Jahath â Or Zizah vers 1â Zina and Jeush and Beriah These four were the sons of Shimei 11 And Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second but Jeush and Beriah â Heb did not multiply ãâã had not many sons therefore they were in one reckoning according to their fathers house 12 ¶ The sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron and Uzziel four 13 The sons of * Ex. 6.20 Amram Aaron and Moses and * Ex. 28.1 Hebr. 5.4 Aaron was separated that he should sanctifie the most holy things he and his sons for ever to burn incense before the LORD to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15 * Ex. 2.22 18.3 4. The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer 16 Of the sons of Gershom Shebuel was the chief 17 And the sons of Eliezer were * Ch. 26.25 Rehabiah â Or the first the chief And Eliezer had none other sons but the sons of Rehabiah â Heb. were highly multiplied were very many 18 Of the sons of Izhar Shelomith the chief 19 Of the sons of Hebron Jeriah the first Amariah the second Jehaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth 20 Of the sons of Uzziel Micah the first and Jesiah the second 21 ¶ The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi the sons of Mahli Eleazar and Kish 22 And Eleazar died and had no sons but daughters and their â Or kinsmen brethren the sons of Kish took them 23 The sons of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth three 24 ¶ These were the sons of * Numb 10.17 21. Levi after the house of their fathers even the chief or the fathers as they were counted by number of names by their polls that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD from the age of * Numb 1.3 twenty years and upward 25 For David said The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people â Or and be dwelleth in Jerusalem c. that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever 26 And also unto the Levites they shall no more carry the tabernacle nor any vessels of it for the service thereof 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were â Heb. numbers numbred from twenty years old and above 28 Because â Heb. thirstation âas at the hand of the sons of Aaron their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God 29 Both for the shew-bread and for * Lev. 6.20 Chap. 9.29 c. the fine flour for meat-offering and for the unleavened cakes and for that which is baked in the â Or ââot plate pan and for that which is fryed and for all manner of measure and cise 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD and likewise at even 31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths in the new moons and on the set feasts by number according to the order commanded unto them continually before the LORD 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of the LORD CHAP. XXIV 1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders 20 The Kohathites 27 and the Merarites divided by lot NOw these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 6. The sons of Aaron Nadaband Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 2 But * Numb 3.4 26.61 Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests office 3 And David distributed them both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar according to their offices in their service 4 And there were mo chief men found of the sons of Eleazar then of the sons of Ithamar and thus were they divided Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers 5 Thus were they divided by lot one sort with another for the governours of the sanctuary and governours of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar 6 And Shemiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe one of the Levites wrote them before the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites one â Heb. bouse of the father principal houshold being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib the second to Jedaiah 8 The third to Harim the fourth to Seorim 9 The fifth to Malchijah the sixth to Mijamin 10 The seventh to Hakkoz the eighth to * Luk. 1.5 Abijah 11 The ninth to Jeshuah the tenth to Shecaniah 12 The eleventh to Eliashib the twelfth to Jakim 13 The thirteenth to Huppah the fourteenth to Jeshebeab 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah the sixteenth to Immer 15 The seventeenth to Hezir the eighteenth to Aphses 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah the twentieth to Jehezekel 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin the two and twentieth to Gamul 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah the four and twentieth to Maaziah 19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to their manner under Aaron their father as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him 20 ¶ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these Of the sons of Amram Shubael of the sons of Shubael Jehdeiah 21 Concerning Rehabiah of the sons of Rehabiah the first was Isshiah 22 Of the Izharites Shelomoth of the sons of Shelomoth Jahath 23 And the sons of * Ch. 22.19 26 3â Hebron Jeriah the first Amariah the second Jahaziel the third Jekameam the fourth 24 Of the sons of Uzziel Michah of the sons of Michah Shamir 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah of the sons of Isshiah Zechariah 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli Mushi the sons of Jaaziah Beno 27 ¶ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah Beno and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri 28 Or Mahli came Eleazar who had no sons 29 Concerning Kish the son of Kish was Jerahmeel 30 The sons also of Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers 31 There likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chief of the fathers of the priests and
not be out ofâ unto thee a man from my âââit There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel â Heb. onely if so that thy children take heed to their way that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me 26 And now O God of Israel let thy word I pray thee be verified which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee how much less this house that I have builded 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication O LORD my God to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee to day 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day even toward the place of which thou hast said * Deut. 12.11 My name shall be there that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make â Or in this place towards this place 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant and of thy people Israel when they shall pray â Or in this place towards this place and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place and when thou hearest forgive 31 ¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour â Heb and he require an oath of him and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear and the oath come before thine altar in this house 32 Then hear thou in heaven and do and judge thy servants condemning the wicked to bring his way upon his head and justifying the righteous to give him according to his righteousness 33 ¶ When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy because they have sinned against thee and shall turn again to thee confess thy name and pray make supplication unto thee â Or towards in this house 34 Then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy people Israel and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers 35 ¶ When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee if they pray towards this place and confess thy name and turn from their sin when thou afflictest them 36 Then hear thou in heaven and forgive the sin of thy servants and of thy people Israel that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk and give rain upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance 37 ¶ If there be in the land famine if there be pestilence blasting mildew locust or if there be caterpiller if their enemy besiege them in the land of their â Or inââsaââtion cities whatsoever plague whatsoever sickness there be 38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man or by all thy people Israel which shall know every man the plague of his own heart and spread forth his hands towards this house 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive and do and give to every man according to his ways whose heart thou knowest for thou even thou onely knowest the hearts of all the children of men 40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers 41 Moreover concerning a stranger that is not of thy people Israel but cometh out of a far countrey for thy names sake 42 For they shall hear of thy great name and of thy strong hand and of thy stretched-out arm when he shall come and pray towards this house 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for that all people of the earth may know thy name to fear thee as do thy people Israel and that they may know that â Heb. thy name is called upon this house this house which I have builded is called by thy name 44 ¶ If thy people go out to battel against their enemy whithersoever thou shalt send them and shall pray unto the LORD â Heb the way of the city toward the city which thou hast chosen and toward the house that I have built for thy name 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication and maintain their â Or right cause 46 If they sin against thee * 2 Chr. 6.36 Eccles 7.20 1 Joh. 1.8 10. for there is no man that sinneth not and thou be angry with them and deliver them to the enemy so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy far or near 47 Yet if they shall â Heb. being baâk to their heart bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives and repent and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives saying We have sinned and have done perversly we have committed wickedness 48 And so return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies which led them away captive and pray unto thee toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place and maintain their â Or right cause 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee and give them compassion before them who carried them captive that they may have compassion on them 51 For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt from the midst of the furnace of iron 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant and unto the supplication of thy people Israel to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth to be thine inheritance * Exod. 19.5 as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt O Lord GOD. 54 And it was so that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD he arose from before the altar of the LORD from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven 55 And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice saying 56 Blessed be the LORD that hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he promised there hath not â Heb. faln failed one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant 57 The LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers let him not leave us nor forsake us 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes
war were four and fourty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to the war 19 And they made war with the Hagarites with * Gen. 25.15 Jetur and Nephish and Nodab 20 And they were helped against them and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battel and he was intreated of them because they put their trust in him 21 And they â Heb. led captive took away their cattel of their camels fifty thousand and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand and of asses two thousand and of â Heb. souls of men as Nu. 31 35 men an hundred thousand 22 For there fell down many slain because the war was of God And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity 23 ¶ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers even Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel mighty men of valour â Heb men of names famous men and heads of the house of their fathers 25 ¶ And they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went a * 2 Kin. 17.7 whoring after the gods of the people of the land whom God destroyed before them 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of * 2 Kin. 15.19 Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria and he carried them away even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them unto * 2 Kin. 17.6 Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan unto this day CHAP. VI. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the captivity 16 The families of Gershom Merari and Kohath 49 The office of Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz 54 The cities of the priests and Levites THe sons of Levi * Gen. 46.11 Ex. 6.16 â Or Gershom ver 16. Gershon Kohath and Merari 2 And the sons of Kohath Amram Izhar Hebron Uzziel 3 And the children of Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam The sons also of Aaron * Lev. 10.1 Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 4 ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas Phinehas begat Abishua 5 And Abishua begat Bukki and Bukki begat Uzzi 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah and Zerahiah begat Meraioth 7 Meraioth begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok and * 2 Sam. 15.27 Zadok begat Ahimaaz 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah and Azariah begat Johanan 10 And Johanan begat Azariah he it is that executed the priests office â Heb. in the house in the * 1 Kin 6. 2 Chro. 3. temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem 11 And Azariah begat Amariah and Amariah begat Ahitub 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok and Zadok begat â Or Mestullam Ch. 9.11 Shallum 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah and Hilkiah begat Azariah 14 And Azariah begat * Neh. 11.11 Seraiah and Seraiah begat Jehozadak 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity * 2 Kin. 25.18 when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar 16 ¶ The sons of Levi * Ex. 6.16 â Or Gershon ver 1. Gershom Kohath and Merari 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom Libni Shimei 18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel 19 The sons of Merari Mahli and Mushi And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers 20 Of Gershom Libni his son Jahath his son * Ver. 4â Zimmah his son 21 â Or Ethan v. 4â Joah his son â Or Adaiah v. 41. Iddo his son Zerah his son Jeaterai his son 22 The sons of Kohath â Or Izhar ver 2 13. Amminadab his son Korah his son Assir his son 23 Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son 24 Tahath his son Uriel his son Uzziah his son and Shaul his son 25 And the sons of Elkanah * See ver 35 36. Amasai and Ahimoth 26 As for Elkanah the sons of Elkanah â Or Zuph 1 Sam. 1. â Zophai his son and Nahath his son 27 Eliab his son Jeroham his son Elkanah his son 28 And the sons of Samuel the first-born â Called also Joel ver 22 and 1 Sam. 8.2 Vashni and Abiah 29 The sons of Merari Mahli Libni his son Shimei his son Uzza his son 30 Shimea his son Haggiah his son Asaiah his son 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD after that the * Ch. 16.1 ark had rest 32 And they ministred before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem and then they waited on their office according to their order 33 And these are they that â Heb. stood waited with their children of the sons of the Kohathites Heman a singer the son of Joel the son of Shemuel 34 The son of Elkanah the son of Jeroham the son of Eliel the son of Toah 35 The son of Zuph the son of Elkanah the son of Mahath the son of Amasai 36 The son of Elkanah the son of Joel the son of Azariah the son of Zephaniah 37 The son of Tahath the son of Assir the son of * Ex. 6.24 Ebiasaph the son of Korah 38 The son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi the son of Israel 39 And his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand even Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea 40 The son of Michael the son of Baasiah the son of Malchiah 41 The son of Ethni the son of Zerah the son of Adaiah 42 The son of Ethan the son of Zimmah the son of Shimei 43 The son of Jahath the son of Gershom the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand Ethan the son of â Or Nuâhaiah Clap. 15.17 Kishi the son of Abdi the son of Malluch 45 The son of Hashabiah the son of Amaziah the son of Hilkiah 46 The son of Amzi the son of Bani the son of Shamer 47 The son of Mahli the son of Mushi the son of Merari the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God 49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered * Lev. 1.9 upon the altar of the burnt-offering and * Ex. 30.7 on the altar of incense and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded 50 And these are the sons of Aaron Eleazar his son Phinehas
the God of their fathers 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countreys that pertained to the children of Israel and made all that were present in Israel to serve even to serve the LORD their God And all his days they departed not â Heb. from after from following the LORD the God of their fathers CHAP. XXXV 1 Josiah keepeth a most solemn pass-over 20 He provoking Pharaoh-necho is slain at Megiddo 25 Lamentations for Josiah MOreover * 2 King 23.21 22. Josiah kept a pass-over unto the LORD in Jerusalem and they killed the pass-over on the * Ex. 12.6 fourteenth day of the first moneth 2 And he set the priests in their charges and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel which were holy unto the LORD Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders serve now the LORD your God and his people Israel 4 And prepare your selves by the * 1 Chr. 9.10 houses of your fathers after your courses according to the * 1 Chr. 23. and 24. and 25. and 2â writing of David king of Israel and according to the * Chap. â 14 writing of Solomon his son 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of â Heb. the house of the fathers the families of the fathers of your brethren â Heb. the sons of the people the people and after the division of the families of the Levites 6 So kill the pass-over and sanctifie your selves and prepare your brethren that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses 7 And Josiah â Heb. âffered gave to the people of the flock lambs and kids all for the pass-over-offerings for all that were present to the number of thirty thousand and three thousand bullocks these were of the kings substance 8 And his princes â Heb. âffered gave willingly unto the people to the priests and to the Levites Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel rulers of the house of God gave unto the priests for the pass-over-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattel and three hundred oxen 9 Conaniah also and Shemaiah and Nethaneel his brethren and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad chief of the Levites â Heb. âffered gave unto the Levites for pass over-offerings five thousand small cattel and five hundred oxen 10 So the service was prepared and the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their courses according to the kings commandment 11 And they killed the pass over and the priests sprinkled the bloud from their hands and the Levites * See chap. 29.34 fleyed them 12 And they removed the burnt offerings that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people to offer unto the LORD as it is written in the book of Moses and so did they with the oxen 13 And they * Exod. 12.8 9. rosted the pass-over with fire according to the ordinance but the other holy offerings sod they in pots and in caldrons and in pans and â Heb. made them run divided them speedily among all the people 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves and for the priests because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their â Heb. station place according to the * 1 Chr. 25.1 c. commandment of David and Asaph and Hâman and Jeduthun the kings seer and the porters * 1 Chr. 9.17.18 and 26.14 c. waited at every gate they might not depart from their service for their brethren the Levites prepared for them 16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day to keep the pass-over and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD according to the commandment of king Josiah 17 And the children of Israel that wâre â Heb. found present kept the pass-over at that time and the feast of unleavened bread seven days 18 And there was no pass-over like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a pass-over as Josiah kept and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel that were present and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this pass-over kept 20 ¶ * 2 Kin. 23.29 After all this when Josiah had prepared the â Heb. house temple Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates and Josiah went out against him 21 But he sent embassadours to him saying What have I to do with thee thou king of Judah I come not against thee this day but against â Heb. the house of my war the house wherewith I have war for God commanded me to make haste forbear thee from medling with God who is with me that he destroy thee not 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him but disguised himself that he might fight with him and hearkned not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah and the king said to his servants Have me away for I am sore â Heb. made sick wounded 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had and they brought him to Jerusalem and he died and was buried â Or among the the sepulchres in one of the sepulchres of his fathers and * Zech. 12.11 all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah and all the singing-men and the singing-women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel and behold they are written in the lamentations 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his â Heb. kindnesses goodness according to that which was written in the law of the LORD 27 And his deeds first and last behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah CHAP. XXXVI 1 Jehoahaz succeeding is deposed by Pharaoh and carried into Egypt 5 Jehoiakim reigning ill is carried bound into Babylon 9 Jehoiachin succeeding reigneth ill and is brought into Babylon 11 Zedekiah succeeding reigneth ill and despiseth the prophets and rebelleth against Nebuchadnezzar 14 Jerusalem for the sins of the priests and people is wholly destroyed 22 The proclamation of Cyrus THen * 2 Kin. 23.30 c. the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his fathers stead in Jerusalem 2
were for ãâã stumbling-block of iniquity unto c. caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity therefore have I lift up mine hand against them saith the Lord GOD and they shall bear their iniquity 13 And they shall not come near unto me to do the office of a priest unto me nor to come near to any of my holy things in the most holy place but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house for all the service thereof and for all that shall be done therein 15 ¶ But the priests the Levites the sans of Zadok that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me they shall come near to me to minister unto me and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the bloud saith the Lord GOD. 16 They shall enter into my sanctuary and they shall come near to my table to minister unto me and they shall keep my charge 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court they shall be clothed with linen garments and no wooll shall come upon them whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court and within 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads and shall have linen breeches upon their loyns they shall not gird themselves â Or in sweating places â Heb. in or with sweat with any thing that causeth sweat 19 And when they go forth into the utter court even into the utter court to the people they shall put off their garments wherein they ministred and lay them in the holy chambers and they shall put on other garments and they shall not sanctifie the people with their garments 20 Neither shall they shave their heads nor suner their locks to grow long they shall onely poll their heads 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a * Lev. 21.13 widow or her that is â Heb. thrust forth put away but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel or a widow â Heb. from ãâã priest that hada priest before 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and prosane and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean 24 And in controversie they shall stand in judgement and they shall judge it according to my judgements and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies and they shall hallow my sabbaths 25 And they shall come at no * Lev. 2â 1 11. dead person to defile themselves but for father or for mother or for son or for daughter for brother or for sister that hath had no husband they may defile themselves 26 And after he is cleansed they shall reckon unto him seven days 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary unto the inner court to minister in the sanctuary he shall offer his sin-offering saith the Lord GOD. 28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance I * Nu. 18.20 Deu. 10.9 and 18.1 2. Jol. 13.14 33. am their inheritance and ye shall give them no possession in Israel I am their possession 29 They shall eat the meat-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering and every â Or devoted dedicate thing in Israel shall be theirs 30 And the â Or chief * Ex. 13.2 and 22.29 30. Nu. 3.13 and 18.12 first of all the first-fruits of all things and every oblation of all of every sort of your oblations shall be the priests ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is * Ex. 22.31 Lev. 22.8 dead of it self or torn whether it be fowl or beast CHAP. XLV 1 The portion of land for the sanctuary 6 for the city 7 and for the prince 9 Ordinances for the prince MOreover â Heb. when ye cause the land to fall when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD â Heb. holiness an holy portion of the land the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds and the breadth shall be ten thousand this shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length with five hundred in breadth square round about and fifty cubit round about for the â Or void plates suburbs thereof 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand and the breadth of ten thousand and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place 4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary which shall come near to minister unto the LORD and it shall be a place for their houses and an holy place for the sanctuary 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length and the ten thousand of breadth shall also the Levites the ministers of the house have for themselves for a possession for twenty chambers 6 ¶ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad and five and twenty thousand long over against the oblation of the holy portion it shall be for the whole house of Israel 7 ¶ And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion and of the possession of the city before the oblation of the holy portion and before the possession of the city from the west-side west-ward and from the east-side east-ward and the length shall be over against one of the portions from the west-border unto the east-border 8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel and my princes shall no more oppress my people and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes 9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD Let it suffice you O princes of Israel remove violence and spoil and execute judgement and justice take away your â Heb. expulsions exactions from my people saith the Lord GOD. 10 Ye shall have just * Lev. 19.35 36. balances and a just ephah and a just bath 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer and the ephah the tenth part of an homer the measure thereof shall be after the homer 12 And the * Ex. 30.13 Lev. 27.25 Num. 3.47 shekel shall be twenty gerahs twenty shekels five and twenty shekels fifteen shekels shall be your maneh 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer the sixth part of an ephah of an
Saddue the son of Achitob the son of Amarias the son of â Oâias Ezias the son of â Meraioth Memeroth the son of Zaraias the son of â Vzzi Some copies want these three names Savias the son of Boccas the son of Abisum the son of Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron â Heb. was first Ezra 7.1 the chief priest 3 This Esdras went up from Babylon as a scribe being very ready in the law of Moses that was given by the God of Israel 4 And the king did him honour for he found grace in his sight in all his requests 5 There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel of the priests of the Levites of the holy singers porters and â Or Nethinims ministers of the temple unto Jerusalem 6 In â See Ezra 7.7 8 9. the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes in the fifth moneth this was the kings seventh year for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first moneth and came to Jerusalem according to the â Or saââsâ prosperous journey which the Lord gave them 7 For Esdras had very great skill so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgements 8 Now the copy of the â Or âârâe commission which was written from Artaxerxes the king and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord is this that followeth 9 King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting 10 Having determined to deal graciously I have given order that such of the nation of the Jews and of the priests and Levites being within our realm as are willing and desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem 11 As many therefore as have a minde thereunto let them depart with thee as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellours 12 That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord 13 And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem which I and my friends have vowed and all the gold and silver that in the countrey of Babylon can be â Or gât found to the Lord in Jerusalem 14 With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks rams and lambs and things thereunto appertaining 15 To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God which is in Jerusalem 16 And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do â Or with the rest of Ezra 7.18 with the silver and gold that do according to the will of thy God 17 And the holy vessels of the Lord which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God which is in Jerusalem thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem 18 And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God thou shalt give it out of the kings treasury 19 And I king Artaxerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for they should give it him with speed 20 To the sum of an hundred talents of silver likewise also of wheat even to an hundred â Or measures or salt Ezra 7.22 cors and an hundred pieces of wine and other things in abundance 21 Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons 22 I command you also that ye require no tax nor any other imposition of any of the priests or Levites or holy singers or porters or ministers of the temple or of any that have doings in this temple and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them 23 And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice â Heb. of those that know Ezra 7.25 all those that know the law of thy God and those that know it not thou shalt teach 24 And * Ezra 7.25 whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God and of the king shall be punished diligently whether it be by death or other punishment by penalty of money or by imprisonment 25 ¶ Then said Esdras the scribe Blessed be the onely Lord God of my fathers who hath put these things into the heart of the king to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem 26 And hath honoured the in the sight of the king and his counsellours and all his friends and nobles 27 Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me 28 And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes 29 Of the sons of Phinees Gerson of the sons of Ithamar â Or. Daniel Gamael of the sons of David â Or Chattus Lettus * Ezra 8 â of the sons of Shecaniah of the sons of Parosh the son of Sechenias 30 Of the sons of Pharez Zacharias and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men 31 Of the sons of Pahath Moab Eliaonias the son of â Zerachaiah Zaraias and with him two hundred men 32 â Or of the sons of Shechaniah the son of Jahaziel Of the sons of Zathoe Sechenias the son of Jezelus and with him three hundred men of the sons of Adin Obeth the son of Jonathan and with him â Heb. fifty men two hundred and fifty men 33 Of the sons of Elam Josias son of â Or Athaliah Gotholias and with him seventy men 34 Of the sons of Saphatias â Or Zebadiah Zaraias son of Michael and with him â Or fourscore men threescore and ten men 35 Of the sons of Joab â Or Obadiah Abadias son of â Or Jebiel Jezelus and with him two hundred and â Or eighteen men twelve men 36 â Or of the sons of Shelomith the son of Josiphiah Of the sons of Banid Assalimeth son of Josaphias and with him an hundred and threescore men 37 Of the sons of Babi Zacharias son of Bebai and with him twenty and eight men 38 Of the sons of â Or. Azead Astath Johannes son of â Or Catan Acatan and with him an hundred and ten men 39 Of the sons of Adonicam the last and these are the names of them Eliphalet Jeuel and â Or Shemaia Samaias and with them â Or sixty men seventy men 40 Of the sons of â Heb. âigval Bago Uthi the son of
And Noah was six hundred years old when the floud of waters was upon the earth 7 ¶ And Noah went in and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him into the ark because of the waters of the floud 8 Of clean beasts and of beasts that are not clean and of fowls and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark the male and the female as God had commanded Noah 10 And it came to pass â Or on the seventh day after seven days that the waters of the floud were upon the earth 11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noahs life in the second moneth the seventeenth day of the moneth the same day were all yÌ fountains of the great deep broken up and the â Or floud-âates windows of heaven were opened 12 And the rain was upon the earth fourty days and fourty nights 13 In the self same day entred Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth the sons of Noah and Noahs wife and the three wives of his sons with them into the ark 14 They and every beast after his kindâ and all the cattel after their kinde and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kinde and every fowl after his kinde every bird of every â Heb. wing sort 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life 16 And they that went in went in male and female of all flesh as God had commanded him and the LORD shut him in 17 And the floud was fourty days upon the earth and the waters increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up above the earth 18 And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth and the ark went upon the face of the waters 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail and the mountains were covered 21 * Wisd 10.4 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth both of fowl and of cattel and of beast and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth and every man 22 All in whose nostrils was â Heb. the breath of the spirit of life the breath of life of all that was in the dry land died 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground both man and cattel and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven and they were destroyed from the earth and * Wisd 10.4 2 Pet. 2.5 Noah onely remained alive and they that were with him in the ark 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred fifty days CHAP. VIII 1 The waters asswaye 4 The ark resteth on Ararat 7 The Raven and the Dove 15 Noah being commanded 18 goeth forth of the ark 20 He builâeth an altar and offereth sacrifice 21 which God accepteth and promiseth to curse the earth no more ANd God remembred Noah and every living thing and all the cattel that was with him in the ark and God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters asswaged 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped and the rain from heaven was restrained 3 And the waters returned from off the earth â Heb. in going and returning continually and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated 4 ¶ And the ark rested in the seventh moneth on the seventeenth day of the moneth upon the mountains of Ararat 5 And the waters â Heb. were in going and decreasing decreased continually until the tenth moneth in the tenth moneth on the first day of the moneth were the tops of the mountains seen 6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of fourty days that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made 7 And he sent forth a raven which went forth â Heb. in going forth and returning to and fro until the waters were dried up from off the earth 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot and she returned unto him into the ark for the waters were on the face of the whole earth Then he put forth his hand and took her and â Heb. caused her to come pulled her in unto him into the ark 10 And he stayed yet other seven days and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening and âo in her mouth was as olive leaf pluckt off So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth 12 And he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth the dove which returned not again unto him any more 13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year in the firât moneth the first day of the moneth the waters were dried up from off the earth and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked and behold the face of the ground was dry 14 And in the second moneth on the seven and twentieth day of the moneth was the earth dried 15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah saying 16 Go forth of the ark thou and thy wife and thy sons and thy sons wives with thee 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh both of fowl and of cattel and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth that they may breed abundantly in the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth 18 And Noah went forth and his sons and his wife and his sons wives with him 19 Every beast every creeping thing and every fowl and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth after their â Heb. families kinds went forth out of the ark 20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD and took of every clean beast of every clean fowl offered burnt-offerings on the altar 21 And the LORD smelled â Heb. a savour of rest a sweet savour and the LORD said in his heart I will not again curse the ground any more for mans sake for the * Chap. 6.5 Matth. 15.19 imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth neither will I again smite any more every thing living as I have done 22 â Heb. as yet all the days of the earth While the earth remaineth feed-time and harvest and cold and heat and summer and winter and day and night shall not cease CHAP. IX 1 God blesseth Noah 4 Bloud and murder are forbidden 8 Gods covenant 13 siânified by the rainbowe 18 Noah replenisheth the world 20 planteth a vineyard 21 is drunken and mocked of his son 25 curseth Canaan 26 blesseth Shem 27 prayeth for Japheth 2â
them 21 And they gathered it every morning every man according to his eating and when the sun waxed hot it melted 22 ¶ And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread two omers for one man and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses 23 And he said unto them This is that which the LORD hath said To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD bake that which ye will bake to day and seethe that ye will seethe and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning 24 And they laid it up tâll the morning as Moses bade and it did not stink neither was there any worm therein 25 And Moses said Eat that to day for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD to day ye shall not finde it in the field 26 Six days ye shall gather it but on the seventh day which is the sabbath in it there shall be none 27 ¶ And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather and they found none 28 And the LORD said unto Moses How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws 29 See for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days abide ye every man in his place let no man go out of his place on the seventh day 30 So the people rested on the seventh day 31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna and it was like coriander-seed white and the taste of it was like wasers made with honey 32 ¶ And Moses said This is the thing which the LORD commandeth Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt 33 And Moses said unto Aaron Take a pot and put an omer full of manna therein and lay it up before the LORD to be kept for your generations 34 As the LORD commanded Moses so Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna fourty years * Jos 5.12 Neh. 9.15 until they came to a land inhabited they did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah CHAP. XVII 1 The people murmure for water at Rephidim 5 God sendeth them for water to the rock in Horeb. 8 Awalek is overcome by the holding up of Moses hands 15 Moses buildeth the altar JEHOVAH-nissi ANd all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin after their journeys according to the commandment of the LORD and pitched in Rephidim and there was no water for the people to drink 2 * Numb 20.4 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses and said Give us water that we may drink And Moses said unto them Why chide you with me wherefore do ye tempt the LORD 3 And the people thirsted there for water and the people murmured against Moses and said Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children our cattel with thirst 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD saying What shall I do unto this people they be almost ready to stone me 5 And the LORD said unto Moses Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel and thy rod wherewith * Chap. 7.20 thou smotest the river take in thine hand and go 6 * Numb 20.9 Psa 78.15 105.41 Wis 11.4 1 Cor. 10.4 Behold I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb and thou shalt smite the rock and there shall come water out of it that the people may drink And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel 7 And he called the name of the place â That is tentation Massah and â That is âbiding or strife Meribah because of the chiding of the children of Israel and because they tempted the LORD saying Is the LORD among us or not 8 ¶ * Deut. 25.17 Wis 11.3 Then came Amalek and sought with Israel in Rephidim 9 And Moses said unto * Called Jesus Acts 7.45 Joshua Choose us out men and go out fight with Amalek to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with Amalek and Moses Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill 11 And it came to pass when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand Amalek prevailed 12 But Moses hands were heavy and they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands the one on the one side and the other on the other side and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword 14 And the LORD said unto Moses Write this for a memorial in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua for * Numb 24 20. 1 Sam. 15.3 I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven 15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it â That is the LORD my banner JEHOVAH-niâli 16 For he said â Or Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD therefore c. Because â Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation CHAP. XVIII 1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons 7 Moses entertaineth him 13 Jethro's counsel is accepted 27 Jethro departeth WHen * Chap. 2.16 Jethro the priest of Midian Moses father in law heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt 2 Then Jethro Moses father in law took Zipporah Moses wife after he had sent her back 3 And her two sons of which the * Chap. 2.22 name of the one was â That is a stranger there Gerihom for he said I have been an alien in a strange land 4 And the name of the other was â That is my God is an help Eliezer for the God of my father said be was mine help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh 5 And Jethro Moses father in law came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he encamped at the mount of God 6 And he said unto Moses I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee and thy wife and her two sons with her 7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in
that to smell thereto shall even be cut off from his people CHAP. XXXI 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the work of the tabernacle 12 The observation of the sabbath is again commanded 18 Moses receiveth the two tables ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 See I have called by name Bezaleel the * 1 Chr. â 20. son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah 3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom and in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship 4 To devise cunning works to work in gold in silver and in brass 5 And in cutting of stones to set them and in carving of timber to work in all manner of workmanship 6 And I behold I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom that they may make all that I have commanded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony and the mercy-seat that is thereupon and all the â Heb. vessels furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlestick with all his furniture and the altar of incense 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture and the laver and his foot 10 And the clothes of service and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priests office 11 And the anointing oyl and sweet incense for the holy place according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel saying Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep for it is a signe between me and you throughout your generations that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctifie you 14 * Chap. 20.8 Deut. 5. â2 Ezek. 20.12 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you Every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death for whosoever doeth any work therein that soul shall be cut off from amongst his people 15 Six days may work be done but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest â Heb. holiness holy to the LORD whosoever doth any work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath to observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant 17 It is a signe between me and the children of Israel for ever for * Gen. 1.31 2. â in six days the LORD made heaven and earth and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed 18 ¶ And he gave unto Moses when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sânai * Deut. 9.10 two tables of testimony tables of stone written with the finger of God CHAP. XXXII 1 The people in the absence of Moses cause Aaron to make a calf 7 God is angred thereby 11 At the entreaty of Moses he is appeased 15 Moses cometh down with the tables 19 He breaketh them 20 He destroyeth the calf 22 Aarons excuse for himself 25 Moses causeth the idolaters to be slain 30 He prayeth for the people ANd when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him * Act. â 20 Up make us gods which shall go before us for as for this Moses the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt we wot not what is become of him 2 And Aaron said unto them Break off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives of your sons and of your daughters and bring them unto me 3 And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears and brought them unto Aaron 4 * 1 King 12 2â Psal 1.6.19 And he received them at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool after he had made it a molten calf and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 5 And when Aaron saw it he built an altar before it and Aaron made proclamation and said To morrow is a feast to the LORD 6 And they rose up early on the morrow and offered burnt-offerings and brought peace-offerings and the * 1 Cor. 10.7 people âat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play 7 ¶ And the LORD âaid unto Moses * Deut. â 1â Go get thee down for thy people which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them they have made them a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed thereunto and said These be thy gods O Israel which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 9 And the LORD said unto Moses * Chap. 32.3 Deut. 9.13 I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff-necked people 10 Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them and I will make of thee a great nation 11 * Psal 106.23 And Moses besought â Heb. the face of the LORD the LORD his God and said LORD why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand 12 * Numb 14.13 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say For mischief did he bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy people 13 Remember Abraham Isaac and Israel thy servants to whom thou swarest by thine own self and saidât unto them * Gen. 12.7 and 15.7 48.16 I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed and they shall inherit it for ever 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people 15 ¶ And Moses turned and went down from the mount and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand the tables were written on both their sides on the one side and on the other were they written 16 And the * Chap. 31.18 tables were the work of God and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the tables 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted he said unto Moses There is a noise of war in the camp 18 And he said It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery neither is it the voice of them that cry for â Heb. ââakness being overcome but the noise of them that sing do I hear 19 ¶
that which he was commanded 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses that the skin of Moses face shone and Moses put the vail upon his face again until he went in to speak with him CHAP. XXXV 1 The sabbath 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle 20 The readiness of the people to offer 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work ANd Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together and said unto them These are the words which the LORD hath commanded that ye should do them 2 * Chap. 20.9 Lev. 23.3 Deut. 5.12 Luke 13.14 Six days shall work be done but on the seventh day there shall be to you â Heb. holiness an holy day a sabbath of rest to the LORD whosoever doth work therein shall be put to death 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath-day 4 ¶ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel saying This is the thing which the LORD commanded saying 5 Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the LORD * Chap 25.2 Whosoever is of a willing heart let him bring it an offering of the LORD gold and silver and brass 6 And blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats hair 7 And rams skins died red and badgers skins and shittim-wood 8 And oyl for the light and spices for anointing oyl and for the sweet incense 9 And onyx-stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breast-plate 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD hath commanded 11 * Chap. 26.1 c. The tabernacle his tent and his covering his taches and his boards his bars his pillars and his sockets 12 The ark and the staves thereof with the mercy-seat and the vail of the covering 13 The table and his staves and all his vessels and the shew-bread 14 The candlestick also for the light and his furniture and his lamps with the oyl for the light 15 * Chap. 30.1 And the incense-altar and his staves and the anointing oyl and the sweet incense and the hanging for the door at the entring in of the tabernacle 16 * Chap. 27.1 The altar of burnt-offering with his brasen grate his staves and all his vessels the laver and his foot 17 The hangings of the court his pillars and their sockets and the hanging for the door of the court 18 The pins of the tabernacle the pins of the court and their cords 19 The clothes of service to do service in the holy place the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to minister in the priests office 20 ¶ And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses 21 And they came every one whose heart stirred him up and every one whom his spirit made willing and they brought the LORDS offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation and for all his service and for the holy garments 22 And they came both men and women as many as were willing-hearted and brought bracelets and ear-rings and rings and tablets all jewels of gold and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD 23 And every man with whom was found blue and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats hair and red skins of rams and badgers skins brought them 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORDS offering and every man with whom was found shittim-wood for any work of the service brought it 25 And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands and brought that which they had spun both of blue and of purple and of scarlet and of fine linen 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats hair 27 And the rulers brought onyx-stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breast-plate 28 And * Chap 30.23 spice and oyl for the light and for the anointing oyl and for the sweet incense 29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD every man and woman whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses 30 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Israel See * Chap. 31.2 the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Judah 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship 32 And to devise curious works to work in gold and in silver and in brass 33 And in the cutting of stones to set them and in carving of wood to make any manner of cunning work 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach both he and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver and of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer in blue and in purple in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work CHAP. XXXVI 1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen 5 The liberality of the people is restrained 8 The curtains of cherubims 14 The curtains of goats hair 19 The covering of skins 20 The boards with their sockets 31 The bars 35 The vail 37 The hanging for the door THen wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary according to all that the LORD had commanded 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab and every wise-hearted man in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it 3 And they received of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary to make it withal And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning 4 And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came every man from his work which they made 5 ¶ And they spake unto Moses saying The people bring much more then enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make 6 And Moses gave commandment and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp saying Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary so the people were restrained from bringing 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it and too much 8 ¶ * Chap. 26.3 4. And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined
and behold if the plague have not changed his colour and the plague be not spread it is unclean thou shalt burn it in the fire it is fret inward â Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof or in the forehead thereof whether it be bare within or without 56 And if the priest look and behold the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it then he shall rend it out of the garment or out of the skin or out of the warp or out of the woof 57 And if it appear still in the garment either in the warp or in the woof or in any thing of skin it is a spreading plague thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire 58 And the garment either warp or woof or whatsoever thing of skin it be which thou shalt wash if the plague be departed from them then it shall be washed the second time and shall be clean 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosie in a garment of woollen or linen either in the warp or woof or any thing of skins to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean CHAP. XIV 1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper 33 The signs of leprosie in an house 48 The cleansing of that house ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing He * Mat. 8.2 Maâ â 40 Luk. 5.12 shall be brought unto the priest 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp and the priest shall look and behold if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two â Or sparrows birds alive and clean and cedar wood and scarlet and hyssop 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water 6 As for the living bird he shall take it and the cedar-wood and the scarlet and the hyssop and shall dip them and the living bird in the bloud of the bird that was killed over the running water 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosie seven times and shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird loose â Heb. upon the face of the field into the open field 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes shave off all his hair and wash himself in water that he may be clean and after that he shall come into the camp shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days 9 But it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eye-brows even all his hair he shall shave off and he shall wash his clothes also he shall wash his flesh in water and he shall be clean 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish and one ew-lamb â Heb. the daughter of her year of the first year without blemish and three tenth-deals of fine flour for a meat offering mingled with oyl one log of oyl 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean and those things before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation 12 And the priest shall take one he-lamb and offer him for a trespass-offering and the log of oyl and * Exod. 29.24 wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering in the holy place for * Chap. 7.7 as the sin-offering is the priests so is the trespass offering it is most holy 14 And the priest shall take some of the bloud of the trespass-offering and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oyl and pour it into the palm of his own left hand 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oyl that is in his left hand shal sprinkle of the oyl with his finger seven times before the LORD 17 And of the rest of the oyl that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot upon the bloud of the trespass-offering 18 And the remnant of the oyl that is in the priests hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD 19 And the priest shall offer the sin-offering and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meat offering upon the altar and the priest shall make an atonement for him and he shall be clean 21 And if he be poor and â Heb. his hand reach not cannot get so much then he shall take one lamb for a trespass-offering â Heb. for a waving to be waved to make an atonement for him and one tenth-deal of fine flour mingled with oyl for a meat-offering and a log of oyl 22 And two turtle-doves or two young pigeons such as he is able to get and the one shall be a sin-offering and the other a burnt-offering 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering the log of oyl and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering and the priest shall take some of the bloud of the trespass-offering and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the great toe of his right foot 26 And the priest shall pour of the oyl into the palm of his own left hand 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oyl that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD 28 And the priest shall put of the oyl that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the thumb of hââ right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot upon the place of the bloud of the trespass-offering 29 And the rest of the oyl that is in the priests hand he shall put upon the head of him that it to be cleansed to make an atonement for him before the LORD 30 And he shall
7 And when the sun is down he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the holy things because it is his food 8 * Exod. 22.21 Ezek. 44.31 That which dieth of it self or is torn with beasts he shall not eat to defile himself therewith I am the LORD 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance lest they bear sin for it and die therefore if they profane it I the LORD do sanctifie them 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing a sojourner of the priest or an hired servant shall not eat of the holy thing 11 But if the priest buy any foul â Heb. with the purchase of his money with his money he shall eat of it and he that is born in his house they shall eat of his meat 12 If the priests daughter also be married unto â Heb. a man a stranger a stranger she may not eat of an offering of the holy things 13 But if the priests daughter be a widow or divorced and have no childe and is returned unto her fathers house * Chap. 10.14 as in her youth she shall eat of her fathers meat but there shall no stranger eat thereof 14 ¶ And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto the LORD 16 Or â Or lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things for I the LORD do sanctifie them 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 18 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons and unto all the children of Israel and say unto them Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel that will offer his oblation for all his vows and for all his free-will-offerings which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish of the beeves of the sheep or of the goats 20 * Deut. 15.21 17.1 But whatsoever hath a blemish that shall ye not offer for it shall not be acceptable for you 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow or a free-will-offering in beeves or â Or goats sheep it shall be perfect to be accepted there shall be no blemish therein 22 Blinde or broken or maimed or having a wen or scurvy or scabbed ye shall not offer these unto the LORD nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD 23 Either a bullock or a â Or kid lamb that hath any thing * Chap 21.18 superfluous or lacking in his parts that mayest thou offer for a free-will-offering but for a vow it shall not be accepted 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised or crushed or broken or cut neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land 25 Neither from a strangers hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these because their corruption is in them and blemishes be in them they shall not be accepted for you 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 27 When a bullock or a sheep or a goat is brought forth then it shall be seven days under the dam and from the eighth day thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD 28 And whether it be cow or â Or she-goat ew ye shall not kill it * Deut. 22.6 and her young both in one day 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD offer it at your own will 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up ye shall leave * Chap. 7.15 none of it until the morrow I am the LORD 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments and do them I am the LORD 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name but * Chap. 10.3 I will be hallowed among the children of Israel I am the LORD which hallow you 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the LORD CHAP. XXIII 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath 4 The pass-over 9 The sheaf of first-fruits 15 The feast of pentecost 22 Gleanings to be left for the poor 23 The feast of trumpets 26 The day of atonement 33 The feast of tabernacles ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them Concerning the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations even these are my feasts 3 * Ex. 20.9 Deut. 5.13 Luk. 13.14 Six days shall work be done but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest an holy convocation ye shall do no work therein it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings 4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD even holy convocations which ye shall proclaim in their seasons 5 * Exod. 12.18 Numb 28.16 In the fourteenth day of the first moneth at even is the LORDS pass over 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same moneth is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD seven days ye must eat unleavened brâad 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days in the seventh day is an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them When ye be come into the land which I give unto you and shall reap the harvest thereof then ye shall bring a â Or handful â Heb. amer sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD to be accepted for you on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD 13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oyl an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine the fourth part of an hin 14 And ye shall eat neither bread nor parched corn nor green ears until the self-same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings 15 ¶ And * Deut. 16.9 ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering seven sabbaths shall be compleat 16 Even unto the
morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days and ye shall offer a new-meat-offering unto the LORD 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth-deals they shall be of fine flour they shall be baken with leaven they are the first-fruits unto the LORD 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year and one young bullock and two rams they shall be for a burnt-offering unto the LORD with their meat-offering their drink-offerings even an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the LORD 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD with the two lambs they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest 21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day that it may be an holy convocation unto you ye shall do no servile work therein It shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations 22 ¶ And * Chap. 19.9 when ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest * Deut. 24.19 neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger I am the LORD your God 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 24 Speak unto the children of Israel saying In the * Num. 29.1 seventh moneth in the first day of the moneth shall ye have a sabbath a memorial of blowing of trumpets an holy convocation 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 27 * Chap. 16.30 Numb 29.7 Also on the tenth day of this seventh moneth there shall be a day of atonement it shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day for it is a day of atonement to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day he shall be cut off from among his people 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day the same soul will I destroy from among his people 31 Ye shall do no manner of work It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest and ye shall afflict your souls in the ninth day of the moneth at even from even unto even shall ye â Heb. rest celebrate your sabbath 33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 34 Speak unto the children of Israel saying * Numb 29.12 The fifteenth day of this seventh moneth shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work therein 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD * Joh. 7.37 on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD it is a â Heb. day of restraint solemn assembly and ye shall do no servile work therein 37 These are the feasts of the LORD which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD a burnt-offering and a meat-offering a sacrifice and drink-offerings ever thing upon his day 38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD and beside your gifts and beside all your vows and beside all your free-will-offerings which ye give unto the LORD 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh moneth when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days on the first day shall be a sabbath and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the â Heb. fruit boughs of goodly trees branches of palm-trees and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook and ye shall rejoyce before the LORD your God seven days 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year It shall be a statute for ever in your generations ye shall celebrate it in the seventh moneth 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt I am the LORD your God 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD CHAP. XXIV 1 The oyl for the lamps 5 The shew-bread 10 Shelomiths son blasphemeth 13 The law of blasphemy 17 Of murder 18 Of damage 23 The Hasphemer is stoned ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oyl-olive beaten for the light â Heb to cause to ascend to cause the lamps to burn continually 3 Without the vail of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually It shall be a statute for ever in your generations 4 He shall order the lamps upon * Exod. 31.8 the pure candlestick before the LORD continually 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour and bake twelve * Exod. 25.30 cakes thereof two tenth-deals shall be in one cake 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows six on a row upon the pure table before the LORD 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row that it may be on the bread for a memorial even an offering made by fire unto the LORD 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant 9 And * Exod. 29.33 Chap. 8.31 Mat. 12.4 it shall be Aarons and his sons and they shall eat it in the holy place for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute 10 ¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman whose father was an Egyptian went out among the children of Israel and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp 11 And the Israelitish womans son blasphemed the Name of the LORD and cursed and they brought him unto Moses and his mothers name was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan 12 And they * Numb 15.34 put him in ward â Heb. to expound unto them according to
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 â 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 â 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 ãâã redemptâon 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 â 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 â Heb. of thy seâaration 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 â 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 â Or to be quite cut off â 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 â 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 âull 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
10.2 Chap. 3.4 1 Chr. 24 2. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD 62 And those that were numbred of them were twenty and three thousand all males from a moneth old and upward for they were not numbred among the children of Israel because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel 63 ¶ These are they that were numbred by Moses and Eleazar the priest who numbred the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbred when they numbred the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai 65 For the LORD had said of them They * Ch. 14.28 1 Co. 10.5 â shall surely die in the wilderness And there was not left a man of them save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAP. XXVII 1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance 6 The law of inheritances 12 Moses being told of his death sueth for a successour 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him THen came the daughters of * Ch. 26.33 Josh 17.3 Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah 2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the princes and all the congregation by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 3 Our father * Ch. 14.35 26.64 65. died in the wilderness and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah but died in his own sin and had no sons 4 Why should the name of our father be â Heb. diminished done away from among his family because he hath no son Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD 6 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their fathers brethren and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying If a man die and have no son then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter 9 And if he have no daughter then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren 10 And if he have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren 11 And if his father have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family and he shall possess it and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgement as the LORD commanded Moses 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses * Deut. 32.49 Get thee up into this mount Abarim and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel 13 And when thou hast seen it thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people as * Ch. 20.24 Aaron thy brother was gathered 14 For ye * Ch. 20.24 rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin in the strife of the congregation to sanctifie me at the water before their eyes that is the * Ex. 17.7 water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin 15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD saying 16 Let the LORD the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation 17 Which may go out before them and which may go in before them and which may lead them out and which may bring them in that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd 18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Take thee Joshua the son of Nun a man in whom is the spirit and lay thine hand upon him 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest who shall ask counsel for him * Exod. 28.30 after the judgement of Urim before the LORD at his word shall they go out and at his word they shall come in both he and all the children of Israel with him even all the congregation 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest before all the congregation 23 And he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses CHAP. XXVIII 1 Offerings are be observed 3 The continual burnt-offering 9 The offering on the sabbath 11 on the new-moons 16 at the pass-over 26 in the day of first-fruits ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them My offering and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire for â Heb. a savour of my rest a sweet savour unto me shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season 3 And thou shalt say unto them * Exod. 29.38 This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD two lambs of the first year without pot â Heb. in a day day by day for a continual burnt-offering 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning and the other lamb shalt thou offer â Heb. between the two evenines at even 5 And a tenth part of an Ephah of flour for a * Lev. 2.1 meat-offering mingled with the fourth part of an * Ex. 29.40 hin of beaten oyl 6 It is a continual burnt-offering which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even as the meat-offering of the morning and as the drink-offering thereof thou shalt offer it a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 9 ¶ And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot and two tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl and the drink offering thereof 10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath beside the continual burnt-offering and his drink offering 11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your moneths ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD two young bullocks and one ram seven lambs of the first year without spot 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl for one
hill under Ashdoth-pisgah east-ward 18 ¶ And I commanded you at that time saying The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it * Numb 32.20 ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel all that are â Heb. sons of power meet for the war 19 But your wives and your little ones and your cattel for I know that ye have much caâtel shall abide in your cities which I have given you 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren as well as unto you and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan and then shall ye * Jos 22.4 return every man unto his possession which I have given you 21 ¶ And * Numb 27.18 I commanded Joshua at that time saying Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest 22 Ye shall not fear them for the LORD your God he shall fight for you 23 And I besought the LORD at that time saying 24 O Lord GOD thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might 25 I pray thee let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan that goodly mountain and Lebanon 26 But the LORD * Numb 20.12 Chap. 1.37 was wroth with me for your sakes and would not hear me and the LORD said unto me Let it suffice thee speak no more unto me of this matter 27 Get thee up into the top of â Or the hill Pisgah and lift up thine eyes west-ward and north-ward and south-ward and east-ward and behold it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go over this Jordan 28 But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor CHAP. IV. 1 An exhortation to obedience 41 Moses appointeth the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan NOw therefore hearken O Israel unto the statutes and unto the judgements which I teach you for to do them that ye may live and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you 2 * Ch. 12.32 Jos 1.7 Prov. 30.6 Rev. 22.18 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you neither shall you diminish ought from it that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of * Numb â5 4 c. Baal-peor for all the men that followed Baal-peor the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day 5 Behold I have taught you statutes and judgements even as the LORD my God commanded me that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it 6 Keep therefore and do them for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations which shall hear all these statutes and say Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people 7 For what nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for 8 And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day 9 Onely take heed to thy self and keep thy soul diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life but teach them thy sons and thy sons sons 10 Specially the day that thou stoodst before the LORD thy God in Horeb when the LORD said unto me Gather me the people together and I will make them hear my words that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth and that they may teach their children 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain and the * Ex. 19.18 mountain burnt with fire unto the â Heb. heart midst of heaven with darkness clouds and thick darkness 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire ye heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude â Heb. save a voice onely ye heard a voice 13 And he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten commandments and he wrote them upon two tables of stone 14 ¶ And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgements that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto your selves for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire 16 Lest ye corrupt your selves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likeness of male or female 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars even all the host of heaven shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them which the LORD thy God hath â Or âmparted divided unto all nations under the whole heaven 20 But the LORD hath taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace even out of Egypt to be unto him a people of inheritance as ye are this day 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and sware that I should not go over Jordan and that I should not go in unto that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance 22 But I must die in this land I must not go over Jordan but ye shall go over and possess that good land 23 Take heed unto your selves lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God which he made with you and make you a graven image or the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forhidden thee 24 For * Ch. 9.3 Heb. 12.29 the LORD thy God is a consuming fire even a jealous God 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children and childrens children and shalt have remained long in the land and shall corrupt your selves and make a graven image or the likeness of any thing and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God to provoke him to anger 26 I call heaven
thou goest in to possess it is not as the land of Egypt from whence ye came out where thou sowedst thy seed and wateredst it with thy foot as a garden of herbs 11 But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven 12 A land which the LORD thy God â Heb. ââââeth careth for the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year 13 ¶ And it shall come to pass if you shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season the first rain and the latter rain that thou mayest gather in thy corn and thy wine and thine oyl 15 And I will â Heb. give send grass in thy fields for thy cattel that thou mayest eat and be full 16 Take heed to your selves that your heart be not deceived and ye turn aside and serve other gods and worship them 17 And then the LORDS wrath be kindled against you and he shut up the heaven that there be no rain and that the land yeeld not her fruit and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you 18 ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul and * Chap. 6.8 hinde them for a signe upon your hand that they may be as frontlets between your eyes 19 * Ch. 4.10 6.7 And ye shall teach them your children speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way when thou liest down and when thou risest up 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine house and upon thy gates 21 That your days may be multiplyed and the days of your children in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them as the days of heaven upon the earth 22 ¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them to love the LORD your God to walk in all his ways and to cleave unto him 23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier then your selves 24 * Josh 1.3 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours from the wilderness and Lebanon from the river the river Euphrates even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon as he hath said unto you 26 ¶ Behold I set before you this day a blessing and a curse 27 â Chap. 28. â A blessing if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day 28 And a * Chap. 28.15 curse if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day to go after other gods which ye have not known 29 And it shall come to pass when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it that thou shalt put * Chap. 27.12 13 Josh 8.33 the blessing upon mount Gerizim and the curse upon mount Ebal 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan by the way where the sun goeth down in the land of the Canaanites which dwell in the champian over against Gilgâl beside the plains of Moreh 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you and ye shall possess it and dwell therein 32 And ye shall observe * Chap. â 32 to do all the statutes and judgements which I set before you this day CHAP. XII 1 Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed 5 The place of Gods service is to be kept 16 23 Bloud is forbidden 17 2â 26 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken 29 Idolatry is not to be enquired after THese are the statutes and judgements which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it all the days that ye live upon the earth 2 * Ch. 7.5 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall â Or inherit possess served their gods upon the high mountains and upon the hills and under every green tree 3 And * Judg. 2.2 you shall â Heb. break down overthrow their altars and break their pillars and burn their groves with fire and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods and destroy the names of them out of that place 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall * 1 Kin. 8 2â 2 Chr. 7.12 choose out of all your tribes to put his name there even unto his habitation shall ye seek and thither thou shalt come 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and heave-offerings of your hand and your vows and your free-will-offerings and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God and ye shall rejoyce in all that you put your hand unto ye and your housholds wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God giveth you 10 But when ye go over Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about so that ye dwell in safety 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there thither shall ye bring all that I command you your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand and all â Heb. the choice of your vows your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD 12 And ye shall rejoyce before the LORD your God ye and your sons and your daughters and your men-servants and your maid-servants and the Levite that is within your gates sorasmuch as * Ch. 10.9 he hath no part nor inheritance with you 13 Take heed to thy self that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy
die and thou shalt put evil away from among you 8 ¶ Take heed in * Levit 13.2 the plague of leprosie that thou observe diligently and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you as I commanded them so ye shall observe to do 9 Remember what the LORD thy God did * Numb 12.10 unto Miriam by the way after that ye were come forth out of Egypt 10 ¶ When thou dost â Heb. lend the loan of any thing to c. lend thy brother any thing thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge 11 Thou shalt stand abroad and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee 12 And if the man be poor thou shalt not sleep with his pledge 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates 15 At his day * Levit. 19.13 Tob. 4.14 thou shalt give him his hire neither shall the sun go down upon it for he is poor and â Heb. lifteth his soul unto it setteth his heart upon it lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee 16 * 2 King 14.6 2 Chr. 25 4. Jer. 31.29 30. Ezek. 18.20 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers every man shall be put to death for his own sin 17 ¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgement of the stranger nor of the fatherless nor take a widows raiment to pledge 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence therefore I command thee to do this thing 19 ¶ * Levit. 19.9 23.22 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field and hast forgot a sheaf in the field thou shalt not go again to fetch it it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands 20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree â Heb. thou shalt not bough it after thee thou shalt not go over the boughs again it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow 21 When thou gathereât the grapes of thy vineyard thou shalt not glean it â Heb. after thee afterward it shall be for the stranger for the fatherless and for the widow 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt therefore I command thee to do this thing CHAP. XXV 1 Stripes must not exceed fourty 4 The ox is not to be muzzled 5 Of raising seed unto a brother 11 Of the immodest woman 13 Of unjust weights 17 The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out IF there be a controversie between men and they come unto judgement that the judges may judge them then they shall justifie the righteous and condemn the wicked 2 And it shall be if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his faâe according to his fault by a certain number 3 * 2 Cor. 11.24 Fourty stripes he may give him and not exceed lest if he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes then thy brother should seem vile unto thee 4 ¶ * 1 Cor. 9.9 1 Tim. 5.18 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he â Heb. thrâsheth treadeth out the corn 5 ¶ * Mat. 22 24. Mark 12.19 Luk. 20.28 If brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no childe the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger her â Or next kinsman husbands brother shall go in unto her and take her to him to wife and perform the duty of an husbands brother unto her 6 And it shall be that the first-born which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead that his name be not put out of Israel 7 And if the man like not to take his â Or next kinsman-wife brothers wife then let his brothers wife go up to the gate unto the elders and say * Ruth 4.7 My husbands brother refuâeth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel he will not perform the duty of my husbands brother 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him and if he stand to it and say I like not to take her 9 Then shall his brothers wife come unto him in the presence of the elders and loose his shoe from off his foot and spit in his face and shall answer and say So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brothers house 10 And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that hath his shoe loosed 11 ¶ When men strive together one with another and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him and patteth forth her hand and taketh him by the secrets 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand thine eye shall not pity her 13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag â Heb. a stone and a stone divers weights a great a small 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house â Heb. an ephah and an ephah divers measures a great and a small 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight a perfect and just meaâure shalt thou have that thy days may be lengthned in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 16 For all that do such things and all that do unrighteously are an abomination unto the LORD thy God 17 ¶ * Exod. 17.8 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way when ye were come forth out of Egypt 18 How he met thee by the way and smote the hindmost of thee even all that were feeble behinde thee when thou wast faint and weary and he feared not God 19 Therefore it shall be when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven thou shalt not forget it CHAP. XXVI 1 The confession of him that âffereth thâ basket of first-fruits 12 The prayer of him that giveth his third years tithes 1â The covenant between God and the people ANd it shall be when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance and possessest it and dwellest therein
bring thee and thy king which thou shalt set over thee unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known and there shalt thou serve other gods word and stone 37 And thou shalt become * 1 Kin. 9.7 Jer. 24.9 and 25.9 an astonishment a proverb and a by-word among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee 38 * Mic. 6.15 Hag. 1.6 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field and shalt gather but little in for the locust shall consume it 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them but shalt neither drink of the wine nor gather the ârapes for the worms shall eat them 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts but thou shalt not anoint thy self with the oyl for thine olive shall cast his fruit 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters but â Heb. they shall not be thine thou shalt not enjoy them for they shall go into captivity 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust â Or possess consume 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high and thou shalt come down very low 44 He shall lend to thee and thou shalt not lend to him he shall be the head and thou shalt be the tail 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee and shall pursue thee and overtake thee till thou be destroyed because thou hearknedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee 46 And they shall be upon thee for a signe and for a wonder and upon thy seed for ever 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart for the abundance of all things 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in want of all thinâs and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck until he have deâtroyed thee 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far from the end of the earth as swift as the eagle flieth a nation whose tongue thou shalt not â Heb. bear understand 50 A nation â Heb. strong of face of fierce countenance which shall not regard the person of the old nor shew favour to the young 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattel and the fruit of thy land until thou be destroyed which also shall not leave thee either corn wine or oyl or the increase of thy kine or flocks of thy sheep until he have destroyed thee 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates until thy high and fenced walls come down wherein thou trustedst throughout all the land and he shall besiege tââe in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee 53 And * Lev. 26.29 2 Kin. 6.29 Lam. 4.10 Bar. â 3 thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own â Heb. bâlly body the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee 54 So that the man that is tender among you and very delicate his eye shall be evil toward his brother and toward the wife of his bosom and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leave 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat because he hath nothing lest him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates 56 The tender and delicate woman among you which would not adventure to for the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness her eye shall be evil towards the husband of her bosom and towards her son and towards her daughter 57 And towards her â Heb. after-birth young one that cometh out from between her feet and towards her children which she shall bear for she shall eat them for want of all things secrâtly in the siege and straitness wherewith thine enemy shall diâââess thee in thy gates 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this ãâã that thou mayest fear this glorious and âearful name THE LORD THY GOD 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful and the plagues of thy seed even great plagues and of long continuance and sore sicknesses and of long continuance 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt which thou wast afraid of and they shall cleave unto thee 61 Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law them will the LORD â Heb. cause to ascend bring upon thee until thou be destroyed 62 And ye shall be left few in number whereas ye were * Chap. 10.22 as the stars of heaven for multitude because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God 63 And it shall come to pass that as the LORD rejoyced over you to do you good and to multiply you so the LORD will rejoyce over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people from the one end of the earth even unto the other and there thou shalt serve other gods which neither thou nor thy fathers have known even wood and stone 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart and failing of eyes and sorrow of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt fear day and night and shalt have none assurance of thy life 67 In the morning thou shalt say Would God it were even and at even thou shalt say Would God it were morning for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships by the way whereof I spake unto thee Thou shalt see it no more again and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bond-men and bond-women and no man shall buy you CHAP. XXIX 2 Moses exhorteth them to obedience by the memory of the works they have seen 10 All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant 18 The great wrath on him that flattereth himself in his wickedness 29 Secret things belong unto God THese are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 ¶ And Moses called unto all Israel and said unto them * Exod. 19.4 Ye have seen all that the
stand before the congregation for judgement and * Numb 35.25 until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house unto the city from whence he fled 7 ¶ And they â Heb. sanctified appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali and Shechem in mount Ephraim and Kirjath-arba which is Hebron in the mountain of Judah 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho east-ward they assigned * Deu. 4.43 â Chron. 6. â8 Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourneth among them that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither and not die by the hand of the avenger of bloud until he stood before the congregation CHAP. XXI 1 Eight and fourty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Levitâs 43 God gave the land and rest to the Israelites according to his tromise THen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest and unto Joshua the son of Nun and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan saying * Nâmb â â The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in with the suburbs thereof for our cattel 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance at hte commandment of the LORD these cities their suburbs 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had by lot out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of Benjamin thirteen cities 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ten cities 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali and out of the half-tribe or Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuâen and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the tribe of Zebulun twelve cities 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses 9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon these cities which are here â ãâ¦ã mentioned by name 10 Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites who were of the children of Levi had for theirs was the first lot 11 And they gave them â Or Kirjâth-arba the city of Arba the father of Anak which city is Hebron in the hill countrey of Judah with the suburbs thereof round about ât 12 But * Chap. 14.14 1 Chron. â â6 the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession 13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Libnah with her suburbs 14 And Jattir with her suburbs and Eshtemoa with her suburbs 15 And Holon with her suburbs and Debir with her suburbs 16 And Ain with her suburbs and Juttah with her suburbs and Bethshemesh wâth her suburbs nine cities out of those two tribes 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin Gibeon with her suburbs Geââ with her suâurbs 18 Anatâoth with her suburbs and Almon with her suburbs four ââties 19 All the âities of the châldren of Aaron the priests were thirteen ââtâes with their suburbs 20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Gezer with her suburbs 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs and Beth-horon with her suburbs four cities 23 And out of the tribe of Dan Eltekeh with her suburbs Gibbethon with her suburbs 24 Ajalon with her suburbs Gath-rimmon with her suburbs four cities 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Tanach with her suburbs and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs two cities 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon of the families of the Levites out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Beeshterah with her suburbs two cities 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar Kishon with her suburbs Dabareh with her suburbs 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs En-gannim with her suburbs four cities 30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mishal with her suburbs Abdon with her suburbs 31 Helkath with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs four citâes 32 And our of the tribe of Naphtali Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Hamoth dor wâth her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs three cities 33 All the cities of the-Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari the rest of the Levites out of the tribe of Zebulun Jokneam with her suburbs and Kartan with her suburbs 35 Dimnah with her suburbs Nahalal with her suburbs four cities 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben Bezer with her suburbs and Jahazah with her suburbs 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs and Mephaath with her suburbs four cities 38 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs to be a city of refuge for the slayer and Mahanaim with her suburbs 39 Heshbon with her suburbs Jazer with her suburbs four cities in all 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families which were remaining of the families of the Levites were by their lot twelve cities 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were fourty and eight cities with their suburbs 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them thus were all these cities 43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt therein 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about
according to all that he sware unto their father and there stood not a man of all their enemâes 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 âoshua sent them away alâo 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 âron 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 whâch 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 aâtar 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 âhildren 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 â Hâb house of ãâã father chief house a prince throughoât 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 râbel this day against the LORD 17 Is the iniquity * Numb 25.4 of Peor too little for us from which we are not clâansed 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 âhildren 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 â 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
he put in a basket and he put the broth in a pot and brought it out unto him under the oak and presented it 20 And the angel of God said unto him Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes and lay them upon this rock and pour out the broth And he did so 21 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes and there rose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD Gideon said Alas O Lord GOD * Ex. 33.20 Ch. 13.22 for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face 23 And the LORD said unto him Peace be unto thee fear not thou shalt not die 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD and called it â That is the LORD send peace Jehovah-shalom unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites 25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night that the LORD said unto him Take thy fathers young bullock â Or and. even the second bullock of seven years old and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath and cut down the grove that is by it 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this â Heb. strong place rock â Or in an orderly manner in the ordered pâace and take the second bullock and offer a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had said unto him and so it was bâcause he scared hâs fathers houshold and the men of the city that he could not do it by day that he did it by night 28 ¶ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning behold the altar of Baal was cast down and the grove was cut down that was by it and the second bulloâk was offered upon the altar that was built 29 And they said one to another Who hath done this thing And when they enquired and asked they said Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash Bring out thy son that he may die because ãâã hâth caât down the altar of Baal and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him Will ye plead for Baal will ye save him he that will plead for him let him be put to death whilest it is yee mârning it he be a god let him plead for himself because one hath cast down his altar 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal saying Let Baal plead against him because he hath thrown down his altar 33 ¶ Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together and went over and pitched in the valley of Jazreel 34 But the spirit of the LORD â Heb. clothed came upon Gideon and he * Numb 10.3 Chap. 3.27 blew a trumpet and Abiezer â Heb. was called after him was gathered after him 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh who also was gathered after him and he sent messengers unto Asher and unto Zebulun and unto Naphtali and they came up to meet them 36 ¶ And Gideon said unto God If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said 37 Behold I will put a fleece of wooll in the floor and if the dew be on the fleece onely and it be dry upon all the earth beside then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said 38 And it was so for he rose up early on the morrow and thrust the fleece together and wringed the dew out of the fleece a bowl-full of water 39 And Gideon said unto God * Gen. 18.32 Let not thine anger be hot against me and I will speak but this once Let me prove I pray thee but this once with the fleece let it now be dry onely upon the fleece and upon all the ground let there he dew 40 And God did to that night for it was dry upon the fleece onely and there was dew on all the ground CHAP. VII 1 Gideons army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three hundred 9 He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the barley-cake 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb THen Jerubbaal who is Gideon and all the people that were with him rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod so that the host of the Midianites were on the north-side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands left Israel vaunt themselves against me saying Mine own hand hath saved me 3 Now therefore go to proclaim in the ears of the people saying * Deu. 20.8 1 Mac. 3.56 Whosoever is fearful and afraid let him return and depart early from mount Gilead and there returned of the people twenty and two thousand and there remained ten thousand 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon The people are yet too many bring them down unto the water and I will try them for thee there and it shall be that of whom I say unto thee This shall go with thee the same shall go with thee and of whomsoever I say unto thee This shall not go with thee the same shall not go 5 So he brought down the people unto the water and the LORD said unto Gideon Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth him shalt thou set by himself likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink 6 And the number of them that lapped putting their hand to their mouth were three hundred men but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you and deliver the Midianites into thine hand and let all the other people go every man unto his place 8 So the people took victuals in their hand and their trumpets and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent and retained those three hundred men and the hoât of Midian was beneath him in the valley 9 ¶ And it came to pass the same night that the LORD said unto him Arise get thee down unto the hoât for I have delivered it into thine hand 10 But if thou fear to go down go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host 11 And thou shalt hear what they say and afterwards shall thine hands be
with them for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur that is over against Egypt 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and â Or of the second sort of the fatlings and the lambs and all that was good and would not utterly destroy them but every thing that was vile and refuse that they destroyed utterly 10 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel saying 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king for he is turned back from following me and hath not performed my commandments And it grieved Samuel and he cried unto the LORD all night 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning it was told Samuel saying Saul came to Carmel and behold he set him up a place and is gone about and passed on and gone down to Gilgal 13 And Samuel came to Saul and Saul said unto him Blessed be thou of the LORD I have performed the commandment of the LORD 14 And Samuel said What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear 15 And Saul said They have brought them from the Amalekites for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God and the rest we have utterly destroyed 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul Stay and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night And he said unto him say on 17 And Samuel said When thou wast little in thine own sight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey and said Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites and fight against them until â Heb. they consume them they be consumed 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD but didst flie upon the spoil and didst evil in the sight of the LORD 20 And Saul said unto Samuel Yea I have obeyed the voice of the LORD and have gone the way which the LORD sent me and have brought Agag the king of Amalek and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites 21 But the people took of the spoil sheep and oxen the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal 22 And Samuel said Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD Behold * Eccles 5.1 Hos 6.6 Mat. 9.13 12.7 to obey is better then sacrifice and to hearken then the fat of rams 23 For rebellion is as the sin of â Heb. divination witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD he hath also rejected thee from being king 24 ¶ And Saul said unto Samuel I have sinned for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice 25 Now therefore I pray thee pardon my sin and turn again with me that I may worship the LORD 26 And Samuel said unto Saul I will not return with thee for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle and it rent 28 And Samuel said unto him The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day and hath given it to a neighbour of thine that is better then thou 29 And also the â Or eternity oâ victory strength of Israel will not lie nor repent for he is not a man that he should repent 30 Then he said I have sinned yet honour me now I pray thee before the elders of my people and before Israel and turn again with me that I may worship the LORD thy God 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul and Saul worshipped the LORD 32 ¶ Then said Samuel Bring you hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites and Agag came unto him delicately And Agag said Surely the bitterness of death is past 33 And Samuel said * Exod. 17.11 Numb 14 45. As thy sword hath made women childless so shall thy mother be childless among women And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal 34 ¶ Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel CHAP. XVI 1 Samuel sent by God under pretense of a sacrifice cometh to Beth-lehem 6 His humane judgement is reproved 11 He anointeth David 19 Saul sendeth for David to quiet his evil spirit ANd the LORD said unto Samuel How long wilt thou mourn for Saul seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel fill thine horn with oyl and go I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite for I have provided me a king among his sons 2 And Samuel said How can I go if Saul hear it he will kill me And the LORD said Take an heifer â Heb. in thine hand with thee and say I am come to sacrifice to the LORD 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice and I will shew thee what thou shalt do and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake and came to Beth-lehem and the elders of the town trembled at his â Heb. meeting coming and said Comest thou peaceably 5 And he said Peaceably I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD sanctifie your selves and come with me to the sacrifice And he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice 6 ¶ And it came to pass when they were come that he looked on Eliab and said Surely the LORDs anointed is before him 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel Look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature because I have refused him for the LORD seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the â Heb. eyes outward appearance but the LORD looketh on the * 1 Chr. 23.9 Psal 7.9 Jer. 11.20 17.10 20.12 heart 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel and he said Neither hath the LORD chosen this 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by and he said Neither hath the LORD chosen this 10 Again Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel and Samuel said unto Jesse
to his heart to think that all the kings sons are dead for Amnon onely is dead 34 But Absalom fled And the young man that kept the watch lift up his eyes and looked and behold there came much people by the way of the hill-side behinde him 35 And Jonadab said unto the king Behold the kings sons come â Heb. according to the word of thy servant as thy servant said so it is 36 And it came to pass assoon as he had made an end of speaking that behold the kings sons came and lift up their voice and wept and the king also and all his servants wept â Heb. with a great weeping greatly very sore 37 ¶ But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of â Or Ammibur Ammihud king of Geshur and David mourned for his son every day 38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur and was there three years 39 And the soul of king David â Or was consumed longed to go forth unto Absalom for he was comforted concerning Amnon seeing he was dead CHAP. XIV 1 Joab suborning a widow of Tekoah by a parable to incline the kings heart to fetch home Absalom bringeth him to Jerusalem 25 Absaloms beauty hair and children 28 After two years Absalom by Joab is brought into the kings presence NOw Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the kings heart was toward Absalom 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah and fetcht thence a wife woman and said unto her I pray thee feign thy self to be a mourner and put on now mourning-apparel and anoint not thy self with oyl but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead 3 And come to the king and speak on this manner unto him So Joab put the words in her mouth 4 ¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said â Heb. Save Help O king 5 And the king said unto her What aileth thee And she answered I am indeed a widow woman and mine husband is dead 6 And thy hand-maid had two sons and they two strove together in the field and there was â Heb. no deliverer between them none to part them but the one smote the other and slew him 7 And behold the whole family is risen against thine hand-maid and they said Deliver him that smote his brother that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew and we will destroy the heir also and so they shall quench my coal which is left and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder â Heb. upon the face of the earth upon the earth 8 And the king said unto the woman Go to thine house and I will give charge concerning thee 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king My lord O king the iniquity be on me and on my fathers house and the king and his throne be guiltless 10 And the king said Whosoever saith ought unto thee bring him to me and he shall not touch thee any more 11 Then said she I pray thee let the king remember the LORD thy God â Heb. that the revenger of bloud do not multiply to destroy that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of bloud to destroy any more lest they destroy my son And he said As the LORD liveth there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth 12 Then the woman said Let thine hand-maid I pray thee speak one word unto my lord the king And he said Say on 13 And the woman said Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished 14 For we must needs die and are as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again â Or because God hath not taken away his life he hath also devised means c. neither doth God respect any person yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king it is because the people have made me afraid and thy hand-maid said I will now speak unto the king it may be that the king will perform the request of his hand-maid 16 For the king will hear to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God 17 Then thine hand-maid said The word of my lord the king shall now be â Heb. for rest comfortable for as an angel of God so is my lord the king â Heb. to bear to discern good bad therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman Hide not from me I pray thee the thing that I shall ask thee And the woman said Let my lord the king now speak 19 And the king said Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this And the woman answered and said As thy soul liveth my lord the king none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken for thy servant Joab he bade me and he put all these words in the mouth of thine hand-maid 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing and my lord is wise according to the wisdom or an angel of God to know all things that are in the earth 21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab Behold now I have done this thing go therefore bring the young man Absalom again 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself and â Heb. blessed thanked the king and Joab said To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight my lord O king in that the king hath fulfilled the request of â Or thy his servant 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem 24 And the king said Let him turn to his own house and let him not see me sace So Absalom returned to his own house and saw not the kings face 25 ¶ â Heb. And aâ Absalom there was not a beautiful man man is all Israel to praise greatly But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him 26 And when he polled his head for it was at every years end that he polled it because the hair was heavy on him therefore he polled it he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the kings weight 27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar she was a woman of a fair countenance 28 ¶
of Argob which is in Bashan threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo bad â Or to Mahanaim Mahanaim 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali he also took Basinath the daughter of Solomon to wife 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar 18 Shimei the son of Elah in Benjamin 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the countrey of Gilead in the countrey of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan and he was the onely officer which was in the land 20 ¶ Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude eating and drinking and making merry 21 And * Ecclus 4â 13 Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life 22 ¶ And Solomons â Heb. bread provision for one day was thirty â Heb. âârs measures of fine flour and threescore measures of meal 23 Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures and an hundred sheep beside harts and roe-bucks and fallow deer and fatted fowl 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river from Tiphsah even to Azzah over all the kings on this side the river and he had peace on all sides round about him 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt â Heb. confidently safely every man under his vine and under his fig-tree from Dan even to Beer-sheba all the days of Solomon 26 ¶ And * 2 Chr. 9.25 Solomon had fourty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand hors-men 27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon and for all that came unto king Solomons table every man in his moneth they lacked nothing 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and â Or mules or swift beasts dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were every man according to his charge 29 ¶ And * Ecclus 47.14 15 16. God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much and largeness of heart even as the sand that is on the sea-shore 30 And Solomons wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east-countrey and all the wisdom of Egypt 31 For he was wiser then all men then Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Chalcol and Darda the sons of Mahol and his fame was in all nations round about 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs and his songs were a thousand and five 33 And he spake of trees from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall he spake also of beasts and of fowl and of creeping things and of fishes 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom CHAP. V. 1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon is certified of his purpose to build the temple and desired to furnish him with timber thereto 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomon and requesting food for his family furnisheth him with frees 13 The number of Solomons workmen and labourers ANd Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father for Hiram was ever a lover of David 2 And * 1 Chr. 2.3 Solomon sent to Hiram saying 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet 4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent 5 And behold I â Heb. say purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God * 2 Sam. 7.13 1 Chr. 12.10 as the LORD spake unto David my father saying Thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room he shall build an house unto my name 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon and my servants shall be with thy servants and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt â Heb. say appoint for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians 7 ¶ And it came to pass when Hiram heard the words of Solomon that he rejoyced greatly and said Blessed be the LORD this day which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon saying I have â Heb. heard considered the things which thou sentest to me for and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar and concerning timber of fir 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea and I will convey them by sea in flotes unto the place that thou shalt â Heb. send appoint me and will cause them to be discharged there and thou shalt receive them and thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my houshold 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and fir-trees according to all his desire 11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand â Heb. cors measures of wheat for food to his houshold and twenty measures of pure oyl thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom * Chap. 3.12 as he promised him and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon and they two made a league together 13 ¶ And king Solomon raised a â Heb. tribute of men levy out of all Israel and the levy was thirty thousand men 14 And he sent them to Lebanon ten thousand a moneth by courses a moneth they were in Lebanon and two moneths at home and * Chap. 4.6 Adoniram was over the levy 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains 16 Besides the chief of Solomons officers which were over the work three thousand and three hundred which ruled over the people that wrought in the work 17 And the king commanded and they brought great stones costly stones and hewed stones to lay the foundation of the house 18 And Solomons builders and Hirams builders did hew them and the â Or Giblites 2â Ezek. 27 9. stone-squarers so they prepared timber and stones to build the house CHAP. VI. 1 The building of Solomons temple 5 The chambers thereof 11 Gods promise unto it 15 The cieling and adorning of it 23 The cherubims 31 The doors 36 The court 37 The time of building of it ANd * 2 Chr. 3.1 it came to pass in the four hundred and fourscore year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt in the fourth
against him and smote him before the people and slew him and reigned in his stead 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 12 This was * Chap. 10.30 the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu saying Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation And so it came to pass 13 ¶ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of * Mat. 1.8 9 called Ozias Uzziah king of Judah and he reigned â Heb. a moneth of days a full moneth in Samaria 14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and slew him and reigned in his stead 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he made behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 16 ¶ Then Menahem smote Tiphsah and all that were therein and the coasts thereof from Tirzah because they opened not to him therefore he smote it and all the women therein that were with childe he ript up 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin 19 And * 1 Chr 5.26 Pul the king of Assyria came against the land and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand 20 And Menahem â Heb. caused to come forth exacted the money of Israel even of all the mighty men of wealth of each man fifty shekels of silver to give to the king of Assyria so the king of Assyria turned back and stayed not there in the land 21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead 23 ¶ In the fiftâeth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son or Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria and reigned two years 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah a captain of his conspired against him and smote him in Samaria in the palace of the kings house with Argob and Arieh and with him fifty men of the Gileadites and the killed him and reigned in his room 26 And the rest of the act of Pekahiah and all that he did behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 27 ¶ In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria and reigned twenty years 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria and took ljon and Abel-beth-maachah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee all the land of Naphtali and carried them captive to Assyria 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and smote him and slew him and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 32 ¶ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began * 2 Chr. 27.1 Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done 35 ¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places he built the higher gate of the house of the LORD 36 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XVI 1 Ahaz his wicked reign 5 Ahaz assailed by Rezin and Pekah hireth Tiglath-pileser against them 10 Ahaz sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Vrijah diverteth the brasen altar to his own devotion 17 He spoileth the temple 19 Hezekiah succeedeth him IN * 2 Chr. 28.1 the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God like David his father 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel yea and made his son to pass through the fire according to the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree 5 ¶ * Isaiah 7.1 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria and drave the Jews from Elath and the Syrians came to Elath and dwelt there unto this day 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria saying I am thy servant and thy son come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria and out of the hand of the king of Israel which rise up against me 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was sound in the house of the LORD and in the treasures of the kings house and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria 9 And the king of Assyria hearkned unto him for the king of Assyria went up against â Heb. Dammeek Damascus and took it and carried the people of it captive to Kir and slew Rezin 10
armour in the house of their gods and fastned his head in the temple of Dagon 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the valiant men and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days 13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he â Heb. transgressed committed against the LORD * 1 Sam. 15.23 even against the word of the LORD which he kept not and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit * 1 Sam. 28.7 to enquire of it 14 And enquired not of the LORD therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of â Heb. Isai Jesse CHAP. XI 1 David by a general consent is made king at Hebron 4 He winneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joabs valour 10 A catalogue of Davids mighty men THen * 2 Sam. 5.1 all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh 2 And moreover â Heb both yesterday and the third day in time past even when Saul was king thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD thy God said unto thee Thou shalt â Or rule feed my people Israel and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD â Heb. by the hand of by * 1 Sam. 16.13 Samuel 4 ¶ And David and all Israel * 2 Sam. 5.6 went to Jerusalem which is Jebus where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David Thou shalt not come hither Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion which is the city of David 6 And David said Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be â Heb. head chief and captain So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up and was chief 7 And David dwelt in the castle therefore they called â That is Zion 2 Sam. 5.7 iâ The city of David 8 And he built the city round about even from Millo round about and loab â Heb. revived repaired the rest of the city 9 So David â Heb. went in going and increasing waxed greater and greater for the LORD of hosts was with him 10 ¶ * â Sam. 23.8 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had who â Or ââld strongly with him strengthned themselves with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had Jashobeam â Or son of Hachmoni an Hachmonite the chief of the captains he lift up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite who was one of the three mighties 13 He was with David at â Or Ephisdamrim 1 Sam. 17.1 Pas-dammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battel where was a parcel of ground full of barley and the people fled from before the Philistines 14 And they â Or stood set themselves in the midst of that parcel and delivered it and slew the Philistines and the LORD saved them by a great â Or salvation deliverance 15 ¶ Now â Or three captains over the thirty three of the thirty captains * 2 Sam. 13.12 went down to the rock to David into the cave of Adullam and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim 16 And David was then in the hold and the Philistines garison was then at Beth-lehem 17 And David longed and said Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David but David would not drink of it but poured it out to the LORD 19 And said My God forbid it me that I should do this thing shall I drink the bloud of these men â Heb. with their lives that have put their lives in jeopardy for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it therefore he would not drink it These things did these three mightiest 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab he was chief of the three for lifting up his spear against three hundred he slew them and had a name among the three 21 * 1 Sam. 23.19 c. Or the three he was more honourable then the two for he was their captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel â Heb. great of deeds who had done many acts he slew two lion-like men of Moab also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy-day 23 And he slew an Egyptian â Heb. a maâ of measure a man of great stature five cubits high and in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weavers beam and he went down to him with a staff and pluckt the spear out of the Egyptians hand and slew him with his own spear 24 These thing did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among the three mighties 25 Behold he was honourable among the thirty but attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard 26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were Asah-el the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem 27 Shammoth the â Or Harodite 2 Sam. 23.25 Harorite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Antothite 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Netophathite Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertained to the children of Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite Eliahba the Shaalbonite 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the son of Ur 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Anijah the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the son of Ezbai 38 Joel the brother of Nathan Mibhar â Or the Haggerite the son of Haggeri 39 Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah 40 Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite 41 Uriah the Hittite Zabad the son of Ahlai 42 Adina the son of Saiza the Reubenite a captain of
thereof let the fields rejoyce and all that is therein 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD because he cometh to judge the earth 34 * Psal 10â 1. 118.1 136. â O give thanks unto the LORD for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever 35 And say ye Save us O God of our salvation and gather us together and deliver us from the heathen that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever and all * Deut. 27 25. the people said Amen and praised the LORD 37 ¶ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren to minister before the ark continually as every days work required 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren threescore and eight Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters 39 And Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually â Heb. in the morning and in the evening morning and evening and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD which he commanded Israel 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest that were chosen who were expressed by name to give thanks to the LORD because his mercy endureth for ever 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound and with musical instruments of God and the sons of Jeduthun were â Heb. for the gate porters 43 And all the people departed every man to his house and David returned to bless his house CHAP. XVII 1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build God an house 3 after by the word of God forbidâeth him 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed 16 Davids prayer and thanksgiving NOw * 2 Sam. 7.1 c. it came to pass as David sat in his house that David said to Nathan the prophet Lo I dwell in an house of cedars but the ark of the cevenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains 2 Then Nathan said unto David Do all that is in thine heart for God is with thee 3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night that the word of God came to Nathan saying 4 Go and tell David my servant Thus saith the LORD Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day but â Heb. have been have gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people saying Why have ye not built me an house of cedars 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus saith the LORD of hosts I took thee from the sheep-cote even â Heb. from after from following the sheep that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant them and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more as at the beginning 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel moreover I will subdue all thine enemies Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers that I will raise up thy seed after thee which shall be of thy sons and I will establish his kingdom 12 He shall build me an house and I will stablish his throne for ever 13 * 2 Sam. 7.14 I will be his father and he shall be my son and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him that was before thee 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for evermore 15 According to all these words and according to all this vision so did Nathan speak unto David 16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD and said Who am I O LORD God and what is mine house that thou hast brought me hitherto 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes O God for thou hast also spoken of thy servants house for a great while to come and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree O LORD God 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant for thou knowest thy servant 19 O LORD for thy servants sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all this greatness in making known all these â Heb. greatnesses great things 20 O LORD there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee according to all that we have heard with our ears 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel whom God went to redeem to be his own people to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever and thou LORD becamest their God 23 Therefore now LORD let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever and do as thou hast said 24 Let it even be established that thy name may be magnified for ever saying The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel even a God to Israel and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee 25 For thou O my God â Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee 26 And now LORD thou art God and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant 27 Now therefore â Or it hath plused thee let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant that it may be before thee for ever for thou blessest O LORD and it shall be blessed for ever CHAP. XVIII 1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites 3 He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to bless David 11 The presents and the spoil David dedieateth to God 13 He putteth garisons in Edom. 14 Davids officers NOw
himself to David with his face to the ground 22 Then David said to Ornan â Heb. ãâã Grant me the place of this threshing-floor that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD thou shalt ãâã it me for the full price that the plague may be stayed from the people 23 And Ornan said unto David Take it to thee and let my lord the kings do that which is good in his eyes âo I give thee the exen also for burnt-offerings and the threshing-instruments for wood and the wheat for the meat offering I give it all 24 And king David said to Ornan Nay but I will verily buy it for the full price for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD nor offer burnt-offerings without cost 25 So * 2 Sam. 24.24 David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings and called upon the LORD and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering 27 And the LORD commanded the angel and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite then he sacrificed there 29 For the tabernacle or the LORD which Moses made in the wilderness and the altar of the burnt-offering were at that season in the high place at * 1 Kin. 3.4 Ch. 16.30 2 Chr. 1.3 Gibeon 30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD CHAP. XXII 1 David oreknowing the place of the temple prepareth abundance for the building of it 6 He instructeth Solomon in Gods promises and his duty in building the temple 17 He chargeth the princes to assist his son THen David said This is the house of the LORD God and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joynings and brass in abundance without weight 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar-wood to David 5 And David said * Chap. 29.1 Solomon my son is young and tender and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical of same and of glory throughout all countreys I will therefore now make preparation for it So David prepared abundantly before his death 6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel 7 And David said to Solomon My son as for me it was in my minde to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God 8 But the word of the LORD came to me saying * Chap. 28.3 Thou hast shed bloud abundantly and hast made great wars thou shalt not build an house unto my name because thou hast shed much bloud upon the earth in my sight 9 Behold a son shall be born to thee who shall be a man of rest and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about for his name shall be â That is peaââable Solomon and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days 10 * 2 Sam. 7.13 He shall build an house for my name and he shall be my son and I will be his father and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever 11 Now my son the LORD be with thee and prosper thou and build the house of the LORD thy God as he hath said of thee 12 Onely the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God 13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgements which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel be strong and of good courage dread not nor be dismayed 14 Now behold â Or in my poverty in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver and of brass and iron without * As vers 3. weight for it is in abundance timber also and stone have I prepared and thou mayest add thereto 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance hewers and â That is masons and carpenters workers of stone and timber and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work 16 Of the gold the silver and the brass and the iron there is no number Arise therefore and be doing and the LORD be with thee 17 ¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son saying 18 Is not the LORD your God with you and hath he not given you rest on every side for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God arise therefore and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD your God to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD CHAP. XXIII 1 David in his old age maketh Solomon king 2 The number and distribution of the Levites 7 The families of the Gershonites 12 The sons of Kohath 21 The sons of Merari 24 The office of the Levites SO when David was old and full of days he made * Chap 28.5 Solomon his son king over Israel 2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the priests and the Levites 3 Now the Levites were numbred from the age of * Numb 4.3 thirty years and upward and their number by their pulls man by man was thirty and eight thousand 4 Of which twenty and four thousand were â Or to overâset to set forward the work of the house of the LORD and six thousand were officers and judges 5 Moreover four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made said David to praise therewith 6 And * Ex. 6.16 Ch. 6.1 c. 2 Chr. 8.14 20.25 David divided them into â Heb. divisions courses among the sons of Levi namely Gershon Kohath and Merari 7 ¶ Of the * Ch. 26.21 Gershonites were â Or Zehni Ch. 6.17 Laadan and Shimei 8 The sons of Laadan the chief was Jehiel and Zetham and Joel three 9 The sons of Shimei Shelomith and Haziel and Haran three These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan 10 And the sons of Shimei were
10 He encourageth Solomon to build the temple 11 He giveth him patterns for the form and gold and silver for the materials ANd David assembled all the princes of Israel the princes of the tribes and the captains of the companies that ministred to the king by course and the captains over the thousands and captains over the hundreds and the stewards over all the substance and â Or cattel possession of the king and of his sons with the â Or eunuâhâ officers and with the mighty men and with all the valiant men unto Jerusalem 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet and said Hear me my brethren and my people As for me I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God and had made ready for the building 3 But God said unto me * 2 Sam. 7.5 13. 1 Kin. 5.5 Chap. 22.8 Thou shalt not build an house for my name because thou hast been a man of war and hast shed â Heb. blouds bloud 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever for he hath chosen * Gen. 49.8 1 Sam. 16.13 Ps 78.68 Judah to be the ruler and of the house of Judah the house of my father and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel 5 * Ch. 23.5 And of all my sons for the LORD hath given me many sons he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel 6 And he said unto me * 2 Sam. 7.13 2 Chr. 1.9 Solomon thy son he shall build my house and my courts for I have chosen him to be my son and I will be his father 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever if he be â Heb. strong constant to do my commandments and my judgements as at this day 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD and in the audience of our God keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God that ye may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever 9 ¶ And thou Solomon my son know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing minde for * 1 Sam. 16.7 Ps 7.9 139.2 Jer. 11.20 17.10 20.12 the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts if thou seek him he will be found of thee but if thou forsake him he will cast thee off for ever 10 Take heed now for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary be strong and do it 11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses thereof and of the treasuries thereof and of the upper chambers thereof and of the inner parlours thereof and of the place of the mercy-seat 12 And the pattern â Heb. of all that was with him of all that he had by the spirit of the courts of the house of the LORD and of all the chambers round about of the treasuries of the house of God and of the treasuries of the dedicate things 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold for all instruments of all manner of service silver also for all instruments of silver by weight for all instruments of every kind of service 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold and for their lamps of gold by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof and for the candlesticks of silver by weight both for the candlestick and also for the lamps thereof according to the use of every candlestick 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shew-bread for every table and likewise silver for the tables of silver 17 Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks and the bowls and the cups and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the * 1 Sam. 6.4 cherubims that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD 19 All this said David the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me even all the works of this pattern 20 And David said to Solomon his son Be strong and of good courage and do it fear not nor be dismayed for the LORD God even my God will be with thee he will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD 21 And behold the courses of the priests and the Levites even theâ shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man for any manner of service also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment CHAP. XXIX 1 David by his example and intreaty 6 causeth the princes and people to offer willingly 10 Davids thanksgiving and prayer 20 The people having blessed God and sacrificed make Solomon king 26 Davids reign and death FUrthermore David the king said unto all the congregation Solomon my son whom alone God hath chosen is yet * Chap. 22. â young and tender and the work is great for the palace is not for man but for the LORD God 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold and the silver for things of silver and the brass for things of brass the iron for things of iron and wood for things of wood onyx-stones and stones to be set glistring stones and of divers colours and all manner of precious stones and marble-stones in abundance 3 Moreover because I have set my affection to the house of my God I have of mine own proper good of gold and silver which I have given to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house 4 Even three thousand talents of gold of the gold of * 1 King 9.28 Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses withal 5 The gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers And who then is willing â Heb. to fâll his âând to consecrate his service this day unto
commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers and to do the law and the commandment 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the â Heb. sun-images images and the kingdom was quiet before him 6 ¶ And he built fenced cities in Judah for the land had rest and he had no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest 7 Therefore he said unto Judah Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers gates and bars while the land is yet before us because we have sought the LORD our God we have sought him and he hath given us rest on every side so they built and prospered 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears out of Judah three hundred thousand and out of Benjamin that bare shields and drew bowes two hundred and fourscore thousand all these were mighty men of valour 9 ¶ * Chap. 16.8 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand and three hundred chariots and came unto Mareshah 10 Then Asa went out against him and they set the battel in aray in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God and said LORD it is * 1 Sam. 14.6 nothing with thee to help whether with many or with them that have no power help us O LORD our God for we rest on thee and in thy name we go against this multitude O LORD thou art our God set not â Or mortal man man prevail against thee 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah and the Ethiopians fled 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar and the Ethiopians were overthrown that they could not recover themselves for they were â Heb. broken destroyed before the LORD and before his host and they carried away very much spoil 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar for the fear of the LORD came upon them and they spoiled all the cities for there was exceeding much spoil in them 15 They smote also the tents of cattel and carried away sheep and camels in abundance and returned to Jerusalem CHAP. XV. 1 Asa with Judah and many of Israel moved by the prophesie of Azariah the son of Oded make a solemn covenant with God 16 He putteth down Maachah his mother for her idolatry 18 He bringeth dedicate things into the house of God and enjoyeth a long peace ANd the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded 2 And he went out â Heb. before Asa to meet Asa and said unto him Hear ye me Asa and all Judah and Benjamin The LORD is with you while ye be with him and if ye seek him he will be found of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel and sought him he was found of them 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countreys 6 And nation was â Heb. beaten in pieces destroyed of nation and city of city for God did vex them with all adversity 7 Be ye strong therefore and let not your hands be weak for your work shall be rewarded 8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophesie of Oded the prophet he took courage and put away the â Heb. abominations abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim and renewed the altar of the LORD that was before the porch of the LORD 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh and out of Simeon for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third moneth in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa 11 And they offered unto the LORD â Heb. in that day the same time of the spoil which they had brought seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep 12 And they entred into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel * Deut. 13.9 should be put to death whether small or great whether man or woman 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with cornets 15 And all Judah rejoyced at the oath for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire and he was found of them and the LORD gave them rest round about 16 ¶ And also concerning * 1 Kin. 15.13 Maachah the mother of Asa the king he removed her from being queer because she had made an â Heb. borrour idol in a grove and Asa cut down her idol and stamped it and burnt it at the brook Kidron 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days 18 ¶ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated silver and gold and vessels 19 And there was no more war unto the sive and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa CHAP. XVI 1 Asa by the aid of the Syrians diverteth Baasha from building of Ramah 7 Being reproved thereof by Hanani be putteth him in prison 11 Among his other acts in his disease he seeketh not to God but to the physitians 13 His death and burial IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa * 1 Kin. 15.17 Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the kings house and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria that dwelt at â Heb. Darmesek Damascus saying 3 There is a league between me and thee as there was between my father and thy father behold I have sent thee silver and gold go break thy league with Baasha king of Israel that he may depart from me 4 And Ben-hadad hearkned unto king Asa and sent the captains of â Heb. which were his his armies against the cities of Israel and they smote ljon and Dan and Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali 5 And it came to pass when Baasha heard it that he left off building of Ramah and let
he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said to them Go out unto the cities of Judah and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year and see that ye haste the matter howbeit the Levites hastned it not 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief and said unto him Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection according to the commandment of * Ex. 30 12.13 14. Moses the servant of the LORD and of the congregation of Israel for the tabernacle of witness 7 For the sons of Athaliah that wicked woman had broken up the house of God and also all the dedicate things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim 8 And at the kings commandment they made a chest and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD 9 And they made â Heb. a voice a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoyced and brought in and cast into the chest until they had made an end 11 Now it came to pass that at what time the chest was brought unto the kings office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money the kings scribe and the high priests officer came and emptied the chest and took it and carried it to his place again Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD 13 So the workmen wrought and â Heb. the healing went upon the work the work was perfected by them and they set the house of God in his state and strengthned it 14 And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD even vessels to minister and â Or pesâââs to offer withal and spoons and vessels of gold and silver and they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada 15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel both towards God and towards his house 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah and made obeysance to the king then the king hearkned unto them 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers and served groves and idols and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass 19 Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again unto the LORD and they testified against them but they would not give ear 20 And the spirit of God â¡ Heb. clothed came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest which stood above the people and said unto them Thus saith God Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD that ye cannot prosper because ye have forsaken the LORD he hath also forsaken you 21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD 22 Thus Joash the king remembred not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him but slew his son and when he died he said The LORD look upon it and require it 23 ¶ And it came to pass â Heb in the revolution of the Jur. at the end of the year that the host of Syria came up against him and they came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of â Heb. Darmesek Damascus 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers so they executed judgement against Joain 25 And when they were departed from him for they left him in great diseases his own servants conspired against him for the bloud of the sons of Jehoiada the priest and slew him on his bed and he died and they buried him in the city of David but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings 26 And these are they that conspired against him â Or Jozachar 2 King 12.21 Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of â Or Sâomer Shimrith a Moabitess 27 ¶ Now concerning his sons and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him and the â Heb. sâunding repairing of the house behold they are written in the â Or commentery story of the book of the kings And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXV 1 Amaziah beginneth to reign well 3 He executeth justice on the traitours 5 Having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites at the word of a prophet he loseth the hundred talents and dismisseth them 11 He overthroweth the Edomites 10 13 The Israelites discontented with their dismission spoil as they return home 14 Amaziah proud of his victory serveth the gods of Edom and despiseth the admonitions of the prophet 17 He provoketh Joash to his overthrow 25 His reign 27 He is slain by conspiracy AMaziah * Kin. 14.1 c. was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD but not with a perfect heart 3 ¶ Now it came to pass when the kingdom was â Heb. confirmed upon him established to him that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father 4 But he slew not their children but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses where the LORD commanded saying * Deut. 24.16 2 Kin. 14.6 Jer. 31.30 Ezek 18.20 The fathers shall not die for the children neither shall the children die for the fathers but every man shall die for his own sin 5 ¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and made them captains over thousands and captains over hundreds according to the houses of their fathers throughout all Judah and Benjamin and he numbred them from twenty years old and above and found them three hundred thousand choice men able to go forth to war that could handle spear and shield 6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for
an hundred talents of silver 7 But there came a man of God to him saying O king let not the army of Israel go with thee for the LORD is not with Israel to wit with all the children of Ephraim 8 But if thou wilt go do it be strong for the battel God shall make thee sall before the enemy for God hath power to help and to cast down 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the â Heb. cand army of Israel And the man of God answered The LORD is able to give thee much more then this 10 Then Amaziah separated them to wit the army that was come to him out of Ephraim to go â Heb. to their place home again wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah and they returned home â Heb. in âeat of anger in great anger 11 ¶ And Amaziah strengthned himself and led forth his people and went to the valley of salt and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand 12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive brought them unto the top of the rock and cast them down from the top of the rock that they were broken all in pieces 13 ¶ But â Heb. the sons of the band the souldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back that they should not go with him to battel fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria even unto Beth-horon and smote three thousand of them and took much spoil 14 ¶ Now it came to pass after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites that he brought the gods of the children of Seir and set them up to be his gods and bowed down himself before them and burned incense unto them 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah and he sent unto him a prophet which said unto him Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand 15 And it came to pass as he talked with him that the kine said unto him Art thou made of the kings counsel forbear why shouldest thou be imitten Then the prophet forbare and said I know that God hath â Heb. counselled determined to destroy thee because thou hast done this and hast not hearkened unto my counsel 17 ¶ Then * 2 King 14.9 Amaziah king of Judah took advice and sent to Jeash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel saying Come let us see one another in the sace 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah saying The â Or furâush or thern thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon saying Give thy daughter to my son to wife and there passed by â Heb. a beest of the field a wilde beast that was in Lebanon and rod down the thistle 19 Thou sayest Lo thou hast smitten the Edomites and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast abide now at home why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt that thou shouldest fall even thou and Judah with thee 20 But Amaziah would not hear for it came of God that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies because they sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash the king of Israel went up and they saw one another in the face both he and Amaziah king of Judah at Beth-shemesh which belonceth to Judah 22 And Judah was â Heb. smitten put to the worse before Israel and they fled every man to his tent 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to â Heb. the gate of it that looketh the corner-gate four hundred cubits 24 And be took all the gold and the silver and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom and the treasures of the kings house the hostages also and returned to Samaria 25 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah first and last behold are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 27 ¶ Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away â Heb. from after from following the LORD they â Heb. conspired a conspiracy made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish but they sent to Lachish after him and slew him there 28 And they brought him upon horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of â That is the city of David as it is 2 Kin. 14 20 Judah CHAP. XXVI 1Vzziah succeeding and reigning well in the days of Zechariah prospereth 16 Waxing proud be invadeth the priests office and is smitten with leprosie 22 He dieth and Jotham succeedeth him THen all the people of Judah took * 2 King 14.21 and 15.1 â Or âzariah Uzziah who was sixteen years old and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah 2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after that the king slept with his fathers 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem his mothers name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD accerding to all that his father Amaziah did 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah who had understanding â Heb. in the seeing of God in the visions of God and as long as he sought the LORD God made him to prosper 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines and brake down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod and built cities â Or in the countrey of Ashdod about Ashdod and among the Philistines 7 And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and the Mehunims 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah and his name â Heb. went spead abroad even to the entring in of Egypt for he strenthned himself exceedingly 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner-gate and at the valley gate and at the turning of the wall and â Or repaired fortified them 10 Also he built towers in the desert and â Or cut out many cisterns digged many wells for he had much cattel both in the low-countrey and in the plains husbandmen also and vine-dressers in the mountains and in â Or fruitful fields Carmel for he loved â Heb. ground husbandry 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men that went out to war by bands according to the number
herds in abundance for God had given him substance very much 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water-course of Gihon and brought it straight down to the west-side of the city of David And Hezekiah prospered in all his works 31 ¶ Howbeit in the business of the â Heb. interpreters embassadours of the princes of Babylon who * 2 Kin. 20.12 Isa 39.1 sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land God left him to try him that he might know all that was in his heart 32 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his â Heb. kindnesses goodness behold they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the â Or. highest chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXXIII 1 Manasseh his wicked reign 3 He setteth up idolatry and wâulâ not be admonished 11 He is carried into Babylon 12Vpon his prayer to God he is released and putteth down idolatry 18 His acts 20 He dying Amon succeedeth him 21 Amon reigning wickââly is slain by his servants 25 The murderers being slain Josiah succeedeth him MAnasseh * 2 Kin. 21.1 c. was twelve years old when he began to reign and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem 2 But did that which was evil in the âiâât of the LORD like unto the * Deut. 23.9 abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel 3 ¶ For â Heb. he returned and built âe built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had * 2 Kin. 18.4 broken down and he reared up altars for Baalim and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD whereof the LORD had said * Deut. 12.11 1 Kin. 8.29 9.3 Chap. 6.6 and 7.16 In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom also he observed times and used enchantments and used witchcraft and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke him to anger 7 And he set a carved image the idol which he had made in the house of God of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son In * Psal 132.14 this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel will I put my name for ever 8 * 2 Sam. 7.10 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err and to do worse then the heathen whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh and to his people but they would not hearken 11 ¶ Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host â Heb. which were the kings of the king of Assyria which took Manasseh among the thorns and bound him with â Or chains fetters and carried him to Babylon 12 And when he was in affliction he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers 13 And prayed unto him and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God 14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David on the west-side of Gihon in the valley even to the entring in at the fish-gate and compassed about â Or the tower Ophel and raised it up a very great height and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah 15 And he took away the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the LORD and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem and cast them out of the city 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and thank-offerings and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high-places yet unto the LORD their God onely 18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh his prayer unto his God and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel behold thây are written in the book of the kings of Israel 19 His prayer also and how God was entreated of him and all his sin and his trespass and the places wherein he built high places and set up groves and graven images before he was humbled behold they are written among the sayings of â Or Hosai the seers 20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers and they buried him in his own house and Amon his son reigned in his stead 21 ¶ * 2 Kin. 21.19 c Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign and reigned two years in Jerusalem 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD as did Manasseh his father for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made and served them 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself but Amon â Heb. multiplied trespass trespassed more and more 24 And his servants conspired against him and slew him in his own house 25 ¶ Buâ 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 CHAP. XXXIV 1 Josiah his good reign 3 He destroyeth idolatry 8 He taketh order for the repair of the temple 14 Hilkiah having found a book of the law Josiah sendeth to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. 23 Huldah prophesieth the destruction of Jerusalem but respite thereof in Josiahs time 29 Josiah causing it to be read in a solemn assembly râneweth the covenant with God JOsiah * 2 Kin. 21.1 c was eight years old when he began to reign and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of David his father and declined neither to the right hand nor to the left 3
thirty and six their mules two hundred fourty and five 67 Their camels four hundred thirty and five their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty 68 ¶ And some of the chief of the fathers when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place 69 They gave after their ability unto the * 1 Chr. 26.20 treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold and five thousand pound of silver and one hundred priests garments 70 So the priests and the Levites and some of the people and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities and all Israel in their cities CHAP. III. 1 The altar is set up 4 Offerings frequented 7 Workmen prepared 8 The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning ANd when the seventh moneth was come and the children of Israel were in the cities the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem 2 Them stood up â Or Joshuaâ Hag. 1.1 Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests and â Called Zorobabeâ Mat. 1.12 Luk. 3 2â Zerubbabel the son of * Mat. 1.12 Luk. 3.27 called Salathiel Shealtiel and his brethren and builded the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings thereon as it is * Deut. 12.5 written in the law of Moses the man of God 3 And they set the altar upon his bases for fear was upon them because of the people of those countreys and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD even burnt offerings morning and evening 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles * Exod. 23.16 as it is written and * Numb 29.12 c. offered the daily burnt-offerings by number according to the custom â Heb. the matter of the day in his day as the duty of every day required 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt-offering both of the new-moons and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offering unto the LORD 6 From the first day of the seventh moneth began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD but â Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid 7 They gave money also unto the masons and to the â Or workmen carpenters and meat and drink and oyl unto them of Zidon and to them of Tyre to bring cedat-trees from Lebanon to the sea of * Act. 9.36 Joppa according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia 8 ¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem in the second moneth began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upward to set forward the work of the house of the LORD 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren Kadmiel and his sons the sons of â Or Hodavial chap. 2.40 Judah â Heb. as one together to set forward the workmen in the house of God the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals to praise the LORD after the * 1 Chr. 6.31 16.7 25 1. ordinance of David king of Israel 11 And they sung together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD because he is good for his mercy endureth for ever towards Israel And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers who were ancient men that had seen the first house when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes wept with a loud voice and many shouted aloud for joy 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people for the people shouted with a loud shout and the noise was heard afar off CHAP. IV. 1 The adversaries being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews endeavour to hinder it 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes 17 The decree of Artaxerxes 23 The building is hindred NOw when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that â Heb. the sons of the transportation the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief of the fathers and said unto them Let us build with you for we seek your God as ye do and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur which brought us up hither 3 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said unto them You have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God but we our selves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us 4 Then the people of the land weakned the hands of the people of Judah and troubled them in building 5 And hired counsellours against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia even until the reign of Darius king of Persia 6 And in the reign of â Heb. Ahashverosh Ahasuerus in the beginning of his reign wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem 7 ¶ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote â Or in peace Bishlam Mithridath Tabeel and the rest of their â Heb. societies companions unto Artaxerxes king of Persia and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue and interpreted in the Syrian tongue 8 Rehum the chancellour and Shimshai the â Or secretary scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellour and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their â Cald. societies companions the Dinaites the Apharsathchites the Tarpelites the Apharsites the Archevites the Babylonians the Susanchites the Dehavites and the Elamites 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over and set in the cities of Samaria and the rest that are on this side the river and â Cald. Chienâât at such a time 11 ¶ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him even unto Artaxerxes the king Thy servants the men on this side the river and at such a time 12 Be it known unto
Jerusalem unto the broad wall 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph even over against his house and next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah 11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab repaired the â Heb. second mââsure other piece and the tower of the furnaces 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem he and his daughters 13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah they built it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereof and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung-gate 14 But the dung-gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem he built it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereof 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col-hozeh the ruler of part of Mizpah he built it and covered it and set up the doors thereof the locks thereof and the bars thereof and the wall of the pool of * John 9.7 Siloah by the kings garden and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur unto the place over against the sepulchres of David and to the * 2 King 20 20. pool that was made and unto the house of the mighty 17 After him repaired the Levites Rehum the son of Bani next unto him repaired Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of Keilah in his part 18 After him repaired their brethren Bavai the son of Henadad the ruler of the half part of Keilah 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua the ruler of Mizpah another piece over against the going up to the armory at the turning of the wall 20 After him Baruch the son of â Or Zabbai Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashâb the high priest 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib 22 And after him repaired the priests the men of the plain 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house after him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall even unto the corner 25 Paâal the son of Uzai over against the turning of the wall and the tower which lieth out from the kings high house that was by the * Jereââ 32.2 court of the prison after him Pedajah the son of Parosh 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in * 2 Chr. 2â 3 â Or t is tower Ophel unto the place over against the water-gate toward the east and the tower that lieth out 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece over against the great tower that lieth out even unto the wall of Ophel 28 From above the hors-gate repaired the priests every one over against his house 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house after him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah the keeper of the east-gate 30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son oâ Zalaph another piece after him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber 31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmiths son unto the place of the Nethinims and of the merchants over against the gate Miphkad and to the â Or corner-chamber going up of the corner 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants CHAP. IV. 1 While the enemies seoff Nehemiah prayeth and continueth the work 7Vnderstanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy he setteth a watch 13 He armeth the labourers 19 and giveth military precepts BUt it came to paâs that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall he was wroth and took great indignation mocked the Jews 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said What do these feeble Jews will they â Heb. have to themselves fortifie themselves will they sacrifice will they make an end in a day will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burnt 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him and he said Even that which they build if a fox go up he shall even break down their stone-wall 4 Hear O our God for we are â Heb. dâspite despised and turn their reproach upon their own head and give them for a prey in the land of captivity 5 And cover not their iniquity let not their sin be blotted out from before thee for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders 6 So built we the wall and all the wall was joyned together unto the hall thereof for the people had a minde to work 7 ¶ But it came to pass that when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabian and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem â Heb. asâended were made up and that the breaches began to be stopped then they were very wroth 8 And conspâred all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem and â Heb. to make an errour to it to hinder it 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God and set a watch against them day and night because of them 10 And Judah said The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed and there is much râbbish so that we are not able to build the wall 11 And our adversaries said They shall not know neither see till we come in the midst among them and slay them and cause the work to cease 12 And it came to pass that when the Jews which dwelt by them came they said unto us ten times â Or that from all places âe must râturn to us From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you 13 ¶ Therefore set I â Heb. from the lower parts of the place c. in the lower places behinde the wall and on the higher places I even set the people after their families with their swords their spears and their bowes 14 And I looked and rose up and said unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people Be not ye afraid of them remember the LORD which is great and terrible and fight for your brethren your sons and your daughters your wives and your houses 15 And it came to pass when our enemies heard that it was known untous and God
as the light and thy judgement as the noon-day 7 â Heb. he silent to the LORD Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for him fret not thy self because of him who prospereth in his way because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass 8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath fret not thy self in any wise to do evil 9 For evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the LORD they shall inherit the earth 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be yea thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be 11 * Mat. 5.5 But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace 12 The wicked â Or practiseth plotteth against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth 13 * Ps 2.4 The LORD shall laugh at him for he seeth that his day is coming 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bowe to cast down the poor and needy and to âlay â Heb. the upright of way such as be of upright conversation 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart and their bowes shall be broken 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better then the riches of many wicked 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken but the LORD uphoodeth the righteous 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright and their inheritance shall be for ever 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied 20 But the wicked shall pârish and the enemies of the LORD shall be as â Heb. the pâeâieâsness of âambs the fat of lambs they shall consume into smoke shall they âonsiââe away 21 The wicked borrowâth and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth and they that be cursed of him shall âe âut ãâã 23 The steps of a good man are â Or astablished ãâã by the LORD and he desighteth in his way 24 Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand 25 I have been young ãâ¦ã and old yât have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begeting bread 26 He is â Heb. all the daâ ever mercind and ââând thââ and his seed is blessed 27 Depart from evil and dogâodâ and dwell for everm ârâ 28 For the LORD ãâ¦ã not his saints they are preserved for ever ãâ¦ã of the wicked shall be cut oââ 29 The righteous shall ãâ¦ã therein for ever 30 The mouth of the righteous ãâ¦ã and his tongue talketh of judgement 31 The law of his God is in his ãâã â Or gâings shall slide 32 The wicked waâââeth ãâ¦ã to sâay him 33 The LORD will no leave him in his hand waâ condemn him when he is judged 34 Wait on the LORD and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off thou shalt see it 35 I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like â Or a green tree that groweth in his own soil a green bay-tree 36 Yet he passed away and lo he was not yea I sought him but he could not be sound 37 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace 38 But the transgressours shall be destroyed together the end of the wicked shall be cut off 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD he is their strength in the time of trouble 40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust in him PSAL. XXXVIII David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case ¶ A psalm of David to bring tâ remembrance O LORD rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me fore 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any â Heb. peace or health rest in my bones because of my sin 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness 6 I am â Heb. aryed troubled I am bowed down greatly I go mourning all the day long 7 For my loyns are filled with a loathsom disease and there is no soundness in my flesh 8 I am feeble and sore broken I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart 9 Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not hid from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength faileth me as for the light of mine eyes it also â Heb. is not with me is gone from me 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my â Heb. stroke sore and â Or my neighbours my kinsmen stand afar off 12 They also that seek after my life say snares for me and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long 13 But I as a deaf man heard not and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs 15 For â Or thee do I wait for in thee O LORD do I hope thou wilt â Or answer hear O LORD my God 16 For I said Hear me lest otherwise they should rejoyce over me when my foot slippeth they magnifie themselves against me 17 For I am ready â Heb. for halting to halt and my sorrow is continually before me 18 For I will declare mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sin 19 But mine enemies â Heb. being living are strong are lively and they are strong and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I follow the thing that good is 21 Forsake me not O LORD O my God be not far from me 22 Make haste â Heb. for my help to help me O Lord my salvation PSAL. XXXIX 1 Davids care of his thoughts 4 The consideration of the brevity and vanity of life 7 The reverence of Gods judgements 10 and prayer are his bridies of impatience ¶ To the chief musician even to * 1 Chr. 25.1 Jeduthun A psalm of David I Said I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue I will keep â Heb. a bridle or muzzle for my mouth my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me 2 I was dumb with silence I held my peace even from good and my sorrow was â Heb. troubled stirred 3 My heart was hot within me while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue 4
light of their own conscience 6 He glorieth in the salvation of God ¶ To the chief musician upon Mahalath Maschil A psalm of David THe * Ps 10.4 14.1 c. fool hath said in his heart There is no God corrupt are they and have done abominable iniquity * Rom. 3.10 there is none that doeth good 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand that did seek God 3 Every one of them is gone back they are altogether become filthy there is none that doâth good no not one 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread they have not called upon God 5 There â Heb. they feared a fear were they in great fear where no fear was for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee thou hast put them to shame because God hath despised them 6 â Heb. who will give salvations c. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion when God bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad PSAL. LIV. 1 David complaining of the Ziphims prayeth for salvation 4Vpon his confidence in Gods help he promiseth sacrifice ¶ To the chief musician on Neginoth Maschil A psalm of David * 1 Sam. 23.19 26.1 when the Ziphims came and said to Saul Doth not David hide himself with us SAve me O God by thy name and judge me by thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God give ear to the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and oppressours seek after my soul they have not set God before them Selah 4 Behold God is mine helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul 5 He shall reward evil unto â Heb. those that observe me mine enemies cut them off in thy truth 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee I will praise thy name O LORD for it is good 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies PSAL. LV. 1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case 9 He prayeth against his enemies of whose wickedness and treachery he complaineth 16 He comforteth himself in Gods preservation of him and confusion of his enemies ¶ To the chief musician on Neginoth Maschil A psalm of David GIve ear to my prayer O God and hide not thy self from my supplication 2 Attend unto me and hear me I mourn in my complaint and make a noise 3 Because of the voice of the enemy because of the oppression of the wicked for they cast iniquity upon me and in wrath they hate me 4 My heart is sore pained within me and the terrours of death are faln upon me 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horrour hath â Heb. covered me overwhelmed me 6 And I said O that I had wings like a dove for then would I fly away and be at rest 7 Lo then would I wander far off and remain in the wilderness Selah 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempeât 9 Destroy O Lord and divide their tongues for I have seen violence and strife in the city 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof deceit and guile depart not from her streets 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me then I could have born it neither was it he that hated me that did magnifie himself against me then I would have hid my self from him 13 But it was thou â Heb. a man according to my rank a man mine equal my guide and mine acquaintance 14 â Heb. who sweetned counsel We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company 15 Let death seise upon them and let them go down quick into â Or the crave hell for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them 16 As for me I will call upon God and the LORD shall save me 17 Evening and morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall hear my voice 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battel that was against me for there were many with me 19 God shall hear and afflict them even he that abideth of old Selah â Or with whom also there be no changes yet they fear not God because they have no changes therefore they fear not God 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him â Heb. he hath profaâed he hath broken his covenant 21 The words of his mouth were smoother then butter but war was in his heart his words were softer then oyl yet were they drawn swords 22 * P. 2â 5 Matt. â 25 Luc. 12.22 1 Pet. 5.7 Cast thy â Or ãâã burden upon the LORD and he shall sustain thee he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved 23 But thou O God shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction â Heb. men of ââyd and deceit bloudy and deceitful men â Heb. shall not half their days shall not live out half their days but I will trust in thee PSAL. LVI 1 David praying to God in confidence of his word complaineth of his enemies 9 He professeth his confidence in Gods word and promiseth to praise him ¶ To the chief musician upon Jonath elem-rechokim â Or a golden psalm of David Michtam of David when the * 1 Sam. 21.11 Philistines took him in Gath. BE merâiful unto me O God for man would swallow me up he fighting daily oppresseth me 2 â Heb. mine observers Mine enemies would daily swallow me up for they be many that fight against me O thou most High 3 What time I am afraid I will trust in thee 4 In God I will praise his word in God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me 5 Every day they wrest my words all their thoughts are against me for evil 6 They gather themselves together they hide themselves they mark my steps when they wait for my soul 7 Shall they escape by iniquity in thine anger cast down the people O God 8 Thou tellest my wandrings put thou my tears into thy bottle are they not in thy book 9 When I cry unto thee then shall mine enemies turn back this I know for God is for me 10 In God will I praise his word in the LORD will I praise his word 11 In God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what man can do unto me 12 Thy vows are upon me O God I will render praises unto thee 13 For thou hast deliverââ my soul from death wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of
a joyful mother of children Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXIV 1 An exhortation by the example of the dumb creatures to fear God in his church WHen * Ex. 16.3 Israel went out of Egypt the house of Jacob from a people of strange language 2 Judah was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 * Ex. 14.21 The sea saw it and fled * Josh 3.13 Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs 5 What ailed thee O thou sea that thou fleddest thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like lambs 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 * Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 Which turned the rock into a standing water the flint into a fountain of waters PSAL. CXV 1 Because God is truly gloricus 4 and idols are vanity 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings NOt unto us O LORD not unto us but unto thy name give glory for thy mercy and for thy truths sake 2 Wherefore should the heathen say * Psal 41.10 79.10 Where is now their God 3 * Psal 135.6 But our God is in the heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 4 * Psal 135.15 Their idols are silver and gold the work of mens hands 5 They have mouths but they speak not eyes have they but they see not 6 They have ears but they hear not noses have they but they sinell not 7 They have hands but they handle not feet have they but they walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them 9 O Israel trust thou in the LORD he is their help and their shield 10 O house of Aaron trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 11 Ye that fear the LORD trust in the LORD he is their help and their shield 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us he will bless us he will bless the house of Israel he will bless the house of Aaron 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD both small â Heb. with and great 14 The LORD shall increase you more more you your children 15 You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth 16 The heaven even the heavens are the LORDs but the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not the LORD neither any that go down into silence 18 * Dan. 2 20. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore Praise the LORD PSAL. CXVI 1 The psalmist professeth his love and ducy to God for his deliverance 12 He studieth to be thankful I Love the LORD because he hath heard my voice and my supplications 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him â Heb. in my days as long as I live 3 * Psal 18.5 6. The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of hell â Heb. found me gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD O LORD I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the LORD and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The LORD preserveth the simple I was brought low and he helped me 7 Return unto thy rest O my soul for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living 10 * 2 Cor. 4.13 I beleeved therefore have I spoken I was greatly afflicted 11 I said in my haste * Rom. 3.4 All men are liars 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits towards me 13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the LORD 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints 16 O LORD truly I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thy hand-maid thou hast loosed my bonds 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the name of the LORD 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people 19 In the courts of the LORDs house in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVII An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth O * Rom. 15.11 Praise the LORD all ye nations praise him all ye people 2 For his merciful kindness is great towards us and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever Praise ye the LORD PSAL. CXVIII 1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy 5 The psalmist by his experience sheweth how good it is to trust in God 19Vnder the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed O * 1 Chr. 16.8 Ps 106.1 107.1 136.1 Give thanks unto the LORD for he is good because his mercy endureth for ever 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth for ever 3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth for ever 4 Let them now that fear the LORD say that his mercy endureth for ever 5 I called upon the LORD â Heb. out of distress in distress the LORD answered me and set me in a large place 6 * Ps 56.4 11. Heb. 13.6 The LORD is â Heb. for me on my side I will not fear what can man do unto me 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in man 9 * Ps 146.2 It is better to trust in the LORD then to put confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me about but in the name of the LORD will I â Heb. out them off destroy them 11 They compassed me about yea they compassed me about but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them 12 They compassed me about like bees they are quenched as the fire of thorns for in the name of the LORD I will â Heb. out down destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the LORD helped me 14 * Ex. 15.2 Isa 12.2 The LORD is my strength and song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of rejoycing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the LORD 18 The
fatling together and a little childe shall lead them 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed their young ones shall lie down together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox 8 And the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the asp and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the â Or adders cockstrice den 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea 10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensigne of the people to it shall the * Ro 1â 10 Gentiles seek and his rest shall be â Heb. glory glorious 11 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea 12 And he shall set up an ensigne for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four â Heb. wings corners of the earth 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off Ephriam shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west they shall spoil â Heb. the children of the east them of the east together â Heb. Edom and Moah shall be the laying on of their hand they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moah â Heb. the children of Ammon their obedience and the children of Ammon shall obey them 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river and shall simite it in the seven streams and make men go over â Heb. in shâes dry-shod 16 And there shall be an high-way for the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria * Ex. 14.29 like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt CHAP. XII A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of God ANd in that day thou shalt say O LORD I will praise thee though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away and thou comfortedst me 2 Behold God is my salvation I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my * Ex. 15â Ps 118.14 strength and my song he also is become my salvation 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation 4 And in that day shall ye say * 1 Chr. 16.3 Ps 105.1 Praise the LORD â Or proclaim his name call upon his name declare his doings among the people make mention that his name is exalted 5 Sing unto the LORD for he hath done excellent things this is known in all the earth 6 Cry out and shout thou â Heb. inhabitresâ inhabitant of Zion for great is the holy One of Israel in the midst of thee CHAP. XIII 1 God mustereth the armies of his wrath 6 He threatneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes 19 The desolation of Babylon THe burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain exalt the voice unto them shake the hand that they may go into the gates of the nobles 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger even them that rejoyce in my highness 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains â Heb. the likeness of like as of a great people a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battel 5 They come from a far countrey from the end of heaven even the LORD and the weapons of his indignation to destroy the whole land 6 ¶ Howl ye for the day of the LORD is at hand it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty 7 Therefore shall all hands â Or fall down be faint every mans heart shall melt 8 And they shall be afraid pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth they shall â Heb. wonder be amazed â Heb. every man at his neighbour one at another their faces shall be as â Heb. faces of the flames flames 9 Behold the day of the LORD cometh cruel both with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light the sun shall be * Ezek. 32.7 Joel 2.31 and 3.15 Mat. 24.29 Mar. 13.24 Lu. 21.25 darkned in his going forth and the moon shall not cause her light to shine 11 And I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their iniquity and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible 12 I will make a man more precious thân fine gold even a man then the golden wedge of Ophir 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens and the earth shall remove out of her place in the wrath of the LORD of hosts and in the day of his fierce anger 14 And it shall he as the chased roe and as a sheep that no man taketh up they shall every man turn to his own people and flee every one unto his own land 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through and every one that is joyned unto them shall fall by the sword 16 Their children also shall be * Ps 137.9 dashed to pieces before their eyes their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished 17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them which shall not regard silver and as for gold they shall not delight in it 18 Their bowes also shall dash the young men to pieces and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb their eyes shall not spare children 19 ¶ And Babylon the glory of kingdoms the beauty of the Caldees excellency shall be â Heb. as the overthrowing as when God overthrew * Ge. 19.24 Jer. 30.40 Sodom and Gomorrah 20 It shall never be inhabited neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there neither shall the shepherds make their fold there 21 But â Heb. Ziim wilde beasts of the desert shall lie there and their houses shall be full of â Heb. Othim doleful creatures and â Or ostriches â Heb. daughters of the owl owls shall dwell there and satyres shall
for a little moment until the indignation be overpast 21 For behold the LORD * Mic. 1.3 cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity the earth also shall disclose her â Heb. ââouâs bloud and shall no more cover her slain CHAP. XXVII 1 The care of God over his vineyard 7 His chastisements differ from judgements 12 The Church of Jews and Gentiles IN that day the LORD with his fore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the â Or crossing like a bar piercing serpent even leviathan that crooked serpent and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea 2 In that day sing ye unto her A vineyard of red wine 3 I the LORD do keep it I will water it every moment lest any hurt it I will keep it night and day 4 Fury is not in me who would set the briers and thorns against me in battel I would â Or march against go through them I would burn them together 5 Or let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me and he shall make peace with me 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root Israel shall blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit 7 ¶ Hath he smitten him â Heb. according to the sâoâe of those as he smote those that smote him or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him 8 In measure â Or. when thou sendest it forth when it shooteth forth thou wilt debate with it â Or when he removeth it he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east-wind 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten in sunder the groves and â Or ãâã images images shall not stand up 10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate and the habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness there shall the calf feed and there shall he lie down and consume the branches thereof 11 When the boughs thereof are withered they shall be broken off the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no understanding therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them and he that formed them will shew them no favour 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that the LORD shall beat off from the chanel of the river unto the stream of Egypt and ye shall be gathered one by one O ye children of Israel 13 And it shall come to pass in that day that the great trumpet shall be blown and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria and the out casts in the land of Egypt and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem CHAP. XXVIII 1 The prophet threatneth Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness 5 The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ 7 He rebuketh their errour 9 their untowardness to learn 14 and their security 16 Christ the sure foundationis promised 18 Their security shall be tried 23 They are incited to the consideration of Gods discreet providence WO to the crown of pride to the drunkards of Ephraim whose glorious beauty is a sading stower which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are â Heb. broken overcome with wine 2 Behold the Lord hath a mighty and strong one which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm as a floud of mighty waters overflowing shall cast down to the earth with the hand 3 The crown of pride the drunkards of Ephraim shall be troden â Heb. with feet under feet 4 And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley shall be a fading flower and as the hasty fruit before the summer which when he that looketh upon it seeth it while it is yet in his hand he â Heb. swalloweth eateth it up 5 ¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people 6 And for a spirit of judgement to him that sitteth in judgement and for strength to them that turn the battel to the gate 7 ¶ But they also have erred through wine and through strong drink are out of the way the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink they are swallowed up of wine they are out of the way through strong drink they err in vision they stumble in judgement 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness so that there is no place clean 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge and whom shall he make to understand â Heb. the bearing doctrine them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts 10 For precept â Or hath been must be upon precept precept upon precept line upon line line upon line here a little and there a little 11 For with â Heb. stammerings of lips * 1 Cor. 14.21 stammering lips and another tongue â Or he hath spoken will he speak to this people 12 To whom he said This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest and this is the refreshing yet they would not hear 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept precept upon precept line upon line line upon line here a little and there a little that they might go and fall backward and be broken and snared and taken 14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD ye scornful men that rule this people which is in Jerusalem 15 Because ye have said We have made a covenant with death and with hell are we at agreement when the overflowing scourge shall pass through it shall not come unto us for we have made lies our refuge and under falihood have we hid our selves 16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation * Psal 118.22 Matth. 21.42 Act. 4.11 Rom. 9.33 10.11 1 Pet 2.6 7 8. a stone a tried stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation he that believeth shall not make haste 17 Judgement also will I lay to the line and righteousness to the plummet and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies and the waters shall overflow the hiding place 18 ¶ And you covenant with death shall be disanulled and your agreement with hell shall not stand when the overflowing scourge shall pass through ãâã ye shall be â Heb. a treaâing down to it troden down by it 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you for morning by morning shall it pass over by day and by night and it shall be a vexation onely â Or when be shall make you to understand doctrine to understand the
everlasting burnings 15 He that * Psal 15.2 24.4 walketh â Heb. in righteousnesses righteously and speaketh â Heb. uprightnesses uprightly he that despiseth the gain of â Or deceits oppressions that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes that stoppeth his ears from hearing of â Heb. blouds bloud and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil 16 He shall dwell on â Heb. brights or high places high his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks bread shall be given him his waters shall be sure 17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty they shall behold â Heb. the land of far distances the land that is very far off 18 Thine heart shall meditate terrour * 1 Cor. 1.20 Where is the scribe where is the â Heb. weigher receiver where is he that counted the towers 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people a people of a deeper speech then thou canst perceive of a â Or ridiculous stammering tongue that thou canst not understand 20 Look upon Zion the city of our solemnities thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation a tabernacle that shall not be taken down not one of the staâes thereof shall ever be removed neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place â Heb. broad of spaces or hands of broad rivers and streams wherein shall go no galley with oars neither shall gallant ship pass thereby 22 For the LORD is our judge the LORD is our â Heb. statute-maker law giver the LORD is our king he will save âs 23 â Or They have forsaken thy taâklings Thy tacklings are loosed they could not well strengthen their mast they could not spread the fail then is the prey of a great spoil divided the lante take the prey 24 And the inhabitant shall not say I am sick the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity CHAP. XXXIV 1 The judgements wherewith God revengeth his church 11 The desolation of her enemies 16 The certainty of the prophesie COme near ye nations to hear and hearken ye people let the earth hear and â Heb. the fulness there of all that is therein the world and all things that come forth of it 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations and his fury upon all their armies he hath utterly destroyed them he hath delivered them to the slaughter 3 Their slain also shall be cast out and their stink shall come up out of their carcases and the mountains shall be melted with their bloud 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved and the heavens shall be * Rev. 6.14 rolled together as a scrole and all their hosts shall fall down as the leaf falleth off from the vine and as a * Rev. 6.13 falling fig from the fig-tree 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven behold it shall come down upon Idunea and upon the people of my curse to judgement 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with bloud it is made fat with fatness and with the bloud of lambs and goats with the fat of the kidneys of rams for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea 7 And the â Or âkinoterots unicorns shall come down with them and the bullocks with the bulls and their land shall be â Or drunken soked with bloud and their dust made fat with fatness 8 For it is the day of the LORDS * Chap. 63.4 vengeance and the year of recompences for the controversie of Zion 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch and the dust thereof into brimstone and the land thereof shall become burning pitch 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day * Rev. 18.18 19.3 the smoke thereof shall go up for ever from generation to generation it shall lie waste none shall pass through it for ever and ever 11 ¶ * Zeph. 2.14 Rev. 18.2 But the â Or pelican cormorant and the bittern shall possess it the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion and the stones of emptiness 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom but none shall be there and all her princes shall be nothing 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof and it shall be an habitation of dragons and a court for â Or ostriches â Heb. daughters of the owl owls 14 â Heb. Ztim The wilde beasts of the desert shall also meet with â Heb. Ijim the wilde beasts of the island and the satyre shall cry to his fellow the â Or night-monster shrich-owl also shall rest there and tinde for her self a place of rest 15 There shall the great owl make her nest and lay and hatch and gather under her shadow there shall the valtures also be gathered every one with her mate 16 ¶ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD and read no one of these shall fail none shall want her mate for my mouth it hath commanded and his spirit ât hath gathered them 17 And he hath cast the lot for them and his hand hath divided it unto them by line they shall possess it for ever from generation to generation shall they dwell therein CHAP. XXXV 1 The joyful flourishing of Christs kingdom 3 The weak are encouraged by the vertues and previledges of the gospel THe wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them and the desert shall rejoyce and blossom as the rose 2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoyce even with joy and singing the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it the excellency of Carmel and Sharon they shall see the glory of the LORD and the excellency of our God 3 ¶ * Hebr. 12.12 Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees 4 Say to them that are of a â Heb. kasty fearful heart Be strong fear not behold your God will come with vengeance even God with a recompence he will come and save you 5 Then the * Matth. 9.27 c. 11.5 12.22 20.30 c. and 21.14 Joh. 9.6 7. eyes of the blinde shall be opened and the * Mat. 11.5 Mark 7.32 c. ears of the deaf shall be unstopped 6 Then shall the * Mat. 11.5 15.30 21.14 Joh. 5.8 9. Act. 3.2 c and 8.7 14.8 c. same man leap as an hart and the * Matth. 9.32 33. 12.22 15.30 tongue of the dumb shall sing for in the wilderness shall * Joh. 7.33 39 waters break out and streams in the desert 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool and the thirsty land springs of water in the habitation of dragons where
shall build houses and inhabit them and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them 22 They shall not build and another inhabit they shall not plant and another eat for as the days of a tree are the days of my people and mine elect â Heb. shall make than continue long or shall âur out shall long enjoy the work of their hands 23 They shall not labour in vain nor bring forth for trouble for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD and their offspring with them 24 And it shall come to pass that * Psal 32.5 before they call I will answer and whiles they are yet speaking I will hear 25 The * Chap. 11. 6 7. wolf and the lamb shall seed together and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock and dust shall be the serpents meat They shall not hurt nor dâstroy in all my holy mountain saith the LORD CHAP. LXVI 1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity 3 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous generation 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church 15 Gods severe judgements against the wicked 19 The Gentiles shall have an holy church 24 and set the damnation of the wicked THus saith the LORD * 1 King 8 27. 2 Chr. 6.18 Act. 7.49 17.24 The heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool where is the house that ye build unto me and where is the place of my rest 2 For all those things hath mine hand made and all those things have been saith the LORD but to this man will I look even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man he that sacrificeth a â Or kid lamb as if he cut off a dogs neck he that offereth an oblation as if be offered swines bloud he that â Heb. maketh a memorial of burneth incense as if he blessed an idol yea they have chosen their own ways and their soul delighteth in their abominations 4 I also will choose their â Or devices delusions and will bring their fears upon them * Prov. 1.24 Ch. 65.12 Jer. 7.13 because when I called none did answer when I spake they did not hear but they did evil before mine eyes and chose that in which I delighted not 5 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD ye that tremble at his word Youâ brethren that hated you that cast you out for my names sake said * Chap. 5 1â Let the LORD be glorified but he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed 6 A voice of noise from the city a voice from the temple a voice of the LORD that rendreth reconâpence to his enemies 7 Before she travailed she brought forth before her pâin came she was delivered of a man-childe 8 Who hath heard such a thing who hath seen such things shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once for as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children 9 Sâall I bring to the birth and not â Or beset cause to bring forth saith the LORD shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb saith thy God 10 Rejoyce ye with Jerusalem and be glad with her all ye that love her rejoyce for joy with her all ye that mourn for her 11 That ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations that ye may milk out and be delighted with the â Or brightness abundance of her glory 12 For thus saith the LORD Behold I will extend peace to her like a river and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream then shall ye suck ye shall be * Chap. 40.22 60.4 born upon her sides and be dandled upon her knees 13 As one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort you and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem 14 And when ye see this your heart shall rejoyce and your bones shall flourish like an herb and the hand of the LORD shall be known towards his servants and his indignation towards his enemies 15 For behold the LORD will come with sire and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire 16 For by tire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many 17 They that sanctifie themselves and purifie themselves in the gardens â Or one after another behinde one tree in the midst eating swines flesh and the abomination and the mouse shall be consumed together saith the LORD 18 For I know their works and their thoughts it shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues they shall come see my glory 19 And I will set a signe among them and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations to Tarshish Pul and Lud that draw the bowe to Tubal and Javan to the isles afar off that have not heard my fame neither have seen my glory and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses and in chariots and in â Or coaches litters and upon mules and upon swift heasts to my holy mountain Jerusalem saith the LORD as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD 21 And I will also take of them for * Ex. 19.6 Chap 61.6 1 Pet. 2.9 Rev. 1.6 priests and for Levites saith the LORD 22 For as * Ch. 65 1â 2 Pet. 3.13 Rev. 21.1 the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me saith the LORD so shall your seed and your name remain 23 And it shall come to pass that â Heb. from new-moon to his new-moon and from sabbath to his sabbath from one new-moon to another and from one sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the LORD 24 And they shall go forth and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me for their * Mat. 9 4â worm shall not die neither shall their fire be quenched and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh ¶ The book of the Prophet JEREMIAH CHAP. I. 1 The time 3 and the calling of Jeremiah 11 His prophetical visions of an almond-rod and a seething pot 15 His heavy messave against Judah 17 God encourageth him with his promise of assistance THe words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin 2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah in the thirteenth year of his reign 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
are dried up and their â Or violence course is evil and their force is not right 11 For both prophet and priest are profane yea in my house have I found their wickedness saith the LORD 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness they shall be driven on and fall therein for I will bring evil upon them even the year of their visitation saith the LORD 13 And I have seen â Or an absurd thinz â Heb. unsavoury folly in the prophets of Samaria they prophesied in Baal and caused my people Israel to err 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem â Or fâthiness an horrible thing they commit adultery and walk in lies they strengthen also the hands of evil doers that none doth return from his wickedness they are all of them unto me as * Isa 1.9 Sodom and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets Behold I will feed them with * Ch. 8.14 and 9.15 wormwood and make them drink the water of gall for from the prophets of Jerusalem is â Or hypocrisie profaneness gone forth into all the land 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesie unto you they make you vain they speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the LORD 17 They say still unto them that despise me The LORD hath said * Ch. 6.14 and 8.11 Ezek. 13.10 Zec. 10.2 Ye shall have peace and they say unto every one that walketh after the â Or stubbornness imagination of his own heart No evil shall come upon you 18 For who hath stood in the â Or secret counsel of the LORD and hath perceived and heard his word who hath marked his word and heard it 19 Behold a * Ch. 30.23 whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury even a grievous whirlwind it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked 20 The * Ch. 30.24 anger of the LORD shall not return until he have executed and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly 21 * Ch. 14.14 and 27.15 I have not sent these prophets yet they ran I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied 22 But if they had stood in my counsel and had caused my people to hear my words then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings 23 Am I a God at hand saith the LORD and not a God afar off 24 Can any * Ps 139.7 c. Aâu 9.2 3. hide himself in in secret places that I shall not see him saith the LORD do not I fill heaven and earth saith the LORD 25 I have heard what the prophets said that prophesie lies in my name saying I have dreamed I have dreamed 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesie lies yea they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour * Judg. â 7 8.33 34. as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal 28 The prophet â Heb. with whom is that hath a dream let him tell a dream and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully what is the chaff to the wheat saith the LORD 29 Is not my word like as a fire saith the LORD and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces 30 Therefore behold * Deu. 18.20 Ch. 14.14 15. I am against the prophets saith the LORD that steal my words every one from his neighbour 31 Behold I am against the prophets saith the LORD â Or that smooth their tongueââ that use their tongues and say He saith 32 Behold I am against them that prophesie false dreams saith the LORD and do tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their lightness yet I sent them not nor commanded them therefore they shall not profit this people at all saith the LORD 33 ¶ And when this people or the prophet or a priest shall ask thee saying What is the burden of the LORD thou shalt then say unto them What burden I will even forsake you saith the LORD 34 And as for the prophet and the priest and the people that shall say The burden of the LORD I will even â Heb. visit upon punish that man and his house 35 Thus shall ye say everyone to his neighbour and every one to his brother What hath the LORD answered and What hath the LORD spoken 35 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more for every mans word shall be his burden for ye have perverted the words of the living God of the LORD of hosts our God 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet What hath the LORD answered thee and What hath the LORD spoken 38 But sith ye say The burden of the LORD therefore thus saith the LORD Because you say this word The burden of the LORD and I have sent unto you saying Ye shall not say The burden of the LORD 39 Therefore behold I even I will utterly forget you and I will forsake you and the city that I gave you and your fathers and cast you out of my presence 40 And I will bring * Ch. 20.11 an everlasting reproach upon you and a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten CHAP. XXIV 1Vnder the type of good and bad figs. 4 he foresheweth the restauration of them that were in captivity 8 and the desolation of Zedekiab and the rest THe LORD shewed me and behold two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD after that Nebuchadrezzar * 2 Kin. 24.12 c. 2 Chr. 36.10 king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the princes of Judah with the carpenters and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon 2 One basket had very good figs even like the figs that are first ripe and the other basket had very naughty figs which could not be eaten â Heb. for badness they were so bad 3 Then said the LORD unto me What seest thou Jeremiah and I said Figs the good figs very good and the evil very evil that cannot be eaten they are so evil 4 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 5 Thus saith the LORD the God of Israel Like these good figs so will I acknowledge â Heb. the captivity them that are carried away captive of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Caldeans for their good 6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good and I will bring them again to this land and
spoil the Philistines the remnant of â Heb. ââe isle the countrey of Caphtor 5 Baldness iââââe upon Gaza Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley how long wilt thou cut thy self 6 O thou sword of the LORD how long will it be ere thou be quiet â Heb. gather thy self put up thy self into thy scabbard rest and be still 7 â Heb. How canst thou How can it be quiet seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the sea-shore there hath he appointed it CHAP. XLVIII 1 The judgement of Moab 7 for their pride 11 for their security 14 for their carnal confidence 26 and for their contempt of God and his people 47 The restauration of Moab AGainst Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Wo unto Nebo for it is spoiled Kiriathaim is confounded and taken â Or the high place Misgab is confounded and dismayed 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab in Heshbon they have devised evil against it come and let us cut it off from being a nation also thou shalt â Or be brought to silence be cut down O Madmen the sword shall â Heb. go after thee pursue thee 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim spoiling and great destruction 4 Moab is destroyed her little ones have caused a cry to be heard 5 For in the going up of Luhith â Heb. weeping with weeping * Isa 15.5 continual weeping shall go up for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction 6 Flee save your lives and be like â Or a naked tree the * Chap. 17.6 heath in the wilderness 7 ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures thou shalt also be taken and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his * Chap. 49.3 priests and his princes together 8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city and no city shall escape the valley also shall perish and the plain shall be destroyed as the LORD hath spoken 9 Give wings unto Moab that it may flee and get away for the cities thereof shall be desolate without any to dwell therein 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD â Or negligently deceitfully and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from bloud 11 ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth and he hath settled on his lees and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel neither hath he gone into captivity therefore his taste â Heb. stood remained in him and his sent is not changed 12 Therefore behold the days come saith the LORD that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander and shall empty his vessels and break their bottles 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh as the house of Israel was ashamed of * 1 Kin. 12 29. Beth-el their confidence 14 ¶ How say ye We are mighty and strong men for the war 15 Moab is spoiled and gone up out of her cities and â Heb. the choice of his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter saith the King whose name is the LORD of hosts 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come and his affliction hasteth fast 17 All ye that are about him bemoan him and all ye that know his name say How is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon come down from thy glory and sit in thirst for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee and he shall destroy thy strong holds 19 O â Heb. inhabitress inhabitant of Aroer stand by the way and espy ask him that fleeth and her that escapeth and say What is done 20 Moab is confounded for it is broken down * Isa 16.7 howl and cry tell ye it in Amon that Moab is spoiled 21 And judgement is come upon the plain countrey upon Holon and upon Jahazah and upon Mephaath 22 And upon Dibon and upon Nebo and upon Beth-diblathaim 23 And upon Kiriathaim and upon Beth-gamul and upon Beth-meon 24 And upon Kerioth and upon Bozrah and upon all the cities of the land of Moab far or near 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken saith the LORD 26 ¶ Make ye him drunken for he magnified himself against the LORD Moab also shall wallow in his vomit and he also shall be in derision 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee was he found among theeves for since thou spakest of him thou â Or moveast thy self skippedst for joy 28 O ye that dwell in Moab leave the cities and dwell in the rock and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth 29 We have heard the * Isa 16.6 c. pride of Moab he is exceeding proud his loftiness and his arrogancy and his pride and the haughtiness of his heart 30 I know his wrath saith the LORD but it shall not be so â Or those on whom he stayeth Heb. his bars do not right his lies shall not so effect it 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab and I will cry out for all Moab mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres 32 O vine of Sibmah I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer thy plants are gone over the sea they reach even to the sea of Jazer the spoiler is faln upon thy summer-fruits and upon thy vintage 33 And * Isa 16.10 joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field and from the land of Moab and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-presses none shall tread with shouting their shouting shall be no shouting 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh and even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice * Isa 15.5 6. from Zoar even unto Horonaim as an heifer of three years old for the waters also of Nimrim shall be â Heb. desolations desolate 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab saith the LORD him that offereth in the high places and him that burneth incense to his gods 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres because the riches that he hath gotten is perished 37 For * Isa 15.2 3. every head shall be bald and every beard â Heb. diminished clipt upon all the hands shall be cuttings and upon the loyns sackcloth 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the hous-âops of Moab and in the streets thereof for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure saith the LORD 39 They shall howl saying How is it broken down how hath Moab turned the â Heb. neck back with shame so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him 40 For thus saith the LORD Behold he shall
of hosts in the land of the Caldeans 26 Come against her â Heb. from the and. from the utmost border open her store-houses â Or tread her cast her up as heaps and destroy her utterly let nothing of her be left 27 Slay all her bullocks let them go down to the slaughter wo unto them for their day is come the time of their visitation 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God the vengeance of his temple 29 Call together the archers against Babylon all ye that bend the bowe camp against it round about set none thereof escape recompense her according to her work according to all that she hath done do unto her for she hath been proud against the LORD against the holy One of Israel 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day saith the LORD 31 Behold I am against thee O thou â Heb. tride most proud saith the Lord GOD of hosts for thy day is come the time that I will visit thee 32 And â Heb. tride the most proud shall stumble and fall and none shall raise him up and I will kindle a fire in his cities and it shall devour all round about him 33 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together and all that took them caprives held them fast they refused to let them go 34 Their redeemer is strong the LORD of hosts is his name he shall throughly plead their cause that he may give rest to the land and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon 35 ¶ A sword is upon the Caldeans saith the LORD and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men 36 A sword is upon the â Or. chief stays â Heb. bars liars and they shall dote a sword is upon her mighty men and they shall be dismayed 37 A sword is upon their horses and upon their chariots and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her and they shall become as women a sword is upon her treasures and they shall be robbed 38 A drought is upon her waters and they shall be dried up for it is the land of graven images and they are mad upon their idols 39 Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beasts of the islands shall dwell there and the owls shall dwell therein and it shall be no more inhabited for ever neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation 40 * Gen. 19. â5 Chap. 49. â8 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof saith the LORD so shall no man abide there neither shall any son of man dwell therein 41 Behold a people shall come from the north and a great nation and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth 42 They shall hold the bowe and the lance they are cruel and will not shew mercy their voice shall roar like the sea and they shall ride upon horses every one put in aray like a man to the battel against thee O daughter of Babylon 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them and his hands waxed feeble anguish took hold of him and pangs as of a woman in travail 44 Behold he shall come up * Chap. 49.39 like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong but I will make them suddenly run away from her and whom a chosen man that I may appoint over her for who is like me and * Job 41.10 Ch. 49.19 who will â Or convent me ãâã plead appoint me the time and who is that shepherd that will stand before me 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD that he hath taken against Babylon and his purposes that he hath purposed against the land of the Caldeans surely the least of the flock shall draw them out surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved and the cry is heard among the nations CHAP. LI. 1 The severe judgement of God against Babylon in revence of Israel 50 Jeremiah delivereth the book of this prophesit to Seraiah to be east into Euptrates in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon THus saith the LORD Behold I will raise up against Babylon and against them that dwell in the â Heb ãâã midst of them that rise up against me a destroying wind 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners that shall fan her and shall empty her land for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about 3 Against him that bendeth set the archer bend his bowe and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine and spare ye not her young men destroy ye utterly all her host 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Caldeans and they that are thrust through in her streets 5 For Israel hath not been forsaken nor Judah of his God of the LORD of hosts though their land was filled with sin against the holy One of Israel 6 * Ch. 30.8 Rev. 18.4 Fiee our of the midst of Babylon and deliver every man his soul be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of the LORD vengeance he will render unto her a recompence 7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORDS hand that made all the earth drunken the nations have drunken of her wine therefore the nations are mad 8 Babylon is suddenly * Isa 23.9 Rev. 14.8 18.2 faln and destroyed howl for her take balm for her pain if so be she may be healed 9 We would have healed Babylon but she is not healed forsake her and let us go every one into his own countrey for her judgement reacheth unto heaven and is lifted up even to the skies 10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness come and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God 11 Make â Heb âurâ bright the arrows gather the shields the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes for his device is against Babylon to destroy it because it is the vengeance of the LORD the vengeance of his temple 12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon make the watch strong set up the watchmen prepare the â Heb. liers in wait ambushes for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon 13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters abundant in treasures thine end is come and the measure of thy covetousness 14 * Am. 6.8 The LORD of hosts hath sworn â Heb. by his soul by himself saying Surely I will fill thee with men as with caterpillers
her saith the LORD 54 A found of a cry cometh from Babylon and great destruction from the land of the Caldeans 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon and destroyed out of her the great voice when her waves do roar like great waters a noise of their voice is uttered 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her even upon Babylon and her mighty men are taken every one of their bows is broken for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite 57 And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men her captains and her rulers and her mighty men and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake saith the King whose name is the LORD of hosts 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts â Or The walls of broad Babylon The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly â Or made naked broken and her high gates shall be burnt with fire and the people shall labour in vain and the folk in the fire and they shall be weary 59 ¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah the son of Maaseiah when he went â Or on the behalf of with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign and this Seraiah was a â Or prince of Menucha or chief chamberlain quiet prince 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon even all these words that are written against Babylon 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah When thou comest to Babylon and shalt see and shalt read all these words 62 Then shalt thou say O LORD thou hast spoken against this place to cut it off that none shall remain in it neither man nor beast but that it shall be â Heb. desolations desolate for ever 63 And it shall be when thou hast made an end of reading this book that thou shalt binde a stone to it cast it into the midst of Euphrates 64 And thou shalt say Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her and they shall be weary Thus far are the words of Jeremiah CHAP. LII 1 Zedekiah rebelleth 4 Jerusalem is besieged and taken 8 Zedekiahs sons killed and his own eyes put out 12 Nebuzar-adan burneth and spoileth the city 24 He carrieth away the captives 31 Evil-merodach advanceth Jehoiachin ZEdekiah was * 2 Kin. 24.18 one and twenty year old when he â Heb. reigned began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD according to all that Jehoiakim had done 3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah till he had cast them out from his presence that Zedekiah revelled against the king of Babylon 4 ¶ And it came to pass in the * 2 Kin. 25.1 Ch. 39.1 ninth year of his reign in the the moneth in the tenth day of the moneth that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came he and all his army against Jerusalem and pitched against it and built forts against it round about 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah 6 And in the fourth moneth in the ninth day of the moneth the famine was fore in the city so that there was no bread for the people of the land 7 Then the city was broken up and all the men of war fled and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls which was by the kings garden now the Caldeans were by the city round about and they went by the way of the plain 8 ¶ But the army of the Caldeans pursued after the king and overtook 9 Then they took the king and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath where he gave judgement upon him 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah 11 Then he â Heb. blinded put out the eyes of Zedekiah and the king of Babylon bound him in â Or fetters chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in â Heb. house of the wards prison till the day of his death 12 ¶ Now in the fifth moneth in the tenth day of the moneth which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came Nebuzar-adam â Or chief marshal â Heb. chief of the executioners or slaughter-men And so v. â 14. c. captain of the guard which â Heb. stood before served the king of Babylon into Jerusalem 13 And burnt the house of the LORD and the kings house and all the houses of Jerusalem and all the houses of the great men burnt he with fire 14 And all the army of the Caldeans that were with the captain of the guard brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people and the residue of the people that remained in the city and those that fell away that fell to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude 16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-dressers and for husbandmen 17 Also the * Ch. 27.19 pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD and the bases and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD the Caldeans brake and carried all the brass of them to Babylon 18 The caldrons also and the â Or instruments to remove the ashes shovels and the snuffers and the â Or basons bowls and the spoons and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministred took they away 19 And the basons and the â Or censers fire-pans and the bowls and the caldrons and the candlesticks and the spoons and the cups that which was of gold in gold and that which was of silver in silver took the captain of the guard away 20 The two pillars one sea and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD â Heb. their brass the brass of all these vessels was without weight 21 And concerning the * 1 Kin. 7.15 2 Kin. 25.17 2 Chr. 3.15 pillars the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits and a â Heb. threed fillet of twelve cubits did compass it and the thickness thereof was four singers it was hollow 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it and the height of one chapiter was five cubits with net-work and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about all of brass the second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side and all the
home there is as death 21 They have heard that I sigh there is none to comfort me all mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it thou wilt bring the day that thou hast â Or âââlaimed called and they shall be like unto me 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee and do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions for my sighs are many and my heart is saint CHAP. II. 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem 20 He complaineth thereof to God HOw hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel and remembred not his footstool in the day of his anger 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob and hath not pitted he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah he hath â Heb. male to south brought them down to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire which devoureth round about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary and slew â Heb. all the desireable of the eye all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire 5 The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation 6 And he hath violently * Ps 80.12 and 89.40 Isa 5.5 taken away his â Or âedâe tabernacle as if it were of a garden he hath destroyed his places of the assembly the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar he hath abhorred his sanctuary he hath â Heb. Sout up given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces they have made a noise in the house of the LORD as in the day of a solemn feast 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion he hath stretched out a line he hath not withdrawn his hand from â Heb. swallowing up destroying therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament they languished together 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground he hath destroyed and broken her bars her king and her princes are among the Gentiles the law is no more her * Ps 74.9 prophets also finde no vision from the LORD 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and keep silence they have cast up dust upon their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears my bowels are troubled my liver is poured upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people because the children and the sucklings â Or saint swoon in the streets of the city 12 They say to their mothers Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city when their soul was poured out into their mothers bosom 13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken to thee O daughter of Jerusalem what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion for thy breach is great like the sea who can heal thee 14 Thy * Jer. 2.8 and 5.31 and 14.14 and 23.16 prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee and they have not discovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment 15 All that pass â Heb. by the way by clap their hands at thee they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying Is this the câty that men call * Ps 48.2 the perfection of beauty the joy of the whole earth 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen it 17 The LORD hath done that which he had * Lev. 26.16 devised he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old he hath thrown down and hath not pitied and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoyce over thee he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord O wall of the daughter of Zion * Jer. 14.17 Ch. â 16 let tears run down like a river day and night give thy self no rest let not the apple of thine eye cease 19 Arise cry out in the night in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street 20 ¶ Behold O LORD and consider to whom thou hast done this shall the women eat their fruit and children â Or swaddled with their hands of a span long shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the LORD 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets my virgins and my young men are fain by the sword thou hast slain them in the day of thy anger thou hast killed and not pitied 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrours round about so that in the day of the LORDS anger none escaped nor remained those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed CHAP. III. 1 The faithful bewall their âalamities 22 By the mercies of God they nourish their hope 37 They acknowledge Gods justice 55 They pray for deliverance 64 and venâeance on their enemies I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath 2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness but not into light 3 Surely against me is he turned he turneth his hand against me all the day 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old he hath broken my bones 5 He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and travel 6 He hath set me in dark places as they that be dead of old 7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out he hath made my chain heavy 8 Also when I cry and shout he shutteth out my prayer 9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone the hath made my paths crooked 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait and as a
Behold it is cast into the fire for fewel the fire devoureth both the ends of it and the midst of it is burnt â Heb. will it prosper is it meet for any work 5 Behold when it was whole it was â Heb. made sit meet for no work how much less shall it be meet yet for any work when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned 6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD As the vine tree among the trees of the forest which I have given to the fire for fewel so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem 7 And I will set my face against them they shall go out from one fire and another fire shall devour them and ye shall know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them 8 And I will make the land desolate because they have â Heb. tresâ assedâ trespass committed a trespass saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XVI 1Vnder the similitude of a wretched infant is shewed the natural state of Jerusalem 6 Gods extraordinary love towards her 15 Her monstrous whoredom 35 Her grievous judgement 44 Her sin matching her mother and exceeding her sisters Sodom and Samarta calleth for judgements â0 Mercy is promised her in the end AGain the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man cause Jerusalem to know her abominations 3 And say Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem Thy â Heb. cutting out or habitation birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan thy father was an Amorite and thy mother an Hittite 4 And as for thy nativity in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut neither wast thou washed in water â Or when I looked upon thee to supple thee thou wast not salted at all nor swaddled at all 5 None eye pitied thee to do any of these unto thee to have compassion upon thee but thou wast cast out in the open field to the lothing of thy person in the day that thou wast born 6 ¶ And when I passed by thee and saw thee â Or. troden under foot polluted in thine own bloud I said unto thee when thou wast in thy bloud Live yea I said unto thee when thou wast in thy bloud Live 7 I have â Heb. made thee a million caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field and thou hast increased and waxen great and thou art come to â Heb. ornament of ornaments excellent ornaments thy breasts are fashioned and thine hair is grown whereas thou wast naked and bare 8 Now when I passed by thee and looked upon thee behold thy time was the time of love and I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness yea I sware unto thee and entred into a covenant with thee saith the Lord GOD and thou becamest mine 9 Then washed I thee with water yea I throughly washed away thy â Heb. blouds bloud from thee and I anointed thee with oyl 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work shod thee with badgers skin I girded thee about with fine linen I covered thee with silk 11 I decked thee also with ornaments and I put bracelets upon thine hands and a chain on thy neck 12 And I pat a jewel on thy forehead and ear-rings in thine ears and a beautiful crown upon thine head 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver and thy raiment was of fine linen and silk and broidered work thou didst eat fine flour and honey and oyl and thou wast exceeding beautiful and thou didst prosper into a kingdom 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty for it was perfect through my comliness which I had put upon thee saith the Lord GOD. 15 ¶ But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and playedst the hatlet because of thy renown and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by his it was 16 And of thy garments thou didst take and deckedst thy high places with divers colours and playedst the harlot thereupon the like things shall not come neither shall it be so 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver which I had given thee and madest to thy self images â Heb. of a male of men and didât commit whoredom with thâm 18 And tookest thy broidered garmenâs and coveredst them and thou hast set mine oyl and mine incense before them 19 My meat also which I gave thee fine flour and oyl and honey wherewith I fed thee thou hast even set it before them for â Heb. a savour of rest a sweet savour and thus it was saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters whom thou hast born unto me and these hast thou sacrificed unto them â Heb. to devour to be devoured is this of thy whoredoms a small matter 21 That thou hast slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them 22 And in all thine aâominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembred the days of thy youth when thou wast naked and bare and wast polluted in thy bloud 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness wo wo unto thee saith the Lord GOD 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an â Or brothel-house eminent place and hast made thee an high place in every street 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred and hast opened thy feet to every one that pâssed by and multiplied thy whoredoms 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours great of flesh and hast increased thy whoredoms to provoke me to anger 27 Behold therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee and have diminished thine ordinary food and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee the â Or cities daughters of the Philistines which are ashamed of thy lewd way 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians because thou wast unsatiable yea thou hast played the harlot with them and yet couldest not be satisfied 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Calâea and yet thou wast not satisfied hârewith 30 How weak is thine heart saith the Lord GOD seeing thou doest all these things the work of an imperious whorish woman 31 â Or in thy âauâhters is thine c. In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way and makest thine âigh place in every street and hast not been as an harlot in that thou scornest hire 32 But as a wife that commiteth adultery which taketh strangers in stead of her husband 33 They give giâts to all whores but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers and â Heb. bââoâst hirest thâm that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom 34 And the contrary is in thee
with you saith the LORD of hosts 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt so my spirit remaineth among you fear ye not 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts * Heb. 12 26. Yet once it is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land 7 And I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the LORD of hosts 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine saith the LORD of hosts 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater then of the former saith the LORD of hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the LORD of hosts 10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Ask now the priests concerning the law saying 12 It one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oyl or any meat shall it be holy And the priests answered and said No. 13 Then said Haggai Is one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean And the priests answered and said It shall be unclean 14 Then answered Haggai and said So is this people and so is this nation before me saith the LORD and so is every work of their hands and that which they offer there is unclean 15 And now I pray you consider from this day and upward from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD 16 Since those days were when one came to an heap of twenty measures there were but ten when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press there were but twenty 17 ¶ I smote you * Am. 4.9 with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands yet ye turned not to me saith the LORD 18 Consider now from this day and upward from the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth even from the day that the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid consider it 19 Is the seed yet in the barn yea as yet the vine and the fig-tree and the pomegranate and the olive-tree hath not brought forth from this day will I bless you 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the moneth saying 21 Speak to Zerubbabel governour of Judah saying I will shake the heavens and the earth 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen and I will overthrow the chariots and those that ride in them and the horses and their riders shall come down every one by the sword of his brother 23 In that day saith the LORD of hosts will I take thee O Zerubbabel my servant the son of Shealtiel saith the LORD and will make thee as a signet for I have chosen thee saith the LORD of hosts ¶ ZECHARIAH CHAP. I. 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance 7 The vision of the horses 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem 18 The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters IN the eighth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 2 The LORD hath been â Heb. with displeasure sore displeased with your fathers 3 Therefore say thou unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mal. 3.7 Turn ye unto me saith the LORD of hosts and I will turn unto you saith the LORD of hosts 4 Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have cried saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Is 31.6 Jer. 3.12 18.11 Ezek. 18.30 Hos 14 1â Turn ye now from your evil ways and from your evil doings but they did not hear nor hearken unto me saith the LORD 5 Your fathers where are they and the prophets do they live for ever 6 But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not â Or overtake take hold of your fathers and they returned and said * Lâ 1.18 Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us according to our ways and according to our doings so hath he dealt with us 7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 8 I saw by night and behold a man riding upon a red horse and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom and behinde him were there red horses â Or hay speckled and white 9 Then said I O my Lord what are these And the angel that talked with me said unto me I will shew thee what these be 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees and said We have walked to and fro through the earth and behold all the earth sitteth still and is at rest 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said O LORD of hosts how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me Cry thou saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts I am * Ch. 8.2 jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousie 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at case for I was but a little displeased and they helped forward the affliction 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies my house shall be built in it saith the LORD of hosts and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem 17 Cry yet saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts My cities through â HeÌb good prosperity shall yet be spread abroad and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem 18 ¶ Then lift I up mine eyes and saw and behold four horns 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me What be these And he answered me These are the horns which have scattered Judah Israel and Jerusalem 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters 21 Then said I What come these to do And he spake saying These are the horns which have scattered Judah
come to pass that as he cried and they would not hear so * Pro. 1.28 Isa 1.15 Jer. 11.11 and 14.12 they cried and I would not hear saith the LORD of hosts 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not thus the land was desolate after them that no man passed through nor returned for they laid the â Heb. land of desire pleasant land desolate CHAP. VIII 1 The restauration of Jerusalem 9 They are encouraged to the building by Gods favour to them 16 Good works are required of them 18 Joy and enlargement are promised AGain the word of the LORD of hosts came to me saying 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Ch. 1.16 I was jealous for Zion with great jealousie and I was jealous for her with great fury 3 Thus saith the LORD I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem and every man with his staff in his hand â Heb. for multitude of days for very age 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts If it be â Or hard or difficult marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days should it also be marvellous in mine eyes saith the LORD of hosts 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will save my people from the east-countrey and from â Heb. the countrey of the going down of the sun the west-countrey 8 And I will bring them and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and they shall be my people and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts Let your hands be strong ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid that the temple might be built 10 For before these days â Or the hire of man became nothing c. there was no * Hag. 1.6 hire for man nor any hire for beast neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction for I set all men every one against his neighbour 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days saith the LORD of hosts 12 For the seed shall be â Heb. of peace prosperous the vine shall give her fruit and the ground shall give her increase and the heavens shall give their dew and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things 13 And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen O house of Judah and house of Israel so will I save you and ye shall be a blessing fear not but let your hands be strong 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked me to wrath saith the LORD of hosts and I repented not 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah fear ye not 16 ¶ These are the things that ye shall do * Eph. 4.25 Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour â Heb. judge truth and the judgement of peace execute the judgement of truth and peace in your gates 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false oath for all these are things that I hate saith the LORD 18 ¶ And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me saying 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts The fast of the fourth moneth and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness and cheerful â Heb. solemn or set times feasts therefore love the truth and peace 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying * Isa 2.3 Mic. 4.1 2. Let us go â Or continually â Heb. going speedily â Heb. to intreat the face of the LORD to pray before the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts I will go also 22 Yea many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to pray before the LORD 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts In those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew saying We will go with you for we have heard that god is with you CHAP. IX 1 God defendeth his Church 9 Zion is exhorted to rejoyce for the coming of Christ and his peaceable kingdom 12 Gods promises of victory and defence THe burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach and Damascus shall be the rest thereof when the eyes of man as of all the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby Tyrus and Zidon though it be very * Ezek. 28 â c. wise 3 And Tyrus did build her self a strong hold and heaped up silver as the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets 4 Behold the Lord will cast her out and he will smite her power in the sea and she shall be devoured with fire 5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear Gaza also shall see it and be very sorrowful and Ekron for her expectation shall be ashamed and the king shall perish from Gaza and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines 7 And I will take away his â Heb. ââoudâ bloud out of his mouth and his abominations from between his teeth but he that remaineth even he shall be for our God and he shall be as a governour in Judah and Ekron as a Jebusite 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army because of him that passeth by and because of him that returneth and no oppressour shall pass through them any more for now have I seen with mine eyes 9 ¶ * Isa 62.11 Mat. 21.5 Joh. 12.15 Rejoyce greatly O daughter of Zion shout O daughter of Jerusalem behold thy King cometh unto thee he is just and â Or savine himself having salvation lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the fole of an ass 10 And I will cut off the chariot from
things which have been set forth by vow for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem 8 ¶ Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribes of Benjamin stood up the priests also and the Levites and all they whose minde the Lord had moved to go up and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem 9 And they that dwelt round about them and helped them in all things with silver and gold with â Heb. substance Ezra 1.6 horses and cattel and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto 10 King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels which Nebuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem and had set up in his temple of idols 11 Now when Cyrus kâng of the Persians had brought them forth he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer 12 And by him they were delivered to â Gr. Shashbazar the first part of the word is acrruptly joynes to the word going before Ezra 1.8 Sanabassar the governour of Judea 13 And this was the number of them A thousand golden cups and a thousand of silver â Heb. knioââ Ezra 1.9 censers of silver twenty nine vials of gold thirty and of silver * Ezr. 1.10 but four hundred and ten two thousand four hundred and ten and a thousand other vessels 14 So all the vessels of gold and of silver which were carried away were * Ezr. 1.11 but five thousand four hundred five thousand four hundred threescore and nine 15 These were brought back by Sanabassar together with them of the captivity from Babylon to Jerusalem 16 * Ezra 4.7 But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Belemus and Mithridates and Tabellius and â Babumus and the name which followeth is but an epithete to the former Ezra 4.9 Rathumus Beeltethmus and â Shimshai Ezra 4.8 Semellius the secretary with others that were in commission with them dwelling in Samaria and other places wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following 17 To king Artaxerxes our lord thy servants Rathumus the story-writer and Semellius the scribe and the rest of their counsel and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice 18 Be it now known to the lord the king that the Jews that are come up from you to us being come into Jerusalem that rebellious and wicked city do build the market-places and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple 19 Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again they will not onely refuse to give tribute but also rebel against kings 20 And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand we think it meet not to neglect such a matter 21 But to speak unto our lord the king to the intent that if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers 22 And thou shalt finde in the chronicles what is written concerning these things and shalt understand that that city was rebellious troubling both kings and cities 23 And that the Jews were rebellious and raised always wars therein for the which cause even this city was made desolate 24 Wherefore now we do declare unto thee O lord the king that if this city be built again and the walls thereof set up anew thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice 25 Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the story-writer to Beeltethmus to Semellius the scribe and to the rest that were in commission and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice after this manner 26 I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me therefore I commanded to make diligent search and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings 27 And the men therein were given to rebellion and war and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice 28 Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it 29 And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings 30 Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read Rathumus and Semellius the scribe and the rest that were in commission with them removing in haste towards Jerusalem with a troup of hors-men and â Or a great number of souldiers a multitude of people in battel aray began to hinder the builders and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians CHAP. III. 4. Three strive to excel each other in wise speeches 9 They refer themselves to the judgement of the king 18 The first declareth the strength of wine NOw when Darius reigned he made a great feast unto all his subjects and unto all his houshold and unto all the princes of Media and Persia 2 And to all the governours and captains and lieutenants that were under him from India unto Ethiopia of an hundred twenty and seven provinces 3 And when they had eaten and drunken and being satisfied were gone home then Darius the king went into his bed-chamber and stept and soon after awaked 4 Then three young men that were of the guard that kept the kings body spake one to another 5 Let every one of us speak a sentence he that shall overcome and whole sentence shall seem wiser then the others unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts and great things in token of victory 6 As to be clothed in purple to drink in gold and to sleep upon gold and a chariot with bridles of gold and an head-tire of fine linen and a chain about his neck 7 And he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom and shall be called Darius his cousin 8 And then every one wrote his sentence sealed it and laid it under king Darius his pillow 9 And said that when the king is risen some will give him the writings and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest to him shall the victory be given as was appointed 10 The first wrote Wine is the strongest 11 The second wrote The king is the strongest 12 The third wrote Women are strongest but above all things truth beareth away the victory 13 ¶ Now when the king was risen up they took their writings and delivered them unto him and so he read them 14 And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media and the governours and the captains and the lieutenants and the chief officers 15 And sat him down in the â Or counsel royal seat of judgement and the writings were read before them 16 And he said Call the young men and they shall declare their own sentences So they were called and came in 17 And he said unto them Declare
saw them they took up their weapons and went out of the city to the top of the hill and every man that used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them 13 Nevertheless having gotten privily under the hill they bound Achior and cast him down and left him at the foot of the hill and returned to their lord 14 But the Israelites descended from their city and came unto him and loosed him and brought him into Bethulia and presented him to the governours of the city 15 Which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha of the tribe of Simeon and Chabris the son of Gothoniel and Charmis the son of Melchiel 16 And they called together all the ancients of the city and all their youth ran together and their women to the assembly and they set Achior in the midst of all their people Then Ozias asked him of that which was done 17 And he answered and declared unto them the words of the council of Holofernes and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel 18 Then the people fell down and worshipped God and cried unto God saying 19 O Lord God of heaven behold their pride and pity the low estate of our nation and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day 20 Then they comforted Achior and praised him greatly 21 And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house and made a feast to the elders and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help CHAP. VII 1 Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia 7 and stoppeth the water from them 22 They faint and murmure against the governours 30 who promise to yeeld within five days THe next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all his people which were come to take his part that they should remove their camp against Bethulia to take afore-hand the ascents of the hill-countrey and to make war against the children of Israel 2 Then their strong men removed their camps in that day and the army of the men of war was an hundred and seventy thousand footmen and twelve thousand hors-men beside the baggage and other men that were afoot amongst them a very great multitude 3 And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia by the fountain and they spread themselves in breadth â from Dothaim Junius over Dothaim even to Belmaim and in length from Bethulia unto â Gr. bean-field Cyamon which is over against Esdraelom 4 Now the children of Israel when they saw the multitude of them were greatly troubled and said every one to his neighbour Now will these men lick up the face of the earth for neither the high mountains nor the valleys nor the hills are able to bear their weight 5 Then every man took up his weapons of war and when they had kindled fires upon their towres they remained and watched all that night 6 But in the second day Holofernes brought forth all his hors-men in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia 7 And viewed the passages up to the city and came to the fountains of their waters and took them and set garisons of men of war over them and he himself removed towards his people 8 Then came unto him all the chief of the children of Esau and all the governours of the people of Moab and the captains of the sea-coast and said 9 Let our lord now hear a word that there be not an overthrow in thine army 10 For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell because it is not easie to come up to the tops of their mountains 11 Now therefore my lord fight not against them in battel-aray and there shall not so much as one man of thy people perish 12 Remain in thy camp and keep all the men of thine army and let thy servants get into their hands the fountain of water which issueth forth of the foot of the mountain 13 For all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water thence so shall thirst kill them and they shall give up their city and we and our people shall go up to the tops of the mountains that are near and will camp upon them to watch that none go out of the city 14 So they and their wives and their children shall be consumed with famine and before the sword come against them they shall be overthrown in the streets where they dwell 15 Thus shalt thou render them an evil reward because they rebelled and met not thy person peaceably 16 And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants and he appointed to do as they had spoken 17 So the camp of the children of Ammon departed and with them five thousand of the Assyrians and they pitched in the valley and took the waters and the fountains of the waters of the children of Israel 18 Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon and camped in the hill-countrey over against Dothaim and they sent some of them toward the south and toward the east over against Ekrebel which is near unto Chusi that is upon the brook Mochmur and the rest of the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain and covered the face of the whole land and their tents and carriages were pitched to a very great multitude 19 Then the children of Israel cried unto the Lord their God because their heart failed for all their enemies had compassed them round about and there was no way to escape out from among them 20 Thus all the company of Assur remained about them both their footmen chariots and hori-men four and thirty days so that all their vessels of water failed all the inhabitants of Bethulia 21 And the â Or pitâ cisterns were emptied and they had not water to drink their fill for one day for they gave them drink by measure 22 Therefore their young children were out of heart and their women and young men fainted for thirst and fell down in the streets of the city and by the passages of the gates and there was no longer any strength in them 23 Then all the people assembled to Ozias and to the chief of the city both young men and women and children and cried with a loud voice and said before all the elders 24 God be * Exod. 5. ââ judge between us and you for you have done us great injury in that you have not required peace of the children of Assur 25 For now we have no helper but God hath sold us into their hands that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction 26 Now therefore call them unto you and deliver the whole city for a spoil to the people of Holofernes and to all his army 27 For it is better for us
to be made a spoil unto them then to die for thirst for we will be his servants that our souls may live and not see the death of our infants before our eyes nor our wives nor our children to die 28 We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth and our God and Lord of our fathers which punisheth us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers â Or leât âe do meaning Holofernes that he do not according as we have said this day 29 Then there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly and they cried unto the Lord God with a loud voice 30 Then said Ozias to them Brethren be of good courage let us yet endure five days in the which space the Lord our God may turn his mercy towards us for he will not forsake us utterly 31 And if these days pass and there come no help unto us I will do according to your word 32 And he dispersed the people every one to their own charge and they went unto the walls and towres of their city and sent the women and children into their houses and they were very low brought in the city CHAP. VIII 1 The state and behaviour of Judith a widow 12 She blameth the governours for their promise to yeeld 17 and adviseth them to trust in God 28 They excuse their promise 32 She promiseth to do something for them NOw at that time Judith heard thereof which was the daughter of Merari the son of Ox the son of Joseph the son of Oziel the son of Elcia the son of Ananias the son of Gedeon the son of Raphaim the son of Acitho the son of Eliu the son of Eliab the son of Nathanael the son of â Or Samaâiel Samael the son of Salasadal the son of Israel 2 And Manasses was her husband of her tribe and kindred who died in the barley-harvest 3 For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field the heat came upon his head and he fell on his bed and died in the city of Bethulia and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo 4 So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four moneths 5 And she made her a tent upon the top of her house and put on sackcloth upon her loyns and ware her widows apparel 6 And she fasted all the days of her widowhood save the eves of the sabbaths and the sabbaths and the eves of the new-moons and the new-moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel 7 She was also of a goodly countenance and very beautiful to behold and her husband Manasses had left her gold and silver and men-servants and maid-servants and cattle and lands â Or and she kept them and she remained upon them 8 And there was none that gave her an ill word for she feared God greatly 9 Now when she heard the evil words of the people against the governour that they fainted for lack of water for Judith had heard all * Chap 7 30 31 the words that Ozias had spoken unto them and that he had sworn to deliver the city unto the Assyrians after five days 10 Then she sent her waiting-woman that had the government of all things that she had to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis the ancients of the city 11 And they came unto her and she said unto them Hear me now O ye governours of the inhabitants of Bethulia for your words that you have spoken before the people this day are not right touching this oath which ye made and pronounced between God and you and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies unless within these days the Lord turn to help you 12 And now who are you that have tempted God this day and stand in stead of God amongst the children of men 13 And now try the Lord Almighty but you shall never know any thing 14 For you cannot finde the depth of the heart of man neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh then how can you search out God that hath made all these things and know his minde or comprehend his purpose Nay my brethren provoke not the Lord our God to anger 15 For if he will not help us within these five days he hath power to defend us when he will even every day or to destroy us before our enemies 16 Do not â Or enzaze binde the counsels of the Lord our God for * Num. 23.19 God is not as man that he may be threatned neither is he as the son of man that he should be wavering 17 Therefore let us wait for salvation of him and call upon him to help us and he will hear our voice if it please him 18 For there arose none in our age neither is there any now in these days neither tribe nor family nor â Or town people nor city among us which worship gods made with hands * Judâ 2.11 and 4 1 and 6.1 as hath been aforetime 19 For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword and for a spoil and had a great fall before our enemies 20 But we know none other God therefore we trust that he will not despise us nor any of our nation 21 For if we be taken so all Judea shall lie waste and our sanctuary shall be spoiled he will require the profanation thereof at our mouth 22 And the â Or fear slaughter of our brethren and the captivity of the countrey and the desolation of our inheritance will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles wheresoever we shall be in bondage and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us 23 For our servitude shall not be directed to favour but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour 24 Now therefore O brethren let us shew an example to our brethren because their hearts depend upon us and the sanctuary and the house and the altar rest upon us 25 Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God which trieth us even as he did our fathers 26 Remember what things he did to * Gen. 22.1 Abraham and how he tried Isaac and what hapned to * Gen. 28.7 Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria when he kept the sheep of Laban his mothers brother 27 For he hath not tried us in the fire as he did them for the examination of their hearts neither hath he taken vengeance on us but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him to admonish them 28 Then said Ozias to her All that thou hast spoken hast thou spoken with a good heart and there is none that may gainsay thy words 29 For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding because the disposition of thine heart is good 30
cursed and her reproach shall not be blotted out 27 And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better then the fear of the Lord and that there is nothing sweeter then to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord. 28 It is great glory to follow the Lord and to be received of him is long life CHAP. XXIV 2 Wisdom doth praise her self sheweth her beginning 4 her dwelling 13 her glory 1â her fruit 26 ber increase and perfection The praise of wisdom Wisdom shall praise her self and shall glory in the midst of her people 2 In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth and triumph before his power 3 I came out of the mouth of the most High and covered the earth as â Or a mist a cloud 4 * Job 22.14 I dwelt in high places and my throne is in a cloudy pillar 5 I alone compassed the circuit of heaven and walked in the bottom of the deep 6 In the waves of the sea and in all the earth and in every people and nation I got a possession 7 With all these I sought rest in whose inheritance shall I abide 8 So the Creatour of all things gave me a commandment and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest and said Let thy dwelling be in Jacob and thine inheritance in Israel 9 He * Prov. 8.22 created me from the beginning before the world and I shall never fail 10 In the * Exod. 21.3 holy tabernacle I served before him and so was I established in Sion 11 * Ps 132.8 Likewise in the â Or holy beloved city he gave me rest and in Jerusalem was my power 12 And I took root in an honourable people even in the portion of the Lords inheritance 13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus and as a cypress-tree upon the mountains of Hermon 14 I was exalted like a palm-tree in â Or Caâes Engaddi and as a rose-plant in Jericho as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field and grew up as a plant-tree â Or in the water by the water 15 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus and I yeelded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh as galbanum and onyx and sweet storax and as the fume of frankincense in the * Exod. 30.34 tabernacle 16 As the turpentine-tree I stretched out my branches and my branches are the branches of honour and grace 17 * Joh. 15.1 As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches 18 I am the mother of fair love and fear and knowledge and holy hope I therefore being eternal am given to all my children which are â Or chosen named of him 19 Come unto me all ye that be desirous of me and fill your selves with my fruits 20 For my memorial is * Psal 19.10 11. sweeter then hony and mine inheritance then the hony-comb 21 They that eat me shall yet be hungry and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty 22 He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded and they that work by me shall not do amiss 23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the most High God even the * Ex. 20.1 24.3 Deut. 4.1 29.1 law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregation of Jacob. 24 Faint not to be strong in the Lord that he may confirm you cleave unto him for the Lord Almighty is God alone and besides him there is no other Saviour 25 He filleth all things with his wisdom as * Gen. 2. â1 Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits 26 He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates and as * Josh 3.15 Jordan in the time of the harvest 27 He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light and as Geon in the time of vintage 28 The first man knew her not perfectly no more shall the last finde her out 29 For her thoughts are more then the sea and her counsels profounder then the great deep 30 I also came out as a â Or drain or ditch brook from a river and as a conduit into a garden 31 I said I will water my best garden and will water abundantly my garden-bed and lo my brook became a river and my river became a sea 32 I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning and will send forth her light afar off 33 I will yet pour out doctrine as prophesie and leave it to all ages for ever 34 * Chap. 33.17 Behold that I have not laboured for my self onely but for all them that seek wisdom CHAP. XXV 1 What things are beautiful and what hateful 6 What is the crown of age 7 What things make men happy 13 Nothing worse then a wicked woman IN three things I â Or gloried was beautified and stood up beautiful both before God and men the * Gen. 13.8 Rom. 12. â0 unity of brethren the love of neighbours a man and a wife that agree together 2 Three sorts of men my soul hateth and I am greatly offended at their life a poor man that is proud a rich man that is a liar and an old adulterer that doteth 3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth how canst thou finde any thing in thine age 4 Oh how comely a thing is judgement for gray hairs and for ancient men to know counsel 5 Oh how comely is the wisdom of old men and understanding and counsel to men of honour 6 Much experience is the crown of old men and the fear of God is their glory 7 There be nine things which I have judged in mine heart to be happy and the tenth I will utter with my tongue A man that hath joy of his children and he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy 8 Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding and that hath not * Ch. 14.1 19.16 Jam. 3.2 slipped with his tongue and that hath not served a man more unworthy then himself 9 Well is him that hath found â Or a friend prudence and he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear 10 Oh how great is he that findeth wisdom yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord. 11 But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination he that holdeth it â Or to whom whereto shall he be likened 12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him 13 Give me any plague but the plague of the heart and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman 14 And any affliction but the affliction from them that hate me and any revenge but the revenge of enemies 15 There is no head above the head of a serpent and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy 16 * Prov.
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 â 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 â 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 â Gr. this great sâarm 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 â 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 â 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
burnt-offering or sacrifice or oblation or incense or place to sacrifice before thee and to finde mercy 16 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted 17 Like as in the burnt-offerings of rams and bullocks and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day and grant that we may wholly go after thee for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee 18 And now we follow thee with all our heart we fear thee and seek thy face 19 Put us not to shame but deal with us after thy loving kindness and according to the multitude of thy mercies 20 Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works give glory to thy name O Lord let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed 21 And let them be confounded â Or by thy power and might in all their power and might and let their strength be broken 22 And let them know that thou art Lord the onely God and glorious over the whole world 23 And the kings servants that put them in ceased not to make the oven hot with â Or naphtha which is a certain kinde of fat and chalky clay Plin. lib. 2 cap. 105. rosin pitch tow and small wood 24 So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace fourty and nine cubits 25 And it passed through and burnt those Caldeans it found about the furnace 26 But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven 27 And made the mids of the furnace as it had been a â Or ãâã moist whistling wind so that the fire touched them not at all neither hurt nor troubled them 28 Then the three as out of one mouth praised glorified and blessed God in the furnace saying 29 Blessed art thou O Lord God of our fathers and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 30 And blessed is thy glorious and holy name and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 31 Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 32 Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths and sittest upon the cherubims and to be praised and exalted above all for ever 33 Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom and to be praised and glorified above all for ever 34 Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven and above all to be praised and glorified for ever 35 O all ye works of the Lord bless ye the Lord Praise and â Or highly exalt and so in the rest exalt him above all for ever 36 * Ps 148.4 O ye heavens bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 37 O ye angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 38 O all ye waters that be above the heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 39 O all ye powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 40 O ye sun and moon bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 41 O ye stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 42 O every showre and dew bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 43 O all ye winds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 44 O ye fire and heat bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 45 O ye winter and summer bless ye the Lord praise him and exalt him above all for ever 46 O ye dews and storms of snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 47 O ye nights and days bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 48 O ye light and darkness bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 49 O ye ice and cold bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 50 O ye frost and snow bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 51 O ye lightnings and clouds bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 52 O let the earth bless the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 53 O ye mountains and little hills bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 54 O all ye things that grow on the earth bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 55 O ye fountains bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 56 O ye seas and rivers bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 57 O ye whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 58 O all ye fowls of the â Gr. heaven air bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 59 O all ye beasts and cattel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 60 O ye children of men bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 61 O Israel bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 62 O ye priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 63 O ye servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 64 O ye spirits and souls of the righteous bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 65 O ye â Or saints holy and humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever 66 O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise and exalt him above all for ever for he hath delivered us from â Or grave hell and saved us from the hand of death and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us 67 O give thanks unto the Lord because he is gracious for his mercy endureth for ever 68 O all ye that worship the Lord bless the God of gods praise him and give him thanks for his mercy endureth for ever ¶ The history of Susanna set apart from the beginning of Daniel because it is not in the Hebrew as neither the narration of â Gr. Bels dragon Bel and the Dragon 16 Two judges hide themselves in the garden of Susanna to have their pleasure of her 28 which when they could not obtain they accuse and cause her to be condemned for adultery 45 But Daniel examineth the matter again and findeth the two judges false THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Joacim 2 And he took a wife whose name was Susanna the daughter of Chelcias
23. Num. 29. Casleu we though it necessary to certifie you thereof that ye also might keep it as the feast of the tabernacles and of the fire which was given us when Neemias offered sacrifice after that he had builded the temple the altar 19 For when our fathers were led into Persia the priests that were then devout took the fire of the altar privily and hid it in a hollow place of a pit without water where they kept it sure so that the place was unknown to all men 20 Now after many years when it pleased God Neemias being sent from the king of Persia did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire But when they told us they found no fire but thick water 21 Then commanded he them to draw it up and to bring it and when the sacrifices were laid on Neemias commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid thereupon with the water 22 When this was done and the time came that the sun shone which afore was hid in the cloud there was a great fire kindled so that every man marvelled 23 And the priests made a prayer whilest the sacrifice was consuming I say both the priests and all the rest Jonathan beginning and the rest answering thereunto as Neemias did 24 And the prayer was after this manner O Lord Lord God Creatour of all things who art fearful and strong and righteous and merciful and the onely and gracious King 25 The onely giver of all things the onely just almighty and everlasting thou that deliverest Israel from all trouble and didst choose the fathers and sanctifie them 26 Receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel and preserve thine own portion and sanctifie it 27 Gather those together that are scattered from us deliver them that serve among the heathen look upon them that are despised and abhorred and let the heathen know that thou art our God 28 Punish them that oppress us and with pride do us wrong 29 Plant thy people again in thy holy place as Moses hath spoken 30 And the Priests sung psalms of thanksgiving 31 Now when the sacrifice was consumed Neemias commanded the water that was left to be poured on the great stones 32 When this was done there was kindled a flame but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar 33 So when this matter was known it was told the king of Persia that in the place where the priests that were led away had hid the fire there appeared water and that â Or Neemias his company Neemias had purified the sacrifices therewith 34 Then tââ king inclosing the place made it holy after he had tried the matter 35 And the king took many gifts and bestowed thereof on those whom he would gratifie 36 And Neemias called this thing Naphthat which is as much as to say a cleansing but many men call it Nephi CHAP. II. 1 What Jeremy the prophet did 5 How be bid the tabernacle the ark and the altar 13 What Neemias and Judas wrote 20 What fason wrote in five books 25 And how those were abridged by the authour of this book IT is also found in the records that Jeremy the prophet commanded them that were carried away to take of the fire as it hath been signified 2 And how that the prophet having given them the law charged them not to forget the commandments of the Lord and that they should not err in their minds when they see images of silver and gold with their ornaments 3 And with other such speeches exhorted he them that the law should not depart from their hearts 4 It was also contained in the same writing that the prophet being warned of God commanded the tabernacle and the ark to go with him as he went forth into the mountain where Moses climbed up and saw the heritage of God 5 And when Jeremy came thither he found an hollow cave wherein he laid the tabernacle and the ark and the altar of incense and so stopped the door 6 And some of those that followed him came to mark the way but they could not finde it 7 Which when Jeremy perceived he blamed them saying As for that place it shall be unknown until the time that God gather his people again together and receive them unto mercy 8 Then shall the Lord shew them these things and the glory of the Lord shall appear and the cloud also as it was shewed under Moses and as when Solomon delired that the place might be honourably sanctified 9 It was also declared that he being wise offered the sacrifice of dedication and of the finishing of the temple 10 And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord the fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifices even so prayed Solomon also and the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt-offerings 11 And Moses said Because the sin-offering was not to be eaten it was consumed 12 So Solomon kept those eight days 13 The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings and the prophets and of David and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts 14 In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things that were lost by reason of the war we had and they remain with us 15 Wherefore if ye have need thereof send some to fetch them unto you 16 Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification we have written unto you and ye shall do well if ye keep the same days 17 â Gr. Now God it is that saved all his people and rendred the heritage and the kingdom and the priesthood and the sanctuary as he promised in the law for we hope in God that he will shortly c. We hope also that the God that delivered all his people gave them all an heritage the kingdom and the priesthood the sanctuary 18 As he promised in the law will shortly have mercy upon us and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place for he hath delivered us out of great troubles hath purified the place 19 Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus and his brethren and the purification of the great temple and the dedication of the altar 20 And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and Eupator his son 21 And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism so that being but a sew they overcame the whole countrey and chased barbarous multitudes 22 And recovered again the temple renowned all the world over and freed the city and upheld the laws which were going down the Lord being gracious unto them with all favour 23 All these things I say being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books we will assay to abridge in one volume 24 For considering the infinite number and the
commaâdment but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses 31 And thou that hast been the authour of all mischief against the Hebrews shalt not escape the hands of God 32 For we suffer because of our sins 33 And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastning and correction yet shall he beat one again with his servants 34 But thou O godless man and of all other most wicked be not lifted up without a cause nor puffed up with uncertain hopes lifting up thy hand against the servants of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the judgement of almighty God who seeth all things 36 For our brethren who now have suffered a short pain are dead under Gods covenant of everlasting life but thou through the judgement of God shalt receive just punishment for thy pride 37 But I as my brethren offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess that he alone is God 38 And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty which is justly brought upon all our nation may cease 39 Then the king being in a rage handled him worse then all the rest and took it grievously that he was mocked 40 So this man died undefiled and put his whole trust in the Lord. 41 Last of all after the sons the mother died 42 Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous feasts and the extreme tortures CHAP. VIII 1 Judas gathereth an host 9 Nicanor is sent against him who Presumeth to make much money of his prisoners 16 Judas encourageth his men and putteth Nicanor to flight 18 and divideth the spoils 30 Other enemies are also defeated 35 and Nicanor fleeth with grief to Antioch THen Judas Maccabeus and they that were with him went privily into the towns and called their kins folks together and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews religion and assembled about six thousand men 2 And they called upon the Lord that he would look upon the people that was troden down of all and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men 3 And that he would have compassion upon the city sore defaced and ready to be made even with the ground and hear the bloud that cried unto him 4 And remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants and the blasphemies committed against his name and that he would shew his hatred against the wicked 5 Now when Maccabeus had his company about him he could not be withstood by the heathen for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy 6 Therefore he came at unawares and burnt up towns and cities and got into his hands the most commodious places and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies 7 But specially took he advantage of the night for such privy attempts insomuch that the bruit of his manliness was spread every where 8 So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little and that things prospered with him still more and more he wrote unto Ptolemeus the governour of Celosyria and Phenice to yeeld more aid to the kings affairs 9 Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus one of his special friends he sent him with no fewer then twenty thousand of all nations under him to root out the whole generation of the Jews and with him he joyned also Gorgias a captain who in matters of war had great experience 10 So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews as should defray the tribute of two thousand talents which the king was to pay to the Romanes 11 Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea-coast proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the almighty God 12 Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanors coming and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand 13 They that were fearful and distrusted the justice of God fled and conveyed themselves away 14 Others sold all that they had left and withal besought the Lord to deliver them being sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together 15 And if not for their own sakes yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers and for his holy and glorious name sake by which they were called 16 So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand and exhorted them not to be stricken with terrour of the enemy nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them but to fight manfully 17 And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place and the cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers 18 For they said he trust in their weapons and holdness but our confidence is in the almighty God who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us and also all the world 19 Moreover he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found and how they were delivered when under Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand perished 20 And he told them of the battel that they had in Babylon with the Galatians how they came but eight thousand in all to the business with four thousand Macedonians and that the Macedonians being perplexed the eight thousand destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven and so received a great booty 21 Thus when he had made them bold with these words and ready to die for the laws and the countrey he divided his army into four parts 22 And joyned with himself his own brethren leaders of each band to wit Simon and Josepâ and Jonathan giving each one fifteen hundred men 23 Also be appointed Eleazar to read the holy book and when he had given them this watch-word The help of God himself leading the first band he joyned battel with Nicanor 24 And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanors host and so put all to flight 25 And took their money that came to buy them and pursued them far but lacking time they returned 26 For it was the day before the sabbath and therefore they would no longer pursue them 27 So when they had gathered â That is the enemies armour their armour together and spoiled their enemies they occupied themselves about the sabbath yeelding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord who had preserved them unto that day which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them 28 And after the sabbath when they had
and kindling fires burnt the blasphemers alive and others broke open the gates and having received in the rest of the army took the city 37 And killed Timotheus that was hid in a certain pit and Chereas his brother with Apollophanes 38 When this was done they praised the Lord with psalms thanksgiving who had done so great things for Israel given them the victory CHAP. XI 3 Lysias thinking to get Jerusalem 8 is put to sticht 16 The letters of Lysias to the Jews 22 of the king unto Lysias 27 and to the Jews 34 of the Romanes to the Jews NOt long after this Lysias the kings â Or âutour protectour cousin who also managed the affairs took sore displeasure for the things that were done 2 And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the hors-men he came against the Jews thinking to make the city an habitation of the â Or Grecians Gentiles 3 And to make a gain of the temple as of the other chappels of the heathen and to set the high priesthood to sale every year 4 Not at all considering the Power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen and his thousands of horsmen and his fourscore elephants 5 So he came to Judea and drew near to Bethsura which was a strong town but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs and he laid sore siege unto it 6 Now when â Maccabeus and his company they that were with Maccabeus heard that he besieged the holds they and all the people with lamentation and tears besought the Lord that he would send a good angel to deliver Israel 7 Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons exhorting the other that they would jeopard themselves together with him to help their brethren so they went forth together with a willing minde 8 And as they were at Jerusalem there appeared before them on hors-back one in white clothing shaking his armour of gold 9 Then they praised the merciful God all together and took heart insomuch that they were ready not onely to sight with men but with most cruel beasts and to pierce through walls of iron 10 Thus they marched forward in their armour having an helper from heaven for the Lord was merciful unto them 11 And giving a charge upon their enemies like lions they slew eleven thousand footmen and sixteen hundred hors-men and put all the other to flight 12 Many of them also being wounded escaped naked and Lysias himself fled away shamefully and so escaped 13 Who as he was a man of understanding casting with himself what loss he had had and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome because the almighty God helped them he sent unto them 14 And perswaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions and promised that he would perswade the king that he must needs be a friend unto them 15 Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired being careful of the common good and whatsoever Maccabeus wrote unto Lysias concerning the Jews the king granted it 16 For there were lâtters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting 17 John and Nosalon who were sent from you delivered me the petition subscribed and made request for the performance of the contents thereof 18 Therefore what things soever were meet to be reported to the king I have declared them and he hath granted as much as might be 19 If then you will keep your selves loyal to the state hereafter also wiâââ endeavour to be a means of your good 20 But of the particulars I have given order both to these and the other that came from me to commune will you 21 Fare ye well The hundred and eight and fourtieth year the four and twentieth day of the moneth â Or Dioscores Dioscorinthius 22 Now the kings letter contained these words King Antiochus unto his brother Lysias sendeth greeting 23 Since our father is translated unto the gods our will is that they that are in our realm live quietly that every one may attend upon his own affairs 24 We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father for to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles but had rather keep their own manner of living for the which cause they require of us that we should suffer them to live after their own laws 25 Wherefore our minde is that this nation shall be in rest and we have determined to restore them their temple that they may live according to the customs of their forefathers 26 Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them and â Or give them ossuranes grant them peace that when they are certified of our minde they may be of good comfort and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs 27 And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after this manner King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council and the rest of the Jews 28 It ye fare well we have our desire we are also in good health 29 Menelaus declared unto us that your desire was to return home and to follow your own business 30 Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security 31 And the Jews shall use their own kinde of meats and laws as before and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done 32 I have sent also Menelaus that he may comfort you 33 Fare ye well In the hundred fourty and eighth year and in the fifteenth day of the moneth â Or April Xanthicus 34 The Romanes also sent unto them a letter containing these words Quintus Memnuus and Titus Manlius â Or Consuls ambassadours of the Romanes send greeting unto the people of the Jews 35 Whatsoever Lysias the kings cousin hath granted therewith we also are well pleased 36 But touching such things as he judged to be referred to the king after you have advised thereof send one forthwith that we may declare as it is convenient for you for we are now going to Antioch 37 Therefore send some with speed that we may know what is your minde 38 Farewel This hundred and eight and fourtieth year the fifteenth day of the moneth Xanthicus CHAP. XII 1 The kings lieutenants vex the Jews 3 They of Joppe drown two hundred Jews 6 Judas is avenged upon them 11 He maketh peace with the Arabians 16 and taketh Caspis 22 Timotheus armies overthrown WHen these covenants were made Lysias went unto the king and the Jews were about their husbandry 2 But of the governours of several places Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Genneus also Hieronymus and Demophon and besides them Nicanor the governour of Cyprus would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace 3 The men of Joppe also did such an ungodly deed they prayed the Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives
the stone which was set at nought of you builders which is become the head of the corner 12 Neither is their salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved 13 ¶ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men they marvelled and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them they could say nothing against it 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council they conferred among themselves 16 Saying What shall we do to these men for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem and we cannot deny it 17 But that it spread no further among the people let us straitly threaten them that they speak henceforth to no man in this name 18 And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more then unto God judge ye 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen heard 21 So when they had further threatned them they let them go finding nothing how they might punish them because of the people for all men glorified God for that which was done 22 For the man was above fourty years old on whom this miracle of healing was shewed 23 ¶ And being let go they went to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them 24 And when they heard that they lift up their voice to God with one accord and said Lord thou art God which hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said * Psal 2.1 Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things 26 The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ 27 For of a truth against thy holy childe Jesus whom thou hast anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done 29 And now Lord behold their threatnings and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy childe Jesus 31 ¶ And when they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled together and they were all filled with the holy Ghost and they spake the word of God with boldness 32 And the multitude of them that beleeved were of one heart and of one soul neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own but they had all things common 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked for as many as were possessours of lands or houses sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold 35 And laid them down at the apostles feet and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need 36 And Joses who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas which is being interpreted The son of consolation a Levite and of the countrey of Cyprus 37 Having land sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles feet CHAP. V. After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their hypocrisie at Peters rebuke had faln down dead 12 and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many miracles 14 to the increase of the faith 17 the apostles are again imprisoned 19 but delivered by an angel bidding them to preach openly to all 21 When after their teaching accordingly in the temple 29 and before the council 33 they are in danger to be killed through the advice of Gamaliel a great counsellour among the Jews they be kept alive 40 and are but beaten for which they glorifie God and cease no day from preaching BUt a certain man named Ananias with Sapphira his wife sold a possession 2 And kept back part of the price his wife also being privy to it and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles feet 3 But Peter said Or to deceive Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart â to lie the holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land 4 Whiles it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart thou hast not lied unto men but unto God 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost and great fear came on all them that heard these things 6 And the young men arose wound him up and carried him out and buried him 7 And it was about the space of three hours after when his wife not knowing what was done came in 8 And Peter answered unto her Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much And the said Yea for so much 9 Then Peter said unto her How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord behold the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door and shall carry thee out 10 Then fell she down straight-way at his feet and yeelded up the ghost and the young men came in and found her dead and carrying her forth buried her by her husband 11 And great fear came upon all the church and upon as many as heard these things 12 ¶ And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people and they were all with one accord in Solonions porch 13 And of the rest durst no man joyn himself to them but the people magnified them 14 And beleevers were the more added to the Lord multitudes both of men and women 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick â Or in every street into the streets and laid them on beds and couches that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them 16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed every one 17 ¶ Then the high priest rose up and all they that were with him which is the sect of the Sadducees and were filled with â Or enây indignation 18 And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and brought
him 39 And when they were come up out of the water the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip that the eunuch saw him no more and he went on his way rejoycing 40 But Philip was found at Azotus and passing through he preached in all the cities till he came to Cesarea CHAP. IX 1 Saul going towards Damascus 4 is stricken down to the earth 10 is called to the apostleship 18 and is baptized by Ananias 20 He preacheth Christ boldly 23 The Jews lay wait to kill him 29 so do the Grecians but he escapeth both 31 The church having rest Peter healeth Eneas of the palsie 36 and restoreth Tabitha to life ANd Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord went unto the high priest 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues that if he found any of this way whether they were men or women he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem 3 And as he journeyed he came near Damascus and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven 4 And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me 5 And he said Who art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks 6 And he trembling and astonished said Lord what wilt thou have me to do And the Lord said unto him Arise and go into the city and it shall be told thee what thou must do 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless hearing a voice but seeing no man 8 And Saul arose from the earth and when his eyes were opened he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus 9 And he was three days without sight and neither did eat nor drink 10 ¶ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias And he said Behold I am here Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him Arise and go into the street which is called Strait and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus for behold he prayeth 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him that he might receive his sight 13 Then Ananias answered Lord I have heard by many of this man how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to binde all that call on thy name 15 But the Lord said unto him Go thy way for he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my names sake 17 And Ananias went his way and entred into the house and putting his hands on him said Brother Saul the Lord even Jesus that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the holy Ghost 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales and he received sight forthwith and arose and was baptized 19 And when he had received meat he was strengthned Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues that he is the Son of God 21 But all that heard him were amazed and said Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem and came hither for that intent that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests 22 But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus proving that this is very Christ 23 ¶ And after that many days were fulfilled the Jews took counsel to kill him 24 * 2 Cor. 11.32 But their laying await was known of Saul and they watched the gates day and night to kill him 25 Then the disciples took him by night and let him down by the wall in a basket 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem he assayed to joyn himself to the disciples but they were all afraid of him and beleeved not that he was a disciple 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way and that he had spoken to him and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus 28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem 29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Grecians but they went about to slay him 30 Which when the brethren knew they brought him down to Cesarea and sent him forth to Tarsus 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the holy Ghost were multiplied 32 ¶ And it came to pass as Peter passed throughout all quarters he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda 33 And there he found a certain man named Eneas which had kept his bed eight years and was sick of the palsie 34 And Peter said unto him Eneas Jesus Christ maketh thee whole arise and make thy bed And he arose immediately 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him and turned to the Lord. 36 ¶ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha which by interpretation is called Dorcas this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did 37 And it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died whom when they had washed they laid her in an upper chamber 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa and the disciples had heard that Peter was there they sent unto him two men desiring him that he would not â Or be grieved delay to come to them 39 Then Peter arose and went with them When he was come they brought him into the upper chamber and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them 40 But Peter put them all forth and kneeled down and prayed and turning him to the body said Tabitha arise And she opened her eyes and when she saw Peter she sat up 41 And he gave her his hand and lift her up and when he had called the saints and widows presented her alive 42 And it was known throughout all Joppa and many beleeved in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner CHAP. X. 1 Cornelius a devout man 5 being commanded by an angel sendeth for Peter 11 who by a vision 15 20 is taught not to despise the Gentiles 34 As he preacheth Christ to Cornelius and his company 44 the holy Ghost falleth on them 48 and they
And unto the married I command yet not I but the Lord * Matth. 9.32 19.9 Mark 10.11 Luke 16.18 Let not the wife depart from her husband 11 But and if she depart let her remain unmarried or he reconciled to her husband and let not the husband put away his wife 12 But to the rest speak I not the Lord If any brother hath a wife that beleeveth not and she be pleased to dwell with him let him not put her away 13 And the woman which hath an husband that beleeveth not and if he be pleased to dwell with her let her not leave him 14 For the unbeleeving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbeleeving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy 15 But if the unbeleeving depart let him depart A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases but God hath called us â Gr. in peace to peace 16 For what knowest thou O wife whether thou shalt save thy husband or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy wife 17 But as God hath distributed to every man as the Lord hath called every one so let him walk and so ordain I in all churches 18 Is any man called being circumcised let him not become uncircumcised is any called in uncircumcision let him not become circumcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of God 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called 21 Art thou called being a servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a servant is the Lords â Gr. made free free-man likewise also lie that is called being free is Christs servant 23 * Chap. 6.20 Ye are bought with a price be not ye the servants of men 24 Brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present â Or necessity distress I say that it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed Art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife 28 But and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh but I spare you 29 But this I say brethren the time is short It remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none 30 And they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoyce as though they rejoyced not and they that buy as though they possessed not 31 And they that use this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away 32 But I would have you without carefulness He that is unmarried careth for the things the belong to the Lord how he may please the Lord 33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband 35 And this I speak for your own profit not that I may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and need so require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart having no necessity but hath power over his own will and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin doeth well 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better 39 * Rom. â 2 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will onely in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she so abide after my judgement and I think also that I have the Spirit of God CHAP. VIII 1 To abstain from meats offered to idols 8 9 We must not abuse our Christian liberty to the offence of our brethren 11 but must bridle our knowledge with charity NOw as touching things offered unto idols we know that we all have knowledge Knowledge puffeth up but charity edifieth 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know 3 But if any man love God the same is known of him 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols we know that * Chap. 10.19 an idol is nothing in the world and that there is none other God but one 5 For though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or in earth as there be gods many and lords many 6 But to us there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we â Or for him Rom. 11.36 in him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol and their conscience being weak is defiled 8 But meat commendeth us not to God for neither if we eat â Or have we the more are we the better neither if we eat not â Or have we the less are we the worse 9 But take heed lest by any means this â Or power liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idols temple shall not the conscience of him that is weak be â Gr edified emboldned to eat those things which are offered to idols 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak conscience ye sin against Christ 13 Wherefore * Rom. 14.21 if meat make my brother to offend I will eat no flesh while the world standeth lest I make my brother to offend CHAP. IX 1 He sheweth his liberty 7 and that the minister ought to live by the gospel 15 yet that himself hath of his own accord abstained 18 to be either chargeable unto them 22 or offensive unto any in matters indifferent 14 Our life is like unto
for their works sake And be at peace among your selves 14 Now we â Or beseech exhort you brethren warn them that are â Or disorderly unruly comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient toward all men 15 * Pro. 17.13 20.22 Mat. 5.44 Rom. 12.17 1 Pet. 3.8 See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and to all men 16 Rejoyce evermore 17 * Luk. 18.1 Col. 4. â Pray without ceasing 18 In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 19 Quench not the Spirit 20 Despise not prophesyings 21 Prove all things hold fast that which is good 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil 23 And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 24 Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it 25 Brethren pray for us 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss 27 I â Or adjurt charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you Amen ¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens ¶ The second epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS CHAP. I. 1 S Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith love and patience 11 and therewithal useth divers reasons for the comforting of them in persecution whereof the châefest is taken from the righteous judgement of God PAul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * â Thes 3.2 3. We are bound to thank God always for you brethren as it is meet because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 4 So that we our selves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience faith in all your persecutions tribulations that ye endure 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which ye also suffer 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us when * 1 Th. 4. â6 the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with â Gr. the angels of his power his mighty angels 8 In flaming fire â Or yeelding taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that beleeve because our testimony among you was beleeved in that day 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you that our God would â Or woâhsafâ count you worthy of this calling and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ CHAP. II. 1 He willeth them to continue stedfast in the truth received 3 sheweth that there shall âe a departure from the faith 9 and a discovery of Antichrist before the day of the Lord come 15 and thereupon repeateth his former exhortation and praâeth for them NOw we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him 2 That ye be not soon shaken in minde or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ is at hand 3 Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God 5 Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things 6 And now ye know what â Or ââââeth withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work onely he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way 8 And then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume * Isa 11.4 Hos 6.5 Rev. 2 16. with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming 9 Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should beleeve a lie 12 That they all might be damned who beleeved not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit belief of the truth 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace 17 Comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word work CHAP. III. 1 He craveth their prayers for himself 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in them 5 maketh request to God in their beâasf 6 giveth them divers precepts especially to shun idleness and ill company 16 and last of all concludeth with prayer and salutation FInally brethren * Eph. 6.17 Col. 4.3 pray for us that the word of the Lord â Gr. may run may have free course and be glorified even as it is with you 2 And that we may be dâlivered from â Gr. absurd unreasonable and wicked men for all men have not faith 3 But the Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you that ye both do and will do the things which we command you 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into â Or the patience of Christ the patient waiting for
my name 9 Behold I will make them of the synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are not but do lie behold I will make them to come and worship before thy feet and to know that I have loved thee 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth 11 Behold I come quickly hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God which it new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name 13 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write â Or in Laodius These things saith the Amen the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation of God 15 I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot I would thou wert cold or hot 16 So then because thou art luke-warm and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth 17 Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blinde and naked 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see 19 * Pr. 2. ââ Heb. 12. â As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent 20 Behold I stand at the door and knock If any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne 22 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches CHAP. IV. 2 John seeth the throne of God in heaven 4 The four and twenty elders 6 The four beasts full of eves before and behinde 10 The elders lay down their crowns and worship him that sat on the throne AFter this I looked and behold a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said Come up hither and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter 2 And immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper a sardine stone there was a rainbowe round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white raiment and they had on their heads crowns of gold 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voices And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven Spirits of God 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal And in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behinde 7 And the first beast was like a lion and the second beast like a calf and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him and they were full of eyes within and â Gr. they have no rest they rest not day and night saying * Isa 6.3 Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is is to come 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne who liveth for ever and ever 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne and worship him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne saying 11 * Ch. 5.12 Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created CHAP. V. 1 The book sealed with seven seals 9 which onely the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open 12 Therefore the elders praise him 9 and confess that he redeemed them with his blood ANd I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside sealed with seven seals 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof 3 And no man in heaven nor in earth neither under the earth was able to open the book neither to look thereon 4 And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book neither to look thereon 5 And one of the elders saith unto me Weep not behold * Gen. 19.9 the Lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof 6 And I behold and lo in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb as it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne 8 And when he had taken the book the four beasts and four and twenty eiders fell down before the Lamb having every one of them harps and golden vials full of â Or inânse odours which are the prayers of saints 9 And they sung a new song saying Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy bloud out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation 10 * 1 Pet. 2.9 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth 11 And I beheld and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders and the number of them was * Dan. 7.10 ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands 12 Saying with a loud voice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under
set his love upon me therefore will I deliver him I will set him on high because he hath known my name 15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honour him 16 With â Heb. length of days long life will I satisfie him and shew him my salvation PSAL. XCII 1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God 4 for his great works 6 for his judgements on the wicked 10 and for his goodness to the godly ¶ A psalm or song for the sabbath-day IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD and to sing praises unto thy name O most High 2 To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness â Heb. in the nights every night 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery â Or upon the solemn sound with the harp upon the harp with â Heb. Higgaion a solemn sound 4 For thou LORD hast made me glad through thy work I will triumph in the works of thy hands 5 O LORD how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep 6 A brutish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this 7 When the wicked spring as the grass and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever 8 But thou LORD art most high for evermore 9 For lo thine enemies O LORD for lo thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the born of an unicorn I shall be anointed with fresh oyl 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me 12 * Hosea 14.5 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and â Heb. green flourishing 15 To shew that the LORD is upright he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him PSAL. XCIII The majesty power and holiness of Christs kingdom THe LORD reigneth he is clothed with majesty the LORD is clothed with strength wherewith he hath girded himself the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved 2 Thy throne is established â Heb from then of old thou art from everlasting 3 The flouds have lifted up O LORD the flouds have lifted up their voice the flouds lift up their waves 4 The LORD on high is mightier then the noise of many waters yea then the mighty waves of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are very sure holiness becometh thine house O LORD â Heb. to length of days for ever PSAL. XCIV 1 The prophet calling for justice complaineth of tyranny and impiety 8 He teacheth Gods providence 12 He sheweth the blessedness of affliction 16 God is the defender of the afflicted O LORD â Heb. God of revenges God to whom vengeance belongeth O God to whom vengeance belongeth â Heb. shine forth shew thy self 2 Lift up thy self thou judge of the earth render a reward to the proud 3 LORD how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves 5 They break in pieces thy people O LORD and afflict thine heritage 6 They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless 7 * Psal 10.11 13. Yet they say The LORD shall not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it 8 Understand ye brutish among the people and ye fools when will ye be wise 9 * Exod. 4.11 Prov. 20.13 He that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see 10 He that chastiseth the heathen shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he know 11 * 1 Cor. 3.20 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O LORD and teachest him out of thy law 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity until the pât be digged for the wicked 14 For the LORD will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance 15 But judgement shall return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart â Heb. shall be afteâ it shall follow it 16 Who will rise up for me against the evil doers or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity 17 Unless the LORD had been my help my soul had â Or quickly almost dwelt in silence 18 When I said My foot slippeth thy mercy O LORD held me up 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameth miscâiâf ây a law 21 They gather tââmselves together against the soul of the righteous and condâmn the innocent bloud 22 But the LORD is my defence and my God is the rock of my râfuge 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness yea the LORD our God shall cut them off PSAL. XCV 1 An exhortation to praise God 3 for his greatness 6 and for his goodness 8 and not to tempt him O Come let us sing unto the LORD let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation 2 Let us â Heb. prevent his face come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms 3 For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods 4 â Heb. in whose In his hand are the deep places of the earth â Or the brights of the hills are his the strength of the hills is his also 5 â Heb. whos 's the sea is The sea is his and he made it his hands formed the dry land 6 O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the LORD our maker 7 For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand * Heb. 3.7 and 4.7 to day if ye will hear his voice 8 Harden not your heart * Exod. 17.2.7 Num. 14.22 c. as in the â Heb. contention provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness 9 When your fathers tempted me proved me and saw my work 10 Fourty years long was I grieved with this generation and said It is a people that do err in their heart and they have not known my ways 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath â Heb. if they enter into my rest that they should not enter into my rest PSAL. XCVI 1 An exhortation to praise God
4 for his greatness 8 for his kingdom 11 for his general judgement O * 1 Chron. 16.23 Sing unto the LORD a new song sing unto the LORD all the earth 2 Sing unto the LORD bless his name shew forth his salvation from day to day 3 Declare his glory among the heathen his wonders among all people 4 For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols but the LORD made the heavens 6 Honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary 7 Give unto the LORD O ye kindreds of the people give unto the LORD glory and strength 8 Give unto the LORD the glory â Heb. of his name due unto his name bring an offering and come into his courts 9 O worship the LORD â Or in the glorious sanctuary in the beauty of holiness fear before him all the earth 10 Say among the heathen that * Psal 93.1 and 97.1 the LORD reigneth the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved he shall judge the people righteously 11 Let the heavens rejoyce and let the earth be glad let the sea roar and the fulness thereof 12 Let the field be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce 13 Before the LORD for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth PSAL. XCVII 1 The majesty of Gods kingdom 7 The church rejoyceth at Gods judgements upon idolateri 10 An exhortation to godliness and gladness THe LORD reigneth let the earth rejoyce let the â Heb. many or great isles multitude of isles be glad thereof 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him * Psal 89.14 righteousness and judgement are the â Or establishment habitation of his throne 3 A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about 4 His lightnings enlightned the world the earth saw trembled 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth 6 The heavens declare his righteousness and all the people see his glory 7 * Ex. 20.4 Levit. 26.1 Deut. 5.8 Confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of idols * Heb. 1.6 worship him all ye gods 8 Zion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoyced because of thy judgements O LORD 9 For thou LORD art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods 10 Ye that love the LORD * Ps 34.14 Amos 5.15 Rom. 12.9 hate evil he preserveth the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked 11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart 12 Rejoyce in the LORD ye righteous and give thanks â Or to the memorial at the remembrance of his holiness PSAL. XCVIII 1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews 4 the Gentiles 7 and all the creatures to praise God ¶ A psalm O Sing unto the LORD a new song for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory 2 * Isa 52.10 The LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousness hath he â Or revealed openly shewed in the sight of the heathen 3 He hath remembred his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth make a loud noise and rejoyce and ring praise 5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp with the harp and the voice of a psalm 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD the King 7 Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof the world and they that dwell therein 8 Let the flouds clap their hands let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the LORD * Ps 96.13 for he cometh to judge the earth with righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity PSAL. XCIX 1 The prophet setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion 5 exhorteth all by the example of forefathers to worship God at his holy hill THe LORD reigneth let the people tremble he sitteth between the cherubims let the earth â Heb. stagger be moved 2 The LORD is great in Zion and he is high above all people 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name for it is holy 4 The kings strength also loveth judgement thou dost establish equity thou executest judgement and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at his footstool for â Or it is holy he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests and Samuel among them that call upon his name they called upon the LORD he answered them 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar they kept his testimomes and the ordinance that he gave them 8 Thou answeredst them O LORD our God thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions 9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy hill for the LORD our God is holy PSAL. C. 1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully 3 for his greatness 4 and for his power ¶ A psalm of â Or thankâgiving praise MAke a joyful noise unto the LORD â Heb. all the earth all ye lands 2 Serve the LORD with gladness come before his presence with singing 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God it is he that hath made us â Or and his we are and not we our selves we are his people the sheep of his pasture 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name 5 Fort the LORD is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth â Heb. to generation and generation to all generations PSAL. CI. David maketh a vow and profession of godliness ¶ A psalm of David I Will sing of mercy and judgement unto thee O LORD will I sing 2 I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk within my house with a perfect heart 3 I will set no â Heb. thing of Belial wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside it shall not cleave to me 4 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I cut off him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me he that walketh â Or perfect in the way in a perfect way he shall serve me 7 He that worketh
Egypt I am the LORD your God 8 But they rebelled against me and would not hearken unto me they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt then I said I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt 9 But I wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen among whom they were in whose sight I made my self known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt 10 ¶ Wherefore I * Exod. 13.18 caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness 11 And I gave them my statutes and â Heb. made them to know shewed them my judgements * Lev. 18.5 Rom. 10.5 Gal. 3.12 which if a man do he shall even live in them 12 Moreover also I gave them my * Ex. 20.8 and 31.13 c. and 35.2 Deut. 5.12 sabbaths to be a signe between me and them that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifie them 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness they walked not in my statutes and they despised my judgemnts which if a man do he shall even live in them and my sabbaths they greatly * Ex. 16.27 polluted then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the * Num. 14.29 26.65 wilderness to consume them 14 But I wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey which is the glory of all lands 16 Because they despised my judgements and walked not in my statutes but polluted my sabbaths for their heart went after their idols 17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness 18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers neither observe their judgements nor defile your selves with their idols 19 I am the LORD your God walk in my statutes and keep my judgements and do them 20 And hallow my sabbaths and they shall be a signe between me and you that ye may know that I am the LORD your God 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me they walked not in my statutes neither kept my judgements to do them which if a man do he shall even live in them they polluted my sabbaths then I said I would pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen in whole sight I brought them forth 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the heathen and disperse them through the countreys 24 Because they had not executed my judgements but had despised my statutes and had polluted my sabbaths and their eyes were after their fathers idols 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgements whereby they should not live 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts in that they caused to pass * Ch. 16.21 through the fire all that openeth the womb that I might make them desolate to the end that they might know that I am the LORD 27 ¶ Therefore son of man speak unto the house of Israel and say unto them Thus faith the Lord GOD Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me in that they have â Heb. ãâ¦ã ââspast committed a trespass against me 28 For when I had brought them into the land for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to them then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering there also they made their sweet savour and poured out there their drink-offerings 29 Then â Or ãâã tali them what the ãâã place way or Bamah I said unto them What is the high place whereunto ye go and the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day 30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord GOD Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers and commit ye whoredom after their abominations 31 For when ye offer your gifts when ye make your sons to pass through the fire ye pollute your selves with all your idols even unto this day and shall I be enquired of by you O house of Israel As I live saith the Lord GOD I will not be enquired of by you 32 And that which cometh into your minde shall not be at all that ye say We will be as the heathen as the samilies of the countreys to serve wood and stone 33 ¶ As I live saith the Lord GOD surely with a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm and with jury poured out will I rule over you 34 And I will bring you out from the people and will gather you out of the countreys wherein ye are scattered with a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm and with fury poured out 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people and there will I plead with you face to face 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt so will I plead with you faith the Lord GOD. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod and I will bring you into â Or âdeliverâââ the bond of the covenant 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels and them that transgress against me I will bring them forth out of the countrey where they sojourn and they shall not enter into the land of Israel and ye shall know that I am the LORD 39 As for you O house of Israel thus saith the Lord GOD. Go ye serve ye every one his idols and hereafter also if ye will not hearken unto me but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols 40 For in mine holy mountain in the mountain of the height of Israel saith the Lord GOD there shall all the house of Israel all of them in the land serve me there will I accept them and there will I require your offerings and the â Or chief first-fruits of your oblations with all your holy things 41 I will accept you with your â Heb. savour of rest sweet savour when I bring you out from the people and gather you out of the countreys wherein ye have been scattered and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen 42 And ye shall know that I am
the LORD when I shall bring you into the land of Israel into the countrey for the which I listed up mine hand to give it to your fathers 43 And there shall ye remember your ways and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled and ye shall so the your selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my names sake not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings O ye house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying 46 Son of man set thy face toward the fouth and drop thy word toward the south and prophesie against the forest of the south-field 47 And say to the forest of the south Hear the word of the LORD Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree the flaming flame shall not be quenched and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it it shall not be quenched 49 Then said I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables CHAP. XXI 1 Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a signe of sighing 8 The sharp and bright sword 18 against Jerusalem 25 against the kingdom 28 and against the Ammonites ANd the word of the LORD came unto me saying 2 Son of man fet thy face toward Jerusalem and drop thy word toward the holy places and prophesie against the land of Israel 3 And say to the land of Israel Thus saith the LORD Behold I am against thee and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath it shall not return any more 6 Sigh therefore thou son of man with the breaking of thy loyns and with bitterness righ before their eyes 7 And it shall be when they say unto thee Wherefore fighest thou that thou shalt answer For the tidings because it cometh and every heart shall melt and all hands shall be feeble and every spirit shall faint and all knees â Heb. shall go into water shall be weak as water behold it cometh and shall be brought to pass faith the Lord GOD. 8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me saying 9 Son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the LORD Say A sword a sword is sharpned and also furbished 10 It is sharpned to make a sore daughter it is furbished that it may glitter should we then maâe mirth â Or it is therof of my son it âeââ iseth every tree it contemmeth the rod of my son as every tree 11 And he hath given it tobe furbished that it may be handled the sword is sharpned and it is furbiâhed to give it into the hand of the slayer 12 Cry and howl son of man for it shall be upon my people it shall be upon all the princes of Israel â Or they are thââââ down to the sword with my people terrours by reason of the sword shall be upon my people * Jet 31.19 sinte therefore upon thy thigh 13 â Or When the trial hath been what then I shall they not also belong to the despising rodâ Because it is a trial and what If the sword contemn even the rod it shall be no more faith the Lord GOD. 14 Thou therefore son of man prophefie and smite thine â Heb. band to band hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time the sword of the stain it is the sword of the great men that are flam which entreth into their privy chambers 15 I have set the â Or glittering or jear point of the sword against all their gates that their heart may faint and their ruine be multiplied ah it is made bright it is â Or sharpned wrapt up for the ddaughter 16 Go thee one way or other either on the right hand â Heb. set thy self take the lest band or on the left whithersoever thy face is set 17 I will also smite mine hands together and I will cause my fury to rest I the LORD have said it 18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again saying 19 Also thou son of man appoint thee two ways that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both twain shall come forth out of one land and choose thou a place choose it at the head of the way to the city 20 Appoint a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites and to Juâah in Jerusalem the defenced 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the â Heb. mother of the way parting of the way at the head of the two ways to use divination he made his â Or knines arrows bright he consulted with â Heb. teraphim images he looked in the liver 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem to appoint â Or battering rams â Heb. rams captains to open the mouth in the slaughter to lift up the voice with shouting to appoint battering rams against the gates to cast a mount and to build a fort 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their fight â Or for the oaths made unto them to them that have sword oaths but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembred in that your transgressions are discovered so that in all your doings your sins do appear because I say that ye are come to remembrance ye shall be taken with the hand 25 ¶ And thou profane wicked prince of Israel whose day is come when iniquity shall have an end 26 Thus saith the Lord GOD Remove the diadem and take off the crown this shall not be the same exalt him that is low and abase him that is high 27 â Heb. Perverted pervirted pervirted will I make it I will overturn overturn overturn it and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is and I will give it him 28 ¶ And thou son of man prophesie and say Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach even say thou The sword the sword is drawn for the slaughter it is furbished to consume because of the glittering 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee whiles they divine a lie unto thee to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain of the wicked whose