set upon thy throne 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion he hath desired it for his habitation 14 This is my rest for ever here will I dwell for I have desired it 15 I will ‖ Or surely abundantly bless her provision I will satifie her poor with bread 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation and her saints shall shout aloud for joy 17 * Lu. 1 69 There will I make the horn of David to bud I have ordained a ‖ Or candle lamp for mine anointed 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame but upon himself shall-his crown flourish PSAL. CXXXIII The benefit of the communion of saints ¶ A song of degrees of David BEhold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell †Heb. even together together in unity 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard even Aarons beard that went down to the skirts of his garments 3 As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the LORD commanded the blessing even life for evermore PSAL. CXXXIV An exhortation to bless God ¶ A song of degrees BEhold bless ye the LORD all ye servants of the LORD which b◠night stand in the house of the LORD 2 Lift up your hands ‖ Or in holiness in the sanctuary and bless the LORD 3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion PSAL. CXXXV An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 for his power 8 for his judgements 15 The vanity of idols 19 An exhortation to bless God PRaise ye the LORD praise ye the name of the LORD praise him O ye servant of the LORD 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD in the courts of the house of our God 3 Praise ye the LORD for the LORD is good sing praises unto his name for it is pleasant 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his peculiar treasure 5 For I know that the LORD is great that our Lord is above all gods 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the seas and all deep places 7 * Jer. 10.13 He causeth the vapour to ascend from the ends of the earth he maketh lightnings for the rain the bringeth the wind out of his treasuries 8 * Ex. 12.29 Who smote the first-born of Egypt †Heb. from man unto beast both of man and beast 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee O Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants 10 * Num. 21.24 25 26 34 35. Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan and all the kingdoms of Canaan 12 * Jol. 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage an heritage unto Israel his people 13 Thy name O LORD endureth for ever and thy memorial O LORD †Heb. to generation and generation throughout all generations 14 For the LORD will judge his people and he will repent himself concerning his servants 15 * Ps 115.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold the work of mens hands 16 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 17 They have ears but they hear not neither is there any breath in their mouths 18 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 19 Bless the LORD O house of Israel bless the LORD O house of Aaron 20 Bless the LORD O house of Levi ye that scar the LORD bless the LORD 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion which dwelleth at Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXXXVI An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies O * Ps 106.1 107.1 118.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever 5 * Gen. 1.1 To him that by wisdom made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever 6 * Gen. 1.9 Jer. 10.12 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever 7 * Gen. 1.14 To him that made great lights for his mercy endureth for ever 8 The sun †Heb. for the rulings by day to rule by day for his mercy endureth for ever 9 The moon stars to rule by night for his mercy endureth for ever 10 * Ex. 12.29 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born for his mercy endureth for ever 11 * Ex. 13.17 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever 12 With a strong hand and with a stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever 13 * Ex. 14.21 22. To him which divided the Red sea into parts for his mercy endureth for ever 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it for his mercy endureth for ever 15 * Ex. 14.28 But †Heb. shaked off overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea for his mercy endureth for ever 16 * Ex. 15.22 To him which led his people through the wilderness for his mercy endureth for ever 17 To him which smote great kings for his mercy endureth for ever 18 * Deu. 29.7 Ps 135.10 12. And slew famous kings for his mercy endureth for ever 19 * Nu. 21.23 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever 20 * Nu. 21.33 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for ever 21 * Jos 12.7 And gave their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever 22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant for his mercy endureth for ever 23 Who remembred us in our low estate for his mercy endureth for ever 24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever 25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven for his mercy endureth for ever PSAL. CXXXVII The constancy of the Jews in captivity 7 The prophet curseth Edom and Babel BY the rivers of Babylon there we sat down yea we wept when we remembred Zion 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us †Heb. the words of a song a song and they that †Heb. laid us on heaps wasted us required of us mirth saying Sing us one of the songs of Zion
and there was not one feeble person among their tribes 38 * Ex. 12.33 Egypt was glad when they departed for the fear of them fell upon them 39 * Ex. 13.21 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night 40 * Ex. 16.12 c. The people asked and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven 41 * Ex. â—â— 6 Nu. 20.11 1 Cor. 10.4 He opened the rock and the waters gushed out they ran in the dry places like a river 42 For he remembred his holy promise and Abraham his servant 43 And he brought forth his people with joy and â—is câ—osen with †Heb. singing gladness 44 * Deut. 6.10 11. Jos 3.17 And gave them the lands of the heathen and they inherited the labour of the people 45 That they might observe his statutes and keep his laws Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CVI. 1 The psalmist exhorteth to praise God 4 He prayeth for pardon of sin as God did with the fathers 7 The story of the peoples rebellion and Gods mercy 47 He concludeth with prayer and praise †Heb. Hallelujab PRaise ye the LORD O * Ps 107.1 118.1 136. â— give thanks unto the LORD for be is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD who can shew forth all his praise 3 Blessed are they that keep judgement and he that doeth righteousness at all times 4 Remember me O LORD with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people O visit me with thy salvation 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoyce in the gladness of thy nation that I may glory with thine inheritance 6 We have sinned with our fathers we have committed iniquity we have done wickedly 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt they remembred not the multitude of thy mercies * Exod. 14.11 12. but provoked him at the sea even at the Red sea 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his names sake that he might make his mighty power to be known 9 He rebuked the Red sea also and it was dried up so he led them through the depths as through the wilderness 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy 11 * Exod. 14.27 15.5 And the waters covered their enemies there was not one of them left 12 * Exod. 14.31 15.1 Then beleeved they his words they sang his praise 13 * Exod. 15.24 17.2 †Heb. they made haste they forgat They soon forgat his works they waited not for his counsel 14 * Numb 11.4 1 Cor. 10.6 But †Heb. lusted a lust lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted God in the desert 15 * Numb 11.31 And he gave them their request but sent leanness into their soul 16 * Num. 16.1 c. They envied Moses also in the camp and Aaron the saint of the LORD 17 * Num. 16.31 Deut. 11.6 The earth opened and swallowed up Datham and covered the company of Abiram 18 * Num. 16.35 46. And a fire was kindled in their company the flame burnt up the wicked 19 * Exod. 32.4 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass 21 They forgat God their saviour which had done great things in Egypt 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham and terrible things by the Red sea 23 * Exod. 32.10 Therefore he said that he would destroy them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them 24 Yea they despised †Heb. a land of dâ—sirâ— the pleasant land they beleeved not his word 25 * Numb 14.2 But murmured in their tents and hearkned not unto the voice of the LORD 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them to overthrow them in the wilderness 27 †Heb. to make them fall To overthrow their seed also among the nations and to scatter them in the lands 28 * Numb 25.3 They joyned themselves also unto Baal-peor and ate the sacrifices of the dead 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions and the plague brake in upon them 30 * Numb 25.7 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgement and so the plague wâ—â— stayed 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore 32 * Numb 20.13 They angred him also at the waters of strife so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes 33 Because they provoked his spirit so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips 34 They did not destroy the nations * Deut. 7.2 concerning whom the LORD commanded them 35 * Judg. 1.21 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works 36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them 37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils 38 And shed innocent bloud even the bloud of their sons and of their daughters whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan and the land was polluted with bloud 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them ruled over them 42 Their enemies also oppressed them and they were brought into subjection under their hand 43 * Judg. 2.16 Many times did he deliver them but they provoked him with their counsel and were ‖ Or impoverished or weakned brought low for their iniquity 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry 45 * Deut. 30.3 And he remembred for them his covenant and repented according to the multitude of his mercies 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives 47 Save us O LORD our God and gather us from among the heathen to give thanks unto thy holy name and to triumph in thy praise 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting and let all the people say Amen Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CVII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed in praising God to observe his manifold providence 4 over travellers 10 over captives 17 over sick men 23 over sea-men 33 and in divers varieties of life O * Psal 106.1 118.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3 And gathered them out of the lands from the east and from the west from the north and †Heb. 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
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah which they have done to provoke me to anger they their kings their princes their priests and their prophets and the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 33 And they have turned unto me the †Heb. neck * Chap. 2.27 back and not the face though I taught them rising up early and teaching them yet they have not hearkned to receive instruction 34 But they * Chap. 23.11 set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to defile it 35 And they built the high places of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom to * Chap. 7.31 19.5 cause their sons and their daughters to paâ—s through the fire unto * Levit. 18.21 Molech which I commanded them not neither came it into my minde that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin 36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning this city whereof ye say It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 37 Behold I will * Deut. 30.3 gather them out of all countreys whither I have driven them in mine anger and in my fury and in great wrath and I will bring them again unto this place and I will cause them to dwell safely 38 And they shall be * Chap. 24.7 and 30.22 31.33 my people and I will be their God 39 And I will * Ezek. 11.19 give them one heart and one way that they may fear me †Heb. all days for ever for the good of them and of their children after them 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away †Heb. from after them from them to do them good but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me 41 Yea I will rejoyce over them to do them good and I will plant them in this land †Heb. in truth or stability assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul 42 For thus saith the LORD Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them 43 And fields shall be bought in this land whereof ye say It is desolate without man or beast it is given into the hand of the Caldeans 44 Men shall buy fields for money and subscribe evidences and seal them and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah and in the cities of the mountains and in the cities of the valley and in the cities of the south for I will cause their captivity to return saith the LORD CHAP. XXXIII 1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return 9 a joyful state 12 a setled government 15 Christ the branch of righteousness 17 a continuance of kingdom and priesthood 20 and a stability of a blessed seed MOreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time while he was yet * Chap. 32 2.3 shut up in the court of the prison saying 2 Thus saith the LORD the * Isa 37.26 maker thereof the LORD that formed it to establish it the LORD is his name 3 Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and ‖ Or hidden mighty things which thou knowest not 4 For thus saith the LORD the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are thrown down by the mounts and by the sword 5 They come to fight with the Caldeans but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city 6 Behold I will bring it health and cure and I will cure them and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth 7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return and will build them as at the first 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against me and I will * Chap. 31.34 Mic. 7.18 pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against me 9 ¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy a praise an honour before all the nations of the earth which shall hear all the good that I do unto them and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it 10 Thus saith the LORD Again there shall be heard in this place which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate without man and without inhabitant and without beast 11 The * Chap. 7.34 16.9 voice of joy and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride the voice of them that shall say Praise the LORD of hosts for the LORD is good for his mercy endureth for ever and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD for I will cause to return the captivity of the land as at the first saith the LORD 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Again in this place which is desolate without man and without beast and in all the cities thereof shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down 13 In the cities of the mountains in the cities of the vale and in the cities of the south and in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them saith the LORD 14 Behold the days come saith the LORD that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah 15 ¶ In those days and at that time will I cause the * Isa 11.1 4.2 Chap. 23.5 branch of righteousness to grow up unto David and he shall execute judgement and righteousness in the land 16 In those days shall Judah be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely and this is the name wherewith she shall be called †Heb. Jehovah-tsidkenu the LORD our righteousness 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD †Heb. There shall not be cut off from David David shall never * 2 Sam. 7.16 1 Kings 2.4 want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings and to kindle meat-offerings and to do sacrifice continually 19 ¶ And the word of the LORD
hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him 6 ¶ And Sarah said God hath made me to laugh so that all that hear will laugh with me 7 And she said Who would have said unto Abraham that Sarah should have given children suck for I have born him a son in his old age 8 And the childe grew and was weaned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned 9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian which she had born unto Abraham mocking 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham * Gal. 4.30 Cast out this bond-woman and her son for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son even with Isaac 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abrahams sight because of his son 12 ¶ And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy bond-woman in all that Sarah hath said unto thee hearken unto her voice for in Isaac shall thy seed be called 13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation because he is thy seed 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave it unto Hagar putting it on her shoulder and the childe and sent her away and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba 15 And the water was spent in the bottle and she cast the childe under one of the shrubs 16 And she went and sat her down over against him a good way off as it were a bowe-shot for she said Let me not see the death of the childe And she sat over against him and lift up her voice and wept 17 And God heard the voice of the lad and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her What aileth thee Hagar fear not for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is 18 Arise lift up the lad and hold him in thine hand for I will make him a great nation 19 And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water and she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the lad drink 20 And God was with the lad and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt 22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phicol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham saying God is with thee in all that thou doest 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God †Heb. if thou shalt lie unto 〈◊〉 that thou wilt not deal falsly with me nor with my son nor with my sons son but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee thou shalt do unto me and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned 24 And Abraham said I will swear 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelechs servants had violently taken away 26 And Abimelech said I wot not who hath done this thing neither didst thou tell me neither yet heard I of it but to day 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto Abimelech and both of them made a covenant 28 And Abraham set seven ew-lambs of the flock by themselves 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham What mean these seven ew-lambs which thou hast set by themselves 30 And he said For these seven ew-lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well 31 Wherefore he called that place ‖ That is the well of the oath Beer-sheba because there they sware both of them 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba then Abimelech rose up and Phicol the chief captain of his host and they returned into the land of the Philistines 33 ¶ And Abraham planted a ‖ Or tree grove in Beer-sheba and called there on the name of the LORD the everlasting God 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines land many days CHAP. XXII 1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac 3 He giveth proof of his faith and obedience 11 The angel stayeth him 13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram 14 The place is called Jehovah jireh 15 Abraham is blessed again 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah ANd it came to pass after these things that * Heb. 11.17 God did tempt Abraham and said unto him Abraham And he said †Heb. Behold me Behold here I am 2 And he said Take now thy son thine onely son Isaac whom thou lovest and get thee into the land of Morâ—ah and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountain which I will tell thee of 3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning and sadled his ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son and clave the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went unto the place of which God had told him 4 Then on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes and saw the place afar off 5 And Abraham said unto his young men Abide you here with the ass â—nd I and the lad will go yonder and worship come again to you 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering and said it upon Isaac his son and he took the fire in his hand and a knife and they went both of them together 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father and said My father and he said †Heb. Behold me Here am I my son And he said Behold the fire and the wood but where is the ‖ Or kid lamb for a burnt offering 8 And Abraham said My son God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering so they went both of them together 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of and Abraham built an altar there and said the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and * â—ames 2 21. said him on the altar upon the wood 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son 11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven and said Abraham Abraham And he said Here am I. 12 And he said Lay not thine hand upon the lad neither do thou any thing unto him for now I know that thou fearest God seeing thou hast not withheld thy son thine onely son from me 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold behinde him a ram caught in a thicket by his horne And Abraham went and took the rain and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son 14 And Abraham called the name of the place ‖ That is the LORD will see or provide Jehovah-jireh as it is said to this day In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen 15 ¶ And the angel of the
LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time 16 And said * Ps 105.9 Ecclus 44 21. Luke 1.72 Heb. 6.13 By my self have I sworn saith the LORD for because thou hast done this thing hast not withheld thy son thine onely son 17 That in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea †Heb. lip shore and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies 18 * Chap. 12.3 18.18 Ecclus 44.22 Act. 3.25 Galat. 3.8 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voice 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that it was told Abraham saying Behold Milcah she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor 21 Huz his first-born and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram 22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and â—idlaph and Bethuel 23 And Bethuel begat * Called Rom. 9.10 Rebecca Rebekah these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor Abrahams brother 24 And his concubine whose name was Reumah she bare also Tebah and Gaham and Thahath and Maachah CHAP. XXIII 1 The age and death of Sarah 3 The purchase of Machpelah 19 where Sarah was buried ANd Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old these were the years of the life of Sarah 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah to weep for her 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto the sons of Heth saying 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a possession of a burying place with you that I may bury my dead out of my sight 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham saying unto him 6 Hear us my lord thou art †Heb. a prince of God a mighty prince amongst us in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre but that thou mayest bury thy dead 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your minde that I should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he hath which is in the end of his field for †Heb. full money as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burying-place amongst you 10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the †Heb. ears audience of the children of Heth eveâ— of all that went in at the gates of his city saying 11 Nay my lord hear me the field give I thee and the cave that is therein I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee bury thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land saying But if thou wilt give it I pray thee hear me I will give thee money for the field take it of me and I will bury my dead there 14 And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him 15 My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver what is that betwixt me thee bury therefore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkned unto Ephron and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver currant money with 〈◊〉 merchant 17 ¶ And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah which was before Maâ—ure the field and the cave which was therein and all the trees that were in the field that were in all the borders round about were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth before all that went in at the gate of his city 19 And after this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan 20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV 1 Abraham sweareth his servant 10 The servants journey 12 His prayer 14 His signe 15 Rebekah meetech him 18 fulfilleth his signe 22 receiveth jenwels 23 sheweth her kindred 25 and inviteth him home 26 The servant blesseth God 29 Laban entertaineth him 34 The servant sheweth his message 50 Laban and Bethuel approve it 58 Rebekah consenteth to go 62 Isaac meeteth her ANd Abraham was old and †Heb. â—one into days well stricken in age and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house that ruled over all that he had * Chap. 47.29 Put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD the God of heaven and the God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell 4 But thou shalt go unto my countrey and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac 5 And the servant said unto him Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest 6 And Abraham said unto him Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven which took me from my fathers house and from the land of my kindred and which spake unto me and that sware unto me saying * Chap. 12.7 13.15 15.18 25.4 Unto thy seed will I give this land he shall send his angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee then thou shalt be clear from this my oath onely bring not my son thither again 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and sware to him concerning that matter 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master and departed ‖ Or and. for all the good of his master were in his hand and he arose and went to Mesopotamia unto the city of Nahor 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening even the time †Heb. that women which draw water go forth that women go out to draw water
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him and said Go not down into Egypt dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of 3 Sojourn in this land and I will be with thee and will bless thee for unto thee and unto thy seed * Chap. 13.15 15.18 I will give all these countreys and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and will give unto thy seed all these countreys and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be * Chap. 12.3 22.18 blessed 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws 6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife and he said She in my sister for he feared to say She is my wife lest said he the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah because she was â—air to look upon 8 And it came to pass when he had been there a long time that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw and behold Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife 9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said Behold of a surety she is thy wife and how saidst thou She is my sister And Isaac said unto him Because I said Lest I die for her 10 And Abimelech said What is this thou hast done unto us one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us 11 And Abimelech charged all his people saying He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land and †Heb. found received in the same year an hundred fold and the LORD blessed him 13 And the man waxed great and †Heb. went going went forward and grew until he became very great 14 For he had possession of flocks and possession of herds and great store of ‖ Or husbandry servants And the Philistines envied him 15 For all the wells which his fathers servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac Go from us for thou art much mightier then we 17 ¶ And Isaac departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them 19 And Isaacs servants digged in the valley and found there a well of †Heb. livng springing water 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaacs herdmen saying The water is ours and he called the name of the well ‖ That is contention Esek because they strove with him 21 And they digged another well and strove for that also and he called the name of it ‖ That is â—â—tred Sitnah 22 And he removed from thence and digged another well and for that they strove not and he called the name of it ‖ That is room Rehoboth and he said For now the LORD hath made room for us and we shall be fruitful in the land 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night and said I am the God of Abraham thy father fear not for I am with thee and will bless thee and multiply thy seed for my servant Abrahams sake 25 And he builded an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there there Isaacs servants digged a well 26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar and Ahuzzath one of his friends and Phichol the chief captain of his army 27 And Isaac said unto them Wherefore come ye to me seeing ye hate me and have sent me away from you 28 And they said †Heb. Seeing we saw We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee and we said Let there be now an oath betwixt us even betwixt us and thee and let us make a covenant with thee 29 †Heb. if thou shalt c. That thou wilt do us no hurt as we have not touched thee and as we have done unto thee nothing but good and have sent thee a way in peace thou art now the blessed of the LORD 30 And he made them a feast and they did eat and drink 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning and sware one to another and Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace 32 And it came to pass the same day that Isaacs servants came and told him concerning the well which they had digged and said unto him we have found water 33 And he called it ‖ That is an oath Shebah therefore the name of the city is ‖ That is the well of the oath Beer-sheba unto this day 34 ¶ And Esau was fourty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite 35 Which * Ch. 2â— 46 were †Heb. bitterness of spirit a grief of minde unto Isaac and to Rebekah CHAP. XXVII 1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison 6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing 15 Jacob under the person of Esau obtaineth it 30 Esau bringeth venison 33 Isaac trembleth 34 Esau complaineth and by importunity obtaineth a blessing 41 He threatneth Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it ANd it came to pass that when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see he called Esau his eldest son and said unto him My son And he said unto him Behold here am I. 2 And he said Behold now I am old I know not the day of my death 3 Now therefore take I pray thee thy weapons thy quiver and thy bowe and go out to the field and †Heb. hunt take me some venison 4 And make me savoury meat such as I love and bring it to me that I may eat that my soul may bless thee before I die 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison and to bring it 6 ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son saying Behold I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother saying 7 Bring me venison and make me savoury meat that I may eat and bless thee before the LORD before my death 8 Now therefore my son obey my voice according to that which I command thee 9 Go now to the flock and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats and I will make them savoury meat for thy father such as he loveth 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy
not the images 36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth and chode with Laban and Jacob answered and said to Laban What is my trespass what is my sin that thou hast so hotly pursued after me 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff what hast thou found of all thy houshold-stuff set it here before my brethren and thy brethren that they may judge betwixt us both 38 This twenty years have I been with thee thy ews and thy she-goats have not cast their young and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee I bare the loss of it of * Exod. 22.12 my hand didst thou require it whether stolen by day or stolen by night 40 Thus I was in the day the drought consumed me and the frost by night and my sleep departed from mine eyes 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy cattel and thou hast changed my wages ten times 42 Except the God of my father the God of Abraham and the fear of Isaac had been with me surely thou hadst sent me away now empty God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands and rebuked thee yesternight 43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob These daughters are my daughters and these children are my children and those cattel are my cattel and all that thou seest is mine and what can I do this day unto these my daughters or unto their children which they have born 44 Now therefore come thou let us make a covenant I and thou and let it be for a witness between me and thee 45 And Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren Gather stones and they took stones and made an heap and they did eat there upon the heap 47 And Laban called it ‖ That is the heap of witness Jegar-sahadutha but Jacob called it Galeed 48 And Laban said This heap is a witness between me and thee this day Therefore was the name of it called Galeed 49 And ‖ That is a beacon watch-tower Mizpah for he said The LORD watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters or if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters no man is with us See God is witness betwixt me and thee 51 And Laban said to Jacob Behold this heap and behold this pillar which I have cast betwixt me and thee 52 This heap be witness and this pillar be witness that I will not pass over this heap to thee and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me for harm 53 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor the God of their father judge betwixt us And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac 54 Then Jacob ‖ Or killed 〈◊〉 offered sacrifice upon the mount called his brethren to eat bread and they did eat bread and tarried all night in the mount 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them and Laban departed and returned unto his place CHAP. XXXII 1 Jacobs vision at Mahanaim 3 His message to Esau 6 He is afraid of Esaus coming 9 He prareth for his deliverance 12 He sendeth a present to Esau 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel where be is called Israel 31 He halteth ANd Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him 2 And when Jacob saw them he said This is Gods host and he called the name of that place ‖ That is two lost or caâ—ps Mahanaim 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir the †Heb. field countrey of Edom. 4 And he commanded them saying Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau Thy servant Jacob saith thus I have sojourned with Laban and stayed there until now 5 And I have oxen and asses flocks and men-servants women-servants I have sent to tell my lord that I may finde grace in thy sight 6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob saying We came to thy brother Esau also he cometh to meet thee four hundred men with him 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid distressed and he divided the people that was with him and the flocks and herds and the camels into two bands 8 And said If Esau come to the one company and smite it then the other company which is left shall escape 9 ¶ And Jacob said O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac the LORD which saidst unto me * Chap. 31.13 Return unto thy countrey and to thy kindred and I will deal well with thee 10 †Heb. I am less then all c. I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands 11 Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother from the hand of Esau for I fear him lest he will come and smite me and the mother †Heb. upon with the children 12 And thou saidst I will surely do thee good and make thy seed as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbred for multitude 13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats two hundred ews and twenty rams 15 Thirty milch-camels with their colts fourty kine and ten bulls twenty she-asses and ten soles 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants every drove by themselves and said unto his servants Pass over before me and put a space betwixt drove and drove 17 And he commanded the foremost saying When Esau my brother meeteth thee and asketh thee saying Whose art thou and whither goest thou and whose are these before thee 18 Then thou shalt say They be thy servant Jacobs it is a present sent unto my lord Esau and behold also he is behinde us 19 And so commanded he the second and the third and all that followed the droves saying On this manner shall you speak unto Esau when you finde him 20 And say ye moreover Behold thy servant Jacob is behinde us For he said I will appease him with the present that goeth before me afterward I will see his face peradventure he will accept †Heb. my face of me 21 So went the present over before him and himself lodged that night in the company 22 And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two women-servants and his eleven sons and passed over the ford Jabbok 23 And he took them and †Heb. â—â—ised to pass sent them over the brook and sent
a medow 19 And behold seven other kine came up after them poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness 20 And the lean the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine 21 And when they had †Heb. come to the inward parts of them eaten them up it could not be known that they had eaten them but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning So I awoke 22 And I saw in my dream and behold seven ears came up in one stalk full and good 23 And behold seven ears ‖ Or small withered thin and blasted with the east-wind sprung up after them 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears and I told this unto the magicians but there was none that could declare it unto me 25 ¶ And Joseâ—h said unto Pharaoh The dream of Pharaoh is one God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do 26 The seven good kine are seven years and the seven good ears are seven years the dream is one 27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years and the seven empty ears blasted with the east-wind shall be seven years of famine 28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh 29 Behold there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt 30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt and the famine shall consume the land 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following for it shall be very †Heb. â—eavy grievous 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice it is because that thing is ‖ Or prepared of God established by God God will shortly bring it to pass 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise and set him over the land of Egypt 34 Let Pharaoh do this and let him appoint ‖ Or overseers officers over the land take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh and let them keep food in the cities 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt that the land †Heb. be not cut off perish not through the famine 37 ¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants Can we finde such a one as this is a man in whom the Spirit of God is 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this there is none so discreet and wise as thou art 40 * Ps 105 2â— 1 Mac. 2.53 Act. 7.10 Thou shalt be over my house and according unto thy word shall all my people †Heb. be armed or kiss be ruled onely in the throne will I be greater then thou 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph See I have set thee over all the land of Egypt 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it upon Josephs hand and arayed him in vestures of ‖ Or silk fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had and they cried before him ‖ Or Tender father †Heb. Alrâ—ch Bow the knee and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph I am Pharaoh and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt 45 And Pharaoh called Josephs name Zaphnath-paaneah and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖ Or prince priest of On and Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt 46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities the food of the field which was round about every city laid he up in the same 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea very much until he left numbring for it was without number 50 * Ch. 46.20 48.5 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖ Or prince priest of On bare unto him 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born ‖ That is forgetting Manasseh for God said he hath made me forget all my toil and all my fathers house 52 And the name of the second called he ‖ That is fruitful Ephraim for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction 53 ¶ And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended 54 * Psal 105.16 And the seven years of dearth began to come according as Joseph had said and the dearth was in all lands but in all the land of Egypt there was bread 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians Go unto Joseph what he saith to you do 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth And Joseph opened †Heb. all wherein was all the store-houses and sold unto the Egyptians and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt 57 And all countreys came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn because that the famine was so sore in all lands CHAP. XLII 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt 6 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies 18 They are set at liberty oâ— condition to bring Benjamin 21 They have remorse for Joseph 24 Simâ—on is kept for a pledâ—e 25 They return with corn and their money 29 Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin NOw when * Act. â— 1â— Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt Jacob said unto his sons Why do ye look one upon another 2 And he said Behold I have heard that there is corn in Egypt get you down thither buy for us from thence that we may live and not die 3 ¶ And Josephs ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt 4 But Benjamin Josephs brother Jacob sent not with his brethren for he said Lest peradventure mischief befal him 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among
those that came for the famine was in the land of Canaan 6 And Joseph was the governour over the land and he it was that sold to all the people of the land and Josephs brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth 7 And Joseph saw his brethren and he knew them but made himself strange unto them and spake †Heb. â—ard things with them roughly unto them and he said unto them Whence come ye And they said from the land of Canaan to buy food 8 And Joseph knew his brethren but they knew not him 9 And Joseph * Ch. 37 5. remembred the dreams which he dreamed of them said unto them Ye are spies to see the nakedness of the land you are come 10 And they said unto him Nay my lord but to buy food are thy servants come 11 We are all one mans sons we are true men thy servants are nospâ—eâ— 12 And he said unto them Nay but to see the nakedness of the land you are come 13 And they â—aid Thy servants are twelve brethren the sons of one man in the land of Canaan and behold the youngest is this day with our father and one is not 14 And Joseph said unto them That is it that I spake unto you saying Ye are spies 15 Hereby ye shall be proved by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence except your youngest brother come hither 16 Send one of you and let him fetch your brother and ye shall be †Heb. boâ—nâ— keept in prison that your words may be proved whether there be any truth in you or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies 17 And he †Heb. gathâ—â—â—d put them all together into ward three days 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day This do and live for I fear God 19 If ye be true men let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison go ye carry corn for the famine of your houses 20 But * Chap. 43.5 bring your youngest brother unto me so shall your words be verified and ye shall not die And they did so 21 ¶ And they said one to another We are verily guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us and we would not hear therefore is this distress come upon us 22 And Reuben answered them saying * Chap. 37.21 Spake I not unto you saying Do not sin against the childe and ye would not hear therefore behold also his bloud is required 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them for †Heb. an interpreter was â—etween them he spake unto them by an interpreter 24 And he turned himself about from them and wept and returned to them again and communed with them and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes 25 ¶ Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn and to restore every mans money into his sack and to give them provision for the way and thus did he unto them 26 And they laded their asses with the corn and departed thence 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn he espied his money for behold it was in his sacks mouth 28 And he said unto his brethren My money is restored and lo it is even in my sack and their heart †Heb. went forth sailed them and they were afraid saying one to another What is this that God hath done unto us 29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan and told him all that befel unto them saying 30 The man who is the lord of the land spake †Heb. with us hard things roughly to us and took us for spies of the countrey 31 And we said unto him We are true men we are no spies 32 We be twelve brethren sons of our father one is not and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan 33 And the man the lord of the countrey said unto us Hereby shall I know that ye are true men leave one of your brethren here with me and take food for the famine of your housholds and be gone 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me then shall I know that you are no spies but that you are true men so will I deliver you your brother and ye shall traffick in the land 35 ¶ And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks that behold every mans bundle of money waâ— in his sack and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money they were afraid 36 And Jacob their father said unto them Me have ye bereaved of my children Joseph is not and Simeon is not and ye will take Benjamin away all these things are against me 37 And Reuben spake unto his father saying Slay my two sons if I bring him not to thee deliver him into my hand and I will brâ—ng him to thee again 38 And he said My son shall not go down with you for his brother is dead and he is left alone if mischief befal him by the way in the which ye go then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave CHAP. XLIII 1 Jacob is hardly perswaded to send Benjamin 15 Joseph entertaineth his brethren 31 He maketh them a feast ANd the famine was sore in the land 2 And it came to pass when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt their father said unto them Go again buy us a little food 3 And Judah spake unto him saying The man †Heb. protesting protested did solemnly protest unto us saying Ye shall not see my face except your * Chap. 42.20 brother be with you 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us we will go down and buy thee food 5 But if thou wilt not send him we will not go down for the man said unto us Ye shall not see my face except your brother be with you 6 And Israel said Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother 7 And they said The man †Heb. asking asked us asked us straitly of our state and of our kindred saying Is your father yet alive have ye another brother and we told him according to the †Heb. mâ—uth tenour of these words †Heb. knowing could we know Could we certainly know that he would say Bring your brother down 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father Send the lad with me and we will arise and go that we may live and not die both we and thou and also our little ones 9 I will be surety for him of my hand shalt thou require him * Chap. 44.32 If I bring him not unto thee and set him before thee then let me bear the blame for ever 10 For except we had
lingred surely now we had returned ‖ Or twice by this this second time 11 And their father Israel said unto them If it must be so now do this take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels and carry down the man a present a little balm and a little honey spices and myrrh nuts and almonds 12 And take double money in your hand and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your â—acks carry it again in your hand peradventure it was an oversight 13 Take also your brother and arise go again unto the man 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin ‖ Or and 〈◊〉 have 〈◊〉 c. If I be bereaved of my childreâ— I am bereaved 15 ¶ And the men took that present and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin and rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them he said to the ruler of his house Bring these men home and †Heb. kill a killing slay and make ready for these men shall †Heb. eat dine with me at noon 17 And the man did as Joseph bad and the man brought the men into Josephs house 18 And the men were afraid because they were brought into Josephs house and they said Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in that he may †Heb. roll himself upon us seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for bond-men and our asses 19 And they came near to the steward of Josephs house and they communed with him at the door of the house 20 And said O sir * Chap. 42.3 †Heb. coming down we came down we came indeed down at the first time to buy food 21 And it came to pass when we came to the inn that we opened our sacks and behold every mans money was in the mouth of his sack our money in full weight and we have brought it again in our hand 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks 23 And he said Peace be to you fear not your God and the God of your father hath given you treasure in your sacks †Heb. your money came to me I had your money And he brought Simeon out unto them 24 And the man brought the men into Josephs house and * Chap. 18.4 24.32 gave them water and they washed their feet and he gave their asses provender 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon for they heard that they should eat bread there 26 ¶ And when Joseph came home they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house and bowed themselves to him to the earth 27 And he asked them of their †Heb. peace welfare and said †Heb. Is there peace to your father Is your father well the old man of whom ye spake Is he yet alive 28 And they answered Thy servant our father is in good health he is yet alive and they bowed down their heads and made obeisance 29 And he lift up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin his mothers son and said Is this your younger brother of whom ye spake unto me And he said God be gracious unto thee my son 30 And Joseph made haste for his bowels did yern upon his brother and he sought where to weep and he entred into his chamber and wept there 31 And he washed his face and went out and refrained himself and said Set on bread 32 And they set on for him by himself and for them by themselves and for the Egyptians which did eat with him by themselves because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians 33 And they sat before him the first-born according to his birth-right and the youngest according to his youth and the men marvelled one at another 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him but Benjamins mess was five times so much as any of theirs And they drank and †Heb. drank largely were merry with him CHAP. XLIV 1 Josephs policy to slay his brethren 14 Judahs humble supplication to Joseph ANd he commanded †Heb. him that was over his house the steward of his house saying Fill the mens sacks with food as much as they can carry and put every mans money in his sacks mouth 2 And put my cup the silver cup in the sacks mouth of the youngest and his corn-money and he dâ—d according to the word that Joseph had spoken 3 As soon as the morning was light the men were sent away they and their asses 4 And when they were gone out of the city and not yet far off Joseph said unto his steward Up follow after the men when thou dost overtake them say unto them wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh and whereby indeed he ‖ Or maketh trial divineth ye have done evil in so doing 6 ¶ And he overtook them and he spake unto them these same words 7 And they said unto him Wherefore saith my lord these words God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing 8 Behold the money which we found in our sacks mouths we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan how then should we steal out of thy lords house silver or gold 9 With whom soever of thy servants it be found both let him die and we also will be my lords bond-men 10 And he said Now also let it be according unto your words he with whom it is found shall be my servant and ye shall be blameless 11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground and opened every man his sack 12 And he searched and began at the eldest and left at the youngest and the cup was found in Benjamins sack 13 Then they rent their clothes and laded every man his ass and returned to the city 14 ¶ And Judah and his brethren came to Josephs house for he was yet there and they fell before him on the ground 15 And Joseph said unto them What deed is this that ye have done wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly ‖ Or make trial divine 16 And Judah said What shall we say unto my lord what shall we speak or how shall we clear our selves God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants behold we are my lords servants both we and he also with whom the cup is found 17 And he said God forbid that I should do so but the man in whose hand the cup is found he shall be my servant and as for you get you up in peace unto
land of Egypt And †Heb. 〈◊〉 Jacobs heart fainted for he beleeved them not 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him the spirit of Jacob their father revived 28 And Israel saâ—d It is enough Joseph my son is yet alive I will go and see him before I die CHAP. XLVI 1 Jacob is comfoâ—â—ted by God at Beer-sheba 5 Thence he with his company goeth into Egypt 8 Tâ—â— number of his family that went into Egypt 28 Joseph mâ—â—tetâ— Jacob. 31 He instructeth his brethren how to answer 〈◊〉 Pharaoh ANd Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night and said Jacob Jacob And he said Here am I. 3 And he said I am God the God of thy father fear not to go down into Egypt for I will there make of thee a great nation 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt and I will also surely bring thee up again and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him 6 And they took their cattel and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt * Josh 24.4 Ps â—â—5 23 Isa 52.4 Jacob and all his seed with him 7 His sons and his sons sons with him his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt 8 ¶ And * Exod. 1.1 6.14 these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt Jacob and his sons * Num. 26.5 1 Chro. 5.1 Reuben Jacobs first-born 9 And the sons of Reuben Hanoch Phallu and Hezron and Carmi. 10 ¶ And * Exo. 6.15 1 Chr. 4.24 the sons of Simeon Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitâ—sh woman 11 ¶ And the sons of * 1 Chro. 6.1 Levi Gershon Kohath and Merari 12 ¶ And the sons of * 1 Chro. 2. â— 4.21 Chap. 38.3 Judah Er and Onan and Shelah and Pharez and Zerah But Er and Onan died in the land or Canaan And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul 13 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.1 And the sons of Issachar Tola and Phuvah and Job and Shimron 14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun Sered and Elon and Jahleel 15 These be the sons of Leah which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram with his daughter Dinah all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three 16 ¶ And the sons of Gad Ziphion and Haggai Shuni and Ezbon Eri and Arodi and Areli 17 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.30 And the sons of Asher Jimnah and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah and Serah their sister And the sons of Beriah Heber and Malchiel 18 These are the sons of Zilpah whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter and these she bare unto Jacob even sixteen souls 19 The sons of Rachel Jacobs wife Joseph and Benjamin 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim * Ch. 41 50. which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah ‖ Or prince priest of On bare unto him 21 ¶ * 1 Chro. 7.6 8.1 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah and Becher and Ashbel Gerah and Naaman Ehi and Rosh Muppim and Huppim and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel which were born to Jacob all the souls were fourteen 23 ¶ And the sons of Dan Hushim 24 And the sons of Naphtali Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer Shillem 25 These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter and she bare these unto Jacob all the souls were seven 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his †Heb. thigh loyns besides Jacobs sons wives all the souls were threescore and six 27 And the sons of Joseph which were born him in Egypt were two souls * Deut. 10.22 all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt were threescore and ten 28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph to direct his face unto Goshen and they came into the land of Goshen 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father to Goshen and presented himself unto him and he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while 30 And Israel said unto Joseph Now let me die since I have seen thy face because thou art yet alive 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his fathers house I will go up and shew Pharaoh and say unto him My brethren and my fathers house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me 32 And the men are shepherds for †Heb. they are men of cattel their trade hath been to feed cattel and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have 33 And it shall come to pass when Pharaoh shall call you and shall say What is your occupation 34 That ye shall say Thy servants trade hath been about cattel from our youth even until now both we and also our fathers that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians CHAP. XLVII 1 Joseph presenteth five of his brethren 7 and his father before Pharaoh 11 He giveth them habitation and maintenance 13 He getteth all the Egyptians money 16 their cattel 18 their lands to Pharaoh 22 The priests land was not bought 23 He letteth the land to them for a fifth part 28 Jacobs age 29 He sweareth Joseph to bury him with his fathers THen Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said My father and my brethren and their flocks and their herd and all that they have are come out of the land of Canaan and behold they are in the land of Goshen 2 And he took some of his brethren even five men and presented them unto Pharaoh 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said unto Pharaoh Thy servants are shepherds both we and also our fathers 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh For to sojourn in the land are we come for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks for the â—â—mine is sore in the land of Canaan now therefore we pray thee let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph saying Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee 6 The land of Egypt is before thee in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell in the land of Goshen let them dwell and it thou knowest any man of activity amongst them then
make them rulers over my cattel 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh and Jacob blessed Pharaoh 8 And Pharaoh said unâ—o Jacob †Heb. How manâ— are the 〈◊〉 of the â—â—ars of thy life How old art thou 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh †Heb. 1â— 9 13. The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years few and evil have the dayâ— of the years of my liâ—e been and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from before Pharaoh 11 ¶ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt in the best of the land in the land of Rameses as Pharaoh had commanded 12 And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren and all his fathers houshold with bread ‖ Or as a little childe is nourished †Heb. according to the little ones according to their families 13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land for the famine was very sore so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan sainted by reason of the famine 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the corn which they bought and Joseph brought the money into Pharaohs house 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said Give us bread for why should we die in thy presence for the money faileth 16 And Joseph said Give your cattel and I will give you for your cattel if money fail 17 And they brought their cattel unto Joseph and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses and for the flocks and for the cattel of the herds and for the asses and he †Heb. led them sed them with bread for all their cattel for that year 18 When that year was ended they came unto him the second year and said unto him We will hot hide it from my lord how that our money is spent my lord also hath our herds of cattel there is not ought left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes both we and our land buy us and our land for bread and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed that we may live and not die that the land be not desolate 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh for the Egyptians sold every man his field because the famine prevailed over them so the land became Pharaohs 21 And as for the people he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof 22 Onely the land of the ‖ Or princes priests bought he not for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them wherefore they sold not their lands 23 Then Joseph said unto the people Behold I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh so here is seed for you and ye shall sow the land 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase that you shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh and four parts shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for them of your housholds and for food for your little ones 25 And they said Thou hast saved our lives let us finde grace in the sight of my lord and we will be Pharaohs servants 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day that Pharaoh should have the fifth part except the land of the ‖ Or princes priests onely which became not Pharaohs 27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt in the countrey of Goshen and they had possessions therein and grew and multiplyed exceedingly 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years so †Heb. the days of the years of his life the whole age of Jacob was an hundred fourty and seven years 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die and he called his son Joseph and said unto him If now I have found grace in thy sight * Ch. 24.2 put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me bury me not I pray thee in Egypt 30 But I will he with my fathers and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying-place And he said I will do as thou hast said 31 And he said Swear unto me And he sware unto him And * Hebr. 31.21 Israel bowed himself upon the beds head CHAP. XLVIII 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father 2 Jacob strengtheneth himself to bless them 3 He repeateth the promise 5 He taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his own 7 He telleth Joseph of his mothers grave 9 He blesseth Echraim and Manasseb 17 He preferreth the younger before the older 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan ANd it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph Behold thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim 2 And one told Jacob and said Behold thy son Joseph cometh unto thee and Israel strengthned himself and sat upon the bed 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph God almighty appeared unto me at * Ch. 28.13 〈◊〉 35.6 Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me 4 And said unto me Behold I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee and I will make of thee a multitude of people and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession 5 ¶ and now thy * Ch. 41.50 Jos 13.7 two sons Ephraim and Manasseh which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt are mine as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine 6 And thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance 7 And as for me when I came from Padan * Ch. 35.19 Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way when yet thâ—ee was but a little way to come unto Ephrath and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath the same is Beth lehem 8 And Israel beheld Josephs sons and said Who are these 9 And Joseph said unto his father They are my sons whom God hath given me in this place And he said Bring them I pray thee unto me and I will bless them 10 Now the eyes of Israel were †Heb. heavy dim for age so that he could not see And he brought them near unto him and he kissed them and embraced them 11 And Israel said unto Joseph I had not thought to see thy face and
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
therefore and I will send thee unto Pharaoh that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt 11 ¶ And Moses sad unto God Who am I that I should go unto Pharaoh and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt 12 And he said Certainly I will be with thee and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt ye shall serve God upon this mountain 13 And Moses said unto God Behold when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me What is his name What shall I say unto them 14 And God said unto Moses I AM THAT I AM And he said Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel I AM hath sent uâ— unto you 15 And God said moreover unto Moses Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel The LORD God of your fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath sent me unto you this is my name for ever and this is my memorial unto all generations 16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say unto them The LORD God of your fathers the God of Abraham of Isaac and of Jacob appeared unto me saying I have surely visited you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt 17 And I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzâ—tes and the Hivites and the Jebusites unto a land slowing with milk and honey 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice and thou shalt come thou and the elders of Israel unto the king of Egypt and you shall say unto him The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us and now let us go we beseech thee three days journey into the wilderness that we may sacritice to the LORD our God 19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go ‖ Or but 〈◊〉 strong hand no not by a mighty hand 20 And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midâ—â— thereof after that he will let you go 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians and it shall come to pass that when ye go ye shall not go empty 22 * Ch. 11.2 12.35 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour and of her that sojourneth in her house jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters and ye shall spoil ‖ Or Egypt the Egyptians CHAP. IV. 1 Moses rod is turned into a serpent 6 His band is leprous 10 He is lotb to be sent 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him 18 Moses departeth from Jethro 21 Gods message to Pharaob 24 Zipporah circumciseth her son 27 Aaron is sent to next Moses 31 The people beleeveth them ANd Moses answered and said But behold they will not beleeve me nor hearken unto my voice for they will say The LORD hath not appeared unto thee 2 And the LORD said unto him What is that in thine hand And he said A rod. 3 And he said Cast it on the ground and he cast it on the ground and it became a serpent and Moses fled from before it 4 And the LORD said unto Moses Put forth thy hand and take it by the tail And he put forth his hand and caught it and it became a rod in his hand 5 That they may beleeve that the LORD God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob hath appeared unto thee 6 ¶ And the LORD said furthermore unto him Put now thine hand into thy bosome and he put his hand into his bosome and when he took it out behold his hand was leprous as snow 7 And he said Put thine hand into thy bosome again and he put his hand into his bosome again and plucked it out of his bosome and behold it was turned again as his other flesh 8 And it shall come to pass if they will not beleeve thee neither hearken to the voice of the first signe that they will beleeve the voice of the latter signe 9 And it shall come to pass if they will not beleeve also these two signs neither hearken unto thy voice that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry-land and the water which thou takest out of the river †Heb. shall be and shall be shall become bloud upon the dry-dry-land 10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD O my Lord I am not †Heb. a man of words eloquent neither †Heb. since yestâ—rday nor since the third day her tofore nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue 11 And the LORD said unto him Who hath made mans mouth or who maketh the dumb or deas or the seeing or the blinde have not I the LORD 12 Now therefore go and I will be * Mat. 10 1â— Mat. 1.11 Luk. 12.11 with thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say 13 And he said O my Lord send I pray thee by the hand of him whâ—m thou ‖ Or shouldest wilt send 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother I know that he can speak well And also behold he cometh forth to meet thee and when he sâ—â—th 15 And thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth and I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what ye shall do 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people and he shall be even he shall be to thee in stead of a mouth and * Ch. 7.1 thou shalt be to him in stead of God 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand wherewith thou shalt do signs 18 ¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law and said unto him Let me go I pray thee and return unto my brethren which art in Egypt and see whâ—ther they be yet alive And Jethro said to Moses Go in peace 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian Go return into Egypt for all the men are dead which fought thy life 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon an aâ—s and he returned to the land of Egypt And Moses took the rod of God in his hand 21 And the LORD said unto Moses When thou goâ—st to return into Egypt see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thine hand but I will harden his heart that he shall not let the people go
turned himself and went out from Pharaoh 7 And Pharaohs servants said unto him How long shall this man be a snare unto us Let the men go that they may serve the LORD their God Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh and he said unto them Go serve the LORD your God but †Heb. who and who c. who are they that shall go 9 And Moses said We will go with our young and with our old with our sons and with our daughters with our flocks and with our herds will we go for we must hold a feast unto the LORD 10 And he said unto them Let the LORD be so with you as I will let you go and your little ones look to it for evil is before you 11 Not so go now ye that are men and serve the LORD for that you did desire And they were driven out from Pharaohs presence 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land even all that the hail hath left 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt and the LORD brought an east-wind upon the land all that day and all that night and when it was morning the east-wind brought the locusts 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the coasts of Egypt very grievous were they before them there were no such locusts as they neither after them shall be such 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkned and they did eat every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left and there remained not any green thing in the trees or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt 16 ¶ Then Pharaoh †Heb. hastned to call called for Moses and Aaron in haste and he he said I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you 17 Now therefore forgive I pray thee my sin onely this once and intreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death onely 18 And he went out from Pharaoh and intreated the LORD 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west-wind which took away the locusts and †Heb. fastned cast them into the Red sea there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt 20 But the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go 21 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Stretch out thine hand toward heaven that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt †Heb. that one may feel darkness even darkness which may be felt 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days 23 They saw not one another neither rose any from his place for three days * Wisd 18.1 but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings 24 ¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said Go ye serve the LORD onely let your flocks and your herds be stayed let your little ones also go with you 25 And Moses said Thou must give †Heb. into our hands us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God 26 Our cattel also shall go with us there shall not an hoof be left behinde for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God and we know not with what we must serve the LORD until we come thither 27 ¶ But the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart and he would not let them go 28 And Pharaoh said unto him Get thee from me take heed to thy self see my face no more for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die 29 And Moses said Thou hast spoken well I will see thy face again no more CHAP. XI 1 Gods message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbours 4 Moses threatneth Pharaoh with the death of the first-born ANd the LORD said unto Moses Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaph and upon Egypt afterwards he will let you go hence when he shall let you go he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether 2 Speak now in the ears of the people and let every man borrow of his neighbour and every woman of her neighbour * Chap. â— 22 and 12 35. jewels of silver and jewels of gold 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians Moreover the man * Eccluâ— 45.1 Moses was very great in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaohs servants and in the sight of the people 4 And Moses said Thus saith the LORD * Chap. 12.29 About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne even unto the first-born of the maid servant that is behinde the mill and all the first-born of beasts 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt such as there was none like it nor shall be like it any more 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue against man or beast that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me and bow down themselves unto me saying Get thee out and all the people †Heb. that is at thy feet that follow thee and after that I will go out and he went out from Pharaoh in †Heb. heat of anger a great anger 9 And the LORD said unto Moses Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh and the LORD hardned Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land CHAP. XII 1 The beginning of the year is changed 3 The pass-over is instituted 11 The rice of the pass-over 15Vnleavened bread 29 The first-born are slain 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land 37 They come to Succoth 43 The ordinance of the pass-over ANd the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying 2 This moneth shall be unto you the beginning of moneths it shall be the first moneth of the year to you 3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel saying In the tenth day of this moneth they shall take to them every man a ‖ Or kid lamb according to the house of their fathers a lamb for an house 4 And if the hoâ—â—hold be too little for the lamb let him his neighbour next unto his
came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years even the self-same day it came to pass that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt 42 It is †Heb. a night of observations a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations 43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron This is the ordinance of the pass-over there shall no stranger eat thereof 44 But every mans servant that is bought for money when thou hast circumcised him then shall he eat thereof 45 A foreiner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof 46 In one house shall it be eaten thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house * Num. 9.12 John 19.36 neither shall ye break a bone thereof 47 All the congregation of Israel shall †Heb. do it keep it 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee and will keep the pass-over to the LORD let all his males be circumcised and then let him come near and keep it and he shall be as one that is born in the land for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you 50 Thus did all the children of Israel as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron so did they 51 â—nd it came to pass the self-same day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies CHAP. XIII 1 The first-born are sanctified to God 3 The memorial of the pass-over is commanded 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart 17 The Israelites go out of Egypt and carry Josephs bones with them 20 They come to Etham 21 God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud and a pillar of fire ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 * Chap. 22 29. and 34.19 Lev. 27.26 Num. 3.13 and 8.16 Luk. 2.23 Sanctifie unto me all the first-born whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel both of man of beast it is mine 3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people Remember this day in which ye came out from Egypt out of the house of †Heb. servants bondage for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place there shall no leavened bread be eaten 4 This day came ye out in the moneth Abib 5 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee a land flowing with milk and honey that thou shalt keep this service in this moneth 6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters 8 ¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in the day saying This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt 9 And it shall be for a signe unto thee upon thine hand and for a memorial between thine eyes that the LORDS law may be in thy mouth for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year 11 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers and shall give it thee 12 * Chap. 22.29 and 34.19 Ezek. 44.30 That thou shalt †Heb. cause to pass over set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast the males shall be the LORDS 12 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ‖ Or kid lamb and if thou wilt not redeem it then thou shalt break his neck and all the first-born of man amongst thy children shalt thou redeem 14 ¶ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee †Heb. to morrow in time to come saying What is this that thou shalt say unto him By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt from the house of bondage 15 And it came to pass when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt both the first-born of man and the first-born of beasts therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix being males but all the first-born of my children I redeem 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand and for frontlets between thine eyes for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt 17 ¶ And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near for God said Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war and they return to Egypt 18 But God led the people about through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea and the children of Israel went up ‖ Or by five in a rank harnessed out of the land of Egypt 19 And Moses took the hones of Joseph with him for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel saying * Gen. 50.25 Josh 24.32 God will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you 20 ¶ And * Numb 32.6 they took their journey from Saccoth and encamped in Etham in the edge of the wilderness 21 And * Numb 1â— 14 Deut. 1. â—2 Neh. â— 19 Psal â—8 14 1 Cor. 10 1. the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and by nigth in a pillar of sire to give them light to go by day and night 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day nor the pillar of sire by night from before the people .. CHAP. XIV 1 God instructeth the Israelites in their journey 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them 10 The Israelites murmure 13 Moses comforteth them 15 God instructeth Moses 19 The cloud removeth behinde the camp 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea 23 which drowneth the Egyptians ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel that they turn and encamp before * Numb â— 7 Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea over against Baal-zephon before it shall ye encamp by the sea 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel They are intangred in the land the wilderness hath shut them in 4 And I will harden Pharaohs heart that he shall follow after them and I
4.11 mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace and the whole mount quaked greatly 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and waxed louder and louder Moses spake and God answered him by a voice 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai on the top of the mount and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount and Moses went up 21 And the LORD said unto Moses Go down †Heb. contest charge the people lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze many of them perish 22 And let the priests also which come near to the LORD sanctifie themselves lest the LORD break forth upon them 23 And Moses said unto the LORD The people cannot come up to mount Sinai for thou charged it us saying Set bounds about the mount and sanctifie it 24 And the LORD said unto him Away get thee down and thou shalt come up thou and Aaron with thee but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD lest he break forth unto them 25 So Moses went down unto the people and spake unto them CHAP. XX. 1 The ten commandments 18 The people are afraid 20 Moses comforteth them 22 Idâ—latry is forbidden 24 Of what sort the altar should be ANd God spake all these words saying 2 * Deu. 516. Psa 81.10 I am the LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of †Heb. servants bondage 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me 4 * Levit. 26.1 Psal 97.7 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them not serve them for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments 7 * Levit. 19.12 Deut. 5.11 Mat. 5.33 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain 8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy 9 * Chap. 23.12 Ezek. 20.12 Luk. 13.14 Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou not thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant not thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates 11 For * Gen. 2.2 in six days the LORD made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it 12 ¶ * Deut. 5.16 Mat. 15.4 Eph. 6.2 Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 13 * Mat. 5.21 Thou shalt not kill 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour 17 * Rom. 7.7 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is thy neighbours 18 ¶ And * Heb. 12.18 all the people saw the thundrings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking and when the people saw it they removed and stood afar off 19 And they said unto Moses * Deu. 5.24 18.16 Speak thou with us and we will hear but let not God speak with us lest we die 20 And Moses said unto the people Fear not for God is come to prove you and that his fear may be before your faces that ye sin not 21 And the people stood afar off and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold 24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings thy sheep and thine oxen In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee 25 And * Deu. 27.5 Josh 8.31 if thou wilt make me an altar of stone thou shalt not †Heb. built them with bewing build it of hewen stone for if thou lift up thy tool upon it thou hast polluted it 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon CHAP. XXI 1 Laws for men-servants 5 For the servant whose ear is bored 7 For women-serâ—ants 12 For man-slaughter 16 For stealers of men 17 For cursers of parents 18 For smiters 22 For a hurt by chance 28 For an ox that goreth 33 For him that is an occasion of harm NOw these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them 2 * Levit. 25.39 Deut. 15.12 Jer. 34.14 If thou buy an Hebrew servant six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing 3 If he came in †Heb. with his body by himself he shall go out by himself if he were married then his wife shall go out with him 4 If his master have given him a wife and she have born him sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be her masters and he shall go out by himself 5 And if the servant †Heb. saying shall say shall plainly say I love my master my wife and my children I will not go out free 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges he shall also bring him to the door or unto the door-post and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul and he shall serve him for ever 7 ¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant she shall not go out as the men-servants do 8 If she †Heb. be evil in the eyes of c. please not her master who hath betrothed her to himself then shall he let her be redeemed To sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters 10 If he take him another wife her food her raiment and her duty of marriage shall he not diminish 11 And if he do not these three unto her then shall she go out free without money 12 ¶ *
the mouth of the LORD that the minde of the LORD might be shewed them 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp and let all that heard him * Deu. 13.9 and 17.7 lay their hands upon his head and let all the congregation stone him 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD he shall surely be put to death and all the congregation shall certainly stone him as well the stranger as he that is born in the land when he blasphemeth the Name of the LORD shall be put to death 17 ¶ * Exod. 21.12 Deu. 19.21 And he that †Heb. smiteth the life of a man killeth any man shall surely be put to death 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good †Heb. life for life beast for beast 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour as * Ex. 21.24 Deu. 19 21. Mat. 5.38 he hath done so shall it be done unto him 20 Breach for breach eye for eye tooth for tooth as he hath caused a blemish in a man so shall it be done to him again 21 And he that killeth a beast he shall restore it and he that killeth a man he shall be put to death 22 Ye shall have * Ex. 12.49 one manner of law as well for the stranger as for one of your own countrey for I am the LORD your God 23 ¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp and stone him with stones and the children of Israel did aâ— the LORD commanded Moses CHAP. XXV 1 The sabbath of the seventh year 8 The jubile in the fiftieth year 14 Of Oppression 18 A blessing of obedience 23 The redemption of land 29 of houses 35 Compassion of the poor 39 The usage of bond-men 47 〈◊〉 redemptâ—on of servants ANd the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them When ye come into the land which I give you then shall the land †Heb. rest keep * Ex. 23.10 a sabbath unto the LORD 3 Six years thou shalt sowe thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard and gather in the fruit thereof 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land a sabbath for the LORD thou shalt neither sowe thy field nor prune thy vineyard 5 That which groweth of it own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap neither gather the grapes †Heb. of thy seâ—aration of thy vine undressed for it is a year of rest unto the land 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you for thee and for thy servant and for thy maid and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee 7 And for thy cattel and for the beast that are in thy land shall all the increase thereof be meat 8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee seven times seven years and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee fourty and nine years 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet †Heb. loud of sound of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh moneth in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof it shall be a jubile unto you and ye shall return every man unto his possession and ye shall return every man unto his family 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you ye shall not sowe neither reap that which groweth of it self in it nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed 12 For it is the jubile it shall be holy unto you ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field 13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour or buyest ought of thy neighbours hand ye shall not oppress one another 15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another but thou shalt fear thy God For I am the LORD your God 18 ¶ Wherefore ye shall do my statutes and keep my judgements and do them and ye shall dwell in the land in safety 19 And the land shall yeeld her fruit and ye shall eat your fill and dwell therein in safety 20 And if ye shall say What shall we eat the seventh year behold we shall not sowe nor gather in our increase 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year and it shall bring forth fruit for three years 22 And ye shall sowe the eighth year and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store 23 ¶ The land shall not be sold ‖ Or to be quite cut off †Heb. for cutting off for ever for the land is mine for ye are strangers and sojourners with me 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land 25 ¶ If thy brother be waxen poor and hath sold away some of his possession and if any of his kin come to redeem it then shall he redeem that which his brother sold 26 And if the man have none to redeem it and †Heb. his hand hath attained and found sufficiency himself be able to redeem it 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it that he may return unto his possession 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile and in the jubile it shall go out and he shall return unto his possession 29 And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold within a â—ull year may he redeem it 30 And if it be not redemed within the space of a full year then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations it shall not go out in the jubile 31 But the houses of
the wilderness of Paran to Kadesh and brought back word unto them and unto all the congregation and shewed them the fruit of the land 27 And they told him and said We came unto the land whither thou sentest us and surely it floweth with * Exod. 33.3 milk and honey and this is the fruit of it 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land and the cities are walled and very great and moreover we saw the children of Anak there 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said Let us go up at once and possess it for we are well able to overcome it 31 But the men that went up with him said We be not able to go up against the people for they are stronger then we 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel saying The land through which we have gone to search it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof and all the people that we saw in it are †Heb. men of statures men of great stature 33 And there we saw the giants the sons of Anak which come of the giants and we were in our own sight as grashoppers and so we were in their sight CHAP. XIV 1 The people murmure at the news 6 Joshua and Caleb labour to still them 11 God threatneth them 13 Moses pershâ—adeth God and obtaineth pardon 26 The murmurers are deprived of entring into the land 36 The men who raised the evil report die by a plague 40 The people that would invade the land against the will of God are smitten ANd all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried and the people wept that night 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron and the whole congregation said unto them Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt or would God we had died in this wilderness 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall by the sword that our wives and our children should be a prey were it not better for us to return into Egypt 4 And they said one to another Let us make a captain and let us return into Egypt 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel 6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of them that searched the land rent their clothes 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel saying The land which we passed through to search it is an exceeding good land 8 If the LORD delight in us then he will bring us into this land and give it us a land which floweth with milk and honey 9 Onely rebel not ye against the LORD neither fear ye the people of the land for they are bread for us their †Heb. scadow defence is departed from them and the LORD is with us fear them not 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones and the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel 11 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses How long will this people provoke me and how long will it be ere they beleeve me for all the signs which I have shewed among them 12 I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them and will make of thee a great nation and mightier then they 13 ¶ And * Exod. 32.12 Moses said unto the LORD Then the Egyptians shall hear it for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people that thou LORD art seen face to face and that * Exod. â—â— 21 thy cloud standeth over them and that thou goest before them by day-time in apillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night 15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man then the nations which have heard the same of thee will speak saying 16 Because the LORD was not * Deut. 9.28 able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness 17 And now I beseech thee let the power of my Lord be great according as thou hast spoken saying 18 The LORD is * Ex. 34.6 Ps 103.8 long-suffering and of great mercy forgiving iniquity and transgression and by no means clearing the guilty * Ex. 20.5 and 34.7 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation 19 Pardon I beseech thee the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even ‖ Or hitherto until now 20 And the LORD said I have pardoned according to thy word 21 But as truly as I live all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and have tempted me now these ten times and have not hearkned to my voice 23 †Heb. if they see the land Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers neither shall any of them that provoked me see it 24 But my servant * Josh 14.6 Caleb because he had another spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the land whereinto he went and his seed shall possess it 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley To morrow turn you and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea 26 ¶ And the LORD stake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation which murmure against me I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmure against me 28 Say unto them * Ch. 26.65 and 32.11 Deu. 1.35 As truly as I live saith the LORD as ye have spoken in mine ears so will I do to you 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness and all that were numbred of you according to your whole number from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land concerning which I †Heb. lifted up my hand sware to make you dwell therein save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones which ye said should be a prey them will I bring in and they shall know the land which ye have despised 32 But as for you your
2 Pet. 2 15. counsel of Balaam to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD 17 Now therefore * Judges 21.11 kill every male among the little ones and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with †Heb. a male him 18 But all the women-children that have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for your selves 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days whosoever hath killed any person and * Ch. 19.11 c. whosoever hath touched any slain purifie both your selves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day 20 And purifie all your raiment and all †Heb. instrument or vessel of â—kins that is made of skins and all work of goats hair and all things made of wood 21 ¶ And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battel This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses 22 Onely the gold and the silver the brass the iron the tin and the lead 23 Every thing that may abide the fire ye shall make it go through the fire and it shall be clean nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and ye shall be clean and afterward ye shall come into the camp 25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 26 Take the sum of the prey †Heb. of the captivity that was taken both of man and of beast thou and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregat on 27 And divide the prey into two parts between them that took the war upon them who went out to battel and between all the congregation 28 And levie a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battel one soul of five hundred both of the persons and of the beeves and of the asses and of the sheep 29 Take it of their half and give it unto Eleazar the priest for an heave-offering of the LORD 30 And of the children of Israels half thou shalt take one portion of fifty of the persons of the beeves of the asses and of the ‖ Or geats flocks of all manner of beasts and give them unto the Levites which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses 32 And the booty being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves 34 And threescore and one thousand asses 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all of women that had not known man by lying with him 36 And the half which was the portion of them that went out to war was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep 37 And the LORDS tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand of which the LORDS tribute was threescore and twelve 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred of which the LORDS tribute was threescore and one 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand of which the LORDS tribute was thirty and two persons 41 And Moses gave the tribute which was the LORDS heave-offering unto Eleazar the priest as the LORD commanded Moses 42 And of the children of Israels hall which Moses divided from the men that warred 43 Now the hall that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred 46 And sixteen thousand persons 47 Even of the children of Israels half Moses took one portion of fifty both of man and of beast and gave them unto the Levites which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD as the LORD commanded Moses 48 ¶ And the officers which were over thousands of the host the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds came near unto Moses 49 And they said unto Moses Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our †Heb. band charge and there lacketh not one man of us 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD what every man hath †Heb found gotten of jewels of gold chains and bracelets rings ear-rings and tablets to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them even all wrought jewels 52 And all the gold of the †Heb. heave-offering offering that they offered up to the LORD of the captains of thousands and of the captains of hundreds was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels 53 For the men of war had taken spoil every man for himself 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD CHAP. XXXII 1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan 6 Moses reproveth them 16 They offer him conditions to his content 33 Moses assigneth them the land 39 They conquer it NOw the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattel and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead that behold the place was a place for cattel 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses and to Eleazar the priest and unto the princes of the congregation saying 3 Ataroth and Dibon and Jazer and Nimrah and Heshbon and Elealeh and Shebam and Nebo and Beon 4 Even the countrey which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel is a land for cattel and thy servants have cattel 5 Wherefore said they if we have found grace in thy sight let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession and bring us not over Jordan 6 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben Shall your brethren go to war and shall ye sit here 7 And wherefore †Heb. break discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them 8 Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land 9 For * Chap. 13.24 when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol and saw the land they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them 10 And the LORDS anger was kindled the same time and he sware
saying 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt * Chap. 14.28 29. from twenty years old and upward shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob because they have not †Heb. fulfilled after me wholly followed me 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite and Joshua the son of Nun for they have wholly followed the LORD 13 And the LORDS anger was kindled against Israel and the made them wander in the wilderness fourty years until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed 14 And behold ye are risen up in your fathers stead an increase of sinful men to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel 15 For if ye turn away from after him he will yet again leave them in the wilderness and ye shall destroy all this people 16 ¶ And they came near unto him and said We will build sheep-folds here for our cattel and cities for our little ones 17 But we our selves will go ready armed before the children of Israel until we have brought them unto their place and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land 18 We will not return unto our houses until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan or forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan east-ward 20 ¶ And * Josh 1.13 Moses said unto them If ye will do this thing if ye will go armed before the LORD to war 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD until he hath driven out his enemies from before him 22 And the land be subdued before the LORD then afterward ye shall return and be guiltless before the LORD and before Israel and this land shall be your possession before the LORD 23 But if ye will not do so behold ye have sinned against the LORD and be sure your sin will finde you out 24 Build ye cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses saving Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth 26 Our little ones our wives our flocks and all our cattel shall be there in the cities of Gilead 27 * Josh 4.12 But thy servants will pass over every man armed for war before the LORD to battel as my lord saith 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 29 And Moses said unto them If the children of God and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan every man armed to battel before the LORD and the land shall be subdued before you then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered saying As the LORD hath said unto thy servants so will we do 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours 33 And * Deut. 2.12 Jof 12.8 22.4 Moses gave unto them even to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben and unto halt the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan the land with the citâ—es thereof in the coasts even the cities of the countrey round about 34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer 35 And Atroth Shophan and Jâ—zer and Jogbehah 36 And Beth nimrah and Beth-haran fenced cities and solds for sheep 37 And the children of Reuben built Hâ—shbon and Elealeh and Kiâ—jathaim 38 And Nebo and Baal-meon their names being changed and Shibmah and †Heb. they called by names the names of the cities gave other names unto the cities which they builded 39 And the children of * Gen. 50.23 Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein 41 And * Deut. 3.14 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof and called them Havothâ—â—air 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and the villages thereof and called it Nobah after his own name CHAP. XXXIII 1 Two and fourty journeys of the Israelites 50 The Canaanites aye to be destroyed THese are the journeys of the children of Israel which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD and these are their journeys according to their goings out 3 And they * Exod. 12.37 departed from Rameses in the first moneth on the fifteenth day of the first moneth on the morrow after the pass-over the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born which the LORD had smitten among them upon their gods also the LORD executed judgements 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth 6 And they departed from * Exod. 13.20 Succoth and pitched in Etham which is in the edge of the wilderness 7 And they removed from Etham and turned again unto Pi hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon and they pitched before Migdol 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth and * Exod. 15.22 passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness and went three days journey in the wilderness of Etham and pitched in Marah 9 And they removed from Marah and * Exod. 15.27 came unto Elim and in Elim were twelve fountains of water and threescore and ten palm-trees and they pitched there 10 And they removed from Elim and encamped by the Red sea 11 And they removed from the Red sea and encamped in the * Exod. 16. â— wilderness of Sin 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin and encamped in Dophkah 13 And they departed from Dophkah and encamped in Alush 14 And they removed from Alush and encamped at * Exod. 17. â— Rephidim where was no water for the people to drink 15 And they departed from Rephidim and pitched in the * Ex. 19.1 wilderness of Sinai 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai and pitched * Ch. 11.24 〈◊〉 That is the graves of lusi at ‖ Kibroth-hattaavah 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and * Câ— 11.35 encamped
and earth to witness against you this day that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over Jordan to possess it ye shall not prolong your days upon it but shall utterly be destroyed 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen whither the LORD shall lead you 28 And there ye shall serve gods the work of mens hands wood and stone which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God thou shalt finde him if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul 30 When thou art in tribulation and all these things †Heb. have found thee are come upon thee even in the latter days if thou turn to the LORD thy God and shalt be obedient unto his voice 31 For the LORD thy God is a merciful God he will not forsake thee neither destroy thee nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them 32 For ask now of the days that are past which were before thee since the day that God created man upon the earth and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other whether there have been any such thing as this great thing is or hath been heard like it 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire as thou hast heard and live 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation by temptations by signs and by wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm and by great terrours according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes 35 Unto thee it was shewed that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God there is none else beside him 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice that he might instruct thee and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire 37 And because he loved thy fathers therefore he chose their seed after them and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt 38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightiâ—â— then thou art to bring thee in to give thee their land for an inheritance as it is this day 39 Know therefore this day and consider it in thine heart that the LORD he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath there is none else 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth which the LORD thy God giveth thee for ever 41 ¶ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising 42 That the slayer might flee thither which should kill his neighbour unawares and hated him not in times past and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live 43 Namely * Jos 20.8 Bezer in the wilderness in the plain-countrey of the Reubenites and Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites and Golan in Bashan of the Manassites 44 ¶ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel 45 These are the testimonies and the statutes and the judgements which Moses spake unto the children of Israel after they came forth out of Egypt 46 On this side Jordan in the valley over against Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt at Heshbon whom Moses and the children of Israel * Numb 21.24 Chap. 1.4 smote after they were come forth out of Egypt 47 And they possessed his land and the land * Numb 21.33 Chap. 3.3 of Og king of Bashan two kings of the Amorites which were on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising 48 From Aroer which is by the bank of the river Arnon even unto mount Sion which is Hermon 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan east-ward even unto the sea of the plain under the * Chap. 3.17 springs of Pisgah CHAP. V. 1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten commandments 22 At the peoples request Moses receiveth the law from God ANd Moses called all Israel and said unto them Hear O Israel the statutes and judgements which I speak in your ears this day that ye may learn them and †Heb. keep to do them keep and do them 2 * Ex. 19.5 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers but with us even us who are all of us here alive this day 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire 5 I stood between the LORD and you at that time to shew you the word of the LORD for ye were afraid by reason of the fire and went not up into the mount saying 6 ¶ * Exod. 20.2 c. Lev. 26.1 Psal 81.10 I am the LORD thy God which brought the out of the land of Egypt from the house of †Heb. servants boudage 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the waters beneath the earth 9 Thou shalt not bow down thy self unto them nor serve them for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God * Exod. 34.7 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me 10 * Jer. 3â— 18. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctifie it as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee 13 Six days thou shalt labour and do all thy work 14 But the seventh day is the * Gen. 2.2 Heb. 4.4 sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thine ox nor thine asâ— nor any of thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates that thy man servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day 16 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee in the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 17 * Mat. 5.21 Thou shalt not kill 18 * Luke 18. â—0 Neither shalt thou commit adultery 19 * Ro. 13.9 Neither shalt thou steal 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour 21 * Rom. 7.7 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbours wife neither shalt thou covet thy neighbours house his field or his man-servant or his maâ—d-servant his ox or his ass or any thing that is thy neighbours 22 ¶ These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire of the cloud and of the thick darkness with a great voice and he added no more and he wrote them in two tables of stone and delivered them unto me 23 And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness for the mountain did burn with fire that ye came near unto me even all the heads of your tribes and your elders 24 And ye said behold the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness and * Ex. 19.19 we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire we have seen this day that God doth talk with man and he * Ch. 4.33 liveth 25 Now therefore why should we die for this great fire will consume us If we †Heb. add to â—ear hear the voice of the LORD our God any more then we shall die 26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire as we have and lived 27 Go thou near and hear all that the LORD our God shall say and * Exod. 20.19 speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee and we will hear it and do it 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words when ye spake unto me and the LORD said unto me I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee they have well said all that they have spoken 29 O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always that it might be well with them and with their children for ever 30 Go say to them Get you into your tents again 31 But as for thee stand thou here by me and I will speak unto thee all the commandments and the statutes and the judgements which thou shalt teach them that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left 33 You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you that ye may live and that it may be well with you and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess CHAP. VI. 1 The end of the law is obedience 3 An exhortation thereto NOw these are the commandments the statutes and the judgements which the LORD your God commanded to teach you that ye might do them in the land whither ye †Heb. pass over go to possess it 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I command thee thou and thy son and thy sons son all the days of thy life and that thy days may be prolonged 3 ¶ Hear therefore O Israel and observe to do it that it may be well with thee and that ye may increase mightily as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee in the land that floweth with milk and honey 4. Hear O Israel The LORD our God is one LORD 5 And * Chap. 10.12 Mat. 22.37 Mar. 1â— 30 Luk. 10.27 thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might 6 And * Chap. 11.18 these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart 7 And thou shalt †Heb. wâ—â—t or sâ—arâ—en teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe upon thine hand and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house on thy gates 10 And it shall be when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers to Abraham to Isaac to Jacob to give thee great and goodly cities which thou buildedâ—t not 11 And houses full of all good things which thou filledst not and wells digged which thou diggedâ—t not vineyards and olive-trees which thou plantedst not * Chap. 8.10 c. when thou shalt have eaten and be full 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD which brought the forth out of the land of Egypt from the house of †Heb. bond-men or servants bondage 13 Thou shalt * Chap. 10.12 20. â—3 4 fear the LORD thy God and serve him and shalt swear by his name 14 Ye shall not go after other gods of the gods of the people which are â—ound about you 15 For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee and destroy thee from off the face of the earth 16 ¶ * Mat. 4.7 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God * Ex. 17.2 as ye tempted him in Massah 17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and his testimonies and his statutes with he hath commanded thee 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the â—ight of the LORD that it may be well with thee and that thou mayâ—â—t go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee as the LORD hath spoken 20 And when thy son asketh thee †Heb. to morrâ—w in time to come saying What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the judgements which the LORD our God hath commanded you 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son We were Pharaohs bond men in Egypt and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand 22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders great and †Heb. evil sore upon Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his houshould before our eyes 23 And he brought us out from thence that â—e might bring us in to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes to sear the LORD our God for our good always that he might preserve us alive as it is at this day 25 And it shall be our righteousness if we
LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh and unto all his servants and unto all his land 3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen the signs and those great miracles 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear unto this day 5 And I have led you fourty years in the wilderness your clothes are not waxen old upon you and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot 6 Ye have not eaten bread neither have you drunk wine or strong drink that ye might know that I am the LORD your God 7 And when ye came unto this place Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us unto battel and we smote them 8 And we took their land and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh 9 * Ch. 4.6 Josh 1.7 1 King 2 3. Keep therefore the words of this covenant and do them that ye may prosper in all that ye do 10 ¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God your captains of your tribes your elders and your officers with all the men of Israel 11 Your little ones your wives and thy stranger that is in thy camp from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest †Heb pass enter into covenant with the LORD thy God and into his oath which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day 13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself and that he may be unto thee a God as he hath said unto thee and as he hatâ— sworn unto thy fathers to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you onely do I make this covenant and this oath 15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God and also with him that is not here with us this day 16 For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt and how we came through the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye have seen their abominations and their †Heb. dungy gods idols wood and stone silver and gold which were among them 18 Lest there should be among you man or woman or family or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of these nations lest there should be among you a root that heareth ‖ Or a poysonful herb †Heb. râ—sk gall and wormwood 19 And it come to pass when he heareth the words of this curse that he bless himself in his heart saying I shall have peace though I walk in the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination or mine heart to add †Heb. the drunken to the thirsty drunkenness to thirst 20 The LORD will not spare him but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousie shall smoke against that man and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven 21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant that †Heb. is wriâ—ten are written in this book of the law 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up aftâ—r you and the stranger that shall come from a far land shall say when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses †Heb. wherewith the LORD hath made it sick which the LORD hath laid upon it 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt and burning that it is not sown nor beareth nor any grass groweth therein * Gen. 19.24 25. like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah Admah and Zeboim which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath 24 Even all nations shall say * 1 Kin. 9.8 Jer. 22.8 Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land what meaneth the heat of this great anger 25 Then men shall say Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt 26 For they went and served other gods and worshipped them gods whom they knew not and ‖ Or who had not given to them any portion whom he had not †Heb. divided given unto them 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger and in wrath and in great indignation and cast them into another land as it is this day 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever that we may do all the words of this law CHAP. XXX 1 Great mercies promised unto the repentant 11 The commandment is manifest 15 Death and life are set before them ANd it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee and thou shalt call them to minde among all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day thou and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soul 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity and have compassion upon thee and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee 4 * Neh. 1 9â— If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee and from thence will he fetch thee 5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt possess it and he will do thee good and multiply thee above thy fathers 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all-thy soul that thou mayest live 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee which persecuted thee 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD and do all his commandments which I command thee this day 9 * Chap. 28.11 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand in the fruit of thy body and in the fruit of thy cattel and in the fruit of thy land for good for the LORD will again rejoyce over thee for good as he rejoyced over thy fathers 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to
†Heb. ciâ—led seated and he came with the heads of the people he executed the justice of the LORD and his judgements with Israel 22 ¶ And of Dan he said Dan is a lions whelp he shall leap from Bashan 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said O Naphtali satisfied with favour full with the blessing of the LORD possess thou the west and the south 24 ¶ And of Asher he said Let Asher be blessed with children let him be acceptable to his brethren and let him dip his foot in oyl 25 ‖ Or under thy shoes shall be iron Thy shoes shall be iron and brass and as thy days so shall thy strength be 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun who rideth upon the heaven in thy help and in his excellency on the skie 27 The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and shall say Destroy them 28 * Jer. 23.6 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine also his heaven shall drop down dew 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the LORD the shield of thy help and who is the sword of thy excellency and thine enemies ‖ Or shall be subdued shall be found liars unto thee and thou shalt tread upon their high places CHAP. XXXIV 1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land 5 He lieth there 6 His burial 7 His age 8 Thirty days mourning for him 9 Joshua succeedeth him 10 The praise of Moses ANd Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo to the top of ‖ Or the hill Pisgah that is over against Jericho and the LORD shewed him * Ch. 3.17 2 Mac. 2.1 all the land of Gilead unto Dan 2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all the land of Judah unto the utmost sea 3 And the south and the plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees unto Zoar. 4 And the LORD said unto him * Gen. 12.7 13.15 This is the land which I sware unto Abraham unto Isaac unto Jacob saying I will give it unto thy seed I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go over thither 5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab according to the word of the LORD 6 ¶ And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day 7 ¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died his eye was not dim nor his †Heb. moisture natural force †Heb. sâ—ed abated 8 †And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended 9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom for Moses had laid his hands upon him and the children of Israel hearkned unto him and did as the LORD commanded Moses 10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses whom the LORD knew face to face 11 In all the signs and the wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land 12 And in all that mighty hand and in all the great terrour which Mosâ—s shewed in the sight of all Israel ¶ The book of JOSHUA CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses 3 The borders of the promised land 5.9 God promiseth to asist Joshua 8 He giveth him instructions 10 He prepareth the people to pass over Jordan 12 Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their promise to Moses 15 They promise him fealty NOw after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun Moses * Deut. 1.38 minister saying 2 Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise go over this Jordan thou and all this people unto the land which I do give to them even to the children of Israel 3 * Deut. 11.24 Ch. 14.9 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given unto you as I said unto Moses 4 From the wilderness and this Lehanon even unto the great river the river Euphrates all the land of the Hittites and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your coast 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses so I will be with thee * Heb. 13.5 I will not sail thee nor forsake thee 6 * Deut. 31.23 Be strong and of a good courage for ‖ Or thou shalt cause thâ—â— people to inherit the land c. unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them 7 Onely be thou strong and very couragious that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee * Deu. 5.32 28.14 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou mayest ‖ Or do wisely prosper withersoever thou goest 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt ‖ Or do wisely have good success 9 Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest 10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying 11 Pass through the host and command the people saying prepare you victuals for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it 12 ¶ And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying 13 Remember * Numb 32.20 the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you saying The LORD your God hath given you rest and hath given you this land 14 Your wives your little ones and your cattel shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan but ye shall pass before your brethren †Heb. marshalled by five armed all the mighty men of valour and help them 15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest as he hath given you and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it
of Manasseh 7 ¶ And these are the kings of the countrey which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto * Chap. 11.17 the mount Halak that goeth up to Seir which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions 8 In the mountains and in the valleys and in the plains and in the springs and in the wilderness and in the south-countrey the Hittites the Amorites and the Canaanites the Perizzites the Hivites and the Jebusites 9 ¶ * Chap. 62. The king of Jericho one * Chap. 8.29 the king of Ai which is beside Beth-el one 10 * Chap. 10.23 The king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one 11 The king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one 12 The king of Eglon one * Chap. 10.33 the king of Gezer one 13 * Chap. 10.38 The king of Debir one the king of Geder one 14 The king of Hormah one the king of Arad one 15 * Chap. 10.29 The king of Libnah one the king of Adullam one 16 * Chap. 10.28 The king of Makkedah one the king of Beth-el one 17 The king of Tappuah one the king of Hephir one 18 The king of Aphek one the king of ‖ Or Sharon Lasharon one 19 The king of Madon one * Chap. 11.10 the king of Hazor one 20 The king of Shimron-meron one the king of Achshaph one 21 The king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo one 22 The king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam of Carmel one 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor one the king of * Gen. 14.1 the nations of Gilgal one 24 The king of Tirzah one all the kings thirty and one CHAP. XIII 2 The bounds of the land not yet conquered 8 The inheritance of the two triles and half 14 33 The Lord and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben 22 Balaam slain 24 The bounds of the inheritance of Gad 29 and of the half-tribe of Manasseh NOw Joshua was old and stricken in years and the LORD said unto him Thou art old and stricken in years and there remaineth yet very much land †Heb. 〈◊〉 possâ—ss it to be possessed 2 This is the land that yet remaineth all the borders of the Philistines and all Geshuri 3 From Sihor which is before Egypt even unto the borders of Ekron north-ward which is counted to the Canaanite five lords of the Philistines the Gazathites and the Ashdothites the Eshkalonites the Gittites and the Ekronites also the Avites 4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites and ‖ Or. the cave Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek to the borders of the Amorites 5 And the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon toward the sun-rising from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entring into Hamath 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-countrey from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim and all the Sidonians them will I drive out from before the children of Israel onely divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance as I have commanded thee 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance * Num. 32.33 Deut. 3.12 13. Chap. 22.4 which Moses gave them beyond Jordan east-ward even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Arnon and the city that is in the midst of the river and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon unto the border of the children of Ammon 11 And Gilead and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites and all mount Hermon and all Bashan unto Salcah 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei who remained of * Deut. 3.11 Chap. 12.4 the remnant of the giants for these did Moses smite and cast them out 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the Maachathites but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day 14 Onely unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance as he said unto them 15 ¶ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families 16 And their coast was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon and the city that is in the midst of the river and all the plain by Medeba 17 Heshbon and all her cities that are in the plain Dibon and ‖ Or the high places of Baal and house of Baal-meon Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon 18 And Jahaza and Kedemoth and Mephaath 19 And Kirjathaim and Sibmah and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley 20 And Beth-peor and * Deut. 3.17 ‖ Or springs of Pisâ—ab or the bâ—ll Ashdoth-pisgah and Beth-jeshimoth 21 And all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned in Heshbon whom Moses smote * Numb 31.8 with the princes of Midian Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba which were dukes of Sihon dwelling in the countrey 22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor the ‖ Or diviner sooth-sayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan and the border thereof This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families the cities and the villages thereof 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad even unto the children of Gad according to their families 25 And their coast was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the children of Ammon unto Aroer that is before Rabbah 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir 27 And in the valley Beth-aram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon Jordan and his border even unto the edge of the sea of Cinnereth on the other side Jordan east-ward 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families the cities and their villages 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh and this was the possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim all Bashan all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan threescore cities 31 And half Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan were pertaining unto the children of Machir
according to all that he sware unto their father and there stood not a man of all their enemâ—es before them the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand 45 * Chap. 23.14 15. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel all came to pass CHAP. XXII 1 The two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home 10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey 11 The Israelites are offended thereat 21 They give them good satisfaction THen Joshua called the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 And said unto them Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God 4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren as he promised them therefore now return ye and get ye unto your tents and unto the land of your possession * Num 32.33 Chap. 138. which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you * Deut. 10.12 to love the LORD your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul 6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away and they went unto their tents 7 ¶ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan west-ward And when â—oshua sent them away alâ—o unto their tents then he blessed them 8 And he spake unto them saying Return with much riches unto your tents and with very much castel with silver and with gold and with brass and with â—ron and with very much raiment divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren 9 ¶ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh whâ—ch is in the land of Canaan to go unto the countrey of Gilead to the land of their possession whereof they were possessed according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses 10 ¶ And when they came unto the borders of Jordan that are in the land of Canaan the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan a great aâ—tar to see to 11 ¶ And the children of Israel heard say Behold the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan in the borders of Jordan at the passage of the children of Israel 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up to war against them 13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben and to the â—hildren of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest 14 And with him ten princes of each †Hâ—b house of 〈◊〉 father chief house a prince throughoâ—t all the tribe of Israel and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel 15 And they came unto the children of Reuben and to the children of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh unto the land of Gilead and they spake with them saying 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel to turn away this day from following the LORD in that ye have builded you an altar that ye might râ—bel this day against the LORD 17 Is the iniquity * Numb 25.4 of Peor too little for us from which we are not clâ—ansed until this day although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD and it will be seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel 19 Notwithstanding if the land of your possession be unclean then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD wherein the LORDS tabernacle dwelleth and take possession among us but rebel not against the LORD nor rebel against us in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God 20 * Chap. 7. â— 5 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel and that man perished not alone in his iniquity 21 ¶ Then the â—hildren of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel 22 The LORD God of gods the LORD God of gods he knoweth and Israel he shall know it be in rebellion or if in transgression against the LORD save us not this day 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meat-offering or it to offer peace-offerings thereon let the LORD himself require it 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing saying †Heb. To morrow In time to come your children might speak unto our children saying What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ye have no part in the LORD so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD 26 Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice 27 But that it may be * Gen. 31.48 Ch. 24 27. Vers 34. a witness between us and you and our generations after us that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt-offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace-offerings that your children may not say to our children in time to come Ye have no part in the LORD 28 Therefore said we that it shall be when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come that we may say again Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices but it is a witness between us and you 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD and turn this day from following the LORD to build an altar for burnt-offerings for meat offerings or for sacrifices besides the altar
it they were afraid of the Philistines 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel †Heb. Be not silent from us from crying Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines 9 ¶ And Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the LORD and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel and the LORD ‖ Or answered heard him 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering the Philistines drew near to battel against Israel but the LORD thundred with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines and discomfited them and they were smitten before Israel 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh and pursued the Philistines and smote them until they came under Beth-car 12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpeh and Shen and called the name of it ‖ That is The stone of help Eben-ezer saying Hitherto hath the LORD helped us 13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued and they came no more into the coast of Israel and the hand of the LORD was aganst the Philistines all the days of Samuel 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel from Ekron even unto Gath and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines and there was peace between Israel and the Amorites 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life 16 And he went from year to year †Heb. and he circuited in circuit to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpeh and judged Israel in all those places 17 And his return was to Ramah for there was his house and there he judged Israel and there he built an altar unto the LORD CHAP. VIII 1 By occasion of the ill-government of Samuels sons the Israelites ask a king 6 Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God 10 He telleth the manner of a king 19 God willeth Samuel to yeeld unto the importunity of the people ANd it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel 2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel and the name of his second Abiah they were judges in Beer-sheba 3 And his sons walked not in his ways but turned aside after lucre and * Deut. 16.19 took bribes and perveted judgement 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel unto Ramah 5 And said unto him Behold thou art old and thy sons walk not in thy ways now * Hos 13.10 Act. 13.21 make us a king to judge us like all the nations 6 ¶ But the thing †Heb. was evilin the eyes of Samuel displeased Samuel when they said Give us a king to judge us and Samuel prayed unto the LORD 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee for they have not rejected thee but they have rejected me that I should not reign over them 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day wherewith they have forsaken me and served other gods so do they also unto thee 9 Now therefore ‖ Or obey hearken unto their voice ‖ Or notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt shew c. howheit yet protest solemnly unto them and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them 10 ¶ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king 11 And he said This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you He will take your sons and appoint them for himself for his chariots and to be his horsmen and some shall run before his chariots 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to ear his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers 14 And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards even the best of them and give them to his servants 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his †Heb. eunuchs officers and to his servants 16 And he will take your men-servants and your maid-servants and your goodliest young men and your asses and put them to his work 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep and ye shall he his servants 18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you and the LORD will not hear you in that day 19 ¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel and they said Nay but we will have a king over us 20 That we also may be like all the nations and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battels 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD 22 And the LORD said to Samuel Hearken unto their voice and make them a king And Samuel said unto the men of Israel Go ye every man unto his city CHAP. IX 1 Saul despairing to finde his fathers asses 6 by the counsel of his servant 11 and direction of young maidens 15 according to Gods revelation 18 cometh to Samuel 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast 25 Samuel after secret communication bringeth Saul on his way NOw there was a man of Benjamin whose name was * Ch. 14 51. 1 Chr. 8.33 Kish the son of Abiel the son of Zeror the son of Bechorath the son of Aphiah ‖ Or the son of a man of Jemini a Benjamite a mighty man of ‖ Or substance power 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul a choice young man and a goodly and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person then he from his shoulders and upward he was higher then any of the people 3 And the asses of Kish Sauls father were lost and Kish said to Saul his son Take now one of the servants with thee and arise go seek the asses 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalisha but they found them not then they passed through the land of Shalim and there they were not and he passed through the land of the Benjamites but they found them not 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph Saul said to his servant that was with him Come and let us return lest my father leave caring for the asses and take thought for us 6 And he said unto him Behold now there is in this city a man of God and he is an honourable
it and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever CHAP. VIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians 9 Toâ— sendeth Joram with presents to bless him 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God 14 He putteth garisâ—ns Edom. 16 Davids offâ—câ—rs ANd * 1 Chr. 18.1 c. after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and David took ‖ Or The bridâ—â— of Ammah Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and measured them with a line casting them down to the ground even with two lines measured he to put to death and with one full line to keep alive and so the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of * Ps 62.2 Zobah as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates 4 And David took ‖ Or of his from him a thousand ‖ As 1 Chr. 18.4 chariots and seven hundred horsmen and twenty thousand footmen and David houghed all the chariot hâ—rses but reserved of them for an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria of Damascus and the Syrians became servants to David and brought gifts and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem 8 And from Betah and from Berothai cities of Hadadezer king David took exceeding much brass 9 ¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer 10 Then Toi sent Jorant his son unto king David to †Heb. ask him of peace salute him and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him for Hadadezer †Heb. was a man of wars with had wars with Toi and Joram †Heb. in his hand were brought with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicate of all nations which he subdued 12 Of Syria and of Moab and of the children of Ammon and of the Philistines and of Amalek and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from †Heb. his smiting smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salâ— being eighteen thousand men 14 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom throughout all Edom put he garisons and all they of Edom became Davids servants and the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 15 And David reignâ—d over all Israel and David executed judgement and justice unto all his people 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ‖ Or remembrancer or writer of chronicles recorder 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and Seraiah was the ‖ Or â—â—â—retary scribe 18 * 1 Chr. 18.17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites and Davids sons were ‖ Or princes chief rulers CHAP. IX 1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth 7 For Jonathans sake he entertaineth him at his table and restoreth him all that was Sauls 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer ANd David said Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul that I may shew him kindness for Jonathans sake 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba and when they had called him unto David the king said unto him Art thou Ziba And he said Thy servant is he 3 And the king said Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I may shew the kindness of God unto him And Ziba said unto the king Jonathan hath yet a son which is * Chap. 4.4 lame on his feet 4 And the king said unto him Where is he And Ziba said unto the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar 5 ¶ Then king David sent and fet him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo debar 6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come unto David he fell on his face and did reverence And David said Mephibosheth And he answered Behold thy servant 7 ¶ And David said unto him Fear not for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy fathers sake and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually 8 And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am 9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba Sauls servant and said unto him I have given unto thy masters son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house 10 Thou therefore and thy sons and thy servants shall till the land for him and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy masters son may have food to eat but Mephibosheth thy masters son shall eat bread alway at my table Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants 11 Then said Ziba unto the king According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant so shall thy servant do As for Mephibosheth said the king he shall eat at my table as one of the kings sons 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha and all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem for he did eat continually at the kings table and was lame on both his feet CHAP. X. 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villanously intreated 6 The Ammonites streng thened by the Syrians are overcome by Joab and Abishai 15 Shobach making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam is slain by David ANd it came to pass after this that the * 1 Chr. 19.1 king of the children of Ammon died and Hanun his son reigned in his stead 2 Then said David I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash as his father shewed kindness unto me And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father And Davids servants came into the land of the children of Ammon 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord †Heb. In thine eyes doth David Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city and to spie it out and to overthrow it 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved off
shall I do for you and wherewith shall I make the atonement that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him ‖ Or It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house neither pertains it to us to kill c. We will have no silver nor gold of Saul nor of his house neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel And he said What you shall say that will I do for you 5 And they answered the king The man that consumed us and that ‖ Or. â—ut us off devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul ‖ Or chosen of the LORD whom the LORD did choose And the king said I will give them 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul because of * 1 Sam. 18.3 and 20 8 â—â— the LORDS oath that was between them between David and Jonathan the son of Saul 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah whom she bare unto Saul Armoni and Mephiboâ—heth and the five sons of ‖ Or Michall sister Michal the daughter of Saul whom she †Heb. bare to Adriel brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD and they fell all seven together and were put to death in the days of harvest in the first days in the beginning of barley-harvest 10 ¶ And * Chap. 3.7 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for her upon the rock from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done 12 ¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh gilead which had stoln them from the street of Beth-shan where the * 1 Sam. 31.10 Philistines had hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the countrey of Benjamin in Zelah in the sepulchre of Kish his father and they performed all that the king commanded and after that God was intreated for the land 15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel and David went down and his servants with him and fought against the Philistines and David waxed faint 16 And Ishbi-benob which was of the sons of ‖ Or Rapha the giant the weight of whose †Heb. the staff or the head spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight he being girded with a new sword thought to have slain David 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him Then the men of David sware unto him saying Thou shalt go no more out with us to battel that thou quench not the †Heb. candle or lamp light of Israel 18 * 1 Chr. 20.4 And it came to pass after this that there was again a battel with the Philistines at Gob then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph which was of the sons of ‖ Or. Rapha the giant 19 And there was again a battel in Gob with the Philâ—stines where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim a Bethlehemite slew * See 1 Chr. 20.5 the brother of Goliath the Gittite the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam 20 And there was yet a battel in Gath where was a man of great stature that had on every hand six fingers and on every foot six toes four and twenty in number and he also was born to ‖ Or Rapha the giant 21 And when he ‖ Or reproached defied Israel Jonathan the son of * 1 Sam. 16.9 Shimeah the brother of David sâ—ew him 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants CHAP. XXII A psalm of thanksgiving for Gods powerful deliverance and manifold blâ—ssings ANd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul 2 And he said * Psal 18.2 c. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer 3 The God of my rock in him will I trust hâ— is my shield and the horn of my salvation my high tower and my refuge my saviour thou savest me from violence 4 I will call on the LORD who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies 5 When the ‖ Or paâ—â—s waves of death compassed me the flouds of †Heb. Bâ—lial ungodly men made me afraid 6 The Or câ—rds sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death prevented me 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God and he did hear my voice out of his temple and my cry did enter into his ears 8 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth 9 There went up a smoke †Heb. by out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it 10 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet 11 And he rode upon a cherub and did flie and he was seen upon the winâ—s of the wind 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him †Heb. â—inding of waterâ— dark waterâ— and thick clouds of the skies 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled 14 The LORD thundred from heaven and the most High uttered hâ—s voice 15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them lightning and discomfited them 16 And the chanels of the sea appeared the foundâ—tions of the world were discovered at the rebuking of the LORD at the blaâ—t of the breath of his nostrils 17 He sent from above he took me he drew me out of ‖ Oâ— great many waters 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that hated me for they were too strong for me 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay 20 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered me because he delighted in me 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness
and his judgements which he commanded our fathers 59 And let these my words wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night that he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel †Heb. the thing of a day in his day at all times as the matter shall require 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is none else 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments as at this day 62 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 7.4 the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-offerings which he offered unto the LORD two and twenty thousand oxen and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD 64 * 2 Chr. 7.7 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD for there he offered burnt-offerings and meat-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings and meat-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him a great congregation from the entring in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt before the LORD our God seven days and seven days even fourteen days 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away and they ‖ Or thanked blessed the king and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant and for Israel his people CHAP. IX 1 Gods covenant in a vision with Solomon 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram 15 In Solomons works the Gentiles were his bond-men the Israelites honourable servants 24 Pharaohs daughter removeth to her house 25 Solomons yearly solemn sacrifices 26 His navy fetcheth gold from Ophir ANd * 2 Chr. ◠11 it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD and the kings house and all Solomons desire which he was pleased to do 2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time * Chap. 3.5 as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon 3 And the LORD said unto him I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me I have hallowed this house which thou hast built * Chap. 8.29 to put my name there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually 4 And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all that I have commanded thee and wilt keep my statutes and my judgements 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever * 2 Sam. 7.12 1 Chron. 22.10 as I promised to David thy father saying There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel 6 But if you shall at all turn from following me you or your children and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed * Jer. 7.14 for my name will I cast out of my sight and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all people 8 And at this house which is high every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss and they shall say * Deut. 29.24 Jer. 22.8 Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land and to this house 9 And they shall answer Because they forsook the LORD their God who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt and have taken hold upon other gods and have worshipped them and served them therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil 10 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 8.1 it came to pass at the end of twenty years when Solomon had built the two houses the house of the LORD and the kings house 11 Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir-trees and with gold according to all his desire that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him and they †Heb. were not right in his eyes pleased him not 13 And he said What cities are these which thou hast given me my brother And he called them the land of ‖ That is Displeasing or Dirty Cabul unto this day 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold 15 ¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised for to build the house of the LORD and his own house and Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burnt it with fire and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city and given it for a present unto his daughter Solomons wife 17 And Solomon built Gezer and Beth-horon the nether 18 And Baalath and Tadmor in the wilderness in the land 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his hors-men and †Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites Hittites Perizzites Hivites and Jebusites which were not of the children of Israel 21 Their children that were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service unto this day 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon * Levit. 25.39 make no bond-men but they were men of war and his servants and his princes and his captains and rulers of his chariots and his hors-men 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomons work five hundred and fifty which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work 24 ¶ But * 2 Chr. 8.11 Pharaohs daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her then did he build Millo 25 ¶ And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD and he burnt incense †Heb. upon it upon the altar that was before the LORD so he finished the house 26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber which is
beside Esoth on the †Heb. lip shore of the Red sea in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants shipmen that had knowledge of the sea with the servants of Solomon 28 And they came to Ophir and fet from thence gold four hundred and twenty talents and brought it to king Solomon CHAP. X. 1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon 14 Solomons gold 16 His targets 18 The throne of ivory 21 His vessels 24 His presents 26 His chariots and horse 28 His tribute ANd when the * 2 Chr. 9.1 Mat. 12.42 Luk. 11.31 queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD she came to prove him with hard questions 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train with camels that bare spices and very much gold and precious stones and when she was come to Solomon she communed with him of all that was in her heart 3 And Solomon told her all her †Heb. words questions there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomons wisdom and the house that he had built 5 And the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants and the †Heb. standing attendance of his ministers and their apparel and his ‖ Or butlers cup-bearers and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD there was no more spirit in her 6 And she said to the king It was a true †Heb. word report that I heard in mine own land of thy ‖ Or sayings acts and of thy wisdom 7 Howbeit I beleeved not the words until I came and mine eyes had seen it and behold the hall was not told me †Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard 8 Happy are thy men happy are these thy servants which stand continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God which delighted in thee to set thee on the throne of Israel because the LORD loved Israel for ever therefore made he thee king to do judgement and justice 10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices very great store and precious stones there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon 11 And the navy also of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees precious stones 12 And the king made of the almug-trees ‖ Or rails †Heb. 〈◊〉 prop. pillars for the house of the LORD and for the kings house harps also and psalteries for singers there came no such * 2 Chr. 9.10 almug trees nor were seen unto this day 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire whatsoever she asked besides that which Solomon gave her †Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon of his royal bounty so she turned and went to her own countrey she and her servants 14 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold 15 Besides that he had of the merchant-men and of the traffick of the spice-merchants and of all the kings of Arabia and of the ‖ Or captains governours of the countrey 16 ¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold six hundred shekels of gold went to one target 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold three pound of gold went to one shield and the king put them in the * Chap. 7.2 house of the forrest of Lebanon 18 ¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the best gold 19 The throne had six steps and the top of the throne was round †Heb. on the hinder paâ—e thereof behinde and there were †Heb. hands stays on either side on the place of the seat and two lions stood beside the stays 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps there was not †Heb. sâ— the like made in any kingdom 21 ¶ And all king Solomons drinking-vessels were of gold and all the vessels of the house of the forrest of Lebanon were of pure gold ‖ Or there was no silver in them none were of silver it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram once in three years came the navy of Tharshish bringing gold and silver ‖ Or elephantâ— tâ—eth ivory and apes and peacocks 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom 24 ¶ And all the earth †Heb. souâ—ht the faâ—e of sought to Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart 25 And they brought every man his present vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments and armour and spices horses and mules a rate year by year 26 ¶ * 2 Chr. 1.14 And Solomon gathered together chariots and hors-men and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand hors-men whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots and with the king at Jerusalem 27 And the king †Heb. gave made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the vale for abundance 28 ¶ * 1 Chr. 1.16 9.28 †Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomons And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen yarn the kings merchants received the linen yarn at a price 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and an horse for an hundred and fifty and so for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria did they bring them out †Heb. by their hand by their means CHAP. XI 1 Solomons wives and concubines 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry 9 God threatneth him 14 Solomons adversaries were Hadad who was entertained in Egypt 23 Bezon who reigned in Damascus 26 and feroboam to whom Ahijah prophesied 41 Solomons acts reign and death Rehoboam succeedeth him BUt king Solomon loved * Deut. 17.17 Ecclus 47.19 many strange women ‖ Or besides together with the daughter of Pharaoh women of the Moabites Ammonites Edomites Zidonians Hittites 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel * Exod. 34.16 Ye shall not go in to them neither shall they come in unto you for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods Solomon clave unto these in love 3 And he had seven hundred wives princesses and three hundred
from him and returned to their own land CHAP. IV. 1 Elisha multiplieth the widows oyl 8 He giveth a son to the good Shunammite 18 He raiseth again her dead son 38 At Gilgal he healeth the deadly pottage 42 He satisfieth an hundred men with twenty loaves NOw there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha saying Thy servant my husband is dead and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD and the creditour is come to take unto him my two sons to be bond-men 2 And Elisha said unto her What shall I do for thee tell me what hast thou in the house And she said Thine hand-maid hath not any thing in the house save a pot of oyl 3 Then he said Go borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours even empty vessels ‖ Or seanâ— not borrow not a few 4 And when thou art come in thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons and shalt pour out into all those vessels and thou shalt set aside that which is full 5 So she went from him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons who brought the vessels to her and she poured out 6 And it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said unto her son Bring me yet a vessel And he said unto her There is not a vessel more And the oyl stayed 7 Then she came and told the man of God and he said Go sell the oyl and pay thy ‖ Or creditour debt and live thou and thy children of the rest 8 ¶ And †Heb. there was a day it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where was a great woman and she †Heb. laid hold in him constrained him to eat bread And so it was that as oft as he passed by he turned in thither to eat bread 9 And she said unto her husband Behold now I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually 10 Let us make a little chamber I pray thee on the wall and let us set for him there a bed and a table and a stool and a candlestick and it shall be when he cometh to us that he shall turn in thither 11 And it fell on a day that he came thither and he turned into the chamber and lay there 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant Call this Shunammite And when he had called her she stood before him 13 And he said unto him Say now unto her Behold thou hast been careful for us with all this care what is to be done for thee wouldest thou be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the host And she answered I dwell among mine own people 14 And he said What then is to be done for her And Gehazi answered Verily she hath no childe and her husband is old 15 And he said Call her And when he had called her she stood in the door 16 And he said * Gen. 18.10 About this †Heb. sit time season according to the time of life thou shalt embrace a son And she said Nay my lord thou man of God do not lie unto thine hand-maid 17 And the woman conceived and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her according to the time of life 18 ¶ And when the childe was grown it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers 19 And he said unto his father My head my head And he said to a lad Carry him to his mother 20 And when he had taken him and brought him to his mother he sat on her knees till noon and then ched 21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door upon him and went out 22 And she called unto her husband and said Send me I pray thee one of the young men and one of the asses that I may run to the man of God and come again 23 And he said Wherefore will thou go to him to day it is neither new-moon nor sabbath And she said It shall be †Heb. peace well 24 Then she saddled an ass and said to her servant Drive and go forward †Heb. restrain not for me to ride slack not thy riding for me except I bid thee 25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel and it came to pass when the man of God saw her afar off that he said to Gehazi his servant Behold yonder is that Shunammite 26 Run now I pray thee to meet her and say unto her Is it well with thee is it well with thy husband is it well with the childe and she answered It is well 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill she caught †Heb. by his feet him by the feet but Gehazi came near to thrust her away And the man of God said Let her alone for her soul is †Heb. â—itter vexed within her and the LORD hath hid it from me and hath not told me 28 Then she said Did I desire a son of my lord did I not say Do not deceive me 29 Then he said to Gehazi Gird up thy loyns and take my staff in thine hand and go thy way if thou meet any man salute him not and if any salute thee answer him not again and lay my staff upon the face of the childe 30 And the mother of the childe said As the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth I will not leave thee And he arose and followed her 31 And Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff upon the face of the childe but there was neither voice nor †Heb. attention hearing wherefore he went again to meet him and told him saying The childe is not awaked 32 And when Elisha was come into the house behold the childe was dead and laid upon his bed 33 He went in therefore and shut the door upon them twain and prayed unto the LORD 34 And he went up and lay upon the childe and put his mouth upon his mouth and his eyes upon his eyes and his hands upon his hands and he stretched himself upon the childe and the flesh of the childe waxed warm 35 Then he returned and walked in the house †Heb. once hither and once thither to and fro and went up and stretched himself upon him and the chikle neesed seven times and the childe opened his eyes 36 And he called Gehazi and said Call this Shunammite So he called her and when she was come in unto him he said Take up thy son 37 Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed her self to the ground and took up her son and went out 38 ¶ And Elisha came again to Gilgal and there was a dearth in the land and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him and he said unto his servant Set
this evil is of the LORD what should I wait for the LORD any longer CHAP. VII 1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria 2 Four lepers venturing on the host of the Syrians bring tidings of their flight 12 The king finding by spies the news to be true spoileth the tents of the Syrians 17 The lord who would not beleeve the prophesie of plenty having the charge of the gate is troden to death in the preaâ— THea Elisha said Hear ye the word of the LORD Thus saith the LORD To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria 2 Then †Heb. a â—oâ—d which belonged to the king â—â—â—niâ—â— upon his hand a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man oâ— God and saâ—d Behold if the LORD would make windows in heaven might this thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the entring in of the gate and they said one to another Why sit we here until we die 4 If we say We will enter into the city then the famine is in the city and we shall die there and if we sit still here we die also Now therefore come and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians if they save us alive we shall live and if they kill us we shall but die 5 And they roâ—e up in the twilight to go unto the camp of the Syrians and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria behold there was no man there 6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a â—â—ise of horses even the noise of a great host and they said one to another Lo the king of Israel hath hired against us thy kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come upon us 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight and left their tents and their horses and their asses even the camp as it was and fled for their life 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp they went into one tent and did eat and drink and carried thence silver and gold and raiment and went and hid it and came again and entred into another tent and carried thence also and went and hid it 9 Then they said one to another We do not well this day is a day of good tidings and we hold our peace if we tarry till the morning light †Heb. we shalt finâ—â— punishment some mischief will come upon us now therefore come that we may go and tell the kings houshold 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city and they told them saying We came to the camp or the Syrians and behold there was no man there neither voice of man but horses tied and asses tied and the tents as they were 11 And he called the Porters and they told it to the kings house within 12 ¶ And the king arose in the night and said unto his servants I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us they know that we be hungry therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field saying When they come out of the city we shall catch them alive and get into the city 13 And one of his servants answered and said Let some take I pray thee five of the horses that remain which are left †Heb. in it in the city behold they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it behold I say they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed and let us send and see 14 They took therefore two chariot-horses and the king sent after the host of the Syrians saying Go and see 15 And they went after them unto â—ordan and lo all the way was full of garments and vessels which the Syrians had cast away in their haste and the messengers returned and told the king 16 And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel according to the word of the LORD 17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate and the people trod upon him in the gate and he died as the man of God had said who spake when the king came down to him 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria 19 And that lord answered the man of God and said Now behold if the LORD should make windows in heaven might such a thing be And he said Behold thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof 20 And so it fell out unto him for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died CHAP. VIII 1 The Shâ—nammite having left her countrey seven years to avoid the forewarned famine for Elisha's miracles sake hath her land restored by the king 7 Hazael heina sent with a present by Ben-hadad to Elisha at Damascus after he had heard the prophesie killeth his master and succeedeth him 16 Jeborams wicked reign in Judah 20 Edom and Libnat revolt 22 Ahaziah succedeth Jehoram 25 Ahaziahs wicked reign 28 He visiteth Jehoram wounded at Jezreel THen spake Elisha unto the woman * Chap. 4.35 whose son he had restored to life saying Arise and go thou and thine houshold and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn for the LORD hath called for a famine and it shall also come upon the land seven years 2 And the woman arose and did after the saying of the man of God and she went with her houshold and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years 3 And it came to pass at the seven years end that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God saying Tell me I pray thee all the great things that Elisha hath done 5 And it came to pass as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life that behold the woman whose son he had restored to life cried to the king for her house and for her land And Gehazi said My lord O king this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life 6 And when the king asked the woman she told him So the king appointed unto her a certain ‖ Or â—â—nuch officer saying Restore all that was hers and all the fruits of the
said unto them Speak ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith the great king the king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest 20 Thou ‖ Or talkest sayest but they are but †Heb. word of the lips vain words ‖ Or but counsel and strength are for the war I have counsel and strength for the war now on whom doest thou trust that thou rebellest against me 21 Now behold thou †Heb. trustest this trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed even upon Egypt on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him 22 But if ye say unto me We trust in the LORD our God is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem 23 Now therefore I pray thee gâ—ve ‖ Or bostageâ— pledges to my lord the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for hors-men 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it The LORD said to me Go up against this land and destroy it 26 Then said Eliakin the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand it and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall that they may eat their own dung and drink †Heb. the water of their feet their own piss with you 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language and spake saying Hear the word of the great king the king of Assyria 29 Thus saith the king Let not Hezekiah deceive you for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD saying The LORD will surely deliver us and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah for thus saith the king of Assyria ‖ Or Seek my favour †Heb. Make with me a blessing Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me and then eat ye every man of his own vine and every one of his fig-tree and drink ye every one the waters of his ‖ Or pit cistern 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of corn and wine a land of bread vineyards a land of oyl-olive and of honey that ye may live and not die and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he ‖ Or deceiveth perswadeth you saying The LORD will deliver us 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad where are the gods of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countreys that have delivered their countrey out of mine hand that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand 36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word for the kings commandment was saying Answer him not 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rab-shakeh CHAP. XIX 1 Hezekiâ—h mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them 6 Isaiah comforteth them 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14 Hezekiah his prayer 20 Isaiah his prophesie of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib and the good of Zion 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons ANd * Isai 37.1 it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD 2 And he sent Eliakim which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to * Luke 3.4 called Esaias Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz 3 And they said unto him Thus saith Hezekiah This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and ‖ Or provocation blasphemy for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are †Heb. found left 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them Thus shall ye say to your master Thus saith the LORD Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me 7 Behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumour and shall return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land 8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah for he had heard that he was departed from Zachish 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia Behold he is come out to fight against thee he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim of Henah and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD said O LORD God of Israel which dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the
degrees backward by which it had gone down in the †Heb. degrees dâ—al of Ahaz 12 ¶ * Isa 39. â— At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick 13 And Hezekiah hearkned unto them and shewed them all the house of his ‖ Or spiâ—â—y precious things the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oâ—ntment and all the house of his ‖ Or â—eâ—eâ—s †Heb. 〈◊〉 armour and all that was found in his treasures there was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah shewed tâ—em not 14 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah and said unto him What said these men and from whence came they unto thee And Hezekiah said They are come from a far countrey even from Babylon 15 And he said What have they seen in thine house And Hezekiah answered All the things that are in mine house have they seen there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah Hear the word of the LORD 17 Behold the days come that all that is in thine house and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day * Chap. 24 13. and 25.13 Jer. 27.22 shall be carried into Babylon nothing shall be left saith the LORD 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken And he said ‖ Or shall there not be peace and truth c. Is it not good if peace and truth be in my days 20 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made a pool and a conduit and brought water into the city are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXI 1 Manasseh his reign 3 His great idolatry 10 His wickedness causeth prophesies against Judah 17 Amon succeedeth him 19 Amons wicked reign 23 He being slain by his servants and those murderers slain by the people Josiah is made king MAnasseh * 2 Chr. 33.1 was twelve years old when he began to reign and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Hephzi-bah 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he built up again the high places * Chap. 18.4 which Hezekiah his father had destroyed and he reared up altars for Baal and made a grove as did Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them 4 And * Jer 3â— 34 he built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD said * 2 Sam. 7.13 In Jerusalem will I put my name 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD 6 And he made his son pass through the fire and observed times and used enchantments and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD to provoke him to anger 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house or which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son * 1 King 8.29 and 9.3 Chap. 23.27 In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel will I put my name for ever 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers onely if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them 9 But they hearkned not and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil then did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel 10 ¶ And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets saying 11 * Jeâ—em 15.4 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did which were before him and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel Behold I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that whosoever heareth of it both * 1 Sam. 3.11 his ears shall tingle 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab and I will wipe Jerulalem as a man wipeth a dish †Heb. be wipâ—th and turneth it upon the face thereof wiping it and turning it upside down 14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even unto this day 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent bloud very much till he had filled Jerusalem †Heb. from mouth to mouth from one end to another beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD 17 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did and his sin that he sinned are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 18 And * 2 Chr. 33. â—0 Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house in the garden of Uzza and Amon his son reigned in his stead 19 ¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign and he reigned two years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD as his father Manasseh did 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in and served the idols that his father served and worshipped them 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers and walked not in the way of the LORD 23 ¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him and slew the king in his own house 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzzah and * Matth. 1.10
after this * 2 Sam. 8.1 c. it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ And David smote ‖ Or Hadarezer in Sam. Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand hors-men and twenty thousand footmen David also houghed all the chariot horses but reserved of them an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of †Heb. Darmeseb Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria-Damascus and the Syrians became Davids servants and brought gifts Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezers and brought them to Jerusalem 8 Likewise from ‖ Called in the book of Sam. Beta and Berothai Tibhath and from Chun cities of Hadarezer brought David very much brass wherewith * 1 Kin. 7.13 2 Chr. 4.15 Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass 9 ¶ Now when ‖ Or Toi 2 Sam. 8.9 Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah 10 He sent ‖ Or Joram 2 Sam. 8.10 Hadoram his son to king David ‖ Or to salute to enquire of his welfare and †Heb. to bless to congratulate him because he had sought against Hadarezer and smitten him for Hadarezer †Heb. was the man of wars had warred with Tou and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations from Edom and from Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand 13 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom and all the Edomites became Davids servants Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgement and justice among all his people 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud ‖ Or. remembrancer recorder 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and ‖ Called Abimelech in Sam. Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and ‖ Called Seraiah in Sam. and Shisha 1 Kin 4.3 Shavsha was scribe 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the sons of David were chief †Heb. at the bank of the king about the king CHAP. XIX 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villainously entreated 6 The Ammonites strengthned by the Syriam are overcome by Joab and Abishai 16 Shopback making a new supply of the Syrians is slain by David NOw * 2 Sam. 10. 1 c. it came to pass after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died and his son reigned in his stead 2 And David said I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash because his father shewed kindness to me And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father so the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun †Heb In thine eyes doth David c. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee are not his servants come unto thee for to search and to overthrow and to spie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks and sent them away 5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were served and he sent to meet them for the men were greatly ashamed and the king said Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown and then return 6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves †Heb. to stink odious to David Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and hors-men out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria-maachah and out of Zobah 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots and the king of Maachah and his people who came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battel 8 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battel in aray before the gate of the city and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field 10 Now when Joab saw that †Heb. the face of the battel was the battel was set against him before and behinde he chose out of all the ‖ Or young men choise of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of †Heb. Abshai Abishai his brother and they set themselves in aray against the children of Ammon 12 And he said If the Syrians be too strong for me then thou shalt help me but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee then I will help thee 13 Be of good courage and let us he have our selves valiantly for our people and for the cities of our God and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battel and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entred into the city Then Joab came to Jerusalem 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the ‖ That is Euphrates river and ‖ Or Shobach 2 Sam. 10.16 Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told David and he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came upon them and set the battel in aray against them so when David had put the battel in aray against the Syrians they sought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots and fourty thousand footmen and killed Shophach the captain of the host 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they
not able to receive the burnt-offerings and the meat-offerings and the fat 8 ¶ Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days and all Israel with him a very great congregation from the entring in of Hamath unto * Josh 13.3 the river of Egypt 9 And in the eighth day they made †Heb. a restraint a solemn assembly for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh moneth he sent the people away into their tents glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 Thus * 1 King 9.1 c. Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the kings house and all that came into Solomons heart to make in the house of the LORD and in his own house he prosperously effected 12 ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said unto him I have heard thy prayer * Deut. 12.5 and have chosen this place to my self for an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain or if I command the locusts to devour the land or if I send pestilence among my people 14 If my people †Heb. upon whom my name is called which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land 15 Now * Chap. 6.40 mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent †Heb. to the prayer of this place unto the prayer that is made in this place 16 For now have * Chap. 6.6 I chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually 17 And as for thee if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked and do according to all that I have commanded thee and shalt observe my statutes and my judgements 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom according as I have covenanted with David thy father saying * Chap. 6.16 †Heb. there shall not be cut off to thee There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel 19 * Lev. 26.14 Deu. 28.15 But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them and this house which I have sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all nations 21 And this house which is high shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it so that he shall say * Deut. 29.24 Jer. 22.8 9. Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land and unto this house 22 And it shall be answered Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshipped them and served them therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them CHAP. VIII 1 Solomons buildings 7 The Gentiles which were left Solomon made tributaries but the Israelites rulers 11 Pharaohs daughter removeth to her house 12 Solomons yearly solemn sacrifices 14 He appointeth the priests Levites to their places 17 The navy fetcheth gold from Ophir ANd * King 9.10 c. it came to pass at the end of twenty years wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomom Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and prevailed against it 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath 5 Also he built Both-horon the upper and Beth-horon the nether fenced cities with walls gates and bars 6 And Baalath and all the store-cities that Solomon had and all the chariot-cities and the cities of the hors-men and †Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and throughout all the land of his dominion 7 ¶ As for all the people that were left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites which were not of Israel 8 But of their children who were left after them in the land whom the children of Israel consumed not them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work but they were men of war and chief of his captains and captains of his chariots and hors-men 10 And these were the chief of king Solomons officers even two hundred and fifty that bare rule over the people 11 ¶ And Solomon * 1 King 3.1 and 7.8 brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her for he said My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel because the places are †Heb. holiness holy whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come 12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch 13 Even after a certain rate every * Exod. 29 38. day offering according to the commandment of Moses on the sabbaths and on the new-moons and on the solemn feasts * Exod. 23.14 Deut. 16.16 three times in the year even in the feast of unleavened bread and in the feast of weeks in the feast of tabernacles 14 ¶ And he appointed according to the order of David his father the * 1 Chr. 24.1 courses of the priests to their service and the Levites to their charges to praise and minister before the priests as the duty of every day required the * 1 Chr. 9 17. porters also by their courses at every gate for †Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God so had David the man of God commanded 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD and until it was finished so the house of the LORD was perfected 17 ¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber and to ‖ Or Elath Deut. 2.8 Eloth at the sea-side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships and servants that had knowledge of the sea and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and
took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to king Solomon CHAP. IX 1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon 13 Solomons gold 15 His targets 17 The throne of ivory 20 His vessels 23 His presents 25 His chariots and horse 26 His tributes 29 His reign and death ANd * 1 King 10.1 c. Mat. 12.42 Luke 11. â—1 when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem with a very great company and camels that barespices and gold in abundance and precious stones and when she was come to Solomon she communed with him of all that was in her heart 2 And Solomon told her all her questions and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built 4 And the meat of his table and the sitting of his servants and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel his ‖ Or butlers cup-bearers also and their apparel and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD there was no more spirit in her 5 And she said to the king It was a true †Heb. word report which I heard in mine own land of thine ‖ Or sayings acts and of thy wisdom 6 Howbeit I beleeved not their words until I came and mine eyes had seen it and behold the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me for thou exceedest the fame that I heard 7 Happy are thy men and happy are these thy servants which stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne to be king for the LORD thy God because thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever therefore made he thee king over them to do judgement and justice 9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices great abundance and precious stones neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon 10 And the servants also of Huram the servants of Solomon which brought gold from Ophir brought algum-trees and precious stones 11 And the king made of the algum-trees ‖ Or stays †Heb. high ways terrises to the house of the LORD and to the kings palace and harps and psalteries for singers and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire whatsoever she asked besides that which she had brought unto the king so she turned and went away to her own land she and her servants 13 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold 14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought and all the kings of Arabia and ‖ Or captains governours of the countrey brought gold and silver to Solomon 15 ¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target 16 And three hundred shields made be of beaten gold three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon 17 ¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold 18 And there were six steps to the throne with a foot-stool of gold which were fastned to the throne and †Heb. lands stays on each side of the sitting place and two lions standing by the stays 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps There was not the like made in any kingdom 20 ¶ And all the drinking-vessels of king Solomon were of gold and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of †Heb. shut up pure gold ‖ Or there was no silver in them none were of silver it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon 21 For the kings ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold and silver ‖ Or elephants teeth ivory and apes and peacocks 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom 23 ¶ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart 24 And they brought every man his present vessels of silver and vessels of gold and raiment harness and spices horses and mules a rate year by year 25 ¶ And Solomon * 1 King 4.26 had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand hors-men whom he bestowed in the chariot-cities and with the king at Jerusalem 26 ¶ And he reigned over all the kings * Gen. 15.18 from the ‖ That is Euphrates river even unto the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt 27 And the king †Heb. gave made silver in Jerusalem as stones cedar-trees made he as the sycomore-trees that are in the low plains in abundance 28 * 1 King 10.28 Chap. 1.16 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt and out of all lands 29 ¶ Now the rest of the * 1 King 11.41 acts of Solomon first and last are they not written in the †Heb. words book of Nathan the prophet and in the prophesie of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of * Chap. 12.15 Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel fourty years 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers and he was buried in the city of David his father and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead CHAP. X. 1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him 6 Rehoboam refusing the old mens counsel by the advice of young men answereth them roughly 16 Ten tribes revolting kill Hadoram and make Rehoboam to flee ANd * 1 King 12.1 c. Rehoboam went to Shechem for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king 2 And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat who was in Egypt whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king heard it that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt 3 And they sent and called him so Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam saying 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us and we will serve thee 5 And he said unto them Come again unto me after three days And the people departed 6 ¶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before
had brought their counsel to nought that we returned all of us to the wall every one unto his work 16 And it came to pass from that time forth that the half of my servants wrought in the work and the other hall of them held both the spears the shields and the bowes and the habergeons and the rulers were behinde all the house of Judah 17 They which builded on the wall and they that bare burdens with those that laded every one with one of his hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon 18 For the builders every one had his sword girded †Heb. on tâ—â— loyns by his side and so builded and he that sounded the trumpet was by me 19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people The work is great and large and we are separated upon the wall one far from another 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet resort ye thither unto us our God shall sight for us 21 So we laboured in the work and half of them held the spears from the riâ—ing of the morning till the stars appeared 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem that in the night they may be a guard to us and labour on the day 23 So neither I nor my brethren nor my servants nor the men of the guard which followed me none of us put off our clothes ‖ Or every one went with his weapon for water saving that every one put them off for washing CHAP. V. 1 The Jews complain of their debt morgage and bondage 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the usurerâ— and causeth them to make a covenant of restitution 14 He forbeareth his own allowance and keepeth hospitality ANd there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews 2 For there were that said We our sons and our daughters are many therefore we take up corn for them that we may eat and live 3 Some also there were that said We have morgaged our lands vineyards and houses that we might buy corn because of the dearth 4 There were also that said We have borrowed money for the kings tribute and that upon our lands and vineyards 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren our children as their children and so we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already neither is it in our power to redeem them for other men have our lands and vineyards 6 ¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words 7 Then †Heb. my heart consulted in me I consulted with my self and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers and said unto them You exact usury every one of his brother And I set a great assembly against them 8 And I said unto them We after our ability have * Levit. 23.48 redeemed our brethren the Jews which were sold unto the heathen and will you even sell your brethren or shall they be sold unto us Then held they their peace and found nothing to answer 9 Also I said It is not good that ye do ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies 10 I likewise and my brethren and my servants might exact of them money and corn I pray you let us leave off this usury 11 Restore I pray you to them even this day their lands their vineyards their olive-yards and their houses also the hundredth part of the money and of the corn the wine and the oyl that ye exact of them 12 Then said they We will restore them and will require nothing of them so will we do as thou sayest Then I â—alled the priests and took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise 13 Also I sheok my lap and said So God shake out every man from his house and from his labour that performeth not this promise even thus be he shaken out and †Heb. empty or void emptied And all the congregation said Amen and praised the LORD And the people did according to this promise 14 ¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governour in the land of Judah from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king that is twelve years I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governour 15 But the former governours that had been before me were chargeable unto the people and had taken of them bread and wine beside fourty shekels of silver yea even their servants bare rule over the people but so did not I because of the fear of God 16 Yea also I continued in the work of this wall neither bought we any land and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work 17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers besides those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one or and six choice sheep also fowls were prepared for me and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine yet for all this required not I the bread of the governour because the bondage was heavy upon this people 19 * Chap. 13.22 Think upon me my God for good according to all that I have done for this people CHAP. VI. 1 Sanballat practiseth by craft by rumour by hired prophesies to terrifie Nehemiah 15 The work is finished to the terrour of the enemies 17 Secret intelligence â—asseth â—etween the enemies and the nobles of Judab NOw it came to pass when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arabian and the rest of our enemies heard that I had buiâ—led the wall and that there was no breach left therein though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me saying Come let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono but they thought to do me mischief 3 And I sent messengers unto them saying I am doing a great work so that I cannot come down why should the work cease whilest I leave it and come down to you 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort and I answered them after the same manner 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand 6 Wherein was written It is reported among the heathen and ‖ Or Geshem vers 2 Gashmu saith it that thou and the Jews think to rebel for which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayest be their king according to these words 7 And thou haft also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem saying
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies who vexed them and in the time of their trouble when they cried unto thee thou heardest them from heaven and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their enemies 28 But after they had rest †Heb. they returned to do veil they did evil again before thee therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies so that they had the dominion over them yet when they returned and cried unto thee thou heardest them from heaven and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies 29 And testifiedst against then that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law yet they dealt proudly and hearkned not unto thy commandments but sinned against thy judgements which if a man do he shall live in them and †Heb. they cave a withdrawing shoulder withdrew the shoulder and hardned their neck and would not hear 30 Yet many years didst thou †Heb. protract oâ—er them forbear them and testifiedst * 2 Km. 17.12 2 Chr. 36.15 against them by thy spirit †Heb. in the hand of thy prophets in thy prophets yet would they not give ear therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies sake thou didst not utterly consume them nor forsake them for thou art a gracious and merciful God 32 Now therefore our God the great the * Ex. 34.6 7. mighty and the terrible God who keepest covenant and mercy let not all the †Heb. â—â—ariness trouble seem little before thee †Heb. that hath â—â—und us that hath come upon us on our kings on our princes and on our priests and on our prophets and on our fathers on all thy people since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us for thou hast done right but we have done wickedly 34 Neither have our kings our princes our priests nor our fathers kept thy law nor hearkned unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testifie against them 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them neither turned they from their wicked works 36 Behold we are servants this day and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof behold we are servants in it 37 And it yeeldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins also they have dominion over our bodies and over our cattel at their pleasure and we are in great distress 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant and write it and our princes Levites and priests †Heb. are at the sâ—â—lâ—nâ— or â—â—led seal unto it CHAP. X. 1 The names of them that sealed the covenant 29 The points of the covenant NOw †Heb. at the sealings those that sealed were Nehemiah ‖ Or the coveâ—â—our the Tirshatha the son of Hachaliah and Zidkijah 2 Seraiah Azariah Jeremian 3 Pashur Amariah Malchijah 4 Hattush Shebaniah Malluch 5 Ilarim Meremoth Obadiah 6 Daniel Ginnethon Baruch 7 Meshullam Abijah Mijamin 8 Maâ—ziah Bilgai Shemaiah these were the priests 9 And the Levites both Jeshua the son of Azaniah Binnui of the sons of Henadad Kadmiel 10 And their brethren Shebaniah Hodijah Kelita Pelaiah Hanan 11 Micha Rehob Halhabiah 12 Zaccur Sherebiah Shebaniah 13 Hodijah Bani Beninu 14 The chief of the people Parosh Pahath-moab Elam Zatthu Bani 15 Bunni Azgad Bâ—bâ—i 16 Adonijah Bigvai Adin 17 Ater Hizkijah Azzur 18 Hodijah Haâ—hum Bezai 19 Hariph Anathoth Nehai 20 Maâ—piaâ—h Meshullam Hezir 21 Meâ—â—â—ezabeel Zadok Jaddua 22 Pesatiaâ— Hanan Anaiah 23 Hoshea Hanamah Hashub 24 Halloheâ—h Pileha Shobek 25 Rehum Hashabnah Maaseiah 26 And Ahijah Hanan Anan 27 Malâ—uch Harim Baanah 28 ¶ * Ezra 2. And the rest of the people the priests the Levites the porters the singers the Nethinims and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God their wives their sons and their daughters every one having knowledge and having understanding 29 They clave to their brethren their nobles and entred into a curse and into an oath to walk in Gods law which was given †Heb. by the hand of by Moses the servant of God and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his judgements and his statutes 30 And that we would not give * Ex. 34 16 Deu. 7.3 our daughters unto the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons 31 * Ex. 20.10 Lev. 23.3 Deut. 5.12 Ch. 13.15 c. And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath-day to sell that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath or on the holy-day and that we would leave the * Lev. 25.4 seventh year and the * Deu. 15.2 exaction of †Heb. every hand every debt 32 Also we made ordinances for us to charge our selves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God 33 For the shew-bread and for the continual meat-offering and for the continual burnt-offering * See Nu. 28 29. of the sabbaths of the new-moons for the set feasts and for the holy things and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel for all the work of the house of our God 34 And we cast the lots among the priests the Levites and the people for the wood-offering to bring it into the house of our God after the houses of our fathers at times appointed year by year to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God as it is written in the law 35 And * Ex. 23.19 Lev. 19.23 to bring the first-fruits of our ground and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees year by year unto the house of the LORD 36 Also the first-horn of our sons and of our cattel as it is written * Ex. 13.2 in the law and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to bring to the house of our God unto the priests that minister in the house of our God 37 * Lev. 23.17 Nu. 15.19 18.12 c. And that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough and our offerings and the fruit of all manner of trees of wine and of oyl unto the priests to the chambers of the house of our God and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites * Nu. 18.26 when the Levites take tithes and the Levites shall
that they may not pass over that they turn not again to cover the earth 10 †Heb. who sendeth He sendeth the springs into the valleys which †Heb. walk run among the hills 11 They give drink to every beast of the field the wilde asses †Heb. break quench their thirst 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation which †Heb. give a voice sing among the branches 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattel and herb for the service of man that he may bring forth food out of the earth 15 And * Judg. 9. â—3 wine that maketh glad the heart of man and †Heb. to make his face shine with oyl or more then oyl oyl to make his face to shine and bread which strengthneth mans heart 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted 17 Where the birds make their nests as for the stork the fir-trees are her house 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wilde goats and the rocks for the coneys 19 He appointeth the moon for seasons the sun knoweth his going down 20 Thou makest darkness and it is night wherein †Heb. all the beasts thereof do trample on the forest all the beasts of the forest do creep forth 21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their meat from God 22 The sun ariseth they gather themselves together and lay them down in their dens 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour until the evening 24 O LORD how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches 25 So is this great and wide sea wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts 26 There go the ships there is that leviathan whom thou hast †Heb. formed made to play therein 27 * Psal 145. â—â— These wait all upon thee that thou mayest give them their meat in due season 28 That thou givest them they gather thou openest thine hand they are filled with good 29 Thou hidest thy face they are troubled thou takest away their breath they die and return to their dust 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit they are created and thou renewest the face of the earth 31 The glory of the LORD †Heb. shall be shall endure for ever the LORD shall rejoyce in his works 32 He looketh on the earth and it trembleth he toucheth the hills and they smoke 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet I will be glad in the LORD 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth and let the wicked be no more bless thou the LORD O my soul Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CV 1 An exhortation to praise God and to seek out his works 7 The story of Gods providence over Abraham 16 over Joseph 23 over Jacob in Egypt 26 over Moses delivering the Israelites 37 over the Israelites brought out of Egypt fed in the wilderness and planted in Canaan O * 1 Chron. 16.8 Isa 12.4 Give thanks unto the LORD call upon his name make known his deeds among the people 2 Sing unto him sing psalms unto him talk ye of all his wondrous works 3 Glory ye in his holy name let the heart of them rejoyce that seek the LORD 4 Sâ—ek the LORD and his strength seek his face evermore 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done his wonders and the judgements of his mouth 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant ye children of Jacob his chosen 7 He is the LORD our God his judgements are in all the earth 8 He hath remembred his covenant for ever the word which he commanded to a thousand generations 9 * Gen. 17.2 22.16 c. and 26.3 28.13 35.11 Luke 1.73 Hebr. 6.17 Which covenant he made with Abraham his oath unto Isaac 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting covenant 11 Saying * Gen. 13.15 and 15.18 Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan †Heb. the cord the lot of your inheritance 12 When they were but a few men in number yea very few and strangers in it 13 When they went from one nation to another from one kingdom to another people 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong yea he reproved kings for their sakes 15 Saying Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land he brake the whole staff of bread 17 He sent a man before them * Gen. 37.28 even Joseph who was sold for a servant 18 * Gen. 39.20 Whose feet they hurt with fetters †Heb. his soul came into iron he was laid in iron 19 Until the time that his word came the word of the LORD tried him 20 * Gen. 41 14. The king sent and loosed him even the ruler of the people and let him go free 21 * Gen. 41.40 He made him lord of his house ruler of all his †Heb. possession substance 22 To binde his princes at his pleasure and teach his senatours wisdom 23 * Gen. 46.6 Israel also came into Egypt and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger then their enemies 25 * Exod. 1.8 c. He turned their heart to hate his people to deal subtilly with his servants 26 * Exod. 3.10 He sent Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen 27 * Exod. 7.9 They shewed †Heb. words of his signs his signs among them and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 * Exod. 10 22. He sent darkness and made it dark and they rebelled not against his word 29 * Exod. 7.20 He turned their waters into bloud and slew their fish 30 * Exod. 8.6 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of their kings 31 * Exod. 8.17 24. He spake and there came divers sorts of flies and lice in all their ceasts 32 * Exod. 9 23. †Heb. he gave their rain hail He gave them hail for rain and flaming fire in their land 33 He smote their vines also and their fig-trees and brake the trees of their coasts 34 * Ex. 10.4 He spake and the locusts came and caterpillers and that without number 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground 36 * Ex. 12.29 He smote also all the first-born in their land the chief of all their strength 37 * Ex. 12.35 He brought them forth also with silver and gold
dance there 22 And †Heb. lim the wilde beasts of the islands shall cry in their ‖ Or palaces desolate houses and dragons in their pleasant palaces and her time is near to come and her days shall not be prolonged CHAP. XIV 1 Gods merciful restauration of Israel 4 Their triumphant insultation over Babel 24 Gods purpose against Assyria 29 Palestina is threatned FOr the LORD will have mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own land and the strangers shall be joyned with them and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the people shall take them and bring them to their place and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and hand-maids and they shall take them captives †Heb. that had taken them captives whose captives they were and they shall rule over their oppressours 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve 4 ¶ That thou shalt take up this ‖ Or taunting speech proverb against the king of Babylon and say How hath the oppressour ceased the ‖ Or exactress of gold golden city ceased 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked and the sceptre of the rulers 6 He who smote the people in wrath with †Heb. a stroke without removing a continual stroke he that ruled the nations in anger is persecuted and none hindreth 7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet they break forth into singing 8 Yea the fir-trees rejoyce at thee and the cedars of Lebanon saying Since thou art laid down no feller is come up against us 9 ‖ Or the grave Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up the dead for thee even all the †Heb. leaders ‖ Or great gâ—â—â—s chief ones of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee Art thou also become weak as we art thou become like unto us 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols the worm is spread under thee and the worms cover thee 12 How art thou faln from heaven ‖ Or O day star O lucifer son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations 13 For thou hast said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the most High 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell to the sides of the pit 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee saying Is this the man that made the earth to tremble that did shake kingdoms 17 That made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof that ‖ Or did not let his prisoners loose home-ward opened not the house of his prisoners 18 All the kings of the nations even all of them lie in glory every one in his own house 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch and as the raiment of those that are slâ—in thrust through with a sword that go down to the stones of the pit as a carcase troden under feet 20 Thou shalt not be joyned with theâ— in burial because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people * Job 18.19 Psal 21 1â— and 37.28 109.13 the seed of evil doers shall never be renowned 21 Prepare slaughter for his children * Ex. 20.5 Mat. 23.35 for the iniquity of their fathers that they do not rise nor possess the land nor fill the face of the world with cities 22 For I will rise up against them saith the LORD of hosts and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant and son and nephew saith the LORD 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction saith the LORD of hosts 24 ¶ The LORD of hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I have thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed so shall it stand 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land and upon my mountains tread him under foot then shall his yoke depart from off them and his burden depart from off their shoulders 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations 27 For the LORD of hosts hath * 1 Chr. 20.6 Job 9.12 Pr. 21.30 Dan. 4.31 purposed and who shall disanul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden 29 ¶ Rejoyce not thou whole Palestina because the rod of him that smote thee is broken for out of the serpents root shall come forth a ‖ Or adder cockatrice and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent 30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed and the needy shall lie down in safety and I will kill thy root with famine and he shall slay thy remnant 31 Howl O gate cry O city thou whole Palestina art dissolved for there shall come from the north a smoke and ‖ Or he shall not be alone none shall be alone in his ‖ Or assemblies appointed times 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation That * Ps 8â— 1 5. 102.16 the LORD hath founded Zion ‖ Or â—â—take themselves unto it and the poor of his people shall trust in it CHAP. XV. The lamentable state of Moab THe burden of Moab Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and ‖ Or cut off brought to silence because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and in bought to silence 2 He is gone up â—o Bajith and to Dibon the high places to weep Moab shall howl over Nebo and over Medeba * Jer. 48.37 38. Ezek. 7.18 on all their heads shall be baldness and every beard cut off 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth on the tops of their houses and in their streets every one shall howl †Heb. descending into weeping or coming down with weeping weeping abundantly 4 And Heshbon shall cry and Elealeh their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz therefore the armed souldiers of Moab shall cry out his life shall be grievous unto him 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab ‖ Or to the borders there-fâ—â—ven as an ceisâ—â— his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar an * Jer. 41. â— 34. heifer of three
each lay shall be ‖ Or a court for reeds c. grass with reeds and rushes 8 And an high-way shall be there and a way and it shall he called the way of holiness the unclean shall not pass over it ‖ Or for be shall be with the. but it shall be for those the way-faring men though fools shall not err therein 9 No lion shall be there nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon it shall not he sound there but the redeemed shall walk there 10 And the * Chap. 51.11 ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy up on their heads they shall obtain joy and gladness and forrow and â—ighing shall flee away CHAP. XXXVI 1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah 4 Raâ—shakeh sent by Sennacherib by blasphemous peâ—swasions sollienteth the people to revolt 22 His words are cold to Hezekiah NOw * 2 King 18.13 2 Chro. 32.1 it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah and took them 2 And the king of Assyriasent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the high-way of the fullers field 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim Hilkiahs son which was over the house and Shebna the ‖ Or secretary scribe and Joah Asaphs son the recorder 4 ¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them Say ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith the great king the king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest 5 I say sayest thou but they are but †Heb. a word of lips vain words ‖ Or But counsel and strength are for the war I have counsel and strength for war now on whom dost thou trust that thou rebellest against me 6 Lo thou trustest in the * Ezek. 29.6 7. staff of this broken reed on Egypt whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him 7 But if thou say to me We trust in the LORD our God is it not he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and said to Judah and to Jerusalem Ye shall worship before this altar 8 Now therefore give ‖ Or bostages pledges I pray thee to my master the king of Assyria and I will give thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for hors-men 10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it the LORD said unto me Go up against this land and destroy it 11 ¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh Speak I pray thee unto thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand it and speak not to us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall 12 ¶ But Rabshakeh said Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words hath be not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall that they may eat their own dung and drink their own piss with you 13 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language and said Hear ye the words of the great king the king of Assyria 14 Thus saith the king Let not Hezekiah deceive you for he shall not be able to deliver you 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD saying The LORD will surely deliver us this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 16 Hearken not to He ekiah for thus saith the king of Assyria ‖ Or Seek my favour by a present †Heb. Make with me a blessing Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me and eat ye every one of his vine and every one of his fig-tree and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of corn and wine a land of bread and vineyards 18 Beware lest Hezekiah perswade you saying The LORD will deliver us Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad where are the gods of Sepharvaim and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand 20 Who are they amongst all the gods of these lands that have delivered their land out of my hand that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand 21 But they held their peace and answered him not a word for the kings commandment was saying Answer him not 22 ¶ Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah that was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rabshakeh CHAP. XXXVII 1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them 6 Isaiah comforteth them 8 Sennacherih going to encounter Tirhakah sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14 Hezekiahs prayer 21 Isaiah his prophesie of the pride and destruction of Sennacherih and the good of Zion 26 An Angel slayeth the Assyrians 37 Sennacherih is slain at Nineveh by his own sons ANd * 2 Kin. 19.1 c. it came to â—ass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD 2 And he sent Eliakim who was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz 3 And they said unto him Thus saith Hezekiah This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of ‖ Or provocation blasphemy for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard wherefore â—ift up thy prayer for the remnant that is †Heb. found left 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them Thus shall ye say unto your master Thus saith the LORD Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me 7 Behold I will ‖ Or put a spirit into him send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumour and return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land 8 ¶ So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah
name at the first and see * 1 Sam. 4.10 11. Psal 76.60 Chap. 26.6 what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel 13 And now because ye have done all these works saith the LORD and I spake unto you rising up early and speaking but ye heard not and I * Prov. 1.24 Isa 65.12 66 4. called you but ye answered not 14 Therefore will I do unto this house which is called by my name wherein ye trust and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers as I have done to * 1 Sam. 4.10 11. Psal 78.60 and 132.6 Ch. 26.6 Shiloh 15 And I will cast you out of my sight as I have cast out all your brethren even the whole seed of Ephraim 16 Therefore * Exod. 32.10 Chap. 11.14 14.11 pray not thou for this people neither lift up cry nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee 17 ¶ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judan and in the streets of Jerusalem 18 * Chap. 44.10 The children gather wood and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the ‖ Or frame or workmanship of heaven queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger 19 Do they provoke me to anger saith the LORD do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the ground and it shall burn and shall not be quenched 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel * Isa 111. Chap. 6.20 Amos 5.21 Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices and eat flesh 22 For I spake not unto your fathers nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt †Heb. concerning the matter of concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices 23 But this thing commanded I them saying * Deut. 6.3 Obey my voice and * Exod. 19.5 Lev. 26.12 I will be your God and ye shall be my people and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well unto you 24 But they hearkned not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the ‖ Or stubbornness imagination of their evil heart and †Heb. were went backward and not forward 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even * 2 Chr. 36.15 sent unto you all my servants the prophets daily rising up early and sending them 26 Yet they hearkned not unto me nor inclined their ear but * Chap. 16.12 hardned theâ—r neck they did worse then their fathers 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them but they will not hearken to thee thou shalt also call unto them but they will not answer thee 28 But thou shalt say unto them This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God nor receiveth ‖ Or instruction correction truth is perished and is cut off from their mouth 29 ¶ Cut off thine hair O Jerusalem and cast it away and take up a lamentation on high places for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight saith the LORD they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name to pollute it 31 And they have built the * 2 Kin. 23.10 Ch. 19.5 high places of Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire which I commanded them not neither †Heb. came it upon my bâ—art came it into my heart 32 ¶ Therefore behold the days * Ch. 19.6 come saith the LORD that it shall no more be called Tophet nor the valley of the son of Hinnom but the valley of slaughter for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place 33 And the * Ps 79.2 Ch. 16.4 and 24.20 carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth and none shall fray them away 34 Then will I cause to * Isa 24 7. Ch. 16.9 25.10 33.11 Ezek. 26. â—3 â—oâ— 2.11 cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride for the land shall be desolate CHAP. VIII 1 The calamity of the Jews both dead and alive 4 He upbraideth their foolish and shameless impenitency 13 He sheweth their grievous judgement 18 and bewaileth their desperate estate AT that time saith the LORD they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of his princes and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of their graves 2 And they shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven whom they have loved and whom they have served and after whom they have walked and whom they have sought and whom they have worshipped they shall not be gathered nor be buried they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth 3 And death shall be chosen rather then life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family which remain in all the places whither I have driven them saith the LORD of hosts 4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD Shall they fall and not arise shall he turn away and not return 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding they hold fast deceit they refuse to return 6 I hearkned and heard but they spake not aright no man repented him of his wickedness saying What have I done every one turned to his course as the horse rusheth into the battel 7 Yea * Isa â— 3 the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming but my people know not the judgement of the LORD 8 How do ye say We are wise and the law of the LORD is with us Lo certainly ‖ Or the false pen of the scribes worketh for falshood in vain made he it the pen of the scribes is in vain 9 * Ch. 6.15 ‖ Or have they been ashamed c. The wise men are ashamed they are dismayed and taken lo they have rejected the word of the LORD and †Heb. the wisdom of what thing what wisdom is in them 10 Therefore will I give their
Heb. sons of the people common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death CHAP. XXVII 1Vnder the type of bonds and yokes be prophesieth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nehuchadnezzar 8 He exhorteth them to yield and not to beleeve the false prophets 12 The like he doth to Zedekiah 19 He foretelleth the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon and there continue until the day of visitation IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD to me Make thee bonds and yokes and put them upon thy neck 3 And send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the Ammonites and to the king of Tyrus and to the king of Zidon by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah 4 And command them ‖ Or concerning their masters saying to say unto their masters Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Thus shall ye say unto your masters 5 I have made the earth the man and the beast that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm and * Dan. 4.17 25. have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon * Ch. 25.9 43.10 my servant and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him 7 And all nations shall serve him and his son and his sons son until the very time of his land come and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him 8 And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon that nation will I punish saith the LORD with the sword and with the famine and with the pestilence until I have consumed them by his hand 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets nor to your diviners nor to your †Heb. deâ—ams dreamers nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers which speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon 10 For they prophesie a lie unto you to remove you far from your land and that I should drive you out and ye should perish 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him those will I let remain still in their own land saith the LORD and they shall till it and dwell therein 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words saying Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people and live 13 Why will ye die thou and thy people by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon for they prophesie * Ch. 14.14 and 23.21 and 27.8 a lie unto you 15 For I have not sent them saith the LORD yet they prophesie †Heb. in a lie or lyingly a lie in my name that I might drive you out and that ye might perish ye and the prophets that prophesie unto you 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people saying Thus saith the LORD Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesie unto you saying Behold the vessels of the LORDS house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon for they prophesie a lie unto you 17 Hearken not unto them serve the king of Babylon and live wherefore should this city be laid waste 18 But if they be prophets and if the word of the LORD be with them let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are lest in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem go not to Babylon 19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not when he carried away * 2 Kin. 24.14 15. captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem 21 Yea thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem 22 They shall be * 2 Kim 25.13 2 Chr. 36.18 carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I * 2 Chr. 36.22 Ch. 29.10 visit them saith the LORD then will I bring them up and restore them to this place CHAP. XXVIII 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsly the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah 5 Jeremiah wishing it to be true sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke 15 and foretelleth Hananiahs death ANd it came to pass the same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year and in the fifth moneth that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet which was of Gibeon spake unto me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and of all the people saying 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts the God of Israel saying I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon 3 Within †Heb. two years of days two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORDs house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this Place and carried them to Babylon 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah with all the †Heb. captivity captives of Judah that went into Babylon saith the LORD for I will break the yoke of the king of Babalon 5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said Amen The LORD do so the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied to bring again the vessels of the LORDS house and all that is carried away captive from Babylon into this place 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the people 8 The prophets that have
the ears of the people 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah the son of Shelemiah the son of Cushi unto Baruch saying Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people and come So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand and came unto them 15 And they said unto him Sit down now and read it in our ears So Baruch read it in their ears 16 Now it came to pass when they had heard all the words they were afraid both one and other and said unto Baruch We will surely tell the king of all these words 17 And they asked Baruch saying Tell us now How didst thou write all these words at his mouth 18 Then Baruch answered them He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth and I wrote them with ink in the book 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch Go hide thee thou and Jeremiah and let no man know where ye be 20 ¶ And they went in to the king into the court but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe and told all the words in the ears of the king 21 So the king sent Jehudi to set the roll and he took it out of Elishama the scribes chamber and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king 21 So the king sent Jehudi to set the roll and he took it out of Elishama the scribes chamber and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king 22 Now the king sat in the winter-house in the ninth moneth and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him 23 And it came to pass that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves he cut it with the pen-knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth 24 Yet they were not afraid nor rent their garments neither the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll but he would not heat them 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son ‖ Or oâ—tiâ— king of Hammelech and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet but the LORD hid them 27 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after that the king had burnt the roll and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah saying 28 Take thee again another roll and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehorakim king of Judah hath burnt 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah Thus saith the LORD Thou hast burnt this roll saying Why hast thou written therein saying The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David and his dead body shall be * Chap. 22.19 cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost 31 And I will †Heb. visit upon punish him and his seed and his seed and his servants for their iniquity and I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the men of Judah all the evil that I have pronounced against them but they hearkned not 32 ¶ Then took Jeremiah another roll and gave it to Baruch the scribe the son of Neriah who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burnt in the fire and there were added besides unto them many †Heb. 〈◊〉 they like words CHAP. XXXVII 1 The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Caldeans king Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the people 6 Jeremiah prophesieth the Caldeans certain return and victory 11 He is taken for a fugitive beaten and put in prison 16 He assureth Zedekiah of the captivity 18 Intreating for his liberty he obtaineth some favour ANd king * 2 Kin. 24.17 2 Chr. 36.10 Chap. 22.24 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned in stead of Coniah the son of Jehoikim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah 2 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land did hearken unto the words of the LORD which he spake †Heb. by the hand of the prophet by the prophet Jeremiah 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah saying Pray now unto the LORD our God for us 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people for they had not put him into prison 5 Then Pharaohs army was come forth out of Egypt and when the Caldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them they departed from Jerusalem 6 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying 7 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah that sent you unto me to enquire of me Behold Pharaohs army which is come forth to help you shall return to Egypt into their own land 8 And the Caldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire 9 Thus saith the LORD Deceive not your †Heb. soult selves saying The Caldeans shall surely depart from us for they shall not depart 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Caldeans that fight against you and there remained but †Heb. thrust through wounded men among them yet should they rise up every man in his tent and burn this city with fire 11 ¶ And it came to pass that when the army of the Caldeans was †Heb. made to osâ—end broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaohs army 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin ‖ Or to slip away from thence in the midst of the people to separate himself thence in the mids of the people 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin a captain of the ward was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah and he took Jeremiah the prophet saying Thou fallest away to the Caldeans 14 Then said Jeremiah It is †Heb. falshood or a lie false I fall not away to the Caldeans but he hearkned not to him so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah and smote him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe for they
the mouth of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judan saying 2 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel unto thee O Baruch 3 Thou didst say Wo is me now for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow I fainted in my sighing and I finde no rest 4 ¶ Thus shalt thou say unto him The LORD saith thus Behold that which I have built will I break down and that which I have planted I will pluck up even this whole land 5 And seekest thou great things for thy self seek them not for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh saith the LORD but thy life will I give unto thee * Ch. 39 1â— for a prey in all places whither thou goest CHAP. XLVI 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the overthrow of Pharaohs army at Euphrates 13 and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar 27 He comforteth Jacob in their chastisement THe word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles 2 Against Egypt against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Joâ—iah king of Judah 3 Order ye the buckler and shield and draw near to battel 4 Harness the horses and get up ye hors-men and stand forth with your helmets furbish the spears and put on the brigandines 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back and their mighty ones are †Heb. broken in pieces beaten down and are †Heb. â—eâ— a flight fled apace and look not back for fear was round about saith the LORD 6 Let not the swift flee away nor the mighty man escape they shall stumble and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates 7 Who is this that cometh up as a floud whose waters are moved as the rivers 8 Egypt riseth up like a floud and his waters are moved like the rivers and he saith I will go up and will cover the earth I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof 9 Come up ye horses and rage ye chariots and let the mighty men come forth †Heb. Cuâ—h the Ethiopians and †Heb. Put. the Libyans that handle the shield and the Lydians that handle and bend the bowe 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts a day of vengeance that he may avenge him of his adversaries and the sword shall devour and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their bloud for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north-countrey by the river Euphrates 11 Go up into Gilead and take balm O virgin the daughter of Egypt in vain shalt thou use many medicines for †Heb. no cure shall be â—nto thee thou shalt not be cured 12 The nations have heard of thy shame and thy cry hath filled the land for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty and they are faln both together 13 ¶ The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt 14 Declare ye in Egypt and publish in Migdol and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes say ye Stand fast and prepare thee for the sword shall devour round about thee 15 Why are thy valiant men swept away they stood not because the LORD did drive them 16 He †Heb. multiplied the faller made many to fall yea one fell upon another and they said Arise and let us go again to our own people and to the land of our nativity from the oppressing sword 17 They did cry there Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise he hath passed the time appointed 18 As I live saith the King whose name is the LORD of hosts Surely as Tabor is among the mountains and as Carmel by the sea so shall he come 19 Oh thou daughter dwelling in Egypt †Heb. â—akâ— thee instruments of captivity furnish thy self to go into captivity for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer but destruction cometh it cometh out of the north 21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like †Heb. 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 shall fatted bullocks for they also are turned back and are fled away together they did not stand because the day of their calamity was come upon them and the time of their visitation 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent for they shall march with an army and come against her with axes as hewers of wood 23 They shall cut down her forest saith the LORD though it cannot be searched because they are more then the grashoppers and are innumerable 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north 25 The LORD of hosts the God of Israel saith Behold I will punish the ‖ Or nourisher †Heb. Amen multitude of No and Pharaoh and Egypt with their gods and their kings even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants and afterwards it shall be inhabited as in the days of old saith the LORD 27 ¶ * Isa 41. â—3 43 5. 44.2 Chap. 30.10 But fear not thou O my servant Jacob and be not dismayed O Israel for behold I will save thee from afar off and thy seed from the land of their captivity and Jacob shall return and be in reâ—â— and at ease and none shall make him afraid 28 Fear thou not O Jacob my servant saith the LORD for I am with thee for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee but I will not make * Chap. 10.24 30.11 a full end of thee but correct thee in measure yet will I ‖ Or not utterly â—ut thee off not leave thee wholly unpunished CHAP. XLVII The destruction of the Philistines THe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines before that Pharaoh smote †Heb. Azzaâ— Gaza 2 Thus saith the LORD Behold * Isa 8.7 water rise up out of the north and shall be an overflowing floud and shall overflow the land and †Heb. the fulness â—â—ereof all that is therein the city and them that dwell therein then the men shall cry and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hooâ—s of his strong horses at the rushing of his chariots and at the rumbling of his wheels the father shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth for the LORD will
thy wisdom By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches and thine heart is lifted up because of the riches 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God 7 Behold therefore I will bring strangers upon thee the terrible of the nations and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom and they shall defile thy brightness 8 They shall bring thee down to the pit and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee I am God but thou shalt be a man and no God in the hand of him that ‖ Or. â—â—undeth slayeth thee 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers for I have spoken it saith the Lord GOD. 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 12 Son of man take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus and say unto him Thus saith the Lord GOD Thou sealest up the sum full of wisdom and perfect in beauty 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God every precious stone was thy covering the ‖ Or ruby sardius topaz and the diamond the ‖ Or â—hrâ—solite beryl the onyx and the jasper the sapphire the ‖ Or thrysoprase emerald and the carbuncle and gold the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth and I have set thee so thou wast upon the holy mountain of God thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created till iniquity was found in thee 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence and thou hast sinned therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God and I will destroy thee O covering cherub from the midst of the stones of fire 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness I will cast thee to the ground I will lay thee before kings that they may behold thee 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities by the iniquity of thy traffick therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee it shall devour thee and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee thou shalt be †Heb. terrours a terrour and never shalt thou be any more 20 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 21 Son of man set thy face against Zidon and prophesie against it 22 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against thee O Zidon and I will be glorified in the midst of thee and they shall know that I am the LORD when I shall have executed judgements in her and shall be sanctified in her 23 For I will send into her pestilence and bloud into her streets and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side and they shall know that I am the LORD 24 ¶ And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them that despised them and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 25 Thus saith the Lord GOD When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell ‖ Or with confidence safely therein and shall build houses and plant vineyards yea they shall dwell with confidence when I have executed judgements upon all those that ‖ Or sâ—â—tâ— despise them round about them and they shall know that I am the LORD their God CHAP. XXIX 1 The judgement of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel 8 The desolation of Egypt 13 The restauration thereof after fourty years 17 Egypt the reward of Nebuchadrezzar 21 Israel shall be restored IN the tenth year in the tenth moneth in the twelfth day of the moneth the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son or man set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesie against him and against all Egypt 3 Speak and say Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against thee Pharaoh king of Egypt the great * Psal 74.13 14. Isa 2â— 1 51.9 dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers which hath said My river is mine own and I have made it for my self 4 But I will put hooks in thy chaws and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scares and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness thee and all the fish of thy rivers thou shalt fall upon the †Heb. face of the field open fields thou shalt not be brought together nor gathered I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD because they have been a * 2 Kings 18.21 Isa 36.6 staff of reed to the house of Israel 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand thou didst break and rent all their shoulder and when they leaned upon thee thou brakest and madest all their loyns to be at a stand 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will bring a sword upon thee and cut off man and beast out of thee 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste and they shall know that I am the LORD because he hath said The river is mine and I have made it 10 Behold therefore I am against thee and against thy rivers and I will make the land of Egypt †Heb. wastes oâ— waste utterly waste and desolate from the tower of †Heb. Seventh Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia 11 No foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast shall pass through it neither shall it be inhabited fourty years 12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countreys that are desolate and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate fourty years and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countreys 13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord GOD At the * Isa 19.23 Jer. 46.26 end of fourty years
prophesied as I was commanded and as I prophesied there was a noise and behold a shaking and the bones came together bone to his bone 8 And when I beheld lo the sinews and the flesh came up upon them and the skin covered them above but there was no breath in them 9 Then said he unto me Prophesie unto the ‖ Or breath wind prophesie son of man and say to the wind Thus saith the Lord GOD Come from the four winds O breath and breathe upon these slain that they may live 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me and the breath came into them and they lived and stood up upon their feet an exceeding great army 11 ¶ Then he said unto me Son of man these bones are the whole house of Israel behold they say Our bones are dried and our hope is lost we are cut off for our parts 12 Therefore prophesie and say unto them Thus saith the Lord God Behold O my people I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves and bring you into the land of Israel 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have opened your graves O my people and brought you up out of your graves 14 And shall put my spirit in you and ye shall live and I shall place you in your own land then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it and performed it saith the LORD 15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me saying 16 Moreover thou son of man take thee one stick and write upon it For Judah and for the children of Israel his companions then take another stick and write upon it For Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions 17 And joyn them one to another into one stick and they shall become one in thine hand 18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee saying Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these 19 Say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his fellows and will put them with him even with the stick of Judah and make them one stick and they shall be one in mine hand 20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes 21 And say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and * Joh. 10 16. one king shall be king to them all and they shall be no more two nations neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols nor with their detestable things nor with any of their transgressions but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned and will cleanse them so shall they be my people and I will be their God 24 And * Isa 40.11 Jer. 23.5 and 30.9 Ch. 34.23 David my servant shall be king over them and they all shall have one shepherd they shall also walk in my judgements and observe my statutes and do them 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant wherein your fathers have dwelt and they shall dwell therein even they and their children and their childrens children for ever and my servant David shall be their prince for ever 26 Moreover I will make a * Psa 89.3 Ch. 34.25 covenant of peace with them it shall be an everlasting covenant with them and I will place them multiply them will set my * 2 Cor. 6.16 sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them yea I will be * Ch. 11.20 and 14.11 their God and they shall be my People 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctifie Israel when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore CHAP. XXXVIII 1 The army 8 and malice of Gog. 14 Gods judgement against him ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man set thy face against * Rev. ac ◠Gog the land of Magog ‖ Or prince of the chief the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal and prophesie against him 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I am against thee O Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal 4 And * Ch. 39.2 I will turn thee back and put hooks into thy chaws and I will bring thee forth and all thine army horses and hors-men all of them clothed with all sorts of armour even a great company with bucklers and shields all of them handling swords 5 Persia Ethiopia and ‖ Or Phut Libya with them all of them with shield and helmet 6 Gomer and all his bands the house of Togarmah of the northquarters and all his bands and many people with thee 7 Be thou prepared and prepare for thy self thou and all thy company that are assembled unto thee and be thou a guard unto them 8 ¶ After many days thou shalt be visited in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword and is gathered out of many people against the mountains of Israel which have been always waste but it is brought forth out of the nations and they shall dwell safely all of them 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land thou and all thy bands and many people with thee 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD It shall also come to pass that at the same time shall things come into thy minde and thou shalt ‖ Or conceive a mischievous purpose think an evil thought 11 And thou shalt say I will go up to the land of unwalled villages I will go to them that are at rest that dwell ‖ Or confidently safely all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates 12 †Heb. to spoil the spoil and to prey the prey To take a spoil and to take a prey to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations which have gotten cattel and goods that dwell in the †Heb. navel midst of the land 13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions thereof shall say unto thee Art thou come to take a spoil hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey to carry away silver and gold to take away cattel and goods to take a great spoil 14 ¶ Therefore son of man prophesie and say unto Gog Thus saith
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
praise him therewith 23 Draw near unto me you unlearned and dwell in the house of learning 24 Wherefore are you slow and what say you of these things seeing your souls are very thirsty 25 I opened my mouth and said * Isai 55.1 Buy her for your selves without money 26 Put your neck under the yoke and let your soul receive instruction she is hard at hand to finde 27 * Chap. 6.19 Behold with your eyes how that I have had but little labour and have gotten unto me much rest 28 Get learning with a great sum of money get much gold by her 29 Let your soul rejoyce in his mercy and be not ashamed of his praise 30 Work your work betimes and in his time he will give you your reward ¶ BARUCH CHAP. I. 1 Baruch wrote a book in Babylon 5 The Jews there wept at the reading of it 7 They send money and the book to the brethren at Jerusalem ANd these are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nerias the son of Maasias the son of Sedecias the son of Asadias the son of Chelcias wrote in Babylon 2 In the fifth year and in the seventh day of the moneth what time as the Caldeans took Jerusalem and burnt it with fire 3 And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of ‖ Or Joacim Joachim king of Juda and in the ears of all the people that came to hear the book 4 And in the hearing of the nobles and of the kings sons and in the hearing of the elders and of all the people from the lowest unto the highest even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud 5 Whereupon they wept fasted ‖ Or and vowed vows and prayed before the Lord. 6 They made also a collection of money according to every mans power 7 And they sent it to Jerusalem unto ‖ Or Joacim Joachim the high priest the son of Chescias son of Salom and to the priests and to all the people which were sound with him at Jerusalem 8 At the same time when he received the vessels of the house of the Lord that were carried out of the temple to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the moneth Sivan namely silver vessels which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made 9 After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias and the princes and the ‖ Or prisoners captives and the mighty men and the people of the land from Jerusalem and brought them unto Babylon 10 And they said behold we have sent you money to buy you burnt-offerings and sin-offerings and incense and prepare ye †Gr corruptly for minâ—ba manna and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God 11 And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and for the life of Balthalar his son that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven * meat-offering 12 And the Lord will give us strength and lighten our eyes and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and under the shadow of Balthasar his son and we shall serve them many days and finde favour in their sight 13 Pray for us also unto the Lord our God for we have sinned against the Lord our God and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us 14 And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you to make confession in the house of the Lord upon the feasts and solemn days 15 And ye shall say * Chap. â— 6 To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness but unto us the confusion of faces as it is coms to pass this day unto them of Juda and to the inhabitants of Jerulalem 16 And to our kings and to our princes and to our priests and to our prophets and to our fathers 17 For we have * Dan. 9.5 sinned before the Lord 18 And disobeyed him and have not hearkned unto the voice of the Lord our God to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly 19 Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt unto this present day we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice 20 * Deut. 28.15 Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us and the curse which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey like as it is to see this day 21 Nevertheless we have not hearkned unto the voice of the Lord our God according unto all the words of the prophets whom he sent unto us 22 But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart to serve strange gods and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God CHAP. II. The prayer and confession which the Jews at Babylon made and sent in that book unto the brethreâ—◠〈◊〉 Jerusalem THerefore the Lord hath made good his word which he pronounced against us and against our judges that judged Israel and against our kings and against our princes and against the men of Israel and Juda. 2 To bring upon us great plagues such as never hapned under the whose heaven as it came to pass in Jerusalem according to the things that were written in the law of Moses 3 That a man should * Deut. 28.53 eat the flesh of his own son and the flesh of his own daughter 4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about where the Lord hath scattered them 5 Thus we †Gr. were beneath and not above were cast down and not exalted becaused we have sinned against the Lord our God and have not been obedient unto his voice 6 * Ch. 1.15 To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness but unto us and to our fathers open shame as appeareth this day 7 For all these plagues are come upon us which the Lord hath pronounced against us 8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart 9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil and the Lord hath brought it upon us for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us 10 Yet we have not hearkned unto his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he hath set before us 11 * Dan. 9.15 And now O Lord God of Israel that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and high arm and with signs and with wonders and with great power and hast gotten thy self a name as appeareth this day 12 O Lord our
God we have sinned we have done ungodly we have dealt unrighteously in all mine ordinances 13 Let thy wrath turn from us for we are but a few left among the heathen where thou hast scattered us 14 Hear our prayers O Lord and our petitions and deliver us for thine own sake and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away 15 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God because †Gr. thy came is called upon Israel Israel and his posterity is called by thy name 16 O Lord * Deut. 26.15 Isa 63.15 look down from thy holy house and consider us bow down thine ear O Lord to hear us 17 Open thine eyes and behold for the * Ps 6.5 115.17 Isa 38.15 19. dead that are in the graves whose †Gr. spirit or sisâ— souls are taken from their bodies will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness 18 But the soul that is greatly vexed which goeth stooping and feeble and the eyes that sail and the hungry soul will give thee praise and righteousness O Lord. 19 * Dan. 9.18 Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee O Lord our God for the righteousness of our fathers and of our kings 20 For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets saying 21 * Jer. 27.11 Thus faith the Lord Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers 22 But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord to serve the king of Babylon 23 I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda and from without Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of joy the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants 24 But we would not hearken unto thy voice to serve the king of Babylon therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets namely that the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers should be taken out of their places 25 And so they are cast out to the heat of the day and to the frost of the night and they died in great miseries by famine by sword and by pestilence 26 And the house which is called by thy name hast thou said waste as it is to be seen this day for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda. 27 O Lord our God thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness and according to all that great mercy of thine 28 As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel saying 29 * Lev. 26.14 Deu. 28.15 If ye will not hear my voice surely †Gr. this great sâ—arm this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations where I will scatter them 30 For I knew that they would not hear me because it is a stiff-necked people but in the land of their captivities they shall ‖ Or come to themselves remember themselves 31 And shall know that I am the Lord their God for I will give them an heart and ears to hear 32 And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity and think upon my name 33 And return from their stiff †Gr. back neck and from their wicked deeds for they shall remember the way of their fathers which finned before the Lord. 34 And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and they shall be lords of it and I will increase them and they shall not be diminished 35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God and they shall be my people and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them CHAP. III. 3 The rest of their prayer and confession contained in that book which Baruch wrote and sent to Jerusalem 30 Wisdom was shewed first to Jacob and was seen upon the earth O Lord almighty God of Israel the soul in anguish the troubled spirit crieth unto thee 2 Hear O Lord and have mercy for thou art merciful and have pity upon us because we have sinned before thee 3 For thou endurest for ever and we perish utterly 4 O Lord almighty thou God of Israel hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites and of their children which have sinned before thee and not hearkned unto the voice of thee their God for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us 5 Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time 6 For thou art the Lord our God and thee O Lord will we praise 7 And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts to the intent that we should call upon thy name and praise thee in our captivity for * Deut. 30.1 we have called to minde all the iniquity of our forefathers that sinned before thee 8 Behold we are yet this day in our captivity where thou hast scattered us for a reproach and a curse and to be subject to payments according to all the iniquities of our fathers which departed from the Lord our God 9 Hear Israel the commandments of life give ear to understand wisdom 10 How hapneth it Israel that thou art in thine enemies land that thou art waxen old in a strange countrey that thou art defiled with the dead 11 That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave 12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom 13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever 14 Learn where is wisdom where is strength where is understanding that thou mayest know also where is length of days and life where is the light of the eyes and peace 15 * Joh. 2â— 12 20. Who hath found out her place or who hath come into her treasures 16 Where are the princes of the heathen become and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth 17 They that had their pastime with the fouls of the air and they that hoarded up silver and gold wherein men trust and made no end of their getting 18 For they that wrought in silver and were so careful and whose works are unsearchable 19 They are vanished and gone down to the grave and others are come up in their steads 20 Young men have seen light and dwelt upon the earth but the way of knowledge have they not known 21 Nor understood the paths thereof nor laid hold of it their children were far off from that way 22 It hath not been heard of in Chanaan neither hath it been seen in Theman 23 The
they went unto the king and said How long will it be ere thou execute judgement and avenge our brethren 23 We have been willing to serve thy father and do as he would have us and to obey his commandments 24 For which cause they of our nation besiege the towre and are alienated from us moreover as many of us as they could light on they slew and spoiled our inheritance 25 Neither have they stretched out their hand against us onely but also against all their borders 26 And behold this day are they besieging the towre at Jerusalem to take it the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified 27 Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly they will do greater things then these neither shalt thou be able to rule them 28 Now when the king heard this he was angry and gathered together all his friends and the captains of his army and those that had charge of the horse 29 There came also unto him from other kingdoms and from the isles of the sea bands of hired souldiers 30 So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen and twenty thousand hors-men and two and thirty elephants exercised in battel 31 These went through Idumea and pitched against Bethsura which they assaulted many days making engines of war but they of Bethsura came out and burnt them with fire and sought valiantly 32 Upon this Judas removed from the towre and pitched in Bathzacharias over against the kings camp 33 Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias where his armies made them ready to battel and sounded the trumpets 34 And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight they shewed them the bloud of grapes and mulberries 35 Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men armed with coats of male and with helmets of brass on their heads and besides this for every beast were ordained five hundred hors-men of the best 36 These were ready at every occasion wheresoever the beast was and whithersoever the beast went they went also neither departed they from him 37 And upon the beasts there were strong towres of wood which covered every one of them and were girt fast unto them with devices there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men that sought upon them besides the Indian that ruled him 38 As for the remnant of the hors-men they set them on this side and that side at the two parts of the host ‖ Or stâ—â—ring them up being compassed with the ranks or defended with the vâ—â—leys giving them signs what to do and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks 39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass the mountains glistred therewith and shined like lamps of fire 40 So part of the kings army being spread upon the high mountains part on the valleys below they marched on safely in order 41 Wherfore all that heard the noise of their multitude and the marching of the company and the rattling of the harness were moved for the army was very great and mighty 42 Then Judas and his host drew neat and entred into battel and there were slain of the kings army six hundred men 43 ¶ Eleazar also surnamed Savaran perceiving that one of the beasts armed with royal harness was higher then all the rest and supposing that the king was upon him 44 Put himself in jeopardy to the end he might deliver his people and get him a perpetual name 45 Wherefore he ran upon him couragiously through the midst of the battel slaying on the right hand and on the left ‖ Or so that it cut them in pâ—â—ces so that they were divided from him on both sides 46 Which done he crept under the elephant and thrust him under and slew him whereupon the elephant fell down upon him and there he died 47 Howbeit the rest of the Jews seeing the strength of the king and the violence of his forces turned away from them 48 ¶ Then the kings army went up to Jerusalem to meet them and the king pitched his tents ‖ Or in Judea against Judea and against mount Sion 49 But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace ‖ Add out of Josephus and they yeelded themselves for they came out of the city because they had no victuals there to endure the siege it being a year of rest to the land 50 So the king took Bethsura and set a garison there to keep it 51 As for the sanctuary he besieged it many days ‖ Or made there mounts for shot and set there artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones and pieces to cast darts and slings 52 Whereupon ‖ Or the Jews they also made engines against their engines and held them battel a long season 53 Yet at the last their vessels being without victuals for that it was the seventh year and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles had eaten up the residue of the store 54 There were but a few left in the sanctuary because the famine did so prevail against them that they were fain to disperse themselves every man to his own place 55 At that time Lysias heard say that Philip whom Antiochus the king whiles he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus that he might be king 56 Was returned out of Persia and Media and the kings host also the went with him that he sought to take unto him the ruling of the affairs 57 Wherefore he went in all haste and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company we decay daily and our victuals are but small and the place we lay siege unto is strong and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us 58 Now therefore let us †Gr. give 〈◊〉 be friends with these men and make peace with them and with all their nation 59 And covenant with them that they shall live after their laws as they did before for they are therefore displeased and have done all these things because we abolished their laws 60 So the king and the princes were content wherefore he sent unto them to make peace and they accepted thereof 61 Also the king and the princes made an oath unto them whereupon they went out of the strong hold 62 Then the king entred into mount Sion but when he saw the strength of the place he brake his oath that he had made and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about 63 Afterward departed he in all haste and returned unto Antiochia where he found Philip to be master of the city So he sought against him and took the city by force CHAP. VII 1 Antiochus is slain and Demetrius reigneth in his stead 5 Alcimus would be high priest and complaineth of Judas to the king 16 He sâ—ayeth threescore Assideans 43 Nicanor is slain
Now when Nicanors host saw that he was slain they cast away their weapons and fled 45 Then ‖ Or the Jews they pursued after them a days journey from Adasa unto Gazera sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets 46 Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about c closed them in so that they turning back upon them that pursued them were all slain with the sword and not one of them was left 47 Afterwards they took the spoils and the prey and smote off Nicanors head and his right hand which he stretched out so proudly and brought them away and hanged them up towards Jerusalem 48 For this cause the people rejoyced greatly and they kept that day a day of great gladness 49 Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day being the thirteenth of Adar 50 Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while CHAP. VIII 1 Judas is informed of the power and policy of the Romans 20 and maketh a league with them 24 The articles of that league NOw Judas had heard of the fame of the Romanes that they were mighty and valiant men and such as would lovingly accept all that joyned themselves unto them and make a league of amity with all that came unto them 2 And that they were men of great valour it was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done amongst the ‖ Or Frento men Galathians and how they had conquered them and brought them under tribute 3 And what they had done in the countrey of Spain for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which is there 4 And that by their policy and patience they had conquered ‖ Or every place all that place though it were very far from them and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth till they had discomfited them and given them a great overthrow so that the rest did give them tribute every year 5 Besides this how they had discomfited in battel Philip and Perseus king of the ‖ Or Macedonians Citiâ—s with others that lift up themselves against them and had overcome them 6 How also Antiochus the great king of Asia that came against them in battel having an hundred and twenty elephants with hors-men and chariots and a very great army was discomfited by them 7 And how they took him alive and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute and give hostages and that which was agreed upon 8 And the countrey of India and Media and Lydia and of the goodliest countreys which they took of him and gave to king Eumenes 9 Moreover how the Grecians had determined to come and destroy them 10 And that they having knowledge thereof sent against them a certain captain and fighting with them slew many of them and carried away captives their wives and their children and spoiled them and took possession of their lands and pulled down their strong holds and brought them to be their servants unto this day 11 It was told him besides how they destroyed brought under their dominion all other kingdoms and isles that at any time resisted them 12 But with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept amity and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and nigh insomuch as all that heard of their name were afraid of them 13 Also that whom they would help to a kingdom those reign and whom again they would they displace finally that they were greatly exalted 14 Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple to be magnified thereby 15 Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate-house wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in counsel daily consulting alway for the people to the end they might be well ordered 16 And that they committed their government to one man every year who ruled over all their countrey and that all were obedient to that one and that there was neither envy nor emulation amongst them 17 In consideration of these things Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John the son of Accos and Jason the son of Eleazar and sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them 18 And to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude 19 They went therefore to Rome which was a very great journey and came into the senate where they spake and said 20 Judas Maccabeus with his brethren and the people of the Jews have sent us unto you to make a confedaracy and peace with you and that we might be registred your confederates and friends 21 So that matter pleased the Romanes well 22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass and sent to Jerusalem that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy 23 Good success be to the Romanes to the people of the Jews by sea and by land for ever the sword also and enemy be far from them 24 If there come first any war upon the Romanes or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion 25 The people of the Jews shall help them as the time shall be appointed with all their heart 26 Neither shall they give anything unto them that make war upon them or aid them with victuals weapons money or ships as it hath seemed good unto the Romanes but they shall keep their covenant without taking any thing therefore 27 In the same manner also if war come first upon the nation of the Jews the Romanes shall help them with all their heart according as the time shall be appointed them 28 Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them or weapons or money or ships as it hath seemed good to the Romanes but they shall keep their covenants and that without deceit 29 According to these articles did the Romanes make a covenant with the people of the Jews 30 Howbeit if hereafter the one party or the other shall think meet to add or diminish any thing they may do it at their pleasures and whatsoever they shall add or take away shall be ratified 31 And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews we have written unto him saying Wherefore hast thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews 32 If therefore they complain any more against thee we will do them justice and fight with thee by sea and by land CHAP. IX 1 Alâ—imus and Bacchides come again with new forces into Judea 7 The army of Judas flee from him 17 and he is slain 30 Jonathan is in his place 40 and revengeth his brother Johns quarrel 55 Alcimus is plagued and dieth 70 Bacchides maketh peace with Jonathan FUrthermore when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his host were
killeth those that sought for him THen came up John from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons Judas and John said unto them I my brethren and my fathers house have ever from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes 3 But now I am old and ye by Gods mercy are of a sufficient age be ye in stead of me and my brother and go and fight for our nation and the help from heaven be with you 4 So he chose out of the countrey twenty thousand men of war with horsmen who went out against Cendebeus rested that night at Modin 5 And when as they rose in the morning and went into the plain behold a mighty great host both of footmen and hors-men came against them howbeit there was a water-brook betwixt them 6 So he and his people pitched over against them and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water-brook he went first over himself and then the men seeing him passed through after him 7 That done he divided his men and set the hors-men in the midst of the footmen for the enemies hors-men were very many 8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight so that many of them were slain and the remnant gat them to the strong hold 9 At that time was Judas Johns brother wounded but John still followed after them until he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had built 10 ‖ Or Which when be bad set on fire they fled unto the towres in the fields of Azotus and there were slain c. So they fled even unto the towres in the fields of Azotus wherefore he burnt it with fire so that there were slain of them about two thousand men Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace 11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain and he had abundance of silver and gold 12 For he was the high priests son in law 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up he thought to get the countrey to himself and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them 14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the countrey and taking care for the good ordering of them at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas in the hundred threescore and seventh year in the eleventh moneth called Sabat 15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold called Ducus which he had built made them a great banquet howbeit he had hid men there 16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons and came upon Simon into the banqueting-place and slew him and his two sons and certain of his servants 17 In which doing he committed a great treachery and recompensed evil for good 18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an host to aid him and he would deliver him the countrey and cities 19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John and unto the †Gr. captains of thousands tribunes he sent letters to come unto him that he might give them silver and gold and rewards 20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple 21 Now one had run afore to Gazara and told John that his father brethren were slain quoth he Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also 22 Hereof when he heard he was sore astonished So he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him and slew them for he knew that they sought to make him away 23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John and his wars and worthy deeds which he did and the building of the walls which he made and his doings 24 Behold these are written in the Chronicles of his priesthood from the time he was made high priest after his father ¶ The second Book of MACCABEES CHAP. I. 1 A letter of the Jews from Jerusalem to them of Egypt to thank God for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was bidden in the pit 24 The trayer of Neemias THe brethren the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea wish unto the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious unto you and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob his faithful servants 3 And give you all an heart to serve him and to do his will with a good courage and a willing minde 4 And open your hearts in his law and commandments and send you peace 5 And hear your prayers and he at one with you and never forsake you in time of trouble 6 And now we be here praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and ninth year we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom 8 And burnt the porch and shed innocent bloud then we prayed unto the Lord and were heard we offered also sacrifices and fine flour and lighted the lamps and set forth the loaves 9 And now see that ye keep the feast of * Lev. 23. â—â— tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea and the council and Judas sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus king Ptolemeus master who was of the stock of the anointed priests and to the Jews that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils we thank him highly as having been in battel against a king 12 For he cast them out that fought within the holy city 13 For when the leader was come into Persia and the army with him that seemed invincible they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Naneas priests 14 For Antiochus as though he would marry her came into the place and his friends that were with him to receive money in name of a dowry 15 Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth and he was entred with a small company into the compass of the temple they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in 16 And opening a privie door of the roof they threw stones like thunderbolts and stroke down the captain hewed them in pieces smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without 17 Blessed be our God in all things who hath delivered up the ungodly 18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the moneth * Lev.
which Moses the LORDs servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising 16 ¶ And they answered Joshua saying All that thou commandest us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go 17 According as we hearkned unto Moses in all things so will we hearken unto thee onely the LORD thy God be with thee as he was with Moses 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him he shall be put to death onely be strong and of a good courage CHAP. II. 1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from Shittim 8 The covenant between her and them 23 Their return and relation ANd Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly saying Go view the land even Jericho and they went and * Heb. 11.31 Jam. 2.25 came into an harlots house named Rahab and †Heb. lay lodged there 2 And it was told the king of Jericho saying Behold there came men in hitherto night of the children of Israel to search out the countrey 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab saying Bring forth the men that are come to thee which are entred into thine house for they be come to search out all the countrey 4 And the woman took the two men and hid them and said thus There came men unto me but I wist not whence they were 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate when it was dark that the men went out whither the men went I wot not pursue after them quickly for ye shall overtake them 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the foords and assoon as they which pursued after them were gone out they shut the gate 8 ¶ And before they were said down she came up unto them upon the roof 9 And she said unto the men I know that the LORD hath given you the land and that your terrour is faln upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land †Heb. melt faint because of you 10 For we have heard how the LORD * â—x 14.21 Ch. 4.23 dried up the water of the Red sea for you when you came out of Egypt and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan * Numâ— 21.24 Sihon and Oâ— whom ye utterly destroyed 11 And assoon as we had heard these things our hearts did melt neither †Heb. râ—se up did there remain any more courage in any man because of you for the LORD your God he is God in heaven above and in earth beneath 12 Now therefore I pray you swear unto me by the LORD since I have shewed you kindness that ye will also shew kindness unto my fathers house and give me a true token 13 And that ye will save alive my father and my mother and my brethren and my sisters and all that they have and deliver our lives from death 14 And the men answered her Our life †Heb. in stead of you to die for yours if ye utter not this our business And it shall be when the LORD hath given us the land that we will deal kindly and truly with thee 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window for her house was upon the town-wall and she dwelt upon the wall 16 And she said unto them Get you to the mountain lest the pursuers meet you and hide your selves there three days until the pursuers be returned and alterward may ye go your way 17 And the men said unto her We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear 18 Behold when we come into the land thou shalt binde this line of scarlet threed in the window which thou didst let us down by and thou shalt †Heb. gathâ—r bring thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all thy fathers houshold home unto thee 19 And it shall be that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street his bloud shall be upon his head and we will be guiltless and whoseover shall be with thee in the house his blood shall be on our head if any hand be upon him 20 And if thou utter this our business then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear 21 And she said According unto your words so be it And she sent them away and they departed and she bound the scarlet line in the window 22 And they went and came unto the mountain and abode there three days until the pursuers were returned And the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but found them not 23 ¶ So the two men returned and descended from the mountain and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun and told him all things that befel them 24 And they said unto Joshua Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land for even all the inhabitants of the countrey do †Heb. melt faint because of us CHAP. III. 1 Joshua cometh to Jordan 2 The officers instruct the people for the passage 7 The Lord encourageth Joshua 9 Joshua encourageth the people 14 The waters of Jordan are divided ANd Joshua rose early in the morning and they removed from Shittim and came to Jordan he and all the children of Israel and lodged there before they passed over 2 And it came to pass after three days that the officers went through the host 3 And they commanded the people saying When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God and the priests the Levites bearing it then ye shall remove from your place and go after it 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it about two thousand cubits by measure come not near unto it that ye may know the way by which ye must go for ye have not passed this way †Heb. since yesterday and the third day heretofore 5 And Joshua said unto the people * Lev. 20.7 Num. 11.18 Chap. 7.13 1 Sam. 16.5 Sanctifie your selves for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests saying Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people 7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel that they may know that * Chap. 1.5 as I was with Moses so I will be with thee 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bare the ark of the covenant saying When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan ye shall stand still in