next day we came to Miletus 16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus because he would not spend the time in Asia for he halted if it were possible for him to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost 17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church 18 And when they were come to him he said unto them Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of minde with many tears and temptations which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews 20 And how I kept back nothing the was profitable unto you but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house 21 Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ 22 And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall befal me there 23 Save that the holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying that bonds and afflictions ‖ Or wait for me abide me 24 But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministery which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the gospel of the grace of God 25 And now behold I know that ye all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God shall see my face no more 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the bloud of all men 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God 28 ¶ Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the church of God which he hath purchased with his own bloud 29 For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them 31 Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears 32 And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified 33 I have coveted no mans silver or gold or apparel 34 Yea you yourselves know * 1 Cor. 4.12 1 Thes 2.9 2 Thes 2.8 that these hands have ministred unto my necessities and to them that were with me 35 I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give then to receive 36 ¶ And when he had thus spoken he kneeled down and prayed with them all 37 And they all wept sore and fell on Pauls neck and kissed him 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake that they should see his face no more And they accompanied him unto the ship CHAP. XXI Paul will not by any means be disswaded from going to Jerusalem 9 Philips daughters prophetesses 17 Paul cometh to Jerusalem 27 where he is apprehended and in great danger 31 but by the chief captain is rescued and permitted to speak to the people ANd it came to pass that after we were gotten from them and had lauched we came with a straight course unto â—oâ—s and the day following unto Rhodes and from thence unto Patara 2 And finding a ship salling over unto Phenicia we went aboard and set forth 3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it on the left hand and sailed into Syria and landed at Tyre for there the ship was to unlade her burden 4 And finding disciples we tarried there seven days who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem 5 And when we had accomplished those days we departed and went our way and they all brought us on our way with wives and children till we were out of the city we kneeled down on the shore prayed 6 And when we had taken our leave one of another we took ship and they returned home again 7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre we came to Ptolemais and sluted the brethren and abode with them one day 8 And the next day we that were of Pauls company departed and came unto Cesarea and we entred into the house of Philip the evangelist * Chaâ—