^,■'.0^ V'-^>* ^-^--y ,. %^^'\,*' %-^--\o'> V^^-'/ -<, .. iO* ,'•• A' * rfi- 0^ ^ %^^. - ^>,":o^,^"*\o^ V •y '<^ %'^^^^/ <.v ^.-^ -^^ 4°^ < "^ :A'- W* .-m": \/ A-. %.** •^•- \..^*' ••• ^3 *-t;t^ /s .j.<5 * A_^ v.^ / J'^, '.^ 0^ ,LV% ^ p.* '^ 0' .L'^'^ i-o« (^ o •; '^b V* .^' o V ^•^°^ ^^i> • ,-£55^.^'- o -c^ *.Trr» A " » » ^ ;■ 0' L" "K^^ r^o^ /°i .^ X » - '^- o«o. '^o . ^>t,v•i^' -^Sm^J. ^^r$i ^oV 'bv" %►• ,G^ g5°<. ^^-"^ N* I . . - ,G^ "^o^ *^T*' A <^^ 'o . * * ,G^ * *?X . * A <^ 'o . . * .G* -^^^^ 9^ " . ' . «^-.. ..^ z^^^A.^ -^ .^^ ■ U ^"^ ^'-^ -^" V o -4. • ' ^ ' A." <^ * o . o /?) ■. %.** -^ • ,^^ %^^-'/ ^^/*'^\/ °^^"\/...i v^ ^^ ir i Q l li ( i H I PUBLISHED BY ZIEGLETl &> McCURDY, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ; CINCINNATI, Ohio ; ST. LOUIS, Mo. : SPRINGPIELD, Mass. / ^ 7^. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by ZIEGLEE & McCUEDY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. I OEDEE OF CON'TEE'TS I. — Literature, History, and Inspiration of the Holy Bible. An original treatise, embracing — 1. Introductory Review of the Old Testament Ground. 2. The Pentateuch, considered in all its phases. 3. The Historical Books of the Old Testament. 4. The Poetical Books of the Old Testament. 5. The Prophetic Books o^ the Old Testament. 6. The Apocryphal Writings. 7. Succinct History of the Inter-Biblical Period. 8. Introductory Review of the New Testament Ground. 9. Historical Books of the New Testament. 10. Epistolary Books of the New Testament. 11. Prophetic Writings of the New Testament. 12. History of the Completion and Acceptance of the Canon. 13. History of the Bible from its earliest appearance in English. II. — Scripture Illustrations and Descriptions, to the number of five hundred and thirty-six, (see "Guide to Illustrations,") including — 1. Scenes and Events in the Life of Christ. 2. Scenes and Events in the Life of the Apostle Paul. (3.) Scenes in Palestine. (4.) Sketches of Jerusalem and its Sacred Places. 5. Patmos and the Seven Churches of Asia. (6.) Historical Places of Egypt. (7.) Scenes and Incidents at the time of the Exode. (8.) Scenes in Assyria. 9. Houses and Architectural Adornments of Bible Lands. 10. Customs, Arts and Sciences among the Ancients. 11. Religious Rites and Emblems among the Hebrews and contemporaneous Peoples. 12. Trees of the Bible, 13. Animals of the Bible. 14. Ancient Writings. 15. Ancient Coins, Signets and other Symbols of Royalty. 16. Maps of Bible Lands. ORDER OF CONTENTS. III. — Historical Dictionary of Denominations, Sects, and Creeds, in all Ages of the World, with an Intro- duction showing the Relative Strength of the different Religions, and their Apportionment among the Nations of the Globe. IV. — Analytical and Chronological Aids to the Study of the Holy Scriptures, embracing over sixty distinct Subjects, (see Contents of Tabular Aids,) and carrying Bible History down over ten clearly- defined Periods. V. — Contents of Books of Old and New Testament. VL — The Old Testament Text. VII. — A Table of the several Passages in the Old Testament quoted by Christ and his Apostles in the New Testament. VIII. — A Chronological Index of the Years and Times from Adam to Christ, proved by the Scriptures, from the Collation of divers Authors. IX.— A Table of Time. X. — The Offices and Conditions of Men, in Tabular form. XI. — Analysis of the Old and New Testaments. XII. — The Apocrypha. , XIII. — Marriaofe Certificate. XIV. — Marriage Record. XV.— Record of Births. XVI. — Mortuary Record. XVII. — Account of the Dates or Times of writing the Books of the New Testament. XVIII. — Text of the New Testament. XIX. — Index to the Holy Bible, giving the most remarkable Passages in the Old and New Testament, !:■§' _ and locating Events in the Text. XX. — The Holy Land, geographically and historically considered. XXI. — Table of Kindred and Affinity, showing the Marriages prohibited under the Jewish Economy. XXII. — Weights and Measures of Scripture, with the Method of Reducing the same to Modern Standards. XXIII. — Alphabetical Table of the Proper Names in the Old and New Testament, with their Pronunciation and Meaning according to the Languages whence they are derived. XXIV. — Concordance to the Old and New Testament. XXV.— Psalms of David in Metre. XXVI. — Family Photographic Album, with space for sixteen Portraits. LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE PEOPLE'S STANDARD EDITION BY JAMES P. BOYD, L.B., A.M. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by ZIEGLER & McCURDY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, District of Columbia. PREFATORY. Ifl^ the preparation of this work upon the Bible, as much reliance as seemed good has been placed on original investigation. Yet due recourse has been had to the researches of able authors, without whose assistance our labors must have been tedious, and at times unprolific of results. It gives us pleasure to say that we have been often aided by such authorities as Stowe, Smith, Home, Tregelles, Pond, and others. The scope of concise Bible histories and Biblical reviews cannot vary much, though their arrangement may. We respectfully submit that the arrangement here adopted is more nearly natural than any other, observing, as it does, the great contradistinguishing features of the Testaments, yet preserving as much as possible the order of the books, with which order every reader of the Scriptures is familiar. For historical students perhaps the Chronological Arrangement would prove most satisfactory, doubtful as some of the dates of authorship are, especially of the older books of the Old Testament. But for all the purposes of the general reader, and for those ready references and comparisons made by ministers and others, it is certainly preferable to keep extra Biblical information in channels as nearly as possible parallel with those Worn deep by thoughts familiar. And oft-repeated travel after truth. The plan we shall follow may be outlined thus : PART I. — The Old Testament. PART II.— The New Testament. Chapter I. — Introductory. " II. — The Pentateuch. " III. — Historical Books. « IV. — Poetical Books. « V. — Prophetic Books. « VI. — The Apochryphal Writings. « VII.— The Inter-Biblical Period. Chapter I. — Introductory. " II. — Historical Books. " III. — Epistolary Books. " IV. — Prophetic Writings. PART III. — After History of the Bible. Chapter I. — The Completed Canon. II.— The Bible in English. PART I. THE OLD TESTAMENT. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. THE term " Bible " is derived from the Greek ; and " The Bible " is usually said to be the equivalent of the Greek term 'o biblos, pronounced thus, " ho biblos" and translated, " The Book." For all ordinary purposes this incorpo- ration — it is scarcely a translation — of the Greek term would suffice. But to be more accurate, the term "Bible" is derived from a later Greek word, one denoting a higher culture and greater perfection in literature, art, and science. In that language the generic or root word is " bublos," meaning the bark of the Egyptian papyrus and the rough materials made from it, such as mats, ropes, etc. When, afterwards, the Egyptian artizans manufactured from the inner lining of this bark a species of paper, or brought it into the market to be converted into paper elsewhere, the Greeks called - both the raw and manufactured article " biblos," to distinguish it from the rough bark of the tree and the coarser articles made of it. Even after the inner and prepared bark was written on, and so long as it retained the form of a scroll, it was called "biblos." But when these cumbersome scrolls came to be divided and to take the more convenient shape of tablets, they were designated by the term " biblion" a diminutive of the word " biblos ;" that is, the large or single scroll, " biblos," became a collection of little scrolls, "biblion," plural, "biblia." "Biblion" then was the dis- tinctive Greek word for book, and the plural of it, " Biblia" " The Books," was used ' to designate the Bible for many centuries after the acceptance of the completed Canon. It was not therefore until the importance of the sacred volume had so increased in the minds of comparatively modern scholars as to warrant the use of a great distinguishing singular, that the Greek idea of plurality departed, and the " Biblia" or Books, considered as a grand and inspiring whole, came to be designated as "The Book," or " The Bible." In comparison with all other books it is justly so distinguished, for there is nothing in history so marvellous as its preservation, nothing in language so chaste and simple as its text, and nothing within reach of mortal thought that so refines and spiritualizes. Under the corroding hand of time, opulent and powerful dynasties have passed away. Their peoples and their records, their arts and their sciences, are scarcely known to us, except as gathered in fragments from some sculptured monument or en- graved ruin. But amid all the throes of empires and the extinction of countless peo- ples the sacred word has been preserved. Its authorship is a succession of inspira- tions, it antedates all other books or records, it is newer and far more sublime than the richest offspring of unaided human thought, or the grandest results of imagination. The tyranny of times has obscured its effulgence, as clouds the sun ; but the dark periods have passed, and new glory has followed wherever its brightness and warmth have been felt. However cruel and ignorant communities may have been, its intro- duction has eventuated in civilization and refinement. As a code it contains the essence of all laws and all constitutions. As history, it is a model of exactness and impartiality. As revelation, it lifts the soul above contaminating things, and provides for it a welcome in the realms of rest. That part of the Bible denominated the Old TestamelTt, is composed of thirty-nine books, the first five of which constitute the Torah, or law of the Jews, being Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Twelve are in their nature histo- rical, namely, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I and 2 Samuel, I and 2 Kings, i and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Five are in figure and arrangement po- etical, viz., Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and The Song of Solomon. The rest, seventeen in number, are prophecies. We shall speak of each more fully in its place, also of such other works, no longer extant, as are incidentally mentioned by sacred authors, as well as of those writings immediately preceding the Christian era LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. which have much of beauty and wisdom in them, but which are of an apochryphal character. An observation may not be out of place here concerning ancient records and the methods of preserving them. The Jewisli record was a parchment-roll, sucli as is now used in the synagogues. It was made of neatly prepared skins, fastened together, and of such width and length as not to be unportable or inconvenient when written on and rolled up. The chirography was large and distinct, reading from right to left, as in the Hebrew of the present day, and without any rests or brealvs between words, sentences, verses, or chapters. There is now a parchment-roll in the British Museum containing the Pentateuch alone, which is thus described by Home : " It is a large double roll containing the Hebrew Pentateuch, written with very great care on forty brown African skins. These skins are of different breadths, some containing more columns than others. The col- umns are 153 in number, each of which contains about sixty-three lines, is about twenty-two inches deep, and generally more than five inches broad." When these ancient parchments were filled with writing, they were carefully rolled upon a round stick having ends and guides, something like common spool heads, and then deposited in places set apart for the national archives. The original rolls con- taining the Pentateuch were always kept by the side of the Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle. The care which the Jewish people bestowed upon the preparation and preservation of their records adds greatly to their historical authenticity. While the details of authorship as now practised were little understood by them, so that we are often left in doubt as to the precise date of the writing, and the author of the same, yet their national annals were very complete, and the facts found recorded indis- putable. In this marvellous exactitude of details, and this still more marvellous preservation of ancient law, history, poetry, and prophecy, every Christian can see a special Provi- dence. God gave to his chosen people those peculiarities of character that made them prideful of their records. Politically speaking, they were exceptional in their laws and method of government. Their code was a gift from heaven, promulgated by an inspired ruler. This was always jealously cared for, and at stated intervals was newly promulged in assemblies of the whole people. Reve- rence for it increased with its antiquity. Its transcriptions were made with great fidelity. When the Temple, with its stony alcoves and fire-proof recesses, succeeded the Tabernacle as a place of deposit for the archives, other national traits were brought into relief. Historical and genealogical records were greatly multiplied. Qualifica- tion for the priestly office required the presentation of a long and unbroken line of descent. As this office was much courted, the pride of ancient families was enthusi- astically enlisted in the preservation of genealogies. The laws of inheritance which prevailed gave additional stimulus to the multiplication of authentic family histories. The martial ardor of the people, seconded by the kingly grandeur of their rulers, and oft participation in victories, civic and military, that showed special providential inter- vention, further intensified the national desire to perpetuate a history which was at once unique and impressive. Again, the Messiah was to appear — the Anointed of the Lord. Whose line should claim the honor of his parentage ? Even when the honor was restricted to the house of David, what branch should be especially favored ? Mere family pride became a holy zeal to make the lineage of the divinely promised One as certain as possible. With Christ as the crowning glory of a household, what other earthly honor could be desired? What in all earth's history could compare with it? We know how zealously every nation guards its poetry. As much of the Hebrew manuscript was devoted to poetical composition, their literary pride was enlisted in its preservation. The prophecies, too, were of singular interest to them, containing, as they did, such an abundance of wisdom, such solemn warnings, such glorious pro- mises. Thus the high cast of these branches of Jewish literature threw around them a reverence that modern nations scarcely entertain for their writings, and furnished an additional reason for their careful preservation. Let it also be observed, their writings were sacred. Inspiration was the cause of authorship. The divine will sought expression whenever a scroll was to be filled. Once filled it was a law, a precept, a holy chant, or an admonition. Hebrew authors were Bible makers. Would they not guard their works as sedulously as we do now ? Ay, with a hundredfold more vigilance, for now they are so infinitely multiplied, and such are the facilities for their reproduction, that for them to perish is impossible. Add to these natural causes, which operated to perpetuate the sacred records against every national vicissitude and all the ravages of time, the direct wish of the Almighty to have them preserved and promulgated, that every nation, kindred, and tongue might know Him, and His plan of salvation, and we cannot stop long to question their wonderful accuracy and authenticity, but must open our mouths in words of gratitude and praise. CHAPTER II. THE PENTATEUCH. THE word Pentateuch is a compound of the two Greek words, penie, five, and ieuchos, a book or composition. It is therefore a five-fold book, or a book containing five compositions relating to the same subject. That subject is, in general terms, the Jewish law, though much else of a descriptive and historical nature is touched upon. For instance, the first chapter of Genesis constitutes a cosmogony. the second chapter, and so on up to the eleventh, is devoted to the peopling of the earth, the destruction of the same, and the repeopling of it. Then the scope narrows in its history to Abraham and his descendants, the account of whom extends to the end of Genesis. The remaining books blend history and law harmoniously, and make, as an entirety, one of the most wonderful codes ever promulgated. The five books of the Pentateuch were not originally separate, but constituted one continuous narrative. The division, as we now find it, was made by the seventy translators, who prepared the Septuagint version of the Scriptures, at least so the cur- rent of authority runs. On the Jewish rolls the Pentateuch formed an unbroken manuscript, and the original connection of its books has always been recognized by Jewish Rabbins, who in other days were wont to designate them as the " Five-fifths of the Law." So the biblical references made to the law fortify the idea that it was once an entirety, its titles, when so referred to, being " The Law of Moses," " The Book of Moses," " The Book of the Covenant," " The Book of the Law ; " and in the reign of Josiah, its discoveiy, after having long been laid away in a secret place, is thus announced : "And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shap- han." — 2 Chronicles xxxiv. 15. In the verse immediately preceding, it is announced that " Hilkiah found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses." The same may be said of the New Testament references. Christ and the apostolic writers evidently designed their use of the term " the Law " to apply to the five books as an aggregate. The five books that constitute the Pentateuch are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Their authorship is ascriljed to Moses, who was not only industrious and graphic as an original writer, but was exact and voluminous as a compiler. The dates of their production cannot now be definitely ascertained, but it is quite probable that the book of Genesis was composed while its author was lead- ing a pastoral life in Egypt. He had then doubtless abundance of leisure for writing and study, and assuredly sufficient years to have completed a much larger volume, for he was eighty years of age when he pleaded the cause of his people before Pharaoh. Judging also from the importance of his mission and the manner of his calling, it seems not improbable that so much of the book of Exodus as relates to the history of his people while still in Egypt was prepared by him before the wanderings commenced. He was to go before a people who had not hitherto known him. He was to assert a strange sovereignty. He was to persuade them of the validity of his commission from heaven. He went with a promise of delivery from bondage, and was to lead them into new lands, found for them a new State, and give them a new nationality and a better religion. It is not to be supposed that on assuming these grave respon- sibilities, he would neglect the preparation of ample records embracing all the terms of his commission and the miraculous manner of its transmission to him. It is fair, then, to conclude that the first ten or eleven chapters of Exodus were written before the passage of the Red Sea, that is, before the year 1 491 B. C. — the date of that occur- rence. The rest of Exodus and the remaining books of the Pentateuch were of course written or compiled during the forty years of his life after the deliverance, that is, between 1491 B. C. and 145 1 B. C. A few passages were added to one or two books of the Pentateuch by subsequent authors, but they in no wise affect the authenticity of the work. Thus the account of the death and burial of Moses is believed to have been added by Ezra. Bishop Gray, in his Key to the Old Testament, thus tersely describes the Penta- teuch: " It is a wide description, gradually contracted ; an account of one nation preceded by a general sketch of the first state of mankind. The books are written in pure Hebrew, with an admirable diversity of style, always well adapted to the subject, yet characterized with the stamp of the same author ; they are all evidently parts of the same work, and mutually strengthen and illustrate each other. They blend reve- lation and history in one point of view; furnish laws and describe their execution; exhibit prophecies and relate their accomplishment." Speaking of the fitness of Moses for his calling of author and governor, a well-known;, writer says : " By a series of striking events the man was now raised up who was not only to become the deliverer of God's chosen people, but the founder of a religion of the most opposite character to that of the mysterious polytheism of Egypt. Thrown from his earliest life into circumstances in which he was imbued with all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians, and entitled to their high consideration — a son of a Hebrew, and yet the adopted child of an Egyptian princess — ^he was' eminently fitted for the great purposes to which he was consecrated." We shall now consider briefly and separately the component books of the Penta- teuch. And first in order : OF GENESIS. It was a Hebrew custom to designate their books or rolls by the introductory word, or the first commanding words of the opening sentence. There- fore the Hebrew title of Genesis would be, " In the Beginning." The English title, " Genesis," is from the Ox^ftV genesis, signifying, in general, creation, and its applica- bility is manifest. The book of Genesis covers the period from the creation of the world, which, according to the system of Usher, based upon the Hebrew records, is fixed at 4004 B. c, to the death of Joseph, in Egypt, B. c. 1633. There is condensed within its limits, then, the history of a greater number of years than have elapsed since the Christian era. As we have already signified, the first chapter is a cosmogony, or history of the act of creation. Viewd from a scientific standpoint, it is perhaps the most in- teresting chapter ever written or printed. It walks over the debatable ground between the known and the unknown with the tread of inspiration. It halts at no theory, for it indulges none. It is saccinct as language could make it. Its vigor dispels doubt. LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. its rationality impels belief. Other cosmogonies are wildly philosophic, this is simple and straightforward as a child's song. For three thousand years sceptics have been hurling thunderous theories at it, yet it has stood. Science has dug down to its foun- dations, and made her lamp-lit way into the innermost recesses of the globe, and, behold ! she has come up to vindicate the Bible story. It might be interesting here to compare the Hebrew Cosmogony witn that of other ancient nations, but suffice it to say, there are many points of resemblance between it and that of the Egyptians, which introduces the element of chaos, coupled with an eternal spirit, whose agency at last arranged the discordant material, and produced the visible system of the Universe. The Mosaic account of the Antediluvian period stands out unchallenged, beautiful and alone. All else in history or poetry coupled with Adamic times is loosely mythical. Here and there in the literature of ancient peoples, or among the ruins of their architecture, we strike upon loose traditions or crude symbols, which outline the story of the fall of man and the Deluge ; but they lack system and continuity, and are of value only in so far as they go to support the Mosaic History. The latter portion of Genesis is devoted to post-diluvian history, and concludes, as we have intimated, with the death of Joseph. As a narrative it is concise and beautiful, as history it is direct and impartial. As a writer, Moses was without a model ; so that his style must be credited to genius, aided by inspiration. Whence he drew the facts of those histories of which he was not a part, must be left to con- jecture. Much of the learning of his time centered in Egypt, and it is possible he there may have found many data of value, which he was enabled to elaborate by means of oral accounts and traditions preserved among his own people. It is further surmised that he made use of at least two different sets of manuscripts of Hebrew origin, from which he drew his leading facts. This seems plausible, when we con- sider that in Genesis there is an indiscriminate use of the Hebrew word signifying God ; Elohim, a plural noun for God, being used in some places, and Jehovah, a singular noun for God, being used in others. In concluding our notice of this book, we submit a very satisfactory digest of it given by Mr. Home. Part I. — The original history of mankind, including — 1. Chap. i. — v.. From the Creation to the Flood. 2. Chap. vi. — ix.. The Flood and the subsequent Repeopling of the World. 3. Chap. X, xi., From the Flood to the Call of Abraham. Part II. — The early history of Abraham, and his descendants the Jews, including — 4. Chap. xii. — XXV. 18, From the Call of Abraham to his Death, and the Settlement of his son. 5. Chap. XXV. 19 — xxviii. 9, The History of Isaac. 6. Chap, xxviii, 10 — L., The Histories of Jacob and Joseph. OF EXODUS. — The term Exodus is the English equivalent of the Greek exodos, which is itself a compound of ex, out of, and odos, a way, or, as an action, journeying ; .so that the title of the book is an index to its character, it being an account of the "way out," or the "journeying out" of the land of bondage. The Hebrew title of the book is, " These are the Words." The present name was applied to it by the Greek translators of the Septuagint, or edition of the Seventy, ordered by Ptolemy Philadelphus, King of Egypt, for the accommodation, and at the request of the Jews, who had settled in his dominions some two hundred and seventy years before the coming of Christ. The period of time covered by the book of Exodus starts with the death of Joseph, B. c. 1633, and ends with the completion of the Tabernacle in the Wikkrness, after the chosen people had escaped the fury of their Egyptian pursuers. The date of this event is usually set down as B. c. 1 49 1, so that the book involves about 142 historical • years. Historically considered. Exodus is not less startling and unique than the preceding book of the Pentateuch. It narrates with admirable earnestness and brevity the history of Hebrew wrongs in the land of Egypt ; traces with fidelity the youthful life of the writer; preserves without ostentation the manner of his call and the conferring of his heavenly commission; and then records, with the precision of a careful officer, the miraculous events that crowded around the escape from trained and powerful pursuers. But the chief feature of the book — the one that constitutes its stability and glory — is the formal covenant with God, and the promulgation of the first code of govern- ment ever vouchsafed to man. Hitherto nations had been left to themselves, to wander in patriarchal assemblages, or to be held together by sovereigns that knew no laws except their tyrannical pleasures. But out of the wilderness came a voice, ordaining and covenanting amid fire and smoke, speaking into existence a code, ' whose moral phases were to exist as long as time, which was to be the basis of every form of government, and the foundation stone of every religion. Exodus contains the Commandments, the completest category of laws ever promulged, the most com- ■ prehensive, the most durable. With them faded all old plans and systems, with • them came a new birth of dynasties. The one that should for centuries be ' distinguishable above all others was theocratic, that is, God was its Governor through his chosen agents. He was not only formally recognized as Supreme Executive, but as an object of adoration as well. Thus was blended the essential doctrine of temporal obedience and worshipful submission. The tenure of the governed was simple acceptance of the Most High in his twofold capacity of Chief Executive of the State, and i.dorable Sovereign of the Skies. The promises of a goodly land, of great prosperity, of peace, and a national name, hung upon the terms of this trust, graven on stone and refined by Sinai's fires, — a trust whose spirit, amplified by all the learning and experiences that appertain to state, permeates every good government, and ever will, — a trust whose spirit, enlarged and sanctified by prophecies, by the new law and the Sonship, enters into every plan of salvation, and gives to religion its vigors and solemnities. If the Covenants of Paradise left the precise duties of man in doubt, or left him with but a dim conception of the consequences of guilt, those of Sinai cured every defect. They were given under the most awe-inspiring circumstances. They were elaborate and plain. They abounded in rewards for their faithful observance, and in due penalties for their infraction. They encouraged and strengthened; built up society and government; drew the heart, and satisfied the longings of the soul. The nature of right, the immutability of truth, the excel- lence of faith, and the conditions of obedience as they are learned from the announce- ments in the wilderness, have but been repeated in that dispensation, whose grandest, though most sorrowful climax was Calvary. OF LEVITICUS.— The title of this book in Hebrew is, "And He Called," from the introductory words. It owes its English title to the fact, that it contains the body of the ceremonial law, or that part which more particularly relates to the duties of the priests and Levites. Both of these classes of officers, it will be recollected, were to be chosen from the tribe of Levi. Though the priests were the higher dignitaries, and their subordinates and assistants came to be called Levites by way of distin- guishing them, yet the term Leviticus, when used canonically, unites the idea of the two offices, and comprehends all the formula and duties that appertained to the priestly function. Leviticus is barren in history, covering, as it does, only the short space of a month. As a statement of ceremonial duties, it is clear and succinct, and is much treasured as authority by the churches whose forms have not yet given way to the more simple and convenient, though not less touching, observances of modern times. When it is considered that the wanderers were an immense people, number- ing between two and three millions, the economic and sanitary regulations found in this book have a peculiar wisdom and appropriateness. There are many analyses of this book, all more or less fanciful. Every thoughtful reader will be able to separate its contents to suit his own purposes. OF NUMBERS.— The Hebrew title of this book is, "And He Spake." The English title has been adopted, because it contains the command, and its execution, to "take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names — every male by their polls, from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go to war in Israel." This command was issued in the second year after they were come out of Egypt. If we are correct in setting down that event at B. C. 149 1, the numbering commenced in the year B. c. 1489, and the book covers the period from this date to the arrival of the wanderers in the " Plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho," or about thirty- eight years, and up to the year B. c. 145 1. The book of Numbers is rich in historical data. Those capable of bearing arms, and of going forth to war, were ascertained to be 603,550 males of twenty years old and upwards, the descendants of Levi not being numbered. The route in the wilder- ness is traced in this book by the halting places and encampments to the number of forty. Many of these encampments have been identified by modern travellers and historians, and not a few scholars have prepared maps representing the whole route tracked by the patient Israelites. It contains moreover a signal instance of legislative adaptabilit)', much studied by the curious, especially lawyers. Upon the complaint of the daughters of Zelophehad respecting their inheritance, their father having died without a male representative, the law of inheritance was propounded by the Lord in their favor. See Chap; xxvii. But by tribal inteiTnarriages, this law led to great confusion, and its amendment became necessary in course of time. Accordingly we find in Chap, xxxvi. the promulgation of a new law concerning inheritance, designed to cure the defects of the one preceding, or to obviate the difficulties to which it led. The book is divided very naturally into four parts. 1. Chap. i. — iv.. The Census of the Israelites. 2. Chap. v. — X. 10, The Establishment of Religious Rites. 3. Chap. X. 1 1 — xxi. 20, The Journey from Sinai to Moab. 4. Chap. xxi. 21 — xxxvi.. History while in the Plains of Moab. OF DEUTERONOMY.— This, the fifth and last book of the Pentateuch, signifies a repetition of the law. The corresponding Greek word v, detiteronomion , — dciiteios, second, and noinos, law; literally meaning the second or repeated law. In the Hebrew the title is, " These are the Words." After the journey was over, and the tribes had enjoyed a season of repose, Moses embraced the opportunity of re-declaring the law, accompanying the same with exhortations, and making the whole as impressive as possible. He calculated rightly, that after the hardships of their journey the ears of the footsore and munnur- ing masses would hear with greater satisfaction than ever before, the details of the wonderful theocratic code. They were now on the borders of the land of promise, and every hearer was anxious to secure his inheritance. The time was moreover peculiarly fitting, because Moses himself was full of years, and had had a premoni- tion of his death, ere he entered the land flowing with milk and honey. This book then is the dying admonition of an aged and wise ruler to his people, the last solemn injunction of a parent to his children, the handing over of a lifetime wxfrk under God to duly appointed successors. It covers only a short sj)ace of time; according to LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. some authorities only five weeks, and according to others some two months ; and is supposed to have been written during the sojourn in the Plains of Moab, where the repetition took place. The chapter relating the death and burial of Moses, one of the most beautiful and touching in holy writ, is supposed to have been added by Ezra, as we have already intimated. It has been very appropriately divided as follows : 1. Chap. i. — iv.. Recapitulation of the History of the Wanderings in the Wilderness. 2. Chap. V. — .xxvi.. The Three Memorial Discourses upon the Moral, Ceremonial and Judicial Laws. 3. Chap, x.wii. — xxx., Confirmation of the same by the Ceremony of the Blessings and Cursings upon Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Chap. xxxi. — xxxiv.. Dying Appointments of Moses, his Charges, Song, Blessings, Death and Burial. This ends the Pentateuch, the gift of Moses as an author to the world. When we consider his intimacy with God, his learning and patience, his wisdom and industry, his goodness of heart, and singleness of purpose, his impartiality as a historian, his soundness .as a statesman, his efficiency as an officer and disciplinarian, his faithful- ness as a teacher and follower, his simplicity and vigor as an annalist, his fervency as a worshipper of the Most High, we are prepared to say : "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land ; and in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel." It is appropriate here to notice a work believed to have been in existence at the time of the writing of the Pentateuch, and which is referred to by Moses [See Num- bers xxi. 14) as " The Book of the Wars of the Lord." This book, or even other mention of it, has been sought for in vain, and various are the surmises respecting it. Some authors are inclined to the belief, that it was simply the book of Numbers itself Some aver that it was a collection of Amoritish songs in honor of Sihon, King of the Amorites. Some regard it as identical with the book of Judges. Others suppose it was a compendium of the military operations of the Israelites, and still others as a memorandum of instructions made out by Moses, to be handed to Joshua and his successors. By far the greatest weight of authority favors the impression that it was simply a compendium of military operations, though Home and Dr. Lightfoot seem to think it was a book of instructions for the successors of Moses. Rev. J. J. S. Perowne, in Smith's Dictionary, advances the theory, that it was a collection of Hebrew songs and ballads in honor of their victories over the heathen, and supports it with much ingenuity. Its author is as much in doubt as its character; but really there is nothing improbable in the supposition that it was a work Moses himself had in contemplation, or course of preparation, designed to preserve the martial records of his people, and that he took a single occasion to refer to it. Its completion may have been prevented by his death ; or, if completed, it may not have existed suffi- ciently long for his people or the future scribe to become acquainted with its contents. CHAPTER III. HISTORICAL BOOKS. WE come now to a consideration of the books of the Old Testament which are classed as Historical ; not that they abound more in history than many of the books of the Pentateuch, but their province is more distinctively historical. These books are twelve in number, viz. : Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, 2 Samuel, I Kings, 2 Kings, I Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther, to which list some have added a thirteenth, the book of J.asher, of which in its place. The first seven of these books are tinned by the Jews, " The Former Prophets," because their authors were persons of prophetic character. The period of time covered by this Old Testament history reaches from the death of Moses, B. c. 145 1, to the reform of Nehemiah, b. c. 445, about 1006 years. OF JOSHUA. — The book of Joshua stands in immediate connection with the Pentateuch, ^nd is undoubtedly a part of the Sacred Canon. In general terms it narrates the history of the conquest of Canaan, and the settlement of the Israelites in the promised land, gives the method of partition among the respective tribes, and concludes with the public farewell of Joshua, his death and burial. Various opinions are extant as to the authorship of the book ; but every reasonable mind must incline to the conviction that the major part of it was written by Joshua himself, or at least prepared under his immediate supervision. The concluding portion, relating to his death and burial, has of course been added by some later author. Those who con- tend that Joshua was not the author, ascribe the writing of it to Phinehas, to Eleazar, to Samuel, to Jeremiah, and to various of the ciders of Israel. IT is very difficult for any theorist to get over the evidence of authorship furnished in Chap. xxiv. 26, "And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God," etc. It is called "Joshua" in honor of the venerable chieftain who wrote it. Joshua's name was originally Oshea, signifying deliverer. Saviour. It was after- wards changed to Jehoshua or Joshua, signifying Jeho-: a''-Saviour, or Jehovah ■will save. It is the same name in Hebrew as Jesus in Greek, hence Joshua is repeatedly called Jesus in the New Testament. See Acts vii. 45 ; Heb. iv.8. At an early period of the wanderings, Joshua was appointed to the office of com- mander-in-chief of the Israelitish forces by Moses, who regarded him as a man of great wisdom and prowess, and afterwards as one worthy in every sense to be his successor. He lived to see his people triumph over their enemies, and led them in many a fierce onset. When their establishment was perfect, he yielded his commission in death at the age of no years, or about the year B. C. 1426. He was some thirty years younger than Moses, was over fifty when his people left Egypt, and over ninety when delegated to lead them across Jordan, and into Canaan. As the book begins with his commission to this effect, and ends with his death, it will be seen that it covers a period of about twenty years in the history of the Israelites. Says Dr. Pond : " The book of Joshua contains the history of Israel for about twenty years — a short, but eventful period. It is one of the most interesting and important books of the Old Testament, and sliould never be separated from the Pentateuch, of which it is at once botli the continuation and completion." OF JUDGES. — After the death of Joshua there arose no one to fill his place in Israel. His courage and ability as a military chieftain, his impartiality as a ruler, his reverence for God, had so impressed his people as to make his sovereignty undis- puted. But now that he was gone, and there was yet much of the land to conquer, now also that the tribes had grown great and powerful, and were not a little envious of one another, internal dissensions were heard. Disorders crept in to mar the peace of the nation, and these ran down through tribes and clans, even to families. In war there was very little concert of effort, so that much military prestige was lost. In state there was constant confusion for want of a proper ruling spirit, and, worst of all, the people became estranged from God, and many of them fell into idolatrous practices. This discordant and disjointed condition of affairs knew no relief through all the period covered by the book of Judges, or, in round numbers, for about 300 years, when Saul rose up as king. Had it not been for the unusually benign tem- perament and singleness of purpose of the Judges, nearly every selection of whom seems to have been fortunate, society would have relapsed into barbarism, and the brief periods of rest which the land enjoyed would not have been productive of even such prosperity as was enjoyed. The authorship of the book of Judges has been much disputed. Inasmuch as it reads like a compilation, it seems plausible to credit it to the scribes or genealogists of the respective times it covers. But there is too much evidence of order and similarity of style in it to sustain the belief that some one author of note was not accountable for its production. And the bulk of evidence points to Samuel as its author. In more than one place in it this sentence will be found : " In those days there was no king in Israel," which clearly implies that a king did reign when the book was written. Who then was the king? It could not have been David; for at the time of the writing the Jebusites had possession of Jerusalem, and we read that it was one of the earliest acts of David, after his crowning, to expel the Jebusites from the holy city. It must, therefore, have been written under the reign of Saul, and if so, Samuel was beyond peradventure its author; for he was then in his prime, wielded a ready pen, and, moreover, was inspired with prophetic fire. Care must be here taken not to confound the Judges of whom this book treats with the officers appointed by Moses and Joshua. The functions of the two offices were separate. Those appointed under the old regime were merely expounders of the law. They had neither temporal nor spiritual authority, but administered justice according to the laws, and were in every way subordinate to the executive and l^islative agents. Those treated of in the book of Judges were rulers of the state, successors, as it were, of Moses and Joshua, armed with such authority as they possessed ; in a word, they were the lawfully constituted agents of the Almighty, to carry on His government among His chosen people. Their existence in no wise interfered with the office of the /«2J«^ judges, or mere expounders of the law. There vifere fourteen of these Judges and governors, whose acts are recorded, viz. : Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech, Tolah, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Samson, Eli and Samuel. Some of them served by direct appoint- ment of God, others were chosen by the people, with God's approbation, and one, Abimelech, was an ambitious usurper. They continued in office during life, but had no power to name their successors. There has been much dispute concerning the precise time occupied by the reign of the Judges, arising from the fact that Paul (Acts xiii. 20) designates it at 450 years. But it is supposed he followed the Septuagint version, and was never called upon to reconcile the discrepancies to which his assertion gave rise. Adopting the Hebrew chronology, we have taken considerable pains to make the matter clear, thus: From Exode proper to Building of Temple by Solomon 480 years, i Kings vi. i. Which time must be made up as follows ; Wanderings in Desert, after Erection of Tabernacle... 38 years. Conquest and Settlement of Canaan under Joshua 20 " Reign of Judges ■ — " Reign of Saul 40 " Acts xiii. 11. Reign of David 40 " i Kings ii. 11. Reign of Solomon to Building of Temple 4 " i Kings vi. i. Total 142 yevrs. Which deducted from 480, leaves 338 years, the number to be inserted in blank space opposite " Reign of Judges." The order of the book of Judges is not strictly chronological. The first sixteen chapters constitute a connected history, but the last five are out of place as to time, the events therein recorded having transpired before some of those written down in previous chapters. They were doubtless given their present positions in order to preserve the leading narrative in unbroken shape. LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. It is proper here to state that different disputants concerning the authorship of Judo-es have attributed it to the pen of Hezekiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Ezra, and others ; but, as we have said, Samuel was undoubtedly its author. OF RUTH.— This chaste and touching narrative is almost without parallel in any language. It is a sweet story of pastoral life, and abounds in the tenderest senti- ments. The incidents therein recorded transpired during the reign of the Judges, so that with propriety the book may be called an appendix to the book of Judges, just as we have seen the last five chapters of that book were. The precise period of their happening is in doubt. According to Josephus, they are dated as late as the time of Eli. Some Jewish writers assert that Boaz was identical with Ibzan, one of the Judges. Others locate them during the time of Deborah, of Shiamgar, and of Gideon, the last-mentioned time being as probable as any, that is, about B. c. 1240. So also the authorship of Ruth is in doubt. It has been credited to Samuel, to Hezekiah, and Ezra, but the character of the book is such as to give but a faint clew to either the time of its writing or its author. One thing, however, is certain. It is so exceptional and unique, so simple, tender and beautiful, as to indicate an author who was thoroughly acquainted with the affections, and who was possessed with true poetic and devotional fervor.' OF SAMUEL. — We will consider the two books of Samuel together, since they were not divided as now, in the original Hebrew, but constituted a single writing. In the English versions they are given a sub-title, thus " commonly called the first and second books of Kings," after the manner of the Septuagint, which called them the first and second books of Kings. This book of Samuel occupies a conspicuous place in Old Testament History. In it the Bible reader approaches a period that is full of interest, ground where history is more satisfactory in its details. The Jewish nation has waxed great and strong. The older dispensations are succeeded by those more in accord with state glory and grandeur. The agents of God in the government assume a new importance. There is a permanence and fixity about the monarchy that did not prevail under the Judges. A higher civilization dawns. Surrounding nations also come into historical promi- nence. All things are moved up nearer the present, and become more comprehensible to us. The personages of the book are commanding characters. There is Saul, full of personal beauty and strength, brave as a lion, and unsurpassed in executive force, expressly chosen to establish a new form of government, and do the will of the Lord. There is David, whose prowess is his introduction, and whose life is a series of ' grander triumphs, than have ever graced the records of any temporal potentate. And there is Samuel himself, voluminous, impartial, and accurate as an author, just as a judge, and inspired as a prophet. All of the original book of Samuel must not be attributed to his pen. The first twenty-four chapters are undoubtedly his, the remainder are credited to the prophets Gad and Nathan. Not a few, with little cause, we think, remove the time of writing or compiling the book to a period as late as the reign of Rehoboam. The work embraces a period of about 120 years, beginning with the birth of Samuel, under the judgeship of Eli, traversing his own judgeship, the reign of King Saul, and substantially concluding that of King David ; that is, it begins about the year B. c. 1 135, and ends b. c. 1015. It may be analyzed as follows : 1. Chap. i. — iv., Judgeship of Eli. 2. Chap, v.— xii.. Judgeship of Samuel. 3. Chap. xiii. — xxxi.. Establishment of Monarchy, and Reign of Saul. Second Book : 4. Chap. i. — X., Introductory History to Reign of David. 5. Chap. xi. — xix., David's Rule, his Sins, Afflictions, etc., to Death of Absalom, and Insurrection of Sheba. 6. Chap. XX. — xxiv.. Conclusion of David's Reign. OF KINGS. — These two books will also be considered together, they being one in the original. In the Septuagint they were called the third and fourth books of the Reigns of Kings, and this is followed in the minor headings of the English version of the Bible. The initial word of the first book is in the Hebrew, King, hence doubtless the title. It is not known who the author or compiler of the book of Kings was. Archbishop Hervey is positive that it was Jeremiah. Other writers are just as positive that it was Ezra, and still others, that it was some one else. But there is little need for dispute over this matter. It seems clear that under the Kings, official records were very complete, and that there were persons set apart whose special duty it was to gather up and preserve everything of moment relating to the religion or politics of the times. Abundant data were thus provided for the future historian, and any author who chose to take advantage of it could do so. Whoever did, had a comparatively easy task. His work would be that of a transcriber and editor rather than original author. The book of Kings is evidently a transcription and compilation of existing records, done at a comparatively late period, though not after the captivity, as many suppose, except, perhaps, some supplementary paragraphs. Inherent evidence that «t was prepared prior to the captivity, is found in more than one passage. Thus it is said of the ark after it was put by Solomon in the most holy place in the temple : "And there it is unto this day," i Kings viii. 8. Now it could not have been there after the captivity, for at that time the temple and all its contents were destroyed by- Nebuchadnezzar. So the kingdom of the ten tribes is spoken of as existing " unto this day" (i Kings xii. 19); but the kingdom of the. ten tribes was extinct long before the captivity of Judah. Several different writings are referred to as containing in greater details the facts mentioned in the book. Thus mention is made of " the Book of the Acts of Solomon," i Kings xi. 41 ; "the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah," I Kings xiv. 29; "the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel," i Kings xiv. 19, and so on. These references prove the existence of official annals, prepared, as we have stated, by the duly appointed recorder [see 2 Samuel viii. 16), and containing events of moment relating to state, religion, families, and important individuals. The book of Kings covers a history of about 427 years, from the ascension of Solomon to the throne, to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. The former event occurred b. c. 1015, and the latter B. c. 588. As they are divided at present, the first book of Kings records 126 years of history, from the anointing of Solomon, B. C. 1015, to the death of Jehoshaphat, B. C. 889; and the second book some 300 years, from the death of Jehoshaphat, B. c. 889, to the destruction of Jeru- salem, B. c. 588. An analysis of the book would result as follows : 1. Chap. i. — xi.. Conclusion of David's Life, and Reign of Solomon. 2. Chap. xii. — xxii.. Accession of Rehoboam, Division of the Empire, and History of the two Kingdoms to end of Jehoshaphat's Reign. Note. — The division of the original book of Kings should have been made at the fifty-first verse of Chapter xxii., thus throwing the three last verses of the chapter into Chapter i. of 2 Kings. Second Book : 3. Chap. i. — xvii.. History of the two Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to Captivity of Israel by Shalmanezer, King of Assyria, B. c. 721. 4. Chap, xviii. — xxv., Histoi-y of Judah to Destruction of Jerusalem, and Babylonish Captivity, under Nebuchadnezzar. There is thrown into the last chapter of 2 Kings a brief account of the setting free of Jchoiachin, King of Judah, by the King of Babylon, some twenty-six years after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. What we have said of the value of the book of Samuel in an historical and reli- gious point of view, may be said more largely of the book of Kings. In the language of Hervey : It is " a most important and accurate account of that people (the Jews) during upward of four hundred years of their national existence, delivered for the most part by cotemporary writers, and guaranteed by the authority of one of the most eminent of the Jewish prophets. Considering the conciseness of the narrative, and the simplicity of the style, the amount of information which these books convey of the characters, conduct and manners of kings and people during so long a period, is truly wonderful. The insight they give us into the aspect of Judah and Jerusalem, both natural and artificial; into the religious, military and civil institutions of the people; their arts and manufactures; the state of education and learning among them ; their resources, commerce, exploits, alliances ; the causes of their decadence, and finally of their ruin, is most clear, interesting and instructive. In a few brief sentences, we acquire more accurate knowledge of the affairs of Egypt, Tyre, Syria, Assyria, Babylon, and other neighboring nations, than has been preserved to us in all the other remains of antiquity up to the recent discoveries in hieroglyphical and cuneiform monuments." OF CHRONICLES. — Like Samuel and Kings, i and 2 Chronicles originally constituted a single book. The Hebrew title was " Words of Days," equivalent to our word "Annals," from the fact that they were not a studied composition, but a desultory noting of events. The Greek title in the Septuagint is Paraleipomena, — things left out or omitted ; applied because they supply much of historical moment left out of the previous books of history. The title " Chronicles " is traced to Jerome, who flourished A. D. 331-400, and was noted for his biblical learning. The Chronicles were evidently compiled during and after the captivity, but by whom is not definitely known ; some authors ascribe their compilation to Ezra, others to Daniel. The sources whence they were drawn are many of them the same as those which gave rise to the book of Kings, being the official records and annals of the times, and the cotemporary books of the prophets. As these had greatly accumu- lated between the time of the authorship of Kings and Chronicles, we find mention of several in Chronicles not before quoted. Reference is made to twelve distinct sources of authority in the book, viz. : to the Book of Samuel the Seer ; the Book of Nathan the Prophet ; the Book of Gad the Seer ; the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite ; the Visions of Iddo the Seer; the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel; the Book of Shemaiah the Prophet; the Book of Iddo the Seer, concerning genealogies; the Story of the Prophet Iddo ; the Book of Jehu, the son of Hanani ; the Acts of Uzziah, written by Isaiah the Prophet ; and the Vision of Isaiah the Prophet. Chronicles being somewhat outside of the straightfoi-ward historical vein, and in many places repeating previously written histories, the book has come in for more than a usual share of cavil at the hands of unbelievers and over-sensitive interpreters. But we conceive that just such a work became necessary during the captivity to show forth anew to the returning exiles the surpassing greatness and excellence of God, and to stimulate them to a repetition of the observances Avhich made their forefathers powerful and respected. The priests and Levites, long out of office, or with sus- pended functions, needed new instruction in their duties, in order to re-establish the broken church and an uncorrupted worship. Lastly, there was danger in the confusion and distress of the times, that the genealogies of the people might be broken and lost. Without them the priestly successions could not be amicably filled, and the LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. ■'m reinstatement of families their ancient inlieritances would be impossible. There- fore, the book became especially timely and appropriate with its recast of genealogies, so that contentment might prevail, prosperity ensue, and the line remain unbroken between David and Christ. The scope of the book of Chronicles embraces all preceding history, especially in its genealogical aspects, from the beginning of the world to the date of its writing, or about 3500 years. It does not, however, advance much the series of Jewish histories, but condenses, omits and repeats according to the humor or facilities of the author, and the object he had in view. The last two verses of Chronicles properly belong to the book of Ezra. They are supposed to have gotten out of place through the careless- ness of some copyist, who, having gone beyond the limits of the book, failed to correct his error by re-writing the whole of a blurred skin or roll, as was the custom. When analyzed, the book would appear as follows : 1. Chap. i. — ix. 34, Genealogical Tables from Adam down. 2. Chap. ix. 35 — xxix. 22, History of Saul and David. 3. Chap. xxix. 23 — 2 Chron. Chap, ix., Reign of Solomon. 4. 2 Chron. x. — xxxvi., History of Kingdom of Judah. Much has been said of discrepancies between the statements in Kings and Chroni- cles. There are undoubtedly apparent discrepancies, but with a proper knowledge of Jewish genealogical methods, and due observance of the simplest laws of inter- pretation, these discrepancies become only differences. A few easily detected errors exist, owing to the carelessness of transcribers, but there are no contradictions. The genealogical methods of the Jews, often warranted the skipping of a generation or two, and not unfrequently the grandson or great-grandson, was designated as the son of his grandfather or great-grandfather. Again, as the Jewish genealogies and records of inheritance were identical, where the latter became broken by failure in the direct line, resulting in inheritance by the collateral line, the genealogic record made a similar skip. These two observations, duly noted, will serve to unravel many of the factious entanglements in the threads of succession in different parts ot the Bible. Among the things omitted in Chronicles, and found in the books of Samuel and Kings, are the following : I. History of the Reign of Ishbosheth, son of Saul, and of all the Kings of the ten Tribes after their Secession under Jeroboam. David's Sin in the matter of Uriah. Amnon's Treatment of his sister Tamar, and his consequent Death at the hands of Absalom. Absalom's Rebellion, Defeat and Death. Hanging of the Seven Sons and Grandsons of Saul, 2 Samuel xxi. David's Psalm of Thanksgiving, 2 Samuel xxii. Adonijah's Conspiracy and Death, and Death of Joab. 8. Solomon's Defection in his old age, and his Denunciation. 9. The numerous Miracles of Elijah and Elisha, Elijah's Translation, and much more in regard to these Prophets. Among those things found in Chronicles, and not in previous histories, are the following : 1. Complete Genealogical Tables from Adam to Ezra, I Chron. i. — ix., inclusive. 2. Number of David's mighty men, also the number that came to Hebron to make him King, I Chron. xi., xii. Story of Hiram's Kindness to David, I Chron. xiv. I, 2. Number and Names of Levites who assisted David in Bringing up the Ark, also the Song of Praise sung on the Occasion, i Chron. xv., xvi. David's Preparation for Building Temple, I Chron. xxii., xxviii., xxix. David's Appointing the Courses of the Levites, the Priests, Singers, and Cap- tains, I Chron. xxiii. — xxvii. 7. Full Charge of David to Solomon concerning the Building of the Temple. 8. Abijam's Speech to Jeroboam and his Army, and his Victory. 9. Manasseh's Repentance, and Restoration to his Throne. OF EZRA. — This book takes its name from the author, the great priest and scribe, " the second Moses " of the Jews. Ezra was eminently fitted for the duties of com- piler and author, having always the confidence of God and his people, being high in authority, and consequently having ready access to, as well as control over, the records, a powerful worker and a profound scholar, according to his times. This book continues the narrative of Chronicles, and includes the period between b. c. 536, and B. C. 456. It is readily divisible into two parts ; 1. Chap. i. — vi., History of the Return of the Jews from Persia to Jeru- salem under Zerubbabel and Joshua, and the Rebuilding of the Temple. 2. Chap. vii. — x., Ezra's Commission by Artaxerxes, his Return to Jeru- salem, and bis Reforms. The last but one of the historical authors of the Old Testament, the work of Ezra, was an important one. He came out of Persia with great honor, and bore a com- mission from Artaxerxes, which amounted to almost a carie blanche, to do what he pleased as governor at Jerusalem. His reformations there were almost miraculous. The impress he left upon the Jewish Church lasted until the coming of Christ. Full of inspiration, and thoroughly versed in sacred learning, he collected and revised the holy records, and gave to the world a correct edition of all that had been written. His revision in effect settled the canon of the Old Te.stament .Scrip- tures. 2. 3- 4- 5- 6. 7- 3- 4- 5- 6. OF NEHEMIAH.— In subject and date of writing, the book of Nehemiah is the last of the distinctive historical works of the Old Testament. It is named from its author Nehemiah, and covers a history of some twelve years, from B. c. 445, or 444, to B. c. 433. It was in all probability written during his residence at Jerusalem as governor, under the commission of King Artaxerxes, which was between the above dates, or shortly after his return to Persia, at about the latter date. In deference to the results of late study into the authorship of the book, it is proper to state that the list of priests, Chap. xii. i — 26, is supposed to have been added by some later author, since Jaddua, the last high priest mentioned there, flourished in the time of Alexander the Great, B. c. 332, more than a hundred years after the manhood of Nehemiah. So the four verses. Chap. xii. 44 — 47, are supposed to have been inserted subse- quently by way of further elucidation ; and the middle part of the book, from Chap. vii. 6, to Chap. xii. 26, is thought to be the work of a later author, who wrote at about the time of the downfall of the Persian Empire, and the rise of Alexander the Great. But this last supposition is scarcely worthy of entertainment. The Jews regarded Ezra and Nehemiah as one book, called " the Book of Ezra." In the Greek and Latin versions, Nehemiah is called " The Second Book of Ezra." It naturally separates itself into four portions : 1. Chap, i.— ii. ii, Journey of Nehemiah from Persia to Jerusalem. 2. Chap. ii. 12 — vii. 4, Rebuilding of the Walls of Jerusalem, and Diffi- culties with Sanballat and his Allies. 3. Chap. vii. 5 — xii.. Reforms by Nehemiah, Lists of Oflicials, and Dedication of Completed Walls and Gates. 4. Chap, xiii.. Second Visit to Jerusalem, and Second Reformation. We cannot forbear taking a general glance at the characters and offices of Ezra and Nehemiah. Passing over Zerubbabel, who headed the return of the Jews to their own country, b. C. 536, we find Ezra coming upon the scene some seventy-eight years later, or about B. C. 458. He was fully armed with a commission from Artaxerxes, to do for the good of Jerusalem what he thought best. His reforms were great, and the labor he performed herculean. His piety and learning com- manded respect everywhere. But he was a jurist rather than executive officer, a priest rather than a military chieftain. It needed a stronger hand than his, and a sterner will to discipline the loose elements he found in the Holy City, and brought with him. He could propound laws, but their enforcement was what was needed. He was wise in plans, but their execution required a diflerent tact. We, therefore, hear of Nehemiah, who came up out of Persia about thirteen years later than Ezra (b. c. 445), bearing a similar commission, as governor, from Artaxerxes. According to all modern systems of government, this would have revoked the authority under which Ezra acted. But it does not seem to have done so, fully. As a token of the high appreciation in which he was held by the Persian monarch, he was allowed to associate his wisdom with that of Nehemiah, and became, as it were, his confidential adviser, or, to use a modern phrase, his Secretary of State. The executive force of Nehemiah soon made itself felt in the city. He rebuilt the battered Myalls, and set up the gates anew, abolished the grinding usury laws„encouraged building.' and settlement in the city, expounded the law on feast days, through Ezra, restored iLe sanctity of the Sabbath, corrected the marriage laws, and brought about order and prosperity. He took no salary while in office, and retained the confidence of his own people, and King Artaxerxes, while the latter lived. Would that history were fuller of such examples of disinterested zeal, fervent piety, and popular worth. OF ESTHER. — The book of Esther is a brilliant historical gem set in the coronet of Old Testament history. The title in Hebrew is " Megillah Esther," or the Volume of Esther. Its present name is applied out of deference to the principal personage — the heroine of the story. Its authorship is more in doubt than that of any Old Testament writing. It has been ascribed to Ezra, to Joachin, son of the high priest, who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, to various contemporary authors, and to Mordecai himself. There is less violence in this latter ascription than any other. It is useless to note the numberless idle theories as to the time of writing the book, and as to who Ahasuerus was. He could scarcely have been any other than Artaxerxes himself, and the culminating incidents of the book must have occurred about the twelfth or thirteenth year of his reign, that is, about midway between the date of the commissions issued to Ezra (b. c. 458) and Nehemiah (b. c. 445). In general terms, the book may be said to comprise, in so far as its incidents are concerned, the first twenty years of the reign of Artaxerxes. The l)ook is peculiar not only in the respect that it perpetuates a Persian title among the sacred classics of the Hebrews, but because it omits to mention the name of God. This fact is explained by the argument that it was intended to be read by the heathen, and so the name of God was left out in order not to offend prejudices. The Jews have always held the book in great esteem, so much so that Maimonides, one of their most learned men, said that in the days of the Messiah all the books of the Old Testament would pass away except the Pentateuch and Esther. The feast of Purim was instituted in honor of the favors extended to the Jews at the instance of Queen Esther, and the book is read through in the Synagogues as part of the ceremony of the occasion. It was for a long time the custom, at every mention of the name of Haman, for the audience to hiss and stamp, and cry out, " Let his name ^ be blotted out ! " " Let the name of the wicked rot ! " Many other curious customs had their foundation in this book, most of which have died out, or been corrected by vvider interpretations, and a modern spirit of evangelism. In the early Greek versions of the .Scriptures, and in the Vulgate or Roman Catholic version, there are ten other verses in the tenth chapter of the book, after ilie LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. three in the English version, and six additional whole chapters. These have been discarded by Protestants as apochryphal. Some other apochryphal passages are in the Greek and Latin versions, inserted in various places in the book. The book of Esther concludes the historical books of the Old Testament. We have seen that the incidents recorded transpired at an earlier date than those recorded in Nehemiah, so that it is not the last in point of time. But in obedience to our plan, we did not choose to consider it out of the place assigned it in the Bible. OF THE LOST BOOKS. — We have already mentioned incidentally most of the books or records referred to by name by the Old Testament historians, but which at the time of their mention were either lost, or were inaccessible from other causes. Of course, no just estimate can be placed upon their value. Literature has doubtless suffered by their destruction, but the work of inspiration cannot be said to have been marred thereby. The earliest mentioned of these books is that of " The Wars of the Lord," already alluded to, and "The Book of Jasher," see Joshua x. 13, and 2 Samuel i. 18. This latter, from its title (Jasher being Hebrew for " sang "), is sup- posed to have been a collection of heroic Hebrew odes or songs, and to have contained the elegy of David on the death of Saul and Jonathan, and the prayer of Joshua, when the command was issued for the Sun and Moon to stand still. We might dwell at indefinite length upon the multiplied theories advanced, as to what these and other lost books were, when they existed, and by whom written ; but it is idle thus to cumber our pages. Curiosity may lament over their loss, and literature may mourn for their secrets ; but enough have been preserved to satisfy the demands of history, to show forth the power and majesty of the Almighty, and to make us cogni- zant of that plan of salvation which was from the beginning. CHAPTER IV. THE POETICAL BOOKS. BY way of introduction, we remark that the poetical books of the Bible are not without their history, just as the historical books are not without their poetry, or the prophetic books without both histoiy and poetry. It is the prevailing feature or spirit of these books that gives rise to their classification. And further, we must modify our ideas of poetry somewhat before we can have a clear conception of the poetry of the Bible. Four elements enter into modern English poetry. 1. Imaginative quality of thought. 2. Figurative mode of statement. 3. Metrical arrangement. 4. Rhymed termination. What is termed "blank verse" is without this last element of rh)rm6,but embodies the other three. Going back to the poetry of Rome and Greece, we find only the three first elements insisted upon, the third of which was distinctive, any succession of sentences metrically arranged constituting poetry. Passing further back into the domain of Plebrew poetry, we lose both the third and fourth elements, and find it without either rhyme or metre. Occasionally, but not as a rule, such technical evidences of poetry exist as a succession of verses commencing with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order. The length of the sentence is uniformly short, so that it is an easy task to approach something analogous to metre or regular versification. But there is a balancing arrangement about many of the clauses and sentences which has been called " thought-rhythm," or " parallelism," and which gives to much Hebrew poetiy great beauty and vigpr. This is a repetition of tlie poetical figure in other words, and if possible a loftier strain; as an instance, '* O come, let us sing unto the Lord; Let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation." The Psalms abound in this repetitive or thought-rhythmic peculiarity, which adapted them to the music of the chant, and especially to that of the antiphonal chant, where one choir gave the first statement of the poetical thought, and another followed responsively with the second. But we pass to our history. And first : OF JOB. — The book of Job derives its name from the hero, if he were not the author of it. By many it is reckoned the oldest literary production in the world. Usher places its composition at about twenty-nine years before the Exodus, or about B. c. 1520. This is five centuries and a half earlier than Homer, and a thousand years before Confucius or Solon. Its authorship has been assigned to Job himself, to Elihu, to Solomon, to Isaiah, to Moses, and to anonyma. Those who doubt the authorship of Moses, think it hardly possible that he would have written a book which did not contain some allusion to his people, or the Jewish law. But aside from this, there are many things which go to sustain the assumption that he, and no one else, was the author. In crediting him with the authorship, we do not think it necessaiy to deny the existence' of Job, as some have done. He was certainly a real historical personage, a man of great wealth, as the times went, an inhabitant of Idumea, in northeastern Arabia. The story of his unexampled suffering, of his controversy with his friends, of his final deliverance and subsequent prosperity, was then one of real life, and not a figment of the imagination. It was precisely such a story as the historic and poetical Moses would he likely to grasp and turn to account, by way of instructing and couiforting his suffering brethren inEgypt, and leading them to put their trust in God, with a hope of speedy deliverance — even as Job had been delivered. Moses was also a dweller in Arabia, and while there he led a life of pastoral ease, which gave him ample time for reflection and writing. We have already fixed this as the probable time of his authorship of Genesis, and it is equally plausible that he gave birth to the inimitable book of Job ; but which first, we cannot say, nor can any one. The book contains a clear reference to the Deluge (Job xxii. 15, 16), and that it contains none to the Jewish law or the Jewish people is easily explicable. The law was not then given, and Moses must have of course written under restraint. He could not wish to bring himself into disrepute with the Arabic authorities, and if he designed to encourage his people in Egypt, he could only do it by avoiding -.lirect reference to them in anything which he wrote. Think you, that the censors of Pharaoh's literature would have tolerated such a production as Exodus or Leviticus? Its position in the canon of the Old Testament is a"n evidence that it sprung from no heathen author, and like evidence that it was the offspring of the inspired Moses. We might add, that the Talmudists are direct in their ascription of the book to Moses. In the Septuagint version of Job, an addition was made to the last verse but one of the last chapter, in these words in Greek (not found in the Hebrew), " Bui it is written that he (Job) shall rise again along with those whom the Lord raiseth up." There is also a note which says, that Job was at first named Johab, and was king of Edom, not far from the time of Moses ; and also that he was son of Zave, a son of Esau, and thus fifth in descent from Abraham. All this, however, is a mere fanciful addition of the Jewish commentators. The entire book of Job, with the exception of the first two chapters and the last one, is poetry; and for suljlimity, pathos, loftiness of conception, and force of lan- guage, some portions of it have no parallel in the poems of the world. If we are right, then, in supposing Moses to be its author, he stands revealed to us in a new character. The first historian becomes the first and grandest poet of the world. OF PSALMS. — The title of this book in Hebrew means " Praises." Its Greek equivalent is Fsalmos, from which the present title is derived. The original signifi- cation of Psalnios was touching or feeling, as with the fingers, and twitching or twanging with the same. As the musical idea grew and culminated more and more in a perfect art, the significance of the word enlarged, and the action or cause passed over to the effect or result. It then meant the sound of the cithera, harp, or instru- ment, whose strings were touched. Later, it comprehended any strain or burst of music, and finally a song sung to a stringed instrument, a psalm. We must of course re-attach to the word thus derived the sacred idea that appertained to Plebrew Psalmody, before our conception of the original title " Praises " is complete. Many words of technical significance remain untranslated in the book of Psalms, whose meaning assists us in ascertaining the character and purposes of the compositions. We mention a few : Maschil, — Instruction or homily. Michtam, — Private memorial. Eduth, — Testimony. Shoshannim, — Lilies. Shiggaion, — An irregular ode. Neginoth, Nehiloth, Sheminith, Gittith, Mahalath, — A kind of dance. Mahaloth-Leannoth, — A responsive psalm to such dance. Selah, — The meaning of this word is in doubt. It has been construed as a metrical pause of some kind; as meaning a "repeat; " as the coming in of an accompaniment ; as calling particular attention to what followed ; and as an Amen, at the end of a prayer. But our most learned men make the sad confession that the meaning of the word is hopelessly lost. In the Hebrew the Psalms are arranged in five books. The English version does not observe these divisions, but retains the same order in its chapters. As the Hebrew arrangement amounts to a fair analysis of the book as we now find it, it is well to give it : Book I. Psalms i. — xli. All the psalms of this book are ascribed to David, and it seems probable that as their author, he also collected and preserved them in form. Book II. Psalms xlii. — Ixxii. This book is supposed to have been collected in the reign of Hezekiah. Psalm Ixxii. is ascribed to Solomon ; Psalms lii. — Ixxi. to David, being such as he had not collected in his former book; and Psalms xli. — 1., inclusive, to various Levites or " Sons of Korah." Book III. Psalms Ixxiii. — Ixxxix., compiled by Josiah. Book IV. Psalms xc. — cvi. This book contains the hitherto uncollected Psalms, composed up to the period of the Captivity. Psalm xc. is ascribed to Moses as author. Book V. Psalms cvii. — cl. These were composed during and after the Captivity, and are supposed to have been collected by Judas Maccabe commencement of our era. When we place 4004 years between "Anno Mundi " — the year of the world, and "Anno Domini" — the year of our Lord, we cover a space now generally reckoned as four years too much; that is, the birth of Christ should be placed back at least four years, or to a date 4000 years after "Anno Mundi." If the 25th of December (Christmas) be the exact day of His 1 irth (this is now strongly combated), the event must be referred to B. c. 5, December 25t'i,so that Christ was fully four years old before our calendar recognized His exist- ence. It is to be regretted that the centuries have been made to repeat this anach- ronism. In treating the books of the New Testament, we shall, in accordance with our plan, adhere to their order in the canon, except as to Hebrews. They are naturally subdivided into three grand heads, as follows : Historical Books. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, _ Acts, The Gospels. P>i3T0LARY Writings. ■ Romans, Corinthians i and 2, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians I and 2, Timothy I and 2, "1 „ , , r. • ., -pjj^j^ ' ' V Pastoral Epistles Philemon, Hebrews, Epistle of James, " Peter I and 2. 1 ^ 1 17 • »i " John I, 2, and 3, f ^^""^'^^ ^P'^'^^^' Jude, Pauline Epistles. mm mm Prophetic Writings. ■{ Revelation. CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL BOOKS. 1 '' V ''HE distinctive historical books of the New Testament are five in number, the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and the Acts of the Apostles. The title " Gospel," under which the first four are grouped, is the modern spelling of the old Saxon " godspell," from ^6J, good, and speU, history, story, tidings. Signifying " good tidings," the word then is the equivalent of the Greek " euangelion," from etc, well, in sense of good, and angellein, to bring mes- sages or tidings. The former word continues to be descriptive of the writings, and, in an enlarged sense, embraces the whole Bible, or " glad tidings " from God. The latter word has attached itself to the writers of the gospels, who are called " evange- lists," and in a doctrinal sense it holds the gospels up as authentic standards, declaring those tenets which square with them to be " evangelical," and those which fall below them or contravene them, to be " non-evangelical." The gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are often grouped as the " Synoptic Gospels," because, taken together, they contain the connected events of Christ's life, while John defines more particularly His character and office. As an entirety, they embrace in detail the life of Christ, His word and His works, the facts and the philosophy of His coming and His going. " The Acts " takes up the narrative of the gospels, and carries it over that period when the marvellous intervention of God in the affairs of men was considered necessary to clinch the evidences of the Messiaship, written and oral. The purely historic record ceases when the truth as aided by supernatural effort was sufficiently established to make its own conquests. Boldly and invincibly has it marched along over the ages. Its battles have been many, and its victories signal. The baptism of Jordan was the anointing of mankind. The blood of Calvary was humanity's chrismal oil. OF MATTHEW.— From the scanty details of Matthew's life we gather the facts, that he was of a Jewish family of Galilee, that he was in the employ of the Romans as a publican or tax-gatherer — an occupation intensely distasteful to the Jews in general, because it continually reminded them of their servitude, — that he was also called Levi (Luke v. 27 — 29, Mark ii. 14), that he was the son of one Alpheus/ His name is probably a contraction of Mattathias, gift of Jehovah. At an early period in the ministry of Christ, while Matthew was sitting in his office receiving the tribute money, he was called of the Son, and ever afterwards followed Him, and bore Him testimony. After the Crucifixion he dwelt at Jerusalem for many years, where, as some suppose, his gospel was written. From this time on he is lost to authentic histoiy. The date of Matthew's gospel is uncertain. Some writers have fixed it as early as A. D. 38, and others as late as A. D. 61, while it has been ascribed to almost all the intermediate dates. There has been equal diversity of opinion as to the language of the original writing. Some claim that it was Hebrew, others Syriac, others still that it existed only in the Greek. It would be idle to follow these disputants. In order to make a record which would receive sanction among his people, it would have been quite natural for him to select their ancient language as the medium of expression. In order to complete a more popular record — one for the masses — he would have selected the commoner Hebrew or Syriac. When at last he conceived that the world should be made to participate in the new order of benefits, what more plausible than that he should pu'olish his writing in the then universal language? Commencing then at about A. D. 38, a period of several years elapsed before the completed Greek version was published. Indeed, it may not have appeared before A. D. 60 or 61. This hypo- thesis answers all the points insisted upon by those who dispute both as to the time of writing and the language used. All these things are, however, more curious than material. The gospel had Matthew for an author. This is abundantly authenticated. He was an eye-witness of most of the transactions he records, and the cotemporary of all of them. He held an apostolical commission. The place of his gospel as first in the canon of the New Testament was assigned by cotemporaries, and it has never been disputed by the church. That he therefore wrote it, wrote it all, and at a period after the Crucifixion sufficiently soon to give a faithful reflection of events from the mirror of his mind, cannot be controverted. The author's style is simple and straightforward. He bears ever onward without digression for purposes of praise or censure. In order to touch his people, he alludes frequently to their customs, and is particular to note the instances of prophecy as fulfilled in their behalf. His narrative is patiently minute, and abounds in internal evidences of authenticity. Relatively, it is the grand initial fact of the New Testa- ment, upon which all others turn. With something of the skill required in his original occupation, he groups his historical data according to the kinship of subjects. This sometimes throws them out of their chronological order, but it greatly assists analysis and the understanding of his purport. The book may be comprehensively divided into four parts: I. The descent, birth and infancy of Jesus (i., ii.). II. His baptism, temptation, and events preparatory to his ministry (iii. — iv. 11). III. De- monstration of his Messiahship (iv. 12 — xx. 16). IV. Passion, death and resurrec- tion (xx. 17 — xxviii.). OF MARK. — Among the early evangelists, there appears to have been two by the name of Mark. The first was a relative and assistant of Peter ; the second was that LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. It Mark who is called John, "a sister's son of Barnabas," Col. iv. lo. The name is Latin, and in all probability both were of Roman rather than Jewish descent. Peter's friend and attendant — the first Mark here mentioned — was the author of tlie gospel which bears his name. Peter was also intimate with John Mark, who became his companion after his return from prison. It was concerning this companionship that the dispute arose between Peter and Paul. Mark, the author, is called the " interpreter of Peter." He accompanied Peter to Rome, and the fathers of the Roman Church claim that he wrote his gospel tliere in Latin, at the request of the church, and under the immediate supervision of Peter. This claim is strengthened by the facts that the gospel was clearly designed for the Gentiles, that its impartiality is such as not to overlook the shortcomings of Peter, that it is spoken of by Papias, a Christian writer of the second century, that it abounds in Latinisms, that its author's name indicates he was of a Roman family. On the other hand, it is plausibly claimed that the gospel was originally written in Greek, but at an early date translated into Latin. However these things may be, it is certain that the gospel was the one largely relied upon by Peter, and Justin Martyr has gone so far as to call it " The Gospel of St. Peter." The time fixed for the authorship is shortly after the Greek rendition of Matthew, or about 6l A. D. It is supposed that Mark died in Alexandria. The style of this writing is minute and vivid. It may lack the historic breadth of Matthew, but its topics are treated in greater detail. In arrangement, it includes I. A short introduction, noticing the mission of John the Baptist (i. I — 8). II. The baptism and public ministry of Christ (i. 9 — ix. 50). III. Christ's last journey toward Jerusalem, his passion, death, resurrection and ascension (x. — xvi. 20). OF LUKE. — Luke was a native of Antioch, and by profession a physician. His name, Loukas, indicates that he was of Greek descent, but some have surmised, from his intimacy with Hebrew literature and customs, that he was a Jewish convert to the Christian faith. He became a companion of Paul during his second mission to the heathen, and was with that eminent apostle during his first imprisonment at Rome. While there, many suppose his gospel was written, with the aid of Paul. Others suppose it to have been written after that event, and while the author resided ■ at Csesarea. Paul seemed to take special pride in this gospel, as did Peter in that of Mark. This is quite natural, for they were both accomplished scholars, and their analysis and arrangement of events would be likely to prove tasteful to each other, while their methods of expression would harmonize. The most probable date of the gospel is A. d. 63 or 64. It was written in Greek. The style is perspicuous and learned. It was dedicated to one Theophilus, who was, perhaps, some Christian or professional friend of the author. But this dedication must not be construed as limiting the purport of the work. It was clearly designed to be a standing historic record of the events contained in it, one drawn up with a fulness equal to any of its predecessors, and preserving an arrangement of materials which should give it a preference in the eyes of the future historian and student over any other gospel then extant. Its six grand ideas are thus evolved : 1. Chap. i. I — 4, Dedication. 2. Chap. i. 5 — ii. 40, Particulars of Christ's Birth. 3. Chap. ii. 41 — 52, Infancy and Youth of Christ. 4. Chap, iii., John's Ministiy, Christ's Genealogy and Baptism. 5. Chap. iv. — ix. 50, Christ's Ministiy. 6. Chap. ix. 51 — xxiv., Christ's last Journey to Jerusalem, his Cruci- fixion, Resurrection and Ascension. Nothing is certainly known of the time and manner of Luke's death. OF JOHN. — The gospel of John was the last written of the New Testament books. The date of its authorship is fixed at A. D. 97 or 98, after his return from exile at Patmos, and while he resided at Ephesus. Though in point of time, it closes the canon of the New Testament, the propriety of its present place in the Scriptures is manifest from the tenor of its subject. Like Matthew, John was at once an apostle' and evangelist. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the younger brother of the apostle James. While pursuing their avocation as fishermen by the sea of Galilee, they were both called of the Lord, and they are usually mentioned together in the gospels. John occupied a high place in the affections of our Saviour, and in turn he was more constant in his ministrations than any other. During the terrible scenes of the Crucifixion, Christ commended his mother to the keeping of John, and from that time until her death she was the object of his especial solicitude. During this time he resided at Jerusalem — a period of perhaps fifteen or twenty years. After that he went into Asia Minor, and established numerous churches. In the midst of his good work, he was overtaken by the decree of Domitian (reigned A. D. 81 — 96), banishing him to the lonely isle of Patmos in the ^gean Sea. Here he wrote " The Revelation." On the accession of Nerva (a. d. 96), he was released and went to reside in Ephesus. Many suppose that both his books were written while in banish- ment, but this is hardly probable. It seems more plausible to ascribe the composi- tion of his gospel to a period immediately succeeding his release and return to Ephesus, that is, to about a. n. 97 or 98. He died at nearly the age of one hundred years. A well-sustained account of the motives which led him to write his gospel, is given by Theodore, a writer of the fourth century. This account recites in substance that while John was residing at Epheius, the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke were submitted to his inspection by the Christians, and his opinion of them sought. They regarded him as particularly fitted to pass upon their merits, because he was the last living representative of the times in which they were written, and had enjoyed an intimate communion with the Divine Teacher. He bore instant testimony to the accuracy of their records as far as they went, pointed out the slight omissions, and then suggested that in the study of these discourses relating to Christ in the flesh, His Divinity should not be overlooked. His brethren thereupon importuned l.im to write upon the subject, and he did so, making the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ, which he judged to be the beginning of the gospel, the burden of it. If this account be not authentic, it is at least beautiful, and corresponds with all the evidence fur- nished by study of the sacred text. The opinion is also largely entertained that the apostle, in the preparation of his gospel, kept in mind the necessity of a crushing answer to the doctrines of Cerinthus, then quite popular among the metaphysically inclined. These doctrines were a strange blending of Judaism and Christianity, and inculcated no proper notion of the Divinity. Jolm lived to be the last of the apostles. With him passed away that venerable band of men honored by Christ's selection, personal instruction, and divine confi- dence, left as the depositaries of His truth, and commissioned to found the Church of the New Dispensation in His HoLY Name. The gospel of John was written in Greek, and its style is simple and tender. Says Westcott, " It exhibits a regular plan. The treatment satisfies the conditions of variety, progress and completeness, which, when combined with the essential nature of the subject itself, makes up the notion of a true epic." It consists of three parts : I. The doctrine of the Divinity of Christ (i. I — 18). II. History of Christ, as bearing upon doctrine announced (i. 19 — xx. 29). III. Concludes with an account of the writer, and the purpose of his writing. In concluding this history of the gospels, it is proper to say that no productions in all the world's history are at once so direct, unselfish, and mutually supporting. The unity of their variety has been a matter of wonder and praise in all ages. Each author bore testimony to what he saw and participated in. They touch all the prominent phases of society then existing. The Jews composed Matthew's audience : hence his Hebraic style, close attention to details, constant grouping of important themes. Mark wrote more particularly for the Romans. He is, therefore, minute and plain, thoughtful and stately as the gravest senator could have wished. Luke filled the Greek ideal, and thereby satisfied a mind full of curious analysis, ripe in scholarship, and trained to accomplishment. John, more catholic than all, wrote for the world. He placed the Divine before the human, and made the fact to suj j ort the doctrine. Without hesitation or controversy, these writings took their destined place at the head of the New Testament Canon. They are the gospels. In this connection, the reader is referred to the " Harmony of the Four Gospels," found in our Tabular Aids. It will materially assist the study of these important writings. OF ACTS. — The "Acts of the Apostles " is a supplement to the gospels, and an introduction to the epistolai-y writings of the New Testament. The author dedicates it to the same Theophilus, to whom he had previously addressed his gospel, and in that dedication he acknowledges it to be a sequel to his former writing. In treating of his gospel, we have sufficiently outlined the histoi-y of Luke — " the beloved physi- cian." This, the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament, would find a place, according to its subject, immediately after the gospel of Luke. But the higher importance of having the evidence relating directly to the person and char- acter of Christ placed in a single group, led to the insertion of John's gospel between it and Luke's. It is believed to have been written at Rome during Luke's sojourn there with Paul, and, perhaps, immediately after the completion of his gospel (a. d. 63 or 64). That it is largely given up to a narration of the events in Paul's life, would seem to support the above theoiy. The book commences with the ascension of our Lord, and ends with the second year of Paul in Rome, thus covering a period of over thirty years. As an historic contribution, it is exceedingly valuable, since it is a key to much that is contained in both the Gospels and the Epistles. In a doctrinal point of view, it is not less valua- ble, for without it we should have scarcely been able to interpret so satisfactorily the ethical beginnings of the church when left to its deputed custodians. In order to understand the purport of the book, we are called upon somewhat to separate its title from its contents. It is not a detailed account of the doings of the apostles. Its object is rather to show the gift and influence of the Holy Spirit among the apostles, and to prove that the scope of the New Dispensation embraced Gentiles as well as Jews. The style of Acts is very like that of Luke's gospel. The narrative is grandly sustained. In its descriptive passages, it is exceedingly faithful to life. The passions are portrayed with a master's touch, and the sweeter emotions with a tenderness that is sublime. Two central figures appear in the book, Peter and Paul. Each is made to stand in the midst of an individual church influence, and around them cluster the vines of their own planting. Thus : 1. Chap. i. — xii.. Refer to Ministry of Peter. 2. Chap. xiii. — xxviii.. Refer to the Ministry of Paul. When subdivided, the system of the former embraces the mother church at Jem- salem, and its branching forth in eveiy direction ; but still it is essentially Jewish. The system of the latter embraces the church as planted among the Gentiles, its growth and extension. Still, these systems are practically one; for Peter admits Gentile converts, and Paul discourses to the Jews. It is to be regretted that the book closes so abruptly, leaving Paul, as it were, in the midst of a great victoiy. The rest of his sojourn at Rome, and his future mis- sionary labors, would have made a grand historic chapter. 18 LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. CHAPTER III. EPISTOLARY BOOKS. WHERE the personal history of Christ and His apostles ends in the New Testament, the doctrinal epoch begins ; or, more accurately, the necessity for defining the theologic system of which Jesus was the centre, becomes paramount. This duty at first devolved upon His immediate followers, who, in their announcement of truth and establishment of churches, had to sustain the new religion in its practical and controversial aspects, both by preaching and writing. In the former work all the apostles could participate to a greater or less degree ; in the latter only those favored with more classical expression, patience necessary to extended composition, and attainment of the chirographic art, could join. The Greek word, epistola, conveyed a larger meaning than does our English word epistle or letter. Generically, of course, it included anything sent ; but as applied to writings, it comprehended authoritative announcements or commands, supreme in- junctions, as from preacher to charge, teacher to pupil, parent to offspring, expositor to inquirer. In some such sense as this, we must understand the epistolary writings of the New Testament, and not as mere random offerings of affection, or records of local and .special interest. It must Ije remembered that the personal aspects of Christ's ministry were now put off, and His doctrines were abroad in the world, meeting everywhere with opposition, requiring everywhere sedulous cultivation and encouragement. They were strong, but they had citadels of error to batter down. They were plain, but they had to be addressed to the commonest understanding. Eternal vigilance was the price of their successful dissemination and transmission. Hence these letters, so full of the true theology, breathing a practical religion, re- moving doubts, setting up standards of truth, establishing faith, cementing affections, exhorting to zeal, welcoming all who embraced the glad tidings, and inviting all. The epistles number twenty-one in all, and they are written by five of the apostles, Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude, during the period embraced between A. D. 52 and 97. The apostle Paul was by far the most voluminous of the epistolaiy writers, two-thirds of the whole number being attributed to his pen. The epistles were mostly addressed to the early Christian societies, who were struggling for the main- t.-nance of their faith among the nations designated, but many of them were written in a spirit which gave them the cast of general addresses. The immediate cause of writing varied. Sometimes it was in pursuance of a solemn request, sometimes to answer a new heresy, often to explain difficulties propounded, nearly always to encourage the wavering, and stimulate to unyielding perseverance. The proximate cause, as we have already signified, was that prime necessity for the maintenance and propagation of the gospel of Christ, in all its practical and controversial aspects. In our Bible, the Pauline Epistles are assigned the first order. This arrangement brings those from his pen together, and at the same time regards number, volume and importance. We must except from this the " Epistle to the Hebrews," which is placed back of all, on account of the early doubts entertained of its authorship. So in the sub-arrangement of Paul's epistles, there is a natural order observed, which respects the impo.-tance of the persons addressed. Thus Romans comes first, because Rome was the capital city of the world. Next comes Corinthians, because Corinth was the next most important city whose people Paul had occasion to address ; and so on. After the writings of Paul, come the "Catholic" or "General" Epistles, addressed to all Christians, without respect to place. These are arranged with some reference to their length and corresponding importance. This arrangement was adopted at a- very early date, probably in the second or third centuiy. Though it violates the order of their original publication, it is doubtful whether it could have been improved. OF ROMANS. — Paul was called to the apostolate in a miraculous manner, and out of the ordinarily observed time. This circumstance, connected with others of his life, attaches to his ministry an importance which the Christian Church has never failed to recognize. He was born at Tarsus, the chief city of Cilicia, and was there educated in schools which had a fame almost as wide as those of Alexandria and Athens. At the same time, according to an honorable and thoughtful Hebrew custom, he acquired the trade of tent-making. By descent he was a" Hebrew of the Hebrews ; " a man of great natural parts, strong convictions, earnest of purpose, yet wonderfully fair-minded. Having all the learning of his times at command, being bold even to a fault, moved at all times by an ardor that bordered on enthusiasm, grandly heroic in expression and demeanor, he comes nearer filling our conception of a grand old Roman than any of the Hebrew types of manhood. By character and education before and after his conversion, he was peculiarly fitted to become the dialectician of the New Dispensation. As a controversialist, he stands pre-eminent, not only among the personages of the Bible, but among all successors of whatever time. From his conversion to his first writing, a period of fourteen years had elapsed, a sufficient time, with its activities and trials, to ground him in the new faith; and, with his assiduity and zeal, to make him master of the cardinal principles of the new theology. Paul's epistle to the Romans was not his first epistolary production, but was written about the beginning of the year a. d. 58, while he sojourned at Corinth, whither he had gone, as if to follow up and impress the lessons already sent there in the keeping of his friend Titus. While there, an opportunity offered of communi- cating with the Christian brethren at Rome, through one Phoebe, a deaconess of Cenchrea (a port of Corinth). He took advantage of it by making her the bearer of his solemn message. He intended to visit Rome at some future time, but lest he should fail in this, he so framed his communication as to make it fully expressive of his highest injunctions, and the broadest conceptions of the Christian doctrine. Many of those he addressed were Hebrew converts like himself, his friends and relations; but all were cpnnected by the vinculum of Roman citizenship, and should have been by the charities of that brotherhood which came by Christ. There does not appear to have been any organized church at Rome, at the date of the epistle. Believers, if grouped at all, must have gathered in detached and voluntary societies, without coincidence of views, or possibility of co-operative effort. The Gentile con- vert had no natural affiliation with the Jewish convert. Religion had not broken in upon and overwhelmed the petty differences and animosities of race. We may well understand then how necessary it became for Paul to expound to them the essential principles of the Christian doctrine, as they exhibited that spiritual union of all peoples under the standard of the Divine Captain. Perhaps his pen was fresh from his missive to the Galatians, whose burden was the radical tenet of Christianity, "Justification by faith." At any rate, he infused this satisfying element into his Roman letter, the better to answer every Judaizing argument, and wipe out the glittering plausibilities of corrupting philosophy. This epistle is the chef-d'' ceuvre of the inspired apostle. It has all the spontaneity of his enthusiastic spirit, all the studied care of his profound mind, all the ingenuity of a trained schoolman, all the warmth and affection of a firm friend and loving adviser. As a composition, it stands unrivalled among the productions of Greece or Rome. As a compendium of doctrine, it is indispensable to the Christian. As a specimen of sacred dialectics, it stands out unexampled, beautiful and alone. We can imagine the writer transferred to the scene of its dedication, and vocalizing his sentiments amid a sea of anxious hearers, with something of that sublime vehemence which characterized his speech to the excited multitude from the steps of Castle Antonia, or that mellifluous eloquence which almost persuaded Agrippa to be a Christian. His letter was the proper harbinger of himself. He sealed its sentiments with his blood, when some eight years afterwards (a. d. 66) his head was severed from his body, to satisfy the vengeance of Nero, and fell amid the very congregations he had been instrumental in raising up within the limits of the Rom.an capital. The order of subjects in this epistle is, I. Introduction (i. I — 15). II. Doctrinal teaching (i. 16 — xi. 36). III. Practical and hortatory (xii. — xv. 13). IV. Conclu- sion (xv. 14 — xvi). OF CORINTPIIANS.— Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians was written at Ephesus (l Cor. xvi. 8), during his sojourn there, while on his third missionary tour. It would, therefore, probably bear date A. d. 57. He had previously established a Christian church or society at Corinth, but owing to the peculiar structure of society in that great metropolis, doubts had crept into the minds of the worshippers concern- ing many vital questions. Corinth was a centre of learning. Morals were corrupt. Misleading philosophies were indulged as marks of vain independence of thought and absolution from spiritual restraints. Idolatry was practised in its most refined excesses. Customs were imperious. The Christians comprised both Jews and Gen- tiles, between whom there was little reciprocity and much conflict. Pending this state of affairs, Paul was requested to send them consolation, in the way of authorita- tive answers, to questions propounded. These questions related to church organiza- tion, social practices, holy obsei-vances, and doctrinal expositions. With his usual promptitude and interest, Paul gave them the benefit of his inspired knowledge in this first epistle to the Corinthians, wherein he exhorts them to union and simplicity, and purity of life, explains the obligations of the marriage state, advises them in many matters of social and moral import, vindicates his own right to proclaim the glad tidings of truth, and concludes with a powerful argument on the subject of the resurrection of the dead. When a sufficient time had elapsed, after writing this epistle, for its impress to be felt at Corinth, Paul pushed on to Troas to meet Titus, from whom he expected to learn something of its effect. Disappointed in this, he went into Macedonia, and in some one of the cities there, came upon Titus, who gave him an encouraging account of the effects of his doctrines and advice ; but at the same time must have conveyed to him the impression that his authority to teach was disputed. The city where they met was, perhaps, Philippi, and the time several months after the writing of Fiist Corinthians, probably in the same year (a. D. 57). Again the apostle sat down to address his flock, and this time he enters into a full explanation and vindication of his motives, establishes their purity, and answers every charge of ambition or selfish- ness. Passing to the propriety and method of making the collections for the poor of Jerusalem, he concludes with a masterly argument in favor of his apostolate, and the powers and duties thereby conferred and imposed. The v.ariety of the subjects discussed in these epistles shows that Paul was master of the emergencies, doctrinal and practical, which arose during his ministry. His reputation as a vigorous, versatile writer, is abundantly sustained. His logic is keen, his rebukes at times run into irony, his burning love is poured out in a pure, impas- sioned flow. OF GALATIANS. — This epistle is addressed in general to the churches of Galatia in Asia Minor, where Paul had been, and where he wrought a good work. When it was written is not definitely known. Some fix the date as early as A. D. 52 ; others from A. D. 55 to 56. So there is difference of opinion as to the place where it was written. Some say Rome, some Antioch, some Ephesus. From the similarity LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. 19 of the subject to that of Romans, we would place its writing at some date not far antecedent to that epistle (a. d. 58). But as the bulk of testimony as to place of wdtiiicr favors Ephesus, we must go back from this date a year or two, to about A. D. 56 or 57, or during the apostle's residence there. Flattering as was Paul's reception among the Galatians, Judaism soon began to obliterate his tracks. The undue prominence they (the Jews) gave to the old law and the ancient ceremonies greatly troubled the Christian brotherhood, and weakened their faith. Hearing of this, Paul set about to rectify the abuses, and strengthen wavering faith, by letter. He treats the matter in a threefold aspect. First, he shows the nature of his calling to the apostolate, and argues, from its miraculous suiToundings, that he is in no wise inferior to the regularly ordained followers of Christ, but if anything, specially commissioned. Second, he proceeds to unfold the doctrine of justification by faith as contradistinguished from that which was wont to come, if ever, under the law and the observances. The uses of the law under the New Dispensation are pointed out. It becomes the schoolmaster to lead, but the essence of salvation is back of it, and in an abounding faith. Third, he concludes in his usual exhortatory style, and with his blessing. OF EPHESIANS. — This epistle was written by Paul during his imprisonment at Rome. It was written while he was a prisoner (Eph. iii. i). It could not have been written while he was a prisoner at Cresarea, or at Rome the second time, for his confinement then, was close. It was, therefore, written while his duress was relaxed. During his first confinement at Rome, he enjoyed the liberty of living in his own house, and was shown many favors. Here then this epistle was written, together with several others, and about A. D. 61. It is an elevated type of his epistolary productions, and has for an object the spirit which inspired Romans and Galatiaiis. Its subject is twofold. I. A doctrinal maintenance of predestination, and the applicability of the atone- ment to Jews as well as Gentiles (i. — iii.). II. An e.xhortation to practicalize Christianity, so as to make it applicable to the commonest walks and duties. It should be remembered that Paul had resided many years at Ephesus (in all three or four), and that his ministry had been successful. But it was a great city, full of commerce, wealth, and learning. It was likewise noted for its licentiousness and its idolatries. The great Temple of Diana was there. These facts may serve to explain to the student the drift of the epistle to these people, and the reasons for the choice of its subjects. OF PHILIPPIANS. — This epistle was another of those written while Paul was a prisoner at Rome. The Christians of Philippi seem to have been pure-minded, and to have cherished great love and respect for Paul, insomuch that when opportunity offered at the hand of Epaphroditus, they sent him valuable presents to comfort him during his confinement. He sent back with this messenger the epistle to the Philippians. It would, perhaps, bear date A. D. 62. In it the apostle pours out his affection for his friends at Philippi, tells them of his condition at Rome, urges them to unity of pui-pose, and expresses a hope of being able to visit them soon. He then urges upon them the importance of guarding against the Judaizing tendency of the times, and concludes with the usual salutation and blessing. OF COLOSSIANS. — This epistle of Paul was also written from Rome, and doubtless during the more favored part of his imprisonment, that is in A. D. 61 or 62. It seems to have been written in pursuance of the good word brought from CoIossk by Epaphras and Onesimus, and they doubtless were made the bearers of it to its destination. Probably Paul was never at Colossse, but he had a high appreciation of Christian effort in that place, since the church there was almost purely Gentile, and consequently beset by that gnosticised Judaism which was sweeping over all the e.astem cities. Paul expresses juy at what he had heard of the church in Colossos, prays for their further improvement, urges them to be thankful for the gifts of the Father through the Son, explains to them the mysteries of gospel grace by which they are made partakers of blessedness, warns them against the sophistries of the times, and inculcates the duty of respecting impartially the lavi's which govern all the social relations. OF THESSALONIANS. — These two epistles are generally regarded as the first of Paul's writings. On his first missionary tour he visited Thessalonica, the capital of Macedonia, and established churches there. On being obliged to leave the city, he went to Athens, intending, however, to return. Unable to do this, he sent Timothy, who afterwards joined him at Corinth, and reported to him the condition of affairs. This was such as to warrant his writing, which he did from Corinth about the year A. D. 52. The subject he most fully discusses in this first epistle is the condition of believers already dead, concerning whom, through narrow notions of the atoning influence, there was much anxiety and unrest. The exhortatory por- tion of this epistle is very full, and its warmth must have carried cheer to the hearts of those addressed. The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written shortly after the first. It was also written from Corinth, and for the purpose of correcting misapprehensions growing out of the first as to the appearance of Christ, and the position occupied by the apostle himself. In all respects, it is a well-sustained supplement to the first. OF TIMOTHY. — The two epistles to Timothy, together with that to Titus, are termed pastoral epistles, because they relate to the duties which appertain to the pastoral office. The first epistle to Timothy seems to have been written by Paul after his release from imprisonment at Rome, and from some of the cities he then visited. As we find him again a prisoner at Rome in A. D. 65, it is very probaljle that this letter was written in A. D. 64. Its occasion was the induction of Timothy into the bishoprick of Ephesus. He sends this faithful friend and co-worker words of good cheer, reminds him of the nature of his charge, and urges him to be ever on the alert against teachers of false doctrines. He then dilates on the mercy which favored him with so important a charge, proceeds to give a formula of worship, and prescribes the qualifications of the ministerial office. Pie concludes with general admonitions, the whole constituting a safe guide to a young man entering upon so grave a trust, and addressed too as from an affectionate father to a dutiful son. The second epistle to Timothy was written from Rome during Paul's second imprisonment, and when he felt that the iron grip of his persecutors left scarcely a hope that life would much longer be spared him. It is in the main exhortatoi^, contains a request for Timothy to come and see him, and concludes with testamentr.iy wishes, in case they should never meet again on earth. Its date is probably as late as A. D. 65. OF TITUS. — By general consent the date of this epistle is fixed at some time during the year A. D. 64, just after the first one written to Timothy. It is supposed to have been written while the author stopped at Nicopolis, orwas on his way thither. It is directed to Titus, one of Paul's earlier converts, who had been left in charge of the churches on the island of Crete. It tells why Titus was left there, and instructs him concerning his doctrines and life as a pastor. OF PHILEMON.— This short epistle is one of the most tender and unique of Paul's productions. It was written from Rome during his first imprisonment, and about the same time as Colossians and Ephesians (a. d. 61). It was designed as a letter of recommendation for its bearer Onesimus to Philemon. Onesimus had formerly been the slave of Philemon, but had escaped and went to Rome, where he fell in with Paul, and was converted. He is referred again to his old master, not as a servant, but as one made free through grace. As a piece of Christian courtesy, this letter stands unrivalled; and it is not less valuable as an epitome of the doctrine of equality and freedom which the gospel, when rightly understood, vouchsafes to man. OF HEBREWS.— The epistle to the Hebrews is placed in our Bible the last of the epistolary writings of Paul. The usual explanation of this is, that its inspired authenti- city was very early doubted. This is clearly a mistake. It was not only accepted at the earliest possible date as a writing of Paul, but it was generally accepted, and placed in the sacred canon with his other writings. It was not until the rise of the Arian controversy, in the early part of the fourth centuiy, that doubts arose as to its genuineness. The Greek fathers then maintained that while it might not have been written by Paul, it was certainly dictated by him. Many in the Roman or Western Church denied his authorship altogether. Perhaps it was at this time that its apoc- ryphal place among the Pauline articles was assigned it. We are not disposed to follow the arguments, pro and coji, respecting it. It is sufficient to our minds that the times following close on the publication of the writing received it without hesita- tion. \Ve do not deny the ability of future criticism or the honesty of future doubts; but in matters of Biblical authorship, we would rather trust to the clear opinions of those almost cotemporary with the writers, than to the arbitrary courts before which after scholasticism arraigns persons and subjects. If the epistle is not Paul's, it cannot be claimed by anyone else; and, strange to say, no critic has ever attributed it to anyone else, and at the same time accounted for all its peculiarities. The reasoning which has settled the authorship of the letters of Junius would, 5yb;-//(7;-z', proclaim Paul the author of Hebrews. The doctrine and structure are identical with Paul's other epistles. The language is the great sticking point. But who can doubt Paul's ability to handle any subject as he pleased ? He was pre-eminently fitted for every school of controversy. Could he not vaiy his polemic and exegetical language to suit his polemics and exegetics ? To deny him this power, is to rob him of his leading characteristic. It was doubtless written from Rome in A. D. 62 or 63, just before the expiration of his first term of imprisonment, and was intended for the Jews of Palestine. The partiality of these people for the old law was such as to cause great tardiness in their reception of Christianity. The time had evidently come for a special appeal to them, and for the drawing of a close line of distinction between the two covenants. Not only the superiority of the latter must be proved, but its intended substitution of the old. Plence that wonderful dissection of the Mosaic economy found in the epistle. Hence also that clear setting forth of the intention and efficacy of the Christian economy. The argument may be thus epitomized : Proofs of the Divinity of Christ from the Scriptures and historical facts (i. — x. 18). Exhortations to Christian faith and practices (x. 19 — xiii. 19). Prayer for the Hebrews, and salutation (xiii. 20 — 25). This concludes the Pauline Epistles. We pass now to those usually called the " Catholic or General Epistles." They are written by four apostolic authors, James, Peter, John and Jude. Of these James wrote one, Peter two, John t*ree, and Jude one — seven in all. But two of those ascribed to John are not of a general character, being addressed to individuals. OF JAMES. — The author of this epistle was James, the brother of Jude and John. 20 LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. .s a OJ "ZI ^ I^ ui '" p! -^ o bJ3 "3 o ■5 ^ . ci! - S: M 2 g ^ m 3 o (Si « 1) CU m d (u n ^ B Ul CS O o ^ is ■^ "5 r^ o 3 -a a ■s ' — 1 o ^ rt > ^ ^ Kj c! 0) O bt u ,^3 ri a 1 1 .H a u r5 tH « D Mo" ^ >> '€' "CM 2 ts =< •-• o -4-) -^^ n fn ns 3 C v^ rt N 11 rt > 1-1 3 o O 'S eu 1) ^ 3 1 1-1 c U. t3 .a 3 T-1 a< >- rt 3 t/i 3 0! SI I— I Pt ^ CL) W § ^^ ^ ^ s -t-^ (U " 3 O 1 , o 1 — 1 ^ o •X} CJ o (/I (LI t3 dJ V '3 O -3 ^-. (U Cl^ ^ ■n (11 rt c/l O (1) .iJ 1 — , v; r. CvJ (U o ^^ r3 ^• rt rf o ^ 13 1— I 3 (11 3 -3 o (1 3 6 (11 1 — < 1-1 3 (U 3 O. 3 (/I i.-^ n X a, 3 P^ (U U (U 3 rfl T-! ai 3 3 ^ tin 3 tT c %" rt Tl 1-1 u o ■n Ti O (1. J-. 1— , (L). A ^ 1 — > -< (^ ■r) O 3 3 3 O (11 o >, (U >^ ,1-1 (/I (Ti (11 ^ " ^> < Q 1— 1 t/i (S (lT (U ,3 O dj -< a rf (U ,3 (/I 3 (U ■d 3 a! W ■*-* •*"' m U-. •" ^ Tl O a; 3 (11 cs a! " O O 13 o c (/I 3 (U g 2 .^ ^ 3 g 3 ni ri^ o (11 > r. ^ >< •fi H !-. ?: K o w u o xn &. " o o .!=: ii X -S -3 (U c3 "3 3 (/I O dJ T3 3 ■4-> " ,3 3 _bjO tS >^ gj * ^ (U ^ 3 Q •^ i-i (U 3 •£ ;y -^ ^ (U "" o M B b" >- 2 ^^ I ci J3 •" ,-3 ^^ T? [A, TI? (u :3 > X X (3i ti (LI 11 -1 (/I ^ o ^ B rt ni ^ -^ T3 1- ■-t- O dJ 3 °*^ fc/3 ^ ,3 S H O ^ U r^ 13 ^ (U u r- (11 O (LI o M C T= Tl > -5 3 T3 (LI (LI ^ (U (D r^ " 1-, r3 r3 •-< -*_l '*-' '^ 3 (LI -a r;: o M '-; (u <: .5 .£ i2 M T3 3 cj nil g g 5^ ra rt -4-1 S? g 2 t/l r— 3 CIS cJ p- O -3 ,C T3 H ii 3 10 SCENES IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 1 6. JERUSALEM as it was in the time of our Saviour. By a reference to the Key (No. 17) Uie location of important buildings may be seen, and compared with the present appearance by inspecting the view No. 21, taken from the same position. 17. KEY TO JERUSALEM.— A. The Temple built by Herod on the site of the Temple of Solomon ; the Aksa mosk now stands there. B. The fort and palace of Antonia; now the site of the governor's house. C. The palace of Solomon, and the King's gardens ; now outside of the wall, and called Ophel. D. Herod's bridge over the Tyropceon valley, destroyed by Titus {see view of Robinson's Bridge, in the Jerusalem series). E. INIountZion; now the Jews' quarter. F. Herod's palace and gardens; now the site of the Armenian convent and gardens. G. Tower, called David's {see Jerusalem series). H. Tower of Phaseelus. I, K. Towers. L. Bezetha. M. Absalom tomb. N. Kidron valley. O. Village of Siloam. P. Slope of Olivet. On the Temple site. — I. Outer court. 2. Court of the women. 3. Court of tlie priests, where were the altars, etc. 4. Beautiful Gate. 5. Front of the Temple. 6. Holy of Holies. 7. Ty- ropceon valley. The temple of Herod above noted is usually called the Second Temple of Jeru- salem, but it was, properly speaking, the third. It was commenced sixteen years before the birth of Christ, and after a lapse of forty-six years was still unfinished (John ii. 20). So much did the Jews mistrust Herod that they would not allow him to tear away a stone from the old temple until all the material for the new one was on the ground. Herod's structure was massive and beautiful, but it may be doubted whether it exceeded that of Solomon in architectural display and solid rich- ness. This temple, and the city of Jerusalem as well, were destroyed by Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, A. D. 70. The glory of Judea then departed with her people, over a million of whom were killed in the siege. 18. ECCE HOMO ARCH in the street called Via Dolorosa, near the governor's house, Jerusalem. It is the tradition that Jesus was shown to the multitude out of the window in this arch. The building on the right is the Convent of the Sisters of Zion (French). The arcli is old, but not of the age of the New Testament times. The street is narrow, badly paved, and uneven. SCENES IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 11 19. OLIVET from the road to Bethany. The four summits of the mountain which lies east of Jerusalem, are almost in a line, north and south [see map of Jeru- salem, No. 70). It is mentioned in several books of the Old TestaTnent (2 Sam. xv. 30; 2 Kings xxiii. 13; Neh. viii. 15, etc.) and many times in the New. From its summit nearly every house in Jerusalem can be seen, and also the Dead Sea and Moab Mountains, and a wide extent of country all around the city. The ridge is 300 feet higher than the Temple site, and is a mile long. It derives its name Olivet or Mount of Olives from the nimierous olive trees which once clothed its .sides. The four summits are called respectively, "Galilee," "The Ascension," "The Prophets," and the " Mount of Offence." To Olivet Christ was wont to resort. Over its summits he passed to and from Bethany. On its slopes was situated the garden of Gethsemane. From its top he ascended into heaven after the atone- ment was made perfect and his victory over death achieved (Matt. xxiv. 3; xxvi. 30). 20. OLD OLIVE TREES in the place called Gethsemane. The word Gethse- mane means oil-press or wine-press, and it was probably a quiet spot in some friend's garden, not far from the city, on a slope of Olivet ; but it is not likely to have been at this junction of the most frequented paths leading into the Stephen Gate from Bethany. The trees are undoubted antiquities, 1200 years or older. The earliest writers mention this spot as a resort of the faithful. 12 SCENES IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST. \,^.;^I\,AJ}'^ 21. VIEW OF JERUSALEM, from the spot where Jesus wept over the city. (6>if No. l6.) Nearly every house in the city is visible from this spot, on Olivet ; and it is almost the only place that has not been " located " by the monks, and " honored " by a chapel or monument of some kind. The temple site is the most prominent object in view, and really the most authentic, although of the temple itself not one stone has been left on another. Only the walls supporting the raised platform remain, though not in their original condition, having been pulled down part way and rebuilt. The foundation stones for several layers have not been removed. Both the city of Jerusalem and its immediate surroundings have a charm aside from their rich secular history, on account of their intimate associations with our Saviour. His first visit to this place was at the age of twelve years. This was the time of the great festival. After the commencement of his ministry he attended three out of the four successive Passovers which occurred. Here v^^ere performed many of his most solemn miracles, and here also were delivered many of his most impressive discourses. All the surroundings are suggestive of that sad story which culminated in the crucifixion, and made the atonement a fact. ^ 1m 22. JERUSALEM FROM THE NORTHWEST, showing the position of Golgotha, called the Grotto of Jeremiah. This skull-shaped hill is more likely to have been the site of Golgotha than the Holy Sepulchre Church in the city. The points in favor of it are, that it is outside of the walls, " nigh unto the city," shaped like a skull, near a main road, and in a conspicuous place, where there were gardens and sepulchres. The cave-sepulchre beneath it is one of the most magnificent in the country, and might have been chosen very naturally by the friend of Jesus as a place of deposit for his remains. Golgotha, in Hebrew, signifies " the place of the skull, or skulls." It is much visited by strangers, and never fails to interest and to stir the holiest emotions. One may sit here for days engaged in reading over the circumstances connected with the crucifixion and burial of Christ, and locating in his mind the scene of each one of the events as they transpired. Nearly eveiy object has connected with it a curious tradition or more circumstantial history, which is told by the inhabitants with great earnestness and full confidence in its credibility. SCENES IN THE LIFE OF PAUL. 23. TARSUS, the birth-place of Paul, is a city on both banks of the river Cydnus. It was a noted seat of Greek learning, ranking next to Athens and Alexandria. It was made a free city by Augustus, and a Roman colony in some age after Paul's time. Abulfeda, in the thir- teenth century, mentions it as a noted city having a double wall. 24. ANTIOCH IN PISIDIA was founded by Seleucus Nicator, and peopled from Magnesia, on the Mceander. The city was built on a spur of Mount Paroreia, on both sides of which there was a fine broad plain, with cities. There are ruins of several churches, temples, a theatre, and a mag- nificent aqueduct, twenty-one arches of which are now entire, as shown in the view. 25-26. ANTIOCH IN SYRIA- was founded on the Orontes river, thirty miles from the sea, by Seleucus Nicator, B. c. 300, and named after his father, Antiochus. It had a colonnade of marble, from end to end, about two and a half miles. Its suburb, Daphne, was celebrated for its sanctuary to Apollo and Diana. The disciples of Christ were called Christians first at this place. Aqueducts, marble pavements, and other evidences of its ancient greatness are often found among the ruins. Population 6000. 27. DAMASCUS, one of the oldest cities known to history, is on the east side of Anti-Leba- non, 2200 feet above the sea, in a fertile plain, near the desert. The Barada river separates into several channels in passing through the city, watering a wide expanse of gardens. Damask silk and sword-blades are still famous for excellence. Population about 150,000. 28. PERGA was the ancient capital of Pamphylia, on the river Cestrus,, seven miles from the sea. The coins of the city bear the figures of Diana and her temple. Now called by the Turks Eski-kalessi. Paul and Mark came together to Perga from Paphos. The success of their mission here is not recounted. At this point Mark left Paul and returned to Jerusalem, and Titus, a newly converted Greek, took his place as secretaiy and assistant. It was from this place that they started on their journey to Antioch in Pisidia, where Paul delivered his celebrated discourse (Acts xiii. 40), and hither they returned after their mission at Antioch was completed. Their route then lay from this place to Attalia, by the sea shore, and thence to Antioch in Syria. 13 14 SCENES IN THE LIFE OF PAUL. 29—30. ATHENS, the ancient and also the modern capital of Greece, was built a short distance from the sea, and its port was joined to the city by two great walls, as shown in the restored view. The Athenians were lovers of music, painting, sculpture, architecture, and oratory, and became famous in all these fine arts, filling a great part of the world with their beau- tiful works. Paul founded a church there (Acts xvii. 14, 15; I Thess. iii. l). The plan, No. 30, shows the position of the several hills on which the principal public and religious edifices were built, and of the market-place in which Paul preached, as also the Areo- pagus, where he had an audi- ence of the noble philosophers and wise men of the city, and ^ where he delivered his celebra- ted philippic (Acts xvii. 22-31). No. 30. — PLAN OF ATHENS. 31. COLOSSj^J was on the river I.ycus, a branch of the Mreander, in Phrygia, near Laodicea (Col. ii. i ; iv. 13). Pliny describes it as a celebrated city in Paul's time. A church was founded there through Paul's instrumentality. The ruins of the ancient city are near the modern village of Chouas. Prolxably Paul never visited the city of Colossas in person, l)Ut he often received encouraging reports from it through his friends, by whom he was induced to write his epistle to the Colossinns. In this city resided Philemon, with whom Paul also exchanged the courtesy of an epistle, the subject of which was Onesimus, the former slave of Philemon, Onesimus had run away, but was advised to go back by Paul, now that he had become free through the grace of God. Near to CoIossje were Laodicea and Hierapolis. The Christian bretliren of these latter places are mentioned by Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians. 32. A VIEW OF THE AREOPAGUS is here given as it is now, in ruins, after many centuries of neglect. The word means Hill of Mars [Areios, Mars, pagos, a hill), and it became famous as the seat of the great criminal court of Athens. Mars was said to have been the first culprit ever tried there.- It was before this assembled court that Paul came; crimes against the religion of Athens being one of those of which the court took cognizance. His defence of his God and religion con.stitutes one of his master-pieces of eloquence. One of the Areopagitae or Judges became a convert to his doctrines. Those grim old Judges were, as a body, too much wrapped up in their strange philosophies to be seriously impressed with Paul's doctrines. They listened in wonder, but they hardened their hearts. SCENES IN THE LIFE OF PAUL. 15 34. CORINTH, the capital of Achaia, and once justly celebrated for its arts, wealth, and population. Its situation between two seas drew to it trade from the East and West. Paul first planted Christianity in the city. There dwelt his friends Aquila and wife Priscilla. During his stay at Corinth he wrote his Epistle to the Romans and I and 2 Thessalonians. No. 33. PLAN OF EPHESUS AND ENVIRONS. 36. ICONIUM was a large city, built on a table-land, in a fertile plain, near a range of sno\v-capped mountains in Asia Minor, in the district called Lycaonia, of which Cicero says it was the capital. Paul wa.s stoned and left for dead there (Acts xix. 19). The city is now built partly out of the ruins of the ancient buildings, and the walls show everywhere pieces of capitals, columns, and carved cornices. It was the capita! of the Seljukian Sultans, and the cradle of the Ottoman em j ire in the middle ages. No. 35. — THEATRE OF EPHUSUS. 33-35-37- EPHESUS was opposite the island of Samos, about the middle of the western coast of Asia Minor, and was the capital of the province called Asia. It was built both on the hills and in the plain, as shown in the plan, No. 33, and in the view. No. 35. The harbor was built at great ex- pense with heavy granite walls. The Temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and had fthe second one) 127 marble col- umns, 60 feet high, each the gift of some niler or great man. The coins of Ephcsus bear the image of the Temple and of Diana, as shown in No. 37. It was one of the seven churches in Asia mentioned liy John in the Revelation. It has been used a-S a marble quarry for ages, and its beautiful columns and sculptures carried away to enrich other cities. Ruins cover the hills, and a swamp the plain. Paul resided three or four years at Ephesus, and it was to the churches which he gathered here that he wrote his Epistle. From this place he wrote his Epistles to Galatians and i Corinthians. It is also more than probable that John wrote all his works from this place, or first published them there. No. 37. — DIANA OF EPHESUS. 38. MILETUS was a seaport and the ancient capital of Ionia, Asia Minor, thirty-six miles southeast of Ephesus. The presbyters of the church at Ephesus met Paul here on his return from his third missionary journey (Acts xx. 6.) It was the birth-place of several noted men : Demo- critus (b. c. 460), Anaximenes (504), Hecataeus, Anaximander (611), Thales (639), and Timo- theus. There were four harbors, each one large enough to hold a fleet. The oracle of Apollo there was consulted as late as A. D. 375. It is now a ruin several miles from the receding sea, on the river Mseander. 16 SCENES IN THE LIFE OF PAUL. 39. THE PORT OF ACRE is nearly filled with the red sand which is brought by the wind and tide across the sea from the great desert of Sahara, in Africa, and large ships and steamers now land at Haifa, near Carmel. There are veiy few antiquities to be found in the present town, for it has been pulled to pieces and rebuilt many times ; but there are many relics of the Crusades and of the siege of Napoleon, who was repulsed before its gates in 1799. 41-42. THESSALO- NICA was named after a sister of Alexander the Great, who was the wife of Cassander, who rebuilt and enlarged it on the banks of the rivers that flow into the Thermaic gulf It is now the most 1 important town in Euro- pean Turkey next to Con- stantinople, having a ^ population of 70,000. Cicero once lived there, ■•j^:_ Jsfflj as also Pompey, with his s^hS Senate. It was the chief city on the great Via Eg- natia (Roman road). Its commerce was equal to that of Corinth and Ephesus. It was a free city, and was governed by a Politarch, as mentioned in Acts shown in No. 42. Paul, Silas and Timothy established a church here about A. d. 52, to the members of which 40. CENCHRE/^, the seaport of Corinth, was on the Saronicgulf, whence Paul sailed (Acts xviii. 18). Phoebe wa- a member of the church there, and Lucius was appointed it^; first bishop by Paul. The coins of this Greek colony {sc\: Coins) show a temple at each end of a grand mole surround- ing the harbor, and a statue to Neptune on a rock between. No. 41. — THESSALOXICA. No. 42. — ARCH AT THESSALONICA. xvii. 6, and recorded on an arch of the imperial times, as were addressed the two Epistles. 43. PUTEOLI was eight miles northwest of Naples, on the shore of what was once called the Bay of Cumae. This place was famous anciently as the seat of a Sibyl, whose oracles were often consulted. A ruined foundation of the Sibyl's tem- ple, and also ruins of the temple of Serapis, and other public works, are shown. 44. ROME was the capital of the Roman Empire in the time of Christ, and at Paul's visits was the most populous city in the world. The ruins of the Forum, the chief public hall, are shown in the engraving. The city in Paul's time was to a great extent on the hills which are outside of the modern walls. SCENES IN PALESTINE. 45. THE CEDARS OF LEBANON once formed vast forests on the whole range of mountains, of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, from a height of 3000 to 7000 feet. There are now but few left, in ten or twelve groves, the highest of which is near the summit of Thor-el-Chodib, the highest peak of the range, where there are about one hundred old trees, the largest of which measures over forty feet in circum- ference. In Hebrew the word Cedar (erez) means " the firmly rooted and strong tree," and this is the character attached to it by all the Bible authors who mention it. Thus Isaiah calls it " proud and lofty" (Isa. ii. 12); so in Ezekiel xxxi. 3, where the Assyrian is compared with the Cedar of Lebanon. (See also I Kings v. 6-10 ; Isa. xliv. 14.) Indeed many of the finest figures of Scripture are founded upon the " firmly rooted and strong tree." The view was sketched near the Beirut-Damascus road, on Anti-Lebanon, near Zehalteh, where there is a fine fountain in a fruitful valley. 46. MOUNT LEBANON. This is a view of the range of Lebanon, with Jebel Sunnin, the highest point, from Beirut. The point of land on the right, in the distance, juts out into the Bay of Cedar Rafts (l Kings v.), and the nearer point is a suburb of the city, where some of the merchants live, in the midst of orchards and gardens. The rig of the ship is peculiar to the Levant, and has been in use (as shown on the coins) from remote antiquity. The Groves of Lebanon are not more celebrated in Scripture than in classic story. In olden times these lofty mountains, with their stately growth of perennial trees, were peopled with many fabled beings ; and the whole range is rich in traditions, some of them exceedingly quaint and curious, others simply preposterous. 17 IS SCENES IN PALESTINE. 47. JOPPA (now jafka). The ancient seaport of Solomon, and the only one south of Mount Cavmel not filled up with sand from the sea. During the wars of the Maccabees, the city was a stronghold, but the place was deserted in the thirteenth century, and the modern city has grown up from the wants of thousands of pilgiims who land there on their way to Jerusalem. The poet Ovid located there the lieau- tiful myth of Andromeda and the sea monster, which was a poetical allusion to the rocky barriers of the port, which to this day make an approach to Joppa in a stonn almost impossible. From this port Jonah took ship on his way to Tarshish, when fleeing from the presence of the Lord, and off the coast he was cast overboard, to be taken up by the whale (Jonah i. 3-17). Here Peter restored Dorcas to life. M 48. TYRE. (From the South.) Tyre was so named from the rocky island (Hebrew for rock, zor) on which the ancient city was built. Alexander could only capture this strong place by building a causeway out from the mainland, for the ap- proach of his army, and the work still remains. The dye called Tyrian purple was a source of great wealth, and was found in a shell-fish on the coast of the sea. The shells strew the beach for many miles each way. Glass and sugar were among the ancient manufactures, and many specimens of glass have been found among the most ancient ruins. The remains of the palaces and temples have been carried away for ages to other cities, and rebuilt into modern edifices. The most interesting ruin there is that of the cathedral in which the historian William of Tyre officiated as Arch- bishop, in A. D. 1174. The great fountain still flows with sweet water in great quantity, but the aqueduct which once .supplied the city is broken in many places. SCENES IN PALESTINE. 19 50. PALMYRA-TADMOR is a lost city, unless it was what is now called Palmyra, a view of the magnificent ruins of which is given in the engraving. There must have been palms there, as we may judge from its name, but there are none now. The ruins are Corinthian in style, and are very grand and impressive. No inscriptions or marks of any kind indicate that any of the buildings date back to Solomon's age. 49. GAZA. The last town to the south in Palestine, near the sea-shore, on the ancient road to Egypt. It is mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions at Nineveh. There are deep wells of good water, orchards, palms, and olive groves, bordering the very desert itself It was one of the five royal cities of Philistia, and was taken by Alexander the Great, who was wounded there. Idolatry was practised as late as A. D. 400. The Mohammedans took it in 634, the Crusaders in 1 1 52. The ancient harbor was choked up with sand long ago, and is now an irregular, unproductive plain. No. 52, — PROFILE OF PALESTINE, NORTH TO SOUTH, No. 51. — PROFILE ACROSS — JAFFA TO MOAB. 51-52. PROFILES. The different elevations of Palestine at the different points given in the sections may be clearly understood from the engravings. Beginning at Jaffa it will be seen that there is a gradual ascent as far as Jerusa- lem west to east, and then a descent to the Dead Sea, which is far below the level of the Mediterranean. The mountains of Moab rise again as high or higher than Judea and slope eastward. The other section is north and south, and shows the variety of hill and mountain, from the snows of Hermon to the desert sand. The Jordan river is also shown in its whole course, with the ba- sins of the Dead Sea and the Sea of Tiberias. 53. AZOTUS-ASHDOD is on the coast between Joppa and Gaza, and was once strongly fortified along the hills behind the place. Herod the Great was , born there, and decorated it with hot baths. The Assyrian Tartars failed to take .j.t, and Psammetichus besieged it for twenty-nine years, B. c. 630. The present village stands on and among the ancient ruins, in the midst of groves and gardens, while the sand has filled up the harbor for two miles, shutting out the sea. This 3lace was noted in ancient times for its idol-worship. The Temple of Dagon was here, in which the Philistines placed the Ark of the Covenant. 54. RABBAH IN MOAB was one of the strongest places east of the Jordan, and its ruins now extend along both sides of a fine stream, the bed and banks of which were finely paved. The theatre was very large, and is quite well preserved, as well as several other public buildings, such as churches and temples. Some columns are about five feet in diameter. Ptolemy named it Philadelphus, B. c. 250. The coins bear the figure of Astarte. The place is noted in the history of the Old Testament for the siege of Joab, David's favorite general, and the death before it of the brave but unsuspecting Uriah. 20 SCENES IN PALESTINE. 55. ENGEDI (ain, spring, gedi, of the kid) was on the west shore of the Dead Sea, east of Hebron, and was called at one time Hazezon Tamar, from its palm trees. It is now a rich plain, half a mile square, sloping up from the water to the base of the mountains, and watered by fine fountains of sweet, warm water, winch rise 400 feet above the sea (900 below the ocean). Ruins of antiquity are scattered for miles around. The vineyards are still fruitful and extensive. 56. ARIMATHEA is supposed to have been the same as the present Ramleh, by some, and by others, Renthieh, a few miles north of that place. Ramleh is interesting from its historical associations, and its old tower of curious architecture, which dates from the Crusades. It is on the way from Joppa to Jerusalem, some twenty-four miles distant from the latter place, and is a pretty village as seen at a distance. It was in the territory originally occupied by the tribe of Ephraim, and is chiefly noted in the New Testament as being the birthplace of the disciple Joseph (Matt, xxvii. 57), who went to Pilate to beg the body of Jesus for burial, and who afterwards deposited it in the tomb he had prepared for himself 57. EMMAUS was anciently called Kirjath-Jearim, and now Kuryet-el- Enab, and is six miles west of Jerusalem. It was one of the four cities of the Gibeonites who tricked Joshua. The Ark of the Covenant remained there twenty years, just before David removed it to Jerusalem. The Dan- ites pitched near the place on the eve of their emigration to the north. It has been also known by the name of Abu Gosh village, after the noted Bedouin Sheik who lived there. No 59 ITV OF TIBERIAS — MOUNT HERMON IN THE DISTANCE. 58. BOZRAH was a chief city in Edom, and it is still a strong fort on a hill top, among the mountains, twenty-five miles southeast of the Dead Sea, half way to Petra, in the centre of a rich pastoral country. The ruins are evidence of ancient wealth and im- portance, under the rule of the Greeks and Romans. 59. TIBERIAS is on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee, and was built partly over the ruins of the ancient city Rakkath, and partly over a ceme- tery. It was the capital of Galilee under Herod Agrippa II. Celebrated schools of learning made it the resort of scholars and students for several centuries. The Mishna was compiled there by Hakkodesh, A. d. 190, and the Masorah (traditions) also, by which the vowel system and pronunciation of Hebrew has been preserved. During the Crusades, it was held by the Christians, but it is now under Turkish rule. It was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1837. Population 4000, of which one-fourth are Jews. The Jews hold four cities to be veiy holy, which are Jeriisalem, Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias. The place is first mentioned in the New Testament in John vi. 23. According to Josephus, the historian, it was founded by Herod Anlipas, and was named in honor of the Emperor Tiberius. The population in eariy times was never wholly Jewish, but was largely made up of -i-esident Greeks and Romans, who found the locality quite as well adapted to their tastes as if it had been in their own midst. SCENES IN PALESTINE. 21 60. ENCAMPMENT NEAR TIBERIAS. Parties of travellers in Palestine hire a guide, who buys all their provisions, secures horses, tents, and all needed articles. Such a camp is seen in the view, on the shore south of Tiberias, by the hot-baths of Emmaus. The location is a lovely one, and the eye takes in a scene of unparalleled beauty. -MOSQUE OF HEBRON, ETC. No. 62. HEBRON. 61-62. The city of Hebron is one of the earliest known to history. Its site is favorable, in a fruitful valley, with good walls, and a good rain-fall in the winter. The houses are all of stone, well built, with flat roofs and domes. The streets are very nar- row, and covered in many parts, especially at the bazars. Glass is made in large quantities, but of poor quality, into lamps, bracelets, and rings. The wall around the great mosque of Abraham is higli and massive, and bears in a part of it marks of great antiquity, similar to the temple area-wall at Jerusalem. The pools at each end of the town are also ancient, very large ( 133 feet square, and 85 by 55). The population is about 5000. In or near the city dwelt Abraham (Gen. xiii. 18), and near it also occurred the events narrated in Gen. xxxvii. concerning Jo- seph and the terrible conspiracy which resulted in his bondage in Egypt. After the death of Joshua, Hebron was found to be thickly peopled and strongly guarded. It quickly fell, however, before the victorious arm of Judah. Before this it was called Kirjatharba (Judg. i. 10). It was designated by Joshua as one of the " Cities of Refuge," whither might flee those who had unwittingly done injury to a neighbor. 63. LYDDA is on the road from Joppa to Jerusalem, by the Beth Horon route, and is a small village, with a few remains of its ancient importance. The Greeks called it Lod, and there are some remains of their art scattered among the orchards and gardens. It had a Christian bishop in A. D. 325, who signed the acts of the Council of Nice. It is chiefly noted in New Testament annals as the scene of Peter's miracle, whereby he cured Eneas of palsy after he had kept his bed for eight years. From the Bible mention of the place, a strong body of early Christians must have dwelt there even before the performance of this miracle. The water-course outside ' the town is said to have been named Abi-Butrus in honor of the memory of Peter. 64. THE DISTANT VIEW OF SAMARIA gives an idea of the great beauty of the site, which was on a hill, smTounded on all sides by a fertile valley, bordered by hills, beyond which was the blue Mediterranean. The city was founded by Omri, king of Judah, who bought the site from Shemer for two talents of silver, and, after build- ing the city, named it in honor of the former owner of the land (i Kings xvi. 23, 24). 22 SCENES IN PALESTINE. 65. JACOB'S WELL is about a mile east from Shechem, in the valley of Mukhna, and is now over seventy-five feet deep, although it is filled up with dirt and rubbish twenty-five feet. The well is stoned up and cemented, and has chambers underground for the animals, which were formerly used to lift up the water by machinery. There are a few remains of a Christian chapel which once covered the well ; and it is said that the Russian (Greek) Church has obtained permission of the Turks to build a church over it, which is to be done at once. It will be recol- lected that near this well Jacob erected an altar and purchased a field of Hamor, father of Shechem, doubtless intending to abide in the place all his days. But the folly of Shechem pre- vented, and made necessary that terrible retribution which the sons of Jacob visited upon him (Gen. xx.xiv.). The place is also made interesting to legal minds, from its being among the first where the custom of dower as between man and wife was formally recognized. 66. THE CONVENT OF MOUNT CARMEL is on the most sightly place on the coast. The view from it is most beautiful, including the bay and town of Acre, and the port of Haiffa. The present building dates only from 1830, but the first convent was founded in the first year of the reign of St. Louis of France, and given to the Barefoot Carmelite Friars. Care must be taken to distinguish this Mount from that further inland and westward from the Dead Sea, which is mentioned in I Sara. XXV. 2, in connection with Nabal and Abagail. The one in question ap- pears prominently in the Old Testament in I Kings xviii. 20-46, in con- nection with Elijah and the miracle he performed in the presence of the priests of Baal, in order to ascertain who was the true God. The brook Kishon, at which the wicked priests were afterwards slain, empties into the Bay of Acre, just north of the Mount. In many places the ascent of the mountain is easy, but the Convent is on a bold promontory. The highest part of the mountain is some 1600 feet, but its average height is not nearly so great. Solomon pictured it as a head covered with crimson. In the original, Carmel signifies " fruitful of corn," or full of gold, like the harvest (Cant. vii. 5; Isa. xxxv. 2; Amos i. 2; 2 Kings i. 9). 67. GADARA is the west slope of the range of Gilead, five miles south of the Sea of Galilee, three miles east of the Jordan, and a mile or so from the hot springs of Amatha. It was a Greek city, and the capital of Persea. There were two large theatres here, the ruins of which are still imposing. The tombs were cut in the solid rock, and many of these were rooms of from ten to twenty feet square, with many small recesses for bodies. Doubtless they were once a place of habitation for the outcnst poor of the vicinity, or else a place of confinement for the violent. At least this hypothesis enables us to explain the mention of the Gadarene who was possessed of a devil which was exorcised by Jesus {see Mark V. 1-15). It was down the slopes of Gadara that the possessed swine rushed on their way to the sea. Josephus called Gadara the capital of Persea. 68. KIDRON VALLEY. The view of the Kidron Valley, from Aceldama, includes several very interesting places; as Siloam on the left, under the temple site; the village of Siloam inthe centre; and the Ascension Church on the summit of Olivet. The whole valley is green in winter with its gardens, and bright with many flowers. Frequent men- tion is made of the Valley and Brook in the Scriptures (John xviii. i). JERUSALEM. No. 69. — ^JERUSALEM, FROM OLIVET. mr^. No. 70. — MAP OP JERUSALEM. . 69,70,71. The most interesting view of Jerusalem is that from Olivet, opposite the St. _ Stephen Gate, looking over the Garden of Gethsemane. From that point nearly every house of the city can be seen, for it is spread out like a map nearly two hundred feet below your feet. At a distance the city has a vei-y bright and cheerful appearance, but a closer No. 71. — QUARRY-CAVE UNDER JERUSALEM. inspection dispels the illusion with narrow, dirty streets, tumble-down houses, and stagnant pools of water. Nearly all of the houses were built of white or buff stone, much of which was in ancient times quarried under the city, where the traveller may see vast caves, such as is shown in No. 71. The location of these on the map is northwest of the temple area, towards the Damascus gate. The city is now, as it was in Solomon's time, the religious centre of the country, and is therefore full of all kinds of religious institutions, many of which are charitable, and all sustained by contributions from the faithful in other lands. Within a few years just past the city has been veiy carefully explored by skilled engineers, searching out the ancient streets and water-courses, aqueducts and sewers, until we have been made acquainted with the public works of Solomon and his successors, especially in and around the site of the temple on Moriah. Many relics of the past ages have been found which confirm the truth and accuracy of the text of the Bible. Even the apparently extravagant statements of Josephus are in many points exactly verified. Each new discovery adds to the interest of previous ones ; and it is probable that explorations will be made under the auspices of learned men for a long time to come. 23 24 JERUSALEM. 72. WILSON'S ARCH, near the Haram area-wall. One of the important dis- coveries of the exploration was in the Tyropoeon Valley, and is called Wilson's Arch, after the engineer who directed the work. The view shows the great solidity of this ancient work, which is likely to stand for many ages more. Below this room there were others, the whole depth of the filling up in the valley being over eighty feet, one series of chambers being built over others up to the present surface, forming a city of several streets under ground. In the face of such discoveries as this we are pre- parecf to understand how the city could store its vast supplies for long sieges. lii^ 73. SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TEMPLE AREA-WALL, showing the site of " Robinson's Arch," and the opening of the shaft in the recent explora- tions. In this picture is shown a number of men at work at the mouth of one of the shafts to the above arch near the southwest corner of the Temple enclosure, where, under the earth nearly fifty feet, were found the stones that had once formed the arch of the bridge that connected the Temple with Zion, over the Tyropoeon Valley, which was destroyed by Titus. The abutment of the arch is still to be seen over the head of the sitting figure. This bridge was first brought into notice in our day by the late Dr. Edward Robinson, of New York, after whom it is named " Robinson's Arch." Its design and completion at so early an age excites wonder. JERUSALEM. 25 74. DOME OF THE ROCK, JERUSALEM. The site of the Temple itself is difficult to determine, although it was somewhere on the great platform that is now covered with several Mohammedan mosks, with their surrounding buildings for schools, dwellings, etc., used by the officers and attendants. The building in the centre of the picture is the Dome of the Rock, so called because of the " Rock of Araunah," which is shown under the dome in the interior. 75. THE POOL OF SILO AM is at the junction of the Tyroposon Valley with the Kidron, and is but a shapeless ruin, composed of the remnants of its former magnificence, rebuilt in fragments, without order or taste. It is now only used as a pool from which the women who live near get their supply of water, for household uses. 76. THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE has become a kind of museum into which has been gathered a great number of " localities " where certain events took place, more especiall)' the incidents of the Crucifixion. There has been a "Church of Mary" on this site ever since the fourth century, when the Empress Helena founded the first; and its history can be traced in nearly every age to the present. It has been burnt and rebuilt several times. 77. THE GOLDEN GATE is supposed by some to have been a porch, or entiy, to a grand church built by some of the early Christian emperors, near, if not on, the actual site of Solomon's Temple. Not used now. 78. TOMBS IN THE VALLEY OF THE KIDRON. The so-called Tombs in the Kidron Valley are without any history or explanation. No definite object can be assigned to the one called Absalom's (on the left in the view) ; and it is misnamed, because that was a pillar, and in a dale, or level place, and not in a val- ley. The St. James and Zechariah are equally mysteries, and without inscriptions. No . 79. — POOL OF BETHESDA. Nu. So. — UAVID TOWEK. 79-80. The section of masonry from the Pool of Bethesda gives a good idea of the care taken by the ancients in building public works. A is the rough heavy stone walls ; C the dressed stone facing, tied to the rough wall ; D, a thick stratum of gravel and broken stone, outside of which is a thick coat of cement, now liard, and water tight in many parts. The old portions of the David Tower have been built with the same care. PATMOS AND THE SEVEN CHURCHES. 8l. PATMOS is a rocky island fifteen miles in circumference, but of very irregular shape, south of the large island Samos, and is one of the group called Sporades. A monastery on a rocky height is named in honor of the visit of John the Revelator, and in its library there are ancient vv'ritings of the early ages. There are no forests, but orchards of fruit trees are abun- dant and productive. The wine of this island is celebrated for its strength and flavor. 82. PHILADELPHIA, one of the scveji churches, vifas founded by Attalus Philadelphus, B. c. 140, as the central market for the rich vs'ine district which is celebrated by Virgil. It is even now, although in ruins, prosperous in the midst of orchards and gardens. Opium is cultivated to a great extent. Sugar-cane was anciently grown in large quantities. The site is on a hill, which has four flat summits, and commands an extensive view. 83. THYATIRA is on the river Lycus, sixty miles northeast of Smyrna. Among the ancient ruins there is a Pagan temple, which has been remodeled into a Christian church, and again into a mosque. The inscriptions on the ruins give hints of many corporate societies, such as bakers, potters, weavers, robe-makers, and dyers, as alluded to in the Scripture text. A railway now connects it with Smyrna and Magnesia. 84 THE SITE OF EPHESUS is heaped with 1 urns, but the multitude of columns (120, each 60 feet high), the gifts of the princes of the civilized Greek world to the Temple of Diana, have been removed to other cities. The theatre is the only relic that is preserved so as to be recognizable. It was one of the largest in the world, next to the Coliseum at Rome. The image of Diana was about 60 feet high, carved in ebony, and enriched with gold and silver figures of animals. It was copied for use in private families, and carried into distant places. 85. FERGAMOS was the capital of a district of the same name in My.sia, on the Caicus, twenty miles from the sea. It was built on the lower slope of two hills. The ruins of tem- ples, a theatre, stadium, amphitheatre, and other buildings are scattered over the site. Explo- rations now going on there have lately brought to light many valuable antiquities. Parchment was the chief manufacture, and books were its great pride. 26 ! ^ 86. SMYRNA was proud of the title, " The Ornament of Asia," and it was favored by every one of the great conquerors who overran the country. The people flattered their kings and emperors with such titles as " God and Saviour" (Antiochus), and "Venus of Victory" (mother of Antiochus). Many fragments of the beautiful tesselated pavements of the temples have been built into modern walls as so much rough material. Polycarp's place of mar- tyrdom is pointed out on the brow of a hill. PATMOS AND THE SEVEN CHURCHES. 21 87. LAODICEA was on the river Lycus, forty miles east of Ephesus, on seven hills, which were well supplied with brooks of good water. The ruins are of three theatres (one of which was 450 feet in diameter), bridges, aqueducts, a stadium, and a gymnasium, which witness its wealth and importance. The city was destroyed by the Ttirks in 1230, since which time it has lain in shapeless ruins, and is only visited for its building materials (Col. iv. 13). SARDIS was the capital of ancient Lydia, and was called " The Queen of Asia." It stood at the foot of Mount Tmolus, in the classic valley of the Hermus. There are still standing two of the pillars (sixty feet high) of the great Temple of Cybelfe, built about 300 years after Solomon's Temple. The eminent author Melito was Bishop of Sardis in the second century ; and the oldest catalogue of the books of the Old Testament, by any Christian writer, is by his hand (Rev. in. i). EGYPT. 89. PYRAMID AND SPHINX. The most noted Pyramids are the three great ones at Jeezeh, opposite Cairo, Egypt. There are about sixty scattered along the Nile for forty-five miles, in a vast cemetery, the burial place of many ages. The largest is said to have been built by Cheops (about 2000 B. c), covers more than thirteen acres, and is 480 feet high. The great head and bust of the Sphinx, near the Pyramids, measures 62 feet high, and is a figure of the goddess Isis, as worshipped by the Egyptians. 90. BAZAR IN CAIRO (Egypt). The Bazar is a street of shops covered over, and is one of the most interesting places for a traveller's visit in the East. Oriental life is seen in its brightest aspect there, and objects may be bought which have been gathered from all parts of the world. 91. ALEXANDRIA was built by Alexander (b. c. 332) ; it was the Greek, Roman, and Christian capital of Egypt, and was then the greatest city in the world. Under the Ptolemies it was made the seat of learning and science. Its library numbered 700,000 volumes, and its museum was the means of disseminating the instructions of Aristotle, whose system of philosophy was taught in its schools, to as many as 14,000 at one time. Astronomy, with the most perfect instruments. Botany, with a large garden, and Zoology, with clinical and anatomical instruction, and with dissection to ■ assist in Anatomy, were also taught in the schools of Alexandria. 92. The Egyptians made many combinations of animals for use in religious teaching, and among these were many which we call Sphinxes {see Nos. 102, 105). In the Greek, the word "Sphinx" means "bound together." 28 EGYPT. 93. RESTORED FRONT OF THE ROCK TEMPLE OF IBSAMBUL, EGYPT. There are two temples at Ibsambul, Egypt, hewn into the side of the mountain, in the solid sandstone rock, one of which, the largest, is shown in the picture, with the figures restored, for they are partly broken down. They are nearly eighty feet high, and the whole front is one of the most grand and magnificent in the world. 94. EGYPTIAN KING, RHAM- SESIV. The great king of Egypt was always drawn by the artists in a cer- tain prescribed manner, and bears in this case the staff of office and the sign of (eternal) life. This method of representation was quite common among the Egyp- tians. It was their embodiment of glory and great- ness. 95. KING OF JUDAH. On the walls of the great Temple at Karnak there are 130 figures like this one, each of which is named after a con- quered king or country. This one is Judea, and there are forty-five, which may be said quite surely to stand for as many places in Palestine. [See 2 Kings xxiii. 29; 2 Chron. xxxv. 20.) 97. AMON, or AMMON, was the Egyptian Zeus or Jupiter. A famous temple in honor of this god was visited by Alexander the Great, when the oracle pronounced him a son of Ammon, after which his coins were decorated with his head lieaving the horn of the ram. 98. ETHIOPIANS. The Ethio- pians were at one time a powerful people, led by a race of queens, whose official title was Kandake (Candace, Acts viii. 27), one of whom was sculp- tured on a temple. [See No. lo6.) Ethiopia was peopled by the descend- ants of Cush (Gen. x. 7). Sheba was one of its States or provinces, over which presided the beautiful and am- bitious queen who came to tempt Solo- mon with hard questions. 96. NILE EM- BLEM. The Nile is the longest river in the world, flowing through 42° of lati- tude. The Egyptians paid divine honors to it, and one of its em- blems is engraved here, perhaps figuring the two branches, "White (Abyad) and Blue (Azrek), which unite at latitude 15° 34' at Khartoom. The river is generally from one to three miles wide, espe- cially where there are islands, and at the height of the in- undation (April to September) it is in some places twenty- one miles across, flooding the entire valleys. I 99. RUINED TEMPLES AT PHIL.E. The ruined temples on the island of Philce are fine specimens of ancient architecture. The island is 1200 feet long by 500 wide, and was sacred to religious uses. [See No. 103.) iEGYPT. 29 No. lOI. — KING OF EGYPT AND CAPTIVES. No. lOO.^EGYPTIAN HUNTING HIPPOPOTAMUS. loo-ioi. The Egyptians hunted the Hippopotamus (river- horse), and made drawings of the chase on their monuments. These pictorial records have proved to be of the greatest value in preserving a knowledge of their manners, customs, religion, wars, and dress, and include nearly every occupation known and prac- tised at the time by them. The kings of Upper and Lower Egypt are represented in No. loi as victorious over several neighboring nations, whose names are written in hieroglyphics over their heads. I02. SPHINX. This Sphinx was found near Sidon, Phoenicia, and was probably a small copy of the great Sphinx near the Pyra- mids of Jeezeh. A particular description of it is given in Renan's Mission to Phoenicia. 103. SCENE ON THE NILE, AT PHIL^. (Inundation.) The Island of Philre is in the Nile, just above, the first cataract, and is covered with the remains of ancient Egyptian temples (jce No. 99). 104. THE CITY OF ON, or Heliopolis (Sun-city), had a college for the instruc- tion of Egyptian priests, twenty miles northeast from Memphis. There are only a few mounds left of all the magnificent structures described by the ancient historians, and this one obelisk, which is covered on all sides with finely cut figures, records of religious ideas. 105. SPHINX. See Nos. 92 and 102 for other forms of the Sphinx. The Sphinx Ori- ginal was the fabled offspring of Orthos and Chimaera. The monster infested the neigh- borhood of Thebes, proposing enigmas and destroying the inhabitants who could not ex- plain them. When CEdipus solved her famous riddle, "What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night? " by answering, " INIan, who creeps on hands and feet in the morning of life, walks erect at noon, and leans on a staff at night," she instantly destroyed herself The object on the top of the head in this cut is a Calathus. 106. QUEEN CANDACE. The Ethiopian Queen, Candace [see No. 98), leading a file of Egyptian pris- oners, taken by her armies. The Romans finally subdued her country about B. c. 22. THE EXODE. 107. ENCAMPMENT IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI. The Taber- nacle was placed in the centre of the camp, and around and facing it, arranged in four divisions, were the twelve tribes. The whole camp was a sacred place, and all impurities, both actual and ceremonial, must go outside of its limits (Deut. xxiii. 14). Criminals were also executed outside, as also of the cities. It was managed and guarded in a military style, with sentinels, etc. The modern Bedouins now camp in any fit place, near water, if possible. The Sheik marks his place by his spear standing in front of his tent. The walled cities were fortified camps. 108. MOUNT SINAI, FROM THE PLAIN ER RAHAH. Mount Sinai rises from the plain Er Rahah like a vast altar of granite, whose summit could be seen by the host of Israelites in every part of the plain. There is a chapel and a mosk on the top of it, and a convent in the valley on the east side. Here was found 30 recently the oldest manuscript of the Bible that is known, which is more correct in its text than any other. There has been a Christian chapel here from about the third centui-y. Mount Serbal, supposed by some to be the true Sinai, is twenty-five miles east, with the monkish Paran at its foot. THE EXODE. 31 109. TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS. The Tabernacle was the sacred tent where man met God in close communion, and was built after a model given to Moses by Jehovah. A large tent, made of cloth, ropes, boards, and poles, with such metal as was necessary for strength and ornament. It was set up and consecrated first at Sinai in the first year of the Exodus. Joshua was the first keeper. It was 45 feet long, 15 wide, and 15 high. The interior was divided into two rooms, the first, 30 feet long, 15 wide, the holy place; the second, 15 feet square and high (a cube), the holy of holies, into which the high-priest only was permitted to enter, who passed the vail that divided it from the holy place. III. PETRA. (Edom.) The name of Esau (Gen. xxv. 29-34). The country settled by Esau's descendants. The ruddy hue of the mountains may have given the name Edom, which is red in the original. The ancient name was Mount Seir. Seir means rugged. It lies on the east side of West Arabah, from Elath on the south, to Moab on the north, I at the brook Zered (Deut. ii. 13, 14, 18), and is about loo miles long by 20 miles wide. The whole country is wild, rugged, and full of deep glens, but is also veiy fertile on the : terraces ; while the desert on each side is barren. No. 112. — DRAZEN SERPENT. no. GOING OUT OF EGYPT. "And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses : and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai- ment. And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them sucJi things as they re- quired : and they spoiled the Egyptians " (Exod. xii. 35, 36). 112. BRAZEN SERPENT. The Lord directed Moses to make a serpent of brass (bronze), resembling those by which the people had been bitten, and to elevate it on a pole, like a flag-staff, so that it might be visible to all. This serpent the Israelites carried with them to Canaan ; and it was preserved till the time of King Hezekiah, who, finding that the people were regarding it with superstitious veneration, caused it to be destroyed (2 Kings xviii. 4). 113. WADY FAR AN. (Paran.) Name of a mountain and a wilderness. The mountain is only mentioned in two poetical passages (Deut. xxxiii. 2). This name is pre- served in Wady Faran in Sinai; and the mountain is probably that now called Seibal, one of the grandest in the region. The wilderness is described minutely in the Scriptures. 114. AARON'S TOMB. (Mount Hor.) A tomb called Aaron's is shown on a summit of Mount Hor. Aaron was buried here (Num. xx. 22-29). The ascent is very steep, difficult, and rocky ; juniper grows almost to the top, where the view is very extensive in every direction. ASSYRIA. 115. DANIEL BEFORE THE KING. Daniel the prophet, after three years' service in Babylon, interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Dan. v. 17), and the handwriting on the wall, thus introduc- ing the knowledge of the true God. The debasement and insanity of Nebuchadnezzar, whereby he became as a beast of the field, eating grass, and his restoration and conversion, constitute, on account of the contiguity of the prophecy and its fulfilment, one of the most startling episodes in the Bible narrative. Not until the mighty Darius sat upon the throne of Media, and Cyrus upon that of Persia, did Daniel's power in Babylon pale. Then, at a gray old age, the Hebrew prince was gathered to his fathers. 116. ASSYRIAN KITCHEN. An interest- ing ancient sculpture which represents the interior of the royal kitchen. It consists of a circle with turreted towers at irregular intervals, like a walled town. This circle is divided into four compart- ments. The figures in each compartment repre- sent the business of its occupants. The ancient cu- linaiy art was probably as intricate as at present. 117. ASSYRIAN KING PUTTING OUT THE EYES OF HIS CAPTIVES. Ancient Assyrian sculpture which confirms the text, "And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon" (2 Kings xxv. 7). IIS. PERSEPOLIS. The capital of Persia, and partly burnt by Alex- ander, the temples — built of stone — only escaping. This city has been sup- posed to be identical with Passargadse, the capital of Cyrus ; but that city was forty-two miles north of Persepolis. The site of Persepolis is called Chehl- Minar (^forty pillars, or minarets), from the remaining pillars of the palace, built by Darius and Xerxes. 119. ASSYRIAN KING. Figure of the great king, as sculp- tured upon the monu- ments, in liis royal robes. 120. MOUNT ARARAT, ARMENIA. Mount Ararat is amidst a mountainous district. It is 17,750 feet high, nearly 5000 feet above the sea, between the Black and Caspian seas, where rise the Euphrates and Tigris, which flow into the Persian Gulf. It is alluded to in Scripture as the land on which the Ark rested 32 121. MAP OF NINEVEH. Opposite the town of Mosul is an enclosure of a rectangular form, which is supposed to mark the ancient limits of the city. ASSYRIA. 33 122. DAGON, THE FISH-GOD. (Heb., Dag, little fish, dear!) The type of the god of the Philistines. His temples were at Gaza and Ashdod (Judg. xvi. 21; I Sam. v. 5). This god was known in Assyria, and is sculptured there as shown in the cut. 127. BLACK OBELISK OF NIMROUD. A piece of black marble, 6 feet 6 inches high, I foot 6^ inches square at the top, and 2 feet square at the bottom, the upper half covered with five panels of figures, with inscriptions be- tween each panel, and also many lines below the lower one ; altogether 210 lines. One side only is engraved here ; the four may be seen in the work on " Nineveh and its Palaces," by Bonomi. Some of the figures on the obelisk resemble those on the wall of the small temple of Kalabshe. 123. VIEW OF THE GREAT MOUND AT BABIL. Capital of the Plain of Shinar (Gen. x. 10). Built, B. C. 2600, on both sides of the river Euphrates; avast square, 56 miles in circuit. About five miles above Hillah, on the east bank of the river are a great many artificial mounds of enormous size in three groups : I . Babil, or Mujellibe (overturned), a high pile of unbaked bricks. 2. The palace, or Kasr ; and 3. The mound on which the modern tomb of A7?iram-ibn-Ali%t3.rid&. Similar mounds, but smaller, are scattered over the countiy on both sides of the river, one of which, six miles southwest of Hillah, is called Birs Nitnrud, which some say is the Tower of Babel. 125. RUIN OF THE KASR AT BABIL (BABYLON). The Kasr, or palace, is a mound of about 2100 feet in length and breadth, and from the sculptures, inscribed bricks, and glazed and colored tiles found there, it is generally regarded as the site of the large palace celebrated for its hanging gardens. 124. NEBO. A Babylonish god. Nebo was the god of learn- ing and letters among the Chal- dseans, Babylonians, and Assy- rians. The cut represents the statue of the god set up by Paul, king of Assyria, now in the British Museum, London (Isa. xlvi. i). 126. PLAN OF THE GREAT PALACE OF NEBUCHAD- NEZZAR, as restored from the ruins by recent explorations. 128. HEAD-DRESS OF AN EASTERN RIDING-PIORSE. The Eastern horses were highly bred, as the Assyrian sculptures still testify. The chariot-horses were covered with embroidered trappings ; these were fastened by straps and buckles. White horses were used as being significant of victory. The bridle was placed over the horse's nose, and a bit or curb is also noticed. Scale of Yards too 300 ^06 100 ■^^fozcH^* 129. ACHMETHA. The capital of Cyrus, where the roll was found which proved to Darius that Cyrus had really made a decree allowing the Jews to rebuild their temple. Upon the strength of this decree Darius immediately issued another similar in substance, imder which the house of God at Jerusalem was rebuilt (Ezra vi. 2-1 1). The walls of the temple at Achmetha were colored seven tints — black, white, orange, blue, scarlet, silver, and gold, in the order of the days dedicated to the plane*' 34 ASSYRIA. 130. ASSYRIAN GALLEY. The Assyrians used gal- leys (and ships) of various sizes, which were driven by sails and oars, sometimes in two or three banks. The sculptures show some galleys carrying soldiers, the king and court, and animals. The one in the engraving is fitted with a metal prow, like our modern war ships, and those of ancient Greece and Rome. i 1 f^^ ^ ^B B ^MM B ff^^S i^^U^^^TK. 131. THE KING, CHIEF OFFICERS, AND GODS OF ASSYRIA DIVINING WITH A CUP. The entire north end of "the hall of divination" (ninety by twenty-five feet), was adorned with this sculpture, of the king drinking and divining in the presence of the gods of'Assyria. The winged and capped divinities attend at each end, bearing the symbolic fir-cone (emblem of life) and the bag of plenty ; clothed in the usual fringe and symbolic borders. The attendants of the king wear no beards. One bears a fly-flap and napkin ; another the ft'ine- strainer and a napkin ; and the third is the sword-bearer, which last is still the title of one of the high offices in ' Turkey (Selikdar, sword-bearer). No. 132 is an ornamented section of the king's throne in sculpture. KING S THRONE. HOUSES, ETC., OF BIBLE LANDS. 133. — INN. 133-134. INN. (Caravanserai.) A lodging-place for the night. Only a room is to be had; the traveller must supply himself with furni- ture, bed, etc. They were built generally two stories high, and near water, usually around a yard having a well or fountain, and entered by a gate which could be closed against intruders at night. The baggage and animals occupied the lower rooms, and the people the upper and better chambers. When the upper rooms were full, as at feast times, the late-comers were obliged to take a lower room, among the animals. 136. GATE OF NICEA (Bithynia). The gates of cities were built strong for defence, with towers and chambers (2 Sam. xviii. 24), and rooms inside for public assembly, for hearing the news, buying and selling, or judicial affairs. The gates of Babylon are said to have been of bronze (brass). 135. EGYPTIAN DOOR. In houses the door had a threshold, side- posts, and lintel ; in tents it was simply an opening in the side. The door was generally of wood — sometimes of cedar. 137. TEMPLE INTERIOR. This is the interior of a temple (of the Sun) at Baalbek, and shows the massive style of building in ancient times. 138. TEMPLE GATE. This is the gate of a temple in Egypt, and seems strong enough to last 5000 years more. The sculptures on it are religious em- blems of the gods and of the sacred religious rites. HOUSES, ETC., OF BIBLE LANDS. 85 139. HOUSE TOP. In hot countries people sleep on the roofs under tents of cloth or booths of branches. The cool of the evening is also passed on the roof, where proclama- I tion is made by the public crier of any command of the ruler, or news of any public kind. Some roofs have vines so trained as to form a shelter from the sun or neighbors. The space is found useful for drying grain, fruit, and clothing from the wash. Stairways lead from the roof to the ground into the court without passing into the house. The roof is supplied with domes for lighting and enlarging the rooms below. It is possible in some towns to run over half the place, jumping from roof to roof, even across the narrow streets. 144. COURT- YARD. Every house, even the very meanest, has a court, or something of the kind (2 Sam. xvii. 18). Some houses have one, others two and three, and very fine houses have as many as s.even. Large buildings are divided into a great many courts, opening by passages into one another. The court is an open space, round which the apartments for the in- mates, and in country places also the sheds for cattle, are arranged. In Damascus the large square court is generally beautified with fragrant trees and marble fountains, and divans placed on all sides. In some beautiful gardens are laid out, others are handsomely paved. 140. DOORWAY AT KHORSA- BAD. Though doorways in the East are generally small, this one in the engraving, from the ruins of the palace (or temple) at Koyunjik (a part of Nineveh) shows the magnificent style of sculpture in the use of ideal figures, combining men and ani- mals and birds. The principal doorways in the palaces were guarded by symbolic bulls or winged gods. Small images of the gods were hidden in the walls and floor as a kind of protection against evil. 142. ANCIENT HINGES. The an- cient and modern doors were and are hung by pivots turning in sockets, both on the upper and lower sides (l Kings vii. 50). Hinges of stone are seen in many houses in the Hauran, which are con- structed entirely of stone, even to the win- dow-shutters. v> S a: ROOMS 33 3. (A COURT ROOMS X ROOMS 141. PLAN OF HOUSE. The houses in the East are usually of one story only. The ground-floor sometimes contains only one apart- ment, with a court attached for the cattle. In some cases the cattle are housed in the same building. 143. GATE AT SIDON. This beautiful doorway is of Arab work- manship, and bears inscriptions from the Koran, as the ancient Jewish doors were inscribed with the words of the law of Moses. 145. SYRIAN SHEEP-FOLD. Sheep-cotes or folds were open enclosures in .front of covered spaces or of rocky caverns, and were used to guard the sheep from storms, from beasts by night, and from the sun at noon (Num. xxxii. 16). 146. LATTICED WINDOW. The window of an Oriental house is closed in with lattice- work. Glass has been introduced into Egypt as a protection against the cold, but lattice-work is still the usual and, with the poor, the only contrivance for closing the window. Orientals are jealous of observation, and screen their windows by cax'ved work, lattices of wood, etc. CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. The most simple style of Oriental dress is the long loose shirt or tunic, without a girdle, reaching nearly to the ankle. The girdle drew the garment close around the person, forming a pocket for the purse, scrip, handkerchief, or other small articles. 152. CLOAK, (abba-lebush.) The cloak is a large square bag, open on one side, with holes at the upper corners for the hands, and a band around the neck. Goats' or camels' hair is used in the desert (Matt. iii. 4). Among the wealthy they are made of silk or wool, and richly embroidered. This is the sack-cloth of the Scripture, and also the camels' hair garment of John the Baptist. 148. STREET ROBE. The women in the East cover their better garments with a thin cloak and a veil, leaving only the eyes, or one eye visible, when they walk in the streets. The poorer classes wear a sort of blanket or sheet, thrown over the head and falling to near the feet. 149. EMBROIDERED ROBE. Two kinds of extra fine cloth were made ; one of various colors and figures, the other into which gold or other metallic threads are wo- ven, besides the usual colors, both of which were made in the loom. The needle was used where the figure was wanted on one side only of the cloth (Ezek. xxvii. 7, 23. 24). 150. HEAD-DRESS. The head- dress is a very important matter in the hot climate of the East, besides its use "for glory and for beauty" (Ex. xxviii. 40). In these Greek styles it is seen that both men and women dressed their hair with great care. 151. THE WRISTLET of the As- syrian king — his peculiar badge of royalty, seen on all the sculptures of the " Great King." 153. COAT. The coat has sleeves to the wrists, or longer, and skirts to the knees or ankles. When cut off at the hips, it is called a jubeh; sometimes it is embroidered very highly. This is the robe of cere- mony for both sexes (l Kings v. 5), and the peculiar garment of the king, when made of choice material, colored purple, and embroidered. 162. THE MAGNIFICENT HEAD-DRESSES of the Egyptian women (see 176) are the admiration of all. Very much labor must have been required in their arrangement, especially when, as shown in the engravings, there were many ornaments woven into the tresses. It is now customary to hang coins of gold, silver, or poorer metal, to the ends of the braids of hair, in dozens, which make a pretty tinkling when the head is moved. {See Nos. 177-193.) 36 154-160. ANKLETS. Or- naments of gold (l, 2), silver (4), brass (3, 6), a string of little bells (5), iron, or glass (7). 161. SLINGER. The sling was of plaited thongs. It was swung once or twice round the head, and the stone then dis- charged by letting go one of the strings (Judges xx. 16). 163-174. ARMLETS. No. i is of plain gold; 2 is double, of same material ; 3 is a peculiar barrel-shaped case, hinged ; 4 and 5 are clasps for both wrist and arm ; 6, the same, triple ; 7 and 8 are ingenious joints ; 9 and lo are spring bands with ser- pents' heads; 11 is an Assyrian pattern shown enlarged in 15 1. CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 3T 175. POSTURES IN SALUTA- TION. Peace be with thee (John xx. 19). By this term is meant the friendly- greeting which in ancient as in modern times takes place between persons when meeting or parting, also when sending letters. Salutations are also given by kissing the hand, the forehead, cheek, the beard of a superior, and by kneeling on the ground or floor, or even falling prostrate. 176. EGYPTIAN HEAD-DRESS, copied from the monuments. [See No. 162.) 177-193. Here are several patterns of ORNAMENTS FOR WOMEN'S WEAR, described partly before under Nos. 150, and 162, 176. The amulet is curious and beautifully made, and consists of bits of paper with written charms cased in gold, ornamented with stones. The ear-rings at the bottom of the group are inscribed with a "charm" borrowed from the Koran. Some of the necklaces are a number of these ear-rings linked together, as shown in the cut. These ornaments of every variety are full of valuable lessons. They establish the fact of great wealth among Oriental races. They show what consideration was bestowed upon the female sex. They indicate a perfection in certain arts and sciences which has never been equalled. Taste must have been very highly educated in order to unite such richness, variety, and perfectability. Their preservation in characters upon walls and monuments, and in beautifiilly chiselled models, is faithful and perfectly wonderful. Each specimen is a whole chapter of antique history, replete with suggestions, and far more accurate than anything preserved in profane text. Though many of the originals of these designs are drawn from Egyptian sources, they are no less faithful representations of Jewish types, for the Jews gave wealth, politeness, standing, and fashion to Egypt. With the above illustrations in our eye we have but to run over the category of fashions in Isa. iii. 18-26, in order to find how much similarity existed between Egyptian and Syrian tastes. The awful denunciations of the prophet might well be pondered by those of the present age who give way to fashionable excesses and worship gods of their own setting up. 194. WASHING HANDS AND FEET. As no knives or forks were used at the table, washing of the hands before and after ^ meals was necessary (Matt. xv. 2). Because of the dust and heat of the Eastern climate, washing the feet on entering a house was an act of respect to the company and of refreshment to the traveller (Gen. xviii. 4). When done by the master of the house it was an especial mark of respect and honor to the guest. 195-196-197. Show a variety of HEAD-DRESSES that in richness and neatness surpasses all modern attempts at head adornment. Considering the elabo- rate ornamentation of the head by ancient women, we are prepared to understand Paul's allusion to the glory of the hair. 198-199. THE GOLDEN OR- NAMENTS here shown are adorned with gems, and are sewed to the crown of the cap. The poorest wear them made of brass. Such ornaments as these blended utility with beauty, and durability with lavish expenditure. 38 CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. Siiiiiili i^ 200. WASHING HANDS before and after meals or prayers. [See also No. 194.) 201. This style of HEAD- DRESS is from the ancient monu- ments. It abundantly proves the antiquity of the present custom of luxuriant adornments for the head and hair in Egypt, Syria, and in- deed, throughout the East. 204-210. SANDALS were most comforta- ble in the hot season for use in the house or street. They consisted of a simple sole fastened to the foot with straps after the manner of a skate. This sole was made of grass, twine, corn-husks, cloth, leather, or wood. Sandals are represented on the most ancient monu- ments. 211. WOMEN GRINDING CORN. It is the duty of women generally to grind the grain for bread in Syria, and the " noise of the grinding " can be heard in the morning in nearly every house. 202. ORIENTAL OFFICER OF HIGH RANK. The long embroi- dered robes of the Orientals give them an effeminate appearance in our eyes, who look upon dress more in the light of its convenience ; and there" could scarcely be a greater contrast than in the two figures, Nos. 202 and 203, the East- ern and the Western (Greek) warrior. 203. GREEK WARRIOR. The Greek, when dressed for active exercise in the field, wore no superabundant clothing, but was strongly pro- tected at every vital point. His spear was long and sharply-pointed, and his shield massive and impenetrable. He was a finished athlete, and brave to a fault, as Thermopylae bears witness. 212. FRINGE. Fringes were commanded to be put upon the borders of garments (Num. xv. 38). Fringed garments, elaborately wrought, were very common among the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians. 213. WOMEN AT A WELL. The carrying of water is the work of women in Eastern countries (except in a few cases where men have animals, water-jars, or skin bottles), and they are seen morning, noon, and evening at the wells drawing water with their earthen jars and ropes, exchanging their bits of gossip, and some- times offering drink to a stranger and his animals. 214. HERA was the Greek name of tlie Roman Juno, sister and wife of the god Jupiter, who was repre- sented in Asia Minor as a draped woman standing on a lion. This goddess was supposed to be the guardian of married women. In Greek mythology her offices were the same, but she was differently represented, her wand there being suiTnounted with a dove, emblem of protective peace and maternal good will. Among Roman remains the peacock is made a symbol of her attributes, and sometimes her chariot is drawn by two peacocks. In gene- ral, this goddess represented the pas- sive productive power in nature, as Jupiter did the active. 215. ORIENTAL WOMEN. The dress of the better classes in Syria is veiy showy and well adapted to the climate, protecting against the sun, dust, etc. The two women shown in the cut are carrying bags (perhaps full of yarn or pieces of cloth) with their work, and are on the way to visit some friend. The amenities of the East admit of work amid con- versation and entertainment. CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 89 7 - ~ 8^ 216-224. A GROUP OF CROWNS. l. Crown of I'pper Egypt. 2. Of Lower Egypt. 3. The crowns of the upper and lower countries united in one. 4. Assyrian crown, from Nineveh. 5. Crown of Sarda- napalus. 6. Of Sennacherib. 7. Crown of Tigranes, King of Syria, from a tetradrachm. 8. From a sculp- ture at Persepolis. 9. Civic crown of the Emperor Galba. 225. INK-BOTTLE found in a trench dug at Jerusalem in i858 by the Palestine Exploration. It is of blue glass, ornamented with green raised fig- ures, and originally had handles over the top as well as on the sides. Many pieces of ancient glass have been re- cently found in various parts of Pales- tine. More recent excavations at Jeru- salem have unearthed many other re- mains of rare historic value; and the end is not yet. 227. THE DANCE of the Orientals is what we should call posture-making, or striking attitudes, and does not include the lively steps of our skilful dancers. The music seems very monotonous to us who are accustomed to cheerful melodies. \MM1 226. SCRIBES are necessary now, as they have always been in Palestine, where veiy few people can afford the time or the ex- pense of learning to read and write for themselves. The ancient Jewish scribes were an order of professional men whose duty it was to write, copy, and preserve the Holy Books. 228. ALLEGORICAL FIGURE OF VICTORY, of Greek design. 229. AN ARAB crossing a stream in a basket- boat made of vi'illow twigs, daubed with clay inside and outside. When pitch is used, the boat becomes more safe and durable (Ex. ii. 3). ^'IWW 231. BRICK-MAKING. The ancient Egyptians pictured on their ornaments every occupation fol- lowed in the country, among which brick-making was prominent. Here are shown the overseer with his J whip; the under "bosses;" the men bringing clay; bricks laid out in rows to dry; placing in the kiln, . where the flames fly out on every side ; piling the bricks after they have been burnt, etc. 230. WOMAN RIDING a donkey in the Oriental manner, on a high seat, a few inches or a foot above the animal's back. An attendant is needed to drive the donkey. This method of journe3'ing would in this country be regarded as veiy undignified and primitive, but in the East the donkey has not lost the character gained by the associations mentioned in John xii. 12-15. In reality, the animal makes an easy, pa- tient, and sure-footed hackney, and besides, is hardy and cheaply kept. ■*■ /^ PTK'W 232. THE WORKERS IN METALS are shown blowing the furnace ; preparing the moulds ; and weighing the gold after it is reduced and run into ingots. 40 CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 233. WORKING IN METALS. These workmen are shown in the act of mix- ing some materials in troughs. The design was probably intended to represent the preparation of moulds for casting ornaments. But the great antiquity of the piece renders its object uncertain. 'k \A % 235. SILVERSMITHS. The workmen are here represented as blowing the fire in an earthen receptacle for melting silver. The tubes for this purpose may have been either of reed or metal. The inscription gives the occupation of the figures, written in hieroglyphics. ^1 234. GLASS-BLOWERS. This cut exhibits two glass-blowers forming one jar, or water bottle, and one just starting a ball at the head of his blow-pipe. The art of making glass utensils and ornaments was carried to great perfection among the ancients. J No. 236. — BOAT OF THE NILE. 237. BOAT-BUILDING. This cut and No. 236 give us some idea of the Egyptian method of making boats of papyrus, and of their form when completed. The papyrus is a reed which yields a tough bark, the inner lining of which has been used for paper in all ages. 239. CHURNING is often a very primitive opera- tion among the Arabs, who use a goat skin, suspended to a bent pole, into which the milk or cream is put, and shaken until the butter is separated. The method of carrying children on the .shoulder is shown in this pic- ture, the child sitting astride of the mother's shoulder. 240. WELL AND BUCKET OF JOPPA. The bucket and sweep are in common use in Syria. They form a con- venient means of raising water where the well is .shallow. Their antiquity is very remote. Such a contrivance is in frequent use in this country. 241. THE TIMBREL is a popular in- strument, and is sometimes very highly ornamented. The word, as well as the instrument, is identical with our Tam- bourine. This was the instrument which Miriam and the women of Israel took in their hands, when they gave praises, after the passage of the Red Sea (Ex. xv. 20). Its sound hannonized with the Hebrew chant. 238. THRESHING is usually done by driving animals over the grain, often drawing a machine with a number of wheels, which shake up and stir the straw so as to shell out the wheat. It is win- nowed by throwing handfuls up against the wind. 242. OXEN AND CART IN ASIA MINOR. Very few- wagons and carts are discovered among the remains of Egypt and Palestine, but their use is quite general in Asia Minor. The cart here represented is quite primitive, both wheels and bed being made of thick planks. This rudeness, however, only extends to carts made to carry commodities. The pleasure and war carts of the East, or, more properly, chariots, are specimens of unique workman- ship, as will be seen in the illustrations farther on. CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 41 243-246. THE ASSYRIAN STANDARDS were emblematic 01' their religion, and therefore the more valuable as instruments for leading and guiding men in the army. The forms were imita- tions of animals (l), emblems of the deities (2), and symbols of power and wisdom (3). Many of them were crude, but others were highly artistic, and of great cost. 4- ! r 5 247-251. ROMAN STANDARDS. The Romans used many different kinds of standards, emblems of the military, civil and religious power. In war, each maniple, or company of a hundred, had its standard placed in its midst. The images and figures upon these standards were various, but the principal standard common to the whole legion was a silver eagle, holding thunderbolts in its claws, as an emblem of power and success. 252-260. THE EGYPTIAN STANDARDS were designed in the same idea as those of the Romans, exhibiting some sacred emblem (5, 6, 8), or a god in the form of an animal (3, 4), a group of victoi-y (7), or the king's name, or his portrait (as I, of Lower, and 2, of Upper Egypt), or emblem- atic sign, as in No. i. 261. EMBLEMS OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. The Hebrews probably foiTned iheir ensigns from the Egyptian idea, and made figures of animals or other objects, which were used by the bribes and families as distinctive marks of the tribe, family, and their oranches. While it is by no means probable that these Emblems were ever borne as standards by the Hebrew tribes, or that they ever were used to designate them in any way, they are still curious and valuable as illustrating the characters given to each of the sons of Jacob (see Gen. xlix. 1-27). By comparing these standards with the text mentioned, the parallelism will be seen. 262. SIEGE OF LACHISH. The Assyrians made records in pictures with short inscriptions of their conquests in Palestine (and other countries), among which are named many well known cities, as this one, Lachish, is an instance. It will be remembered that Lachish first comes into historical mention in Joshua x. 31-34, as a strong city of Canaan, and one which resisted his forces with vigor. But it fell, as did all the other cities of the country, before his prowess, and he entered the places designed for the wearied Israelites as a haven and home. 263-269. PLOW AND IMPLEMENTS. The plow (fig. I ), its parts, and the necessary harness, were most primi- tive implements when compared with ours. The plow was made from a tree, with its root, or branch ; and was shod with iron or copper (e, e, e), which point was cleaned with the spade end of tbe goad (/). The yoke {6, d,) was of sticks, or a stick and ropes. But this form varied in differ- ent countries and among different nations, some of them using a yoke similar to that of modem times. 270-274. AXES. I, 2, 3, are Egyptian, and of bronze (compared with iron, as 9 to 10 in hardness). 4, 5 are As- syrian, and are bronze. The steel implements of the Ancients have nearly all perished by rust. The Egyptians tied the axe-head to the handle by thongs of leather. The Assyrians made an eye for the helve, and so did the Hebrews. The Hebrew axe was also of iron, as we gather from the miracle narrated in 2 Kings vi. 1-7, also I Kmgs vi. 7. In the Le- vitical law (Deut. xix. 5) the axe is made to show forth a class of accidents which were not punishable in themselves. 275-280. ANCIENT SWORDS, i. Assyrian sword-hilt. 2. Curved sword of bronze from Nineveh. 3. Persian sword, belt, etc., bronze and leather. 4. The lower end of a scabbard, bronze, from Babylon. 5. Roman sword. 6. Greek sword. These weapons among different ancient nations varied greatly. 42 CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 281. ASSYRIAN BATTERING-RAM, with a tower for archers. The drawing gives the appearance of metal plates on the side of the machine, like our modern armor plates. The wheels were six in many cases; the body was large enough to hold 100 men, who pushed the beam against the wall. Modem cannon do the work of the ancient ram. 282. " THE GREAT CAMEO." The ancients spent large sums in engraving precious stones, a specimen of which is shown in the cut, of the age of Tiberius, repre- senting Germanicus (consul of Rome, A. D. 12-19) ii^ ^'s triumphal procession at Rome in honor of his conquests over the Germans. The picture is allegorical. Germani- cus appears before Tiberius and Livia. The lower group is described as symbolic of the campaign and conquests in Asia. The upper group is the Apotheosis of Augustus. " The Great Cameo " is cut on a sardony.x of five layers of different tints, eleven by thirteen inches. 285. A WAR CHARIOT, drawn by horses, gaily capari- soned and plumed, attended also by a leopard (or spotted coach-dog). 286. THE HOE was only a hand-plow, and not the small and convenient implement in use with us. The farmer used it as we do the pick-axe or grubbing- hoe, and it was exceedingly weighty and clumsy. 288. THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of the East have been derived from Persia, where they are now found in their original and primitive shapes. Our improvements on the Persian viol have re- sulted in the perfect violin, the most generally effective of all instru- ments. The ancients beautified their instruments with many designs skilfully wrought in wood and metal. No written music has been preserved. 283. SCALES. A valuable historical relic, .showing that the ancient Egyptians used scales, weights, and ring-money, as frequently mentioned in the Scriptures. 284. CART. Wheeled vehicles were in use in the earliest times, and are drawn and sculptured in Egypt and Assyria in many styles. This shows a yoke of spotted oxen, and the cart has an umbrella for shade. 287. CHARIOT. This is from the Assyrian sculptures, and seems to have been built much stronger than those of Egypt. There are no remains of Hebrew workmanship in chariots. The earliest mention of chariots in the Bible is of those in Eg)'pt (Gen. xli. 43 ; xlvi. 29). In all probability they did not become instru- ments of Hebrew warfare until the time of the kings (Solomon's Song iii. 9; Ps. xx. 7). 289, 290-300. VASES AND BOTTLES OF ALABASTER, so named from the place of manu- facture, Alabastron, Egypt. I to 7 are of glass, and are of the third or fourth century, B. C, found at Babylon ; 8 to II are of earthenware, of the same age and countiy. Similar shapes are now in use in the same localities. CUSTOMS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES. 43 ,, 301. VINE (from the sculptures). Gath- \ ering grapes from the vine (Egyptian). Baskets of reeds were used to hold the clusters. In , ancient times grape culture was an important t- industry in all Eastern countries, and the pres- ence of the vine was accepted as a criterion of the soil, just as at present certain plants are regarded as evidences of good or bad land. 310. BOTTLES. Another type of ancient bottles. Their forms were diversified, and de- pended more on the conceit of the manufacturer, than the uses to which they were to be applied. 31 1-3 1 3. EGYPTIAN BASKETS. The baskets were sometimes decorated with designs in colors, as in the cut, where, in one, two goats are rearing by the sides of a cluster of lotus flowers ; and on the next there are two medal- lions, showing the head and the name of the owner or maker, and on the third a griffon or .. sphinx. Ornamented borders surround the de- signs, and there are handles of graceful pattern. 325. BEARDS. Various styles of beards, from the Egyptian sculptures. The upper row are Egyptians, and the lower of Assyrian, He- brew, Arab, and African prisoners taken in ■war. The patriarchs have always been repre- , sented with long, flowing, hoary beards ; and among all ancients the hair was regarded as an index of strength. 302-308. ASSYRIAN CUPS. The explorers have found a great variety of drinking cups, of elegant shapes, and beautiful ornamentation, among the ruins of Egypt and Assyria. From Assyria there are here drawn, i, a lion head (bronze); 2, same, with handle ; 3, cup, fluted (sculpture) ; 4, of red pottery ; 5, painted potteiy ; 6, 7, bronze. The preservation of these curious remains is not more wonderful than their style. 314. GLASS LAMP, with three handles of green glass, and a tube inside for holding a wick. Found in an underground room on Mount Ophel, at Jeru- salem, near the Virgin Fountain, with several others, by Mr. Warren, 1868. In its outlines, the lower portion resembles the lard or camphene lamp of not more than a decade ago. The upper portion is not in accord with modern notions of a chimney. 326. EARTHEN LAMP found at Jerusalem. Beautifully ornamented with a pattern raised, and highly finished. When we consider the beauty and utility of such remains as this, we cannot congratulate ourselves in being very far in advance of the ancients in many utensils that enhance domestic comfort, and give evidence of taste. 309. CUP OF THE PTOLEMIES. This is called the " Cup of the Ptolemies," because of its Egyptian designs, so finely engraved on the outside. It is made from a large sardonyx stone, five inches high, and is one of the finest works of the ancients. Some suppose it to have been in the collec- tion of the Emperor Nero at one time. The engraving on the side is an exhaustive resume of the political, religious, and domestic economy of the Empire. Industry and products are likewise typified. 315-324. EGYPTIAN CUPS. Nos. i, 2, 3, are from paintings at Thebes; 4, porcelain ; 5, green earthenware; 6, coarse pottery; 7, wood, with handles; 8, arragonite; 9, earthen, painted. These fantastic shapes and rich orna- mentations are in keeping with the importance attached to the office of cup-bearer — a functionary that seems to have been indispensable to royalty in all Eastern countries. 327. TABLES among orientals are always movable and small. The round object in the picture, at the top, is the metal table, perhaps three feet across. The stand in front of it is sixteen to eighteen inches high; nearer, and on each side also, are other tables resting on stands, with cups standing ready for use. There is a copper or bronze table now in use at Salahiyeh, near Damascus, six feet across, bearing the Ro- man revenue stamp, of the age of Augustus. RELIGIOUS RITES AND EMBLEMS. No. 328. THE HIGH-PRIEST, HOLY VESSELS, AND FURNITURE IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES. No. 329. — THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK. 328. The holy vessels, altar, ark, table of sliew-bread, seven-branched candlestick, and the high priest, vi'ith the censer and wine-cup, in the holy place of the tabernacle or temple at Jerusalem. No remains of any of these things have been preserved, except of the table of shew-bread. No. 331, and the golden can- dlestick, No. 329, which were taken to Rome, carried in the triumphal procession, and sculp- tured on the arch of Titus. But we are not left in uncertainty as to any of the details of Hebrew worship. The ceremonial law is distinct. No. 330. — TABLE OF SHEW-BREAD. 333. ADORATION— ANCIENT EGYPTIAN. The Egyptians have drawn and sculptured figures engaged in various fornis of worship, and here it appears as if the two persons were adoring the stars; perhaps a relic of the ancient Paganism. 44 No. 331. — TABLE OF SHEW-BREAD, PER EAS-RELIEF ON ARCH. 331. The table of shew-bread is described, with all the other sacred vessels, in Exodus xxxiv. to xxxix. 334. ADORATION— MODERN EGYPTIAN. Shows the various postures of the Mohammedans in their form of prayer, which are the same in Europe, Asia, and Africa as practised by 150,000,000 of people. The prayers are said five times a day, and nearly always are a repetition of the same form. 332. HIGH-PRIEST, in the sacred garments, bearing the breast-plate, leading an ox to the sacrifice. The gar- ments are more minutely given in No. 336, where he is serving at the altar of incense. Josephus gives a long description of the dress in Antiquities iii. 7, § 7. 335. UNLEAVENED BREAD, baked in moulds. The Jews now in many places keep the ancient festivals instituted by Moses, or some of the prophets and teachers succeeding him, and bake the unleavened bread in due form and with proper ceremonies. This was the only bread they were allowed to eat during the seven days of the Feast of the Passover. J ■ RELIGIOUS RITES AND EMBLEMS. 45 336. HIGH PRIEST AT THE ALTAR OF INCENSE. {Se^ No. 332.) The forms of the furniture of the Tabernacle were not pre- served, because the Hebrews did not make public records of their affairs as the Egyptians and Assyrians did. We can only conjecture their appear- : ance from the description in Exodus, and the forms of similar things in use among neighboring peoples at that time. There can be no doubt, how- ever, that this inferential knowledge is correct. 338. PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. Presentation of a gift to the priest in redemption of the first-bom was required of all Hebrews. A lamb, or two pigeons, was the price paid to redeem the first-born son who belonged to the Lord, and if not so redeemed could be claimed as his, to serve in the duties of public worship. This dedicatoiy service was at first very solemn and impressive, but as it became traditional, and the priests more corrupt, it took the shape of idle form, a sad commentaiy on the laxity of morals which distinguished the Eastern world, and made the coming of the Son of God so opportune. Mere gifts cannot now purchase godly favor. The dedication of the young must be direct and of the heart to be effectual. 337. TABERNACLE. The Tabernacle is described in Exodus xxvi., and was the sacred temple of the Hebrews in the Wilderness for 39 years, and in Canaan for nearly 400 years, until it was displaced by Solomon's Temple, B. c. 1012. It was built of acacia wood, cords of wool, and covered with cloth of goats' hair, and skins of rams and of goats. [See No. 328 for its furniture.) 339. THE SANHEDRIN IN COUNCIL. The Sanhedrin was the supreme council of the Jewish nation before and after the time of Christ. There were two kinds, that of the city, called the Great Sanhedrin, composed of 71 members besides the president; and the provincial council, called the Small Sanhedrin, formed of the elders and scribes. The Great Council was formed of the priests, the elders, and the scribes, all qualified by learning and good standing. The time of meeting was every day from the morning sacrifice till evening. Its sittings ended A. D. 425. 340. EGYPTIAN ARK. The Egyptians have given us minute and clear pictures of all their sacred objects, and we have here the ark of the god Amon, which has a small model of a temple, with attending priests. The whole was typical of the safe passage of redeemed souls over the river of death. 341. BAAL was the Phoenician male sun god, and Ashtaroth was female, or moon goddess. He was figured in many ways, and, as shown here, was cut on a stone sar- cophagus at Sidon. Baalzebub was the sun-god-of-flies. 46 RELIGIOUS RITES AND EMBLEMS. 342. INTERIOR OF A MODERN SYNAGOGUE. The institutes of Moses, as explained by tlie Rabbins, are kept up by the " orthodox " branch of Jews, while they have been veiy much changed to keep pace with the changes of society by the " reform- ers," who decorate their synagogues to a great extent, making them, in a few instances, the most magnificent buildings, both inside and out. The men as well as the priests keep their hats on during service; and the women sit apart in a gallery, except in some of the " reform " societies. The service is very grand and impressive. 344. ANOINTING. The ceremony of anointing a priest in Egypt, as drawn on the monuments. The hawk-headed gods are typical of the divine favors, and the source of the privileges and powers conferred on the priest or king. This ceremony was an ostentatious one, hence it was deemed worthy of representation on the walls of monuments and sacred places. The method of its cele- bration varied, but the divine influence was always sought. iaiM«igiiiw!iaa»Bra 343. ANCIENT ALTARS. Forms of ancient altars, chiefly Greek and Roman. Beginning the left, the upper one is Greek, from a temple of Jupiter; the next two are Assyrian; and the large one, to the right, Persian. The lower left is Assyrian, the one with a three-handled vase on the top is Etruscan, and the others are Roman. 345. EGYPTIAN PRIEST. The high-priest of the Egyptians is drawn in his sacred garments, wearing a wig (for the priests were required to shave every three days the whole person), and in the act of pronouncing the bene- diction. As will be seen, the dress was unique and gorgeous, and the gir- dle mounts an emblem of some beast that entered into the sacrifices, or was typical of sacred functions. The offices of the priest were very similar in all Eastern countries. Even Pagan priests imitated the show and mysticism of the true worshipper. The Greeks copied closely the forms of the Egyptian priest- hood, but with them the office itself lost much of its importance. 346. TEMPLE. (Front of a temple, Egypt.) The archi- tecture of the Egyptian sacred edifices, and their attachments, obelisks, sphinxes, is of the most impressive character, and they were also of the most enduring workmanship, having outlasted all other similar works in other countries, and are even now wonderful and interesting as exponents of the ideas and achievements of the ancients. The traveller stands in awe amid their ruins, and cannot help feeling melancholy when he considers that so few of them were reared in honor of the true God. 347. DANCE OF PRIESTS (Egyptian). A group of priests performing a religious dance, with music and branches of palm, at a festival in honor of the gods. These dances were very little more than joyous processions, and they de- generated into noisy routs in after times. 348-349. EGYPTIAN PRIESTS. Two more groups, in different costumes, and probably of different ranks. The leaders are carrying books (rolls of papyrus), and one is sprinkling perfumed water on the pavement, in presence of the high- priest, who is sitting in a chair of very fine design. The heads of some of these are bare and are smooth shaved. Others are covered with wigs of certain patterns, of which one is ornamented with plumes. The shoes of this leader have pointed toes, turned up, like those of the modem Syrians. There seems to have been from ten to thirteen different costumes worn by the priests. RELIGIOUS RITES AND EMBLEMS. 47 y^^-^^ik . 'i\ i 1 ai ^1: 1 ^ •' ' «./.jr:....- Til ^ |r| 'l,ti'N>''^Jiir [^'\'ii fillji^l No. 364. — THE SO-CALLED TOMB OF ABSALOM. and is stoned by all devout passers-by as an expression of their contempt for the fair but undutiful Absalom, and an evidence of their regard for his aged and loving father, David. No. 351. — SARCOPHAGUS. 350, 351. Agreatnumber of coffins and other burial cases of stone, marble, and wood have been found in Egypt, Syria, and Assyria, on many of which there are carvings and inscriptions, fixing the date and name of the persons who were buried in them. No. 350 was found at Sidon in 1855, and once held a king of Sidon, whose mother was a priestess of Ashtaroth, B. c. 1050. The next one. No. 351, was found in a cave in the valley near the Convent of the Cross, and contained only a few bones and dust. It is of reddish limestone (melekeh), 32 inches long, 191^ high, and 16 wide. 364. Some of the ancients spent great sums of mo- ney in erecting monuments of stone, and this is one of several of the kind which are still standing, more or less in ruins, at Jerusa- lem, in the Val- ley of the Kidron. The name of the builder, or he who was to have been honored by it, is lost; it is called Absalom's Pillar, or Tomb, 352. MUJNIMY. The burial cases of the Egyptians were generally of cloth or papyrus, and in case of the rich a wooden or stone coffin was added. 353-362. COFFINS. Various patterns of stone and wooden coffins, nearly all of which are from Egypt. I is of palm wood, with pan- els of other wood, painted; 2 is similar to those drawn in the ark, used in the burial procession; 3, 4, 5, 6 are different styles of stone cases, two of which are without their covers ; 7 is like the one carried in the funeral boat in No. 363 ; 9 is a fine structure of wood, perhaps large enough for several bodies; 10 is a simple case, and generally stood in a private house. No. 363. — ANCILNT EOYPTIAX HUNEKAL FKOCCSSION. 365. The mo- dern funeral No. 366. — INTERIOR OF A TOME. procession may be compared with that of the ancients. No. 363, and shows that, except in a few particu- lars, the customs have not changed. Hired mourners attend in both cases, walk- ing behind the body. The body is drawn by oxen in one case, and carried by friends in the other. Em- blems of tlie religion are ex- hibited in both : and since we know that it is now the custom to sing a solemn fu- neral chant, we may believe that the ancients did the same. The body was taken to the tomb, the door of which is shown in No. 367, where the "judgment" of neighbors and friends was No. 365. — MODERN r.(;VrTIAX FUNEKAI. PKOCESSIOK. No, 367. — DOOR OF A TOMB. No. 368. — PLAN OF ANCIENT TOMB. passed upon the deceased, and then it was laid in one of the places cut into the rock, as shown in the plan No. 368, the ante-room of which is drawn in No. 366. The large room marked C (No. 368) was supplied with six p\aces, besides doors opening into B and A. In B, probably, there were several shelves of stone on which the coffins were placed. It was also customary, especially among the poor, to wrap the body in its ordinary clothing, or in plain strips of cotton or linen cloth, and lay it away in one of the places cut in the rock, closing up the entrance with stones and cement. TREES OF THE BIBLE. 369. ABRAHAM'S OAK (about one mile and a half from Hebron). The so-called oak is no representative of the famed oak of Mamre, which was a Terebinth, but is a mere substitute, and in a different direction from Hebron, west instead of north. The tree is sound, measuring over twenty-two feet in circumference, and is the noblest in southern Palestine. It stands close under the vineyards, in a grassy field, with some of its descendants not very far oflF, and with a fine old well of sweet water just behind it. A Terebinth existed at Mamre in the time of Vespasian, and under it the captive Jews were sold for slaves. It disappeared about A. D. 330, and no tree now marks the grove of Mamre. 372. HYSSOP. A plant growing on a slender stem, free from thorns, or spreading branches ; ending in a cluster of heads, having a pleasant aro- matic odor, growing on the walls in Pale.stine. It is often men- tioned in Scripture ( Ex. xii . 22 ) . 48 l4 /''^ '- V 7 . I 373. MANDRAKES (Cant. vii. 13). The Mandrake is now called Atropa A/andragoi-a . The odor or flavor of the plant is a matter of opinion. They have a delightful smell, and the taste is agreeable, though not to everybody. The Orientals especially value strongly smell- ing things, that to more delicate senses are un- pleasing. The fruit was ripe at the time of wheat harvest. The leaves are dark -green, the flowers white, with veins of purple ; the fruit orange, and the size of nutmegs. The root was anciently supposed to have animal life. 374. EGYPTIAN WHEAT. Egypt was celebrated in ancient times for its wheat. Syria and Palestine produced wheat of fine quality and in large quantities (Ps. Ixxxi. i6). The Egyptian wheat, Triticum composi- tuni, has six or seven ears on one head (Gen. xli. 22). 370. SPIKENARD. (Heb. nerd, Gr. nardos.) A highly perfumed ointment, prepared from a plant in India growing in short spikes. Prized by the ancients, and was a favorite perfume at their baths and banquets. It was very costly (John xii. 3). 371. POMEGRANATE. A native of Asia: a bush with dark green foliage and crimson flowers. The fruit is red when ripe, and very juicy. The rind is used in the manufacture of leather. The figures in Solomon's Temple were adorned with carved figures of this fruit (l Kings vii. 18,20). A cut Pomegranate, showing its seeds, is emblematic of faithfulness. 41 41 375. ALMOND TREE AND BLOSSOM. A nut tree larger than a peach tree. In Palestine it blossoms in January, and in March has fruit. Its blos- soms are white, and appear some weeks before the leaves. The leaf is long and narrow, with a notched edge, and the fruit is like a green peach, with similar rough skin, which dries up and drops ofl". TREES OF THE BIBLE. 49 176. PAPYRUS (i?^^(2'). (Heb. names: agmon, Some, aroth, kaneh.) A tall reed (3 to 6 feet, angular), with a broom-shape head, formerly lining the Nile banks, and growing elsewhere in marshes in Egypt and Palestine. Its lower part was used for food, after cooking. It is without leaves, and the pulp was used for making paper. Some ancient specimens of the Papjrrus (covered with writing and drawings) are to be found in the Abbott Mu- seum, New York (and in several museums in Europe). Our ■word, paper is from Papyrus. 379. OLIVE. (Heb., ZAYITH, or ZAIT.) A tree from 15 to 30 feet high, bearing berries, smooth, like an oval plum, violet color when ripe, having an oily pulp, and a hard, rough stone. The leaves are like the willow, and of a dull, olive green on the smooth, upper surface, and silvery-pale on the downy under surface. The flowers are small and white. They live to a great age, and the bark of old trees is very rough. The trees are planted by cuttings. The wild tree bears but few berries, producing scarcely any oil. : ■'.\ . * •' : -.V : ••• , \ I f 'f^ ^ \- , '1 Sit 377. PALM. (Heb., TAMAR; Gr., phoinix.) The variety most common in the East is the Date-Palm [P/icenzx dactylifera). The Palm tree was always associated with Palestine ; the name Phoenix being probably derived from Phoenicia. The date-palm is endogenous (growing from the end) ; its average height is about 70 feet. About eight years after being planted it yields fruit, averaging 100 pounds, and continues productive for 100 years. Dates take the place of bread to a large extent in the East, and all the other parts of the tree are used for building, fencing, roofs, mats, baskets, couches, bags, etc. There is a say- ing with the Arabs that " The palm tree has 360 uses." The palm groves of Jericho were always famous, and the place was called the "city of palm trees" (Deut. xxiv. 3; Judg. i. 16; iii. 13). It flourishes best under an average temperature of 60°. 380. MUSTARD. It is found abundantly in Palestine, both in a wild and cultivated state. The plant grows to a very large size on the banks of the Jordan. In comparison with any other "garden herb," it would be a "tree" (Matt. xiii. 31 ; Mark iv. 31 ; Luke xiii. 19). 378. CAROB. [Ceratonia siliqua.) A legu- minous tree, native of Palestine and the East. It is an evergreen, growing in hedgy clusters, and pro- ducing a long brown pod filled with pulp of sweet- ish taste, which in times of scarcity is used for food. It is familiarly called St. Jolni's Bread. Both pod and pulp resemble those of the Locust, only larger. 381. SHITTAH. (SHITTIM.) Understood as the Acacia tree, of which there are three or four species in the East ; especially used in the construc- tion of the tabernacle, ark, table of shew-bread, altars, etc. (Ex. xxv., xxvi., xxxvi., xxxvii., xxxviii. ; Isa. xli. 19). This tree yields the gum- arabic of commerce from incisions cut deeply in the bark. Probably the burning-bush of Moses (Ex. iii. 2), called SENEH, was the shittim (or acacia) tree. The last camping-ground of Israel was on the plains of Shittim. The Arabs use the gum for food. The bark is very astringent, and is used in tanning leather. The wood is very hard, close- grained, of a fine brown color, excellent for cabinet- work. It grows in dry places, where no other tree can live. It is not the acacia of this country, which is a kind of locust. Tristram mentions trees on the Dead Sea shore at Engedi and other places, which are four feet in diameter. 50 TREES OF THE BIBLE. 382. PISTACHIO. (Mastich Tree.) The trees are veiy wide and circular, ten or twelve feet high, and are found on the shores of the Mediterranean. The gum is used to strengthen the teeth and gums. It was prized by the ancients on this account, and for other medical properties. It is used in the preparation of spirits, as a sweetmeat, and in varnishes. 383. MULBERRY. The Purple and White Mulberry are natives of Persia, although the White Mulberry is the most common in Palestine and Syria. When left to grow naturally the white attains the greatest height, and is the handsomest tree, but the fruit is far inferior to the other. It is kept low in order that it may produce a larger crop of leaves for feeding the silk worms, which are bred in great numbers in Syria. 384. MYRRH. (MoR.) One of the ingredients in the " oil of holy ointment," and used as a perfume (Prov. vii. 17). It was one of the gifts brought to the infant Jesus (Matt. ii. 11). Myrrh was also used for EMBALMING (John xix. 39). It is like most of the Balsam tree family, a low, thorny, ragged-looking tree, with small, bright, trifoliate leaves. 385. LILY OF CHALCEDON. Found in the deep, broad valleys of Palestine among the thorny shrubs, and remarkable for its rapid growth (Hos. xiv. 5.) Its flowers are very brilliant in color. The Phoenician architects, who decorated Solomon's Temple, chose the lily for the capitals of the columns (probably imitating the Lotus of Egypt), and for the rim of the brazen sea. The true Lily of the Valley is not a lily, but a jonquil, as the name appears in the Arabic of Cant. ii. i. ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 386. PEACOCK. (Heb. TuKllM.) Imported into Palestine through the Tarshish navies of King Solomon (l Kings x. 22 ; 2 Chron. ix. 21). The importation of Pea- cocks is named with that of ivory and apes. The birds were probably brought from India or Ceylon, which, there is reason to believe, the navies visited. The Cingalese word [lokee) for Peacock bears a close resemblance to the Hebraic. The Romans considered them a great delicacy, and reared great numbers for the table. They are very abundant in their native forests in India. In many parts of the country great flocks frequent the temples and live amicably with the sacred monkeys, and the people were forbidden by law to shoot them. In Java, the Malay countries, and in Burmah our Peafowl is replaced by other nearly-allied species of the same habits and appearance. ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 51 387. LANNER FALCON. (Deut. xiv. 13.) This bird is much larger than the Peregrine Falcon. The female is larger and stronger than the male, and was em- ployed for chasing the Kite, whose long and powerful wings could not always save it from such a foe. In the illustration a pair of Lanner Falcons are pursuing some of the rock pigeons which abound in Palestine. It is called Lanner (Lat., Lanariiis) from its ferocity; the original word meaning a butcher, or one who tears things to pieces. It is peculiar to Eastern countries, and is scarcely known in Europe. In England it has been mistaken by ornithologists for the Peregrine Falcon. Hence it nas been described as inhabiting countries where it in reality has never been found. 388. OSTRICH AND N-E.ST. The Ostrich {Struthio Camehis) is a native of Arabia and Africa. It is a giant bird, often ten feet high, witli stout long legs and only two toes, short wings, and soft rich plumage. It has great powers of endurance, and runs with rapidity. It was reckoned among the unclean birds by the Jews (Lev. xi. 16; Deut. xiv.). The habits of the bird are admirably described in Job xxxix. 13-19- 389. QUAIL. (Ps. cv. 40.) A bird of passage about .he size of a turtle-dove, and resembling the American partridge. They are plentiful near the shores of the Dead Sea, the Jordan, and in the deserts of Arabia. Its flight is veiy low, especially when fatigued. They migrate in vast flocks, and at night, when they settle, they are so exhausted that they may be captured by the hand. The Arabic name for this bird is Sahcia, which signifies plumpness or fatness, from its well-known figure and quality. The first mention of the Quail in Scripture is in Ex. xvi. 13, when they were sent as food to the murmuring Israelites only a few days after they crossed the Red Sea. See also Num. xi. 31-32. 390. DOMESTIC FOWL. (Luke xiii. 34.) The common barn-door fowls are not often mentioned in Scripture, but were always, as now, in every village or farm- house, and their eggs are more used in Syria than any other food not vegetable. The haiiit of the cocks in the East of crowing during the night at particular times has been noticed by many travellers. The Egyptian paintings represent catching, keep- ing, feeding, killing, salting, cooking, and eating of fowl (i Kings iv. 23). i 52 ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 391. ARABIAN HAWK. A strong-winged and rapacious bird, several species of wliicli exist in Syria. Unclean for the Hebrews (Lev. xi. 16), but sacred among the Greeks and Egj'ptians. It was migrator)', as are ten or twelve kinds now. (Deut. xiv. 15,) Job is supposed to allude to the migratoiy habit of this bird in xxxix. 26 ; at least this is the only hypothesis which fully explains the verse. They frequently build their nests in close proximity to those of vultures and eagles, and are the only birds allowed to do so. 392. SHORT-TOED EAGLE. (Deut. xiv. 12-15.) The Short-toed Eagle is strong, heavy, and handsome, about two feet long, dark-brown, and marked with black spots. There are twice as many of these as of all the other eagles put together in Palestine. It feeds mostly upon serpents, and is very fond of frogs. 393. LAMMERGEIER. (Deut. xiv. 12.) One of the largest of the flying birds. It belongs to the vultures, but has the appearance of an eagle. The plumage is a mixture of different browns and greys ; when young it is nearly black. It spreads over Palestine, never congregating in numbers, but living in pairs. Their nest is made of sticks and sods, and is of enormous dimensions. An allied species lives in Northern Africa, where it is called by a name which signifies Father Longbeard, in allusion to the beard-like tufts of the bill. Identiiied with Ossifrage of Scripture. This identity is sustained by other uses of the word " Peres," which is translated Ossifrage, or "Bone-breaker." Thus David called the spot where Uzzah was killed Perez-Uzzah, or the Breakage of Uzzah. So Baal-perazim was called " The Place of Breakings." The original word then signified "breaking," or " crushing," and the bird it described corresponded in its leading characteristic with the Lammergeier or Ossifrage. 394. GOLDEN EAGLE. The Golden Eagles live in pairs only, and require a wide range of country, five pairs occupying as much as twenty miles. It is smaller than the Griffon, not so strong, and not veiy common in Palestine, ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 53 395. BULBUL. (Ps. cii. 7.) A species of the Thrush tribe, and a songster which rivals the Nightingale. There are vast num- bers of them throughout Palestine, no less than thirty-eight species, rarely more than two being ever seen together. They are very fond of sitting on the ridge of a roof or any con- spicuous eminence, where they utter their plaintive notes. 396. OWL. (Ps. cii. 6.) An unclean bird, as in Lev. xi. 17, and Deut. xiv. 16. Several species are found in Palestine. The Great Owl is strictly a bird of the reedy marshes and mud flats. 397. GRIFFON VULTURE. (Heb. daah.) (Micah i. 16.) A large bird belonging to the. genus hawks, and in- cluding a great many species. It is pronounced unclean by Moses (Lev. xi. 14; Deut. xiv. 13.) The Vulture has a naked or downy head, a bare neck, and long wings. It is a carrion bird, and is remarkable for its powers of vision and the great height at which it soars. It scents its prey from afar. Scarcely can an exhausted camel fall on its route and die, before numbers of these filthy scavengers show them- selves (Job xxviii. 7). In Palestine large flocks of them may be seen daily sweeping their graceful way in the grand curves which distinguish birds of prey. They are best seen in the early morning, from their habit of quitting their rocky homes at daybreak for a sail of two or three hours. Jere- miah (xlix. 16) alludes to this bird and its habits. It is em- ployed as an emblem of divine omnipresence by Ezekiel and St. John. It is the Vtiliiir fulvus of Ornithology, and its habitable range is from the Alps of Europe to the Mountains of the Moon in Africa. Talmudical writers have a proverb, " that a vulture in Babylon can see a carcase in Palestine." 398. BITTERN. (Isa. xiv. 23.) The Bittern belongs to the same family as the Herons, Cranes, and Storks, and has many of the habits common to them all. It is two and a half feet long. The ground color of the plumage is dark buff, mottled with black and chestnut. In its long beak, legs, feet, and food it resembles the Herons. It is not gregarious, and it is rarely seen. It will not be tempted to leave its retreat by noise, or even by stone-throwing, for it knows instinctively that the quaking bog land which it selects as its home is unsafe for the step of man. By day the bird is silent, but after the sun has gone down it utters its strange, wild cry. ■ In eveiy country inhabited by the Bittern its ciy has been dreaded as the prophecy of some evil to come by superstitious people. In England it is known by the name of Night Raven and But- terbump. Ornithologists are confused in their designation of this bird. It was the Ardea siellaris of Linnaeus, but is now known as Botaiirus vulgaris. Like most marsh birds it has great facility for changing its shape and size. The cut repre- sents it as on the alert, and consequently in an expanded attitude. The swamps of the Tigris abound in this strange bird. "The Bittern shall dwell there" is expressive of the deepest desolation that can reign over places abandoned by men. 399. TURTLE DOVE. (Canticles ii. 12.) (Heb. YONAH.) Two species are mentioned in the law — Turtle Dove and Pigeon. Both were to be offered in burnt- offering (Deut. i. 14). It is a symbol of peace, and the most exalted of animals, as symbolizing the Holy Spirit, and the meekness, purity, and splendor of righteousness. 400. KITE, OR VULTURE. (Job xxviii. 7.) Two species of this bird are found in Palestine. The Red Kite is scattered all over the country. Its wings are very long and powerful, and it has a long and deeply forked tail. Its color is reddish. The Black Kite is so numerous in Palestine as to be almost gregarious. 54 ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 401. GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. (Deut. xiv. 15,) There are two species of Cuckoo which visit Palestine in the summer, our own common Cuckoo and the Great Spotted Cuckoo, a much larger bird. The feathers on the head are formed into a bold crest, the throat and chest are reddish gray, and the tips of the wing and tail-feathers white. This species lays its eggs in the nests of comparatively large birds, such as the rooks, crows, and magpies, which are of the same color. 403. TREE SPARROW. (Ps. l.x.xxiv. 3.) A small bird, with quill and tail-feathers brown, its body gray and black, resembling the small Chirping-bird. It is bold and familiar in its habits, and always ready to fight with its fellows for a stray morsel of food. These birds are still numerous, troublesome, and cheap in Jerusalem. They warble in sweet and plaintive strains. ' 402. CRANE. (Isa. xxxviii. 4.) The Crane is well known in Palestine, and next to the ostrich is the largest bird in the country. It is to be seen in the cultiva- ted region only in the spring. It resorts to favorite roosting-places during the winter in immense flocks. They are four feet high, and eight feet from tip to tip of wing. The Crane is noisy when flying, as it continually utters a loud, shrill, and harsh cry. It makes its nest on low ground, and lays only two eggs, of a pale olive color, with black and brown streaks. Its flesh in former days was highly valued. The flowing pliunes of the back, which fall over the tail-feathers, are much used as plumes and for brushes. 404. EGYPTIAN VULTURE. (Deut. xiv. 17.) This bird is white, except the quill-feathers of the wings, which are brown. It is a handsome bird, and so useful as a scavenger that it is pro- tected ir. all parts of the East by stringent laws. 405. ITERON, OR WEIITE IBIS, (anaphah.) An unclean bird (Lev. xi. 19.) There are several .species "after its kind" in Pale.stine, one of which is called the White Ibis. Its long beak is a weapon of considerable power. Its flight is very powerful. 406. HOOPOE, OR LAPWING. (Lev. xi. 19.) An unclean bird. Its feathers are long and very beautiful. There are many legends about the Hoopoe, one of which is that a vast flock flew over King Solomon's head while on a desert journey, shadowing him from the sun, in reward for which he gave them a crown of golden feathers. It is more abundant in Egvpt than in Palestine. Its plumage is of a light russet color, the wings and tail black, with many broad white bars, and its crest extending over the whole head nearly two inches long, with black tips. It is about the size of a thrush. ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 55 ,c t; o > o ;r. o o U) >> ^ ri C/J (A OJ '^ -d- ^ ■B ^ V c 3 n H P ,c ^o ro i/i IL> t: r^ .^ ^ 'O >, ■— aj () 01 Tn o TS > n ■u Tl „ W n o fr. 55 (U ^ x^^-^^^^- 426. LEOPARD. known in Palestine. ( . f ] ., KAMER.) (Hosea xiii. 7.) The Leopard was familiarly Its color, swiftness, craft, ferocity, and nature of its dwelling- place are all mentioned in the Old Testament. Three species belong to tl.e same family of animals ; all are spotted and similar in color, all nearly alike in shape, and all are inhabitants of Asia, while only two are found in Africa. In the forests of Gilead it is still so numerous as to be a pest to the flocks and herds. The Chetah, or hunting Leopard, was used by the ancient Egyptians in the chase, and so sculptured on the monuments. Their skins were worn by the priests during their religious ceremonies, and are also worn by the modern dervishes. 425. FOX-JACKAL. The Jackal is very plentiful in Palestine. They go in packs of hundreds, and eat any carcass of man or beast, and are extremely fond of grapes. When confined, and partly tamed, it is scarcely possible to please them better than by offering them a bunch of grapes. These animals are supposed to be referred to in the account of Samson's exploit in burning the grain-fields of the Philistines. In the olden times of warfare they must have held high revelry among the slain on the battle-fields after the armies had retired. Perhaps David, himself a man of war, and used to seeing their midnight depredations, refers to this peculiarity in Ps. Ixiii. 9-10. They are naturally cowardly, and keep aloof from habitations ; whence Lam. v. 17. 427. CAMEL-POST. (Isa. xxx. 6.) The Camel is used for the conveyance of special messages. In the Bornu kingdom a regular service of these animals is established, two couriers always travelling in company, so that if one rider or camel should fail or be captured by the Arabs, the other may post on to its destination (Jer. ii. 23). The species used for this purpose is known as Deloul. They travel roughly and swiftly. The rider is belted on. A messenger thus mounted has been known to go 240 miles in forty-eight hours. A thoroughbred Deloul will travel for seven or eight weeks with only four or five days' rest. In the text of Isa. Ix. 6, and Jer. ii. 23, a distinction is made between the ordinary camel and the swift dromedaiy. 60 ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. y ;d ^ 3" o 3 re < P 5- t/i 4^ 00 ^ 3- 5' O O o H o rr 3" c c 3 3 " p o c o ■n t/i >-< o •^ •t ;i •— < r\ ~,' Oq' n n a a p n d. o 3 <: o" P O 2- p_ { c- n T re p < n »-H y) cr. o P O n m 3 p 3. re o (1 -r n ^ 3 7T- Lj o o 3" rr ra o ? TO D- o -*> < < n (? ir. n C/5 p; ^' -1 n f !!^* p 2 o 03 3 c p ^ y; S re C P 3 2 f3 M ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 61 £5 ^ O '^ JZ V - r H "i^ S H tJ3 ^ O O U. ri^ -- (L) tD 2 p -^ ^ O - _, - o ^ = ^ O 0' J5 "ii yi — . c" ^■ T C ^ Ci rP ^ _-. S -^ Ot "-' V) 9- H ^ ? a> n rr V5 P p ::■ u ^ " n^ 3 (T ■-t — . ^ > 3- ^ 'n Qd l:> 2 P "< ^. J^' p 3 "*» rr ffQ - 5* ^ 3- '^. > _=• s- s- — * - y; O 3- 5 2 ^ H 5 — f^ era jj ro^ B 2 c 00 fTi &. M n „ r w Si 3 -a 1 3 > H ji' M •=P — _ U! X -■' 2- -, "> - y V! 3 « 't" £. rr- o n 3 H 2. ^ >< o = p re N S = re 7; W — '^ =. '-J, o O j« o > "ilj r. ::; ■^ x ^ — r. c „"i 1—' ^ — • p Xj 3 ^ ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 63 .5 rt ^ rt m ,^ ~ (U On 00 u S .^ H '3 § n fc4 u w o Pi Pi o w" w N -< o CO d •=; i; /i — gJ Pi •'". OJ (11 O rrt -J -i V. '^ O .^ - < 5: C "5 ■" « O J= 3 "2 "5 rt H ^ ^ m" jf -§ i« aj C g ° Ji O g . o ■^ a o V U ^ ^ 5 V, 5 fc/j ' — ! !^ 'i 1) ^ O ■^ ii P (/: j3 X "" ■£ o g C/3 o . W •r, p n sr- " g ^ -^ .^ p. t: d -. c: *^ O O w OJ :fi QJ _^ >-. o J,; "^ tU ?-.n CJ ri rt rt > '/? ^ ■s> 'bio O CJ T. CJ c o a. -5 d H 'rt H <§ 3J > ni o •5 c '~d 1 ri 3 .^. p o o bJ) a Oh b/) ■^ < " o p P. 6 wfi / ////)/' ' , . H I 'I T ^ V r 5 ^ o b H ^ o *-■ o c: •H u ri ■^ O c 113 c/; O O H <; £ li a; t! p Pi rl T* 1) Q tS CJ —I '~ (U W ,:i: z, '*^ Pi !U tp o '-s ■£ '-C "ti U5 ri ,r-] iz Pi o > a. i5 a, (U ^ 'ri ■s t-- ■^ '„ c ^ >^ V !i-r XI c ^ ? o ►J-l 64 ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. 440. PEARL OYSTER. (Rev. xxi. 21.) The Pearl Oyster is the source ot the pe.uls. Pearls were held among the most precious stones in the ancient world. Their beauty is due to nature alone, as they are not improved by art. The " Pearl of great price" is a fine specimen yielded by the Pearl Oyster, which is found in the Persian Gulf (Matt. xiii. 45, 46). 441. TORTOISE OF EUROPE AND PALESTINE. (Lev. xi. 29.) The common Tortoise is very plentiful in Palestine, and is cooked and eaten by the people of the countiy who are not Jews. Its eggs are also in great request ; they are hard, thick-shelled, nearly round, and rough. The Tortoise has no teeth, yet it is able to crop the grass with ease, as the edges of the jaws are sharp and very hard. 442. COBRA. (Gen. xlix. 17.) The serpents of Palestine are veiy numerous. Some are very large, but most of them are rather small. The Orientals believed the serpent to have a large share of sagacity. The Cobra is most employed by the serpent-charmers. ' 443. BEHEMOTH, OR HIPPOPOTAMUS. (Job xl. 15-21.) The largest beast known to the Jews. It is found throughout Africa in all the large rivers. A large, powerful, and clumsy ani- mal, which lives in the water, but comes out upon the banks to feed on grass, grain, and branches of trees. The body is flat and round, the head enor- mously large, and the legs very short. In color, brownish, ears small and pointed, small black eyes. 444. SERPENT CHARMING. From the earliest times in the East certain persons have exercised a remarkable power over poisonous snakes, as is noticed in James iii. 7. 445. THE TOXICOA. (Job xx. 16.) The Toxicoa is very plentiful in Pal- estine, Syria, and North Africa. It is closely allied to the dreaded Horatta-pam snake of India. 446. .SCORPION. (Heb. akrab.) (Rev. ix. 10.) One of the largest and most mahgnant of all the insect tribes. It resembles the Lobster. Those found in southern Europe seldom exceed two inches in length, but in tropical climates they are ten or twelve. They hve upon other insects, but kill and devour their own species also. When It IS placed in danger, and sees no way of escape, it will sting itself to death. This stmg IS very poisonous, and occasions great pain. 447. FROG. (Heb. ZEPHARDEA, OT«r.j/i-/^«/ g -5 ') »»^ j N aiNiaava -C n *B j^ n *~ v-^ p. sx -r r- x> ^ yv "^ R iA ^ 5^ cr >— A v^. rL. r> » A C/2 MIUB3H ^ rl ^ 1* C J- *-« ir P r 1^ ja «-* iK •'^ n ri^ -O ffv iX r 9 :» e iNaaAwivd ^ ?n^ ;r^ M ^ M ^ \i> en ^ >^ > 5? >" •*!> fc f^ h^ (ic!i oivwvav T\ f: — n .s^ < d^ ' — - 1 c ■ J— 0- >a «{ Nvuavwvs ^ Tl' -^ (p ^ ,?/ ^ ^ ^ H :5t w ^ j-v '^ E> <^ ^ 0-f

J ^ 3 WVN ■f ^ « -i \ i s 1 ■zr. '1 1 re ^ 1 :! 25 J ■ ^5^ J 1 .p 1 1 .M m « hn c ,a !^ 3 ^ Tl c 0) 'tj] o O "^ ^ _^ "ta H 4 ^ UI OJ b/1 c: K "o- -a tn ^ rt o OJ n in o oT s G T 1) H OJ fc-o > c/) ■n 1 » Cu c; 'c/ a> tJD :3 o i> > hn CJ CJ -n ■ — 1 > ^ ^ ■'-' ■ ' O ui < in OJ J3 V CI) q o r^ tc IT. n -^ ^ t5 0) > s° u X o H o o O o o ^ o > T1 O V 0) o £ •2 -rt '> 5 o OJ C « o J-i >, E 1) •r C3 1) o ? > C3 ♦■' (-; rt o ' ' 5^ is e 1) >, O ^ ?» -sj :^ u> .to -^ O •=>•>*- ^ >. "^^ 1 H 1 1 « M V c -i S s> a b Q, OJ o o > c3 o 'J) OJ CJ 'SI "nl H ^ W '^ OJ O P-i ;r, ^ C!J rH < O ■J) OJ o ^ C HI <; 1/1 (!J o O 8 > o w o P-. J f= r; n < o t/5 H > o m H 3 O oJ W T *" ri>i K ^ r H rH c o rt o ON s 1- '^ Tj <^ r^" IT: n "rt ^ .2 T) ^ o "r. ANCIENT COINS. 470. DARIC. The earliest coins in use in Palestine, 450 B. c, were the Daric, of Persia (Ezra ii. 69; Neh. vii. 70), specimens of which are still preserved in both silver and gold of the proportion of twenty-five cents and three -dollai-s. 471. DAGON. (from a gem.) The Phoenician coin, with the figure of Dagon, is ver)' ancient, and may date 1000 B. c, as it was found in a tomb of a veiy early age. The pecu- liarities of this celebrated god have been mentioned in No. 122. It was the temple erected in his honor that the enraged Samson pulled down. 472. CASTOR AND POLLUX, sons of Jupiter. (Acts xxviii. 11.) Name of the vessel in which Paul sailed from Malta to Rome ; derived from the name of the two stars called "the Twins," the fabled sons of Jupiter and Leda. The coin was struck at Brutii, in Italy, and dates a little before the time of Paul's voyage. 473. THE MACEDONIAN COIN is of silver, and gives a head of Philip, with the club of Hercules, as a sym- bol of kingly power. The name is spelled with a K, and the coin is one of the most beautiful and highly finished of aU antiquity. 474. THE KING AND QUEEN OF PERSIA were found engraved on two gems of ancient workmanship. The inscriptions around the heads explain them- selves: " Of Mithridates the King,'' "Queen Melon." The queen's is the most carefully cut portrait in the original gem, of all ancient relics. 1 475, 476. MITES OF HEROD. The money of Herod was of Greek character, of bronze or copper only, for there are no silver or gold specimens extant. The lepton or mite was the smallest of his coins, two of which are here given. The sacred vessel on one, and the anchor on the other, give a hint of the sea. Value, less than two mills. 477. COIN OF HADRIAN. Hadrian Augustus struck many coins, as did all of the Csesars, two of which are given, 477 and 479. On one there is a figure of Neptune bearing aloft a trident and a water-lily, standing on a sea-shell. On the other there is an armed galley, bearing sails, oars, and the sacred Roman standards. 478. TRYPHON was a usui-per of the throne of Syria, who killed the young Antiochus, son of Alex- ander Balas, B. c. 142 {jee No. 488). 479. COIN OF HADRIAN AUGUSTU.S [cee 477). man coins are of two classes, Considar and Imperial. 480. COIN OF HEROD AGRIP- PA. (Head of Titus.) Silver. 481. THE TYRE. COIN OF 482. COIN OF TARSUS. The coin of Tarsus is memorable for being con- nected with the histor)' of the apostle Paul. This city was his birthplace and early residence (Acts ix., xxi., xxii). The coin is finely designed with figures on both sides, as shown in the cut. 483. A HALF SHEKEL (twenty- five cents) was the yearly temple dues, and was exchanged for foreign money at the very doors of the temple. " This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord" (Ex. xxx. 13). 484. COIN OF CENCHRE/E. A coin is often the veiy best evidence concerning some ancient person or place. If genuine, it is not possible to den)' its claims to credit for what it shows. If forged, as they often have been, they still bear a certain value, accord- ding to their antiquity. 485. PENNY. It was a silver coin, called denarion by the Greeks, denarnts by the Romans. Equal in value to about fifteen cents of our money. It has the portrait of Tiberius Csesar on one side; on the other a female figure is repre- sented with a hasia or spear in her right hand, and an olive branch in the left. 486. SIMON SHEKEL. The first copper coins struck by the Je\\'s were by Simon Maccabeus, a privilege granted by Antiochus VII., 139 b. c. The bronze shekel of the fourth year was probably struck (b. c. 136) in a time of distress. Eleazer, son of Simon, struck coins both of silver and bronze. 68 487. LYSIMACHUS was a body-guard of Alexander (whose head he put on his coins), and was made general, and finally King of Macedonia and part of Asia Minor, 315 B. c. Though somewhat irregular in shape, this coin was clearly cast. It is a singlar fact, that but few of the coins struck by Alexander himself contain his image. 488. ALEXANDER BALAS, a pretended son of Antiochus Epiphanes, was made King of Syria by a decree of the Roman Senate, B. c. 150. He adopted the title of Balas (Baal-lord) in compliment to the popular religion of the country, which was worship of the great Fly-god of the Phoenicians. ANCIENT COINS. 69 489. TETRADRACHM OF ANTIOCHUS IV. EPIPHANES, who was a younger son of Antiochus the Great, and king of Syria, B. c. 175. Having in- vaded Egypt and captured Ptolemy and a great part of the country, he was ordered to retire by the Ro- mans, B. c. 168. He is mentioned in the Apociypha in the book of Maccabees. 490. JESUS CHRIST, KING OF KINGS. This bronze coin or medal, bearing Christ's head, with the cross behind it, was found at Urfa, Syria, and is one of the series of curious pieces struck by the sons of Constantine the Great, of which there are many dif- ferent styles. This piece was commemorative in its charactei- as evinced by the want of the letters S. C. No, 492. — ROMAN MEDAL. No. 493. — COIN OF APAMEA. 493. COIN OF APAMEA. The coin of Apamea has a picture of an ark over water, with the dove and olive- branch, and the people leaving it. It was struck probably in the time of the Crusades to honor the tradition of the deluge. 494. SHEKEL. This shekel bears the inscrip- tion " Of the deliverance of Jerusalem " around a bunch of fruits, and " Simeon " on each side of a throne of state, which stands in a niche, orna- mented with columns and a star. It was a He- brew piece, and was originally both weight and coin. 491. COIN OF VESPASIAN. There were both Greek and Roman coins struck on the capture of Judea and Jeru- salem, one of which, bearing Vespasian's head, is shown above, and one side of another in No. 492. The type is a woman, weeping under a palm tree, and guarded by a Roman soldier, in fulfilment of the prophecy in Isa. iii. 26. 495. ANTIOCHUS TRYPHON. Tryphon, by trea- chery and successive war, gained supreme power, killed Antiochus, and assumed the throne. The coins bear his head as Antiochus and Trypho. 496. PAUL. This head of Paul, engraved on copper, was found in an ancient tomb, and is of the fifth centui-y. The early Christians placed a great value on these objects (por- traits, emblems, etc.), which kept alive the history and traditions of their faith. 499. THE COIN OF RHODES bears the head of a king, with the iron-spiked crown and the blooming rose, the Greek name of which is rodion. 497. COIN OF LAODICEA, struck by the Asiarch in honor of the annual games, bearing his head and the goddess Diana (or Cybele), drawn by lions, with inscriptions. 500. SIGNET RING OF SUPHIS. Several ancient rings have been pre- served to the present, among which is the ring of Thothmes III. (No. 504), and the above, of Pharaoh (Suphis), who built the great pyramid at Jeezeh. 501. TROAS preserves a tradition of Homer's heroes on this coin, be- sides that of the wolf-nurse of the founders of Rome. Alexander, Julius Caesar, and Constantine each thought of making Troas their capital. 503. COIN OF SARDIS. This brass coin of Sardis is of fine execution and elegant design. It bears the bust of a Greek king of Lydia, and the goddess Ceres. 504. BOTH SIDES OF THOTHMES' RING. The ring, besides being an ornament, was used as a signet or sign-manual, when its setting was engraved with some device, with or without the name of the owner, which was recognized as his personal emblem (Neh. x.). 498. COIN OF CYPRUS. This coin of Cyprus was struck in the reign of (cl)au- Dius Caesar. The island is 140 miles long, five to fifty wide, and is one of the most fer- tile spots in the world. 502. SAINT MARY LATINE. This medal, Saint Mary Latine, is a seal used by the convent of women in Jerusalem, who conducted a hospital. [See No. 525.) No. 505. — MARRIAGE RING. No, 507. — CYBELE. No. 506. — SERAPl 505. The marriage ring among the ancients was often set with an engraved stone. 506. Serapis was an Egyptian god, who was also hon- ored in Greece and Rome. 507. Cybele (the goddess Rhea or Ops), mother of the gods, wearing a crown. 10 ANCIENT COINS. 508. PTOLEMY I. The Greek title of the king of Eg)'pt, first known to history ifi the time of Alexander, B. c. 323. Ptolemy I. (So- ter) was the son of Lagus, a Macedonian, a natural son of Philip the king. Alexander made him ruler in Egypt. 509. PTOLEMY II. Philadelphus. Youngest son of Ptolemy I., and was made king two years before his father's death. This reign was a trying time for Judaism, and for the intellectual development of the ancient world. 512. PTOLEMY IV. Philop.\ter, b. c. 222—205. He was a sensual and effeminate man, but energetic ruler (Dan. xi. 10-12). He offered sacrifices at Jerusalem in honor of his victories ; but was struck with paralysis on attempting to enter the Ploly of Holies. 513. PTOLEMY V. Epiphanes, b. c. 205- 181. It was during this reign that Onias, the rightful high priest, who had been driven away from Jerusalem, built a temple at Leon- topolis. Under Ptolemy the Romans first secured a foothold in Egypt. 510. PTOLEilY III. EUERGETES, B. C. 247-222. Oldest son of Ptolemy II. He recovered the images stolen out of Egypt by Cambyses, and brought home a vast treasure, earning the title of Benefactor (Euergetes) (Dan. xi. 9). During his reign flourished Manetho, the Eg}'ptian historian. 514. PTOLEMY VI. Philometer, b. c. 181-146. Was the son of Ptolemy V. and Cleopatra, and was a child when his father was poisoned, the government being managed by his mother, who preserved peace with Syria until she died, B. c. 173. SIX. SEAL OF THE ORDER OF THE TEM- PLE. Was used by one of the Hospital orders of knights in Jerusalem du- ring the Crusades. 515. SEAL OF GUY OF LUSIGNAN (11S6- II92 A. D.). 516. COIN OF PERSEUS. Son of Philip V., and last king of Macedonia. He continued the war with Rome after his father's death (b. c. 179). He was de- feated B.C. 168, and died at Alba (l Mace. viii. 5), after which his empire passed under the influence of Rome, and finally became a Roman province in B. c. 148. 517. SEAL OF EGYPTIAN AND ASSYRIAN KINGS. These appear to be the impressions of veiy ancient royal signets. It is difficult to decipher the meanings of the hieroglyphs. 518. THE HOLY SEPUL- CHRE, as it appeared A. D. 1 150, and in no respect different from the present. 520. SEAL OF JOHN OF BRIENNE, who took Jerusalem, A. D. 1204, and was succeeded by Frederick II., 1226. The cross used is that known as the cross formee ox pattee. 521. GEM. FLORENCE. Engraved gems, worn in rings, and used for private seals, are mentioned all through the Bible. The Gnostic sect of Christians used many curious devices. 522. TIGRANES. Tigranes was a king of Armenia, and ruled Syria B. c. 83-64, when the Ro- mans conquered the countiy. 525. SEAL OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM, A. d. 11 18, for the care of sick and poor pilgrims. 526. SEAL OF AM AURY I., son of Baldwin II., and king of Jerusalem, A. D. 1 162. 527. SIGNET OF TPIOTH- MES III., OF EGYPT. Of gold, and very finely wrought. It is m the Leyden Museum (Holland). {See No. 502.) 523. THE COIN OF EPHESUS bears a mo- del of temple of Diana, showing image in centre. 519. FARTHING. Equal to two lepta (mites), about three- eighths of a cent. The speci- mens now extant are very neatly and artistically made of coppei or bronze, except that, like all ancient coins, the edge is unfin- ished. The smallest circulating ■coin of the Greeks was the lepton. 524. B-\LDWIN IV. (A. D. 1174-1185) used on his seal a star and cross, with a sketch of the tower of David. The art of casting or engraving coins and signets does not appear to have improved at this date. 528. ASSYRIAN SEAL. This is the design engraved on a cylinder found at Nineveh, such as was used by- the king of Assyria. It is a type of conquest over such nations as used the eagle on their standards to represent victory. The birds are captured and held helplessly at arms-length. The interest of the figures is still further heightened by a supposed transfer of the strength and glory of their wings to the shoulders of the captor — a very satisfying result indeed. MAPS OF BIBLE LANDS. 529. NAZAR- ETH AND SUR- ROUNDINGS. This map presents a view of the country lying around Naza- reth, and within a circuit of twenty-five miles. The central spot, Nazareth, is noted for being the place of Christ's residence during his early life, and until he was thirty years of age ; wherefore it was called "his own city." The country embraced in the map is that part of Palestine known as Lower Galilee, which was chiefly occupied by the tribe of Zebulon. To the northeast, by the sea of Galilee, is Caper- naum, the residence of Christ after he be- gan his ministry. Into this province came his disciples after the Resurrection, where, on a mountain, they saw and worshipped him. The entire province of Galilee was populous and fertile. ^iJ^iXcLurStnc S31. ROUTE OF THE ISRAELITES IN THE WILDERNESS. Many of the encampments and stopping places of the Hebrew hosts can now be identified in the great desert of Paran, so that it is possible "to trace with a degree of accuracy the route taken from the Red Sea to Canaan. The passage of the Red Sea is now very generally conceded to have been near its head. The course thence to Sinai can scarcely be mistaken ; nor beyond to Elath. It was only after the recession from Kadesh that the track of the wan- derers is in doubt. 'i^^ 530. EGYPT AND THE VALLEY OF THE NILE. Egypt and its great river, the Nile, are constantly before us in the history of the Jewish people, as recorded in the Old Testa- ment. The country was great and populous, and the valley of the Nile has ever been renowned for its fertility. The children of Ham first settled Egypt, and as the father of a race, he has been identified with Menes, the first king of the country. The valley of the Nile was at one time the cradle of ancient learning. 532. MALTA AND THE BAY OF ST. PAUL. ThelslandofMalta is in the Mediter- ranean, 62 miles southwest of Sicily. It is about 1 7 miles long, and 9 broad ; area 98 square miles. The south- west coast is re- markably bold, but its other sides are indented with beau- tiful bays, not the least important of which is that of St. Paul on the north- east ; so named be- cause it is believed that Paul and his companions were saved from final wreck within its limits whilst on their journey to Rome. On its shores were performed those miracles mentioned in Acts xxvlii., which caused Paul to be so honored among the inhabitants. From it he set sail on the " Castor and Pollux " for his destination — which proved to be not only Rome, but years of imprisonment. 71 Y2 MAPS OF BIBLE LANDS. c ?i t; "S o > i^~ ^ £ -^'^ S S c g £ c - - o s r^ n r— C3 C O •- S rC U — tri -: -^ u C i ^ O ° g iT § .s ^ g s i o > 1/1 p C IJ « (Vj u " ■- HH ,C '^ > S u ^ ° . ^ « •£ S S g ^ 5 ■P >s ■*- "^ M '^ U C t« OJ o CU > P5 .^ t; C TT U E o ^ • - '■ O " o V J - g crj •;=: u .r; X o i^ ^ -I-; t^ ^ S P "^ p », t^ w ^ ; ^^ ^ s •„ ^ o *' > jj te 3 tL> 5 c) .2 - K S2 > ^ £ ^ ii IS > o ,; !^ " 9 „ *" 1) — V o > r( o tJ r: ir. 9 S >% C c o c 2 , p t/) O o -§ o CI- "> E o o 01 (U o u o ' * ^ o (J > s 1) 3 OJ OJ O c/; & "o £2 o 3 w o p rt w a; o > O T2 o r C £ rP C 5 " m £ .S 1 — 1 QJ [/; rJi: ui n p (U E 9 J5 1) ex .1=1 O C. E > n o c P a; o OJ c o (U P c V b/) T3 i_ ^ s: E lU P ^ P CU P .„ cj > ^ .-ii ca ^ ^3 -fcj ^^ '"^ rt w O ^ 3-S b/1 1) OJ .S .S g- «j £ g V- (J ^ r; TO a; g O ^ M p .2 ■ Tj OJ 4.i ^ 11 t/] ?! " E g 'a « > o MAPS OF BIBLE LANDS. ta o ^ u ^ a 75 -fcJ J- > o cu &, — o o a. cu M CL, tS -S g o rt 1) >> o >^ z .a .S c ^ ™ c .^ ^ • - 1 1 1) t3 ■" Si O M 01 . £ vi <- t/j "? o ^' " ^ ^ O ^ ^ ■r- „ > E I o •=; -G o •a ca o 5 •■t! 3 ■in ^ dj r— ( 1^ £ OJ 1) 3 c " .2 g & 2 ■g I ■£ o 3 e 4J ^ o .sr ^, to _ S § (U -3 ^ ^ §-•2 o " o ^ t/I V r. J3 fc U} f/1 ta 3 T1 3 tx .^ 1> o O ^ (U S a- T3 C -73 -S O > 3 j: ^ Ji c C3 o H .> o. n bjD ^ OJ u rt cn OJ E j_, J3 3 5i3.°35 805,419,908 190,950,609 4,000,000 47,192,000 142,117,000 4,695,000 1,106,200 350,000 36,459,000 68,028,000 713,000 685,000 1,450,000 10,000 69,782,000 8,486,000 3,200,000 Europe Asia Africa Australia and Polynesia Total 1,380,880,423 195,460,200 107,335,000 81,478,000 In the United States there are over fifty religious denominations, many of which are found in all the States, as for instance : Episcopa- lians, dating from 1607 in Virginia; Catholics, dating from 1633 in Maryland; Baptists, dating from 1639 in Rhode Island; Presbyterians, dating from 1684 in Maryland and Pennsylvania; and Methodists, dating from 1766 in New York. 1 DENOMINATIONS, SECTS, AND CREEDS IN ALL AGES OF THE WORLD. ABELIANS, or Abei.ites. — A sect which flourished in the diocese of Hippo, in Africa, for about half a century, between A. D. 395 and A. d. 450. Their distinctive tenet was regulation of marriage after the example of Abel, who, as they alleged, was married, but lived in continence. Classed as Gnostics. ABYSSINIAN CHURCH. — Exists in Abyssinia. Founded about 330 A. d. Admits both circumcision and baptism. In doctrine, Monophysitic, that is, belief in only one nature in Jesus Christ. Rejected the Council of Chalcedon, 451 A. D., and therefore allied to the Coptic rather than the Greek Church. Observances, a strange intermixture of Jewish and Christian formula. Morals low. Monasticism introduced in thirteenth centuiy. Number, about 3,000,000. ACACIANS. — A fourth-century sect. Followers of Acacius, bishop of Cssarea. Doctrine Monophysitic. Also a sect of the fifth centuiy, founded by Acacius, archbishop of Constantinople. Doctrine similar to above. ADAMITES. — A North African Gnostic sect. Founded about A. D. 120 by one Prodicus. Pretended to be reestablished in a state of primitive innocence, like Adam. Detested marriage, and believed that their innocency warranted naked- ness. Soon extinct; but revived in Austria A. D. 1312, also in Bohemia, where they were exterminated by Ziska, A. D. 1421. ADOPTIONISTS ; called also Adoptioni. — Existed in Spain toward the close of the eighth century. Followers of Felix and Elipardas, two bishops. Believed that Christ was not the natural, but the adopted Son of God. Soon extinct. AERIANS. — Founded by Aerius, a monk and presbyter of Sebastia in Pontus, in the fourth century. Believed in primitive church simplicity and parity between presbyters and bishops, according to I Timothy iv. 14. Sect not numerous, and soon extinct. AETIANS. — Followers of Aetius, of Antioch, in fourth century. Doctrine strictly Arian. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.— In United States. Founded in Philadelphia, A. D. 181 6, by the withdrawal of a number of colored persons from the Methodist Episcopal Church; not, however, on account of doctrine, so much as personal inconvenience. In 1872 it reported 7 bishops, 6000 preachers, and 375,000 members. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH.— In the United States. Founded in New York by a body of seceders from the Methodist Epis- copal Church, October 25th, 1820. Not strictly Episcopal. Bishops are styled superintendents, and elective quadrennially. In 1872 it reported 6 bishops, 2237 preachers, and 192,000 members. AGAP/EMONIANS. — From Greek, agape, brotherly love, and ?i!onos, alone, in sense of pure. A free-love community, owning and residing upon an elegant estate near Taunton, England. Founded in 1846 by Rev. Henry Prince, a cler- gyman of the Church of England. Numbers small, and gradually decreasing. AGARENI ANS ; called also Hagarenians. — Applied to certain Christians of the seventli centuiy who turned Mohammedans ; the Arabic portion of whom are descended from Ishmael, the son o^ Hagar. AGNOET/E. — Gr., a, not, and gigjiosko, to know. A sect which appeared about 370 a. d. , and afterwards, in the sixth century, in Alexandria. They denied the absolute prescience of God and the Son. AGONYCLIT.'E. — Gr., nSTS. — Followers of Pontian Van Hattem, of Zealand, in the Netherlands. About the close of the last century he was degraded from his ministerial office for giving sanction to the pantheism of Spinoza. Their belief was in fatal necessity, that Uiere was no difference between moral good and evil, that religion consisted not in acting but in suffering, that Christ made no expiation for the sins of men, that God did not punish men for their sins but by their sins. As a distinctive sect extinct. HEATHENS. — Dwellers on the heath, or in the country. In the Bible applied to all nations except the Jews. Now applied to all except Christians, Mohamme- dans, and Jews. Synonymous with Pagan, which see. HEBREWS. — According to some from Eber or Heber, son of Salah, a descendant of Shem ; to others, from Heb., ibrhi, coming from [ebher) beyond the Euphrates. Descendants of "Abram, the Hebrew." See Jews. Also a term applied in con- tempt to the sect of Verschorists, which see. HEMERO-BAPTISTS. — Gr., hemera, 3. day. " Daily Baptists or Baptizers." See MEND.CANS. HENRICANS. — Founded by one Henry, a Swiss monk, who, about 1 148, attempted to reform the superstitions and vices of the clergy. He rejected infant baptism, and treated the formula of the Roman Church with contempt. HERACLEONITES. — In the second century. Followers of one. Heracleon, a Gnostic. For their doctrines see Gnostics. HERMOGENIANS. — Another Gnostic sect of the second century, founded by Her- mogenus. For their doctrines in general, see Gnostics. HERNHUTTERS. — From Hernhuth, in Germany. See United Brethren. HICKSITES.— So called from Elias Hicks (born 1748, died 1830), who, with many followers, seceded from the Society of Friends in 1827. They reject the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and Satisfaction. Number about 50,000. HINDOOISM.— ^■f^ Brahminism. HOFFMANIANS. — Adherents of Daniel Hoffman, professor of theology in the University of Helmstadt, Bavaria. He dissented to some of the Lutheran doc- trines, but chiefly built his system upon opposition to rationalism. He taught about 1598. HOMOIOUSIANS — Gr., homoiousios, of like substance. A high Arian sect, who maintained that the nature of the Son, though not the same, was similar to that of the Father. HOPKINSIANS.— So called from Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D., of Waterbury, Connecticut. Their leading tenets are Calvinistic. The modifications place all virtue in benevolence, and all sin in selfishness ; there are no promises of salva- tion to the doings of the unregenerate ; impotency of belief is not natural, but moral ; faith is approval in heart of the divine conduct ; sin was introduced for the general good ; repentance is before faith ; sinners are only accountable for per-;onal sins ; in justification righteousness is not transferred. HUGUENOTS. — Probably a diminutive of Hugon or Hugo, and originally a heretic or conspirator of this name. A term applied in contempt by the Roman Catholics to the French Protestants and reformers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The reform movement early took a deep hold in France, and flourished amid the bitterest persecutions. Through all the vicissitudes of cruel civil wars they held their own against great odds. Under an assumed peace the massacre of St. Bar- tholomew was perpetrated (August 22, 1572), during which 500 nobles and 30,000 Protestants were butchered in Paris alone ; throughout France 70,000 fell. Re- form was for a time paralyzed by this atrocity, but acquired a new impetus under Henry IV , who published (1598) the celebrated Edict of Nantes, confirming Pro- testants in the immunities formerly enjoyed by them. This edict was revoked in 1685. The reformers were suppressed, and those who could escaped to other countries. Many came to the colonies of Carolina and Georgia, and not a few representative families of the South trace their ancestry to the Huguenots of France. The Protestants of France now number 1,600,000. HUSSITES. — German Reformers, followers of John Huss, born at the village of Hu^s, in Bohemia, 1373, burned at the stake, in Constance, July 6th, 141 5. He was charged with endorsing the doctrines of Wyckliff, of opposing priestly rule, and working for a severance of church and state. The Hussites, after their leader's death, were divided into two factions, Taborites and Calixtines, which see. HUTCHINSONIANS.— Adherents of John Hutchinson, of England, born 1674, died 1737. They regard the Scriptures as a reflex of nature, and together they form a proper commentary on the character of God. They have never been schism itics, or even unorthodox, and have always been zealous in the cause of Christianity. IBERIANS. — A tenn applied to the Christians of Iberia (now Georgia), in Asia. They nominally belong to the Greek Church. ICONOCLASTS. — Gr., eikon, an image, and klastas, a breaker. Applied in the eighth century to those who opposed the worship of images. Emperor Leo III. was the champion of these opponents, and in 726 commanded the removal of ima- ges from the churches; which command was supplemented with another to burn them, and, in some instances, punish their worshippers. Applied also to the refoiTOers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, who, at times, carried their opposition to image worship to violation of church edifices. INCORRUPTIBLES.— ^d- Aphthartodocites. INDEPENDENTS. — In England applied to the Congregationalists, though repudiated by them. In English history the term has a wide signification, and may with propriety include all who, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centu- ries, favored reforms and the exemption of the church from State interference. In the time of Cromwell the Independents were the ruling party, and favored a Re- public. INFIDELS. — Lat., in, without, and fidelis, from fides, faith ; without faith, unbe- lievers. Applied to those who reject Christianity, though infidelity includes also atheism when used in a philosophic sense. INGHAMITES. — Adherents of Ingham, a colaborer with Whitefield and Wesley. He was an independent Calvinist, but objected to the separation of the Trinity in speech. INVISIBLES. — Applied in early church history to the adherents of Flaccius and others, who denied the perpetual visibility of the church. ■^IRVINGITES. — A sect founded in 1832 by Rev. Edward Irving, of London. Numbers small. ISLAMISM. — Arabic, islam, obedience. See Mohammedans. ISM/EELIAH (Ishmael). — A Mohammedan sect of Hindostan. Supposed to be of Arab descent. JACOBITES. — Syrian Monophysites, so called from Jacob Baradai or Zanzalus, a monk and bishop of Edessa from 541 to 578, who greatly added to the vigor of the sect in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Babylon. Their patriarch is always called Ignatius. Number less than 50,000, but their descendants in Hindostan are esti- mated at 200,000. JAINS. — A sect of Buddhists in Western India. JANSENISTS. — From Cornelius Jansen, Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Hol- land, and Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Louvain and Douay. He was born 1585, and died 1638. He opposed the Jesuits with the doctrines of Au- gustine, in a treatise entitled Augustinus, published posthumously (1640), and condemned in the Papal Bull, Unigenitus, 1713. They still have many adherents among the French clergy, and a Jansenistor Calvinistic Roman Catholic theological school exists. The sect in Holland numbers some 4000, attended by 30 ministers. They are independent Catholics, of Calvinistic proclivities. JERKERS. — Eng., jei-k. Applied to individuals in western United States, who labored under severe nervous convulsions when attending camp-meetings and wrestling with the spirit. Never organized. JESUITS. — " Society of Jesus." A monastic order founded by Ignatius Loyola, a Spanish knight, born 1491, died 1556. Sanctioned by Pope Paul in 1540, and accepted as an order of the church for purposes of propagandism. The Jesuits have ever been earnest, learned, and unscrupulous. The order was suppressed in 1773 by order of Pope Clement XIV., but was revived again in 1814 by Pope Pius VII. It now numbers over 3000 missionaries, nearly one-half of which are in North and South America. The rules of the order are kept secret. JEWS. — Citizens of the kingdom of Judah, but after the captivity applied to the whole Hebrew nation. They adhere to fourteen articles of faith, which profess one incoi-poreal God, who alone ought to be worshipped; the truth of prophecy ; the genuineness of the law given by Moses; its inalterability; future rewards and punishments; a resurrection when God shall see fit; that the Messiah is to come. Their present number is estimated at 7,000,000. Half this number dwell in Eu- rope. In America there are nearly half a million. JOACHIMITES. — Adherents of Joachim, abbot of Flora, in Calabria, who, in the twelfth centuiy, pretended to inspiration. JUMPERS. — Eng.,7«w/. Reproachfully applied to Welsh Methodists (about 1760), who, during religious fervor, were given to jumping. KEITHIANS. — Seceders from the Friends in Pennsylvania, under the leadership of George Keith, vi'ho adopted Baptist views, and solemnized the Lord's Supper, but retained the dress and manner of the original denomination. Called also Quaker Baptists. KELLYITES. — An obscure Irish denomination. KILHAMITES. — See New Connection of Wesleyan Methodists. KIRK OF SCOTLAND.— 5^^ Church of Scotland. LADY HUNTINGDON'S CONNECTION.— One of the three connections of Calvinistic Methodists, founded by Countess of Huntingdon, in 1748, in England. Their creed is in substance the XXXIX Articles of the English Church. They use the liturgy and vestments. Have 109 chapels, and sittings for 40,000 persons. LAMAISTS. — Thibet, llama, chief The Buddhists of Thibet, who pay their devo- tions to the grand lama or sovereign pontiff. He resides at Patoli, a vast palace I I II DENOMINATIONS, SECTS, AND CREEDS IN ALL AGES OF THE WORLD. 9 on tlie mountain near the banks of Brahmapootra. He is regarded as a divine incarnation. LAMPETIANS. — From Lampctius, a Syrian monk, who, in the seventeenth cen- tury, decried the doctrine of necessity, and held notions in common with Arians and Carpocratians. LATIN CHURCH.— 5 2049 230 2007 1997 148 1921 2083 205 1821 2183 175 1716 2288 180 1689 2315 147 1633 2371 110 1451 2553 120 THE WANDEEING IN THE WILDERNESS. Period IV. 40 Years. GOVEENOES AND JUDGES OVEE ISEAEL. Period V. 356 Years. DATE OF KEIGN. B. c. 1451 1405 1323 1-305 1285 1245 1236 1232 1210 1188 1182 1175 1165 1157 1137 1116 1095 REMARKS. Died at age of 110. First Judge. Judged 40 years Rest of 80 years in the land. Judged 40 years. " 40 years. 3 years. " 23 years. 22 years. " 6 years. " 7 years. " 10 years. " 8 years. High Priest 40 years. Samson, twelfth Judge. Judged 20 years. Last Judge. He iilled his office long after Saul became King, B.C. 1095. The periods Jinaccounled for between the Judges were passed in servi- tude to neighboring nations. Othniel Ehud \ Shivmgar... J Deborah & Barak Abimelecb Tola Jair Elon Eli Saul (anointed Kiug). CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. GENEALOGY OP THE PATRIARCHS. s s O s t > Si. o a o o w a. o > ■z o > § >■ w SI a. o z o a- o ? — < > 5^ o >■ a a. CO a > a. o C5 SI a a. ^ ^ I 5 ^ = a a, S SHOWING, AT ONE VIEW, WHICH OP THE PATRIARCHS WERE CONTEMPORARY WITH EACH OTHER, AND CONSEQUENTLY HOW EASY IT WAS TO HAND DOWN FROM ADAM TO JACOB THE PARTICULARS OF THE CREATION, AND FALL OE MAN. Adam Skth C/-ea«ed..|i....ii4004i| : -: '. : . ... foor»..i|130 ||3874:|130| : * 1 : Enos ... lorn..\\ 235 ||3769|!235| 105 : ' 1 : '■ Cainan ... horn..\\ 325 |! 3679 :| 325 | 195 90 • 1 : ' Mahalaleel . ... horn..\\ 395 |! 3609 jj 395 | 265 160 70 1 : Jared ... fconi. .il 460 i|3544||460 | 330 225 135 65 1 : Enoch ... horn..\\ 622 i|3382'| 622 | 492 387 297 227 1 162 ' MethuseIjAH . ... horn..\\ 687 i| 3317 :| 687 | 557 452 362 292 1 227 65 Lamech Adam . .. horn..\ ... died..\ 874 ||3130jl874|744 639 549 479 1 414 252 187 930 1 3074 3017 1 930 1 800 695 605 535 1 470 308 243 56 ADAM NOAH wa& contemporary with yrs jAMECH 69o Methuselah 600 Jared 36C VIahalaleel 23- 3AINAN 17£ Enos &i SHEM P^NOCH tr anslated..]\ 987 | |....|857 752 662 592 1 527 365 300 113 was contei Lamech . Methcsei wporary Willi yrs. . 5U . 243 Lamech Methusi emporary wi J rs. 93 98 Seth ... cZ^■ec^..!il042||2962|l....|912 807 717 647 1 582 355 168 AEI .... ,LAH Noah Enos . . . born . . ... died. .; 1056^1 2948 1!....|.... 821 731 661 1 596 369 182 Jared 470 Mahalaleel 635 Cainan 605 Enos -, 695 Noah..., 448 and after tlie Flood w ith I140i|2864||....|.... 905 815 745 1 680 453 266 84 1 Abraham 1 and ^RAhc. 50 50 Cainan ... d«"ed..||1235i!2769|i....|.... 910 840 1 775 .... 548 361 179 1 Mahalaleel . Jared ... d«ed..!|1290;|2714j|....|.... 895 1 830 603 416 234 1 ... died.. ij 1422 1| 2582 962 735 548 366 1 1> a >■ > e a, o r > a a. o a. o SI a. w a. o 02 c: p c > o w a. ■^ ; fi- m > > o w a, S ;:^ n> S s: > a a. o Shem ... fco7-n..|! 1558 11 2446 i. . . . 1 . . . . 869 682 502 1 Lameoh ... d/ed.-ii 1651 !j 2353 1 1 964 777 595 93 ^ METHUSEr.AH . ... died.. II 1656 ij 2348 969 600 98 .... The Deluge ||1656|i2348 1 1 600 98 1 — 1 • . . . Arphaxad .. . ... fiorn.. !|1658lj2346 1 1 602 100 1 Salah ... &o)7j.. il 1693 i| 2311 637 135 35 1 : 1 : • : 1 : : 1 --'. — — - — — . — •' 'l Eber ... 6or?i..|| 172311 2281 1 1 667 165 65 1 30 1 : Peleg ... horn. .| 1757 1 2247 1 1 701 199 99 64 34 Reu ... 6o7'n.. II 178711 2217 II 1 731 ■229- r29 94 64 30 II . . . 1 . . . . ' Serug . .. 6oTO..||1819||2185 1 1 763 261 161 126 96 62 32 i : 1 : 1 .... 1 ... • Nahor ... &om.. II 184911 2155 1... 1 793 291 191 156 126 92 62 1 30 1 : Terah ... &om..||1878||2126 1 ..-!.... 822 320 220 185 155 121 1 91 1 59 1 29 Peleq ... d/ed.. 1 11996 II 2008 1 ...1 ... 940 438 338 303 273 239 209 1 177 1 147 118 1 - Nahor ... died.. Il 1997 ll 2007 1|....|.... .... . . . .... 941 439 339 304 274 1 210 1 178 1 148 119 Noah ... died.. il 2006 1| 1998 i ...1 ... 950 448 348 313 283 .... 1 219 1 187 |.... 128 ' Abram ... &ov«..||2008||1996 II 1 ' 450 350 315 285 221 1 189 |.... 130 Reu ... died.. II 202611 1978 1 1 468 368 333 303 .... 1 239 1 207 |.-.. 148 18 1 . . ■ . Serug ... died.. II 2049 119551! 1 ' 491 391 356 326 .... |....| 230 |.... 171 41 Terah ... died.. II 2083 II 1921 II ..1 ... 525 425 390 300 205 75 1 . ■ . 1 1 Arphaxad. . . ... di'ed.. II 2096 |j 1908 il .. 1 538 438 403 373 88 1 ■ . . . 1 ■ ■ ■ 1 , 1 Isaao ... fcorn. .||2108||1896||....|.... { . . . . ... 1 1 550 415 385 100 * S \i ah died 1 2126 II 1878 II ...1 ... 1 568 433 403 118 18 1 . . . 1 * 1 1 1 Shem ... died.. il 2158 II 1846 II 1 1 600 1 435 150 50 I|. . . . 1 . . . . 1 . ■ . ■ 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . ■ • Jacob ... 6om..!|2168||1836 |i 1 ' 1 1 1 445 160 60 1 . . ■ . 1 1 ■ ■ ■ Abraham .. . ... died.. i| 2183 II 1821 1|.... |.... 1 . . . . 1 |....|....|.... .... 460 175 75 15 ■ * Eber ... died.. || 2187 II 1817 |i ...I.... |.... 1 . . . . •••• |....|....|.... .... 464 79 19 ■ • • • dlGCl |228B||1716 ll 1.... 1 1 ' 1 j 1 180 120 1 1 ! Jacob ... died.. II 2315 II 1689 ;| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i .._ ....i 1 1 1-17 1 KINGS OF ISEAEL TO COMPLETION OF TEMPLE. Period YI. 91 Years. DATE OF HKtGN. B. C. 1095 1055 1048 1015 1004 Sawl... David David . Solomon. REMARKS. Reigned 40 years. Reigns over .Tudah in Hebron, 7 years and G niontlis. Reigns over all Israel, 32 years and 6 months. Completion of Temple. Begun in 4th year of Solomon's reign, B. 0. 1011, completed in about seven years and a half, FKOM THE CAPTIVITY TO THE COMPLETION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON. Period VIII. 168 Years. GOVERNORS OF JERUSALEM AFTER CAPTIVITY. 536 457 445 Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, GOVERNORS. Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nohemiah, The return of the. Tews from Babylon, was headed by Zerubbabel. The Prophet Malachi concludes the Old Testament Canon about the year 420 B.C. \ CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. FEOM COMPLETION OF TEMPLE TO BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY. Pekiod VII. 416 Years. 1004 B. c. — Completion of Temple. 975 B. c. — End of Solomon's Reign, and division of the Kingdom of Israel into the two Kingdoms of Judah and Israel. CONTEMPORARY PROPHETS F JUDAH. Regnal Years. KINGS F JUDAH TWO TRIBES. YEAKS BEFORE C II HIST. KINGS • F ISRAEL. TEM TRIBES. Regnal Ykars. CONTEMPOEARY PROPHETS F ISRAEL. Usher. 1 1 Cresweh,. i i ? i •-3 »- HOIINF,. i s ■a g Hales. ■3 -a 3 i 17 3 41 25 8 1 6 40 29 52 16 16 29 55 2 31 3 mos. 11 3 m. lOd. 11 Rehoboam 975 958 955 914 892 885 884 878 839 810 758 742 726 698 643 641 610 610 699 599 588 975 964 963 930 929 929 918 898 896 884 856 841 825 784 773 772 772 761 759 739 730 721 974 957 965 914 890 883 882 876 836 807 755 739 724 695 641 640 609 609 698 598 588 974 953 952 929 928 928 917 896 895 882 854 838 822 781 770 769 768 768 766 736 727 718 971 954 961 910 885 884 879 878 835 810 754 736 722 694 639 637 606 606 595 595 688 971 950 946 926 926 925 914 897 896 880 852 836 820 779 768 767 767 757 765 736 730 721 990 973 970 929 904 896 895 889 849 820 809 757 741 725 696 641 639 608 597 586 990 968 966 943 942 942 931 909 907 895 867 850 834 793 771 771 770 760 758 738 728 719 Jeroboiiiii 22 2 24 2 7 days 12 22 2 12 28 17 16 41 11 6 mos. 1 mo. 10 2 20 9 9 Man of God from Judah. Ahijah. Elijah. Micaiah. Elisha. Jonah. Hosea. Amos. Oded. Oded Azariah Abiiah, or Abiiam Nadab Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram, or Joram Ahaziah, or Azariah Athaliah Baasha Elah Zimri Omri Jehu, son of Hanani Ahab Ahaziah Joram, or Jehoram Jehu Zeohariah, son of Je- hoiada Zeohariah ( who had visions of God, 2 Ch. Isaiah Micah T^ahum Jehoash, or Joash Amaziah Interregnum, 11 years, \ according to Hales, J Uzziah, or Azariah, Joash or Jehoash Jeroboam II f Interretjnum, 22 years, I according/ to Males. Zaehariah Shallum Menahem Pekah Anarchy Ahaz Hezekiah «.,.... Hoshea The Kingdom of Israel overthrown hy the Assy- rians. Joel Jeremiah Zephaniah Daniel Obadiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria in the sixth year of the reign of Hoshea (b. c. 724), and after a siege of three years, took the city, carried Israel away into Assyria, and having removed them to the cities of Halah and Habor, by the river Gozan, and into the cities of the Modes, he placed Assyrians in the cities of Samaria in their room. Jehoiakim Jehoiachin, or Jecouiah... Zedekiah Jerusalem destroyed hy Nebuchadnezzar, and Ju- dah carried captive OTHER EMPIEES OF BIBLE TIMES, WITH THEIE KINGS AND GOVEENOES. B. C. 2245 2245 Nimrod, founded Babylon. Ashur, founded Nineveh. FOUNDERS OF ASSYKIA. 2124 2059 Belus, reigned in Babylon. Ninus, united Nineveh and Babylon, forming the Assyrian Empire. B. 0. 2017 1937 1446 1433 Semiramis (?) Arabs seize Nineveh. Beloohus. Artossa. KINGS OF ASSYRIA, BEFORE THE DIVISION. 1421 1183 1139 840 Belatores. Tutseus. Thinseus. Sardanapalus (?) B. c. 820 790 Sardanapalus burned in his palace (?) Pul (?) After the death of Sardanapalus, the Assy- rian Empire ends, being divided into Assy- rian, Babylonian and Median kingdoms. B. c. 747 728 717 Tiglath-pileser, or Arbaces. Shalmanezer. Sennacherib. KINGS OF ASSYRIA, AFTER THE DIVISION. 712 680 Esarhaddon. Esarhaddon takes Babylon. B. C. 747 Nabonassar. 734 Merodach-Baladan. 6sn Esarhaddon. 667 Saosduchinus. 647 626 605 661 KINGS OF BABYLON. Chiniladon, or Saracus. Nabopolassar. Nebuchadnezzar. Evil-Merodach. B. c. 559 566 655 538 Neriglissar. Laborosarchod. Belshazzar. Babylon taken by Cyrus. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. OTHEE EMPIEES OP BIBLE TIMES, WITH THEIE KINGS AND GOVEENOES-Oontinued. KINGS OF UEBIA. B. 0. 747 Arbaces (Governor). B. c. 696 Scythians expelled. 709 Dejooes (?) 695 Astyages. 657 Phraortes. 569 Cyraxares II., or Darius. 634 Cyaxares I. 536 Cyrus the Great forms the Medo-Persian Empire. B. C. KINGS OF THE PERSIANS. B. 0. B. 0. 559 Cyrus the Great. 466 Artaxerxes Longimanus. 361 Artaxerxes Ochus. 529 Cambyses, or Ahasueru 426 Xer.xes II. 338 Arses. 522 Smerdis, or Artaxerxes. 425 Sogdianus. 336 Darius Codomanus. 521 Darius, or Hystaspes. 424 Ochus, or Darius Nothus. 330 Alexander the Great conquers Darius, and 486 Xerxes the Great. 404 Artaxerxes Mnemon. ends the Persian Empire. KINGS OF EGYPT. B. C. B. 0. B. 0. 2188 Mizraim. 737 Sebacon invades Egypt. 360 Conquered by Ochus, King of Persia. 2122 Athotes. 725 So. 323 Ptolemy Soter ( ? ) 2111 Busiris founds Thebes. 670 Psammetichus. 285 Ptolemy Philadelphus. 211)0 Osymandyas. 616 Pharaoh Neoho. 247 Ptolemy Euergetes. 20S5 Shepherd kings reign 260 years. 600 Psammis. 221 Ptolemy Philopator. 1920 Pharaoh. 594 Pharaoh Hophra. 204 Ptolemy Epiphanes. 1891 Syphoas. 571 Apries (strangled). 180 Ptolemy P lilometor. 1822 Memnon invents letters. 671 Amasis. 145 Euergetes II. 1821 Amenophis I. 625 Psammenitus. 117 Lathyrus Soter & Cleopatra. 1729 Potiphar. 525 Cambyses conquers Egypt. 107 Alexander & Cleopatra. 1680 Hyksos, or Shepherd kings. 414 Amyrtseus. 89 Lathyrus. 1577 Rameses Miamum. 408 Psammetichus. 81 Alexander. 1491 Pharaoh Amenophis (the Exode). 396 Nephereus. 65 Ptolemy Auletes. 1491 Sesostris. 389 Acoris. 61 Ptolemy Dyonysius & Cleopatra. 1457 Pheron. 376 Psamuthis. 47 Ptolemy the Younger & Cleopatra. 1376 Sethos. 375 Nectanebis. 43 Cleopatra alone. 978 Sesac (?) 363 Tachos. 30 Egyjyt becomes a Rowan Province. 825 Petubastes. 362 Nectanebus. GBEECE. B. C. B. C. B. C. 2042 Uranus arrives in Greece. 1204 Trojan War. 491 Leonidas, King of Sparta. 1856 Inachus founded Argos. 1182 Mneas. sails into Italy. 336 Alexander master of all Greece. 1582 Arundelian marbles. 1068 Codrus, King of Athens. 284 Achaean League. 1556 Cecrops founded Athens. 884 Laws of Lycurgus. 147 Destruction of League. 1520 Corinth built. 814 Macedonia founded. 146 Corinth demolinhed, and Greece becomes aRo- 1516 Leiex founded Sparta. 694 Solon, Archon of Athens. man Province under the name of Aclia ia. 1266 OEdipus, King of Thebes. 510 Democracy at Athens. KINGS OF MACEBON. B. C. B. C. B. C. 814 Caranus. 398 Pausanias. 287 Pyrrbus. 786 C?enus. 397 Amyntas II. 286 Lysimachus. 774 Thurimns. 390 Arga;us. 280 Ptolemy Ceraunu.. 729 Perdiccas I. 390 Amyntas II. 278 Sosthenes. 678 Argseus I. 371 Alexander II. 277 Antigonus Gonatus. 640 Philip I. 370 Ptolemy Alorites. 242 Demetrius. 602 ^ropus. 366 Perdiccas III. 232 Antigonus Doson. 576 Alcetas. 360 Philip. II. 220 Philip. 547 Ainyntas I.' 336 Alexander III., called the Great. 1-9 Perseus. 497 Alexander I, 323 Philip Aridasus. 168 End uf Kinrjdom of Macedon. 454 Perdiccas II. 317 Cassander. 148 Becomes a lioman Province. 413 Archelaus. 298 Alexander & Antipater. 399 Amyntas II. 294 Demetrius. KINGS OF SYRIA. B. C. B. C. B. C. 312 Seleucus I. Nicator. 150 Alexander I. Balas. 93 Antiochus Eusebes. 281 Antiocbus I. Soter. 145 Demetrius II. Nicator. 92 Antiochus IX. Grypus. 261 Antiochus II. Theus. 144 Antiochus VI. Theus. 91 Philip. ■ 246 Seleucus II. Ciillinieus. 143 Dioilotus, or Tryphon. 90 Demetrius Euchares. 226 Seleucus III. Ceraunus. 139 Antiochus VII. Sidetes. 85 Antiochus Dyonysius. ; 223 Antiochus III. the Great. 130 Demetrius II. Nicator, reestablished. 83 Tigranes. 187 Seleucus IV, Philopator. 126 Alexander II. Zebina. 69 Antiochus Asintieus. 175 Anti'chua IV. Epiphanes. 124 Seleucus V. 65 Syria becomes a Roman Province. 164 Antiochus V. Eupator. 123 Antiochus VITI. Grypus. Seleucus VI. Nicntor. 162 Demetrius I. Soter. 97 KING! 5 OF ROME, TO CHRISTIAN ERA. B. C. 753 Romulus builds Rome. B. C. 616 Tarquinius Prisons. B. C. 45 Julius Caesar, perpetual Dictator. Comm ence- 716 Interrcffntiiii of nue year. 578 Servius Tullius. ment of Empire of Ccesars. 715 Numa Poinpilius. 534 Tarquinius Superbus. 44 Slain in the Senate House. Anarchy. 672 Tullus Hostilius. 509 The TarqniiiD expelled, and Consular Govern- 27 Augustus Csesar. 6411 Ancus M>irtius. ment eatablinhed, tchich lasted for 461 years. A. D. 14 Tiberius. l\ I CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. TABULAE AREANGEMENT 01 OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. PEOBABLZ AlTUOBS, A>'D TiME COVEEED BY THE WEIIISGS. TITLES. 1 Authors. Years B. C. TITLES. Adthobs. Teabs B. C. From 4004 to 1635. From 1635 to 1491. 1491. From 1491 to 1451. 1451. From 1451 to 1425. From 1425 to 112". From 1241 to 1231. 1 Samcel ) Compikd hy Samuel, Na- tbau, Gad, or others. Prohably Jeremiah... Ezra and others From 1135 to 1055. From 1055 to 1016. fFrom 1016 to 889. {From 889 to 588. From 4004 to 532. From 536 to 456. From 456 to 433. From 521 to 495. (Out of linp of narrative.) Moses 2 Samuel J 1 Kings ) 2 Kings j 1 Chronicles ) 2 Chronicles J Ezra Moses "VrMBFRst .1 Moses Joshua Samuel Kehemiah Nehemiah Esther In doubt 1 AUTHOESHIP AND DATES OF POETICAL BOOKS. TITLES. ACIHOES. Tears B. C. TITLES. ArTHORS. . Tkars B. C. Job f Job, or perhaps Moses <. \ David and others ' Unknown, but before the Exode, B. c. 1491. AVritten at various times, those by David between 1060 & 1016. Solojion's Soxg ... Solomon About 1016. About 1000. About 976, or in Solomon's old age. Solomon, and perhaps others, Solomon \ Psalms ECCLESIASTES OHEONOLOGIOAL OEDEE OP PEOPHETIOAL BOOKS. TITLES. Dates. B. C. Kings of Judah. Kings op Israel. TITLES. Dates. B. c. KlXGS OF JUDAH. Betuiten 856—784 810-795 810—725 810—698 810—660 758—699 720—698 640—609 Joash, Amazifih or Azariah f Jehu aAH Josiah Zechariah M A.LACHI PEOPHEOIES m HISTOSICAL BOOKS OP OLD TESTAMENT. Where For>'D. SrB-JECT. TVhere Fexfilt.!;!!. Wheee Fouxn. SUBJECT. AVHERE FCI.FILLED. 1 Chron. xxi. 5-6. Genesis xlvi. 3-7. Exodus xii. 34-41. Genesis xxi. 1-3. Genesis xlii. 6. 3 Kings xvi. 34. 1 Samuel iv. 11. 1 Samuel xxxi. 3-6. 2 Kings xxiii. 15. 1 Kings xiii. 24-26. 1 Kings sv. 29. 1 Kings xvi. 11. 1 Kings xviii. 41. 1 Kings XX. 26. 1 Kings xxii. 38. 2 Kings X. n. 2 Kings jx. 35-37. 2 Kings iii. 20. 2 Kings vii. IS. 2 Kings vii. 17-20. 2 Kings XV. 12. 2 Kings xix. 35-37. 2 Kings xxiv. 10-16. Genesis xv. 13 Genesis xv. 14-16 Genesis xviii. 10 Genesis xxxvii. 7 Joshua vi. 26 The Bondai^e 1 Kings XX. 22 ' 1 Kinoes xxi. 19 Syrian Invasion . .. . The Deliverance Penalty for murder of Naboth Destruction of House of Ahab 1 Kind's xxi. 23 Buildinf of Jericho 2 Kinoes iii. 17 . . . Death of Eli's sons 2 Kinoes vii. 1 Supply of food . . . 1 Samuel xxviii. 19.... Death of Saul Josiah and his mission 2 Kino-s vii. 2 The unbelieving lord (death of) Rei^^n of Jehu's sons.. 2 Kino-s X. 30 1 Tfinwi? Tiii ''2 Death of a Prophet Extinction of House of Jeroboam ... Destruction of House of Baasha 2 Kino"3 xix. 7 Death of kin^" of Assyria 1 TfiniT's xiv 10 1 Kincrs xxi 3 PARABLES OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. SUBJECT. Concerning Israel and Moab Trees making a King The Str.vng bringing forth Sweetness Tlie Ewe Lamb Strife of the Two Brothers The Escaped Prisoner The Thistle anti the Cedar Vineyard yielding Wild Grapes Bt TVhom Spoken. ; 'Wheee Spoke.x. Balaam ;Mt. Pisgab Xnni. xxiii. 24. Jotham ;Ml. Gerizim , Judges ix. 7-15. Samson Timnath Judges xiv. 14. Nathan Jernsalem |2 Saiiinel xii. 1-4. ' Woman of Tekoab. Jerusalem j2 Siimnel xiv. 5-7. A Prophet Near Samaria |1 Kings xx. 35—10.1 Jehoash | Jerusalem l2 Kings xiv. 9. j Isaiah IJerusalem Isaiah v. 1-6. i SUBJECT. ConipHrison of Israel with a Tine . TlieViiie Eagle and the Tine Tiie Lion's Whelps Wasted Tine The Boiling Pot Holy Flesh By M~hom Spokes. David... Ezekiel Ezekiel Ezekiel Ezekiel Ezekiel Haggai TVheee Spoken, Jeru.saleni Jernsalem Babylon Babylon Babylon Babylon Jerusalem Text. P.^alm Ixxx. S-16. Ez.^kiel XV. Ezekiel xvii. 3-10. Ezekiel xix. 2. 9. Ezekiel xix.lU-U. Ezekiel xxiv. 3-5. Haggai ii. 11-14. MIRACULOUS EVENTS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTOEY- SUBJECT. The Deluge Confusion of tongues S-jdomite-s smitten with blindness , Destruction of the cities of tlie plain L'.t^s wife turned to pillar of salt The hurning bush Moses' rod turned into a serpent , The leprous hand Aaron's rod turned into a serpent The ten plagnes of Egypt „.... The pillar of cloud Passage of the Red Sea The bitter waters made sweet Quails and Manna W:iter from the rock Destruction of Nadab and Abihu Cnre of Miriam's leprosy Destruction of Koi-ah and his adherants. The visitation of the plague Fructification of Aaron's rod The brazen serpent Balaam's ass speaks Pa.ssage of the J.irdati Destruction (»f walls of Jericho Sun and moon stand still Slaking of Samson's thirst Philistines slain before the .\rk Smiting of the Betlishcmeshites Place. World Babel Sodom StKlom t Gomorrah., Near Sodom Horeb Iloreb Horeb Egypt Egypt Egypt Egypt Marah Wilderness Wilderness Sinai Hazernth , Kadesh Kadesb Kadesh Wilderness Pethor Jordan .lericho Gibeon Lehi Ashdod Beth-Sheme.sh Text. Genesis vii. Genesis xi. 7-9 Genesis xix. 11. Genesis xix. '24—25. Genesis xix. 26. Ex.kIus iii. 2. Ext_Klus iv. 2. 5. Exodus iv. 6-7. Exodus vii. 10-12. Exodus vii. — xii. Exodus xiii. 20-21. Ex'xius xiv. 21-30. Exoilns XV. 2.3--25. Exodus xvi. 13-35. Ex'^Uis xvii. 5-7. Leviticus x. 1-2. Nnm. xii. 10-13. Num. xvi. 31-35. Num. xvi. 41-50. Num. xvii. 1-8. Num. xxi. 8-9. Num. xxii. 2S-.31. Joshua iii. 14-19. J.ishua vi. (>-"21. Jrwhua X. 1-2-13. Jndges XV. 19. 1 Samuel V. 1-12. 1 Samnt-l vi. 19. SUBJECT. Tlie harvest rain TTzzah killed Jeroboam's hand withered The widow's meal increased Widow's son raised from the dead Consumption of Elijah's sacrifice Destruction of Ahaziah's captains and fifties.. The Jordan divided Translation of Elijiih Elisha parteth the waters Waters of Jericho made sweet The army supplied with water The ci'use of oil faileth not -. Shunammite's son restored Miracle of the twenty loaves Naamau healed in Jordan Gehazi made leprons The axe fl.vtts Syrians smitten with blindness Syrian army overthrown A dead man re.'^tored Destniction of Sennacherib's army , The shadow goes back on the dial Uzziah's leprosy Escape from the fiery furnace Daniel escapes from the lions Jonah in the whale's belly Jonah delivered Place. Gilgal Perez Bethel Zarephith Zarepbath Mt. Carmel Samaria Jordan ....» Jordan Jordan Jericho Moah Moab Shunam Gilgal Jordan Samaria Jordan Dothan Samaria Jerusalem Jerusalem Jernsalem Babylon Babylon Mediterranean. Mediterranean. 1 Samuel xii. 18. 2 Samuel vi. 7. 1 Kings xiii. 4-6. 1 Kings xvii. 14-16. 1 Kings xvii. 17-24. 1 Kings xviii, 30-38. 2 Kings i. 9-12. 2 Kings ii. 8. 2 Kings ii. 11. 2 Kings ii. 14. 2 Kings ii. 21. 2 Kings iii. 16-20. 2 Kings iv. 1-7. 2 Kings iv. 32-37. 2 Kings iv. 42-14. 2 Kings v. 10-14. 2 Kings V. 20-27. 2 Kings vi.5-7. 2 Kings vi. 18. 2 Kings vii. 6-7. 2 Kings xiii. 21. 2 Kings xix. 35. 2 Kings XX. 9-11. 2 Chron. xxvi. 16-20. Daniel iii. 19-27. Daniel vi. 16-23. Jonah i. 17. Jonah ii. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. INSTANCES OF PSOPHEOY OOMPAKED WITH HISTOET. [The Chief J'uinli only being Selected and Nanibtred.'] I'lioi'HECY OF Four Kingdoms, represented BY FOL'R BkaSTS. TBE FIRST llEAST. \ lion liMViiis eagle's wings tlie wings were plucked it wiis rai.sed from the ground iiiul made to stand on the feet, as a man.... and a man's heart [intellect] was given to it. — Daniel, cbap. vii. i. THE SECOND BEAST. A ram wbich had two horns both high but une higher than the other The highest came up last the ram pushed north, west, and south did as he pleased, and became great — Daniel, chap. viii. 3-4. COURESPONDING KVENTS IN TUEIR HlSTORI- CAi, Order. ASSriiJAA' EMPIRE. 1. The Babylonian empire ; 2. Nineveh, etc., added to it — but ij. Nineveli was almost destroyed at the fall of Sardauapalns. 4. Yet this empire was again elevated to power, 5. and seemed to acquire stability under Nebu- chadnezzar, 6. who laid the foundation of its subsequent policy and authority. PERSIAN EMPIRE. 1. Darius, or the Persian po^ er. 2. Composed of Media and Pcisia, 3. both con.siderable provinces, 4. Media the most powerful; yet this most powerful 5. Medicin empire, under Dejoces, rose after the other; 6. and extended its conquests under Cyrus over Lydia, etc., west, over Asia, north, over Babylon, etc., south, and 7. ruling over such an extent of country, was a great empire. Prophecy of Four Kingdoms, represented BY Four Beasts. THE THIRD BEAST. 1. A he-goat 2. came from the west 3. gliding swiftly over the earth 4. ran unto the ram in the fury of his power... 5. smote him 6. brake his two horns 7. cast him on the ground 8. stamped on him, aud 9. waxed very gieat 10. when he was strong his great horn was broken, and 11. instead of it, came up four notable ones 12. toward the four winds of heaven 13. out of oue of them a little horu waxed great. 14. toward the south and east 15. which took away the daily sacrifice, and cast down the sanctuary, etc. — Daniel, chap. viii. 5-12. THE FOURTH BEAST. 1. Dan. vii. 7-ti; and 19-21 Corresponding Events in their Histori- cal Order. GRECIAN EMPIRE. Alexander, oi' Gieek power, came from Europe (west of Asia) with unexampled rapidity of success; attacked Darius furiously, and beat him — at the Gianicns, Issus, etc.; cunquei'ed Persia, Media, etc.; juined the power of Darius, insomncli that Darius was murdered, etc. Alexander overran Bactiiana to India, but died at Babylon in the zenith of his fame and power; Ills dominions were parcelled among Seleu- cus, Antignnus, Ptolemy, Cassander (who had been his officers); In Babylon, Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece. Antioclins the Great, succeeded by Antio- chus Epiphanes, conquered Egypt, etc., and endeavored utterlyto subvert the Jew- ish polity: iiolluting their temple-worship and sacrifices to the utmost of his power. ROMAN EMPIRE. Rome, the niisUess of the world. FEOM COMPLETION OF OLD TESTAMENT CANON TO OHEISTIAN EEA-COYEEING THE APOOEYPHA. Pehiod IX. 420 Years. B. C. REMARKS. B. c. REMARKS. 413 373 341 321 300 291 276 250 217 195 175 172 Joiada, or Judas Jonathan, or John Jaddua, or Jaddus Onias I Simon, the Just Eleazar High High High High High High High High High High High High Priest. Priest. Priest.- Priest.- Priest. Priest. Priest. Priest. Priest.- Priest.- Priest. Priest.- — Alexander the Great dies, B. c. 324. —Ptolemy Lagus captures Jerusa- lem, B. c. 320. -Sect of Sadduoees founded, B. c. 200. — Scopas, an Egyptian, conquers Ju- dca, B. c. 199. — Antiochus retakes Judea, b. c. 198. — Antiochus Epiphanes slaj's 40,000 Jews, B. c. 170. 166 161 143 135 107 106 79 70 70 63 40 37 5 months & New Judas Maecaba3us Jonathan Simon "1 These four were Princes of Judea, and were 1 called the Maccabees, or Asmonean Princes, ' from Asmoneus, great-grandfather of Judas J Maccabasus. \ Son of John Hyrcanus, assumes the title of King. )i f t3 1 »5 ( ^ y 1 Jerusalem taken by Pompey. 1 S Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt, b. c. 44j aud Jeru- / ' salem captured by the ParthianSj B. c. 40. Appointed King of Judea at Rome. Returns to Jerusalem with an army, and captures it. John Hyrcanus Aristobulus Alexander Janneus Alexandra (Queen) Hyrcanus II Aristobulus II Hyrcanus II. (restored) Manasseh Onias II Simon IF Onias III John Baptist, born three before birth of Christ; Testament Canon begins. A CHEONOLOGICAL TABLE - SHO¥INa THE PEINGIPAL EVENTS OF THE JEWISH AND OONTEMPOEANEOHS HISTOET, FROM THE CREATION OP THE AVORLD TO THE BIRTH OP CHRIST. B. C. JKWISH HISTORY. CONTF.SIPORANEOUS EVEN'TR. B. c. JEfl-ISH HISTORY. CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS. 4001 Creation of the world. 741 Pekah, king of Israel, lavs siege to Jerusa- 2(JoO Chinese Empire founded. lem; 120,000 of the men of Judah are slain 2349 The deluge. in one day. 2020 / Sesostris, king of Egypt. 740 Ahaz, king of .ludah, being defeated by Pekah, calls in the assistance of Tiglath-Pileser, 1096 Birth of Abraham. king of Assyria, aud becomes tributary to 1921 Call of Abraham. him — Israel is also made tributary to the 1S96 Isaac born. same king — A Syrian altar is set up in the 1850 Kingdom of Argos founded. Temple, and the sacred vessels sent to 1S37 Birth of Jacob and Esau. Assyria. 1729 Joseph sold into Egypt. 721 Samaria is taken by the king of Assyria — l,j71 Moses born. The Ten tribes carried into captivity — End 1493 Cadmus Introduces letters into Greece. of the Kingdom of Israel — Isaiah and Micah, Numa Pompilius, B. c. 715. 1491 The Passover instituted — Departure from prophets in Jndah. Egypt. 710 Sennacherib invades Judah, but the destroy- 1491 The Law given from Mount Sin.ai. ing angel enters the camp of the Assyrians, 1451 Death of Moses and Aaron — Joshua leads the and in one night destroys 185,000 of them. Israelites into Canaan. 698 Manasseh, king of Judah— Gross idolatry of 13.52 1273 1203 1193 VThe Judges. ("Rise of Assyria. ^ Search for the Golden Fleece. (War against Troy. 678 658 656 Judah. Samaria colonized by Assyrians. Holofernes is killed at the siege of Bethulia Scythian invasion of Western Asia. Byzantium founded. 1130 Samson slays the Philistines. by Judith. 1120 Death of Samson. 625 Alyattes, king of Lydia— Nabopolassar Sparta a kingdom. of Babylonia, and Cyaxares of Media 1095 Saul made king. destroy Nineveh. 1075 Death of Samuel. 1036 Death of Saul and Jonathan. 624 In repairing the Temple, nilkiah discovers 1048 David, king over Israel — Takes Jerusalem. the book of the law, and Josiah keeps a 1042 The Ark removed to Jerusalem. solemn Passover — Jeremiah, prophet. 1023 1015 Revolt of Ab.saIom. Death of David and accession of Solomon. ■Tyre flourishes under Hiram. 608 606 Josiah killed in battle — Jeboiakim, king. Jeremiah's prophecy of the 70 years' captivity Babylon a great kingdom. Foundation of the Tem|>le. . — Nebuchadnezzar invades Judah, takes 1004 Dedication of the Temple. Jerusalem — Jeboiakim, his vassal. 975 Death of Solomon — Revolt of the Ten Tribes — 602 Jehoiakim revolts from Babylon. Knigdom of Israel established under Jero- 598 Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem. boam. 597 Jerusalem taken — Jeboiakim deposed, and 975 Shemaiah averts a civil war — Rehoboam, succeeded bv Jehoiachin, who rebels. king of Judah. 597 Zedekiah made king over the remnant of 971 Shishak, kmg of Egypt, takes Jerusalem and Judah. 957 pdlages the Temple. Abijah defeats the king of Israel ; 50,000 men are sbiin in the battle. Tabrimmon, king of DamascuB. 694 688 Jerusalem having rebelled against Babylon, is besieged l>v Nebuchadnezzar. Solon, legislator at Athens. 906 IsT-ael afflicted with the famine predicted by Elijah. ^ ' 586 Jerusalem taken and destroyed by Nebuchad- nezzar — Zedekiah's eyes are put out — He 901 Tlie Syrians besiege Samaria. is taken to Babylon, where he dies — End of S97 Elijah translated to heaven. the kingdom of Judah. 896 895 878 776 771 Death of Ahab, king of Israel. Miracles of Elisha the Prophet. 580 572 'Copper money coined at Rome. Fall of Tyre. Carthage founded by Dido. 569 Aniasis, king of Egypt. Israel invaded by the Assyrians under Phul. Commencement of the Olympic Era. 659 ■ The Jews captives in Babylon. • Founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus. 758 753 747 Syracuse founded. 652 First coniedv performed at Athens. Rome built. 639 Marseille.s built by the Phocasans. Era of Nabonassar. 538 Babylon taken by Cyrus & united to Persia. a II CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. ' OHEONOLOGIOAL TABLE— Oontinued. 1 .... JjnriSH HISTORY. CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS. B. C. 164 JEWISH HISTORY. CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS. ■ 536 Cyrus allows tlie Jews to return to their own Death of Antiochus — He is succeeded by An- i country — Return of the first caravau uuder tiochus v., lilupator, who takes Bethsura Zerubbabel and Joshua. & besieges Jerusalem — Peace with the Jews. 535 Rebuilding of the Temple. 162 Alcinius made High Priest — Judas calls on 53-t Opposition of the Samaritans. Tarquinius Superbus, king of Rome. the Jews to resist. 529 Letter to llie Persian king from the adversaries. Death of Cyrus. 161 Victory of Adasa— Embassy to Rome — Death Alliajice between Rome and Jndea. 525 Egypt conqueicd by Cambyses. of Judas Maccabffius. 622 Work on the Temple stopped by a royal decree. Death of Cambyses. 158 Peace witli Syria. 521 Hagffai and Zechariali. 153 Jonathan, High Piiest. Celtiberian war. 520 Building' of the Temple resumed. 149 Third Punic war. 615 Dedicaliou of the Second Temple. 146 Alliance withDemetiins, whose life Jonathan Destruction of Carthage. 510 Expulsion of the Tarquins — Rome and saves. Athens republics. 144 Death of J(»iathan. 49 1 Trib\uies. 141 Tower of Ziou taken — First year of Jewish 4D0 Batllo of Marathon. freedom. 4SB Xerxes (the Ahasuerus'of Esther). 140 Simon made hereditary prince of the Jews. 480 Battles of Salamis and Thermopylae — 137 John Ilyicanus, High Priest. Persians burn Athens. 128 Ilyjcanns goes to Parthia with Antiochus, Death of Tiberias Gracchua. 479 Battles of Plata;;i and Mycale — Persians who is killed there — Judea independent. retreat from Greece. 125 Ilyrcanus conquers the land east of Jordan. 4-4 Esther and Mordecai. 121 Death of Caius Gracchus. 4GS Death of Aristides — Socrates born. 109 Hyrcanus destroys the Samaritan Temple on 466 Cimon defeats the Persians. Mount tierizim. 465 Death of Xerxes. 107 Death of Hyrcanus — Aristobulus, High Priest, Marius, First Consul. 458 Commission of Ezra. Cincinnatus dictator. assumes the title of king. 467 Great reformation. 106 Alexander Janna^us — Civil war. Jugurtha taken — Cicero & Pompey born. 449 Decemvirate at Rome — Appius Claudius. 100 .Tulius Caesar born. 444 ■) Commission of Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt — ]■ Readingofthelaw — Opposition of Saahallat. Herodotus. 83 Sylla, dictator. 443 79 Alexandra, queen of Judea. 431 Malachi. Peloponnesian war. 71 Defeat and death of Spartacus. 429 Pericles dies — Plato born. 69 Hyrcanus II., king, deposed by his brother 404 Lysander takes Athens — Death of Al- cibiades. after 3 months — Succeeded by Aristobulus II. — Rise of Antipater. 400 Xenophon— Retreat of the 10,000. 66 Syria a Roman province. 399 Death of Socrates. 65 Civil war between the rival brothers— Appeal 390 Home taken by the Gauls. to the Rojnans. 371 Battle of Leuctra. 64 Arbitration of Pompey. 367 Murder of Joshua. 63 Ponipey carries Jerusalem by assault — Judea Cicero, consul. 362 Death of Epaminondas. subject to Rome from this time. 356 Birth of Alexander the Great— Temple of Diana at Ephesus burned. 57 Alexander, son of Aristobulus II., makes war on Hyrcanus, but is defeated by Gabinius, .351 Alleged captivity of the Jews. Proconsul of Syria. 350 Jaddua, High Priest. 65 Caesar's first descent on Britain. 348 Death of Plato. 54 Crassus at Jerusalem ; plunders the Temple. Second invasion of Britain. 336 Alexander the Great succeeds to the throne. 52 Cassius enslaves 30,000 Jews, the partisans i>f Aristobulus. 335 Destruction of Thebes. 49 Caesar releases Aristobulus, who is put to Caesar crosses the Rubicon. 333 Battle of Issus — Damascus taken and Tyre besieged by Alexander. death by the Pompeians — Alexander put to death by Scipio at Antioch. 332 The High Priest induces Alexander to spare Jerusalem. Alexander, king of Epirus in Italy. 48 Antipater, first Roman Procurator of Judea — Hyrcanus, Ethiiarch. Battle of Pharsalia — Death of Pompey. 331 Settlement of the Jews at Alexandria. Battle of Arbela. 46 Antipater ajipoints his sons Phasael & Herod Reform of the Calendar. 330 Ouias, High Priest. Demosthanes' oration for the crown. captains of Judea and Galilee. 323 Death of Alexander. 44 Decree of Cse^ar tor re-fortifying Jerusalem. Death of Caesar. 322 Romans humiliated by the Samnites at 43 Cassius plunders Jerusalem. Death of Cicero. the Caudine forks — Demosthenes and 42 Herod defeats Antigonus, and enters Jerusa- Battle of Philippi— Death of Brutus and 320 Ptolemy takes Jerusalem — Jewish settle- ments in Egypt and Cyrene. Aristotle die. lem in triumph— is reconciled to Hyrcanus, and betrothed to Mariamne. Cassius. 315 Thebes rebuilt. 40 Herod appointed king by the Roman Senate. Roman Empire divided — Octavius and 314 Palestine under Antigonus. Antony at Rome. 312 Commencement of the Era of the Seleucidae. Appius Claudius, censor. 37 Herod takes Jerusalem on the day of atone- Renewal of the triumvirate for five years. 300 Siniou I., the Just, High Priest. ment — Marries Mariamne — Death of Anti- 298 Third Samnite war. gonus — End of the Asmonsean line — Annel 292 Eleazar, High Priest. made High Priest. 276 Manasseh, High Priest. 36 Herod compelled by Cleopatra to make Aris- Antony and Cleopatra. 265 Commencement of the Punic wars. tobulus High Priest. 241 End of the First Punic war. 35 Murdei' of Aristobulus. 235 Temple t.f Janus closed for the first time since Noma. 34 Herod appea.ses Antony by gifts — Antony gives Coele-Syria to Cleopatra. 219 Antiochus overruns Palestine. Second Punic war. 31 Herod defeats the Arabians — Dreadful earth- Battle of Actium. 218 Hannibal crosses the Alps. quake in Judea. 217 Ptolemy recovers Palestine, profanes the Tem- Battle of Trasimene. 30 Herod meets Octavian at Rome, and is con- Death of Antony and Cleopatra — Egypt ple, bnt is driven out superiuiturally — He firmed in bis kingdom. a Roman province. persecutes the Jews of Alexandria. 29 Hernd puts Mariamne to death. 216 Battle of Cannse. 28 Murder of Alexandra, mother of Mariamne. 215 Chinese wall built. 27 The name of Augustus conferred upon 206 Dynasty of Han in China. Octavius. 205 The Jews submit to Antiochus, the Great- Are well treated at first. 26 Herod murders the last of the family of Hyr- canus — Introduces heathen games into Je- 204 Scipio in Africa — Defeat of the Cartha- rusalem. ginians. 24 The dominions of Herod increased by the ad- 201 Peace with Carthage. dition of Trachonitis, Batanea, and Aura- 197 Palestine and Coele-Syria conquered by Antio- chus the Great, and confirmed to him by nitis — Sends his sons Alexander and Aristo- bulus to Rome. the peace with Rome. 23 Herod visits Agrippa at Mytilene. Death of Marcellus. 187 Attempt of Heliodorus to plunder the Temple. 21 Herod rebuilds his palace — Founds Caesarea. 183 Death of Hannibal and Scipio. 18 Rebuilding of the Temple. 175 Onias III. degraded from the High Priest- 17 Completion of the Holy Place. hood, which is sold to Jason. 12 Refuses the hand of Salome to the Arabian Augustus Pontifex Maximus. 171 Third Macedonian war. Syllajns. 170 Jerusalem taken by Antiochus Epiphanes — Great cruelties towards the Jews. - 10 Herod opens David's tomb in search of trea- sure. 168 Menelaus deposed — Massacre at Jerusalem — Beginning of the Maccabajan war of inde- pendence. End of the Macedonian kingdom. 6 Murder of Alexander and Aristobulus, Herod's sons, by Mariamne — The Pharisees refuse the oath to Caesar and Herod, and are fined. 167 Judas Maccabaeus defeats the Syrian Generals. 4 Birth of Christ, according to the common Augustus, Emperor of Rome. 1G6 Judas takes Jerusalem — Re-iiedicatiou of the Temple. reckoning — Death of Herod. FEOM THE BIETH OP OHKIST TO THE CLOSING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT OANOU, A. D. 100. Period X. 100 Years. B. C. JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN CHUBCH HISTORY. CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS. A. D. JEIVISH AND CHRISTIAN CHURCH HISTORY. CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS. ! 5 Birth of Christ, probably Dec. 25th. 28th year of reign of Aug. Caesar at Rome. 31 Martyrdom of St. Stephen. Pilate deposed, and commits suicide. 4 His circumcision, presentation in Temple and Herod orders the massacre of all male 33 Conversion of Saul. Agrippa made king of Judea. flight of his family to Egypt. infants under two vears old. 38 St. Matthew writes his gospel. Death of Agrippa. 2 Return from Egypt. Death of Herod and liis son Antipater, 42 Rise.of term Christian. and division of his kingdom. 44 St. James beheaded. A. D. 45 Famine in Judea. Emperor Claudius. London founded. 6 Judea annexed to Roman province of Syria. Famine in Rome. 62 St. Mark dies. 8 Jesus being 12 years old, is taken by his par- 64 Persecution of the Jews. Nero, emperor at Rome. ents to the Temple. 66 Jews at war witli Rome. Great slaughter of Jews in Syria. 9 Birth of St. Paul. 67 Secimd imprisonment of Paul at Rome. Defeat of Jews by Vespasian. 26 Christ baptized by John. His public min- istry begins. Death of Augustus. 68 Martyrdom of Paul and Peter. Nero deposed, and commits suicide. Ves- pasian, emperor at Rome. Jerusalem 28 John the Baptist beheaded. Tiberias. Emperor at Rome. taken and destroyed by Titus 29 Crucifixion of Christ, probably on Friday, Pontius Pilate, governor of Jndea. Tibe- 95 Second persecution of Christians. Plague in Rome. Vespasian dies. April 1.5th. rius friendly to the Christians. 96 St. John released from banishment. Domitian killed. End of reign of Caesars. 30 Office of Deacon created. 100 Death of St. John at Ephesus. Trajan, emperor of Rome. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. "The Wm-a" Two Genealogies Annuruiatiou of the Baptist'8 birth... Annunciation of the biith of Jesus.... Mary vitsits Klizabetli Biith of John the Baptist Birth of Jesvis Clirist The watcliinj; Shepherds Tlie CiiTumcision Presentation in tlie Temple The wise men from the iiast Flight to Egypt, and return , Disputing with the Doctors Miiiistry of John the Baptist Baptism of Jesus Christ The Temptation Andrew and another see Jesus Simon, now Cephas (Peter) Philip and Nathanael The water made wine P.\ssovEB (1st) and cleansing the 1 Temple J "■ Nicodemus Christ and John baptizing The woman of Samaria John the Baptist in prison Return to Galilee The synagogue at Nazareth The nobleman's son Cipernaum. Four .\p0stle3 called Demo'iiac healed there Simon's wife's mother healed First Circuit round Galilee Ilealing a leper Christ stills the storm.. Demoniacs in land of Gad.arenes Jairus' daughter. Woman healed Blind men, and demoniac Healing the paralytic Mxtthewthe Publican "Thy disciples f;vst not" J,)urney to Jerusalem to 2d Passover. Pool of Betliesda. Power of Christ. .. Plucking ears of corn on Sabbath The witliered hand. Miracles The Twelve Apostles The Sermon on the Mount.. The centurion's servant The widow's son at Nain Messengers from John. Woe to the cities of Galilee C.ill tj the meek and suffering Anointing the feet of Jesus Second Circuit round Galilee Parable of the Sower Parable of Candle under a Bushel Parable of the Growth of Seed Parable of the Wheat and Tares Parable of the Grain of Mustard Seed. Parable of Leaven On teaching by parables \nieat and tares e.vplaiued The treasure, the pearl, the net His raotlier and his brethren Reception .at Nazareth Third Circuit round Galilee Sending firth the Twelve Herod's opinion of Jesus Death of John the Baptist Approach of P.vssover (3d) Feeding of the five thousand Walking on the sea Miracles in Gennesaret The bread of life The unwashen hands The Syro-Phoeniciaa woman Miracles of healing Feeding of the four thousand The sign from heaven The leaven of the Pharisees Blind man healed Peter's profession of faith The Passion foretold The Transfiguration Elias already come. The lunatic healed The Passion again foretold Fisli caught for the tribute The little child One casting out devils.. Offences The lost sheep Forgiveness of injuries Binding and loosing Forgiveness. Parable "Salted with fire" Journey to Jerusalem.. Fire from heaven.. Answers to disciples The Seventy disciples Discussions .at Feast of Tabernacles..., Woman taken in adultery Di-spute with the Pharisees The man born blind The gO')d Shepherd The return of the Seventy The good Samaritan Mary and Martha. The Lord's Prayer Prayer effectual •' Through Beelzebub " HAEMONY OF THE TOUR GOSPELS; OR, THE EVENTS OF CHRIST'S LIFE IN THE ORDER OF THEIR OCCURRENCE. St. Matthkw. St. Mark. St. Lukk. St. John. i, 144 *i. 1-17 * iii. 23-38 i. 5-25 i. 26-38 i. 39-56 i. 57-80 i. 18-25 ii. 1-7 ii. 8-20 ....« ii. 21 ii. 22-38 ii. 1-12 ii. 13-23 ii. 39 ii. 40-52 iii. 1-12 i. 1-8 iii. 1-18 i. 15-31 iii. 13-17 i. 9-11 iii. 21, 22 i. 32-34 iv. 1-11 i. 12, 13 iv. 1-13 i. 3540 i. 41, 42 i. 43-51 ii, 1-11 ii, 12-22 iii. 1-21 iii. 22-36 iv. 142 iv. 12; xiv. 3 i, 14; vi. 17 iii. 19, 20 iv. 12 i, 14, 15 iv. 14, 15 iv. 16-30 iv. 4345 iv. 4M4 iv. 13-22 i, 16-20 * V. 1-11 i, 21-28 iv. 31-37 viii. 14-17 i, 29-34 iv. 38-41 iv. 23-'25 i. 35-39 iv. 4244 viii, 1-4 i. 40-45 V. 12-10 viii, 18-27 iv. 35-41 viii. 22-25 iii, 28-34 V. 1-20 viii. 23-39 ix, 18-'26 V. 2143 viii. 40-56 ix, 27-34 ix, 1-8 ii. 1-12 V. 17-26 ix. 9-13 ii. 13-17 V. 27-32 ix, 14-17 ii, 18-22 T. 33-39 V. 1 v. 2-47 xii,l-8 ii. 23-28 vi. 1-5 xii, 9-21 iii. 1-12 vi. 641 *x, 2-4 iii. 13-19 vi. 1246 *v,l-viL29 vi. 1749 viii, 5-13 vii. 1-10 vii. 11-17 iv. 40-54 xi. 2-19 vii. 18-35 xi, 20-24 xi. 25-30 vii."36-50 viii. 1-3 xiii. i-23 iv. i-20 viii. 4-15 iv. 21-25 viii. 1048 iv. 26-29 xiii. 2-1-30 xiii, 31,32 iv. 30-32 * xiii. 18, 19 xiii. 33 * xiii. 20, 21 xiii. 34,35 iv, 33, 34 xiii. 30-43 .xiii. 44-52 * xii. 46-50 * iii, 31-35 viii. 19-21 xiii. 53-58 vi, 1-6 X. 35-38, xi. 1 vi, 6 X. vi. 7-13 ix. 1-6 xiv. 1, 2 vi. 14-16 ix. 7-9 xlv. 3-12 vi. 17-29 ■v'i.'i xiv. 13-21 vi. 30-44 ix. 1047 vi. 145 xiv. 22-33 vi. 45-52 vi. 16-21 xiv. 34-36 vi. 53-56 vi."2'i-05 XV. i-20 vii. 1-23 XV, 21-28 vii. 24-30 XV, 29-31 vii. 31-37 ...... XV, 32-39 viii. 1-9 xvi, 1-4 viii, 10-13 xvi, 5-12 viii. 14-21 viii. 22-26 xvi. 13-19 viii. 27-29 ix. 18-20 *vi. 66-71 xvi. 20-28 viii. 30-ix. 1 ix. 21-27 xvii. 1-9 ix. 2-10 ix. 28-36 xvii. 10-13 ix. 11-13 xvii. 14-21 ix. 17-29 ix. 3742 xvii. 22-23 ix. 30-32 ix. 4345 xvii. 24-27 xviii. 1-5 ix. 33-37 ix, 4048 ix. 38-41 ix, 49, 50 xviii. 6-9 ix.4248 * xvii. 14 xviii. 10-14 * XV, 4-r xviii, 15-17 xviii, 18-20 xviii. 21-35 ix. "49,' 50 ix. 51 vii. 1-10 ix. 52-56 viii. 19-22 ix. 57-62 X. 146 x.'i7-24 X. 25-37 X. 3842 vii."ll-53 viii. 1-11 viii. 12-59 ix. 141 X. 1-21 * vi. 9-13 xi. 14 * vii. 7-U xi. 5-13 * xii. 22-37 * iii. 20-30 xi. 14-23 The unclean spirit returning The sign of Jonah The light of the body The Pharisees What to fear " Master, speak to my brother".. Covetousness ■yVatchfuluess Galileans that perished Woman healed on Sabbath The grain of mustard seed The leaven Toward Jerusalem "Are there few that be saved?".. Warning against Herod ^'0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem" Dropsy healed on Sabbath day.. .. Choosing the chief rooms Parable of the Great Supper Following Christ with the Cross. Parables of Lost Sheej), Piece of^ Money, Prodigal Son, Unjust Steward, Rich Man & Lazarus Offences Faith and merit The tea lepers How the kingdom cometh Parable of the Unjust Judge Parable of the Pharisee and Publican... Divorce Infants brought to Jesus. The rich man inquiring Promises to the disciples Laborers in the vineyard Death of Christ foretold Request of James and John Blind men at Jericho Zaccheus Parable of the Ten Talents Feast of Dedication Beyond Jordan Raising of Lazarus Meeting of the Sanhedrim Christ in Epluaim Arrival at Bethany six days be-') fore the Passover J The anointing by Mary Plot against Him and Lazarus Christ enters .Jerusalem Cleansing of the Temple (2d) The barren fig-tree Pray, and forgive '•By what authority," etc Parable of the Two Sons Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen.... Parable of the Wedding Garment The tribute-money The state of the risen The great Commandment David's Son and David's Lord Against the Pharisees The M'idow's mite Christ's second coming Parable of the Ten 'Virgins Parable of the Talents The Last Judgment Greeks visit Jesus. Voice from heaven. Reflections of John Last Passover (4th). Jews conspire.... Judas Iscariot Paschal Supper Contention of the Apostles Peter's fall foretold Last Discourse. The departure; the Comforter The 'Vine and the Branches. Abid- ing in love Work of the Comforter in disciples. The prayer of Christ Gethsemane The betrayal Before Annas (Caiaphas) ; Peter's \ denial J Before the Sanhedrim Before Pilate The Traitor's death Before Herod Accusation and Condemnation Treatment by the soldiers The Crucifi.xion The mother of Jesus Mockings and railings The malefactor The death D:irknes3 and other portents The by-standers The side pierced The burial The guard of the sepulchre ■! The Resurrection Disciples going to F.mmaus Appearances in Jerusalem At the Sea of Tiberias On the Mount in Galilee Unrecorded Works Ascension St. Matthew. * xii. 4345 * xii, 3842 *v, 15, vi, 22,23 *xxiii. *x. 26-33 *vi. 25-33 * xiii. 31, 32 * xiii. 33 * xxiii. 37-39 *x.xii. 1-14 "^x. 37,38 * xviii. 6-15 *xvii. 20 xix. 142 xix. 1345 xix. 16-26 xix. 27-30 XX. 146 XX. 17-19 XX. 20-28 XX. 29-34 * XXV. 14-30 xxvi. 6-13 xxi. 1-11 xxi. 12-16 xxi. 17-22 * vi. 14, 15 xxi. 23-27 xxi. 28-32 xxi. 3346 xxii. 1-14 xxii. 15-22 xxii. 23-33 xxii. 3440 xxii. 4146 xxiii. 1-39 xxiv. 1-51 XXV. 143 XXV. 14-30 XXV. 3146 xxvi. 1-5 xxvi. 14-16 xxvi. 17-29 xxvi. 30-35 xxvi. 3646 xxvi. 47-66 f xxvi. 57, ■! I 58, 69-75 J xxvi. 69 08 f xxvii. 1, ■) I 2,1144 j xxvii. 15-26 xxvii. 27-31 xxvii. 32 38 xxvii. 39-44 xxvii. 60 xxvii. 45-53 xxvii. 54-56 xxvii. 57-61 xxvii. 62-C6 xxviii. 11-15 xxviii. 1-10 xxviii. 16-20 * iv. 30-32 X. 142 X. 13-16 X. 17-27 X. 28-31 X. 32-34 X. 3545 X. 46-52 xiv. 3-9 xi. 140 xi. 15-18 xi. 11-14, 19-23 xi. 24-26 xi. 27-33 xii. 1-12 xii. 13-17 xii. 18-27 xii. 28-34 xii. 35-37 xii. 3840 xii. 4144 xiii. 1-37 xiv. 1, 2 xiv. 10, 11 xiv. 12-25 xiv. 20-31 xiv. 3242 xiv. 43 52 ' xiv. 53, ■» ^ 54, 66-72 J xiv. 55-65 XV. 1-5 XV. C45 XV. 16-20 XV. 21-28 XV. 29-32 XV. 37 XV. 33-38 XV. 3941 XV. 42-47 xvi. 141 xvi. 12,13 xvi. 14-18 xvi. 19, 20. St. Luks. Xi. 24 28 xi. 29-32 xi. 33-36 xi. 37-54 xii. 142 xii. 1345 xii. 16-31 xii. 32-59 xiii. 1-9 xiii. 10-17 xiii. 18,19 xiii. 20, 21 xiii. 22 xiii. 23-30 xiii. 31-33 xiii. 34,35 xiv. 1-6 xiv. 7 14 xiv. lo-24 xiv. 25-35 XV., xvi. xvii. 14 xvii. 5-10 xvii. 11-19 xvii. 20-37 xviii. 1-8 xviii. 9-14 xviii. 15-17 xviii. 18-27 xviii. 28-30 xviii. 31-34 xviii. 35-43 xix. 1-10 xix. 11-28 * vii. 36-50 xix. 29-44 xix. 4548 XX. 1-8 XX. 949 * xiv. 16-24 XX. 20-26 XX. 2740 XX. 41-44 XX. 4547 xxi. 14 xxi. 5-38 * xix. 11-28 xxii. 1, 2 xxii. 3-6 xxii. 7-23 xxii. 24-30 xxii. 31-39 xxii. 4046 xxii. 47-53 xxii. 54-62 xxii. 63-71 xxiii. 1-3 xxiii. 4-11 xxiii. 13-25 * xxiii. 36,37 xxiii. 26-34 xxiii. 35-39 xxiii. 40-43 xxiii. 46 xxiii. 44,45 xxiii. 47 49 xxiii. 50-56 xxiv. 1-12 xxiv. 13-35 xxiv. 36-49 xxiv. 50-53 X. 22-39 X. 4042 xi. 144 xi. 45-53 xi. 64-57 xii. 1,9 xii. 2-8 xii. 10, 11 xii. 1249 xii. 20-36' xii. 36-50 xiii. 1-35 xiii. 36-38 xiv. 1-31 XV. 1-27 xvi. 1-33 xvii. 1-26 xviii. 1 xviii. 2-U xviii. 12-27 xviii. 28 f -xviii. 2940 \ xix. 1-16 xix. 2, 3 xix. 17-24 xix. 25-27 xix. 28-30 xix. 31-37 xix. 38-42 XX. 148 XX. 19-29 xxi. 1-23 fxx. 30, 31; [ xxi. 24,25 41 The verses of those chapters marked with a ( * ) are somewhat out of the direct line of narrative, yet have an apparent parallelism with the thoughts and events in the column or colomns opposite. I CHEONOLOGICAL TABLES. OHEONOLOGT OP NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS. Place Where Written, axd Authors. HISTORICAL BOOKS. D.\TE. 3S— 61 Gl 63— M Gospel of St. Matthew.. Gospel of St. Mi\rk Gospel of St. Luke Al-thor. St. Mnttbew St. Mark St. Luke Where Written. JenisHlem. Alexandria. Kunie. A. D. 97 Acts of the Apostles . Gospel of St. John.... St. Luke . St. Jobu . Where Written. Rome iprobabli/). Ephesus. THE PAULINE EPISTLES. DATE. 52 52 56 — 57 57 5S 58 61 62 TITLE. First Epistle to the The3s-ilr>iiians... Sec Mid Epistle to theTliess.iliriiinsi., Epistle to the Galaiiaiis First Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Coriutliians.... Kpistle to the Humans Fpistle to the Epiiesiaus Epistle to the Philippians Author. St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul M'HERK Written. Corinth. Corinth. Ephesus. Ephesus. Pliilippi. C'iiinth. Koine. Rome. DATE. A. D. 62 6-3 63 64 6+ 65 95-96 Published in 97. TITLE. Epistle to the Cnlossians Epistle to Philemon Epistle to the Ilehrews First Epistle to Timothy Epistle to Titus Second Epistle to Timothy. Revel.ition Author. St. Paul . St. Paul. St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. Paul St. John Where Written. Rume. Rome. Rome. Landicea. Ephesus (probably). Rciliie (probably). Patuios. A. D. 61 63 65 65 THE GENERAL EPISTLES. TITLE. Author. Where M'ritten. DATE. TITLE. Author. Whkre Written. St. James St. Peter Jerusalem. Babylon. Babyluu. Syria. A. D. 97—98 97—98 97—93 First Epistle of St. John Second Epistle of St. Joiin St. Jolin St John flphi.-sus. Ephesna. Epliesus. Vir^T F,nis;flp »if St Pefer Third Epistle of St. John St. John Epistle i.f St. Jude St. Jude CHRONOLOGY OF OUR LORD'S LIPE. (Lewin,) B.C. 6 (about Feb. 22). Birlh of Jolin the Bap- tist; the time of Elizabeth's conception being inferred from the calculatiuii that the course of Abia went out of office on May 22, B.C. 7. B.C. 6 (about Aug. 1). The Nativity of Jesus Chkist; nearly two years before the death of Her..d"(Matt. ii. Ifi)- The C-nsus under Sentins Saturninus, who displaced Varus bef ire Sept. 2, B.C. 6. B.C. 4, .ipril 1. Death of Ilerod at Jericho. Re- turn of the Holy Family from Egypt. A.D. 6. Banishment of Archelaus. Cyrenius, prefect of Syria. A.D. 7. C'lmpletion of the Census of Cyrenius. Christ .at the PassOvek (April 9th). A.D. 28 (about August or September). Preach- inq of John (he Bapliat^ in the first year of tlie S.-ilibalio cyl'', in the sixlh year of which our Lord's Ministry closed. A.D. 29 (February). Baptism of Jesus. Age 33.* (February to March). The Temptation. » Mr. Lewin cives ttiis latitude to the about thirty (utrti) of I.uke iii. 23. A.D. 29 — A.D. 33. The Duration of C7irist's Min- utry^ fvom Passover to Passover, four fall years, in accordance with Luke xiii. 7. A. D. 29. First Passover, ending April 2. Opening of our Lord's Ministry at Jerusalem. Iinpiisonment of John. A.D. 29 (Autumn'). Beginning of Christ's Min- istry in Galilee. Its duration — three years and six months. First Circuit in Galilee, including (about October) his rejection at Nazareth, f A.D. 29 to A.D. 30 (Spring). Second Galilean Circuit: duration — four or five months. A.D. 30 (Spring). T/tird Galilean Circuit. April 22. The 6€VT£poTrp(JJrou aal^^arov, i. e., the first Sabbath of the second month (Jyar). May 27. The Pentecost, this year on a Sab- bath. The " Feast'' of John v. Jesus returns to Galilee. Sermon on the M-nint. t Mr. Lewin's authority for this date is in the fact that Isaiah l.\i. was the appointed lesson of the daily service ahout the Feast of Z'a&eruacZes, which in this year fell on October 11. A.D. 30. Fourth Galilean Circuit. (Autumn). Return to Capernaum. A.D. 31 (about April). Death of John the Bap- tist. April 19 (10 of Nisan). Feeding of the Five Thousand. April 21. The discurse of .Tuhii vi. on the Sabbath before the Passuver. Sept. 20. Feast of the Tabernacles (John vii. 1). Sept. 23 (about). Jesus reaches Jerusalem. He withdraws, jirobably to Beth.il'.-ira. Nuv. 28 to Dec. 5. Feast of Dedication (John X.). Jesus returned to Bethabara (John x. 31). A.D. 32 (beginning). Death and raising of Lazarus. Jesus retires to Ephraim, and thence to Cresarea Pliilippi. Return to Capernaum. Triimte Money. P.issover, April 13. Beginning of our Lord's last circuit, occupying a year, and ter- mioatnig at Jerusalem. A.D. 32 (Autumn). The warning to flee out uf Galilee. A.D. 33 (Spring). The circuit resumed fir mi "West to East, ah'ng the borders of Smiii:!- ria and Galilee, in the direction of Peiaja, and so across the Jordan. Recrosses the Jordan to Jericho. Frid:iy, March 27. Arrives at Bethany, six days before the Passover. Saturday, March 28. Rest at Bethany on the Sabbath evening. Supper at the house of Simon. Palm Sunday, March 29. Jesus enters Jeru- salem. Mondiiy, March 30— Thursday, April 2. As in I'ur narrative. Tlinrsday, April 2 (evening). The Passuver and Lord's Supper. Good Friday, April 3. The Crucifixion. Jesus expires at 3 P. M. Easter Sunday, April 5. The Resurrection. Thursday, May 14. The Ascension. Sunday, May 24. Day of Pentecost. PARABLES OP JESUS CHRIST. PLACE. Gililee Galilee via Galilee Galilee Gililee Gnlilee Galilee Galilee Galilee G ililee Giililee Capernaum I and ^'ia. / ' Capernaum ... Jernsalein — via rta Capernaum... via Jerusalem SUBJECT. Mute and Beam Kuundaii -n nf Kock and Sand. The two Debtors The Barren t'igtree The S .wer "Wheat anil Tares Seed ca-st in the Gruiind The .Mustard-seed The Leaven The buried Treasure Pearl ..f IJieat Price Casting of the Net , Parables of the Lost Sheep The ^lerciless Debtor, Gu-^d Samaritan Clii^f Sears at the "Wedding The Midnight Friend , Return uf Unclean Spirit The Rich Kuul Tbi' Shepherd and Sheep TEXT. PLACE. Matt. vii. 3-5; Luke vi. 39-12. Jerusalem-Wa. Matt. vii. 24-27; Luke vi. 48-49. Luke vii. 41-50. via via Matt, xiii; Mark iv; Luke viii. via Mitt. xiii. 24-30. via Mirk i v. 26-29. via M.itt. xiii. 31-32; Mark iv. 30-32: via via Mitt. xiii. 33; Luke xiii. 20-21, via M itt. xiii. 44. via Mitt. xiii. 40-46. via Matt, xiii 47-50. Matt, xviii. 12-14; and Luko xv 3-7. Jerusalem Mitt, xviii. 23-35. Jerusalem Luke x. 30-37. .Ternsalem Luke xiv 7-12. Jerusalem Luke xi. 5-13. Jerusalem Luke xi. 24-26. Jerusalem Lnke xii. 16-'21. Jerusalem Jubn x. 1-18. Jerusalem SUBJECT. The Faithful Servants The Failhfiil Steward The Closed Door The Great Supper Building a Tuwer A King guing to War The lust Piece of Muney The Pruiligal Son The Unjust Steward Rich nian iind Lizarus The Unjust Judge Pharisee and Publican L:iburers in I he "N'ineyavd Ten Serv.ints and Ten Pounds The two Suns The leased Vineyard The ^larriage Feast The P'ig-tree raitlifnl and filse Servant Wise !ind f lulish Virgins The Taleiits Sheep and Goats Lnke Luke Luke Luke Luke Lnke Lnke Luke Luke Lnke Luke Lnke Malt. Luke Matt. Matt. Matt. Matt. Matt. Matt. Malt, Matt. xii. 37-39. xii. 42-48. xiii. 24-27. xiv. 16-25. xiv. 28-30. xiv. 31-33. XV. 8-9. XV. 11-32. xvi 1-8. xvi. 19-31. xviii. 1-8. xviii. 9-14. XX. 1-16. xix. 12-27. xxi. 28-32. xxi. 33-46. xxii. 1-14. xxiv. 32. xxiv. 45-51. XXV. 1-13. XXV. 14-30. XXV. 31-46. MIRACLES OF JESUS— CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1-2. 13. 14. 15. IR 17. MIRACLES. Conversiun of water into wine Cure of the nobleman's sun at Capernaum. The miraeuluns draught uf fi.;hes a Man pussessed with the dnvil healed ...... Peter's m -ther-in-law cured of a fever A leper healed The Ce';tuiioii's servant healed The widuw's son raised from the dead Tlie tempe-t caloipd The dem 'iiiacs uf (Judar i cured Mm with the palsy cured .Tarins' dauirbter rinsed fi-um the dead \Vuniati with an issue uf h|u.>d liealed Two blind men givoi thnir sislit The dumb nrin L'iveti his snef^ch An iofi-ni nnn -flip lipsd i beiled The withered liand made whole Place of Occu-rrence. Cana of Galil -e... Cana of (Jalilee... Sea of Galilee Capern.-ium Caperiiaum Capernaum Capernaum Nain Sea of Galilee Gadara Capernaum Capernaum Cipernnnm Capern-ium Capernaum .Terusiilem Judea Where Described. Jubn ii. 1-n. Juhn iv. 46-54. Luke v. 1-11. Mirk i. 22-28. Muk i. 3n-.31. M irk i. 40-45. Matt. viii. 5-13. Luke vii. 11-17. Matt. viii. 23-27. Matt. viii. 28-34. Mitt. ix. 1-8. Matt. ix. lS-19, 23-26. Lnke viii. 43-48. Matt. ix. 27-31. Alitt. ix. 3-2-33. Jubn V. 1-9. Matt. xii. 10-13. MIRACLES. 18. Man wi'h a devil healed 19. Five thousand peuple fed 20. Danirhter i>f woman of Cariaan healed 21. Deaf and dumb man cured 22. Fuur tbunsand persons fed 23. A blind man given his sight 24. Boy with a devil cured 25. A man born blind is made to sec, 26. A woman with an infirmity of 18 years' stand- ing cured 27. The dropsy cured 28. Ten lepers cleansed 29. Lazarus riiised from the dead 30. Twu blind men given sight 31. The fig-tree blasted 32. Milchns' ear healed 33. Second miraculous draught of fi.shes Place of Occurrence. Capernaum Decapulis Near Tyre Decapulis Decapulis Bethsaida Tabor Jerusalem Galilee Galilee Samaria Bethany Jericho Olivet Gethsemane Sea of Galilee M'here Described. Malt. xii. 22-23. Matt. XIV 16-21. Matt. XV 22-2S. Mai k Vii. 31-37. Matt. XV. 32-39. Maik VUl 22-26. Matt. XVI . 14^21. John IX. Luke xiii n-iT. Luke XIV 1-6. Luke XVM . 11-19. Jubn .\i. Matt. XX. 30-34. Matt. XXI lS-22. Lnke XXI . 50-51. John XXI 1-14. 10 CHRONOLOGICAL 'i'ABLES. NAMES AND TITLES GIVEN TO JESUS CHEIST. 1 C'lr. XV. 4."i .\,lau). Isaiah ix. 6 Father of eternity. Gen, xxviii. 12 Ladder. 1 Cor, X. 4 R.ck. 1 I,.hii ii. 1 Adv.-cate. Isaiah xl. U Feeder. John i. 29 Lfuub. Isaiah xi, 1 Rod and branch. Kev. iii. 14 Isaiali Ixiii. 9 Amen. Au};el. Rev. V. 6 " Rev, xxii. 16 Root of David. Roe and hart. Rev. i. 5 Fi*t l.esotten. Isaiah xxiii. 22 Lawgiver. Cant. ii. 9 Dan. vii. 22 i Ancient of Days. 1 Cor. XV. 23 Fiist fi nits. James iv. 12 '* Cant, ii, 1 Kose of Sharon. P-!alins ii. 2, xlv. 7.., Anuinted. Rev. ii. 8 First and last. Isaiah Iv. 4 Leader. Mich, V. 2 Ruler in Israel. Ileh. iii. 1 Apostle. John i. 14 Flesh. John i. 9 I-iglit. Apple tree. Isaiah x.wiii. 16 .... Foundation. John viii. 12 Light of the world. Ueb. xii. 2 Author and Finisher of Faith. Zecli. xiii. 1 John xii. 46 " Ephes, v, 2 Luke ii. 30 Sacrifice. Ileh. vi. 20 Forerunner. John xiv. 6 Life. Matt. xi. 19 Friend of sinners. Rev. V. 5 Litju of the tribe of Luke X. 33 Samaritan. Luke ii. 16 B.ihe. Judah. 1 Cor. i. 30 f-'anclification. Kev. iii. 14 Beirinnin!!: of the Crea- ITim, iii. 15 Living God, Isaiah viii, 14 Saiiclnary. . Johi) i. 14 tion ,.f God. Iip=; ptien of the Father. 2 Cor. ix. 15 Isaiah xl. 5 Gift ..f God. Gloiy of God. E.xod. xxxiv. 6 Romans i, 3 Long suffering. Lord. Gal iii. 29 Seed of Abraham. Seed of David. 2Tini. ii. 8 Ciiiit i 13 Beloved. Isaiah xxxiii. 21 .... Giiaious Lord. Isaiah xl. 3 Lord of Lords. Gen. iii. 15., .^eed of ilie Woman Kplie.s. i. 6 1 Peter ii. 25 John i 1 Romans ix. 5 God I Cor. XV. 47 Isaiah xlii. 1, 19 Sect aid man. Servant. Bishop. Cant. V. 16 Lovely. 1 Tim. vi. 15 Blessed. Cant. V. 11 Gold. Isaiah xliv. 21 *' Zech. iii. 8 Biauch. Rev. Viii. 3 Golden altar. John X. 11 Shepherd. Ji>hn iii 14 Brazen serpent. Rioni "f life. Matt. ii. 6 1 Peter ii. 3 . Governor. Gracious. Acts xvii. 31 1 Tim. ii. 5 Man. Heb, xiii 20 Gen, XV, 1 Shield. John vi. 48 51 Matt. ix. 15 Bri.lei;rooin. Psalms xlviii. 14 .... Guide. Matt. viii. 19 Master. Psalms xviii 35 Uev. xxii. 16 Ueb. i. 3 Mediator. Shiloh Briiihtuess of the Fa- Ileb. vii. 1 Melrliisedec, Cant, iii, 7 Solomon. ther's glory. Bundle of myrrh. Heb, ii, 17 ti Cant. i. 13 lleb. vii 26 Harmless. Mal,ii, 7 Blessenger. Matt, iv, 3 Son of God. Colo.ss. i. 18 Head of the church. MmI, iii, 1 " Matt, viii. 19 (' Ueb. i. 2 Heir of all things. Daniel ix. 25 Messiah. 1 .lohn v,2i " Cant. i. 14 Caniphire. Psalms xxxiii. 20.... Help. John i. 41 " Matt, viii, '/O Son of man. J.)sh. V. 14. Ileb. ii. 10 Captain. Child. Psalms xl. 17 " Matt, xiii 3 S. wer. Spiiit, Isaiah Iviii. 14 Psalms xviii. 13 Heritage, liii^best. Rev. xii, 7 Isaiah ix. 6 Mightv God. 1 Cor, XV. 45 Heb, ix 14 Mitt. xii. 18 Luke xxiii. 35 Luke i. 32 1* Heb, viii. 2 Minister. Watt, xxi,42 ic Ileb. iii. 1 High Priest. Rev. ii, 28 Mia-ning star. 1 Samuel xv. 29 Strenglh of IsiaeL Mutt. i. 16 Christ. Ileh. vii. 26 *' Rev, xxii. 16 *■ Psalms Ixxxix. 8 ... Strtuig of God. Matt ii. 4 » Luke viii. 28 Most High. Acts iii. 22 l^Ioses ]!cv. xviii, 8 »' Luke ii. 25 Consolation of Israel. Mark i. 2i IMy one of God. Heb. X, 34 Substance. E|)lies. ii. 20 Corner stone. Isaiah xii. 14 Holy one of Israel. Mai. iv, 2 Sun of Righteousness. 1 Peter ii. 7 " Acts iv, 30 Holy child. Matt. i. 23 Nazarite. lleb, vii, 22 Surety. Isaiali xlii 6 Covenant. Cant. iv. 11 Honeycomb. Isaiah xlix. 2 Sharp sword. Isaiih i.\. 6 Counsellor. Acts xxviii. 20 Hope. Is li ih xxxii. 2 Covert. ITim. i. 1 *' Rev. xxii. 16 Offspring of David. Isaiah xliii. 15 Luke vii. 41 C'eation. Creditor. Psaluis xviii. 2 Isaiah liv. 5 Horn of salvation. Husliand. John i. 4 Only begotten. Ointment. Hell, viii, 2 Ilcb. ix, U Tabernacle. Cant. i. 3 laaiah xlv. 1 Cyrus. Jer. xx.xi. 32 J. hii iii. 2 Mark xiv, 58 Teacher. Teniiile. I?xod. iii. 14 John viii. 58.. Hob. i. 3 I am. 1 Cor. V. 7 Passover. Heb. ix. 16, 17 Testator. Jer. XXX. 9 David. Ezok. xxxiv. 29 Plant of renown. Luke xii. 33 Treasure, II isei iii. 5 J .h ix. 33 Day's man. Image of God. Potentate. Prince. Rev, ii. 7 John xiv. 6 Tieeof Life. Truth. -Acts iii, 15 2 Peter i. 10 l):iv star. Is'iah Yiii. It 1 Tim. 1.17 Immannel. Tinmortal. Inheritance. Arts v, 31 R .mans xi. 26 Deliverer. Luke iv. 19 Projihet. llig. ii. 7 Desire of all nations. Arts iii, 92 John XV. 1 A ine. II 'Si'a xiv. 5 Isii ih Ixii. 3 John X. 7 Dow. Diarlem. Boor of sheep. Invisible. Israel. It 1 .lohn ii. 2 I John iv. 10 lOor. i. 24 Propitiation, Power of God. Zech, ii, 5 Isaiah XXXV. 8 WM of fire. \^ ay. "VVell of living waters. Isaiah xliv. 21 Isaiah xlix. 3 Isaiah xii. 8 Jacob. Mai. iii. 3 Blitt, ix, 12 Pniifler. Physirian. Cant, iv, 15 Bent, xxxii. 11 ].-i.iiah xlii. 1 EaRle. Llecu Isai ill xliv. 1, 6 Psalms ixviii. 4 Jah. Isaiah xl. 2 Heb. iv. 14 Polished shaft. Priest. Matt. xxii. 12 1 Cor. i. 24 Wedding gaiiueut. M.itt. i. 23 isaiah xi. 10 I'jni'.nannel. Ensi.",-!i. Isaiih xxvi. 4 Cant. vi. 4 Jehovah. Jerusalem. AMtuess. Rev. iii. 14 1 John V. 20 Isaiah ix. I'tern-a life. Everpisting Father. Matt. i. 21 IThess.i. 10 .lesns. 1 Tim. li. 6 Rev. xiv. 15 Ransom. Reaper. Isaiah ix. 6 VToiiderfuI. lleb. i. 3 Lxpress imago, etc. Rev. v. 5 Judah. Isaiah Iix. 20 Redeemer. Rev. xix. 13 ■fford of God. Rev. i. 5 Faithful witness. Mich. v. 1 Acts X. 42 Judge. Isaiah Ix. IB John xi. 25 Resurrection, lleliner. IT,b. iii, 3 Worthy. Mai. iii. 3 I:bv. iii. 14 " Isai.ih XXV. 4 . Refugi'. Rev. xix. 11 Luke XV. 23 Faithful nod trne Kino- Riiliteousness. R.rcli, Ileb xiii 8 "iTesterday, to-dny, for- ever. F.atted calf. Malt. XXV. 34 Dent, xxxii. 15 THE WOSES OF JESUS— A TABLE OP HIS DISC0UESE3, IN THEIK PEOPER OEDEE. TITLE. Iluiniirks 1.1 Niciiileiiins Cu:ivei>:iii'tii wiih the witiiiaii nf Samaiia I'piii nUs i I Ihe Syciigugue at Na7,arelh The serin. i!i i.ii ilie iii.tuut Ch i;;e lo ihe Apuslles Dnnin • f rhiirnzMi, iV-thsriida, etc Dt'cl ir.iii -11 tifcer liealing the infirm man vf Di'thcsd I Cunrnoiits "!i the c -iidnct of Ihe di.-:cii>Ies in t'l'i C Til fii-M , Deni 1 th;it [lis miracles were dne to the pi>\ver r-f l!c'Cl7,('l)Ilb Thn \ne:u\ <,f life O'l iMt*'rn;il pnrity Place op Delivery. JeruMnIeni Sychar Nazarerli Muuiit of Olives Galilee Galilee Jerusalem Judea Capernaum Ca;>ernauni Capernaum WiiEKE Recorded. J..hn iii. 1,21. J..lin iv. 1,42. Luky iv. 16, 31. Milt, v., vi., vii. M.itt,. X. Matt. xi. 20, 24. John V. Matt. xii. 1, 8. Matt. xii. 2.5-46. J.ihn vi. 25-71. Matt. XV. 1, 20. 12. Concerning the furtiivene.-^s nf injuries , 13. Declarafi'iti jit tlie (Vast nf tnheniarh-'s 1 (■. Cniicf'-iiin;:; the wnmaii tnkeii in adultery 15. ^Vl'l■d:^ ri'ferrliijj: to His sheep IG. Tlie Scrihea and Pliarisei'S deiinnnced 17. Ah'-nt huinilitv and prudence 18. How to reiich iioaven 19. Remarks npnn Ills sufferings 2'). The Pharisees de noun ceil 21. The destrnctimi of Jerusalem f iretold 22. Words nf conifot t to llis disciples at the Last Supper 23. Remarks on the w:iy to Gethsemane 24. Last words to His disciples nn earth Place op Delivery. Capernaum Jei usalem Jerusalem Jerusalem l\^;^a Galilee Pcr^a On way to Jernsalem. Jerusalem Jerusalem Jernsalem Jerusalem Jerusalem M'here Recorded. Matt, xviii. John vii. Jilin viii. Jnlm X. Luke xi. 29. 36. Luke xiv. 7, 14. Matt. xix. lU, 30. Matt. XX. 17, 19. Matt, xxiii. Matt. xxiv. Jnhn xv.,xvi,. xvii. Matt. xxvi. 31, ;J6. Matt, xxviii. lb-23. NAMES AND TITLES APPLIED TO THE HOLT GHOST. J hn iii ti The Spirit, The Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit of G.id. The seven Spirits of Gnd. The Spirit of the Lord, ({ The Eternal Spiiit The Spirit uf Ihe Fa- ther. I-aiali vi, S Job xxxiii. 4 Luke i, 35 Psalms li, 12 Neh.ix, 20 P.salnis c^liii, 10 Roiuans viii, 9 1 Peter i. 11 Gil, iv.fi .T 'hn xiv. 11,26 •Fohn XV. 26 Rnnians viii, 1,5 The Voice of the Lord, The lireath of the Al- luiglity. The P.iwer of the Ili.sliest, Free Spirit, Good Spirit. Spirit of Christ. S|iirit of the Son. The Coinf liter. Spirit of Adoption. Gal, iv, .5, 6 Isai;h xi, 2 2 Cor. iv, 13 1 Peter iv, H Zech. xii, 10 Ileh. X, 29 RuniaiiR i, 4 Isaiah iv, 4 Isaiah xxviii, 6 Lsaiah xi. 2 Romans viii, 2 Rev \i 11 Spiiit of Adoption. Spirit nf Connsel. Spiiit of Faith, Spirit of Glory. Spirit of Grace. Spiiit of Holiness. Spirit of Judgment Sititit of Knowledge. Spirit of Life. Spirit of Love. Isaiah xi. 2 Ephes, i. 13 Rev. xix. 10 Ephes. i, 17 Spirit of Might, Spirit of Prinuise. Si'irit of Prophecy. Spirit of Revelation. Spirit of Truth. Spiiit of Understand- ing. Siiiiit of Wisdom. The Sjiirit of Burnirg, The Spirit of the Fear of ttie Lord, The Spirit of Suppli- cati,.ii. ITi.n, iv 1 Gen. i, -,; Geu, xii, :i3 Ephes. iv. 311 Rev. i, I Isaiah xi. 2 Acts V. !l 2 r. iii. 17 Hi-h. ix. U John XV. 26 Ephes, i. 17 Isaiah iv. 4 Isaiah xi. 2 Zech, xii. 10 Matt, X. 2U Romans xv. 30 2Tim. i. 7 I CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. 11 PEOPHECIES AFD ALLUSIONS TO CHEIST LN THE OLD TESTAMENT, EXPRESSLY CITED, EITHER AS PREDICTIONS FULFILLED IN HIM, OR APPLIED TO HI.M UN IHl:. NEW TESTAMENT. [HALES'S ANALYSIS.] FIRST SERIES. Describing Christ in his Human Nature, as the Prmnised Sfed of the TPnman, in lite grand Charier of our Redemption (Gen. iii. 15); and his Pedigree, Sufferings, and Glory, in his successive Manifestations of Himself until the End of the World. I. The Seed of the 'Wo>HN.^Gen. iii. 15. Gal. iv. 4. 1 Tim. ii. 15. Rev. xii. 5. II. Born of a Virgin. — Psalms xxii. 10; Ixix. 8; Ixxxvi. 16: cxvi. 16. Isai:iU vii. 14; x]ix 1. Mic. V. 3. Jer. xxxi. 22. JIatt. i. 23. Lnke i. 2G-35. nX. Of the Family of Shem. — Gen. ix. 26. IV. Of the Race of the Hebrews. — Exod. iii. 18. Phil. iii. 5. 2 Cor. xi. 22. V. Pf the Seed of Abraham. — Gen. xii. 3; xviii. IS; xxii. 18. Matt. i. 1. John viii. 56. Acts iii. 25. VI. Of the Line of Isaac. — Gen. xvii. 19 ; xxi. 12; xxvi. 4. Kom. ix. 7. Gal. iv. 23-28. Hel). xi. 18. The Son of God. — 2 Sum. vii. 14. 1 Chron. xvii. 13. Psalms ii. 7; Ixxii. 1. Prov. xxx. 4. Din. iii. 25. Mu-ki. 1. LnUei. 33. Matt, iii. 17: xvii. 5. Jnhii i. 34-50; iii. 'G-IS; xx. 31. Heb. i. 1-5. Rom. i. 4. 1 John iv. 14. Rev. i. 5, 6. -Psalms viii. 4, 5. Dan. iii. 13; V. 27. Matt. xvi. ii. 7. Rev. i. 13; xiv. 14. n. The Son of Man.- vii. 13. John i. 51 ; 13 ; .xxvi. C4. Heb. III. The Holy One. or Saint. — Dent, xxxiii. 8. Psalms xvi. 1); Ixxxix. 19. Isaiah x. 17: xxix. 23; xlix.7. II.>s.xi.9. Hah. i. 12; iii. 3. Mark i. 24. Luke i. 35 ; iv. 34. 1 John ii. 20. IV. The Saint of Sajnts. — Dan. ix. 24. V. The JrsT One. or Righteous. — Zech. ix. 9. Jer. xxiii. 5. Isaiah xii. 2. Psalms xxxiv. 19, a. Lnke i. 17. :5Iaft. xxvii. 13-24. Luke xxiii. 47. Acts iii. 14: vii. 52; xxii. 14. 1 .John ii. 1, 29. James v.G. VII. Of Jacob or Israel. — Gen. xxviii. 4-14. EX"d. iv, 22. Num. xxiv. 7-17. Psalms cxxxv. 4, etc. I.saiah xii. S ; xlix. 6. Jer. xiv. 8. Luke i. 68; li. 30. Acts xxviii. 2U. VIII. Of the Tribe of Jhdah. — Gen. xlix. 10. 1 CliroM. v. 2. .Mic. v. 2. Matt. ii. G. Ueb. vii. 14. Kev. v. 5. IX. Of the House of Datid. — 2 Sam. vii. 12-15. ICliron. xvji. 11-14. Psalms Ixxxix. 4-:56; cxxxii. 10-17. 2 Chnin. vi. 42. Isaiah ix. 7; xi. 1 : Iv 3,4. Jer. .xxiii. 5, 6. .\mtis ix. 11. Matt. i. 1. Luke i. OJ; ii. 4. John vii. 42. Acts ii. 31) ; xiii. 23. RoU). i. 3. 2 Tim. ii. 8. Rev. xxii. 16. X. Born at Bethlehem, the City of Datid. — Mic. v. 2. Matt. IL 6. Luke ii. 4. Jubn vii. 42. XI. His Passion or Sufferings. — Gen. iii. 15. Psalms xxii. 1-18: xx.xi. 13: Ixxxix. oS— 1.5. Isaiah liii. 1-12. Daii.ix.26. Zecli. xiii. 6, 7. Mitt. xxvi. :il. Luke xxiv. 26. John i. 29. Acts viii. 32-:id; xxvi. 23. Xir. His Dsath on the Cross. — Num. xxi. 9. Psalms ,\vi. 10; xxii. 16; xxxi. 22; xlix. 15. Isaiah liii. 8, 9 Dan. ix. 26. John iii. 14; viii. 28; xii. 32,33. Matt. xx. l.i ; xxvi. 2. 1 Cor. XV. 3. Col. ii. 15. Phil. ii. 8. XIII. His Intombment and Esiealsiment. — Isaiah liii. 9 Matt. xxvi. 12. Mark xiv. 8. Jiihn xii. 7; xix. 40. 1 Cur. ,xv. 4. XIV. His Resurrection on the Third Day.— Psalms xvi. 10; xvii. l.i; xii.x. 15; Ixxiii 24. John i. 17. Matt, xii, 40; xvi. 4; xxvii. 63. J"liii ii. 19. Acts ii. 27-31; xiii. 35. 1 Cur. XV. 4. XV. His A'^ctiNSiON into He.aten. — Psalms viii. 5,6; xlvii 5; Ixviii. 18; ex. 1. Acts i. 11 ; ii 3.3. J.ihn xx. 17. Ephes. iv. 8-10. Ileb. i. 3; ii. 9. Riv. xii. 5. XVI. His Second Appearance at the Regene- ration. — Isaiah xl. 10; Ixii. 11. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. Una. iii. 5. Mic. v. 3. Hab. ii. 7. Dan. vii. 1:3, 14. Matt. xxiv. 3-;:!0; xxvi. 64. Ji.hii V. 25. Heb. IX. 28. Kev. xx. 4; xxii 2o. XVII. His Last Appearance at the Knd of the Worli'. — Psalms 1. 1-6. Ji.b xix. 25-i9. Eccles. xii. 14. Dan. xii 2. 3. M itt. xxv 31^6. John V. 28-30. Acts xvii. 31 ; xxiv. 2.5. Rev. XX. 11-15. SECOKS SERIES. Describing his Cliaracter and Offices, Human and Divine. VI. The 'Wisdom of God.— Prov. viii. 22-30. Matt. xi. 19. Luke xi. 49. 1 Cor. i. 24. VII. The Oracle (or Word) of the Lord, or of God. — Gen. xv. 1-4. 1 Sain. iii. 1-21. 2 Sam. vii. 4. 1 Kinj^s xvii. 8-24. Psalms xxxiii. 6. Isaiah xl. 8. Mic. iv. 2. Jer. . xxv. 3. John i. 1-14; iii. 34. Lnke i. 2. Heh. xi. 3; iv. 12. 1 Peter i. 23. 2 Peter iii. 5. Rev. xix. 13. Vni. The Redeemer, or SAnoun. — Job xix. 2.5-27. Gen.xlviii.lO. Psalmsxix.lt. Isaiah xii. 14; xliv.6; xlvii. 4; lix. 20; Ixii. 11; Ixiii. 1. .Ter. 1. .34. Matt. i. 21. John i. 29 ; iv. 42. Luke ii. 11. Acts v. 31. Rum. xi. 26. Rev. V. 9. IX. The Lamb of God. — Gen. xxii. 8. Isaiah liii. 7. John i. 20. Acts viii. 32-35. 1 I'eter i.l9. Rev. V. 0; xiii. S; xv. 3; xxi. 22; xxii. 1. X. The Mediator, Intercessor, or Advocate. —Job xxxiii. 2-3. Isaiah liii. 12: lix. 19. Luke xxiii 34. 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 15. 1 Joha ii. 1. Rev. t. 9. XI. Shiloh, the Apostle. — Gen. xlix. 10. Exnd. iv. 13. .Matt. XV. 24. Luke iv. 18. Johu ix. 7; xvii. 3; xx. 21. Heb. iii. 1. XII. The High Priest. — Psalme ex. 4. Isaiah lix. 16. Heb. iii. 1; iv. 14; v. 10; ix. 11. XIII. The Prophet like Moses. — Dent, .xviii. 1.5-19. Luke xxiv. 19. Mark vi. 15. John i. 17-21 ; vi. 14. Acts iii. 22, 23. XIV. The Leader, or Chief Captain. — John v. 14. 1 Chrun. v. 2. Isaiah Iv. 4. Mic. v. 2. Dan. ix. 25. Matt, ii, 6, Heb, ii, 10, XV, The Messiah, Chiust. King of Israel. — 1 Sam. ii. In. 2 .Sam. vii. 12. 1 ( hioi,. xvii. 11. Psalms ii. 2: xlv. 1,6: Ixxii, 1; l.vxxix. 38, Isaiah Ixi. 1. Dan. ix.26. >latt. ii. 3-1; xvi, 16, Luke xxiii. 2. John i. 41— 19; vi.t9. Acta iv. 26, 27; x. 38. XVI, The God of Isr\el.— Exod. xxiv. in, 11 Josh. vii. 19. JuiIl' xi. l3. 1 S lui. v. 11 1 Chron. xvii, 24. Psalms xii. 13. Isaiah xlv. 3. Kzek. viii. 4. Matt. xv. 31; xxii. 32. John XX, 28, XVII, The Lord of Hosts, or the Lord, — 2 Sam, vii, 26, 1 Chron, xvii, 24, Psalms xxiv, 10, Isaiah vi, 1-5, Mai, i, 14. Rom, xii, 19, Phil, ii, 9-11, XVIII, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, — Psalms Ixxxix, 27; ex, 1, Dan. vii. 13. 14, Matt, xxviii, IS. John iii. 35: xiii. 3. 1 C'or, XV, 25, Ephes.i, 20-22, Coi,iii.l, Rev, xix. 16. THE TWELVE OEIGINAL APOSTLES. NAMK. remarks. NAME, RF.MARKS. 1. Peter 2. A-ndkew Originally called Simon. Son of .Tonas. Occtipation, a fisliernian. Abi^ut the same age aa Christ. Probably suffered martyrdom at Rome, with Paul. Brother of Peter. Same occupation. Said to have been cmcified at Patrse in Achaia, on a cross shaped like X, hence, St. Andrew's Cross. Son of Zebedee. A fisherman. Put to death in a. d. 44, by Herod Agrippa. Yonnger brother of James. Same occupation. Driven to Patmos. Lived to a great ago, and died the last of the apostles, as late as a, d, 99 or 100, Of Bethsaida, History uncertain, before and after his call. Of Cana, Probably went eastward to India, Tradition says he was flayed alive, and afterwards crucified with his head downwards. 7. Thom.\s Preached in Pei-sia. After history uncertain. The Publican, A tax gatherer. Author of the Gospel according to St, Matthew, Preached in Judea, and among foreign uaiiuus. Time and manner of death uncertain. Son of Alpheus, Yonnger brother of Jude, Preached at Jerusalem, Was thrown from the Temple and killed. Called also Lebbeue. After history unknown. A Ganaanite. Labored in Eg,vpt, and pnpposed to have heen crucified in Judea during the reign of Domitian, Called also Iscariot, Son of Simon. The trea,snrer of the Twelve. Be- trayed Christ. Attempted suicide by hanging- but the rope breaking his abdomen was lacerated by the fall, and he died a double dealh. 8, Matthew 9. James 10. JUDE 11. Simon 12. Judas 5, Philip 6, Baktholomew,.. TABULAE MEMOIR OP THE APOSTLE PAUL. ACCORDIXG TO THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES. COSYBEARE & HOWSOX, LEwi:f, TABLE OF ST, PAUL'S LIFE, CONYBEARE & HOWSON, Lewin, TABLE OF ST. PAULS LIFE. A. D. A. D. A. D. A. D. About 5 or 6, About U. Birth of Saul at Tarsus, 57—58. 57-58. 'Winters at Corinth (three months). 36, 36 or 37. Jlartvrdom of St. Stephen. 58. 5S. Re;iches Philippi at the Vassnvtr. 37, 37, Conversion of St, Paul, (March 27.) 39, 39. His first visit to Jerusalem. 58. 58. Reaches Jerusalem at Pentecost. (Feast of Tabernacles.) (May 17.) Vm\\s fifth visit, and ariest in the Temple. 39^0, 39-40. Rest of the Jewish Churches. 58—60. 58—60. Imprisonment at Caesarea. 40, 40, Conversion of Cornelius. 60. 60. Festus succeeds Felix. 44, 4.3. Barnabtis fetches Saul from Tarsus to Antioch. 'About Midsummer.) 44, 44. Famine; and death of Herod .\grippi I, 60. 60. Paul sails for Rome. 44 or 45, 44. Barnabas and Saul go to Jerusalem with the collec- (End of .\nsust.) (Before the Passover) tion, (Paul's second visit.) (About Xov. 1.) His shipwreck at Malta. 48—49. 45—46. Paul's First 3tissionary Journey. 61. 61. Paul reaches Rome. 50. 48. Paul and Barnabas eo up to the Council at Jerusalem, (Beginning of March.) Paul's third visit.* - 61-63. His first imprisonment (two years). 51. 49, Paul's Second Missionart/ Journey. 63. 63. On his release, Paul 52. 52, (February,) Paul arrives at Corinth, where he stays 18 months. (Spring.) goes to ilacedonia and Asia Minor. sails for Jerusalem, and visits Antioch, Colussffi and 54. 53, Paul arrives at Jerusalem, (C. & H.) Ephesus. (Pentecost.) {Tabernacles.) His fourth visit, f 64—66. 64. (Lewin.) Paul after visiting Crete, leaves Ephesus 'Winters at Antioch (Lewin). (In Spain?) for Macedonia. 54, 54, Paul's Third Missionary Journey. 67-68. 64—65. 'Wi'iters at Xicnpolis. (Latter half) (Beginning,) 65. (Lewin.) Visits Dal matia. and returns through Mace- 55, 54, He reaches Ephesus, where he stays three full donia and Troas 10 Ephe.sus, where he is aiiested (May,) years (Lewin), and sent to Rome. 55-57, 54-57, 68, 66. Martyrdom of St. Paul, at Rome. 57, 57, (About Pentecost,) Leaves Ephesus for Macedonia, (May or June,) (June 29.) ► Dr. HowBon identifies this visit with that of Gatatians ii., and places the collision with Peter at Antioch after it. t Mr. Lewin identifies this visit with that of Galatians it., and places the collision with Peter at Antioch after it. 12 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. MIEAOLES PEEPOEMED BY AND AMONG THE APOSTLES. RECOUDED IN THK ACTS. MIKACLIiS. 1. A l:ime limn Ik'.iIciI liy S(. I'eter 2. Uc'iUh if Auaiiiiis iind Snppliira 3. WhirIim I'll! (Icedd iluiiu by llio Apostles 4. St. I'ett-i- :in I St. JmIiii impart tLo Holy Ghost 5. Conversion of St. faul 6. Eneas healeil of a palsy by St. Peter 7. Taliitlia .)r Dorcas raiseil IVorn tlio ilead by St. Peter. 8. St. I'eter resrucil from p; is.m liy an angt-l 9. Her.Hl punished with death Plack ok (»ccurkenck. Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Samaria Between Jerusalem and Damascus... Lydda Joppa Jerusalem Jerusalem AVHEKE DliSCRlUIiD. Acta Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts iii. 1-11. V. 1-10. V, 12-lC. viii. 14-17. ix. 1-9. ix. 33-34. ix. 3C-41. xii. 7-17. xii. 21-23. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. MIRACLES. Llymas the sorcerer is stricken with blindness A cripjile healed by St. Haul Spirit of divination ejected by St. Paul Doors of the prison of St. Paul and Silas opened by an earthquake St. Paul imparts the Holy Ghost Many persons healed by St. Paul St. Paul raises Eutychus from the dead St. Paul renders a viper harmless St. Paul cures Puhlius' father and others Place of Occurrence. Paphos Lystra Pliilippi Philippi Cotinth Corinth Troas Melita Melita Where DtscjatiiD. Acts Xiii. C-Jl. Acta xiv. S-li). Acts xvi. 16-18. Acts xvi. 25-40. Acts xix. 1-6. Acts xix. 11-12. Acts XX. 0-12. Acts xxvili. B-6. Acts xxviii. 7-9. SOEIPTURE PEAYEES-DIEEOTLT AND INDIEECTLT ANSWEEED. ItY AVhum Offerkd. AllKAIIAM .\11RAIIAM AaKAllAM Lot auraiiam .■\i!kaiia.m's Servant. Isaac Jacob Israelites MoSKS Moses Moses Moses Israelites Gideon Samson Sajison Hannah Samuel David Solomon SoLoaioN Prophet Elijah Elijah SUBJECT. Asks for an heir F,.r I-hmael Fa- Sodom and Gomorrah Permission to escape.... For AbinicUch and his wives For success For children Protection against Esau. F u" deliverance For Pharaoh (four times) For children of Israel (five times) For Miriam Asks to see the Promised Land Against enemies For signs For water For vengeance on enemies For a son . For Israel For continued favors For wisdom At Dedication of Temple For the king's hand Ft)r widow's son For triumph over Baal Text. Gen. XV. 1-6. Gen. xvii. lS-2n. Gen. xviii. 2,1-32. Gen. xix. 18-22. Gen. XX. 17-18. Gen. xxiv. lJ-67. Gen. XXV. 21-26. Gen. x.xxii. 9-12. Exod. ii. 23-25. Exod. viii. 12-1.3, 30-31; ix. 3-3; x. 18-19. Exod. xxxii. 11-14, 31-34; xxxiii. 1.5-17 Num. xi. 2; xiv. 13-20; xxi. 7-8. Num. xii. 13-14. Dent. iii. 25-27. Judg. iv. 3-23. Judg. vi. 30-40. Judg. XV. 18-19. Judg. xvi. 28-30. 1 Sam. i. 10-28. 1 Sam. vii. 5-12. 2 Sam. vii. 1 Kings iii. 6-14. 1 Kings viii ; ix. 1 Kings xiii. C. 1 Kings xvii. 20-23. 1 Kings xviii. 36-38. By Whom Offered. Elisha Elisha Jehoahaz Hezekiah Hezekiah Jabez Sons of Reuben .... Abijah's Akmy Asa Jehosiiaphat Jehosiiaphat Hezekiah Levites Wanasseh Nehemiah Nehemiah Ague Jeremiah Jeremiah Daniel Jonah Habakkuk Zacharias Publican Dying Thief Apostles St. Peter.. Church St. Paul SUBJECT. For Shuuuaniite's son Deliverance from Syrians Deliverance from Syrians Against Sennacherib For recovery For Divine blessing ._. For victory For victory Against the Ethiopian army For victory For protection For the unsanctified For Israel For deliverance from Assyria For tlie remaining captives For protection against Sanballat For conquest over desires For relief against famine For the remaining captives For the restoration of Jerusalem For deliverance from the whale Revival of God's work For a eon For forgiveness To be remembered On choosing an Apostle For restoration of Dorcas For Peter's deliverance from prison. For the father of Publius Text. 2 Kings iv. 33-35. 2 Kings vi. lV-23. 2 Kings xiii. 4-5. 2 Kings xix. 15-35. 2 Kings XX. 2-7. 1 Chron. iv. 10. 1 Chron. v. 20-22. 2 Chron. xiii. M-18. 2 Chron. xiv. 11-15. 2 Chron. xviii. 31. 2 Chron. xx. C-27. 2 Chron. XXX. lS-20. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. 2 C h r n . xxxiii. 12-13. Neh. i. 5-11. Neh. iv. Prov. xxx. Jcr. xiv. Jer. xiii. Dan. ix. 15-23. Jonah ii. llab. iii. Luke i. 13. IjUke xviii. 9-14. Luke xxiii. 4i-43. Acts i. 24-26. Acts ix. 4?'-41. Acts xii. 5-12. Acts xxviii. 8. THE JEWISH CALENDAE. 1. NISAN, or Abib | ^/;;;7f ' 2Jyar,orZif { ^if 3.Sivan j^. , „, f June. 4. Tham.nuz -j ,^^,^ s A 1 J July. ''• ^" \ August. «-El"' l^Se. 7.Tisri,orEthanim j*^,™*- 8. Marchesvan, m- Bui.... \ October ' \ November. 9. Chisleu \ November. \ December. 10. Thebeth \ December. \ January. "•S'^^bath {^~; 12- Ad- {Sr^- 13. Veadar, intercalary. DAYS OF THE WEEK. First day of tlie week Sunday. Second day Monday. Third day Tuesday. Fourth day Wednesday. Fifth day Thursday. Sixth day Friday. Seventh day or Sabbath. ...*Siziurdi/7/. HOURS OF THE DAY. The day, reckoning from sunris^, and the uiyht from sunset, were each divided into 12 equal parts, called, the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, &c. hours. WATCHES. The First Watch, from sunset to the third hour of the night. The Stcmd (/?• Middle Watch, /rom the third hour to the sixth. The Third Watch or Cock-crowing, frovt the sixth to the ninth. The Fourth or Wornirg Watch, /rom the ninth hour to su77rif:c. THE SAME— APPLICABLE TO OUR TIME. COBBBSPONDING DATES FOR THREE TEARS. A.M. 562.-!. A. D. 1863. March 21 Apr.4. .=>, 10, 11. April 19.. April 20 April 29 M ly I Miy 17 May 19 Miy 19 May 24, 25 June 17 June 18 July 5 July 17 July 26 July 31 Aug. 15 Aug. 16 Aug. 22 Sept. 1 a. M. ,V.-24, a. D, 1S64-5. April 7 Apr. 21, 22, 27, 28. May 7 . May 24. June 5 June 10, 11., July 5. July 21. Aug. 3. Aug. 11. Sept. A. M. 5625. A. D. 1865-6. March 28 Apr. 11, 12, 17, 18. April 27 May 14 May 26 May 31, June 1. ■Tune 25 July 11 July 24 Aug. 1 Aug. 23 CALENDAR. (In the Sacred Order of the Months.) I. ABIB or NISAN, April. 1. New Moon. 15, Ifi, 21, 22. Passover D.tTS, 1, 2, 7, last. 30. New Moon. n. JTAK (Yiah). May. 1. New Moon. 10. Death of Elijah (Lag B' Omer). Fast. 28. Death of Samuel. Fast. 30. New Moon. III. SIVAN. June. 1. New Moon. 6, 7. Pentecost or Sebuoth. 30. New Moon. IV. THAMMUZ. July. 1. New Moon. 17. Taking of Jerusalem by Titus. Fast. V. AB, August. 1. New Moon. 9. Destruction of Temple. Fast. 15. Tuheah. Little Festival. 30. New Moon. VI. ELUL. September. 1. New Moon. 7. DedicatiiinofWalls by Nehemiah. Feast 17. Expulsion of the Greeks. CORRESPONDING DATES FOR THREE YEARS. A. M. 6021. A. D. 1863-4. Sept. 14, 15 Sept. 16 .Sept. 23 Sept. 28, 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 14 . Nov. 12., Dec. 6., Dec. 11 . Dec. 20 . 1864, Jan. 9.... Feb. 8 . Feb. 21. March 9 March 21 March 22, 23.. April 6 A. M. 5025. A. D. 1804-5. Oct. 1, 2.. Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. Oct. 21 22 Oct 23 Oct. 31 Nov. Dec. 30 24 Dec. 30 Jan. 1865. 8 Jan, 28 Feb. 27 March 9 March 12, 13.. A. M. 5026. A. D. ISCj-G. Sept. 21,22. Sept. 24 Sojit. 30 Oc't. 5. 6 Oct. Oct. Oct. 11 12 13 Oct. 21 Nov. 19 Dec 13 Dec. 19 Dec. 28 1866. Jan. 17 CALI-.NDAR. (In the Sacred Okder of the Months.) VII. TISRI. October. 1, 2. Niw Yeak and New Moon. 3. Death of Gedaliah. /'<(.«/. 10 Kijiur. Day of J tonlment. Fast. 15, 111. Feast of Tabernacles. 18. Ilosanna Rabba. 21. Feast of Branches or of Palms. 22. End of Feast of Tabernaclee. 23. Feast of the Law. VIII. CHESVAN. (Marchesvan.) November. 1. New Moon. IX. CHISLEU. December. 1. New Moon. 25. llanuca. Dedication of Temple. X. THEBETH. January. 1. New Moon. 10. Siege of Jerusalem. Fast. XI. SHEBATH. February. 1. New Moon. XII. ADAR, March. 1. New Moon. 14. Litile Purim. XII.* VEADAR. (Intercalary.) Latter part of March and beginning of April. 1. New Moon. 13. Feast (if E-^ther. 14, 15. Feast of Purim and Shu.sham Pu- rim. Last Dav of the Year. *MeM. — The Jewish year coutains 354 days or 12 lunations of the moon; but in a cycle of 19 years an intercalary month (^Veadar) is seven times introduced to render the average length of the year nearly correot. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. 13 JEWISH OBSEEVANCES. THE SABBATH. — Signifies rest. Observed every soventli diij'. FEAST OF THE NEW MOON.— Marlied the completion of tbe Lunar month. SABBATICAL MONTH.— The seventh of the Sacred year, but the first of the Civil. FEAST OF TRUMPETS.— New- Year's day. Ushered in by blowing of trumpets. SABBATICAL YEAR.— Each seventh day and month and year were holy. The land rested, and creditors and slaves wore released. YEAR OP JUBILEE.— Every fiftieth year. THE PASSOVER.— Lasted for seven days, from the 11th to 21st of Nisan. A nieiuoriiil of the Nation's birtli, and typical of Christ. PENTECOST, OR FEAST OF WEEKS.— A supplement to the Passover, lasting one day. FEAST OF TABERNACLES.— A harvest Home, or Thanksgiving time, lasting seven days. DAY OF ATONEMENT.— A day of humiliation and fasting. Observed five days before tlie Feast of Tabernacles. FEAST OF PURIM.— An annual feast, to commemorate the preservation of the .lews in Persia. FEAST OF DEDICATION.— A rededication of the Temple after the expulsion of the Syrians by Judas Maccabseus. 1 SACRinCIAI OFFERINGS. THE BURNT OFFERING. THE MEAT OFFERING. THE DRINK OFFERING. THE PEACE OFFERING. THE SIN OFFERING. THE TRESPASS OFFERING. PROMISCVOUS OBLATIONS. AIDS rOE SOCIAL AND PEIYATE PEATEE. Jer. X. 6, 7.... Psa. cxlv. 10 . Psa. lxv.2 Dan. ix. 5 1 .Tohii i. 8.... Isaiah Ixiv. C Psa. Ixvii. 1... Psa. Ixxxv. 7 Psa. Ixxxv. 8 Psa. hxvii. 3..., Psa. vii. 9 Psa. evil. 15..., Psa. cviii. 4.... Psa. cxiii. 2.... Psa, cxiii. 3.... Psa. cxiii. 5, 6, 2 Cor. ix. 15.... 2 Cor. ix. 7 1 Peter i. 3, i. Ephes. i. 3 Isaiah xxvi. 13.. Isaiah Ixiii. 19.. Phil. iv. 20 Kov. vii. 10 Rev. vii. 12 Psa. xviii. 1.. Psa. xviii. 2.. Psa. Ixii. 1.. Psa. Ixii. 2.. Psa. li. 3 Rom. vii. 18 Rom. vii. 24 Job xi. 4 *., Lnke xviii. 13.. Psa. li. 10 EXPRESSIONS FOR SOCIAL PRAYER. ADORATION. Forasmuch as there is none like unto tliee, Lord ; thou art great, and thy name is great in might; who would not fear thee, King of nations? All thy works shall praiso thee, Lord, and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power. thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. CONFESSION. We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from tliy precepts and from thy judgments. If we s.ay we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. We are all as an uucleau thing. SUPPLICATION. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine npon us. Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice iu thee ? Show us thy mercy, Lord, and grant us thy salvation. INTERCESSION. Let the people praise thee, God ; let all the people praiso thee. Oh let tile wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just. THANKSGIVING. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Blessed bo the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From tlie rising of the sun unto the going down of the ^ame, the Lord's name is to be praised. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dAvelleth on high, who humbleth him- self to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrec- tion of Jesus Chiist from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and un- defiled, and that fidetli not away. Blessed be tlie God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ. DEDICATION. Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. We are thine. DOXOLOGY. Now unto God and our Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Salvation to our God which sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, aud honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Amen. EXPRESSIONS FOR PRIVATE PRAYER. ADORATION. I love thee, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rnck, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him Cometh my salvation. lie only is my roclc and my salvation ; ho is my defence, I shall not he greatly moved. CONFESSION. I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, dwelloth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. SVPPLICATION. God be merciful to me, a sinner. Create in me a clean heart, God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Psa. li. 1 Psa. XXV. 11 Psa. li. 9 Psa. XXV. 7 Psa. XXV. 11 Psa. XXV. 12 Psa. XXV. 15 Psa. XXV. 17.'... Psa. xvii. 5 Psa. cxix. 149... Psa. cxix. 175... Psa. cxix. 17G... Psa. cxxxix. 23. Psa. cxxxix. 24. Psa. XXV. 4 Psa. XXV. 5 Ps.a. cxix. 18.... 1 Chron. iv. 10.. Gen. xxxii. 26.. Prov. XXX. 8.... Prov. XXX. 9.... Job xvi. 22 Psa. xxxix. 4... Ephes. vi. 24... Psa. cxxv. 4.... Isaiah Ixiv. 1... Psa. xliii. 3.... Psa. Ivii. 11.... Psa. Ixxii. 18 . Psa. Ixxii. 19 . Psa. xl. 1 , Psa. xl. 5 Psa. cxxxix. 17. Psa. cxxxix. 18. Psa. ciii. 1 Psa. ciii. 2 Psa. ciii. 3 .Psa. ciii. 4 Psa. cxvi. 12 Psa. cxvi. 13 Psa. cxlv. 10.... Psa. cxlix. 4 Psa. cxvi. 16 Psa. cxvi. 9 2 Tim. i. 17 Rom. xvi. 27 Have mercy upon me, God, according to thy loving-kindness : according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. For thy name's sake, Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great ! Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all miiie iniquities. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, Lord. Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not tliy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Lord, open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness : Lord, quicken me accor- ding to thy judgment. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 1 have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. Search me, God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Show me thy ways, Lord ; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! 1 will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. INTERCESSION. Grace be with all them that love onr Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Do good, Lor'', unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. that thou wouldst I'end the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. send out thy light and thy truth. Be thou exalted, God, above the heavens; let thy glory he above all the earth. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be liis glorious name forever: and let tlie whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen aud Amen. TBANKSGIVING. 1 waited patiently for tlie Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Many, Lord my God, are tliy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. IIow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, God ! how great is the snm of them I If I should count them they are more iu number than the sand : when I awake I am still with thee. Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy dise.ases. Who redeeineth thy life from destruction : who crowneth thee with loving-kind- ness and tender mercies. What shall I render unto the lord fir all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of s.alvation and call upon the name of the Lord. All thy works shall praise tliee, Lord, and thy saints shall bless thee. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people, ho will beautify the meek with salvation. DEDICA TION. Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thine hand- maid ; thou hast loosed my bonds. 1 will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. DOXOLOGT. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. To God, only wise, be glory, through Jesus Christ, fir ever. Amen. ANALYSIS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. BOOKS in the Old Testament 39 Chapters 929 Verses 23,214 Words 592,439 Letters 2,728,100 BOOKS in the New Test.ament 27 Chapters 2G0 Verses 7,9.')9 Words 181,2,')3 Letters 838,380 Tn£ Apocetpha hath 183 chapters, 6081 verses, & 152,185 words. The middle chapter and the least in the Bible, is Psalm cxvii. The middle verse is the 8th of Psalm cxviii. The word and occurs in the Old Testament 3,5,543 times. The same in the New Testament also occurs 10,684 times. The Word Je.hmah occurs 6,855 times. The middle book of the Old Testament is Proverbs. The middle chapter is Job xxix. The middle verse is 2d Chron. chapter xx. the 17 th verse. The least verse is 1st of Chron. chapter i., and 1st verse. The middle book in the New Testament is 2d Thessalonians. The middle chapters are Romans xiii. and xiv. The middle verse is Acts xvii. 17th verso. The least verse is in John xi. verse 35. The 21st verse chapter vii. of Ezra has all the letters of the alphabet. The xixth chapter of the 2d of Kings and ch.-ipfer xxxvii. of Isaiah are both alike. 14 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. PLAN FOE EEADING THE BIBLE THEOUGH DSf A YEAE. The following plans for reading the Bible may be pursued with profit : Regarding the cxixth Psalm as consisting of eleven chapters, each containing two parts or subdivisions of the same, the whole number of chapters in the Old Testament equals 939. By reading three of these chapters on each of the 313 week-days of the year, the whole number will be exhausted (313 X 3 = 939). So in the New Testament, tliere are 260 chapters. By reading five of these on each of the 52 Sabbaths of the year, the whole will be exhausted (52 X 5 = 260). Or, the following plan may be adopted, observing the division of the cxixth Psalm already indicated. Read three chapters each week-day and five on the Sabbath, thus : — two each day from the Old Testament, and one (three on the Sabbath) from either Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Solomon's Song, or the New Testament. Without those books, the Old Testament contains two chapters a day for the year. By placing them with the New Testament, thei-e are sufficient chapters to admit of reading one each week-day and three on each Sabbath, less eight chapters. Psalms cxvii. and cxxxi. should be read together. Also, Psalms cxxxiii. and cxxxiv. Tabulated, this plan appears thus : Januaet... 1. 8 Genesis i Genesis xv Genesis xxix.. Genesis xliii... Exodas vii Exodus xxi.... Exodus XXXV. Leviticus ix... Levit. xxiii.... Numbers x.... Num. xxiv Deuteron. ii ... Deut. xvi Psalms i. Psalms X. Psalms xix. Psalms xxviii. Psalms xx.xvii. Psalms xlvi. Psalms Iv. Psalms Ixiv. Psalms Ixxiii. Psalms Ixxxii. Psalms xci. Psalms c. Psalms cix. April 2. 9. Deut. XXX Joshua X Joshua xxiv .. Judges xiv 1 Samuel iii... 1 Sam. xvii .... 1 Sam. xxxi... 2 Sam. xiv 1 Kings iv 1 Kings xviii.. 2 Kings X 2 Kings xxiv. 1 Chron. xiii... Psalms cxviii. Psalms cxix. Psalms cxxvii. Psa. cxxxviii. Psa. cxlvii. Proverbs vi. Proverbs xv. Proverbs xxiv. Ecclesiastes ii. Ecclesiastes xi. Sol. Song viii. Matthew i.x. Matthew xviii. July 2. 9. 1 Chrou. xxvii. 2 Chron. xii.... 2 Chron. xxvi. Ezra iv Nehemiah viii. Esther ix Job xiii Job xxvii Job xli Isaiah xiii Isaiah xxvii... Isaiah xli Isaiah Iv Matt, xxvii. Mark viii. Luko i. Luke X. Luke xix. John iv. John xiii. Acts i. Acts X. Acts xix. Acts xxviii. Romans ix. 1 Cor. ii. October ... 1. 8 Jeremiah iii... Jer. xvii Jer. xxxi Jer. xiv Ezekiel ii Ezek. xvi Ezek, XXX Ezek. xliv Daniel x Hosea xi Amos ix Nehemiah i... Zechariah v... Malachi iv .... 1 Corinth, xi. 2 Corinth, iv. 2 Corinth, xiii. Ephesians iii. Colossians ii. 2 Thess. ii. 2 Timothy ii. Hebrews iii. Hebrews xi. 1 Peter iii. 1 John iv. Revelation v. Rev. xiv. Rev. xxii. 15. 22. 29 IC . 16 15. 22. . 29 23. 30. 23. 30. FfiBRUAET.. 5. 1' May 7. 14. AnouST .... G. .... 13 November . 5. 12. 21 20 19. 20 28 27 26. Masch 5. 12. JONE 4. 11. September. 3. 10. December.. 3. 10. 19. 18. 17. 26. 25. 2i. But no plan for reading the Bible should be adopted which tends to sacrifice an understanding of its contents, be constant and earnest, and more good will be accomplished than if its pages were hurriedly scanned. Let your study of the Holy Word ESOHATOLOGY— OE BIBLE DOOTEINE OP LAST THINGS. THE MILLENNIUM. Growth of God's Kingdom Jewish Conversion Triumph of Chbistianity Realm of the Dead The Dead Never Return When and How Signs of His Coming Destruction op Anti-Christ Faith in Eeign of Death Rising through Christ God the Judge Christ the Judge The Books Opened All to be Judged Standard of Judgment Fulness of Judgment A Prison A Bottomless Pit Blackness of Darkness Lake op Fire A Rest A House not M.vde with Hands... A Secure Abode A Better Country The New Jerusalem As Incorruptible Inheritance.... An Eternal W'eioht of Glory The Saved Blessedness of Heayen Matt. xiii. 31-32. Mark iv. 20-32. Luke xiii. 18-19. Daniel ii. 34^35. Isaiah iv. 4-6; x. 20-21. Joel iii. 17-21. Jer. xxxi. 31. Romans xi. 15-32. Psalms xxii. 27-30; Ixviii. .31; Ixxxvi. 9: ex. 3. Isaiah ii. 2-19; xxiv. 17-23; xxv. 7-8; xxvi. 20-21. Jer. iv. 2. Universal Peace . S.iTAN Bound Final Struggle.. Micah iv. 1-2. ll.ab. ii. 14. Zeph. iii. 11-13. Matt, xvi. 18-19. Heb. viii. 11. Rev. xiv. 6. Psalms xlvi. 8-9. Isaiah ii. 4-5 ; i.x. 5. Ezek. xxxix. S-10. Micah iv. 3— t. Rev. XX. 1-6. 2 Tim. iii. 1-6. 1 John ii. IS; iv. 3. Rev. xx. 7-10. INTERMEDIATE STATE. Psalms vi. 5; xvii. 15; xxx. 0; xlix. 15; Ixxxvi. 13. Prov. xxvii. 20. Eccles. ix. 4-6. John viii. 22. Samuel xii. 17-23. The Soul Conscious Retribution Matt. xvii. 3-4. Luke ix. 32-33. 2 Cor. V. 8-9. Lnke xvi. 22-26; xxiii. 43. Heb. ix. 27; xii. 16-34. CHEIST'S SECOND COMING. Matt. xxiv. 36-39. 1 Thess. v. 1-4. Luke xvii. 28-30. John xxi. 20-22. Murk viii. 38. Luke xxi. 25-32. 2 Thess. ii. 8-10. Rewards . Christian Duty in View op His Coming John xvi. 22. Heb. ix. 27-28. Matt. xxiv. 42-44. Luke xxi. 34-35. 1 Thess. i. iO; V. 23-24. 2 Thess. ii. 1-7. EESUEEECTION OE THE BODY. Heb. xi. 19. Luke xx. 37. .Tob xix. 25. Daniel xii. 2-13. Acts xxiii. C-10. 1 Cor. xv. 13-32. 1 Cor. XV. 26. 1 Cor. XV. 19-23. John vi. 39-40. Order op Rising , The Final Glory Nature of the Risen Parts.. Longing of Believers.. 1 Thess. iv. 13-18. 1 Cor. XV. 51-56. John xi. 23-40. 1 Cor. xv. 35-50. Matt. xxii. 23-S2 Romans viii. 23. Phil. iii. 11. THE LAST JUDGMENT. Acts xvii. 30. 2 Peter ii. 9. Rev. xi. 14-18. John xii. 47-48. Matt. xvi. 27 ; xxv. 31. Rev. XX. 12. Romans xiv. 11. Rev. xx. 13. 1 Cor. iii. 12-15. Eccles. iii. 10-18. Matt. xii. 35-37. Terror op the Wicked Line of Judgment Doom of the Wicked Destruction of the World New He.iven and New Earth.. Rev. vi. 15-17. Matt. xii. 47-49; xxv. 32-33. Matt. xiii. 24-46. Luke xiii. 25-27. Rev. xxii. 11. Isaiah xxxiv. 4. 2 Peter iii. 7-12. Rev. vi. 12-14; x. 5-7. Romans viii. 19-22. Peter iii. 13-14. Rev. xxi. 1. HELL. Matt. V. 25-26. Rev. ix. 1-12. Matt. viii. 12. Jude 13. Isaiah xxxiii. 14. Matt. ix. 43-48. Rev. xix. 0-12. The Second Death The Lost Torments of the Damned Mark viii. 36-37. Luke is Rev. xxi. 8. Matt. viii. 12. Luke xvi. 19-31. HEAVEN. Heb. iv. 3-11. 2 Cor. V. 1-4. Matt. vi. 19-21. Heb. xi. 13-16. Gal. iv. 20-27. Heb. xii. 20-23. Rev. xxi. 2-26. 1 Peter i. 4. 2 Cor. iv. 17-18. M.att. viii. 11. Luke xiii. 29. Rev. ii. 11. Sinlessness Reigning with Christ No Sickness there , No Hunger or Thirst Eating of the Tree of Life. Pr.usinq God , Etern.\l Life Kev. xiv. 5. Matt. xix. 27-28. Rev. iii. 21 ; xxii. 5. Isaiah xxxiii. 24. Rev. vii. 15-17. Luke xiv. 15; xxii. 30. Rev. ii. 7-17. Rev. xiv. 2; xv. 1-5. Matt. xix. 29. Romans vi. 23. Gal. vi. 7- THE lsrA.]SlES A.]S"D OHDER OF ALL THE BOOKS or THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, AND OF THE APOCRYPHA, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Genesis hath chapters .... 50 Exodus 40 XiEVITICUS 27 NUilBERS 36 Deuteeoxomy 34 Joshua 24 Judges 21 Ruth 4 I. Samuel, 31 II. Samuel 24 I. Kings 22 II. Kings 25 I. Chronicles 29 II. Chronicles .... . . 36 Ezra . . 10 JifEHEMIAH ...... . . 13 Esther ....... . . 10 Job . . 42 Psalms . . 150 Proverbs . . 31 ECCLESIASTES . . 12 The Song of Solomon . . . . 8 Isaiah . . 66 Jeremiah . . 52 Lamentations . . 5 EZEKIEL . . 48 Daniel 12 HOSEA 14 Joel 3 Amos 9 Obadiah 1 Jonah 4 Micah 7 Nahum 3 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 3 Haggai 2 Zechariah 14 Malachi 4 I. EsDRAS hath chapters .... 9 II. EsDRAS 16 iTOBIT . 14 I Judith 16 i The rest of Esther .... 6 THE BOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA. Wisdom 19 ecclesiasticus 51 BaRUCH, with THE EpiSTLE OF Jeremiah 6 The Song op the Three Children. The Story of Susanna. The Idol Bel, and the Dragon. The Prayer of Manasses. I. Maccabees 16 II. INIaccabees 15 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Matthew liath chapters .... 28 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 21 The Acts 28 The Epistle to the Romans . .16 I. Corinthians 16 II. Corinthians 13 Galatians 6 Ephesians 6 Philippians 4 CoLOSSIAJfS 4 I. Thessalonians 5 II. Thessalonians 3 I. Timothy 6 II. Timothy 4 Titus 3 Phii.emon 1 To the Hebrews 13 The Epistle of James .... 5 I. Peter 5 II. Peter 3 I. John 5 II. John 1 III. John 1 JUDE 1 Revelation 22 CONTENTS OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. CHAP. GENESIS. Creation, 1 Formation of Man, 2 The Fall, 3 Death of Abel, 4 Generations of Adam, 5 The Ark 6 The Deluge,'. 7 Waters assuaged, 8 Death of Noah, 9 Noah's generations, 10 Babel built, 11 CallofAbram, 12 Abramand Lot, 13 Battle of the kings, 14 Abram's faith, 15 Departure of Hagar, 16 Circumcision, 17 Abraham and the angels, 18 Destruction of Sodom, 19 Abraham denieth Sarah, 20 Isaac is born, 21 Isaac offered up, 22 Death of Sarah, 23 Isaac and Rebecca meet, 24 Abraham's death, 25 Isaac blessed, 26 Jacob and Esau, 27 Jacob's vision and vow, 28 Jacob marrieth Rachel, 29 Birth of Joseph, 30 Departure of Jacob, 31 Jacob and the angel, 32 Jacob and Esau meet, 33 Shechemites slain,... 34 Jacob's altar at Beth-el, 35 Generations of Esau, 36 Joseph sold by his brethren,.... 37 Judah's incest, 38 Joseph and his mistress, 39 Pharaoh's butler, &c 40 Pharaoh's dreams, 41 Joseph's brethren in Egypt, 42 Joseph entertains his brethren, 43 Joseph's policy to his brethren, 44 Joseph known to his brethren,.. 45 Jacob goeth into Egypt, 46 Joseph presents his brethren,... 47 Joseph goeth to his father, 48 Jacob blesseth his sons, 49 Death of Joseph, 50 EXODUS. The Israelites oppressed, 1 Moses born, 2 The burning bush, 3 4 CHAP. God's message to Pharaoh, 4 The bondage of the Israelites,. . . 5 God's promise renewed, 6 Moses goeth to Pharaoh, 7 Plague of frogs, 8 Plagues continued, 9 Plagues continued, 10 The Israelites borrow jewels,.... 11 Passover instituted, 12 Departure of the Israelites, 13 Egyptians drowned, 14 The song of Moses, 15 Manna and quails sent, 16 Moses builds an altar, 17 Moses meets his wife and sons,.. 18 God's message from Sinai, 19 The ten commandments, 29 Laws against murder, 21 Laws against theft, &c 22 Laws against false witness, &c.. 23 Moses called into the mount,... 24 Form of the ark, 25 Curtains for the ark, 26 Altar of burnt-offering, 27 Aaron and his sons made priests, 28 Priests consecrated, 29 Ransom of souls, 30 Moses receiveth the two tables, 31 Golden calf. Tables broken,... 32 God talkethwith Moses, 33 Tables renewed, 34 Free gifts for the Tabernacle,... 35 People's liberality restrained,... 36 Ark, Mercy-seat, &c 37 Sum of the offerings, 38 Holy garments made, 39 Tabernacle anointed, 40 LEVITICUS. Burnt-offerings, 1 Meat-offerings, 2 Peace-offerings, 3 Sin-offerings, 4 Trespass-offerings, 5 Trespass-offerings, 6 Law of trespass-offerings, 7 Aaron and his sons consecrated, 8 Aaron's sin-offering, 9 Nadab and Abihu slain, 10 Unclean beasts, 11 Purifications, 12 Lav/ of leprosy, 13 Law for the leper, 14 Uncleanness of issues, 15 Sin-offerings, 16 Blood forbidden, 17 Unlawful marriages, 18 Repetition of laws, 19 Denunciations for sins, 20 Priests' qualifications, 21 Nature of sacrifices, 22 Feasts of the Lord, 23 Shelomith's son, 24 The Jubilee, 25 Obedience required, 26 Nature of vows, 27 NUMBERS. The tribes numbered, 1 Order of the tribes, 2 Levites appointed priests, 3 The service of the Kohathites, 4 Trial of jealousy, 5 Law of the Nazarite, 6 Offerings of the princes, 7 Levites consecrated, 8 Passover commanded, 9 The Israelites' march, 10 The Israelites loathe manna,.... 11 Miriam's leprosy, 12 Delegates search tke land, 13 Thepeoplemurmur at the report 14 Sundry laws given, 15 Korah, Dathan^ &c. slain, 16 Aaron's rod flourisheth, 17 Portion of the priests and Levites 1 8 Law of purification, 19 Moses smiteth the rock, 20 Brazen serpent appointed, 21 Balak sends for Balaam, 22 Balak's sacrifices, 23 Balaam's prophecy, 24 Zimri and Cozbi slain, 25 Israel numbered, 26 Death of Moses foretold, 27 Offerings to be observed, 28 Offerings at feasts, 29 Vows not to be broken, 30 Midianites spoiled, 31 Reubenites and Gadites reproved 32 Journeys of the Israelites, 33 Borders of the land appointed, 34 Cities of refuge appointed, 35 Gilead's inheritance retained,... 36 DEUTERONOMY. Moses rehearseth God's promise, 1 Story of the Edomites, 2 Moses prayeth to see Canaan,... 3 An exhortation to obedience,... 4 Ten Commandments, 5 Obedience to the law enjoined, 6 CHAP. Strange communion forbidden, 7 God's mercies claim obedience, 8 Israel's rebellion rehearsed, 9 The Tables restored, 10 An exhortation to obedience,... 11 Blood forbidden, 12 Idolaters to be stoned, 13 Of meats, clean and unclean,... 14 Of the year of release, 15 The feast of the Passover, 16 The choice and duty of a king, 17 The priests' portion, 18 Cities of refuge appointed, 19 The priest's exhortation before battle, ; 20 Expiation of uncertain murder, 21 Of humanity toward brethren,.. 22 Divers laws and ordinances, 23 Of divorce, 24 Stripes must not exceed forty,. . . 25 Of the offering of first-fruits,.... 26 The law to be written on stones, 27 Blessings and curses declared,.. 28 God's covenant with his people, 29 Mercy promised to the penitent, 30 Moses giveth Joshua a charge, 31 The song of Moses, 32 The majesty of God, 33 Moses vieweth the land and dieth 34 JOSHUA. Joshua succeedeth Moses, 1 Rahab concealeth the spies, 2 The waters of Jordan divided,... 3 Twelve stones for a memorial, ... 4 Manna ceaseth, 5, Jericho besieged and taken, 6 Achan's sin punished, 7 Joshua taketh Ai, 8 The craft of the Gibeonites, 9 The sun and moon stand still,... 10 Divers kings conquered, 11 Names of the conquered kings, 12- Balaam slain, 13 The inheritance of the tribes,... 14 The borders of the lot of Judah, 15 Ephraim's inheritance, 16 The lot of Manasseh, 17 The lot of Benjamin,. 18 The lot of Simeon, 19 Cities of refuge, &c 20 God giveth Israel rest, 21 The two tribes and half sent home 22 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 23 Joshua's death and burial, 24 CONTENTS. JUDGES caAr. The acts of Judah and Simeon, 1 The Israelites fall into idolatry, 2 The nations left to prove Israel, 3 Deborah and Barak deliver Is- rael, 4 The song of Deborah and Barak, 5 The Israelites oppressed by Mi- dian,. 6 Gideon's army, 7 The Ephraimites pacified, 8 Abimelech made king, 9 Tolah judgeth Israel, 10 Jephthah's rash vow, 11 The Ephraimites slain, 12 Samson born, 13 Samson's marriage and riddle,.. 14 Samson is denied his "wife, 15 Delilah's falsehood to Samson,.. 16 Micah's idolatry, 17 TheDanites seek an inheritance, 18 The Levite and his concubine,.. 19 The complaint of the Levite,... 20 Benjamin's desolation bewailed, 21 RUTH. Elimelech driven into Moab,... 1 Euth gleaneth in Boaz's field,... 2 Boaz's bounty to Euth, 3 Boaz marrieth Euth, 4 FIRST BOOK or SAMUEL. Samuel bom, 1 Hannah's song, 2 The Lord calleth Samuel, 3 Eli's death, 4 Dacon falleth before the ark, ... 5 The ark sent back, 6 The Israelites repent, 7 The Israelites desire a king,.... 8 Samuel entertaineth Saul, 9 Saul anointed, 10 The Ammonites smitten, 11 Samuel's integrity, 12 Saul reproved, 13 Saul's victories, 14 Saul spareth Agag, 15 Samuel anointeth David, 16 David slay eth Goliath, 17 Jonathan's love to David, 18 Saul's jealousy of David, 19 David and Jonathan consult, ... 20 David feigns himself mad, 21 Nob destroyed, 22 David rescueth Keilah, 23 David spareth Saul, 24 The death of Samuel, 25 David findeth Saul asleep, 26 David fleeth to Gath, 27 Saul consults a -witch, 28 Achish dismisseth David, 29 Amalekites spoil Ziklag, 30 Saul and his sons slain, 31 SECOND BOOK OP SAMUEL. David laments Saul, 1 David made king of Judah,.... 2 Joab killeth Abner, 3 CHAP. Ish-bosheth murdered, 4 David's age and reign, 5 Uzzah smitten,... 6 God's promise to David, 7 David's ofiicers, 8 David sends for Mephibosheth,.. 9 Hanun's villainy, 10 David's adultery, 11 Nathan's parable, 12 Amnon and Tamar, 13 Absalom's return, 14 Absalom's policy, 15 Shimei curseth David, 16 Ahithophel hangeth himself,... 17 Absalom slain by Joab, 18 Shimei is pardoned, 19 Sheba's revolt, 20 Saul's sons hanged, 21 David's thanksgiving, 22 David's faith, 23 David numbereth the people,... 24 FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. Solomon anointed king, 1 David's death, 2 Solomon chooseth wisdom, 3 Solomon's prosperity, 4 Hiram and Solomon agree, 5 The building of the temple,.... 6 Ornaments of the temple, 7 The temple dedicated, 8 God's covenant with Solomon,.. 9 The queen of Sheba, 10 Ahijah's prophecy, 11 The ten tribes revolt, 12 Jeroboam's hand withereth, 13 Abijah's sickness and death,.... 14 Jeroboam's sin punished, 15 Jericho rebuilt, 16 The widow's son raigeth, 17 Elijah obtaineth rain, 18 Elisha foUoweth Elijah, 19 Samaria besieged, 20 Naboth stoned, 21 Ahab seduced, 22 SECOND BOOK OF KINGS. Moab rebelleth, 1 Elijah's translation, 2 Moabites defeated, 3 The widow's oil multiplied, 4 Naaman cleansed, 5 A famine in Samaria, 6 Plenty in Samaria, 7 Ben-hadad killed, 8 Jezebel eaten by dogs, 9 Prophets of Baal slain, 10 Jehoash anointed king, 11 The temple repaired, 12 Elisha's death, 13 Amariah reigneth, 14 Azariah's leprosy, 15 Ahaz's wicked reign, 16 Ten tribes taken captive, 17 Eabshakeh's blasphemy, 18 Hezekiah's prayer, 19 Hezekiah's death, 20 CHAP. Manasseh's iniquity, 21 Huldah prophesieth, 22 Josiah destroyeth the idolaters, 23 Judah taken captive, 24 The temple destroyed, 25 I. CHRONICLES. Adam's line to Noah, 1 The posterity of Israel, 2 The sons of David, 3 The posterity of Judah, 4 The line of Eeuben, 5 The sons of Levi, 6 The sons of Issachar, 7 The sons of Benjamin, 8 The genealogies of Israel and Judah, 9 Saul's overthrow and death,.... 10 David made king of Israel, 11 The armies that helped David, 12 David fetcheth the ark,.. 13 Hii-am's kindness to David, 14 David bringeth the ark to Zion, 15 David's psalm of thanksgiving, 16 Nathan's message to David, 17 David's victories, 18 David's messengers ill-treated,.. 19 Eabbah taken and spoiled, 20 The plague stayed, .21 Preparation for the temple, 22 Solomon made king, 23 The order of Aaron's sons, 24 The number of the singers, 25 The division of the porters, 26 The twelve captains, 27 David's exhortation, 28 David's reign and death, 29 II. CHRONICLES. Solomon's offering, 1 Solomon sendeth to Huram,.... 2 The building of the temple, 3 The vessels of the temple, 4 The temple finished, 5 Solomon blesseth the people,... 6 Solomon's sacrifice, 7 Solomon buildeth cities, 8 The queen of Sheba visiteth Solomon, 9 Eehoboam made king, 10 Judah strengthened, 11 Eehoboam's reign and death,... 12 Abijah overcometh Jeroboam,.. 13 Asa destroyeth idolatry, 14 Asa's covenant with God, 15 Asa's death and burial, 16 Jehoshaphat's good reign, 17 Micaiah's prophecy, 18 Jehoshaphat's care for justice,.. 19 Jehoshaphat's fast and prayer,.. 20 Jeh Oram's wicked reign, 21 Ahaziah's wicked reign, 22 Joash made king, 23 Zechariah stoned, 24 TheEdomites overcome, 25 Uzziah's leprosy, 26 Jotham's good reign, 27 OBAP. Ahaz's wicked reign, 28 Hezekiah's good reign, -29 The passover proclaimed, 30 Provision for the priests, 31 Hezekiah's death, 32 Manasseh's wicked reign, 33 Josiah's good reign, 34 Josiah slain in battle, 35 Jerusalem destroyed, 36 EZRA. The proclamation of Cyrus 1 ThepeoplereturnfromBabylon, 2 The altar erected, 3 The decree of Artaxerxes, 4 Tatnai's letter to Darius, 5 The temple finished 6 Ezra goeth to Jerusalem, 7 Ezra keepeth a fast, 8 Ezra's prayer, 9 Ezra's mourning, 10 NEHEMIAH. Nehemiah mourneth for Jeru- salem, 1 Artaxerxes encourageth Nehe- miah, 2 The names of the builders, 3 Nehemiah appointeth a watch, 4 Eeformation of usury, 5 Sanballat's practices, 6 Hanani and Hananiah's charge, 7 The reading of the law, 8 A solemn fast appointed, 9 The points of the covenant, 10 Who dwelt at Jerusalem, 11 The high priest's succession,.... 12 Divers abuses reformed, 13 ESTHER. Ahasuerus's royal feast, 1 Esther made queen, 2 Haman despised by Mordecai,.. 3 The mourning of the Jews, 4 Esther obtaineth the kings favour 5 Mordecai's good services, 6 Haman is hanged, 7 The rejoicing of the Jews, 8 Haman's ten sons hanged, 9 Mordecai's advancement, 10 JOB. Job's losses and temptations,.... 1 Job smitten with biles, 2 Job curseth the day of his birth, 3 Eliphaz reproveth Job, 4 Afflictions are from God, 5 Job wisheth for death, 6 Job excuseth his desire of death, 7 Bildad sheweth God's justice,... 8 The innocent often afflicted,.... 9 Job expostulateth with God,... 10 Zophar reproveth Job, 11 God's omnipotence maintained, 12 Job's confidence in God, 13 The conditions of man's life,... 14 Eliphaz reproveth Job, 15 Job reproveth his friends, 16 VI CONTENTS. CHAP. Job's appeal to God, 17 Bildad reproveth Job, 18 Job's complaint of his friends,.. 19 The portion of the wicked, 20 The destruction of the wicked, 21 Job accused of divers sins, 22 God's decree is immutable, 23 Sin goeth often unpunished, 24 Man cannot be justified before God, 25 Job reproveth Bildad, 26 The hypocrite is without hope, 27 Wisdom is the gift of God, 28 Job bemoaneth himself, 29 Job's honour turned to contempt, 30 Job professeth his integrity, 31 Elihu reproveth Job, 32 Elihu reasoneth with Job, 33 God cannot be unjust, 34 Comparison not to be made with God, 35 The justice of God's ways, 36 God's great works, 37 God's wisdom is unsearchable,.. 38 God's power in his creatures,... 39 Job humbleth himself to God,.. 40 God's power in the creation,.... 41 Job's age and death, 42 PSALMS. PSALM. Happiness of the godly, 1 The kingdom of Christ, 2 Thesecurityof God's protection, 3 David prayeth for audience,... 4 David's profession of his faith, 6 David's complaint in sickness, 6 The destruction of the wicked, 7 God's love to man, 8 God praised for his judgments, 9 The outrage of the wicked, 10 God's providence and justice,... 11 David craveth God's help, 12 David boasteth of divine mercy, 13 The natural man described, 14 A citizen of Zion described,.... 15 David's hope of his calling,.... 16 David's hope and confidence,... 17 David praiseth God, 18 David prayeth for grace, 19 The church's confidence in God, 20 A thanksgiving for victory, 21 David's complaint and prayer, 22 David's confidence inGod's grace 23 God's worship in the world, 24 David's confidence in prayer,... 25 David resorteth unto God, 26 David's love to God's service,... 27 David blesseth God, 28 Why God must be honoured,... 29 David's praise for deliverance, 30 David rejoiceth in God's mercy, 31 Who are blessed, 32 God is to be praised, 33 Those blessed who trust in God, 34 David prayeth for his safety,... 35 The excellency of God's mercy, 36 David persuadeth to patience,.. 37 David movethGod to compassion 38 The brevity of life, 39 PSALM. Obedience the best sacrifice,.... 40 God's care of the poor, 41 David's zeal to serve God, 42 David prayeth to be restored,... 43 The church's complaint to God, 44 The majesty of Christ's kingdom 45 The church's confidence in God, 46 The kingdom of Christ, 47 The privileges of the church,... 48 Worldly prosperity contemned, 49 God's majesty in the church,... 50 David's prayer and confession, 51 David's confidence in God, 52 The natural man described, 53 David's prayer for salvation,... 54 David's complaint in prayer,... 55 David's promise of praise, 66 David in prayer fleeth to God, 57 David describeth the wicked,... 58 David prayeth for deliverance, 59 David's comfort in God's pro- mises, 60 David voweth perpetual service, 61 No trust in worldly things, 62 David's thirst for God, 63 David's complaint of his enemies 64 The blessedness of God's chosen, 65 David exhorteth to praise God, 66 A prayer for God's kingdom,... 67 A prayer at the removing of the ark, 68 David's complaint in affliction, 69 David's prayer for the godly,... 70 David's prayer for perseverance, 71 David's prayer for Solomon,.... 72 The righteous sustained, 73 David prayeth for the sanctuary, 74 David rebuketh the proud, 75 God's majesty in the church,... 76 David's combat with diffidence, 77 God's wrath against Israel, 78 The psalmist's complaint, 79 David's prayer for the church, 80 An exhortation to praise God,.. 81 David reproveth the judges,.... 82 The church's enemies, 83 David longeth for the sanctuary 84 David prayeth for mercies, 85 David's complaint of the proud, 86 The nature and glory of the church, 87 David's grievous complaint,.... 88 God praised for his power, 89 God's providence set forth, 90 The state of the godly, 91 God praised for his great works, 92 The majesty of Christ's kingdom 93 David's complaint of impiety,.. 94 The danger of tempting God,... 95 God praised for his greatness,... 96 The majesty of God, 97 All creatures exhorted to praise God, 98 God to be worshipped, 99 God to be praised cheerfully,.. 100 David's profession of godliness, 101 God's mercies to be recorded, 102 God blessed for his constancy, 103 PSALM. God wonderful in providence, 104 The plagues of Egypt, 105 Israel's rebellion, 106 God's manifold providence,... 107 David's confidence in God,.... 108 David'scomplaint of hisenemies 109 The kingdom of Christ, 110 God praised for his works, Ill The happiness of the godly,... 112 God praised for his mercy, 113 An exhortation to praise, 114 The vanity of idols, 115 David studiethto be thankful, 116 God praised for his mercy and truth, 117 David's trust in God, 118 Meditation, prayer, and praise, 119 David prayeth against Doeg,.. 120 The safety of the godly, 121 David's joy for the church,.... 122 The godly 's confidence in God, 123 The church blesseth God, 124 A prayer for the godly, 125 The church prayeth for mercies, 126 The virtue of God's blessing,.. 127 Those blessed that fear God,... 128 The haters of the church cursed, 129 God to be hoped in, 130 David professeth his humility, 131 David's care for the ark, 132 The benefits of the saints' com- munion, 133 An exhortation to bless God,.. 134 God praised for his judgments, 135 Godpraisedformanifoldmercies 136 The constancy of the Jews,... 137 David's confidence in God,.... 138 David defieth the wicked, 139 David's prayer for deliverance, 140 David prayeth for sincerity,... 141 David's comfort in trouble,.... 142 David complaineth of his grief, 143 David's prayer for his kingdom 144 God's help to the godly, 145 David voweth perpetual praise to God, 146 God praised for his providence, 147 All creatures should praise God 148 God praised for his benefits,... 149 God praised upon instruments, 150 THE PROVERBS. CHAP. The use of the proverbs, 1 The benefit of wisdom, 2 Exhortation to sundry duties,.. 3 Persuasions to obedience, 4 The mischiefs of whoredom, 6 Seven things hateful to God,... 6 Description of a h arlot, 7 The call of wisdom, 8 The doctrine of wisdom, 9 Virtues and vices contrasted,... 10 Continued, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Observations about kings, 25 Sundry maxims, 26 Sundry maxims, 27 Observations of impiety, 28 CHAP. Of public government, 29 Agur's prayer, 30 Lemuel's lesson of chastity, 31 ECCLESIASTES. The vanity of all human things, 1 Wisdom and folly have one end, 2 A time for all things, 3 The good of contentment, 4 The vanity of riches, 5 The conclusion of vanities, 6 Remedies against vanities, 7 Kings are to be respected, 8 Wisdom is better than strength, 9 Of wisdom and folly, 10 Directions for charity, 11 The preacher's care to edify,,... 12 THE SONG OF SOLOMON. The church's love to Christ, 1 Christ's care of the church, 2 The church glorieth in Christ,.. 3 The graces of the church, 4 Christ's love for his church, 5 The church's faith in Christ,... 6 The graces of the church, 7 The calling of the Gentiles, 8 ISAIAH. Isaiah's complaint of Judah,... 1 Christ's kingdom prophesied,... 2 The oppression of the rulers,... 3 Christ's kingdom ji sanctuary,.. 4 God's judgments for sin, 5 Isaiah's vision of God's glory,.. 6 Christ promised, 7 Israel and Judah threatened,... 8 The church's j oy in Christ's birth 9 God's judgments upon Israel,... 10 The calling of the Gentiles, 11 Thanksgiving for God's mercies, 12 Babylon threatened, 13 Israel's restoration, •• 14 The lamentable state of Moab, 15 Moab exhorteth to obedience,... 16 Syria and Israel threatened,.... 17 God's care of his people, 18 The confusion of Egypt, 19 Egypt and Ethiopia's captivity, 20 The fall of Babylon, 21 The invasion of Jewry, 22 Tyre's miserable overthrow, 23 Judgments of God for sin, 24 The prophet praiseth God, 25 A song of praise to God, 26 God's care of his vineyard, 27 Ephraim threatened, 28 God's judgment on Jerusalem,... 29 God's mercies toward his church, 30 An exhortation to turn to God, 31 Desolation foreshown, 32 The privileges of the godly, 33 God revengeth his church, 34 The blessings of the gospel, 35 Eabshakeh insulteth Hezekiah, 36 Hezekiah's prayer, 37 Hezekiah's thanksgiving, 38 Babylonian captivity foretold,. 39 The promulgation of the gospel, 40 CONTENTS. vu God mercies to his church, 41 Christ's mission to the Gentiles, 42 God comforteth his church, 43 The vanity of idols, 44 God calleth Cyrus, 45 IdolsnottobecomparedwithGod 46 God's judgment upon Babylon, 47 The intent of prophecy, 48 Christ sent to the Gentiles, 49 Christ's sufferings and patience, 50 The certainty of God's salvation, 51 Christ's free redemption, 52 The humiliation of Christ, 63 The church's enlargement, 54 The happy state of believers,... 55 Exhortation to holiness, 56 God reproveth the Jews, 57 Hypocrisy reproved, 58 The covenant of the Redeemer, 59 The glory of the church, 60 The office of Christ, 61 God's promises to his church,... 62 Christ sheweth his power to save, 63 The church's prayer, 64 The calling of the Gentiles, 65 The growth of the church, 66 JEREMIAH. The calling of Jeremiah, 1 Israel is spoiled for his sins...... 2 God's mercy to Judah, 3 Israel called to repentance, 4 God'sjudgmentsupon the Jews, 5 Enemies sent against Judah,... 6 Jeremiah's call for repentance, 7 The calamities of the Jews, 8 Jeremiah's lamentation, 9 The vanity of idols, 10 God's covenant proclaimed, 11 The prosperity of the wicked,... 12 An exhortation to repentance,.. 13 The prophet's prayer, 14 Jeremiah's complaint, 15 The utter ruin of the Jews, 16 The captivity of Judah, 17 The type of the potter, 18 The desolation of the Jews, 19 Pashur smiteth Jeremiah, 20 Nebuchadnezzar's war, 21 The judgment of Shallum, 22 Restoration of God's people,.... 23 The type of good and bad figs, 24 Jeremiah reproveth the Jews,... 25 Jeremiah is arraigned, 26 Nebuchadnezzar's conquests,... 27 Hauaniah's prophecy, 28 Jeremiah's letter, 29 The return of the Jews, 30 The restoration of Israel, 31 Jeremiah imprisoned, 32 Christ the Branch promised,... 33 Zedekiah's fate foretold, 34 God blesseth the Rechabites,... 35 Jeremiah's prophecies, 36 The Chaldeans' siege raised,.... 37 Jeremiah cast into a dungeon,.. 38 Jerusalem is taken, 39 Jeremiah set at liberty, 40 Ishmael killeth Gedaliah, 41 cnAP. Johanan promiseth obedience,.. 42 Jeremiah carried to Egypt, 43 Judah's desolation, 44 Baruch comforted, 45 Overthrow of Pharaoh's army, 46 The Philistines' destruction,.... 47 The judgment of Moab, 48 The restoi-ation of Elam, 49 The redemption of Israel, 60 God's severe judgment, 61 Zedekiah's wicked reign, 62 LAMENTATIOITS. Jerusalem's misery, 1 Israel's misery lamented, 2 Sorrows of the righteous, 3 Zion's pitiful estate, 4 Zion's complaint, 6 EZEKIEL. Ezekiel's vision, 1 Ezekiel's commission, 2 Ezekiel eateth the roil, 3 The type of a siege, 4 The type of hair, 5 Israel threatened, 6 Israel's desolation, 7 Vision of jealousy, 8 The mark preserved, 9 Vision of coals of fire, 10 The princes' presumption, 11 The type of removing, 12 Lying prophets, 13 Idolaters exhorted, 14 The rejection of Jerusalem, 16 God's love to Jerusalem, 16 The eagles and the vine, 17 Parable of sour grapes, 18 Of the lions whelps 19 Israel's rebellions, 20 Prophecy against Jerusalem,... 21 Jerusalem's sins, 22 Aholah and Aholibah, 23 Jerusalem's destruction, 24 Ammonites threatened, 26 The fall of Tyrus, 26 Tyrus's rich supply, 27 Zidon threatened, 28 The judgment of Pharaoh, 29 Desolation of Egypt, 30 The glory and fall of Assyria,.. 31 The fall of Egypt, 32 Ezekiel admonished, 33 God's care of his flock, 34 Judgment of Seir, 35 Israel comforted, 36 Vision of dry bones, 37 The malice of Gog, 38 Israel's victory over Gog, 39 Description of the temple, 40 Ornaments of the temple, 41 The priests' chambers, 42 Return of God's glory, 43 The priests reproved, 44 Division of the land, 45 Ordinances for the princes, 46 Vision of the holy waters, 47 Portions of the twelve tribes,... 48 DANIEL. Jehoiakim's captivity, 1 CHAP. Daniel advanced, 2 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- nego, 3 Nebuchadnezzar's pride and fall 4 Belshazzar's impious feast, 6 Daniel in the lions' den, 6 Vision of four beasts, 7 Vision of the ram, 8 Daniel's confession, 9 Daniel comforted, 10 Overthrow of Persia, 11 Israel's deliverance, 12 HOSEA. Judgments for whoredom, 1 The idolatry of the people, 2 The desolation of Israel, 3 Judgment threatened, 4 Israel a treacherous people, 6 Exhortation to repentance, 6 Reproof of manifold sins, 7 Israel threatened, 8 Captivity of Israel, 9 Israel's impiety, , 10 Israel's ingratitude to God, 11 Ephraim reproved, 12 Ephraim's glory vanished, 13 Blessings promised, 14 JOEL. God's sundry judgments 1 Exhortation to repentance, 2 God's judgments agaist his peo- ple's enemies, 3 AMOS. God's judgments upon Syria,... 1 God's wrath against Moab, 2 Judgments against Israel, 3 God reproveth Israel, 4 A lamentation for Israel, 6 Israel's wantonness plagued, 6 Judgments of the grasshoppers, 7 Israel's end typified, 8 Israel's restoration promised,... 9 OBADIAH. Edom's destruction for their pride and violence, 1 JONAH. Jonah sent to Nineveh, 1 The prayer of Jonah, 2 The Ninevites' repentance, 3 Jonah repines at God's mercy,.. 4 MICAH. God's wrath against Jacob, 1 Against oppression, 2 The cruelty of the princes, 3 The church's glory, 4 The birth of Christ, 5 God's controversy, 6 The church's complaint, 7 HAHUM. The majesty of God, T God's armies against Nineveh,.. 2 The ruin of Nineveh, 3 ZEPHANIAH. CHAP. God's severe judgments, 1 Exhortation to repentance, 2 Jerusalem sharply reproved,. ... 3 HAGGAI. The people reproved, 1 Glory of the second temple, 2 ZECHARIAH. Exhortation to repentance, 1 Redemption of Zion, 2 The type of Joshua, 3 The golden candlestick, 4 Curse of thieves, 6 Vision of the chariots, 6 Captives' inquiry of fasting,.... 7 Jerusalem's restoration,. , 8 The coming of Christ, 9 God to be sought unto, 10 Destruction of Jerusalem, 11 Judah's restoration, 12 Jerusalem's repentance, 13 Jerusalem's enemies plagued,... 14 MALACHI. Israel's unkindness, 1 The priests reproved, 2 The majesty of Christ, 3 Judgments of the wicked,..'..... 4 MATTHEW. The genealogy of Christ, 1 Christ's nativity, 2 The preaching of John Baptist, 3 Christ tempted, 4 Christ's sermon on the mount,.. 5 HABAKKUK. ' Habakkuk's complaint,. 1 Judgment on the Chaldeans,... 2 Habakkuk's prayer, 3 Of alms and prayer, 6 Rash judgment reproved, 7 Christ's miracles, 8 Matthew called, 9 The apostles sent forth, 10 John sendeth to Christ, 11 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, 12 Parable of the sower, 13 John Baptist beheaded, 14 The scribes reproved, 15 The sign of Jonas, 16 Transfiguration of Christ, 17 Christ teach eth humility, 18 Christ healeth the sick, 19 The labourers in the vineyard,.. 20 The fig-tree cursed, 21 The marriage of the king's son, 22 The Pharisees exposed, 23 Destructionofthetempleforetold 24 Parable often virgins, 26 Judas betrayeth Christ, 26 Christ crucified, 27 Christ's resurrection, 28 MARK. Baptism of Christ, 1 Matthew called, 2 The apostles chosen, 3 Parable of the sower, 4 Christ heals the bloody issue,... 5 Christ walks on the sea, 6 The Syrophenician woman, 7 The multitude fed, 8 Jesus transfigured, 9 VIU CONTENTS. CHAP. Children brought to Christ, 10 The barren fig-tree, 11 The widow and her two mites,.. 12 The destruction of the temple foretold, 13 Peter denieth Christ, 14 Crucifixion of Christ, 15 Resurrection of Christ, 16 LUKE. Christ's conception, 1 Christ's circumcision, 2 John's testimony of Christ, 3 Christ tempted by Satan, 4 Miraculous draught of fishes,... 5 The twelve apostles chosen, 6 Christ's testimony of John, 7 Jarius' daughter raised, 8 How to attain eternal life, 9 Seventy disciples sent out, 10 A dumb devil cast out, 11 Covetousness to be avoided, 12 The crooked woman healed, 13 The great supper, 14 The prodigal son, 15 The unjust steward, 16 The power of faith, 17 The importunate widow, 18 Zaccheus called, 19 Parable of the vineyard, 20 The widow's two mites, 21 Christ condemned, 22 Christ's death and burial, 23 Christ's resurrection, 24 JOHN. The divinity of Christ, 1 Water turned into wine, 2 Necessity of regeneration, 3 The woman of Samaria, 4 The impotent man healed, 5 Five thousand fed, 6 Christ teacheth in the temple,.. 7 Christ's doctrine justified, 8 The blind healed, 9 Christ the good shepherd, 10 Lazarus raised, 11 Christ foretelleth his death, 12 Christ's humility, 13 The Comforter promised, 14 Christ the true vine, 15 Christ warneth his disciples of their sufferings, 16 Christ's prayer, 17 Jesus betrayed, 18 Christ's death and burial, 19 Christ's resurrection, 20 Christ appeareth to his disciples, 21 ACTS. Matthias chosen, 1 Peter's sermon, 2 The lame healed, 3 Peter and John imprisoned, 4 Ananias and Sapphira, 5 Seven deacons chosen, 6 Stephen stoned, 7 CBAP. PhUip planteth a church in Sa- maria, 8 Saul's conversion, 9 Peter's vision, 10 Peter's defence, 11 Herod killeth James, 12 Paul preacheth at Antioch, 13 Paul stoned, 14 Circumcision disputed, 15 Timothy circumcised, 16 Paul persecuted, 17 Paul preacheth at Corinth, 18 Exorcists beaten, 19 Eutychus raised to life, 20 Paul goeth to Jerusalem, 21 Paul's defence, 22 Paul smitten, 23 Paul accused before Felix, 24 Paul appealeth to Cesar, 25 Agrippa almost a Christian, 26 Paul shipwrecked, 27 A viper fastens on Paul's hand, 28 ROMANS. Paul greeteth the Romans, 1 Who are justified, 2 Justification by faith, 3 Abraham's faith acceptable,.... 4 Sin and death came by Adam, 5 Dying to sin, 6 The law not sin, 7 What frees from condemnation, 8 Calling of the Gentiles, 9 Paul's prayer for Israel, 10 All Israel are not cast ofl^, 11 Love required, 12 Love the fulfilling of the law,.. 13 How to use Christian liberty, ... 14 The intent of the Scriptures,.... 15 Paul's salutations, 16 I. CORINTHIAlvrS. The wisdom of God, 1 Christ the foundation, 2 Christians are God's temple,.... 3 Distinctions are from God, 4 The incestuous person, 5 Law forbid brethren, 6 Paul treateth of marriage, 7 Of meats ofiered to idols, 8 Paul's zeal to gain converts,.... 9 Old examples, 10 Rules for divine worship, 11 Spiritual gifts are diverse, 12 Charity commended, 13 Of strange tongues, 14 Of Christ's resurrection, 15 Paul commendeth Timothy, 16 II. CORINTHIANS. ■ Consolation in trouble, 1 Paul's success in preaching, 2 The excellency of the gospel, ... 3 The Christian's paradox, 4 Paul assured of immortality,... 5 Exhortations to purity, 6 Godly sorrow profitable, 7 Liberality extolled, 8 CHAP. Bounty praised, 9 Paul's spiritual might, 10 Paul's godly boasting, 11 Paul's revelations, 12 Paul's charge, 13 GALATIANS. Of their leaving the gospel, 1 Peter reproved, 2 Justification by faith, 3 Christ freeth us from the law,.. 4 The liberty of the gospel, 5 Lenity recommended, 6 EPHESIANS. Of election and adoption, 1 Christ our peace, 2 The hidden mystery, 3 Exhortation to unity, 4 Exhortation to love, 5 The Christian armour, 6 PHILIPPIANS. Paul's prayer to God, 1 Exhortation to humility, 2 All loss for Christ, 3 General exhortations, 4 COLOSSIANS. Christ described, 1 Exhortation to constancy, 2 Household duties, 3 Prayer recommended, 4 I. THESSALONIANS. History of their conversion, 1 How the gospel was preached to the Thessalonians, 2 Paul's love in sending Timothy, 3 Exhortation to godliness,. 4 Description of Christ's coming, 5 II. THESSALONIANS. Comfort against persecution,... 1 Of steadfastness in the truth,.... 2 To avoid idleness, 3 I. TIMOTHY. Paul's charge to Timothy, 1 Prayers made for all men, 2 Of bishops and deacons, 3 Apostasy foretold, 4 Of widows and elders, 5 The gain of godliness, 6 II. TIMOTHY. Paul's love to Timothy, 1 Exhortation to Timothy, 2 All Scripture inspired, 3 Qualification of ministers, 4 TITTJS. Qualifications for ministers, 1 Christians' duty, 2 Paul directeth what to teach, and what not, 3 PHILEMON. Philemon's faith commended,... 1 HEBREWS. Christ far above angels, 1 Obedience due to Christ, 2 Christ above Moses, 3 CHAP. The Christian's rest, 4 Of Christ's priesthood, 6 The danger of apostasy, 6 Melchisedek and Christ, 7 A new covenant, 8 The sacrifices of the law, 9 Christ's perfect sacrifice, 10 The power of faith, 11 Divers exhortations, 12 Obedience to spiritual rulers,... 13 JAMES. Wisdom to be sought of God,... 1 Of faith and works, 2 The truly wise, 3 Against covetousness, 4 The trial of faith, 5 I. PETER. Of God's spiritual graces, 1 Christ the corner-stone, 2 Duty of wives and husbands, ... 3 Of ceasing from sin, 4 The duty of elders, 5 II. PETER. Exhortation to duties, 1 False teachers foretold, 2 Certainty of judgment, 3 I. JOHN. Christ's person described, 1 Christ our advocate, and pro- pitiation, 2 God's great love, 3 Try the spirits, 4 The three witnesses, 5 II. JOHN, An elect lady exhorted, 1 III. JOHN. Gains' piety commended, 1 JUDE. Of constancy in the faith, 1 REVELATION. Of the coming of Christ, 1 Balaam's doctrine, 2 The key of David, 3 The vision of a throne, 4 The book with seven seals, 5 The seven seals opened, 6 The number of the sealed, 7 Seven angels with trumpets,.... 8 A star falleth from heaven,....!. 9 The book eaten, 10 The two witnesses, 11 The red dragon, 12 The beast with seven heads, — 13 The harvest of the world, 14 The seven angels with the seven last plagues, 15 Of the vials of wrath, 16 The scarlet whore, 17 The fall of Babylon, 18 The lamb's marriage, 19 The first resurrection, 20 The heavenly Jerusalem de- scribed, 21 The tree of life, 22 \ i THE DELUGE. THE ETRST BOOK OE MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. Year before the common Year of Christ, 4004. Cycle of the Moon, 0007. CHAPTEE I. The creation of heaven and earth. 14 Of the sun, moon, and stars. 26 Of man in the image of God. 29 Also the appointment of food. IN the "beginning *God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and [darkness was upon the face of the deep : 'and the [Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 IT '^And God said, 'Let there be light : and there [was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it teas good : and [God divided f the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light -^Day, and the dark- ness he called Night : f and the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 IT And God said, ^Let there be a f firmament in I the midst of the waters : and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, ''and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the wa- ters which wej^e 'above the firmament : and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven : and the evening and the morning Were the second day. 9 IF Ancl God said, ''Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. ' 10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it ivas good. 11 And God said. Let the earth 'bring forth f grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding "■fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding I'ruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and third day. 114 TI And God said. Let there be "lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide f the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and "for sea- sons, and for days, and years. 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 16 And God ^made two great lights ; the greater light t to rule the day, and 'the lesser light to rule the night : he made ''tne stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the Qeaven to give light upon the earth, -Julian Period, 0710. In diction, 0005. — — Cycle of the Sun, 0010. Dominical Letter, B. -Creation from Tisri, 0001. the morning were the Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 4004. 4004. <" John 1.1, 2. Heb. 1. 10. « Jer. 31.35. ' Pe. 8. 3. & 33. 6. & 89. 11, 12. k 102. 25. & 136. 5. & II Or, creep- 146. 6. ing. Isa. 44. 24. fHcb. soul. \ Heb. let Jer. 10. 12. & 51. 15. foiolfly. Zecli.12.1. fHeb./Iicc Acta 14. 15. of the fir- k 17. 24. mament of Col.1.16,17. heaven. Heb. 11. 3. "ch.6.20. Kev. 4. 11. &7.14.&8. k 10. 6. 19. « Ps. 33. 6. Ps. 104. 26. Isa. 40. 13, ■» ch. 8. 17. 14. s. S. 6. Eph. 5. 22, Soech.6.20. 23, 24. II Or, the 1 Tim. 2.11, man. 12. t Ili-b. Tit. 2. 5. valle'L 1 I'et. 3.1, 5, sch.15.12. 6. 1 Sam. 20. « 1 Sam. 15. 12. 23. « ver. 0. «ch. 2.17. » Eccl. 1.2, t Ileb. 3. bitildtid. Isa. 24. 5, 6. -■ Prov. 18. Rom. 8. 20. 22. » Job 5. 7. Heb. 13. 4. Keel. 2. 23. Man's miserable fall. 23 And Adam said. This is now 'bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called t Woman, because she was '^taken out of ■\ man. 24 'Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh, 25 ""And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not "ashamed. CHAP. IIL 1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shameful fall. 15 The punishment of mankind. 22 Their casting out of paradise. '^OW "the serpent was ''more subtile than any beast -1-1 of the fleld which the Lord God had made : and he said unto the woman, f Yea, hath God said. Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : 3 ''But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 ''And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then 'your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 II And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was t pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise ; she took of the fruit thereof, -^and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with her, ^and he did eat. 7 And ''the eyes of them both were opened, 'and they knew that they were naked : and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves || aprons. 8 And they heard '^the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the + cool of the day : and Adam and his wife 'hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 TI And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him. Where art thou ? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden : "'and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself. 11 And he said. Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com- manded thee, that thou shouldest not eat ? 12 And the man said, "The woman whom thou favest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman. What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 II And the Lord God said ^unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed ai)ove all cattle, and above every beast of the field : upon . thy belly shalt thou go, and ''dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between ''thy seed and 'her seed : 'it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly mul- tiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; "in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children : "and thy desire shall be II to thy husband, and he shall ^rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, '■'Because thou hast hearkenedunto thevoiccof thy wife, ^and hasteatenof the tree "of which I commanded thee, saying. Thou shalt not eat of it : 'cursed is the ground for thy sake ; "in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; Cain slayeth Abel. CHAP. IV, V. Adam's genealogy unto Noah. 18 ''Thorns also and thistles shall it fbring forth to thee ; and 'thou shalt eat the herb of the field : 19 ^In the sweat of thy face shalt thoueat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou ta- ken: ^for dust thou ar^,and ''unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name f || Eve, be- i cause she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 U And the Loed God said, 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, ''and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 Therefore the Loed God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, 'to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man : and he placed '"at the east of the garden of Eden "Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAP. IV. II The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 11 The Curse of Cain. \ ND Adam knew Eve his wife ; and she con- J\. ceived, and bare || Cain, and said, I have gotten &, man from the Loed. ' 2And she again bare his brother! AbehandAbelwas fa keeper of sheep, but Cain was "a tiller of the ground. 3 And fin process of time it came to pass, that ■ Cain brought ''of the fruit of the ground an offering ^unto the Loed. 4 And Abel, he also brought of 'the firstlings of his t flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Loed had ''respect unto Abel, and to his offering : 5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect : and Cain was very wroth, 'and his coun- tenance fell. 6 And the Loed said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not il be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door : and II unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and •'slew him. 9 II And the Loed said unto Cain, ''Where is ' Abel thy brother ? And he said, ''I know not : Am (^I my brother's keeper? B[ 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of ^fchy brother's fblood 'crieth unto me from the ground. ^p 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy bro- ther's blood 'from thy hand. 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength : A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto the Loed, II My punish- ment is greater than I can bear. 14 *Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and 'from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, '"that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the Loed said unto him. Therefore who- soever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him "seven-fold. And the Loed "set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Before CUEIST 4004. rfJob 31.40 fHcb.cawse to bud. ' Ps.104.14, /Eccl.1.13. 2 Thess. 3. 10. ch. 2. 7. ''Job 21.26. & 34. 15. I's. 104. 29. Eccl. 3.20. & 12. 7. Horn. 5. 12, IIeb.9.27. t Ileb. Of I avail. II Thiit is, living. t ver. 5. Liko Is.l9. 12. A 47. 12, 13. Jer. 22, 23, * ch. 2. 9. 1 ch. 4. 2. & 9. 20. "• ch. 2. 8. » Pa. 104. 4. Ileb. 1, 7. 4C03. II That is, gotten, or, acquired. t Ileb. Hebel. fHeb. a feeder. <'ch.3.23. k 9. 20. fHeb.a^Ae end of days t> Num. 18. 12. « Num. 18. 17. ProT. 3. 9. t Ileb. sheep, or, gnats. dlleb.11.4. « ch. 31. 2. II Or, have the ex- cellency. Ileb. 11.4 \\0v, subject unto thee. ch. 3. 10. about3875. /Mat.23.3.5 lJohn3.12, Jiidell. i/Ps. 9. 12. AJohu 8.44. + Hob. f/lnods. illeb.12.24. Kev. 6. 10. II Or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. * Job 15. 20-24. ' P,s. 51. 11. ™ ch, 9. 6. Num. .35. 19,21,27. '•P,s.79.12. »Eztli.9.4, 6. Before CHRIST about .3875. P2King8l3. 23. & 24. 20. Jer. 23. 39. & 52. 3. about 3875. t Ileb. Oianocfc. IPs. 49. 11. t Ileb. Lemech. '-Kom.4.11, 12. t Ueb. whetter. II Or, / would slay a man in my wound, &c. II Or, in my hurt. 3 ver. 15. « ch. 5. 3. t Ileb. Sheth. II That is, appointed, or, put. 3()74. » ch. 5. 6. t Ileb. Enosh. II Or, to call themselves by thcnante o/thehORD. 3769. «• 1 Kings 18.24. Ps. 116.17. Joel 2. 32. Zeph. 3.9. 1 Cor. 1. 2. 4004. " 1 Chron. 1.1. Luke 3. 36. 4 ch. 1. 26. Eph. 4. 24. Col. 3. 10. " ch. 1. 27. 3874. which is ''Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, 'which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years -^they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote ''the Rephaims 'in Ashteroth Karnaim, and 'the Zuzims in Ham, 'and the Emims in UShaveh Kiriathaim, 6 'And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto li El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt '"in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the same is Zoar ;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full 0/ "slime-pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there : and they that remained fled "to the mountain. 11 And they took ^'all the goods of Sodom and Go- morrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's 'brother's son, 'who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13 IT And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; for 'he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner : 'and these ivere confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that "his brother was taken captive, he ii armed his || trained servants, "born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them ""unto Dan. ^ 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and ^smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Da- mascus. 16 And he brought back "all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and' the people. 17 IF And the king of Sodom "went out to meet him, ''(after his return from the slaughter of Chedor- laomer, and of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the 'king's dale. God' s promise to Abram. CHAP. XV, XVL Hagar fleeth from Sarai. 18 And ''Melcliizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he was 'the priest of ^the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed ^e Abram of the most high Godj-'possessor of heaven and earth : 20 And ''blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes 'of all. 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the fpersons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I ''have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, 'the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That "T will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thin^ that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men "which went with me,Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre,; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV. 1 God enccmrageth Abram, 4 promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith, 7 Canaan is promised, and con- firmed by a vision. AFTEE, these things the word of the Loed came unto Abram "in a vision, saying, Tear not, Abram : I am thy "shield, and thy exceeding ''great reward. 2 And Abram said. Lord God, what wilt thou give me, 'seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and lo, ^ne born in my house is mine heir. 4 And behold, the word of the Lokd came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that "shall come lorth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and ''tell the 'stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, ^So shall thy seed be. 6 And he 'believed in the Loed ; and he '"counted it to hun for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that "brought thee out of °Ur of the Chaldees, ^to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God, thereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? 9 And he said unto him. Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and 'divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but 'the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the car- cases, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, 'a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and lo, a norror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety "that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not_ theirs, and shall serve them ; and "they shall afflict them four hundred years ; 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, 'will I judge : and afterward ^shall they come out with great substance. 15 And 'thou shalt go "to thy fathers in peace ; "■thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 2 C Before CHRIST ;iboutl913. •i Heb. 7. 1 « I's. 110. 4. Heb. 5. 6. / Mic. G. 6, Acts 16.17, Ruth 3.10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. a ver. 22. M.itt.11.25, A ch. 24.27. • Ueb. 7. 4 flleb. souls. * Ex. 6. 8. I)au. 12.7. Rov. 10.5,6. ! ver. 19. eh. 21. 33. *"SoEstber 9. l.'j, 16. n ver. 13. "Dan.lO.l. Acts 10. 10, 11. 4 ch. 26. 24. Dan.lO. 12. Luke 1.13, 30. c Ps. 3. 3. & 5. 12. &84. 11. &91. 4. & 119. 114. d Pa. 16. 5. & 58.11. ProT.11.18. « Acta 7. 5. /ch.14.14. »2 Sam. 7. 12. & 16. 11. 2Cliron.32. 21. '•Pa. 147. 4. •Jer. 33.22. *ch.22.17. Ex. 32. 13. Deut.1.10. & 10. 22. lChi'on.27. 23. Rom. 4. 18. Heb. 11.12. See ch. 13. 13. I Rom. 4. 3, 9,2-2. did. 3. 6. Jam. 2. 23. "•P3.106.31. nch.12. 1. » ch. 11. 28, 31. P P.s.105.42, 44. Rom. 4.13. 5 See ch.24. 13, 14. Judg.6.17, 37. 1 Sam.14.9, 10. 2 Kiugs 20. S. Luke 1.18. i-Jer.34.18, 19. "Lev. 1.17. Dent. 8. 2. & 13. 3. Jo3h.22.22. Lukel6.15. 20or.ll.ll. = ch.l9. 1. ^ Ter. ) . «nob.l0.22. / Num. 16. 22. 2 Sum. 24. 17. SinT. 5.1. '■Jobs. 20. Is;i.3.10,ll. •Job 8. 3. & 34. 17. Ps. 58.11. & 94. 2. Rom. 3. 6. * Jer. 5. 1. Ezek22.30. 'LukelS.l. " ch. 3. 19. Job 4. 19. Keel. 12. 7. 1 Cor. 15. 47, 48. 2Coi. 5. 1. ' Judg. 6. 39. "Jam. 5.16. «ch.l8.22. 'ch. 18. 1, = Heb.l3.2. "ch. 18. 4. ' See Luke 24.28. /ch. 18. 8. Beforo CimiST 1898. a Isa. 3. 9. A Judg. 19. 22. « ch. 4. 1. Rom. 1. 24, 27. Jude 7. * Judg. 19. 23. ' See Judg. 19. 24. "■ See ch. 18.5. » 2 Pet. 2. 7,8. E.x. 2. 14. p See 2 Kings 6. 18. Acts 13. 11. Deut. 29. Ex. 34. 24. 23. 1 Sam. 25. Iffii. 13.19. 20,34. Jcr. 20. 10. «• ch. 39. 9. & 50. 40. Lev. 6. 2. Ezek. 16. Ps. 51. 4. 49, 50. »lSara.7.5. IIos.ll.S. 2 Kings 5. Aui03 4. 11. 11. Zeiili.2.9. Job 42. S. Liikel7.29. Jam. 6. 14, 2 Pet. 2. 6. 15. JuUe 7. 1 Johns 16. *ch. 14. 3. » cli. 2. 17. Ps. 107.34. P Num. 16. 'Luke 17. 32, 33. 32. '"ch.lS.22. »Kov.l8.9. 5 ch. 26. 10. Ex. 32. 21. Josli. 7. 25. •ch.8.1.& 18.23. ' ch. 34. 7. p ver. 17,19. »ch.42.18. Ps. 36. 1. Prov.16.6. «ch. 12. 12. & 26. 7. fch.16.2,4. "Seecli.ll. 29. ch. 33. 8, 9. Deut. 25. 5. " ch. 12. 1, 9, 11, Ac. Heb. 11. 8. »• Mark 12. 19. » ch.12.13. ' ch. 12. 16. • « ch. 13. 9. t Heb. as is good in thine eyes. t> ver. 5. = ch. 26. 11. d ch. 24. 65. « Job 42. 9, 10. /ch.12.17. 1897. « Deut. 2.0. 'Deut.2.19. « 1 Sam. 2. 21. 'ch.l7.19.& 18.10,14. Gal. 4. 23, 28. ' Acts 7. 8. Gal. 4. 22. Ueb.11.11. uboutl898. <'ch.17.21. «ch. 18. 1. 'ch.16.7,14. «ch.l7.19. « ch. 26. 6. /Acts 7. 8. 17 ch. 17. 10, ''ch.12.13. 12. & 26. 7. aboutl897. « ch. 12, 15. Ach.l'.l.l" *Ps. 126.2. /Ps.l 05.14. laa. 54. 1. tfjub 33.15. (jal.4. 27. '' ver. 7. 'LuUol,58. Abimelech reproved by God. man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for she ■is t a man's wife. 4 But Abimelech had not come near her : and he said, Lord, "wilt thou slay also a righteous nation ? 5 Said he not unto me. She is my sister? and she, even she herself said. He -is my brother: 'in the II integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; for T also withheld thee from ginning '"against me : therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; "for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, "know thou that thou shalt surely die,thou,^'and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morn- ing, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, *that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me ''that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11 And Abraham said. Because I thought. Surely 'the fear of God is not in this place ; and 'they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12 And yet indeed '"she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother: and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when ""God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, ^say of me. He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech ''took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave the^n unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said. Behold, "my land is be- fore thee : dwell fwhere it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given ''thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: ''behold, he is to thee ''a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 HSo Abraham 'prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-ser- vants; and they bare children. 18 For the Lord 4iad fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abra- ham's wife. CHAP. XXL 4^ 1 Isaac is bom. 4 He is circumcised. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are east forth. AND the Lord "visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah ''as he had spoken. 2 For Sarah 'conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, ''at the set time of which God had spoken to him. | 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Tsaac. ^ 4 And Abraham Circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, "as God had commanded him. _ 5 And ''Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 IFAnd Sarah said, 'God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear ''will laugh with me. ABRAHAM AND ISAAC PREPARING FOR SACRIFICE. TcMjar and Ishniael cast forth. CHAP. XXIL 7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abra- lam, that Sarah shoukl have given children suck ? for I have borne him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and 'Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 IT And Sarah saw the son of Hagar "the Egyp- tian, "which she had borne unto Abraham, "mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, ^'Cast out this bond-woman, and her son : for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, ^because of his son. 12 IF And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight, because of the lad, and be- cause of thy bond-woman ; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice : for In [saac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bond-woman will make "a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, imd took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it mto Hagar, (putting it on her shoulder) and the 3hild, and 'sent her away : and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot : for she said. Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept." 17 And "God heard the voice of the lad : and the angel of God called to Hap;ar out of heaven, and said unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar ? Fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad_, and hold him in thine hand : for "I will make him a great nation. 19 And ""God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water : and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God ^Avas with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, ""and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran : and his mother "took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 TI And it came to pass at that time, that *Abimelech and Phichol tlie chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23 Now therefore ''swear unto me here by God, t that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my ^on, nor with my son's son : but according to the kind- ness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because )f a well of water, which Abimelech's servants 'had nolently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who liath done J;his thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet 'leard I of it, but to-day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and wave them unto Abimelech : and both of them •'made a covenant. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the lock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, "What lean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set )y themselves? Before CHKIST aboutlS97. 'ch. 18.11, 12. " ch. 16. 1. "cli.l6. 15. "Gill. 4. 22. about 1892, i'G,iI.4. 30. See ch. '2b. 6. & 36. 6, 7. 1 ch. 17. IS. '•Rom.9.7.8 Ileb. 11.18. • ver. 18. ch. 16. 10. & 17. 20. 'John 8.35. » E.M. 3. 7. w ver. 13. '^ Num. 22. 31. See2Kings 6.17, IS, 20. Luke 24. 16, 31. J/cli.28.15. &.39,2,3,21. « ch. 16. 12. "ch. 24.4. » ch. 20. 2. & 26. 26. 'ch. 26.28. ''.Iosh.2.12. 1 Sam. 24. 21. t lleb. if thou skalt lie unto me « Seech. 26, l.'i,lS,20, 21, 22. Before CHKIST .about 1892. /ch.2G.31, s ch. 33. 8. '■ch.31.48, 52. ' oh. 26. 33. That is, Tlie wkU of the oath. :iboutl89]. Or, tree. * cli. 4. 26. ' Deut. 33. 27. Isa. 40. 28. Rom.16.26. lTim.1.17. 1872. Jos. Ant. « 1 Ctor. 10. 13. Heb. 11.17. -lum.a. 12. 1 I'et. 1. 7. t Hob. Behold me. nieh.n.U. ' 2 Chrou. 3.1. 't .T-ihu 19. 17. tHeb. Behold me. Or, MJ. IIeb.11.17. Jam. 2. 21. /I Sam. 15. 22. Mic.6.7, 8, ff ch. 26. 5. Jam. 2. 22. II That is. The LoKD will see., or, provide. Abraham tempted to offer Isaaxi. 30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that ''they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he 'called that place || Beer-sheba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba : then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief cap- tain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 H And Abraham planted a || grove in Beer- sheba, and ''called there on the name of the Loed 'the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. CHAP. XXIL 1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 lie givcth proof of his faith and obedience. AND it came to pass after these things, that "God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- ham : and he said, f Behold, hei-e I am,. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, 'thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee 'into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee o±. 3 H And Abraham rose uip early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the j^lace afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt- offering, and ''laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand and a knife : and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said. My father : and he said, t Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the || lamb for a burnt-offering ? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering : so they went both of them together. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the Avood in order ; and bound Isaac his son, and 'laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said. Here am I. 12 And he said, -^Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him : for »now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son^ from me. 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and_ took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that plac6 II Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Loed it shall be seen. 15 IF And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 21 Sarah's age and death. 16 And said, ''By myself have I sworn, saith the LoKD, for because thou hast done this thing, and liast not ■vrithlickl thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing "I will bless thee, and in multi- l)lying I will nuiltiply thy seed 'as the stars of the hea- ven, *and as the sand which is upon the sea-f shore; and 'thy seed shall possess '"the gate of his enemies; 18 "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; "because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, anil they rose up, and went together to ^J3eer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 20 II And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying. Behold, *Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother Nahor; 21 'Huz his lirst-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father 'of Aram, 22 And Cliesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And 'Bethuel begat "Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Beumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. 1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase of Machpclah. AND Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old : these ivere the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in "Kirjath-arba ; the same is 'Hebron in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 H And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Hetli, saying, 4 U am a stranger and a sojourner with you : ■'give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may oury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, G Hear us, my lord ; thou art fa mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of us shall withhold from thee his sepul- chre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, saying. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, y That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for fas much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession of a burying-place among you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron tlie Hittite answered Abraham in the i" audience of the children of Heth, even of all that^vent in at the gate of liis city, saying, 11 "Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the nresence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed down himself before •the i)eople of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, J pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the held: take it of it-.,. . ^, . GENESIS. ine, and I will bury jny dead there. 22 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1872. 1860. AP8.105.9. Luke 1.73. » Ex. 30. 15 IIcl). 0. 13, Ezek.45.12 14. ' ch. 15. 5. Jcr. 33. 22. *ch.l3.16. t Ilcb. lip. (cli.24.60. iJcr. 32. 9. m Mic. 1.9. » ch. 12. 3. &18. 18. & 26. 4. Acts 3. 25. Gal. 3. 8, 9, * ch. 25. 9. 16, 18. & 49. 30, ■> vcr. 3,10. 31, 32. & ch. 26. 5. 50. 13. J>cli.21. 31. Acts 7. 16. 5ch.ll.29. r Job 1. 1. • Job 32. 2. «ch.M. 15. " Calleii, Rom. 9. 10, Rebecca. 'See Ruth 4.7,8,9,10. Jer. 32. 10, 11. 1857. 1860. nch.l8. 11. » Josh. 14. & 21. 5. 15. ^\\&h.gone Jufig.1.10. 'ch.13.18. into days. i> ch. 13. 2. ver. 19. ver. 35. Ps. 112.3. Prov.10.22. = cli. 15. 2. = ch. 17. 8. 'i ver. 10. lChron.29. 15. ch.39.4,6,0. »cli.47.29. Ps. 105. 12. lCliroii.29. Ilcb. 11. 9, 24. 13. Lam. 5. 6. ■iActs 7. 5. /ch. 14. 22. Dent. 6. 13. Josh. 2. 12. t Ileb. a prince of Gnd. i'ch.26.35. & 27. 46. & 28. 2. " ch. 13. 2. Ex. .34. 16. & 14. 14. Dent. 7. 3. & 24. 35. * ch. 28. 2. • ch. 12. 1. *ch. 12.1,7. !ch.l2.7. k 1.3. 15. & 15. 18. & 17. 8. Ex. 32. 13. t llvh. full Dent. 1. 8. ■money. & 34. 4. Acts 7. 5. "'Ex.23.20, 23. & 33. 2. Ileb. 1. 14. '• Josli. 2. fllcb.caj-s. 17, 20. /ch. 34.20, 24. Riitli4. 4. a S(!c ver. 2. 2 Siini. 24. II Or, ami. 21-24. !'cli.27.43. t Ileb. Mai women which draw water go forth. 5 Ex. 2. 16. 1 Sum.9.11. ••ver. 27. ch. 26. 24. & 28. 13. k 32. 9. Ex. 3. C,15. Abraham purchaseth Ilachpelah. 14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is worth four hundred ''shekels of silver ; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened nnto Ephron, and Abraham 'weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 17 IT And 'the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that loere in all the borders round about, were made sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the pre- sence of the children of Hetli, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre : the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein 'were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth. CHAR XXIV. 1 Abraham sweareth his servant; 12 his prayer; 14 his sign. Hcbekah mecteth him, 18 and fidfilleth his sign. 34 The servant sheweth his mes- sage. 50 Lahan and Bethuel approve it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to go. AND Abraham "was old and t well stricken in age : and the Loed ''had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said 'unto his eldest servant of his house, that ''ruled over all that he had, "Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : 3 And I will make thee ■'"swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that "thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell : 4 ''But thou shalt go 'unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest? 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again. 7 IT The Lord God of heaven, which 'took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, 'Unto thy seed will I give thisi land : '"he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then "thou shalt be clear from this mine oath ; only bring not my son thither again. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concern- ing that matter. 10 11 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; 11 (for all the goods of his master were in his hand;) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto ^'the city of Nahor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down with- out the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, even the time f ''that women go out to draw water : 12 And he said, '^O Lord, God of my master Abraham^ s servant journeijeth: CHAP. XXIV. He is entertained by Laban. Abraliam, I pray thee, 'send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham 13 Behold, 'I stand here by the well of water ; and "the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say, Drinl and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and "'thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master, 15 IT And it came to pass, before he had done speak- ing, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of ""Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abra- ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder, 16 And the damsel ^^as t very fair to look upon, a virgin ; neither had any man known her : and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said. Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 "'And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. ' 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw boater for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether "the Lord had made his jour- ney prosperous, or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden 11 ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I pray thee : is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? 24 And she said unto him, 'I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She said, moreover, unto him. We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man ''bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. 27 And he said, 'Blessed be the Losd God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of ^his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Loe,d "led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And -he damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 29 TI And Bebekah had a brother, and his name was 'Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Bebekah his sister, saying, Thus sj)ake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 31 And he said, Come in, 'thou blessed of the LoED, wherefore standest thou without ? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels, 32 TT And the man came into the house : and he ungirded his camels, and 'gave straw and provender Before CHRIST 1857. Before CHRIST 1S57. • Nch.1.11. P.s. 37. 5. ' ver. 43. " ch. 29. 9. E.x. 2. 16. 'Job 23.12. .Tolin4.34. Ei)h. 6. 5, 6,7. "• ver. 1. ch. 13. 2. "■See Juds;. 6. 17, 37. 1 Sam. 6. 7. & 14. 8. & 20. 7. " ch. 21. 2. och.21.10. & 25. 5. p ver. 3. 2'ch.ll.29. &, 23. 23. y ch. 26. 7. ^lleh. gnod of eounte- nance. Ex. 3. 22. &n. 2, & 12. 35. * 2 Cliron. 21. 3. Ezra 1. 6. I ver. 56, &59. JOr, a/«?Z year,ov,ten months. Juilg.li. 8. « ch. 35. 8. "ch. 17.10, "oh. 22. 17. pch.16.14, & 25. 11. 1 Or, to pray. « Josh. 1.8, Pe. 1. 2. & 77. 12. & 119.15. & 143. 5. >• Jo.sU. 15. 18. « ell. 38. 12. ahoutI853. " 1 Chron. 1.32. ' ch. 24. 3C. «ch.21.14. "iJmlg.e.S. 1822. Before CHRIST 1.S22. «ch.l5.15. & 49. 23. /ch.35.29. & 49. 33. 17 ch.35.29. & 50. 13. (ich. 23.10. i ch. 49. 31. *ch.l6.14. & 24. 02. ( ch. 16. 15. uhoutlSOO. "* 1 Chron. 1.29. II Or, Iladad. 1 Chron. 1. 30. »cli.l7.20. 1773. ver. 8. V 1 Siini. 15.7. t Heb. rdl. Ps. 78. 04. set. 16. 12. >• Matt. 1.2. 1857. »ch.22.23. « ch. 24. 29. 1838. » 1 Chron. 5.20. 2 Chron. 33.13. Ezra 8. 23. '« Rom. fl. 10. ^ 1 Sam. 9. 9. & 10. 22. ;/ch.l7.16. & 24. 60. ' 2 Sam. 8. 14. «ch.27. 29. Mai. 1.3. Rom. 0. 12. »cli.27.11, 10,23. «H03.12.3. ■^ch. 27.30. 1837. ' ch. 27. 3, 5. /Job 1.1, 8. & 2,3. T'a. 37. 37. »lleb.ll.9. tlleh. venison W.1.S in his mout/i. ''ch.27.19, 25, 31., « ch. 27. 6. t lleb. with that rcdf with that red pottage. IIThatia, red. Abraham's death. Jacob and Esau's birth. 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and 'died in a good old a^e, an old man, and full of years ; and ^was gathered to his people. 9 And "his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the ITittite, which is before Mamre ; 10 ''The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11 H And it came to pass after the death of Abra- ham, that God blessed his son Isaac : and Isaac dwelt by the ''well Lahai-roi. 12 UNow these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 'whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham. 13 And "these are the names of the sons of Ish- mael, by their names, according to their generations : the first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 II Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Ke- demah : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles : "twelve' princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: an hundred and thirty and seven years : and he "gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people. 18 ^And they dwelt from Havilah unto Sliur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : and he t died ''m the presence of all his brethren. 19 IT And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son : 'Abraham begat Isaac : 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, 'the daughter of Bethuel the Sy- rian of Padan-aram, 'the sister to Laban the Sy- rian. 21 And Isaac entreated the Loed for his wife, because she was barren : "and the Loed was entreat- ed of him, and '"Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her : and she said, If it be so, why am I thus ? ""And she went to inquire of the Loed. 23 And the Loed said unto her, ^Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels : and "the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; and "the elder shall serve the younger. 24 IF And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb, 25 And the first came out red, ''all over like an hairy garment : and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and "his hand took hold on Esau's heel ; and "^his name was called Jacob : and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boj^s grew : and Esau was 'a cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was -^a plain man, "dwelling in tents. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because f he did ''eat of his venison : 'but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 IT And Jacob sod j)ottage : and Esau came from the field, and he was faint. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, t with thatsame red pottage; for I am faint : there- fore was his name called || Edom. _ 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birth- right. Bl Isaac sojourncth at Gerar. CHAR XXVI, XXVII. Ahimelech^s covenant with him. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am f at tlie point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? 33 And Jacob said. Swear to nie this day; and he sware unto him: and 'he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread ftnd pottage of lentiles ; and 'he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Isaac becmise offaviine goeth to Gerar. 26 Abimelech's covenant with him at JBccr-sheba. AND there was a famine in the land, besides "the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto ''Abimelech king of the Phili- stines unto Gerar. 2 And the Loed appeared unto him, and said. Go not down into Egypt: dwell in 'the land which I shall tell thee of. 3 ''Sojourn in this land, and 'I will be with thee, and •'"will bless thee : for unto thee, and unto thy seed "I will give all these countries, and I will perform *the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And T will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of lieaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries : 'and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: 5 'Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. G H And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 7 And the men of the place asked hiin of his wife; and '"he said. She is my sister : for "he feared to say. She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she "tvas fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass when he had been there a lon<; time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said. Lest I die for her. 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of tlie people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and ^'thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that 'toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and t received in the same year ""an hundred-fold: and the Loed 'blessed him: 13 And the man "waxed great, and f went forward, and grew until he became very great. 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and ^reat store of II servants : and the Philistines "envied him. 15 For all the wells "which his fatlier's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us: for ''thou art much mightier than we. 17 H And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged a^ain the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his Before CinilST iboutl^Oo. t Ilcb. grfinqto die ■*]Ieb. 12. 16. lEccl.R.15, Is.i. 22. 13. lCor.15.32. about ISOl, «ch.l2.10. » ch. 20. 2. ' ch. 12. 1. d ch. 20. 1. Ps. o'J. 12. llfb. 11. 9. •'Ch.28.15. /ch. 12. 1. a ch. 13. 1.5. & 15, IS. ''ch.22.16. Ps. 10.5. 9. • ch. 15. 5. & 22. 17. * ch. 12. 3. & 22. 18. ' ch. 22. 16, 18. "•ch.12.13. & 20. 2, 13. " Prov. 29. 25. ch. 24. 16. Before CHRIST abontl804. P ch. 20. 9. 7Ps. 105.15. tneb. found. '.Mat. 13.8. Mark 4. 8. « ver. 3. ch. 24.1, 35. Job 42. 12. « ch. 24. So. Ps. 112. 3. Prov.10.22. t Hob. vjentgoing. lOr, /lushandry ''ch.37.11 Keel. 4. 4. ■»ch.21.30. ' Ex. 1. 9. »cb.21.31. t Heb. livivj. ch. 21. 25. II Th-at ia, Contention. II That is, Hatred. II That is, Room. " ch. 17. 6. & 28. 3. &41.52. E.X. 1. 7. » ch. 17. 7. & 24. 12. & 28. 13. Ex. 3. 6. Acts 7. 32. ' ch. 15. 1. ■i ver. 3, 4. « ch. 12. 7. &13. 18. /Ps.116.17. ch. 21. 22. A Jndg. 11, 7. • ver. 16. t Heb. Seeing we saiu. * cli. 21. 22. 23. T Heb. If thou shall, <£c, ' ch. 24. 31. Ps. 115. 10. ch. 19. 3. nch.21.31. That is, an oath. » ch. 21. 31. II That is, the well of the oath. 1796. P ch. 36. 2. 3 ch. 27. 46. & 28. 1, 8. t Heb. biJ- ternejs of sj}i)'U. iboutl760. »ch.48.10. 1 Sam. 3. 2. !'Prov.27.1. Jam. 4. 14. «ch.25.27, 28. t Heb. hunt. father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: ^and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of f springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar \lid strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours : and he called the name of the well IIEsek; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it HSitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it JlPehoboth; and he said. For now the Loed hath made room for us, and we shall "be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 And the Loed appeared unto him the same night, and said, ''I am the God of Abrah am thy father : 'fear not, for ''I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he'builded an altar there, and^alled upon the name of the Loed, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 1[ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, "and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ''ye hate me, and have 'sent me away from you? 28 And they said, t We saw certainly that the Loed 'was with thee : and we said. Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee : 29 t That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : 'thou ai't now the blessed of the Loed. 30 '"And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and "sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 33 And he called it || Shebah : "therefore the name of the city is II Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 TT^'And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : 35 Which «were t a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Bebekah. CHAP. XXVIL 1 Isaac scndeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah instructeth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity obtaincth a blessing. AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and "his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him. My son: and he said unto him. Behold, here am I. 2 And he said. Behold now, I am old, I ^know not the day of my death : 3 'Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and t take me soine venison; 25 Isaac sendcth Esau for venison. 4 Aiul make me savoury meat, such as I love, au(l bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul ''may blccis thee before I die. 5 And Kcbekah heard when Isaac spake to ±.sau his son: and Esau went to the held to hunt for venison, and to bring it. () If And Kebekah sj)ake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, *7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord, before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, 'obey my voice, accord- ing to that which I command thee, y Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them •^savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he "jnay bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Be- hold, ''Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 12 My father peradventure will 'feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring '■a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his motlier said unto him, 'Upon me he thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his motlier '"made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took fgoodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: 10 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and ujion the smooth of his neck : 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, Avhich she had prej^ared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 IF And he came unto his father, and said. My fa- tlier. And he said, Plere am I ; who art thou, my son ? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, "that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it fto me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I ''may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau, or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because ''his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said. Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And lie said. Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, 'that my soul may l^less tliee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and lie broiight him wine, and he drank. 26 And liis father Isaac said unto him. Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, 'the smell of my son is as the smell of a fiehl wliich tlie Loiin hath blessed: 20 GENESIS. Before ciinisT iilioutlTOO. <; ver. 27. ch. 48. 0,15. k 40. -JS. Dcut. 33.1. « vor. 13. / ver. 4. a ver. 4. ''ch.2o. 25, • ver. 22, «; ch. 9. 25, Deut.27.18. ! ch. 43. 9. 1 Sam. 25. 24. 2 Sam.14.9. Matt.2T.25. ™ ver. 4. 9, t Ilcb. desirable » ver. 27. ' ver. 4. + Ilcb. before me. p ver. 12. Befdro CHRIST ahoutl760. 5 vor. 10. • ver. 4. 'neh.11.20. » Deut. 33. 13, 28. 2Sani.l.21. wch. 45.18. Deut. 33. 28. 1/ch. 9.25. & 25. 23. ch. 49. 8. « ch. 12. 3. Num. 24. 9. * ver. 4. fllch.lrem- bled vMk a great Irem- blinggrcal- ly. t Ilcb. hunted. <; oil. 28. 3,4. Rom.11.29. • ch. 35. 1. & 48. 3. ' cb. 26. 24. * ch. 13. 15. & 35. 12. "cb. 13.16. t Ileb. hrcakfoiiJi. "ch.i-S.U. Deut.12.20. ^ch. 12. 3. & 18. 18. & 22. 18. & 26. 4. !/ see ver. 20. 21. ch. 26. 24. & 31.3. ' ch. 48. 10. Ps. 121. 5, 7,8. a ch. 35. 6. i'Deut.28.6. Jash. 1. 5. I KiDg.s 8. 57. Ileb. 13. 5. s Num. 23. 19. Num.23.7. IIos. 12. 12. fUeb. children. Ex. 2. 10. Ps. 35. 24. & 43. 1. L.ani. 3. 59. II That is, judging. lleforc CHRIST about 1747. t Ilcb. wrestlings of God. ch. 23. 6. ||Thati8,mj( wrestling. about 1749. aliout 1748. * Called, Matt. 4.13, Neph- tlialim. about 1747. ^ ver. 4. II That is, a ironp, or, company. Isa. 65. 11. f IIeb./j/»iy happi?iess. ™ Prov. 31. 28. Luke 1. 48. II That is, happi/. aboutl748. »ch.26.30. » Num. 16. 9,13. about 1747. II That is, an hire. II That is, dwelling. about 1745. P Called, Matt. 4.13, Zabulon. I! TliMt is, judgment. 9 ch. 8. 1. I Sam. 1.19. '•ch. 29.31. > 1 Sam.1.6. Isa. 4. 1. Luke 1. 25. II TJiat ia, adding. ' ch. 35. 17. » ch. 24. 64, 56. »^ch.l8.33. & 31. 65. !/ch.29.20, 30. 'ch.39.3,5. " See ch. 26.24. 'ch.29.15. « ch. 31. 6, 38, .39, 40. Matt.24.45. Tit. 2. 10. t ireb. hro- ken forth. ver. 43. t Heb. at my foot. ■'1 Tim. 5.8. Of ReuheiTbS mandrakes, &c. 7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said, AVith f great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she called his name || ''Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and 'gave her Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometli : and she called his name ||Gad. 12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, fHappy am I, for the daughters "'will call me blessed: and she called his name || Asher. 14 TI And Reuben went in the days of wheat-har- vest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's man- drakes. 15 And she said unto her, "Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also ? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me ; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she con- ceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband : and she called his name Ulssachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endued me %oith a good dowry ; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons : and she called his name IM'Zebulun. 21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name || Dinah. 22 HAnd God 'remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and ''opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away 'my reproach: 24 And she called his name || Joseph; and said, 'The Lord shall add to me another son. 25 *![ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto ""mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, ^for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service which t have done thee. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry : for T have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me "for thy sake. 28 And he said, ^Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, "^Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before 1 came, and it is now tincreased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee fsince my coming: and now, when shall I "provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee ? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing. If Jacob's policy to become rich. CHAR XXXI. Jacob departeth from Laban. thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock : 32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, remov- ing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and 'of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my -^righteousness answer for me t in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face : every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And/ Laban said. Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob : and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 HAnd "Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree ; ana pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs when the flocks came to drink ; that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban : and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the ej^es of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in : so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And the man 'increased exceedingly, and 'had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses. CHAP. XXXL 1 Jacob departeth secretly. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's images. 36 Ja- cob's complaint of Laban. 43 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Gcdeed. AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's ; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this "glory. 2 And Jacob beheld ''the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not 'toward him fas before. 3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, ''Return unto - the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Bachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, "I see your father's coun- tenance, that it is not toward me as before : but the God of my father ■''hath been with me. 6 And "ye know that with all my power I have served your father. Before Before C1[RIST CHRIST aboiitl745. 1739. f* ver. 41. ' Num. 14. 22. Nell. 4. 12. .Tob 19. 3. Zech. 8. 23. * ch. 20. 6. » ch. 31. 8. Ps. 105.14. i ch. 30. 32. •" ver. 1,16. /Ps. 37.6. t Ilcdi. to- ifinrrow. Ex. 13. 14. 1 Or, he- goats. ''nh.48.10. » Ex. 3. 7. Pch. 28.18, 19, 20. s See cii.31. 9-12. 1 ver. 3. ch. 32. 9. ••ch. 2.24. » ch. 29. 15, 27. 1739. t Heb. teraphim. Jndg. 17.5. 1 Sam. 19. 13. IIos. 3. 4. ' ch. 35. 2. t Hub. the heart of h ver. 30. Laban. i cli. 13. 2. « ch. 46. 28. & 24. 35. & 2 Kings 12. 26. 13, 14. 17. Luke 9.51, 53. «^ch. 13.8. y ch. 20. 3. Job 33. 15. Matt. 1. 20. = ch. 24. 50. flleb./?'om 1739. good to bad nPs.49.16. 6 ch. 4. 5. « Deut, 28. 54. t Heb. as a 1 Sum. 30. 2. yesterdai) and the. (lav before.. flleb. Aas( lSiim.19.7. stolen me. ■'cli.28. 15. * ver. 65. 20. 21. & Ruth 1. 9, 32. 9. 14. 1 Kings 19. « ver. 2. 20. Acts 20. 37. = 1 Sam. 13. 13. / ver. 3. 2 Chron. 16.9. g ver. 38, ! ch. 36. 6, 7,8. Deut. 2. 5. Josh. 24. 4. illeh.field. 8Prov.l5.1. /ch. 30. 43. !7ch.33.8,15. ' ch. 29. 27, 28. "• ver. 7. A ch. 33. 1. "Ps. 124.1, 2. i ch. 35. 3. " ver. 53. Isa. 8. 13. V ch. 29 32. Ex. 3. 7. 1 1 Cliron. 12.17. Judo 9. *Ps.50.15. ' ch. 28. 13. "• ch. 31. 3, 13. "•ch. 26.28. t Heb. / am less «Josh. 24. thanall,<£c 27. "ch. 24.27. -Job 8.7. «ch. 28.18. PPe. 59.1,2. ]| That 18, the. heap of witness. sHos.lO.ll. Chald. II That is. ^lleb.upon t/ie heap of witness. '•ch.28.13, Ileb. 14, 15. " Josli. 24. 27. Labarus covenant with Jacob. tween me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed : 49 And "^IIMizpah; for he said. The Loed watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou slialt take other wives besides my daughters ; no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee \ 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be wit- ness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pil- lar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, ^judge betwixt us. And Jacob "sware by "the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob II offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his solis and his daughters, and ''blessed them : and Laban departed, and 'returned unto his place. CHAP. XXXIL 3 Jacob's Tuessage to Esau. 9 He prayeth for his deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He hcdteth. AND Jacob went on his way, and "the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said. This is God's ''host: and he called the name of that place II Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, ""unto the land of Seir, ''the fcountry of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, 'Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now : 5 And ^1 have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men- servants, and women-servants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that "1 may find grace in thy sight. 6 TTAnd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying. We came to thy brother Esau, and also ''he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and 'distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels into two bands ; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 T['''And Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abra- ham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord "'which saidst unto me, Beturn unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 1 1 am not worthy of the least of all the "mer- cies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant : for with "my staff have I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two oands. 11 ^Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and 'the mother fwith the children. 12 And ''thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Jacob lorestleth with art angel. CHAR XXXIII, XXXIV. Jacob's present to Esau. 13 IT And lie lodged tliere that same night, and took of that which came to his hand 'a present for Esau his brother ; 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves ; and said unto his servants. Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying. When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou ? and whither goest thou ? and whose are these before thee ? 18 Then thou shalt say. They be thy servant Jacob's : it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : and behold also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Ja- cob is behind us. For he said, I will 'appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward Iwillsee Iiis face; peradventure he will accept fof me. 21 So went the present over before him; and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, "and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and fsent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 II And Jacob was left alone ; and there "wrestled a man with him, until the fhreaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not I against him, he touched the hollow of his thi^Ii : land ^the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, IS he wrestled with him. 26 And 'he said, Let me go, for the day break- leth : and he said, "I will not let thee go, except thou ibless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name ? [And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, ''Thy name shall be called no [knore Jacob, but || Israel : for as a prince hast thou 'power with God, and 'Vith men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said. Tell me, I Jpray thee, thy name : and he said, 'Wherefore is it Vthat thou dost ask after my name ? And he blessed iliira there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place || Pe- hiiel : for ^1 have seen God face to face, and my life [is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day ; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank, CHAP. XXXIII. The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meetinc/. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called ISl-Elohe-Israel. AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, "Esau came, and with him four hundred imen. And he divided the children unto Leah, and lunto Kachcl, and unto the two handmaids. Before CIIHIST 1739. ■ch. 43.11. ProT.18.lC. < Prov. 21. 1-t. tneb. my face.. Job 42. 8, 9. «■ Deut. 3. 16. t Ileb. caused to jiass. " H03. 12. 3,4. Eph. 6. 12. f Ileb. as- cendivg of the, morn- ing, y See Matt.26.41, 2 Cor. 12. 7. Luke 24.28, « Uos. 12.4. i di, 35. 10. 2 Kings 17. 34. li That is, a prince nf God. ' IIos. 12. 3,4. <2cli.25.31. & 27. 33. « JuOg. 13. 18. 1 Tbat is, the face of God. /ch. 16.13. E.\. 24. 11. & 33. 20. Dent. 5.24. Jwlg.6.22. & 13. 22. Isa. 6. 5. " ch. 32. 6. Before CHRIST 1739. ' oil. IS. 2. & 42. 6. & 43. 20. ' ch. 32. 28. <'ch.45.14, 15. tneb. to thee. ' cli. 48. 9. Ps. 127. 3. Isa. 8. 18. t Ileb. W/iat is all Uiis band lo Itiee? /ch.32.10. n ch. 32. 5. t rich, he that to thee that is thine. h ch. 43. 3. 2Sain.313. & 14. 21, 28, 32. Mntt.lS.lO. « Judg.l.lS. 1 Sam. 25 27. k .30. 26. Kings 5. 15. t Ileb. all things. Pliil.i. 18. '<2 Kings 5. 23. urged f Ileb. ac- cording to the foot nf the worJ:, die. and ac- cnrding to the foot of the chil- dren. I di. 32. 3. t Ileb. set, or, place. t Ileb. Wher'fore is this'i »'ch.34.11. k 47. 25. Ruth 2. 13. n Josh. 13. 27. .Tudg. 8. 5. Ps. eo. 6. I That is, Lootfts. "John 3.23. II Called, Acts 7. 16, Sgchem. 2'Josh.24.1. Judg. 9. 1. I Josli. 24. 32. John 4. 5. II Called, Acts 7.16, Emmor. II Or, lambs. r ch. 35. 7. II That is, GodtheGod of Israel. aboutl732. «ch.30.21. » Tit. 2. 5. = cli. 6. 2. Judg. 14.1. 10. 27. 2 Sam. 13. 20. a cli. 49. 7. 2 Sam. 13. 21. *Jo3h.7.15. Jiidg. 20. 6. •Dout.23. 17. 2 Sam. 13. 12. * ch. 13. 9. & 20. 15. I ch. 42. 34. "•cli.47.27. " Ex. 22. 16, 17. Deiit.22.29. 1 Sam. 18. 25. o See 2Sam, 13. 2i, &c. P Josh. 5.9. ! 2 Chron. 4.9. Before ClIKIST abuntl732. • ch. 49. 5, 6,7. fneb. mouUi. ' ch. 49. 6. "Josh.7.25. '' Ex. 6. 21. 1 Sam.13.4. !'Deut.4.27. Ps. 105. 12. -•ch. 23.10. <'ch.28.19. 4ch.28.13. = ch. 27. 43. t a pillar of stone: and he poured i a drink-offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, ■Beth-el. 16 IF And they journeyed from Beth-el ; and there was but t a little way to come to Ephrath : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; "thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass as her soul was in de- parting, (for she died,) that she called his name llBen-oni: but his father called him || Benjamin. 19 And ''Bachel died, and was buried in the way to ''Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel's grave ''unto this day. 21 ^ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond 'the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and 4ay with Bilhah his father's concubine : and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : 23 The sons of Leah; ^Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin : 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid ; Dan, and Naphtali : 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand-maid ; Gad, and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 27 IF And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto *Mamre, unto the 'city of Arbah (which is Hebron) where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and Vas gathered unto his people, oeina old and full of days ; and 'his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Before CIIKIST aboutl732. 15 The dukes which CHAP. XXXVL 3 JEsau's three vdves. 6 Sis removing to mount Seir. descended of his sons. "VTOW these are the generations of Esau, "who is 1> Edom. 2 *Esau took his wives of the daughters of Ca- naan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and ''Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; 3 And ''Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And 'Adah bare to Esau, Eliphaz ; and Bashe- math bare Reuel ; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esauj which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the f persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan ; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 -^For their riches were more than that they might dwell together : and *the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in ''mount Seir:"Esau is Edom. 9 IF And these a^-e the generations of Esau the father of the fEdomites, in mount Seir : 3 E yell. 28.18. ch. 28. 19. t Hel.. a litlU piece nf ground. 2 Kiug3 5. 19. <•cli.30.2-l. lSum.4.20 iiboutl729. 8 Tluit is, tlu son of my sorrow, 11 That is, the son of the right hand. 6 ch. 48. 7. «Euthl.2. & i. 11. Miculi 5. 2. Matt. 2. 6. <*lSiim.lO. 2. 2 S:m. 18. 18. • Mic. 4. 8. /ch. 49. 4. 1 Chroii. 5. 1. See 2 Sam. 16. 22. & 20.3. 1 Cor. 5. 1. s ch. 46. 8. E.X. 1. 2. Before CHRIST ;iboiitl740. ''ch.13. 18, & 23. 2, 19, ' Josli. 14. 16.415.13 1716. 4cli.l5.15 & 25. 8. ' So. ch. 2.5 9. & 49. 31 about 1796. '"ch.25.30. 6ch.26.34. ' ver. 25. about 1760. <* ch. 28. 9. « 1 Chron. 1.35. about 1740, t Ilcb. souls. /ch.13.0,11. a ch. 17. 8. & 2S. 4. " ch. 32. 3. Deut. 2. 5. Josh. 24.4. » ver. 1. t Heb. Edom. * 1 Chron. 1.35. ic. Or, Zephi. i Chron. 1. 36. I Ex. 17. 8, 14. Num. 24. 20. 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, ic. about 1715. abontlS40. "• 1 Chron. 1. 33. n cb. 14. 6. Deut. 2.12, 22. J Or, Homam, 1 Chron. 1 39. [I Or, AUan. 1 Chron. 1 40. \OT,Shephi. 1 CUrou. 1 40. » See Lev. 19. 19. lOr, Amram, 1 Chron. 1 41 BOr, Jakan, 1 Chron. 1, 42. aboutl780. about 167 6. P 1 Cliron. 1.43. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons ; ''Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau ; Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. ' 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were, Teman, Omar, llZepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son ; and she bare to Eliphaz, Amalek : these tvere the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 14 IF And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 IF These were dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz, the first-born son of Esau ; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, aiid duke Amalek : these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom : these were the sons of Adah. 17 IF And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : these are the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land of Edom : these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 18 IF And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah : these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau (who is Edom) and these are their dukes. 20 IF "These are the sons of Seir "tlie Horite, who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori, and II Heman : and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these; II Al- van, and Manahath, and Ebal, || Sheplio, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon ; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found "the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were these ; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; || Hem- dan, and Eshban, and Ithrau, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these ; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and JlAkan. 28 The children of Dishan are these ; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their du kes in the land of Seir. 31 IF And ^these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom : and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of 33 Joseph's two dreams: Beilatl (who smote Midian in the field of Moab) reifxned in his stead : and the name of his city was Avkh. 30 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Kehoboth hy the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and 'Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Pau ; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Hatred, the daughter of Mezahab. 40 And these are the names of ''the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke || Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Ma^diel, duke Iram : these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their possession : he is Esau, the father of f the Edomites. CHAP. XXXVII. 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. 18 His brethren con-fpire his death. 21 Reuben saveih him. 26 They sell him to the Ish- nuwlites. 3(j He is sold to Potiphar in Ecjypt. AND Jacob dwelt in the land fwherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bil- hah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives : and Joseph brought unto his father ''their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his cliiklren, because he was 'the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many || colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they ''hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 IT And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. G And he said unto them. Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : 7 For 'behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood up- right ; and behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words. y H And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed a dream more : and behold, ■'the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and tliy mother and ''thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? 11 And ''his brethren envied him; but his father 'observed the saying. 12 _1[ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy breth- ren feed t]t,e flock in Shechem ? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him. Here am I. GENESIS. Before CHRIST about 1780. 1 1 Chron. 1.50, HadadPai After liis death was an Aristo- cracy. Ex. 15.15. about 1496. r 1 Cliron. 1.51. II OT,Aliah. fHeb. Edom. t Heb. of hi^faihtr^s sojourn- ings. 1729. » ch. 17. 8. &23.4.A 2S. i. k 36. 7. Ileb. 11. 9. » 1 Sam. 2. 22,23,24. "ch. 44.20. II Or, pieces. Judg.5.30. 2 Sam. 13. 18. » 2 Kings 6.13. "ISam.ig. 1. Ps. 31. 13. & 37.12, 32. & 94. 21. Matt. 27. 1. Mark 14.1. John 11.53 Acts 23. 12. t Heb. viaster of dreams. oProv.1.11, 16. & 6. 17. & 27. 4. 3'ch.42.22. Before CHRIST about 1729. f Heb. see the peace of thy brethren, C-c. cii. -29. 6. ch. 35. 27. i Cant. 1.7. Or, pieces. 9 Prov. SO. 20. Amos 6. 6. ''see ver.28, 36. s Jer. 8. 22. « ch. 4. 10. ver. 20. Job 16.18. "1 Sam. 18. 17. »ch.42.21. !/cb.29. 14. t Heb. hearkened. Judg. 6. 3. ch.45.4, 5. Ps.105.17. Acts 7. 9. ' See Matt. 27.9. " Job 1. 20. <'ch.42.13, i6. Jev. 31. 15. « ver. 23. / ver. 20. ch. 44. 28. a ver. 29. 2 Sam.3.31. A 2 Sam. 12. 17. i ch. 42. 38. 444.29,31. I* ch. 39. 1. ITe is sold into Egypt. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, f see whether it be Avell with thy brethren, and well with the flocks ; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of ''^Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 II And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field : and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou ? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren : 'tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed hence : for I heard them say. Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in "'Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, "they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold this fdreamer cometh. 20 "Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit ; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him ; and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And ^'Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands ; and said. Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said unto them. Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him ; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 H And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many || colours that was on him. 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit : and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 'And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a com- pany of Tshmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, and 'balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren. What profit is it if we slay our brother, and 'conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and "let not our hand be upon him ; for he is "^^our brotherj and ^our flesh : and his brethren fwere content. 28 Then there passed by ''Midianites, merchant- men ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, "and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for ''twenty pieces of silver : and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29 H And Heuben returned unto the pit ; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit : and he 'rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child ''is not : and I, whither shall I go ? 31 And they took 'Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood : 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This have we found : know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said. It is my son's coat; an •'"evil beast hath devoured him : Joseph is with- out doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob "rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters ''rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be comforted, and he said. For T will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And 'the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Tamar deceiveth JudaJi, CHAP. XXXVIII, XXXIX. and beareth twins. _Potiphar, an fofficer of Pharaoh's, and f II captain ' )f the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII. 16 JSr mai-rieth Tamar. 13 She deceiveth Judah. Pharez and Zarah. 27 She beareth twins, ND it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and "turned in a certain AduUamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah ''saw there a daughter of a certain ^anaanite, whose name was 'Shuah; and he took ler, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he Fcalled his name ''Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name 'Onan. 5 And she yet again conceived and bare a son; and called his name ■'Bhelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah 'took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar. 7 And ''Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; "and the Lord slew him. ' 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto ''thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be liis: and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did fdispleased the Lord: wherefor(i he slew '"him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in- law, "Kemain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown; (for he said, Lest perad- venture he die also as his brethren did:) and Tamar went and dwelt "in her father's house. 12 And fin process of time, the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, died: and Judah ^was com- forted, and. went up unto his sheep-shearers to Tim- nath, he and his friend Hirah the AduUamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying. Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up 'to Timnath, to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped her- self, and 'sat in fan open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw 'that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said. Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law:) and she said. What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17 And he said, "I will send thee fa kid from the flock : and she said, "Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, "^Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thy hand : and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose and went away and "laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the AduUamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand : but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST aboutl7'29. abontl727. tHeb. li Or, in eunuch : Enajim. But the word doth signify not only eu- nuchs, hut also cham- t Heb. be- berlains. come a corv- courtiers. tempt. anAnfficers. Estli. 1. 10. t Heb. chief nf Vie slaughier- audg.19.2. men,0T,exe- cutifmers. II Or, chief -Lev. 21. 9. marshal. Deut.22.21. " ch. 19. 3. 2 Kings4.S. :iboutl727. ''ch.34.2. "=1011^0.2. »ch.37.32. 3. 'l^ani.2.S. l'a.113.7,8. " ver. 12. Ps. 25. 14. D.m. 5. 16. II Or, when thoukmrcst a dream thnii canst intcrprtt it. "Dau. 2. 30. Acts 3. 12. 2 Cor. 3. 5. P ch. 40. 8. Dan. 2. 22, 28,47. & 4.2. 1 vor. 1. f Ileb.comc in tlip. in- ward parts o/lhem. Or, small. r ver. 8. Dan. 4. 7. •Dan. 2. 28, 29, 45. llov. 4. 1. Beforo CirillST 1715. '2 Kings 8. 1. • vcr. 25. « Ter. 47. y Ter. 54. »ch.47.13. tlleb heavy. ■> Num. 23. 19. Isa. 46. 10, 11. I Or, prepa- red of Gvd. Or, over- seers. l> Vrov. C. 6, 7, 8. ' ver. 43. t Ileb. he not cut off. "ch.47.15, 19. ' l's.105.19. Acts 7. 10. /Num. 27. IS. Job 32. 8. Prov. 2. 0. Dau. 4. 8, 18. & 5. 11, 14.i6.3. a Ps. 105. 21, 22. Acts 7. 10. t Ueb. he arituid, or, kiss. * Dan. 6.3. •E.stU.3.10. & 8. 2, S. *E3th.8.15. ] Or, silk. 'Dan. 5.7, 29. "Esth.e.g. Or, Ten- der fallicr. ch. 45. 8. t llcb. Ahrech. ch. 42. 6. & 45. 8, 26. Acts 7.10. 11 Which in tlic Coptic signifies, A revealer of secrets^ f.)\\Tlteman In whrrrn secrets are revealed. aboutl715. II Ov, prince. Kx. 2. 16. 2 Sam.S.lS. & 2U. 26. ° 1 Sam. 16. 21. 1 Kings 12. 6,8. Dan. 1. 19. Pch.22.17. Juilg.7.12. 1 Sam. 13,5. Ps, 78. 27. interpreted by Joseph. empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be 'seven years of famine. 28 "This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come ''seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 30 And there shall "arise after them seven years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine "^sliall consume the land: 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following: for it shall be very fgrievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice ; it is because the "thing is li established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint II officers over the land, and ''take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh; and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land f ''perish not through the famine. 37 IFAnd 'the thing was good in the eyes of Pha- raoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man •'in whom the spirit of God ^'s.^ 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40 ^Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my j^eople fbe ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have ''set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh 'took ofi' his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and "arrayed him in vestures of llfine linen, 'and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: '"and they cried before him, HfBow the knee : and he made him ruler "over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name llZaph- nath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah 11 priest of On: and Jo- seph went out over all the land of Egypt. 46 1[And Joseph ivas thirty years old when he "stood before Pharaoh king ot" Egypt: and Joseph went out from the presence of Pliaraoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which ■z^as round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered corn ''as the sand of the oi Jacob sendeth his sons into Egypt. sea, very mucli, until he left numbering; for it was •without number. 50 «Aud unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came : which Asenath the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah || priest of On bare unto him. 51 And J oseph called the name of the first-born IIManasseh; For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second called he II Eph- raim : For God hath caused me to be '^fruitful in the laud of my affliction. 53 HAnd the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 'And the seven years of dearth began to come, 'according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened tall the store-houses, and "sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57 'And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAP. XLII. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. 16 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 36 Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin. IVTOW when . "Jacob saw that there was corn in Xi Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said. Behold I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may *'live, and not die. 3 HAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not Avith his brethren : for he said, 'Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came : for the famine was ''in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor "over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and -H^owed down them- selves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and snake froughly unto them; and he said unto them, AV hence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph ''remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And tliey said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. • 11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them. Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, Ihy servants are twelve bre- thren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan: 38 GENESIS. Boforo CHRIST 1715. 3ch.46. 20, &48. 5. II Or,prince, ver. 45. 2Sam.8.18. aboutl712. II That is, forgetting. aboutlTll. II That 13, fruitful. '■ch.49.22. 1708. •Ps. 105.16. Acta 7. 11. < ver. 30. t Heh. an wherein was. ■'ch.42. 6. & 47.14,24, «Deut.9.28. 1707. a Acts 7.12, » ch. 43. 8. Ps. 118.17. Isii. 38. 1. " ver. 38. "I Acts 7.11. • ch. 41.41. /ch. 37.7. t Ileb. hardihings with them. ffch. 37.5,9. Before CHRIST 1707. »ch.37.30. Lam. 5. 7. See ch. 44. 20. • Seel Sam. 1. 26. & 17. 55. tHeb. bound. t Ileb. gathered. *LeT.2D.43. Neh. 5. 15. ! ver. 34. ch. 43. 5. k 44. 23. "i Job 36. 8,9. Hos. 5. 15. n Prov. 21. 13. Matt. 7. 2. » ch. 37. 21. p ch. 9. 5. 1 Kings 2. 32. 2Chron.24. 22. Ps. 9. 12. Lukell.oO, 51. t Ileb. an, interpreter was be- tween them. 3Matt.5.44. Rom. 12.17, 20, 21. See ch. 43. 21. t lleb.went forth. flleh.iuith us hard things. ' ver. 15, 19, 20. ch. 34.10 They are imprisoned by Joseph. and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one Hs not. 14 And Joseph said unto them. That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye are spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: 'By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your bro- ther, and ye shall be fkept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. 17 And he tput them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; ''for I fear God: 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses : 20 But 'bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 If And they said one to another, "'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; "therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, "Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore behold also his blooa is ''required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for fhe spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 HThen Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and 'thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as ""one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money: for behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren. My money is restored ; and lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart ffailed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 29 IF And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 30 The man who is the lord of the land, 'spake froughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, 'Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone : 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true me7i: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall "traffick in the land. 35 TTAnd it came to pass as they emj)tied their Jacob sendeih Benjamin into Egypt. CHAP. XLIII, XLIV. Joseph entcrtaineth his brethren. sacks, that behold, ""every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them. Me have ye ^bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will briu^ him to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for *his brother is dead, and he is left alone: °if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye ''bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAP. XLIII. "i. Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph enlertaineth his brethren. 31 He rnaheih them a feast. AND the famine was "sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they liad brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man fdid solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see niy face, except your ^brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 5 But if thou wilt not send hijn, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 7 And they said. The man tasked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the ftenor of these words: fCould we certainly know that he would say. Bring your brother down? 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I wull be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: "if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever : 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned llthis second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them. If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and ''carry down the man a present, a little 'balm, and a little honey, sj)ices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12 And take double money in your hand ; and the money -^that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradven- ture it ivas an oversight: 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other bro- ther, and Benjamin: ^l!If I be bereaved of my chil- dren, I am bereaved. 15 H And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egvpt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the 'ruler of his house. Bring these men Before CURIST 1707. I See ch. 43. 21. vch. 43.14. I ver. 13. & ch. 37. 33. &44. 28. <■ ver. 4. k ch. J4. 29. 4 ch. 37. 3.5. & 44. 31. •cb.41.54, 57. f Ucb./iro- teatingpro- tfsled. » ch. 42. 20. & 44.23. tneb. aslcing aslced us. fHeb. Ttiouth, fHeb. Knov;ing could we know? = ch.44.32 Philem.18. 19. 11 Or, twice by this. ■ich.32.20. Prov.18.16., «ch..37.25.! Jor. 8. 22. /ch.42.25, 35. Before CHRIST 1707. t Heb. kai a killing. 1 Sam. 25. 11. t Heb. eat. fHeb. rotlhimsdf upon 2is. Job 30. 14. icb .42.3,10. f Heb.cmn- ing down we came down. *ch.42.27, 35. t TJeh.ynur moneycavic to me. I ch. IS. 4. &24.32. " ch. 37. 7, 10. t Heb. peace. ch. 37. 14. t Ileb. Is Xhitrepeace to your fa- ther' »ch.42.11, 13. ch. 37. 7, 10. Pch. 35. 17, 18. ?ch.42.13. 1 Kings 3. 26. »ch.42.21. < Ter. 25. i7Esth.4.i6. II Or, and 1 as I have been, s. 116. 3. & 119, 143. «cli. 37. 29, 34. Num. 14. 6. 2Siim.l.ll. '' ch. 37. 7. t Ileb. 11 Or, gave forth mate trial. his voice in ver. 5. weeping. Num. 14.1. "Acts 7. 13. nor. « ver. 9. terrified. Job 4.5. & 23. 15. Matt.14.26. / Prov. 17. Miu-k6.60. 15. f-ch. 37.28. = Isa. 40. 2. 2 Cor. 2. 7. 1706. f Ileb. nei- ther let there be 1? eh. 18. 30, anger in your eyes. 32. •t ch. 50. 20. Ex. 32. 22. P3. 105.16, 17. See 2 S.im. 16.10,11. Acts 4. 24. t Ileb. to put for you * ch. 37. 3. aremnant. «ch.41.43. Judg.1710. Job 29. 16. ich.42.15. 20. /ch.47. 1. '■ch.43,3,r,. Joseph made known to his brethren. your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And 'our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down ; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother he with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that "'my wife bare me two sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye "take this also from me, and mis- chief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad he not with us ; (seeing that ^'his life is bound up in the lad's life;) 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, ''If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, ''let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad he not with me ? lest perad venture I see the evil that shall f come on my father. CHAP. XLV. 1 Joseph makeih himself known to his brethren. 9 He serideth for his father, 25 Jacob is revived by the news. THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me : and there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he fwept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I am Jo- seph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were li troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren. Come near to me, I pray you : and they came near : and he said, I am Joseph your brother, ''whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore ""be not grieved, fnor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: ''for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine heen in the land : and yet there are five years, in the which thei^e shall neither he earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you, fto preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me "a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. ^ 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And ■'thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy cliil- Joseph sendeth for his father. CHAR XLVI. Jacob and his family go into Egypt. dren, and thy children's chiklren, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine ;) lest thou, and thy house- hold, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is "my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen : and ye shall haste, and ''bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover, he kissed all liis brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 IF And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come :- and it t pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18 And take your father, and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat 'the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for j^our little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also t regard not your stuff: for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the ■\ command- ment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment : but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and 'five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses f laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they de- parted : and he said unto them. See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 H And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. 'And t Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 28 And Israel said. It is enough : Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAP. XLVI. 1 Jacob is comforted hy God at Beer-sJieha. 5 Thence he with his company goelh into Egypt. AND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to "Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices ''unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel 'in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob ! and he said. Here am I. 3 And he said, I ain God, ''the God of thy flither : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there ■"mulvc of tliee a great nation : F Eeforo llcforo cum ST CHKIST 170C. 1706. /ch.2S. 15. &48. 21. cell. 15. 16. & 50. 13, 24, 25. Ex. 3. 8. * ch. 50. 1. ir ch. 42. 23. 'Acts 7. 15. * oil. 45. 19, 21. 'Deut.26.5. » Acts 7.14. ,Tosh. 24.4. I's. 105. 23. Is.a. 52. 4. "• Ex. 1. 1. & 6. 14. " Num. 26. 5. 1 Chron. 5. 1. tnob. Ex. 6. 15. wasffoodin 1 Chrou. 4. the ej/es of 24 Pharaoh. 11 Or, Aeintiel. ch. 41. 37. \ Or, Jarib. 11 Or, Zerah, 1 Chron. 4. 24. P 1 Chron. 6. 1, 16. 'ch. 27.23. II Or, Num. 18. 11 ^') Gershnm. 12,29. 1 lChron.2. 3. & 4. 21. -• ch. 38. 3, 7,10. • ch. 38. 29. 1 Chron. 2. t nob. let 5. ' 1 Chron. notyour eye 7. 1. spa7'e, (£c. 11 Or, rmh, and Jashub. t Heb. inoulh. Num. 3.16. "Num. 26. 15, &c. Zephon. 1 Or, Ozni. * ch. 43. 34. Or, Arod. " 1 Chron. 7.30. t Hob. carrying. ych.SO.lO. ' th. 29. 24. »ch.44.27. »ch.41.50. 11 Ov.prince. 'Job 29. 24. «1 Chron. P.?. 12B. 1. 7. 6. & S. 1. Luke 21. << Num. 26. 11, 41. 38. t Uob. 7ns. Ahiratn. « Num. 26. 39. Shirpham. 1 Chron. 7. 12. Shuppim. 11 Uupham Num. 26. 39. /I Chron. 7. 12. 11 Or, Shuliam. Num. 26. 42. 1? 1 Cliron. 1706. 7. 13. '•oh. 30,5,7. • ch.21.31. ' c)i. 29. 29. 3.3. & 28. 10. *Ex. 1. 5. ' ch. 26. 24, ■1 Ileb. 25. & 28. 13. thigh. & 31. 42. ch.35.11. ' ch. 15. 1. ' Deut. 10. Job 33. 14, 22. 15. Sec Acts 7. 14. ■icli.28.].",. "■ch.:;i.21. « ch. 12. 2. Dont.20.5. " ch. 47.1. 4-^1 will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely "bring thee up again : and ''Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And 'Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in ^he wagons ''which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.* 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, 'Jacob, and all his seed with him ; 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 IF And '"these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: "Beuben, Jacob's first-born. 9 And the sons of Beuben ; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 HAnd "the sons of Simeon; llJemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and liJachin, and HZohah, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11 II And the sons of -''Levi; IIGershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 IF And the sons of ''Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but ''Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And 'the sons of Pharez were Hezron, and Hamul. 13 IF And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and llPhu- vah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 IF And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram,with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters toere thirty and three. 16 IF And the sons of Gad ; "Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and IIEzbon, Eri, and HArodi, and Areli. 17 IF'' And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 ^These are the sons of Zilpah, 'whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter : and tliese she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel, "Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 IF ''And unto Joseph in the land of Egyj^t were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah llpriest of On bare unto him, 21 IF "And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, ''Elii, and Bosh, "Muppim, and IIHuppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of ilachel, which were born to Jacob ; all the souls were fourteen. 23 TF^And the sons of Dan ; HHushim. 24 f And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 ''These are the sons of Bilhah, 'which Laban gave unto Bachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. 26 'All the souls that came with Jacob into Egyj^t, which came out of his t loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six ; 27 And the sons of Joseph which were born him in Egypt, were two souls : 'all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, ivere threescore and ten. 28 IF And he sent Judah before liim unto Joseph, '"to direct his face unto Goshen ; and they came "into the land of Goshen. 41 Joseph inescntdh his brethren before Pharaoh. GENESIS. 29 And Joscpli made ready liis chariot, and went up to meet Israel Jiis father to Goshen ; and pre- sented himself nnto him : and he "fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. oO And Israel said nnto Joseph, ^'Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph' said nnto his brethren, and unto his iather's house, ''I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him. My brethren, and my father's liousc, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me: ;>2 And the men are shepherds, for f their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their ilocks, and their herds, and all that they have. OO And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, "What is your occupation ? 34 Tliat ye shall say. Thy servants' 'trade hath been about cattle 'from our youth even until now, both we, ajid also our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is "an abomination unto the Egyptians. CHAP. XLVIL I Joseph prcsenfeth fire of his brethren, and his father, before Pharaoh. 2S Jacob's age. 29 lie swearcth Joseph to bury him with his fathers. THEN Joseph "came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and behold, they are in ''the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and 'presented them unto Pharaoh, 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, ''What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, 'Tliy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fatliers. 4 Tliey said moreover unto Pharaoh, ■''For to so- journ in the land are we come : for thy servants have no i)asture for their flocks, ^for the famine is sore in tlie land of Canaan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants ''dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying. Thy fatlier and thy brethren are come unto thee : _ (3 The laud, of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; 'in the land of Goshen let them dwell ; and if thou knowest antj men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, t How old ari( thou? 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, 'The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : '"few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and "have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob "blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. * 11 If And Joseph placed his father and his breth- ren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of ^Ra- meses, ''as Pharaoh had commanded. 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread II t according to their families. 13 IT And there ivas no bread in all the land ; for the ffi mine wa^ very sore, "-so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted hj reason of the famine. 42 Dcforo CIIIUST 17U6. « So ch. 45. 14. r So Ijuke 2.29,30. 3 ch. 47. 1. t Ileb. Ihev arc VI en of cattle. '•cli.47.2,.3 • vcr. 32. (ch. 30.35. &34.5. & 37. 12. »cli.43.32. Ex. 8. 26. Before CHRIST 1706. • ch. 41. 56. 1702. ver. 19. 1706. «ch.46.31. » ch. 45. 10. & 46. 28. "Acts 7. 13. 'ich.46.33. «ch. 46.34. /ch.15.13. Deut.26. 6. B ch. 43. 1. Acts 7. 11. »ch.46.34. i ch. 20. 15. * ver. 4. f Ileb. /Tow ■many are the days of the years of thy lifer <■ Heb. 11. 9,13. Ps. 39. 12. "•Job 14.1. '■ch.25. 7. &35.28. » vei-. 7. P Ex. 1.11. & 12. 37. I ver. 6. II Or, as a Utile child is nour^ ished. t Ilcb. ac- cording to the little ones. ch. 50. 21. '•ch.4J..10. Acts 7. 11. t Hob. led them. 1701. »Ezra7.24. II Or, princes. ch. 41. 45. 2Sam.8.18. ^ ch. 33. 15. V ver. 22. II Or, princes. ver. 22. ' ver. 11. n ch. 46. 3. 1689. t Ileb. the days of the years of his life. See ver. 9. » So Deut. 31. 14. 1 King82.1. = ch. 24. 2. <'ch.24.49. « So ch. 60. 25. /2 Sam. 19. 37. »'ch.49.29. & 60. 5, 13. A ch. 48. 2. 1 Kings 1. 47. IIi'l).11.21. Josephs dealings in the famine. 14 'And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for 'why should we die in thy presence ? for the money faileth. 16 And Joseph said. Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses ; and he f fed them with bread, for all their cattle, for that year. 18 When that, year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle : there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands : 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pharaoh's. 21 And as for the peojple, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 "Only the land of the il priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pha- raoh, and did eat their portion wnich Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they said. Thou hast saved our lives : 4et us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the Mihpart; ^except the land of the || priests only, whicK became not Pharaoh's. 27 TIAnd Israel ^dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and they had possessions therein, and "grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seven- teen years : so f the whole age of Jacob was an hun- dred forty and seven years. 29 And the time ''drew nigh that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in tliy sight, 'j^ut, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and Meal kindly and truly with me ; "^bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But ^1 will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egy'pt, and ^bury me in their bury- ing-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said. Swear unto me : and he sware unto him. And 'Tsrael bowed himself upon the bed's head. Jacob blesseth JosepNs sons CHAP. XLVIII, XLIX. and his oivn in particular. CHAR XLVIII. 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob slrengtheneih him- self to bless them. 3 He repeaieth the promise. 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan. AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto -me at "Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee, ''for an everlasting possession. 5 IT And now, thy 'two sons, Ephraim and Ma- nasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine : as Heuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, '^Ra- chel died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Eplirath, the same is Beth-lehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said. Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, 'They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and ^I will bless them. 10 (Now *the eyes of Israel were fdim for age, so that he could not see :) and he brought them near unto him; and ''he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, 'I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, ''guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the hrst-born. 15 IT And 'he blessed Joseph, and said, God, '"before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel "which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let "my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac: and let them fgrow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father 4aid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it II displeased him : and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father : for this is the first-born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, 'I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 16S9. 1689. -■Nnni. t. .33, 36, & 2. 19, 21. 1689. Deiit..33.17. Rev. 7. 6, 8. t Heh. fulness. '• So Kiith 4.11,12. s ch. 46. 4. & 50. 24. « .Tosh. 24. 32. John 4. 5. »:ch.l5.16. ■■cli.28.13, & 34. 28. 19. & 35. 6, Josh. 17. 9, &c. 14, &c. «Dcut..33.1. Amos 3. 7. 'Deut.4 30. Num. 24. s ch. 17. 8. 14. Isa. 2. 2. & »ch.41.50. 39.6. & 46. 20. Jer. 23. 20. Josh. 13. 7. Dan. 2. 28, & 14. 4. 29. Acts 2. 17. lleb. 1. 2. = Ps.34.11. 'ich.29.32. « Dent. 21. 17. Ps. 78. 51. t Heb. do d ch. 35. 9, not thou 16, 19. excel. f 1 Chron. 5. 1. a ch. 35. 22. 1 Chron. 5. 1. Deut.27.20. 11 Or, my couch is gone. A ch. 29. 33, 34. « So ch. 33. iProv.18.9. 5. II Or, their swords are / ch. 27. 4. weapons of violence. *ch.34.25. I Prov. 1. s ch. 27. 1. 15, 16. t Heb. lieai'!/ : "> Ps. 26. 9. Eph. 5. 11. Isa. 6. 10. n Ps. 16. 9. & 59. 1. & 30. 12. & ft ch. 27. 27. 57. 8. • ch. 45. 26. ch. 34. 26. II Or, hougli- ed oxen. pJosh.19.1. & 21. 5, 6, 7. 5ch.29.35. Deut.33.7. '•P3.18.40. ' ch. 27. 29. 1 Chron. 5. 9 t lios. 5. 4. Rev. 5. 5. « Num. 23. 24. & 24. 9. ^Jev.30.21. * Ps. 60. 7. * Deut. 28. 57. » Isa. 11. 1. & 62. 11. * ver. 19. Ezek.21.27. Matt. 21. 9. (■Isa.2.2.& 11. 10. & 42, 'IIeh.11.21. 1,4.&49.6, "•ch. 17.1. 7, 22, 23. & & 24. 40. 55. 4, 5. & 60.1,3,4,5. = 2 Kings "Ch. 28.15. 18. 32. & 31. 11, 13, d Prov. 23. 24. 29. Ps. 34. 22. « Deut. 33. & 121. 7. 18, 19. ■> Amos 9. /I Sam. 10. 12. 9. Acts 15. 17. a Deut. 33. t Heb. as fishes do 22. Judg. 18. 1, 2. increase : See Num. '• Judg. 18. 26. 34, 37. 27. p ver. 14. t Ileb. an II mas evil arrow- in his eyes. snake. Ch. 28. 8. iPs.25.6.& 119. 166, 174. Isa.- 25. 9. '' Deut. 33. 20. ■ it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them : every one according to his blessing lie blessed them. 2U And he cliarged them, and said unto theni, I 'am to be gatlicred unto my people: ''bury me with mv fathers 'in the cave that is in the field of Epliron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, Avhich Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Ilittite, for a possession of a burying-place. 31 f-'There they buried Abraham and Barah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.) 32 The jjurchase of the field and of the cave that is therein, teas from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of com- mandin1 Sam. 31. 13. i Deut. 33. Job 2. 13. 15. Hub. 3. 6. ' Deut. 33. 16. 11 That is. t/ie mmivn- 1 Jiidp;. 20. 21, 25. E/,ok. 22. ivg nf ilie Eyi/ptians. 26, 27. ' Num. 23. 24. *ch.4y. 29, Estb. 8. 11. 30. Ezek.30.10. Acts 7. 10. ZwU. 14. 1, 7. t ch. 23. 16. = cli.l5.15. & 25. 8. Ialt.27.tiO. '' ver. 2. lie,',. Joseph's age and death. 6 And Pharaoh said. Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee SAvear. 7 IF And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they ''mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: 'and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And Avhen the inhabitants of the land, the Cariaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a grievous mourning to the Egyp- tians: Avherefore the name of it was called IJAbel- mizraim, Avhich is beyond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 For 'his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, Avliich Abraham 'bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place of Ej)liron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 IF And Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 IF And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, "'they said, Joseph will peradven- ture hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil Avhicli Ave did unto him. 16 And they t sent a messenger unto Joseph, say- ing, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee noAV, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; "for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, for- give the trespass of the servants of "the God of thy father. And Joseph Avept Avhen they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and ''fell down before his face : and they said, Behold, Ave be thy servants. 19 And JoseiDn said unto them, 'Fear not: ^r am I in the place of God? 20 'But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but 'God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: "I Avill nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake f kindly unto them. 22 IF And Joseph dAvelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saAv Ephraim's children ^of the third generation : ^the children alsoof Machir,tlieson of Manasseh,%vere fbrought up upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die ; and "God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, unto the land 'Avhicli he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25 And 'Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they ''embalmed him, and he Avas put in a coflin in Egypt. ^ The SECOND Book of loses, called EXODUS. CHAP. I. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the male children to be cast into the river. "^OW "these are the names of the chiklren of Jl-M Israel, which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Aslier. 5 And all the souls that came out of the floins of Jacob were ^seventy souls : for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And ''Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all [that generation. 7 II ''And the children of Israel were fruitful,and in- creased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed ex- ceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 ISIow there ^arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold,^th e people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. 10 'Come on, let us ''deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them task-masters, 'to afflict them with their ''burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom, 'and Kaamses. 12 fPut the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. 14 And they "made their lives bitter with hard bondage, "in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field : all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigour. 15 HAnd the king of Egypt spake to the He- brew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah ;) 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a mid- wife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools ; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him ; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives "feared God, and did not Pas the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the mid- wives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive ? 19 And 'the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Be- cause the Hebrew Avomen ai^e not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 ''Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : , and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, 'that he made them houses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his j)eople, saying, 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAP. 11. 2 Moses is born, 3 and in an ark cast into the flags. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 21 He marrieth Zipporah. ND there went a "man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Before CHRIST 1706. «Gon.46.8. ch. 6. 14. t Ileb. Ihifjk. ' Gun. 46. a6, 27. ver. 20. Deut.10.22. 1635. « Gea. 50. 26. Acts 7.15. ■< Gen. 40.3. DfUt. 20.5. Ps. 105. 24. Acts 7. 17. 'Acts 7.18. /Ps.105,24 s Ps. 10. 2. & 83. 3, 4. * Job 5.13, Ps. 105. 25. Prov.16.25. & 21. 30. Acts 7.19. • Gen. 15. 13. ch. 3. 7. Dent. 26. 6, * ch. 2. 11. & 5.4,5. Ps. 81. 6. 1 Gen. 47. 11. jHeb. And as they afflicted t/tem, so ihey mulU- plicd, (£c. »'ch.2.23, &6. 9. Num. 20. 15. Acts 7. 19, 34. aboutl635. "Ps. 81.6. Before CHRIST 1571. » Prov.lC.6. p Dan. 3.10, 18. k 0. 13. Acts 5.29. A 3 See Josh. 2. 4, &c. 2 Sam. 17. 19, 20. ■■Prov.ll. 18. Eccl. 8. 12. Isa. 3. 10. Ueb. 6. 10. •See lSam.2.35. 2Sani.7.11, 13, 27, 29. 1 Kings 2. 24.411.38. Ps. 127. 1. aboutl573. ■ ch. 2. 23. » ch. 19. 9. « ch. 3. 15. ' ch. 1. 11, 13,14, 22. And Moses said. It is not meet so to do;_ for we shall sacrifice "the abomination of the Egyptians to tlie Lord our God: Lo, shall we sacrifice the ahoinination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will thev not stone us? 27 ^^^e Avill go -"three days' journey into the wil- derness, and sacrifice to the Lokd our God, as "he shall command us. 28 And PJiaraoh said, I will let you ^o,that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: 'entreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Pehold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that tiie swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: but let not Pharaoh "deal deceitfully any more, in not letting the peo- ple go to sacrifice to the Lord. 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and ''en- treated the Lord: 31 And the Lord did according to the word of jMoses ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh 'hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAP. IX. 1 The murrain of beasts. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 35 hut yet is hardened, TIIEiSr the Lord said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou 'refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the 'hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And ''the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel, and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. ^ ^ o And the Lord appointed a set time, saying. To-morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. G And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, aiid 'all the cattle of Egvpt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And -^the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the peojile go. 8 HAnd the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses snrinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pliaraoh. !J And itsliall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall Ije ^a boil breaking forth with blauis upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And thev took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward 50 EXODUS. Before CHRIST 1491. flleb. are- ckmpUoii. ||Or,(-y to-morrow. Ts.TS. 46, & 105. 31. II Or, (ieslroi/cd. y Gen. 43. 32. & 46. 34 Deut. 7. 25, 26. & 12. 31 » cli. 3. 18. "ch. 3. 12. ' ver. 8. ch. 9. 28. 1 Kiugs 13, 6. « ver. 15. d ver. 12. « ver. 15. cb. 4. 21. ' ch. 8. 1. ' ch. 8. 2. ch. 7. 4. ■i ch. 8. 22. ePs.78. 50. /ch. 7. 14. & 8. 32. ff Rev. 16.2. Before CHRIST 1491. ADout.28. 27. • ch. 8. 18, 19. 2 Tim. 3. 9. * ch. 4. 21. ' ch. 8. 20. " ch. 8. 10. » eh. 3. 20. »Rom.9.17. See ch. 14. 17. Prov. 16. 4. 1 Pet. 2. 9. t Heb. maxle Uiee stand. t lleb. set not his heart unto. ch. 7. 23. P Rev. 16. 21. 10. Q Josh. 11. Ps. 18.13.& 78.47.&105. 32. & 148. 8. Isii. 30. 30. Kzek. 38. 22. Rev. 8. 7. r Pg.105.33. • ch. 8. 22. & 9. 4, 6. & 10. 23. & 11. 7. & 12. 13. Isa. 32. 18, 19. < ch. 10. 16. "» 2 Chron. 12.6. Ps. 129.4. & 145. 17. Lam. 1. 18. Dun. 9. 14. ell. 8. 8, 28. & 10. 17. Acts 8. 24. t Hob. voices of God. Vs. 29. 3, 4. vl Khigs8. 22, 38. Ps. 143. 6. Isa. 1. 15. Ps. 24. 1. 1 Cor. 10. 26, 28. " Isa.26. 10. Murrain, biles, blains, and hail. heaven : and it became ''a boil breaking forth loith blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the 'magicians could not stand before Moses, because of the boils : for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them ; ''as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. 3 3 II And the Lord said unto Moses, 'Kise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He- brews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people: '"that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will "stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and. thou shalt be cut oft' from the earth. 16 And in very deed for "this cause have I f raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my peo- ple, that thou wilt not let them go ? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field : for upon everv man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that t regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. 22 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be *hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every hero of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and 'the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast, and the hail 'smote every herb of the field and brake every tree of the field. 26 'Only in the land of Goshen, where the chil- dren of Israel were, was there no hail. 27 TI And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, T have sinned this time : "the Lord is righteous, and I and my people «re wicked. 28 ""Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more f mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will ^spread abroad my hands unto the Lord ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the -earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, "I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. Tlie plague of locusts CHAP. X, XL and darkness, &c. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: ^for I the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten : for they were fnot grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and 'spread abroad his hands unto the Loed : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And ''the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go ; as the Lord had spoken tby Moses. CHAP. X. 7 Pharaoh, moved by Ms servants, indineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The •plague of the locusts. IG Pharaoh sueth to 3Ioses. AND the Loed said unto Moses, Go in unto Pha- raoh : "for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants ; ''that I might shew these my signs before him : 2 And that "thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know how that I am the Loed. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Loed God of the He- brews, How long wilt thou refuse to ''humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the 'locusts into thy coast : 5 And they shall cover the fface of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth : and -^they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field : 6 And they ^shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyp- tians ; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned him- self, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him. How long shall this man be ''a snare unto us ? Let the men go, that they may serve the Loed their God : Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed ? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh : and he said unto them, Go, serve the Loed your God : but fwho are they that shall go ? 9 And Moses said. We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daugh- ters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go : for Ve must hold a feast unto the Loed. 10 And he said unto them. Let the Loed be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it; for evil is before you. 11 Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve the Loed ; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 HAnd.the Loed said unto Moses, ^Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts,that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and 'eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Loed brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night : and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. Before CHRIST 1491. » Ruth 1. 22. & 2. 23. t Heb. hidden^ or, dark. ' ver. 29. ch. 8.12. rf th. 4. 21. t Heb. hy tlie hand of Moses. ch. 4. 13. Before CHRIST 1491. >ch.4.21. & 7. 14. ich.7.4. = Deut.4.9. Ps. 44. 1. & 71. 18. & 78.5, &c. Joel 1. 3. ''1 Kings 21. 29. 2 Chron. 7. 14. &. 34. 27. Job 42. 6. Jer. 13. 18. Jam. 4. 10. 1 Pet. 5. 6. eProv. 30. 27. Rev. 9. 3. t lleb. eye. ver. 15, /ch. 9.32. Joel 1. 4. & 2. 25. ffch. 8.3,21. *ch.23.33. Josli.23.13. 1 Sam. 18. 21. Eccl. 7. 26. 1 Cor. 7. 35. t lleh.who ami who, f anger. ' cb. 3. 19.A 7.4. & 10.1. "• ch. 7. 3. "ch. 10.20, 27. Rom. 2. 5. & g. 22. "ch.lS. 4. Deut. IB. 1. Or, kid. » Lev. 22. 19, 20, 21. Mh1.1.S,14. Heb. 9. 14. lPet.1.19. t Heb. son nf a year. Lev. 23. 12. « Lev. 23.5. Num. 9. 3. & 2S. 16. Deut. 16.1, 6. + Heb. between the two evenings. ch. 16. 12. ■ ch. 12. 26. Deut. 6. 20. Josh. 4. 6, 21. t Ileb. t-o-viorrow. ' ver. 3. « ch. 12. 29. » ver. 9. ■^ch.14.11, 12. Num. 14. 1-4. Deut. 17. 16. ' ch. 14. 2. Num. 33. 6, &c. II Or, bi/five in a rank. « Gen. 50. 25. Josh.24.32. Acts 7. 16. ' Num. 33. 6. "ch.U.ig, 24. & 40. 38. Num. 9. 15. & 10. .34.&.14. 14. Deut. 1.33. Neh. 9. 12, 19. Ps.78. 14. &99.7.& 105. 39. Isa. 4. 6. 1 Cor. 10.1. ever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both 01 man and of beast : it is mine. 3 HAnd Moses said unto the people, ''Hemember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of fbondage ; for ''by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place : ''there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 'This day came ye out, in the month Abib. 5 IFAnd it shall be when the Lord shall ^bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hit- tites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he "sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; ''that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 'Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall ''no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 IFAnd thou shalt 'shew thy son in that day, saying. This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for "a sign unto tliee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes ; that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 10 "Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 11 lIAnd it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee ; 12 "That thou shalt fset apart unto me Lord all that openeth the matrix ; and every firstling that Cometh of a beast which thou hast, the males shall be the Lord's. 13 And ^every firstling of an ass thou shalt re- deem with a II lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the first- born of man among thy children 'shalt thou redeem. 14 11 ''And it shall be when thy son asketh thee fin time to come, saying. What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him, 'By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage : 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that 'the Lord slew all the first- born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males ; but all the first-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for "a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 IFAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said. Lest peradventure the people '^re- pent when they see war, and Hhey return to Egypt : 18 But God 'led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Bed sea: and the children of Israel went up || harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had . straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 IFAnd ''they took their journey from Succoth,and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And 'the Lord went before them by day in a ;ht ay Pharaoh pursueth the Israelites. pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by nig in a pillar of fire, to give them light : to go by di and night. 2'1 lie took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, fi'om before the people. CHAP. XIV. 1 God instrmteth iJie Israelites in their journey. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 21 The Isradites pass through the Red sea, 23 which drownclh the Egyptians. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, "that they turn and encamp before ''Pi-hahiroth, between 'Mig- dol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh Avill say of the children of Israel, "They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And 'I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them ; and I Avill be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; ''that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 5 IT And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and ''the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him : 7 And he took 'six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord ''hardened the heart of Pharaoh kiiig of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : and 'the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9 Put the '"Egyptians pursued after them (all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse- men, and his army) and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 ITAnd when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyp- tians marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel "cried out unto the Lord. 11 "And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt ? 12 ''Is not this the worcl that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wil- derness. 13 IT And Moses said unto the people, 'Fear ye. not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to-day : || for the Egyp- tians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 'The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall 'hold your peace. lb ^\ And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? Speak unto the children of Israi'l, Uiat they go forward: 10 Jjut 'lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will "harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them : and I will 54 EXODUS. Before CHRIST 1491. »ch.l3.18 » Num. 33. 7. «Jer. 44.1. ch. 15. 9, Josh. 24. 6, ^ Josh. 24. 7. Neh. 9. 9. Ps. 34. 17. & 107. 6. » Ps. 106. 7,8. P ch. 5. 21. & 6.9. 1 2 Chron. 20. 15, 17. Isii. 41. 10, 13, 14. liOr,/o7- whereas ye have seen the Egyp- tians fn~ day, dx. >• ver. 25. Dent. 1.30. k 3. 22. & 20.4. Josli.10.14, 42. & 23. 3. 2Cliron.20. 29. Nell. 4. 20. Isii. 31. 4. • Isa. 30.15. « ver. 21,20. ch. 7. 19. » ver. 8. ch.7. 3. Before CHRIST 1491. " ver. 4. V ver.'4. » cli. 13. 21. k 23. 20 & 32. 34. Num. 20. 16. Isa. 63. 9. n See lea. 8.14. 2 Cor. 4. 3. ' ver. 16. » Ps. 66. 6. •i ch. 15. S. Josli. 3. 16. k 4. 23. Neh. 9. 11. Pa. 74. 13. k 106. 9. k 114. 3. Isa. 63. 12. ' ver. 29. ch. 15. 19. Num. 33. 8. Ps. 66. 6. & 78. 13. Isa. 63. 13. 1 Cor. 10.1. llcb.11.29. /IIab.3.10. »SeoPs.77. 17, &c. II Or, and made them logo heavily. '' ver. 14. ' ver. 16. *Josh.4.18. 'ch.15.1,7. t Heb. shook 0^. Ueut.il. 4. Ps. 78. 53. Neh. 9. 11. Heb. 11. 29. "> Hab. 3. 8, 13. " Ps. 106. 11. " ver. 22. Ps. 77. 20. & 78. 62, 63. P Ps. 100. 8,10. ?Ps.58.10. k 59. 10. t Heb. hand. r ch. 4. 31. k 19. 9. Pa. 106. 12. John 2.11. & 11. 45. »Jutlg.5.1. 2 Sam. 22.1. Ps. 106. 12. * ver. 21. " Deut. 10. 21. Pa. 18. 2. & 22. 3. & 59. 17. & 62. 6. k 109. 1. k 118. 14. & 140. 7. Isa. 12. 2. Hab. 3. 18, 19. ■^Gen. 28. 21, 22. 2 Sam. 7. 5. Ps. 132. 5. ch. 3. 15, 16. / 2 Sam. 22. 47. Pa. 99. 5. & 118. 28. laa. 25. 1. a Pa. n. 8. llev.19.11. '' ch. 6. 3. Pa. 83. 18. • ch. 14. 28. He is drowned in the Red sea. *get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians ^shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharac^li, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 ITAnd the angel of God ""which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyp- tians and the camp of Israel ; and "it was a cloud and darkness to them, hnt it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Moses ''stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and '^made the sea dry land, and the waters were ''divided. 22 And 'the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were -^a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. * 23 HAnd the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them, to the midst of the sea, even all Pha- raoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning- watch ''the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyp- tians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot- wheels, || that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for the Lord ''flghteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 II And the Lord said unto Moses, 'Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea ''returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the Lord '^overthrew the Egyptians m the midst of the sea. 28 And '"the waters returned, and "covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them : there remained not so much as one of them. 29 "But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord ^'saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians: and Israel *saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Israel saw that great fwork which the Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the Lord, and ''believea the Lord, and his servant Moses. CHAP. XV. 1 Mose^ song. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. THEN sang "Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will ''sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and "song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him ''an habitation ; my 'father's God, and I -^will exalt him. 3 The Lord -is a man of ''war: the Lord *s his ''name. 4 'Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast Israel's song of deliverance. CHAR XVI. The people murmur. chosen captains also are drowned "tliey sank them: into the sea: *his in the Ked sea. 5 'The depths have covered into the bottom as a stone. 6 "Thy right hand, O Loed, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine "excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which ^'consumed them 'as stubble. 8 And ''with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, 'the floods stood upright as an heap, a/ic? the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 'The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will "divide the spoil : my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, mine hand shall II destroy them. 10 Thou didst ''blow with thy wind, ^the sea co- vered them : they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 ''Who is like unto thee, O Loed, among the II gods? who is like thee, "glorious in holiness, fear- ful in praises, *doin^ wonders? 12 Thou stretchedst out 'thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast '^led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto "thy holy habitation. 14 -^The people shall hear, and be afraid : ■'^sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 ''Then i;he dukes of Edom shall be amazed; 'the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; 'all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 "'Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still "as a stone ; till thy people pass over, O Loed, till the people pass over, "which thou hast purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and ''plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Loed, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in; in the 'sanctuary, O Loed, ivhich thy hands have established. 18 ''The Loed shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the 'horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and 'the Loed brought again the waters of the sea upon them : but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 II And Miriam "the prophetess, ''the sister of Aaron, ^took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her, ^with timbrels, and with dances. 21 And Miriam "answered them, ''Sing ye to the Loed, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of 'Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 U And when they came to ''Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah; for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called || Marah. 24 And the people "murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And he -'"cried unto the Loed ; and the Loed shewed him a tree, ''which when he had cast into the waterH, tlic Avaters were made swccL: llieiu he Before CHllIST 1491. Before C il K I S T 1491. « ch. 15. 24. Ps. 106. 2.5. ICoi-.lO.lO. * ch. 14. 7. 'ch. 14.28. "•Neh.9.11. « Ps. 118. 15, 16. » Dcut. 33. 26. pPs.59.13. 5 Isii. 5. 24. &47.14. '•ch.14.21. 2 Sam. 22. 16. Job 4. 9. 2The.s,2.8. • Ps. 78. 13. Ilab. 3. 10. «Ju(ls.5.30. " Gen. 49. 27. Isa. 53. 12. Lukell.22. II Or, re-po&sess. a: ch.14.21. Ps. 147.18. V ver. 5. ch. 14. 28. ' 2 Sam. 7. 22. I Kings 8. 23. Pa. 71.- 19. 6 86. 8. & 89. 6, 8. Jer. 10. 6. & 49. 19. II Or,mighty ones. a Isa. 6. 3. ' Pb.77.14. c ver. 6. ''l's.77.15, ■20.k18.b2. & 80. 1. & 100. 9. Isa. 63. 12. 13. Jer. 2. 6. « Ps. 78. 54 /Num. 14 14. Dcut. 2. 25 Josh. 2. 9, 10. a Ps. 48. 6. /i Gen. 36. 40. •Dcut. 2.4. * Num. 22. 3. Ilab. 3. 7. i Josh. 5.1. »" Deut. 2. 25. & 11.25. Josh. 2. 9. " 1 Sani.25. 37. ch. 19. 5. Deut. 32. 9. 2Sam.7.23. Ps. 74. 2. Isa. 43. 1, 3. & 51. 10. Jer. 31. 11. Tit. 2. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 1. p Vs. 44. 2. & 80. 8. 5Ps.7S.54, rPs.lO.lO, & 29. 10. & 146. 10. Isa. 57. 15 »ch.l4.23. Prov.21.31. « ell. 14. 28, 20. «Ju(Ig. 4.4 1 Sam. 10.5. " Num. 26, 59. J 1 Sam. 18. 6. » Judg. 11. 34.&21.21. 2 Sam.O'.lO. Ps. 68.11. 25. & 149. 3, & 150. 4. "1 Sam. 18. * ver. 1. = Gen. 16. 7. & 25. IS ■2Num,33.8. II Tliat is, Oiltemess. Ruth 1.20. e ell. 16. 2. & 17. 3. /cli. 14.10. & 17. 4. Ps. 50. 15. "See 2 Kin-s 2 21. i4. 41 > See Josh. 24. 25. * ch. 16. 4. Deut. 8. 2, 16. Juflg.2.22. A 3. 1, 4. Ps. 66. 10. & 81. 7. J Deut. 7. 12, 15. "> Deut. 28. 27, 60. '•ch.23.25. Ps. 41.3,4. & 103. 3. & 147. 3. » Num. 33. 9. 1491. See 1 Sam. 8. 7. LukelO.16. Rom. 13. 2. '* Num. 16. 16. " ver. 7. ch. 13. 21. Num. 16. 19. 1 Kings 8. 10, 11. P ver. 8. 1 ver. 6. >■ ver. 7. » Num. 11. 31. Ps. 78. 27, 2S.&105.40. < Num. 11. 9. « Num. II. 7. Dcut. 8. 3. Neh. 9. 15. P.-i. 78. 24. & 105. 40. CHAR XVL 2 The Israelites murmur for want of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven. 11 Quails are sent, 14 and manna, ND they "took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of ''Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel "murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, ''Would to God' we had died by the hand of the Loed in the land of Egypt, "when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full: for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 % Then said the Loed unto Moses, Behold, I will rain ■'bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather f a certain rate every day, that I may ^prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and ''it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, ^At even, then ye shall know that the Loed hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see 'the glory of the Loed: for that he heareth your mur- murings against the Loed : and 'what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Moses said. This shall he when the Loed shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Loed heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but "'against the Loed. 9 *ir And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, "Come near before the Loed : for he hath heard your mur- murings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Loed "appeared in the cloud. 11 T[ And the Loed spake unto Moses, saymg, 12 ^T have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; speak unto them, saying, ''At even ye shall eat flesh, and 'in the morning ye shall be filled with bread: and ye shall know that I am the Loed your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even 'the quails came uj), and covered the camp : and in the morn- ing 'the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, be- hold, upon the face of the wilderness there laij "a I Manna preserved. small round thing, as small as the hoar-frost on the ground: 15 And Avhcn the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, || It is manna: for they wist not what it ivas. And Moses said unto them, ''This w the bread Avhich the Lokd hath given you to eat. 10 If This 75 the thing which the Lord hath com- manded. Gather of it every man according to his eating: ^an omer ffor every man according to the number of your fpersons, take ye every man for them which are in liis tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And Avhen they did mete it with an omer, 'he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack: they gathered every man accordinj^ to his eating. 19 And i\loses said, Let no man leave of it till the EXODUS. mornmg. 20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morn- ing, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and- when the sun waxed hot it melted. 22 IF 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 LoiiD hath said. To-morrow is "the rest of the liolv sabbath unto the Loed: 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 till 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 find it in the field. 26 ""Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day, wliich is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 If 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? 20 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sab- bath, 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 ivas like wafers made with honey. 32 If And Moses said, This is the thing which the luoiiD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wlierewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when 1 brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, ^Take a pot, and nut an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up l)efore the Lord, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up "Ijcfore the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And tlie chikh-en of Israel did cat manna ''forty Before Before CIIKIST CIIKIST 14»1. 1491. iJosh.5.12. 1 Or, irhal Neh. 9. 15. is litis f or, it 18 a por- tion. I John f>. 31, 49, 58. 1 Cor. 10. 3. » ch. IC. 1. Num. .33. V vcr. 36. 12, 14. t Ileb. by tlip.poU, or, licad. tlIeb.so«?s f 6 Nnra. 20. 3,4. = 2 Cor. 8. 15. 'Dcut.C.ie. Ps. 78. 18, 41. Ira. 7. 12. Miitt. 4. 7. 1 Cor. 10. 9. i ch. 16. 2. »ch.l4.15. /I Sam. 30. 6. •Tohii 8. 59. k 10. 31. ffEzek.2.6. " ch. 7. 20. Num. 20. 8. ( Num. 20. 10, 11. Ps. 78. 15, 20. & 105. 41. & 114.8. 1 Cor. 10. 4. » Gen. 2. 3. ch. 20. 8. & * Num. 20. 31. 15. & 35.3. Lev. 23. 3. 13. Ps. S1.7.& 95. 8. Heb. 3. 8. II ThHt is. tcvtatinn. 11 Tliiit is. chiili)ig,or, strife. ' ver. 20. ' Gen. 36. 12. Num. 24. 20. Deut.25.17. lSiim.15.2. " Gillcd Jesu.^. Acts 7. 45. » ch. 20. 9, Heb. 4. 8. 10. " ch. 4. 20. » Jam.5.16. i 2 Kings 17. \i. Ps. 78. 10, 22. & lOG. pch.34.27. 13. 1 Num. 24. 20. Dent.25.19. 1 Sam. 15. 3, 7. & 30. 1,17. 2Siun.S.12. Ezra 9. 14. II That is. the Lord Num. 11. 7, 8. mi/banner: See Judg. 6. 24. II Or, Be- cause ttie hand of Amalek is against the throne of / Ileb. 9. 4. the Lord, therefore, 17 ch. 25. 10, &c. 21.&40.20. t lieb. the N\im. 17. 10. haitd, upon the throne Dent. 10. 5. 1 Kings8.9. oftliehoKO. '' Num. Zi. " ch. 2. 16. 38. A 3.1. Deut.8.2,.'3. » Ps. 44. 1. Neh. 9. 20, & 77.14,15. 21. & 78. 4. & Jolm C.31, 105. 5, 43. 49. & 106. 2, 8. Amaleh overcome. years, '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. XVIL la overcome. 1 The people murmur for water at Rephvlim. 8 Amaleh 15 Mosea huildeih the altar JEHOVAH-nwsi. 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 ''Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye 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 %s this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle 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 'thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 'Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rockinHoreb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall comewater 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 "UMassah, and II Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, say- ing. Is the Lord among us, or not? 8 IT 'Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto ""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 ''I will utterly put out the remem- brance of Amalek from under neaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it II JEHO VAH-nissi : 16 For he said, || Because fthe Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from gene- ration to generation. CHAP. XYIIL 1 Jethro hringcth to Moses his wife and two sons. 7 3Ioses entertaineth him. WHEN "Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that ''God had done Jethrd's counsel to Moses. CHAP. XIX. God's message to the people. for Moses, and for Israel liis people, and tliat tlie Loud had brought Israel out of E Lev. 20. Ac, & 36. 6, 24, 26. 7, 8, 9. Deut. 7. 6. t Ileb. & 26. 19. & Fading 28.9. ihnu wilt Isa. 62. 12. fade. 1 Cor. 3. 17. ' Num.11. 1 Thes. 5. 14, 17. 27. Dent. 1. 9, » ch. 24. 3, 12. 7. 'ch. 3. 12. Deut. 5. 27. " ch. 4. 16. & 26. 17. & 20. 19. ver. 10. Deut. 5. 5. ch. 20.21. & " Num. 27. 24.15,16. 5. Deut. 4. 11. i'Deut.4.1, Ps. 18. n. 5. & 6. 1. & 12. & 97. 2. 6. 1, 2. & 7. Matt. 17. 5. 11. P Deut. 4. » Pa. 143. 8. 12, 36. "Deut.l.lS. Jolml2.29, >> ver. 25. 30. Dent. 1.15, 1 ch. 14. 31. 16. & 16. 18. •■ Lev. 11. 2Chron.l9. 44,45. 6-10. Ileb. 10. 22. Acts 6. 3. » ver. 14. « Gen. 42. Gen. 35. 2. 18. Lev. 15. 5. 2 Sam .23.3. * ver. 16,18. 2Chron.l9. ch. 34. 5. 9. Deut. 33. 2. ^ V ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ labour, and do all thy work : 10 Lilt the "seventh day is the sabbath of the Y>kd tliy God: %n it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-ser- vant, nor thy inaid-servant, nor thy cattle, ''nor tliv strangr-r tli;it v.s- witliin thy gates: 58 EXODUS. Before CIIIUST 141)1. y vcr. 10. •- ver. 11. alSiim.Zl, 4,5. Zoch. 7.3. 1 Cor. 7. 5. ''rs.77.18 IIeb.12.18, 19. Rev. 4. 5. & S. 5. &11. 19. « ver. 9. ch. 40. 34. 2 Chrou. 5. 14. ■i Rev. 1.10. &4. 1. = lleb. 12. 21. /Dcut. 4. 10. a Deut. 4. 11. & 33. 2. Judg. 5. 5. Ps. U8. 7, 8. Isa. C. 4. Hub. 3. 3. A ch. 3. 2. & 24. 17. 2 Cliron. 7. 1, 2, 3. i Gen. 15. 17. Ps. 144. 5. Rev. 15. 8. * Ps. 68. 8. & 77. 18. & 114. 7. Jer. 4. 24. IIeb.12.26. ' ver. 13. » Ilcb. 12. 21. »Xeh.9.13. Pa. 81. 7. t Ileb. contest. See ch. 3. 5. 1 &im.6.19. P Lev. 10. 3. 1 2 Sam. 6. 7,8. >• ver. 12. Josh. 3. 4. ''Detit.5.22. ' Lev. 26. 1, 13. Deut. 5. 6. Ps. 81. 10. Hos. 13. 4. = ch. 13. 3. fHeb. servants. ■i Deut. 6. 7. & 6. 14. 2 Kings 17. 35. Jer. 25. 6. 4 35. 15. «Lev.26. 1. Deut. 4. 16. & 5. 8. & 27. 15. Ps. 97. 7. /ch.23.24. Josh. 23. 7. 2 Kings 17. 35. Isa. 44. 15, 19. ffch.34.14. Deut. 4. 24. & 6. 15. Josh. 24.19. Nah. 1. 2. " ch. 34. 7. Lev. 20. 5. & 26. 39, 40. Num. 14. 18, 33. 1 Kings 21. 29. Job 5. 4. & 21. 19. Ps. 79. 8. & 109. 4. Isa. 14. 20, 21. & 65. 6, 7. Jer. 2. 9. & 32. 18. » Num.35. 11. Deut.19.3. Josh. 20.2. " Num. 15. 30. & 35. 20. Deut.19.11, ]2. Heb.10.26. 1 Kings 2, 28-34. 2 Kings 11. 15. P Deut. 24. 7. 5 Gen. 37. 28. r ch. 22. 4. ' Lev. 20. 9. Prov.20.-.i0. Matt. 15.4. Mark 7. 10. lOr, revileth. II Or, Ms neighbour. ' 2 Sam. 3. 29. t Heb. his ceasing. fHeb. avenged. Gen. 4.15, 24. Eom.13. 4. " Lev. 25. 45, 46. " ver. 30. Deut.22.18, 19. V Lev. 24. 20. Deut.19.21. Matt. 5. 38. Before CHKIST 1491. See Zech.11,12, 13. Matt.26.15. Phil. 2. 7. ' ver. 28. Or, goat. « 2 Sam. 12.6. Luke 19. 8. SeeProv.6. 31. » Matt. 24. 43. Num. 35. 27. ■ich. 21.2. » ch. 21. 16. / See ver. 1,7. Prov.6.31. ^ Gen. 9.5. " ver. 22. Num. 35. 31. s ver. 4. A ch. 21. 6. & ver. 28. >Deut.25.1. 2Chron.l9. 10. * neb. 6.16. JGen. 31.39, "Deut. 22. 23, 29. 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or a maid- servant ; he shall give unto their master "thirty shekels of silver, and the 'ox shall be stoned. 33 IF And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 IF And if one man's ox hurt another's that he die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it, and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own. CHAP. XXII. 1 Of theft and other offences. 29 Of the first fruits. IF a man shall steal an ox, or a H sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and "four sheep for a? shee]^. 2 IFIf a thief be found ''breaking up, and be siriitten that he die, there shall "no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him : for he should make full restitution ; if he have nothing, then he shall be ''sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly 'found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall -^restore double. 5 TFIf a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field : of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution. 6 IF If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 f If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man s house ; "if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the 'judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his : the ^cause of both parties shall come before the judges ; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, pr an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep _; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 11 Then shall an ''oath of the Loed be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 12 And 'if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces ; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 U And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.^ 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 16 TF And '"if a man entice a maid that is not be- 59 Suncb'y laws and ordinances. trothed, and lie Avitli her, lie shall surely endow her to be liis -wife. 17 If her lather utterly refuse to give her unto liim, he shall fP'iy nioney according to the "dowry of virgins. 18 If "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. lU If ''Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be ])ut to death. 20 If ''He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LoKD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 If 'Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor op- press him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt 22 If 'Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 2o If thou afflict them in any wise, and they 'cry at all unto nie, I Avill surely "hear their cry; 24 And my -"wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and *your wives shall be Avidows, and your children fatherless. 25 If Tf thou lend money to any ofnij people that ■is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 "If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down : 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he ''crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am 'gracious. 28 If ''Thou shalt not revile the II gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 If Thou shalt not delay to offer fthe first of tliy ripe fruits, and of thy fliquors : -^the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. _oO ''Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : '^seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 If And ye shall be 'holy men unto me : ''neither sliall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the held ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAP. XXIII. I 0/ slander and fake witness. S, G Of justice. 4: Of charitableness. 10 Of the year of rest. 12 Of the Sabbath. 13. Of idolatry. 14 Of the three fe^uiU. 1 8 Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angd is promised. THOU "shalt not || raise a false report: put not tliine hand with the wicked to be an ''unright eous witness. 2 H'^Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; ■'neitlier slialt thou fspeak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment : 8 If Neither slialt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 HTf thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou slialt surely bring it back to him again. 5 ■'If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden. Hand wonkiest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. G »Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. _ 7 ''Keep thee far from a false matter ; '"and the mnocent and righteous slay thou not : for 'T will not justify the wicked. 8 If And 'thou shalt take no gift; for the gift bhndeth jthe wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 If Also "'thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the fheart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. GO EXODUS. lii-roro Before C 11 HI ST CIUIIST 1491. 1491. t lleb. f^ ver. 1. weigh. Luke 3. 14. Gen. 23. 10. Upli. 4. 25. » Gen. 34. i Ps. 94. 21. 12. Jer. 7. 6. 1 Sam. 18. Matt. 27. 4. 25. * ch. 34. 7. »Lov.l9.26, Kom. 1. 18. 31. & 20. 27. ilSam.8.3. 1 Sam. ?S. &12..3. 3,9. Ps. 26. 10. p Lev. IS. Prov.15.27. 23. & 20.15. & 17. 8, 23. (Z Num. 25. & 29. 4. 2, 7, 8. Isa. 1. 23. r ch. 23. 9. & 6. 23. .Ter. 7. 0. & 33. 15. Zcch.7.10. Ezek.22.12 Mai. 3. 5. Amos 5.12. ' Ps. 94. 6, Acts 24. 26. Isa. 1. 17, t Hob. Ihe 23. & 10. 2. seeing. « Job 35. 9. »ch.22.21. Luke 18. 7. Ps. 94. 6. " ver. 23. Ezek.22.7. Ps. IS. 6. Mai. 3. 5. & 145. 19. ,)ani. 5. 4. »^ Job 31.23. tlIcb..so!(L « Lev. 25. Ps. 09. 24. 3,4. ■vl's. 100.9. II Or, olive- Lam. 5. 3. trees. = Neh. 6. 7. cli.20.8,9. Ps. 15. 5. Lukel3.14. Ezek.18.8, J'Josh.22.5. 17. Ps. 39.1. "Job 22. 6. Bph. 5. 15. & 24. 3, 9. ! Num. 32. .Ezek.18.7, 38. 10. Josh. 23. 7. Amos 2. 8. Ps. 16. 4. 6 ver. 23. Uos. 2. 17. « ch. 34. 6. »-Zech.l3.2. Ps. 86. 15. ch.34.23. ■i Ecd. 10. » ch. 12. 15. 20. & 13. 6. Acts 23. 5. & 34. 18. II Ot Judges. 'ch. 34.20. ver. 8, 9. « eh. 34. 22. Ps. 82. 6. * Deut. 16. t Heb. thy 13. fulness. vcli.34.23. ech. 23.16, » ch. 12. 8. 19. & 34. 25. Prov. 3. 9. \\0i\ feast. fllcb. tear. a ch. 22.29. /ch. 13. 2. k 34. 26. 12. & 34. 19. Neh. 10.35. a Deut. 15. »cli.34. 26. 19. "ch. 14.19. '• Lev. 22. & 32. 34. 27. k 33. 2, 14. i ch. 19. 6. Josli. 5.13. * Lev. 22. 8. &6. 2. Ezek.4.14. Ps. 91. 11. « ver. 7. Isa. 63. 9. I's. 15. 3. ■'P9.78.40, & 101. 5. 56. See 2 Sam. Epli. 4. 30. 19. 27, with Heb. 3.10, 16.3. 16. |[0r, receive. « ch. 33. 34. 'ch. 20.16. Heb. 3.11. Ps. 35,11. lJohn3.16. See IKings /Isa. 9. 6. 21.10,13. John 10.30, lVIatt.26.59, 38. 60, 61. ''Gen.12 3. Acts 6. 11, Jer. 30. 20. 13. II Or, 1 will « Gen. 7. 1. afflict Ihem & 19. 4, 7. Dial ajjliol ch. 32. 1, 2. thee. Josh. 24.15. A ver. 20. 1 Sam.15.9. i Josh. 24. Job 31. 34. 8,11. Matt.27.24, k cli. 20. 5. 26. ' Lev. 18. 3. Luke23.23. "•ch. 34.13. . Acts 24. 27. '•Jo8h.22.5. <* ver. 6, 7. & 24, 14, 15, Ps. 72. 2. 21, 24. t Ileb. Matt. 4. 10. answer. °Deut.7.13. «.Tob31.29. &2S.5,8. Matt, 5.44. J'ch.15.26. Roni.12.20. 1 Deut. 7. /Deut.22.4. 14. & 28. 4. 11 Or, wilt Job 21. 10. thou cease 'Gen. 25. 8. to help him? k .35. 29. or, arid Ps. 55.23. wouldest & 90. 10. cease to ■Gen. 35. 5. leave thy cli.l5.14,ie. business Josh. 2. 9, for him ; 11. thou shalt 2 Chron. surely have 14. 14. it to join «Deut.7.23. with him. tlleb,?it'c7<;. a ver. 2. Ps.lS.40. Job 31.13, ^ Deut. 7. 21. 20. Isa. 10. 1,2, » Deut. 7. Jer. 5. 28. 22. & 7.0. ^ Gen. 15. Amos 5.12. IS. Mai. 3. 5. Ps. 72. 8. God's 2'iTomises to the people. 10 And "six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt ^ther in the fruits thereof: 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vine- yard, and with thy || oliveyard. 12 "Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 13 And in all things that I hf^ve said unto you,^'be circumspect : and 'make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 If 'Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 'Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou earnest out from Egypt : 'and none shall appear before me empty:) 16 "And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field : and ""the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 ^Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Loed God. 18 ''Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread : neither shall the fat of my II sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 "The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Loed thy God. 'Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 20 IT 'Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to -bring thee into the place which I have prepared. _ 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, ''provoke him not ; for he will 'not pardon your transgressions : for -^my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then ^1 will be an enemy unto tliine enemies, and ||an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 ''For mine Angel shall go before thee, and 'bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hi- vites, and the Jebusites ; and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not '^bow down to their gods, nor serve them, 'nor do after their works : "but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall "serve the Lord your God, and "he shall bless thy bread, and thy water ; and ^I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 ^^There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will '•fulfil. 27 I will send "my fear before thee, and will 'de- stroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their fbacks unto thee. 28 And "I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee. 29 'T will not drive them out from before thee in one j^ear ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from be- fore thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land . 31 And T will set thy bounds from the Bed sea The glory of God ajypeareth. j._ iT.„ „r j.i-„ T)i,: even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river : for I will ^deliver the inhab- itants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 'Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, °it will surely be a snare unto thee. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 4 J/bses huildeth an altar, and twelve pillars. G He sprinklelh the blood of the covenant. 9 The glory of God appeareth. 15 Hoses continueth forty days and forty nights in the mount. AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Loed, thou, and Aaron, "^Nadab, and Abihu, ''and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses "alone shall come near the Loed: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 IF And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Loed, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, ''All the words which the Loed hath said will we do. 4 And Moses 'wrote all the words of the Loed, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve ■'pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the Loed. 6 And Moses ^took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he ''took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, 'All that the Loed hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Behold ''the blood of the covenant, wnich the Loed hath made with you con- cerning all these words. 9 HThen Vent up Moses, and Aaron, ISTadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : 10 And they "saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a "sapphire-stone, and as it were the "body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he ''laid not his hand: also 'they saw God, and did •"eat and drink. 12 ITAndthe Loed said unto Moses, 'Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee 'tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and "his minister Joshua: and Moses "went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you : if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and ""a cloud covered the mount. 16 And ^the glory of the Loed abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Loed tvas CHAP. XXIV, XXV. The form of the ark and mercy-seat. m the chrTst chrTst like '^devouring fire on the top of the mount in the nlifll->- 1491- I'tsi- pvps of tbfi nbilrlrATi nf Tsrnpt y Josh. 21. 44. Judg. 1. 4. & 11.21. ' ch. 34. 12, 15. Deut. 7. 2. «ch.34.12. Deut. 7. 16. & 12. 30. Josh.23.13. Judg. 2. 3. 1 Sam. 18. 21. Pa. 100. 36. a ch. 28. 1. Lev. 10.1 ,2. » ch. 1. 5. Num. 11. 16. ' ver. 13, 15, 18. ■^ ver. 7. ch. 19. 8. Deut. 5. 27. Gal. 3. 19, 20. ' Deut.31.9. /Gen. 28. 18. & 31. 45. ffneh.9.18. ''neh.9.19. < ver. 3. * Heb. 9. 20. & 13. 20. 1 Pet. 1. 2. ' ver. 1. "• See Gen. 32.30. ch. 3. 6. Judg. 13. 22. Isa. 6. 1, 5. witli ch.33. 20, 23. John 1. 18. 1 Tim. 6.16. lJohn4.12. "Ezek. 1. 26. & 10. 1. Rev. 4. 3. °Matt.l7.2. Pch.19.21. 1 ver. 10. ch. 33. 20. Gen. 16. 13. & 32. 30. Deut. 4. 33. Judg. 13. 22. r Gen. 31. 54. ch. 18. 12. lCor.10.18. » ver. 2. 15, IS. And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and i)ut the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim- wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table niav be borne witli them. 'Id And thou shalt make "the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls there- of, II to cover withal : of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table ""shew- bread before me alway. 31 H-'And thou shalt make a candlestick o/pure gold: o/ beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, toith a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, wfffA their knops and their flowers. _ 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the cancliestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work o/pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps there- of: and ^they shall jj light the lamps thereof, that they may -'give light over against fit. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff-dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And "look that thou make them after their pattern, f which was shewed thee in the mount. CHAP. XXVI. Direclicms for the Tabernade. , MOREOVER, "thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and 1)1 ue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims jof cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge EXODUS. Before Before CIIHIST CHRIST 1491. 1491. Lev. 10. 14,15,17. "Lev. 22. 10. "Lev. 8. 32. P Ex. 40.12. Lev. 8. 33, 34,35. 1 Heb. 10. 11. ■-ch. 30.26. 28, 29. & 40. 10. » ch. 40.10. ' ch.30. 29. Matt.23.19. " Num. 28. 3. 1 Chron. 16. 40. 2 Chron. 2. 4. & 13. 11. & 31. 3. Kzra 3. 3. " See Dan. 9. 27. & 12. 11. >: 2 Kings 16. 15. Ezek. 46. 13,14,15. y 1 Kings 18.29,36. 2 Kings 16. 15. Ezra 9. 4, 5. Ps. 141. 2. Dan. 9. 21. ' ver. 38. ch. 30. 8. Num. 28. 6. Dan. 8. 11. 12, 13. "ch. 25.22. & 30. 6, 36. Num. 17. 4. |10r,IsiaeL ich.40.34. 1 Kings 8. 11. 2 Chron. 5. 14. & 7. 1, 2,3. Ezek. 43. 5. Hag. 2. 7, 9. Mai. 3. 1, = Lev. 21. 15. & 22. 9, 16. of consecrating the priest. and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take "the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave-offer- ing before the Lord : and ''it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify ''the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offer- ing, which is waved and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' ''by a sta- tute for ever, from the children of Israel : for it is an heave-offering : and it shall be an heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace- offerings, even their heave-offeriiig unto the Lord. 29 IFAnd the holy garments of Aaron •''shall be his sons' after him, ''to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 And t '' that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on 'seven days, when he cometh into the taber- nacle of the congregation to minister in the holy p/ace. 31 HAnd thou shalt take the. ram of the conse- cration, and ''seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the 'bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And "'they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanc- tify them : "but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecra- tions, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then "thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : ^seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt 'offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement ; and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, ""and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it ; 'and it shall be an altar most holy : 'whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 IT Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; ''two lambs of the first year '"day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer ''in the morn- ing ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil : and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt ^offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 42 ^/ms/ta//5e ''a continual burnt-offering through- out your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord : "where I will meet you to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel ; and II the tabernacle 'shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the altar: I will "sanctify also both The altar of incense. Aaron aud liis sons, to minister to me in tlie priest's office. 45 HAnd ''I will dwell among the children of Israel, and I will be their God. 4G And they shall know that "I am the Lokd their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. CHAP. XXX. 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ra-Asom of souls. 17 The brazen laver 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. AND thou shalt make "an altar ''to burn incense upon : of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four-square shall it be ; and two cubits shall be the heig-ht thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the ftop thereof, and the fsides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it un- der the crown of it, by the two fcorners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim- wood, and overlay them with gold. G And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the "mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon f'sweet in- cense every morning : when 'he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron || flighteth the lamps fat even, he shall burn incense upon it ; a perpetual incense before the Loed, throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no ■'strange incense thereon, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering ; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon. 10 And "Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year, with the blood of the sin-offering of atonements : once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your gene- rations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 HAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 ''When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after ftheir number, then shall they give every man 'a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them : that there be no ''plague among them when thou numberest them. 13 'Tliis they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary : ('"a shekel is twenty ge- rahs:) "an half shekel shallbeihe offering of the Lord. 14 Every^ one that passeth among tliem that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 The "rich shall not fgive more, and the poor shall not fgive less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord to make an ^atone- ment for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement-money of the children of Israel, and ''shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be 'a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 'Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his 66 EXODUS. Before Before CHKIST CHKIST 1491. 1491. ''Ex.25. 8. « ch. 40. 7, Lev. 26.12. 30. Zecli. 2.10. •'ch.40.31. Jiilm 14. 32. 17, 23. Ps. 26. 6. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Isa.52.11. Rev. 21. 3. Joliii 13. "cb. 20. 2. 10. Ueb. 10.22. "■eh. 28. 43. «cli.37.25. & 40. 5. l> See ver. " Cant. 4. 7, 8. 10. 14. Lev. 4. Ezok. 27. 7-lS. 22. Key. 8. 3. 1/ Ps. 45. 8. Prov. 7.17. ' Cant. 4. 14. Jer. 6. 20. +Heb. roof. fHeb. « P3. 45. 8. walls. i ch. 29. 40. II Or perfumer. ocb. 37.29. tlleb. ribs. Num. 35. 25. Ps. 89. 20. & 133. 2. d ch. 40. 9. Lev. 8. 10. Num. 7.1. » Lev. 27. » ver. 32. 25. ch. 29. 37. Num. 3. 47. Lev. 2. 3. Ezek. 45. " ver. 32. 12. '•cb.38.26. « Job 34. 19. I'rov.22. 2. p ver. 33. Epb. 6. 9. Col. 3. 25. fHeb. multiply. t Ueb. diminish. p ver. 12. «ch.38.25. r Num. 16. 40. ach.35.30. »ch. 38. 8. k 36. 1. 1 Kings 7. >> 1 Chron. 38. 2.20. The composition of the perfume. foot also o/ brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt 'put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 For Aaron and his sons "shall wash their hands with their feet thereat : 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the con- gregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not : or when they come near to the altar to minis- ter, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and ""it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 IfMoreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee ""principal spices, of pure ^myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet "calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of "cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive an *hin : 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy oint- ment, an ointment compound after the art of the II apothecary : it shall be ''an holy anointing oil. 26 ''And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the can- dlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : ''whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 •''And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the jjriest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, nei- ther shall ye make any other like it, after the com- position of it: "it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 ''Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or who- soever putteth any of it upon a stranger, 'shall even be cut off" from his people. 34 HAnd the Lord said unto Moses, ''Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galba- num ; these sweet spices, with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a con- fection 'after the art of the apothecary, ftempered together, pure and holy : 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, '"where I will meet with thee : "it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, "ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38 ^Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off" from his people. CHAP. XXXI. 2 Bezaled and Aholiah are called, and made meet for the work of the iabernacle. 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 *son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: The sahbath to be Jcept holy. CHAP. XXXII. The molten calf. 3 And I have 'filled liim with tlie spirit of God, m wisdom, aud in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of work- manship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him 'Aho- liab 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 tfurniture 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 priest's office, 11 "And the anointing oil, and -^sweet incense for the \xo\y place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 11 And the Lokd spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, 'Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it isdi sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Loed that doth sanctify you. 14 ''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 an^ work there- in, that soul shall be cut off from amon^ his people. 15 'Six days may work be done, but m the "seventh is the sabbath of rest, tholy to the Loed : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the chilcben of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is -a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for ^in six days the Loed made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. 18 HAnd he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, ^two tables of testimonv, 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. 15 J/o- «es comeih down wilh the tables. 19 He brcaketh them. 20 He destroyeth the calf. 30 He prayelh 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, ''Up, make us gods which shall 'go be- fore 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 %olden ■ ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your «ons, and of your daughters, and bring them untoine. 3 And all'the people brake off the golden ear-rings which werein their ears,and brought t/iem unto Aaron. Before 1 Before 1 ClIKIST CURISTi 1491. 1491. «ch.3o.31. « ch. 20. 23. 1 Kings 7. Deut. 9.16. 14. Judg. 17.3, 4. 1 King8l2. 28. Neh. 9. IS. Ps. 106.19. Isa. 46. 6. Acts'. 41. ■i ch. 35. 34. Kom. 1. 23. /Lev. 23. 2, 4, 21, 37. 2 Kings 10. ' ch. 28. 3. 20. & 35. 10, 2 Chron. 35. A- 36. 1. 30. 5. 3 1 Cor. 10. /ch. 36. 8. '• Dent. 9. s ch. 37. 1. 12. * ch. 37. 6. ver. 1. tHeb. ch. 33. 1. vessels. Dan. 9. 24. ich. 37.10. ■Gen. 6. 11, ich.37.17. 12. Deut. 4. 16. & 32. 5. Judg. 2. 19. Hos. 9. 9. ! ch. 38. 1. i ch. 20. 3, 4,2:j. ■» ch. 38. 8. Deut. 9. 16. ' 1 Kings " ch. 39. 1, 12. 28. 41. » ch. 33. 3, Nam. 4. 5, 5. & 34. 9. 6, &c. Dent. 9. 6, 13. & 31. 27. »ch.30.25, 2 Chron. 31. &. 37. 29. - 30. 8. Pch.30.34. Isa. 4S. 4. & 37. 29. Acts 7. 51. " Deut. 9. 14, 19. »ch.22.24. P Num. 14. 12. 5 Lev. 19. 3, 3 Deut. 9. 30. & 25. 2. IS, 26, 27, Ezek. 20. 28,29. 12. 20. i- Ps. 74. 1, 2. 44.24. i- 106. 23. tHeb. the face of <■ ch. 20. S. Oie Lokd. Dent. 5. 12. >■ Ji'nm. 14. 13. Deut. 9. 28. lizek. 20. 12. ' ch. 33. 2. k 32. 27. Num. 15. 35. ' ver. 14. ' Gen. 22. 16. ' ch. 20. 9. Heb. 6. 13. ••' Gen. 2. 2. ch. 16. 23. & 20. 10. tHeb. lioltTiess. " Gen. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 15. 7, IS. k 26. 4. & 2S.13.i35. 11, 12. " Deut. 32. 26. 2 Sam. 24. 16. 1 Chron. ^ ver. ]3. 21. 15. Ezek. 20. Ps. 106. 45. 12, 20. Jer. IS. 8. y Gen. 1.31. 4:26.13.19. &2.2. Joel 2. 13. Jonah 3. 10. ki.2. 1491. ' Deut. 9. 15. i/ch. 31.18. = ch. 24.12. & 32. 15, 15. & 34. 2?, 29. Dent. 4. 13. i5.22.&9. 10, 11. 2 Cor. 3. 3. tHeb. wealcntss. =Deut. 9. 1491. 16, 17. «ch.24.1S. Dent. 9. 9. a Deut. 9. 21. 'Acts 7.40. cch.13.21. i Gen. 20. 9. & 26. 10. d Judg. 8. 24, 25, 26, = ch.l4.11. &, 15. 24. & 16.2,20,23. & 17. 2, 4. 4 ""And he received them at their hand, and fashion- ed it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and thev said. These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought tliee 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 Loed, 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings : and the ^people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 HAnd the Loed said unto Moses, ''Go, get thee down : for thy people, which thou brouglitest out of the land of Egypt, 'have corrujDted themselves : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which 'T commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacri- ficed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the Loed said unto Moses, "'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people : 10 Xow therefore "let me alone, that "mj' wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and -^I will make of thee a great nation. 11 'And Moses be.sought fthe Loed his God, and said, Loed, 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 ''Wherefore should the Egyptians sjDeak 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 's war est by thine own self, and saiclst unto them, "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 Loed ""repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15 TT 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 ^tables were the work of God, and the writing loas 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 the7n that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for fbeing overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 IT And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that "he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 "And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the chil- dren of Israel diink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, ^"N^Tiat did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them ? 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 67 Moses prayeth for the people : 23 For they said unto me, "Make us gods which shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that broufiht us up out of the laud of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them. Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it oft". So they gave it me : then I east it into the fire, and there 'came out this calf. 25 IF And when Moses saw that the people were ^naked, (for Aaron ''had made them naked unto their shame among f their enemies,) 2G Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side ? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered them- selves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and *slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses : and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 •' II For Moses had said, t Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lokd, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother ; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 IT And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, ''Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Loed ; 'perad- venture I shall '"make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses "returned unto the Loed, and said. Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have "made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, ^'blot me, I pray thee, *out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the Loed said unto Moses, '' Whosoever hath sinned against m^e, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee : 'Behold, mine Angel shall go before thee : nevertheless, 'in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Loed jDlagued the people, because "they made the calf which Aaron made. CHAR XXXIIL 1 Th.t Lord refuselh to go, a.s he had promised, with the, people. 9 The Lord talketh familiarly xoith Moses. 12 Jlfoses desireth to see the glory of God. AND the Loed said unto Moses, Depart and go up hence, thou "and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egjrpt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ''Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 'And I will send an angel before thee ; ''and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite,and the Jebusite : 3 'Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : ■'for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a ^stilf-necked people: lest ''I consume thee in the way. 4 M And when the people heard these evil tidings, 'they mourned: 'and no man did put on him his ornaments. 5 For the Loed had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, 'Ye are a stiff-necked people : I will come up '"into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee : therefore now put off* thy ornaments from thee, that I may "know what to do unto thee. _G And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 68 EXODUS. Before CltUIST 1401. iJ ver. 1. « ver. 4. /ch 33.4,5. s 2 Chron. 28. 19. t Ileb. tltO!,e that rose up against thum. A Num. 25. 5. Dent. 33. 9. • Num. 25. 11, 12, 13. Deut. 13. 6-11. & 33. 9, 10. 1 Sam. 15. 18, 22. Prov. 21. 3. Zech. 13. 3. Matt.10.37. II Or, And JHoses said, Cbnsecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord, because every man hath been against his son, and against /lis brother, t£c. t lleb. Fill your /lands. *lSam.l2. 20, 23. Lnke 15. 18. '2 Sam. 16. 12. Amos 5.15. "■ Num.25. 13. « Deut. 9. 18. » ch. 20. 23. Pi's. 09. 28. Kom. 9. 3. 9 I's. 56. 8. & 139. 16. Dan. 12. 1. I'hil. 4. 3. Kev. 3. 5. & 13. 8. & 17. 8. & 20. 12,15. ,5:21. 27. & 22. 19. >-Lev.23.30. Ezek.18.4. » ch. 33. 2, 14, &c. Num. 20. 16. « Deut. 32. 35. Amos 3. 14. Kom. 2.5,6. " 2 Sam. 12.9. Acts 7. 41. <■ ch. 32. 7. 5Gen.l2.7. ch. 32. 13. ' ch. 32. 34. & 34. 11. •i Deut. 7. 22. Josh.24.11. e ch. 3. 8. /ver. 15,17. s ch. 32. 9. & 34. 9. Deut. 9. 6, 13. 'ich.23.21. & 32. 10. Num. 16. 21, 45. ' Num. 14. 1,39. 'Lev. 10. 6. 2 Sam. 19. 24. 1 Kings 21. 27. 2 Kings 19. 1. Esther 4.1, 4. Ezra 9. 3. Job 1. 20. & 2. 12. Isa. 32. 11. Ezck. 24. 17,2;3.&26. 16. ' ver. 3. "" See Num. 16. 45, 46. "Deut. 8. 2, Ps. 139. 23, Before CIIIUST 14fa. » ch. 29. 42, 43. P Deut. 4. 29. 2 Sam. 21. 1. 1 Num. 16. 27. r ch. 25. 22. A 31. 18. Ps. 99. 7. • ch. 4. 31. < Gen. 32. 30. Num. 12. 8. Deut. 34. 10. "Ch. 24.13. ' ch. 32. 34. y ver. 17. Gen. 18. 19. Ps. 1. 6. .Ter. 1. 5. John 10. 14, 15. 2 Tim. 2. 19. ' ch. 34. 9. Ps. 25. 4. & 27.11. & 86. 11. & 119. 33. » Deut. 9. 2ti, 29. Joel 2. 17. = ch. 13.21. & 40. .34-33. Isa. 63. 9. •i Deut. 3. 20. Josh. 21. 44. & 22. 4. & 23. 1. Ps. 95. II. e ver. 3. ch. 34. 9. /Num.14. 14. fch. 34.10. Deut. 4. 7, 34. 2 Sam. 7. 23. 1 Kings 8. 63. Ps. 147.20. * Gen. 19. 21. James 5. 16. '■ ver. 12. * ver. 20. 1 Tim 6.16. ' ch. 34. 5, 6,7. Jer. 31. 14. " Rom. 9. 15, 16, 18. '* Rom. 4. 4,16. " Gen. 32. 30. Deut. 5. 24. Judg. 6. 22. & 13. 22. Isa. 6. 5. Rev. 1. 16, 17. See ch. 24. 10. P Isa. 2.21. 1 Ps. 91. 1, 4. »• ver. 20. John 1.18. ••ch.32.16, 19. Deut. 10. 1. ' ver. 28. Deut. 10. 2, 4. The Lord talketh with him. 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp afar off" from the camp, "and called it the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which ^sought the Loed, went out unto the tabernacle of the congre- gation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man '^at his tent-door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the L ORD 'talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle-door : and all the people rose up and 'worshipped, every man in his tent-door. 11 And 'the Loed spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp ; but "his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12 HAnd Moses said unto the Lord, See, ''thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, ^I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, 'if I have found grace in thy sight, "shew me now thy way, that I mav know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: ana consider that this nation is ''thy people. 14 And he said, 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee ''rest. 15 And he said unto him, 'If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight ? ^Is it not in that thou goest with us ? So "shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Loed said unto Moses, ''I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for 'thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, snew me 'thy glory. 19 And he said, 'I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Loed before thee ; "and will be "gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst not see my face : for "there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the Loed said. Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory pass- eth by, that I will put thee ^in a cleft of tne rock ; and will 'cover thee with my hand while I pass by : 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall ''not be seen. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the LORD proclaimed. 10 God rnakeih a covenant with them. 28 3Ioses cometh down with the tables. His face shineth, and he covereth it with a vail. AND the Loed said unto Moses, "Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first : 'and I will write upon these tables the words that were in th^ first tables which thou brakest. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in God maketh a covenant with the people. CHAP. XXXV. Moses Cometh down from the mount. the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me 'in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall ''come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount : nei- ther let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 HAnd he hewed two tables of stone, like unto the first ; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Loed descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and 'proclaimed the name of the Loed. 6 And the Loed passed by before him, and pro- claimed. The Loed, The Loed -'God, merciful and gracious, long-sufiering, and abundant in 'goodness and ''truth, 7 'Keeping mercy for thousands, ''forgiving ini- quity and transgression and sin, and 'that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and ""bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said. If I now have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, "let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us (for "it is a stiff-necked people), and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for ^'thine inher- itance. 10 ITAnd he said, Behold, ''I make a covenant : before all thy people I will "^do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation : and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Loed : for it is 'a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 11 'Observe thou that which I command thee this day : Behold, "I drive out before thee the Amo- rite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 'T'ake heed to thyself, lest thou make a cove- nant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for ^a snare in the midst of thee : 13 But ye shall ^destroy their altars, break their fimages, and "cut down their groves : 14 For thou shalt worship ''no other god : for the Loed, whose "name is Jealous, is a ''jealous God : 15 "Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabi- tants of the land, and they •'go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto tbeir gods, and one ^call thee, and thou ''eat of his sacrifice ; 16 And thou take of 'their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters 'go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 'Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 TTThe feast of"'unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib : for in the "month Abib thou earnest out from Egypt. 19 "All that openeth the matrix is mine : and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But nhe firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a II lamb : and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me 'empty. 21 IT 'Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt rest. Before CHRIST 1491. cch.19.20 & 24.12. ■ich. 19.12 13, 21. «ch. 33.19. Num. 14. 17. / Num. 14. 18. 2 Chron. 30.9. Neh. 9.17. Vs. 86. 15. k 103. 8. & 111. 4. & 112. 4. & 116. 5. & 145.8. Joel 2. 13. i?Ps.31.19. Rom. 2. 4. ft Ps. 57. 10. &108.4. i ch. 20. 6. Deut. 5.10. Ps. 86. 15. Jer. 32. IS. DaD. 9. 4. *Ps.l03.3. k 130. 4. D.in. 9. 9. Eph. 4.32. lJohnl.9. 1 cb. 23. 7, 21. Josh. 24. 19. Job 10. 14. Mich. 6. 11. Nah. 1. 3. " cb. 4. 31. ''ch.33.15. 16. » ch. 33. 3. P Deut. 32. 9. Ps. 28. 9. k 33.12. & 78, 62.4 94. 14 Jer. 10. 16. Zech.2.12. ? Deut. 5. 2 4 29.12,14. r Deut. 4. 32. 2 Sam. 7. 23 Ps. 77. 14. & 78. 12. k 147. 20. « Deut. 10, 21. Ps. 145. 6. Isa. 64. 3. t Deut. 5. 32. k 6. 3, 25. & 12. 28, 32. & 28. 1. ■■ ch. 33. 2 j;ch.23.32. Deut. 7. 2. Judg. 2. 2. y ch. 23. 33. ch. 23. 24. Deut. 12.3 Jiida. 2. 2. t Ileb. statues. <■ Deut. 7. 5.&12.2. Judg. 6. 25. 2 Kings 18. 4. k 23. 14. 2 Chron. 31. 1. k 34. 3,4. i ch. 20. 3, 5. ' So Isa. 9. 6. & 57. 15. d ch. 20. 5. c ver. 12. /Deut. 31. 16. Judg. 2. 17. Jer. 3. 9. Ezek. 6. 9. s Num. 25. 2. 1 Cor. 10. 27. h Ps. 106. 28. 1 Cor. 8. 4, 7,10. • De>it.7.3. 1 Kings 11. 2. Ezra 9. 2. Neh. 13. 25. * Num. 25. 1,2. 1 Kings 11. 4. 1 ch. 32. 8. Lev. 19. 4. "■ch.12.15. k 23. 15. Before CHRIST 1491. ch. 13. 4. » ch. 13. 2, 12. k 22. 29. Ezek. 44. 30. LuliC 2. 23. Pch.13.13. Num. 18. 15. Or, l-id. 'i cb. 23.15. Deut. 16. 16. 1 Sam.9.7, 8. 2 S,im. St. 24. '■ ch. 20. 9. k 23. 12. k 35.2. Deut. 5. 12, 13. Lulie 13, 14. • ch. 23. 16. Deut. 16. 10, 13. t Heb. rerolulion of the year. t ch. 23. 14, 17. Deut. 16. 16. " ch. 33. 2. Lev. 18.24. Deut. 7. 1. Ps. 78. 55. k 80. 8. 2^ Deut. 12. 20. & 19. 8. y See Gen. 35.5. 2 Chron. 17. 10. Prov. 16.7. Acts 18. 10. = ch. 23. 18. <■ ch. 12. 10. 4 ch. 23. 19. Deut. 26.2, 10. « ch. 23. 19. Deut.14.21. << ver. 10. Dent. 4. 13. k 31. 9. 'Ch. 24.18. Deut. 9. 9, 18. .''ver. 1. ch. 31. 18. & 32. 16. Deut. 4.13. &10.2,4. tUeb. wnrds. 9ch. 32.15. '•Matt. 17. 2. 2 Cor. 3. 7, 13. ■ cb. 24. 3. i 2 Cur. 3. 13. I 2 Cor. 3. 1-6. ■>ch.31.32. i cli. 20. 9. & 31. 14, 15. Lev. 23. 3. Num. 15. 32, &c. Deut. 5. 12. Luke 13. 14. tHeb. holiness. «ch.l6.23. ■'ch.25.1, 2. « ch. 25. 2. 22 IF 'And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the fyear's end. 23 H 'Thrice in the j^ear shall all your men-children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will "cast out the nations before thee, and ''enlarge thy borders : "neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Loed thy God thrice in the year. 25 "Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, "neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning. 26 ''The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Loed thy God. 'Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 27 And the Loed said unto Moses, Write thou ''these words : for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee, and with Israel. 28 'And he was there with the Loed forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread nor drink water. And •''he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten f commandments. 29 IF And it came to pass when Moses came down from mount Sinai (with the ^two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount) that Moses wist not that ''the skin of his face shone, while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Moses talked with tliem. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : 'and he gave them in commandment all that the Loed had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put 'a vail on his face. 34 But 'when Moses went in before the Loed to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out and sjjake unto the children of Israel 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. 1 Thesabbaih. CHAP. XXXV. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle, are called to Ike work. 30 Bezaleel and Aholiab AND Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, '^hese are the words which the Loed hath com- manded, that ye should do them. 2 ''Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you fan holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Loed : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 °Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habi- tations upon the sabbath-day. 4 IFAnd Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, ''This is the thing which the Loed commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Loed : 'whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Loed ; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair, 69 Gifts for the tabernacle. 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim-wood, 8 And oil for tlie light, •'and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, y And onyx-stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breast-plate. 1 And'every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded ; ^ 11 ''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 oil for the light ; 15 "And the incense-altar, and his staves, "and the anointing oil, and -^the sweet incense, and the hang- ing for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle ; IG '^The altar of burnt-offering, with his brazen frate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and is foot ; 17 'The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, aiid the hanging for the door of the court ; 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords ; 19 'The clothes of service, to do service in the holy place,i\\(i holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 IFAnd all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from me 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 Lord's ofiering to the worlc 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 brace lets, 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 Lord's offering : and every man with whom was found shittim-wood for any Avork 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. 2G And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 27 And "the rulers broughtonyx-stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breast-plate ; 28 And "spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointjiig oil, and for the sweet incense. 2'J Tlie children of Israel brought a 'willing of- fering 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 lIAnd Moses said unto the children of Israel, bee, "the^ Lord hath called by name Bezaleel, the son of IJn, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, 70 EXODUS. Before C H I! I S T 1491. /ch. 25. 0. a ch. 31. 6. ftch. 26. 1, 2, &c. i cli. 25. 10, ich.25.23. ! ch. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5,6. '»ch.25.31, &c. «ch.30.1. ch. 30. 23. Pch.30.34. 3 ch. 27. 1. r ch. 27. 9. «ch.31.19. k 39. 1, 41 Num. 4. 5, 6, Ac. t Ter. 5, 22, 26, 29. ch. 25.2. & 36.2. lChron.28. 2, 9. & 29. 9. Ezra 7. 27. 2 Cor. 8. 12. &9. 7. Before CUllIST 1491. « 1 Chron. 29.8. « ch. 28. 3. & 31. 6. k 36.1. 2 Kings 23. 7. Prov. 31. 19,22,24. '= 1 Chron. 29.6. Ezra 2. 08. y ch. 30. 23. ' vcr. 21. 1 Cliron. 29.9. * ch. 31. 6. ver. 31. ch. 31.3,6. 1 Kings 7. 14. 2 Chron. 2. 14. Isa. 28. 26. 1491. o ch. 28. 3. k 31. 6. & 35. 10, 35. ch. 25. 8. « ch. 35. 2, 26. 1 Chron. 29.5. ch. 26. 7. The people^ s liberality restrained. 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. CHAR XXXVI. The offerings are delivered to the workmen. THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every "wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord put wis- dom 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 IsraeT^ad 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 IFAnd they spake unto Moses, saying, 'The peo- ple bring much more than 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 restraine(i from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 TAnd every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of One curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the curtains were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another : and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling : like- wise he made in the uttermost side of anotlier cur- tain, in the coupling of the second. 12 "Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second : the loops held one curtain to anotner. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the^ curtains one unto another with the taches. So it became one tabernacle. 14 IT'' And he made curtains o/goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. The boards, &c. of the tabernacle. CHAP. XXXVIL The ark, mercy-seat, table, &c. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain : the eleven curtains were of one size. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he uj)on the edge of the curtain which coup- leth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. 20 11 'And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim-wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side southward : 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under /he twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another j board for his two tenons. ' 25 And for the other side of the tabernacle which I is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, '' 26 And their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets un- der one board, and two sockets under another board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were fcoupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards ; and their sock- ets were sixteen sockets of silver, tender every board two sockets. 31 IT And he made 'bars of shittim-wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side I of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 IT And he made '"a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars o/shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 If And he made a "hanging for the tabernacle- door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, f of needle-work ; 38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : but their five sockets were of brass. CHAP. XXXVIL 1 The. ark. 6 The mercy-seat with cherubims. 10 The table with his vessels. AND Bezaleel made "the ark of shittim-wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and Before CHRIST 1491. i ch. 26. 14 *ch.26.15, Before CUKIST 1491. »cU.25.17. II Or, out of, ■ cli. 26. 35. *ch.l3.21. Num. 9.15. A cloud covereth the tabernacle. 23 'And he set the bread in order upon it before the Loed; as the Loed had commanded Moses. 24 H'And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And "he lighted the lamps before the Loed, as the Loed commanded Moses. 26 IF ■'And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail: 27 ^And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Loed commanded Moses. 28 IF ''And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 "And he put the altar of burnt-offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congrega- tion, and ''offered upon it the burnt-offering, and the meat-offering; as tne Loed commanded Moses. 30 IF 'And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash wuhal. 31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, washed their hands and their feet thereat: 32 When they went into the tent of the congre- gation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; ''as the Loed commanded Moses. 33 'And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court-gate: so Moses finished the work. 34 ^-^Tnen a cloud covered the tent of the con- gregation, and the glory of the Loed filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses ^was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Loed filled 'the tabernacle. 36 ''And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel i'went onward in all their journeys: 37 But 'if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 lor 'the cloud of the Loed was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. Before CHRIST 1490. « Ex. 19.3. « Ex. 40.34, 35. Num. 12. 4, 5. «ch.22.18, 19. 'i Kx. 12. 5. ch. 3. 1. k 22. 20, 21. Deut.15.21. Mai. 1. 14. Eph. 5. 27. Ileb. 9. 14. 1 Pet. 1.19. "ch. 4. 15. 4 3.2,8,13. & 8. 14, 22. & 10. 21. Ex. 29. 10, 15, 19. /ch.22.21, 27. Isa. 56. 7. Rom. 12.1. Phil. 4. 18. a ch. 4. 20, 26, 31, 35. &9.7.&16. 24. Num. 15. 26. Before CHRIST 1490. The THIRD Book of Moses, called LEVITICUS. 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and 'lay the wood in order upon the fire. 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the j)riest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a ""sweet savour unto the Loed. 10 IF And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-sacrifice, he shall bring it a male "without blemish. 1 1 "And he shall kill it on the side of the altar north- ward before the Loed : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar : 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on tne fire which is upon the altar : CHAP. L 1 The hurnl-offerinys. 3 Of the herd, 10 of the flocks, 14 of the fowls. AND the Loed "called unto Moses, and spake unto him 'out of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Tf any man of you bring an offering unto the Loed, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the herd, let liim ofier a male ''without blemish : he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Loed. 4 'And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be •'^accepted for him "to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the ''bullock before the Loed: 'and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, *and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation. 74 2Chron.29. 23, 24. Rom. 5. 11. " Mic. 6. 6. • 2 Chron. 35. 11. Heb. 10.11. * ch. 3. 8. Heb. 12.24. 1 Pet. 1. 2. 'Gen. 22.9. "Gen 8.21. Ezek. 20. 28, 41. 2 Cor. 2. 15. Eph. 5. 2. Phil. 4. 18. " ver. 3. » ver. 5. Tlie meat-offering, CHAP. II, III. and peace-offering. 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water : and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : . it is a burnt-sacrifice, an oifering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 IF And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offering to [ the LoKD be of fowls, then he shall bring his oner- [ing of •''turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, land II wring off his head, and burn it on the altar : and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side i of the altar : 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with Ijhis [feathers, and cast it 'beside the altar on the east [part, by the place of the ashes : 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, \but ''shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall [burn it uf)on the altar, upon the wood that is upon Ithe fire : 'it is a burnt-sacrifice, an offering made by [fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lokd. CHAP. II. The ineat-offering of flour with oil and incense. AND when any will offer "a meat-offering unto the LoED, his offering shall be o/fine flour; and he [shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests : md he shall take thereout his handful of the flour |>hereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- cense thereof, and the priest shall burn *the me-. lorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made )y fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed : 3 And 'the remnant of the meat-offering shall be Laron's and his sons' : St is a thing most holy of bhe offerings of the Loed made by fire. 4 HAnd if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offer- ig baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes )f fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers ^anointed with oil. 5 HAnd if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken I in a paji, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, lingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil there- )n : it is a meat-offering. 7 IT And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in |he frying-pan, it shall be made o/fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offering that is lade of these things unto the Loed : and when it presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto |he altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat-offer- ig a memorial -'thereof, and shall burn it upon the "altar : it is an 'offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed. 10 And ''that which is left of the meat-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy, of the offerings of the Loed made by fire. 11 No meat-offering which ye shall bring unto the Loed shall be made with 'leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Loed made by fire. 12 H'As for the oblation of the first-fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Loed : but they shall not fbe burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat-offering 'shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou sufl'er "'the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-ofiering : "with all thine offerings thou shalt ofl'er salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first- Bffore CIIKIST 1490. P ch. 5. 7. & 1-2. 8. Luke 2. 24. I Or, pinch off the head with the nail. II Or, thefilth thereof. 5 ch. 6. 10. >■ Gen. 15. 10. ' ver. 9, 13 " ch. 0. 14. & 9. 17. Num. 15. 4. 6 ver. 9. ch. 5. 12. & 6. 15. & 24. 7. Isa. 66. 3. Acts 10. 4. « ch. 7. 9. & 10. 12, 13. ■i Ex. 29.37 Num. IS. 9 ' E.x. 29. 2, |l Or, on a flat plate, or, slice. f ver. 2. ff Ex. 29.18, A ver. 3. ■ ch. 6. 17. See Matt. 16. 12. Mark S. 15. Luke 12. 1. 1 Cor. 5. 8. Gal. 5. 9. * Ex. 22.29. ch. 23. 10, 11. t Heb. ascend. ' Mark9.49. Col. 4. 6. "■Num. IS. 19. » Ezek. 43. 24. lieforc CIIKIST 1490. ch. 23. 10, 14. P 2 Kings 4.42. 7 ver. 1. •■ ver. 2. •i Ex. 29. 13, 22. ch. 4. 8, 9. jl Or, suet. II Or, midriff' over the liver, and (mer the kidneys. ' ch. 6. 12. Ex. 29. 13. /ver.l.&c. " ch. 7. 11, 29. & 22. 21. 6 ch. 1. 3. = ch.l.4, 5, Ex. 29. 10. »Seeeh.21. 6,8,17,21, ■>. & 22. 25. Ezek. 44. 7. .Mai. 1.7,12. '' ver. 1, 7, ic. • ch. 7. 2.3, 25. 1 Sani.2.15. 2 Chron. 7. ch. ^18 7. 35. & 'cli & 7.4 23. 14. ^ ver. 16. comp.are with Deut. 32. 14. Neh. S. 10. Gen. 9. 4. ch. 7. 23. 2o. & 17. 10, 14. Deut.12.16. 1 Sam. 14. 33. Kzek. 44. 7, 15. fruits unto the Loed, "thou shalt offer for the meat- offering of thy first-fruits, green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of ^fuU ears. 15 And ''thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frank- incense thereon : it is a meat-offering. 16 And the priest shall burn ''the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and |9ar^ of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Loed. CHAP. III. 1 TJie 'peace-offering of the herd. 6 of the flock. AND if his oblation be a "sacrifice of peace-offer- ing, if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female ; he shall offer it ''without blemish before the Loed. 2 And "he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace- offering, an offering made by fire unto the Loed ; ''the II fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the || caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons 'shall burn it on the altar, upon the burnt-sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Loed. 6 TTAnd if his offering for a sacrifice of peace- offering unto the Loed be of the flock, male or female ; ^he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Loed. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace- offering an offering made by fire unto the Loed : the fat thereof, and the whole rump, (it shall he take off hard by the backbone ;) and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is "the food of the offering made by fire unto the Loed. 12 IT And if his offering be a goat, then ''he shall offer it before the Loed. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congrega- tion : and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Loed ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour : 'all the fat is the Loed's. 17 It shall be a 'perpetual statute for your gene- rations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither 'fat nor '"blood. 75 The sin-offering of ignorance, for CHAP. ly. 1 The sin-offa-ing of ignorance. 3 for the jwiest. 27 for any of the ■people. AND the LoKD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the cliildren of Israel, saying, "If a soul shall sin through ij^norance against any of tlie commandments of tlie Lokd concerning tli ings wliieh ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them : 3 ''If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people ; then let him bring for his sin which he hath sinned, 'a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin-offering, 4 And he shall bring the bullock "'unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord ; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord, 5 And the priest that is anointed "shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation : 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall -^put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall pour "all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of Ihe altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin-o£ferin<5 ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 10 ''As it was taken ofi' from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt-offering. 11 'And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung ; l^Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth fwithout the camp unto a clean place, ''where the ashes are poured out, and 'burn him on the wood with fire : f where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 13 IF And '"if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, "and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done some- what against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin which they have sinned against it is known, then the congregation shall ojffer a young IjuUock for the sin, and oring him before the taber- nacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation "shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. 16 ^And the priest that is anointed shall bring of thebuUock's blood to the tabernacle of the con- gregation : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put .^ome of the blood upon the horns of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is 70 LEVITICUS. Before CHRIST 1490. 1 ch. 6. 15, 17. Num. 15. 22, &c. 1 Sam. 14. 27. Ps. 19. 12. » ch. 8. 12. « ch. 9. 2. •ich. 1.3,4. « ch. 16. 14. Num. 19. 4. /ch. 8.15. & 9. 9. & 16. 18. a ch. 5. 9. A ch. 3. 3, 4,5. ■Ex. 29. 14 Num. 19. 5, t Heb. to without tlie camp. * ch. 6. 11. 'Heb.13.11. t Ueb. at Ihepouring out of th& ashes. "• Num. 15.24. Josh. 7. 11. » ch. 5. 2, 3, 4, 17. » ch. 1. 4. P ver. 5. Ueb. 9. 12, 13, 14. 3 Ter. 3. >• Num. 15. 25. Diin. 9. 24. liom. 5. 11. Ileb. 2. 17. & 10. 10, 11, 12. lJohnl.7. &2. 2. »ver. 2,13. ' ver. 14. « ver. 4, &c. " ver. 30. Before CHRIST 1490. V ch. 3. 5. » ver. 20. Num. 15. 28. " ver. 2. Num. 15. 27. tHeb. any soul. t Ueb. people of the land. 4 ver. 23. « ver. 4, 24. d ch. 3. 14. « ch. 3. 3. /Ex.29.18, ch. 1. 9. 9 ver. 26. » ver. 28. < ch. 3. 5. * ver. 26,31. the congregation, ruler and people. in the tabernacle of the congrega.tion, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of^ the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did 'with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this : '"and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bul- lock : it -is a sin-offering for the congregation. 22 IF When a ruler hath sinned, and 'done some- what through ignorance against any of the command- ments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; 23 Or 'if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge ; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24 And "he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-ofiering before the Lord: it is a sin- oflPering. 25 ''And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as ^the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings : ""and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concern- ing his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 IT And "if fany one of the fcommon people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 28 Or ''if his sin which he hath sinned come to his knowledge : then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 'And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-ofiering, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and snail pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And ''he shall take away all the fat thereof, ''as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings ; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a ^sweet savour unto the Lord ; ^and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin-offering, '^he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar : 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest 'shall burn them upon the altar, 'according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : 'and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. The trespass-offering in sacrilege, CHAP. V. 14 The trespass-offering in sacrilege, 17 and in sins of ignorance. AND if a soul sin, "and hear tlie voice of swear- ing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it : if he do not utter it, then he shall ''bear his iniquity. 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether \it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him ; he also shall be unclean, and ''guilty. 3 Or if he touch 'the uncleanness of man, what- soever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips •^to do evil, or 'to do good, whatsoever it be that a fman shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one [of these things, that he shall ''confess that he hath [sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass-oflfering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin-ofiering ; and the priest shall make an atone- [ment for him concerning his sin. 7 And 'if fhe be not able to bring a lamb, then [he shall bring for his trespass which he hath com- mitted, two ''turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto the Loed ; one for a sin-ofiering, and the other for a burnt-ofiering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall oifer that which is for the sin-oft'ering first, and 'wring ofi" his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder : 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin- ofiering upon the side of the altar ; and "'the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of ' the altar : it is a sin-ofiering. 10 And he shall ofier the second /or a burnt-ofier- " ing, according to the || "manner : "and the priest shall I make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath ■sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 11 IT But if he be not able to bring two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons ; then he that sinned shall bring for his onering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-ofiering ; ^'he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon : for it is a sin-ofiering, 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, ''even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, '"according to the ofierings made by fire unto the Lord : it %s a, sin- ofifering. 13 'And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him : and 'the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat-ofiering. 14 TI And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 15 "If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord ; then "^lie shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estima- tion by shekels of silver, after Hhe shekel .of the sanctuary, for a trespass-ofiering : 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that CHAP. V, VL and for sins done wittingly. Before CHRIST 1490. « 1 Kings 8.31. Matt.26.63. ' ver. 17. ch. 7. 18. & 17. 16. & 19. 8. & 20. 17. Num. 9. 13. ' ch. 11. 24, 28, 31, 39. Num. 19. 11, 13, 16. '' ver. 17. • ch. 12. & 13. & 15. / Seel Sam. 25. 22. Acts 23. 12. c See Mark 0.23. lch.16.21. & 26. 40. Num. 5. 7. Ezra 10.11, 12. f ch. 12. 8. & 14. 21. t Ileb. /its hand can- not reach to the suffi- cicncy'of a lamb. X ch. 1. 14. i ch. 1. 15. >» ch. 4. 7, 18, 30, 34. II Or, ordinance. n ch. 1. 14. » ch. 4. 26. P Num. 5. 15. I ch. 2. 2. >■ ch. 4. 35. • ch. 4. 26. < ch. 2. 3. «ch. 22.14. * Ezra 10. 19. » Ex. 30.13, ch. 27. 25. Before CHRIST 1490. *cli. 6. 5. & 22. 14. & 27. 13, 15, 27, 31. Num. 5. 7. » ch. 4. 26. » ch. 4. 2. « ver. 15. ch. 4 2,13, 22, 27. '8. 19. 12. iukel2.48. ver. 1, 2. ver. 15. ver. 16. » Ezra 10.2. "Num. 5.0. ich.19.11. Acts 5. 4. Col. 3. 9. « Ex. 22. 7, 10. II Or, in dealing. t Heb. pidting of the hand. <* Prov. 24. 28. & 26. 19. « Deut. 22. 1, 2, 3. /E.K. 22.11. ch. 19. 12. .Ter. 7. 9. Zecli. 5. 4. s ch. 5. 16. Num. 5. 7. 2 Sam.12.6. Luke 19. 8. II Or, in the day of his being found gu.'Uy. fHeb. in the day of ?iis tres- pass. * ch. 5. 1.5. i ch. 4. 20. II Or, /or the burn- ing. * ch. 16. 4. Ex. 28. 39, 40, 41, 43. Ezek. 44. 17, 18. ' ch. 1. 16. "• Ezek. 44. 19. » ch. 4. 12. "ch.S. 3, 9,14. P ch. 2. 1. Num. 15.4. he hath done in the holy thing, and ''shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest : "and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-ofiering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 II And if a ''soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the com- mandments of the Lord ; 'though he wist it not, yet is he ''guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 "And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass- ofifering unto the priest ; -^and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass-ofiering : "he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord. CHAP. VL 1 The trespass-offering for sins done wittingly. 19 The offering at the cotv- secralion of a priest. 24 The law of the sin-offering. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 If a soul sin, and "commit a trespass against the Lord, and ''lie unto his neighbour in that "which was delivered him to keep, or in || ffellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath ''deceived his neighbour ; 3 Or "have found that which was lQ^t, and lieth concerning it, and •'sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein : 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore, that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceit- fully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely ; he shall even "restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, || fin the day of his trespass-ofiering. 6 And he shall bring his trespass-ofiering unto the Lord, ''a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass-ofiering, unto the priest: 7 'And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord : and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. 8 "HAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-ofiering : it is the burnt-ofier- ing, II because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 10 'And the priest shall put on his linen gar- ment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his fiesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt-ofiering on the altar, and he shall put them 'beside the altar. 11 And "'he shall put ofi" his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes with- out the camp "unto a clean place, 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it ; it shall not be put out : and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt- offering in order upon it ; and he shall burn thereon "the fat of the peace-offerings. 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out, 14 IT^'And this is the law of the meat-offering. 77 The law of the sin-offering, riie sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Loed, before the altar. lo And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat-offer- ing, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the 'memorial of it, unto the Lord. 1(3 And ""the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat : "with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place ; in the court of the taber- nacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 17 'It shall not be baken with leaven. "I have given it unto them for their portion of ray offerings made by fire. ^It is most holy, as is the sin-offer- ing, and as the trespass-offering. 18 "All the males among the children 5f Aaron shall eat of it. "It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LoED made by fire : "every one that toucheth them shall be holy. 19 IT And the Loed spake unto Moses, saj^ing, 20 ''This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Loed in the day when he is anointed ; the tenth part of an ''ephah of fine flour for a meat-offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, .thou shalt bring it in : and the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Loed. 22 And the priest of his sons ''that is anointed in his stead shall offer it : It is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; it shall be wholly burnt. 23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 IT And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, ■^Tliis is the law of the sin-offering : ''In the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offer- ing be killed before the Loed : 'it is most holy. 26 'The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. 27 'Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden "'shall be broken : and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 "All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 30 ^'And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile witJtal in the \\o\j place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAP. VIL 1 The law of lite Ireapass-offering, 11 and of the peace-offerings. 22 The fat, 20 awl the blood, are forbidden. 28 The ■priesCs portion in the peace-offerincjs. LIKEWISE "this is the law of the trespass-offer- ing: it is most holy. 2 Tn the place where they kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering : and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it ''all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, 78 LEVITICUS Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1490. 1490. « ch. 6. 16, 17, 18. 7ch.2.2,9. Num. 18. r ch. -2. 3. 9,10. Ezfk.4i.29. /ch. 2. 3. » ver. 26. n cli. 6. 25, ell. 10. 12, 13. Num. 18. 26. & 14. 13. 10. < ch. 2. 11. » Num. 18. 9,10. I ver. 25. * ch. 2. 3, ch. 2. 3. k 10. T. 1. Num. IS. 9. Ex. 29. 37. Ezek.44.29 y ver. 29. ji Or, nn the Num. IS. flat plaLe, 10. ur, slice. = ch. 3. 17. » cli. 22. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Ex. 29. 37. ich.3. 1.& 22. IS, 21. * Ex. 29. 2. ' Ex. 1. 36. * ch. 2. 4. Num. 6. 15. ' Amos 4. 5. ■i ch. 4. 3. •n Num.18. 8, 11, 19. « Ex. 29. 25. '■ch.22.30. /ch.4. 2. » ch. 19. 6, r7ch.l.3,5, 7,8. 11. & 4. 24, 29,33. h ver. 17. oh. 21. 22. f ch. 10. 17, 18. Num. 18. 9,10. Ezek.44.28 29. * ver. 16. 'Ex.29. 37. & 30. 29. f Num. 18. 27. sch.ll.lO, 11,41.& 19.7. ">ch.ll.33 & 15. 12. " ver. 18. Num. 18. 10. « ver. 25. p ch. 4. 7, 11, 12,18, 21. & 10. IS. & 16. 27. >■ ch. 15. 3. lleb.13.11. •Gen.17.14. t ch. 12. k 13. & 15. >'ch.ll.24. 28. •» Ezek. 4. <■ ch. 5. & 14. 6. 1-7. '^ ver. 20. ' ch. 6. 17, 25. & 21. 22. Ex. 29. 1 2,3. » Ex.28.2,4, = Ex. 30. 24, 25. "Ex. 29.1 8. •» Ex. 29. 19, 31. <2 Ex. 29. 4. « Ex. 29. 4. / Ex. 29. 5, ff Ex. 28.4, « Ex. 29.22. vE-X. 29.23. ' Ex. 29. 24, Ac. "Ex. 29. 25. 8 And he put the breast-plate upon him : also he ''put in the breast-plate the U rim and the Thummim. 9 'And he put the mitre upon his head ; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown ; as the Loed "com- manded Moses. 10 'And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sancti- fied them. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 12 And he '"poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 "And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coatp upon them, and girded them with girdles, and fput bonnets upon them ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 14 "And he brought the bullock for the sin-offer- ing : and Aaron and his sons ^laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin-offering. 15 And he slew it ; *and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 ''And he took all the fat that was upon the in- wards,and the caul aboveilie liver,andthe two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as the Lord "commanded Moses. 18 TT And he brought the ram for the burnt-offer- ing : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water ; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it was a burnt-sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; "as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 IFAnd "he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it ; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 25 ""And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that loas upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder : 26 ^And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Loed, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put therti on the fat, and upon the right shoulder : 27 And he put all ""upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave- offering before the Loed. 28 "And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering 79 Of Aaron and his sons' consecration. they were consecrations for a sweet savour : it is an oiVeVino- niatle bv iire unto the Lord. '1\) And Moses took tlie breast, and waved it for a wave-ofl'ering before the Lokd : for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' ''part ; as the Loed commanded Moses. oO And 'Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled •// upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon liis sous, and upon his sons'_ garments with hini; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons' garments with him. 31 If And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, •'Boil the Hesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. '32 'And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end : for ■^seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 *As he hath done this day, so the Lokd hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide ai the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and ''keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am commanded. '6^ Bo Aaron and his sons did all things which the Loed commanded by the hand of Moses. CHAP. IX. 1 The first offerings of Aaron for himself and the people. 23 3Ioses and Aaron bless the people. 24 Fire cometh from the Lord upon the altar. AND °it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel ; 2 And he said unto Aaron, 'Take thee a young calf for a _ sin-offering, ''and a ram for a burnt- offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Loed. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, ''Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin- oiiering ; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering ; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before the Loed ; and 'a meat-offering mingled with oil : for ''to-day the Loed will appear unto you. 5 If And they brought that Avhich Moses com- manded before the tabernacle of the congregation : and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Loed. 6 And Moses said. This is the thing which the L(JED commanded that ye should do : and ^the glory of the Loed shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and ''offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering,and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and "offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them ; as the Loed commanded, 8 If Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. _ 9 '^And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto lum : and he dipped his finger in the blood, and 'put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar : 10 "But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul 80 LEVITICUS Before CHRIST 1490. s Ex. 29. 26. ' Ex. 29. 21. & 30. 30. Num. 3. 3. d Ex. 29. 31, 32. « Ex. 29. 34. / Ex. 29. 30,35. Ezek. 43. 25, 26. ffHeb.7.16. '•Num. 3. 7. k 9. 19. Deut.11.1. 1 Kinss2.3. a Ezek. 43. 27. i ch. 4. 3. & 8. 14. Ex. 29. 1. = ch. S. 18. d ch. 4. 23. Ezra 6. 17. & 10. 19. ' ch. 2. 4. / ver. 6, 23. Ex. 29. 43. » ch. 4. 8. » ch. 4. 11. k 8. 17. Pch. 1. 5. k 8. 19. 1 ch. 8. 20. r ch. 8. 21. • ver. 3. Is!i. 53. 10. Ueb. 2. 17. &5. 3. ch. 4. 3. I Siini.3.14. II eb. 5. 3. k 7. 27. & 9. 7. • ch. 4. 16, 20. Ueb. 5. 1. * ch. 8. 15. 'Seech.4.7. "■ ch. 8. 10. Before C H R I S T 1490. ch. 3.5,16. « Ex. 29. 24,26. ch. 7.30,31, 32, 33, 34. ' Num. 6. 23. Deut. 21. 5. Luke24.50. ' ver. 6. Num. 14. 10. & 16. 19, 42. I* Gen. 4. 4. Judg.6.2l. lKiDg3l8. 38. 2 Chron. 7. 1. Pa. 20. 3. « 1 Kings 18. 3a. 2 Chron. 7. 3. Ezra 3. 11. « ch. 16. 1. &22. 9. Num. 3. 3, 4. & 26. 61. lChron.24. 2. !> ch. 16. 12. Num. 16. 18. « Ex. 30. 9. d ch. 9. 24. Num. 16. 35. 2 Sam. 6. 7. «Ex.l9.22. & 29. 43. ch. 21. 6,17, 21. Isa. 52. 11. Ezok.20.41 & 42. 13. / Isa. 49. 3. Ezek.28.22 Jolin 13.31, 32. & 14. 13 2 Thess. 1. 10. a 1'3. 39. 9. " Ex. 6. 18, 22. Num. 3. 19, 30. ■ Luke 7. 12. Acts 5. 6,9, 10. k 8. 2. * Ex. 33. 5. ch. 13. 45. k 21. 1, 10. Num.6. 6,7. Deut. 33.9. Ezek. 24. 16, 17. ' Num. 16. 22, 40. Josh. 7. 1. & 22. 18, 20 2 Sani.24.1. Moses and Aaron bless the people. above the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar ; "as the Loed commanded Moses. 11 "And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt-offering ; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, ^'wnich he sprink- led round about upon the altar. 13 'And they presented the burnt-offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head : and he burnt them upon the altar. ■ 14 ""And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering on the altar. 15 IF 'And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin-offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt-offering, and offered it 'according to the II manner. 17 And he brought "the meat-offering, and f took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, "^besides the burnt-sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for ^o, sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the peo- ple : and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver : 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, ^and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the Loed ; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and 'blessed them ; and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the taber- nacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people : "and the glory of the Loed appeared unto all the people. 24 And '^there came ^ fire out from before the Loed, and consumed upon the altar the burnt- offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, "they shouted, and fell on their faces. A^ CHAP. X. Nadah and Ahihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt by fire. 8 The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle. ND "Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, 'took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered "strange fire before the Loed, which he commanded them not. 2 And there ''went out fire from the Loed, and devoured them, and they died before the Loed. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Loed spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them 'that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be ^glorified. ^And Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of ''Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them. Come near, 'carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar, his sons, ''Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest 'wrath come upon all the people : but let your brethren, the The law of eating the holy things. whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 '"And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : "for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. 8 II And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 "Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations : 10 And that ye may ^put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean ; 11 'And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 12 1[And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take ''the meat-ofiering that remaineth of the offer- ings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar : for "it is most holy : 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due,' of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire : for 'so I am commanded. 14 And "the wave-breast and heave-shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they be thy due, and thy sons due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 15 "'The heave-shoulder and the wave-breast shall they bring, with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before the Lord ; I and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever ; as the Lord hath commanded. 16 IT And Moses diligently sought Hhe goat of the sin-offering, and behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 17 "^Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and Goa hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the con- fregation, to make atonement for them before the iORD? 18 Behold, "the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place : ye should indeed have eaten it in tjie holy place, ''as I commanded. 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, 'this day have they offered their sin-ofiering, and their burnt- offering before the Lord ; and such things have befallen me : and if I had eaten the sin-offering to- day, ''should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord? 20 And when Moses heard that, he was content. CHAP. XL 2 What leasts may, 4 and what may not be eaten. 9 Wluit fishes. 13 What fowls. 29 Tlis creeping things which are unclean. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, "These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven- footed, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof : as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. I. CHAP. XL Before CHRIST 1490. •"cli. 21.12. "Ex. 28.41. ch. 8. 30. " Ezek. 44. 21. Luke 1. 15. 1 Tim. 3. 3. Tit. 1. 7. J'ch.11.47. & 20. 2.5. Jer. 15. 19. Ezek. 22. 26. & 44.23. sDeut.24.8, Nell. 8. 2, 8, 9,13. Jer. 18. 18, Mill. 2. T. >• Ex. 29. 2, ch. e. le. Num. 18. 9, 10. • cli. 21. 22, t ch. 2. 3. & 0. 16. " E.X.29. 24, 20, 27. ch. 7. 31,34 Num. 18. 11. » ch. 7. 29, 30, 34. ych. 9.3,16, » ch. 6. 26, 29. " oh. 6. SO. » ch. 6. 26. «ch.9.8,12. ■i Jer. 6. 20. & 14. 12, Hog. 9. 4. Mai. 1. 10, 13. '•Deut.14.4, Acts 10. 12. 14. Before CHRIST 1490. "Isa. 65. 4. i 66. 3, 17. » Matt. 9. 20. Mai-k 5. 25. Luke 8. 43. " ver. 13. »ch. 11.47. Dent. 24. 8. Ezek.44.23 p Num. 5. 3. & 19. 13, 20. ilzek.S.ll & 23. 38. I ver. 2. '■ ver. 16. • ver. 19. ' ver. 25. ' ver. 24. «cli.l0.1,2. Before CHllIST 1490. » Ex. 30. 10. ch. 23. 27. Ueb.9. 7. & 10. 19. ' Ex. 25. 22. & 40. 34. 1 Kings 8. 10, 11, 12. <* riel). 9. 7, 12, 24, 25. • ch. 4. 3. / Ex. 28. 39, 42, 43. ch. 6. 10. Ezck.'»-i.l7 IS. e Ex. 30.20. ch. 8. 6, 7. * See ch. 4. 14. Num. 29.11 2Chron.29. 21. Ezra 6. 17. Ezek.45.22 23. f ch. 9. 7. Heb. 5. 2. & 7. 27, 28. &9. 7. t Hob. Azazet. t Heb. went up. * 1 John 2. 2. 'ch.lO. 1. Num. 16. 18, 46. Rev. 8. 5. mEx.30.34. "Ex. 30. 1, 7,8. Num. 16. 7, 18, 46. Rev. 8. 3, 4. "Ex. 25.21. P oil. 4. 5. Heb. 9. 13, 25. & 10. 4. 3 ch. 4. 6. r Heb. 2. 17. & 5. 2. & 9. 7, 28. « ver. 2. Heb. 6. 19. & 9. 3, 7, 12. ' See Ex. 29. 36. Ezek.45.18 Heb. 9. 22, 23. t Hell. (iwelleUi. " See Ex. 34.3. Luke 1.10. ' Ex. 30.10. cli. 4. 7,18. Heb. 9. 22, 23. Aaron thy brother, that he ''come not at all times into the \\o\j place within the vail, before the mercy- seat, which is upon the ark ; that he die not : for 'I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron "^come into the holy place : 'with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4 He shall put on -^the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired : these are holy gar- ments ; therefore 'shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. 5 And he shall take of ''the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin- offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin- offering, which is for himself, and 'make an atone- ment for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the fscape-goat. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot ffell, and offer him for a sin-offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alive before the Lord to make 'an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scape-goat into the wilderness. 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself: 12 And he shall take 'a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of '"sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail : 13 "And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the "mercy-seat that is upon the testimony that he die not. 14 And ^'he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and ''sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward: and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 IF 'Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offer- ing that is for the people, and bring his blood 'within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy- seat, and before the mercy-seat : 16 And he shall 'make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins : and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that fremaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 "And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is be- fore the Lord, and 'make an atonement for it ; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. The scape-goat, &c. CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Eating of blood forbidden. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and ^hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 20 HAnd when he hath made an end of '^recon- ciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, ana the altar, he shall bring the live goat : 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, "putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of fa ht man into the wilderness : 22 And the goat shall ''bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land fnot inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, '^and shall put off the linen gar- ments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall lieave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, "^and offer his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 25 And 'the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scape- goat shall wash his clothes, •'and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 *And the bullock for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 TIAnd this shall be a statute for ever unto you : that ''in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you : 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atone- ment for you, to 'cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Loed. 31 ''It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever. 32 'And the priest whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall t"'consecrate to minister in the priest's ofSce in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and "shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments : 33 And "he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar : and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 *And this shall be an everlasting statute unto ^ou, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins 'once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAP. XVII. 1 The blood of all slain beasts must be offered to the Lord. 7 They viust not offer to devils. 10 All eating of blood is forbidden. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Befors CHRIST 1490. y Ezek. 43. 20. ' ver. 16. Ezek.45.20 •■ lea. 53. 6. t Heb. a man nf op- portunity. l> Isa. 53. 11, 12. John 1.29. Heb. 9. 28. 1 Pet. 2. 24. t Heb. of separation. ' Ezek. 42. 14. & 44. 19. << ver. 3, 6. « ch. 4. 10. /ell. 15. 5. a ch. 4. 12, 21. & 6. 30. Heb. 13.11. * Ex. 30.10. ch. 23. 27. Num. 29.7. Isa. 58. 3, 5. Dan. 10. 3, 12. ' Ps. 51. 2. Jer. 33. 8. Eph. 5. 26. Heb. 9. 13, 14.& 10.1,2. lJohiil.7, 9. *ch.23.32. ' cli. 4. 3, 5, 16. t lleb.fdl fas hand. '» Ex.. 29. 29, 3(1. Num. 20. 26, 28. " ver. 4. t> ver. 6. 16, 18, 19, 24. Pch.23.31. Ntim. 29. 7. <1 Ex. 30.10. IIeb.9.7,25. Before CHRIST 1490. » SeeDcut. 12.5,15,21. 6 Deut. 12. 5, 6, 13, 14. ' Rom.5.13. <'Gen.17.14. ' Gen. 21. 33. & 22. 2. & 31. 64. Deut. 12. 2. 1 Kings 14. 23. 2 Kings 16. 4. & 17. 10. 2Chron.28. 4. Ezek.20.28. & 22. 9. / ch. 3. 2. n Ex. 29. IS. ch. 3. 5, 11, 16. & 4. 31. Num.18.17. A Deut. 32. 17. 2Cliron.ll. 15. Ps. 106. 37. lCor.10.20. Rev. 9. 20. i Ex. 34. 15. ch. 20. 5. Deut.31.16. Ezek. 23. 8. * ch. 1. 2, 3. ' ver. 4. "*Gen. 9. 4. ch. 3. 17. & 7. 26, 27. & 19. 26. Deut.12.16, 23. & 15. 23. 1 Sam. 14. 33 Ezeli.44.7. » ch. 20. 3, 5, 6. & 26. 17. Jer. 44. 11. Ezek. 14. 8. & 15. 7. " ver. 14. P Matt. 26. 28. >Iarkl4.24. Rom. 3. 25. & 5. 9. Eph. 1.7. Col.1.14,20. Heb. 13.12. 1 Pet. 1. 2. IJohn 1.7. Rev. 1. 6. ? Heb. 9.22. t Heb. tliat hunUth any hunt- ing. r ch. 7. 26. « Deut. 12. 16,24.415. 23. 'Ezek.24.7. »ver.ll,12. Gen. 9. 4. Deut.12.23. » Ex. 22.31. ch. 22. 8. Deut.14.21. Ezek. 4. 14. & 44. 31. t Heb. a carcass. ych. 11.25. ' cli. 15. 5. " cli. 6. 1. & 7. 18. & 19.8. Num. 19. 20. " ver. 4. Ex. 6.7. ch. 11. 44. & 19. 4, 10, 34. A 20. 7. Ezek. 20. 5, 7, 19, 20. » Ezek. 20. 7,8. & 23. 8. "Ex 23.24. ch. 20. 23. Deut. 12. 4, 30, 31. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, "that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 'And bringeth it not unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord : blood shall be 'imputed unto that man, he hath shed blood, and that man ''shall be cut off from among his people : 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices "which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the joriest, and offer them for peace-offerings unto the Lord. 6 And the priest •^shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and *burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices ''unto devils, after whom they 'have gone a whoring : This shall be a statute for ever unto them through- out their generations. 8 IT And thou shalt say unto them. Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the stran- gers which sojourn among you, 'that offer eth a burnt-offering or sacrifice, 9 And 'bringeth it not unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord ; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 1["'And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood ; "I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you upon the altar, ^'to make an atonement for your souls : for 'it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, fwhich ''hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall even 'pour out the blood thereof, and 'cover it with dust. 14 "For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life thereof : therefore I said unto the chil- dren of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh ; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof : whosoever eateth it shall be cut off'. 15 "^And every soul that eateth fthat which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, {whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger,) ^he shall both wash his clothes, ^and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even : then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh ; then "he shall bear his iniquity. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Unlaioful marriages. 19 Unlawful lusts. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, "I am the Lord your God. 3 ''After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and 'after the doings of the 87 Of unlawful marriages and lusts. LEVITICUS. laud of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not do : neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 ''Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. o Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments : 'which if a man do, he shall live in them : ^1 am the Loed, G If None of you shall approach to any that is inear of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Loed. 7 -'The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 ''The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father's nakedness. 9 'The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she ^e born at home, or born abroad, even their naked- ness thou shalt not uncover. 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover : lor theirs is thine own nakedness. 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, (she is thy sister) thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12 *Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister : she is thy father's near kins- woman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister : for she is thy mother's near kins- woman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt. 15 "'Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law : she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness. 17 "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; for they are her near kins- women : it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take ||a wife to her sister, ^to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-^ime. 19 ''Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover, 'thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed 'pass through the fire to 'Molech, neither shalt thou "pro- fane the name of thy God : I am the Loed. 22 ^Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind : it is abomination. 23 "Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith : neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto : it is 'confusion 24 "Defile not ye yourselves in any of these thirifrs: 'for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 2o And ""the land is defiled : therefore I do ''visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself 'vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit a'/^?/ of these abomi- Before CHRIST 1490. d Dent. 4. 1,2. i 6.1. i;zek.20.19 « Ezek. 20. 11,13,21. 1,1 ik el 0.28. Rom. 10. 5. Gill. 3. 12. / Ex. e. 2, 6,29. Mai. 3. C. t Heb. re- mainder of hia Jleslu cell. 20.11. 'I Gen. 49.4. eh. 20. 11. Deut.22.30. & 27. 20. Ezek. 22.10 Amos 2. 7. 1 Cor. 5. 1. i eh. 20.17. 2 Sam. 13. 12. Ezek.22.11 * eh. 20. 19. 'eh. 20.20. '» Gen. 3S. 18, 26. oh. 20. 12. Ezek.22.11 "0^20.21. Matt. 14. 4. See Dent. 2.5. 5. Matt.22.24. MHrkl2.19. ■■ eh. 20. 14. II Or, one wife to an- other, Ex. 26. 3. P 1 Sam. 1. 6,8. 1 ell. 20. 18, Ezek. 18. 6. & 22. 10. ■•ch.20.10. Ex. 20. 14. Deut.5.18. & 22. 22. Prov. 6. 29, 32 Mai.' 3. 5. Matt. 5. 27. Rom. 2. 22. 1 Cor. 6. 9. Heb. 13. 4. « ch. 20. 2. 2 Kings 16. 3. & 21. 6. & 23. 10. Jer. 19. 5. Ezek. 20.31 & 23. 37, 39. * 1 Kings 11.7,33. Culled, Acts 7. 43. Moloch. "ch.19.12. & 20. 3. k 21. 6. & 22. 2, 32. Ezek.36.20 Ac. Mai. 1. 12. " ch. 20. 13. Rom. 1.27. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 1 Tim. 1.10. fch. 20.15, 16. Ex. 22. 19. = ch.20. 12. « ver. 30. Matt.15.18. 19, 20. Mark 7. 21, 22, 23. 1 Cur. 3. 17. ' ch. 20. 23. Dout.18.12. = Nnm. 30. 34. Jer. 2. 7. & 10. 18. Ezek. 36.17 ''Ps.89,32. Isa. 20. 21. Jer. 5. 9,29. &9.9.&14. 10. & 23. 2. IIos. 2. 13. & S. 13. k 9.9. » ver. 28. / ver. 5. .'iO. ch. 20. 22, Before CHRIST 1490. t ch. 20. 22. Jer. 9. 19. Ezek. 36.13 17. 'TenS. 26. ch. 20. 23. Dent. 18.9. * ver. 24. * ver. 2, 4. <'ch.ll.44. & 20. 7, 26. 1 Pet. 1.16. i Ex. 20. 12. Ex. 20. 8. & 31. 13. Ex. 32. 5. 2Kin!;8lO. 20. Ps. 61, 3. Before CHRIST 1490. « E.\. 20. 9. & 23. 12. & 31. 15. & 34. 21. ch. 19. 3. Deut. 5. 13. Luke 13.14. ■i ver 2, 37. Ex. 23. 14. « Ex. 12. 6, 14,18. & 13. 3, JO. & 23. 15. & 34. 18. Num. 9. 2, 3. & 28. 16, 17. Deut. 15. 1-8. Josh, 5. 10. /Ex. 12.16. Num. 28. 18, 25. 9 Ex. 23. 16,19.4 34. 22. 26. Num. 15.2, IS. & 28. 26. Deut. 16. 9. Josh. 3. 15. Or, handful. t Heb. omer. '• Rom. 11. 16. 1 Cor.15.20. Jaui. 1. 18. Rev. 14. 4. i Ex. 29. 24. * ch. 2. 14, 15, 16. ' ch. 25. 8. Ex. 34. 22. Deut. 16. 9. •"Acts 2.1. Num. 28. 26. "Ex. 23. 16, 19. & 22.29. & 34. 22, 26. Num. 15. 17. & 28. 26. Deut. 26. 1. P ch. 4. 23, 28. Num.28. 30. 1 ch. 3. 1. •-Num. 18. 12. Deut. 18. 4. » ch. 19. 9. 3 "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 Loed in all your dwellings. 4 1[''These arethe feasts of the LoED,e?;e7i holy con- vocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 'In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Loed's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Loed : seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 •'^In the first day ye shall have an holy convo- cation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Loed seven days : in the seventh day is an holy convocation, ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 HAnd the Loed 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 || f sheaf of ''the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest : 11 And he shall 'wave the sheaf before the Loed, 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 Loed. 13 'And the meat-offering thereof shall be two tenth-deals of fine fiour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Loed 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 e have brought an offering unto your God : u shall e a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 15 IF And 'ye shall count unto you from the mor- row after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sab- bath shall ye number "'fifty days ; and ye shall offer "a new meat-offering unto the Loed. 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 Loed. 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 Loed, with their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire of sweet savour unto the Loed. 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 /or a wave-offering before the Loed, with the two lambs : ''they shall be holy to the Loed 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 genera- tions. 22 IT And 'when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners 91 I Ik The day of atonement. of thy field -when thou rcapcst, 'neither shalt thou o;ather any gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger : I am the Lord your God. 2o If And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying. In the "seventh month, in the first day of the month, sliall ye have a sabbath, 'a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an lioly convocation. 25 Ye sliall do no servile Avork therein; but ye shall offer an ofiering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27 "Also on the tenth day of this seventh month 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 u 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 wnatsoever 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 month at even, from even unto even, shall ye t celebrate your sabbath. 33 TFAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, '^Lhe fifteenth day of this seventh month 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 ofi'er an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; 'on the eighth dav shall be an holy_ convocation unto you, and ye shall offer an offerintr made by fire unto the Lord : it is a f ''solemn assemblv ; 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-offer- ing, and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offer- ings, every thing upon his day : 38 -^Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your ^ifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your free-will-offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 39 Also in the fifteenth dav of the seventh month, when ye have 'gathered in the fruit of the land, ve 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 t boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; 'and ve shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 ^- And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days HI the year : it shall be a statute for ever in your generations; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 'Y^e shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that ^''^J'^a^M ^^^•'^ ^^''^''^ ■''^^'^^^ ^^^^ell in booths: 4u '"Ihat your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I 1J2 LEVITICUS Before C II HIST 1490. t Dcut. 24. 19. " Num. 29. 1. ' cli. 25. 9. V eh. 16. 30. Num. 29.7. »Gcn. 14. « ch. :o. 3, 5,6. t IIul). rest. 'Ex. 23.16, Num. 29. 12. Dout.16.13, Ezrii. 3. 4. Nell. S. 14. Zbc1i.14.16. Jolin 7. 2. ' Num. 29. 35. Neh. 8.18. John 7. 37. t Hob. (lay of restTaint rfDeut.16.8. 2 Chron. 7. 9. Nell. 8.18. Joel 1.14. & 2. 16. « vcr. 2, 4. / Num. 29. 39. i'Ex.23.1G. Deut.16.13 ''Neh. 8.15. illeb.fruit i Deut. 16. 14, 15. ' Num. 29. 12. Nell. 8. 18. i Nell. 8. 14, 15, 16. "Deut. 31. 13. Ps.78. 5, 6. Before CHRIST 1490. " ver. 2. <■ Ex 20, t Hell. to cause to ascend. *E.x.31. & 39. 37. ' Ex. 25.30. ' 1 Kings 7.48. 2 Clirnn. 4. 19. A 13. 11. Hell. 9. 2. • Num. 4.7. 1 Cliron. 9. 32. 2 Cluon. 2. 4. /I Sam. 21. 6. Matt. 12. 4. Mark 2. 26. r.uke 6. 4. c Ex. 29. 33. ch. 8. 3. & 21. 22. '' ver. 16. i Job 1. 5, 11, 22. & 2. 5, 9, 10. Is-.i. 8. 21. * Ex. 18. 22, 26. ' Num. 15. 34. t Heb. to expound unto them according tolhe mmtth ofUiehOTca. "• Ex. 18. 15, 16. Num. 27.5. k 36. 5, 6. n Deut. 13. 9.&17. 7. » ch. 5. 1. & 20. 17. Num. 9.13. P 1 Kings 21. 10, 13. Ps. 74. 10, 18. Matt.12.31. Mark 3. 28. Jam. 2. 7. 1 Ex. 21.12. Num. 35. 31. Deut.19.11, 12. t Heb. sim'tctk the life of a man. ■ ■•ver. 21. t Ucb. life for life. •Ex. 21. 24. »eut.l9.21. Matt. 5. 38. ii7.2. < Ex. 21.33. ver. 18. « ver. 17. ^ Ex. 12.49. ch. 19. 34. Num. 15. 16. brought The law of blasphemy. 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. 13 The law of blasphemy. 17 Of murder, AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 "Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, fto cause the lamps to burn continually. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, m the taber- nacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord con- tinually : %t shall be a statute for ever in your gene- rations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon 'the pure can- dlestick before the Lord continually. 5 IT And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve '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 -^it shall be Aaron's 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 H And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egj^ptian, went out among the children of Israel ; and tliis son of the Israelitisn woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp ; 11 And the Israelitish w^oman's son ''blasphemed the name of the L ORD, and 'cursed ; and they ''brought him unto Moses : (and his mother's name was Slielomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they 'put him in ward, f'that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 14 BriuCT forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that heard him "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 hisGod''shall bear his sin. 16 And hethaf'blasphemeththenameof theLoRD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congrega- tion 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 II 'And he that fkilleth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 ""And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; theast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as "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 'one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country : for I am the Lord your God. 23 IT And Moses spake to the children of Israel, The year of jubilee. CHAP. XXV. The redemption of land. >'tbat tliey should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones : and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. P CHAP. 35 Compassion of the poor. XXV. 39 The usage of bondmen, 47 The redemption 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 fkeej) "a sabbath unto the Lord. 3 Six years thou shalt sow 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 ^est unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 ''That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes fof 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 cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 8 If 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 forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet fof the jubilee to sound, on the tenth day of the seventh month, 'in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and "^pro- claim liberty throughout all the land unto all the in- habitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; "and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ■^ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the (/rapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubilee ; it shall be holy unto you : 'ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 ''In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's hand, 'ye shall not oppress one another: 15 ^According to the number of years after the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and ac- cording 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 few- ness 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 IT "Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them ; "and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ^'ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, 'What shall we eat the Bf-fore CHRIST 1490. V ver. 14. 1491. f Heb. re. ver. 17. ch. 19. 13. 1 Sam. 12. 3.4. Mic. 2. 2. 1 Cor- 6. S. *ch. 27.18, 23. Before CHRIST 1491. I I ver. 14. "• ver. 43. ch. 19. 14, 32. "ch.19.37. » ch. 26. 5. Deut.12.10, Ps. 4. 8. Prov. 1. 33, Jer. 23. 6. P ch. 26. 5, Ezek. 34. 25, 27, 28. J Matt. 6. 25, 31. ^ ver. 4, 5. «Deut.28.8. See Ex. 16. 29. « 2 Kings 19. 29. « Joeh. 5. 11, 12. II Or, to U quite cutoff. t Ileb. /rrt- cuttinq off. 1 Dcu't. 32. 43. 2 Chron. 7. 20, Ps. So. 1. Joel 2. 18. & 3 2. y 1 Chron. 29. 15. Ps. 39. 12. 4119. 19. 1 lVt,.2.11. » Rntli 2. 20. & 4. 4. 6. » .See Ruth 3. 2, 9, 12. Jer. 3i. 7,8. t Heb. his fiatal hath attained and found sufficiency. ch. 5. 7. ' ver. 50, 51,52. « ver. 13. t Ileb. redemption belongeih unto it. <' See Num. .35. 2. Josh. 21. 2, &c. II Or. one ofth^ Le- vitesredeem them. ' ver. 28. / See Acts 4. 36, 37. f Ueb. his handfail- elh. fHeb. strengthen. yDeiit. 15. 7,8. Ps. 37. 26. & 41. 1. & 112. 6, 9. ProT.14 31. Luke 6. 35. Acts 11.29. Rom.12.18. lJobn3.17. "Ex. 22.25. Deut.23.19. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5. Prov. 28. 8. Ezek. 18. 8, 13, 17. & 22. 12. • ver. 17. Neh. 5. 9. tch.22.32, 33. » Ex. 21. 2. Deut.15.12. 1 Kings 9. 22. 2King54.1 Nell. 5. 5. Jer. 34. 14. t Ueb.seri'e thyselfwith him. with the service, die. ver. 46. Ex. 1. 14. Jer. 25. 14. & 27. 7. & 30.8. "•Ex. 21. 3. seventh year ? behold, ''we shall not sow 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 sow 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 HThe land shall not be sold lifforever; 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 II 'If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his jDOSsession, 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 fhimself 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 tt to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee : 'and in the jubilee 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 full year may he redeem it. 30 And if it be not redeemed 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 jubilee. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no walls round about them, shall be counted as the fields of the country: fthey may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. 32 Notwithstanding ''the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And if II a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his posses- sion 'shall go out in the year 0/ jubilee ; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But ^the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. 35 II And if thy brother be waxen poor, and ffallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt f ''relieve him : yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee. 36 ''Take thou no usury of him, or increase ; but 'fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. 38 'T am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 TI And 'if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not t compel him to serve as a bond-servant : 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, a7id shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children "'with him, and shall return unto his 93 The redemptian of servants. own family, and "unto the possession of liis fathers shall he return. 42 For they are "my servants which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt ; they shall not be sold fas bond-men. 43 ''Thou shalt not rule over him ''with rigour, but "shalt fear thy God. 44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the lieathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bond- men and bond-maids. 45 Moreover, of ''the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. 46 And 'ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a pos- session, fthey shall be your bond-men for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, "ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. 47 IF And if a sojourner or a stranger fwax rich by thee, and 'thy brother tliat dwelleth by him w^ax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed agniii ; one of his brethren may ^redeem him : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him,ora??.vthatisnic5hofkinuntohimofhisfamilymay redeem him ; or if -"he be able, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of jubilee : and the price of his sale shall be accord- ing unto the number of years, "according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. 51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemp- tion out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him : and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54 And if lie be not redeemed II in these years, then 'he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. bo For 'unto me the children of Israel are ser- vants, they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lokd your God. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Of idolali-y. 3 A blessing to them that keep the commandments. 14 A curse to tliose that break them. YE shall make you "no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a || standing image, neither shall ye set up any llfima^e of stone in your land, to bow down unto it : for I am the Lord your God. 2 II ''Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 3 H'lf ye Avalk in my statutes and keep my com- mandments, and do them ; 4 ''Then I will give you rain in due season, 'and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit : 5 And ■'your threshing shall reach unto the vin- tage, and the vintaoe shall reach unto the sowing- tnne ; and ^ye shall eat your bread to the full, and 'dwell in your land safely. 94 LEVITICUS. Cursings threatgied to the disobedient. Before C UK I ST 1491. » vcr. 28. " ver. 55. Rom. 6. 22. 1 Cor. 7. 23. t lli-b. xi:iih the sale f• Vcr. 17. Kx.1.17,21. Deut.2o.lS. Mai. 3. 5. •Isa.5U.3,6. ' Isa. 14. 2. t Ileb. ye shall serve yinir- selves xoith them. ver. 39. " ver. 43. t Ileb. his hand- obtain, <£c. ver. 26. * ver .25,35. V Nell. 5. 5. ' ver. 26. a Job 7. 1. Isa. 16. 14. & 21. 16. II Or, hy these means. * ver. 41. Ex. 21. 2, 3. = ver. 42. <>Ex.20.4,5. Dent. 5. S. & 16. 22. & 27. 15. I's. 97. 7. \\0r, pillar. II Or, figured stone. t Ileb. a stone of picture. 6ch.:9.30. ' Deut. 11. 13, 14,1 5. i 28. 1-14. •i Isa. 30.23. Ezek.34.26 Joel 2. 23, 24. « Ps. 67. 6. & 85. 12. Ezek..34.27 & 36. 30. Zecb. 8.12. /Amos 9. 13. a ch. 25. 19. Dent.11.15. Joel 2. 19, 26. ^011.25.18. Job 11. 18 Ezelc.34.25, 27,28. ' 1 Chron. 22.9. Ps. 29. 11. & 147. 14. Isa. 45. 7. Has. 2. 9. * Job 11.19. Ps.3.5.i4.8. Isa. 35. 9. Jer. 30. 10. Ezek.34.25 IIos. 2. 18. Z ver. 21, 24. = Is.i. 59.18. & 63. 3. & 66.15. Jer. 21. 5. Ezek. 5. 13. 15. & «. 18. 6 And T will give peace in the land, and 'ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will t rid 'evil beasts out of the land, neither shall "the sword go through your land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And "nve of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and vour enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will "have respect unto you, and ^make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat 'old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 "And I will set my tabernacle among you : and my soul shall not 'abhor you. among you, and "will be 12 'And I will walk your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 'T am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen, ""and I have broken the bauds of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 IT^But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments ; 15 And if ye shall ^despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant : 16 I also will do this unto you, I will even appoint t over you "terror, ''consumption, and the burning ague, that shall ''consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart : and ''ye shall sow your seed in vain ; for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And T will set my face against you, and •''ye shall be slain before your enemies : ^they that hate you shall reign over you, and ''ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you 'seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will ''break the pride of your power ; and I 'will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass : 20 And your '"strength shall be spent in vain : for "your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 IT And if ye walk || contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you accordin^r to your sins. 22 "I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, and ^'your hiffh-\fa:ys shall be desolate. 23 And if ye ''will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me ; _ 24 'Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And T will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are gathered together wdthin your cities, '1 will send the pestilence among you : and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 "And when I have broken the stafl" of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight : and ""ye shall eat and not be satisfied. 27 And "if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also 'in A promise to the penit^it. CHAP. XXVII. fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 "And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And '1 will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and 'cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall ''abhor you. 31 'And I will make your cities waste, and -^bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 *And I will bring the land into desolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be 'astonished at it. 33 And 'I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 ''Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest m your 'sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you, '"I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and "the sound of a fshaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword ; and they shall fall, when none pursueth. 37 And "they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth : and ^ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you *shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 ''If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me ; 41 And^Aa^ I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their 'uncircumcised hearts be 'humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I "remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will ""remember the land. 43''The land also shall be left of them,and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them : and they shall accept of the punishment of their ini- quity ; because, even because they "despised my judg- ments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, ''I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will ''for their sakes remember the cove- nant of their ancestors, ^whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt ''in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God : I am the Lord. 46 'These are the statutes, and judgments, and laws, which the Loed made between him and the chil- dren of IsraeFin mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Re that maJceih a singular vow must he the Lord's. AND the LoE,D spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the cliildren of Israel, and say Before CHRIST 1491. « Deut. 28. 63. 2 Kings 6. 29. Kzek. 5.10, Lam. 4. 10, !> 2 Chron. 34. 3, 4, 7. Isa. 27. 9. Ezek. 6. 3, 4, 5, 6, 13. ' 2 Kings 23.20. 2 Chron. 34.6. vhom the possession of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be accordino- to the shekel of the sanctuary : "twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 HOnly the f^i'stling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; Avliether it be ox, or sheep : it is the Loed's. 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation,^'and shall add a fifth part of it thereto : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. 28 «Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Loed of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his pos- Before CIIKIST 1491. well. -25.28, "Kx. 30.13. Num. 3.47. & 18. 16. Kzek. 45.12 t Ueh.first- honi, (£c. o Kx. 13. 2. 12. & 22. 30. Num.18.17. Dc'ut.15.19. P VPV. 11, 12, 13. 1 ver. 21. Josli. 0. 17 18, 19. Before CHRIST 1491. r Num. 21. 2,3. •Oen.2S.22. Num. 18. 21, 24. 2 Cliroii. 31. 5, 0, 12. Nell. 13. 12. Mill. 3.8,10. ' ver. 13. » See ,Tfir. 33.13. Kzek.20..37 Mic.7. 14. ' ver. 10. v ch. 26. 46. The number of the tribes. session, shall be sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy unto the Loed. 29 ''None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed : but shall surely be put to death. 30 And "all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Loed's : it is holy unto the Loed. 31 'And if a man will at all redeem aught of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever "passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be. holy unto the Loed. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, ""neither shall he change it : and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 ^These are the commandments which the Loed commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. The FOURTH Book of Moses, called NUMBERS. CHAP. L 1 God conimandeth Moses to number the ■people. AND the Loed spake unto Moses "in the wilder- ness of Sinai, ''in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, bv the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls : 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel ; thou and Aaron sliall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 tAnd these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of the tribe o/ Reuben ; Elizur the son of Shedeur. . 6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah ; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Eli- shama the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Han ; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Asher ; Pagiel the son of Ocran. Gad ; Eliasaph the son of ''Heuel. Naphtali ; Ahira the son of Enan. _1G 'These were the renoAvned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, -^heads of thou- sands in Israel. 17 H And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names : 18 Aiidtheyassembled all the congregation together on the first c/ay of the second month,and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Loed commanded Moses, so he num- bered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the diildrcn of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house 96 13 Of 14 Of 15 Of Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1490. 1490. « Ex. 19. 1. Num. 10. 11, 12. 4E.X.25.22. « Ex. 30. 12. & 38. 26. cli. 26. 2, 03, 64. 2 Sftm.24.2. 1 Chron. 21. 2. minister in the priest's office. 08 NUMBERS. Before CHRIST 1490. Before CHRIST 1491. /ch. 10. 17. 21. = Lev. 10.1. ch. 26. 61. 1 Chron. 24.2. • ch. 1. 53. 1491. "ch. 4. 24, 25, 26. «Ex.25. 9. "Ex.26. 1. a^Ex. 26. 7. 14. » Ex.26. 36. » Ex. 6. 23. « Ex. 27. 9. "Ex. 27.16. ' Ex. 28.41. Lev. 8. t Ileb. whose hand hcfdk'i. ' Ex. 35.18. " 1 Cliron. 26. 23. The Levites^ service. 4 "And Nadab and Abihu died before the Loed, when they ofiered strange fire before the Loed, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's ofiice in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 H And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 6 ''Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do 'the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the taber- nacle. 9 And -^thou slialt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children oi Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office : ''and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, T have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first- born that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel : therefore the Levites shall be mine ; 13 Because ''all the first-born are mine ; for on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast : mine they shall be ; I am the Loed. 14 1 And the Loed spake unto Moses in the wil- derness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families : '"every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the fword of the Loed, as he was commanded. 17 "And these were the sons of Levi, by their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Ger- shon by their families ; "Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families ; ''Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 'And the sons of Merari by their_ families ; Mahli, and Mushi : these are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites,_and the family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 '^The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And 'the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be 'the taber- nacle, and "the tent, "'the covering thereof, and ''the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 26 And 'the hangings of the court, and "the cur- tain for the door of the court, which is by the taber- nacle, and by the altar round about, and *the cords of it, for air the service thereof. 27 IF 'And of Kohath was the family of the Am- The number of the Merarites, &g. CHAR IV. ramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uz- zielites : these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hun- dred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 ''The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And 'their charge shall be ^the ark, and "the table, and ''the candlestick, and 'the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and 'the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanc- tuary. 33 IT Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, . and the family of the Mushites : these are the fami- lies of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, ac- cording to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the sonof Abihail: 'these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And t "'under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and [all that serve th thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and [their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 IT "But those that encamp before the tabernacle [toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the ] congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, "keeping the charge of the sanctuary, l^for the charge of the children of Israel ; and 'the [stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 'All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment I of the LoED, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 IF And the Loed said unto Moses, 'Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the num- ber of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I awi the Loed) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Loed commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. _ 43 And all the first-born males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thou- sand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 H And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 45 "Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine : I am the Loed. 46 And for those that are to be 'redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen, of the Before CHRIST 1490. ''ch.l. 53. • ch. 4. 15. / Ex.25.10. f Ex. 25. 23. tEx.25.31. -E.\.30.2;3. • ver. 4. « See Ex. 19. 21. 1 Sum. 6.19. " ver. 3. •' ver. 22. t Ileb. to war the. loar/are. II Or, cai-riage. '^ ch. 3. 25, 26. '• ver. 29. t Ileb. mouth. /ver. 3, 23, 30. V ver. 3. t Heb. vjurfare. s ver. 15 24, 31. ' ch. 3. 36, 37. '• ver. 1,21. oEx. 26.15. 'Ex. 38. 21. "Lev. 1.3. 3, •)6.&cli.l2. 14. b Lev. 15. 2. « Lev. 21. 1. ch. 9. 6, 10. & 19. 11, 13. & 31. 19. "i Lev. 26. 11, 12. 2 Cor. 6. 10. Kohathites, Gershonites, &e. numbered. 34 "H'Aiid Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation : 36 And those that were numbered o± them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the command- ment of the Loed by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, 40Even those thatwere numberedof them , through- out their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 ''These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Loed. 42 H And those that were numbered of the fami- lies of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the Avork in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered 'according to the word of the Loed by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel num- bered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 -^From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the ser- vice of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the commandment of the Loed they were numbered by the hand of Moses, ''every one according to his service, and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, ''as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAP. V. 5 destitution is to he made in trespasses. 11 The tried of jealousy. AND the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp eyery "leper, and every one that hath an ''issue, and whosoever is defiled by the 'dead : 3 Both, male and female shall ye put out, without . the camp shall ye put them ; that they defile not their camps, ''in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them The trial of jealousy. out without the camp : as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, 'When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty; 7 -^hen they shall confess their sin which they have done : and he shall recompense his trespass ^with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest ; besides ''the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every || 'offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the j)riest, it shall be 'his. 11 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man 'lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth jpart of an ephah of "barley-meal ; he shall pour 110 oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, '"bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the iealousy-offering : and the priest shall have in his liand the bitter water that causeth the curse : 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman. If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness || f with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse : 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thv husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband : 21 Then the priest shall "charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, "The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to t rot, and thy belly to swell ; 22 And this water that causeth the curse ^shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. 'And the woman shall say. Amen, amen. CHAP. VL Before CHRIST 1490. Before CHRIST 1490. ' Lov.6.2,3. /Lev. 5. 5. & 26. 40. Josh. 7. 19. •■ Lev. 8. 27. !> Lev. 6. 5. • Lev. 2.2,9. 'i Lev. 6. 6, 7.&7.7. II Or, heave- offering. ■ Ex. 29. 28. Lev. 6. 17, 18, 26. & 7. M,9,10, ch'. 18. 8, 9, 19. Deut.18.3,4 Ezek. 44. 29, 30. *Lev.l0.13. ' Deut. 28. Ps. 83. 9,11. Jer.24.9.& 29. 18, 22. & 42. 18. Zech. 8. 13. « ver. 19. 1 Lov.18.20. " Lev. 20. 17, 19, 20. »»1 Kings 17. 18. Ezek.29.16 II Or, mal-e themselves Nazarites. "Lev. 27.2. Judg. 13. 5. Acts il. 23. Rom. 1. 1. ' Amos 2. 12. Luke 1. 15. II Or, iVazo- riteship. f Ileh. vine of the wine. ' Judg. 13. 5. & 16, IT. lSam.1.11. 11 Or, being in the power of tJiy hub- Kom. 7. 2. t Ilelj. under thy husband. '«Lov.21.11. ch. 19. 11, 16. "Lev. 21.1, 2, 11. ch. 9. 6. flleb. separation. ".70811.6.26. 1 Sam. 14. 24. Neh. 10.29. »Jer.29.22. /Acts 18. 18. & 21. 24. f Ileh. faU. prB.109.18. a Lev. 5. 7. & 14. 22. & 15. 14, 29. « Deut. 27. 15. Tlie law of the Nazarites. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water : 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and be- come bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy-offer- ing out of the woman's hand, and shall ''wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar : 26 *And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot : and the woman 'shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another "instead of her husband, and is de- filed; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman 'shall bear her iniquity. CHAP. VL 1 27(6 law of the Nazarites. 22 The form of blessing the people. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the childrei^ of Israel, and say unto them. When either man or woman shall || "sepa- rate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to sepa- rate themselves unto the Lord : 3 ''He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his II separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the fvine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no 'razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that lie separateth himself mito the Lord, ''he shall come at no dead body. 7 'He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die : because the t consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by_ him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration ; then he shall -^shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And ^on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offer- ing, and the other for a burilt-offering, and make an 101 The form of blessing the people. atonement for liini, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. VI And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year ''for a trespass-oJBfering : out the days tliat were before shall t oe lost, because his separa- tion was deliled. 13 HAnd this is the law of the Nazarite: 'When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation : 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish 'for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish 'for peace-ofi'erings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, '"cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread "anointed with oil, and their meat-offering and their "drink-offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall ofier his sin-ofiering, and his burnt- ofi'eriug : 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 18 ^'And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the 'sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and ""shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the Jiair of his separation is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave- offering before the Lord : 'this is holy for the priest, with the wave-breast, and heave-shoulder: and after that, the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, besides that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 HAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying. On this wise 'ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and "keep thee : 25 The Lord '"make his face shine upon thee, and "'be gracious unto thee : 2G *The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and ""give thee peace. 27 "And they shall put my name upon the chil- dren of Israel, and ''I will bless them. CHAP. VIL 1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle. AND it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully "set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them ; 2 That 'the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, Avho were the princes of the tribes, t and were over them that were numbered, offered : 3 And they brought their ofiering before the 102 NUMBERS. Before ClIKIST 1490. A Lev. 6. 6. fUoh.fcai •Act321.26. Before C H U I S T 1490. t Lev. 4. 2, 27, 32. ' Lev. 3. C. "• Lev. 2. 4. » Ex. 29. 2. " ch. 15. 5, 7,10. i'Act821.24, « ch. 4. 25. d ch. 4. 31. ' ch. 4 33. 28, J 1 Sam. 2 15. 'Ex. 29.23, 24. "Ex. 29.27, 28. /ch.4.15. <'ch.4. 6,8, 10, 12, 14. 2Sam.6.13. !> See Deut. 20.5. 1 Kings 8. 63. 2 Chron. 7. 5,9. Ezra 6. 16. Nch. 12.27. Ps.SO.titlo. * ch. 2. 3. * Ex. 30.13. ' Lev. 2. 1. •»Ex.30.34. » Lev. 1. 2. » Lev. 4. 23. P Lev. 3. 1. 'Lev. 9. 22. 1 Chron. 23. 13. •»Ps.l21.7. John 17.11. "Ps.31.16. & 07. 1. & 80. 3, 7, 19. & 119. 135. Dan. 9. 17. * Gen. 43. 29. V Ps. 4. 6. « John 14. 27. 2 Thess. 3. 16. <• Deut. 28. 10. 2 Chron. 7. 14. Isa. 43. 7. Dan. 9. 18, 19. I' rs.115.12. "Ex. 40.18. Lev. 8. 10, IL » ch. 1. 4, &.C. t Ilch. ■who stood. The offering of the princes Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites : 7 Two wagons and four oxen 'he gave unto the sons of Gerslion, according to their service : 8 ''And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, 'under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : be- cause -^the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them ^was that they should bear upon their snoulders. 10 HAnd the princes offered for ''dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 IF And he that offered his offering the first day was 'Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after ''the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 'meat-offering : 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of '"incense : 15 "One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 16 One kid of the goats for a "sin-offering : 17 And for ^a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Ammi- nadab. 18 HOn the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer : 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 20 One spoon of gold often shekels, full of incense: 21 One ;^oung bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 24 HOn the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer : 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof -zz/as an hundred and thirty sAe/ce/s, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 26 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 27 One ]^oung bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first at the dedication of the CHAP. VIT. year : this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon, 30 T[ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: 31 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 32 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense: 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, lor a burnt-offering : 34 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year:' this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 H On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zuri- shaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and ihiviy shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of in- cense : 39 One youn^ bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering ':i -'jt-' 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zuri- shaddai. 42 IT On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of tnem full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 44 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, lor a Durnt-offering: 46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 47 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 If On the seventh day Elishama the son of Am- mihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof -i^as an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : ; ,..f i- 50 One golden spoon often she1cels,fviW^ of incense: 51 One youn^ bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 52 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 53 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offermg of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 II On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: 55 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the_ sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : Before CHRIST 1490. Before CHRIST 1490. tabernacle and altar. 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 58 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 59 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedah- zur. 60 IT On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 62 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 64 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : Q6 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. QQ H On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammi- shaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a Durnt-offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 71 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammi- shaddai. 72 H On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : ■■ "' ",' 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 76 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 77 And for a sacrifice of peace-ofi'erings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 78 IF On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 82 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 83 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the dedication of the altar (in the day when it was anointed) by the princes of Israel : twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and 103 J^ie consecration of the Levites. thirty shekels, each bowl seventy : all the silver ves- sels weighed two thousand and lour hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, loeighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hun- dred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt-offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat-offering : and the kids of the goats for sin-offering, twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace- offerings tvere twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, tlie he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the d.edication of the altar, after that it was 'anointed. 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation "^to speak with || him, then he heard 'the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims; and he spake unto him. CHAP. VIII. I How the lamps are to be lighted. 5 The consecration of the Levites, 23 The age and time of their service. AND the LoKD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou "lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord command- ed Moses. 4 *And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, tvas '^beaten work : ''according unto the pattern which the LoKD had shewed Moses, so he made the can- dlestick. 5 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : Sprinkle 'water of purifying upon them, and t ^let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with *his meat-oflering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-of- fering. 9 ''And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: 'and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together : 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord : and the children of Israel ''shall put their hands upon the Levites : II And Aaron shall f ofier the Levites before the Lord for an t offering of the children of Israel, that t they may execute the service of the Lord. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou shalt ofier the one for a sin-ofi'ering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and ofier them for an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be "'mine. 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : 104 NUMBEKS. Before CHRIST 1490. « ver. 1. •• ch. 12, 8. Ex. 33. 9, 11. II That is, God. •Ex. 25. 22. o Ex. 25. 37 & 40. 25. » Ex. 25. 31, « Ex. 25.18 ■1 Ex. 25. 40, ' ch. 19. 9, 17, 18. t Ileb. let them cause a ra- zor to pass over^ t&c. / Lev. 14. 8,9. a Lev. 2. 1. » See Ex. 29. 4. & 40. 12. i Lev. 8. 3. ' Lev. 1. 4. tU«b. wave. t Ileb. wave- offering. f Ueb. thep may be to execute. y dav or by night that the cloud was taken up,they journey ed. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel "abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the Lord they rested in their tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed : they "^kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. i CHAP. X. 11 The I»raellUs remove from Sinai to Paran. 14. The order of their inarch. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of an CHAP. X. Before CHRIST 1490. 'ch.27. 5. /2 Chron. 30. 2, 15. » Ex. 12. 8. * Ex. 12.10. 'Ex. 12.46. Joliii 19..36. * Ex. 12.43. ' Gen. 17. 14. Ex. 12. 15. •" ver 7. » eh. 5. 31. - Ex. 12.49. P Ex. 40.34. Null. 9. 12 19. P3. 78. 14. 1490. 5 Ex. 13.21, & 40. 38. '•Ex.40. 36. ch. 10. 11, 33, 34. Ps. 80. 1. »lCor.l0.1. t Ileb. prolonged. t ch. 1. 53. &3. 8. f Ueb. was. " Ex. 40. 36, 37. " ver. 19. i Before CHRIST 1490. Isa. 1. 13. » Jer. 4. 5. Joel 2, 15. « Ex.18. 21. cli.1.16. & 7.2. ■i ch. 2. 3. «ch. 2. 10. / ver. 3. i?Joel 2.1. "ch. 31. 6. Josh. 6. 4. 1 Chron. 15. 24. 2Chron.l3. 12. •ch. 31.6. Josh. 6. 5. 2 Chron.l3. 14. ' Judg. 2. 18. & 4. 3. &6.0. & 10. 8, 1-2. 1 Sum. 10. 18. Ps. 100. 42. ' 1 Geu.8.1. Ps. 106. 4. "'ch. 29. 1. Lev. 23.24. 1 Chron.l5. 24. 2 Chron. 5. 12. & 7. 0. & 29. 26. Ezra 3. 10. Neh. 12.35. Ps. 81. 3. 1 ver. 9. » cli. 9. 17. P Ex. 40.36. ch.2. 9,16, 24, 31. ?Ex. 19.1. ch. 1. 1. & 9.5. ••Gen. 21. 21. ch. 12. 16. & 13. 3, 26. Deut. 1. 1. ^ver. 5, 6. ch. 2. 34. ch. 4. 4, 15. & 7.9. II That is, tite Gerslio- nites and the Mera- rites : See ver. 17. eh. 1. 51. 6 ch. 2. 18, 24. ' ch. 2. 25, 31. Josh 6. 9. o They remove from Sinai to Faran. whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou may- est use them for the "calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when 'they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are ''heads of the thousands of Is- rael, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then ''the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie 'on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered to- gether, •'ye shall blow, but ye shall not ^sound an alarm. 8 ''And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And 'if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that 'oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be 'remem- bered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also '"in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt- offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offer- ings ; that they may be to you "for a memorial be- fore your God : I am the Lord your God. _ 11 i And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud "was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took ^their jour- neys out of the 'wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud rested in the ''wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journev 'according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 IT 'In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according totheirarmies: and over his host was "Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helen. 17 And ''the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, ^bearing the tabernacle. 18 If And "the standard of the camp of Keuben set forward according to their armies : and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the "sanctuary : and II the other did set up the taberna- cle against they came. 22 *ir And 'the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies : and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 H And ^the standard of the camp of the children 105 The manna loathed. NUMBEE8. of Dan set forward, which was the rere-ward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pa<5iel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Aliira the son of Enan. 28 fTlms were the journeyings of the children of Is- rael according to their armies, when they set forward. 29 HAnd Moses said unto Hobab, the son of 'Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, •'I will give it you : come thou with us, and ^we will do thee ^ood : for ''the Lord hath spoken good con- cerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee : foras- much as thou knowest how we are to_ encamp in the wilderness, and thou may;est be to us "instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that ''what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 II And they departed from 'the mount of the Lord three days' journey : and the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord '"went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them. 34 And "the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 !And it came to pass, when the ark set for- ward, that Moses said, "Hise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee llee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the fniany thousands of Israel. CHAP. XI. 4 The people Imt for jksh, and loathe manna. 31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. AND "when the people || complained, f it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard U: *and his an- ger was kindled; and the "fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses ''prayed unto the Lord, the fire fwas quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place || Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 HAnd the 'mixed multitude that was among them ffell a lusting : and the children of Israel also fwept again, and said,-^Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 5 ^We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely ; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. (5 But now ''our soul is dried away ; there is no- thing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. 7 And 'the manna was as coriander-seed, and the tcolour thereof as the colour of ''bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it. and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it_ in pans, and made cakes of it : and 'the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. _ 9 And '"when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 II Then Moses heard the people weep through- out their families, every man in the door of his tent : and "the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; Moses also was displeased. 11 'And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore 106 Before CIIKIST 1490. Before CHRIST 1490. t Hob. These. ■icli. 2.34. oEx. 2. 18. /Gon.12.7. a Judg. 1. 10. & 4. 11. !• Gen. 32. 12. Ex.3. 8.A0, 7,8. * Job 29.15 *Judf;. 1. 16. ' See Ex. 3. 1. "•Deut. 1. 33. Josh. 3. 3, 4,6. Ps. 132. 8. Jer. 31. 2. Ezek.20. 6. "Ex. 13.21. Neh. 9. 12, 19. » P.i. 68. 1, 2. & 132. 8. t Hob. ten thousand thousands. '•Deut.9.22. II Or, were as it were complain- ers. t Ileb. it was evil in the ears of, Josh. 11. 21, 22. & 15.13,14. Judg. 1. 10. » ver. 33. p Josh. 21. 11. 3P3.78. 12. Isa. 19. 11. & 30. 4. r Deut. 1. 24,25. ||0r, valley, ch. 32. 9. Judg. 16. 4. 11 Or, valley. II That is, a cluster of grapes. 13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying. Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 HAnd the Lord said unto Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days ? let her be "^shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 ^And Miriam was shut out from the camp se- ven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from ^Ha- zeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. CHAR XIIL 1 The manes of the men who were sent to search the land. 26 Their relation. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 "Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them 'from the wilderness of Paran : all those men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names : Of the tribe of Keuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. e-'Of the tribeof Judah,''Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, 'Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribeof Beniamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun,Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the sonof Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher,Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali,Nahbithe son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to sp;^ out the land. And Moses called -^Oshea the son oi Nun, Jehoshua. 17 H And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them. Get you up this way "southward, and go up into ''the mountain : 18 And see the land, wnat it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whe- ther it be good or bad ; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ; 20 And what the land is, whether it be 'fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And ''be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. 21 *i[ So they went up, and searched the land 'from the wilderness of Zin unto "'Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron ; where "Ahiman, Sheshai, and Tal- mai, "the children of Anak, were. (Now ^Hebron was built seven years before «Zoan in Egypt.) 23 ''And they came unto the || brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.* 24 The place was called the || brook || Eshcol, be- cause of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 107 The people murmur at the spies* report. 26 HAnd thev went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'unto the wiklerness of Paran, to 'Ka- desh ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it flow- eth with "milk and honey; 'and this is the fruit of it. 28 XeYertheless,^tlie people he strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw -"the children of Anak there. 29 "The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south : and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains ; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And ''Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said. Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it. _ 31 'But the men that went up with him said. We be not able to go up against the people ; for they are stronger than we. 32 xVnd they 'brouoht up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eatetli up the inhabitants thereof; and 'all the people that we saw in it are t men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, 'the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as ^grasshoppers, and so we were 'in their sight. CHAP. XIV. The people mwmur at the news. AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and "the people wept that night. 2 'And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congrega- tion said unto them. Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or 'would God we had died in this wilderness ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey ? Avere it not better for us to return into Egypt ? 4 And they said one to another, ''Let us make a captain, and 'let us return into Egypt. 5 Tlien ■'Moses and Aaron fell on their faces be- fore all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. G IT "And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, ''The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If' the Lord 'delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us ; ''a land which fioweth with milk and honey. Onlv 'rebel not ye against the Lord, ""neither fear ye the people of the land ; for "they are bread for U8 : their fdefence is departed from them, "and ^ the Lord is with us : fear them not. 10 ^'But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And 'the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the chddren of Israel. 11 1[And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people ^provoke me? and how long will 108 NUMBEKS. Before CIIKIST about 1490 " ver. 3. I ch. 20. 1, 16. & 32. 8, & 33. 36. Dcut. 1.19 Josh. 14. 0. « Ex. 3. 8. &33. 3. ' Dent. 1. 2o. y Deut. 1. 28.4 9.1,2, » ver. 33. "Ex. 17.S. ch. 14. 43. Judg. 6. 3. 1 Sam. 14. 48. & 15. 3, Ac. >Seoch.l4. 6,24. Josli. 14. 7. ' ch. 32. 9. Duut. 1. 2S. Josh. 14. 8, <* ch. 14. 30. 37. «Anios2 9. f II<*1). men nf statures. /Dent. 1. 28.&2.I0. &9. 2. » Isii. 40.22. AlSam. 17. 42. » ch. 11. 4. » Ex. Ifi. 2. & 17. 3. ch. 10.41. I's. 106. 25. « See ver. 28, 29. ■i Neh.9.17. ' See Deut. 17. 16. Acts 7. 39. /ch. 16. 4, 22. 9 ver. 24. 30, 38. ch. 13. 6, 8. A ch. 13. 27, Deut. 1.25. ' Deut. 10. 15. 2 Sam. 15. 25, 26. & 22. 20. 1 Kings 10. 9. Ps. 22. 8. & 147. 10, 11. Isa. 02. 4 *ch.l3.27. 1 Dent. 9. 7, 23, 24. "« Dent. ' 18. & 20. 3. " ch. 24. 8. t Heb. shadow. Ps. 121. 5. Isa. 30. 2, 3. Jer. 48. 45. Gen. 48. 21. Ex. 33. 16. Dent. 20.1, 3,4.&31. 6,8. Josh. 1. 5. Jndg.1.22. 2Cliron.l3. 12. & 15. 2. k 20. 17.&32.8. Ps. 46.7,11. Isa. 41. 10. Amos 5. 14. Zecli. 8. 23. P Ex. 17.4. « Ex. 16.10. & 24. 16,17. & 40. 34. Lev. 9. 23. ch. 16. 19, 42. & 20. 6. ' ver. 23. Deut. 9. 7, 8, 22. Ps. 95. 8. Ileb. 3. 8, 10. Before CHKIST about 1490. » Dent. 1. 32. & 9. 23. Ps. 78. 22, 32, 42. & 106. 24. Johnl2.37. Ileb. 3. 18. ' Ex. 32.10. " Ex.32.12. Ps. 106. 23. Deut. 9.26, 27, 28. & 32. 27. Ezek. 20.9, 14. 'Ex. 15.14. •Tosh. 2. 9, 10. & 5. 1. y Ex.13.21. k 40. 38. ch. 10. 34. Neh. 9. 12. Ps. 78. 14. k 105. 39. » Deut. 9. 28. Josh. 7. 9. « Ex. 34. 6, 7. Ps. 103. 8. k 145. 8. Jonah 4. 2. 'Ex. 20. 5. k 34. 7. ' Ex. 34. 9. ■iP3.106.45. «Ps.78.3S. Or, hitlicrto. /Ps.106.23. Jam. 5. 16. 1 Jolm 5. 14, 15, 16. c Ps. 72.19. * Deut. 1. 35. Ps. 95. n. & 106. 26. Ileb. 3. 17, 18. •Gen. 31.7. * ch. 32.11. Ezek.20.15 t Heb. If they see the land. IDont.1.36. Josh. 14. 6, 8, 9, 14. "• ch. 32.12. " Deut. 1. 40. " ver. 11. Ex. 16. 28. Matt. 17.7. PEx.16.12. 1 ver. 23. ch. 26. 65. k 32. 11. Deut. 1.35. Ileb. 3. 17. >■ See ver .2. « ch. 1. 45. & 26. 64. t Ileb. lifted up my hand. Gen. 14.22. ' ver. 38. ch. 26. 65. k 32. 12. Deut. 1. 36, 38. " Dent. 1. 30. =: Ps. 100. 24. Moses intercedeth with God. it be ere they 'believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and dis- inherit them, and 'will make of thee a greater na- tion and mightier than they. 13 HAnd "Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : ""for they have heard that thou Lord ar^ among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that '4hy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day-time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 UNow ?/thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not *able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is "long-sufPering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 "Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people ''according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and "as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even || until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned ■'accord- ing to thy word : 21 But as truly as I live, "all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, 22 'Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now "these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; 23 '' t Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: . 24 But my servant 'Caleb, because he had ano- ther spirit with him, and ""hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land Avhereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, "and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Bed sea. 26 lIAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 "How long shall I bear with this evil congrega- tion, which murmur against me ? ^T have heard the murmuriugs of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, "^As truly as I live, saith the Lord, ''as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness ; and 'all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number* from twenty years old and up- ward, which have murmured against me. 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land con- cerning which I t sware to make you dwell therein, 'save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. . 31 "But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them, will I bring in, and they shall know the land which 'ye have despised. The murmiorers' punishment. CHAP. XV. 32 But as for you, ^your carcasses, they sliall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall pwander in the wilder- ness "forty years, and 'bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. 34 "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even ''forty days (each day for a year) shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years ; 'and ye shall know limy breach of promise. 35 ^I the LoED have said, I will surely do it unto all "this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be con- sumed, and there they shall die. 36 'And the men which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, 'died by the plague before the Lord. 38 ''But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. ^ 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the chil- dren of Israel : 'and the people mourned greatly. 40 TI And they rose up early in the morning, and fat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, ;0, "'we he here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said. Wherefore now do ye trans- gress "the commandment of the Lord ? but it shall not prosper. 42 "Gro not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : ^because ye are turned away from the Lord, there- fore the Lord will not be with you. 44 'But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 ''Then the Amalekites came down, and the Ca- naanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto 'Hormah. CHAP. XV. The law of the meat-offering, and the drink-offering. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And ''will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice 'm tperforming a vow, or in a free-will-ofFering, or ''in joitr solemn feasts, to make a 'sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : 4 Then •''shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring "a meat-offering of a tenth-deal of Hour mingled ''with the fourth jpar?; of an hin of oil. 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt- offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 'Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat- offering two tenth-deals of flour mingled with the third j^avt of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, 8 And when thou preparest a bullock /or a burnt- Before Before cmusT C II HI ST 1490. 1490. y 1 Cor. 10 'Lev. 7.11. 6. "ch. 28.12, Ileb. 3. 17. 14. \[ Of, feed. 'ch.32. 1.3. I's. Ki7. 40. 1490. » See Deut. 2.14. ' Ezek. 23. 35. ' eh. 13. 25. « ch. 23. <'l>s.95.10. E/,ek. 4. 6. ' Sec 1 Kings 8. 56. Ps. 77. 8. & 105. 42. Heb. 4. 1. II Or, altering of myimrpose /cli. 23.19. IT ver. 27,29. ch. 26. 65. 1 Cor. 10. 5. Ach.13.31, 32. i 1 Cor. 10. 10. Ileb. 3. 17. Jiide 5. P ver. 29. *ch.20.65. Ex. 12. 49. Josli. 14.6, ch. 9. 14. 10. ' Ex. 33. 4. "• Deut. 1. 1 ver. 2. 41. Deut. 26. 1. " ver. 25. >■ Josh. 5. 2Chrou.24. 11, 12. 20. • Deut. 1. 42. • Deut. 26. 2, 10. . Prov. 3. 9, 10. « Lev. 2. 14 4 23.10,16. P 2 Cliron. 15. 2. 3 Dent. 1. » Lev. 4. 2. 43. >• ver. 43. Deut. 1.44. • ch. 21. 3. Judg.1.17. » Lev. 4.13. tHeb./rom the eyes. « Ter. 18. Lev. 23. 10. Deut. 7. 1. V ver. 8, 9, 10. II Or, ordi- 'Lev. 1,2,3. nance. 2 See Lev. "Lev. 7. 16. 4.23. cb. 28. 16. & 22. 18, 21. t Ileb: Ezra 6. 17. separaling. k 8. 36. Lev. 27. 2. » Lev. 4. 20. <* Lev. 23. 8, 12, 36. ch. 28. 19, 27. & 29. 2, 8,13. Deut.16.10. « Gen. 8. 21. E.v. 29. 18. /Lev. 2.1. k 6. 14. 17 Ex. 20.40. Lev. 23. 13. h Lev. 14. 10. cb. 28. 5. 'Lev. 4. 27, i cb. 28. 7, 28. 11. *cb.28.12, 14. --Lev. 4.35. The laiv of sundry offerings. offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or 'peace-offerings unto the Lord : 9 Then shall he bring '"with a bullock a meat- offering of three tenth-deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 11 "Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall pre- pare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. 13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a SAveet savour unto the Lord. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoso- ever be among you in vour generations, and will offer an offering made by nre, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 ^One ordinance shall be both for you of the con- gregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations : as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one manner sliall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. 17 HAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 ''Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that when ye eat of "^tlie bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave-offering unto the Lord. 20 "Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave-offering : as ye do 'the heave- offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave-offering in your generations. ■' 22 II And "if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations ; 24 Then it shall be ''if aught be committed by ignorance f without the knowledge of the congre- gation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, ^with his meat-offering, and his drink- offering, according to the 11 manner, and ''one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 25 "And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them ; seeing all the people were in ignorance. 27 H And *if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a sin- offering. 28 '^And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atone- ment for him ; and it shall be forgiven him. 109 TJie sabbath-breaker stoned. NUMBEK8. 29 "^Ye shall have one law for him that tsinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 II 'But the soul that doeth atight f presumptu- ously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from amonf^ his people. 31 Because he hath -^despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; ''his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 H And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, ''they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him 'in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, *The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall 'stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 37 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid '"them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a riband of blue : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command- ments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye "seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use "to go a whoring : 40 That ye may remember, and do all my com- mandments, and be ^holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAP. XVL The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Ahiram. IVTOW "Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, XM the son of Levi ; and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ; and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Beuben, took men; 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, ''famous in the congregation, men of renown : 3 And 'they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, f Ye lake too much upon you, seeing ''all the congregation are holy, every one of them, 'and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord ? 4 And when Moses heard it, ^he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his com- pany, saying. Even to-morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is *holy ; and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath ''chosen will he cause to 'come near unto him. 6 This do ; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company ; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them bcibre the Lord to-morrow : and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: yc take too much upon you, yc sons of Levi. 110 Before CIIIIIST 1490. i ver. 15. tHeb.doiA. • Dent. 17. 12. Vs. 19. 13. IIeb.10.26. 1 Pet. 2. 10. t Heb. with an high hand. /2 Sam. 12. 9. rrov.l 3.1.3. s Lev. 5. ]. Ezek.18 20 »E.t;.31.14, 15, & 35. 2, •L6T.24.12. *Ex.31. 14, 15. 'Lev.24.14. 1 Kings 21 13. Acts 7. 58. "■Deut.22. 12. Matt. 23. 5, Before CHKIST about 1471. » See Dent. 29.19. Job 31. 7. 3er. 9. 14. Ezek. 6. 9. » Vs. 73. 27. & 106. 39, James 4.4. P Lev. 11. 44, 45. Rom. 12. 1 Col. 1. 22. ll>et.L15, 16. about 1471. » Ex. 6. 21. ch. 26. 9. k 27.3. Jude 11. » ch. 26. < = P8.106.16. t Hcb.It is much for you. "iEx.ig. 6. 'Ex. 29.45. ch. 14.14. & 35. 34. /ch.l4. 5. &. 20. 6. a vor. 3. Lev. 21. 6, 7, 8, 12, 15. '• Ex. 28. 1. ch. 17. 5. 1 Sam.2.28. Pe. 105. 26. ' ch. 3. 10. Lev. 10. 3. &21.17,18. Ezck.40.46 444.15,16 * 1 Sam.l8. 23. Isa. 7. 13. 1 ch. 3. 41, 45. & 8. 14. Deut.10.8. •» Ex.16. 8. 1 Cor. 3. 5. » ver. 9. » Ex. 2. 14. Acts 7. 27, 35. P Ex. 3. 8. Lev. 20. 24. I Ileb. bore out. 1 Gen. 4.4, 5. -•l Sam. 12. 3. Acts 20.33. 2 Cor. 7. 2. ' ver. 6, 7. '1 Sam. 12. 3,7. " ver. 42. Ex. 16. 7, 10. Lev. 9. 6, 23 ch. 14. 10. " ver. 45. SeeGen.l9. 17, 22. Jer. 51. 6. Acts 2. 40. Rev. 18. 4. y ver. 45. Ex. 32. 10. & 33. 5. » ver. 45. ch. 14. 5. «cli.27.16. Job 12. 10. Eccl. 12. 7. Isa. 57. 16. Zech. 12. 1. Heb. 12. 9. ' Gen. 19. 12, 14. Isa. 52. 11. 2 Cor. 6. 17. Kcv. 18. 4. « Ex. .3. 12. Ueut.18.22. Zccli. 2. 9, 10. &4. 9. John 5. 36. ver. 30. t Hcb./a<. ver. 12. « ver. 27. The priests' and the Levites' 2'>ortion. N U M B E E S. and the charge of the altar ; 'that there be no wratli any more upon the chikh-en of Israel. G And I, behold, I have '"taken your brethren the Lcvitcs from among the children of Israel : "to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore "thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and ^'within the vail ; and ye shall serve :_ I liavc given your priest's office tmto you, as a service of gift : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 II And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, '1 also have given thee the charge of mine heave-offer- ings of all the hallowed things of the children of Is- rael ; unto thee have I given them 'by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holv things re- served from the fire : every oblation of theirs, every •meat-offering of theirs, and every 'sin-offering of theirs, and every "trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 ^In the most holy 2-)lace shalt thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine ; nhe heave-offering of their gift, Avith all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto "thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : "every one that is clean in i\\j^ house shall eat of it. 12 'All the t best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, 'the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, ''which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine ; 'every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 -^Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth ^the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless, ''the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, 'according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, 'which is twenty gerahs. 17 'But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not re- deem ; they are holy : '"thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat /or an offer- ing made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the "wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine. 19 "All tlie heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : 'it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 11 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: ''I am thy part and thine inlicritance among the children of Israel. 21 And behold, 'I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their .service which tliey serve, even 'the service of tiie tabernacle of tlie congregation. 22 'Neitlier must the children of Israel hence- 112 d Matt. 10. 10. Luke 10. 7. I Cor. 9. 13. 1 Tim. 5.18. • Lev. 19. 8. & 22. 16. /Lev. 22. 2, 15. »Deut.21.3. 1 Sam. 6.7. 'Lev. 4. 12, 21. & 16. 27. Heb.13.11. • Lev. 4. 6. & 16.14,19. Hcb. 9. 13. ■i Ex. 29.14. Lev. 4. 11, 12. • Lev. 14. 4, 6,49. /Lov.11.25. & 15. 5. Of the heave-offering to the priests, &c. forth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, "lest they bear sin, f and die. 23 "^But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever through- out your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 ^But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit : therefore I have said unto them, ^Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 IF And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them. When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave-offering of it for the Lord, even "a tenth pa7't of the tithe. 27 *And thisy oviV heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing- floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave-offering unto the Lord of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave- offering of the Lord, of all the fbest thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them. When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, 'then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine- press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is ''your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall 'bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it : neither shall ye •'pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. CHAP. XIX. The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This ^s the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, "and upon which never came yoke : 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring lier 'forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face : 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and 'sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times : 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight ; ''her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn : 6 And the priest shall take 'cedar- wood, and hys- sop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 ^Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. The law of purification. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up "the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel ''for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 IF 'He that toucheth the dead body of any fman shall be unclean seven days. 12 *IIe shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean : but if he purify not himself tne third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, 'defileth the tabernacle of the Loed ; and that soul shall be cut ofi" from Israel : because '"the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean ; "his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent : all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every "open vessel which hath no cover- ing bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And ''whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean^e?'S07i they shall take of the t 'ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and t running water shall be put thereto in a vessel : 18 And a clean person shall take '"hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave : 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: 'and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath 'defiled the sanctuary of the Loed : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And "whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and ""the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAR XX. 2 The children of Israel murmur for icant of water. 7 Moses, smiting the rock, bringeth forth water at Meribah. THEN "came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and ''Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 "And there was no water for the congregation : ''and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people ^chode with Moses, and spake, saying. Would God that we had died Avhen our brethren died before the Loed ! 8 P CHAP. XX. Moses smiteth the rock, &c. Before CHRIST about 1471. 9 Heb.9.13. " ver. 13, 20, 21. ch. 31. 23. ' ver. 16. Lev. 21. 1. ch. 5. 2.& 9, 6, 10. k 31. 19. Lam. 4.14. Hag. 2. 13. t Heb.joui "/ man. *ch.31.19. 'Lev.15.31. »• ver. 9. ch. 8. 7. "Lev. 7.20. & 22. 3. »Lev.ll.32. ch. 31. 20. P ver. 11. t W^'b.dusl. 1 ver. 9. fHebZimni^ waterssliaM he given. Gen. 26. 19. '■ Ps. 51. Before CHRIST 1453. ' Lev. 14. 9 < ver. 13. "Hag. 2.13 ' Lev. 15. 5. 1453. «ch.33.36. 'Ex. 15. 20. ch. 26. 59. ' Ex. 17. 1. ■ Ex. 29. 29, 30. 1452. n«ch. 33.38. Deut. 10. 6. & 32. 50. " So Deut. 34.8. 1452. « oh 3-3.40. SeeJudg.l. 16. 4ch.l3.21. « Gen. 28. 20. Judg. 11. 30. i Lev. 27. 28. II That is, utter de- struction. ' ch. 20. 22. & 33. 41. / Judg. 11. 18. II Or, grieved. tHeb. . shortened. Ex. 6. 9. ffPs.78.19. A Ex. 16. 3. & 17. 3. « ch. 11. 6. *lCor.l0.9 'Deut.8.15, »>Ps. 78.34. » ver. 5. » Ex. 8. 8, 28. 1 Siim. 12. 19. 1 Kings 13. 6. Acts 8. 24. p 2 Kings 18. 4. John 3. 14, 15. Jch.33.43. '■cli.33.44. II Or, heaps of Abarim. • Deut.2.13, 'ch.22. 36. Judg.11.18 I Or, Vaheb in Suplxah, "Deut. 2. 18. 29. t Heb. Itaneth. Judg. 9. 21. i/Ex. 15.1. Pa.lOS. 2.-, the hilt. <'ch.23.28. Or, the vjilderness. » Deut. 2. 26, 27. Jadg.11.19 <= ch. 20. 17. d Deut. 29. <'Deut.2.32. Judg. 11.20 /Deut. 2. 33. & 29. 7. Josh. 12.1, 2. & 24. 8. Neh. 9. 22. Ps. 135. 10, 11.&136.19. Amos 2. 9. tHeb. daughters. 9 Jer .48.45, 46. A Deut. 2. 9, 18. Isa. 15. 1. • Judg. 11. 24. 1 Kings 11. 7, 33. 2 Kings 23. 13. Jer.48.7,13. * Jer. 48. 18, 22. ' Isa. 15. 2. "• ch. 32. 1. Jer. 48. 32. "Deut. 3.1. & 29. 7. » Josh. 13. 12. P Deut. 3. 2. 1 ver. 24. Ps. 135. 10, 11.&136.20. Sihon and Og overcome. the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that Cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites : for 'Anion is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, llWliat he did in the E,ed sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, "and flieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went 'to Beer : that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and Iwill give them water. 17 If ''Then Israel sang this song, f Spring up, O well ; II sing ye unto it : 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by tJie direction of ^the law-giver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah : 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel : and from Nahaliel to Bamoth : 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the t country of Moab, to the top of II Pisgah, which looketh "toward || Jeshimon. 21 If And 'Tsrael sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 "^Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards : we will not drink 0/ the waters of the well : but we will go along by the king's high-w&j, until we be past thy porders. 23 ''And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gathered all his peo- ple together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: 'and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel : 24 And -^Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon : for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the f villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. 28 For there is *a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath consumed ''Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Wo to thee, Moab ! thou art undone, O people of 'Chemosh : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even 'unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophali, which reacheth unto 'Medeba. 31 If Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out '"Jazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 "If" And they turned and went up by the way of Ba- shan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle °at Edrei. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, ^Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his peo- ple, and his land; and *thou shalt do to him as thou ,^1 Balah sendeth for Balaam. CHAR XXII. An angel meeteth him in the way. didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 "^0 they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. CHAP. XXII. 2 Balding message for Balaam. 22 An angel vjordd have slain him, if his ass had not saved him. AND "the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jor- dan by Jericho. 2 it And ''Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And 'Moab was sore afraid of the people, be- cause they were many : and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto '^he elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 'He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to -^Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: be- hold, they cover the f face of the earth, and they abide over against me : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, "curse me this people ; for they are too mighty for me : perad- venture I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land : for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Mi- dian departed with ''the rewards of divination in their hand ; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them, 'Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Loed shall speak unto me : and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 *And God came unto Balaam, and said. What men are these with thee ? 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them ; peradventure f I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for ^hey are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land : for the LoED refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 IF And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him. Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, f Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me : 17 For Iwill promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou say est unto me : ""come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the ser- vants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house Before Before CHKIST CHRIST 1452. 1452. ■■Deut.S.S, » 1 Kings 4, &c. 22. 14. 2Chroii.l8. 13. P ver. 8. 1 ver. 9. <■ ver. 35. ch. 23. 12, 26. & 24. 13. «ch.33.48. » Judg. 11. 25. • Ex. 4. 24. » Ex. 15. 15. 'See 2 Kings 6. 17. Dan. 10. 7. d ch. 31. 8. Acts 22. 9. Jo3h.l3.21. 2 Pet. 2. 16. Jnde 11. «Dent.23.4. Josli.13.22. & 24. 9. Neh.13.1,2. Mic. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Jude 11. Rev. 2. 14. /Seech. 23. 7. Deut. 23. 4. f Heb. eye. a ch. 23. 7. ■« 2 Pet. 2. 16. » 1 Sam. 9. 7,8. * Prov. 12. ' vcr. 19. 10. * 2 Pet. 2. 16. ■f- Heb. who hast ridden upon me. II Or, ever since thou * Gen. 20. 3. wast, (fe. ver. 20. ' See Gen. 21. 19. 2 Kings 6. 17. Luke 24. 16, 31. « Ex. 34. 8. II Or, bowed himself. flleh. to be an adver- t Ileb. I s/iallpre- sary unio vailinjight- thee. ingayainit » 2 Pet. 2. him. 14, 15. I ch. 23. 20. Rom.11.29. « 1 Sam. 15. 24,30. & 26. 21. 2 Sam. 12. 13. Job 34. 31, 32. t Heb. be evil inlhine eyes. i ver. 20. t Heb. Be Ps. 106. 30. " Ex. 6. 25. » Ps. 106. 30. p Pent. 4. 3. 1 Cor. 10. 8. 1 Ps. 106. 30. t Ileb. ■wil]i my zcaj : Sec 2 Cor. 11.2. <■ Ex. 20. 5. Deut. 32. 16, 21. lKin2;sl4. 22. Ps. 78. 58. Ezck. 16. 38 Zepli.1.18. &3. 8. ' Mai. 2. 4, 5. & 3. 1. 'See 1 Chron. 6. 4, Ac. " Ex. 40. 15. * Acts 22. 3. Rom. 10. 2. V Heb. 2. 17. t Heb. house of a father. » ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. « ch. 31 2. »ch.31.16. Rev. 2. 14. n Ex. 30. 12. & 38. 25, 26. ch. 1. 2. i'ch.1.3. o ver. 63. ch. 22. 1. & 31. 12. & 33. 48. &35.1. d ch. 1. 1. « Gen. 46.8. Ex. 6. 14. 1 Chron. 5. 1. 5 And Moses said unto 'the judges of Israel, 'Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. 6 U And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'who loere weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And '"when Phinehas, "the sonof Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin m his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly : So "the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And^'those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 ''Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel (while he was zealous ffor my sake among them) that I consumed not the children of Israel in 'my jealousj''. 12 Wherefore say, 'Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : 13 And he shall have it, and 'his seed after him, even the covenant of "an everlasting priesthood; because he was ""zealous for his God, and ^made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a t chief house among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi the daughter of ^Zur ; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 "Vex the Midianites and smite them : 18 For they vex you with their 'wiles, where- with they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. CHAP. XXVL The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab. AND it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spak§ unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 "Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'from twenty years old and up- ward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, sayinff, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward ; as the Lord ''commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 IT 'Keuben the eldest son of Israel : the children of Beuben ; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites : of Pallu, the family of the Palluites : 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Beubenites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. 117 The sum of all Israel 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were ^famous in the congregation, who strove against IMoses and against Aaron in the company o? Korah, when they strove against the Loed : 10 "And the earth opened her mouth, and swal- lowed them up together with Korah, when that comi)any died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : ''and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding 'the children of Korah died 12 liThe sons of Simeon after their families: of '^Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites : of 'Jachin, the family of the Jachinites : 13 Of '"Zerah, the family of the Zarhites : of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15 11 The children of Gad after their families: of "Zephon, the family of the Zephonites : of Haggi, the family of the Haggites : of Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 16 Of llOzni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites : 17 Of "Arod, the family of the Arodites : of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 1['''The sons of Judah were Er and Onan : and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And 'the sons of Judah after their families were ; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites : of Pharez, the family of the Pharezites : of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 II '0/ the sous of Issachar after their fami- lies : _ of ^ Tola, the family of the Tolaites : of II Pua, the family of the Punites : 24 Of llJashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred, 26 M'Of the sons of Zebulun after their fami- lies : of _ Sered, the family of the Sardites : of Elon, the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 H'The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of "Machir, the famil^^ of the Machirites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. ^ 30 These (xre the sons of Gilead : of ^ Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites : of Helek, the family of the Helekites : 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites : and of Hhechem, the family of the Shechemites : 32 And o/ yhemida, the family of the Shemidaites: aud of lleidier, the family of the Hepherites. 118 NUMBEES. Before CHRIST 1452. Before CHRIST 1462. /ch.16.1,2. a cli. 16. 32, 35. *ch.l0.38. See 1 Cor. 10. 6. 2 Pet. 2. 6. • Ex. 6. 24. 1 Chron. 6. 22. * Geu. 46. 10. Ex. 6. 15, Jemuel. ' 1 Chron. 4.24, Jarib. "> Gen. 46. 10. Zohar. " Gun. 46. If), Ziphion, II Or, Eeion, Geo. 46. 16 V ch. 27. 1. & 36. 11. o Gen. 16, Arodi. 46. « 1 Chron. 7.20, Bered. P Gen. 38. 2, &c. & 46. 12. 3 1 Chron. 2.3. '■Gen. 46. 13. I Chron. 7. II Or, Piiuvah. II Or, Job. ' Gen. 46. 14. < Gen. 40. 20. •» Josh. 17 1. 1 Chron. 7. 14, 15. ' Called Abieier, Josh. 17. 2. Judg. 6. 11, 24, 34. « Gen. 46. 21. 1 Chron. 7. 6. ' Gen. 48. 21, Ehi. I Chron. 8. 1, Aharah. ' Gen. 46. 21, Muppim avd Bup- yim. i 1 Chron. 8.3, Adiar. e Gen. 46. 23. II Or, Husmm. /Gen. 46. 17. I Chron. 7. 30. s Gen. 46. 24. 1 Chron. 7. 13. '' 1 Chron. 7.13, Shallum. 'See ch. 1. 46. * Josh. 11. 23. & 14. 1. « ch. 33. 54. t Heb. multiplij his inheri- tance. tHeb. diminish his inlieri- lance. "• ch. 33.54. & 34. 13. .Tosh. II. 23. & 14. 2. taken in the plains of Moah. 33 II And "Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad ivere Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 H These are the sons of Ephraim after their families : of Shuthelah, the family of the Shu- thalhites : of ''Becher, the family of the Bachrites : of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. • 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are tne sons of Joseph after their families. 38 TI^The sons of Benjamin after their families : of Bela, the family of the Belaites : of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites : of *Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites : 39 Of 'Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites : of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were ''Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites : and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 H "These are the sons of Dan after their fami- lies : of II Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those that were numbered of them, were three- score and four thousand and four hundred. 44 H^Q/ the children of Asher after their fami- lies : of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites : of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites : of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber , the family of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them ; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48 ^"Of the sons of Naphtali after their fami- lies : of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the family of the Gunites : 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of ''Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families : and they that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 'These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 TIAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53 *Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54 'To many thou shalt f give the more inheri- tance, and to few thou shalt fgive the less inheri- tance : _ to every one shall his inheritance be given, according to those that were numbered of him._ 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be "'divided by lot : according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. bQ According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. The law of inheritances. CHAP. XXVII, XXVIII. Joshua appointed to succeed Moses. 57 IF "And these are tliey tliat were numbered of the Levites after their families : of Gershon, the fa- mily of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites : of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites : the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was "Joche bed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister, 60 ^And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And «Nadab and Abihu died, when they of- fered strange fire before the Loed. 62 ''And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three. thousand, all males from a month old and upward: 'for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was 'no inheri- tance given them among the children of Israel. 63 If These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel "in the plains of Moab by Jordan wear Jericho. 64 ""But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Loed had said of them. They ^shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, ^save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh, and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAP. XXVII. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 3foses being told of his death, sueth for a successor. THEN came the daughters of "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 Mied in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered them- selves together against the Loed 'in the company of Korah ; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be f 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 Loed. 6 HAnd the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: /thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's 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 father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye Before Before CHKIST CUKIST 1452. 1452. n Gen. 46. ffch.35.29. 11. Ex.6.16,17, 18, 19. *ch.33.47. 1 Chroii. 6. Deut. 3. 27. 1,16. & 22. 49. & 34.1. «ch.20.2t, 28. & 31. 2. Deut. 10. 6. » Ex. 2. 1, 2. & 6. 20. 'ch.20.12, 24. Deut. 1.37. & 32. 51. Ps. 106. 32. t> ch. 3. 2. ' Ex. 17. 7. 1 Lev. 10. 1,2. ch. .3. 4. "■ch. 16.22. 1 Chion. Heb. 12. 9. 24.2. >■ See » Deut. 31. ch. 3. 39. 2. • ch. 1. 49. 1 Sam.8.20. & 18. 13. t ch. 18. 20, 2 Chron. 1. 23, 24. 10. Deut. 10. 9. » 1 Kings Josh.13.14, 22. 17. 33. & 14. 3. Zech.10.2. Matt. 9. 36. Mark 6. 34. " yer. 3. P Gen. 41. ' ch. 1. Deut. 2. 14, 15. 38 Judg.3.10. &. 11. 29. 1 Sam. 16. 13, 18. 3 Deut. 34. 9. >■ Deut. 31. y ch. 14. 28, 7. 29. 'Seech.ll. 1 Cor. 10. 5, 17, 28. 6. 1 Sam. 10. ' ch. 14. 30. 6,9. 2 Kings 2. 15. 8. 56. 12. « Gen. 3.1 6. n Lev. 23. 36. II Or, nffer. Lev. 23.2. 1 Chron. 23.31. 2 Chron. 31.3. Ezra 3. 5. Nell. 10..33. Isa. 1. 14. p Lev. 7.11, 16. & 22. 21,23. « ch. 1. 4, 16. & 7.2. 6 Lev. 27.2. Deut. 23. 21. » ch. 25.17. Jiidg. 11. '•ch.27.13. 30, 35. Eccles. 5.4. « Lev. 5. 4. Matt. 14. 9. Acts 23. 14. f lleb. profane. Ps. 65. 20. "i Job 22. 27. Pa. 22. 25. &■ 50. 14. & fHeb. 66. 13, 14. Alhoumnd & 116. 14, of a tri^e, a 18. titnusand Kah. 1. 15. of a tribe. _ 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Loed, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth ; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, not any of her vows or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand; and the Loed shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 6 And if she had at all an husband when f she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul : 7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband 'disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow whicn she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect ; and the Loed shall forgive her. _ 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and the Loed shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her hus- band may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which a7'e upon her : he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them.; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 Tnese are the statutes which the Loed com- manded Moses between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. CHAP. XXXL The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. AND the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 2 "Avenge the children of Israel of the Midi- anites : afterward shalt thou ''be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying. Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them fo against the Midianites, and avenge the Loed of lidian. 4 t Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to th6 war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of 121 Tlie 3Iidianites spoiled. Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war, G And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of even/ tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and ahe trumpets to blow in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and ^'they slew all the 'males. ^,r. ,. i -i i 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain ; namely /'Eyi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: ^Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of JNIidian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their Hocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 'And 'they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil unto Moses and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which a^-e by Jordan near Jericho. 13 H And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the fbattle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved 'all the women alive ? 16 Behold, 'these caused the children of Israel, through the 'counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and '"there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore "kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lyin^ with f him. 18 But all the women-children,that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And "do ye abide without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person, and ^who- soever hath touched any slain, purify both your- selves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all you?- raiment, and all f that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 21 H And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle. This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses ; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 28 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it m through the fire, and it shall be clean : nevertheless it sliall be purified 'with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go throu"li the water. 24 'And ye snail wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 11^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2r5 'I'ake tlie sum of the prey f that was taken, both of iiiiin and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the ])riest, and tlie chief fathers of the congregation : 122 NUMBERS. Before ClIKIST 1402. « cli. 10. 9. d Deut. 20 13. Judg.21.11. 1 Sam.27.9 1 Kings 11. 15, 16. « Seo Judg. 6.1,2, 33. /Josh. 13, 21. ff Josh. 13. 22. A Deut. 20. 14. t Ileb. Iiost of war. 'See Deut.20.13. 1 Siim.15.3. * ch. 25. 2. ' ch. 24. 14. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Ilov. 2. 14. "' ch. 25. 9. » Judg. 21. 11. t Heb. a male. » ch. 5. 2. P ch. 19.11, &c t Heb. instrw- ment, or, vessel of skins. 1 ch. 19.9, 17. r Lev. 11. 25. flleb.o/tfie capLivity. Before CIIUIST 1452. « Josh. 22. 8. 1 Sum .30.4. ' See ver. 30, 47. & ch. 18. 26. " See vor. 42-17. 5 Or, gnats. ' ch. 3. 7, 8, 25.31,-36. 6 18. 3, 4. i/ch. 18.8, 19. ' ver. 30. t Ileb. hand. t Ileb. found. Ex. 30. 12, 16. t Ileb. heave-offer- ing. The sum of the prey, and division of it. 27 And 'divide the prey into two parts ; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all tlie congregation : 28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle : 'one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep : 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave-offering of the Lord. 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take "one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the || flocks, of all man- ner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, ""which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thou- sand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : 37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thou- sand ; of which the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute was three- score and one, 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, ^as the Lord commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pe7'tained unto the congre- gation was three hundred thousand and thirty thou- sand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons ;) 47 Even ''of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto tne Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 48 H And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses : 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our t charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hathtgotten,of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, "to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the f offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains ol thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thou- sand seven hundred and fifty shekels. The Reuhenites and Gadites CHAP. XXXII. sue for their inheritance. 53 {For 'the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, 'for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. CHAP. XXXII. 1 The Reuhenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan, 39 They conquer it. IVTOW the children of Reuben and the children -LN of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of "Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle ; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Keuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and 'Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and 'Shebam, and Nebo, and '^Beon, 4 Even the country 'which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 H And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here ? 7 And wherefore t discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them ? 8 Thus did your fathers, •'when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea 'to see the land. 9 For ''when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10 'And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, ''from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because 'they have not t wholly followed me : 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kene- zite, and Joshua the son of Nun : '"for they have wholly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them "wander in the wilderness forty years, until "all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. 14 And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the ^fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel. 15 For if ye *turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 1[ And they came near unto him, and said. We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 17 But ''we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 "We will not return unto our houses, until Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1452. 1452. »Deut. 20. 14. « ver. 33. Josh. 12. 1. & 13. 8. • Ex. 30.16. " Deut. 3. 18. Josh. 1. 14. & 4. 12, 13. » Deut. 3. 20. Josh. 11 .23. & 18. 1. » cli.21.32. Josh. 13.25. » Josh. 22. 4. ' Deut. 3. 2 Sam. 24.5. 12, 15, 16, 18. Jo»h. 1. 15. & 13. 8, 32. & 22. 4, 9. « Gen. 4. 7. & 44. 16. 6 ver. 36, Isa. 59. 12. Beth-nini' rah. ' ver. 16, 34, Ac. ' ver. 38, Shibmah. ■i ver. 38, Baai-meati. ' cli. 21. 24, 34 « Josh.1.14. 'iJosh.4.12. «Josh.l.l3. tneb. break. f ch. 13. 3, 26. a Deut. 1. 22. "ch.lS.M, 31. Deut. 1.24, 28. ch. 14. Josh. 12.6. 24. & 13. 8. Deut. 1. 36. & 22. 4. Josh. 14. 8, s ch. 21. 24, 9. 33, 35. » ch. 14.33, 34, 35. » ch. 26. 64, 65. "ch.33.45, 46. 9 • Deut. 2. 36. ' ver. 3. p Deut. 1. Nimrali. 34. ™ ver. 24. 1 Deut. 30. » ch. 21.27. 17. » Isa. 46. 1. Josh. 22. pch.22.41. 16,18. 1 See ver. 2 Chron. 7. 3. 19. & 15. 2 Ex. 23. 13. Josh. 23. 7. tHeb. they called by names the names r Josh. 4. of the 12, 13. cities. ' Gen. 50. 23. » Deut. 3. 12, 13, 15. Josh. 13. =Josh.22.24. 31. & 17.1. the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward ; 'because our inheritance . is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 IF And "Moses said unto them. If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his ene- mies from before him, 22 And 'the land be subdued before the Lord : then afterward ^ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel ; and "this land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord : and be sure "your sin will find you out. 24 ''Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath pro- ceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying. Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 'Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : 27 ''But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So "concerning them Moses commanded Elea- zar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel : 29 And Moses said unto them. If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying. As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our in- heritance on this side Jordan may he ours. 33 And ^ Moses gave unto them, even to the chil- dren of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, ^the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34 H And the children of Gad built ''Dibon, and Ataroth, and 'Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jazer, and Jog- behah, 36 And 'Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, '"fenced cities : and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben "built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And "Nebo, and ^Baal-meon, ('their names being changed,) and Shibmah : and f gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of ''Machir the son of Manas- seh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses 'gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 123 Two and forty journeys 41 And 'Jair the son of INIanasseli went and took thesmall towns thereof, and called them "Plavotli-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own NUMBERS. 'to uame CHAP. XXXIIL Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. THESE arc the journeys of the children of Israel, which Avent forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord : and tliese are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they "departed from Rameses in ''the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out 'with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, ''which the Lokd had smitten among them ; 'upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. 5 ^And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from "Succoth, and pitched in Etham, wliich is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And 'they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon : and they pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and 'passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days'_ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and 'came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11 And they removed from the Red sea, and en- camped in the 'wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wil- derness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and en- camped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at "'Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the "wilderness of Sinai. IG And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched "at || Kibroth-hattaavah. 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and 'encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in 'Rithmah. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. ^ 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Sliapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in llaradah. 124 Bo fore CHRIST 1452. < Dout.3.14, Josh. 13.30, 1 Chron. 2. 21, 22, 23. " Jiidg. 10. 4. 1 Kings 4. 13. "Ex. 12. 37. 1491. ' Ex. 12. 2. & 13. 4. « Ex. 14. 8. ■* Ex. 12.29. •Ex. 12. 12. & 18. U. Isa. 19. 1. Kev. 12. 8. /Ex.12.37. » Ex.13.20. h Ex. 14. 2, 9. • Ex. 14.22 & 15.22,23. * Ex.l5.2r. Boforo chuist 1490. ' Ex. 16. 1. "•Ex. 17.1. & 19. 2. 1490. " Ex. 16. 1. & 19. 1, 2. »cli.ll.34. II Tliat is, the graves of lust. Pch. 11.35. '7ch.12.16. ■Dout.lO.G. " See Gen. 30. 27. Dcut. 10. 6. 1 Cliron. 1. 42. <■ Deut. 10. 7. « Deut. 2.8. 1 Kings 9. 26. & 22.48. 1453. wch. 20. 1. & 27.14. " ch. 20. 22, 23. & 21. 4. y ch. 20.25, 28. Deut. 10.6. & 32. 50. 1452. ' ch. 21. 1, « ch. 21. 4. 1 ch. 21.10. « ch. 21. 11. II Or, heaps of AhariTtn. •ich.21.11. «ch.32.34. /Jer. 48. 22. Ezelc. 6.14. ch. 21.20. Deut. 32. 49. * ch. 22. 1. Or, the plains of Shittim. i ch. 25. 1. Josh. 2. 1. * Deut. 7.1, 2. &. 9. 1. Josh. 3. 17. 'Ex. 23. 24. 33. & 34. 13. Deut. 7. 2, 5. & 12. 3. Josh. 11.12. Judg. 2. 2. "> ch. 26. 53, 54, 65. of the Israelites. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and en- camped at Tahath. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tar ah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and ""encamped at Moseroth. 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from 'Bene-jaakan, and 'encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and en- camped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebronah, "and en- camped at Ezion-gaber. _ 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the "wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from "^Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 And ^Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And ^king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount "Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, andpitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and ^pitched in Oboth. 44 And 'they departed from Oboth, and pitched in II ''Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they departed from lim, and pitched °in Dibon-gad. 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and en- camped in Almon--^diblathaim. 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, %nd pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and ''pitched in the plains of Moab by Jor- dan near Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesi- moth even unto II 'Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50 II And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, ''When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 52 'Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places : 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And '"ye shall divide the land by lot for an in- The borders of Canaan. CHAP. XXXIV, XXXV. The cities of refuge. heritance among your families : and to the more ye shall tgive the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall f give the less inheritance : every man's in- heritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; ac- cording to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall oe "pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. bQ Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. CHAR XXXIV. The names of the men which shall divide the land. AND the LoED spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into "the land of Canaan ; (this is the land .that shall fall unto you for an in- heritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then 'your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of "the salt sea eastward : 4 And your border shall turn from the south ''to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south 'to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to -^Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon ''unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border : this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall point out for you ''mount Hor : 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border 'unto the entrance of Hamath : and the goings forth of the border shall be to ''Zedad : 9 IF And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at 'Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham '"to Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the t side of the sea "of Chinnereth eastward : 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at "the salt sea. This shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, ^'This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Loed commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe : 14 *For thetribeof the children of Reuben, accord- ing to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fa- thers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance : 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have re- ceived their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising, 16 And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you : 'Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. Beforo CHRIST H52. t Ileb. multiply /lis inherit- ance. t Heb. di- minish his inheritance " Josh. 23. 13. Jiidg. 2. 3. Vs. lOG. 34, 36. See Ex. 23. 33. E/.ek. 28. 24. "Gen. 17.8. Deut. 1. 7. Ps. 78. 55.4 105. 11. Ezek. 47. 14. ' Josh. 15. 1. See Ezek. 47. 13, Ac. « Gen. 14. 3. Josh. 15. 2. ■iJosh.15.3. «ch.l3.26. & 32. 8. /See Josh. 15. 3, 4. If Gen. 15. 18. Josh. 15. 4, 47. 1 Kings 8. 65. Isa. 27. 12. 4ch.33.37, ich. 13.21. 2 Kings 14. 25. * Ezek. 47. 15. ' Ezek. 47. 17. »' 2 Kings 23. 33. Jer. 39. 5,6. t lleb. shoulder. " Deut. 3. 17. Josh. 11. 2. & 19. 35. Mutt. 14. 34. Luke 5. 1. " vcr. 3. P ver. 1. Josli. 14. 1, 2. ?ch.32.33. Josh. 14. 2, 3. »-Josli.l4.1. &19 51. Before CHRIST 1452. • ch. 1. 4, 16. 1451. a Josh. 14.3, 4. & 21. 2. See Ezek. 45. 1, &c. & 48. 8, &c. » ver. 13. Deut. 4. 41. Josh. 20. 2, 7,8.&21.3, 13, 21, 27, 32. 36, 38. t Heb. above them ye shall give. « Josh. 21. 41. • Num. 20. 12. & 27. 14. ch. 3. 26. & 4. 21. k 34.4. Ps. 106. 32. Num. 14. 30. « Ex. 24. 13. k 33. 11. Seel Sam. 16. 22. Nnm. 27. 18, 19. ch. 31.7,23. Num. 14. 31. y Num. 14. 3. = Isa. 7. 15. 16. Rom. 9. 11 Amorites, as the Loed our God commanded us, and ^we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you. Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Loed our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Loed thy God hath set the land before thee : go up and possess it, as the Loed God of thy fathers hath said unto thee ; ''fear not, nei- ther be discouraged. 22 IT And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said. We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23 And the saying pleased me well : and °I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe : 24 And ''they turned and went up into the moun- tain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, "It is a good land which the Loed our God doth give us. 26 ''Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Loed your God : 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said. Because the Loed 'hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Whither shall we go up ? our brethren have t discouraged our heart, saying, ■''The people is greater and taller than we : the cities are great and walled up to heaven ; and moreover, we have seen the sons of the "Anakims there. 29 Then I said unto you. Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 'The Loed your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes ; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Loed thy God 'bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32 Y et in this thing 'ye did not believe the Loed your God, 33 'Who went in the way before you, ""to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the Loed heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, "and sware, saying, 35 "Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 ^Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because ''he hath t wholly followed the Loed. 37 ""Also the Loed was angry with me, for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 38 'But Joshua the son of Nun, 'which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither. "Encourage him : for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 -"Moreover, your little ones,wliich ^y e said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day "had 127 The history of Israel DEUTEEONOMY. on their way to Canaan. ney no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and nuto them will I give it, and they sliall possess it. 40 "But as for you, turn you, and take your jour- y into the Avilderness by the way of the Red sea. 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, ''We have sinned against the Loed, we will go up and light, ac- cording to all tliat the Lokd our God comrnanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, 'Go not up, neither fight ; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 48 So I spake unto you ; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Loed, and t ''went presumptuously up into the hill. 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that moun- tain, came out against you, and chased you, 'as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the Loed ; but the Loed would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 •'So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHAP. II. The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, Moahites, nor Ammonites, &c. I^HEN we turned, and took our journey into the - wilderness by the way of the Hed sea, "as the Loed spake unto me : and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the Loed spake unto me, saying, 8 Ye have compassed this mountain 'long enough : turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying, 'Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the chil- dren of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto your- selves therefore : 5 Meddle not with them ; for I will not give you of their land, f no, not so much as a foot- breadth ; ''because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. G Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 I or the Loed thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand : he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness : '^these forty years the Loed thy God hath been with thee : thou hast lacked nothing. 8 -^And when we passed by from our brethren tlie children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from ''Elath, and from Ezion- gaber, wq turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Loed said unto me, || Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of their Isrnd for a possession ; because I have given ''Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 ('The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as 'the Anakims ; 11 WAhich also were accounted giants, as the Anakims : but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 '"Tlie Horims also dwelt in Seir before-time, but the children of Esau f succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt 128 Before Before CIIKIST CURIST 1490. 1451. 11 Or, room. » Num. li. '•Num.21. 25. 12. 11 Or, mile!/. Num. 13. 1 Num. 14. 23. 40. » Num. 13. 26. P Num. 14. 33. & 26. 64. Only take heed to thyself, and "keep thy soul diligently, ''lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart ail the days of thy life : but 'teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons : 10 ^Specially ''the day that thou stoodest before the Lokd thy God in Horeb, when the Lokd 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 moun- tain; and the 'mountain burned with fire unto the i" niitlst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick (.larkness. 12 '"And the Lokd spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : "ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; "fonly ye heard a voice. _ 13 -^And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ''ten command- ments ; and ""he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 IT And "the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, 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 Lokd spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire ;) 16 Lest ye "^^corrupt yourselves, and ^make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, ^the like- ness 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 Avaters 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 || 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 inlieritance : 22 But "I must die in this land, 'T must not go over Jordan : but ye shall go over, and possess 'that good land. 28 Take heed unto yourselves, 'dest 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 forbidden thee. 24 For "the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even "a jealous God. 25 1l \Vhen thou shalt beget children, and chil- dren's children, and ye shall have remained long in ].30 Before CHRIST 1461. » 2 Sam. 7. 23. / Ps. 46. 1. k 145. 18. & 148. 14. Isa. 55. 6. a Prov. 4. 23. AProT.3.1. 3.&4.21. • Gen. 18. 19. ch. 6. 7. & 11. 19. Ps. 78.5,6. Eph. 6. 4. * Ex. 19. 9, 16. & 20.18. Xleb. 12.18, 19. f Ex. 19.18, ch. 5. 23. t Hub. heart. "> ch. 5. 4, 22. " ver. 33, 36. "Ex. 20.22. 1 Kings 19. 13. t Ileb. saveawice. J'ch.9.9,11. (t Ex. 34.28. r Ex. 21.12, & 31.18, « Ex. 21. 1. k ch. 22. & ch. 23, « Josh. 23. n. «• Isa. 40. 18. 32.7 20, 4, «Ex, y Ex. 5. ver. 23. ch. 5. 8. s Koni. 1. 23. <■ ch. 17 Job 31. 27. 26, » Gen. 2. 1. 2Kiiig3l7 16. & 11. 3 = Koiu. 1. 25. II Or, imparted. <>■ 1 Kings 8.51. Jer. 11. 4. ' Ex. 19. 5 eh. 9. 29. & 32. 9. /Num. 20 12. ch. 1.37. & 3.26. a See 2 Pet. 1.13. 14, 15. '' cli. 3. 27. ' ch. 3. 25. * ver, 9. ' ver. 16. E.K.20.4,5. '« Ex. 24. 17. ch. 9. 3. Isa. 33. 14, lleb.12.29, " Ex. 20. 5, ch. 6. 15. isa. 42. 8. Before CHRIST 1451. ver. 16. p 2 Kin2;3 17. 17,&c. 5 ch. 30.18, 19. Isu. 1.2. Mic. 6. 2. •■ Lev. 36. 33 ch. 28. 02, 64. Neh. 1. 8. «ch.28.64. 1 Sam. 26. 19. Jer. 16. 13. ' Ps. 115. 4, 5. & 135. 15. 16. Isa. 44. 9. &46. 7. " Lev. 26, 39, 40. ch. 30. 1, 2. 3. 2 Cliron. 16.4. Neh. 1 . 9. Isa. 55. 6,7. Jer. 29. 12, 13, 14. t Heb. haveffiund thee. Ex. 18. 8. ch.31. 17. " Gen.49.1. ch. 31. 29. Jer. 23. 20. Hos. 3. 5. y Joel 2.12. ' 2 Chron. 30.9. Neh. 9. 31. Ps.116. 6. Jonah 4. 2. « Job 8. 8. » Matt. 24. 31. "Ex. 24,11. k 33. 20. ch. 5. 24,26. <* ch. 7. 19. & 29. 3. " Ex. 7. 3. /Ex. 13.3. s Ex. 6, 6. '» cli. 26. 8. k 34. 12. • ch. 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. Isa. 45. 5, 18, 22. Mark 12. 29,32. I' Ex. 19. 9, 19. k 20. 18, 22. k 24. 16. Heb. 12.18. 'ch. 10.15. "'E.x.13.3, 9,14. ''ch.7.1.& 9. 1, 4, 5. " ver. 35. Josh. 2.11, V Lev. 22. 31. 1 ell. 5. 16. k 6. 3, 18. & 12. 25, 28. & 22. 7. Eph. 6. 3. >• Num. 35. 6,14. • ch. 19. 4. ' Josli.20.S. the landj and "shall corrupt yourselves, 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 'T call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it : ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord ''shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, v^hither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And *there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, 'which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 "But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things fare come upon thee, "'evew in the latter days, if thou ^turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; 31 (For the Lord thy God is ''a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destrov thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 32 For "ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ash ''from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? 33 "Did ever people hear the voice of God speak- ing out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live ? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a na- tion from the midst of another nation, ''by tempta- tions, "by signS; and by wonders, and by war, and ■'by a mighty hand, and "by a stretched-out arm, ''and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God : Hhere is none else beside him. 36 ''Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his gr,eat fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because 'he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and '"brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt ; 38 "To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that "the Lord hetsGod in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. 40 ^Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day,^that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou may est prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 U Then Moses '^severed three cities on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising ; 42 "That the slayer might flee thither, whidi should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past ; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 Namety, 'Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Beubenites ; and Ramoth in Gilead, The ten commandments. CHAP. V, VI. I of the Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, of the Ma- uassites. 44 IF And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the chil- dren of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46 On this side Jordan, "in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel ""smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt : 47 And they possessed his land, and the land *'of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising; 48 'From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is "Hermon, 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan east- ward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the 'springs of Pisgah. CHAP. V. 1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 Tlie ten commandments. 22 At the iieapl^s request Moses receiveth the law from God. AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them. Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which 1 speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and f keep, and do them. 2 "The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LoED *made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 "The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 5 (''I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord : for "ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount^ saying, 6 H-^I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of t bondage. 7 "Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 ''Thou . shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 'visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth genera- tion of them that hate me, 10 'And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 11 'Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 ""Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 13 "Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work ; 14 But the seventh day is the "sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man- servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 ''And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Ewypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out tlience 'through a mighty hand and by a Before Before CHRIST CHRIST U51. 1451. -■Ex. 20.12. Lev. 19. 3. ch. 27. 16. Eph.6.2,3. CoL 3. 20. • ch. 4. 40. ' Ex. 20.13. Matt. 5. 21. « ch. 3. 29. » Ex. 20.14. Luke 18. 20. Jam. 2. 11. ^ Ex. 20.15. ^ Num. 21. Rom. 13. 9. 24. V Ex. 20.16. ch. 1. 4. ' Ex. 20.17. Mic. 2. 2. V Num. 21. Hab. 2. 9. 35. Luke 12. ch. 3. 3, 4. 15. Rom. 7. 7. & 13. 9. » ch. 2. 36. & 3. 12. » ch. 3. 9. Ps. 133. 3. « Bx.24.12. i ch. 3. 17. k 31. 18. ch. 4. 13. » Ex. 20.18, 19. « Ex. 19.19. ■j-Heb. keep to do them. 1491. « Ex. 19.5. "I ch. 4. 33. Judg. 13. 22. ch. 4. 23. "See » ch. 18. 16. Matt.13.17. t Heb. Heb. 8. 9. add to liear. /ch. 4. 33. « Ex. 19. 9, 19.& 20. 22. ch. 4. 33,36. & 34. 10. << Ex.20.21. Gal. 3. 19. "Ex. 19.16. ff Ex. 20.19. & 20. 18. Heb. 12.19. & 24. 2. / Ex. 20. 2, &c. Lev. 26. 1. ch. 0. 4. Ps. 81. 10. tHeb. servants- A ch. 18.17. Ex. 20. 3. * Ex. 20. 4. i ch. 32. 29. Ps. 81. 13. Isa. 48. 18. Matt.23.37. Luke 19. 42. tch.11.1. ' Ex. 34. 7. ' ch. 4. 40. «■ Gal. 3.19. * Jer.32.18. Dan. 9. 4. ! Ex. 20. 7. Lev. 19. 12. Matt. 5. 33. " ch. 17. 20. "•Ex.20. 8. & 28. 14. Josh. 1. J. &23. 6. Prov. 4. 27. " Ex. 23.12. » ch. 10. 12. & 35. 2. Ps. 119. 6. Ezek.20.12. Jer. 7. 23. ° Gen. 2. 2. Luke 1. 6. Ex. 16. 29, P ch. 4. 40. 30. Ileb. 4. 4. « ch. 4. 1. & 5. 31. & Pch. 15.15. 12.1. &16. 12. & 24. 18, 22. t Heb. pass over. 3 ch. 4. 34, 37. Moses receiveth 'the law. God stretched-out arm : therefore the Lord thy commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 16 TT ""Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; 'that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 'Thou shalt not kill. 18 "Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 "^Neither shalt thou steal. 20 ^Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 -Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 H These words the Lord spake unto all your as- sembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice ; and he added no more : and "lie wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 'And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 And ye said. Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory, and his greatness, and "we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he ''liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die ? for this great fire will consume us : 'if we f hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. 26 ^For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say : and "speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : ''they have well said all that they 'have spoken. 29 'O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and 'keep all my com- mandments always, 'that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 30 Go say to them. Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, '"and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : "ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in "all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, ^and that it may he well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. CHAP. VL 1 The end of the law is ohedienee. 3 An exhortation thereto. IVTOW these are "the commandments, the statutes, -LM and the judgments which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them m the land whither ye t go to possess it : 131 An exhorlation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Communion with the nations forbidden. 2 'Tliat thou miglitest fear the Loed thy God, to keep all his statutes and his coramandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life ; 'and that thy days mav be prolonged. 3 ^\ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do il; that it may be Avell with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, ''as the Loed God of thy fathers liath promised thee, in 'the laud that floweth with milk and honey. 4-^Hear, O Israel : The Loed our God is one Loed : 5 And ^thou shalt love the Loed thy God ''with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and Avith all thy might. 6 Aud 'these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7 And ''thou shalt fteach them diligently unto thy childreu, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. _ 8 'And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 '"And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Loed thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, "which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou hlledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not ; "when thou shalt have eaten and be full ; . 12 Then beware lest thou forget the Loed, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of f bondage. 18 Thou shalt ^fear the Loed thy God, and serve him, and ''shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not ''go after other gods, 'of the gods of the people Avhich are round about you ; 15 (Eor 'the Loed thy God is a jealous God among you ;) "lest the anger of the Loed thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 1(3 H-'Ye shall not tempt the Loed your God, "as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall 'diligently keep the commandments of the Loed your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou "shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Loed : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Loed sware unto thy fathers, ly ''To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Loed hath spoken. 2(J And 'when thy son asketh thee fin time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Loed our God hath commanded you ? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son. We were Pharaoh's bond-men in Egypt ; and the Loed brought us out of Egypt ''with a mighty hand : 22 'And the Loed shewed signs and wonders, great and_t«ore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, aud upon all his household, before our eyes : 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 13-2 Before CHRIST 1451. Before CHRIST 1451. • Ex. 20.20. ch. 10. 12, 13. Ps. 111.10. & 128. 1. Eccles. 12. 13. • eh. 4. 40. Prov. 3.1,2. "iGen.lS.S. & 22. 17. • Bx. 3. 8. /Isa.42. 8. Mark 12. 29, 32. Joliii 17. 3. 1 Cor. 8.4,6 I7cli.l0.12. Matt.22.37. Mark 12. 30. Luko 10. 27. * 2 Kings 23. 26. 'ch. 11.18. & 32. 46. Ps. 37. 31. & 40. 8. & 119. 11, 98. Prov. 3. 3. Isa. 51. 7. * ch. 4. 9. & 11. 19. Ps. 78. 4, 5, 6. Eph. 6. 4. t lleb. ■dihet, or, sharpen. ' Ex. 13. 9, 16. ch. 11. 18. Prov. 3. 3. & 6. 21. & 7.3. "• ch. 11.20. Isa. 57. 8. " Josh. 24. 13. Ps. 105. 44. ch. 8. 10, Ac. t Heh. ocmd-menj or,servants Pch.10.12, 20. & 13. 4. Matt. 4. 10. Luke 4. 8. 9Ps.63.ll. Isa. 45. 23. & 65. 16. Jer. 4. 2. & 5. 7. & 12. 16. ' cli. 8. 19. & 11. 28. Jer. 25. 6. «ch. 13. 7. ' Ex. 20. 5. ch. 4. 24. "ch. 7.4. &11.17. 'Matt. 4. 7. Luke 4. 12, 1/ Ex. 17.2, 7. Num. 20. 3, 4.&21 4,5. 1 Cur. 10. 9, ' ch. 11. 13. 22. Ps. 119.4. "Ex. 15.26. ch. 12. 28. & 13. 18. 1 Nuui. 33. 52, 53. « Ex. 13. 14. t Heb. to-morrow. /ver. 2. fch. 10.13. Job 35. 7, 8. Jer. 32. 39. *ch.4.1.& 8.1. Pa. 41. 2. LukelO.28. •Lev. 18.5. ch. 24. 13. Kom. 10. 3, 5. » ch. 31. 3. Pb. 44. 2, 3. b Gen. 15. 19, &c. Ex. 33. 2. • ch. 4. 38. &9. 1. ■i ver. 23. ch. 23. 14. « Lev. 27. 28, 29. Num. 33. 52. ch. 20. 16, 17. Josh. 6.17. & 8. 24. & 9. 24. & 10. 28,40. & 11. 11, 12. /Ex. 23. 32. & 34. 12,15, 16. Judg. 2. 2. See <;L. 20. 10. Ac. Josh. 2. 14. & 0. 18. Jndg. 1.24. a Josh. 23. 12. 1 Kings 11. 2. Ezra 9. 2. * ch. 6. 15. * Ex. 23. 24. & 34. 13. ch. 12.2,3. t Heb. statues, or, pillars. t Ex. 19. 6, ch. 14. 2. & 26. 19. Ps. 50. 5. Jer. 2. 3. I Ex. 19. 6. Amos 3. 2. 1 Pet. 2. 9. "ch. 10.22. »cli.l0.15. » Ex. 32.13. Ps. 105. 8, 9,10. Luke 1.55, 72, 73. !> Ex. 13.3, 14. 9 Isa. 49. 7. 1 Cor. 1. 9. & 10. 13. 2 Cor. 1.18. 1 Thess. 5. 24. 2The6S.3.3. 2 Tim. 2.13. Heb. 11.11. 1 John 1.9. ' Ex. 20. 6. cli. 5. 10. Neh. 1. 5. Dau. 9. 4. "Isa. 59.18. Nah. 1. 2. ' cli. 32. 35. "Lev. 26.3. ch. 28. 1, tHeb. hfj'ause. * Ps. 105. 8,9. Luke 1.55, 72,73. y John 14. 21. » ch. 28. 4. "i Ex. .3. 19. & 13. 3. « Ex. 7. & 8.&9.&10. & 11. & 12. Ps. 135. 9. t Heb. evil. o Ex. 23.26, Ac. t Ex. 9. 14. & 15. 26. ch. 28. 27, CO. 24 And the Loed commanded us to do all these statutes, •'to fear the Loed our God, ''for our ^ood always, that ''he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And 'it shall be our righteousness, if we ob- serve to do all these commandments before the Loed our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAP. VIL 1 AU communion with the nations is forbidden. WHEN the "Loed thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, .'the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations 'greater and mightier than thou ; 2 And when the Loed thy God shall "^deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and 'utterly destroy them, •'thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : 3 ''Neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from follow- ing me, that they may serve other gods : ''so will the anger of the Loed be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall "destroy their altars, and break down their f images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 *For thou art an holy people unto the Loed thy God : 'the Loed thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Loed did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were '"the fewest of all people : 8 But "because the Loed loved you, and because he would keep "the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, ^hath the Loed brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bond-men, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Loed thy God, he is God, ''the faithful God, 'which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his comm^idments to a thousand generations ; 10 And 'repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them : 'he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I com- mand thee this day, to do them. 12 H "Wherefore it shall come to pass, f if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Loed thy God shall keep unto thee ^the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : 13 And he will "love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : 'he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people : "there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the IjOed will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the 'evil diseases of Moses exhorteth the CHAR VIII, IX. Israelites to obedience. Egypt which thou knowegt upon thee ; but will lay them upon all thetii that hate thee. 16 And 'thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee ; "thine eye shall have no pity upon them : neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for that will be 'a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I, how can I -^dispossess them ? 18 *Thou shalt not he afraid of them : but shalt well ''remember what the Loed thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt ; 19 'The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby the Loed thy God brought thee out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 ''Moreover, the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves f jom thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for the Lord thy God is 'among you, ""a mighty God and terrible. 22 "And the Lord thy God will t put out those nations before thee by little and little : thou may est not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them t unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 24 And "he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name ^from under heaven : 'there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods ''shall ye burn with lire : thou 'shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be 'snared therein : for it is "an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it : but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; -"for it is a cursed thing. ■ CHAP. YIIL An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's deeding with them. ALL the commandments which I command thee this day "shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God ''led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and 'to prove thee, ''to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wonkiest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and 'suffered thee to hunger, and -'fed thee Avith manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth "not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doth man live. 4 ''Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell these forty years. 5 'Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, 'to walk in hi^ways, and to lear him. 7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a Before CHRIST 1451. " ver. 2. ■* cIi. 13. 8. & 19. 13, 21. & 25. 12. « Ex. 23.33. ch. 12. 30. Judg. 3,27. 1>5. 106. 36. / Num. 33. 63. (7 ch. 31. 0. "Ps. 105.0, i ch. 4. 34. & 29. 3. 'Kx. 2.3.28. Josh.24.12. ' Num. 11. 20. & 14. 9, 14,42. & 16. 3. Josh. 3. 10. "ch. 10.17. Neh. 1. 5. & 4. 14. & 9.32. » Ex. 23.29, 30. t lleb. plucic off. t Heb. before thy face. ver. 2. » Josh. 10. 24, 26, 42. & 12.1, Ac. P Ex.17 .14. ch. 9. 14. & 25. 19. & 29. -20. sch.11.25. Josh. 1. 5. & 10. 8. & 23.9. >■ ver. 5. Ex. 32. 20. ch. 12. 3. 1 Chron. 14. 12. • Josh. 7. 1 21. t JuJg. 8. 27. Zeph. 1. 3 " ch. 17. 1 " Lev. 27. 28 ch. 13. 17. Josh. 6. 17, IS. & 7. 1. Before CHRIST 1451. tch. 11.10, 11,12. fHeb. ofolivt-irec of oil. "» ch. 33. 25. » ch. 6. 11, 12. o ch. 4. 1.& 5. 32, 33. & 6. 1, 2, 3. l> ch. 1. 3. & 2. 7. & 29. 5. l>s. 136. 16. Amos 2. 10. = Ex. 16. 4. ch. 13. 3. ''2 Chron. 32. 31. John 2. 25. e Ex. 16. 2, 3. /Ex. 16. 12, 14, 35. 3 Ps. 104. 29. Miitt. 4. 4. Luke 4. 4. A ch. 29. 5. Neh. 9. 21. • 2 Sam. 7 14. Ps. 89. 32. Prov. 3. 12. Heb. 12. 5, 6. Rev. 3. 19. *■■ ch. 5. 33. »ch.28.47. & 32. 15. Prov. 30. 9. Hos. 13. 6. Pi Cor. 4.7. 1 Ps. 106. 21. Isa. 63. 12, 13, 14. Jer. 2. 6. « Num. 21. 6. Hos. 13. 5. t Num. 20. 11. Ps. 78. 15. & 114. 8 . " ver. 3. Ex. 16. 15. Jer. 24. 5, 6. Heb 12.11. V ch. 9. 4. 1 Cor. 4. 7. ' Prov. 10. 22. IIos. 2. 8. <• ch. 7. 8, 12. » ch. 4. 2R. & 30. 18. = Dan.9.11, 12. ch.11.31. Josh. 3. 10. &4. 19. s ch. 4. 3S. &7. 1. & 11. 23. = ch. 1. 28. <* Num. 13. 22, 28, 32, 33. « ch. 31. 3. Josh. 3. 11. / ch. 4. 24. Heb. 12. 29. a ch. 7. 23. ''Ex. 23.31. ch. 7. 24. i ch. 8. 17. Rom. 11. 6, 20. 1 Cor. 4.4,7. * Gen. 15. 16. Lev. 18. 24, 25. ch. 18. 12. ! Tit. 3. 5. good land, 'a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wlieat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land fof oil-olive, and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land "whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills tiiou mayest dig brass. 10 "When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 "Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; 13 And when thine herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; 14 ^Then thy heart be lifted up, and thou 'forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage ; 15 Who ""led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, 'wherein were fiery serpents, and scor- pions, and drought, where there was no water : 'who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint ; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with "manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, 'to do thee good at thy latter end : 17 ^And thou say in thine heart. My i^ower and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: ""for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, "that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, T testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth be- fore your face, ''so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. CHAP. IX. Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their own righteousness. HEAR, O Israel : Thou art to "pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations ''greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and 'fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, ''the children of the Anakims, whom thou knoAvest, and of whom^ thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak? 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which 'goeth over before thee ; as a ■'^consuming fire "he shall destro}^ them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: ''so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 4 'Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : but 'for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness 5' 13c IsraeVs rebellions rehearsed. j:)euteeonomy. The tables renewed. of thine heart dost thou go to possess their land : but for the wickedness of these nations, the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform '"the word which the Loed sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand therefore, that the Loed thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ; for thou art "a stiff-necked people. 7 IT Remember, and forget not, how thou pro- vokedst the Loed thy God to wrath in the wilder- ness : "from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Loed. 8 Also ^'in Horeb ye provoked the Loed to wrath, so that the Loed was angry with you to have de- stroyed you. 9 'When I was ^one up into the mount, to re- ceive the tables ot stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Loed made with you, then ''I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread, nor drmk water: 10 'And the Loed delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God ; and on them was written according to all the words which the Loed spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 'in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Loed gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. 12 And the Loed said unto me, "Arise, get thee down quickly from hence ; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt nave cor- rupted themselves; they are ""quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore, Hhe Loed spake unto me, say- ing, I have seen this people, and behold, 'it is a stiff-necked people : 14 "Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and *blot out their name from under heaven : "and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 ''So I turned and came down from the mount, and "the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And ^1 looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the Loed your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Loed had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. 18 And I ^fell down before the Loed, as at the first, forty days and forty nights : I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Loed, to provoke him to anger. 19 (Tor I was afraid of the anger and hot dis- pleasure wherewith the Loed was wroth against you to destroy you.) 'But the Loed hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And the Loed was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him : and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And 'I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust : and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended o^it of the mount. 104 Before CHRIST 1451. " Gen. 12. 7. &13. ]5. &15. 7. & 17. 8. & 26. 4. & 28. 13 » ver. 13. Ex. 32. 9. & 33. 3. & 34. 9. •Ex.14. 11. & 16. 2. & 17.2. Num. 11.4. & 20. 2. & 25. 2. ch. 31. 27. p Ex. 32.4. Ps. 106. 19. 1491. 1 Ex. 24.12, 15. 'Ex. 24.18. & 34. 28, •Ex. 31.18. < Ex. 19.17. i 20. 1. ch. 4. 10. k 10. 4. & 18. 16. ' Ex. 32. 7. I ch. 31. 29. Judg.2.17. y Ex. 32. 9. ' Ter. 6. ch. 10. 16. & 31. 27. 2 Kings 17. 14. « Ex. 32.10. ' ch. 29. 20. Ps. 9. 5. & 109. 13. « Num. 14. 12. "Ex. 32,15. 'Ex. 19. 18. ch. 4. 11. & 6.23. /Ex. 32.19. 17 Ex. 34.28. Ps. 106. 23. AEx.32.10, 11. i Ex. 32. 14. & .33. 17. ch. 10. 10. Ps. 106. 23. * Ex. 32.20. If:.l. 31. 7. Before CHRIST 1451. ! Num. 11. 1, 3, 5. »" Ex. 17. 7. " Num. 11. 4, 34. Num. 13. 3. &14. 1. P Ps. 106. 24, 25. 1 ch. 31. 27. ' Tcr. 18. » Ex. 32. 11, < Gen. 41. 57. 1 Sam. 14. 25. "Ex. 32.12. Num. 14. 16. * ch. 4. 20. 1 Kings 8. 51. Neh.1.10. Ps. 95. :. 1491. « Ex. 34. 1, 2. l' Ex. 25.10. « Ex. 25.16, 21. ■i Ex.26. 5, 10. i 37. 1. ' Ex. 34. 4. /Ex. 34.28. fHeb. wnrds. n Ex. 20. 1. * Ex. 19.17. ch. 9. 10.& 18. 16. i Ex. 34. 29. 'Ex. 40.20. n Kings 8. 9. "• Num. 33. 31. " Num. 33. 30. Num. 20. 28. & 33. 38. P Num. 33. 32, 33. 1 Num. 3. 6. & 4. 4. & 8. 14. & 16. 9. >" Num. 4. 15. « ch. 18. 5. Lev. 9. 22. Num. 6. 23. ch. 21. 5. " Num. 18. 20, 24. ch.l8. 1,2. Ezek.44.28 1491. » Ex. 34.28. ch. 9. 18,25. II Or, /or- mfir days. » Ex. 32.14, 33, 34. & 33. 17. ch.9. 19. "^ Ex.. 32. 34. k 33.1. t lli-b. r/n in Jour- ney. 22 And at 'Taberah, and at "Massah, and at "Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Loed to wrath. 23 Likewise "when the Loed sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying. Go up and possess the land which I have given you ; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Loed your God, and ^'ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 «Ye have been rebellious against the Loed from the day that I knew you. 25 "Thus 1 fell down before the Loed forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Loed had said he would destroy you. 26 'I prayed therefore unto the Loed, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine in- heritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy freatnesSj which thou hast brought forth out of igypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin : 28 Lest 'the land whence thou broughtest us out, say, "Because the Loed was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 ""Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched-out arm. CHAP. X. 1 GocPs mercy in restoring the two tables, 6, and in continuing the priesthood. AT that time the Loed said unto me, "Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and *make thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and 'thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark 0/ ''shittim-wood, and ^hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And -^he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten t commandments, ^which the Loed spake unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 'in the day of the assembly: and the Loed gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and 'came down from the mount,and ''put the tables in the ark which I had made; 'and there they be, as the Loed commanded me. 6 IT And the children of Israeltooktheirjourneyfrom Beeroth "'of the children of Jaakan to "Mosera: "there Aaron died, and there he was buried ; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. 7 Trom thence they journej^ed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 IT At that time 'the Loed separated the tribe of Levi, ""to bear the ark of the covenant of the Loed, "to stand before the Loed to minister unto him, and 'to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 "Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren ; the Loed is his inheritance, according as the Loed thy God promised him. 10 And 'I stayed in the mount, according to the II first time, forty days and forty nights ; and ''the Loed hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Loed would not destroy thee. 11 ""And the Loed said unto me. Arise, ftake thy 3Ioses exhorteth the journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 HAnd now, Israel, "what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but ''to fear the Lord thy God, 'to walk in all his ways, and "^to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day 'for thy good ? 14 Behold, -^the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, ^the earth also, with all that therein is. 15 ''Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore 'the foreskin of your heart, and be no more 'stiff-necked. 17 For the Lord your God is 'God of gods, and ""Lord of lords, a great God, "a mighty, and a terrible, which "regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward : 18 ^He doth execute the judgment of the father- less and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 *Love ye therefore the stranger : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou "cleave, 'and swear b}'' his name. 21 "He is thy praise, and he is thy God, "^that hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt ^with three- score and ten persons ; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee ''as the stars of heaven for multitude. CHAP. XI. 18 A careful study is required in God's words. 26 The blessing and curse is set before t/iem. THEEEFORE thou shalt "love the Lord thy God, and 'keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. 2 And know ye this day: for / speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen ""the chastisement of the Lord your God, ''his greatness, 'his mighty hand,and his stretched-out arm, 3 ■'And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt, unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots ; "how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they i^ursued after you, and hoio the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place ; And ''what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the || substance that ■[was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel : 7 But 'your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. 8 ThereforS shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may ''be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it ; 9 And 'that ye may prolong your days in the CHAP. XL Boforo Before CHItlST CIIKIST Ubl. 1461. « Jlic. 6. 8. "• ch. 9. 6. » cli. 6. 13. n Ex. 3. 8. « c)i. 5. 33. rfcli.C.5.& 11. 13. & 30. 16, 20. » Zech. 14. Matt.'22.37. 18. • ch. 6. 24. /IKiDL'S 8. 27. P ch. 8. 7. Ps. 115. 16. & 148. 4. s Gen. 14. 19. Ex. 19. 5. t Ilel). Ps. 24. 1. seekelh. '' ch. 4. 37. « 1 Kings 'See 9.3. Lev. 26. 41. ch. 30. G. Jer. 4. 4. Horn. 2. 28, 29. Col. 2. 11. '• ver. 22. * ch. 9. 6, ch. 6. 17. 13. »ch.l0.12. ' Josh. 22. 22. Ps. 136. 2. Dan. 2. 47. & 11. 36. < Lev. 26. 4. ™llev.l7. ch. 28. 12. 14. & 19.16. K Joel 2. 23. » ch. 7. 21. James 5.7. » 2 Chioa. 19.7. Job 34. 19. Acta 10. 34. ' Ps. 104. Kom. 2. U. 14. Gitl. 2. 6. t lleh.gixK. Eph. 6. 9. V ch. 6. 11. Col. 3. 26. Joel 2. 19. 1 Pet. 1.17. 'ch.29. 18. P Ps. 68. 6. Job 31. 27. & 146. 9. « ch. 8. 19. ? Lev. 19. k 30. 17. 33, 34. » ch. 6. 15. ' ch. 6. 13. Matt. 4. 10. «1 Kings 8. Luke 4. 8. 35. »cli.ll.22. 2 Chron. 6. & 13. 4. 26. & 7. 13. « Ps. 63. 11. ver. 17. strong. ch. 14. 22, •Gen. 9. 4. 23. & 15. Lev. 17. 11, 19, 20. 14. * ch. 14. 26. 'ver. 12,18. / ch. 4. 40. Lev. 23. 40. Isa. 3. 10. ch. 16. 11, c Ex. 15.2C. 14. 15. & 26. ch. 13. 18. IL & 27. 7. I Kings 11. 38. * Num. 5. "•Judg. 17. 9, 10. &. 18. 19. 6. & 21. 25. • 1 Sam. 1. 21,22,24. * Lev. 1. 5, 9, 13. & 17. 11. »ch.ll.31. » ver. 5, 14, ' ver. 25. 18,21,26.& ch.l4.23.& 15.20. & 16. 2, Ac. & 17. 8.&18.6.& 23. 16. & 26. '"Ex.23.23. ch. 19. 1. 2. & 31. 11. Josh. 23. 4. Josh. 18. 1. 1 Kings 8. t Heb. 29. inheriiest, l*s. 78. 68. or, possess- t Heb. est than. tlie choice " ch. 7. 16. of your t Heb. vows. after them. P ver. 7. 1 ch. 10.9. » ver. 4. & 14. 29. Lev. 18. 3, 26, 30. 'Lev. 17. 4. 2 Kings 17. In. tHob. aboinina~ » ver. 11. iivn of the. Blood forbidden, &c. in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding, 'thoumayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee : "the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, ""as of the roe-buck, and as of the hart. 16 ^Only ye shall not eat the blood ; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 17 IT Thou may est not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy free-will offerings, or heave-offering of thine hand : 18 "But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 "Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite f as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 H When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, ''as he hath promised thee, and thou shaft say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have com- manded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates what- soever thy soul lusteth after. 22 'Even as the roe-buck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them : the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. 23 ''Only f be sure that thou eat not the blood : 'for the blood is the life ; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; ''that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, "when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 Only thy ''holy things which thou hast, and 'thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose : 27 And 'thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God : and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I com- mand thee, 'that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sightof theLoRDthy God. 29 HWhen '"the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to pos- sess them, and thou fsucceedest them, and dwellest in their land ; 30 Take heed to thyself "that thou be not snared fby following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee ; and that thou inqfuire not after their gods, saying. How did these nations serve their gods ? even so will I do likewise. 31 "Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God ; for every t abomination to the Lord which he hateth Enticers to idolatry to be stoned. have they done unto their gods ; CHAP. XIII, XIV , for ^even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: "thou shaltnot add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAP. XIII. 6 Enticers to idolatry are to he stoned to death. 16 Idolatrous cities are not to be spared. IF there arise among you a prophet, or a "dreamer of dreams, ''and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And "^the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your Goa ''proveth you, to know whether ye love the Loed your God with all your heart and with all your soul. ^ 4 Ye shall "walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and olbey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and -^cleave unto him. 5 And "that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath f spoken to turn vou away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. ''So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 ITTf thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or ''the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, Vhich is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying. Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off' from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 8 Thou shalt ""not consent unto him, nor hearljfen unto him ; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him : 9 But "thou shalt surely kill him ; "thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die ; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of f bondage. 11 And ^all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is, among you. 12 1[«If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, lithe children of Belial, ''are gone out from among you, and have "withdrawn the in- habitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known ; 14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and behold, ^/^^ §6 truth, a?ic^ the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, "destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt -"burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God : and it shall be ^an heap for ever ; it shall not be built again. Before C n II I S T 1451. P IjfM. 1 S. 21. & 20. 2. ell. 18. 10. .Tor. 32. 35. Ezek. 2:3.37 J eh. 4. 2. & 13. 18. Josh. 1. 7. Prov. 30. 6. Rev. 22. 18. ■'Zech.10.2. * Matt. 24 24. 2Thesa.2.9, ' See eh. IS. 22. Jer. 28. 9. Matt. 7. 22. ■* ch. 8. 2. See MHtt.24.24. lCor.11.19. 2 Tliess. 2. 11. Rev. 13. 14 « 2 Kings 23. 3. 2 Chron. .34. 31. / ch. 10. 20. & 30. 20. ffch.lS. 20. .Ter. 14. 15, Zoch. 13.3, t Ileb. spoken re~ voU-against tlie Lord. '• ch. 17. 7. & 22. 21, 22, 24. 1 Cor. 5. 13, ' ch. 17. 2. * See Gen. 16. 5. ch. 28. 54. I'rov. 5. 20. Mic. 7. 5. '1 Sum. IS, 1, s.&ao. 17. "• Prov. 1. 10. " ch. 17. 5. "Ch. 17. 7. Acts 7. 68. Before CHRIST 1451. t Ileb. bond-men. Pch.l7. 13. & 19. 20. I Josh. 22. 11, Ac. Judg. 20. 1, 2. II Or, naugJUy men; See Judg. 19. 22. lSam.2.12. & 25. 17,25. 1 Kings 21. 10, 13. 2 Cor. 6.15. r 1 John 2. 19. Judo 19. " 2 Kings 17. 21. < ver. 2, 6. "E.K. 22.20. Lev. 27. 28. Josh. 6. 17, 21. *Jo3h.6.24. .'/Josh.8.28. Isa. 17. 1. & 25. 2. Jer. 49. 2. " ch. 7. 2fi. Josli. 6. 18. II Or, devoted. ■"Josh.0.26. » Gen. 22. 17. &. 26. i, 24. & 28. 14. «ch.l2. 25, 28, 32. <• Rom. 8. 16. & 9. 8, 26. Gal. 3. 26. 'Lev. 19. 28. & 21. 6. Jer.l6.0.& 41. 6. & 47. 5. I Thess. 4. 13. ' Lev. 20. 26. ch. 7. 6. & 26. 18, 19. 2 Cor. 9. 5,7. "ch.14.29. & 24. 19. Pe. 41. 1. Prov. 22. 9. • Matt. 26. 11. M.irkl4.7. Joliu]2. 8. • Ex. 12. 29, 42. i Num. 28. 19. « ch. 12. 5, 26. /Ex. 12.1.5, 19,39.413. 3, 6, 7. & 34. 18. a Ex. 13. 7, A Ex. 12.10. 4 34. 25. Or, Ml. open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 '^And nf thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine- press : of that wherewith the Loed thy God hath ^blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And 'thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and the Loed thy God redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 16 And it shall be, 'if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee ; 17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee : for he hath been worth 'a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years : and the Loed thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 Tr"All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Loed thy God : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 ''Thou shalt eat it before the Loed thy God year by year in the place which the Loed shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 ^And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Loed thy God. iii2 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : "the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roe-buck, and as the hart. 23 "Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAP.' XVL 1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of tabernacles. BSERVE the "month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Loed thy God : for ''in the month of Abib the Loed thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt 'by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Loed thy God, of the flock and ''the herd, in the 'place which the Loed shall choose to place his name there. 3 -^Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread there- with, even the bread of afiliction ; (for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste :) that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life. 4 ^And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days; ''neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not || sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Loed thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Loed thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice 0^ The feast of weeks. CHAR XVII. The punishment of idolatry. the passover 'at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt ''roast and eat it 'in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : and "on the seventhi day shall be a f solemn assembly_ to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work therein. 9 IF "Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with || a tribute of a free-will- offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, "according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 11 And ^'thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 12 *And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 IT 'Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy tcorn, and thy wine. 14 And 'thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-ser- vant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates: 15 'Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose : because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 16 1[ "Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taber- nacles : and -"they shall not appear before the Lord empty : 17 Every man shall give t as he is able, ''accord- ing to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 18 IF ^Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 "Thou shalt not wrest judgment ; ''thou shalt not respect persons, 'neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the II words of the righteous. 20 tThat which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest ''live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 IF 'Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 ■'Neither shalt thou set thee up any Ij image; which the Lord thy God hateth. CHAP. XVIL 1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idolaters must he slain. THOU "shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or || sheep, wherein is blemish, or Beforo CHRIST 1461. i Ex. 12. 6 '■ Ex. 12. 8, 9. 2 Cliron. .35. 13. ' 2 Kinga 23. 23. John 2. 13, 23. & 11.55. "• Kx. 12. 16. & 13. 0. Lev. 23. 8. t Ileb. restraint. Lev. 23. 36. "Ex. 23.16. A 34. 22. r,ev. 23. 15. Num. 28. 26. Acts 2. 1. II Or, sufficiency. ' vcr. 17; 1 Cor. 16. 2. P ch. 12. 7, 12, 18. ver. 14. » ch. 13. 6. Josli. 7. 11, 15. & 23. 16. JuclK.2.20. 2 Kings 18. 12. Iloa. 8. 1. ch. 4. 19. Job 31. 26. J(T.7. 22, 23,31. & 19. 5. & 32. 35. /ch.13.12, 14. 3ch.l5.15. -■Ex. 23.16. Lev. 23. 34. Num. 29. 12. t Heb. floor, and thy wine- press. ' Neh. 8. 9, ic. t Lev. 23. 39, 40. "Ex. 23.14, 17. & 34. 23. « Ex. 23. 15. k 34. 20. tHeb. according tothegiftof his hand. 2 Cor. 8. 12. y ver. 10. ' ch. 1. 16. 1 Chron. 23. 4. & 26. 29. 2 Chron. 19. 5, 8. « Ex. 23. 2, 6. Lev. 19. 15. s ch. 1. 17. Prov.24.23. ' Ex. 23. 8. Prov.17.23. Eccles. 7.7. 1 Or, mailers. t Heb. Justice, justice, d Ezek. 18. 5,9, « Ex. 34. 13. 1 Kings 14. 15. & 16. 33. 2 Kinga 17. 16. & 21. 3. 2Chrop.33, 3. /Lev. 26.1 II Or, statue, or, pillar. «ch.l5.21 Mai. 1. S, 13, 14. I Or, goat. Before CHRIST 1451. » Lev. 24. 14, 16. ch. 13. 10. ,Tosh. 7. 25. ft Num. 35. 30. <;h. 19. 15. Matt.18.16. .John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13.1. 1 Tim. 5.19. Heb. 10.28. i ch. 13. 9. Acts 7. 58. ' ver. 12. ch. 1?. 5. & 19. 19. i 2 Chron. 19. 10. H,ig. 2. 11. MaL 2. 7. ™ See Ex. 21-. 13, 20, 22, 28. k 22. 2. Num. 35. 11,16,19. ch. 19. 4,10, 11. » ch. 12. 5. k 19. 17. Ps. 122. 5. See Jer. 18. IS. pch. 19.17. 1 Ezek. 44. 24. ' Nnm. 15. 30. Ezra 10. 8. Hos. 4. 4. t Heb. not to hearken. • ch. IS. 5, 7. t ch. 13. 5. uch.is.n. & 19. 20. ' 1 Sara. 8. 5, 19, 20. V See 1 Sam. 9. 15. & 10.24. k 16. 12. lChron.22. 10. 'Jer. 30.21. 1 Kings 4. 26. & 10. 26, 28. Ps. 20. 7. (■Isa. 31.1. Ezek. 17. 16. « Ex. 13. 17. Num. 14. 3,4. 'ich.28.68. Il05. 11. 5. See Jur. 42. 15. "See 1 Kings 11. 3,4. any evil favouredness : for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 2 IF ''If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, "in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and wor- shipped them, either ''the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, 'which I have not commanded ; 4 ■'^And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and behold, it he true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel : 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and ^shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 'At the mouth of two witnesses, or three wit- nesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; hut at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. _ 7 'The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So 'thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 IF 'If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, ""between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, "and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose ; 9 And "thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and -^unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire ; 'and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment : 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee : 11 According to the sentence of the law Avhich they shall teach thee, and according to the judg- ment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And ^the man that will do presumptuously, f and will not hearken unto the priest 'that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and 'thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 'And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. 14 IF When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, *I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me ; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee ^whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one "'from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply "horses to himself, nor cause the people ''to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses : forasmuch as 'the Lord hath said unto you, ''Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multij)ly wives to himself, that 'his heart turn not away: neither shall ho greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 139 Of the 2)riests' and Levites' inheritance. DEUTERONOMY. Of the cities of refuge. 18 ■^And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kin<;cloni, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of "that which is before the i)riests the Levites. 19 And 'it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them : 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he 'turn not aside from the com- mandment to the right hand or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel, CHAR XVIII. 1 The Lord w the priests' and Levites' inheritance. 3 The priest's due. 15 Christ the prophet is to be heard. THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, "shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel : they 'shall eat the offerings of the Loed made by fire, and his inheritance. ■ 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren : the Loed is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 HAnd this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep ; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 ''The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 For "the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, -^to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 IT And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he ''sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind ''unto the place which the Lord shall choose ; 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, 'as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have like ''portions to eat, beside t that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 H When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 'thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter '"to pass through the fire, "or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 "Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a ''necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomina- tion unto the Lord : and '^because of these abomi- nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be II perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt || possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto di- viners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not sufiered thee so to do. 15 If The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a^ Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken. 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God m Horeb "in the day of the assem- bly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lo!!D my ( jod, neither let me sec this great fire anv in(jre, ihat I die not. 140 Before 1 Before C Hill ST CHRIST 1451. 1451. /2 Kings » ch. 5. 28. 11. 12. " ver. 15. a ch. 31. 9, .Tohnl. 45. 26. Acts 3. 22. See & 7. 37. 2 Kings 22. visa. 51.16. 8. John 17. 8. 1 Josh. 1.8. ' John 4. Ps. 119. 97, 25. & 8. 28. 98. & 12. 49, 50. " Acts 3.23. < ch. 5. 32. » ch. 13. 5. 1 KingelS. 5. Jer. 14. 14, 15. Zecli. 13. 3. «ch.l3.1,2. Jer. 2. 8. <« Jer. 28. 9. " See ch. 13. 2. a Nnm. 18. /ver. 20. 20. & 26.62. ch. 10. 9. 4 Num. 18. 8,9. 1 Cor. 9. 13. " ch. 12. 29. Lev. T. t Ileb. 30-34. inheritest. or, possess- e.st. ■< Ex. 22.29. » Ex. 21. 13. Num. 18. Num. 35. 12,24. 10, 14. Josh. 20. 2. • Ex. 28. 1. Num. 3. 10. /ch.lO. 8. & 17. 12. a Num. 35. ' Num. 35. 2,3. 15. A ch. 12. 5. ch. 4. 42. tHeb. from yes- terday the • 2 Chron. third day. 31.2. * 2 Chron. fHeb. 31.4. iron. Neh. 12.44, fUeb. 47. wood. t Ileb. fHeb. Ms sales by findtth. thefathers. <* Num. 35. J Lev. 18. 12. 26, 27, 30. ch. 12. 29, fHeb. 30, 31. smite him "' Lev. 18. in life. 21. ch. 12. 31. fHeb. from yes- terday the third day. » Lev. 19. 26,31.&20. 27. Isa. 8. 19. » Lev. 20. ' Gen. 15. 27. 18. Pi Sam. 28. ch. 12. 20. 1 Lev. 18. 24, 25. ch. 9. 4. |0r. upright, or, sincere. /Josh. 20. Gen. 17. 1. 7,8. 11 Or, inherit. r ver. 18. •lohn 1. 45. * Acts 3. 22. e Ex. 21.12, & 7. 37. &c. Num. 35. IC, 2t. ch. 27. 24. • ch. 9. 10. Prov.28.17. t Heb. * Ex. 20. 19. in Uf: Hell. 12. 19. 17 And the Lord said unto me, "They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 T will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and ''will put my words in his mouth ; ''and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto _ my words which he shall speak in my name, I will reqjiire it of him. 20 But ''the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not com- manded him to speak, or 'that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? 22 ''When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, 'if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it -^presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. CHAP. XIX. 1 The cities of refuge. 15 Two witnesses at the least. 16 lite punish- ment of a false witness. WHEN the Lord thy God "hath cut off the nations, whose land the Loed thy God giveth thee, and thou fsucceedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 ''Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. - 4 IF And 'this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither,that he may live : Whoso killeth his neigh- bour ignorantly, whom he hated not f in time past ; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the thead slippeth from the f helve, and flighteth upon his neighbour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of these cities, and live : 6 ''Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and f slay him ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not fin time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. 8 And if the Lord thy God 'enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fa.thers ; 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Loed thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; ^then shalt thou add three cities more for thee beside these three : 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Loed thy God giveth thee for an inheri- tance, and so blood be upon thee. 11 UBut ''if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against nim, and smite him t mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities : 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may" die. TJie punishment of a false witness. CHAR XX, XXI. What cities must be destroyed. 13 ''Thine eye shall not pity him, 'but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 14 "[[''Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land- mark, which they of old time have set in thine in- heritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LoE,D thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 H 'One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sin- neth ; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 II If a false witness "'rise up against any man to testify against him || that which is wrong ; 17 Then both the men between whom the con- troversy is shall stand before the Lord, "before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days ; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisi- tion : and behold, tf the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; 19 "Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother : so *shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 ''And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 ''And thine eye shall not pity; but 'life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAP. XX. The priesii exhortation to encourage the people to battle. WHEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest "horses, and cliariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them : for the LoED thy God is 'with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak uuto the people, 3 And shall say unto them. Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your hearts f faint, fear not, and do not t tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them ; 4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, 'to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 HAnd the ofiicers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not ''dedicated it ? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vine- yard, and hath not yet f eaten of it ? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 7 'And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her ? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the ofiicers shall speak further unto the ]jeople, and they_ shall say, 'What man is there that IS fearful and faint-hearted ? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart f faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies fto lead the people. 10 TI When thou comest nigh unto & city to fight against it, ^then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of Before CHKIST 1451. * ch. 13. 8. Si 25. 12. • Num. 35. 33, 34. ch. 21. 9. 1 Kings 2. 31. ' ch. 27. 17. Job 24. 2. Prov.22.28. Il08. 5. 10. ' Num. 35. 30. ch. 17. 6. MHtt.18.16. John 8. 17. 2 Cor. 13.1. I Tim. 5.19. Heb. 10.28. "Ps. 27.12. & 35. 11. II Or, falling away. » ch. 17. 9. & 21. 5. " ProT. 19. 5,9. Dan. 6. 24. p ch. 13. 0. & 17. 7. & 21. 21. & 22. 21, 24. & 24.7. ■!ch.l7.13. k 21. 21. >■ ver. 13. •Ex. 21.23. Lev. 24. 20. Mutt. 5. 38. ■• See Ps. 20. 7. Isa. 31. 1. >> Num. 23, 21. ch. 31. 6, 8, 2Chrun.l3. 12.& 32.7,8, tneb. h& tender. t Ileb. niakehaste. «ch. 1.30. & 3. 22. Josh.23.10, • Gal. 3. 13. t Heb. the curse of God: See Num. 25.4. 2 Sam. 21. 6. •Lev.18.25 Num. 35. 34. " Ex. 23. 4 1 Ex. 23. 6. Before CHRIST 1451. • Lev. 22. 28. ■« ch. 4. 40. ' Ley. 19. 19. t Heb. fulness of thy seed. /See 2 Cor. 6.14,15,16. s Lev. 19. 19. * Num. 15. 38. Matt. 23. 5. fHeb. wings. Gen. 29. 21. Judg. 15.1. .34. *Gen 7. Judg. 20. 6, 10. 2 Sam. 13. 12, 13. ' ch. 13. 5. "> Lev. 20. 10. John 8. 6. •• Matt. 1. 18, 19. ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 1[The woman shall not wear that which per- taineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so are abomina- tion unto the Lokd thy God. 6 II If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, 'thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee ; ''that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 8 TI When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 H'Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds : lest the f fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 TI •'^Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together. 11 11 "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 12 HThou shalt make thee ''fringes upon the four t quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 13 Hlf any man take a wife, and 'go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid : 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take 'and bring forth the tokens of the dam- sel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate : 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her, 17 And lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his days.. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel : 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die ; because she hath 'wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house : 'so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22^ II "Tf a man be found lying with a woman naarried to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 23 lillf a damsel that is a virgin be "betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; 24 Then ye shall bring them both outunto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that Divers laws and ordinances. CHAP. XXIII, XXIV. they die ; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city ; and the man, because he hath "humbled his neighbour's wife : ^so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 25 IFBut if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man il force her, and lie with her ; then the man only that lay with her shall die : 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death : for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slay- eth him, even so is this matter : 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 IF 'If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his. wife; 'because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 "H'A man shall not take his father's wife, nor 'discover his father's skirt. CHAP. XXIII. 9 Uncleanness to be avoided in the host. 19 Of usury. 21 Of vows. 24 Of trespasses. HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut ofi", shall not enter into the congregation of the Loed. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Loed. 3 "An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Loed ; even to their tenth generation shall they not eater into the congrega- tion of the Loed for ever : 4 'Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt ; and 'because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless, the Loed thy God would not hearken unto Balaam : but the Loed thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Loed thy God loved thee. 6 ''Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their t prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 HThou shalt not abhor an Edomite, 'for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because •'thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Loed in their third generation. 9 H When the host goeth forth against thine ene- mies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 H'lf there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 11 But it shall be, when evening f cometh on, "he shall wash himself with water : and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. 12 1[Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy wea- pon : and it shall be when thou t wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back, and cover that which cometh from thee : _ 14 For the Loed thy God 'walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine Before C II III ST 1451. <'ch.2I.U Pver. 21,22. BOr, take strong hold of her. 2 Sam. 13. 14. I Ex. 22.16, 17. >• ver. 24< • Lev. 18. 8. & 20. 11 ch. 27. 20. 1 Cor. 5. 1 « See Ruth 3.9. £zek.l6.8. ' Neh. 13. 1,2. » See ch. 2. 2». « Num. 22. 5,6. ■i Ezra 9. 12. t Heb. good. •Gen. 25. 24, 25, 26. 01)ad. 10. 12. /Ex. 22.21. & 23. 9. Lev. 19.34. ch. 10. 19. s Lev. 15. 16. fHeb. turne.th to- ward. ALev.15.5. t Heb. siltest down. Lev.26.12. Before CHRIST 1451. t Hob. nakf'dn ch. 6. 25. Ps. 106. 31. & 112. 9. Dan. 4. 27. » Mai. 3. 5. » Lev. 19. 13. Jer. 22. 13. James 5. 4. tHeb. lifielh his soul unto it. Ps. 25. 1. i 86.4. p James 5. 4. 9 2 Kings 14.6. 2Chron.2o 4. Jer. 31. 29, 30. Ezek.18.20 "■Ex. 22. 21, 22. Prov.22.22. Isa. 1. 23. Jer. 5. 28. & 22. 3. Ezek. 22. 29. Zech. 7. 10. Mai. 3. 5. •Ex. 22. 26. < ver. 22. ch. 16. 12. "Lev. 19.9, 10. & 23. 22. «ch.l5.10. Ps. 41. 1. Prov.19.17. t lleb. tJiou shalt notboughit after tliee. tHeb. after thee. V ver. 18. 'Gen. 38. 9. * Kuth 4. 10. Or, next Jans- mun^s wife. ' Ruth 4. 1, 2. '» Ruth 4. 6. "Ruth 4.7 » Ruth 4. 11. i'ch.19.13. 1 Lev. 19. 35, 36. Prov.ll. 1. Ezek.45.10 Mic. 6. 11. tHeb. a stone and a stone. tHeb. an ephah and an ephah. Ex. 20.12. • ProT. 11. 1. lThess.4.6. < Ex. 17. 8. »ch.l9.17. Ezek.44.24 ' See Prov. 17. 15. « Luke 12. 48. ■i Matt. 10 17. « 2 Cor. 11. 24. /Job 18.3. 1/ Prov. 12, 10. 1 Cor. 9. 9. I Tim. 5.18 tHeb. tliresheth. Uo,s.l0.11 * Matt. 22. 24. Markl2.19. Luke20.28. II Or, next Icins- nian. Gen. 38. 8. Ruth 1. 12, 13. & 3. 9. « Ps. 36. 1. Prov. 16. 6. Rom. 3. 18. a^ 1 Sam.l5. 3. » Ex. 17.14. a Ex. 23.19. & 34. 26. Num.18.13 ch. 16. 10. Prov. 3. 9. » ch. 12. 6. «Hos.l2.12. "i Gen. 43. 1, 2. & 45. 7,11. ther shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's 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 il brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the 'gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and if he stand to it, and say, "T like not to take her, 9 Then shall his brother's 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 brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 IF 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 putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, ^thine eye shall not pity her. 13 IF 'Thou shalt not have in thy bag f divers weights, a great and a small : 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house f divers measures, a great and a small : 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; 'that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Loed thy God giveth thee. 16 For "all that do such things, and all that do un- righteously, a?'e an abominationuntotheLoEDthy God. 17 IF '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, e?;e?«- all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary: and he "feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, ''when the Loed thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Loed 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. XXVL The covenant between God and the people. ND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Loed thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein ; 2 "That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Loed thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt ''go unto the place which the Loed thy God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Loed thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Loed sware unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Loed thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Loed thy God, 'A Syrian ''ready to perish was my father; A^ The covenant between God and the j^eople. and 'lie went down into Egypt, and sojourned there witli a •'^few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 6 And "the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and af- flicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And ''when we cried unto the Loed God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression : 8 And 'the Loed brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched arm, and *with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders; 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even 'a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first- fruits of the land, which thou, O Loed, hast given me : and thou shalt set it before the Loed thy God, and worship before the LoEp thy God : 11' And "'thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Loed thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 12 H When thou hast made an end of tithing all the "tithes of thine increase the third year, which is "the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Le- vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled : 13 Then thou shalt say before the Loed thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me : 1 have not transgressed thy com- mandments, ^neither have I forgotten them : 14 'I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away aught thereof for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead : but I have hearkened to the voice of the Loed my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 15 "Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 16 IF This day the Loed thy God hath com- manded thee to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast 'avouched the Loed this day to be thy God, and to Avalk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And 'the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his command- ments ; 19 And to make thee "high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour ; and that thou mayest be 'an holy people unto the Loed thy God, as he hath spoken. CHAP. XXVIL The curses pronoimced on mount Ebal. AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day "when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God 10 T CHAP. XXVIL Before CURIST 1451. <: Gen. 46. 1,6. Acts 7. 15. / Gen. 46. 27. ch. 10. 22. «■ Ex. 1. 11, 14. '■ Ex. 2. 23, 24, 25. & 3. 9. & 4. 31. iE.v.12.37, 51. & 13. 3, 14, 16. ch. 5. 15. * ch. 4. 34. ' Ex. 3. 8. "ch. 12.7, 12,18.416. 11. n Lev. 27. 30. Num. 18. 24. » ch. 14. 28, 29. ? Ps. 119. 141, 163, 170. 1 Ler. 7. 20. & 21. 1, 11. Uo8. 9. 4. 'Isa. 63.15, Zc'Ch.2.13. •Ex. 20. 19. < Ex. 6. 7. & 19. 5. ch. 7. 6. k 14. 2. Si 23. "ch. 4.7,8. & 28. 1. Ps. 148.14. " Ex.19. 6. ch. 7. 6. & 28.9. 1 Pot. 2. 9. Before CHRIST 1451. 4 Josh. 8. 32. ''ch.11.29. Josh. S. 30. cli. 26. 19. ver. 15. Zech. 1. 6. d Pa. 128. 1,4. « Gen. 39.5. /ver. 11. Gen. 22.17. & 49. 25. ch. 7. 13. Ps. 107. 38. & 127. 3. & 128. 3. Piov.10.22. 1 Tim. 4. 8. II Or, dough, or, kneading- trough. I7PS.121.8. A Lev. 26. 7,8. 2 Sam. 22. 38, 39, 41. Ps. 89. 23. See ver. 25. ' Lev.25.21. II Or, hams. Prov. 3. 10. *ch.l5.10. <■ Ex. 19. 6, 6. ch. 7. 6. & 26. 18, 19. & 29. 13. « Num. 6. 27. 2 Chron. 7. 14. Isa. 63. 19. Dan. 9. 18, 19. "ch.ll.25. o ver. 4. ch. 30. 9. Prov.10.22. II Or, /or good. tHeb. belli/. p Lev. 26. 4. ch. 11. 14. 9ch.l4. 29. r ch. 15. 6. 1 Isa. 9. 14, 15. Lev. 26. 25. Jer. 24. 10. d Lev. 26. 16. .. Or, drought. "Amos 4. 9. /Lov.26.19. ' ch. 6. 32. & H. 16. <• Lev. 26. 14. Lam. 2. 17, Dan. 9. 11, 13. Mai. 2. 2. ^ ver. 2. !/ver. 3, Ac, ' Mai. 2. 2. "l Sam. 14. 20. Zech.14.13. 'Ps.80.16. Isa. 30. 17. & 51. 20. & 66. 15. t lleb. which thou wouldcst do. Before CHUIST 1451. a ver. 7 Lev. 26.17, 37. ch. 32. 30. Isa. 30. 17. A Jer. 15. 4. &24. 9. Ezek. 23.46 fHeb. for a re- moving. • 1 Sam. 17. 44, 46. Ps. 79. 2. Jer. 7. 33. Si 16. 4. & 34. 20. * ver. 35. Ex. 9. 9. & 15. 26. 'lSam.5.6. Ps. 78. 66. "» Jer. 4. 9. •' Job 5. 14. Isa. 59. 10. "Job 31.10. Jer. 8. 10. p Job 31. 8. Jer. 12. 13. Amos 5. 11. Mic. 6. 15. Zeph. 1. 13. 3 ch. 20. 6. t lleb. profanefiT, uae it as common ■meat : as ch. 20. 6. t lleb. shall not return to thee. ••P8.119.82. ver. 51. Lev. 26. 16. Jer. 5. 17. ' ver. 67. <* ver. 27. ' 2 Kincts 17. 4, 6."& 14. 12, 14. & 25. 7, 11. 2Chron.33. 11. & 36. 6, 20. V ch. 4. 28. & ver. 64. Jer. 16. 13. 21 Kings 9. 7,8. Jer. 24. 9. & 25. 9. Zech. 8. 13. "Ps.44.14. 5 Mic. 6. 15. Ilag. 1. 6. v Joel 1. 4. thou perish quickly: because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make- ''the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 ''The Lord shall smite thee with a consump- tion, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the || sword, and with 'blasting, and with mildew : and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And -^thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 "The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten be- fore thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them ; and ''shalt be t removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And 'thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with '^the botch of Egypt, and with 'the emerods, and with the scab, ana with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and '"astonishment of heart : 29 And thou shalt "grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not pros- per in thy ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 "Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her : ^thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : *thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not f gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from beforethy face, and f shall not be re- stored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and •■fail with longing for them all the day long : and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 'The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up : and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway : 34 So that thou shalt be mad 'for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall "smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall ""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, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt oecome ''an astonishment, a proverb, "and a by-word, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 ''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 grapes : for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil : for thine olive shall cast his fruit. Plagues threatened CHAP. XXIX. for disobedience. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but fthou shalt not enjoy them: for ''they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust II 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 hear kenedst not unto the voice of the Loed thy God, to keep his command- ments and his statutes which he commanded thee. 46 And they shall be upon thee '"for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 'Because thou servedst not the Loed thy God with joy fulness and with gladness of heart, 'for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Loed shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he 'shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 '"The Loed 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 t understand ; 50 A nation f 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 cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, 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 thy land : and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the Loed thy God hath given thee. 53 And 'thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own tbody, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the Loed 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 bro- ther, and toward 'the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave :_ b^ So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left 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 set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, "her eye shall oe evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her f young one that cometh out "^from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness where with thine enemj shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear ^this glorious and fearful name THE LORD THY GOD; Before CHRIST 1451. t Ileb. they shall not be thine. ''Lnm. 1.5. II Or, possess. ' ver. 12. /ver. 13. Lam. 1. 5. " vor. 15. "18^.8.18. Ezok.14.8. 'Nell. 0.35, 36, 37. *ch.32.15. 'Jor. 23.14. "Jer.S.lS & e. 22, 23. LukBl9.43. » Jcr. 48. 40. 449.22. Lam. 4. 19. Ezek.17.3, 12. IIos. 8. 1. t Uob. hear. t Uob. strong of face. Prov. 7. 13. Eccl. 8. 1. Dan. 8. 23. » 2 Cbron. 36. 17. Isa. 47. C. P ver. 33. Isa. 1. 7. & 62. 8. 1 2 Kings 25. 1, 2, 4. ' Lev. 26. 20. 2 Kings 6. 28, 29. .Ter. 19. 9. Lam. 2. 20. & 4. 10. t Ileb. belly. ' ch 15. 9. < cli. 13. 6. " ver. 54. t Ileb. afier-birth. * aen. 49. 10. Boforo CHRIST 1451. Dan. 0.12. a cli. 7. 15. tUob. cause to ascend. » ch. 4. 27. «ch.l0.22. Neh. 9. 23. d cli. 30. 9. Jer. 32. 41. « Prov. 1. 26. Is.i. 1. 24. /Lev.26.33. ch. 4. 27,28. Nell. 1 8. Jcr. 16. 13. a ver. 36. * Amos 9.4. • Lev.26.36. *Lcv.26.16. ' Job 7. 4. »» ver. 34. " Jer. 44. 7. Uos. 8. 13. £9.3. »ch.l7.16. won- great V Ex. 0. 3. »ch.5.2,3. ' Ex. 19. 4. ' ch. 4. 34. & 7. 19. ■i See Isa. 6. 9, 10. & 63. 17. Jolm 8. 43. Acta 28. 26, 27. Eph. 4. 18. 2 Thess. 2. 11, 12. t ch. 1. 3. &8. 2. / cU. 8. 4. a See Ex. 16. 12. ch. 8. 3. Ps. 78. 24, 25. A Num. 21. 23, 24, 33. ch. 2. 32. & 3. 1. i Nnm. 32. 33. ch. 3. 12,13. 59 Then the Loed will make thy plagues derful, and the plagues of thy seed, even plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sick nesses, 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 whicn is not written in the book of this law, them will the Loed f bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye ''shall be left few in number, whereas ye were "as the stars of heaven for multitude ; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Loed thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Loed ''rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Loed 'will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land Avhither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Loed -^ shall scatter thee among all peo- ple 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, evenvfood and stone. 65 And ''among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : 'but the Loed shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and '''sorrow of mind. 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 Tn 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 Loed "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-AVomen, and no man shall buy you. CHAP. XXIX. 1 3foses exhorieth them to obedience, hy the memory of the works they have seen, 29 Secret things belong unto God. THESE are the words of the covenant which the Loed commanded Moses to make with the chil- dren of Israel in the land of Moab, besides "the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 IF And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, 'Ye have seen all that the Loed did be- fore your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land ; 3 "^The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles : 4 Yet ''the Loed hath not given you an heart to per- ceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 'And I have led you forty years in the wilder- ness : •'■your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 ^Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the Loed your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, ''Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 And Ave took their land, and 'gave it for an inheritance unto the Eeubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. 147 God's covenant with the people. DEUTEEONOMY. Mercies promised unto the penitent. 9 ^Keep tliereforc the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may 'prosper in all that ye do. 10 II Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your oflicers, toiih all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from '"the hewer of thy wood, unto the drawer of thy water : 12 That thou shouldest tenter into covenant with the LoKD thy God, and "into his oath, which the Lord thy Gocl maketh with thee this day: 13 That he may "establish thee to-day for a peo- ple unto himself, and that he maybe unto thee a God, ''as he hath said unto thee, and »as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only '"do I make this cove- nant and this oath ; 15 But with him that standeth here withus this day before the Lord our God, "and also with him that is not here with us this day : 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt ; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their | idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or wo- man, or family, or tribe, 'whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations ; "lest there should be among you a root that beareth || t gall and wormwood ; 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk '"in the II imagination of mine heart, ""to add f drunken- ness to thirst : 20 "The Lord will not spare him, but then 'the anger of the Lord and "his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord 'shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord 'shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant that tare written in this book of the law: 22 So that the generation to come of your chil- dren that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sick nessest which the Lord hath laid upon it; 23 And that the whole land thereof w brimstone, ''and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bear- eth, nor any grass groweth therein, 'like the over- throw of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Ze boim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and in his wrath : 24 Even all nations shall say, -^Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? what meaneth the heat of this great anger ? 25 Then men shall say. Because they have for- saken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and Wwhom he had not t given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, no bring upon it all the curses that are written m this book: 28 And the L,OBp 'rooted them out of their land X48 Before Before CHKIST CHRIST 1451. 1451. ' ch. i. 6. Josh. 1. 7. 1 Kings 2. 3. ' Josh. 1. 7. » See Joali.9.21, 23, 27. fHeb. pass. " Neh. 10. 29. o Lev. 2G. 40. » ch. 28. 9. » ch. 28. « ch. 4. 29, 30. P Ex. e. 7. 1 Kings 8. 9Gon.l7.7. 47, 48. 'Jer.SLSl, a Neh. 1. 9. 32,33. Isa. 55. 7. Hel).8.7,8. Lam. 3. 40. Joel 2. 12, 13. •See Acts 2. 39. 1 Cor. 7. 14. ' Ps. 106. 45. & 126. 1,4. Jer. 29. 14. Lam. 3. 22, 32. /Ps.147.2. Jer. 32. 37. Ezek.34.13 tneb. & 36. 24. dungy s ch. 28. 64. gods. Neh. 1. 9. «ch.ll.l6. "Acts 8.23. Ueb. 12.15. II Or, ''ch.lO.ie. apoisonful Jer. 32. 39. lierb. Ezek.11.19 fUeb. k 36. 26. rosh. " Num. 15. 39. Eccl. 11. 9. II Or, sluhhorn- n£ss. Jer. 3. 17. & 7. 24. »Isa.30.1. tUeb. tUe drunk- en io the thirsty. y Ezek. 14. ' ch. 28. 11. 7,8. ' Ps. 74. 1. " Ps. 79. 5. Ezek.23.25 ' ch. 9. 14. « Matt. 24. ich.28.83. 51. Jer. 32. 41. tHeb. is writton. t Ileb. wherewith the Lord hath made it sick. d Ps. 107. 34. 'Tiift.45.19. Jer. 17. 6. Zeph. 2. 9. e Ueii. 19. »• Rom. 10. 24, 25. 6, Ac. Jer. 20. 16. /I Kings 9. 8, 9. Jer. 22. 8,9. nor, who had "ver.1.19. not given ch. 11. 26. to them any portion. tHeb. divided. a Dan. 9.11, 13, 14. ^ 1 Kings 14. 16. 2 Chron. 7. 20. Ps. 52. 5. Prov. 2. 22. in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. CHAP. XXX. 1 Greai mercies promised unto the repentant. 15 lafe and death are set be/ore them. AND °it shall come to pass, when ^all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and 'thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt ''return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 3 'That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and -^gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4 ^If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it : and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And ''the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. 9 *And the Lord thy God will make thee plente- ous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again ''rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul. 11 TIFor this commandment which I command thee this day, 'it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 "Tt is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou should- est say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 II See, "I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judg- ments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither I thou goest to possess it. Joshua encouraged: CHAR XXXL He receiveth a charge. I 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and wor- ship other gods, and serve them ; 18 "I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jor- dan to go to possess it. 19 ^'1 call heaven and earth to record this day against you_, that «I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live : 20 That thou mayest love the Loed thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days) that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Loed sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. CHAP. XXXI. 1 Moses encourageth tha people, and Joshua. 9 He delivereth the law unto the priests. 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua. AND Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I "am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more 'go out and come in : also the Loed hath said unto me, "Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Loed thy God, ''he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them : a7id Joshua he shall go over before thee, 'as the Loed hath said. 4 ^'And the Loed shall do unto them *as he did to Sihon, and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the laud of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And ''the Loed shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6 'Be strong and of a good courage, 'iear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Loed thy God, 'he it is that doth go with thee, '"he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 IF And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of a good courage : for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Loed hath sworn unto their fathers to give them ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Loed, °he it is that doth go before thee ; *'he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 II And Moses wrote this law, *and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, ''which bare the ark of the covenant of the Loed, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying. At the end of eye?'?/ seven years, in the solemnity of the 'year of release, 'in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all Israel is come to "appear before the Loed thy God in the place which he shall choose, "thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 ^Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Loed your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13 And that their children, 'which have not known a7ig thing, "may hear, and learn to fear the Loed your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to i^ossess it. Before I Before CHRIST CHRIST 1451. 1451. » Num. 27. ch. 4. 26. 13. & 8. 19. ch. 34. 5. » ver. 23. Num. 27. 19. i Ex. 33. 9. P ch. 4. 26. &31.28. i ver. 15. t Ileh. lie down. 2 Sam. 7. 12. « Ex. 32. 6. r Ps. 27. 1. & 56. 9. /Ex. 34.15. Judg.2.17. Johu 11.25. !7ch. 32. 15. Judg.2.12. &10. B, 13. '' Judg. 2. 20. i 2 Chron. 15.2. *ch.32.20. Ps. 104. 29. I»a. 8. 17. & 64. 7. Ezek. 39. 23. t Iteb. find them. Neh. 9. 32. « Ex. 7. 7. ch. 34. 7. * Num. 27. 17. 1 Kings 3. ' Judg. 6. 13. ™ Num. 14. 42. " ver. 17. 7. « Num. 20. » Ycr. 25. 12. & 27. 13. ch. 3. 27. d ch. 9. 3. ' Num. 27. 21. ch. 3. 28. Pch.32.15. /ch. 3. 21. Neh. 9. 25, II Num. 21. 26. 24, 33. lies. 13. 6. 5 ver. 16. A ch. 7. 2. '■ ver. 17. tHeb. i Josh. 10. before 25. lChron.22. « IIos. 5. 3. 13. &, 13. 5, 6. * ch! 1. 29. < Amos 5. & 7. 18. 2.1, 26. ! ch. 20. 4. t Heb. do. "Josh. 1.5. Heb. 13. 5. » ver. 23. ch. 1. .38. i 3. 28. « ver. 14. Josh. 1. C. ^ ver. 7. Josh. 1. 6. Ex.13. 21, 22. & 33. 14. ch. 9. 3. Pjosh.l.S, 9. V ver. 9. 1 Chron. 28. 20. 1 ver. 25. ch. 17. 18. >■ Num. i. 15. Josh. 3. 3. ' See lChron.l5. 2 Kings 22. 12, 15. 8. « ver. 19. ' ch. 16. 1. 6 ch. 9. 24. t Lev. 23. k 32. 20. 34. = Ex. 32. 9. "ch.l6.16. ch. 9. 6. » Josh. 8. 34, 35. 2 Kings 23. 2. Neh.8.1,?, 3, &c. V ch. 4. 10. •!ch..30.19. & 32. 1. « ch. 32. 5. .Tudg.2.19. » ch. 11. 2. Hos. 9. 9. /ch.28.15. « Ps. 78. 6, » Gen. 49.1. 7. ch. 4. SO. 14 HAnd the Loed said unto Moses, 'Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the con- Sregation, that T may give him a charge. And loses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And ''the Loed appeared m the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : ancf the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 UAnd the Loed said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt t sleep with thy fathers, and this people will 'rise up, and -^go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will "forsake me, and ''break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and T will forsake them, and I will ^hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall f befall them, so that they will say in that day, 'Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is ""not among us ? 18 And "I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19 ]Siow_ therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be "a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, ^'and waxen fat ; *then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, 'when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify t against them as a witness : for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for T know their imagination 'which fthey go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 H Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 "And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, "^^Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. 24 IF And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of ^writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the Loed, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, ^and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Loed your God, that it may be there "for a witness against thee. 27 ''For I knoAV thy rebellion, and thy "stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Loed ; and how much more after my death ? 28 IF Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, ''and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly 'corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you ; and -''evil will befall you 'in the latter days ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Loed, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 149 GoiVs mercy and judgment. DEUTEKONOMY. IsraeVs ingratitude. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the con- gregation of Israel the Avords of this song until they were ended. CHAP. XXXII. 48 God 1 Modes' Sony, which seltelh forth God's mercy and vengeance. sendel/i him up to mount Nebo, to see the land. p\ IVE "ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and VT liear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 ''^ry doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, 'as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ■'ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He^is 'the Eock, •'his work ts perfect: lor %li his ways are judgment : "a God of truth and 'with- out iniquity, "just and right is he. 5 t'They have corrupted themselves, || their spot is not the spot of his_ children : they are a 'perverse and crooked generation. ^ ^ ■,. , n 6 Do ye thus '"requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise ? is not he "thy father that hath "bought thee ? hath he not ^'made thee, and established thee ? 7 irEeniember the days of old, consider the years of t many generations : "ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High ""divided to the nations their inheritance, when he 'separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to tlie number of the children of Israel. 9 For 'the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the tlot of his inheritance. 10 He found him "in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness ; he llled him about, he "■instructed him, he "kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 =As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no straiige god with him. 13 "He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields ; and he made him to suck ''honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, 'with the fat of kidneys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure ''blood of the grape. 15 IF But 'Jeshurun waxed fat, and -^kicked : ^thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he ''forsook God which 'made him, and lightly esteemed the ''Bock of his salvation. 16 'They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 '"They sacrificed unto devils, ilnot to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 "Of the Bock that begat thee thou art unmind- ful, and hast "forgotten God that formed thee. 19 ^And when the Lord saw it, he || abhorred them, •'because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daugliters. 20 And he said, '^I will hide my face from them, I will see Avhat their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, 'children in whom %s no faith. 21 'They have moved me to jealousy with that which IS not God ; they have provoked me to anger "with their vanities: and 'I will move them to fea- 150 Before liefore CHRIST CHRIST 1451. 1451. <■ ch. 4. 26. •'Isa.17.10. & 30. 19. & » Jer. 2. 32. 31.28. P Jndg. 2. Ps. 50. 4. 14. Isa. 1. 2. II Or, Jer. 2. 12. despised. &6. 19. Lmhi. 2. 6. <• Isa. 55.10, 1 1sa. 1. 2. 11. ••ch. 31.17. 1 Cor. 3. 6, » Isa. 30. 9. 7,8. Matt.17.17. ' Ps. 72. 6. ' ver. 16. Mic. 5. 7. Ps. 78. 58. Jol>13.-24. 22. \\ Or, Praise "'Lev.17.7. his people. Ps. 106. 37. ye nations: 1 Cor. 10. or, Sing yc. 20. ' Rom. 15. Rev. 9. 20. 10. II Or, * Rev. 6. 10. whielnvcro ' ver. 41. not Col. "• Ps. 85. 1. lousy with those which are not a people ; I will pro- voke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For ^a fire is kindled in mine anger, and || shall burn unto the lowest hell, and || shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the founda- tions of the mountains. 23 I will 'heap mischiefs upon them; "I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with t burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send 'the teeth of beasts upon them, with the jDoison of serpents of the dust. 25 'The sword without, and terror f within, shall t destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs, 26 ''I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men ; 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries 'should behave them- selves strangely, and lest they should ^say, ||Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, ^neither is there any understanding in them. 29 ''O that they were wise, that they understood this, Hhat they would consider their latter end ! 30 How should '^one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Eock 'had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up ? 31 For '"their rock is not as our Eock, "even our enemies themselves being judges : 32 For "their vine Wis of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is -^the poison of dragons, and the cruel ''venom of asps. 34 Is not this 'laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures ? 35 "To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense ; their foot shall slide in due time : for 'the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 "For the Lord shall judge his people, 'and repent himself for his servants ; when he seeth that their t power is gone, and 'Hhere is none shut up, or left. 37 And he shall say, "Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offerings ? let them rise up and help you, and be tyour protection. 39 See now that "1, even I, am he, and ^there is no god with me : 'I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 ''For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 Tf I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment ; •'I will render vengeance tc mine enemies, and will reward them thathate me. 42 I will make mine arrows "drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh ; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of ''revenges upon the enemy. 43 II 'Eejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will 'avenge the blood of his servants, and 'will render vengeance to his adversaries, and '"will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 44 II And Moses came and spake all the words of Moses ordered to mount JVebo. CHAR XXXIII, XXXIV. The blessings of the tribes. this song in the ears of the people, he and || Hoshea the son of ISTun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel : 46 And he said unto them, "Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you : "because it is your life ; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 48 ^And the Lord spake unto Moses that self- same day, saying, 49 Get thee up into this 'mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan ■which I give unto the children of Israel for a pos- session : 50 And die in the mountwhither thougoestup, and be gathered unto thy people ; as ''Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 51 Because 'ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of 11 Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin ; because ye 'sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 "Yet thou shalt see the land before thee, but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. CHAP 1 Tlie majesty of God. 6 Before CHRIST 1451. Or, Joshua. " ch. 6. 6. & 11. 18. Ezek.40.4. ■■ch.30.19. Lev. 18. 6. Prov. 3. 2, 22. & 4. 22. Rom. 10. 5. P Num. 27. 12, 13. I Num. 33. 47, 48. ch. 34. 1. <■ Num. 20. 25, 28. & 33. 38. » Num. 20. 11, 12, 13. & 27. 14. II Or, sirifi, at Kadesli. ' See Lev. 10.3. » Num. 27. 12. ch. 34. 4. XXXIII. The blessings of the twelve tribes. 26 The ex- cellency of Israel. A ND this is "the blessing wherewith Moses ''the -ijL man of God blessed the children of Israel be- fore his death. 2 And he said, "The Loed came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them ; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ''ten thousands of saints : from his right h.2,\xdiwent fa fiery law for them. 3 Yea, 'he loved the people ; 'all his saints are in thy hand : and they ^sat down at thy feet ; every one shall ''receive of thy words. 4 "Moses commanded us a law ; ^'even the inherit- ance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he Avas 'king in "' Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6 IF Let Reuben live, and not die ; and let not his men be few. 7 H And this is the blessing of Judah : and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people : "let his hands be suflicient for him, and be thou "an help to him from his enemies. 8 H And of Levi he said, ^'Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, 'whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah ; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not '^seen him, 'neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children : for 'they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 II "They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; Ihthey shall put incense f before thee, ^and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and ^accept the work of his hands : smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. Before CHRIST 1451. a Gen. 49. 25. SGen. 28. 27. " Gen. 49. 28. 6 Ps. 90. title. = Ex. 19.18, 20. .Iuflg.5.4,5. H.ib. 3. 3. <« See Ps. 68. 17. Dan. 7. 10. Acts 7. 53. Gill. 3. 19. Ileb. 2. 2. Rev. 5. 11. & 9. 16. fHeb. a fire of law. 1491. « Ex. 19. 5. ch. 7. 7, 8. P.s. 47. 4. IIos. 11. 1. Mai. 1. 2. /ch. 7. 6. 1 Sam. 2. 9. Ps. 50. 5. 9 Luke 10. 39. Acts 22. 3. A Prov. 2.1. ■John 1.17. & 7. 19. * Ps. 119. 111. ' See Gen. 36. 31. Judg. 9. 2. & 17. 6. "•ch. 32.15. "Gen. 49.8. » Ps. 146. 5. i> Ex. 28.30. 5 Ex. 17. 7. Num. 20. 13. ch. 8. 2, 3, 16. Ps. 81. 7. " Gen. 29. 32. I Chron. 17.17. Job 37. 24. 8 Ex. 82. 26. 27, 28. ' See Jer. 18. 18. Mid. 2. 5, 6 I! Or, Ltt them teach, tic. "Lev.lO.ll. ch. 17 .9,10, 11. & 24. 8. Ezek.44.23 24. Mai. 2. 7. II Or. Ld them putincense. »Ex.30.7,8. Num. 16. 40. 1 Sam.2.28. t Heb. at thy nose. V Lev. 1. 9, 13, 17. Ps. 51. 19. E2ek.43.27 2 2 Sam. 24. 23. Ps. 20. 3. Ezek.20.40 41. & 43. 27 tHeb. thrust forth. t Heb. Tnoons. Gen. 49. 26. •i Hab. 3. 6. •Ex. 3. 2, 4. Acts 7. 30, 35. / Gen. 49. 26. ff 1 Chron. 5.1. » Num. 23. 22. Pa. 92. 10. t Heb. an unicorn. ' 1 Kings 22. 11. Ps. 44. 5. * Gen. 48. 19. 'Gen. 49. 13, 14, 15. »« Isa. 2. 3. " Ps. 4. 5. See Josh. 13. 10, &c. 1 Chron. 12. 8, &c. p Num. 32. 16, 17, &c. fHeb. cided^ 9josh.4.12. r Josh. 19. 47. Judg. 18. 27. « Gen. 49. 21. ' See Josh. 19. 32, Ac. " Gen. 49. 20. * See Job 29.6. II Or, Under thij shoes shall be iron. V ch. 8. 9. ' Ex. 15.11. Ps. 86. 8. Jer. 10. 6. a ch. 32. 15. 6 Ps. 68. 4, 33, 34. & 104. 3. ILib. 3. 8. c Ps. 90. 1. d ch. 9. 3, 4, 5. « Num. 23. 9. Jer. 23. 6. & 33. 16. /ch. 8.7, 8. irGen. 27. 28. ch. 11. 11. '' Ps. 144. 15. ' 2 Sam. 7. 23. ■" Vs. 115. 9, 10, 11. ! 2 Sam. 22. 45. Ps. 18. 44. & 66. 3. & 81.15. 1 Or, shall be. subdued. "I ch. 32.13. o Num. 27 12. & 33. 47, ch. 32. 49. II Or, tfte hill. 5 ch. 3. 27. « Gen. 14. 12 H And of Benjamin he said. The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him ; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 HAnd of Joseph he said, "Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for 'the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun,and for thepreciousthings fputforthby the fmoon, 15 And for the chief things of 'the ancient moun- tains, and for the precious things ''of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of 'him that dwelt in the bush : let the blessing -^come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the ^firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like ''the horns of f unicorns: with them 'he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth : and ''they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 IT And of Zebulun he said, 'Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; and Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall "call the people unto the moun- tain ; there "they shall offer sacrifices of righteous- ness : for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 IT And of Gad he said. Blessed be he that "enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And ^he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he t seated : and 'he came with the heads of the peo- ple, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22 H And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp : ''he shall leap from Bashan. 23 H And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, 'satis- fied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord, 'possess thou the west and the south. 24 IT And of Asher he said, ''Let Asher be blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him ''dip his foot in oil. 25 II Thy shoes shall be ^iron and brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 26 If There is "none like unto the God of "Jeshu- run, ^who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy 'refuge, and under- neath are the everlasting arms : and ''he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 'Israel then shall dwell in safety alone ; ■''the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, also his ^heavens ;shall drop downdcAV. 29 ''Happy art thou, O Israel : 'who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, "the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies ' || shall be found liars unto thee : and '"thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAP. XXXIV. I Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land. 5 He dieth there. G His burial. 7 His age. AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab, "unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of II Pisgah, that is over against Jericho : and the Lord ''shewed him all the land of Gilead, 'unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and 151 Hoses' death and burial. ]\Ianasseh, and all the land of Judali, "unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley ol Jericho, 'the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lokd said untb him, -^This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : "I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 1[''So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LOED. 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of ]\loab, over against Beth-peor : but iio man know- eth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 If ''And Moses ivas an hundred and twenty years JOSHUA. Before Dcfore CHRIST C IIUI S T 1451. 1451. t lleb. lay. do wisely. rfl's. 127.1. Deut.29.9. Prov.21.30. "Deut.17. 18, 19. » Ps. 1. 2. II Or, do wisely, ver. 7. » Dcut. 31. 7, 8, 23. V Vs. 27. 1. «Soc2Sam. Jer. 1. 8. 17. 19, 20. 1 ch. 3. 2. See Deut.9. 1. k 11. 31. /See Ex. 1.17. 2 Sam. 17. 19. >• N\im. 32. 20-28. ch. 2i,2,3. i- of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren farmed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; 15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them : 'then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising. 16 II And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : only the Lord thy God 'be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he he that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage. CHAP. IL Bakab concicdeth the two spies sent from Shittim, AND Joshua the son of Nun llsent "out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and ''came into an harlot's house, named 'Rahab, and flodged there. 2 And ''it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel, to search out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Eahab, saying. Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4 "And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus. There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out : whither the men went, I wot not : pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But •'she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they which Rahab's covenant with the spies. pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 IT And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LoKD hath given you the land, and that ^your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land t faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Loed Mried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt ; and 'what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had ''heard these things, 'our hearts did melt, neither f did there remain^any more courage in any_ man, because of you : for "'the LoED your Grod, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, "swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto "my father's house, and ^give me a true token : 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her. Our life ffor yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that 'we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town-wall, and she dAvelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them. Get you to the moun- tain, lest the pursuers meet you ; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her. We will be 'blame- less of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 'Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: "and thou shalt t bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household home unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless : and whosoever shall be- with thee in the house, "'his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said. According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 HSo the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly ^the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do f faint because of us. CHAP. IIL 1 Joshua Cometh to Jordan. 14 The waters of Jordan are divided. ND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed "from ohittim, and came to Jor- U CHAP. Ill, IV. Before CHRIST 1451. ff Gen. 35.5. Ex. 23. 27. Deut. 2. 25. & 11. 25. t Heb.mell. Ex. 15. 15. * Ex. li.21. ch. i. 23. ' Num. 21. 24, 34, 35. * Ex. 15. 14, 15. ! ch. 5. 1. & 7.5. Isa. 13. 7. t Ueb. rose up. >" Deut. 4. 39. » SeelSam. 20. 14, 16, 17. oSeelTim. 6.8. p Tcr. 18. fHeb. instead of you to die. 3jndg.l.24, Matt. 5. 7. 'Acts 9.25. •Ex. 20.7. t ver. 12. « ch. 6. 23 fHeb. gather. « Matt. 27, 25. J Ex. 23.31. ch. 6. 2. & 21.44. ■\lleh.meU. ver. 9. A » ch. 2. 1. Before CHRIST 14.51. » c)i. 1. 10, 11. « See Num. 10. 33. d Deut. 31. 0,25. •Ex. 19. 12. tUeb. ^ncp. yes- terday^aTid the third day. /Ex. 19.10, 14, 15. Lev. 20. 7. Num. 11. 18. ch. 7. 13. 1 Sam.16.5. Joel 2. 16. » Num. 4. 16. * ch. 4. 14. lChron.29. 25. 2 Chron. 1. 1. ' ch. 1. 5. * ver. 3. ' Tor. 17. ™ Deut. 5. 26. 1 Sam. 17. 26. 2 Kings 19. 4. Iloseal.lO. Matt.16.16. 1 Thess. 1. 9. Ex. 33. 2. Deut. 7. 1. Ps. 44. 2. <• ver. 13. Mic. 4. 13. Zech. 4. 14. &6. 5. P ch. 4. 2. «ver.l5,16. r T^r. 11. •Ps. 78.13. & 114. 3. 'Acts 7. 45. » ver. 13. ' 1 Chron. 12. 15. Jer. 12. 5. & 49. 19. V ch. 4. 18. & 5. 10, 12. «1 Kings 4. 12. & 7. 46. o Deut. 3. 17. 'Gen. 14. 3. Num. 34. 3. « See Ex. 14. 29. ■■Dent.27.2. ch. 3. 17. The Lord encourageth Joshua. dan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass *after three days, that the officers went through the host ; 3 And they commanded the people, saying, "When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, '^and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 'Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure : come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way f heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, -^Sanctify yourselves : for to-morrow the Lord will do won- ders among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, ''Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. 7 11 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day- will I begin to ''magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that 'as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command ''the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, 'ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 HAndJoshuasaiduntothe children of Israel,Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said. Hereby ye shall know that '"the living God is among you, and that he will with- out fail "drive out from beK)re you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites, 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of "the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. 12 Now therefore ^'take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, %s soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear ihe ark of the Lord, ""the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut oS from the waters that come down from above ; and they 'shall stand upon an heap. 14 IT And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the 'ark of the covenant before the people ; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and "the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for ''Jordan overiloweth all his banks "all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose uj) upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside "Zaretan ; and those that came down "toward the sea of the plain, even *the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, "and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. CHAP. IV. Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stoiies for a memorial out of Jordan. AND it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed "over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 15? Before ClIKIST 1451. i ch. 3. 12. cli. 3. 13. vor. 21. Ex. 12. 26. & 13. 14. Dent. 6. 20. Ps. 44. 1. & 78.3,4,5,6. t Heb. to-morrow, f ch. 3. 13, 16. » Ex. 12.14. Num. 16, 40. The Israelites j)(iss over Jordan. 2 'Take you twelve men out of tlie people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where 'the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in ''the lodging-place where ye shall lodge "ver.i^o. this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : 5 And Joshua said unto them. Pass over_ before the ark of the Lokd your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, accordinjy unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that "when yoiir children ask their Jathers fin time to come, saying, AVhat mean ye by these stones ? 7 Then ye shall answer them. That -^tlie waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lokd ; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for "di. memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua com- manded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 HAnd Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there unto this day. 10 HFor the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua : and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests in the presence of the people. 12 And 'the children of Reuben, and the chil- dren of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 13 About forty thousand || prepared for war, passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 1411 On that day the Lord 'magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they feared him as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, Ip Command the priests that bear 'the' ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, say- ing. Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were f lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, 'and t flowed over all liis banks, as they did before. 19 HAnd the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped "'in Gilgal, m tlie east border of Jericho. 20 And "those twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pilch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, say- 15-1 JOSHUA. Before ClIKIST 1451. ver. 6. t Ileb. to-morrow, p ch. 3. 17. 3 Ex. 14.21. "•1 Kings 8. 42, 43. 2 Kings 19. 19. Ps. 106. 8. •Ex. 15.16 lChron.29. 12. Ps. 89. 13. 'Ex. 14.31. Deut. 6. 2. Ps. 89. 7. .Ter. 10. 7. t Ileb. all days. a Num. 13. 29. i Ex.' 15.14, 15. ch. 2. 9, 10, 11. Pfl. 48. 6. E7,elc.21.7. « 1 Kings 10.5. „0r, knives of flints, d Ex. 4. 25. ..Or, GibeaJi- haaralotJi. ' Num. 14. 29. & 26. 64, 65. Deut. 2. 16. mg, A Num. 32. 20, 27, 28, j Or, ready armed. > ch. 3. 7. * Ex. 25.16, 22. t Ileb. plucked up. ' cli. 3. 15. t Heb, went. " ch. 5. 9. " ver. 3. /Num.14. 33 Deut. 1. 3. & 2. 7, 14. Ps. 95. 10. a Num.14. 23. Ps. 95. 11. Heb. 3. 11. A Ex. 3. 8. • Num. 14. 31. Deut. 1.39. t Heb. whr,n the penple had made an end to be. circum- cised. t See Gen. 34. 25. I Gen. 34. 14. 1 Sam. 14. 6. SceLev.18. 3. ch. 24. 14. Ezeli.20.7. & 23. 3, 8. That is, rolling. »> ch. 4. 19. "Ex. 12.6. Num. 9. 6. » Ex. 16. 35. p Gen. 18.2. & 32. 24. Ex. 23. 23. Zech. 1. 8. Acts 1. 10. 1 Num. 22. 23. Joshua reneweth circumcision. When your children shall ask their fathers fin time to come, saying. What mean these stones ? 22 Then ye shall let your children knoAV, saying, ^Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Hed sea, 'which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over : 24 'That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is 'mighty : that ye might 'fear the Lord your God f for ever. CHAR V. 2 Joshua reneweth circumcision. 10 Thepassover is kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna , ceaseth. AND it came to pass, when all the kings of tlie Amorites which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites "which were by the sea, ''heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted; ""neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 II At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee il ''sharp knives, and circumcise again the chil- dren of Israel the second time. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and cir- cumcised the children of Israel at ilthe hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circum- cise : "All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war died in the wilder- ness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circum- cised ; but all the people that were born in the wil- derness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked -^forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that weremenof war which came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord sware that ^he would not shew them the land which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would giveus,''a land that flowethwith milk and honey. 7 And 'their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised : for they were un- circumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, f when they had done cir- cumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, 'till they were whole. 9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day liave I rolled away 'the reproach of Egypt from off you : Wherefore the name of the place is called || "'Gilgal unto this day. 10 H And the children of Israel encamped in Gil- gal, and kept the passover "on the fourteenth day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn in the self-same day. 12 TI And "the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 IT And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood "a, man over against him 'with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto Joshua besiegeth Jericho: CHAR VI, VII. It is taken and burnt. N him, and said unto him. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? 14 And he said, Nay ; but as II captain of the host of the LoED am I now come. And Joshua "^fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant ? 15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, "Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place whereon thou standest is holy : and Joshua did so. CHAP. VL 1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God iiistructeth Joshua hoxo to besiege it. 22 Rahab is saved. OW Jericho f was straitly shut up, because of the children of Israel : none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Loed said unto Joshua, See, "I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the *king there- of, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once : thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven "trumpets of rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and ''the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout : and the wall of the city shall fall down f flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. 6 H And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the cove- nant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Loed. 7 And he said unto the people. Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Loed. 8 H And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Loed, and blew with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the Loed followed them. 9 TI And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, 'and the f rere-ward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blow- ing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the peoj^le, say- ing. Ye shall not shout, nor f make any noise with your voice, neither shall any w^ord proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout, then shall ye shout. 11 So the ark of the Loed compassed the city, going about it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12 H And Joshua rose earl^ in the morning, ^and the priests took up the ark of the Loed. 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Loed went on continually, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them ; but the rere-ward came after the ark of the Loed, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and t Heb. didshutvp, and was shut vp. " ch. 2. 9, 24. & 8.1. »Deut.7. 24. Before CUllIST 1451. nor, prince. Sec Ex. 23. 20. Dan.10.13, 21. & 12.1. Rev. 12.7.& 19. 11, 14. 'Oon.lT.S. •Ex. 3. 5. Acta 7.33. «Seo Judg. 7. 16, 22. ''Num.10. t Ilcb. under it. "Num. 10. 25. tHeb. gathering host. t Heb. make your voice to be heard. /DeutSl. 25. Or, dpvotei]. Lev. 27. 28. Mic. 4. 13. a ch. 2. 4. ''Deut.7.26. k 13. 17. ch. 7.1,11, 12. cb. 7. 25. 1 Kings 18. 17, 18. .Tonabl.l2. t Heb. IwHness. ' ver. 5. Hob. 11.30. t Heb. under it. 'Deut.7.2. liofnTe CUHI.ST 1451. "ch.2.14. Hob. 11.31. "ch. 2.13. tllob. families. » ver. 19. pSoe Matt. 1. 5. 1 1 Kings 16. 34. 'ch. 1. 5. "ch.8.1,3. n ch. 22. 20. Ill Clirou. 2.7, Achar. II Or, Zimri, 1 Chron. 2. 6. fHcb. about 2000 men, or about 3000 vtcn. compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people. Shout ; for the Loed hath given you the city. 17 ^I And the city shall be I! accursed, even it, and all that a?'e therein, to the Loed : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that ai-e with her in the house, because ^she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, ''in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, 'and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are f consecrated unto the Loed ; they shall come into the treasury of the Loed. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that 'the wall fell down t flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before nim, and they took the city. 21 And they 'utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, ""as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, "and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had ; and they brought out all her t kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein : "only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Loed. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had ; and ^she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 H And Joshua adjured them at that time, say- ing, 'Cursed be the man before the Loed, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall ky the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 ''So the Loed was with Joshua ; and 'his fame was noised throughout all the country. CHAP. VIL 1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's complaint. BUT the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for " IIAchan, the son of Carmi, the son of llZabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing : and the anger of the Loed was kindled against the chil- dren of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the coun- try. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him. Let not all the people go up ; but let fabout two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai: awtZ make not all the people to labour thither ; for they are but few. 155 Israel sviittcn at Ai. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : ''and they fied before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them || in the going down : wherefore 'the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 IF And Joshua ''rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the even-tide, he and the elders of Israel, and •l)ut dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas ! O Lord God, there- fore hast thou at all brought this people over Jor- dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their t backs before their enemies ! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and "cut oif our name from the earth : and ''what wilt thou do unto thy great name ? 10 H And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore t liest thou thus upon thy face ? 11 'Israel hath sinned, and they have also trans- gressed my covenant which I commanded them : %or they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 'dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 '"Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because "they were accursed : neither will I be Avitli you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, "sanctify the people, and say, ^'Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the ac- cursed thing from among you. 14 In the mornings therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which 'the Lord taketh shall come according to the families i!/iereo/; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households ; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man. 15 ""And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath : because he hath "transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he 'hath wrought II folly in Israel. 16 H So Joshua rose up earlv in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judali was taken : 17 And he brought the family of Judah ; and he took the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 18 And he brought his household man by man ; and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zcrah, of the tribe of Judah, "was taken. 19 And Josliua said unto Achan, My son, 'give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, ''and make confession unto him ; and 'tell me now what thou hast done, hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said. In- deed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and tiius and thus have I done. 15G JOSHUA. Before CHKIST 1451. i Lot. 26. 17. Deut.28.25. II Or, in Morad. •cli. 2.9,11. Lev. 26. 36. Pa. 22. 14. dOcn. 37. 29,34. " 1 Sam. 4. 12. 2 Sam. 1, 2. & 13. 19. Nell. 9. 1. Job 2. 12. /Ex. 5.22. 2 Xiings 3. 10. t Heb. necks. a Vs. 83. 4. A See Ex. 32. 12. Num. 14. 13. tHeb. fullest. vcr. 1. 'ch. 6.17, 18. ' See Acts 5. 1, 2. "Sec Num. 14. 4-5. Ju(Jg.2.14. "Dent. 7. 26. ch. 6. 18. » Ex. 19. 10. 7> cU. 3. 5. 1 Prov. 16. 33. "•Seel Sam, 14. 38, 39. « ver. 11. 'Gen. 34. 7, JiiJg. 20. 6, II Or, wickedness « 1 Sam. 14. 42. 1 Sam. 6. 5 Jer. 13. 16 .John 9. 24 fNum. 5. 6, 7. 2 Chron. 30. 22. Ps. 51.3. K.-m. 9. 4. '1 Sam. 14. 43. tneb. poured. Before CHRIST 1451. t Heb. tongue. « vcr. 26. ch. 15. 7. »ch.6.18. 1 Chron. 2. Gal". 5. 12. «Deut. 17. 5. 'ich.8.29. 2 Sam. 18. 17. Lam. 3. 53. " Deut. 13. 17. 2 Sam. 21. 14. /ver. 24. Lsa. 65. 10. llos. 2. 15. „ That is, trouble. "Dent. 1. 21. & 7.18. & 31. 8. ch. 1.9. 'ch. 6. 2. «ch. 6. 21. king, as thou didst unto "Jericho and her king : only ''the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 IF So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them aAvay by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying. Behold, "ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city : go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city : and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that %e will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us) till we have t drawn them from the city ; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first : therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city : for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire : according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. ^See, I have commanded you. 9 IF Joshua therefore sent them forth ; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. Ai taken and burnt. 11 ''And all tlie people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was a valley between them and Ai. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side || of the city. 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and ftheir liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 IF And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain : but he 'wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel 'made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people thai were in Ai were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai, or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thine hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their Elace, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out is hand : and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set the city^ on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city as- cended up to heaven, and they had no f power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side : and they smote them, so that they 'let none of them remain or escape. 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass when Israel hadmade an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they Avere all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israel- ites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back where- with he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 '"Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he "commanded Joshua. 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it "an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 ^And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until CHAP. IX. Before CHRIST 1451. '• ver. 5. \0r, of Ai. t Heb. their lying in wait. ver. i. i Judg. 20. 34. Eccl. 9. 12. * Judg. 20. 36, ic. t llPb. hand. I Deut. 7.2, Before CHRIST 1451. •» Num. 31. 22, 26. « ver. 2. • Deut. 13. 16. pch.10.26. Ps. 107. 40. & 110. 6. 3 Deut. 21. 23. ch. 10. 27. r ch. 7. 26. & 10. 27. • Deut. 27. 4,5. * Ex. 20. 25. Deut. 27. 5, 6. •Ei. 20.24. " Deut. 27. 2,8. V Deut. 31. 9, 2». » Deut. 31. 12. "Deut. 11. 29. & 27. 12. 6 Deut. 31. 11. Neh. 8. 3. Deut. 28. 2, 15, 45. & 29. 20, 21. & 30. 19. d Deut. 31. 12. « ver. 33. t Ueb. walked. o Num. 34. 6. 'Ex. 3. 17. A 23. 23. « Pa. 83. 3, 5. t Heb. inoulh. •' ch. 10. 2. 2 Sam. 21. 1,2. ' cli. 6. 27. /ch. 5. 10. s ch. 11. 19. ''Ex. 23. 32. Deut. 7.2. & 20. 16, Judg. 2. 2. Deut. 20. 11. 2 Kings 10. 6. * Deut. 20. 15. f Ex. 15. 14. Josh. 2. 10. "« Num.21. 24,33. Joshua buildeth an altar. even-tide : 'and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and 'raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. 30 IT Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel "in mount Ebal, 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the 'book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lifted up any iron : and "they ofiered thereon burnt-ofierings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace-ofierings. 32 IT And ''he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and ofiicers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, ^which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well 'the stranger, as he that was born among them ; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; "as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward 'he read all the words of the law, 'the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses com- manded, which Joshua read not before all the con- gregation of Israel, '^with the women, and the little ones, and 'the strangers that fwere conversant among them. CHAP. IX. 1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Giheonites, hy craft, obtain a league. AND it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of "the great sea over against Lebanon, 'the Hittite, and the Amo- rite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard thereof; 2 That they 'gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one t accord. 3 IF And when the inhabitants of ''Gibeon 'heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua •''unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country : noAv therefore make ye a league with us. _ 7 And the men of Israel said unto the *Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and ''how shall we make a league with you ? 8 And they said unto Joshua, 'We are thy ser- vants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye ? and from whence come ye ? 9 And they said unto him, ''From a very far country thy servants are come, because of the name of the Lord thy God : for we have 'heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 And '"all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of 167 The Gibeonites doomed to servitude. Heshbon, and to Og king of Baslian, which was at Ashtaroth. 11 Wherefore our eklers andall the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals twith you for the iourney, and go to meet them, and say unto them, we are your servants : there- fore now make ye a league with us : 12 This our bread we took \\ot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : 13 And these bottles of wine which we filled, were new, and behold they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And lithe men took of their victuals, "and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Loed, 15 And Joshua "made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 HAnd it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and thai they dwelt among them. 17 Ajid the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. I^ow their cities rvere ^'Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-iearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, 'because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the congrega- tion. We have sworn unto them by the Loed God of Israel : now therefore we may not touch them, 20 This we will do to them ; we Avill even let them live, lest ""wrath be upon us, because of the oath which Ave sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live ; but let them be "hewers of wood, and drawers of water unto all the congregation ; as the princes had 'promised them. 22 H And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying. Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, "We are very far from you ; when^ye dwell among us ? 23 Now therefore ye are "cursed, and there shall fnone of you be freed from being bond-men, and ^hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Loed thy God "commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore Sve were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing 25 And now, behold, we ai^e 'in thine hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua fmade them that day ^hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Loed, even unto this day, 'in the place which he should choose. CHAP. X. 1 Five, hinfjs war against Gibeon. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of JoshiM. IVTOW it came to pass, Avhen Adoni-zedek king of JLl Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, 158 JOSHUA. Before CHKTST 1451. f Hel). in your hand. „0r, tliey r#. ceived the men by rea- son of their victuals. " Num. 27. 21. 18.1.30.1,2. See Judg. 1.1. 1 Sam. 22. 10. & 23. 10, 11. & 30. 8. 2 SaDi. 2. 1. Sl 6. 19. "ch.ll.lO. 2 Sam. 21. 2. Pch.m25, 26, 23. Ezra 2. 25. 1 Eccl. 5. 2. Ps. 15. 4. 'See 2 Sam. 21. 1, 2, 6. Ezek.lT.lS 15, 18, 19. Zech. 5. 3, 4. Mai. 3. 5. • Deut. 29. 11. < Ter. 15. •• ver. 6, 9. * ver. 16. 2/ Gen. 9. 25 t Ileb. not he cut off from you. ' ver. 21,27 ■» Ex. 23.32. Deut.7.1,2. ' Ex.15.14. 'Gen. 16. 6. tUeb. gave, or,de- livered to be. 1 Chron. 9. 2. Ezra 8. 20. <£ ver.21,23, •Deut.12.5. /ch.9. 2. s ch. 5. 10. &9. 6. Before CHRIST 14.=il. » ch. 0. 21. 4 ch 8. 22, 26, 28. ' ch. 9. 15. ■J Ex.lo.U, 15, 16. Deut.11.25. t Ueb. cities of the Jcingdum. ' ver. 1. ch. 9. 15. '• ch. 8. 1. i ch. 11. 6. Judg. 4. 14. ' ch. 1. 5. 'Judg.4.15. 1 Sam.7.10, 12. Ps. 18. 14. Isa. 28. 21. "• ch. 16. 3, 5. •• ch. 15. 35. »P3.18.13, 14. & 77. 17. Isa. 30. 30. Rev. 10. 21. P l8a.28.21. Hab. 3. 11. tUeb. be silent. 9 Judg. 12. 12. >■ 2 Sam. 1. 18. II Or, the upright. ' See Isa. 38. 8. 'Deut. 1. 30. ver. 42. & ch. 23. 3. " ver. 43. + Hob. cut off the tail, Five Icings war against Gibeon. and had utterly destroyed it; "as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to ^Ai and her king; and 'how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them ; 2 That they ''feared greatly, because Gibeon ivas a great city, as one of the f royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, ancl unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: 'for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the kin^ of Lachish, the king of Eglon, ^gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 IT And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua "to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants ; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and ''all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 H And the Loed said unto Joshua, 'Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; 'there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Loed 'discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up "'to Beth-horon, and smote them to "Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11 And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, "that the Loed cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 II Then spake Joshua to the Loed in the day when the Loed delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, *Sun, fstand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of 'Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies, ""is not this written in the book of II Jasher ? So* the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was 'no day like that before it or after it, that the Loed hearkened unto the voice of a man : for 'the Loed fought for Israel. 15 IT "And Joshua returned, and all. Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said, Boll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men hy it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your ene- mies, and fsmite the hindmost of them ; suffer them Five kings hanged. CHAP. XL not to enter into their cities : for the Loed your God liath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : ^none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me outof the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusa- lem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him. Come near, ^put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, "Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage : for "thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees : and they Vere hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they 'took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. 28 IF And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king there- of he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain : and he did to the king of Makkedah ''as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel : and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that wei^e therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31 II And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it : 32 And the Loed delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 HThen Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 IT And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eg- lon, and all Israel with him : and they encamped against it, and fought against it : 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, accord- ing to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto 'Hebron ; and they fought against it : 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the Before CHRIST 1451. I Ex. 11.7 y Pe. 107. 40. & 110. 5. & 149. 8, 9. Isa. 26. 5, 6. Mai. 4. 3. « Dent. 31. 6,8. ch. 1. 9. "Dent. 3. 21. & 7. 19. i ch. 8. 29. Deut. 21, 23. cU. 8. 29. Before CHRIST 1451. d cli. 6. 21. /Seech.15. 15. Judg.1.11. a Deut. 20. 16, 17. * Gen. 10. 19. i ch. 11. 16. * ver. 14. « Seech. 14. 13. & 15.13 Judg.1.10, 1450. ach.lO. 3. 'oh. 19. 15. « Num. 34. 11. Deut. 3. " Num. 33. 52. 14. n Num. 21. 24, 33. Deut. 7. 2. & 20. 10, 17. » Num. 32. 29, 33. flleb. Deut. 3. 11, cm tlieir 12. ch. 13. 8. heap. pch.11.17. ? Gen. 14. 6. & 32. 3. "Ex. 34.11, Deut. 2.1 ,4. 12. -■ch. 11.23. p Deut. 7. 2. «cli.l0.40. 1 ch. 1. 7. &11.16. t Ileb. he removed ' Et. 3. 8. nothing. & 23. 23. r ch. 12. 8. ch.'9. 1. « ch. 10. 41. » ch. 6. 2. 1451. ' ch. 8. 29. ' ch. 12. 7. ych.10.23. 11 Or, tlie smooth mountain. " Deut. 7. 24. ch. 12. 7. 11 Till 1445, 2 ch. 10. 33. Ter. 23. a ch. 10. 38. »ch.9.3,7. i ch. 10. 29. »Deut.2.30. Judg.14.4. 1 S:im.2.25. . ch. 10. 28. 1 Kings 12. •i ch. 8. 17. 15. Judg.1.22. Rom. 9. 18. ' Deut. 20. 16, 17. « 1 Kings 4.10. nor, Slmrnn. « Num. 13. Isti. 33. 9. 22, 33. Deut. 1. 28. ch. 15. 13, /ch.11.10. 1450. 14. ffch. n. 1. & 19. 15. '1 Sam. 17. 4. « eh. 15. 46. •i Num. 34. 2, &c. « ^um. 26. 53. ''ch.19.37. ch.l4. Deut. 3. d ver. 13. 17. 2 Sam. 3. 3. «ch.l.3.20. & 13. 37, 38. 0[,Teman ' Jer. 2. 18 J Or, the /Judg.3.3. springs of 1 Sam. 6. 4, risgah, or. 16. the hill. Zeph. 2. 5. /Deut. 3. a Deut. 2. 17. & 4. 49. 23. a Num. 21. 35. 11 Or, the Deut. 3. 4, cave. 10. >• ch. 19. 30 !> Deut. 3. i See Judg 11. 1.34. ch. 13. 12. * 1 Kings i Deut. 1.4. 5.18. iDout.3.8. Vb. 83. 7. !Deut.3.10. Ezek.27.9 ch. 13. 11. 1 ch. 12. 7. overcome by Joshua and in all Bashan, "unto the border of the Geshu- rites, and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 6 "Them did Moses the servant of the Loed, and the children of Israel smite : and "Moses the servant of the Loed gave it for a possession unto the Beubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 7 IF And these are the kings of the country ^which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, even unto the mount Halak that goeth up to 'Seir ; which Joshua ''gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ; 8 "In the fountains, and in the vallevs, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilder- ness, and in the south country; 'the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Ganaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites : 9 "The king of Jericho, one ; "'the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one ; 10 ^The king of Jerusalem, one ; the king of Hebron, one ; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one ; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon,one; ''the king of Gezer,one; 13 "The king of Debir, one; the kingof Geder,one; 14 The king of Hormah, one ; the king of Arad, one; 15 'The king of Libnah, one ; the king of Adul- 1am, one ; 16 'The king of Makkedah, one ; ''the king of Beth-el, one ; 17 The king of Tappuah, one ; "the king of He- pher, one ; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of II La- sharon, one ; 19 The king of Madon, one ; -''the king of Hazor, one; 20 The king of "Shimron-meron, one ; the king of Achshaph, one ; 21 The king of Taanach, one ; the king of Me- giddo, one ; 22 ''The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jok- neam of Carmel, one ; 23 The king of Dor in the 'coast of Dor, one ; the king of ''the nations of Gilgal, one ; 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. CHAP. XIIL 2 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. Balaam slain, OW Joshua "was old and stricken in years ; and the Loed said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land fto be possessed. 2 'This is the land that yet remaineth : 'all the borders of the Philistines, and all ''Geshuri, 3 'From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite : •''five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites ; also 'the Avites : 4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and II Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, ''unto Aphek to the borders of 'the Amorites : 5 And the land of ''the Giblites, and all Lebanon toward the sun-rising, 'from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-couniry from The inheritance of Reuben, CHAR XIV. Gad, and Manasseh. Lebanon unto "'Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sido- nians, tliem "will I drive out from before the chil- dren of Israel : only "divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the.nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, ^which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Loed gave them ; 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, 'and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ; 10 And ''all the cities of Sihon king of the Amo- rites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon ; 11 'And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah ; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in ijdrei, who remained of 'the remnant of the giants. "For these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel expelled "Tiot the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 *Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inhe- ritance; the sacrifices of the Loed God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, "'as he said unto them. 15 IF And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was "from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, ''and the city that is in the midst of the river, 'and all the plain by Medeba: 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and il Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 '^And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 'And Kirjathaim, and •'Sibmah, and Zareth- shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and "HAshdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21 'And all the cities of the plain, and all the king- dom of Sihon king of the Amorites which reigned m Heshbon, 'whom Moses smote ''with the princes of Midian,Evi,and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 11 'Balaam also the son of Beor, the II sooth- sayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the in- heritance of the children of Reuben, after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. . . 25 '"And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, "and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before "Rabbali ; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim ; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Hebir ■ 27 And in the valley, ^'Beth-aram, and Beth- nimrah, 'and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge 'of the sea of Cinnereth, on the other side Jordan eastward, 11 V Before CirillST 1445. "• ch. 11. 8. " See ch. 23.13. Judg.2.21, 23. o ch. 14.1,2. P Num. 32. 33. Deut. 3. 12, 13. ch. 22. i. 1 ver. 15. Num. 21. 30. ••Num. 21, » ch. 12. 5. Num. 21. 28. « Num. 21. 30. ver. 0. II Or, the high places of Baal, and house of Baal-ineon See Num. 32. 38. d Num. 21. 23. « Num. 32. 37. /Num.32 38. a Deut. 3. 17. ch. 12. 3. 110'-.. , springs of Pisgah, or, tlie hill. It Deut. 3. 10. i Num. 21. 24. * Num. 31. 8. I Num. 22. 5. & 31. 8. II Or, diviner. « Num. 32. 41. 1 Chron. 2. 23 ch.'l2. 4. « Num. 32. 39 40. Before CHRIST 1445. •"Num. 32. 35. " Compare Num. 21. 26. 28, 29, with Deut. 2. 19. & Judg. 11. 13, 15, &c. » 2 Sam. 11. 1. & 12. 26. p Num. 32. 36. 1 Geu. 33. 17. 1 Kings 7. 46. r Num. 34. 11. « ver. 14. ch. 18. T. V Num. IS. 20. Deut. 10. 9. & 18, 1, 2. ahout 1444. Num. 34. 17, 18. » Num. 26. 55.433.54, & 34. 13. » ch. 13. 8, 32,33. ■i Gen. 48.5. I Chron. 5, 1,2. ' Num. Zb. 2. ch. 21. 2. /Num.32. 12.&ch.l5. 17. 17 Num. 14. 24, 30. Deut. 1. 36, 38. 4 Num. 13. 26. ' Num. 13. 6. & 14. 6. * Num. 13. 31, 32. Deut. 1.28. ' Num. 14. 24. Deut. 1.36. « Num. 14. 23, 24. Deut. 1.36. ch. 1. 3. " See Num. 13. 22. » Num. 14. 30. 1444. fHeb. walked. p See Deut, 34.7. 1 Deut. 31. 2. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 TT And Moses gave inheritance unto the hall^ tribe of Manasseh : and this was the possession of the half- tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and 'all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, three- score cities : 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertain- ing unto the children of Machir the son of Manas- seh, even to the one half of the "children of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which MoseS did dis- tribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward. 33 "'But unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave not any inheritance : the Loed God of Israel was their inheritance, ''as he said unto them. CHAP. XIV. Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron. AND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, "which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance to them. 2 *By lot was their inheritance, as the Loed com- manded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 3 'For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half-tribe on the other side Jordan : JDut unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4 For "^the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gaye no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle, and for their substance. 5 'As the LoED commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 TIThen the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ■''Kenezite said unto him. Thou knowest nhe thiuff that the Loed said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee 'in Kadesh-barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Loed 'sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy- out the land ; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless, 'iny brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt : but I wholly 'followed the Loed my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, "Surely the land "whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever; because thou hast wholly followed the Loed my God. 10 And now, behold, the Loed hath kept me alive, "as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Loed spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel t wandered in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 ^As yet I am as strong this day, as I was in the day that Moses sent me : as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both «to go out, and to come in. • 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Loed spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that 161 The borders of the lot of Judah. day how ""the Anakims were there, and that the cities wire great and fenced : If so be the Loed will be with me, then 'I shall be able to drive them out, as the LoKD said. 13 And Josluia "blessed him, '^and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance. 14 ^'Hebron therefore became the inheritance of' Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that he -"wholly followed the Loed God of Israel. 15 And "the name of Hebron before was Kirjath- arba ; ivhich Arba was a great man among the Ana- kims. ''And the land had rest from war. CHAP. XV. The borders of the lot of Judah. THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the chil- dren of Judah by their families ; "even to the border of Edom, the ''wilderness of Zin southward tvas the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the t bay that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side 'to II Maaleh- acrabbim, and passed along to Zin and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa : 4 From thence it passed ''toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea : this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan: and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea, at the utter- most part of Jordan : 6 And the border went up to "Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the border went up ■'to the stone of Bohan the son of Beuben : 7 And the border went up toward Debir from 'the valley of Achor, and so northward looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river : and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at ''En-rogel : 8 And the border went up 'by the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side of the ''J ebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end 'of the valley of the giants northward : 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto '"the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn "to Baalah, which is "Kirjath- jearim : 10 And the border compassed from Baalah west- ward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to ^'Timnah : 11 And the border went out unto the side of 'Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; and the goings out of th^ border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was ''to the great sea, and the coast thereof: this is the coast of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. m If 'And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he 162 JOSHUA. Before CHRIST 1444. "•Num. 13. •28, 33. • Ps. 18. 32, 34. & 60. 12. Kom. 8.31. ich. 15.14, Judg.1.20. - ch. 22. C. *ch.l0.37. & 15. 13. Judg.1.20 See ch. 21. 11, 12. 1 Cliron. 6. 55, 56. vch. 21.12, » ver. 8, 9. » Gen. 23,2, ch. 15. 13. »ch.H.23. « Num.34 3, ' Num. 33. 36. t Ileb. tongue. ' Num. 34. 4. Or, the going up to Acrabbim. Gen. 60. 23. Num. 26. 29.432.39, 40. 1 Chron. 7. 14. Before CHRIST 1444. ' Deut. 3. 15. d Num. 26. 29-32. ' 1 Chron. 7.18. Num. 26. 0, Jaer. /Num.26. 31. Num. 26. 32. '' Num. 26. 33. &. 27. 1. & 36. 2. I Ch. 14. 1. * Num. 27 6.7. ' ch. 16. 6. "> ch. 16. 8. « ch. 16. 8. II Or, brook of reeds. » ch. 16. 9. p 1 Chron. 7.29. 5lSiim.31. 10. 1 Kings 4. 12. >• Judg. 1. 27, 28. • ch. 16. 10. « ch. 16. 4. u Oen. 48. 22. " Gen. 48. 19. Num. 26. 34,37. ilOr, Repliaims. (ien. 14. 5. & 15. 20. V Judg. 1. 19. & 4. 3. Gilead : because he was a man of war, therefore he had 'Gilead and Bashan. 2 There was also a lot for ''the rest of the chil- dren of Manasseh by their families ; 'for the chil- dren of II Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, •^and for the children of Asriel, and for the chil- dren of Shechem, ''and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. 3 IF But ''Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters : and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before 'Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, '^The Loed commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren : there- fore according to the commandment of the Loed he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of tlieir father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, be- sides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan ; 6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons : and the rest of Ma- nasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 7 IF And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to 'Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : but "'Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim : 9 And the coast descended "unto the II river Kanah, southward of the river. "These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh : the coast of Ma- nasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the out-goings of it were at the sea : 10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border ; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11 ^And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, «Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12 Yet ''the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaan- ites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to "tribute ; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying. Why hast thou given me but "one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am ""a great people, forasmuch as the Loed hath blessed me hitherto ? 15 And Joshua answered them. If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood-country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the II giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have ^chariots of iron, both they 163 The remainder of the land divided. JOSHUA. tlie Canaanites, "though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. CHAP. XVIII. The tabernacle is set up at SliUoh. AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together "at Shiloh, and ''set up the tabernacle of the congregation there : and the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, 'How long are ye slack to go to possess the land which the Loed God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe : and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts : "^Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and 'the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, -^"that I may cast lots for you here before the Loed our God. 7 "But the Levites have no part among you ; for the priesthood of the Loed is their inheritance: ''and Gad, and Beuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Loed gave them. 8 If And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go, and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Loed in Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. 10 1[ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh be- fore the Loed: and there Joshua divided the land un- to the children of Israel according to their divisions. 11 If And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families : and the coast of their lot came forth between the chil dren of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan ; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward ; and the goings out thereof were at the Avilderness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz (''which is Beth-el) soutli- v/ard ; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieih on the south side 'of the nether Beth-horon. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and com- passed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the gonigs out thereof were at "'Kirjath-baal (which 1G4 Before CUBIST 1444. »ch.l9.18. who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are -'of the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, ........ even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art ^12."°'* a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only : 18 But the mountain shall be thine ; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the out- goings of it shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out Before CUKIST 1444. a Deut. 20. 1. «cli.l9.51. & 21. 2. & 22. 9. Jer. 7. 12. » Judg. 18. 31. ISiUn.l.S, 24. & 4. 3, 4. « Judg. 18. 9. d ch. 15. 1. ' ch. 16. 1, 4. /ch. 14. 2. A ver. 10. sch.ia.SS. " ch. 13. 8. 'See ch. 10. 1. * Gen. 28. 19. Judg. 1.23 ' ch. 10. 3. ™ See ch. 15. 9. n ch. 15. 9. ch. 15. 8. p ch. 15. 7. 1 ch. 15. 6. ' ch. 15. 6. II Or, the plain. t Ileb. tongue. ' ch. 15. 8. " ver. 9. >> 1 Chron. 4.28. " ver. 1. TJie cities of Benjamin. is Kirjath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This tvas the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter ivas from the end of Kir- jath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to "the Avell of waters of Nephtoah : 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before "the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to ^En-rogel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geli- loth, which is over against the going up of Aduni- mim, and descended to 'the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against ""ll Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: 19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward : and the out-goings of the border were at the north t bay of the salt-sea at the south end of Jordan. This was the south coast. ^ 20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This tvas the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, ac- cording to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 22 And Beth-arabah,and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parali, and Ophrah, 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba ; twelve cities with their villages : 25 Gibeon, and Bamah, and Beeroth, 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Bekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and 'Jebusi (which is Je- rusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath ; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Benjamin according to their families. CHAP. XIX. The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua. AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon accord- ing to their families : "and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 And 'they had in their inheritance, Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar- susah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages : ■* 7 Ain, Bemmon, and Ether, and Ashan ; four cities and their villages : 8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Bamath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon : for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them : 'therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. 10 If And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families : and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid : The lots of several tribes. CHAP. XX. 11 ''And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is 'before Jokneam, 12 And turned from Sarid eastward, toward the sun-risinff, unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Kemmon-llmethoar to Neah; 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon : and the out-goings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el : 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem ; twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 '\iAnd the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and ChesuUoth, and Shunem, 19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 20 And Habbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, andEn-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Sha- hazimah, and Beth-shemesh ; and the out-goings of their border were at Jordan : sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 HAnd the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal ; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor- libnath ; 27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to Beth- dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Behob, and Hammon, and Kanah, -^even unto- great Zidon ; 29 And then the coast turneth to Bamah, and to the strong city f Tyre ; and the coast turneth to Hosah : and the out-goings thereof are at the sea from the coast to "Achzib : 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Behob : twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 HThe sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali accord- ing to their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and the out-goings thereof were at Jordan : 34 And theii ''the coast turneth westward to Az- noth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sun-rising. 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Ilanmiath, Bakkath, and Cinneroth, Before CHRIST 1444. Before CURIST 1444.- 1 Chron. 6. 55. D Or, A'lV- jath-arba. Gen. 23. 2. '•ch.15.13, 14. ch. 20. 7. Luke 1. 39. Pch.14.14. 1 Chron. 0. 56. 31 Chron. 6. 57, &c. "■ch. 15.54. & 20. 7. « ch. 15. 42. t ch. 15. 4S. i'ch.15.50. » 1 Chron. ch. 15. 51. ^011.15.49. = 1 Chron. 6. 59, Asfian. ch. 15. 42. «ch. 15.55. Before CHRIST 1444. » ch.l5. 10. ■: ch. 18. 25. ■ Deut. 7. 24. ' ch. 23. 14, » Num. 32. 20. Deut. 3. 18. l> ch. 1. 16, 17. ' Num. 32. 33. Deut. 29. 8. cli. 13. 8. <* Deut. 6. 6, 17. & 11. 22. « Deut. 10. 12. /Gen. 47.7. Ex. 39. 43. ch. 14. 13. 2 Sam. 6. 18. Luke 24. 50. » ch. 17. 5. " Num. 31. 27. 1 Sam. 30. 14. • Num. 32. 1, 26, 29. * Dent. 13. 12, &c. Judg. 20. 12. Judg.20.1. « Deut. 13. 14. Judg. 20. 12. Before CUKIST 1444. n Ex. 6. 25. Num. 26.7. tHeb. house of thefather. "Num. 1.4. p See IjCV. 17. 8, 9. Dcnt.12.13, 14. 9 Num. 25. 3,4. Deut. 4. 3. '• Num. 16. 22. » ch. 18. 1. «ch.7.1,5. Deut. 10. 17. ' 1 Kings 8.39. Job 10. 7. k 23. 10. Ps. 44. 21. & 139. 1, 2. Jer. 12. 3. 2 Cor. 11. 11, 31. y Deut. 18. 19. 1 Sam. 20. 16. t Ueb. To-mm'' » Gen. 31. 48. ch. 24. 27. ver. 34. " Deut. 12. 5, 6, 11, 12. 17, 18, 26, 27. 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 t chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel ; and "each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. 15 II And they came unto the children of Reu- ben, 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 follow- ing the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, ^'that ye might rebel this day against the Lord ? 17 is the iniquity ^of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord, 18 But that ye must turn away this day from fol- lowing 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 posses- sion be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, 'wherein the Lord's 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 '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 HThen the children of Reuben, and the chil- dren of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh an- swered, 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; if 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- ofi'ering, or meat-offering, or if to offer peace-offer- ings thereon, let the Lord himself ^require it; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, f In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying. What have ye 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 ^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 Avitness between us and you. 167 JosJma's exhortation. 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, beside the altar of the Loed our God tliat is before his tabernacle. 30 H And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel wliicii tvere with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, f it pleased them. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Eeuben, and to the chil- dren of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day Ave perceive that the Lord is 'among us,_because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: fnow ve have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. 32 HAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reu- ben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel ''blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Eeuben and Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad called the altar \\Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God. CHAP. XXIII. 1 Joshua's ezhorlalion before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threatenings. AND it came to j^ass, a long time after that the Lord "had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua Vaxed old and t stricken in age. 2 And Joshua 'called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age : 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you ; for the ''Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, "I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea f westward. 5 And the Lord your God, -^he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight ; and ye shall possess their land, -'as the Lord your God hath promised unto you. 6 ''Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of INIoses, 'that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That ye 'come not among these nations, these that remain among you ; neither 'make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them : 8 II But '"cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 II "For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong : but as for you, "no man iiath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 'One man of you shall chase a thousand : for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, ''xi he hath promised you. 168 JOSHUA. Before Before CIIllIST CHEIST 1444. aboutl427. 6 Dent. 12. '•ch.22. 5. 13, 14. t Ilob. your souls. ' Heb. 10. 38, 39. 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. « Deut. 7. 3. "Judg. 2.3. * Ex. 23.33. Num. 33. tHeb. 55. it was good Deut. 7. 16. in their 1 Kings 11. ei/es. 4. V 1 Kings 2.2. See Heb. ' Lev. 26. 11, 12. 9.27. 2Chron.l5. «ch.21.45. 2. Luke 21.33. t Ileb. than. a Deut. 28. . 63. » Lev. 26. 16. Deut.28.15, d 1 ChrOD. 16, &c. 29. 20. Neh. 8. e. Dan. 2. 19. Luke 2. 28. II That is. ii witness : So ch. 24. 27. aboutl427. '■ch.21.44. & 22. 4. » ch. 13. 1. t Heb. come into "Gen. 35.4. days. ' ch. 23. 2. ' Ifent. 31. 28. ch. 24. 1. •ISam.lO. 1 Clirou. 19. 28. 1. ■i Ex. 14.14. cli. 10. 14, 42. d Gen. 11. « ch. 13. 2, 26, 31. 6. & IS. 10. t Heb. at the sun- set. ' Gen. 31. 53. /Gen. 12.1. /EX.23..30. & 33. 2. & 34. 11. Acts 7. 2, 3. Deut.11.23 cli. 13. 6. a Num. 33. 53. A ch. 1. 7. » Gen. 21. ' Deut. 5. 2,3. 32. & 28. 14. Ps. 127. 3. *E.-i. 23.33. '' Gen. 25. Deut. 7. 2, 24, 25, 26. 3. i6en.36. 8. Prov. 4. 14. Deut. 2. 5. Eph. 5. 11. * Gen. 46. 'Ex. 23. 13. 1, 6. Ps. 16. 4. Acts 7.15. Jer. 5. 7. 1 Ex. 3. 10. Zeph. 1. 6. "•Ex. 7. & See Num. 8. cSs 9. & 32. 38. 10. & 12. II Or, "Ex. 12.37, For if ye will cleave, 51. "Ex. 14. 2. dk:. P Ex. 14. 9. >» Deut. 10. 20. & 11.22. & 13. 4. cli. 22. 5. II Or, Then the ? Ex. 14.10. ■-Ex. 14.20. 8 Ex. 14. 27, 28. Lord will drive. « Deut. 4. » Dout. 11. 34. &. 29. 2. 23. " ch. 5. 6. ch. 1. 5. P Lev. 26. 8. Deut32.30. " Num. 21. See Judg. 21,33. 3. 31. & 15. Deut. 2. 32. 15. &3.1. 2 Sam. 23. 8. 3 Ex. 14.14. & 23. 27. 1/ See ,Tndg. Deut. 3. 22. 11. 25. JSe relateth God's benefits to Israel. 11 ""Take good heed therefore unto f yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise 'go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall 'make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you : 13 Know for a certainty that "the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you : ''but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 14 And behold, this day ^I am going the way of all the earth ; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that ^not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 "Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you ; so shall the Lord bring upon you ''all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed your- selves to them ; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 14 He reneweth a covenant between them and God. AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to "Shechem, and ''called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers ; and they 'presented themselves be- fore God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ''Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and "they served other gods. 3 And -^I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and ^gave him Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac ''Jacob and Esau : I gave unto 'Esau mount Seir, to possess it ; Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 'I sent Moses also and Aaron,^ and '"I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and aiEterward I brought you out. 6 And I "brought your fathers out of Egypt ; and "ye came unto the sea; ^and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 7 And when they 'cried unto the Lord, ''he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, 'and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and 'your eyes have seen what I have done in Egyjjt : and ye dwelt in the wilderness "a long season. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amo- rites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan ; "'and they fought with you : and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land ; and I de- stroyed them from before you. 9 Then "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, and ''but Joshua reneweth the covenant. arose and warred against Israel, and '^sentand called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you : 10 "But Iwould not hearken untoBalaam; ^therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of his hand. 11 And 'ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jeri- cho : and ''the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the _Girgashites,the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And 'I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites : but -^ not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and ^cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them ; of the vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14 H ''Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in 'sincerity and in truth ; and ''put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and 'in Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, "'choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether "the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or "the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell : ^'but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 16 And the people answered, and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods ; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up, and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed : ISAndtneLoRDdraveoutfrombeforeusallthepeo- ple, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land : there- fore will we also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, ''Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is an ''noly God : he is 'a jealous God ; 'he will not forgive your transgres- sions, nor your sins. 20 "If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, ""then he will turn and do you hurt, and con- sume you, after that he hath done you good. | CHAP. L Before C If 111 ST al>nntI4'27. ' Num. 22 5. Deut. 23. 4 •> Deut. 23 5. ' Nnm. 23 11, 20. & 24 10. ' cb. 3. 14, 17. & 4. 10, 11, 12. << ch. 6. 1. & 10. 1. & 11. 1. « Ex. 23. 28. Deut. 7. 20. / i'a. 44. 3, 6. ff Deut. 6. 10, 11. ch. 11. 13. * Deut. 10. 12. 1 Sam. 12. 24. iGon.17.1. & 20. 5. Deut.l8.i3. Vs. 119. 1. 2 Cor. 1.12. Eph. 6.24. '' ver. 2, 23. Lev. 17. 7. Ezek.20.18 ' Ezek. 20. 7,8.4 23.3. " See Ruth 1.15. 1 Kings 18. 21. Ezek.20.39 John 6. 67. " Ter. 14. "Ex. 23. 24, 32, 33. & 34. 15. Deut.13.7. &. 29. 18. Judg. 6.10. P Gen. 18. 19. 1 Matt. 6. 24. •■Lev. 19. 2. lSiim.6.20. Ps. 99. 5, 9. Isa. 5. 16. ' Ex. 20. 5. «Ex.23.21. « 1 Chron. 28. 9. 2Chron.l5. 2. Ezra 8. 22. lsa.l.28.& 65. 11, 12. Jer. 17. 13. »:ch.23.15. Isa. 63. 10. Acto 7. 42. Before CHRIST aI>outl427. V Ps. 119i 173. ' ver. 14. Gen. 35. 2. Judg. 10. 16. 1 Sam. 7. 3. See Ex. 15. 25. 2 Kings 11. 17. Yer. 26. Deut. 31. 24. '' See Judg. 9. 6. « See Gen. 28. 18. ch. 4. 3. /Gen. 35.4. ? See Gen. 31. 48, 62. Deut.31.19, 21, 26. ch. 22. 27, 28, 34. " Deut. 32. 1. i Judg. 2. 6. ^ Judg. 2.8. abontl426. I ch. 19. 60. Judg. 2. 9. "• Judg. 2. 7. t Ileb. prolonged their dai/s after Joshua. " See Deut. 11. 2. & 31. 1.3. " Gen. 60. 25. Ex. 13. 19. p Gen. 33. 19. Or, lamhs. aboutl420. 1 Ex. 6. 25. Judg. 20. 28. His age, death, and burial. 21 _ And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord. 22 And Joshua said unto the people. Ye are wit- nesses against yourselves that ^ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said. We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore ^put away {said he) the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua "made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordmance 'in Shechem. 26 HAnd Joshua 'wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took ''a great stone, and 'set it up there •''under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be ^a witness unto us ; for ''it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So 'Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 IT 'And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun the servant of the Lord died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his in- heritance in 'Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And ""Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that t over- lived Joshua, and which had "known all the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel. 32 IF And "the bones of Joseioh, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground ^'which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred || pieces of silver; and it became the in- heritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they buried him in a hill that -pertained to ''Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. The Book of JUDGES 8 Jerusalem taken. Manasseh, > Josh. 14. 15. & 15.13, 14. Josh. 15. 15. him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said. Threescore and ten kings, having f their thumbs and their great toes cut oft', li gathered their meat under my table; 'as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. 8 (Now •''the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.) 9 "TF^And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the || valley. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of Hebron before was ''Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 'And from thence he went against the in- habitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before loas Kii'jath-sepher : 169 Tlie acts of Judah, Benjamin, So., 12 'And Caleb said, He that smitcth Kirjatli- sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daufihter to wife. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, 'Caleb's younger brother, took it : and he gave him Achsah bis daughter to Avife. 14 "And it came to pass, when she came to Mm, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted from off Aer ass; and Caleb said unto her, AVhat wilt thou ? 15 And she said unto him, "Give mea blessing: for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 16 1['And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, Avent up out ^of the city of palm-trees Avith the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, Avhich licth in the south of ''Arad ; '"and they Avent and dwelt among the people. 17 And Judah Avent with 8imeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Ze- phath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city Avas called 'Hormah. 18 Also Judah took "Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon Avith the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 19 And "^the Lord was with Judah; and ||he drave out the iyihabitants o/the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had "chariots of iron. 20 'And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said : and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. 21 "And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 H And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el : ''and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph 'sent to descry Beth- el. NoAV the name of the city before was ''Luz. 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the citv, and they said unto him, Shew us, Ave pray thee, the entrance into the city, and 'we will shew thee mercy. 25 And Avhen he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the SAVord : but they let go the man and all his family. 2(3 And the man went into the land of the Hit- tites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : Avhicli is the name thereof unto this day. 27 IT ^'Neither did Mauasseh drive out the inhabit- ants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns ; but the Canaanites would dAvell in that land. 28 And it came to pass Avhen Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly driye them out. 29 H ^'Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaan- ites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 II Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabit- ants of Kitron,_ nor the ''inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. 31 1[ 'Neither did Asher drive out the inhabit- ants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of 170 JUDGES. Before Before CHRIST CURIST abonH425. aboutl425. * Josh. 15. * Ps. 106. 16, 17. 34,35. I cli. 3. 9. « Josh. 19. 38. "•Josh. 15. 18, 19. ni ver. 32. » ver. 30. " Gen. 33. 11. abontl425. » oh. i. 11, 17. 1 S.in\.15.6. » Josh. 19. 1 Chron. 2. 42. 55. t lleb. Jer. 35. 2. was lieamj. i* Dcut. 34. p Num. 34. 3. 4. 3 Num. 21. Josh. 15. 3. 1. II Or, r Is'nm. 10. Maaleli- 32. alcrabbim. • ver. 3. • Num. 21. 3. Josh. 19. 4. " Josh. 11. 22. II Or, messenger. « ver. 5. * ver. 2. 2 Kings 18. 7. » Gen. 17. 7. II Or, lie.possessed the, moun- «Deut. 7.2. tain. V Joah. 17. d Deut. 12. 16, 18. 3. ' Num. 14. « ver. 20. 24. Ps. 106. 34. Dent. 1.36. Josh. 14. 9, 13. & 15.13, 14. " See Josh. / Josh. 23. 13. 9 ch. 3. 6. 15. 63. & 18. 28. A Ux. 23.33. & 34. 12. Deut. 7. 16. Ps. 106. 36. » ver. 19. • Josh. 2. 1. 11 That is, &7. 2. weepers. ch. 18. 2. d Gen. 28. 19. i Josh. 22. 6. & 24. 28. aboutl444. • Josh. 2. 12, 14. * Josh. 24. 31. t Heb. prolonged days after Joshua. I Josh. 24. 29. ahoutl426. "• Josh. 24. 30. /Josh. 17. » Josh. 19. 11, 12, 13. 50. & 24. 30, Tininatk- serah. o Ex. 5. 2. 1 Sam.2.12. 1 Chron. 28.9. Jer. 9. 3. & 22. 16. Gal. 4. 8. 2 Thesa. 1. 8. Tit. 1.16. aboutl406. P Deut. 31. 3 Josh. 16. 16. 10. 1 Deut. 6. 1 Kings 9. 10. 14. r Ex. 20 5. «ch. 3. 7. & 10. 6. Ps. 106. 36. « ch. 3. 8. '• Josh. 19. Ps. 106. 40, 15. 41, 42. « 2 Kings 17. 20. ': ch. 3. 8. ' Josh. 19. &4. 2. 24-30. Ps. 44. 12. Isa. 50. 1. and of Naphtali and Dan. Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob : 82 But the Asherites 'dAvelt among the Canaan- ites, the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out. 33 IT 'Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabit- ants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth- anath ; but he '"dwelt among the Canaanites, the in- habitants of the land : nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath "became tribu- taries unto them. 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 35 But the Aniorites Avould dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph f prevailed, so that they became tributaries. 36 And the coast of the Amorites was ''from lithe going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. CHAP. II. 1 An angel rebuketh the people at JBochim. 20 The Canaanites are left to prove Israel. AND an || angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal " to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers ; and ''I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And 'ye shall make no league with the inhabit- ants of this land; ''ye shall throw down their altars: 'but ye have not obeyed my voice : why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you ; but they shall be ■^as thorns in your sides, and ^their gods shall be a ''snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place II Bo- chim : and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. 6 HAnd when 'Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inherit- ance to possess the land. 7 ''And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that f out- lived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. 8 And 'Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 "'And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in "Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another gene- ration after them, which "knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 IT And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim : 12 And they ^'forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed ''other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and '^bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the Lord, 'and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 H 'And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he "delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and "^^lie sold them into tlie The Israelites^ obstinate idolatry. hands of their enemies round about, so that they ^could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and ^as the Lord had sworn unto them : and they were greatly distressed. 16 TF Nevertheless "the Lord raised up judges, which t delivered them out of the hand oi" those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they 'went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord ; but they did not so. 18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then 'the Lord was with Ihe judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : (''for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them,) 19 And it came to pass, "when the judge was dead, that they returned, and || corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them ; they f ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 H-^And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel ; and he said. Because that this people hath ^transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice ; 21 ''I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died : 22 'That through them I may 'prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the Lord || left those nations, with- out driving them out hastily, neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAP. IIL 1 The nations which were left to prove Israel. 6 By communion with them, they commit idolatry. "IVTOW these are "the nations which the Lord left, IM to prove Israel by them, {eveii as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;) _ 3 Namely, *live lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal- hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 'And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the com- mandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5 H "^And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites : 6 And 'they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 ^And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, ^and served Baalim, and Hhe groves. 8 H Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he 'sold them into the hand of 'Chushan- rishathaim king of f Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chiishan-rishathaim eight years. CHAR IIL Before Before CHRIST CHRIST aboutl406. V Lev. 26. aboutl402. I ver. 15. & 37. ch.4.3.&6. Josh. 7. 12, 7. & 10. 10. 13. 1 Sam. 12. ' Lev. 26. 10. Deut. 28. Neh. 9. 27. Pe. 22. 5. & « ch. 3. 9, 100. 44. & 10, 15. 107. 13, 19. 1 Sam. 12. 11. Acts 13. 20. aboutl394. "< ch. 2. 16. t Heb. tHeb. saved. saviour. » ch. 1. 13. » Ex. 34.15, 16. aboatl354. Lev. 17. 7. » See Num. 27. 18. ch. 6. 34. A 11. 29. & 13. 25. & 14. 6, 19. «JosU. 1. 5. 1 Snm. 11. 6. 2 Chron. "iSoo Gen. 6. 6. 15.1. t Heb. was. Deut.32,36. t Heb. Ps. 106.44, Aram. 45. aboutl336. « ch. 3. 12. P ch. 2. 19. & 4. 1. & 8. «lSam.l2. 33. 9. II Or, ' ch. 5. 14. were cor- • ch. 1. 16. rupt. « Deut. 28. t Heb. 40. tluy let « ver. 9. nothing Ps. 78. 34. fall of II Or, the their. son of S ver. 14. Gemini. flleb. 9 Josh. 23. shut of his 16. right hand. ch. 20. 16. " Josh. 23. 13. 'ch.3.1,4. ' Josh. 4. * Deut. 8. 2. 20. 16. & 13. 3. II Or, gra- venimages. II Or, suffered. tHeb. a parlour of cooling : See Amos 3. 15. » cli. 2. 21, 22. llOr, it came out at the fun- dament. » Josh. 13. 3. « ch. 2. 22. lOr, doeth his easement. 1 Sam.24.3. .fat. ' Ter. 11. ■ich.5.6,8. 1 Sam. 13. 10, 22. It scema to concern only the country next to the Philis- tines. » Isa. 49. 23. » Deut. 32. 16. ch. 2. 12,17. ° So 1 Sam. 13. 19, 22. cli. 4. 3. P vor. 2. II Or, Meditate. 1 Vs. 105. 2. & 145. 5. ' ch. 10. 4. k 12. 14. «Ps.l07.32. t Heb. righteous- nesses of the LOKD. '1 Sam. 12. 7. Ps. 145. 7. Jael hilleih ISisera. all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not fa man left. 17 Howbeit, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite : for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18 11 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a II mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for I am thirsty. And she opened ""a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again he said unto her. Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say. Is there any man here ? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Jael Heber 's wife ^took a nail of the tent, and ftook an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground : for he was fast asleep, and weary. So he died. 22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail ivas in his temples. 23 So ^God subdued on tliat day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 24 And the hand of the children of Israel t pros- pered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Ca- naan, until tney had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. CHAP. V. The song of Deborah and Barak. THEN "sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abi- noam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the Lord for the ''avenging of Israel, 'when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 ''Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes ; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. 4 Lord, 'when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, ^the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 *The mountains f melted from before the Lord, even ''that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. 6 In the days of 'Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of ''^ Jael, 'the highways were unoccupied, and the t travellers walked through f by-ways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose ""a mother in Israel. 8 They "chose new gods ; then was war in the gates: "was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel ? 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel that ^offered themselves willingly among the people : Bless ye the Lord. 10 II ''Speak, ye 'that ride on white asses, 'ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the f'l'ighteous acts of the Lord, even the ri^iteous acts toioard the inhabitants of his villages in Israel : then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates. The song of Deborah and Barah. 12 "Awake, awake, Deborah ; awake, awake, utter a song : arise, Barak, and "^lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 Then he made him that remaineth *'have do- minion over the nobles among the people : the Lokd made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 ''Out of EphraimwasjJ/ierearootof them "against Amalek ; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people ; out of 'Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that f handle the pen of the writer, 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Debo- rah ; even Issachar, and also "Barak : he was sent on t foot into the valley. Ii For the divisions of Keuben there were great f thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou ''among the sheep-folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks ? || For the divisions of Beuben there were great searchings of heart. 17 'Gilead abode beyond Jordan : and why did Dan remain in ships ? -^ Asher continued on the sea- II shore, and abode in his || breaches. 18 "Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that t jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Me- giddo ; ''they took no gain of money. 20 'They fought from heaven ; 'the stars in their t courses fought against Sisera. 21 'The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the llprancingSjthe prancings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lokd, curse ye bitterly .the inhabitants thereof; '"because they came not to the help "of the Loed, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall "Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, ^blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 «He asked water, and she gave him milk ; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 'She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer ; and f with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 t At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down fdead. 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned fanswer to herself, 30 'Have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; f to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needle- work, of divers colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil ? 31 'So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him he "as the sun "when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. CHAP. VL 1 TAc Isradites for their sin are oppressed by 3Iidian. 28 Joash defendelh his son, and ccdieth him Jerubhaal. AND "the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand ''of Midian seven years. CHAP. VL Before CHRIST aboutl296. » Ph. 57. S. '•Ps.eS. 18. V 1'8. 40. 14. ' ch. 3. 27. « ch. 3. 13. I> Num. 32. 39, 40. fHeb. draw with thepeUf (£c. ' ch. 4. 14. fHeb. his feet. flOr, in the di- visions, d-c. f 11 eb. im- pressions. <* Num. 32. 1. I Or, in. « See Josh. 13. 28, 31. /Josli. 19. 29, 31. II Or, port, U Or, creeks, s ch. 4. 10. fHeb. exposed to reproach. * ch. 4. 16. Ps.'44. 12. See ver. 30. » See Josh. 10. 11. Ps. 77. 17, 18. * ch. 4. 15. fUeb. paths. ' ch. 4. 7. II OT,tramp- lings, or, plungings. •» cli. 21. 9, 10. Neh. 3. 5. »lSam.l7. 47.&18.17. & 25. 28. » ch. 4. 17. p Luke 1. 28. 1 ch. 4. 19. r ch. 4. 21. f Heb. she hammered. t Ileb. Between. t Heb. destroyed. t Heb. lier words. ' Ex. 15. 9. fHeb. to the head of a man. i Ps. 83. 9, 10. « 2 Sam. 23.4. * Ps. 19. 6. t Heb. was strong. ' 1 Sam. 13. 6. Heb.ll..38. ■* ch. 3. 13. » Gen. 29.1. ch. 7. 12. & 8.10. 1 Kings 4. 30. Job 1. 3. /Ley. 26. 16. Deut.28.30, 33, 51. Mic. 6. 15. |l Or, qoat. ii ch. 7. 12. * ch. 3. 15. Uos. 5. 15. aboutl249. t Heb. a man a prophet. « ch. 2. 19. 5 nab. 3.7. Bofciro CIUIIST abontl256. 'Pa. 44. 2,3. ' 2 Kings 17. 35, 37, 38. Jer. 10. 2. 'Josh. 17.2. "• Ileb. 11. 32, called Gedeon. t Ileb. to cause it to flee. » ch. 13. 3. Luke 1. 11, 28. » Josh. 1.5. P SoPs. 89. 49. Isu. 59. 1. A 63. 15. 1 Ps. 44. 1. >■ 2 ChroD. 15.2. • 1 Sam. 12. 11. Heb. 11. 32, 34. «Josh.l. 9. ch. 4. 6. "Seel Sam. 9.21. t Heb. my thousand is themeanest. Ex. 18. 21, 25. Mic. 5. 2. « Ex. 3. 12. Josh. 1. 6. f Ex. 4. 1-8. ver. 36, 37. 2 Kings 20. 8. Ps. 86. 17. Isa. 7. 11. » Gen. 18. 3,5. ch. 13. 15. II Or, meat- offering. « Gen. 18. 6, 7, 8. t Heb. a kid of the goats. 5ch.l3.19, 'See 1 Kings 18. 33,34. Gideon sent to deliver Israel, 2 And the hand of Midian f prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them "the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and ''the Amalekites, "and the children of the east, even they came up against them : 4 And they encamped against them, and •''de- stroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither II sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came *as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without num- ber : and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites ; and the children of Israel ''cried unto the Lord. 7 H And it came to pass, when the children of Is- rael cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites, 8 That the Lord sent fa prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage ; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and 'drave them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God ; 'fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 IT And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that per- tained unto Joash 'the Abi-ezrite: and his son_ '"Gi- deon threshed wheat by the wine-press, fto hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the "angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him. The Lord ts "with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us ? and ^'where be all his miracles «which our fathers told us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt ? but now the Lord hath ''forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, 'Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites : 'have not I sent thee ? 15 And he said unto him, O my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel ? behold, " f my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. 16 And the Lord said unto him, "^Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, then ^shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 'Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my || present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 If "And Gideon went in, and made ready fa kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour : the flesh 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 IF Then the angel of the Lord put forth the 173 Gideon destrorjeth Baal's altar: end of the staff that ivas 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 unk>avened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 22 And wlien Gideon 'perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! ^fm- 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 shaft not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it llJehovah-shalom : unto this day it is yet 'in Oplirah of the Abi-ezrites. 25 HAnd it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him. Take thy father s young bullock, II 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 t rock, || in the ordered place, 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, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 HAnd when me men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of feaal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 2d And they said one to another. Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash liath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : because he hath cast 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 whilst it^ is yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him PJerub- baal, saying. Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown doAvn his altar. 33 HThen all_ 'the Midianites, and the Amalek- ites, and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in '"the valley of Jezreel. 34 But "the Spirit of the Lord fcame upon Gideon, and he "^blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer twas gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manas- seh ; who also was gathered after him : and he sent "messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Aaphtali ; and they came up to meet them. 36 1[ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, 37 /'Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor: and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth besides,then shall 1 know that thou '^^'ijt save Israel by my 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. 174 JUDGES. Before CIIKIST al>oiitl249 "i I,ev. 9. 24. 1 Kings 18. 38. 2 Chron. 7. 1. ' ch. 13. 21- /Gen. 16. 1.3. & 32.30, Ex. 33. 20. ch. 13. 22. a D.in. 10. 19. II That Is, the LoKD send peace: SceGen.22. 14. Ex. 17. 15. Jer. 33. 16. Ezek 48.35. '• cU. 8. 32. II Or, and. (Ex. 34. 13. Deut. 7. 5. t Ileb. strong place. II Or, in an orderly manner. 1 That is, Let Baal plead. * 1 3am. 12. 11. 2 Sam. 11. 2l.Jei*ubhe- sheth : that is. Let the shameful thing plead: See Jer. 11. 13. IIos. 9. 10. aboutl249. ' ver. 3. »» Josh. 17. 16. »ch.3. 10. 1 Chron. 12. 18, 2 Cliron. 24.20. t Heb. clothed, Num. 10. 3. ch. 3. 27. f Heb. xoas called after him. P See Ex. 4. 3, 4, 0, 7. Before CHRIST aboutl249. I Gen. 18. 32. a ch. 6. 32. » Deut. 8. 17. Isa. 10. 13. 1 Cor. 1.29. 2 Cor. 4. 7. « Deut. 20. 'ilSam.14. 6. o Gen. 40. 2,3. /V6r.l3,14, 15. See Gen. 24. 14. 1 Sam. 14. 9,10. Or, ranks •yfive. Ex. 13. 18. ch. 6. 5, 33. & 8. 10. His army and stratagem. 39 And Gideon said unto God, 'Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I Vv^ill speak but this once : let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAP. VIL 1, 7 Gideon's army of two and tliirty thousand is brought to three hundreds 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 Mi- dianites into their hands, lest 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, '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 whom- soever 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 lap- peth, 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 hundrea 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 de- liver 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 host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 9 IFAnd it came to pass the same "night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host ; 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 afterward shall thine hands be strengthened, to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the Harmed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and ^all the children of the east, lay along in the valley- like grasshoppers for multitude ; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea-side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said. Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of bar- ley-bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came The Midianites overthrown. CHAP. VIII. Zehah and Zalmunna talcen. unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered, and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel : for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 II And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and fthe interpretation there- of, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of .Israel, and said. Arise ; for the Lord hath de- livered into your hand the host of Midian, 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put fa trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and || lamps with- in the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them. Look on me, and do likewise : and behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say. The sword of the LoED, and of Gideon. 19 IT So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch ; and they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal : and they cried, The sword of the Loe,d, and of Gideon. 21 And they ''stood every man in his place round about the camp ; 'and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred ''blew the trumpets, and 'the Lord set '"every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host : and the host fled to Beth-shittah ||in Zererath, and to the t border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 24 IT And Gideon sent messengers throughout all "mount Ephraim, saying. Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and "took the waters unto ^Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took 'two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb ; and they slew Oreb upon 'the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the 'other side Jordan. CHAP. VIIL 1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimiies. 4 Suceoth and Penud refuse to relieve Gideon's army. AND "the men of Ephraim said unto him, fWhy hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midian- ites ? and they did chide with him f sharply. • ^ 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you ? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? 3 'God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and Avhat was I able to do in comparison of you ? Then their t 'anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. Before CHRIST aboutl249. t neb. the tyt'caJn-ng iherenf. t Ileb. trumpets in thehandof all oftfiem. I|0r,/trc- brands, or, tordies. ''Ex.14.13, M. 2 Chron. 20. 17. • 2 Kings 7.7. * Josh. 4, 16, 20. See 2 Cor. 4,7. 1 Ps. 83. 9. Isa. 9. 4. "• 1 Sam. 14. 20. 2 Chron. 20.23. II Or, toward. t Heb. lip. » ch. 3. 27. ch. 3. 28. P John 1. 28. 1 ch. 8. 3. Ps. 83. 11. •■Isa. 10.26 ' ch. 8. 4. Before CIIUIST aboutl249. aSeech.l2. 1. 2 Sam. 19. 41. t Heb. Wliat thing is t?iis thou hast done unto Its f tHeb. strongly. i ch. 7. 24, 25. Phil. 2. 3. t Heb. spirit. «l'rov.l5.1. •1 Gen. 33. 17. Ps. 60. 6. « See 1 Kings 20. 11. /Seel Sam. 25. 11. ff ver. 16. tlleb. thresh. '' Gen. 32. 30. 1 Kings 12. 25. ' 1 Kings 22. 27. ' ver. 17. 1 ch. 7. 12. „ 0''. o™ hundred and twenty thousand, every one drawing a SW07'd. ch. 20. 2, 15, 17, 25. 2 Kings 3. 26. "• Num. 32. 35, 42. »ch.l8.27. 1 Thess. 5. 3. » Ps. 83. 11. tHeb. terrified. flleb. writ. p ver. 6. J ver. 7. t Heb. made to know, r ver. 9. 8 1 Kings 12. 25. < ch. 4. 6, Ps. 89. 12. flleb. according to the/orm, <£c. ''Ps.83.11, «0r, ornaments like the moon. " 1 Sam. 8. 7. & 10. 19. & 12. 12. 4 IT And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of ''Suceoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that fol- low me : for they he faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 IF And the princes of Suceoth said, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that -^ we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, ''then I will ftear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 IT And he went up thence ''to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise : and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Suceoth had answered him, 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I 'come again in peace, 'T will break down this tower. 10 TINow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of 'all the hosts of the chil- dren of the east : for there fell || an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 1 1 *i[ And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of "'Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host : for the host was "secure. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pur- sued after them, and "took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and t discomfited all the host. 13 lIAnd Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, 14 And caught a young man of the men of Suc- eoth, and inquired of him : and he f described unto him the princes of Suceoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Suceoth, and said. Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did ^upbraid me, saying. Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary ? 16 'And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he t taught the men of Suceoth, 17 ""And he beat down the tower of 'Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 HThen said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at 'Tabor ? And they answered. As thou art, so were they ; each one f resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said. They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother : as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you, 20 And he said unto Jether his first-born. Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared, because he was yet a youth, _ 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said. Rise thou, and fall upon us : for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and "slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the li ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 22 IT Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Pule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also : for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : "1;he Lord shall rule over you, 175 Gideon's children : his death. 24 IF And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that you Avould give me every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For they had golden ear-rings, "because they tvere Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered, We will willingly give fhem. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold ; beside ornaments, and || collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that ivere about their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon 'made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, eveji "in Ophrah: and all Israel Svent thither a whoring after it: which thing be- came 'a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 HThus was Midian subdued before the chil- dren of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. ''And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 TTAnd Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had 'threescore and ten sons i^ of his body begotten : for he had many wives. 31 •'And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he f called Abimeleeh. 32 H And Gideon the son of Joash died ^in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, ''in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 33 And it came to pass 'as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and 'went a whoring after Baalim, 'and made Baal-berith their god. 34 And the children of Israel ""remembered not the LoED their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side : 35 "Neither shewed they kindness to the -house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. CHAR IX. Abimdcch, by conspiracy with the Shechemiles, and murder of his brethren, is made king. AND Abimeleeh the^ son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem^ unto "his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I prav you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, tWnetner is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, WwcA are ''threescore and ten persons, reim over you, or that one reign over you ? remember also that I am 'your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words : and their hearts inclined fto follow Abimeleeh ; for they said, He is our ''brother. 4_ And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of 'Baal-berith, wherewith Abimeleeh hired -^vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house ^at Ophrah, and ''slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone : not- withstanding, yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerub- baal was left ; for he hid himself. 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimeleeh king, fby the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. 176 JUDGES. Before I CUKIST aboutl249. 1 V Gen. 25. 13.&37. 25, 28. I Or, sweet Jewels. « ch. IT. 5. »ch. 6. 24. sPs. 106. 39. «Deut.7.16, "ich. 5. 31. 'ch.g. 2, 5. flleb. goi7ig out of his thigh. /ch. 9. 1. t Ileb. set. »Gen.25.8, Job 6.26. about 1209, * Tcr. 27. ch. 6. 24. ' ch. 2. 19. * ch. 2. 17. 'ch.9.4,46. » Pe. 78.11 42. & 106. 13, 21. "ch.0. 16, 17, 18. Eccl. 9. 14. 15. about 1209. » ch. 8. 31. t Hob. What is good f vjhetlier, d-c. ' ch. 8. 30. « Gen. 29. 14. tneb. after. >' Gen. 29. 15. • ch. 8. 33. /ch. 11. 3. 2 Chron. 13.7. Prov.12.11. Acts 17. 5. « ch. 6. 24. A 2 Kings 11.1,2. t neb. or, by the oak of the pillar. See Josh. 24.26. about 1209. » Dent. 11. 29.&27.12. Josh. 8. 33. John 4. 20. * See 2 Kings 14. 9. ' cli. 8. 22, 23. •" Ps. 104. 15. fUeb. go up and fltnvnfor other trees. Before CHRIST .-iboutl209. " Ps. 104. 15. II Or, thistle. » Isa. 30. 2. Dan. 4. 12. Ho3. 14. 7. P ver. 20. Num.21. 38. Ezek. 19. 14. 1 2 Kings 14. 9. Ps. 104. 16. Isa. 2. 13. & 37.24. Ezeli.31.3. '■ eh. 8. 35. t Heb. cast his life. ' ver. 5, 6. ' Isa. 8. 6. Phil. 3. 3. « Ter. 16, 56,57. '2 Sam. 20. 14. aboutl206. ylSam.ie. 14. & 18. 9, 10. SeelKings 12. 15. & 22. 22. 2 Chron. 10. 15. & 18. 19. &o. Isa. 19. 2, 14. ' Isa. 33. 1. « 1 Kings 2.32. Esth. 9. 25. Ps. 7. 16. Matt.23.35, 36. fHeb. strengthen- ed ?iis hands to kill. Jotham' s parable. 7 IF And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of 'mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them. Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 ''The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive-tree, 'Keign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them. Should I leave my fatness, '"wherewith by me they honour God and man, and f go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, a7id reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree said unto them. Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, "which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 14 Then said all the trees unto the || bramble. Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees. If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my "shadow : and if not, *let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the 'cedars of Lebanon. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimeleeh kin^, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him 'according to the deserving of his hands : 17 (For my father fought for you, and f adven- tured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian : 18 'And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelecn, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother :) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then 'rejoice ye in Abimeleeh, and let him also rejoice in you : 20 But if not, "let fire come out from Abimeleeh, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimeleeh. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to ^Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimeleeh his brother. 22 TFWhen Abimeleeh had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then "God sent an evil spirit between Abi- meleeh and the men of Shechem ; and the men of Shechem "^dealt treacherously with Abimeleeh : 24 "That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimeleeh their brother which slew them, and upon the men of Shechem which | aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them : and it was told Abimeleeh. 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem : and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made GaaVs conspiracy. II merry, and went into ''the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech, 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, 'AVho is Abi- melech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him ? is not he the son of Jerubbaal ? and Zebul his officer ? serve the men of ''Hamor the father of Shechem : for why should we serve him ? 29 And "would to God this people were under my hand ! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 IT And when Zebul the rulerof the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was || kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech t privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, be come to Shechem; and behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou, and the peo- ple that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them t as thou shalt find occasion. 34 HAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Ze- bul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him. Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See, there come people down by the t middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of jjMeonenim. 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou ^saidst. Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him ? is not this the people that thou hast despised ? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Gaal went out before the men of She- chem, and fought with Abimelech. 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled be- fore him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field ; and they told Abi- melech. 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and behold, the people were come forth out of the city ; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the enter- ing of the gate of the city : and the two other com- panies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and ^he took the city, and slew the peo- ple that was therein, and ''beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. 46 IT And when all the men of the tower of She- chem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house 'of the god Berith. VI X . CHAP. X. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST abouH206. aboutl206. 1 Or, songs : *P3.68.14. Secltia.16. 9,10. Jer. 25. 30. ^ ver. 4, «lSam.25. 10. 1 Kings 12. 16. i Gen. 34. t Ileb. 2,6. Ihace done. = 2 Sam. 15. 4. J Or, hot. tHeb. crafUii/,OT, to Tormah. t Heb. at 1 2 Sam. 11. thy hand 21. shall find. 1 Sam.lO.T. & 25. 8. Eccl. 9. 10. "•Sol Sam. 31.4. ■• ver. 24. Job 31. 3. Ps.94.23. Prov. 5. 22. tHeb. navel. [ Or, the re- gar dirs of d ver. 20. the times. Deut.18.14. /Ter.2!*,29. aboutl206. » ch. 2. 16. iOT,deliver. tHeb. save. i ch. 5. 10. & 12. 14. « Dent. 3. 14. JOr, the villages nfjair. Num. 32. 41. aboutll61. d ch. 2. 11. .13. 7. 4 4. 1. &6.1.& 13.1. • ch. 2. 13. / ch. 2. 12. »1 Kings 11.33. Ps. 106. 36. aboutliei. » ch. 2. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 9. I Ter. 20. tHeb. crushed. > Dent. 29. 23. 1 Kings 12. 25. 2 Kings 3. 25. ich.8.33. Abimelech slain. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount ''Zalmon, he and all the j)eople that wer ey^xth. him; and Abime- lech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, Wliat ye have seen f me do, make haste, and do as I have done. 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them : so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. 50 ^ Then ^ went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman 'cast a piece of a mill- stone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then "'he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him. Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 6b And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 II "Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abi- melech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads : and upon them came "the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. CHAP. X. Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. AND after Abimelech there "arose to f] t defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 II And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that ''rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities,_ 'which ^ are called JlHavoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 6 HAnd ''the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and 'served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and ^the gods of Syria, and the gods of ^Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. ^ 7 And the anger of the Loed was hot against Is- rael, and he ''sold them into the hands of the Philis- tines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and f oppressed the children of Israel eighteen vears, all the children of Israel that were on the_ other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover, the children of Ammon passed over Jordan, to fight also against Judah, and against 177 Jcphthalis covenant: Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim : so that Israel was sore distressed. 10 H 'And the children oflsrael criedunto the Lord, saying. We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 11 And the Loed said unto the children oflsrael. Did not I deliver you ''from the Egyptians, and 'from the Amorites, '"from the children of Ammon, "and from the Philistines ? 12 "The Zidonians also, ^'and the Amalekites, and the Maonitcs '^did oppress you ; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 'Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods : wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and 'cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15 II And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: 'do thou unto us whatsoever fseemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16 "And they put away the t strange gods from among them, and served the Lord : and 'his soul fwas grieved for the misery of Israel. 17 Then the children of Ammon were t gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the chil- dren of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in ^Mizpeh. 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another. What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon ? he shall ''be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. CHAP. XL The covenant between JepJdhah and the Gileaditcs. I^OW "Jephthah the Gileadite was *a mighty man XM of valour, and he tvas the son of t ^^ harlot : and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons ; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house ; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled tfi"om his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gathered 'vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. 4 TI And it came to pass t in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Am- mon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, ''Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house ? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress ? 8 "And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we -^turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be ''our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the chil- dren of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head ? 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, ''The Lord f be Avitness between us, if we do not so according to thv words. 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and tlic people made him 'head and captain over 178 JUDGES. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST aboutll83. aboutllfil. i 1 Sam. 12. *ch.l0.17. 10. &20. 1. 1 Sam. 10. 17. All. 15. * Ex. 14.30. 1 Num. 21. 21, 24, 25. ! Nnm. 21. "• ch. 3. 12, 2t, 25, 26. 13. 1 ch. 3. 31. »• Gen. 32. <■ ch. 5. 19. 22. r ch. 6. 3. 3 I's. 106. 42, 43. >• Deut. 32. 15. Jer. 2. 13. • Deut. 32. 37, 38. "Deut. 2.9, 2 Kings 3. 19. 13. Jer. 2. 28. ' 1 Sam. 3. 18. 2 Sam. 15. • Num. 14. 26. t Heb. is good in thine eyes. " 2 Chron. 25. Deut.1.40. Josh. 5. 6. p Num. 13. 26. & 20. 1. 7. 14. & 15. Deut. 1. 46. 8. 3 Num. 20. Jer. 18. 7,8. t Heb. 14. •^ Num. 20. gods of 18, 21. strangers. « Ps. 106. Num. 20. 44,45. 1. Isa. 63. 9. t Heb. was shortened. ' Num. 21. jHeb. 4. cried to- Deut. 2. gether. 1-8. ych.ll.ll, " Num. 21. 29. 11. Gen. 31. 49. ' Num. 21. ■ ch. 11. 8, 13. & 22.36. 11. » Num. 21. 21. Deut. 2. 26. " Heb. 11. ' Num. 21. 32, called. 22. Jephthae. Deut. 2. 27. t ch. 6. 12. 2 Kings 5. " Num. 21. 23. t Heb. Deut. 2. 32. a woman a harlot. t Heb. » Num. 21. frmn the 24, 25. face. Deut. 2. 33, ' ch. 9. 4. 34. «Deut.2.36. 1 Sam. 22. 2. t Heb. after days. •i Num. 21. 29. 1 Kings 11. 7. Jer. 48. 7. "Deut. 9. 4, 5. & 18. 12. * Gen. 20. Josh. 3. 10. 27. /Num.22. 2. See Josh. 24.9. Jch.10.18. r Num. 21. 25. / Luke 17. * Deut. 2. 4. 36. ch. 10. 18. < Gen. 18. 25. 'Gen. 16.5. & 31. 53. 1 Sam. 24. 12, 15. A Jor. 42. 5. t Heb. be the hear- I ch. 3. 10. 1 Jephthah seems to er between have lieen us. Judgeonly of North- ' ver. 8. east Israel. His embassy to the king of Ammon. them : and Jephthah uttered all his words ''before the Lord in Mizpeh. 12 IT And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying. What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land ? 13 Andthe king of the children of Ammon answer- ed unto the messengers of Jephthah, 'Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto '"Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon : 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, "Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon : 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and "walked through the wilderness unto the Bed sea, and *came to Kadesh ; 17 Then 'Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land : 'but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab ; but he would not consent. And Israel 'abode in Kadesh. 18 Then they went along through the wilder- ness, and 'compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and "came by the east side of the land of Moab, "'and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab : for Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 And "Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon ; and Israel said unto him, ''Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. 20 "But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass througli his coast : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they 'smote them : so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed "all the coasts of the Amo- rites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispos- sessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it ? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which ''Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever 'the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art thou any thing better than •''Ba- lak the sonofZippor king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, 26 While Israel dwelt in "Heshbon and her towns, and in ''Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred j^ears ? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time ? 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me : the Lord 'the Judge 'be I'udge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 29 H Then 'the Spirit of the Lord came upon || Jej^h- tliah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER COMING OUT TO MEET HER FATHER. JephthaNs rash vow. CHAP. XII, XIIL The Ephraimites slain. passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead lie passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah "'vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the chil- dren of Ammon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that f whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, "shall surely be the Lord's, ||''and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. 32 HSo Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them : and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer even till thou come to ^Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto li the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. 34 HAnd Jephthah came to 'Mizpeh unto his house, and behold, ""his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child ; !l fbeside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he 'rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I 'have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and "I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if ih-ou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, ''do to me accord- ing to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as "the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me : Let me alone two months, that I may tgo up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months : and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who ^did with her accm'ding to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. And it was a II custom in Israel, 40 That the daughters of Israel went f yearly II to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. CHAP. XIL Che Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites. AND "the men of Ephraim f gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee ? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I *put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me tnis day, to fight against me ? 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites 'are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. Before CHRIST ;ibotitll43. ■» Gen. 28. 20. I Sam. 1. 11. tHeb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth " See Lev. 27. 2,3,4c. lSam.1.11, 28. & 2. 18. II Or, or I mil offer il. Ps.66.13. See Lcv.27. 11, 12. p Ezek. 27. 17. "i Or, Mel. ich.10.Vi & ver. 11. rKx.lo.iO. 1 Sam.18.6 Ps. 68. 25. Jer. 31. 4. DOr, he had not of his; oivn either son or daiu^h- ter. t Heb. of himself ' Gen. 37. 29,34. < Eccl.5.2. u Num. 30. 2. Ps. 15. 4. Eccl.5.4,5. I Num. 30. 2. V 2 Sam.l$. 19, 31. tHeb. go and go down. ' ver. 31. I Sam. 1. 22, 24. & 2. 18. II Or, ordinance. tHeb. from year to year. nor, to talk with. ch. 5. 11. Before CHRIST aboutll43. « See ch. 8. 1. t Ileb.werc called. <* Josb.22. 11. ch.3. 28.& 7.24. II Which .signifietU a stream, or, flood. Ps. 69. 2,15. Isa. 27.12. aboutll37. Ho seems to have been only a civilJudge to do jus- tice in North-east Israel. aboutllSO. S A civil .Tudge in North-east Israel. aboutll20. _ A civil Judge aUo in North- east Israel. t Ileb. sons' sons. ' ch. 5. 10. & 10. 4. aboutlll2. /ch. 3. 13, 27. &. 6. 14. aboutliei. tHeb. added to commit, c&c. «ch. 2. 11. & 3. 7. & 4. 1. & 6. 1. & 10.6. This seems a partial Captivity. H Sam. 12. 9. « Josh. 19. 41. ■i ch. 6. 12. Luke 1.11, 13,28,31. « ver. 14. Num. 6. 2, 3. Luke 1.16. /Num. 6.5. 1 Sam.1.11. »Num. 6.2. J'SeelSam. 7.13. 2Sam.8. 1. IChron.lS. 1. ch. 6. 19, 20. 7 Lev. 9. 24. 1 Chron. 21.16. Ezek.1.28. Matt. 17. 6. r ch. 6. 22. » Gen. 32. 30. Ex. 33. 20. Deut.5. 26. ch. 6. 22. ' Ileb. 11. 32. u 1 Sam. 3. 19. Luke 1. 80. & 2. 62. »ch.3.10. 1 Sam. 11. 6. Matt. 4. 1. t Heb. Ma- haneli-dan, n8Ch.l8.12. 1/ Josh. 15. 33 ch. 18.11. aboutll41. « Gen. 38. 13. Jo8h.15.10. ' Gen. 34. 2. «Gcii.2L 21. & 34. 4. '' Gen. 24. 3,4. Before CHRIST aboutU41. -•Gen. 34. 14. Ex. 34. 18. Dent. 7. 3. flleb. she is right in mine eyes. /Josh. 11. 20. 1 Kipga 12. 15. 2 Kings 6. 33. 2 Chron. 10. 15. & 22. 7. & 25. 20. s ch. 13. 1. Dcut.28.48. f Heb. in meeting him. * ch. 3. 10. &13.25. 1 Sam. 11. 6. ' 1 Kings 10.1. Ezek.17.2. Luke 14.7. t Gen. 29. 27. II Or, shirts. 1 Gen. 45. 22. 2 K".ng8 5. 22. >» ch. 16. 5. " ch. 15. 6. t Ileb. to possess us, or, *o impoverish lis. "ch. 16. 15. II Or, the rest of the seven days, <£c. p ch. 3. 10. & 13.25. Or, apparel. His marriage-feast. goest to take a wife of the 'uncircumcised Philis- tines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me, for fshe pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was -^of the Loed, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time ^the Philis- tines had dominion over Israel. 5 HThen went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath : and behold, a young lion roared f against him. 6 And ''the Spirit of the Loed came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid,_and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman ; and she pleased Samson well. 8 IF And after a, time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion : and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the car- cass of the lion. 10 ll So his father went doAvn unto the woman, and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 fTAnd Samson said unto them, I will now 'put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me ''within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty || sheets and thirty 'change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him. Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days ex- pound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, "'Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, "lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us f to take that we have ? is it not so f 16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, "Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my Eeople, and hast not told it me. And he said unto er, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 17 And she wept before him lithe seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down. What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion ? And he said unto them. If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 19 T[ And ^'the Spirit of the Loed came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their li spoil, and gave change of gar- ments unto them which expounded the riddle. And Samson burnetii the Philistines' corn: CHAP. XV, XVI. his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 20 But Samson's wife 'was given to his com- panion, whom he had used as ""his friend. CHAP. XV. Samson hurneth the Philistines' corn with foxes and fire-brands. BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly "hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she ? ftake her, I pray_ thee, instead of her. 3 IT And Samson said concerning them, UNow shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took 11 fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the stand- ing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 6 HThen the Philistines said. Who hath done this ? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. ''And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 IF And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9 HThen the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judali, and spread themselves 'in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said. Why are ye come up against us ? And they answered. To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11 Then three thousand men of Judah fwent to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are ''rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them. As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him. We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 13 And they spake unto him, saying. No ; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 'iAnd when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him : and 'the Spirit of the Loed came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands t loosed from ofi" his hands. 15 And he found a t^ew jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and •'slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said. With the jaw-bone of an ass, t heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass when he had made an end He is enticed by Delilah. Before CHRIST aboiiU141. 1 ch. 15. 2. • John 3. 29. aboutlllO. «ch.l4.20. t Ileb. let /lei-be thine. II Or, iVow sJiall 1 be blame- less fro)n the Philis- tines, though, dC-c. «0r, torches. «'ch.l4.15 = ver. 19. t Ileb. went down i ch. 14. 4 " ch. 3. 10. & 14. 6. t Ileb. were mdted, t Ucb. moist. f ch. 3. 31. Lev. 26. 8. Josh.23.10. t Heb. a heajy, two heaps. Before CHRIST aboutlUO. II That is, the lifting up of the jaw-bone, or, casting away of the jaw-bone, 9 Ps. 3. 7. Or, held. '' Gen. 45. 27. Isa. 40. 29. „ That is, the well of him that called, or, cried. Ps. 34. 6. He seems to have judged Southwest Israel during twenty years of their servi- tude of the Philis- tines. ch. 9. 27. Boforo CHRIST aboutll20. mob. 13.25. aboutll20. aboutl406. a Oon. 14. 19. Ruth 3. 10. » Seo Ex. 20. 4, 23. Lev. 19. 4. « Ian. 46. 0. t Ileb. before than. * Dent. 22. I Jcr .15.15. II Or, ke leaned on them. t Ileb. my soul. ■i ch. 8. 27. » Gen. 31. 19, 30. Hos. 3. 4. t Ileb. filled the hand. Ex. 29. 9. I Kings 13. 33. /ch. 18. 1. & 19. 1. & 21. 25. Deut. 33. 5. ff Deut. 12. 8. '' See Josh. 19. 15. ch. 19. ]. Ruth 1.1 ,2. Mic. 5. 2. Matt. 2. 1, 5,6. t Heb. in maldng his way. •ch.18.19. *Gen.45.8. Job 29. 16. II Or, a double suit, (£c. t Heb. an order of garments. "• ch. 18. 30. » ch. 17. 6. & 21. 25. ' Josh. 19. 47. t Ileb. sons. ch. 13. 25. ■i Num. 13. 17. Josh. 2. 1. ' ch. 17. 1. MicaNs idolatry. slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and "'buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. CHAP. XVIL Mlcak hireth a Lcvite to be his priest. AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he saiduntohismother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said, "Blessed be thou of the Loed, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lokd from my hand for my son, to ''make a graven image and a mol- ten image : now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother ; and his mother ''took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image : and they were m the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ''ephod, and 'teraphim, and f consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 -^In those days there was no king in Israel, "but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 IF And there was a j^oung man out of ''Betli- lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, f as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, W hence comest thou ? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem- judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto him. Dwell with me, 'and be unto me a- ''father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and il t a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah 'consecrated the Levite ; and the young man "'became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Loed will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAP. XVIIL The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. IN "those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days ''the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, f uien of valour, from 'Zorah, and from Eshtaol, ''to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the "house of Micah, they lodged there. When they were by the house of Micah, they o o The spies of Dan. CHAR XIX. 3Iicah's images carried away. knew the voice of the youn^ man the Levite : and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither ? and what makest thou in this place. ^ and what hast thou here ? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath -^hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, ^Ask counsel, we pray thee, ''of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, 'Go in peace : before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 7 IT Then the five men dejjarted, and came to ''Laish, and saw the people that wo^e therein, 'how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zido- nians, quiet and secure ; and there was no f magis- trate in the land, that might put them to shame in a7iy thing ; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with a7iy man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to "'Zorah and Eshtaol : and their brethren said unto them. What say ye? _ 9 And they said, "Arise, that we may go up against them : for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good : and are ye "still ? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come iinto a people ^secure, and to a large land : for God hath given it into your hands ; 'a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 11 IT And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men t appointed Avith weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in ''Kirjath- jearim, in Judah : wherefore they called that place 'Mahaneh-dan unto this day : behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto 'the house of Micah. 14 1I"Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that ""there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider Avhat ye have to do. 15 And thev turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and t saluted him. 16 And the "six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And 'the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took "the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and the priest stood in the en- tering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these Avent into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the tera- l)him, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, AVhat do ye ? 10 And they said unto him. Hold thy peace, ''lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, 'and be to us a father and a priest : is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel ? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. Boforo Before CHRIST CHRIST abontl406. iibontl406. /ch.17.10. si Kings 22.5. Isa. 30. 1. tllch. that thou Hos. 4. 12. A See ch. 17.5.&ver. art gather- ed together. 14. • 1 Kings 22. 6. * Josh. 19. fHeb. butfr of 47. called, Lr.xhem. soul. iver.27,2S. 2 Sam. 17. t Heb. 8. possessor, or, heir of restraint. "i ver. 2. ■1 ver. 7, 10. Deiit.33.22. n Num. 13. 30. Josh. 2. 23, « Josh. 19. 47. 24. 1 Kings 22.3. /v-r. 7. P vcr. 7, 27. 17 Num. 13. jDout.8.9. 21. 2 Sam.10.6. 'iJosh. 19. 47. ■■Gcn.14.14. ch. 20. 1. 1 Kinps 12. 29, 30. & 15. t Heb. 20. girded. <■ Josh. 15. 60. •cli.13.25. *cfi. 13. 1. 1 Sam. 4. 2, 3, 10, 11. Ps. 78. 60, 61. < rer. 2. ' Josh. 18. 1. ** 1 Sam. ch. 19.18. 14. 28. & 21. 12. « ch. 17. 5. <■ ch. 17.6. & IS. 1. & 21. 25. tneb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a t Hcb. _ concubine.. aslcid him * ch.17.7. of peace. 11 Or, Gen.*}. 27. a year and 1 Sam. 17. fmir ■2>. months. V vcr. 11. fHeb. ' ver. 2, 14. days four "ch. 17.4,5. months. tUeb. to her heart. Gen. 34. 3. J Job 21 5. t Heb. & 29. 9. & .■strengthen. 40. 4. 'Gen. 18. 5. l'iov.-30.32. Mic. 7. 10. « ch. 17. 10. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage before them. 22 MAnd when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aUeth thee, f that thou comest with such a company? 24 And he said. Ye have taken away my god>s which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee ? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him. Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest f angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan went their way : and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which INIicah had made, and the priest which he had, and ''came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure : 'and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was -far from Zidon, and thev had no business with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth ''by Beth- rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And ''they called the name of the city 'Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel : howbeit the name of the city ivas Laish at the first. 30 IF And the children of Dan set up the graven image : and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan ''until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, 'all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. CHAP. XIX. A Levite goeih to Belh-lehem, to fetch home his wife. AND it came to pass in those days, "when there tvas no king in Israel, that there was a certain Le- vite sojournmg on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him f a concubine out of ''Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah,andwas there iltfourwhole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak t friendly unto h er, and to brin^ her again, hav- ing his servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house : and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, re- tained him ; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 H And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart : and the damsel's father said unto Ins son- in-law, t 'Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. ^ , • i i ., 6 And they sat down, and did cat and drmk both of them together : for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father- in-law urged him : therefore he lodged there agaau. 183 The Levite and his concubine : 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried f until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his f ather-in-law,the dam- sel's father, said unto him. Behold, now the da^ f draw- eth toAvard evening, I pray you tarry all night: be- hold, t the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be .merry ; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go f home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came fover against "^Jebus, which is Jerusalem : and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pra;^ thee, and let us turn into this city "of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel ; we will pass over -^to Gibeah. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in ^Bamah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which helongeth to Benjamin, 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city : for there was no man that ''took them into his house to lodging. 16 lIAnd behold, there came an old man from 'his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city : and the old man said. Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I : and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to 'the house of the Lord ; and there is no man that t receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants : there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said, 'Peace be with thee ; howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me ; "'only lodge not in the street. 21 "So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses : "and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 IfiVbw as they were making their hearts merry, behold, ^'the men of the city, certain ''sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, 'Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And 'the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them. Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, 'do not this folly. 24 "Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine ; them I will bring out now, and "humble ye them, and do with them \vhat seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not f so vile a thing. 184 JUDGES. Before CHRIST nboiitl406. tHeb. till the day declined. t Hob. is weak. t Heb. it is the pitching time of the day. t lieb. to thy tent. t Heb. to over against. •I Joeh. 18. 28. " Josh. 15. 8,63. ch. 1. 21. 2 Sam. 5.6. /Josh. 18. 28. a Josh. 18. ''J[att.25. 43. Ilcb. 13. 2. (r3.104.23. * Josh. 18. 1. ch. 18. 31. & 20.18. 1 Sam. 1. 3, t Heb. gatliereth. ver. 15. ' Oc-n. 43. 23. cli. 6. 23. "> Qon. 19. 2. » Gen. 24. 32. & 43. 24, "Gen. 18.4 John 13. 5. Pacn.19.4. cli. 20. 5. Ilos.n. 9. & 10.9. 5Dout. 13. 13. '•acn.19.5, Rom. 1. 2G. 27. " Gen. 19. 6,7. « 2 Sam. 13, 12. "Gen.mS "^ Gen. 34.2, Dent.21.14 t Heb. Ihr. matter o/' lilt's folbj. ' ch. 20. 5. Before CHRIST aboutl406. V Gon. 4. 1. ch. 20. 6. See 1 Sam. 11.7. i ch. 20. 7. PiOT.13.10. "Deut.lS. 12. Josh .22.12. cli. 21. 5. 1 Sam.] 1.7. ''ch.18.29. 1 Sam.3.20. 3Sam.3.10. &24. 2. Jmlg. 10. 17. & 11.11. lSam.7. 5. &10.17. ■Jch. 8. 10. t Heb. the man the Levite. «ch.l9.15. /ch.19.22. 9 ch. 19. 25, 26. t Heb. humbled. * cli. 19. 29. 'Josh.7.15. * ch. 10. 30. t Heb. fellows. I Dent. 18. 14. JoBlr. 22. K, 10. Jffe declareth his wrong. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and_ they "knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But "^none answered.' Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 HAnd when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and "divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day : consider of it, *take advice, and speak your minds. CHAP. XX. The war between the Benjamites and the Israelites. THEN "all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from ''Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Loed ""in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the as- sembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen ''that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness ? 4 And fthe Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, T came into Gibeah that belong eth to Benjamin, I and my con- cubine, to lodge. 5 ^And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me : "and my concubine have they f forced, that she is dead. 6 And ''I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel : for they 'have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; *give here your advice and counsel. 8 ilAnd all the people arose as one man, saying. We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house : 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah : we will go up by lot against it ; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 Bo all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, f knit together as one man. 12 1 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all The Israelites war with Benjamin. CHAP. XXL The Benjamites' desolation. the tribe of Benjamin, saying, Wliat wickedness is tliis that is done among you ? 13 Now therefore dehver us the men, "the chil- dren of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and "put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the Yoice of their brethren the children of Israel : 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered them- selves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibe- ah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people theix were seven hun- dred chosen men "left-handed ; every one could sling stones at an h.'slv-hreadth, and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these were men of war. 18 IF And the children of Israel arose, and^went up to the house of God, and *asked counsel of God, and said. Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin ? And the Loed said, Judah shall go up first, 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel put them- selves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And ''the chilcTren of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 ('And the cliildren of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying. Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother ? And the Lord said. Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And 'Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed doAvn to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; alF these drew the sword. 26 HThen all the children of Israel, and all the people, "went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 27 And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, (for ""the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 ^And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ^stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the chil- dren of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said. Go up ; for to-morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 And Israel "setliers in wait round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put them- selves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began f to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the liighways, of whicli one goeth Y Before Before CHRIST CIIKIST aboutl400. aboiitl406. (Or, "• Bent. IB. 13. Beth-cU ch. 19. 22. " Deut. 17. 12. s. Tosh .8.14. Isa. 47. 11. « ch. 3. 15. 1 Chron. 12.2. <=Josh.8.15. !'ver.23.26. ? Num. 27. ■iJosh.S.ig. 21. ch. 1. 1. BOr, made a long sound with the trumpets. Josh. 6. 5. II Or, tivie. t Heb. mtli. t lleb. dnvatmn. t Ileb. to smite the wounded. r Ocn. 49. 27. ■>.7.ish.8.20. t Hob. the whole consump- tion. •ver. 20,27. t Ileb. touched them. ' ver. 21. Or, from Mcnuchah, dx. t Ileb. unto over against. " ver. 18. f Josh. 15. 32. «.Tosh.l8.1. 1 Sam. 4. 3, 4. V Josh. 24. ffch. 21.13. 33. « Doiit. 10. 8. & 18. 6. a So Josh. t Ileb. 8.4. wasfound. t Ileb. werc/ound. fUeb. " ch. 20. 1. to smite of the jfeople wounded as at. dx. up to lithe house o'f God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said. They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said. Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar : and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah, 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore : ''but they knew not that evil was near them, 35 And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benja- mites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men : all these drew the sword, 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten : ""for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 37 ''And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah ; and the liers in wait li drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed Ifsign between the men of Israel fand the liers in wait, that they should make'a great fflame with smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began f to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons : for they said. Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites 'looked behind them, and behold, t the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed : for they saw that evil i"was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness ; but the battle overtook them ; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down Ijwith ease fover against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men ; all these were men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilder- ness unto the rock of ^'Bimmon : and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men ; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword ; all these loere men of valour. 47 "But six hundred men turned and fled to the Avilderness unto the rock Bimmon, and abode in the rock Bimmon four months. 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that t came to hand : also they set on fire all the cities that f they came to. CHAP. XXL The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin. "VTOW "the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, -Ji saying. There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 185 TJiQ Benjamites^ desiruction bewailed: 2 And the people came ''to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wejjt sore ; o And said, O Loed God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel ? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the l)cople rose early, and 'built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings, _ 5 And the children of Israel said. Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Loed ? ''For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Loed to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. _ 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that re- main, seeing we have sworn by the Lord, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? 8 ir Aud they said. What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Loed? and behold, there came none to the camp from 'Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and behold there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, -^Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. 1 1 And this is the thing that ye shall do, 'Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that fhath Iain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred f young virgins that had known no man by lying with any male : and they brought them unto the camp to ''Shiloh, which is in the laud of Canaan. 13 And the whole congregation sent some fto speak to the children of Benjamin 'that loere in the rock Kimmon, aud to llcall peaceably unto them. KUTH. Bofore CHRIST abontl406. 'ch.20.18, m "2 88111.24. 25. ^ Jiulg. 6. 23. Before CIimST aboutl408. * vcr. 6. «lS,iin. 11, 1. k 31. 11, / ver. 5. & ch. 5. 23. 1 Sam.11.7, s. Num. 31. 17. t lleb. knnweth the lying with man, fHeb. young women virgins. * Josh. 18. 1. tHeb. and spaJce and called. » Gen. 38. abontl.312. 11. Deut. 26. 5. nor, if I were with a hus- band. tHeb. /I Sam.25. 23. hnpe. fHeb. Ihave much bit- terness. » Judg. 2. 15. s ch. 1. 14, Job 19. 21. 16, 17. Ps. 32. 4. & 38. 2. & 39. 9,10. ProT. 17. 17. & 18. 24. P Judg. 11. 24. '■ See Josh. 41 Sam. 24. 24. 15, 19. 19. 2 Kings 2. 2. Lulvo 24. ' ch. 1. 16. 28. Ps. 17. 8. & BOr, 35. 7. & 57. Be not 1. & 63. 7. against me. II Or, I find « 2 Kings 2. favour. 2, 4, 6. * Gen. 33. e ch. 2. 11, 15. 12. 1 Sam. 1. « 1 Sam. 3. 18. 17. & 25. 22. tHeb. 2 Sam. 19. iotheheart. 13. Gen. 34. 3. 2 Kings 6. Judg. 19. 3. 31. !lSam.25. »= Acts 21. 41. 14. "> ver. 18. tHob. strengthen- ed herself. v Matt. 21. 10. t See tneh. Isa. 23. 7. shami hix- Lam. 2. 15. not. II Tliat is, pleasant. 1 That is, bitter. a Job 1. 21. 6 Ex. 9. 31, 32. ch. 2. 23. 2 Sam. 21. G. » Ter. 14. <■ ch. 3. 2, » ver. 10. 12. Ps. 41. 1. » ch. 4. 21. II Called, So 02, Matt. 1. 6. "Lev. 19. 9. Deut.24.19. P ch. 3. 10. 2 Sam. 2. 5. Job 29. 13. 3 Prov. 17. 17. t Ileb. liap. >■ ch. 3. 9. & happened. 4. 6. 11 Or, OTie that hath right to redeem : See L6V.25. i Pa. 129.7, 25, 8. Luke 1. 28. 2 Thess. 3. 16. D Or, fall upon Ihce. « ch. 1. 22. » 1 Cor. 7. 36. 1 Tim. 5. 8. «• oil. 1. 9. «cli.2. 8. neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do I'eap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee ? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she -^fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger ? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, ^all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the. death of thine husband : and hoiv thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 ''The Loed recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, 'under whose wings thou art. come to trust. 13 Then she said, || ''Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken ffriendly unto thine handmaid, 'though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and "'was sufficed, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and t reproach her not : 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of pur- pose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 II And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth, and gave to her "that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her. Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did "take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, ^Blessed be he of the Loed, who ''hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, " II one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said. He said unto me also. Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law. It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they llmeet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheat- harvest ; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAR III. 1 By Naom^s insti-uction, 6 Buth lieth at Boa^s feet. rriHEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, - My daughter, "shall I not seek ''rest for thee, at it may be well with thee ? th 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, "with 187 Ruth lieth at Boaz\ feet. ■whose maidens tliou wast ? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor. 8 Wash thyself therefore, ''and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: hut make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and || uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her. All that thou sayest unto me I will do. G UAnd she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her._ 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and 'his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and un- covered his feet, and laid her down. 8 IT And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and || turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said. Who art thou? And she an- swered, I am Kuth thine handmaid : -^spread there- fore thy skirt over thine handmaid ; for thou art II -'a near kinsman. 10 And he said, ''Blessed he thou of the Lord, my daughter : for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than 'at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor orrich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not ; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the fcity of my people doth know that thou art 'a virtuous wonian. 12 And now it is true that I am thy 'near kins- man : howbeit "'there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morn- ing, that if he will "perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well ; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, "as the Loed liveth : lie down until the morning. 14 1[ And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, ^'Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. ^ 15 Also he said, Bring the 11 vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And wlifin she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said. Who art thou, my daughter ? and she told her all that the man had done to her, 17 And she said. These six measures of barley gave he me ; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. 18 Then said she, 'Sit still,my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAP. IV. Boaz callcth into judgment the next kinsman, THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there : and behold, "the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by ; unto whom he said. Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of *the elders of the city, ■-' snid, Sit yo down ]icre. And they sat down. 188 KUTH. and Before Beforo CHRIST CHllIST ttboutl3r2. aboutl3r2. ch. 4. 1. *Ps.l27.3. & 128. 3. " Deut. 25. 6. ch. 4. 5. ' Deut. 25. 9. 11 Or, get Matt.22.24. thee riches, » Jndg. 8. or, power. 19. » Gen. 35. Jer. 4. 2. 16, 19. tHob. proclaim thy name. " Gen. 38. p Horn. 12. 29. 17. & 14.16. 1 Chron. 2. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 32. Matt. 1. 3. 2 Cor. 8. 21. » 1 Sam. 2. 1 Thess. 5. 20. 22. P ch. 3. 11. II Or, 1 Gen. 29. sheet, or, 31. & 33. 5. apron. r Luke 1. 9 Ps. 37. 3, 5. 3 ch. 3. 12. ' 1 Kings 21.8. riov.ol.23 58. Rom.12.15. tHeb. caused to cease unto thee. Or, redeemer, t Ileb. to nourish. Gen. 45.11. Ps. 55. 22. t Heb. thy gray hairs. > 1 Sam. 1. 8. « Luke 1. 58, 59. « 1 Chron. 2. 4, Ac. Matt. 1. 3. '^ Num. 1. 7. y Mivtt. 1. 4, ic. Or, Sahnah. '1 Chron. 2.15. Matt. 1. 0. He marrieth her. 3 And he said unto the kinsmaii, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's : 4 And 1 1 thought to advertise thee, saying, 'Buy it ''before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that 1 may know : 'for there is none to redeem it besides thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of E.uth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, -^to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 II^And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance : redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 7 ''Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning chang- ing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 IF And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover, Buth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, 'that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said. We are witnesses. ''The Loed make the woman that is come into thine house like Bachel and like Leah, which two did 'build the house of Israel : and 11 do thou worthily in ""Ephra- tah and f be famous in Beth-lehem : 12 And let thine house be like the house of Pharez, "whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of "the seed which the Loed shall give thee of this young woman. 13 HSo Boaz ^'took Buth, and she was his wife : and when he went in unto her, 'the Loed gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And ""the women said unto Naomi, Blessed he the Loed, which hath not t left thee this day without a II kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and f a nourisher of f thine old age : for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is "better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 'And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying. There is a son born to Naomi ; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 IT Now these are the generations of Pharez. "Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Kam, and Ram begat Am- minadab, 20 And Amminadab begat "^Nahshon, and Nah- shon begat ^ || Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat "David. The FIRST Book of SAMEL, otherwise called The FIRST Book of the KINGS. CHAR I. Hannah Itaving home Samud, presenteih him to the LORD. l^OW there was a certain man of Kamatliaim- J-M zopliim, of mount Epliraim, and liis name was "Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, *an Ephrathite : 2 And he had two wives ; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city ' f yearly '^o worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in 'Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. 4 HAnd when the time was that Elkanah •'"of- fered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions : 5 But unto Hannah he gave || a worthy portion ; for he loved Hannah ; ^but the Lord had shut up her womb. 6 And her adversary also f ''provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, |i f when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her ; therefore she w^ept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Han- nah, why weepest thou ? and why eatest thou not ? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I 'better to thee than ten sons ? 9 HSo Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shi- loh, and after they had drunk : (now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of ''the temple of the Lord :) 10 And she was j in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. 11 And she '"vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed "look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and "remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid t a man-child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and -^there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she f continued pray- ing before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice Avas not heard : there- fore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken ? put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said. No, my lord, I am a woman t of a sorrowful spirit : I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have ^poured out my soul before the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of •"Belial : for out of the abundance of my 11 complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said, 'Go in peace : and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, "Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman "^went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 19 HAnd they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came Before CHRIST aboutU71. 3 1 Chron. 6. 27, U. 'Ruth 1.2. « Ex. 23.14. Deiit.16.16. Luke 2. 41. t Heb. from year to year, i Detit. 12. 6, 6, 7. • Josh. 18. 1. /Dent. 12. 17, IS.ilG. 11. „0r, a double portion. 17 Gen. 30. 2. J Ileb. an- gered her. AJob24.21. nor, from the time that she, die. t Ileb. from her going up. i Kuth 4. 15. ' ch. 3. 3. 1 Job 7. 11. & 10. 1. tHeb. bitter of soul. 2 Sam. 17. 8. " Gen. 28. 20. Num. SO. 3. Judg. 11. 30. Gen. 29. 32. Ex. 4. 31. 2 Sam. 16. 12. Ps. 25. 18. » Gen. 8.1. & 30. 22. t Ileb. seed of men. P Num. 6. 5. Judg. 13. 5, fUeb. multiplied to pray. fHeb. hard of spirit. s Ps. 62. 8. & 142. 2. r Deut. 13. 13. BOr, ■meditation • Judg. 18. 6. Mark.'). 34. Luke 7. 50. & S. 48. t Ps. 20. 4, 5. •• Gen. 33. 15. Rutb 2. 13. » Keel 9. 7. Before CHRIST aboutini. vGen. 4.1. « Gen. 30. 22. t Heb. in revohdion of days. aboutll71. II Tliat ia, asheA of God. <■ ver. 3. i Luke 2. 22. " ver. 11, 28. & ch. 2. 11,18. & 3. 1. i Ex. 21. 6. « Num. 30. 7. /2 Sam. 7. 25. 3 Deut. 12. 5, 6, 11. » Josh. 18. 1. ' Luke 2. 22. aboutll65. * Gen. 42. 15. 2 Kings 2. 2, 4, 6. 'Matt. 7. 7. "* ver. 11, ■22. II Or, rc- turnedhim, whom I have ob- tained by petition, to the Lord. II Or, he whom I have ob- tained by petition shall be re- turned. " Gen. 24. 26, 52. » Phil. 4. 6. ' See Luke 1. 46, &c. ' Ps. 92. 10. & 112. 9. Deut. 32. 39 Job 5. 18. Hog. 6. 1. "Job 1.21. » Pa. 75. 7. pPs.113.7, 8. Dan. 4. 17. r.uke 1. 52. 9 Job 36.7. r Job 38. 4, 5,6. Ps. 24. 2. & 102. 25. & 104. 5. Ileb. 1.3. • Ps.9i.n. & 121. 3. ' Vs. 2. 9. " ch. 7. 10. Ps. 18. 13. to their house to Ramah : and Elkanah "knew Han- nah his wife ; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, f when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name || Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, "went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will 'bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there ''abide ''for ever. 23 And 'Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemetli thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned him ; -^only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24 IT And when she had weaned him, she ''took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto ''the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child w^as young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and 'brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, O my lord, ^'as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the vfoman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 27 'For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : 28 "'Therefore also I have II lent him to the Lord : as long as he liveth ||he shall be lent to the Lord. And he "worshij)ped the Lord there. CHAP. IL 1 Sannah's song in thanJcfulness. 12 The sin of EWs sons. AND Hannah "grayed, and said, ''My heart re- joiceth in the Lord, 'mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth is enlarged over mine ene- mies ; because I ''rejoice in thy salvation. 2 ' There is none holy as the Lord : for there is ■'none beside thee : neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; ^let not far- rogancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 ''The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5 'They that were full have hired out themselves for bread ; and they that were hungry ceased : so that ^'the barren hath borne seven ; and 'she that hath many children is waxed feeble. ^ 6 ""The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bring- eth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The Lord "maketh poor, and maketh rich : "he bringeth low, and lifteth up. • 8 ^'He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, «to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory : for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them._ 9 'He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness ; for by strength shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be 'broken to pieces ; "out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : 189 The uln of Eli's sons. I. SAMUEL. ""the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and ^exalt the horn of his Anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. 'And the child did minister unto the Loud before Eli the priest. 12 UNow the sons of Eli were "sons of Belial; ''they knew not the Loed. 13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-liook of three teeth in his hand ; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they 'burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed. Give flesh to roast for the priest ; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat f Presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then he would answer him. Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great ''before the Loed : for men '•"abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 If-^But Samuel ministered before the Lord, heing a child, "girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she ''came up with her husband, to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 IF And Eli ''blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said. The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the II loan which is 'lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lord '"visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel "grew before the Lord. 22 l[Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel ; and how they lay with "the women that f assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for jjl hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people ||to transgress. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him : but if a man "sm against the Lord, who sliall entreat for him ? Notwithstanding, they heark- ened not unto the voice of their father, ^because the Lord would slay them. 26 And the child Samuel 'grew on, and was 'in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. 27 H And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, "Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house ? 28 And did I "^choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me ? and ^did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made bv fire of the children of Israel ? 29 Wiierefore 'kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my "habitation ; and honourest thy sons above me, to 190 Before Before CUKIST CHRIST iboutll65. iiboutll65. »Ps.96. 13. i Ex. 29. 9. A 98. 9. fPB.SQ.Sl. ' vor. 18. ch. 3. 1. « Jcr. 18. 9, « Deut. 13. 13. i Judg. 2. 10. 10. 'iPs.18.20. & 91. 14. « Mai. 2. 9. Jer. 22. 16. /I Kings Horn. 1.28. 2. 27. Ezek.44.10 See ch. 4. 11, 18, 20. & 14. 3. Si 22. 18, Ac. II Or, the afflictionof the taber- nacle, for all the wealth which God would have ' LeT. 3. S, i, 6, 16. given Is- rael. »See Zech. 8. 4. t Heb. men. * 1 Kings 13. 3. . t Ileb. as on the day. •■ cli. 4. 11. ' 1 Kings 2.35. 1 Chron. 29. 22.1 Ezek.44.15 1 2 Sam. 7. 11, 27. 1 Kings n. 38. »> Pa. 2. 2. •JGen.Cll. • Mai. 2. 8. &18. 50. " 1 Kings /ver.ll. 2.27. t Heb. t Ex. 28. 4. Join. 2 Slim. 6. I Or, 11. somewhat about the priesthood. A ch. 1. S. * Gon. 14. ' ch. 2. 11. 19. ' Pa. 74. 9. Amos 8. 11. DO.-, See ver. 21. petition wkich she aboutll41- ask^dj rfc. ' ch. 1. 28. • Gen. 27.1. "> Gen. 21. i 48. 10. 1^ ch. 2. 22. & 4. 15. » Ter. 26. ''Ex.27 .21. ch. 3. 19. Lev. 24. 3. Judg. 13. 2 Chron. 24. 13. 11. Luke 1. 80. < ch. 1. 9. &2.40. •See Er. 38. 8. t Heb. assembled by troops. (Or, Ihear evil words of you. (Or, to cry out. p Num. 16. 30. nor, Thus did 1 Josh. 11. Samuel 20. before he ProT.15.10. knew the •■ ver. 21. Lord, and •Prov.3.4. before the Luke 2. 52. word of the Acts 2. 47. Lord was Rom.14.18. revealed < 1 ICings unto Jam. 13. 1 f See Acts » Ex. 4. 14, 19.2. 27. ' Ex. 28. 1, 4. Num. 16. 5. &18. 1, 7. V Lev. 2. 3, 10. i. 6. 16. & 7. 7, 8, 34, 35, & 10. 14, 15. Num. 5. 9, 10. & 18. 8-19. s 2 Kings » Dout. 32. 21. 12! 15. .Ter. 19. 3. "Deut. 12. '' cli. 2. 30- 5,6. 36. A prophecy against JEli's house. make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, *I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, 'Be it far from me ; for them that honour me ''I will honour, and 'they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. . 31 Behold, •'^the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. 32 And thou shalt see || an enemy in my habita- tion, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel : and there shall not be ^an old man in tnine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart : and all the increase of thine house shall die fin the flower of their age, 34 And this shall be ''a, sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: 'in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And '•'I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind : and 'I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before "mine Anointed for ever. 36 'And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house, shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, t But me, I pray thee, into II. one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAP. IIL Sow the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel. AND "the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And 'the word of the Lord was precious in those days ; there was no open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, 'and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; 3 And ere ''the lamp of God went out 'in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 4 That the Lord called Samuel : and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am 1; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not ; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said. Here am 1; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son ; lie down again. 7 II Now Samuel -^did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and_ said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And Eli per- ceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say. Speak, Lord ; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered. Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 11 HAnd the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, 'at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In thatday I will perform against Eli ''all things Samuel telleth Ms vision to Eli. CHAP. IV, V. The death of Eli and his sons. his house : f wlien wliicli I have spoken concernin I begin, I will also make an en 13 II 'For I have told him, that I will 'judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because 'his sons made themselves II vile, and he t '"restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house "shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 15 IT And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Loed : and Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered. Here am I. 17 And he said, What is the thin^ that the LORD hath said unto thee ? I pray thee hide it not from me : "God do so to thee, and f more also, if thou hide any II thing from me, of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him f every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, -'Tt is the Loed : let him do what seemeth him good. 19 IF And Samuel ''grew, and ""the Loed was with him, 'and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel, 'from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was II established to be a prophet of the Loed. 21 And the Loed appeared again in Shiloh : for the Loed revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by "the word of the Loed. CHAP. IV. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Eben-ezer. AND the word of Samuel || t came to all Israel. [N'ow Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside "Eben-ezer : and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel : and when t they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines : and they slew of t the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 IF And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said. Wherefore hath the Loed smitten us to-day before the Philistines ? Let us t fetch the ark of the covenant of the Loed out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the arkof the covenant of the Loed of hosts, ''which dwelleth between 'the cherubims : and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Loed came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Loed was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said. Wo unto us ! for there hath not been such a tiling f heretofore. 8 Wo unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the E";yptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 ''Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, 'as they have been to you : t ciuit your- selves like men, and fight. Before CHRIST nboutll41. tneb. beff inning and end- ing. .Or, And Twill Mlhim,(fv. i ch. 2. 29, 30. 31, Ac. *Ezek.7.3. & 18. EO. I ch. 2. 12, 17, 22. ..Or, accurstd. tHeb. froionitd not upon them. " ch. 2. 23, 25. » Nnm. 15. 30. 31. laa. 22. 14. ° Ratli 1. IT. t- Heh. ioadd. \ Or, word. tHeb. tUlthe things, or, words. ? Job 1.21. i- 2. 10. Pa. 39. 9. Isa. 39. 8. « ch. 2. 21. <■ Gen. 39. 2, 21, 23. « ch. 9. 6. < Judg. 20, 1. abouOlil. !0r, faithful. " ver. 1, 4. !0r, came to pass. tHeb. was. ' ch. 5. 1. &7. 12. t Heb. the battle wasspread. tHeb. t/ie array. illeh. iaice unto us. I Before ICHRIST about 1141. I j/rer. 2. 1 Lot. 26. 17. j Deiit.28.25. i Pa. 78.9,62. » cb. 2. 32. Ps. 78. 61. '• ch. 2. 34. Ps. 78. 64. t Hob. died. i2Sam.l.2. * Josh. 7. 6. 2 Sam. 13. 19. & 15.32. Neh. 9. 1. Job 2. 12. 'ch. 1.9. ' 2 Sam. 6. 2. Ps. SO. 1. &99. 1. « Ex. 25.18 22. Num. 7.89. " ch. 3. 2. tHeb. stood. » 2 Sam. 1. 4. t Hcb. >J the thing f iboutllil. 3 He seems to haT» been a Judge to do justice only, and that in Southwest Israel. J Or, to cry out. tHeb. were turned, ■> Gen. 35. 17. tHeb. set not her heart. 5 That is, where is the glory f or, there is no glory, p ch. 14. 3. a Ps. 26. 8. & 78. 61. tHeb. yesterday, OT,the tldrd day. ■2 1 Cor. 10. 13. « Judg. 13. 1. t II eb. hi men. ch. 4. 1. & 7. 12. i Judg. 16. 23. ' Isa. 19. 1. & 46. 1, 2, "J Isa. 46. 7. ' Jcr. 50. 2. Ezek.6.4,6. Mic. 1. 7. II Or, the fishy part. /See Zeph. 1. 9. » ver. 7. 11. Ex. 9. 3. Ps. 32. 4. Acts 13.11. 10 IF And the Philistines fought, and ^Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent : and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 11 And "the ark of God was taken; and ''the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, fwere slain. 12 IF And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and 'came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and Vith earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon 'a seat by the way-side watching : for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said. What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old ; and "'his eyes f^ere dim, that he could not see. 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the armv, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, "What f is there done, my son ? 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter amon^ the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from oft' the seat back- ward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. II And he had judged Israel forty years. 19 IF And his daughter-in-law, Phmehas' wife, was with child near ||to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and travailed ; for her pains fcame upon her. 20 And about the time of her death, "the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, f neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child II ^'I-chabod, saying, 'The glory is departed from Israel: ^because the ark ot God was taken, and because of her father- in-law and her husband.) 22 And she said. The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. CHAP. V. The ark is brought into Ashdod, and set in the home of Dagon. AND the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it "from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of *Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 IF And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was 'fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Loed. And they took Dagon, and ''set him in his place a^ain. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Loed : and 'the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands were cut off' upon the threshold; only \\the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, -^tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But ^the hand of the Loed was heavy upon them 191 The ark sent back. I. SAMUEL. The Beth-shemites smitten. of Aslidod, and he Mestroj^ed them, and smote theni with 'emerods, even Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. 7 And ^Yhen the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said. The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said. What shall we do Avith the ark of the God of Israel ? And they answered. Let the ark of the God of Israel be car- ried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, ''the hand of the Lord was against the city 'with a very great destruction : and '"he smote the men of the city both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 IT Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying. They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to t us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay fus not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; "the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not, were smitten with the emerods: and thecryof the city went up to heaven. CHAP. VL The PhUislines take counsel how to send back the arh. AND the ark of the Loed was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines "called for the priests and the diviners, saying. What shall we do to the ark of the Loed ? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said. If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not *empty; but in any wise return him "a trespass-oflfering : then ye shall be healed, and it shall '^be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they. What shall he the trespass-offer- ing which we shall return to him ? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, 'according to the number of the lords of the Philistines : for one plague was on t you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your eme- rods, and images of your mice that -^mar the land ; and ye shall *give glory unto the God of Israel : per- adventure he will 'lighten his hand from off you, and from off 'your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, *as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardenedtheirhearts? when he had wrought II wonderfully among them, 'did they not let t the people go, and they departed ? 1 Now therefore make '"a new cart, and take two milch-kine "on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Loed, and lay it upon the cart ; and put "the jewels of gold which ye re- turn Inm for a trespass-offering, m a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to "Beth-shemesh, then ||he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then nve shall know that it 192 Before Before CURIST CHRIST aboutll41. ft cli. 6. 5. abouni40. • Deut. 28. 27. Pa. 78. 60. t Dcut. 2. 15. ch. 7. 1.3. & 12. 15. ' ver. 11. "• Ter. 6. Ps. 78. 66. t Heb. me, to slay me and my. tneb. me not,and r Josh. 13. my. 3. 1 ver. 6, 9. « ver. 4. aboutll40. "Gen. 41.8. I Or, Ex. 7. 11. great sUme. Dan. 2. 2. AS. 7. Matt 2. 4. t See Ex. 19. 21. * Ex. 23.15. Num. 4. 5, Dout.16.16. 15, 20. « Lev. 5. 15, 2 Sam. 6. 7. 16. '' ver. 9. " 2 Sara. 6. 9. « See ver. Mai. 3. 2. 17, 18. Josli. 13.3. Judg. 3. 3. tHeb. litem. ' Josh. IS. 14. /ch.5.6. Judg. 18. i7josh.7.19. 12. 1 Chron. Isa. 42. 12. 13. 6, 6. Mai. 2. 2. JohD 9. 24. A See ch.5.6, 11. » ch. 6. 21. Ps. 39. 10. Ps. 132. 6. i ch. 5. 3, 4, 4 2 Sam. 6. 7. 4. * Ex. 7. 13. ' Dent. 30. & 8. 15. & 2-10. 14. 17. 1 Kings 8. II Or, reproach- fully. 'Ex. 12. 31. 48. Isa. 55. 7. Hos. 6. 1. Joel 2. 12. fUeb. •i Gen. 35. them. 2. »• 2 Sam. 6. Josh.24.14, 3. 23. " Num. 19. aboutll20. 2. " Judg. 2. » ver. 4, 5. 13. / 2 Chron. 30. 19. Job 11. 13, 14. s Dent. 6. P Josh. 15. 13. & 10. 20. 10. & 13. 4. II Or, it. Matt. 4. 10. 1 ver. 3. Luke 4. 8. is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 IT And the men did so ; and took two milch- kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home : 11 And they laid the ark of the Loed upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, low- ing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left ; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the Loed. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Loed, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt- offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Loed. 16 And when ""the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 'And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering unto the Loed ; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one ; 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the II great stone 0/ Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Loed : ivhich stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 19 HAnd 'he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Loed, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and three- score and ten men : and the people lamented, be- cause the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Loed God ? and to whom shall he go up from us ? 21 HAnd they sent messengers to the inhabit- ants of "^Kirjath-jearim, saying. The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Loed ; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAP. VIL They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, to keep it. AND the men of "Kirj ath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Loed, and brought it into the house of 'Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. 3 HAnd Samuel spake unto all the house of Is- rael, saying. If ye do 'return unto the Loed with all your hearts, then ''put away the strange gods, and '^Ashtaroth, from among you, and •'prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and ^serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. The Philisiines subdued. CHAP. VIII, IX. Samuel describeth a hing. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away ''Baa- lim, and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said, 'Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, *and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and 'fasted on that day, and said there, '"We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the chil- dren of Israel in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the chil- dren of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines, 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, t "Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philis- tines. 9 HAnd Samuel took a sucking lamb, and of- fered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord : and "Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel ; and the Lord || heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt- offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel : "^but the Lord thundered with a great thun- der on that day upon the Philistines, and discom- fited them ; and they were smitten before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until tkey came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel 'took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it ii Eben- ezer, saying. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 13 H'So the Philistines were subdued, and they "came no more into the coast of Israel : and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines : and there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel "judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year fin circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 And ^his return was to Ramah ; for there was his house ; and there he judged Israel ; and there he 'built an altar unto the Lord. CHAP. VIII. By occasion of the ill government of SamueTa sons, the Israelites ask a king. AND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he "made his ''sons judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his first-born was II Joel ; and the name of his second, Abiah : they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons 'ivalked not in his ways, but turned aside ''after lucre, and ^ook bribes, and per- verted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered them- selves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him. Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now -^make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 HBut the thing f displeased Samuel, when they said. Give us a king to judge us : and Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 13 Z Before CHRIST aboutll20. i> Jndg. 2. 11. « Judg. 20. 1. 2 Kings 26. 23. i 2 Sam. 14. 14. 1 Neh. 9. 1, 2. Dan. 9. 3, 4,5. Joel 2. 12. »• Judg. 10. 10. 1 KiDga 8. 47. Ps. 106. 6. t Ileb. Be not silent from us from crying. » Isa. 37. 4. ? Ps. 99. 6. Jer. 15. 1. II Or, answered. r See Josh. 10. 10. Judg. 4. 15. & 5. 20. ch. 2. 10. 2 Sam. 22. 14. 15. « Gen. 28. 18. & 31. 45. & 35. 14. Josh. 4. 9. & 24. 26. Ii That is, The stone of he^p. ch. 4. 1. « Judg. 13. 1. " ch. 13. 5. ' ver. 6. ch. 12. 11. Judg. 2. 16. tHeb. and he cir- cuited. V ch. 8. 4. Jndg. 21, 4. abontlll2. ' Deut. 16. 18. 2 Cliron. 19.5. ' See Jndg. 10. 4. & 12. 1*, compared with Judg. 5.10. II Yashni, 1 Chrou. 6. 28. ' Jer. 22. 15, 16, 17. "'Ex. 18.21. 1 Tim. 3. 3. & 6. 10. • Deut. 16. 19. Ps. 15. 5. 1095. /Ter.19,20. De«t.l7.14. 1103.13. 10. Acts 13. 21. t Heb. was evil in the eyes of Samuil. Before CHRIST 1095. a See Ex. 16. 8. '• ch. 10. 19. i 12. 17, 19. Hos.13.10, XL \ Or, obey. lOr, not- withstand- ing when thou hast solemnly protested against thetn, then thou Shalt shew, !LeT.7. 32, 33. i Dent. 33. 1. 1 Kings 13. Ezek. 24.4. 11 Or, reserved. • ch. 3. 19. /SeeJndg. 6. 18. & 13. 17. 1 Kings U. 3. y Dent. 22. 2 Kings i. 42. & 8. 8. 8. 2 S.im.11.2. tHeb. Acts 10. 9. is gone out nf, dv. t Heb. is with us. tHeb. there is found in my hand. s Gen. 25. 22. ^ 2 Sam. 24. 11. 2 Kings 17. tHeb. 13. to-day. 1 Chron. 26.2i.i-29. 29. 2 Chron. 16. 7, 10. Isa. 30. 10. « ch. 9. 16. Amos 7. 12. k 16. 13. t Heb. 2 Kings 9. Thy word 3,6 is good. ».Ps. 2. 12. fHob. « Acts 13. in the as- 21. Cfnt of the i Deut. 32. city. 9. i Gen. 24. Ps. 78. 71. 11. ' Gen. 35. * Gen. 31. 19,20. 54. /Josh. 18. ch. 16. 2. 28. II Or, feast. ' 1 Kings t Heb. tlie business. 3.2. tHeb. to-day. a Gen. 28. 22. & 35. 1, 3,7. "•ch. 15.1. t Heb. Oik Acts 13. 21. thee of t Heb. peace: rei'eaUd as Judges the ear of 18. 15. Samuel. » ver. 10. ch. 20. 2. <■ ch. 13. 3. " ch. 10. 1. » Ex. 2. 25. *ch. 9.12. & 3. 7, S. 'Ex. 15. 20, 21. 2 Kings 3. 15. Pch.16.12. 1 Cor. 14 1. Hos.13.11. '» Num. 11. t Heb. re- strain in. 25. ch. 16. 13. " ver. 10. ch. 19. 23, 24. fHeb. it shaU come to pass, that when these signs, <£c. Ex. 4. 8. Luke 2. 12. 5 Tcr. 3. t Heb. do t Heb. for thee as to-day thy hand three days. shallfmd. r ch. 8. 5, Judg. 9. 33. 19. & 12.13. P Judg. 6. 12. • ch. 15. 17. •!ch.ll.l4. ' Judg. 20. 15. i 13. 4. 46, 47, 48. ' ch. 13. 8. Ps. 68. 27. tHeb. "See Judg. shoulder. 6.15. tHeb. fHeb. turned. according ' ver. 5. to this Isa. 54. 13. John 6 45. i. 7. 16. Before CHRIST 1095. ' Judg. 11. 11. & 20. 1. eh. 11. 15. " ch.7.6, 6. ' Judg. 6. 8, 9. ch. 8. 7, 19. & 12.12. •f Josli. 7. 14, 16, 17. Acts 1. 24, 26. « cli. 23. 2, 4, 10, 11, /ch. 9. 2. a 2 Sam. 21.6. A 1 Kings 1. 25, 39. 2 Kings 11. 12. tHeb. Lei the Icing live. • See Deut. 17. 14, ic. ch. 8. 11. i Judg. 20. 14. ch. 11. 4. ich.11.12. "> Deut. 13. 13. 1 2 Sam. 8.2. 1 Kings 4. 21. & 10.25. 2 Chron. 17.5. Ps. 72. 10. Matt. 2. 11. II Or, he was 03 though he had been deaf. »ch.l2.12. > Judg. 21. 8. ' Gen. 26. 28. Ex. 23.32. 1 Kings 20. 34. Job 41. 4, Ezek.17.13 i Gen. 34. 14. ch. IT. 26. tHeb. Forbear us. ' ch. 10. 26. & 15. 34. 2 Sam. 21. 6. /Judg. 2.4. k 21. 2. a Judg. S. 10. & 6. 34. & 11.29.413. 25. & 14. 6. ch. 10. 10. & 16. 13. » Judg. 19. 29. < Judg. 21. 6, 8, 10. t Heb. ai one man. Judg. 20.1, * Judg. 1.5, 1 2 Sam. 24 9. II Or, ddi- vorance. » ver. 3. » See ch. 31. 11. Judg. 7. 16. pch.10.27. ? See Luke 19. 27. '•2 Sam. 19. 22. • Ex. 14.13, 30. ch. 19. 5. 1095. ' ch. 10. 8. ch.10.17. * ch. 10. 8. « ch. 8. 5, 19, 20. »ch.l0.24. & 11. 14,15. « Num. 27. 17. ch. 8. 20. vill 'Tear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the f com- mandment of the Lord, then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you, f continue following the Lord your God. 15 But if ye will '^not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, 'as it was against your fathers. 16 ITNow therefore '"stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eves. 17 Is it not "wheat-harvest to-day? "I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain ; that ye may perceive and see that ^your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day : and 'all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, ''Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not : for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 20 TIAnd Samuel said unto the people. Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; 21 And 'turn ye not aside : 'for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver ; for they are vain. 22 For "the Lord will not forsake his people ^for his great name's sake : because ''it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. 196 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1095. 1093. i John 18. t Heb, 38. /rovi ceas- Acts 23. 9. ing. 4 24. 16, 20. •Acts 12. 5. ' Ex. 22. 4. Rom. 1. 9. < Mic. 0. 4. Col. 1. 9. I Or, 2 Tim. 1.3. made '•Ps.34.11. Prov.4.H. «Ib.i.1.18. ' 1 Kings & 5. 3, 4. 8.36. Mic. 6. 2, 3. 2 Chron. 6. t Heb. 27. righteoits- Jer. 6. 16. nesses, • Eccl. 12. or, benejtts. 13. Judg.5.11. '• Isa. 5. 12. tUeb. 11 Or, with. what a » Gen. 46. great 5,6. thing, &c. » Ex. 2. 23. • Deut. 10. P Ex. 3. 10. 21. & 4. 18. Ps. 126. 2, ?Judg.3.7. 3. '■Judg.4.2. / Josh. 24. • Judg. 10. 7. & 13. 1. 20. a Deut. 28. 36. t Heb. t Judg. 3. 12. the son of one year in " Judg. 10. his reign- 10. ing. 1093. " ch. 10. 26. » Judg. 2. ' ch. 10. 5. 13. liOr, V Judg. 10. the hill. 15, 16. ' Judg. 6. t Heb. 14, 32. did stink. « Judg. 11. Gen. 34. 30. 1. Ex. 5. 21. ' ch. 7. 13. • ch. 11. 1. •i ch. 8. 3, 19. • Judg. 8. 23. ch. 8. 7. cSc 10. 19. /ch.10.24. •Judg. 6. 2. D ch. 8. 5. ^ & 9. 20. » Hos. 13. 11. ' Josh. 24. 14. Ps. 81. 13, t Ileb. 14. trembled tHeb. after him. mouth. t Heb. be '' ch. 10. 8. after. ' Lev. 26. 14, 15, Ac. Deut.28.16, &c. Jo8h.24.20. ' ver. 9. « Ex. 14. 13, 31. » Prov. 26. 1. » Josh. 10. 12. t Heb. ch. 7.9,10. bless him. Jam. 5. 16, 17, 18. P ch. 8. 7. s Ex. 14.31. See Ezra 10.9. <■ Ex. 9. 28. & 10. 17. Jam. 5. 15. tHeb. 1 John 5. entreated 16. the/ace. • Deut. 11. ' 2 Chron. 16. 16.9. ' Jer. 16. /ch. 15.11. 19. Hab. 2. 18. 1 Cor. 8. 4. » 1 Kings 6.13. Ps. 94. 14. • Josh. 7. 9. i;ch.l5.28. Ps. 106. 8. '•Ps.89.20. Jer. 14. 21. Acts 13. 22. Ezek.20.9, 14. y Deut. 7 7, 8. & 14. 2. Mai. 1. 2. !I7ie Philistines come against Israel. 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord f "^in ceasing to pray for you : but "I will teach you the 'good and the right way : 24 'Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for ''consider || how "great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ■''ye shall be consumed, ^both ye and your king. CHAP. XIIL 1 SauFs selected band. 3 He calleth the Hebrews to Oilgal against the Philistines. SAUL t reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel ; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in "Gibeah of Benjamin : and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote ''the garrison of the Phi- listines that was in JlGeba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet through- out all the land, saying. Let the Hebrews hear. 4: Apd all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also t was had in abomination with the Philistines : and the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 H And the Philistines gathered themselves toge- ther to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude : and th^ came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people "did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the BLebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people t followed him trembling. 8 H'^And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said. Bring hither a burnt-offering to me, and peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offerinff, behold, Samuel came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might f salute him. 11 HAnd Samuel said. What hast thou done? And Saul said. Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash _; 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not f made supplication unto the Lord : I forced myself there- fore, and offered a burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, "Thou hast done foolishly: ■''thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee :' for now would tne Lord have established thy king^ dom upon Israel for ever. 14 ^But now thy kingdom shall not continue : ''the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. Jonathan and his armour-bearer CHAR XIV. smite the Philistines. 15 And Saimiel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul num- bered the people that were f present with him, 'about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people Ma^ were present with them, abode in f Gibeah of Ben- jamin : but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 "^ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies : one company turned unto the way that leadeth to 'Ophrah, unto the land of Shual : 18 And another company turned the way to 'Beth-horon : and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of ""Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 IF Now "there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel : (for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears :) 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Phi- listines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had fa file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and fto sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that "there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 ^'And the || garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. CHAP. XIV. Jonathan goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistine^ garrison. "IVTOW II it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan ±S the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour. Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate-tree which is in Mig- ron : and the people that were with him were "about six hundred men ; 3 And 'Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, "I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Loed's priest in Shiloh, bearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 H And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over 'unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side : and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The t forefront of the one was situate north- ward over against Michmash, and the other south- ward over against Gibeah. _ 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour. Come, and let us go over unto the gar- rison of these uncircumcised : it maybe that the Lord will work for us : for there is no restraint to the LoED •^to save by many or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him. Do all that is in thine heart : turn thee ; behold, I am with thee according to thine heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, f Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. Before CHKXST 1093. ffieb. found. • ch. 14. 2. tHeb. Gebah. ver. 3. * Josh. 18. 23. 'Josli.16.3. 418.13,14 "• Neh. 11. 34. " See 2 Kings 24. 14. Jer. 24. 1. t Hcb. aJlU with mouths. t Heb. to set. o So Judg. 6.8. Pch. 14.1,4 II 0.-, standing camp. about 1087. II Or, there was a day. Before CHRIST aboutl087. '■See Gon.24.14. Judg. 7. 11. » ch. 13. 15. » ch. 22. 9, 11, 20. called Ahimelech. ' ch. 4. 21. ■« ch. 2. 28. 'ch.13.23. t Heb. tooth. /Judg. 7.4, 7. 2 Chron. 14. 11. t Heb. Be still. BOr, half a fur- row of an acre of land. Judg. 7. 21. • 2 King3 7. 7. Job 18. n. *ch.l3. 17. t Heb. a tremhling of God. 'Gen. 35. 5. »> vcr. 20. » Num. 27. 21. lOr, tumult. t Heb. wp.re cried together. Judg. 7. 22. 2 Chron. 20. 23. P ch. 13. 6. 7 Ex. 14.30. Ps. 44. 6, 7. Hos. 1. 7. ' ch. 13. 5. » Josh. 6. 26. « Deut. 9. 28. Matt. 3. 5. '« Ex. 3. 8. Num. 13. 27. Matt. 3. 4. 10^ But if they say thus. Come up unto us ; then we will go up : for the Loed hath delivered them into our hand ; and ''this shall be a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines : and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jona- than and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jona- than said unto his armour-bearer. Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armouw-bearer after him : and they fell before Jonathan ; and his armour-bearer slew after him. ^ 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were || an half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plough. 15 And 'there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people : the garrison, and *the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked : so it was f 'a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Ben- jamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and the^y '"went on beating down one another. 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him. Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. . For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. 19 IT And it came to pass while Saul "talked unto the priest, that the || noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on, and increased : and Saul said unto the priest. Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him t assembled themselves, and they came to the battle : and behold, "every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which ^had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 'So the Lord saved Israel that day : and the battle passed over 'unto Beth-aven. 24 iTAnd the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had 'adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until even- ing, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 'And all they of the land came to a wood ; and there was "honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped : but no man put his hand to his mouth ; for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honey-comb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. 197 > Jonathan talcen hy lot, and rescued. 28 Theu answered one of the people, and said, Tliy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man tliat eateth any food this day. And the people were li faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the laud : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. oO HoAV much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies wliicli they found ? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines ? 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmashto Aijalon : and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon tlie spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground : and the people did eat them ""with the blood. 33 ifTlicn they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said. Ye have II transgressed : roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said. Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox fwith him that night, and slew tliem there. 35 And Saul ^built an altar unto the Lord : f the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord : 36 II And Saul said. Let us go down after the Phi- listines by night, and spoil them until the morning li^ht, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said. Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest. Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of Go'd, Shall I go down after the Philistines ? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But 'he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, "Draw ye near hither all the t chief of the people : and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For 'as the Lord liveth, which savetli Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, II 'Give a perfect lot. ''And Saul and Jona- than were taken : but the people f escaped. 42 And Saul said. Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, 'Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, ^1 did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, ^God do so, and more alsoj ''for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. _ 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid : 'as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philis- tines : and the Philistines went to their own place. 47 irSo Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and 108 L SAMUEL. 8aul sent to destroy Amalek. Before CURIST ftboutlOST. J Or, weary. * Lev. 3. 17. k 7. 20. & 17. 10. & 19. 26. Dciit.12.16, 23, 24. nor, dealt trea- cltcrously. Before CHRIST aboutl087. I lleb. in his hand. y ch. 7. 17. fHeb. that altar he began to build unto the LoKD. ' ch. 28. 0. " Josh. 7. 14. ch. 10. 19. t Ileb. corners. Juds. 20. 2. '2S.iiu.12. II Or, shew the innocent. ' Prov. 16. 33 Acts 1.24. ■i Josh. 7. 16. ch. 10. 20, 21. t Heb. went forth. ' Josii. 7. 19. / ver. 27. a lluth 1. 17. » ver. 39. < 2 Sam. 14. 11. 1 Kings 1. 52. Luke 21. 18. *ch.ll.ll. '2 Sam. 10. 6. «0r, wrought ■mightily. " cli. 15. 3, 7. n ch. 31. 2. 1 Chron. 8. 33. tHeb. Ahiner. » ch. 9. 1. P ch. 8. 11. aboiitl079. a ch. 9. 16. i Ex. 17. 8, 14. Num. 24. 20. Deut.25.17, 18, 19. 1 Lev. 27. 28, 29. Josh. 6. 17, 21. Or, fought. d Num. 24. 21. Judg.l.lG. & 4. 11. « Gen. 18. 25. & 19. 12, 14. Rev. 18. 4. /Ex.18. 10, 19. Num. 10. 29, 32. »ch.l4. 48. '•Gen. 2.11. k 'lb. 18. i Gen. 16. 7. * See 1 Kings 20. 34, 35, &c. ' See ch.30. 1. ">vor.3,15. . Or, o/ the second sorL " ver. 35. Gen. 6. 6,7. 2 Sam. 24. 16. Josh. 22. IB. lKings9.6. p ch. 13. 13. ver. 3, 9. 1 ver. 35. ch. 16. 1. >■ Josh. 15. 55. » Gen. 14. 19. jLutg.17.2. Uuth 3. 10. fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of *Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of 'Zobab, and against the Philistines : and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he II gathered an host, and ""smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now "the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua : and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal : 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz : and the name of the captain of his host was t Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 51 "And Kish toas the father of Saul ; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, ^he took him unto him. CHAP. XV. Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. SAMUEL also said unto Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint thee to he king over his people, over Israel : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, ''how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and ''utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and || laid wait in the valley. 6 IF And Saul said unto ''the Kenites, ''Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you 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, untilXkiQVi. comest to 'Shurjthati's 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 II of the fat- lings, 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 IF 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. SauVs humiliatioti. CHAP. XVI. Samuel anoinleth David. 14 And Samuel said, What nieaneth then tliis bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of tl].e 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 f they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly 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 ofAmalek,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, "to obey is better than sacrifice, a7id to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of t 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 If "And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned : for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words : because I 'Teared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that 1 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 than thou. 29 And also the || 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 If Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is j)ast. 33 And Samuel said, '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, Before CHRIST aboutl079. < vcr. 9.21. Gon. 3. 12. l>iov. 28. 13. » ch. 9. 21. t Hob. they consume. ' vcr. 13. V vcr. 15. « Ps. 50. 8, 9. Prov.21.S. L-a. 1. 11, 12,13, 16, 17. Jcr. 7. 22, 23. Mic. 0. 6, 7, 8. Ileb. 10. 6, 7, 8, 9. »EccI.5. 1. IIos. 6. 6. Matt. 5. 24. & 9. 13. & 12.7. Mark 12. 33. flleb.divi- natinn. Deut.lS.lO. 6ch. 1-3. 14. « goo 2Siim. 12. 13. d Ex. 23. 2. Prov. 29. 2o. Isa. 51 13. « See ch. 2. 30. .12 /Sre 1 Kings 11. 30. s ch. 28.17, 18. 1 Kings 11 31. II Or, eternilyfir, victory. '' Num. 23. 19. E/,clc.24.14 2 Tim. 2. 13. Tit. 1. 2. » John 5. 44. & 12.43, * Ex. 17.11. Num. 14. 45. See Judg, 1.7. Before CHRIST abontl079. I ch. 11. 4. "• See ch. 19. 24. » ver. 11. ch. 16. 1. ver. 11. aboutl063. ch. 15.35. ch. 15. 23. «ch. 9. 16. 2 Kings 9. 1. 'iPs.78.70. & 89. 19,20. Acts 13. 22. t Heb. in thy hand. ' ch. 9. 12. & 20. 29. /Ex. 4. 15. a ch. 9. 16. h ch. 21. 1. t Hob. mertiTig. •1 Kings 2. 13. 2 Kings 9. 22. * Ex. 19.10, 14. 'eh. 17.13. called Kli}tu. I Chron. 27.18. "• 1 Kings 12. 26. " I's. 147. 10. 11. « Isa. 55. 8. V 2 Cor. 10. t n'eb. eyeji. I I Kings 8.30. 1 Cliron. 28. 9. Ps. 7. 9. .lor. 11.20. &17. 10. & 20. 12. Acts 1.24. rth. 17.13. «ch.l7.13. j! Hkimeah. 2 Sam. 13. 3. SliimvWL, I Chron. 2. 13. Sch. 17.12. "2 Sam. 7. 8. Ps. 78. 70. t Ilcb. ronnil. ' ch. 17.42. Cant. 5. 10. t Ileb./air of eyes. V So ch. 9. 17. ' ch. 10. 1. Ps. 89. 20. « See Num. 27. 18. Judg. 11. 29.&13. 25. & 14. 6. ch. 10. 0,10. about 1065. »ch. 11.0. & 18, 12. & 28. 15. Judg. 10. 20. Ps. 51. n. « Judg. 9, 23 ch. 18. 10. & 19. 9. II Or, terrified. ■iOeu. 41. 46. ver. 21, 22. 1 Kings 10. 8. e ver. 23. 2 Kings 3. 15. 34 ^\ Then Samuel went to Eamah ; 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. XVL Samuel anoinlelh David, AND the Lord said unto Samuel, "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing T have rejected him from reigning over Israel ? 'fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehem- ite : 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 t with thee, and say, T am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and ^1 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 f coming, and said, 'Comest thou peaceably ? 5 And he said, Peaceably : I am come to sacri- fice unto the Lord : 'sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jessc- and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 11 And it came to pass when they were come, that lie looked on 'Eliab, and "'said. Surely the Lord's 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 haye refused him : "for the L ORD seeth not as man seeth ; for man ^'looketh on the t outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the '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, The Lord hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children ? And he said, 'There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send and fetch him : for we will not sit f down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he ^as ""ruddy, and withal t of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. ''And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and "^anoint- ed him in the midst of his brethren : and " the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day for- ward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 II *But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and ''an evil spirit from the Lord || troubledhim. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are ''before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall 'play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants. Provide me now a mPM that can play well, and bring Mm to me. 199 u Goliath cJiallcngeth all Israel. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and almighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in || matters, and a comely person, and *the Lord is with him. 19 IF Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto_ Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, ''which is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse 'took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and ''stood before him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became his armour-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, sayinc^, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when 'the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from bim. CHAR XVIL Goliath comdh forth, to challenge a combat with the Israelites. "VTOW the Philistines "gathered together their ar- Xi mies to battle, and were gathered together at ''Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched be- tween Shochoh and Azekah, in li Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and t set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. 4 IF And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named ''Goliath, of ''Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 Andhehad an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was t armed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a li target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the 'staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred she- kelsof iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array ? am not I a Philistine, and ye -^servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants : but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and ^serve us. 10 And thePhilistine said,IMefy thearmies of Israel this day ; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,they were dismayed,and greatly afraid. 12 IF Now David ivas 'the son of that ''Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse ; and he had 'eight sons : and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle : and the ""names of his three sons that Avent to the battle were Eliab the iirst-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Sharamah. 14 And David was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 200 L SAMUEL. David accepieth the challenge, Before CHKIST abontl063. /ch. 17.32, 34, 35, 36. J Or, speech, s ch. 3. 19, & 18. 12,14. * Ter. 11. ch. 17. 15, 34. ' 660 ch.lO. 27.417.18. God. 43.11. ProT.18.16. » Gen. 41. 46. 1 Kings 10. 8. ProT.22.29. 'Ter. 14,16. Before CHRIST abontl063. » ch. 16.19. ach. 13. 6 » Josh. 15. S.5. 2 Chron. 28. 18. Or, the coast of Damviim, called Vasdam- mim, 1 Chron. 11.13. t Heb. ranged the tiattle. ' 2 Sam.21. 19. "J Josh. 11. 22. t Ileb. clothed. ilOr, gorget. « 2 Sam.21. 19. /ch. 8. 17. s ch. 11. 1. * ver. 26. 2 Sam. 21. 21. • ver. 58. Ruth 4. 22. ch. 16.1,18. * Geu. 35. 19. 'ch. 16.10, 11. See 1 Chron. 2. 13, 14, 15. "• ch. 16. 6, 8,9. 1 Chron. 2. 13. t Heh. chef.^es of milk. t Heb. cap- tain of a thoutand. ' Gen. 37. li. Or, placn of the car- riage. ch. 26. 5. Or, 'attle array, or, place of fight. t Heb. the vessels from upon him. tHeb. ashed his brethren of peace, as Judg.18. 15. P ver. 8. tncb. from his face. J Josh. 15. 16. r ch. 11. 2. ' ch. 14. 0. ' ver. 10. " Dent. 5. 26. ' ver. 25. y Gen. 37. 4, 8, 11. Mat. 10.36. ' ver. 17. ver. 26, 27. tUeb. luord. t Heb. Uioli him. » Deut. 20. 1,3. " ch.lO. 18. ■» See Num. 13. 31. Dcut. 9. 2. Or, kid. 15 But David went and returned from Saul "to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren : 18 And carry these ten f cheeses unto the f cap- tain of their thousand, and "look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, wereiv, the valleyofElah,figh ting with the Philistines. 20 IF And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him ; and he came to the II trench, as the host was going forth to the II fight, and shouted for the battle, 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 22 And David left f his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and t saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake ^according to the same words : and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled f from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said. Have ye seen this man that is come up ? surely to defy Israel is he come up : and it shall be, thai the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and 'will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away ""the reproach froni Israel ? for who is this 'uncircumcised Philistine, that he should 'defy the armies of "the living God ? 27 And the people answered him after this man- ner, saying, "So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 IF And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men ; and Eliab's "anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither ? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness ? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said. What have I now done? "Is there not a cause ? 30 TF And he turned from him toward another, and "spake after the same f manner : and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul : and he t sent for him. 32 IF And David said to Saul, ''Let no man's heart fail because of him ; "thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, ''Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. ^ 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a || lamb out of the flock : 35 And I went out after him and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose and slayeth Goliath. CHAP. XVIIL Saul seeketh to kill David. against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, 'The Loed that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and ^the Loed be with thee. 38 II And Saul farmed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not proved them.^ And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the || brook and put them in a shepherd's f bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on, and drew near unto David ; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he ^disdained him : for he was hut a youth, and ''ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, 'Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves ? and the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine 'said to David, Come to nie, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : 'but I come to thee in the name of the Loed of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast '"defied. 46 This day will the Loed f deliver thee into mine hand ; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee ; and I will give "the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth : "that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Loed ^saveth not with sword and spear : for 'the battle is the Loed's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted,and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So ""David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philis- tine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, 'they fled. 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down 'by the way to 'Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekr Before CHRIST aboutl063. roil. "Ps.18.16, IT. & 63. 7. &77. 11. 2 Cor. 1.10. 2 Tim. 4.17, 18. /ch.20.13. lChron.22. 11, 16. t Ileb. clothed David unlh his clothes. Before CHRIS aboil tlOti It Or, valley. t Hob. vessel. 17 Ps. 123. 4, 5. 1 Cor. 1.27, 28 l> ch. 16. 12. • ch. 24. 14, 2 Sam. 3. 8. &9. 8. & 16. 9. 2 Kings 8. 13. ilKing920. 10, 11. ! 2 Sam. 22. 33, 35. Ps. 124. 8. & 125. 1. 2 Cor. 10. 4. Heb. 11.33, 34. "• ver. 10. t Heb. shut thee up. " Deut. 28. 26. «Josh.4.24. 1 Kings 8. 43. & 18. 36. 2 Kings 19. 19. Isa. 52. 10. pPs. 44.6,7. Hos. 1. 7. Zech. 4. 6. » 2 Chrou. 20. 15. -• ch. 21. 9. SeeJudg.3. 31. & 15. 15. ch. 23. 21. • Hob. 11. 34. ' Josh. 15. 36. "Sec ch. 16. 2], 22. • Ter. 54. V ver. 12. " Qon. 44. 30. » cli. 19. 2. & 20. 17. 2Sam.l.26. Dout.13.0. «ch. 17.15. II Or, prospered. ver. 14, 15, 30. II Or, miistines ■i Ex. 15.20. Judg. 11. 34. Heb. three- stringed instru- ments. « Ex. 15. 21. /ch.21.11. & 29. 5. f Heb. was evil in his eyes, a Eccl. 4. 4. ''ch.15.28. •■ ch. 16. 14. *ch.l9. 24. 1 Kings 18. 29. Acts 16. 16. ' ch. 19. 9. "•ch. 19.10. & 20. 33. Prov. 27. 4. " ver. 15. 29. »ch.l6.13, 18. pch.16.14. & 28. 15. 1 ver. 16. Num. 27. 17. 2 Sam. 5. 2. .Or, prospered. ver. 5. Gen. 39. 2, 3, 23. Josh. 6. 27. • ver. 5. 2A 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Phili.stine, and brought it to Jerusalem ; but he put his armour in his tent. 65 IF And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of the host, Abner, "whose son is this youth ? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. bQ And the king said. Inquire thou whose son the stripling^w. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul "^with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man ? And David answered, */ am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Jonathan loveth David. 5 Saul envieth his praise. AND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that "the soul of Jona- than was knit with the soul of David, 'and Jona- than loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, 'and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan strij)ped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 H And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and || behaved himself wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the || Philistine, that ''the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with f instruments of music. 7 And the women 'answered one another as they played, and said,-^Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying f Mis- pleased him , and he said. They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands : and what can he have more but ''the kingdom ? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. 10 H And it came to pass on the morrow, that 'the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, ^and he prophe- sied in the midst of the house : and David played with his hand, as at other times : 'and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. ^ /' 11 And Saul "cast the javelin ; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 H And Saul was "afraid of David, because "the Loed was with him, and was ^departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and 'he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David II behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; and 'the Loed was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved him- self very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But 'all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 201 Michal given David to wife. I. SAMUEL. iSaul again seeketh to kill David. 17 HAnd Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, 'her will 1 give thee to wife : only be thou t valiant for me, and light "the Lokd's battles. For Saul said, "^Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the PJiilistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, ^ Who ara I ? and what is my life, w my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king ? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto 'Adriel tlae "Meholathite to wife. 20 ''And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David : and they told Saul, and the thing f pleased him. 21 And Saul said, 1 will give liim her, that she may be 'a snare to him, and that ''the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt 'this day be my son-in- law, in the one of the twain. 22 IT And Saul commanded his servants, saying, commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee : now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that t am a poor man, and lightly esteemed ? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, tOn this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said. Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any -^dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be 'avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul 'thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David Avell to be the king's son-in-law: and 'the days were not f expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and ''his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men ; and 'David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 28 IF And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines "'went forth : and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David "behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul : so that his name was much t set by. CHAP. XIX. Jonathan discloselh his falhei''s purpose to kill David. AND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, "delighted much in David : and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee : now therefore, I pray thee, tiike heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret ;3kce, and hide thyself: ^ 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father m the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and what I see, that I will tell thee. . 4/^nd Jonathan *spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him. Let not the king 'sin against his servant, against David ; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good : 202 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST aboutl063. aboutlOG3. «ch.l7.25. ■* Jndg. 9. f Ileb.ason 17. A 12. 3. of valour. ch. 28. 21. « Num. 32. P8.119.109. 20, 27, 29. • ch. 17. 49, ch. 25. 28. 50. iTer.21,25. /I Snni.ll. 2 Sam.12.9. 13. V See Ter. IChron.ll. 23. 14. ch. 9. 21. ffcli.20.32. 2 Sam.7.18. " Matt. 27. 4. '■2Snm.21. 24 If So David hid himself in the field: and when the new-moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall : and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day : for he thought. Something hath befallen him, he is 'not clean ; surely he is not clean, 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day? 28 And Jonathan 'answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem : 29 And he said. Let me go, I pray thee ; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jona- than, and he said unto him, jj f Thou son of the per- verse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness ? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he t shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, "Wherefore shall he be slain ? what hath he done ? 33 And Saul ^cast a javelin at him to smite him: ^whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month : for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. 35 IF And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time ap- pointed with David, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow f beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the placeof the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee ? 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad. Make speed 203 Ahimelech relievcih David. I. SAMUEL. Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. liaste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jona- than and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his f artillery unto fhis lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 41 ^And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a 2)lace toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. 42 And Jonathan said to David, 'Go in peace, II forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of tlie Lord, saying. The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. CHAP. XXL David at Nob obtainelh of Ahimelech halloioed bread. THEN came David to Nob to "Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was ''afraid at the meet- ing of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee ? 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me. Let no man know any thing of the business wliereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is t present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is 'hallowed bread ; ''if the young men have kept them- selves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the 'vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, II yea, though it were sanctified this day ^in the vessel. 6 So the priest "gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread_ there but the shew-bread, ''that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord ; and his name was 'Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 Tl And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in ''the valley of Elah, 'behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it : for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that ; give it me. 10 U And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to IIAchish the king of Gath. 11 And ""the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, "Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 12 And David "laid up these words in his heart, und was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 204 Before CHRIST aboutl062. f Heb. in- struments. t Hob. that WU9 his. • ch. 1. 17. II Or, the I.OUD bo witness of that which, (C-c. See Tcr. 23. a ch. 14. 3, called Ahiafif called also A Inathar, Mark 2. 26. » ch. IC. 4. t Hob. found. "Ex. 25.30. LeT. 24. 5. Matt. 12. 4. li Ex. 19.15. Zoch. 7. 3. « 1 Th033. 4.4. ..Or, especially when this day thereis other sanc- tified in the vessel. /Lev. 8.26. » Matt. 12. 3,4. Mark 2. 25, 26. Luke 6.3,4. ALeT.24.8, 9. < ch. 22. 9. Ps. 52, title. » ch. 17. 2, 50. lSeech.31. 10. lOr, AhipuUch, I'H. 34, title. " l>s. 56, title. • ch. 18. 7. & 29. i. ' I/uke 2. 19. Before CHRIST aboutl062. P P». 34, title. II Or, made marks. II Or, play- eth the mad-in Jndg. 3. 24. • Ph. 57, title, i 142, title. ■ /ch. 26. 8. t Ileb. the robQ which was Saul's. 9 2 Sam. 24. 10. *ch.26.11. t Ileb. cut off. i Ps. 7. 4. Matt. h. 44. Roni.12.17, 19. * Pa. 141. 6. Prov.16.28. & 17. S ' Ps. 7. 3. & 3S. 7. ••ch. 26.20. "Gen. 16.5. Judg.ll.2i ch. 26. 10. Job 5. 8. » ch. 17. 43. 2 Sam. 9. 8. r ch. 26. 20. 5 ver. 12. •■ 2 Chron. 24.22. « Ps. 35. 1. 6 43. 1. & 119. 154. Mic. 7. 9. t Ileb. judge. * ch. 26. 17. »ch. 26.21. " Gon. 38. 26. Before CHRIST aboutioei. y Matt. 5. 44. » ch. 26. 23. tUeb. shut up. ch. 23. 12. & 26. 8. «ch. 23.17. »Gen. 21. 23 « 2 Sara. 21. 6,8. ■i ch. 23. 29. aboutl060. ch. 28. 3. ' Num. 20. 29. Deut. 34.8. ' Gen. 21. 21. • Ps. 120. 5. ■ich. 23.24. Or, business. ' Joah. 15. 55. /Gen. 38. 13. 2 Sam. 13. 23. t Ileb. ash him, in my name of peace. ch. 17. 22. s 1 Chron. 12. 18. Ps. 122. 7. Luke 10. 5. tHeb. shamed. * ver. 15, 21. iNch.8.10. Esth. 9. 19. t Ueb. rested. * Jndg. 9. 28. Pn. 73.7, 8. & 123. 3, 4. 'Judff. 8.6. t Ileb. slosughter. •Sh. 30.21 eous than I; for ^thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me ; forasmuch as when ''the Loed had f delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Loed reward thee good, for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, "I know well that thou shalt surely be kin^, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. 21 'Swear now therefore unto me by the Loed, "that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; but David and his men gat them up unto ''the hold, CHAP. XXV. 1 Samuel dieth. 2 Datid in Paran sendeth to Nubal. AND "Samuel died : and all the Israelites were gathered together, and 'lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down 'to the wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man ''in Maon, whose || posses- sions were in 'Carmel ; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats : and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail : and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man was churlish and evil in his doings ; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4 IF And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did ■^ shear his sheep. 5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men. Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and t greet him in my name ; 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, *Peace be both t^ thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we fhurt them not, ''neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come m "a good day : give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and f ceased. 10 IF And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, ''Who is David ? and who is the son of Jesse ? there be many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 11 'Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my t flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And David said linto his men. Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and David also girded on his sword : and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred '"abode by the stuff. 14 If But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's Abigail hy her wisdom jpacifieth David. CHAP. XXVI. She hecometh his wife. wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master ; and he f railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and "we were not t hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields : , ' 16 They were "a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do : for ^'evil is determined against our master, and against all his household : for he is such a son of *Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. 18 II Then Abigail made haste, and ''took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred || clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, *Go on before me ; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down against her ; and she met them. 21 (jSTow David had said. Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that -pertained unto him : and he hath "requited me evil for good. .22 ^So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I ^leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light -any that pisseth against the wall.) 23 And w^lien Abigail saw David, she hasted, "and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity he : and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, sj)eak in thine f audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, f regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; IINabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, ^as the Loed liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Loed hath "ivith- holden thee from coming to slied blood, and from t ''avenging thyself with thine own hand, now 'let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27 And now^this || blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that f follow my lord. 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine hand- maid : for ^the Loed will certainly make my lord a sure house ; because my lord ''fighteth the battles of the Loed, and 'evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul : but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Loed thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he *sliug out, f «s out of the middle of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Loed shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have ap- pointed thee ruler over Israel ; 31 Tliat tliis shall be fno grief unto thee, nor Before Before CURIST CHttlST aboutioeo. tHeb.yJeto abontioeo. upon them. " ver. 7. t lleb. shamed. 1 Gen. 24. 27. Ex. is. 10. Ps. 41. 13. A 72. IS. » Ex. 14. Luke 1.68. 22. »■ Ter. 26. Job"i. 10. " ver. 26. P ch. 20. 7. » Tcr. 22. 9 Dent. 13. 13. Judg.19.22 <■ Gl-ii. 32. 13. p ch. 20. 42. Prov.lS.16. 2Sam.l6.9. k 21. 14. 2 Kings 5. 19. Luke 7. 50. I0t,lumps. i 8. 48. 9 Gen. 19. • Gen. 32. 21. 16,20. '•2Sam.l.3. 23. -Ps.lOQ.S. Pruv.17.13. =Kutlil.l7. ' ver. 32. ch. 3. 17. ' Prov. 22. i 20. 13, 16. 23. n Ter. 34. ' 1 Kings " ver. 26. 34. 14.10.^:21. 21. ' 1 Kings 2 KingsQ.S. « Josh. 15. 2.44. Ps. 7. 16. 18. Judg.1.14. f lli:h.tars. t Heb. lay y Knth 2. it to his 10, 13. fieart. Prov.lo.33. II That is, fool. t Heb. at her feet. ver. 27. » 2 Kings 2. 2. « Gen. 20. 6. ' Josh. 15. 66. » ch. 27. 3. ver. 33. t Heb. & 30. 5. t> 2 Sam. 3. sainnff 14. J Fhaltid. thyself, i Rom. 12. 19. •2 Sam. 18. 2 Sam.3.15. «Iaa. 10.30. 32. / Gen. 33. 11. ch. 30. 26. 2 Kings 5. 15. lOr, present. och.23.19. jSeh.walk Ps.54,title. at the feet of d-c. ver. 42. Judg.4.10. g 2 Sam. 1. 11, 27. 1 Kings 9. 5. 1 Chron. 17. 10, 26. ''ch.18.17. i ch. 24. 11. ijer.10.18. ■fLleb.inthe midst oftlie bow of a sling. f Heb. no staggering, or, stuiti- Uing. offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that mv lord hath avenged himself: but when the Loed shall have dealt well with mv lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 H And David said to Abigail, 'Blessed be the Loed God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me : 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast ""kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the Loed God of Israel liveth, which hath "kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had "not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, ^Go up in peace to thine house ; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have 'accepted thy person. 36 "irAnd Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, ""he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king ; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken : wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Loed smote Nabal, that he died. 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the Loed, that hath 'pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath "kept his servant from evil : for the Loed hath ''returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife, _ 40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said. Behold, let ^thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went f after her ; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam '^of Jezreel ; "and they were also both of them his wives. 44 HBut Saul had given ''Michal his daughter, David's wife, to llPlialti the son of Laish, Avhich was of 'Gallim. CHAP. XXVL Savl Cometh to Hachilah against David. AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon ? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wil- derness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 II And David arose and came to the place where Saul had pitched : and David beheld the place where 207 David reproveth Abner, &c. Saul lay, and 'Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host. And Saul lay in the || trench, and the people pitched round about hira. 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai 'the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will "go down with me to Saul to the camp ? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster : but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath f de- livered thine enemy into thine hand this day : now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the gpear, even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not : "■for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? 10 David said furthermore, ^s the Lord liveth, •^the Lord shall smite him ; or ^lis day shall come to die ; or he shall ''descend into battle, and perish. 11 'The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. 12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster ; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked : for they were all asleep ; because *a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them, 13 TIThen David went over to the other side and stood on the top of an hill afar ofi'; a great space beirig between them : 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Tlien Abner answered and said, Who a7't thou that criest to the king ? 15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the kin^ ? for there came one of the people in to destroy the K;in» thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are f worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master the Lord's anointed And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, '/s this thy voice, my son David ? and David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said, "'Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand ? 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord have "stirred thee up against me, let him f accept an ottering : but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord ; "for they have driven me out this day from f abiding in the ^'inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord : for the king of Israel is come out to seek »a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 1[Then said Saul, T have sinned : return, my eon David; for I will no more do thee harm, because 208 L SAMUEL. ZlMag given to David. Before CHRIST alxititlOOO. » ch. 14. 50. &17.55. II Or, midst of his car- riages. ch. 17. 20. ' 1 Chron. 2.16. d Jiidg. 7. 10, 11. t Ileb. sliut up. ch. 21. IS. "ch.24.6,7. 2Sum.l.ie. /ch.25.38. Ps. 91. 1, 2, 23 Luke 18. 7. Kom.12.19. cSce Gen. 47. 29. Deut.31.14. Job 7. 1. A 14. 6. Ps. 37. 13. '' ch. 31. C. i ch. 24. 6, 12. 'Gen. 2.21 4 15. 12, t Heb. the sons of death. 2 Sum.12.5. >ch. 14.16. ' ch. 24. 9, 11. Before CHRIST aboiitlOCO. "2 Sam. 16. 11.4 24.1. t Heb. smell. Gen. 8. 21. LeT. 26. 31. Deut. 4. 28 Ps. 120. 5. t Heb. cleaving. p2S:im.l4. 16. & 20. 19. 9ch.24.14. ■ ch. 15. 24. 4 24.17. » ch. 18. 30. ' Ps. 7. 8. & 18. 20. " Gen. 32. aboil tl058. t Heb. be consu7>ied. '•ch.25.13. i'ch.21.10. «ch.25.43. <' Sea Josh.15.31. & 19. 5. t Heb. the number of days. t Heb. a year of days: See ch. 29. 3, till 1056. • Josh.13.2. / Josh. 16. 10. Judg.1.29. II Or, Gerzites. 17 Ex. 17.16. See ch. 15. 7,8. ' ver. 4. 14 2B 20 Then Saul f fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel : and there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 IT And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Be- hold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have "^put my life in mine hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way. _ 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: _ 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants ; and they did eat. Then they arose up, and went away that night. CHAP. XXIX. Achish dismisseth David with commendations of his fidelity. "VrOW "the Philistines gathered together all their Li , armies ''to Aphek : and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rere-ward "with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here f And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the ser- vant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me ''these days, or these years, and I have 'found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him ; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, -^Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest *iu the battle he be an adversary to us : for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master ? should it not be with the heads of these men ? 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, ''Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 6 HThen Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and 'thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight : for 'T have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : nevertheless t the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou t displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 H And David said unto Achish, But what have I done ? and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been fwith thee unto this day, that I may not go fight ao;ainst the enemies of my lord the king. 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I knov/ that thou art good in my sight, 'as an angel of God : notwithstanding, '"the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee : and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 209 The Amalehites spoil Ziklag. 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philis- tines. "And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. CHAP. XXX. 1 The Amalehites spoil Ziklac/. 7 David pursueth them. AND it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the "Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Zikhig, and burned it with fire ; 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein ; they slew not any, either great or small, but carried i/ic7)i away, and went on their way. 3 II So David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire ; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's 'two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. G And David was greatly distressed : 'for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was fgi'ieved, every man for his sons, and for his daughters : ''but David encouraged him- self in the Lokd his God. 7 'And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahime- lech's son, I pray thee bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 -^And David inquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop ? shall I overtake them ? And he answered him. Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men : 'for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 11 IF And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and they made him drink water ; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins : and ''when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk a7iij water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom helongest thou ? and whence art thou ? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of 'the Cherethites, and upon the coast which helongeth to Judah, and upon the south of ''Caleb ; and we burned Ziklag with lire. 15 And David said to him. Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor de- liver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 10 HAnd when he had brought him down, be- hold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, 'eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land ot the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of fthc next cj^y: and there 210 I. SAMUEL. Before CUBIST abmitlOaO. »2Sftm.4.4. n See ch.l5. 7. &2-.8. 5 ch. 25. 42, 43. 2 Sam. 2. 2. « Ex. 17. 4. t lleb. outer. Judg.18.25 ch. 1. 10. 2 Sam.17.8. 2 Kings 4. 27. i Ps. 42. 5. & 56. 3, 4, 11. Ilab. 3. 17, 18. « ch. 23.6,9. /ch. 23.2,4. a Tcr. 21. * So JuJg. 15. 19. ch. 14. 2. ' vor. 16, 2Saiii.8.18. 1 Kings 1. 38, 44. E/,eli.25.1B Zcph. 2 5. * Josh. 14. 13. & 15. 13. 1 1 Thoss. 6.3. t Hob llieir morrow. "> vcr. 8. n vcr. 10. Or, asked them how they did. Judg.18.15 » Dciit. 13. 13. ,TiK3g.l9.22 t Ueb. Before CHKIST abouU056. t See Niin).31.27. Josh. 22. 8. f Ileb. and forward. Ileb. Ussing. Gon.33.11. ch. 25. 27. 1 Josh. 19. 8. ••Josh. 15. 48. s Josli. 13. 16. < JoBh. 15. 60. "ch. 27.10. " Jiidg. 1. 16. V Jndg. 1. 17. ' Josh. 14. 13. 2 Sam. 2. 1. a 1 Chron. 10. 1-12. Or, wounded. l> ch. 28. 4. ' ch. 14. 49. 1 Chron. 8. 33. "I See 2 Sam. 1. 6, &c. t lleb. shyOoters, men with bows. t Heb. found him. ' So Judg. 9.54. /ch.l4. 6. & 17. 26. II Or, mock mc. The spoil recovered, escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away : and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, nei- ther small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil? i^or any thing that they had taken to them : "'David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 21 HAnd David came to the "two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor : and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him : and when David came near to the people, he il saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men, and men "of Belial, of f those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Loed hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter ? but ^as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day t forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 26 IT And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying. Behold a f present for you, of the spoil of the enemies of the Loed ; 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in 'south Bamoth, and to them which were in ''Jattir, 28 And to them which were in "Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in 'Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Bachal, and to them which were in the cities of "the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the ''Kenites. 30 And to them which were in ^Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Atliach, 31 And to them which ivere in ''Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. CHAP. XXXL Savl and his armour-bearer hill themselves. IVrOW "the Philistines fought against Israel : and 1-i the men of Israel fled from before the Philis- tines, and fell down || slain in mount *Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed^ hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew 'Jona- than, and Abinadab and Melchishua, Saul's sons. 3 And ''the battle went sore against Saul, and the t archers fhit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 'Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer. Draw thy sword,_ and thrust me through therewith ; lest ^these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and II abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not ; Saul and his sons slain. CHAP. I. 11. ^for lie was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and ''fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour- bearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 IF And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and theij that were on the other side Jordan saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. Before Before CHRIST CUKIST aboutl056. 17 2 Sam. 1. aboutl056. 1 2 Sam. 1. 14. 20. * 2 Sam. 1. 10. * ch. 21. 9. ' Judg. 2. 13. "• 2 Sam. 21. 12. n Josh. 17. 11. Judg. 1.27. " ch. 11. 3, 9,11. II Or, concerning him. v See ch. 11. 1-11. ?Jcr. 34. 5. Amos 6. 10. >■ 2 Sam. 2. 4, 5. & 21. 12, 13, 14. » Gen. 60. 10. David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan. 9 And they cut ofi" his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to 'publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. . 10 'And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and "'they fastened his body to the wall of "Beth-shan. 11 II "And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard ||of that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 ^All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and 'burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and "^buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and 'fasted seven days. The SECOND Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The SECOND Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a song. "VTOW it came to pass after the death of Saul, XM when David was returned from "the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag ; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that behold, ^a man came out of the camp from Saul "with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and so ^it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou ? And he said unto him. Out ,of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4 And David said unto him, fllow went the matter ? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered. That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? _ • 6 And the youiig man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon ''mount Gilboa, behold, 'Saul leaned upon his spear ; and lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, f Here am I. 8 And he said unto me. Who ar^ thou ? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 9 He said unto me again. Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me : for || anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood uj)on him, and -^slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen : and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and ^rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him. 12 And they mourned and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Loed, and for the house of Israel ; because they were fallen by the sword. 13 1[And David said unto the young man that Before Before CHKIST CURIST 1056. 1056. '' Num. 12. 8. a 1 Sam. 30. '1 Sam. 31. 17, 26. 4. *lSam.24. 6. & 26. 9. Ps. 105. 15. I ch. 4. 10, 12. » ch. 4. 10. o 1 Sam. 4. ™ 1 Sam. 12. 26.9. 1 Kings 2. 32,33,37. " ver. 10. Luke 19. 22. »lSam.31. 3. tnob. p Josh. 10. What was. 33. dc. II Or, 1 Sam. 4. of the up- 16. right. 1 ver. 27. "•1 Sam. 31. 9. Mic. 1. 10. See Judg. 16. 23. • See Ex. 15. 20. Judg. 11. 34. 1 S.im. 18. «lSam.31. 6. 1. 1 1 Sam. 31. "See 4. 1 Sam. 31. »lSam.31. 2, 3, 4. 1. «So Judg. 5. 23. t Ileh. Job 3. 3, 4. Behold me. Jor. 20. 14. flSam.lO. 1. »lSam.l8. 4. II Or, 11 Or, sweei. my coat of « Judg. 14. 18. mail, or. my em- broidered coat hin- dereth me, that my, <£c. /Judg. 9. 54. n Sam. 18. 1,3.&19.2. » ch. 3. 31. & 20. 17, 41. & 13. 31. k 23. IB. » ver. 19. » Judg. 1. 1. 1 Sam. 23. 2,4,9.4 30. 7,8. told him. Whence art thou ? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 14 And David said unto him, ''How wast thou not 'afraid to 'stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Loed's anointed ? 15 And 'David called one of the young men, and said. Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, ""Thy blood be upon thy head; for "thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Loed's anointed. 17 II And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son : 18 ("Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow : behold, it is written ^in the book ||of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : *how are the mighty fallen ! 20 'TelUY notin Gath, publish ■i^ not in the streets of Askelon ; lest 'the daughters of 'the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye "mountains of Gilboa, Het there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of ofier- ings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been ^anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, ''the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and || pleasant in their lives,andintheirdeaththeywerenotdivided: they were swifter than eagles,they were"strongerthanlions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights ; who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, ^Aot^ was^ slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother J onathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : 'thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 27 "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished ! CHAP. II. David goeth to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah, AND it came to pass after this, that David ""in- quired of the Loed, saying, Shall I go up into 211 David anointed king at Hebron. 11. SAMUEL. Joah pu7'sueth Abner. ''the LoED shew kindness and truth I also will requite you this kind- any of the cities of Judah ? And the Loed said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall 1 go up ? And he said. Unto 'Hebron 2 So David Avent np thither, and his 'two wives al.'^o, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. o And "'his men that were with him did David l)i-ing up, ever}'' man with his household : and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 'And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That fi\ie men of Jabesh- gilead were iliey^ that buried Saul. 5 IFAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, "Blessed he ye of the Loed, that j^e have shewed this kindness unto your- lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him 6 And now ' ^ ^ unto you: and _ uess, because ye have done this thing 7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and t be ye valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 8 TFBut 'Abner the son of Ner, captain of f Saul's host, took II Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim ; 9 And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years : but the house of Judah followed David. 11 And ''the ftime that David was king in Heb- ron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months. 12 IT And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Ma- hanaim to 'Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the ser- vants of David went out, and met f together by "'the pool of Gibeon : and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 15 Then there arose, and went over by number, twelve of Benjamin, yA\\Qk\ j}ertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the liead, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side : so they fell down together : wherefore that place was called II Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, be- fore the servants of David. 18 II And there were "three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel : and Asahel was "as light tof foot fas a wild roe. yd And Asahel pursued after Abner ; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left tfrom following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said. Art thou Asahel ? And he answered, I am. 21 And Abner said to him. Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of tlie voiing men, and take thee his || armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him 212 Before Before CIIUIST OUKIST 1056. abontl063. 61 Sam. 30. 31. vor. 11. ch. 5. 1, 3. 1 Kings 2. 11. clSam.30. 5. <21Sam.27. 2, 3. & 30.1. 1 ch. 3. 27. A 4. 6. & 20. 10. 1 Chron. 12.1. « ver. 11. ch. 5. 6. /lSnm.31. 11, 13. a Ruth 2. 20. & 3. 10. I'fl. 115. 15. 1' 2 Tim. 1. 16, 18. fHeb. he ye the sons of valour. r ver. 14. Prov.17.14. + Ueb. • 1 Sam. 14. 50. t Ueb. the host from the morning. II Or, goiie away. which was Saul's. II Or, Esh-baal. 1 Chron. 8. 33. & 9. 39. 1055. * ch. 5. 5. 1 Kings 2. 11. t Ileb. number of days. I Josh. 18. 25. t Heb. them to- gether. »• Jer. 41. 12. a 1 Chron. 3.1-4. n Sam. 25. 43. II Or, .Daniel, 1 Chron. 3. 11 That is, 1. = 1 Sam. 27. The field of 8. strong ch. 13. 37. ■men. 'i 1 Kings. 1.5. » 1 Chron. 2.16. » 1 Chron. 12. 8. t Ilcb. of his feet. t Ueb. as one of the roes that is in the field. <: ch. 21. 8, PPs.18.33. 10. Cant. 2. 17. /ch.16.21. & 8. 14. t Uob. from after Abner. a Detit. 23. 18. 1 Sam. 24. II Or, spoil. 15. Juilg. 14. cli. 9. 8. & 19. 10.9. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother ? 23 Howbeit lie refused to turn aside : wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him 'under the fifth n7>, that the spear came out behind him ; and he fell down there, and died in the same place : and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still. 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner : and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammali, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 HAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said. Shall the sword devour for ever ? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ? how long shall it be then ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren ? 27 And Joab sai.d. As God liveth, unless ''thou hadst spoken, surely then fin the morning the people had II gone up every one from following his brother. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bith-ron, and they came to Mahanaim. 30 And Joab returned from following Abner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men, and Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Ben- jamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 II And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth- lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. CHAP. III. During the war David still waxelh stronger. IVrOW there was long war between the house of XM Saul and the house of David : but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 HAnd "unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, ''of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ; 3 And his second, II Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite ; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of 'Geshur ; 4 And the fourth, ''Adonijah the son of Haggith • and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital ; 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by_ Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 6 H And it came to pass, while there was war be- tween the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was ''Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah : and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou -^gone in unto my father's concubine ? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I -'a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his Abner revolteth to David. friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to-day with a fault concerning this woman ? 9 ''So do God to Abner, and more also, except, •as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, ''from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 12 IT And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying a/so,Make thy league with me, and behold, my hand shall he with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. 13 IT And he said. Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, fthat is, 'Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring '"Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me "for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from "Phaltiel the son of Laish. 16 And her husband went with her f along weej)- ing behind her to ^'Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 ^And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying. Ye sought for David ■\i\\ times past to be king over you : 18 Now then do it: *for the Lose hath spoken of David, saying, B}"" the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of 'Benja- min : and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him : and David made Abner, and the men that loere with him, a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and "will gather all Israel unto my lord the kiug, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest 'reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 22 IT And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them : but Abner was not with David in Hebron ; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said. What hast thou done ? behold, Abner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know "thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah : but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab ""took him aside in the gate to speak with him CHAP. IV. Before CUKIST about 1053. A Iluth 1. 17. 1 Kings 19. 2. n Sam. 15. 28. &16. 1, 12. & 28. 17. 1 Chion. 12. 23. * Judg. 20. 1. ch. 17. 11. 1 Kings 4. 25. 104S. t llob. sni/lng. I So Gun. «. 3. i« 1 Sam. IS. 20. " 1 Sam. IS. 25, 27. "1 Sam. 25. 44. riialti. t llcb. going and wfcping. i'ch.ia.lG. t Ilcb. hoth ycstcr- d'-xy and the third 'lay. 1 vor. 9. r 1 Chron. 12. 29. > ver. 10, 12. « 1 Kings 11. 37. ■« 1 Sma, 29.6. Isa. 37. 28. "1 Kings 2.5. Soch.20.9, 10. II Or, peaccahly. ^ ch. 4. 6. V ch. 2. 23. ' Deut. 19. 13. & 21. 8, 9. 1 Kings 2. 31. tHeb. blood?. a 1 Kings 2. 32, 33. tUeb. be cut off. 'Lev. 16. 2. = ch. 2. 23. ver. 9. the Lord of 1 Kings 2. hosts, was 10. & 8. 1. called upim » 1 Chron. » 1 Sam. 4. 11. 6-9. 4. II Or, Ps. 80. 1. Because t Heb. they had made to said, even ride. the blind «Soo and t/ie Num. 7. 9. lame. He 1 Sam. 6. 7. fihall not 11 Or, come into the liill. tlie house. •i 1 Sam. 7. vcr. 7. 1. t lieb. t Heb. went going and grow- ing. loith. • 1 Chron. 13. 9, ho is called abontl043. Chidon. Pi Kings /See 5.2. Num.4. 15. 1 Chron. i|Or, 14.1. stumbled. t Heb. hewers of a 1 Sam. 6. 19. the stone of II Or, the tvall. rashness. CHAP. VL David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart. AGAIN, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And "David arose, and went with all the people that wei^e with him from || Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, || whose name is called by the name of The Lord of hosts 'that dwelleth hettoeen the cherubims. 3 And they fset the ark of God 'upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in || Gibeah : and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of ''the house of Abi- nadab, which was at Gibeah, f accompanying the ark of God : and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir- wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 IF And when they came to 'Nachon's thresh- ing-floor, Uzzah -^put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it : for the oxen II shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and ^God smote him there for his II error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the Lord David bringeth the ark into Zion. CHAP. VII. Blessings promised to David. had t made a breach upon Uzzah : and he called the name of the place II Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And ''David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Loed come to me? 10 So David would not remove the ark of the Loed unto him into the city of David : but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom 'the Gittite. 11 'And the ark of the Loed continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months : and the Loed 'blessed Obed-edom and all his household. 12 II And it was told king David, saying, The Loed hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. '"So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when "they that bare the ark of the Loed had gone six paces, he sacrificed ■"oxen and fatlings. 14 And David ^danced before the Loed with all his might; and David toas girded *with a linen ephod. 15 '^So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Loed with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And 'as the ark of the Loed came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window, and saw kin■ Num. i. Ps. 73. 70. 15. t Ilcb. Josh. 3. 3. from af- lCliron.l5. ter. 2,15. "> 1 Sam. " See 18. 14. 1 Kings 8. ch. 6.10. & 5. 8. 6, 14. lChron.l5. 1 1 Sam. 26. 31.0. p Seo Ps. 89. 23. Ex. 15. 20. t Ilcb. Ps. 30. 11. frorm thy 1 1 Sam. 2. face. IS. "Gen. 12. 2. 1 Cliron. V Ps. 44. 2. 15.27. & 80. 8. r 1 Cliron. Jer. 24. 6. 15. 28. AmosO. 15. « 1 Chron. 7 Ps. 89.22. 15. 29. r Judg. 2. « 1 Chron. 14, 15, 16. 16. 1. 1 Sam. 12. » 1 Chron. 9,11. 15. 1. Ps. 106. 42. Ps. 132. 8. s ver. 1. t Hob. « Ex. 1. 21. strctcheil. vcr. 27. 1 Kings 11. it 1 Kings 38. 8. 5, 62, C3. y 1 Kings « 1 Kings 2.1. 8.55. " Dcut. 31. 1 Chron. 16. 16.2. « 1 Chron. 1 Kings 1. 21. 10.3. Acts 13. 36. y 1 Kings 8.20. Ps. 1.32. 11. ^1 Kings 5. 5. & 6. 12. & 8. 19. aboutl042. lChron.22. <■ Ps. 30, 10. & 28. 6. titlo. » vcr. 16. Ps. 89. 4,29, 36, 37. »Ps.89.26, ' vcr. 14, 10. I Sam. 19. 24. «Jiiclg.9.4. II Or, 27. [leb. 1. 5. ' Ps. 89. 30, 31, 32, 33. ■n Sam. 15. 23, 28. k openly. 16. 14. " 1 S;un. 13. 14. & 15. 28. livings 11. 13, 34. « ver. 13. Ps. 89. 30, 37. Jolml2.34. /Gen. 32. II Or, 10. of the handmaids 9ver.l2,13. of my ser- 'i Isa. 55. 8. vants. «See t Ilcb. law. 1 Sam. 15. i Gen. 18. 35. 19. Tsa, 22. 14. Ps. l.TO. 1. Matt. 1.25. * 1 Chron. 16. 25. 2 Chron. 2. 5. Ps. 48. 1. & 86. 10. i 96. 4. & 135. 6. 1042. & 145. 3. o 1 Chron. .Ter. 10. 6. 17. 1, ic. 1 Dcnt.3.24. & 4. 35. & » eh. 5. 11. 32. 39. « Seo Acts 1 Sam. 2.2. 7.46. Ps. 56. 8. & d Ex. 26. 89. 6, 8. 1. & 40. 21. Isa. 45. 5, « 1 Kings 18, 22. 8. 17, 18. "> Deut. 4. 1 Chron. 7, 32, 34. & 22. 7. & 28. 33. £9. 2. Ps.147 20. 4 IT And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Loed came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell fmy servant David, Thus saitli the Lord, -^Slialt thou build me an house for me to dwell in ? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house ''since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in ''a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all tJie j^laees wherein I have 'walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with || any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded ''to feed my people Israel, saying. Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 8 Now therefore, so shalt thou say unto my ser- vant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, '1 took thee from the sheep-cote, t from following the sheep, to be ruler over my peoi^le, over Israel : 9 And '"I was with thee whithersoever thou went- est, "and have cut off all thine enemies f out of thy sight, and have made thee °a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, Iwill appoint a place for my people Israel, and will ^plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more ; '^neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as 'since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have "caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee 'that he will make thee an house. 12 11 And "when thy days be fulfilled, and thou "■shalt sleep with thy fathers, ^I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 ''He shall build an house for my name, and I will "stablish the throne of his kingclom for ever. 14 ''I will be his father, and he snail be my son. "If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men : 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, ''as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And 'thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee : thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 11 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said,-^ Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brous^ht me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; ''but thou hast spoken also of thy ser- vant's house for a great while to come. ''And is this the t manner of man, O Lord God? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou. Lord God, 'knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore 'thou art great, O Lord God : for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And "'what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, 215 Tlie Philistmes and 3Ioabites subdued. II. SAMUEL. David entertaineth Mephibosheth. before "thy people which thou redeemeclst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods ? 24 For "thou hast confirmed to tliyself tliy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever : 'and thou, LoKD, art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying. The LoED of hosts is the God over Israel : and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast t revealed to thy servant, saving, I will build thee an house : therefore hath tliy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and 'thy Avords be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 29 Therefore now f let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed ''for ever. CHAP. VIII. David sdbdueth the Philktincs and the MoahUes. AND "after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took || Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And ''he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground ; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites 'became David's servants, and ''brought gifts. 3 IF David smote also IIHadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of ^Zobah, as he went to recover -^his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took || from him a thousand Wchariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and David 'houghed all the chariot-Aorses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 'And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damas- cus: and the Syrians 'became servants to David, and brought gifts. 'And the Loed preserved David Avhithersoever he went. 7 And David took 'the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from il Betah, and from || Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, kin^ David took exceeding much brass. _ 9 IT When liloi king of Hamath heard that Da- vid had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, _ 10 Then Toi sent '"Joram his son unto king Da- vid, to t salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him : (for Hadadezer f had wars with Toi.) And Joram t brought witli him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 11 Which also king David "did dedicate unto the LoKD, with the silver and gold that he had dedi- cated of all nations which he subdued ; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 210 Before CHRIST 1042. 1 Dcut. 9. 26. Neb. 1.10. Deut. 26. 18. p Pa. 48. 11. t Ileb. oixned the ear. llutli 4. 4. 1 Siun. 9. 15. 1 John 17. 17. t Heb. he thou pleased and bless. Before CHllIST aboutl040. ■- ch. 22, 51, " 1 Chron. 18.1, &c. II Oi-, the bridle of Ammah. b Num. 24, 17. ' ver. C, & 14. ''Ps.72.10. See 1 Sam. 10. 27. II Or, Hadarezer I Chron. 18.3. ' ch. 10. 6. Ps. 60, title. / See Gen. 16. 18. II Or, of his. II As 1 Chron. 18.4. a J0.9I1. 11. 6,9. '' 1 Kings 11. 23, 24, 25. • ver. 2. * ver. 14. cli. 7. 9. 'See 1 Kings 10. 16. II Or, Tib/Lath. II Or, Chun, I Cliron. 18.8. II Tou, 1 Chron. IS. 9. •» 1 Chron. 18. 10, Hadoram. t lleh. ask hiin of peace. t lleb. was a man of wars with. tUeb. in ids hand were. " 1 Kings 7.51. lChron.18. 11. & 20. 20. t Heb. his smit- ing. "2 Kings 14.7. P Seo I Chron. 18. 12. Ps. 60, title. II Or, slaying. 1 Gen. 27. 29, 37, 40. Num. 24. 18. ' ver. C. »ch.l9.13. & 20. 23. I Chron. 11. 6. & 18. 15. 1 Kings 4.3. Or, remeni- brancer^or, writer of chronicles. " 1 Chron. 24.3. II Or, secretary. " 1 Chron. 18. 17. V 1 Sam. 30. 14. II Or, princes. ch. 20. 26. "1 Sam. 18. 3. & 20. 14, 15, 16, 17, 42. Prov.27.10. 6ch. 16. 1. & 19. 17. 29. 1 Sam. 20. 14. 'i ch. 4. 4. ch. 17.27. II Called, Merib-baal 1 Chron. 8. 34. / ver. 1, 3. ? 1 Sam. 24. 14. ch. 16. 9. '» Seo ch. 16. 4. & 19. 29. ' ver. 7, 11, 13. ch. 19. 28. 4ch.l9.17. ' 1 Chron. 8.34. "'ver. 7. 10. " ver. 3. 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from t smiting of the Syrians in "the valley of salt, ^ II being eighteen thousand men. 14 fAnd he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and 'all they of Edom became David's servants. ""And the Loed preserved David whithersoever he went. 15 And David reigned over all Israel ; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 16 'And Joab the son of Zevniah was OYer the host: and 'Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was || recorder; 17 And "Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahime- lech the son of Abiathar, ivere the priests; and Seraiah was the || scribe; 18 "'And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the ''Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and Da- vid's sons were || chief rulers. CHAP. IX. David by Ziba sendeih for Mephihosheih. AND David said. Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may "shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 2 And there ivas of the house of Saul a servant whose name was ''Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Ao^t thou Ziba ? And he said. Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said. Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew 'the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jona- than hath yet a son, which is ''lame on his feet. 4 And the king said unto him. Where is he ? And Ziba said unto the king. Behold, he is in the house of 'Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 1[Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 Now when || Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibo- sheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant ! 7 TIAnd David said unto him. Fear not: ^for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan Xhj^ father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said. What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such ''a dead dog as I amf 9 "irThen the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, 'T have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house. 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy ser- vants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son 'shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had ''fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king. According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his ser- vant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibo- sheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, 'whose name was Micha. And. all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: '"for he did eat continually at the king's table; and "was lame on both his feet. The Ammonites and Syrians overcome. CHAP. X. David's messengers are sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash. AND it came to pass after this, that the "king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me._ And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, f Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, ^even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 H And when the children of Ammon saw that they 'stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired '^the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of ||Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of ^the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate : and -^the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and Ish- tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 ^Be of good courage, and let us ''play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and 'the LoED do that which seemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 IT And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond lithe river: and they came to Helam : and II Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went befgre them. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. 20 CHAP. X, XL David'' s adultery with Bath-sheba. Before CHRIST aboutl037. aboiitl037. a 1 Chron. 19. 1, &c. fHob. In thine eyes doth David f i Isa. 20. 4. & 47. 2. ' Gen. 34. 30. Ex. 5. 21. I Sam. 13. 4. •'ch.8.3,5. II Or, the men of Toh: See Jiidg. 11. 3, 5. s ch. 23. 8. / ver. 6. 17 Deut. 31. 6. A 1 Sam. 4. 9. 1 Cor. 16. 13. i 1 Sam. 3. 18. aboutl036. II That is, Euphrates. II Or, Shophach, 1 Chron. 19. 16. Before CHKIST abontld.'iK. li 1 Chron. 19. 18, footmen. ' cli. 8. G. aboutl035. tneb. at the re- turn of the year. 1 Kings 20. 22, 26. 2 Chron. 36. 10. a 1 Chron. 20.1. 4 Dout. 22. 8. « Gen. 34. 2. Job 31. 1. Matt. 5. 28. ..Or, Bathshuah 1 Chron. 3.6. ..Or, Ammiel. <'ch.23.39. « Ps. 51, title. Jam. 1. 14. Or, and when she had purified herself, tic. she re- turned. /"Lev.lS.ig, 28. & 18. 19. tHeb. of the peace of, <£c. g Gen. 18. 4. & 19. 2. tHeb. went out after Mm. 'ich.7.2,6. • ch. 20. 6. '' Gen. 19. 33, 35. ! ver. 9. "• See 1 Kings 21. 8,9. flleb. strong. t Heb. from after him. " cli. 12. 9. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel ; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Sy- rians, and forty thousand 'Iiorsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and 'served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XI. While Joab besiegeth EaVbah, David committeth adultery with Dath-sheha. AND it came to pass, f after the year was ex- pired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that "David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Kabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 _irAnd it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, *and walked upon the roof of the king's house : and from the roof he 'saw a woman washing herself; and the woman tvas very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this || Bath-sheba the daughter of IIEliam, the wife ''of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers and took her : and she came in unto him, and 'he lay with her; (jlfor she was ■''purified from her uncleanness:) and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6 IF And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him fhow Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and ''wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there f followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from i(Ay journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11 And Uriah said unto David, ''The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents ; and 'my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow. 13 And when David haa called him, he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him ''drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed 'with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house, 14 IT And it came to pass in the morning, that David ""wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the t hottest battle, and retire ye t from him, that he may "be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the 217 Uriah is shin. 11. SAMUEL. Nathan reproveth David. city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also 18 IFTlicn Joab sent and told David all the things concerning? the war ; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote "Abimelech the son of ^'Jerub- besheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a mill- stone upon him from the wall that he died in Thebez? Avhy went ye nigh the wall? Then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 11 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants: and some of the kind's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus slialt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing f dis- please thee, for the sword devoureth f one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 26 II And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she '^became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done f displeased the Loed. CHAR XIL NatharCs parable of the ewe-lamb, causeih David to be his own judge. AiSTD the Loed sent Nathan unto David. And "he came unto him, and ^said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : 3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and nourished up and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own f meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the way-faring man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As the Loed liveth, the man that hath done this thing || shall surely die. 6 And he shall restore the lamb 'four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 IF And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man Thus saith the Loed God of Israel, I ''anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 218 Boforn Before CHRIST CHRIST (ihontiniiS. (iboiitlOSl. •See 1 Sam. 15. 19. /Num. 15. 31. i7ch.ll.15, 16, 17, 27. '■ Amos 7.9. ° Judg. 9. 63. P Judg. 6. ' Deut. 28. 32, 30. JeruVbaal. ch. 16. 22. * ch. 16. 22. 'SeelSam. 15.24. "•ch.24.10. Job 7. 20. Pfl. 32. 5. & 51.4. ProT.28.13. » ch.24.10. Ps. 32. 1. Job 7. 21. Mic. 7. IS. Zech. 3. 4. P Isa. 52. 5. Ezek.36.20, 23. Rom. 2. 24. tneb. be evil in thine- eyes. t neb. so and such. tHeb. fasted a fast. 1 ch. 13. 31. 1 ch. 12, 9. t Ileb. was evil in the eyes of. aboHtl034. tHeb. « Pa. 51, do hurt. title. »Seo ch. 14. 5, Ac. lKiug8 20. 36-11. Isa. 6. 3. »• Ruth 3. 3. • Job 1. 20. tnob. morsel. 'See Isa. 38. 1,5. Jonah 3. 9. nOr.ls worthy to die, or, is a » Job 7. 8, son of 9, 10. death. 1033. 1 Sam. 26. 16. 'Matt. I.e. « Ex. 22. 1. V 1 Chron. Luke 19. 8. 22.9. <' 1 Sam. lU. 13. II That is. liHm-cd nf the Lord. 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 'Wherefore hast thou -^despised the command- ment of the Loed, to do evil in his sight ? ^thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore ''the sword shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the Loed, Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will 'take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun, 12 For thou didst it secretly : 'but I will do thL'? thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 'And David said unto Nathan, "T have sinned against the Loed.- And Nathan said unto David, The Loed also hath "put away thy sin ; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Loed 'to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 1[ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Loed struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David f fasted, and went in, and '4ay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead : for they said. Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice : how will he then t vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 19 But when David saw that his servants whis- pered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? and they said. He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and ''anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Loed, and 'Avorshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he re- quired, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted, and wept: 'for I said. Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but "he shall not return to me. 24 IFAnd David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and 'she bare a son, and ^he called his name Solomon : and the Loed loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet ; and he called his name || Jedidiah, because of the Loed. Amnon defileth Tamar: CHAP. XIII. 26 IT And *Joab fouglit against "Kabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal cit^. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Eabhah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and t it be called after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Kabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 *And he took their king's crown from off his head, (the weight whereof loas a talent of gold with the precious stones,) and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city f in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. CHAP. XIII. Amnon feigning himself sick, ravishetk Tamar. AND it came to pass after this, "that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was 'Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar ; for she was a virgin ; and f Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 3 Eut Amnon had a friend, whose name wa^ Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother : and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 4 And he said unto him. Why art thou, being the king's son, flean ffrom day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 5 And Jonadab said unto him. Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick : and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 6 IT So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and ''make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying. Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house ; and he was laid down. And she took || flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him : but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, 'Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he -^took hold of her, and said unto her. Come lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay_, my brother, do not f force me; for "fno such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this 'folly. Before Before oumsT CHRIST 1033. abontl032. • 1 Chron. 20. 1. « Dent. 3. ' See Lev. 11. 18. 9, 11. * Dent. 22. 25. tHeb. See ch. 12. my name 11. ie called t Heb. upon it. vrith great hatred » 1 Chron. greatly. 20.2. t neb. very great. 'a6n.37.3. Judg. 5. 30. Pa. 45. 14. "•Jo8h.7.6. abotitl032. ch. 1. 2. Job 2. 12. "ch.3.2,3. ''Jer.2.37. » 1 Chron. 3.9. tHeb. Aminon, tHeb. t Heb. it was mar- set not thy vellous, or, heart. hidden in t Heb. and the eyes of desolate. Amnon. ' See 1 Sam. 16. 9. tHeb. " Gen. 24. thin. 50. & 31. 24. t Heb. p Lev. 19. morning 17, 18. by morn- 1030. ing. 5 See Gen. 38. 12, 13. 1 Sani. 25. 4,36. » 1 Sam. 14. 45. Acts 27. 34. Before CHKIST ' 1027. » Jndg. 20. 2. <'ch.l3.37, 38. P Job 34. 15. Ileb. 9. 27. 1 Or, because God hath not taken away his life^ he hath also devised means, Joshi 15. 51. " Pe. 3. 1. o ver. 6. Jndg. 9. 3. P ch. 19. 9. Ps. 3, title. t Heb. thrust. t Heb. choose, n Ps. 3, title. t Heb. at his feet.. '■ch.16.21, 22. 1 ch. 8. 18. t cb. IS. 2. Before CHRIST 1023. fHeb. rtialce thee wander in going. "1 Sam. 2-3. 1.3. " Rnth 1. 16, 17. Prov,17.17. & 18. 24. Called, JobnlS. 1, Ceclron. V ch. 16. 2. Nnni. 4. 15. o Ps. 43. 3. ii Num. 14. 8. 2 Siim. 22. 20. 1 Kings 10. 9. 2 Chron. 9. 8. I(,a. 62. 4. » 1 Sam. 3. 18. i 1 Sam. 9. 9. c See ch. 17. 17. /ch.17.16. fHeb. going np and weep- ing. a ch. 19. 4. Esth. 6. 12. h Isa. 20. 2, 4. i Jer. 14. 3, 4. *Ps.l26.6. JPS. 3.1,2. & 55.12, &c. 11 ch. 16. 23. & 17. 14, 23. David fleeth from Jerusalem. saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us ^flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and t bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. 15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall t appoint. 16 And 'the kin^ went forth, and all his house- hold t after him. And the king left ''ten women which were concubines to keep the house. 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; 'and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19 11 Then said the king to Tttai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king; for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 vVhereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day fmake thee go up and down with us? seeing I go "whither I may; return thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy and truth be with thee. 21 And Ittai answered the kin^, and said, -"As the LoED liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that loere with him. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook IIKidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the ^wilderness. 24 H And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, "^bearing the ark of the covenant of God : and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went ujD, until all the people had done passing out of the city. 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry^ back the ark of God into the city : if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Loed, he "will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no 'delight in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest. Art not thou a ''seer? return into the city in peace, and "your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, -^I will tarry in the plain of the wilder- ness, until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they tarried there. 30 II And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, t and wept as he went up, and %ad his head covered, and he went ''barefoot: and all the people that was with him 'covered every man his head, and they went up, 'weeping as they went up. 31 HAnd one told David, saying, 'Ahithophel _«s among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Loed, I pray thee, '"turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 IF And it came to pass, that when David was 221 Shiniei curseth David. 11. SAMUEL. AhithopheVs counsel. come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, beliold, Hushai the "Archite came to meet liiin "with liis coat rent, and earth upon his head: o'S Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be ^'a burden unto me : 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, "I will be thy servant, O king; as i have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then may est thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the thinff soever t n-iests? therefore it shall be, i!Aa^what lou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, they have there 'with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abia- thar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So Hushai 'David's friend came into the city, "and Absalom came into Jerusalem. CHAP. XVI. 5 Shimei curseth David. 9 David with patience abstaineth from revenge. AND "when David was a little past the top_ of the hill, behold, ''Ziba the servant of Mephibo- sheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on ; and the bread and sum- mer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, ■■that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said. And where is thy master's son? ''And Ziba said unto the king. Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem : for he said. To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 'Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine ao^e all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, 1 1 humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 5 IF And when king David came to Bahurim, be- hold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, Avhose name was ■^Shimei, the son of Gera: II he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the ser- vants of king David : and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed. Come out, come out, thou fbloody man, and thou "man of Belial : 8 The LoED hath ''returned upon thee all 'the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Loud hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and t behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. 9 HThen said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king. Why should this Mead dog 'curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take of? his head. 10 And the king said, "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because "the Lord hath said unto him. Curse David. "Who shall then say. Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants. Behold, ''my son, which 'came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him cur.«e; for the Lord hath bidden him. 222 Before CIIllIST 1023. n Josh. 16. 2. » ch. 1. 2. Pch.19.35. 5cli.l6.19. ••ch.17.15, 10. « ver. 27. «ch.l6.1C. 1 Chron. 27. 33. «ch.l6.16. "ch.lS.SO, 32. 6 ch. 9. 2. « ch. 15. 23. &-(l. 29. ver. 12. d Josli. 17. 15. 18. t Heb. muUipUed to devtmr. fHeb. weigh upon my hand. ' ver. 5. t Heb. Beware whosoever ye bo (j/, ifc. son, whose name was lllthra, an Israelite, that went in to" t Abigail the daughter of UNahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 27 IT And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that "^Shobi the son of Nahash of Kabbah of the children of Ammon, and ^Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and "^Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 28 Brought beds, and |i basins, and earthen ves- sels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, "in the wilderness. CHAP. XVIIL Absalom, hanging in an oak, is slain by Joab. AND David numbered the people that weo^e with him, and set captains of thousands and cap- tains of hundreds over them. 2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part uncler the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 *But the people answered. Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not fcare for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us : but now thou art t worth ten thousand of us : therefore now it -is better that thou t succour us out of the city. 4 And the king said unto them. What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. 5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beal gently for my sake with the young man, even^iih Absalom. "And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. 6 IT So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the %ood of Ephraim; 7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country : and the wood t devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 II And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up be- tween the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. ^ 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should t receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son : 'for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, t Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. 223 Absalom is slain: II. SAMUEL. David moumeth for Mm. 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus fwith thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he v)as yet alive in the fuiidst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Absaloni, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and -^laid a very great heap of stones upon him : and all Israel fled every one to his tent. 18 IFNow Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in *the king's dale : for he said, 'T have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. 19 IF Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LoED hath f avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Joab said unto him. Thou shalt not f bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, be- cause the king's son is dead. 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet af^ain to Joab, But t howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said. Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings il ready? 23 Eut howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Kun. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. 24 And David sat betAveen the two gates: and 'the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. 25 And_ the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said. If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman saw another man running : and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said. He also bringeth tidings. _ 27 And the watchman said, i- Methinketh the run- ning of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and compth with good tidings. 28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, II _t AH is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath t delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king, 2 J And the king said, f Is the youn^ man Absa- lom sate? _ And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw 30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside and stand here And he turned aside, and stood still. ol And boliold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, fTi- dings, niy ord tlie king: for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. 224 Before CHRIST 1023. Hob. before t!tee. t llcl). heart. /Josb.7.26. s Gan. 14. 17. * See ch. 14. 27. f Heb. judged Jiim from the hand, > 1 Kings 2.7. «ch.l7.27. t Heb How many days are the years my life t t Heb. choose. f Gen. 31. 55. t Heb. C/dmhan. s ver. 15. A ver. 12. t Heb. set us at light. • See Judg, 8.1.&12.1. aboutl022. «ch.l9.43 ' 1 Kings 12. 16. 2 Chron. 10. 16. i "ch.15.16. & 10. 21,22. fHeb. a house of ward, t Heb. bovnd. fHeb. in widow- hood of life. "ich.mm t Heb. Call. David blesseth Barzillai. 35 I am this day ''fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women? wherefore then should tny servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recom- pense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother : but be- hold thy servant 'Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee, 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt t require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king -^kissed Barzillai, and blessed him: and he returned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and f Chimham went on with him : and all the people of Judah con- ducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 tlAnd behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king. Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and ''have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is ''near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king s cost^ or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye f despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And 'the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. CHAP. XX By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a party in Israel. AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, "We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: *every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jor- dan even to Jerusalem. 3 IF And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his '^concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in t ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were fshut up unto the day of their death, t living in widowhood. 4 II Then said the king to Amasa, ''f Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah : but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than tZiof Absalom: 225 Sheba beheaded. 11. SAMUEL. Seven of Saul's sons hanged. take tliou 'thy lord's servants and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and -f escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the -^Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto hirn, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins m the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother ? "And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so ''he smote him therewith 'in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and t struck him not again ; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said. He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the high- way into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 H And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto 'Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they 'cast up a bank against the city, and || it stood in the trench : and all the people that were with Joab f battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 11 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said. Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him. Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, HThey were wont to speak in old time, saying. They shall surely ask counsel at Abel : and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faith- ful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up "'the inheritance of the Loed? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri f by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David : deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people "in her wisdom: and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they f retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 23 T[]S[ow "Joab was over all the host of Israel; 226 Before CHRIST al)outl022, •ch.11.11. 1 Kings 1. 33. t Ileb. deliver himself from our eyes. /ch. 8. 18. 1 KingB 1. 38. a Matt. 26. 49. Luke 22. 47. A 1 Kinga 2.5. I ch. 2. 23. t Ilob. doubled not his Stroke. * 2 Kings 15. 29. 2 Clirou. 16.4. ' 2 Kings 19. 32. liOr, it stood against the outmost wall. t Heb. marred to throw dovm. II Or, Thei/plain ly spake in the begin- ning^ say- ing, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end: See Deut, 20. 11. »' 1 Sam. 26. 19. ch. 21. 3. t Hob. by his name. " Eccl. 9. 14, 16. t Heb. were scat- tered. » ch. 8. 16, 18, P 1 Kings 4.6. 9 cb. 8. 16. 1 Kings 4. 3. Or, remem- brancer, r ch. 8. 17. 1 Kings 4. 4. •ch. 23.38. Or, a pHnce, Gen. 41. 45. Ex. 2. 16. ch. 8. 18. 1021. t lleb. sought the face, d-c. See Num. 27. 21. • Josh. 9. 3, 15, 16, 17. Before CHRIST 1021. s ch. 20. 19. ., Or, it is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, nei- ther per- tains it to us to kill, • Job 40. 11, 12. Isa. 2. 11, 12, 17. Dan. 4. 37. II Or, candle, Job 29. 3. Ps. 27. 1. II Or, broken a troop. o Deut. 32. 4. Dan. 4. 37. Rev. 15. 3. P Ps. 12. 6. & 119. 140. II Or, refined. 5 1 Sam. 2. 2. Isa. 45. 5, 6. 'Ex. 15. 2. Ps. 27. 1. & 28. 7, 8. & 31.4. Isa. 12. 2. tHeb. riddeVi, or. looseth. e Heb. 13. 21. t Deut. 18. 13. Job 22. 3. Ps. 101.2,6. & 119. 1. tHeb. equaUeth. " ch. 2. 18. Hab. 3. 19. ^ Deut. 32. 13. Isa. 33. 16. & 58. 14. vPs. 144.1. tHeb. /or th£ war. \Meb. mul- tiplied tne.. = Prov.4.12. tHeb. ankles. » Mai. 4. 3. 1P3.18.32, 39. e Ps. 44. 5. tHeb. caused to bow. 13 Through the brightness before him were 'coals of fire kindled. 14 The Loed "thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out ""arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the ^'rebuking of the Loed, at the blast of the breath of his II nostrils. 17 'He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of II many waters : 18 "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Loed was my stay. 20 'He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he 'delighted in me. 21 "^The Loed rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the 'cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have -^kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his ^judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also ''ujiright f before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore 'the Loed hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; accordmg to my cleanness fiD his eye-sight. 26 With 'the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and 'with the froward thou wilt II shew thyself un- savoury. 28 And the "afilicted people thou wilt save : but thine eyes are upon "the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou ai-t my lllaraj), O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have II run through a troop : by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, "his way is perfect; ^the word of the Lord is li tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For *who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my ''strength and power: and he t'maketh my way 'perfect. 34 He t maketh my feet "like hinds' feet : and ""setteth me upon my high places. 35 ^He teacheth my hands fto war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath fmade me great. 37 Thou hast ""enlarged my steps under me; so that my ffeet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise : yea, they are fallen "under my feet. 40 For thou hast 'girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou t subdued under me. 227 David professeih his faith in God. 41 Thou hast also given me the ''necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even 'unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small •'as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them ^as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 ''Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be 'head of the heathen : 'a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 tStrangers shall || fsubmit themselves unto me : as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid 'out of their close places. 47 The LoED liveth; and blessed he my rock; and exalted be the God of the '"rock of my salvation. 48 It is God that f avengeth me, and that "bring- eth down the people under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine ene- mies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me : thou hast delivered me from the "violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among "the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. ^'i f \,^ 51 "He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his 'anointed, unto David, and 'to his seed for evermore. CHAP. XXIII. David in his last words professeih his faith in God's promises. "VTOW these be the last words of David. David iM the son of Jesse said, "and the man who was raised up on high, ''the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 'The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, ''the Eock of Israel spake to me, ||He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling 'in the fear of God. 4 And -^he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God ; "yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6 If But the sons of Belial shall he all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them must be t fenced with iron and the staff of a spear ; and they shall he utterly burned with fire in the same place. 8 H These he the names of the mighty men whom David had: ||The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains ; the same was Adino the Eznite : || he lifted up his spear against eight hun- dred, twhom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was ''Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel Avere gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great victory that day ; and the people returned after him only to spoil. 11 And after him was 'Shammah the son of Agee 228 IL SAMUEL, Before CHRIST 1018. ■i Gen. 49.8. Ex. 23. 27. Josh.10.24. « Job 27. 9. ProY. 1. 28. Isa. 1. 16. Mic. 3. 4. / 2 Kings 13.7. rs. 35. 5. Dan. 2. 35. s Isa. 10. 6. Mic. 7. 10. Zech. 10. 5. ''CI1.3.I.& 5. LA 19. 9, 14. & 20. 1, 2, 22. » Deut. 28. 13. ch.8.1-14. P«. 2. 8. * Isa. 55. 5. fHeb. Sons of the stranger. [ Or, yield feigited obedience.. f Heb. lie See Bent. 33. 29. Pb. 66. 3. k 81. 15. I Mic. 7. 17 "»Ps. 89.26. t Heb. givdh avenge- ment for me. 1 Sr.m. 25. 39 ch. 18. 19, 31. nPs. 144.2. » Ps. 140.1, p Rom. 15. 9. Q Ps. 144. 10. '■P8.89.20. » ch. 7. 12, 13. Ps. 89. 29. »ch.7.8,9, Ps. 78. 70, 71. & 89.27, »lSam.l6, 12, 13. Pa. 89. 20. ' 2 Pet. 1. 21. <« Dent. 32. 4,31. ch. 22. 2,32. n Or, Be thou ruler, <£c. Pb. 110. 2. «Ex. 18.21. 2 Chron. 19. 7, 9. /Jiidg. 5. 31. Ps. 89. 36. Prov. 4. 18. Hos. 6. 5. See Ps. 110. 3. e ch. 7. 15, 16. Ps 89. 29. Isa. 55. 3. t Ilob. filled. II Or, Joskeb- bassebet the TachTnon- ite, head of the three. II See 1 Chron. 11. 11. & 27. 2. t Ileb. slain. A I Chron. 11.12. & 27. 4. Before CHRIST 1018. * See 1 Chron. 11. 13, 14. Or, for foraging. 1 1 Chron. 11. 15. Or, the three cap- tains over the thirty. 1 Sam. 22. 1. «ch. 5. 18. "1 Sam. 22. 4,5. p Lev. 17. 10. 3 1 Chron. 11. 20. t Heb. slain. • 1 Chron. 11. 27. <■ Josh. 15. 21. t Heb. great of acts. » Ex. 15. 15. 1 Chron. 11. 22. t Heb. lions of God. t Heb. a man of counte- nance, or, sight: called 1 Chron. 11. 23, a man of great stature. „0r, honourable among the thirty. t ch. 8. 18. & 20. 23. .Or, council. t Ileb. at liis com- mand. 1 Sam. 22. 14. " ch. 2. 18. i« See 1 Chron. 11. 27. II Or, valleys. Deut. 1.24. yJudg.2.9. A catalogue of David's mighty men. the Hararite. ''And the Philistines were gathered to- gether II into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles : and the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines : and the Lord wrought a great victory. 13 And 'II three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest-time unto "'the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in "the valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then in an "hold, and the gar- rison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! 16 And the three mighty men 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 : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. 17 And he said. Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this ^the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 And 'Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, -fand slew them, and had the name among three. 19 Was he not most honourable of three? there- fore he was their captain : howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of ''Kabzeel, fwho had done many acts, 'he slew two f lion-like men of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 21 And he slew an Egyptian, fa goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was llmore honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him 'over his lit guard. 24 "Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25 ^Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hu- shathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the || brooks of ^Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Bar- humite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gi- lonite, David numbereth the people. 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arhite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan ofZobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 ^Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 39 "Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all. CHAP. XXIV. David tempted by Satan, foixetk Joab to number the people. AND "again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and || he moved David against them to say, ''Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 For the king said to Joab, the captain of the host, which was with him, || Go now through all the tribes of Israel, 'from Dan even to Beer-she ba, and number ye the people, that ''I may know the number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever ihey be, an hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing ? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the pre- sence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5 II And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in 'Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the || river of Gad, and toward -^Jazer : 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the || land of Tahtim-hodshi ; and they came to ''Dan-jaan, and about to ''Zidon, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites : and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king : 'and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; and the men of Judah were j&ve hundred thousand men. 10 IT And ''David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, T have sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have^'done very foolishly. 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet "Gad, David's "seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I ojffer thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall ^seven years of famine come unto CHAP. L Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1017. 1017. ' ch. 20.26. ■■ ch.11.3,6. 1 Pa. 103.8, 13. 14. & 119. 156. II Or, 1017. many. » ch. 21. 1. >- See 1 Sala-n, Isa. 47. 6. See Zech. 1.15. 1 Chron. « 1 Chron. 21.1. 21.14.&27. J.im. 1.13, 24. 14. ' Ex. 12.23. » 1 Chron. 1 Chron. 27. 23, 24. 21. 15. lOr, « Gen. 6. 6. Ctmipass. 1 Sam. 15. ' Judg. 20. 11. 1. Joel 2. 13, See 1 Chron. 21.5. * 1 Sam.24. 5. 1 ch. 12. 13. "• 1 Sam. 13. 13. » 1 Sam. 22.5. 1 Sam. 9. 9. 1 Chron. 29. 29. P See 1 Chron. 2I.l-i. " 1 Chron. 21. 15, Oman: See ver. 18. 2 Chron. 3. 1. » 1 Chron. 21. 17. ' 1 Chron. 21. 18, &c. t Ueh. Araniah, " Seo Gen. 23. 8-16. » Num. 16. 48, 50. 1 King! 19. 21. <^ Ezek. 20. 40, 41. ' See 1 Chron. 21. 24, 25. /ch. 21. 14. a ver. 21. The three days* pestilernae. thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee ? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait :_ let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; ^for his mercies are \\ great ; and "let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 II So 'the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed : and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer- sheba seventy thousand men. 16 'And when the angel stretched out his. hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, "the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people. It is enough : stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing- place of ^Araunah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, "I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? Let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 H And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, ^Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of f Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him : and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant ? "And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that ''the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him : 'behold, here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice, and threshing-instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God ''accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay ; but I will surely buy it oi thee at a price : neither will I offer burut-onerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So 'David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. -^So the Lord was entreated for the land, and ^the plague was stayed from Israel. The FIRST Book of the KINGS, Commonly called The THIRD Book of the KINGS. CHAP. L Solomon, by David's appointment, is anointed king. "VTOW king David was old and f stricken in years; XM and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, f Let there be sought for my lord the king f a young Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1015. 1015. tHeb. entered into days. t Heh. Let t Heb. he a cherisher unto him . " Josh. 19. 18. them seeJc. t Heb. a damsel, a virgin. virgin : and let her stand before the king, and lei her I cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a °Shu- nammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the 229 Adonyah's treason discovered. king, and ministered to him : but the king knew her not. 5 II Then *Adonijah the son of Hagmth exalted himself, saying, I will fbe king: and lie prepared him chariots and horsemen, and j&fty men to run be- fore him. 6 And his father had not displeased him t at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so ? and he also was a very goodly man ; ''and Ms mother bare him after Absalom. 7 And t he conferred with Joab the son of Ze- ruiah, and with 'Abiathar the priest : and -^they, t following Adonijah, helped him. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and ^Shimei, and Kei, and ''the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah slew sheep, and oxen, and fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by II En- rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants : 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 H Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying. Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of 'Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not ? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy_ son Solomon. 13 Go, and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, ''Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? why then doth Adoniiah reign ? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and f con- firm thy words. ^ ^ . 15 IT And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber : and the king was very old ; and Abi- shag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, fWhat wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, 'thou swarest by the Loed thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not : 19 "'And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host : but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Is- rael are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, Avhen my lord the king shall "sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted f offenders. 22 1[ And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Na- than the prophet. And when he was come in be- fore the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? 25 "l^ov he is gone down this day, and hath slain 230 I. KINGS. Solomon anointed king. Before CHRIST 1015. i> 2 Sam. 3. 4. t Ilob. reign. « 2 SiiDi.15. ]. t Ueb. from his days. ''2 Sam. 3, 3,4. 1 Chron. 3, 2. t Hob. his w&rds were with Joab. •2 Sam. 20. 25. /ch. 2. 22, 28. t Heb. helpedafter Adonijah. « ch. 4. 18. A 2 Sam 23. II Or, the well Sogel. 2 Sam. 17. 17. • 2Sniii.3.4. Before CHRIST 1015. P 1 Sam.lO. 24. t Hob. Let Icing Adf/nijah live. ■ Hob. lefore the king. 1 2 Sam. 4. 9. ' Tcr. 17. « Neh. 2. 3. Dau. 2. 4. * 1 Cluon. 22.9. t Heb. Jill up. t Ileb. What to Iheet 'ver. 13,30. "• vor. 7, 8, 9, 25. " Doiit. 31. 16. ch. 2. 10. t Heb. sinners. " ver. 19. '2 Sam .20. 6. t Hob. which be- longeth to me: SeeEsth.6. 8. » 2 Chron. 32. 30. ': 1 Sam. 10. 1. & 16. 3,12. 2 Sam. 2.4. &5. 3. ch. 19. 16. 2 Kings 9. 3. & 11.12. V 2 Sam. 15. 10. 2 Kings 9. 13. & 11.14. "Josh. 1.5, 17. 1 Sam. 20. 13. « ver. 47. '> 2 Sam. 8. 18. & 23. 20 23. = Ex.30.23, 25, 32. Ps. 89. 20. ■i 1 Chron. 29. 22. « 1 Sam.lO. 24. ..Or, flutes. / 2 Sam .18. 27. oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest ; and behold, they eat and drink before him,andsay,^ fGod save king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him ? 28 "U Then king David answered and said. Call me Bath-sheba. And she came finto the king's presence, and stood before the king. 29 And the king sware, and said, ''As the Loed livethjthat hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 '^Even as I sware unto thee by the Loed God of Israel, saying. Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ; even so will I certainly do this day. 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, 'Let my lord king David live for ever. 32 H And king David said. Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, 'Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon f mine own mule, and bring him down to "Gihon : 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet ''anoint him there king over Israel : and "blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said. Amen : the Loed God of my lord the king say so too. 37 ''As the Loed hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and "make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, 'and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cnere- thites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of "oil out of the tabernacle, and ''anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; 'and all the people said, God save king Solomon. 40 And all the peoi)le came up after him, and the people piped with || pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 H And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar ? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said unto him. Come in; for -^thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adoni- jah, Veiily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, David's charge to Solomon. and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule : 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Solomon ^'sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, ''God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. 'And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath 'given one to sit on my throne this ^ay, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. 50 HAnd Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and 'caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying. Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying. Let king Solomon swear unto me to-day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, "'there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from me altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. CHAP. IL David, having given a charge to Solomon, dielh. IVrOW "the days of David drew nigh that he should -LM die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 'I go the way of all the earth: ''be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his com- mandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou may- est ** II prosper in all that thou doest, and whither- soever thou turnest thyself. 4 That the Lord may 'continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, •'If thy children take heed to their way, to ^walk before me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul, ''there shall not i" fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah 'did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto ''Abner the son of Ner, and unto 'Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and f shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore '"according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of "Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that "eat at thy table: for so ^'they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 8 And behold, thou hast with thee 'Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a t grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but 'he came down to meet me at Jor- CHAR IL Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1015. 1015. "2 Sam. 19. 23. t Ex. 20. 7. Job 9. 28. » Gen. 42. 38. & 44 31. a 1 Chron. « ch. 1. 21. 29.23. Acts 2. 29. & 13. 36. y 2 Sam. 5. 7. * vcr. 37. ' 2 Sam. 5 4. 1 Chron. 2'J. 26. 27. ' Gen. 47. « 1 ChroD. 31. 29. 23. 2 Chron. 1 1. 1014. * cli. 3. 6. Ps. 132. 11, 12. »lBam.l6. 4,5. ' cli. 2. 28. « ch. 1. 5. '' 1 Chron. 22. 9, 10. & 28. 5, 6, 7. Prov.21.30 Dan. 2. 21. t Ileb. turn not away my face. Ps. 132. 10 " 1 Sam. «ch.l.3,4 H. 45. 2 Sam. U. 11. Acta 27.34. /Ex.20.12 » See Ps.45 9. ■» Gen. 47. 29. Dout.31.14. I) Josh. 23. 14. = Deut. 17. 19, 20. d Deut. 29. 9. .Tosh. 1. 7. 1 Cliron. 22. 12, 13. II Or, >• ch. 1. 7. do unscly. 1 Sam. 18. 5, 14, 40. « 2 Sam. 7. 25. iRnthl.17. / Ps. 132. 12. a 2 Kings 20. 3. " 2 Sam. 7. 12, 13. cli. 8. 25. t Ileb. he- cut off ' 2 Sam. 7. from thee. 11, 13. from the 1 Cliron. throne. 22. 10. • 2 Sam. 3. 39. & 18. 5, 1014. 12, 14. & 19. 5, 6, 7. * 2 Sam. 3. 27. ' Josh. 21. '2 Sam. 20. 18. 10. t Heb. t Heb. put. a man of "' ver. 9. death. Prov.20.2G. "• 1 Sam. " 2 Sam. 23.6. 12. 31, 38. 2 Sam. 15. " 2 Sam. 9. 24, 29. 7, 10. & 19. « 1 Sam. 28. 22. 20, 23. p 2 Sam. 17. 2 Sam. 15. 27. 24. 8 2 Sam. » 1 Sam. 2. 16.5. 31-35. fHeb. strong. Pch.1.7. '■2S.xm.19. IS. Adonijah' s request: his death. dan, and 'I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore 'hold him not guiltless : for thou ao't a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head "bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10 11 So ''David slept with his fathers, and was buried in "the city ot David. 11 And the days that David ''reigned over Israel were forty years : seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 12 11 "1 hen sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father ; and his kingdom was established greatly., 13 IT And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon: and she said, 'Comest thou peaceably ? And he said, Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said. Thou knowest that the kingdom was 'mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for ''it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee, fdeny me not. And she said unto him. Say on. 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solo- mon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me 'Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-sheoa said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath-sheba tlierefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and ■''bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; "and she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said. Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother. And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the king- dom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for ''Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, say- ing, 'God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against hjfi own life. 24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he '"promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Be- naiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.. 26 1 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields ; for thou art. -\ worthy of death : but I will not at this time put thee to death, '"because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because "thou hast been afilicted in all wherein my father was afilicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord ; that he might "fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 HThen tidings came to Joab: (for Joab %ad turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after 2ai Joab slain. Absalom ;) and Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LoKD, and ''caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told kin^ Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord ; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said. Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king Avord again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, '^Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; "that thou mayest take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.^ 32 And the Lord 'shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous "and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, ""Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and ^Amasa the son of J ether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and 'upon the head of his seed for ever: "but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him : and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 H And the king put Benaiah the son of Je- hoiada in his room over the host: and ''Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of "Abiathar. 36 H And the king sent and called for ''Shimei, and said unto him. Build thee an house in Jeru- salem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over 'the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: -^thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei said unto the king. The saying is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto ^Achish son of Maachah king of Gath : and they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants : and Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 4:2 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me. The word that I have heard is good. 43 Whv then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest 'all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: there- fore the Lord shall 'return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and 'the 2.32 l kings. Heforo CHRIST 1014. « ch. 1. 60. 'Ex. 21.14. » Num. 35. 33. Deut.19.13. & 21. 8, 9. « Judg. 9. 2i, 67. P.S. 7. 16. " 2 Chron. 21. 13. ' 2 Sam. 3. 27. y 2 Sam. 20. 10. ' 2 Sam. 3. 29. " I'roT, 25. 6. 1014. » Num. 25, 11, 12, 13. 1 Sam. 2. 35. See 1 Chron. 6, 63. & 24. 3. « Ter. 27. d 2 Sam. 16.5. ver. 8. e 2 Sam. 15. 23 /Lev. 20. 9. .Josh. 2. 29. 2 Sam. 1. 16. 1011. '1 Sam. 27. 2. Before CHRIST 1014. A 2 Sam. 16. 5. 1 Pa. 7. 16, Ezek.17.19 ' Prov. 25. 5. i ver. 12. 2 Chron. 1. 1. 1014. « ch. 7. 8. & 9. 24. i> 2 Sam. 5. 7. ' ch. 7. 1. •i ch. 6. « ch. 9. 15, 19. /Lev. 17. 3, 4,6. Dent. 12. 2, 4,5. ell. 22. 43. i;Dout.6.6. A 30. 16. 20. Ps. 31. 23. Rom. 8. 28. 1 Cor. 8. 3. '• ver. 6, 14. • 2 Chron. 1.3. * 1 Chron. 16. 39. 2 Chron. 1. 3. 1 ch. 9. 2. 2 Chron. 1. 7. "> Num. 12. 6. Matt 1.20. & 2. 13. 19. " 2 Chron. 1. 8, &c. II Or, bounty. " ch. 2. 4. &9. 4. 2 Kings 20. 3. Ps. 15. 2. P ch. 1. 48. 1 1 Chron. 29.1. »• Num. 27. 17. « Dent. 7. 6. * Gen. 13. 16. & 15. 5. " 2 Chron. 1.10. Prov. 2. 3-9. .lames 1. 5. t Ileb. Iw.aring. " Ps. 72. 1, 2. y Ueb. 6. 14. 2 Jam. 4. 3. t Ileb. many days. t Heb. to hear, o 1 John 6. 14, 15. » ch. 4. 29, 30, 31.' & 5. 12. A 10. 24. Eccl. 1. 16. ' Matt. 6. 33. Eplies. 3. 20. Acts 7.47. t Heb. built. ' See Ezck. 41. 1, Ac. ■iSoo Ezek. 40. 18.&41.16. .Or. windows ftroadwith- in, antl narrow without: or, skewed and closed. Or, vpon, or, joining to. ' See Ezek. 41.6. t Heb. Jloors. f Ter .16,19, 20. 21, 31. t Heb.T-jfts. t Heb. narrow- ings, or, rebate- ments. a Sec Dent. 27. 5, 6. ch. 5. 18. t Hob. shoulder. >> ver. 14, 38. H Or, the vault- h^ams and the ceilings with cedar. A CHAP. VL The building of Solomon'.i temple. ND °it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were 234 p 1 Chron. 22. 2. tlOr, Giblites: as Ezck. 27.9. <• 2 Chron. 3. 1, 2. 1012. 2 Kings 25. 13. 2 Chron. 4. 2. Jer. 52. 17. tHeb. from his brim to his brim. n 2 Chron. 4.3. » 2 Chron. 4. 4, 5. Jer. 52. 20. Solomon's buildings, &c. 6 IF And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was II before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were li before them. 7 IF Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar ffrom one side of the floor to the other. 8 IF And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, *whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch, 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, after the mea- sures of hewed stones, and cedars. 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, "and for the porch of the house. 13 IF And king Solomon sent and fetched ''Hiram out of Tyre. 14 'He was fa widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and-'^his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass ; and ''he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he t cast ''two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 17 And nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net- work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates : and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the net- work: and the pomegranates were 'two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. 21 'And he set up the pillars in H;he porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof llJachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof IIBoaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished. 23 IF And he made "'a molten sea, ten cubits f from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits : and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, "compass- ing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon "twelve oxen, three looking 235 Hiram^s work and toward the north, and three looking toward the west, mul three looking toward the soutli, and three look- ing toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 20 And itivas an hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof Avas wrought like the brim of a cup, with tiowers of lilies: it contained ''two thousand oaths. 27 IFAnd he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases rvas on this man- ner: they had borders, and the borders were be- tween the ledges: 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges locre lions, oxen, and cherubims : and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver ivere undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the Avork of the base, a cubit and a half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four square, not round. . if o i 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were '\ joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. f o1>b; 35 And_ in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. L \x 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm-trees, according to the t proportion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. 38 11 Then 'made he ten lavers of brass : one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right f side of the house, and five on the left side of the house : and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south. 40 IF And t Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord : 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two ^net-works, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two net-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were fnpon the pillars; 1? ^"^ ^^^ ^®° ^^^^^' ^"^ ^®^ lavers on the bases ; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 40 'And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: 236 I. KINGS. Before nefore CIIKIST CHRIST 1005. 1005. t Heb. made brii/ht, or, scoured. « 2 Chron. 4.17. t llcb. P Sco inthethick- 2Cliron.4. ness of the 6. ground. « Gen. 33. 17. ^ Josh. 3. 16. t Heb for the ex- ceeding muUitude. t Heb. searched. 1 Cliron. 22. 14. » Ex. 37. 25, &c. » Ex. 37. 10, Ac. a Ex. 25. 30. Lev. 24. 5 -S. t Heb. ash-jpans. t Heb. holy things of David. ' 2 Siim. 8. 11. 2 Cliron. 5. 1. t Ileb. in the base. » 2 Chron. 5. 2, 4o. t Heb. princes. » 2 Sam. 6. 17. « 2 Sam. 5. 7, 9. & 6. 12, 16. i Lev. 23. 34. 2 Chron. 7. 8. 1004. • Num. 4. 15. Deut.31.9. Josh. 3.3,6. 1 Chron. 15. 14, 15. /ch. 3. 4. t Ilcb. 2 Chron. 1. nakedness. 3. a 2 Sam. 6. 13. 1 2 Chron. 4.6. » 2 Sam. 6. 17. 'Ex. 26. 33, 34. ch. 6. 19. t Ileb. * ch. 6. 27. shoulder. t Heb. 'Ex. 25. 14, 15. t Heb. heads. Hirom : Soo vor. 13. II Or, ark: aa 2 Chron. 5. 9. "• Ex. 25. 21. Deut. 10. 2. ••vol-. 17,18. ^ Deut. 10. 5. Ileb. 9. 4. » Ex. 40. 20. II Or, wliere. p Ex. 34. 27,28. t Heb. Deut. 4.13. upon IJie jaee of the ver. 21. J Ex. 40. pillars. 34, 35. • Ex. 27. 3. 2 Chron. 5. 2 Chron. 4. 13, 14. & 7. 18. 2. ornaments for the temple. and all these vessels which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Loed, were of ■\ bright brass. 46 Tn the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, fin the clay-ground between "Succoth and "^Zarthan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, t because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass f found out. 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that per- tained unto the house of the Loed: ^tlie altar of gold, and "^the table of gold, whereupon "the shew- bread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the f censers of pure gold ; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the f things *which David his father had dedicated: even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord. CHAP. VIIL 1 27(6 feast of the dedication of the temple. 22 Solomon's prayer, THEN ""Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the f chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, 'that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord "out oi the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled them- selves unto king Solomon at the "^feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, 'and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, ^and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, "sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests ''brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto *his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even ''under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they 'drew out the staves, that the f ends of the staves were seen out in the || holy p/ace be- fore the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 9 "^ There was nothing in the ark "save the two tables of stone, which Moses "put there at Horeb, II ^'when the Lord made a covenant with the chil- dren of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holj place, that the cloud "filled the house of the Lord, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. SolomorCs 'prayer at the \ \ CHAP. VIII. dedication of the temple. 12 IT ''Then sj)ake Solomon, The Lokd said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 'I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, "a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and "'blessed all the congregation of Israel : and all the congregation of Israel stood ; 15 And he said, ^Blessed be the Lord God of Is- rael, which ''spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 "Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that 'my name might be therein ; but I chose "David to be over my people Israel. 17 And ''it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 18 'And the Loed said unto David my father. Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 19 Nevertheless, -^thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. 20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, ^as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is ''the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 22 H And Solomon stood before 'the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Is- rael, and ''spread forth his hands toward heaven : 23 And he said. Lord God of Israel, '"there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, "who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that "walk before thee with all their heart : 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him : thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou pro- misedst him, saying, ^f There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel ; t 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, 'My name shall be there : that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make "|| toward this place. 30 "^And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall Before CHRIST 1004. '•2Cliron. 6. 1, &c. • ],ov. 16.2. Ps. 18. 11. & W. 2. ' 2 Sam. 7. 13. « Ps. 132. 14. * 2 Sam. 6. 18. V liUke 1. 68. ' 2 Sam. 7. 5,25. « 2 Sam. 6. 2 Chron. 6. 5, Ac. » ver. 29. Deut.12.11. « 1 Sam.16. 1. 2 Sam. 7.8. lChroii.28 4. <« 2 Sam. 7. 2. lChron.l7. 1. e 2 Cliron. 6. 8, 9. /2Sam. 7. 5, 12. 13. ch. 5. 3, 5. s 1 Chron. 28. 5, 6. '' ver. 9. Deut.31.26 • 2 Chron. 6. 12, ic. * Ex. 9. 33. Ezra 9. 6. Isa. 1. 15. "• Ex. 15. 11. 2Sam.7.22. "Deut. 7.9. Nell. 1. 5. Dan. 9. 4. ■> Gen.17.1. ch. 3. 6. 2 Kings 20. 3. Pch. 2.4. 2 Sam. 7. 12, 16. t Ileb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man frimi my sight, t Ileb. only if. 1 2 Sam. 7. 25. r 2 Chron. 2.6. Isa. 66. 1. Jer. 23. 24. Acts 7. 49. & 17. 24. " 2 Cor. 12. 2. Before CHRIST 1004. « Deut. 12. 11. » Dan.6.10. II Or, in this place. * 2 Chron. 20.9. Neh. 1. 6. II Or, in this place. fUeb. and lie re- quire an oath of hinif Lev. 5. 1. V Ex.22.11. ' Deut. 25. 1. n Lev. 26. 17. Deut.28.2o » Lev. 26. 39, 40. Neh. 1.9. II Or, toward. ' Lev. 20. 19. Deut.28.23. ■* Pa. 25. 4. & 27. 11. & 94. 12. & 143. 8. « 1 Sam.l2. 23 / Lev. 26. 16, 25, 26. Deut.28.21, 22, 27, 38, 42, 52. 2 Chron. 20.9. Or, uris- diction. a 1 Sam. 16.7. 1 Chron. 28.9. Pb. 11. 4. Jer. 17.10. Acts 1. 24. A Ps. 130.4. «Deut.3.24. * 1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Kings 19. 19. Ps. 67. 2. I Pa. 102. 15. t Heb. thy name is called upon this house. t Ileb. the way of the city, II Or, right. "• 2 Chron. 6. 36. Prov.20.D. Eccl.7.20. James 3. 2. 1 John 1. 8,10. n Lev. 26. 34,44. Deut.28.36, 64. • Lev. 20. 40. tHeb. bring back to their heart. pray || toward this place : and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place : and when thou hearest, forgive. 31 IT If any man trespass against his neighbour, t 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 IT "When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and 'shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee II 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 H "When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; if they pray toward 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 H-^If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their || 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 toward this house : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man accord- ing to his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou, even thou only, *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 coun- try for thy name's 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 toward 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 f this house which I have builded is called by thy name. 44 IF If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord f 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 || cause. 46 If they sin against thee, ("'for ^Aere is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deli- ver 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 f bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that 237 V Solomon blesseth the people : carried them captives, ''saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wicked- ness ; 48 And so 'return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies winch led them away captive, and ""pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the citv which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their sup- plication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and main- tain their || cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their trangressions 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 inherit- ance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, "from the midst of the turnace of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the sup- plication 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, ""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 Lokd, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. b^ And he stood ^and blessed all the congrega- tion of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be the Loed, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised : 'there hath not t failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. 57 The Loed our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : "let him not leave us, nor forsake us : 58 Tkat he may 'incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his command- ments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words wherewith I have made supplication before the Loed, be nigh unto the Loed our _God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel f at all times, as the matter shall require : 60 That all the people of the earth may know that '^the Loed is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your 'heart therefore be perfect with the Loed our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 62 1[ And ^the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Loed. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace-of- ferings, which he offered unto the Loed, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Loed. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle ot the court that was before the house of the Loed: tor there he offered burnt-offerings, and meat-offer- ings, and the fat of the peace-offerings : because "the brazen altar that was before the Loed was too little / 238 L KINGS. Before CUKIST 1004. PNeh.1.6. \'s. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 6. 1 .Tor. 29. 12. 13, 14. r Daii.6.10. II Or, rigid. ' Ezra. 7. 6. Ps. 106. 46. < Deut. 9. 29 Neh.' 1. 10 « Deut. 4. 20. Jcr. 11. 4. * Ex. 19.5. Deut. 9. 26. 29. & 14. 2. y 2 Sam. 6. 18. • Deut. 12. 10. Josh.21.45. & 23. 14. t Heb. fallen. " Deut. 31. 6. Josh. 1. 5. i Ps. 119. 30. t Ileb. theUtingof a day in his day. ' Josh. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 17. 46. 2 Kings 19, 19. << Deut. 4. 35, 39. ' ch. 11. 4. & 15. 3. 14. 2 Kings 20. 3. /2Clirou. 7. 4, Ac. a 2 Cliron. 7.7. A 2 Chron, 4.1. I Before CHKIST about 992. vcr. 2. Lev. 23. 34. * Num. 34. 8. Josh. 13. 5. Judg. 3. 3. 2 Kings 14. 25. ! Gen. 15. 18. Num. 34.5. "• 2 Chron. 7.8. •• 2 Chron. 7. 9, 10. II Or, thanked. about 992. "■ 2 Cliron. 7. 11, Ac » ch. 7. 1. « 2 Chron. 8.6. Deut. 4. 26. 2 Kings 17. 23.& 25. 21. » Jor.7.14. » Deut. 28. 37. Ps. 44. 14. p 2 Chron. 7.21. 1 Deut. 29. 24, 25, 26. Jer.22.8,9. •• ch. 6. 37, 38. & 7. 1. 2 Cliron. 8. 1. » 2 Chron. 8.2. tHeb. were not right in his eyes. < Josh. 19. 27. II That is, displeas- ing, or, dirty.- i^ch. 6.13. God's covenant with him. to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held 'a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from '^he entering in of Hamath unto 'the river of Egypt, before the Loed our God, "'seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 "On the eighth day he sent the people away : and they || blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Loed had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. CHAP. IX. GocTs covenant in a vision with Solomon. AND °it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, 'and the king's house, and ''all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, 2 That the Loed appeared to Solomon the second time, ''as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And the Loed said unto him, T have beard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me : I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, -^to put my name there for ever ; ^and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 4 And if thou wilt ''walk before me, 'as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in upright- ness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments : 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy king- dom upon Israel for ever, ''as I promised to David thy fatlier, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 6 'But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my command- ments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them : 7 '"Then will I cut off' Israel out of the land which I have given them ; and this house which I have hallowed "for my name, will I cast out of my sight; "and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people : 8 And ^'at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, «Why hath the Loed done thus unto this land, and to this house ? 9 And they shall answer. Because they forsook the Loed their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 10 11 And ""it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, 11 {'Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him ; and they t pleased him not. 13 And he said. What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother ? 'And he called them the land of || Cabul unto this day. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 15 IT And this is the reason of "the levy which king The queen of Sheha admireth the Solomon raised ; for to build the house of the Loed, and his own house, and "-'Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and ^Hazor, and ''Megiddo, and "Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, ''and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and "Beth-horon the nether, 18 And ''Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, • 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for 'his chariots, and cities for his horse- men, and t that which Solomon -^desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 "And all the people that were left of the Amo- rites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, 21 Their children ''that were left after them in the land, Vhom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, \ipon those did Solomon levy a tribute of 'bond-service unto this day. 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon "toake no bond-men : but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, "five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 TTBut "Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto ^her house which Solomon had built for her: 'then did he build Millo. 25 IF '"And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Loed, and he burnt incense t upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house. 26 HAnd 'king Solomon made a navy of ships in 'Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the fshore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. 27 "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to 'Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. CHAP. X. The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. AND when the "queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came ''to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her f questions : there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solo- mon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, ^ 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the f attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his II cup-bearers, "and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king. It was a true fre- CHAP. X. Before CHRIST about 992. * ver. 24. 2 Sam. 5. 9. about 992. » Josh. 19. 36. ' Josh. 17. 11. <• Josh. 15. 10. Judg.1.29. abontl014. i Josh. 16. 10. « Josh. 16. 3. & 21. 22. 2 Chron. 8. 5. Judg. 1. 21, 27, 29. k 3. 1. '■ Josh. 15. 63. & 17. 12 * Judg. 1. 28. ' See Gen. 9. 25, 26 Ezra 2. 55, 58. Neh. 7. 57. k 11. 3. "• Lev. 25. 39. "See 2 Chron. 8. 10. ch. 3. 1. 2 Chron. 8. 11. p ch. 7. 8. ? 2 Sam. 5. 9. ch. 11. 27. 2 Chron. 32.5. •• 2 Cliron. 8.12,13,16. tHeb. u^^im. it. * 2 Chron. 8. 17, 18. <■ Num. 33. 35. Deut. 2. 8. ch. 22. 48. t Heb. lip. "ch.10.11. » Job 22. 24. » 2 Chron. 9. 1, &c. Matt.12.42. Luke 11. 31. » See Jiidg.14.12 Prov. 1. 6. t lleb. words. t Heb. staiuiivg. II Or, butlers. ' 1 Chron. 26. J6. tHeb. word. Before CHRIST about 992. II Or, sayings. tHeb. thnu hast added wis' dom and goodness to tliefame. i ProT. 8. 31. • ch. 5. 7. /2Sam.8. 15. Ps. 72. 2. Prov. 8.15. fPs.72.10, 15. * ch. 9. 27. 2 Chron. 2. 8. & 9.10, 11, alguni- trees. • 2 Cliron. 9.11. ..Or, rails. tHeb. a prop. ' 2 Chron. 9.10. t Heb. according to the hand of Icing Solomon. I 2 Chron. 9.24. Pa. 72. 10. . Or, captains. " ch. 14. 26. n ch. 7. 2. » 2 Chron. 9. 17, &c. tHeb. on the hinder part thereof. tHeb. hands. t Heb. so. p 2 Chron. 9. 20, &c. Or, there was no silver in them, s Gen. 10. 4. 2 Chron. 20.36. Or, ele- phants' teeth. r ch. 3. 12, 13. & 4. 30. tHeb. sought ITie face of. ' ch. 4. 26. 2 Chron. 1. 14. & 9. 25. ' Deut. 17. 16. wisdom and magnificence of Solomon. port that I heard in mine own land of thy llacts and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me ; t thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 ''Happy are thy men, happy are these thy ser- vants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 'Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel : because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, •'to do judgment and justice. 10 And she 'gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 'And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of II almug-trees, and precious stones. 12 'And the king made of the almug-trees |i f pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers : there came no such 'almug-trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her f of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. 14 UNow the weight of gold that came to Solo- mon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchant-men, and of the traffick of the spice-merchants, and 'of all the kings of Arabia, and of the || governors of the country. 16 IT And king Solomon made two hundred tar- gets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made '"three hundred shields 0/ beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the "house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 H "Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne tvas round f behind: and there were f stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not f the like made in any kingdom. 21 H^And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; jlnone were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of 'Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, II ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 So '^king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 lAnd all the earth thought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 IT 'And Solomon 'gathered together chariots, and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four 239 Solomon^s idolatry. hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 "And the king fmade silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore- trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 28 II •" t And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and "linen yarn : the king's merchants re- ceived the linen yarn at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse lor an hundred and fifty: 'and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them, out f by their means. CHAP. XL Solomon's acts, reign, and death. BUT "king Solomon loved *many strange women, II together with the daughter of Pharaoh, wo- men of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zido- nians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which the Loed said unto the children of Israel, 'Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines : and his wives turned aAvay his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, ^that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his 'heart was not perfect with the Loed his God, -^as was the heart of David his father. "5 For Solomon went after ^Ashtoreth the god- dess of the Zidonians, and after || Milcom the abomi- nation of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Loed, and fwent not fully after the Loed, as did David his father. 7 ''Then did Solomon build an high place for •'Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in 'the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomi- nation of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 IT And the Loed was angry with Solomon, be- cause 'his heart was turned from the Loed God of Israel, '"which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And "had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Loed commanded. 11 Wherefore the Loed said unto Solomon, For- asmuch as this t is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded thee, "I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake : but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 ^Howbeit, I will not rend away all the king- dom; but will give 'one tribe to thy son, for David mv servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake "-which I have chosen. 14 IT And the Loed 'stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. I'^'Eor it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, "after he had smitten every male in Edom; 240 L KINGS. Before C II III ST about 992. " 2 Chron. 1. 15-17. t Ileb. bare. " Deut. 17. 16. 2 Chron. 1. 16. & 9. 28. t Ileb. And the goingforth of the horses whicfi waa Solomon's. V Ezek. 27. 7. 'Josh. 1.4. 2 Kings 7. 6. t Ileb. hy tfieir hand, " Neh. 13. 26. » Dout. 17 17. fOr, beside. « Ex. 34. 16. Deut. 7.3,4. about 984. () And this thing became "a sin : for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an "house of high places, ''and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto ■■the feast that is in Judah, and he || offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, || sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : ''and he placed m Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he il offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had "devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel : and he offered upon the altar, f and -^burnt incense. CHAP. XIII. 1 Jeroboam's hand ivilhcreih; 6 and, at the prayer of the prophet, is restored. AND behold, there came "a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Loed unto Beth-el : *and Jeroboam stood by the altar || to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar ! thus saith the Lord ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, 'Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave ''a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken ; Be- hold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the si^n which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, 'Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought fthe Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and -^I will give tliee a reward. 8 And tlie man of God said unto the king, 'If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in witli thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water m this place : 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, ''Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn agam by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 11 UNow there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his fsons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bcth-el : the 242 L KINGS. Before CHRIST 975. "Ex. 32. 4, 8. » Oon. 28. 19. IIos. 4. 15. y Judg. IS. 29. «ch.'l3.34. 2 Kings 17. 21. ach.13.32. ' Num. 3. 10. ch. 13. 33. 2 Kings 17. 32. 2Cliiou.ll. 14, 15. Ezek. 44.7, 8. ' Lov. 23. 33,34. Num. 29. 12. ch. 8. 2, 5. lOr, went up to the altar, II Or, to sacrifice. <* Amos 7. 13. II Or, went up to the altar, 2 Chron. /ch.11.33, 12.9,10,11. 38. & 15. 5. "ch.lO.n. tHeb. runners. s ch. 12. 28. 2 Chron. 11. 15. * Neh. 9.- 26. Ps. 50. 17. 2 Chron. Ezek.23.35 12. Id. about 956. p ch. 12. 24. & 15. 6. • ch. 15. 29. 2 Chron. *ch. 21.21. 12. 15. 2 Kings 9. 1 2 Chron. 8. 12. 16. ' Deut. 32. 36. 958. 2 Kings 14. ' vor. 21. 26. « 2 Chron. » ch. 16. 4. 12. 16, & 21. 24. Abijah. Matt. 1. 7, A bia. n Tor. 17. 958. ' 2 Chron. 13. 1, 2. because in him "there is found some good thing to- ward the Loed God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14 ^Moreover, the Loed shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For the Loed shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall ''root up Israel out of this ""good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them 'beyond the river, 'because they have made their groves, provoking the Loed to anger, 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, "who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 17 II And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to ""Tirzah: and ^when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died: 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, "^according to the word of the Loed, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he "warred, and how he reigned, behold,they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel, 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years : and he fslept with his fathers ; and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 21 IT And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. ''Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city 'which the Loed did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there : '^and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess, 22 'And Judah did evil in the sight of the Loed, and they -^provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them "high places, and II images ''and groves, on every high hill, and 'under every green tree, 24 *And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Loed cast out before the children of Israel, 25 IF 'And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Behoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26 "'And he took away the treasures of the house of the Loed, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold "which Solomon had made. 27 And king Behoboam made in their stead brazen shields,and committed^Ae??^unto the hands of the chief of the t guard, which kept the door of the king's house, 28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Loed, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber, 29 1[°Now the rest of the acts of Behoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30 And there was ^war between Behoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31 ''And Behoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. ""And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And 'Abijam his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. 1 Abijani's wicked reign. 7 Asa succeedeth him. OW "in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah, 243 N Asa's good reign. 2 Three years reigned lie in Jerusalem. *And his mother's name ivas 'Maachah, the daughter of •'Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which lie had done ])efore him: and "his heart was not i)ortect witli the Lokd his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, -^for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lllamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5 Because David "did that wltich was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, ''save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. G 'And there was war between Eehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 '■Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 'And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. IT And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jeru- salem. And his II mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 '"And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LoED, as did David his father. 12 "And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also "Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa t destroyed her idol, and ''burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 ''But the high places were not removed : never- theless Asa's 'heart was perfect with the Loed all his days. 15 And he brought in the f things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of tne Loed, silver, and gold, and vessels. _ 16 ir And there was war betAveen Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their da3^s. 17 And "Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built 'Ramah, "that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that iverc left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants : and king _ Asa sent them to 'Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at -'Damascus, saying, 10 There is a league between me and thee, and between mv father and thy father : behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may f depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote -Jjon, and "Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Ciiineroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 244 L KINGS. I!eforo CIIKIST 95S. i 2 Chron. 11. 20, 21, 22. « 2 Cbron. 13. 2, Michaia the daugh- ter of Uriel. <* 2 Chron. 11.2], Absalom. ' cb. 11. 4. Ps. 119. 80. /ch.ll. 32, 36. 2 Chron. 21.7. II Or, candU. ch. 11. 36. a ch. 14. 8. A 2 Sam. 11 4,15.&12. 9, • ch. 14. 30, * 2 Chron. 13. 2, 3, 22. 955. i 2 Chron. 14.1. II That is, grands 7>totlter's. ver. 2. '» 2 Chron. 14.2. ahout951. ''ch.14.24. & 22. 46. » 2 Chron. 15. 16. tHeb. cut off. vSoKK.sa. 20. ?ch. 22.43. 2 Chron. 15. 17, 18. 'See ver. 3. tHob. holy. e 2 Chron. 16. 1, &c. « Josh. 18. 25. « See ch. 12. 27. » 2 Chron. 16.2. ch. 11. 23, 24. t Ueh. go up. 2 2 Kings 15. 29. « Juilg. 18, 29. !• 2 Sam. 20. 14. Before CIIKIST about 951. « 2 Chron. 16.6. t Ilcb. free, •i .Tosh. 21. 17. ' Josh. 18. 26. / 2 Chron. 16. 12. » 2 Cliron. 17.1. 954. ''Matt. 1.8, called Josaphat. t Ueb. reigned. i ch. 12. 30. & 14. 16. '' ch. 14. 14. I Josh. 19. 44. & 21. 23. ch. 16. 15. "t ch. 14. 10, 14. " ch. 14. 9, 16. ver. 16. 2'ch.l2.2R, 29. & 13. 33. & 14. 16. about 930. " ver. 7. 2 Cliron. 19. 2. & 20. 34. >> ch. 14. 7. cb. 15 34. <* ver. 11. Deut. 28. 12. t Heb. Obadiahu. t Uob. over liis house. t Ueb. hebcl. 2 Kings 2.16. Ezok. 3.12, 14. Matt. 4. 1. Acts 8.39. t Ileb. that we cut not offonr- sulveBfrom tlte beaits. vei-. 16. II Or, tents. II Or, place the eiigmes : And tlicy 2>laced engines, t Hob. ap- proached. <= ver. 28. II Or, servants. t lleb. oind,oT,tie. Before CHRIST 901. 1 Kings 19. 21. » See Kuth 1. 15, 16. ■i 1 Sam. 1. 26. ver. 4, 6. tHeb. ch. 4. 30. causing to e 1 Kinga miscarry. 20. 35. ver. 5, 7,15. ch. 4. 1. 38. &9. i. " See Ex. 15. 25. ch. 4. 41. & 6.6. .Tohn 9. 6. t Hob. in sight, or, f/ver against. /So Ex.14. 21. « ch. 1. 17. Josh. 3. 16. ver. 14. 896. t Heb. statue. >> 1 Kings tHeb. 16.31,32. Thou hast " 1 Kings done hard 12.28,31,32. in ashing. P ch. 6. 17. <^ See Isa. Pa. lOi. 4. 16.1. « ch. 1. 1. is translated from the earth, 12 TIAnd Elisha saw*7, and he cried, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more : and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the t bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said. Where is the Loed God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, 'they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which weo^e 'to view at Jericho saw him, they said. The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 IT And they said unto him. Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty t strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: '"lest per- adventure the Spirit of the Loed hath taken him up, and cast him upon fsome mountain, or into some valley. And he said. Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said. Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them. Did I not say unto you. Go not? 19 II And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth : but the water is naught, and the ground t barren. 20 And he said. Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they Drought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the springof the waters, and "cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Loed, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, ac- cording to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 II And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him. Go up, thou bald-head; go up, thou bald-head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Loed. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. CHAP. IIL 1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha rebellelh. '^OW "Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign - -M over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the Loed, but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the f image of Baal 'that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless, he cleaved unto 'the sins of Jero- boam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 4 II And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-mas- ter, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand ''lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 5 But it came to pass, when 'Ahab Avas dead, that A miraculous supply of water. the king of Moab rebelled against tlie king of Is- rael, 6 IF And king Jehoram went out of Samaria tlie same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And lie went and sent to Jeliosbaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me : wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ? And he said, I will go up : ^T am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up ? And he answered. The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Ju- dah, and the king of Edom : and they fetched a com- pass of seven days' journey : and there was no water for the host, and. for the cattle fthat followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, that the LoED hath called these three kings together, to de- liver them into the hand of Moab ! 11 But ^Jehoshaphat said. Is there not here a pro- Ehet of the Loed, that we may inquire of the Loed y him ? And one of the king of Israel's servants an- swered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said. The word of the Loed is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom ''went down to him. 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, 'What have I to do with thee ? ''get thee to 'the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay : for the Loed hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 14 And Elisha said, '''As the Loed of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I re- gard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Ju- dah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a "minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that "the hand of the Loed came upon him. 16 And he said, Thus saith the Loed, ^'Make this valley full of ditches. 17 For thus saith the Loed, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Loed : he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and fmar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when 'the meat-offering was offered, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 21 HAnd when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they t gathered all that were able to t put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border. 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood : 23 And they said. This is blood : the kings are surely f slain, and they have smitten one another : now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so CHAR IV. Before CHRIST 896. 895. /I Kings 22.4. t Heb. at their feet. See Ex.11. a 1 Kings ■ 22. 7. '» ch. 2. 25. ' Ezek. 14. 3. * So Judg. 10. 14. Knthl.16. 1 1 Kings 18. 19. "> 1 Kings 17.1. cli. 5. 16. » See 1 Sam. 10. 5. Ezek. 1.3, & 3. 14, 22, &8.1. P ch, 4. 3. fUeb. grieve. 5 Ex. 29. 39,40. tHeb. were cried together. fHeb. gird him- self with a girdle. fHeb. destroyed. Before CHRIST 895. Or, they smote in it even fHeb. until he left the stoneathere- of in Kir- haraseth. r Isa. 16. 7, 11. 'Amos 2.1. « ch. 8. 20. 1 Kings 20. 35. ' See Lev. 25. 39. Matt.18.25 ' See ell. 3. 16. II Or, scant not. 11 Or, creditor. fHeb. there was a day. • John 11 . 11. » ver. 4. Mutt. 6. 6. P 1 Kings 17. 20. 1 Kings 17. 21. Acts 20.10. f I [cb. once lUllier, and once thither. ' 1 Kings 17.21. • cb.8.1,5. « 1 Kings 17. 23. Ilcb 11.3.'i. about 891. " ch. 2. 1. j: cb. 8. 1. ;/ ch. 2. 3. Lnke 10. 39. Acta 22. 3. Before CUBIST 895. » Ex.10. 17. « See Ex. 15. 25. ch. 2. 21. & 5.10. John 9. 6. tHeb. evil thing. i 1 Sam. 9. 4. " 1 Sam. 9. 1 Cor. 9.11. Gal. 6. 6. Or, in his scrip, or, garment, •i Luke 9. 13. •John 6. 9. Luke 9. 17. .TohnO.ll. /Matt. 14. 20. & 15.37. John 6. 13. about 894. <» Lnke 4. 27. » Ex. 11. 3. Ileb. efove. Or, gracious. t Heb. lifted up, o\\accepted in aiunte- nance. II Or, vicUrry. t Ilcb. was before. t Ileb. before. t Ileb. galluer in. " 1 Sam. 9. 8. ch. 8. 8, 9. f Ilcb. in his hand. 1 Kings 20,39. t Ileb. llie mouth. tHeb. ■tatucs. 1 1 Kings 14. 23. "•Ezra 6.11. Dan. 2. 6. & 3.29. « 1 Kings 12. 28, 29. ' See ver. 35. ch. 13.1,10. & 14. 23. & 15. 8, 12. t Heb. ob- served not. " 1 Kings 14. 16. about 860. t Heb. to cut off the ends. ' ch. 8. 12. t Heb. toward the rising of the sun. II Or, even to GC- Icad and Baslian. i'Aiuosl.3. BaaVs prophets slain. 16 And he said. Come with me, and see my 'zeal for the Loed, So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, ''he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Loed, 'which he spake to Elijah. 18 IF And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, "'Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the "prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting : for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal: whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, f Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the "house of Baal; and the house of Baal was II full from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Loed, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men with- out, and said. If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, *his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them ; let none come forth. And they smote them with fthe edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the f 'images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, "^and made it a draught-house unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 IF Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, "the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 30 And the Loed said unto Jehu, Because thou haet done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab ac- cording to all that was in mine heart, 'thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu t took no heed to walk in the law of the Loed God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from "the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 32 IF In those days the Loed began fto cut Israel short: and ''Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel ; 33 From Jordan feastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, ||even ^Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that 259 Athaliah destroyeth the king^s seed. he did, and all his might, are they not written in the hook of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And t the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. CHAP. XL 13 Athaliah slain. 17 Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God. AND when "Athaliah 'the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and de- stroyed all the t seed royal. 2 But II Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took llJoash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which we7'e slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-chamber, from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LoED six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. 4 II And ^the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Loed, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Loed, and shewed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do : A third part of you that enter in ''on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, || that it be not broken down. 7 And two II t parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Loed about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand : and he that Com- eth within the ranges, let him be slain. And be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 9 'And the captains over the hundreds did accord- ing to 2l\things that Jehoiada the priest commanded : and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Loed. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right t corner of the temple, to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony ; and they made him king, and anointed him ; and they clapped their hands, and said, f^God save the king. 13 IF'And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Loed. 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by ''a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Atha- liah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason! 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the cap- 260 XL KINGS. Before CHRIST 856. t neb. the days were. S84. "> 2 Chron. 22. 10. ' ch. 8. 26. t Heb. srM of the kingdom. II 2 Chron. 22.11, Jehosha- beath. II Or, Jelioash. 878. « 2 Chron. 23. 1, &c. Deut. 32. 36. T ch. 13. 5. 3 2 Sam. 8. 6. 1 Kingsll. 24. 2 Chron. S. 3. * After au interreg- num of 11 3'ears, ch. 15. 8. 784. This is the 27 th 3' ear of Jero- boam's Partner- ship in the Kingdom with his Father, who made him con- sort at his going to the Syrian Wars. It is the 16th year of Je- roboam's Monarchy, about 765. »ch. 14.21. 2 Chron. 26. 1, 3, 4. ' called Uzziah, ver. 13, 30, &c. & 2 Chron. ;J6. 1. « ver. 35. ch. 12. 3. & 14.4. ver. 27. about 742. n 2 Chron. 28. l,&c. » Lev. 18. 21. 2 Chron. 28.3. Ps. 106. 37, 38. = Deut. 12. 31. li Deut. 12. 2. I Kings 14, %i. 74-i " Isa. 7. 1, 4, Ac. /ch.14.22. t Heb. Elolh. a ch. 15. 29. t Hell. Tilgath- pilrsrr. 1 Chron. 5. 26. k ■I Chron. 28. 20. Tilrjath- pilnescr. 740. 'ich.12.18. See 2 Chron. 28. 21. fHeb. DammespJc ' Foretold, Amoa 1. 6. Pekah, Hoshea, Jotham, &c. Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took ''Ijon, 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 11 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspi- racy 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 II In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began "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 mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LoED : he did ''according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 ^Howbeit, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. 'He built the higher gate of the house of the LoED. 36 UNow 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 Loed 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's wicked reign. 19 Uezekiah succcedeth hiin. IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Re- maliah, '^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 Loed his God, like David his father. 3 But he wa Iked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, ''and made his son to pass through the fire, ac- cording to the 'abominations of the heathen, whom the Loed 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 II '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 f Elath : and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers ''to t 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 found in the house of the Loed, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him : for the king of Assyria went up against f Damascus, and 'took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 2G3 Ahaz spoileth the temple. 10 HAnd king^ Aliaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglatli-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus : and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar accord- in w to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and 'the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of t his peace-offerings upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the 'brazen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Loed, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying. Upon the great altar burn '"the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sacrifice, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 IF "And king Ahaz cut off "the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down ''the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the kind's entry without, turned he from the house of the Loed for the king of Assyria. ^ 19 11 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chroni- cles of the kings of Judah? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and «was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVIL Soshea's wicked reign. IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began "Hoshea the son of Elah, to reign in Samaria over Israel nine vears. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3 IT Against him came up *Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and fgave him llpresents. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria^ shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5 IF Then "the king of Assyria came up through- out all the land, and went up to Samaria, and be- sieged It three years. ^ 6 11 Tn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assy- ria took Samaria, and 'carried Israel away into Assy- ria, ^and placed them in Halah and in Habor bij the river ot Gozan, and in the cities of the Modes. 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sin- 2G4 XL KINGS. Israel carried away captive. Before CHRIST 740. » 2 Cliron. 26. 16, 19. tneb. wJiic?i were !i>s. « 2 Chron. 4.1. "• Ex. 29. 39, 40, 41. 739. >» 2 Chron. 28. 24. o 1 Kings 7. 27, 28 J> 1 Kings 7. 23, 25 5 2 Chron. 28. 27. 730. " After an Interreg- num, ch. 15. 30. » ch. 18. 9. tneb. rendered. 2 Sam. 8. 2. II Or, tribute. 725. 723. ° ch. 18. 9. 721. ''ch.18.10, 11. IIos.13.16, foretold. • Lev. 26. 32, 33. Deut.28.36, 64. & 20. 27, 28. /I Chron. 6.20. Before CUBIST 721. » Lev. 18. 3. Deut. 18. 9. ch. 16. 3. " ch. 18. 8. > 1 Kings 14.23. lea. 57. 5. t Ileb. statues. * Ex. 34.13. Deut.16.21. Mic. 5. 14. 'Dent.l2.2. ch. 10. 4. "• Ex. 20. 3,4. Lev. 26. 1. Deut. 5.7,8. n Deut. 4. 19. + Ileb. oy the hand nfall. " 1 Sam. 9. 9. pjer.18.11. & 25. 5. & 35. 15. 1 Dout. 31. 27. Prov. 29. 1. -• Deut. 29. 25. « Deut. 32. 21. 1 Kings 16. 13. 1 Cor. 8. 4. ' Ps. 115. 8. Rom. 1.21. ■< Deut. 12. 30, 31. » Ex. 32. 8. 1 Kings 12. 28. 'J 1 King? 14. 15, 23. & 15. 13. & 16. 33. ' 1 Kings IB. 31. & 22. 53. ch. 11. 18. n Lev. 18. 21. ch. 16. 3. Ezek.23.37 » Deut. 18. 10. « 1 Kings 21. 20. ■i 1 Kings 11. 13, 32. Jer. 3. 8. / ch. 13. 3. & 15. 29. « 1 Kings 11.11,31. * 1 Kings 12. 20, 28. ' 1 Kings 14. 16. * ver. 0. ' Ezra 4. 2, 10 ™ See ver. 30. »ch.l8.34, Ivah. ned against the Loed their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 8 And ''walked in the statutes of the heathen whom the Loed cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Loed their God, and they built themhigh places in all their cities, ''from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 'And they set them up fiDfiages and ''groves 'in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Loed carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Loed to anger: 12 For they served idols, "thereof the Loed had said unto them, "Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Loed testified against Israel, and against Judah, t by all the prophets, and by all "the seers, saying, ^Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but 'hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, ""and his cove- nant that he made with their fathers, and his testi- monies which he testified against them; and they followed 'vanity, and 'became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Loed had charged them, that they should "not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the Loed their God, and ""made them molten images, even two calves, "and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, ''and served Baal. 17 "And they caused their sons and their daugh- ters to pass through the fire, and 'used divination and enchantments, and "sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Loed, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the Loed wasvery angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left ''but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also 'Judah kept not the commandments of the Loed their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Loed rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and •''delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For ^he rent Israel from the house of David; and Hhey made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Loed, and made them sin a great sin. _ 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the Loed removed Israel out of his sight, 'as he had said by all his servants the pro- phets. ''So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 IF 'And the king of Assyria brought men "'from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from "Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. A mixture of religions. CHAP. XVIII. Hezekiah's good reign. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwell- ing there, that they feared not the Lokd : therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the man- ner of the God of the land : therefore he hath sent lions among them, and behold, the^ slay them, be- cause they Know not the manner ol the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying. Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence ; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had car- ried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the Lord. 29 Howbeit, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of "Babylon made Succoth- benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 ^And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites 'burnt their children in fire to Adram- melech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the Lord, ""and made unto themselves o± the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 'They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations iwhom they carried away from thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the former man- ners : they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, 'whom he named Israel ; 35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, "Ye shall not fear other gods, nor ""bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them : 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and ^a stretched-out arm, "^him snail ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, "ye shall observe to do for evermore ; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you 'ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 'So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children : as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Hezektah's good reign. 4 He destroyeth idolatry, and prosperetk. "IVTOW it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea -LN son of Elah king of Israel, that "Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he 21 Before Before CHRIST CHKIST about.678. about 726. 6 2 Chron. 29.1, Abijah. 2 Chron. 31.1. t Ileb. statues. i Num. 21. 9. II That is, a ■piece of brasi. •ch.19.10. Job 13. 15. Ps. 13. 5. /ch. 23.25. s Beut. 10. 20. Josh. 23. 8. t Heb. from after him. » 2 Chron. 15.2. about 725. • 1 Sam. 18. 6,14. Ps. 60. 12. * ch. 16. 7. ' 1 Chron. 4.41. Isa. 14. 29. ver. 2i. tHeb. Atta?t. "• ch. 17. 9. « ch. 17. 3. about 723. P Ezra 4. 0. 3 Lev. 18. about 721. 21. Deut.12.31. o ch. 17. 6. ••l KInga 12. 81. P ch. 17. 6. s 1 Chron. 5.26. •Zeph.1.6. ' ch. 17. 7. Dan. 9. 6, 11 Or, 10. who car- ried them away from thence. 713. • 2 Chron. 32. 1, Ac. I«a. 36. 1, Ac. « Gen. 32. f Heb. 28. & 35. 10. Sanherib, 1 Kings 11. 31. " Judg. 6. 10. « Ex. 20. 5. V Ex. 6. 6. < ch. 16. 8. • Dent. 10. 20. o Dent. 5. 32. tncb. them. about 710. » Dout. 4. 2a. + Heb. heavy. " Isa. 7. 3. • ver. 32,33. II Or, secretary. « 2 Chron. 32. 10, Ac. II Or, taJkest. tHeb. word of about 726. the lips. <• 2 Chron. llOr, but counsel 28.27.429. 1. aTid Ho is called strength Ezekias, are for the Mutt. 1. 0. war. began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did. 4 II "He removed the high places, and brake the t images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the /T^razen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it IINehushtan. 5 He 1;rusted in the Lord God of Israel ; -^so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he ^clave to the Lord, and departed not t from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses. 7- And the Lord ''was with him: and he "pros- pered whithersoever he went forth: and he '"rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. 8 'He smote the Philistines, even unto t Gaza, and the borders thereof, ""from the tower of the watch- men to the fenced city. 9 H And "it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, (that is, "the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,) Samaria was taken. 11 ^And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them 'in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 ""Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 H Now 'in the fourteenth year of king Heze- kiah did t Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; re- turn from me: that which thou puttest on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah 'gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut oE the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave t it to the king of Assyria. 17 HAnd the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a f great host against Jerusalem: and they went up, and came to Jerusalem: and when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, "which is in the high- way of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the || scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ve now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, ''What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou It say est, (but they are but f vain words,) Hi 265 Rab-shakeh^ s blasphemy. have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest agamst me? 21 -'Now behokl, thou ftrustest upon the_ staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egyjit, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it; so is Pliaraoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 liut if ye say unto me, AVe trust in the Lord our God; is not that he ^whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore, 1 pray thee, give || pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one Ciiptain of tlie least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 2o Am I now come up without the Loed against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 2G Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto I\ab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in tlic Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not Avith us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wail. 27 But Kab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink f their own piss with you? 28 Then K,ab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying. Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria : 29 Thus saitli the king, "Let not Hezekiah deceive vou: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of liis hand: 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Loed, saying. The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, || f Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and driukye every one the waters of his || cistern: 32 Until I come and take you away to a land hke your own land, ''a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil- olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die : and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he lipersuadeth you, say- ing. The Lord will deliver us. 33 "^Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 "Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? whore arc the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Tvah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the coun- tries that have delivered their country out of mine hand, ahat the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word : for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which wasQYQi the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah 2GG il kings. Before CHRIST about 710. V Ezck. 29. 6,7. t Hob. truslest t,':ce. ' vcr. 4. 2 Cliron. .■n. 1. &32. 12. II Or, hosiuffes. t Heb. the water nf their feaf " 2 Chron. 32. 15. II Or, Seek my favour. t Heb. ifalce with me a bkss- Gen. 32. 20. & 33. U. l'rov.18 16. II Or, pit. 'Deut.8.7, Or, dcceivdh. ' ch. 19. 12. 2 Cbroii. 32. U. Isa. 10. 10, 11. <'ch.l9. 1.3. « ch. 17. 21, Ava. /Dan. 3.15. Before CHRIST 710. a Isa. 33. 7. » Ifia. 37. 1, Isa.38.21. 1 See Judg. 6.17,37,39. Isa. 7. 11, 14.438.22. ' See Isa. 38. 7, 8. ' See Josh. 10. 12, 14. Isa. 38. 8. 712. tHeb. degrees. »• Isa. 39. 1, Ac. II Or, Merodach- baladan. " 2 Chron. .32. 27, 31. I Or, 'picery. JOr, jewels. t Ileb. vessels. " ver. 13. Hezehiah's life lengthened. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that "Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons ^smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of f Armenia: and ''Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XX. 1 Hezelciah, hy 'prayer, hath his life lengthened. 20 Manasseh succeedelh him. IN "those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, t Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, 3 I beseech thee, O Lord, ^remember now how I have 'walked before thee in truth and with a per- fect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept t sore. 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle || court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah ''the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, T have heard thy prayer, I have seen ^thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee and this citv out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and 'I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 7 And 'Tsaiah said. Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 IT And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, 'What shall he the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day? 9 And Isaiah said, ''This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah answered. It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and 'he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the t dial of Ahaz. 12 IT '"At that time HBerodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah : for he had heard that He- zekiah had been sick. 13 And "Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his || precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his || f armour, and all that was found in his treasures :_ there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 14 IT Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him. What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15 And he said. What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, "All the things that are in mine house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. 17 Behold, the davs come, that all that is in thine 267 ManasseNs wicked reign. house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day,^'shall be carried unto Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Loed. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, 'shall they take away; lland they shall be eunuchs in the i)alace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, ''Good ts the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. _ And lie said. Wis it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? 20 IT 'And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he 'made a pool, and a conduit, and "brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kin^s of Judah? 21 And 'Hezekiah slept with his lathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. CHAR XXI. 1 Manasseh's reign. 3 His great idolatry, MANASSEH "was twelve years old when he be- gan to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoED, ''after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Loed cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high places 'which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, ''as did Ahab king of Israel; and "worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And •^he built altars in the house of the Loed, of which the Loed said, ^In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Loed. 6 '^And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed 'times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Loed, to pro- voke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Loed said to David, and to Solomon his son, 'Ln this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 'Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers ; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the hiw that my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh "se- duced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Loed destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 1[And the Loed spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 11 "Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, "and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and ^hath made Judah also to sin with his idols : 12 Therefore thus saith the Loed God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both ''his ears shall tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem 'the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, t wiping it, and turning it upside down. 14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine in- heritance, and deliver them into the hand of their 2G8 XL KINGS. Before Before cniiiST CHRIST about 710. about 698. Pch. 24.13. 4 25.13. Jer. 27. 21, 2i&52.17. «ch.24.12. 2 Chron. 33.11. JFulfilled, Dan. 1. 3. • ch. 24. 4. r 1 Sam. 3. tneb. 18. frommmctfi Job 1. 21. to mouth. Ps. 39. 9. II Or, SkaU there not be peace and < 2 Chron. truth, Prov. 29. about 624. 12. i 2 Chron. 34. 8, Ac. ''ch.23.26, " ch. 12. 4. 27. i 24. 3, 4. /ch. 12.9. Jer. 15. 4. Ps. 84. 10. ° 1 Kings fUeb. 21. 26. threshold. P vor. 9. »ch.l2.11, 12, 14. J 1 Sam. 3. 11. Jer. 19. 3. ••Sco Isa. 34. 11. Lam. 2. 8. Amos 7. 7, 8. tneb. he wipeth »ch.l2.15. and turnr eth it upon the face thereof. josiah's good reign. enemies ; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 "Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem ffrom one end to another ; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Loed. 17 IF Now 'the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 And "Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 19 TI ''Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Je- rusalemx And his mother's name was Meshulle- meth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed, ^as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he 'forsook the Loed God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Loed. 23 IF "And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chroni- cles of the kings of Judah? 26 .And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and * Josiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXIL 1 Josiah's good reign. 8 SilMah findeth the book of the law. JOSIAH "was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of ''Boscath. 2 And he did thai which was right in the sight of the Loed, and walked in all the way of David his father, and "turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 IT ''And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaiiah, the son of MeshuUam, the scribe, to the house of the Loed, saying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is 'brought into the house of the Loed, which -^the keepers of the fdoor have gathered of the people : 5 And let them ^deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Loed: and let them give it to the doers of the work, which is in the house of the Loed, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 Howbeit, ''there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 8 It And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan HuldaNs prophecy. CHAP. XXIII. Josiah destroyeth idolatry. the scribe, *I have found the book of the law in the house of the Loed. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said. Thy ser- vants have t gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord. 10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, say- ing, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and 'Achbor the son of IIMichaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 13 Go ye, inquire of the Loed for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is 'the wrath of the Loed that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Ach- bor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of "'Tikvah, the son of II Harhas, keeper of the t ward- robe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem ||in the college;) and they communed with her. 15 H And she said unto them. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, "I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 17 "Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might Erovoke me to anger with all the works of their ands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But to ^the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; 19 Because thine 'heart was tender, and thou hast ""humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heard- est what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become 'a deso- lation and 'a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou "shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. CHAP. XXIIL Josiah causeth the book to be read in a solemn assembly, AND "the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the nien of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the pro- phets, and all the people, t both small and great : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant Vhich was found in the house of the Lord. 3 IT And the king "stood by a pillar, and made a Before Before CHEIST CHBIST about 624. ' Deut. 31. 624. 24, Ac. 2 Chron. 34. 14, Ac. tHeb. melicd. d ch. 21. 3, 7. tHeb. earned to cease. tneb. chemarim. tAbdon, 2 Chron. 34.20. Ho8. 10. 6. Foretold, Zepb. 1. 4. 11 Or, Micali. |0r, twelve signt, or, cmistdla- tions. I Deut. 29. 27. ' ch. 21. 3. /ch. 21.7. r 2 Chron. 34.4. . * 1 Kings 14. 24. & 15. 12. ' Ezok. 16. 16. tHeb. hcmses. "• Til-vath, 2 Chron. 34.22. " 1 Kings II Or, 16.22. Hasrah. t Ileb. garmCTits. II Or, in the se- cond part. « Deut. 29. 27. ' Seo Ezek. Dnn. 9. 11, 44. 10-14. 12, 13, 14. "•ISam. 2. 36. » Deut. 29. 26, 26, 27. « Isa. 30. 33. Jer. 7. 31. & 19. 6, 11, 12, 13. Josh. 15. 8. T 2 Chron. P Lev. 18. 34. 26, &c. 21. Deut.18.10. Jizek.23.37 39. II Or, eunuch, or, 3Ps.51.17. officer. Isa. 67. 15. >■ 1 Kings «See 21.29. Jer. 19. 13. Zeph. 1. 5. • Lev. 26. •■ ch. 21. 5. 31, 32. < Jer. 26. 6. & 44. 22. II Or ran from thence. "Ps.37.37. Isa. 57.1,2. II That is. the mount of Olives. • 1 Kings 11.7. • 2 Chron. « Ex. 23. 24. 34. 29, 30, Deut. 7. 6, 4c 25. t Hob. statues. « 1 Kings tneb. 12. 28, 33. from srtmll even unto great. 6 ch. 22. 8. «cb.ll.l4, 17 covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all their heart, and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Loed all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for ''the grove, and for all the host of heaven : and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Ki- dron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he fput down fthe idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem ; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the II planets, and to 'all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the ^grove from the house of the LoED,without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped ii small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon ^the graves of the children of the people.' 7 And he brake down the houses ''of the sodom- ites that were by the house of the Lord, ^where the women wove f hangings for the grove. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from ''Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of,, the city. 9 'Nevertheless, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, "'but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 10 And he defiled "Topheth, which is in "the valley of the children of Hinnom, ^that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan- melech the || chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were ^on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which '^Manassen had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and || brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13 And the high places that were before Jerusa- lem, which were on the right hand of lithe mount of Corruption, which 'Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zido- nians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. 14 And he 'brake in pieces the f images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 H Moreover, the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place "which Jeroboam the sonof Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the 269 Josiah sialyl at Megiddo. sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the hones out of the sepulclires, and hurned them upon the altar, and poUuted it, according to the -"word of the Lokd which the man of God pro- claimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said. What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him. It is "the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and ]n-oclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 18 And he said. Let him alone; let no man move his hones. So they let his bones f alone, with the hones of 'the prophet that came out of Samaria. 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were "in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that lie had done in Beth-el. 20 And ''he ll'slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and ''burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 21 IT And the king commanded all the people, saying, 'Keep the passover unto the Lokd your God, -^as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely "there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, where- in this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem. 24 IT Moreover, ''the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the || images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of 'the law which w^ere written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 'And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. 26 II Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, 'because of all the t pro- vocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 27 And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as '"I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I haA^e chosen, and the house of which I said, "My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29 1[ "In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew hiuiat '''Megiddo, when he diad seen hira. oO 'And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And^the people of tlie land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed hnn, and made him king in his father's stead 31 1[ II Jehoahaz was twenty and three yeai when he began to reign; and he reigned three months m Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 'Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of * OO f'^'j^^i^?^^"^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^i« fathers had done. 66 And rharaoh-nechoh put him in bands "at 270 XL KINGS. Before CHRIST years old « 1 Kings 13.2. V 1 Kings 13. 1, 30. t Ileb. to escape. ' 1 Kings 13. 31. « See 2 Clirou. 31. 6, 7. ' 1 Kings 13.2. II Or, sacrificed. «E.\.22.20. I Kings 18. 40. cli. 11. 18. •i 2 Clirou. 31.5. « 2 Chron. 35.1. /E.K.12.3. Lev. 23. 5. Nom. 9. 2. Dent. 16. 2. s 2 Clirou. 35. 18, 19. about 623. Uis IStU year ending. " ch. 21. 6. II Or, Uraphim^ Gen. 31. 19. ' Lev. 19. 31. & 20.27. Deut.lS.ll. ' cU. 18. 5. 'ch. 21.11, 12. &. 24. a, 4. Jer. 15. 4. t Hell. angers. '"011.17.18 20. & 18. 11, & 21. 13. " 1 Kinj;s S. 2U. & 9. 3, ch. 21.4,7, 010. « 2 Chron. 35. 20. r Zech. 12. 11. 1 ch. 14. .«. ' 2 Chioii. 35.24. ' 2 Chron. 30.1. i; Called 1 Chron. 3. 15. Jer. 22. 11. ' ch. 24. IS. " ch. 25. 6. Jer. 52. 27. Before CHRIST 610. II Or, because he reigned. t Heb. sei a mulct upon tlie lund^ 2 Clirou. 30.3. * 2 Chron. 36.4. y See cli. 24. 17. Dan. 1. 7. = Matt. 1. 11, called Jakim. ''Jcr.22.11, 12. Ezek.19.3, 4. 610. 4 ver. 33. ' 2 Chron. S6. 5. 607. 606. 603. 600. o 2 Chron. 36. 6. Jer. 25. 1,9. Dan. 1. 1. Ezek. 19. 8. Jer. 25. 9. k 32. 28. ■'ch.20.17. i 21. 12, 13, 14. & 23. 27. t Ileb. by the hand of. ■i ch. 21. 2, 11. 423. 26. ' ch. 21. 16, 599. /See 2 Cliron. 36. 6, 8. Jer. 22. 18, 19. & 36. 30. n See Jer. 37. 5, 7. "Jer. 46. 2. Called Jecyjuahy I Chron. 3.16. Jer. 24. 1, and Co- niah, Jer. 22. 24, 2S. 2 Chron. 36.9. * Dan. 1. 1. t Ileb. came into siege. Mer. 24. 1. & 29. 1 , 2. Ez(.k.l7.12. Or, Ultuchs. 599. ' JVehu- chadnez- zar's eighth year, Jer. 25. 1. "See ch. 25. 27. » See Jer. 52. 2S. p cli. 20. 17. Isa. 39. 6. 9 See Dan. 5. 2,3. r Jer. 20. 6. • Jer. 24. 1. ' See Jer. 62. 28. u Sol Sam. 13. 19, 22. Jerusalem taken and spoiled. Riblah in the land of Hamath, Ijthat he might not reign in Jerusalem; and tput the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And ''Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and ''turned his name to "Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away : "and he came to Egypt, and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim gave ''the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh : he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 36 H "Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother^ name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of liumah. 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. CHAP. XXIV. 8 Jehoiachin's evil reign. 10 Jcrusaletn is taken. IN "his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 ''And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ''accord- ing to the word of the Lord, which he spake t by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon J udah, to remove them out of his sight, ''for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did ; 4 ''And also for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,) Avhich the Lord would not pardon. 5 IF Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6 ■''So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Je- hoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And ^the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for ''the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8 U II 'Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when lie began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 ^''At that time the servants of Nebuchad- nezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city fwas besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 'And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his ser- vants, and his princes, and his II ofiicers : "'and the king of Babylon "took him "in the eighth year of his reign. 13 ''And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and *cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, "^as the Lord had said. 14 And 'he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, 'even ten thousand captives, and "all the craftsmen, and smiths : Zedekiah^s eyes put out. CHAR XXV. Gedaliah slain. none remained, save ''tlie poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And ^he carried . away Jehoiachin to Baby- lon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his || officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And ''all the men of might, even seven thou- sand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong ajid apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon, 17 IF And "the king of Babylon made Mattaniah 'his father's brother king in his stead, and 'changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 ''Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 'Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Lilinah. 19 ■A.nd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LoED, according to all that Jehoakim hacl done. 20 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem, and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, ^that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. CHAP. XXV. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, and his eyes put out. AND it came to pass "in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the jaonthyihat Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and jDitched against it ; and they built forts against it round about. 2 . And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 3 And on the ninth day of the ^'fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4 H And 'the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate be- tween two walls, which is by the king's garden : (now the Chaldees were against the city round about ;) and '^the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all his army were scattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon 'to iiiblah ; and they f gave judgment upon him. 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and f-'put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. 8 II And in the fifth month, *on the seventh day of the month, (which is ''the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) 'came Nebuzar-adan, || captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: 9 *And he burnt the house of the Loed, 'and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, "'brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 11 "Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the f fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. 12 But the captain of the guard "left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. 13 And ''the 'pillars of brass that ivere in the house of the Lord, and ^the bases, and the brazen sea that Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 599. 688. »^ ch. 25. 12. « Exod. 27. Jer. 40. 7. 3. y 2 Chroii. 1 Kings 7. -36.10. 45, 50. Esther 2. 6. Jer. 22. 24, &c. II Or, cunuclis. ' See Jer. 52. 28. t Ueb. the one sea. " 1 Kings 599. 7. 47. -Jer. 37.1. ' 1 Chron. » 1 Kings 3. 15. 7.15. 2 Chron. Jer. 52. 21. 36. 10. ' So ch. 23. 34. 2 Chron. 36.4. See ch. 24. 12. k ver. 27. i Jer. 39. 9. II Or, chief » Jer. 43. 4, viaisJtal. 7. ' 2 Chron. 36. 19. 562. Ps. 79. 1. A Jer. 52. ' Jer. 39. 8. 13, &c. Amos 2. 5. "Neh.1.3. Jer. 52. 14. "Jer. 39. 9. & .=.2. 15. • See Gen. t Ileb. 40.13,20. fallm away. "ch. 24. 14. t Ileb. Jer. 39. 10. good things & 40. 7. <5c with ?iini. 52. 16. Pch.20.17. Jer. 27. 19, 22. &. 52. * 2 S.im. 9. 17, &c. 1 ■ Gen. 10. 2, Ac. nor, Diphatn, as it is in some Co- pies. II Or, Rodantm, accordiug to some Copies. " Gen. 10. 6, Ac. iGen.lO. 8, 13, Ac, « Dent. 2. 23. /Gen. 10. 16, Ac. Before CHRIST aboutl676. » Gen. 10. 22. A 11.10. J Or, Mash, Gen. 10. 23. B That is, Dimsion, Gon.10.25, * Gen. 10. 26. 1 Gen. 11. 10, Ac. Luke 3. 34, Ac. * Gen. 11. 16. I Gen. 17. 5. "• Oon. 21. 2,3. » Gen. 16. 11, 15. » Gen. 25. 13-16. II Or, Hiidar, Qon. 25.15. r Gen. 25. 1,2. • Gen. 36. 9, 10. II Or, Zfpho, Gon.36.11. « Gen. 36. 20. II Or, Heman, Gen. 36. 22. OT,Alvan, Gen. 36. 23. Or, Skepho, Gen. 30.23. " Gon. 36. 25. .Or, Ilemdan, Gen. 36. 26. aboutl676. Or, Achan, Gen. 86. 27. ' Gen. 36. 31, Ac. » Gen. 21. 2 3 >■ Gen! 25. 25. 26. V Gen. 3<5. 37. nor, Uadar, Gen. 36. 39, Or, Fau, Gen. 36. 39. about 1496. » Gon. 36. 40. OTrAlvah. 1752, Ac Or, Jacob, » Gen. 29. 32. A SO. 5. A 35. 18, 22. A 46. 8, Ac. » Gen. 38. 3. A 46. 12. Num. 26. 19. "Gen. 38. 2. 2 Sam. 16.6. II Or, Shainmali, 1 Sam. 16. 9. " 2 Sam. 2. 18. » 2 Sam. 17. 25. II 2 Sam. 17. 25, Wtra an Israelite. aboutl471. P vor. 50. 1 Exod. 31. 2. r Num. 27. 1. fHeb. took. « Num. 32, 41. Deut.3. 14 Josh.13.30, aboutl471. « ch. 4. 5. " Seo ver. 34,35. • ch.11.41 Before CHRIST uboutl471. V Josh. 15. 17. II Or, Ephrathy ver. 19. I! Or, Reaiah, ch. 4. 2. 11 Or, half of the Mmuchites or, Hatsi- Jiam-vienu~ choth. Or, Asarites, or, crowns of the house of Joab. Judg. 1. 16. " Jer. 35. 2. aboutlOoS, &c. 2 Sam. 3. 2. » Jo.sh. 15. 66. II Or, CIdleab, 1 Sam. 3. 3. " 2 Sam. 3. 5. ■i 2 Sam. 2. 11. • 2 Sam. 5. 5. /2Sam.5. 14. ch. 14. 4. II Or, Sliammua, 2 Sam.5.14. a 2 Sam. 12. 24. II Or, Bath-sheba 2 Sam. 11. 3. II Or, Eliam. . 2 Sam. 11. 3. II Or, EUshua, 2 Siun. 5. 15. II Or, Bediada, ch. 14. 7. A See 2 Sam. 5. 14, 15, IG. • 2 Sam. 13. 1. *lKingsll. 43. & 15. 6. II Or, Abijam, 1 Kings 15. 1. II Or, Aznrio.h, 2 Chron. 22. 6. or, JehoahaZy 2 Chron. 21. 17. II Or, Uzziah, 2 Kings 15. 30. The posterity of Caleb. 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 II Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Je- rahmeel were, Mesha his first-born, which was the father of Ziph ; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tap- puah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jor- koam: and Rekem be^at Shammai. 45 And the son o± Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madman- nah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea : and the daughter of Caleb was ^Achsah. 50 H These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the first-born of IIEphratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51 ^alma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kinath-jearim had sons; IIHaroeh, and [I half of the Manahethites. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ith- rites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites : of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, HAtaroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the 'Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of "Rechab. CHAP. HI. 1 The sons of David. 10 Sis line to Zedekiah. IVTOW these were the sons of David, which were IM born unto him in Hebron ; the first-born "Am- non, of Ahinoam the 'Jezreelitess; the second, II Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Hag with: 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by "E^lah his wife. 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and ''there he reigned seven years and six months: and 'in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 -^And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; llShimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and ''Solomon, four, of IIBath-shua the daughter of IJAmmiel: 6 Ibhar also, and II Elishama, and Elij)helet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia. 8 And Elishama, and II Eliada, and Eliphelet, ''nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and 'Tamar their sister. 10 HAnd Solomon's son was ''Rehoboam, ||Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, 11 Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, || Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 273 Tlie prayer of Jabez. 14 Anion his son, Josiali his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born llJohanan, the second HJehoiakim, the third ||Zede- kiah, the fourtli Shalhnn. 10 And the sons of 'Jehoiakim: HJecouiah. his sou, Zedekiah '"his son. 17 H And the sous of Jecouiah; Assir, fSalathiel "his son, 18 JNIalchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecaniiali, lioshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah ivere, Zerubbabel, and Shiniei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshul- 1am, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiali, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Plananiali; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah : the sons of Pephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; "Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah ; Elioenai, and f Heze- kiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. CHAP. IV. The postenly of Jabez, and his prayer. THE sons of Judah; "Pharez, Hezron, and ilCarmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And IIReaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jez- reel, and Islima, and Idbash : and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of ''Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 II And "^Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepl: and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 TTAnd Jabez was ''more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name || Jabez, saying. Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, say- ing, t Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest fkeep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. 11 HAnd Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. ■l^rpA'?^ Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and lehiniiah the father of Ulrnahash. These are the men of llechah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; 'Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; HHathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah; and Seraiah becrat Joab tlie father of -^the || valley of HChara- shim ; lor they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: 274 I. CHEONICLES. The posterity and cities of Simeon. Before CHRIST iiboutl053 ler, the II Or, Jehoahaz, 2 Kings 23. 30. II Or, EllaJcim, 2Iiiug8 23. 34. II Or, Mattamalt, 2 Kings 24. 17. ' Matt.1.11. II Or, Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24. 6. or, Coniah, Jer. 22. 24, "• 2 Kings 24.17, being his Uncle, t Ueb. SheattCel. " Miitt. 1. 12. Ezra 8. 2. t Ileb. Hiskijahu. Before CHKIST 1300, &c. 1300, &c. « Gen. 38. 29. & 46. 12. |l Or, Chdubai, oil. 2. 9, or, Caleb, ch. 2. 18. II Or, Maroehj cli. 2. 52. » ch. 2. 50. ' ch. 2. 24. •i Gen. 34. 19. II That is, sorrowful. t Heb. Jf thou wilt, dk. t Ileb. do nie. II Or, the dly of Nahash. ' Josh. 15. 17. II Or, Hatliaih, and J/cono- Vtai, who begat, dx, /Neh. 11. 35. II Or, iiiliubit- ants nf the valley, II Tliat is, craftsmen. II Or, Llcnaz. Or, ' tlie Jewess. II Or, Jehudijah, mentioned before. ?Gen.38.1, 5. & 46. 12. II Or, Jemuel, Gen. 46. 10. E.X. 6. 15. Num. 26. 12. ..Or, Jachin, Zohar. tHeb. unto. A Josh. 19. 2. Or, Balak, Josh. 19. 3. Or, Eltolad, Josh. 19. 4. Or, Mazar- susah. Josh. 19. 5. Or, EUier, Josh. 19. 7. II Or, , Baalath- beer, Josh. 19. 8. II Or, as tlicy di- vided them- selves by nations among than. t Hob. coming. about 715. Iru, Elah, and Naam : and the sons of Elah, i| even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jebaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphali, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife || Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jeku- thiel the lather of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife liHodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 II The sons of Shelah ^the son of Judah ivere Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 HThe sons of Simeon were, ilNemuel, and Jamin, HJarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daugh- ters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply flike to the children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at ''Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at UBilhah, and at Ezem, and at ilTolad, 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and || Hazarsusim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages were, liEtam, and Ain, Pimmon, and Toclien, and Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities unto II Baal. These were their habi- tations, and II their genealogy. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah. 38 These i" mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 HAnd they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days The line of Reuben. CHAP. V, VI. The sons of Levi. of Hezekialikingof Judali, and 'smote tlieir tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms : because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And they smote 'the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. CHAP. V. The line of Reuben unto the captivity. IVTOW the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel, -lN (for "he was the first-born ; but, forasmuch as he ^defiled his father's bed, "his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel : and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 For ''Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the 'chief il ruler ; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 3 The sons, I say, of -^Reuben the first-born of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, 4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom || Tilgath-pilneser kin^ of Assyria carried away captive : he was prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their families, ('when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned,) were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of llShema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in 'Aroer, even unto Nebo, and Baal-meon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied 'in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war ''with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents t throughout all the east land of Gilead. 11 IF And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of 'Bashan unto Salcali: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jo- rai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of '"Sharon, upon t their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of "Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of "Jeroboam king of Israel. 18 IF The sons of Ren ben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, t of valiant men, men able to bear_ buckler and sword, and to shoot with boAV, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with ^Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And *they were helped against them, and the Before Before CHRIST CHRIST about 715. 1300, &c. • 2 Kings 18.8. r Ps. 22. 4, 5. t Heb. led captive. t Heb. souls of *Seo men ; as 1 Sam. 15. Num. 31. 8. & 30. 17. 35. &. 2 Sam. 8. 12. • 2 Kings 15. 29. & 17. 6. 1300, &c. <■ Gen. 29. 32. & 49. 3. » Gen. 35. 22. & 49. 4. = Gen. 48. 15, 22. t Heb. men d Gen.49.8, of names. 10. Ps. 60.7. & 108. 8. ' Mic. 5. 2. « 2 Kings Matt. 2. 0. 17.7. \0t, prince. /Gen.46.9. Ex. 6. 14. Num. 26. 5. about 771. " 2 Kings 15. 19. about 740. 1 Or, T!g- » 2 Kings 15. 29. lath-pHeser 2 Kings 15. V 2 Kings 29. & 16. 7. 17. 6. & 18. 11. a See ver. 17. nor, " Gen. 46. Shemaiah, 11. ver. 4. Ex. 6. 16. A Josh. 13. Num. 26. 15, 16. 57. ch. 23. 6. II Or, Gershnm, ver. 16. * Josh. 22. 'See 9. ver. 22. 'Lev. 10.1. * Gen. 25. 1-2. t Ileb. upon all tUeface of the east. ' Josh. 13. 11,24. ■i 2 Sam. 8. 17. -2 Sam .15. 27. /See 2Chron.26. 17,18. t Heb. in the house. o\ Kings 6. 2Cliron.3. "See Ezra 7. 3. "ch. 27.29. t Ileb. II Or, thtiirgoingc Meshullam, f(/rth. ch. 9. 11. " 2 Kings 15. 5, 32. » 2 Kings ' Neh. 11. 14. 16, 28. 11. t Ileb.sons ' 2 Kings nf valour. 25. 18. ! Ex. 0. 16. lOr, p Gen. 25. Gershon, 15. ver. 1 ch. 1. 31. « See ver. 22.- Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them ; because they 'put their trust in him. 21 And they ftook away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of tmen an hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war ivas of God. And they dwelt in their steads until "the captivity. 23 II 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 weo'-e 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, f famous men, aiid heads of the house of their fathers. 25 1[ And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a '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 "Pul king of Assy ria,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 ^Halah, and Ha- bor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. CHAP. VI. 1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests. THE sons of Levi ; " II Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, ^Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, and Mo- ses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; '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 'Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah be- gat Johanan, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is -^ that executed the priest's ofiice fin the ^temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11 And 'Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat llShallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah be- gat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat 'Seraiah, and Seraiah be- gat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, 'when the LoED carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 II The sons of Levi; 'IIGershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Ger- shom; Libni, and Shimei. 275 The genealogy of tlie Levites, I. CHRONICLES. and cities of the pviesis. 18 And the sons of Koliath were, Amram, and Izliar, 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, "'Zimmah his son, 21 llJoah his son, lllddo his son, Zerah his son, llJeaterai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath; HAmminadab his son, Korah Ids 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 Bhaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanan; "Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; || 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 II Yash- ni, 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 ^ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Loed in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office, according to their order. 33 And these are they that f 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 IIToah, 35 The son of llZuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of II Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of '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 Baaseiah, the son of Malchiai, 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 IIKishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, tb the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son 01 Sliamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the -son of Mushi, the son ol Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites wei^e appointed 27q 1, the son of Amaziah, Before CHRIST aboiitlSOO, &c. n Ter. 42. [Or.Etfmn, ver. 42. Aauiah, Ter. 41. II Or, Ethni, ver. 41. II Or, Mar, ver. 2, 18. II Or, Zephaniah Azariah, Jocl,yerM. " See ver. 35, 36. II Or, Zuph, ver. 35. I Sam.1.1. " ver. 34, Toah. P ver. 34, Eliel. II Called also Joel, ver. 33. & lS.im.8.2. al;outl280, &c. 9 ch. 16. 1. fUeb. stood. II ver. 26, JSahath. II Or, Zophai. II ver. 24. Shaul, Uzziah, Urid. r Ex. 6. 24. " See ver. 21. 11 Called Jeduthun, ch. 9.1C. & 25. 1, 3, 6. II Or, Kushaiah. ch. 15. 17. Before CHRIST aboutl444, &c. « Lev. 1. 9. " Ex. 30. 7. * Josb. 21. 1/ Josh. 21. 11, 12. ' Josh. 14. 13. & 15.13. » Josh. 21. 13. \\ Or, mim, Josh.21.15. II Or, Ain, Josh.21.16. 11 Or, Almon, Josh.21.18. ' ver. 66. ' Josh 21. 5. i Josh. 21. 7,34. ' ver. 61. /Josh. 21. 21. a See Josh. 21. 22-35, where many of these cities have other unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 II But Aaron and his sons offered 'upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and "on the altar of in- cense, 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 his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 ^ -^JSfo w these are their dwelling-places through- out their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites ; for theirs was the lot. 55 ^And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 5Q ''But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneli. 57 And "to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And il Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59 And IIAshan with her suburbs, and Beth- shemesh with her suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba with her suburbs, and IJAlemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities through- out their families were thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Kohath ''which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, out o/the holi-tribe of Manas- seh, 'by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thir- teen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reu- ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, ''twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judan, and out of the tribe of the chil- dren of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin; these cities, which are called by their names. QQ And "the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 •'And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her sub- urbs ; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68 And ''Jokmean with her suburbs, and Beth- horon with her suburbs, 69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath- rimmon with her suburbs : 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs : The sons of Issachar, Benjamin, 72 And out of tlie tribe of Issachar ; Keclesh witli iter suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73 And Eamoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs : 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs : 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs : 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, andMephaath with her suburbs : 80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim Avith her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. CHAR VII. 1 The soTis of Issachar, 6 Of Benjamin. 13 Of Naphtali. 1>rrOW the sons of Issachar were "Tola, and || Puah, -IM Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they ivere valiant men of might in their generations ; ^vhose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five; all of them chief men. 4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand meti: for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren amon^ all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. 6 '^The sons of ''Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and tAvo thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 The sons of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Che- naanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11 _A11 these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seven- teen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war aiid battle. 12 ''Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Plr, and liushim, the sons of IIAher. CHAP. VII. Naphtali, Manasseh, and Ephraim. Before CHRIST 1444, &c. » Gen. 46. 13. Num. 26. 23. II Pliuvah, Job. i 2 Sam. 24. 1, 2. ch. 27. 1. = Gen. 46. 21. Num. 26. 38 ch. 8. 1, &c. -i Num. 26. 39. Shupham, and Uupham, II Or, Iri, ver. 7. II Or, Ahiram, Nnm. 26. S8. Before CHRIST 1444, Ac. Gen. 46. 24, ShUlem. /I Sam.] 2. 11. » Num. 26. 30, Jaer. » Nnm. 26. 35. II Or, Nun, Num. 13. 8, 16. * Josh.16.7. Naaratli. t Ileb. davghters. II Or, Adasa. «•• Josh. 17. 7. ' Josh. 17. 11. "• Gen. 46. 17. Num. 26. 44. "ver. S4, Sliamcr. yer. 32, Shomer. 13 ^The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 'Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14 IF The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare : {but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead : 15 And _Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam, and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam; -^Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and ''Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 20 II And ''the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 HAnd Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that luere born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his orethren came to comfort him. 23 HAnd when he went in to his wife, she con- ceived and bare a son, and he called his name Be- riah, because it went evil with his house. 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth- horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 IINon his son, Jehoshua his son. 28 IT And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el, and the towns thereof, and eastward 'Naa- ran, and westward Gezer, with the | towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto II Gaza and the towns thereof: 29 And by the borders of the children of ''Manas- seh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, 'Megiddo and her towns. Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 IT '"The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and "Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of "Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem ; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Sliual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39 And the sons of UUa; Arab, and Haniel, and Rezia. 277 The sons and chief men of Benjamin. 40 All tliese ivere the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of va- lour, chief of the princes. And the number through- out the genealogy of them that were apt to the war a7id to battle was twenty and six thousand men. CHAP. VIII. 'The sons and chief men of Benjamin. "VTOW Benjamin begat "Bela his first-born, Ashbel Xi the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Kapha the fifth. • 3 And the sons of Bela were, || Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and llShephuphan, and Huram. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to ''Manahath : 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Meslia, and Malcham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he be^at Abitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof : 13 Beriali also, and 'Sliema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gatli : 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal ; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of llShimhi; 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdou, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Sha- shak ; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 28 These ivere heads of the fathers, by their gene- rations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the || father of Gibeon; whose ''wife's name vjas Maachah: 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and HZacher. 32 And l\Iikloth begat llShimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over ugauist them, 33 II And 'Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and baul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and 'Abinadab, and ||Esh-baal. ?^, A"? ,^K^°^ of Jonathan was II Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat ''Micah. 278 Before CHRIST 1444, &c. 1400, Ac. o Gen. 46. 21. Num. 26. 38. ch. 7. 6. Or, Ard. iQeD.46.21, I Or, SInipham, Num. 26. 39. See ch. 7. 12. ' ch. 2. 52. ' vor. 21. |]0r,S7iemo, ver. 13. Before CHRIST 1400, ic. Or, Tahrea, ch. 9. 41. ^ JaraJt^ ch. 9. 42. i ch. 9. 43, Repliaiah. 1200, &c. "Ezra 2.69. about 536. ' Ezra2.70. Neh. 7.73. " Josh. 9. 27. Ezra 2. 43. & 8. 20. <2 Keh.H.l. CHRONICLES. Israel's and JudaNs genealogies. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and IITarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begat ''Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 37 And Moza begat Binea: 'Kapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. CHAP. IX. The genealogies of Israel and Judah. SO "all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 11 ''Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and "the Nethinims. 3 And in ''Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh : 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah,the son of Hasenuah, 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shepljatiah, the son of Beuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 And their brethren,accordingtotheir generations, nine hundred and fifty arid six. All these men ivere chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 H'And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11 And II Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God ; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshul- lam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer ; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; fvery able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mat- taniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph ; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the vil- lages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, ' Neh. 11. 10, &c. 1 Neh. 11. W,Siraiah. J Called. JeJiiel, ch. 9. 35. ■•. ^ rangers of battle, or, II Or ranged in battle. one that II Or, set was least the battle could re- in array. sist an tHeb. without a hundred, and the heart and greatest a a heart. thousand. pb. 12. a. tHeb. liUcd over. ojosh.3.15. II Or, keeping their rank. ■f Heb. before them. t Heb. be one. II Or, violence. t Heb. tlie spirit clothed Amasai: So Judg. 6. 34. /2 Sam.17. 25. aboutl056. i?lSam.29. nor. 2. victual of meal. ''lSam.29. 4. t Heb. on our heads. II Or, tHeb. with a let us break hand. forth and • 1 Sam. 30. send. 1,9,10. "l Sam. 31. 1. Isa. 37. 4. tHeb. in the cities of their suburbs. 1C4S. tHeb. bring about. II Or, captains, ' 1 Sam. 7. or. men. 1, 2. tilcb. ' 1 Sam. 7. heads. 1. * 2 Sam. 2. 2 Sam. 6.1. 3,4. & 6.1. <* Josh. 13. ch. 11. 1. 3. 1 ch. 10. 14. « 1 Sam. 6. "• 1 Sam. 21. & 7.1. 16.1,3. /Josh. 15. II Or, 9,60. prepared. B 1 Sam. 4. 4. 2 Sam. 6. 2. tHeb. made the ark to ride. '' See Num. 4.15. ch. la. 2,13. < 1 Sam. 7. 1. 28 And "Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty^ and two captains. 29 And of the children of Beniamin, the tK;indred of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto f "the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thou- sand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, t famous throughout the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, ^which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, II expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could jlkeep rank: they were fnot of double heart. 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, II expert in war, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Keu- benites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel : and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. 39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had pre- pared for them. 40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and II meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joj in Israel. CHAP. XIIL David feicheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim. AND David consulted with the captains of thou- sands, and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and tliat it be of the LoBD our God, flet us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are "left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are fin their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us : 3 And let us f bring again the ark of our God to us: ''for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said that they Avould do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So 'David gathered all Israel together, from ''Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God 'from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to ■'Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, "that dwell- etli between the cherubims, whose name is called o?ii^. 7 And they i" carried the ark of God 'in a new cart 'out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 281 David's two victories. I. CHRONICLES. The ark brought from Obed-edom. 8 ^And David and all Israel played before God ■svitli all their might, and with f singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 1[ And when they came unto the threshing- floor of llChidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen f stumbled. 10 And the aziger of the Loed was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, 'because he put his hand to the ark : and there he '"died before God. 11 And David was displeased because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called ||Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, say- ing, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 So David f brought not the ark hovie to him- self to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 "And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed "the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. CHAP. XIV. 1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 His felieily. ~\TOW "Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to IS David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. 2 And David perceived that the Lord had con- firmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. 3 IT And David took fnaore wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. 4 Now 'these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Na- than, and Solomon, 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, 6 And Nqgah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elishama, and HBeeliada, and Eliphalet. 8 HAnd when the Philistines heard that 'David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came and spread them- selves ''in the valley of Eephaim. 10 And David inq^uired of God, saying. Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine ha^nd? And the Lord said unto him. Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim ; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters : therefore they called the name of that place || Baal-perazim, 12 And when they had left their gods there, 1 )avid gave a commandment, and they were burned with lire. 13 'And the Philistines yet again spread them selves abroad in the valley. ^ 14 Therefore David inquired again of God: and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, ^ and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of gomg ni tlie tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou slialt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. IG David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from 'Gibeon even to Gazer. 282 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1045. 1042. * 2 Sam. 6. * Josh. 6. 5. 27. t llcb. 2 Chron. soni/s. 20.8. iDeut.2.25. II Called & 11. 25. Nachon, 2 Sam. 6. 6. t Hob. shnok it. "Num.4.15. » ch. 16. 1. ch. 15. 13, 15. m Lev. 10. 2. t Hell. It is not to carry the II Tliat is, The breach of Uzza. ark of God, but for the Le.vites. t' Num. 4. 2,15. Dent. 10. 8. tHeb. & 31. 9. rtnwved. ahoutl042. «1 Kings 8.1. ch. 13. 5. " 2 Sam. 6. 11. • As Gen. |0r. SO. 27. kinsmen. ch. 26. 6. ■< 2 Sam. 5. 11, &c. <* Ex. 6. 22. « Ex. 6. 18. t Ileb. ytt. » ch. 3. 5. 11 Or, Miada, 2 Sam. 5. 16. ' 2 S«m. 5. /2Sam. 6. 17. 3. ch. 13. 7, » ch. 13. 10, 11. 10i7. "ich.ll.lS. "Ex. 25.14. Num.4.15. i7. 9. B That is. ich. 6. 33. a place fif breaches. * ch. 6. 39. ' ch. 6. 44. ' 2 Sam. 5. 22. /2Sam.6. 23. 1 ver. 18, Jaaiid. »> Ps. 46, title. II Or, on ike eighth to 2 Sam. 5. oversee, 25, Geba. Ps. 6, title. , 17 And ''the fame of David went out into all lands ; and the Lord 'brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAP. XV. 1 David orderelh the priesls and Levites to bring the ark from Obed-edom. 25 He perfonnelh the solemnilij thereof with great joy. 29 Michal de- spiseth him. AND David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, "and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, fNone ought to carry the ^ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minis- ter unto him for ever. 3 And David 'gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of the sons of Kohath ; Uriel the chief, and his II brethren an hundred and twenty: 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty : 8 Of the sons of "^Elizaphan ; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 9 Of the sons of "Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 And said unto them. Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites : sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 For ^because ye did it not at the first, "the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that Ave sought him not after the due order. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified them- selves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as ''Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord. 16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with in- struments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cym- bals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. I'Z So the Levites appointed 'Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, 'Asaph the son of Bere- chiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, 'Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemira- moth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 20 And Zechariah, and || Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries ""on Alamoth; 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps lion the Sheminith to excel. David's festival sacrifice : CHAR XVI. His psalm of thanksgiving. 22 And Clienaniah, chief of the Levites, \\was for t song : he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keep- ers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Netha- neel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, "did bloAV with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah loere door-keepers for the ark. 25 IF So "David and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Loed out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of theLoED, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the || song with the sing- ers : David also had upon him an epnod of linen. 28 ^'Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the co- venant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 29 ir And it came to pass, *as the ark of the cove- nant of the LoED came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a win- dow saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. CHAP. XVL 1 David's festival sacrifice. 7 Sis psalm of thanksgiving. . SO "they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-sacrifices and peace-offerings before Go^. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he bless- ed the people in the name of the Loed. 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. _4 iTAnd he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Loed, and to 'record, and to thank and praise the Loed God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom : and Jeiel twith psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ; 6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 TIThen on that day David delivered 'first this psalm to thank the Loed, into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, 8 ''Give thanks unto the Loed, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Loed. 11 Seek the Loed and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of J[acob, his chosen ones. Before CHKIST about 1042 |1 Or, was for the car- riage: he instructed about the carriage. t Heb. lifting up. "• Num. 10. 8. Ps. 81. 3. » 2 Sam. 6. 12, 13, &c. 1 Kings 8.1. Before CHRIST about 1012. II Or, carnage. P ch. 13. 8. 1 2 Sam. 6. 16. <• 2 Sam. 6. 17-19. 6 Vs. 33. & 70, title. f Heb.toiWi indru- ments of psalteries and harps •See2Sam. 23.1. d Pa. 105. 1-15. •Gen. 17. 2. & 26. 3. & 28. 13. & 35. 11. t Heb. the cord. t Heh.men of number. /Gen. 34. 30. Gen. 12. 17. & 20. 3. iix.7. 15 -18. '' P3.105.15. ' Pa. 96. 1, ft Lev. 19.*. iPs. 106. 1. & 107. LA 118. 1. & 136. 1. "• Ps. 106. 47, 48. " 1 Kings 8.15. » Deut. 27. 15. Pcb. 21.29. 2 Chron. 1. 3. 3 1 Kings 3.4. ■■Ex. 29.38. Num. 28.3. t Heb. i7i the morn- ing, and in tilt eve- ning. 14 He is the Loed our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant ; the word Ww'cAhe commanded to a thousand generations ; 16 JEven of the 'covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac ; 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob, for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, tthe lot of your inheritance; 19 When ye were but f few, '^even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people ; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he 'reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, ''Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 'Sing unto the Loed, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. 26 For great is the Loed, and greatly to be praised : he also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods ''of the people are idols : but the Loed made the heavens. 27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the Loed, ye kindreds of the peo- ple, give unto the Loed glory and strength. 29 Give unto the Loed the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Loed in the beauty of holiness. 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations. The Loed reigneth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Loed, because he cometh to judge the earth. 34 'O give thanks unto the Loed; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 35 "And say ye, Save us, O God of our salva- tion, 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 he the Loed God of Israel for ever and ever. And all "the people said. Amen, and praised the Loed. 37 TTSo he left there before the ark of the cove- nant of the Loed, Asaph and his brethren, to minis- ter before the ark continually, as every day's work required : 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, three- score and eight; Obed-edom also the sou of Jedu- thun and Hosah to be porters: 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, ^'before the tabernacle of the Loed *in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Loed upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually "■ t morn- ing and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Loed, which he com- manded Israel; 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, 283 NatharCs message to David. I- to give thanks to tlie Lord, ^because his mercy en- dureth for ever; 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals for those that shoukl make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were t porters. 43 'And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. CHAP. XVII. 1 1 Nathan promiselh David a blessing. 16 Davids prayer. "VrOW "it came to pass, as David sat in his house, i-i that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the cove- nant 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 HAnd it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant. Thus saitli the Lord, Thou slialt 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 fhave 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 saitli the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, even f from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel : 8 And I have been with thee wheresoever 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 iudges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will sub- due all thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. 11 IF And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that 1 will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sous; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will esta- blish his throne for ever. 13 ''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 T 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 alj this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 16 IF^'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 servant's 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 2S4 Before CIIKIST about 1042 » Tcr. 34. •>. Cliron 5. 13.&7.3 Ezra 3. 11. Jcr. 33. 11. t Heb./W the gate. 1 2 Sam. 6. 19, 20. 1 2 Sam. 7. 1, kc. t Ilcb. have been. t Ileb. from after. » 2 Sam. 7. 14, 16. ' Lnko 1. 33. •J 2 Sam. 7. 18. Before CHRIST about 1042. t Heb. great- nesses. CHRONICLES. David's prayer and thanksgiving. honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy ser- vant. 19 Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these t great things. 20 O Lord, thei^e 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, Avhom 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 concern- ing 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 t Heb. hast revealedthe car of thy servant. ,Or,rthath pleased thee. about 1040. » 2 Sam. 8. 1,4c. Or, Hada- dejer, 2 Sam. 8. 3. s 2 Sam. 8. i, seven hun- dred. tHeb. Darmetelc. Called in the book of Samuel Betah, and Ueroihai. 1 KinRs7. 16, 23. 2 Cliron. 4. 12,15,16. Or, Toi, 2 Sam. 8. 9. Ot,Joram, i Sam.8.10. Or, to salute. t Ileb. lo bless. fHeb. was Ihe man of wars. jod of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established be- fore thee. 25 For thou, O my God, f 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 || 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. XVIIL David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. IVrOW after this "it came to pass that David smote JlM the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 IT And David smote IIHadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and ^seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : David also houghed all the chariot- horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of t Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus ; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David Avhithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Likewise from UTibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith "Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 H Now when || Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 10 He sent || Hadoram his son to king David, II to inquire of his welfare, and t to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer fhad war with Tqu;) David's garrisotis and officers. CHAP. XIX, XX. The Ammonites and Syrians overcome. and with him all manner of vessels of gold, and silver, and brass. 11 IT Them also king David dedicated unto tlie LoED, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations ; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover, fAbishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt '^eighteen thousand. 13 IF 'And he put garrisons in Edom ; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the Loed preserved David whithersoever he went. 14 *f[ So David reigned over all Israel, and exe- cuted judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, || recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub,and || Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and UShavsha was scribe; ^ 17 ''And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief t about the king. CHAP. XIX. David sendeih messengers to comfort Sanun the son o/Nahash. "VTOW °it came to pass after this, that Nahash the -LM king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of N ahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, t Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut o& their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served ; and he sent to meet them : for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said. Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 H And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves t odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, 'and out of Zobah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that i'the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the II choice of Israel, and put them in array •gainst the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the Before Before CUBIST CHRIST al>outlO40. aboutl037. tneb. Abshai. tneb. Ahshai. •i 2 Sam. 8. 13. ' 2 Sam. 8. 11, ic. |IOr,r«mem- brancer. 1 Called AhimeUch, abontl036. 2 Sam. 8. 17. II Called Seyaiah, 2 Sam.8.17, II That is. AuiShislia, Euphrates. 1 Kings 4. II Or, Sho- 3. /2 Sam. S. bach. 2 Sam. 10. 18. 16. t Heb. at the hand of the king. aboutl037. « 2 Sam .10. \,&c. t Heb. In thine tyei dolhDavid, dx. •2Sam.ll. 1. t Heb. at the reium of tlie uear. '2 Sam. 12. 20. about 1033. ■= 2 Sam.l2. 30, 31. t Ileb. the weight of. t Ileb. to stink. 'eh. 18. 6, 9. i 2 Sam.21. 18. II Or, con- tinued. aboutlOlS. t Ileb. stood. II Or, Gob. 'ch.11.29. II Or, Saph, i Sam. 21. 18. I10r,i?ap7(a. II Called also Jaart- orrgim, 2 Sam. 21. 19. / 2 Sam.21. 20. t Heb. a man of measure. t Ileb. the ■f lleb.bnrn face of the tolhe giant, battle was. OT, Kapha. II Or, young II Or, re- men. proached. II Culled S/iammah, I Siuu.ie.9. hand of fAbishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave our- selves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and let the Loed do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 16 IT And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messen- gers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the II river: and JlShophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, knd passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XX. Hahhah is besieged by Joab, and spoiled by David. AND °it came to pass, that f after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Kabbah: but David tarried at Jeru- salem. And ''Joab smote Eabbah, and destroyed it. 2 And David '^took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it fto weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. _ 4 IT And it came to pass after this, ''that there It arose war at IIGezer with the Philistines: at which time 'Sibbochai the Hushathite slew II Sippai, that ivas of the children of lithe giant: and they were subdued. 5 And there was war again with the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son of IJJairslew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear-staff was like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again -^ there was war at Gath, where was fa man oi great stature, whose finders and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was fthe son of the giant. 7 But when he || defied Israel, Jonathan the son of llShimea, David's brother, slew him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and 285 David numhereth the people: they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. CHAP. XXL Dai>i'Shubael; Jehdeiah, 21 Concerning ^Reliabiah: of the sons of Reha- biah, the first was Isshiah. 22 Of the Izharites; "Shelomoth: of the sons of yhelomoth; Jahath. 23 And tho sons of ''Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, J aluiziel the third, Jekameam tlie loiirth. 288 Before CUlllST 1015. f Num. 10. 10. Ps. 81. 3. * Lev. 23. 4. 1 Num. 1. 53. "> Num. 3, 6-9. 1015. a Lev. 10. 1,6. Num. 26. 60. ' Num. 3. 4. & 26. 61. tHeb. houseofthe father. « Neh. 12. 4,17. Luke 1. 5. ■I ch. 9. 25. •cli.23.16, Sliebud. /ch.23.17. i'ch.23.lS, SkeU/milk. *ch.23.19, & 26. 31. Before CHRIST 1015. i E.X. 6. 19. ch. 23. 21. *ch.23.22. 'ch. 23. 23. about 1015. « ch. 6. 33, 39, 44. llOtlierwise called JesharelaJt, ver. 14. t Heb. by the hands of the Icing: So ver. 6. Or, Izri, ver. 11. WithShi- mei, men- tioued ver. 17. Or, Azaretl, ver. 18. Or, iSUuiad, ver. 20. II Or, matters. ' Ter. 2. t Heb. bij the hands of the king. ' 2 Chron. 23.13. 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, and Mushi : the sons of Jaaziah ; Beno. 27 II The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, ''who had no sons. 29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kish was Jerah- meel. 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 These 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 Levites, even the prin- cipal fathers over against their younger brethren. CHAP. XXV. S'he number and of/ices of the singers. MOREOVER David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of "Asaph, and of Heman,and of Jeduthun,who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cym- bals : and the number of the workmen according to their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and || Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied t ac- cording to the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun : the sons of Jeduthun ; Gedaliah, and II Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, II six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Hem an: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mat- taniah, || Uzziel, || Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Josh- bekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth : 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the II words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, 't according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8 If And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, 'the teacner as the scholar. 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who, with his brethren and sons, were twelve: 10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: The divisions of the porters. CHAP. XXVI. Of officers and judges, 15 The eightli to Jestiaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,' were twelve: 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, toere twelve: 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sous, and his brethren, were twelve: 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons,, and his brethren, were twelve: 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. CHAP. XXVI. 1 The, divisions of the porters, 13 The gates assigned by lot. pONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of \J the Korhites was II Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of || Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, She- maiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed llhim. 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom : they and theii^sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, wei^e threescore and two of Obed- edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also "Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons ; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief;) ^ 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zecha- riah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Hosah we7^e thirteen. Before CHRIST aboutlOlS. II Or, Shdemiah, ver. 14. II Or, Ebiasapli, ch. 6. 37. &. 9.19. II That 13, Obed- edom, as cli. 13. 14. "011.16.38. II Or, as well for the small as for the great. II Callud MesfieU' miahj ver. 1. t Ileb. gatherings. II See 1 Kings 10. 5. 2 Chron. 9. 4. »ch.28.12. Mai. 3. 10. t Heb. holi/ things. Oi', I/ibni, hh. 6. 17. Or, Jeliiel, ch. 23. 8. & 29.8. Before CHRIST aboutlOlS. ' ch. 23. 16. ■ Eccles. 8. 2. \lleh.gavi the hand II Or, siablish^ Ps. 10. 17. under Solo- " Ps. 72. 1. mon: SeeGen.24. 2. & 47. 29. 2Clirou.30. 8. r ver. 2. Ezek. 17. 18 ch. 22. 14. •1 Kings 3. 13. 2 Chron. 1. 12. Eccle3.2.a. < 2 Sam. 5. 4. 1 Kings 2. 11. " 2 Sam. 5. I Gen. 25. 8. v ch. 23. 1. 11 Or, history, . t lleb. words. •Dan. 2. 21. and 'anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, '"f submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 25 And the Lord magnified Solomon exceed- ingly in the sight of all Israel, and "bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 26 IT Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ^ 27 'And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; "seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 28 And he ''died in a good old age, ''full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the II f book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30 With all his reign and his might, 'and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. The Second Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAP. L SolomatCs choice of wisdom is blessed by God. AND "Solomon the son of David was strength- ened in his kingdom, and 'the Lord his God was with him, and 'magnified him exceedingly. 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to ''the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. _ 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at 'Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness. 4 -''But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the placewhichDaYidhsid prepared for it : for he had pitcned a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover, 'the brazen altar that ''Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, ||he put before the tabernacle of the Lord : and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and 'offered a thousand burnt- offerings upon it. 7 ^'Ln that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what 1 shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me 'to reign in his stead. 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: '"for thou hast made me kmg over a people flike the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 "Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may "go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 *And God said to Solomon, Because this was 292 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1015. 1015. <» 1 Kings 2.46. » Gen. 39. 2. ' 1 Cliron. 29. 25. d 1 Cliron. 27.1. 3 1 Chron. 29. 25. ch. 9. 22. Eccles. 2. 9. «1 Kings 3. 4. 1 Chron.lG. 39.421.29. '1 Kings 4. /I Sam. 6. 26. & 10. 2,17. 26, &c. lClirou.l5. ch. 9. 25. 1. f Ex. 27. 1, 2. & 38. 1, • 1 Kings 10.27. '■Ex. 31.2. ch. 9. 27. !l Or, was .Job 22. 24. then. fllebgave. ' 1 Kinga 10. 28, 29. ch. 9. 28. t Heb. the ' 1 Kinga going forth 3.4. of the horses which was ' 1 Kings Solomon's. 3. 5, d. t Heb. by their hand. ' 1 Chron. 28.5. " 1 Kings 3. 7, 8. t Ueb. muck as o 1 Kings 5.5. the dust of the earth. " 1 Kings »1 Kings 5. 3.9. 15. Num. 27. vor. 18. 17. Dent. 31. 2. PlKingsS. 11, 12, 13. in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people over whom I have made thee king: 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as *none of the kings have had that have been before thee^ neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 HThen Solomon came /row* his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14 ""And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 *And the king fmade silver and gold at Jerusa- lem as plenteous as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 16 'And t Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn : the king's merchants re- ceived the linen yarn at a price. 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six nundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, t by their means. CHAP. IL Solomon's labourers for the building of the temple. AND Solomon "determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom . 2 And 'Solomon told out threescore and ten thou- sand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. /Solomon's message to Huram. CHAP. Ill, IV. The place and time of building the temple. 3 II And Solomon sent to || Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "^As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4 Behold, ''I build an house to the name of the Lqkd my God, to dedicate it to him, and 'to burn before him f sweet incense, and for •'the continual shew-bread, and for *the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new- moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our for God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 5 And the house which I build is great: *great is our God above all gods. 6 'But who t is able to bund him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill f to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, ''whom David my father did provide. 8 'Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and II al- gum-trees out of Lebanon: (for 1 know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon;) and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be t won- derful great. 10 "And behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twentv thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11 TT Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, "Because the LoED hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huram said moreover, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, ^that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, f endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, 14 'The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine which ''my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants; 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, fas much as thou shalt need : and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to tJoppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 TIAnd Solomon numbered all fthe strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith "David his father had numbered them ; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. 18 Andhesef'threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to J Or, Hiram, 1 Kings 5. 1. « 1 Cliron. U. 1. <* ver. 1. « Ex. 30. 7. t Heb. incense of spices. /Ex.25. 30. Lev. 24. 8. » Num.28. 3, 9, 11. APs.135.5. i 1 Kings 8.27. ch. 6. 18. lB,v. 66. 1. tHeb. ham retain^, or^nhtaintd strength. t Hob. to grave gravings. * 1 Cliron. 22. 15. fl Kings 5. 6. II Or, almvggim, 1 Kings 10. 11. t Heb. great and womlcrfuX. "« 1 Kings 5.11. Before CHRIST 1015. " 1 Kings 10.9. oil. 9. 8. ° 1 Kings 6.7. P Oen. 1. & 2. Ps. 33. 6. & 102. 25. & 124. 8. k 136. 5, 6. Acts 4. 24. & 14. 15. Kev. 10. 6. t Heb. knfnving prudence and under- standing, i 1 Kings 7. 13, 14. r T»r. 10. «1 Kings 5. 8,9. t Hob. according to all thy need. tHeb. Japho, Jo8h.l9.46. Acts 9. 36. ' As ver. 2. 1 Kings 5. 13, 15, 16. & 9. 20, 21. cb. 8. 7, 8. t Heb. tlie men the strangers. " ] Cliron 2-2. 2. ' As it is ver. 2. 1012. " 1 Kings 6. 1, &c. » Gen. 22. 2,14. ..Or, which was seen of David his father. ' 1 Chron. 21. 18. & 22. 1. ,. Or, Araunahj 2 Sam. 24. IS. •■ See ch. 7. 8, 9, 10. Or, the;/ arc thcre^AS 1 Kings 8. 8. / Bent. 10. 2,5. ch. 6. 11. Or, where. t Heb. found. 1 Chron. 25.1. " 1 Chron. 15, 24. * Ps. 136. See lChron.16. 34, 41. * Ex. 40.35. ch. 7. 2. 1 Kings 8. 12, &c. 'Lev. 16. 2. The solemn induction of the ark. CHAP. V. God being praised, givelh a visible sign of his favour. THUS "all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished : and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated ; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 TF ''Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord 'out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 ''Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king 'in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims cov- ered the ark, and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And II there it is unto this day. ■ " 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses ^put therein at Horeb, llwhen the Lord made a covenant Avith the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11 IT And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were f present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course : 12 "Also th-e Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren; being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, ''and with them an hun- dred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, 'For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, eveii the house of the Lord ; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : 'for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. CHAP. VL Solomon's prayer at the consecration of the temple. THEN "said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the ''thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. I Solomon's jprayer at the 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congre- gation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled ^Aa^ which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no diij among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there ; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel : 6 "But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there ; and ''have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now 'it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel ; 8 But the Lord said to David my father, For- asmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart : 9 Notwithstanding, thoushalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put the ark, -^wherein is the covenant 6f the Lord, that he made Avith the chil- dren of Israel. 12 II^And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands-: 13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scafibld, of five cubits f long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,) 14 And said O Lord God of Israel, ''there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth ; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy ser- vants, that walk before thee with all their hearts : 15 'Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised liim ; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, ''f There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel ; 'yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto tliy servajit David. 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? "'Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built ! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee : 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said, that thou wouldest put thy name there ; to CHAP. VL Before CHRIST 1004. «ch. 12.13. i 1 Chron. 28.4. " 2 Sam. 7. 2. lChron.17. 1. & 28. 2. /cli. 5. 10. 9 1 Kings 8.22. t Ileb. the. Ungth A Ex. 15.11 Deut.4. 39 &7. 9. • 1 Cliron. 22.9. '' 2 Sam. 7. 12. 16. 1 Kings 2. 4. & 6.12. ch 7.18. t lleb. T.irre. shall not a man hf. cut n{j-'. ' l>8.132.12. "> ch. 2. 6. Isrt. 66. 1. Acts 7. 49. II Or, in this place. t Heb. pray. t Ilob. and he require an oath of him. Before CURIST 1004. Or, he umitten. II Or, toward. " 1 Kings 17.1. » ch. 20. 9. t Ileb. in the kind of their gates. II Or, towardthis house. P 1 Chron. 28. 9. t Ileb. all the days which. t Heb. upon the face of the land. 9 Jolin 12. 20. Acts 8. 27. t Ileb. thy name is called itpon this house. II Or, riffht. r I'rov. 20. 9. Eccles. 7. 20. James 3. 2. 1 JoUu 1. 8. dedication of the temple, hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth II toward this place. 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall fniake toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven ; and when thou hearest, forgive. 22 If If a man sin against his neighbour, f and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house ; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head : and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 24 IT And if thy people Israel || be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee ; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee || in this house; i 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 UWhen the "heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afilict them ; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they should walk ; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 Hlf there "be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars ; if their enemies besiege them f in the cities of their land ; whatsoever sore, or what- soever sickness there be: 29 Then what prayer, or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands II in this house ; 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou only ^'knowest the hearts of the children of men :) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, t so long as they live f in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 32 1[ Moreover, concerning the stranger, 'which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched-out arm ; if they come and pray in this house ; 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calieth to thee for ; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that fthis house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to war against their ene- mies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toAvard this city which thou hast cho- sen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their || cause. 36 IT If they sin against thee, (for there is ""no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and 295 Solomon^ s solemn sacrifice: 11. CHRONICLES. God appeareth to him. unto a land far t they carry them away captives ofl' or near ; 37 Yet if they f bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying. We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly ; 88 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their laud which thou ga vest unto their fathers, and toward the citv which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I ha.ve built for thy name ; 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their suppli- cations, and maintain their || cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent t unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now "therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy 'resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salva- tion, and let thy saints "rejoice in goodness. 42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: ""remember the mercies of David thy ser- vant. CHAP. VIL God giveth to Solomon promises upon condition. "IVTOW "when Solomon had made an end of pray- IM ing, the ''fire came down from heaven, and con- sumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices ; and 'the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 ''And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, "saying, For he is good ; -^for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 H 'Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And king Solomon ofi'ered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 ^ 'And the priests waited on their offices : the Leyites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised t by their ministry ; and 'the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 7 Moreover 'Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt-oflferings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solo- mon had made was not able to receive the burnt- offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. 8 1[Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto '"the river of Egypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made f a solemn assembly : for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And "on the three and twentieth day of the Bcveuth month he sent the people away into their 29G Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 1004. 1004. t Heb. Ihey thai take «1 Kings 9. them cap- I.Ac. tives carry ■*■> *»'^* them away. tHeb. bring hack to their heart. P Deut. 12. 6. 1 ch. 6. 26, 28. fHeb.MjJon wJiom my name is called. II Or, right. ■•Jam.4.10. ' ch. 6. 27, 30. t Heb. to t ch. 6. 40. the prayer of this t Heb. to place. the prayer ' Ps. 132. 8, of this 9, 10, 16. place. 1 1 Chron. « 1 Kings 28.2. 9.3. ch. 6. 6. " Neh. 9. 1 1 Kings 9. 25. 4, &c. «P8. 132.1. Isa. 65. 3. » 1 KiDgg 1/ ch. 6. 16. 8.54. t Heb. 6 Lov. 9. 24. There shall JudscB 6. not be cat 2L off to thee. 1 Kings 18. ' Lev. 26. as. 14-33. lCliron.21. Dent. 2S. 26. 15, 36, 37. «1 Kings 8. 10, 11. ch. 5.13,14. Ezek.10.3, 4. "i ch. 6. 14. « ch. 5. 13. Ps. 136. 1. " Dent. 29. / 1 Cliron. 24. 16. 41. Jer. 22. 8, ch. 20, 21. 9. e 1 Kings 8. 62, 63. A 1 Chron. 15. 16. 992. n 1 KingsO. t Ileb. by 10, &c. their hand. > ch. 5. 12. *1 Kings 8. 64. »1 Kings9. 17, &c. 'lKhigs8. 65. "> Josh. 13. 3. t Heb. a restraint. t Ileb. all the de- "1 Kings 8. 06. sireof Solo- mon which he desired U> build. tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 11 Thus "Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and all that came into Solo- mon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 IT And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and %ave chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 13 'If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people ; 14 If my people, f which are called by my name, shall ''humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways ; 'then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now 'mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent funto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have "I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever : and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 17 ^And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments : 18 Then will I stablish the throne of ithy king- dom according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, "f There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19 ^But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and Avorship them ; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a by-word among all nations. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it ; so that he shall say, "Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house ? 22 And it shall be answered. Because they for- sook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. CHAP. VIIL 1 Solomon's buildings. 17 lie fetchelh gold from Ophir. AND "it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the chil- dren of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and pre- vailed against it. 4 *And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth- , horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars ; 6 And Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solo- mon had, and all the chariot-cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and f all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and through- out all the land of his dominion. Solomon's daily and festival sacrifices. 7 H 'As for all the people that were left of the Hit- tites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even ''two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 11 IT And Solomon 'brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her : for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are fholy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come. 12 IF Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LoED on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate ■''every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the solemn feasts, "three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 IF And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the ''courses of the priests to their service, and 'the Levitesto their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the ''porters also by their courses at every gate : for fso had David the man of God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected. 17 IF Then went Solomon to 'Ezion-geber, and to II Eloth, at the sea-side in the land of Edom. 18 "And Huram sent him by the hands of his ser- vants, ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. CHAP. IX. The queen of Sheba admireih the wisdom of Solomon. AND "Avhen the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions : and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wis- dom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel ; his II cup-bearers also, and their appa- rel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king. It was a true freport ■2N CHAP. IX. Before CHRIST 992. »lKing89. 20, Ac. dSee 1 Kinga 9. 23. " 1 Kinga 3. 1. &7.8. &9.21. t Hob. holiness. /Ex.29.38. Num. 28. 3, 9, 11, 26. & 29. 1, &c. 1? Ex. 23. 14. Dent. 16. 16. AlChron. 24.1. • 1 Chron. 23.1. * 1 Chron. 9. 17. A 26. 1. t Hob. so was the command- ment o/Da- vidtheman of God. '1 Kings 9. 26. \\OT,ElatU, Deut.2. 8. 2 Kings 14, 22. »> 1 Kings 9. 27. ch. 9.10,13. about 992. <• 1 Kings 10. ],&c. Matt. 12. 42. Lnko 11. 31 mor, butlers. t Ilcb. word. Before CHKIST about 992. II Or, sayings. »ch. 8.18. « 1 Kings 10. 11, al- mvff-trees. II Or, stai/s. Heb. highways. Or, captains. t Ileb. hands. t Heb. shut up. Or, there was no sil. ver in them. Or, elephants' teeih. His riches f and throne of ivory. which I heard in mine own land of thine |i acts, and of thy wisdom : 6 Howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to ^e king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the ser- vants of Solomon, *which brought gold from Ophir, brought 'algum-trees and precious stones. 11 And tne king made of the algum-trees lifter- races to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers : and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 13 IF Now the weight of gold that came to Solo- mon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold ; 14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and || gov- ernors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 IF And king Solomon made two hundred tar- gets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred shields made he 0/ beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 IF Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And the7^e were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and t stays on each side of the sitting-place, and two lions standing by the stays : 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 IF And all the drinking vessels of king Solo- mon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of fpure gold : || none were of silver ; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, II ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 IF And all the kings of the earth sought the gresence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God ad put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 297 Solomon's reign and death. 11. CHRONICLES. Ten tribes revolt. 25 IF And Solomon ''had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots^ and twelve thousand horsemen ; whom he bestowed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 25 ir 'And he reigned over all the kings ^froni the II river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27 "And the King fmade silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore- trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 28 'And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 29 'if 'Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the fbook of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of ''Ahijah the Sliilonite, and in the visions of 'Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 "And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Kehoboam his son reigned in his stead. CHAR X. The Israeliles assemble at Shechem to crown Behoboam. AND "Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to She- chem were 'all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, Svhither he had fled from tlie presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous : now there- fore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we Avill serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 6 IF And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying. If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said unto them. What advice give ye, that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying. Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with liim, spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us ; thus shalt thou say unto them. My little finr/er shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father fput a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Re- hoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Conie again to me on the third day. 1'6 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the advice of the 2'J8 Before CIIKIST about 992, "ll Kings 4. 26. & 10.26, ch. 1. 14. ' 1 Kiugs 4, 21. /Gen. 15. 18. Ps. 72. 8. II Tliiit is, Euphrates, a 1 Kings 10. 27. ch. 1. 15. f Heb.f7are, * 1 Kings 10. 28. ch. 1. 16. * 1 Kings 11. 41. t Ileb. words. * 1 Kings 11. 29. I ch. 12. 25. & 13. 22 »• 1 Kings U. 42, 43. 975. » 1 Kings 12. 1, &c. ii 1 Kings 11. 40. t Ileb. laded. Before CIIHIST 975. « 1 Sam. 2. 25. 1 Kings 12. 15, 24. <' 1 Kings 11. 29. t Ileb. strengthen- ed himself. ' 1 Kings 12. 19. «1 Kings 12. 21, &c. Sch.l2. 15. 974. t Heb. presented themselves f/) him. « Num. 35. 2. •! ch. 13. 9. • 1 Kings 12. 31. & 13. 33. & 14. 9. Hos.13.2. /Lev. 17.7. 1 Cor.10.20. » 1 Kings 12. 28. 'iSco cli. 15. 9. & 30. 11, 18. * 2 Snm. 7. 12, 13, 16. « Num. 18. 19. /I Kings 11. 26. & 12. 20. » Judg. 9.4. >> 1 Kings 12.28. & 14. 9. Hos. 8. 6. i ch. 11. 14, 15. * Ex. 29.35. t Heb. to fill his hand : See Ex. 29. 1. Lev. 8. 2. I ch. 2. i. "> Lev. 24. 6. "Ex. 27.20, 21. Lev. 24. 2, 3. 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether : || and also in Judah things went well. 13 IF So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for ^Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, andhe reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, 'the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to gut his name there. And his mother's name was Taamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he I! prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the fbook of Shemaiah the prophet, 'and of Iddo the seer concerning genealo- gies? 'And there were wars between Relioboam and Jeroboam continually. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and buried in the city of David: and Abijah his was son reigned in his stead CHAP. XIIL Abijah succeeding, viaketh war against Jeroboam, "VTOW "in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam ±S began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was ''Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah fset the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men : Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 11 And Abijah stood up u|)on mount "Zema- raim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said. Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Is- rael ''gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons 'by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath ''rebelled against his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him ^vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened them- selves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David ; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam ''made you for gods. 9 *Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, an'd have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? *so that whosoever cometh fto consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him ; and the priests, which min- ister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11 'And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet in- cense: the '"shew-bread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof "to burn every evening : for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him. >. -u • Abijah overcovicth Jeroboam. 12 And behold, God himself is with us for our captain, "and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, ^'fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 13 If But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so thev were before Ju- dah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judali looked back, behold, the bat- tle ^vas before and behind : and they cried unto the LoED, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judali gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God 'smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter : so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, '^be- cause they relied upon the Loed God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and 'Ephraim with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Loed 'struck him, and "he died. 21 U But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the II story of the prophet ""Iddo. CHAP. XIV. Asa deslroyeth idolatry, and overcometh Zcrah. SO Abijah slept with liis fathers, and they buried liim in the city of David : and "Asahis son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did iliat ivhich tvas good and right in the eves of the Lord his God : 3 t'or he took away the altars of the strange gods, and ''the high places, and 'brake down the t images, ''and cut down the groves : 4 And commanded Judah to seek the Loed God of their fathers, and to do the law and the com- mandment. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the f images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 TIAnd 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; be- cause we have sought the Loed our God, we have sought Am, and he hath given us rest on every side. iSo 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 bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were might v men of valour. i) If 'And there came out against them Zerah the 300 IL CHRONICLES. Asa overcometh Zerah. Before CHRIST 957. Before CHRIST 941. • Nnm. 10. 8. P Acts 5. 39. /Josh. 15. 44. (? Ex. 14.10. ell. 13. 14. Ps. 22. 5. A 1 Sam.l4. 6. ilSam.l7. 45. Prov.18.10. II C>v,nuirtal man. *ch.l3.15. ich.14.12. ' Gen. 10. 19. & 20. 1. + Heb. broken. "> Gen. 35. 5. ch. 17. 10. ' 1 Cliron. 6.20. Ps. 22. 5. 957. • Josh. 15. 9. ' 1 Sam.25. 38. » 1 Kings 14. 20. II Or, com- mentary. «ch. 12.15. « Nnm. 24. 2. Jmlg.3.10. ch. 20. 14. & 24. 20. t llcb. before Asa. * J.ime6 4. .8. ' ver. 4. 15. 1 Chron. 28.9. ch. 33. 12, 13. 955. Jer. 29. 13. Matt. 7. 7. ■ich.24.20. ' Ilos. 3. 4. /Lov.10.11. 1 Dcut. 4. 29. » 1 Kings 15. 8, ic. A Judg. 5. 6. about 951. ' See 1 Kings 15. 14. ch. 15. 17. ' Ex. 34.13. t Heb. statues. <« 1 Kings 11.7. t Heb, Sim images. • Matt. 24. 7. t Heb. beaten in pieces. tHeh. abomina- tions. *ch.l3.19. ' ch. 11. 16. "Ch. 14.15. t Heb. in thatday. "ch.U.lS. 941. • ch. 1(5. 8. • 2 Kings 23.3. ch. 34. 31. Noh.10.29, 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 battle in array in the valley of Zephathan at Mareshah. 11 And Asa ^cried unto the Loed his God, and said, Loed, it is ''nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O Loed our God; for we rest on thee, and 'in thy name we go against this multitude. O Loed, thou art our God; let not ||man prevail against thee. 12 So the Loed ''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 f destroyed before the Loed, 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 Loed came upon them : and they spoiled all the cities; for there was ex- ceeding much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and car- ried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. CHAP. XV. Asa and Judah make a covenant loith God. AND "the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to fmeet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; *The Loed 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 Loed 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 vex- ations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 'And nation was f 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 prophecy of Oded the proj)het, he took courage, and put away the f 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 Loed, that was before the porch of the Loed. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and 'the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manas- seh, and out of Simeon : for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Loed his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Je- rusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 '"And they offered unto the Loed fthe same time, of "the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they "entered into a covenant to seek the Loed God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; Baasha buildeth RamaJi, &c. CHAP. XVI, XVII. JehoshaphaV s good reign. 13 ^That whosoever would not seek the Loed God of Israel '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 rejoiced 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 H And also concerming ^Maachah the II mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an fidol 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 HAnd 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 live and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. CHAP. XVL Asa diverteth Baashafrom building of Ramah. IN the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, "Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Eamah, ''to the intent that ne 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 nouse of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at t 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 hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of t his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel- maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasna heard it, that he left off building of Bamah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Bamah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building, and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 IT And at that time 'Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, ''Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not 'the Ethiopians and -^the Lubims f a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? vet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he de- livered them into thine hand. • 9 »For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, || to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein Hhou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth 'thou shalt have wars, 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and 'put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa f oppressed some of the people the same time. 11 HAnd!^ behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Before CHRIST 9«. P Ex. 22. 20. J Deut. 13. 6, 9, 15. " 1 Kings 15, 13. II Tliat is, grand' mother. 1 Kings 15. 2,10. tHeb. horror. <■ ch. 14. 3, 5. 1 Kings 15. 14, &.C. 940, viz. Troin the rending of the ten tribes from Judiih, over which Asa was now liiug. « 1 Kings 15. 17, 4c. ' ch. 15. 9. t Heb. Damesek. t Ilcb. which were his. 941. « 1 Kings 16.1. ch. 19. 2. J Isa. 31. 1 Jer. 17. 6. ' ch. 14. 9. /ch. 12. 3. t Ileb. in abu7tdance. a Job 34. 21. I'rov. 5. 21, & 15. 3. Jer. 16. 17. k 32. 19. Zech.4.10, llOr, strongly to hoUl with them, Ac. "1 Sam. 13. 13. < 1 Kings 15.32. lch.18.26. Jer. 20. 2. Matt. 14. 3, t Ueb. crushed. <■ 1 Kings 15. 23. Before CHRIST 941. "Jer. 17. 5. 914. » 1 Kings 15. 24. t Heb. digged. » GeQ. 50. 2. Mark 16.1. John 19. 39, 40. Pch.21.19. Jer. 34. 5. » 1 Kings 15.24. » ch. 15. 8. Or, of his father, and of David. ' 1 Kings 12. 28. ■i 1 Sam. 10. 27. 1 Kings 10. 25. fHeb. gace. ' 1 Kings 10.27. ch. 18. 1. 913. That is, was encou- raged. S 1 Kings 22. 43. ch. 15. 17. 19. 3. & 20.33. a ch. 15. 3. 912. A ch. 35. 3. Neh. 8. 7. 'Gen. 35. 5. fUeb. was. ' 2 Sam. 8. 2. II Or, palaces. t Heb. athis/tand. fJudg.5.2, 9. 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he '"sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians, 13 H'And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres which he had f made for himself in the city of Da- vid, and laid him in the bed which was filled "with sweet odours, and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made ^a very great burning for him. CHAP. XVIL Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigneth and pi'ospereth. AND "Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel, 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, 'which Asa his father had taken, 3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways || of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim ; 4 But sought to the LOED God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after ''the doings of Israel. 5 Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah ''fbroughtto Jehoshaphatpre- sents ; 'and he had riches and honour in abundance. 6 And his heart ||was lifted up in the ways of the Lord : moreover -^he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. 7 HAlso in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, *to teach in the cities of Judah, 8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests, 9 'And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people, 10 IT And 'the fear of the Lord t fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat, 11 Also some of the Philistines 'brought Jehosha- phat presents, and tribute-silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hun- dred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah || castles, and cities of store, 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah : and the men of war, mighty men of valour, weo^e in Jerusalem. 14 And these ao'e the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. 15 And t next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand, 16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, Vho willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor, 17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of 301 11. CHRONICLES. men with bow and Of AhaVs false prophets. valour, and with him armed shield two hundred thousand. 18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. 19 These waited on the king, besides Hhose whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. CHAP. XVIII. Jehoshaphat yoeth with Ahab against Ramoth-gilead. "VTOW Jehoshaphat "had riches and honour in IM abundance, and ''joined affinity with Ahab. 2 'And t after certain years he went down to Ahab, to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had Avitli him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehosha- phat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ra- moth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. 4 II And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, ''Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them. Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will de- liver it into the king's hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here aprophet of the Lord fbesides, that we might inquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he never prophesieth good unto me, but ahvays evil : the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said. Let not the king sav so. 8 And the king of Israel called for one of his II officers, and said, f Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat Idn^ of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a || void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria: and all the pro- phets prophesied before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said. Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until fthey be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying. Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king f with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said. As the Lord liveth, 'even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said. Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him. How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord? 10 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: 302 Before CHHIST 912. "i ver. 2. 897. " ch. 17. 5. » 2 Kings 8. 18. " 1 Kings 22. 2, &c. t lleb. at the end of years. <'lSam.23. 2, 4, 9. 2 Sam. 2. 1. t Ileb. yet, or, more. liOr, eunuchs. t Ileb. Hasten. 11 Or, floor. t Ileb. tliou con- sume t/icm. Before CHRIST 897. t Ileb. with one mouth. ' Num. 22. IS, 20, 35. & 23. 12, 26. & 24. 13. 1 Kings 22. 14. Or, hut for evil. /Job I.e. i/ Job 12.16. Isa. 19. 14. Ezelc. 14.9. '' Jer.20.2. Mark 14. 65. Acts 23. 2. Or,from chaynber to chamber. t Ileb. a chamber in a cham- ber. i ch. 16. 10. flleb./rom after him. f Ileb. in his simpli- city. + Heb. between the joints and between the breast-plate fHeb.rnade sick. Micaiah's prophecy. and the Lord said. These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace, 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, II but evil? 18 Again he said. Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the Lord said. Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth- gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a •'^spirit, and stood be- fore the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him. Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said. Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail : go out and do even so. 22 Now therefore, behold, *the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and ''smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee? 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go II into fan inner cham- ber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Israel said. Take ye Micai- ah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son ; 26 And say. Thus saith the king, Tut ihis, fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of afflic- tion and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Micaiah said. If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And lie said. Hearken, all ye people. 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel dis- guised himself; and thev went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying. Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel, 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said. It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight : but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him ; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again ffrom pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow f at a venture, and smote the king of Israel f between the joints of the harness : therefore he said to his chariot-man. Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host ; for I am f wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day :_ howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even : and about the time of the sun going down he died. Jehoshaphat visiteth his kingdom : CHAR XIX. Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehii, visiteth his kingdom. AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to J erusalem. 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani "the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and ''love them that hate the Lord? therefore is "wrath upon thee from before the Lokd. 3 Nevertheless, there are ''good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast 'prepared thine heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and fhe went out a^ain through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers. 5 11 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city ; 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do : for -^ye judge not for man, but for the Loed, ''who is with you f in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Loed be upon you: take heed and do it: for Hhere is no iniquity with the Loed our God, nor 'respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 IF Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat ^set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithtiilly, and with a perfect heart. 10 "And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so "wrath come upon "you, and upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not trespass. 11 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you ^'in all matters of the Loed ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters : also the Levites shall be officers before you. fDeal courageously, and the Lord shall be *with the good. CHAP. XX. 1 Jehoshaphat prodaimeth a fast. 5 Ills prayer. IT came to pass after this also, thai the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and behold, they be "in Hazazon-tamar, which is ''En-gedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set f himself to 'seek the Loed, and ''proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. o IF And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou 'God in heaven? and-'rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and *in thine hand CHAP. XIX, XX. His prayer. Before I [ Before christ'ichrist S96. I 896. 896. " 1 Sam. 9, 9. » Ps. 139. 21. « ch. 32. 25. d ell. IT. 4, 6. See ch. 12. 12. ' cb. SO. 19. Ezra 7. 10. t Ueb. he returrud and went out. Deut. 1. 17. n Ps. 82. 1. Eccles. 5. 8. t Ileb. in bie matter of judg- ment. » l>eut. 32. 4. R<.m.9.14. • Dcut. 10. 17. Job 34. 19. .\cts 10. 34. Bom. 2.U. G;il. 2. 6. Ephes. 6. 9. Col. 3. 25. 1 Pet. 1.17. ' Deut. 16. IS. ch. 17. 8. J 2 Sam. 23. 3. "• Dent. 17. 8. &c. " Num. 16 46. ° Ezet. 3. 18. p 1 Chron. 26. 30. ■fUeh.laJce courage and do. J ch. 15. 2. ''Gen. 17.7. JEx. 6. 7. .meb.Viou. '•Ps. 44. 2. * Isa. 41. 8. James 2. 23. '1 Kings 8. 33,37. ch. 6. 28, 29,30. ■» ch. 6. 20. » Dent. 2. 4,9,19. ° Kum. 20. 21. pP3.83.12. ? 1 Sam. 3. 13. ■-Ps. 25.15. & 121. 1, 2. i 123. 1, 2. i 141. 8. » Num. 11. 25, 26. & 24.2. ch. 15. 1. Null. 12. 43. /ch. 17.10. /Lev. 17.7. & 20. 5. ver. 13. 1 Which was writ 17 ch. 15. 15. before his Job 34. 29. death. A 1 Kings 2 Kings 2. 22. 41, &c. 1. 1 ver. 11. " Ex. 34. 15. Deut. 31. 16. iSeoch.l7. i 1 Kings 16. 31-33. *ch.l2.14. 2 Kings 9. 22. * ver. 4. & 19. 3. t Heb. a great fHeb. stroke. ! ver. 18, words. ' 1 Kings 19. 16. 1, 7. f Heb. was made to as- cend. about 887. »» 1 Kings "• 1 Kings 22. 48, 49. 11. 14, 23. 896. 1 At first Jeliosha- t Heb. car- phat was ried cap- unwilling. tive. 1 Kings See ch. 22. 22. 49. 1. » ch. 24. 7. 887. 1 Or, ^ Altazidh, n 1 Kings ch. 22. 1. 22. 48. or, Azari- » ch. 9. 21. ah, ch. 22. 6. 885. II His son, A haziah I'rorex, 889. 2 Kings 9. 29, ' 1 Kings soon after. 22. 60. « ver. 15. il Alono. Pch. 16.14. t Heb. without de- sire, Jer. 22. 18. 892. II Jehoram made part- ner of the kingdom » 2 Kings with his 8.24, &c. father, See ch. 21. 2 Kings S. 17. le. ver. 6. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the king- dom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 5 IT' Jehoram wasihirty and two years old when he be- gan to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Is- rael, like as did the house of Ahab : for he had the daughter of "Ahab to wife : and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord. 7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a f light to him and to his ''sons for ever. 8 II Tn his days the Edomites revolted from under the t dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers. 11 Moreover, he made high places in the moun- tains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jeru- salem to •'^ commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. 12 TFAnd there came a || writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying. Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Is- rael, and hast "made Judah and the inhabitants of Je- rusalem to ''go a whoring, like to the 'whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast ''slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself: 14 Behold, with f a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods : 15 And thou shall have great sickness by 'disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 16 If Moreover, the Lord '"stirred up against Je- horam the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Ara- bians, that were near the Ethiopians : 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and t carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and "his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save II Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons. 18 H II And after all this the Lord smote him "in his bowels with an incurable disease. 19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness : so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like ^the burning of- his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed t without being desired : how- beit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. A CHAP. XXIL 1 Ahaziah reigneth wickedly. 5 He is slain by Jehu. ND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made "Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band AihaliaKs usurpation: CHAR XXIII. She is slain. of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the ^eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 ''Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem. His mother's name also was ''Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in theways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab : for they were his counsel- lors, after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 HHe walked also after their counsel, and 'went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians smote Joram. 6 -^And he returned to be healed in Jezreel be- cause of the wounds f which were given him at Ra- mah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And IIAzariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jez- reel, because he was sick. 7 And the t destruction of Ahaziah ''was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he ''went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, 'whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8 And it came to pass, that when Jehu was 'executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and 'found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 9 "And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him : Be- cause, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who "sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. 10 IT "But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But ^Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she sIcav him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. CHAP. XXIIL Jehoiada restoreth the imrship of God. AND "in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath ''said of the sons of David. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you 'entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the faoors; 20 2 Before CURIST 8S5. »cli.21.17. «See 2 Kings 8. 26. •l ch. 21. 6. Before CURIST 8S4. "2 Kings 8. 28, &c. /2Kings9, 15. t Heb. wfti^ewith tliey woun- ded hivi. llOtlierwise cnUedAlia- ziah, ver.l. and Jehoa- fiaz, ch.2l. 17. fHeb. treading down, s Judg. 14. 4. 1 Kings 12. 15. cb. 10. 15. ''2 Kings 9, 21. •2 Kings 9. 6,7. ' 2 Kings 10. 10, 11. ' 2 Kings 10. 13, 14. »• 2 Kings 9. 27, .It Migiddo iu the king- dom of Samaria. ' cb. 17. 4. 884. » 2 Kings 11. 1, &c. P 2 Kings 11.2, Jilioslieha. 878. « 2 Kings 11. 4, &c. » 2 Sam. 7. 12. 1 Kings 2. 4. Si 9. 6. cb. 6. 16. & 7. 18. i21. 7. ' 1 Cbron. 9.25. t lleb. thresholds. ■J 1 Cbron. 23. 28, 29. ' See 1 Cliron. 24. & 25. t Heb. shoulder. t Ileb. house. /Deut. 17. 18. t Ilcb. LU the Icing live. 1 Cbron. 25.8. flleb. Cbn- spiracy. A Nell. 3. 28. ' Dent. 13. 9. ' 1 Cliron. •23. 6, 30,31. & 24. 1. ' Nnra. 28. 2. Ileb. y Vie hands of David., 1 Cliron. 26. 2, 6. "> 1 Cbron. 26. 1, &c. 2 Kings 11.19. 5 And a third part shall he at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation : and all the people shall he in the courts of the house of the Lord. 6 But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and ''they that minister of the Le- vites; they shall go in, tor they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into tlie house, he shall be put to death : but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them thatwere to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not 'the courses. 9 Moreover, Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had heen king David's, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right f side of the t temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and ^gave him the testi- mony, and made him king;. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, f God save the king. 12 H Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord: 13 And she looked, and behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king : and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets: also the singers with instruments of music, and ^such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, f Treason, treason! 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the cap- tains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said. Slay her not in the house of the Lord. 15' So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering ''of the horse-gate by the king's house, they slew her there. 16 IF And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord's people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and 'slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had ''distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt-offerings of the Lord, as it is Avritten in the 'law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained fby David. 19 And he set the '"porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20 "And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the 305 Joasli's good reign : 11. CHKONICLES. He is slain by his servants. high gate into tlic king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the Ivingdom. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Atha- liah Avfth the sword. CHAP. XXIV. Joash reigiieth xcell all the dwjs of Jehoiada. J CASH "2vas seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem, His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash ''did thai ivhich was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 4 II And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded fto repair the house of the Lord. 5 And 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 hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not, 6 ''And the kin^ 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 Jerusa- lem the collection, according to the commandment of 'Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congre- gation 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 Medicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim. 8 And at the king's commandment 'they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And they made f a proclamation through Ju- dah 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 rejoiced, 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 king's office by the hand of the Levites, and 'when they saw that there xvas much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's 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 8o the workmen wrought, and fthe work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened 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, eoea vessels to minister, and ||to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord contumally all the days of Jehoiada. lo IjBut Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died ; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died, IG And they buried him in the city of David 3q6 Before Before cinusT CUBIST 878. about 840. about 840. " 1 Kings 14. 23. » Juclg.5.8. ch. 19. 2. & » 2 Kings 28. 13. & H. 21. & 29. 8. k 32. 12. 1, &c. 25. P ch. 36.15.- Jer. 7. 25, »Seo 26. & 25. 4. ch. 26. 6. 1 ch. 15. 1. & 20. 14. t Ileb. clothed. as Judg. 6. 34. ' Num. 14. 41. t Hob. • ch. 15. 2. to renew. 856. 840. « Matt. 23. 35. « 2 Kings Acts 7. 58, 12.4. 59. <' 2 Kings 12.7. 840. t Heb. in the revolu- tion of the year. • Ex. 30. 12, » 2 Kings 13. 14, 16. 12. 17. /Num.1. 839. 50. Acts 7. 44. t Ileb. s ch. 21. 17. Darmesek. » Lev. 26. 8. '' 2 Kings Deut. 32. 30. Isa. 30. 17. 12.4. * Lev. 26. * 2 Kings 25. 12. 9. Deut. 28. 25. « ch. 22. 8. Isa. 10. 5. t Hcb. a voice. a 2 Kings 12. 20. * ver. 16. » ver. 21. II Or, Jozachar, 2 Kings 12. 21. i Or, Simmer. 839. « 2 Kings 12. 18. '2 Kings 12. 10. t lleb. founding. jl Or, com- mentary. <^ 2 Kings 12. 21. « 2 Kings 14. 1, ic. t Ileb. i?,e healing went up » See upon Vie 2 Kings 14. work. 4. ver. 14. ' 2 Kings 14. 5, &c. t llcb. '" See confirnitd 2 Kings upon him. 12.13. II Or, peslils. •I Dout. 24. 16. 2 Kings 14.6. .Ter. 31. 30. about 850. Ezek. IS. 20. among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house, 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came -the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them, 18 Andthey 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 t came upon Zechariali 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 remembered 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 H And it came to pass fat 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 f 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 judgment against Joash, 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) ''his own servants conspired against him for the blood 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; liZabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of UShimrith a Moabitess, 27 UNow concerning his sons, and the greatness of 'the burdens laid upon him, and the t repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in tlie II story of the book of the kings. ''And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXV. 1 Amaziah's reign. 17 He provokeih Joash to his overthrow. AMAZIAH "was twenty and five years old whe7i he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was J ehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, ''but not with a perfect heart. 3 TT'Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was t 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, ''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 H Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and cap- tains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin : and he The Edomites overthrown. CHAP. XXVI. Amaziah's overthrow, &c. numbered 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 i& not with Israel, to wit, with all the chil- dren of Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle : God shall make thee fall 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 t army of Israel ? And the man of God answered, *The LoED is able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go jhome again : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home tin great anger 11 1 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went Ho the valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left alive did the chil- dren of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 IT But tthe soldiers of the army which Ama- ziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. 14 HiS^ow 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 him- self before them, and burned iu cense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, M'hich said unto him, Wh}-- hast thou sought after 'the gods of the people, which "'could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath t "determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17 II Then "Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the- son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Isra^el sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying. The || thistle that was in Le- banon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, say- ing, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed b}' fa wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edom- ites; 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 enewites, because they 'sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash the king of Israel Avent up ; and they | Before CHRIST 839. 'Num. 1.3. /ch. 20. 6. tHeb. band. 9 ProT. 10. 22. tnel). io tlitir place. tHeb. in heat of anger about 827. '' 2 Kings 14.7. tHeb.tte sons of the band. • Seo cli. 28. 23. *i;x.20. 3, 5. ' Ps. 96. 5 » Ter. 11. tHeb. counselled. » 1 Sam. 2. 25. 826. • 2 Kings li. 8, 9, ic. I Or, furze- bush, or, thorn. t Heb. a beast o/Uit field. P 1 Kings 12. 10. ch. 22. 7. J Ter. 14. Before CHRIST 626. 810. t Ueb. frcnii after. t Hob. conspired a conspiracy That is, the city of David^iis it is -2 Kings 14. 20. 810. " 2 Kin!;s 11. 21,22. & 15.], &c. Or, AzariaTi. tHeb. smitte7t. r See cb.21. 17. & 22. 1, 6. t Heb. the gate of it that lookeih. ' 2 Kings 14.17. 'Seech. 34. 2. ' Gen. 41. 15. Dun. 1. 17. & 2. 19. & 10.1. t Heb. in the seeing of God. • 2 Kings 16.7. t Heb. a captivity. ' Ezek. 16. 27, 57. « ch. 21. 2. " Ex. 32. 25. 740. * 2 Kings 15. 29. & 16. 7, 8, 9. v See ch. 25. 14. t Ileb. Darmeselc. ' Jer. 44. 17. IS. » See ch. 29.3, 7. nor, (0 offtT. » 2 Kings 16. 19, 20. 726. 726. <• 2 Kings 18.1. » ch. 26. 5. 72C. ' See cli. 28. 24. Tcr. 7. i 1 C'.iron. 15. 12. ch. 35. 6. ' Jer. 2. 27. E7.ek.8.16. tHeb. given the neck. /ch.28.24. i7ch.24.18. fHcb. cofinmotitm. Deut. 28. 25. '■ 1 Kings 9.8. Jer. 18. 16. & 19. 8. & 25. 9, 18. & 29. 18. ich.2S.5,6, 1.17. *ch.l5.12. Or, be not now di'.ceived. ' Num. 3. 6. & 8. 14. & 18. 2, 6. ' Or, offer sacrifice. Before CHRIST 726. "• vcr. 6. Or, in the business of the Lord, ch. 30. 12. » 1 Clnou. 23.28. 726. ■'cU.23.24. V Lev. 4. 3, 14. I Lev. 8. 14, 15, 19, 2i. Hebr.9.21, tUeb. near. The house of God cleansed. 7 A.lso they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and liave not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. 8 "Wherefore the "wrath of the Loed was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to t trouble, to astonishment, and to ''hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9 For lo, 'our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. _ 10 Now it is in mine heart to make ''a, covenant with the Loed God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, ||be not now negligent: for the Loed hath 'chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and II burn incense. 12 IT Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites : and of the sons of Merari ; Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel : and of the Gershonites ; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah : 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shimri, and Jeiel : and of the sons of Asaph ; Zechariah, and Mattaniah : 14 And of the sons of Heman ; Jehiel, and Shi- mei : and of the sons of Jeduthun ; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and "sanc- tified themselves, and came, according to the com- mandment of the king, II by the Avords of the Loed, "to cleanse the house of the Loed. 16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Loed, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the tem- ple of the Loed into the court of the house of the Loed. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Loed : so they sanctified the house of the Loed, in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said. We have cleansed all the house of the Loed, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shew-bread table, with all the ves- sels thereof. 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did "cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar of the Loed. 20 UThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Loed. 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a "sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Loed. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and 'sprinkled it on the altar : likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprin- kled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar 23 And they brought t forth the he-goats for the 309 Hezekiah^s solemn sacnfice. 11. CHEONICLES. lie proclaimeth a passover. sin-ofi'ering before the king and the congregation; and they hiid their 'hands upon them : 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation Avith their blood upon the altar, 'to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king com- manded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 25 'And he set the Levites in the house of the Loed -with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, "ac- cording to the commandment of David, and of 'Gad the king's seer, aiul Nathan the prophet: '^for so was the commandment t of the Loed fby his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments 'of David, and the priests with "the trumpets. 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt- offering upon the altar. And fwhen the burnt- offering began, ''the song of the Loed began also with the trumpets, and with the f instruments ordained by David king of Israel. 28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the fsinoers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all i/iis continued until the burnt-offering was finished. 29 And Avhen they had made an end of offering, 'the king and all that were f present with him bowed themselves, and worshipjDed. 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Loed with the Avords of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises wdth gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have II consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and ''thank-offerings into the house of the Loed. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and, as many as Avere of a free heart, burnt-offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, a7id two hundred lambs : all these were for a burnt-offering to the Loed. 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests Avere too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings : wherefore 'their brethren the Levites f did help them till the work Avas ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves : •''for the Levites were more ^upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt-offerings weo^e in abun- dance, Avitli ''the fat of the peace-offerings, and 'the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the ser- vice of the house of the Loed was set in order. 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people : for the thing Avas done suddenly. CHAP. XXX. Hezekiah proclaimelh a solemn passover. A ND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and -^ Avrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Loed at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Loed God 01 Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover m the second "month. 3 For they could not keep it 'at that time, "^be- cause the priests had not sanctified themselves suf- 310 Before Beforo CURIST CHRIST 726. 726. >• Lev. 4. 15. tHeb. 24. was right » her. 14. in the eyes 20. ofthelcing. « 1 Chron. 16. 4. & 25. 6. « 1 Chron. 23. 5. & 25. 1. t Ileb. cli. 8. 14. from the := 2 Sam. 24. hand. 11. !/ch.30.12. t Heb. by the hand of ch. 13. 12. miracle for Rom. 8.31. him. t Ueb. leaned. d Ps. 116. 12. 710. * 2 Kings IS. 17. «ch.26.16. Hub. 2. 4. /ch.24.18. «■ Jer. 26. t Ileb. 18, 19. dominion. t Heb. the liflitig up. '» 2 Kings 20. 19. ' 2 Kings 18. 19. II Or, in the stronghold. tHeb. instru- mcjifs of desire. "» 2 Kings 18. 30. » 2 Kings 18. 22. ' 2 Ohron. 29. 12. * Isa. 22. 9, 11. » 2 Kings 18. 33, 34, 35. 712. t Ileb. interpre- ters. I 2 Kings 20. 12. Isa. 39. 1. »' Deut. 8. 2. p 2 Kings 18. 29. t Heb. kindnesses. " Isa. 36, & 37, & 38, & 39. » 2 Kings IS, & 19, & 20. p 2 Kings 20. 21. II Or, hiqhest. « I'rov. 10. 1 2 Kings 7. 19.9. ' 2 Kings 19. 12. 698. « 2 Kings 21.1, Ac. » Ueut. 18. 9. > 2 Kings 2 Cliron. 18. 28. 2S. 3. ' 2 Kings t Hob. 18.26,27, hereiurned 28. and built. ' 2 Kings 18.4. cli. 30. 14. & 31. 1. & 32. 12. " 2 Kings ■i Deut. 16. 19. 18. 21. " 2 Kings « Deut. 17. 19. 15. 3. ''the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 21 H^And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And Avhen he Avas come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels f slew him there Avith the sword. 22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the in- habitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. 23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Je- rusalem, and t "presents to Hezekiah king of Judah : so that he was ''magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 24 IT Tn those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he II gave him a sign. 25 But Hezekiah ''rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for 'his heart was lifted up: ■'therefore there was Avrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 26 ^Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for t the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabi- tants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them 'in the 'days of Hezekiah. 27 IT And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of t pleasant jewels : 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and Avine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover, he provided him cities, and pos- sessions of flocks and 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 Heze- kiah prospered in all his works. 31 H Howbeit, in the business of the t ambassa- dors of the princes of Babylon, avIio 'sent unto him to inquire of the Avonder that was done in the land, God left him, to "'try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 32 IF Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his t 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 || chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the in- habitants of Jerusalem did him ''honour at his death: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXXIIL 1 Manasseh's wicked reign. 3 He setteth up idolatry. MANASSEH "was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem : 2 But did that which ivaseYil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the ''abominations of the heathen, whom tl>e Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 H For t he built again the high places Avhich Hezekiah his father had '^broken down; and he rear- ed up altars for Baalim, and ''made groves, and wor- shipped "all the host of heaven, and served them. Ij Manasseh carried to Babylon. CHAP. XXXIV. Jbsiah's good reign. 4 Also lie built altars in the house of the Loup, whereof the Loed had said, •'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 Mealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Loed, 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 "'this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 "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 JManasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Loed had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the Loed spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. 11 H "Wherefore the Loed brought upon them the captains of the host f of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and ^'bound him with II fetters, and carried him to Babylon, 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Loed 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 Manas- seh *knew that the Loed 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 entering in at the fish-gate, and compassed "about ilOphel, and raised it up a very ^reat 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 Loed, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Loed, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the Loed, and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and ^thank-offer- ings, and commanded Judah to serve the Loed God of Israel. 17 'Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Loed their God only. _18 II Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of "the seers that spake to him in the name of the Loed God of Israel, behold, they 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 : behokl, they are written among the sayings of || the seers. >20 "l^'So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 2P Before CHRIST 698. /Deut. 12 11. 1 Kings 8. 29. & 9. 3. ch. 6. 6. & 7.16. s ch. 4. 9. A Lev. 18. 21. Deut. 18. 10. 2 Kings 23. 10. ch. 28. .3. Hzek. 23. 37, 39. •' Deut. IS. 10, 11. * 2 Kings 21.6. I 2 Kings 21. 7. "> Ps. 132. 11. » 2 Sam. 7. 10. 677. » Deut. 28. 36. Job 36. 8. t Heb. which were the kivg's. P Ps. 107. 10, 11. ..Or, cfiains. J 1 Pet. 5. 6. >• 1 Chron. 5.20. Ezra 8. 23. » Ps. 9. 16. Dan. 4. 25. 1 Kings 1.33. ch. 27. 3. Or, the tower. " Ter. 3. 5. 7. y Lev. 7. 12. 'Ch. 32.12. » 1 Sam. 9, II Or, Hosai. ' 2 Kings 21. IS. Before CHRIST 677. ' 2 Kings 21. 19, &c. <* ver. 12. fHeb. multiplied trespass. " 2 Kings 21. 28, 24. 611. » 2 Kings 22. 1, &c. 634. * ch. 15. 2. 630. 1 Kings 13.2. ■* ch. 33. 17, 22. ' Ley. 26. 30. 2 Kings 23. 4. Or, sun images. /2 Kings 23.4. f Hob. face of the graves. 3 1 Kings 13.2. ,. Or. mavXs. * Deut. 9. 21. t Heb. to make pmo- dcr. 624. < 2 Kings 22.3. * See 2 Kings 12. 4, &c. 1 Or, to rafter. 21 IF "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 _LoED, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manas- seh his father had made, and served them ; 23 And humbled not himself before the Loed, ''as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon t trespassed more and more. 24 "And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. 25 H But 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' s good reign. 3 ITe destroyeth idolatry. JOSIAH °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 Loed, and walked in the ways of David his lather, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left 3 II For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to *seek after the God of David his father : and in the twelfth year he began 'to purge Judah and Jerusalem ''from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 "And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the || images that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, •'^and strewed it upon the t graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he ^burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their || mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had ''beaten the graven images f into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. 8 H Now 'in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Loed his God. 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered ''the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Loed, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Loed, to repair and mend the house : 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and II to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. 313 Huldah's prophecy. 13 Also ihcrj were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: 'and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 1[ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Loed, Hilkiah tlie priest "'found a book of the law of the Loed ffire/i by f Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Loed. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16 And Snaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed t to thy servants, they do it. 17 Andthey have t gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Loed, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the liand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, say- ing, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read fit before the king. 19 And it came to pass when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the kin^ commanded Hilkiah, and Ahi- kam the son of Shaphan, and IIAbdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a ser- vant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, inquire of the Loed for me, and for them that are left in Israel, and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Loed that is poured out upon us, be- cause our fathers have not kept the word of the Loed, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallujn the son of "Tikvath, the son of II Hasrah, keeper of the f wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jeru- salem II in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 If And she answered them, Thus saith the Loed God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Loed, Behold, I will bring evil ui)on this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah : 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the Avorks of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched, 20 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Loed, so shall ye say unto him. Thus saitli the Loed God of Israel concerning the words which tliou hast heard; 2/ Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God Avhen thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend tliy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Loed. 28 Behold, 1 will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thme eyes see all the evil that I will bring " the IL CHKONICLES. Josiah^s solemn passover. „ gathered together ail the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Before CHRIST f)24. i 1 Chron. 23. 4, £>. "> 2 Kings 22. 8, Ac. t Ilob. by the hand of. t Ilcb. to the hand of- t Ileb. poured out, or, melted. t Hob. in it. II Or, Achbor. 2 Kings 22. 12. I 2 KiDgs 22. 14. II Or. Harhas. t Heb. garments. \\ Or, in t?ie school, or, in the second part. ' 2 Kings 23. 1, &c. Tefbre CHRIST 621. tHeb. from great even to ^mall. p 2 Kings 11.14. & 23.3. ch. 6. 13. t Heb. found. 1 1 Kings 11.5. ' Jer. 3. 10. t Heb. from after. about 623. « 2 Kings 23. 21, 22. i Ex. 12. 6. Ezra 6. 19. « ch. 23. 18. Ezra 15. 18. ■» c)i. 29. 5, 11. • Dent. 23. 10. ch. 30. 22. Mai. 2. 7. /See ch. 34. 14. s ch. 5. 7. '* 1 Chron. 23.26. • 1 Chron. 9.10. * 1 Chron. 23, & 24, A 25, & 26. ' ch. 8. 14. «• Ps. 134. 1. t Heb. the houseofthe fathers. t Heb. the sons of the people. »• ch. 29. 5, 15. & 30. 3, 15. Ezra 6. 20. t Heb. oj'ered. »ch.30.21. t Ueb. offered. t Hob. offered. P Ezra 6. 18. 4 ch. 29. 22. r See ch. 29. 34. Loed, and all the men of Judah and the inhabi- tants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, f great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the cove- nant that was found in the house of the Loed. 31 And the king stood in his ^'place, and made a covenant before the Loed, to walk after the Loed, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were f present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the cove- nant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the 'abominations out of all the countries thoX pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Loed their God. ''And all his days they departed not f from following the Loed, the God of their fathers. CHAP. XXXV. Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover. MOEEOVER "Josiah kept a passover unto the Loed in Jerusalem : and they killed the pass- over on the ''fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their 'charges, and ''encouraged them to the service of the house of the Loed, 3 And said unto the Levites 'that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Loed, -^Put the holy ark ^in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build: Ht shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Loed your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the 'houses of your fathers after your courses, according to the 'writing of David king of Israel, and according to the 'writ- ing of Solomon his son: 5 And "'stand in the holy place according to the divisions of fthe families of the fathers of your brethren t the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and "sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do accord- ing to the word of the Loed by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah t "gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover-ofierings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thou- sand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes fgave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites : Hilkiah and Zech- ariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle,smdthree hundred oxen. 9 Cononiah also, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Joza- bad, chief of the Levites, fgave unto the Levites for passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, 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 king's commandment. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests 'sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the L,e- vites '^flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt-offerings, that Josiah slain at Megiddo. CHAP. XXXVI. Jerusalem tahen and destroyed. tlaej might give according to tlie divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Loed, as it is written 'in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they 'roasted the passover with fire, ac- cording to the ordinance : but the other holy offer- ings "sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and t divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for them- selves, 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 of the sons of Asaph were in their f place, according to the ''commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer ; and the porters -'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 Loed was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the Loed, accord- ing to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were f present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of 'unleavened bread seven days. 18 And "there was no passover 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 passover kept. 20 H ''After all this, when Josiah had prepared the t temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight agaijQist Charchemish by Euphrates : and Josiah went out against him, 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? / come not against thee this day, but against fthe house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling 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 hearkened 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 f 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 || in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And -^all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 IT 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 t goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Loed, 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Before CHRIST 623. • Lev. 3. 3. e Bz. 12. 8, 9. Deut.16.7. « 1 Sam. 2. 1.3, 14, 15. fHeb. made them run. fHeb. station. x 1 Chron. 25.1,&c, V 1 Chron. 9. 17, 18. k 26. 14, &0. fHeb. found. ' Ex. 12. 15. & 13. 6. eh. 30. 21. » 2 Kings 23. 22, 23. Before CHRIST 610. 610. ' 2 Kings 23. 29. Jer. 46. 2. t II eb. llOUSi. t Heb. thchoustof my war. "So 1 Kings 22. 34. fHeb. made sick, I Kings 22. 34. 2 Kings 23.30. II Or, among/ the sepulchres, f Zecli. 12. 11. 9 Lam. 4. 20. ''See Matt. 9. 23. ' Jer. 22. 20. t Ileb. kindnesses. 1 2 Kings 23. 30, &c. tHeb. removed hivi. t Heb. mulcted. 610. ' 2 Kings 23. 36, 37. <* 2 Kings 24.1. II Or, chains : foretold, Hab. 1. 6. 607, 606. e See 2 Kings 24. 6. Jer. 22. 18, 19. & 36. 30. / 2 Kings 24. 13. Dan. 1. 1, 2. & 5. 2. 699. II Or, Jeconiah. lCliron.3, 16. or, Co- niah, Jer. 22. 24, s 2 Kings 24.8. t Heb. at the return of the year. * 2 Kings 24. 10-17. * Dan. 1. 1, 2. & 5. 2. 599. t Heb. vessels of desire. „0r, Mattaniah hisfather's brother, 2 Kings 24. 17. * Jer. 37.1. ' 2 Kings 24. 18. Jer. 52. 1, &c. 593. »» Jer. 52. 3. Ezek. 17. 15. 18. » 2 Kings 17. 14. Jer. 25. 3, 4. & 35. 15. & 44. 4. fHeb. hy the hand of his mes- sengers. ;; Tliat is, continu- ally and carefully. P Jer. 5. 12, 13. 1 ProT. 1. 25, 30. >■ Jer. 32. 3. & 3S. 6. Matt. 23. 34. ' Ps. 74. 1. & 79. 6. t Heb. jtealing. 590. t Deut. 28. 49. 2 Kings 25. 1, Ac. Ezra 9. 7. 688. «Ps.74. 20. & 79. 2, 3. i« 2 Kings 25. 13, &c. CHAP. XXXVL Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed hy Pharaoh. THEN "the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt f put him down at Je- rusalem, and t condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the kingof E^ypt madeEliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 TI 'Jehoiakim was twenty and "five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed his God, 6 "* Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in II fetters, to 'carry him to Babylon. 7 •'^Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Loed to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And || Jehoia- chin his son reigned in his stead. 9 IT ^ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reigxi, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Loed. 10 And twhen the year was expired, ''king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, 'with the t goodly vessels of the house of the Loed, and made il''Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, 1 1 Tl'Zedekiah was one and twentyy ears old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, 12 And he did thatwhichivas evil in the sight of the Loed his God, and humbled not himself before Jere- miah the prophet speakingfrom the mouth of theLoED. 13 And ""he also rebelled against king Nebuchad- nezzar, who had made him swear by_ God : but he "stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Loed God of Israel. 14 If Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Loed which he had hallowed in Jerusalem, 15 "And the Loed God of their fathers sent to them i- by his messengers, rising up li betimes and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place: 16 ^But they mocked the messengers of God, and 'despised his words, and ''misused his prophets, until the 'wrath of the Loed arose against his peo- ple, till there was no f remedy, 17 'Therefore he broughtuponthemthekingof the Chaldees, who "slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compas- sion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age : he gave thevi all into his hand. 18 *And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Loed, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon, 315 Cyruses proclamation. 19 ''And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the Avail of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed ail the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And f-'them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; "where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kin2;dom of Persia: 21 To lullil the Avord of the Loed by the mouth of *Jeremiah, until the land 'had enjoyed her sab- baths: for as long as she lay desolate ''she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. EZKA. Ilcfore Before CHRIST CHRIST 583. 536. 6S8. y 2 Kings 536. 2a. 9. U, 35, 43. Ps. 74. 6, Dan. 9. 2. 7.&79.1,7. ■i Lev. 23. tlleb. theremain- der from 4,5. " Ezra 1. 1. tht sword. /Jer. 25. ' 2 Kings 12, 13. & 2.0. 11. 29.10.433. o.Ter. 27.7. 10, 11, 14. !> Jcr. 25. 9, a Xs;i. 44. 11, 12. & 26. 28. 6, 7. & 29. " Ezra 1. 2, 10. 3. « Lev. 26. The number that returned fv'om Babylon. 22 H'Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Loed spoken by the mouth of -^Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Loed stirred up the spirit of ^Cyrus king of Persia,, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 28 ''Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Loed God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who ■is there among you of all his people? The Loed his God be Avith him, and let him go up. EZRA. CHAP. L The. -proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple. "VrOW in the first yesiY of Cyrus king of Persia, IM that the word of the Loed "by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Loed stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, 'that he fmade a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in Avritiug, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Loed God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath 'charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, Avliich is in Judah. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be Avith him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Loed God of Israel, ('he is the God,) Avhich is in Jerusalem. 4 And Avhosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place fhelp him with silver, and Avith gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the free-will-ofiering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 5 H Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit 'God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Loed which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were about them || strength- ened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, Avith goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. 7 If •'Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Loed, ^which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and num- licred them imto 'Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. \) And this is the number of them : thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Shesh- bazzar bring up Avith them of f the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. CHAP. IL The nwnher thai return of the people and priests. "XTOW "these are the children of the province that l.y went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, 'whom Nebuchadnezzar the kmg ot Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, 316 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 636. a 2 Chron. 536. !|0r. 30. 22, 23. Azariah, Jer. 25. 12. Neh. 7. 7. & 29. 10. II Or, » ch. 5. 13, Raamiah. 14. nor, t Hcb. Mispereih. caused a II Or, voice to Nehum. pass. ' Isn. 44. ' Soo 28. & 45. 1, Neh. 7. 10. 13. * Neh. 7. 11. ■^ Dan. 6. 26. t Heb. lift him up. J Or, Binnui, Neh. 7. 15. ' Phil. 2. 13. 11 That is, lieiped them. f ch. 5. 14, &6.5. s 2 Kings 24. 13. 2 Chron. 36.7. *Soe ch. 6. 14. II Or, Hariph, Neh. 7. 24. II Or, Gibeon, Noh. 7. 25. t Hob. Vie trans- portation. II Or, Beth-asma- veth, Neh. 7. 28. abont 535. "Neh. 7. 6, &c. "■ 2 Kings 24. 14, 15, 16. A 25. 11. 2 Chron. 36.20 and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehe- miah, USeraiah, ilReelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, ||Miz- par, Bigvai, || Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hun- dred seventy_ and tAvo. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of Arab, 'seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of ''Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hun- dred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 10 The children of II Bani, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hun- dred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 17 rhe children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of II Jorah, an hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of II Gibbar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of IIAzmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hun- dred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. n'Ae number of the priests and 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred irenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty id six. 31 The children of the other 'Elam, a thousand ,^0 hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, || Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 H The priests : the children of -^Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The childi-en of 'Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of ''Pashur, a thousand two hun- dred forty and seven. 39 The children of 'Harim, a thousand and se- venteen. 40 H The Levites : the children of Jeshua and Kad- miel, of the children of HHodaviah, seventy and four. 41 H The singers : the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. 42 H The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Tal- mon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. 43 1I''The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of llSiaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Ha- gabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of II Shal- mai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Pezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, I the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Me- hunim, the children of iJNephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Ha- kupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of HBazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 IF The children of 'Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of UPeruda, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Dar- ken, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of ||Ami. 58 All the '"Nethinims, and the children of "Solo- mon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, || Addan, and Immer : butthey could not shew their father's house, and their llseed, whether they were of Israel: CHAP. III. Before CHRIST about 536, • Seo Ter.7 II Or, Harid, as it is iu some copies. /I Chron. 24.7. a 1 Chron. 24.14. * 1 Chron. 9.12. ' 1 Chron. 24.8. II Or, Judahy ch. 3. 9. called also ffodevah, Neh. 7. 43. * 1 Chron. 9.2. 11 Or, Sia. II Or, Sliamlai. II Or, NepliisTie- sim. II Or, Bazlilh, Neh. 7. 54. ' 1 Kings 9.21. II Or. PtHJa, Neh. 7.57. II Or, Arnon, Nek 7. 59. »> Josh. 9. 21. 27. I Chron. 9. 2. " 1 KingR 9.21. »0r, Addon, Neh. 7.61. II Or, pedigru. Before CHRIST about 536. 2 Sam. 17. 27. p Num. 3. 10. ^illtih.thry wfire pollu- ted from thepriest- liood. Or, governor : See Neh. 8. 9. J LeT. 22. 2, 10. 15, 16. ■■Ex. 28.30. Num. 27. 21. 'Neh. 7.67. «Neh.7 " 1 Cliron. 20. 20. » ch. 6. 16, 17. Neh. 7. 73. Or, Joshua, Hag. 1. 1. &2.2. Zecli. 3. 1. II Called Zorobabet, Matt. 1.12. Luke 3. 27. > Malt. 1. 12. & Luke 3. 27. called Salaikiel. ' Deut. 12. 5. i Num. 28. 3,4. < Neh. 8.14, 17. Zech. 14. 16,17. / Ex. 23. 16. s Num. 29. 12, &c. Ileb. the matter of the day in his day. I' Ex. 29. 38. Num. 28.3 11,19,26. A 29. 2, 8, 13. t Heb. the U}nple of the LOHD wasvotyct founded, ilOr, worL-men, < 1 Kings 5. 6, 9. 2 Chron. 2.10. Acts. 12. 20. * 2 Chron. 2.16. Acts. 9. 36. ' cb. 6. 3. people who came from Babylon. _ 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of To- biah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 ITAnd of the children of the priests: thechildren of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Bar- zillai : which took a wife of the daughters of "Bar- zillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name : 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found : ^'therefore f were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the JITirshatha said unto them, that they ^should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with ""Urim and with Thummim. 64 H'The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom the7'e were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing-men and singing-women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 U 'And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Loed which is at Jeru- salem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability unto the "trea- sure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds 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. ND when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up || Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and || Zerubbabel the son of 'Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is '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 coun- tries : and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the Lord, e^ew ''burnt-offerings morning and evening. 4 'They kept also the feast of tabernacles, •'as it is written, and ^offered the daily burnt-ofi:erings by number, according to the custom, fas 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 Loed that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offering unto the Loed. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-onerings unto the Loed. But t the foundation of the temple of the Loed was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the II carpenters; and 'meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar- trees from Lebanon to the sea of ''Joppa, 'according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of 317 A^ Persia. The foundation of the temple laid. 8 H Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, be- gan 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 ap- pointed the Levites, from twenty years old and up- ward, to setforwardtheworkof the house of the LoED. 9 Then stood "Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of || Judah, t together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Henadad, ivith their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Loed, "they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ^ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 'And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Loed; "^because he zs good, 'for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Loed, because the foundation of ^he house of the Loed was laid. 12 'But many of the priests and Levites and .ief 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. 17 The decree of Arlaxerxes. 23 Tlie building is hindered. "[VTOW when "the adversaries of Judah and Ben- i3l jamin heard that f the children of the captivity builcied the temple unto the Loed 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, 'Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ; but we ourselves together will build unto the Loed God of Israel, as ''king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. _ 6 Andin the reign of f Ahasuerus, in the begin- nhig of his reign, wrote they u7ito him an accusation agamst the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 1[And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote IIBish- 1am, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their t companions unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and tlie writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. 8 Pvchum the chancellor and Shimshai the || scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their t companions; ^the 318 EZKA. Before CHRIST 535. 535. " 1 Chron 23. 24, 27. n ch. 2. 40. II Or, Hodaviah, ch. 2. 40. tHeb. as one. 1 Chron. 16. 5, 6, 42, P 1 Chron. 6. 31. & 16. 4. & 25. 1. 9 Ex. 15.21. 2 Chron. 7. 3. Neh.12.24. '■ 1 Chron. 16. 34. Ps. 136. 1. • 1 Chron. 16. 41. Jer. 33. 11. < See Hag. 2.3. " See Ter. 7, 8, 9. t Heb. the sons of the tranapoTr talion. about 678. ' 2 Kings 17. 24. 32, 33. & 19.37 ver. 10. « Neh. 2.20. ■ich. 1.1, 2,3. « c!i. 3. 3. 534. 529. t Heb. AhashvC' rosh. 522. lOr, in peace. t Hob. societies. Or, secretary. t ChaM. sncv'ties. / 2 Kings 17. 30, 31, Before CHRIST about 678. I ver. 1. about 678. » So ver.ll 17. & ch. 7. 12. t Chald. Clieeneth. 622. II Or, finished. t Chald. sewed to- gether. t Chald. give. i ch. 7. 24. II Or, strength. t Chald. we are salt td with the salt of the palace. t Cliald. made. t Chald. in the midst thereof. t Chald. societies. t Chald. by me a de- cree is set. t Chald. liftrd up itself. * 1 Kings 4.21. Ps. 72. 8. ' Gen. 15. 18. Josh. 1. 4. t Chald. Alalce a decree. t Chald. by arm and power. 520. 520. » Hag. 1.1. «Zech.l.l. "i ch. 3. 2. Artaxerxes^ decree. 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 Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, ''and f at such a time. 11 11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy ser- vants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it known unto the king, that tlie Jews which came up from thee to us, are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have ilset upthe walls thereof, and f joined the foundations. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not tpay 'toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the || revenue of the kings. _ 14 Now because t we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and cer- tified the king ; 15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebel- lious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have tnioved sedition f within the same of old time : for which cause was this city destroyed. 16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 17 IT Then sent the king an answer unto Behum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their ■\ companions that dwell in Sama- ria, and unto the rest oeyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And fl commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath fmade insurrection against kings, and that rebel- lion and sedition have been made therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusa- lem, which have *ruled over all countries 'beyond the river: and toll, tribute,and custom,was paid unto them. 21 f Give ye noAV commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 23 H Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease f by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the. reign of Darius king of Persia. CHAP. V. Zerubbabel and Jeshua set forward the building of the temple. THEN the prophets, ''Haggai the prophet, and ■'Zechariah' the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 2 Then rose up ''Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem : and with them were the prophets of God helping them. The building again set forward. 3 IT At the same time came to them "Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar- Doznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, -^Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 *Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men fthat make this building ? 5 But ''the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius : and then they returned 'answer by letter concerning this matter. 6 IT The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-Jboznai, ''and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 7 They sent a letter unto him, f wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with f great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. 9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, 'Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief* of them. 11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded "'and set up. 12 But "after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. 13 But in the first year of ^Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And 'the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, 'whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made || governor; 15 And said unto him, take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came tJie same Sheshbazzar, and "laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jeru- salem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and 'yet it is not finished. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, "let there be search made in the king's treasure- house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. CHAP. VI. 13 The temple finished. 16 The feast of dedication kept. THEN Darius the king made a decree, "and search was made in the house of the trolls, where the treasures were f laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at HAchmetha, in the CHAP. VI. Before CHRIST 520. Before CHRIST 619. • ver. 6. ch. 6. 6. /ver. 9. s ver. 10. t Chald. that build this build- ing? "See oh. 7. 6, 28. Ps. 33. 18. ' 1 Kings 6.36. •" ell. 6. 6. 619. * cb. 4. 9. "Ch. 1.7,8. & 5. 14. t Chald. JO. t Chalcl. in the midst whereof. ver. 6. Neh. 2. 8, 18. * Ps. 119. 45. ' vor. 6, 25. Deut. 33. 10. Nell. 8.1-8. Mill. 2. 7. "• Ezek. 2C. 7. Dan. 2. 37. II Or, To Ezra t/ie pnestj a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, &c. •' ch. 4. 10. t Chald. from be- fore the Icing. • Esther 1. 14. Before CHRIST about 457. p 2 Chron. e. 2. Ps. 135.21. J ch. 8. 25. •■ 1 Chron. 29. 6, 9. • Num. 15. 4-13. * Deut. 12. 6,11. t Chald. cars. t Ileb. Whatso- ever 13 of the decree. "Er. 18. 21, 22. Deut. 16. 18. " ver. 10. 2 Chron. 17.7. Mai. 2. 7. Matt. 23. 2, 3. t Chald. to rooting out. y 1 Chron. 29.10. ' ch. 6. 22. « ch. 9. 9. s See ch. 5. 5. &. ver. 6, 9. So ch. 8. 18. ' 1 Chron. 3.22. fch.a. 3. Artaxerxes^ commission to Mm. 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, ''whose habitation is in Jerusalem. 16 'And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will- ofl'eringof the people, and of the priests, ''offering will- ingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem : 17 That thou mayest buy speedily Avith this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their 'meat-offerings and their drink-offerings, and 'offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house. 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred -[measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing Jiow much. 23 t Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven : for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be law- ful to imjDOse toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, "set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and Heach ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of th}'- God, and the law of the king, let judgment be exe- cuted speedily upon him, whether it oe unto death, or tto banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 27 1[ ^Blessed be th e Lord God of our fathers, ^which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which z's in Jerusalem : 28 And "hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the kind's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as ''the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gath- ered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. CHAP. VIII. The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. TPIESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went np with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. 2 Of the sons of Phinehas ; Gershom : of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; ''Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of "Pha- rosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. Those who returned with Ezra. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniali ; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sons also of Adin ; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males, 7 And of the sons of Elam ; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Je- hiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. 11 And of the sous of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan ||the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai ; Uthai, and || Zab- bud, and with them seventy males. 15 HAnd I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there 11 abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the ''sons of Levi. 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for She- maiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for MeshuUam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. 17 And I sejit them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and f I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they 'brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 20 ■'Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims : all of them were expressed by name. 21 HThen I ^proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might ''aifiict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a 'right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For ''1 was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the Avay : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, 'The hand of our God is upon all them for '"good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is "against all them that "forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was ^'entreated of us. 24 11 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them Uhe silver, and the gold, and the vessels, eve^i the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered : 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hun- dred talents, and of gold an hundred talents ; 21 2Q CHAP. IX. Before CHRIST about 457. II Or, the young- est son. II Or, Zacciir, as some lead. II Or, pitched. •^Seo ch. 7. 7. t Heb. Ipid words ill their iKouth: See 2 Sam. 14. 3,19. <■ Nell. 8. 7. & 9. i. 5, /See ell. 2. 43. a 2 Chron. 20.3. I' Lev. 16. 29. & 23. 29. Isa. 58. 3, 5. ■ Ps. 5. 8. ' So 1 Cor. 9.15. ' ch. 7. 6, 9, 28. »• Ps. 33. 18,19. & 34. 15, 22. Rom. 8. 28. "Pfl.34.16. » 2 Cbron. 15. 2. P 1 Chron. 5. 20. 2 Chron. 33. 13. Isa. 19. 22. 1 ch. 7. 15, 16. , Heb. yellow^ or, shining brass. , Heb. desirabU. Lev. 21. 6, 7,8. Deut.33. S. Lov.22.25. 3. Num. 4. 4, 15, 19, 20. Before CHRIST about 457. I ch. 7. 6, 9, 28. « Neh. 2. 11. » ver. 26, t/ So ch. 0. 17 ' ch. 7. 21. 457 ' ch. 6. 21. Neh. 9. 2. = Deut. 12. 30, 31. •i TSk. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. Neh. 13. 23. ' K.x. 19. 6. & 22. 31. Deut. 7. 6. & 14. 2. /2Cor. 6. 14. J Job 1. 20. ''Ps.143.4. •■ ch. 10. 3. Isa. 66. 2. * E.X. 29. 39. Or, a^iction. I Jix. 9. 29, 33. " Dan. 9. 7,8. " Ps. 38. 4. II Or, guiltiness. 2 Chron. 28.9. Rev. IS. 5. pPs.106.6. Dan. 9. 5, He mourneth for the people, &c. 27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams ; and two vessels of ffine copper, f precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are 'holy unto the Lord ; the vessels are 'holy also ; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering unto the Loed God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them, before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 31 HThen we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem : and 'the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we "came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 IF Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels "'weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest ; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas ; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites ; 34 By number and by weight of every one ; and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children of those that had been car- ried away, which were come out of the captivity, ^offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin- offering : all this was a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 36 II And they delivered the king's "'commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the peo- ple, and the house of God. ' CHAP. IX. Ezra prayeth unto God with confession of sins. IVTOW when these things were done, the princes 1-M came to me, saying. The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not ''separated them- selves from the people of the lands, "doing accord- ing to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammon- ites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have ''taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons : so that the ''holy seed have •''mingled themselves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, ^I rent my gar- ment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my iDeard, and sat down ''astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that 'trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I sat astonied until the '^evening sacrifice. 5 It And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my II heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and 'spread out my hands unto the Lord my God, 6 And said, O my God, I am '"ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for "our iniqui- ties are increased over our head, and our || trespass is "grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have ''we hee7i in a 321 Ezra praycth to God. great trespass imto this day; and for our inic[uities "liave we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to eaplivity, and to a spoil, and to ''confusion of face, as il is this day. 8 xVnd now for a i- little space grace hath been shelved from the Lokd our God, to leave us a rem- nant to escape, and to give us ||a nail in his holy place, that our Godinay lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 'For we were oond-men; "yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but ""hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and i" to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us "a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this ? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded fby thy ser- vants the prophets, saying, The land unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the 'iilthiuess of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it t from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore "give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, 'nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever : that ye m.ay be strong, and eat the good of the land, and 'leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God ''t hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; 14 Should we 'again break thy commandments, and •'join in affinity with the people of these abom- inations ? wouldest not thou be %ngry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping ? 15 O Lord God of Israel, ''thou art righteous ; for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are 'before thee 'in our trespasses; for we cannot 'stand before thee because 'of this. CHAP. X. JEJzra mournincj, assemblelh the people. "]\TOW "when Ezra had prayed, and when he had JLN confessed, weeping and casting himself down ^before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children : for the people fwept very sore. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have 'trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives_ of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. 3 Now tiierefore let us make a '^covenant with our God tto put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that 'tremble at ^the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise ; for this matter belongeth unto thee : we also will be Avith thee: *be of good courage, and do %t. 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, 'to swear that they should do acconhng to this word. And they sware. G II Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son ot Eiuirihib: and whenlxQ came thither, he ''did eat no 322 EZKA. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 457. 457. t Deut. 28. S6, 04. Neh. 9. SO. r Dan. 9. 7, 8. t Heb. momcnL \\OT,apin: that is, a constant and sure t Heb. devoted. abode : so Isa. 22. 23. t Ps. 13. 3. & 34. 5. « Neh. 9.36. « Ps. 136. 23. * ch. 7. 28. tHeb. to set up. ' Seo V Isa. 5. 2. 1 Sam. 12. 18. « t Heb. the showers. tHeb. hy the hand tHeb .Saw of thy caused to servants. dwell, or, have ' ch. 6. 21. h-ought back. t Heb. "> Josh. 7. from 19. mouth to Prov. 28. mouth ; as 13. 2 Kings 21. " ver. 3. 16. « Ex. 23. 32. & 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. i Deut. 23. 6. ' ProT. 13. ' 22. & 20. 7. II Or, we <> Ps. 103. have 10. tHeb.7iast greatly offended in withheld beneath our this thing. iniquities. ' John 5. 14. 2 Pet. 2.20, 21. /ver. 2. » 2 Chron. Neh. 13. 23, 30.8. 27. 1 Or, till 17 Deut. 9. 8. this mailer be de- » Neh. 9. spatched. 33. tHeb. Dan. 9. 14. stood. ' Rom. 3. 19. ' 1 Cor. 16. 17. IPs. 130; 3. » Dan. 9.20. 5 2 Chron. 20.9. 456. tHeb. wept a great weep- ing. ' Neh. 13. P 2 Kings 27. 10.15. 1 Cliron. 29.24. 2 Chron. i 2 Chron. 34. 31. 30.8. ch. 12.38. " 2 Sum. 15. 23. Jer. 31. 40. •« ch. 2. 13. » ch. 2. 13. » ch. 1. 3. P oil. 2. 14. Ps. 44. 13. & 79. 4. Jer. 24. 9. Bzek.5.14, 15. & 22. 4. ■p ver. 8. 1 2 Sam. 2. 7. I John 9. 7. '•Ps.44.13. >- 2 Kings & 79. 4. & 20. 20. 80.6. iBa. 22. 11. » ch. 6. 6. < Ezra 4. 3. " 2 Chron. a ch. 12.10. 26.9. » John 5. 2. 11 Or, Zaccai. « ch. 12. 39. ■ 1 Chron. 8. 12. ch. 11. 35. ' Ps. 37. 12, 32. II Or, Gcshfim^ ver. 1. / ch. 2. 19. Before CHRIST 445. » Ezek. 13. 22. »ch.l3.29. i Ezek. 13. 17. about 445. * ch. 2. 4.1, 6.1. 10. ' Ps. 126. 2. fHeb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah. II Or, matters. " ch. 6. 1. » ch. 2. 8. = Ex. 18.21. tHeb. broad in spaces. about 536. <» Ezra 2. 1, &c. such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, saying. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up ; and he said. Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple : for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said. Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that %e pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. 14 ''My God, think thou upon Tobiah and San- ballat, according to these their works, and on the 'prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 15 HSo the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that ''when all our ene- mies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes : for 'they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 H Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah t sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arab ; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my || words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. CHAP. VII. A register of those who relumed from, Babylon, "IVrOW it came to pass, when the wall Avas built, i-M and I had "set up the doors, and the porters, and the singers, and the Levites were appointed, 2 That 1 gave my brother Hanani, and Hana- niah the ruler ''of the palace, charge over Jerusa- lem: for he was a faithful man, and 'feared God above many. 3 And 1 said unto them. Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors and bar them : and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. 4 Now the city was f large and great: but the peo- ple were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 TI And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 6 ''These ai^e the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; TJie register of tliose that 7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jesliua, Nehe- miah, IIAzariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, / say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hun- dred seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 l^he children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hun- dred and eighteen. 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hun- dred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15 The children of IIBinnui, six hundred forty and eight. 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred three- score and seven. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand three- score and seven. 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 22 Ihe children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 24 The children of II Hariph,ahundred and twelve. 25 The children of IIGibeon, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. 28 The men of II Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. 29 The men of HKirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 30 The men of Bamah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other "Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 39 IF The priests: the children of -^Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 40 The children of ^Im mer, a thousand fifty and two. 41 The children of ''Pashur, a thousand two hun- dred forty and seven. 42 The children of 'Harim, a thousand and se- venteen. CHAP. yii. returned from Babylon, Before CHRIST about 536. II Or, S^rmaJi : See Ezra 2. 2. II Or, Bani. II Or, Jora. II Or. Gibbar. II Or, Azmavdh. II Or, Kirjath- arim. "Soe ver. 12. /ICliron. 24.7. 9 1 Chron. 24.14. A See 1 Chron. 9. 12. & 24. 9. • 1 Chron. 24.8. Before CHRIST about 526. II Or, Hodamah, Ezra 2, 40. or, Judah, Ezra 3. 9. Or, Siaha. ..Or, Shamlai. ..Or, Nephtmrn. ..Or, Bazluth, Or, Pcruda. Or, Ami. * Ezra 2. 59. Or, Addan. ..Or, pedigree. ||0r,«^ governor, oh. 8. 9. t Heb. part. 43 H The Levites : the children of Jeshua, of Kad- miel, and of the children of HHodevah, seventy and four. 44 IT The singers : the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. 45 HThe porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the chil- dren of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. 46 III The Nethiuims : the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The children of Keros, the children of llSia, the children of Padon, 48 The children of Lebana, the children of Ha- gaba, the children of JlShalmai, 49 The children of Hanan, the children of Gid- del, the children of Gahar, 50 The children of Beaiah, the children of Bezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, 52 The children of Besai,the children of Meunim, the children of || Nephishesim, 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Ha- kupha, the children of Harhur, 54 The children of HBazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 56 The children of Neziahjthe children of Hatipha. 57 H The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of UPerida, 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Dar- kon, the children of Giddel, 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of JlAmon. 60 All the JSTethinims, and the children of Solo- mon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 ''And these were they which went up a /so from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, || Addon, and Im- mer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their llseed, whether they were of Israel. 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of To- biah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 63 HAnd of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was cafled after their name. 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priest- hood. '65 And lithe Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood wp a priest with Urim and Thummim. 66 IF The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. 67 Beside their man-servants and their maid-ser- vants, of whom there were seven thousand three hun- dred thirty and seven, : and they had two hundred forty and five singing-men and singing-women. 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five : 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 70 IF And fsome of the chief of the fathers gave 327 The religious manner of unto tlie work. 'The Tirshatlia gave to the trea- sure a thousand drams of gold, iifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of tlie work '"twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave urns twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thou- sand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments, 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the por- ters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities ; "and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. CHAP. VIII. The religious manner of reading and hearing the law. AND all "the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was ''before the water-gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the ''scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought ''the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all t that could hear with understanding, 'upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate f from the morning until mid- day, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a f pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and oeside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anai- ah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashba- dana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the f sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people -^stood up: 6 And Ezra blessed the Lokd, the great God. And all the people ^answered, xlmen, Amen, with ''lifting up their hands: and they 'boAved their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, ^caused the peopleto understand the law: and the people stood in their place. _ 8_ So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 9 H And Nehemiah, which is lithe Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, '"and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, "This day is holy unto the Lord your God; "mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them. Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, ^and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: i'ov this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the Joy of the Lord is your strength. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, lioldyour peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and 328 NEHEMIAH. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST about 536. abont445. 1 ver. 10. 1 ch. 8. 9. >■ ver. 7, 8. " So Ezra 2.69. II Or, that they might instruct in the tuords of the law. t Uob. by the hand of. ' Lev. 23. 34, 42. Deut. IC. 13. « Lev. 23. 4. "Ezra 3.1. « Deut. 16. 16. 3! Lev. 23. 40. about 446. « Ezra 3. 1. » ch. 3. 26. V Deut. 22. 8. ' ch. 12. 37. " Ezra 7. 6. « 2 Kings 14. 13. cli. 12. 39. i Dent. 31. 11, 12. t Heb. that under- stood in heaHng. 6 2 Cliron. ' Lev. 23. 30. 21. 24. « Deut. 31. t llob. 10, &c. from ths light. t Heb. a restraint. d Lev. 23. 36. Num. 29. tHeb. 35. tower of wood. 445. <• ch. 8. 2. 'Josh. 7. 6. lSam.4. 12. 2 Sam. 1.2. Job 2. 12. t Heb. eyes. ' Ezra 10. 11. ch. 13, 3, 30. /Jndg.3. t Heb. 20. strange children. s 1 Cor. 14. Deut. 6. 11. I Or, cisterns, f Heb. tree of food. «'Deut. 32. 16. d Hos. 3. 5. « Judg. 2. 11, 12. Ezek. 20. 21. /I Kings 14.9. Ps 50. 17. ff 1 Kings 18. 4. & 19. 10. Before CHRIST 445. 2 Chron. 24. 20, 21. Matt. 23. 37. Acts 7. 52. A Judg. 2. 14. & 3. 8, &c. Ps. 106. 41, 42. i Ps. 106. 44. Judg. 2. 15. & 3. 9. t Heb. they returned to do evil. ^ So Judges 3. 11, 12, 30. & 4. 1. & 5. 31. & 6.1. m Ps. 106. 43. " ver. 16. « Lev. 18. 5. Ezek. 20. 11. Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12. fKeb.they gave a withdraxo- ing shoul- der, Zech.7.11. fUeb. protract over them. P 2 Kings 17. 13. 2 Chron. 36. 15. Jer. 7. 25. & 25. 4. f Heb. in the hand of thy prophets. 1 See Acts 7.51. 1 Pet. 1.11. 2Pet.l.21. >■ Isa. 5. 5. & 42. 24. » Jer. 4. 27. & 5. 10, 18. e ver. 17. '« Ex. 34. 6,7. ch. 1. 5. fHeb. iveariness. tHeb.tfioJ hath found us. " 2 Kings 17.3. y Dan. 9. 14. Ps.119.137. ' Ps. 106. 6. Dan. 9. 5, 6, 8. « Deut. 28. 47. * ver. 25. c ver. 25. ti Deut. 28. 48. Ezra 9. 9. " Deut. 28. .33, 51. /Deut. 28. 48. » 2 Kings 23.3. 2 Chron. 29. 10. i 34. 31. ch. 10. 29. Ezra 10. 3. t Heb. are at the seal- ing, or, sealed. A ch. 10. 1. t Heb. at the sealing! ch. 9. 38. « ch. 8. 9. II Or,W.e governor, t ch. 1. 1. ■= See ch.l2. 1-21. of God's goodness, &o. them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27 ''Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them : and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou 'heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies 'thou gavest them saviours, Avho saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest f 'they did evil again before thee : therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and "'many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies ; 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou might- est bring them again unto thy law: yet they "dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, ("which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and fwithdrew the shoul- der, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou t forbear them, and testifiedst ^'against them by thy Spirit f *in thy pro- phets : yet would they not give ear : ''therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake 'thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art 'a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the "mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the t trouble seem little before thee, t that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, -"since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit, ^thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but ''we have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, where- with thou didst testify against them. 35 For they have "not served thee in their kingdom, and in ''thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and 'fat land which thou gavest before them, neimer turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, ''we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And 'it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have •''dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we ^make_ a sure covenant and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, t ''seal unto it. CHAP. X. The names of them that sealed the covenant. "IVTOW t those that sealed were, "Nehemiah JIthe i-M Tirshatha, 'the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 'Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: priests. 329 these wei^e the The names of those that scaled the covenant. NEHEMIAH. Those ivho dwelt at Jerusalem. 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kad- miel ; 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccnr, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 14 The chief of the people: 'Tarosh, Pahath- moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Az^d, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azznr, 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshnllam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, ' ^ ^^ 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 25 Rehura, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26 And Aliijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 28 H'And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, ■'and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; 29 riiey clave to their brethren, their nobles, *and entered into a curse, and into an oath, '^to walk in God's law, which was given fby Moses the ser- vant of God, and to observe and do all the com- mandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judg- ments and his statutes; 30 And that we would not give 'our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: 31 'And 7/ the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day : and that we would leave the 'seventh year, and the '"exaction of t every debt. 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God ; 33 For "the shew-bread, and for the "continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new-moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, ^for the wood-offering, to bring it^ into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to l)urn upon the altar of the Loed our God, *as it is written in the law: 35 And "^to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Loed: 30 Also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as 'd is written 'in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God. 37 'And (hat we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wiuc and of oil, unto the priests, to the 330 Before Before CHRIST CHRIST 445. 445. " Lot. 27. 30. Num. 18. 21, Ac. ' Num. 18. 26. » 1 Chron. 9.26. 2 Chron. •I See 31.11. Ezra 2. 3, Ac. ' Deut. 12. cli.7.8,&c. 6,11. 2 Chron. 31. 12. ch. 13. 12. ''ch.13.10. 11. a ver. 18. Matt. 4. 5. & 27. 53. iJudg.5.9. « Ezra 2. » 1 Chron. 36-43. 9. 2, 3. /Ezra 9.1. & 10. 11, 12, 19. "i Ezra 2. ch. 13. 3. 43. « Ezra 2. 55. /I Chron. 9. 3, 4c. t Dent. 29. 12, 14. ch. 5. 12, 13. Ps. 119. 106. A 2 Kings a Gen. 38. 23. 3. 29, Pharez. 2 Chron. 34. 31. t Heb. bi/ the hand of. i Ex. 34. 16. Deut. 7. 3. Ezra 9. 12, 14. * Ex. 20.10. Lev. 23. 3. Deut. 5. 12. ch. 13. 5, &c. 'Ex. 23. 10, 11. Lev. 25. 4. "» Dent. 15. 1,2. ch. 5. 12. t Heb. everyband. n Lev. 24. 5, &c. 2 Chron. 2. 4. See Num. 28. & 29. * 1 Chron. 9,10,&c. Pch.13.31. Isa. 40. 16. 3 Lev. 6. 12. '•Ex.23. 19. & 34. 26. Lev. 19. 23. Num. 18. 12. Deut. 26. 2. • Ex. 13. 2, 12, 1.3. Lev. 27.26, 27. Num. 18. 15, 16. B Or, the ' Lev. 23. son of Hag- 17. gedolim. Num.15. 19. & IS. 12, &c. Dout. 18.4. &. 20. 2. chambers of the house of our God ; and "the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites ""when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to ^the chambers, into the treasure-house. 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi ^shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minis- ter, and the porters, and the singers: "and we will not forsake the house of our God. CHAP. XL A catalogue of those who dwelt at Jerusalem, AND the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusa- lem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem "the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities; 2 And the people blessed all the men that Wil- lingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3 H'Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem : but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and "^the Nethi- nims, and 'the children of Solomon's servants. 4 And •'at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah ; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of "Perez ; 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshnllam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10 ''Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshul- 1am, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. 12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight : and their overseer was Zabdiel, ilthe son of one of the great men. 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of The inJiabitants of the cities. tlie Levites, ■\had the oversight of 'the outward business of the house of God. 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer : and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in ''the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept fthe gates, were an hun- dred seventy and two. 20 IT And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21 'But the Nethinims dwelt in llOphel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. 23 For "'it was the king's commandment concern- ing them, that ||a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of "Zerah the son of Judah, was "at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at ^Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth- phelet, 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at- Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer- sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 31 The children also of Benjamin llfrom Geba dwelt II at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages. 32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, 'the valley of craftsmen. 36 And of the Levitee were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. CHAP. XIL The solemnity of the dedication of the walls. "IVrOW these are the "priests and the Levites that ly went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua : 'Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, UMalluch, Hattush, 3 llShechaniah, HRehumj HMeremoth, 4 Iddo, IIGinnetho, "Abijah, 5 IIMiamin, UMaadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 llSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of ''Jeshua. 8 Moreover the Levites : Jeshua, Binnui, Kad- CHAP. XIL The succession of high priests. Before CHRIST 445. t Ileb. were over, • 1 Cliron. 26. 29. * ver. 1. t Ileb. at the gates. I See ch. 3. 26. II Or, thi tower. " See Ezra 6. 8, 9. & 7. 20, &c. II Or, to a sure ordi- n Gen. 38. 30, Zarah. 1 Chron. 18. 17. & 23. 28. p Josh. 14. 15. II Or, of Geba. II Or, to Michmash 1 1 Chron. 4.14. "Ezra 2.1, 2. ' See ch. 10. 2-8. ||Or,il/eJiCU, ver. 14. ||0r, Shela- niah^ ver. 14. about 536. II Or, Harim, ver. 15. II Or, Meraiofh, ver. 15. II Or, Ginnethon, ver. 16. « Luke 1.5. II Or, Miniamin, ver. 17. II Or, Moadiah, ver. 17. |!0r, Sallai, ver. 20. "i Ezra 3.2. Hag. 1.1. Zcch. 3. 1. Before CHRIST 445. "ch.11.17. That 18, the psalms of thanks- giving. /I Chron. 9. 14, &c. a 1 Chron. 23, & 25, & 26. » Ezra 3. 11. Or, treasuries, or, assem- blies. i ch. 8. 9. * Ezra 7. 6, 11. 445. Deut. 20. 6. Ps.30, title. "• 1 Chron. 25.6. 2 Chron. 5. 13.&7.6. See ver. 38. « ch. 2. 13. & 3. 13. P Nnm. 10. 2,8. miel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, 'which was over lithe thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. 10 IT And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jere- miah, Hananiah ; 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshul- lam; 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai ; 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehona- than ; 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. 22 IF The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, .and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the •''Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 24 And the chief of the Levites : Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, ^according to the commandment of David the man of God, ''ward over against ward. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshul- lam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the || thresholds of the gates. 26 These wej^e in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah 'the governor, and of Ezra the priest, ''the scribe. 27 IT And at 'the dedication of the Avail of Jerusa- lem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, '"both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of N etophathi ; 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. 30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 Then I brought up the princes of ^Tudah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof "one went on the right hand upon the wall "toward the dung-gate : 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35 And certain of the priests' sons ^with trum- pets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph : 331 The offices of the priests and Levites. 36 And bis brethren, Sbemaiab, and Azarael, Mibibii, Gibilai, Maai, Netbaneel, and. Judab, Ha- nani, -\vitb ''tbe nmsical instruments of David tbe man of God, and Ezra tbe scribe before tbera. 37 'And at tbe fountain-gate, wbieb was over against tbem, tbey went up by 'tbe stairs of tbe city of David, at tbe going up of tbe wall, above tbe bou.'^e of David, even unto 'tbe water-gate eastward. 38 "And tbe otber company of them that gave tbanks went over against them, and I after tbem, and tbe lialf of tbe people upon tbewall, from beyond 'tbe tower of tbe furnaces even unto "tbe broad wall ; 39 "And from above tbe gate of Epbraim, and above "tbe old gate, and above ''tbe fisb-gate, 'and tlie tower of Hananeel, and tbe tower of Meab, even unto ''tbe sbeep-gate : and tbey stood still in 'tbe prison-gate. 40 So stood tbe two companies of them that gave tbanks in tbe bouse of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me : 41 And tbe priests ; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minia- min, Micbaiab, Elioenai, Zecbariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets ; 42 And Maaseiah, and Sbemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehobanan, and Malcbijab, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers fsang loud, with Jezrabiah their overseer. 43 Also that day tbey offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: tbe wives also and tbe children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was beard even afar off. 44 IF-' And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first-fruits, and for tbe tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions II of t\\e. law for tbe priests and Levites : f for Judab re- joiced for the priests and for tbe Levites ftbat waited. 45 And both tbe singers and the porters kept tbe ward of their God, and the ward of tbe purifi- cation, ^according to tbe commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 46 For in the days of _ David ''and Asaph of old iJicre were chief of tbe singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47 And all Israel in tbe days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of tbe singers andtbe porters, every day his portion: 'and they II sanctified holy things unto the Levites ; 'and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron . CHAP. XIIL Divers abuses reformed by NehemiaJi. OX that day "ttbey read in the book of Moses in tbe t audience of tbe people ; and therein was found written, 'that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever ; 2 Because they met not tbe children of Israel with bread and with water, but 'hired Balaam against tbem, that he should curse them : 'liowbeit, our God turned the curse into a blessing, 3 Now it came to pass, when they bad heard the law, ;tbat tbey separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. 4 IF And before this, Eliashib tbe priest, f having the oversiglit of tbe chamber of the house of our God, was alhed unto Tobiah. 5 And lie liad prepared for him a great chamber, •^wliere aforetime they laid tbe meat-offerings, the fr.-mkineense, and the vessels, and the tithes of tbe NEHEMIAH. Divers abuses reformed by Nehemiah. Before Before C UK I ST CIIKIST 44.5. about 4:34. 9 1 Chroii. t nob. the 23.5. command- ment of the r ch. 2. 14. Levites. & 3. 15. about 434. » ch. 3. 15. e Num. 18. 21, 24. * ch. 5. 14. < ch. 3. 26. i 8. 1,3, 16. " Seo ver. 31. tHeb. at the end of days. II Or, i earnestly requestfd. • ver. 1, 5. ' ch. 3. 11. y ch. 3. 8. 2 2 Kings * 2 Chron. 14. 13. 29. 6, 15, ch. 8. 16. 16, 18. « ch. 3. 6. i ch. 3. 3. ' ch. 3. 1. i ch. 3. .32. ' Jer. 32. 2. I Mai. 3. 8. m Num. 35. 2. » ver. 17, 25. Pro V. 28.4. " ch. 10. 39. t lleb. standing. Pch.10.38, 39. & 12. 44. > II Or, fHeb. storehouses. made their jch.12.44. voice to be 2 Chron. heard. 31. 12. t Heb. at their hand. r ch. 7. 2. 1 Cor. 4. 2. t Heb. it was upon /2Chron. them. 13. 11, 12. •ver. 22,31. ch. 13.5,12, ch. 5. 19. 13. fUeb. icindnesses. II That is, 11 Or, obser- appriinted try t/tc law. vations. « Ex. 20. 10. t Ueb. for the joy nf Jiidah. " Jer. 17. i Ileb. 21, 22. that stood. ell. 10. 31. a 1 Chron. 25. & 26. i> 1 Chron. 25. 1, &c. 2 Cliron. 29. 30. * ver. 11. • Num. 18. 21, 24. II Tliat is. V Jer. 17. set apart. 21,22,23. * Num. 18. 26. « Dcut. 31. » Lev. 23. 11,12. 32. 2Kiugs23. 2. ch. 8. 3, 8. &9. 3. « Jer. 17. Isa. 34. 16. 21, 22. t Heb. tlieve was read. t Heb.ears. <• Deut. 23. 3,4. ' Num. 22. 5. Josh. 24. 9, 10. ■i Num. 23. |Heb. before the 11. & 24. 10. watlf Deut. 23. 5. « ch. 9. 2. & 10. 28. t lleb. 6ch.l2.30. beivg set over. ch. 12. 44. /ch.12.44. ' ver. 14. 31 II Or,' muUilitde. corn, the new wine, and tbe oil, (f "which was com- manded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters,) and tbe offerings of the priests. 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem : ''for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and f after certain days || obtained I leave of the king: 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of tbe evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in 'preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore : therefore I cast forth all the household-stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and tbey ^cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of tbe bouse of God, with the meat-offering and the frankincense. 10 IF And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had 'not been given them : for the Levites and tbe singers, that did the work, were fled every one to "'bis field. 11 Then "contended I with the rulers, and said. Why is tbe bouse of God forsaken ? And I gather- ed them together, and set tbem in their t place. 12 *Then brought all Judab the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the || treasuries. 13 'And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiab the priest, and Zadok tbe scribe ; and of tbe Levites, Pedaiah : and fnext to them ^-as Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah : for they were counted ''faithful, and t their office was to distribute unto their brethren. 14 ^Pemember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my f good deeds that I have done for tbe house of my God, and for the lloffices thereof. 15 IF In those days saw I in Judab some treading wine-presses 'on tbe sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, "which tbey brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day : and I testified against them in tbe day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dAvelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on tbe sabbath unto the children of Judab, and in Jerusalem. 17 -"Then I contended with the nobles of Judab, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day ? 18 ''Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning tbe sabbath. 19 And it came to pass, that, when the gates of Jerusalem ^began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: "and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on tbe sabbath day. 20 So tbe merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye t about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came tbey no more on tbe sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Levites, that ^they should cleanse themselves, and that tbey should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. "Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the jj greatness of thy mercy. Ahasuerus's royal feast. CHAP. I, 11. 23 Uln those days also saw I Jews that f^'liad married wives of Ashdod, of Amnion, and of Moab: 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and t could not speak in the Jews' lan- guage, but according to the language t of each people. 25 And I 'contended with them, and || cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair and made them -^swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. 26 "Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet ''among many nations Avas there no king like him, 'who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel : ''nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Before CHRIST about 434. about 434. t Ileb. had made to dwell with them. ''Ezra 9.2. t Heb. they discerned not to speak. t Heb. of people and people. c ver. 11. Prov. 28. 4. II OT,reviled them. /EzralO.5. ch. 10. 29, 30. 1 1 Kings 11. 1, &c. Before CHRIST about 434. A 1 Kinga 3.13. 2 Chron. 1. 12. • 2 Sam. 12. 24. '' 1 Kings 11. 4, &c. ! Ezra 10. 2. »• ch. 12.10, 22. " ch. 6. 14. f Heb. /or the defil- ings. » Mai. 2. 4, 11, 12. V cli. 10. 30. 5 ch. 12. 1, &c. r- ch. 10. 34. »vor. 14,22. Vashti's disobedience, &c. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to 'transgress against our God in marrying strange wives ? 28 And one of the sons '"of Joiada, the son of Elia- shib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. 29 "Kemember them, O my God, f because they have defiled the priesthood, and "the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 30 ^Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and 'appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 31 And for ''the wood-offering, at time appoint- ed, and for the first-fruits. "Remember me, O my God, for good. The BOOK of ESTHER. CHAP. I. 1 AKasuerus maJceih royal feasts. 10 Vashti sent for, "VrOW it came to pass in the days of "Ahasuerus, i-M (this is Ahasuerus which reigned ''from India even unto Ethiopia, 'over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus ''sat on the throne of his kingdom, wnich was in "Shushan the palace, ^ • 3 In the third year of his reign, he ■'made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were f present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; 6 Where were white, green, and II blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to sil- ver rings and pillars of marble : "the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement || of red, and blue, and white, and black marble. 7 And they gave tliem drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and f royal wine in abundance, faccording to the state of the king. 8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 10 1[ On the seventh daj^ when ''the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Meliu- man.Biztha, 'Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,Zetliar, and Carcas, the seven || chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the peoi^le and the princes her beauty : for she vms f fair to look on. _ 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment fby his chamberlains: there- fore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. 13 TlThen the king said to the ''wise men, 'which knew the times, (for so tvas the king's manner to- ward all that knew law and judgment: Before Before CHRIST CHRIST about 521. about 519. " Ezra 4. 6. "> Ezra 7. Dan. 9. 1. 14. » ch. 8. 9. » 2 Kings « Dan. 6. 1. 25. 19. tHeb. Wliatto do. * 1 Kings 1.4G. «Neh. 1.1. about 519. /Gen. 40. 20. ch. 2. 18. Mark 6.21. t Ileb. found. II Or, violet, a See ch. 7. 8. Ezek. 23. 41. Amos 2. 8. &0. 4. II Or, of porphyre, and mar- hlc, and al- abaster, and stone of blue co- lour. t Heb. wine of the kingdom. t Heb. according to the hand of the king. A 2 Sam. 13. 28. ' ch. 7. 9. II Or, eunuchs. t Hub. gnod of counte- nance. t Ileb. zohich was by the hand f/his eunuchs. * Jer. 10.7, Dan. 2. 12. Matt. 2. 1. ' 1 Chron. 12. 32. » Eph. 5.33. t Heb. ir it be good with the Icing. tHeb./r«n. beforehim. t Heb. that it pass not away. ch. 8. 8. Dan. 6. 8, 12, 15. t Heb. unto her companion P Eph. 5. 33. Col. 3. 18. 1 Pet. 3. 1. f Heb. was good in the eyes of the king. 1 ch. 8. 9. "■Eph. 5.22, 23, 24. 1 Tim. 2. 12. t Heb. that one should publish it according to the lan- guage of his people. 518. <• cli. 1. 19, 20. 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, She- thar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Me- mucan, the '"seven princes of Persia and Media, "which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 15 tWhat shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains ? 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall "despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard, of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. 19 t If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment ffrom him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, tthat it be not altered. That Vashti come no more before Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate funto another that is better than she. 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall ^give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 21 And the saying t pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan : 22 For he sent letters into all the king's pro- vinces, 'into every province according to the writ- ing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should 'bear rule in his own house ; and fthat it should be published according to the language of every people. CHAP. II. Out of the choice of virgins, a queen is to be chosen. AFTER these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and "what was de- creed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered 333 FMher made queeth. imto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the pro- vinces of his kingdom, that thej^ may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house o'f the women, f unto the custody of IIHege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: 4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the icino-; and he did so. 5 MJSoiv in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; 6 ''Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with llJeconiali king of Judah, whom Nebuchad- nezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 7 And he fbrought up Hadassah, (thati^, Esther,) 'his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was ffair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. 8 IT So it came to pass, when the king's com- mandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were ''gathered together unto Shu- shan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her 'things for purification, with fsucli things as be- longed to her, and seven maidens which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and fhe preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. 10 ^Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. 11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, fto knoAv how Esther did, and what should become of her. V2 H Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the wo- men, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 18 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. 14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to_ the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamber- lain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto tlie king no more, except the king delighted in her, and j:hat she were called by name. 15 yNow when the turn of Esther, ''the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. ^ 10 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house-royal in the tenth month, which is the month lebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 17 And the king loved Esther above all the 334 ESTHER BeTore CHRIST 518. t lleb Mnto the hand. II Ot, Hegai, ver. 8. ' 2 Kings 24. 14, 15. 2 Chron. 36. 10, 20. Jer. 24. 1. lOr, Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24. 6. t Ileb. nourished. Eph. 6. 4. « ver. 15. t Heh.fair of form and good of counte- nance. I* ver. 3. « Ter. 3, 12. f Heb. Jier portions. t Heb. he changed her. f ver. 20. t Heb. to know the peace. about 615. about 515. ver. 7. Before CHRIST about 615. HOr, kindness. t Heb. before him. about 514. A ch. 1. 3. t Heb. rest. » ver. 21. ch. 3. 2. t ver. 10. II Or, Bigthana. ch. 6. 2. t Heb. the threshold. «> ch. 6. 2. » ch. 1. 1. about 510. » Num. 24. 7. 1 Sam. 15. ' ch. 2. 19. <' ver. 5. Ps. 16. 4. ver. 2. /ver. 2. ch. 5. 9. Dan. 3. 19. " Ps. 83. 4. 510. i ch, 9. 24. * Ezra 4. 13. Acts 16. 20. t liiib.meet, or, equat. t Heb. to destroy them. t Ht'b. weigh. <■ Gen. 41. 42. ch. 8. 2, HamarCs advancement women, and she obtained grace and |i favour Yva his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. _ 18 Then the king ''made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a f release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat 'in the king's gate. 20 ''Esther had not yet shewed her kindred, nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her : for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. 21 II In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, IIBigthan and Teresh,ofthose which kept fthe door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, "'who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the mat- ter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree : and it was written in "the book of the Chronicles before the king. CHAP. III. Sanian seeJceth revenge upon all the Jews. AFTER these things did king Ahasuerus pro- mote Haman the son of Hammedatha the ''Aga- gite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the king's servants that were 'in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai ''bowed not, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king's servants which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the 'king's commandment? 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai •''bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman "full of wrath. 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for they had shewed him the people of Mor- decai: wherefore Haman ''sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 Uln the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, 'they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 8 H And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy king- dom; and *their laws ai^e diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not t for the king's profit to suffer them. 9 If it please the king, let it be written fthat they may be destroyed : and I will f pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. 10 And the king 'took "his ring from his hand, and Ahasuerus^s decree against the Jews. CHAP. IV, V. Esther appointeth a fast. gave it unto Haman tlie son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' || enemy. 11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. 12 "Then were the king's || scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had command- ed unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, "according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their lan- guage; ^'in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring._ 13 And the letters were 'sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, 'in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and 'to take the spoil of them for a prey. 14 "The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. 15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink ; but "^the city Shushan was perplexed. CHAP. IV. The great mourning of Mordeeai and the Jews. WHEN Mordeeai perceived all that was done, Mordeeai "rent his clothes, and put on sack- cloth ^vith ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and 'cried with a loud and a bitter cry ; 2 And came even before the king's gate : for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing ; and t many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 HSo Esther's maids and her f chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceed- ingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mor- deeai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, fwhom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mor- deeai, to know what it was, and why it was. 6 So Hatach went forth 'to Mordeeai, unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. 7 And Mordeeai told him of all that had hap- pened unto him, and of ''the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasu- ries for the Jews, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him 'the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordeeai. 10 H Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordeeai; 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the ■^inner court, who is not called, Hhere is one law of Before CHRIST 510. II Or, oppressor, ch. 7. 6. n ch. 8. 9. II Or, secretaries. " ch. 1. 22. &8. 9. f 1 Kings 21.8. ch. 8. 8, 10. 5 ch. 8. 10; •■ ch. 8. 12, t ch. 8. 11. « ch. 8. 13, « See ch. 8. 15. Prov. 29. 2. ahoutSlO. <• 2 Sam. 1.11. 'Josh. 7.6. Ezek. 27. 30. » Gen, 27. 3i. tHeb. saclcclofh and ashes were laid under many. Isa. 58. 5. Dan. 9. 3. t Ileb. eunuclis. t Heb. whom he had set be- Jyre her. •i ch. 3. 9. « ch. 3. 14, 15. /ch. 5. 1. a Dan. 2. 9 Before CHRIST about 810. A ch. 6. 2. t Heb. respira- tion. Job 9. 18. t Heb. found. • See ch. 6, 1. ' See Gen. 43.14. t Ilcb. passed. " See ch. 4. 16. ' See ch. 4. 11. & ch. 6. 4. ' See Esth. 15. 7, 8. Prov. 21.1, ■i ch. 4. 11. &8. 4. ' So Mark 6.23. /ch. 7. 2. a ch. 9. 12. t Heb. to do. * ch. 3. 5. • So 2 Sam. 13. 22. t Ileb. caused to come. * ch. 9. 7, &C. his to put him to death, except such ''to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live : but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. 12 And they told to Mordeeai Esther's words. 13 Then Mordeeai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether boldest thy peace at this time, then shall there f enlargement and deli- verance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth, whether thou art come to tne king- dom for such a time as this? 15 IT Then Esther bade them return Mordeeai this answer, 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are t present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink 'three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise : and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; ''and if I perish, I perish. 17 So Mordeeai fwent his way, and did accord- ing to all that Esther had commanded him. CHAP. V. Esther ohtaineth the grace of the golden sceptre. IVrOW it came to pass "on the third day, that Esther -1-1 put on her royal apparel, 'and stood in ''the in- ner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that 'she obtained fa- vour in his sight: and ''the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that ivas in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her. What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? 'it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. 4 And Esther answered. If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have jjrepared for him. 5 Then the king said. Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. 6 H-^'And the king said unto Esther at the ban- quet of wine, ^What is thy petition ? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request ? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. 7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is: 8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and I to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said. 9 HThen went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saAv Morde- eai in the king's gate, ''that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordeeai. 10 Nevertheless, Haman 'refrained himself; and when he came home, he sent and t called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and ''the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and 335 Mordecai honoured. how he liad 'advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Hanian said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the ban- quet that she had prepared but myself; and to- morrow am 1 invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Morilecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 ^\ Then said Zeresli his wife and all his friencls unto him, Let a i" '"gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to-morrow "speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused "the gallows to be made. CHAP. VL Ahasuci-us rcwardeth llordecai. ON that night f could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring "the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of IIBigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the t door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said. What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is notliing done for him. 4 11 And the king said. Who is in the court? (Now Haman was come into 'the outward court of the king's house, 'to speak unto the king to hang Mor- decai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.) 5 And the king's servants said unto him. Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him. What shall be done unto the man fwhom the king delighteth to honour? (Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?) 7 And Haman answered the king. For the man fwhom the king delighteth to honour, _ 8 t Let the royal apparel be brought t which the king ?6sc/Ato wear, and ''the horse that the king ridetli upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head : 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and t bring him on horseback throu":h the street of the city, 'and proclaim before him. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the kinff delighteth to honour. 1() Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou, hast said, and do even so toMordecai the Je w,that sitteth at the king's gate: flet nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horse- back through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the kin^ delighteth to honour. 12 If And JNIordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman ^hasted to his house mourning, ''and having his head covered, .13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his lncnd.s every thing that had befallen him. Then said hi.s wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, 11 Mordecai Oe of the seed of the Jews, before whom 336 ESTHEE. Before Before CHRIST CHlilST about 610. I ch. 3. 1. aliout 510. A ch. 5. 8. t Heb. to drink. t Heb. tree. ™ ch. 7. 9. n ch. 0. 4. » ch. 5. 6. » ch. 7. 10. tHeb. the kivg''s sleep fled away, a ch. 2. 23. » ch. 3. 9. &4.7. tHeb. that they should de- stroy, and II Or, Bigthan, ch. 2. 21. kill, and cause to perish. tHeb. threshold. t Heb. whose heart haih/Med him. t Heb. I'/ic man- adversary. II Or, <> Se* at the pre- ch. 5. 1. sence of. ' ch. 5. 14. t Heb. ' ch. 1. C. in whose t Heb. honour the with me. king de- lighteth. •J Job 9. 24. « ch. 1. 10. /ch. 5. 14. t Heb. P.s. 7. 16. in whose Prov. 11. 5, honour the 6. king de- t Heb. tree. lighteth. t Heb. Let them » Dan. 6. 24. bring the Ps. 37. 35, royal ap- 3G. parel. t Heb. wherewith the Icing dolheth himself. ■^ 1 Kings 1.33. t Heb. cause him to ride. ' Gen. 41. 43. ch. 2. 7. ' ch. 3. 10. t Heb. suffer not a whit to fall. t Heb. and she wept, and besought him. ' ch. 4. 11. /2Chron. &5. 2. 26. 20. s 2 Sam. 13. 30. Jer.14.3,4. t Heb. Iht device. Haman hanged. thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 14 And while they ivere yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto ''the banquet that Esther had prepared. CHAP. VIL Esther viaJceth suit for her ovm life and her people's. SO the king and Haman came f to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day "at the banquet of wine. What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be per- formed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said. If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my pe- tition, and my people at my request: 4 For we are ''sold, I and my people, fto be de- stroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bond-men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. 5 HThen the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen. Who is he, and where is he, fthat durst presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, fThe adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid II before the king and the queen. 7 IT And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace-garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon ''the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king. Will he force the queen also f before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they ''covered Haman's face. 9 And 'Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king. Behold also -^ the fgallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So ^they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, Then was the king's wrath pacified. CHAP. VIIL Esther makelh suit to reverse Jlaman's lelkrs. ON that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told "vi^hat he was unto her. 2 And the king took off ''his ring which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman._ 3 IF And Esther spake yet again before the kin^, and fell down at his feet, t and besought him witii tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then ''the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. . 5 And said. If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse f the letters devised by Haman the son of Mordecai is advanced. Hammedatlia the Agagite, || which he wrote to de- stroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces : 6 For how can I f endure to see ''the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 7 HThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, 'I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. 8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, -^may no man reverse. 9 *Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the depu- ties and rulers of the provinces which are ''from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province 'according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writ- ing, and according to their language. 10 'And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus's name, and sealed ii with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, a}id young dromedaries: 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and pro- vince that would assault them, SoifA little ones and women, and 'io take the spoil of them for a prey, 12 '"Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 13 "The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every p^-ovince was t published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14 /So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. 15 IT And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of liblue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple : and "the city of Shushan rejoiced, and was glad: 16 The Jews had ^'light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whi- thersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast 'and a good day. And many of the people of the land ""be- came Jews; for 'the fear of the Jews fell upon them. CHAP. IX. The Jews slay their enemies, and the sons of Hainan. "VrOW "in the twelfth month, that is, the month -LN Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, Vhen the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews 'had rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews ''gathered themselves 22 2S CHAP. IX. Before CHRIST about 510. together in II Or, who wrote. t Ileb. be able that Imay see, << ch. 7. 4. Neh. '2. 3. « vcr. 1. Prov.13.22 /Secch.l 19. Dan. 6. 8, 12, 15. » ch. 3. 12. * ch. 1. 1. cli. 1. 22. &. 3. 12. * 1 Kings 21.8. ch. 3. 12,13. 'See ch. 9. 10, 15, 16. » ch. 3. 13, &c., & 9. 1. " ch. 3. li, 15. t lleb. revealed. II Or, violet. ' See ch. 3. 15. Prov. 29. 2 pPs.97.11. 1 1 Sam. 25.8. ch. 9. 19, 22. -■Pa. 18. 43. • Gen. 35.5. Ex. 15. 16. Beut. 2. 25. & 11. 25, ch. 9. 2. about 509. " ch. 8. 12. i ch. 3, 13. « 2 Sam. 22, 41. i ch. 8. 11. & ver. 16. Before CURIST about 509. 'P8.71.13, 24. / ch. 8. 17. tlleb. thosr. which did the bii- siness that belonged to the king. a 2 Sam. 3. 1. 1 Chron. 11.9. Prov. 4. 18. t lleb. according to their will. h ch. 5. 11. Job 18. 19. 4 27.13,14, 15. Ps. 21. 10. 'See ch. 8. 11. t lleb. came. * ch. 5. 6. &1.2. ' ch. 8. 11. t lleb. let vicn hang. "• 2 Sam. 21. 6, 9. » ver. 2. & ch. 8. 11. » ver. 10. P ver. 2. & ch. 8. 11. 1 See ch. 8. 11. 609. t Heb. in it. '•ver.11,15. Dent. 16. 11, 14. • ch. 8. 17. " ver. 22. Neh. 8. 10, 12. V Pa. 30. 11. The Jews slay their enemies. their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to 'lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for •^the fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and f officers of the king helped the Jews ; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces : for this man Mordecai "waxed greater and greater. 5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did fwhat they would unto those that hated them. 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, 10 ''The ten sons of Haman the son of Hamme- datha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; 'but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace fwas brought before the king. 12 HAnd the king said unto Esther the queen. The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now ''what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done. 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which ao'e in Shushan to do to-morrow also 'according unto this day's decree, and flet Haman's ten sons "'be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan "gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; "but on the prey they laid not their hand. 16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces ^gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, 'but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day t of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together ""on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar 'a day of gladness and feasting, 'and a good day, and of "sending portions one to another. 20 11 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the pro- vinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 21 To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was "turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning 337 The two days of Purim into a good day : that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and o"f '^sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; 24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, "had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, tluit is, the lot, to i" consume them, and to destroy them ; 25 But t'when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which lie devised against the Jews, should 'return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of ||Pur, Therefore, for all the words of ''this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as 'joined them- selves unto them, so as it should not ffail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; 28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city ; and that these days JOB. Before CHRIST 509. ' \e\: 19. Nell. 8. 11 a ell. 3. 6,' t Ileb. crush. tHeb. when she came. ' ver. 13, 14. cli.7. 5, Ac, & 8. 3, &c. • oh. 7. 10. I's. 7. 16. II That is, lot. ch. 8. 15. &9. 4. t Ileb. made him great. « Gen. 41. 40. 2 Cliron. 2S. 7. ''Neh.2.10. Ps. 122. 8, 9. are made afestivai. of Purim should not ffail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them f perish from their seed. 29 Then Esther the queen, •''the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with fall authority, to confirm this ''second letter of Purim. 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to ''the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the king- dom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had de- creed ffor theniselves and for their seed, the mat- ters of 'the fastings and their cry. 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. CHAP. X. 1 Ahasuerus's greatness. Mordecai's advancement. AND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon "the isles of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, 'whereunto the king f advanced him, are thev not written in the book of the Chronicles of the tings of Media and Persia? 3 For Mordecai the Jew was 'next unto king Ahasuerus,_and great among the Jcavs, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, ''seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. The BOOK of JOB. * CHAP. 1. The JwUness, and religioiis care of Job for his children, THERE was a man "in the land of Uz, whose name was ''Job; and that man was 'perfect and upright, and one that ''feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His II substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great || household; so that this man was the greatest of all the tmen of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, 'and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said. It may be that my sons have sinned, and ^cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job t continually. 6 1[Now ='there was a day ''when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and t Satan came also t among them. 7 And the Loud said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, i^rom -going to and fro in the earth, and from walk- ing up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, t 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, 'a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 9 1 hen Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 338 Before Before C 11 HI ST CUEIST iiboiitl.WO. aboutl520. * Moses is »• Ps. 34. 7. thought to Isa. 5. 2. have wrote » Ps. 128. the Book 1,2. of Job, Prov. 10. whilst 11. among tlie II Or, cattle. Madian- » ch. 2. 5. & ites, Before 19. 21. Christ tlleb.i/7ie aboutl520. curse thee » Gen. 22. not to thy 20, 21. face. » Ezek. 14. P Isa. 8. 21. 14. Mai. 3. 13, Jam. 5. 11. 14. « Gen. 6. 9. t Ueb. & 17. 1. hand. cli. 2. 3. Gen. 16. 6. rf Prov. 8. 1 Eccles. 9. 13. & 16. 6. 12. II Or, cattle. II Or, hus- bandry. t Ileb. sons of the east. • Gen. 8. 20. ch. 42. 8. / 1 Kings 1 0''i « 21. 10, 13. greatfire. t Ueb. all the days. a ch. 2. 1. 'i 1 Kings 22. 19. ch. 38. 7. t Ueb. the adversary . 1 Chron. 21.1. t Ueb. Rev. 12. 9, rushed. 10. t Ueb. in the midst of them. < ch. 2. 2. Matt. 12. r ver. 4, 13. 43. 1 Pet. 5. 8. tUeb.//as( thou set thy heai-t on. tHeb. '' ch. 2. 3. fromaside, ' ver. 1. cfc. 10 "'Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? "thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his II substance is increased in the land. 11 "But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, t and he will ^'curse thee to thy face. 12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy t power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 13 HAnd there was a day *when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feed- ing beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he ivas yet speaking, there came also another, and said, ilThe nre of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the ser- vants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and f fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaj)ed alone to tell thee. 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, "^Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : 19 And behold, there came a great wind ffrom the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the Job reproveth his wife: house, and it fell upon tlie young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, 'and rent his || mantle, and shaved his head, and 'fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : The Loed "gave, and the Loed hath ''taken away; ^blessed be the name of the Lokd. 22 "In all this Job sinned not, nor || charged God foolishly. CHAP. II. Satan obtaineth farther leave to tempt Job. AGAIN "there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Loed, and Satan came also among them to present him- self before the Loed. 2 And the Loed said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And ''Satan answered the Loed, and said. From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 And the Loed said unto Satan, Hast thou con- sidered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, "a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he ''hold- eth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, f 'to destroy him without cause. 4 And Satan answered the Loud, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5 ^ But put forth thine hand now, and touch his 'bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 'And the Loed said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; II but save his life. 7 TISo went Satan forth from the presence of the Loed, and smote Job with sore boils 'from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal ; *and he sat down among the ashes. 9 II Then said his wife unto him, 'Dost thou still "'retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her. Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What ! "shall we re- ceive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? "In all this did not Job ^sin with his lips, 11 IF Now when Job's three 'friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place ; Eliphaz the '^Temanite, and Bildad the 'Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite : for they had made an appointment together to come 'to mourn with him, and to comfort him. 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and "sjirinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground "■seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. CHAP. IIL Job curseth the day and services of his birth. AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And J ob f spake, and said, 3 "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. CHAP. II, III, IV. He eomplaineth of life. Before CHRIST about 1520. "Gen. 37. 29. Ezra 9. 3. II Or, robe.

ch. 20. 3. 1 The*s. i. 11. " Ex. 23. 7. ch. 24. 24. Isa. 5. 23. »cli.21.25, ™ ch. 12. 26. 14. & 13. 2. P Until 1. 16. ch. IS. 24. q ch. 6. 1. " See & 11. 15. Matt. 12. tHeb. 37. heart. •ch.19.14. & 31. 10. '•ch.16.18. t Heb.^Ae froward of heart. p Jam. 2. 3. • Jam. 3. 8. ' ch. 10. 1. !ch. 17.17. & 19. 13. ver. 25. ''ch.15.13, 15. & 12. 26. 11 Oi-. tn a medicine. « ch. 28. 6. =^rs.22.15. .■/ Ex. 23. 8 = ch. 14. 6. Eccl. 2. 14. & 8. 1. K Ps. 37. 7. " ch. 10. 1. <^ch. 14.20. & 15. 20. & d ver 9. 19.13. Ex. 23. 1. ver. 21. Deut. 19. * ver. 15. 16, 19. ch. 18. 5. ch. 6. 19. & 21. 28. ' .Tam.1.19. tHeb.Md innocent. II Or, a cool «ch.29.26. spirit. •i Job 13. 5. /ch. 17. 8. & 18 16. & 21. 14. tHeb. I!0r. a man of He that gifts. separatcth !7ch. 14.20. himself 1' Ps. 38. 11. seeketh ac- tHeb. cording to a heart. his desire. • ch. 16. 20. and inter- * ver. 5. meddleth ' ch. 30. 22. in every Eccl. 10. 6, business: 7. See Jnde ">ch. 14.29. 19. Jan.. 1. 19. "ch. 10.11. II Or, & 20. 5. prudence. » I's 78. 2. " ch. 16.32. ' Lev. 19. " ch. 16.14, 15. 15. & 20. 2. Dent. 1.17. & 28. 15. & 16. 19. p Ho.s.14.5. ch. 24. 23. 9 ch. 10. 1. & 28. 21. & 15. 20. &. Jch.lO.ll. 17. 21, 25. & 12. 13. & >■ ch. 21. 9, IS. .3. 19. & 27.16. Eccl. 10.12. « 2 Cor. 12. « ch. 12. 18. 14. & 26. 22. «ch.l8.22. II Or, " ch. 6. 9. whisperer. ' ch. 10. 4. II Or, like & 20. 13. & as when 23. 21. men are y Luke 10. xrounded. 2S.& 11.28. t Ilcb. »ch.28.27. chambers. Eccl. 11.1. f ch. 28.24. Matt. 10. » 2 Sam. 22. 42. & 25.40. 3.51. 2 Cor. 9. 6, Ps. 18. 2. i 7,8. 27. 1. & 61. Heb. 6. 10. 3, 4. & 91. II Or, 2. & 144. 2. his deed. t Heb. ■'ch.13.24. IS set aloft. & 2.3. 13. & ''Ch.10.15. 29. 17. •ch. 11.2. II Or, & 15. 33. to his de- & 16. 18. struction: t Ileb. or, to cause returneih a him to die. word. t Heb. * John 7. add. 51. 'Ps.37.37. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 16 'A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. 17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him, 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. 19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle, 20 "'A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth ; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 22 " Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thine/, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. 23 The poor useth entreaties ; but the rich an- swereth ^roughly. 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly : *and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, CHAP. XIX. BETTER "is the poor thatwalketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool, 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth, 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way : 'and his heart fretteth against the Lord, 4 '^Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour, 5 ''A false witness shall not be f unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 6 'Many will entreat the favour of the prince : and -^every man is a friend to -j-him that givetii gifts. 7 ^All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go ''far from him ? he pur- sueth them loith words, yet they are wanting to him. 8 He that getteth f wisdom loveth his own soul : he that keepeth understanding 'shall find good, 9 ''A false witness shall not be unpunislied, and he that speaketh lies shall perish, 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool ; much less 'for a servant to have rule over princes. 11 '"The II discretion of a man deferreth his anger; "and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12 "The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is ''as dew upon the grass. 13 'A foolish son is the calamity of his father : ''and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14 "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers : and 'a prudent wife is from the Lord. 15 "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep ; and an idle soul shall 'suffer hunger. 16 ^He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul : but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 17 'He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord; and Ijthat which he hath given will he pay him again, 18 "Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare ||for his crying. 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must fdo it again. 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise 'in thy latter end. r Of sundry moral virtues, 21 "There are many devices in a man's heart: nev- ertheless tlie counsel of the Loed, that shall stand, 22 The desire of a man is his kindness : and a poor man is better than a liar. 23 ''The fear of the Lord tendeth to life : and he that hath it shall abide satisfied ; he shall not be visited with evil. 24 'A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 25 -^Smite a scorner, and the simple fwill be- ware: and ''reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. 26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is 'a son that causeth shame, and bring- eth reproach. 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. 28 fAn ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and ''the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, 'and stripes for the back of fools. CHAP. XX. WINE Hs a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 'The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion : whoso provoketh him to anger '^sinneth against his own soul. 3 "^It is an honour for a man to cease from strife : but every fool will be meddling. 4 'The sluggardwill notploughbyreason of the II cold; Hherefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing, 5 ^Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6 ''Most men will proclaim every one his own II goodness ; but 'a faithful man who can find? 7 'The just man walketh in his integrity : 'his children are blessed after him. 8 '"A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 9 "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin ? 10 "t Divers weights, and f divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Loed. 11 Even a child is ^known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 12 'The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Loed hath made even both of them. 13 'Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies : but 'the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 16 'Take his garment that is surety /o?- a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 17 "t Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 18 ''Every purpose is established by counsel : "and with good advice make war. 19 He 'that goeth about as a tale-bearer reveal- eth secrets : therefore meddle not with him "that llflattereth with his lips. 20 'Whoso curseth his father or his mother, 'his II lamp shall be j)ut out in obscure darkness. 21 ''An inheritance may be gotteii hastily at the beginning; 'but the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22 -^Say not thou, I will recompense evil ; but "wait on the Loed, and he shall save thee. CHAP. XX, XXI. and their contrary vices. 23 ''Divers weights are an abomination unto the Before Before CIIKIST CHKIST aboutlOOO. aboutlOOO. « Job 23.13. » ver. 10. Ps. 33. 10, tHeb. balances of 11. ch. 16. 1. 9. deceit. Isa. 14. 26, < Ps. 37. 23. 27. & 46. 10. ch. 16. 9. Acts 5. 39. Jer. 10. 23. Ileb. 6. 17. * Eccl. 5. 4, ■'ITim.^. 6. ' ch. 15. 19. iPx.101.5, & 26. 13,15. Ac. ver. 8. /ch. 21.11. "• J Cor. 2. ^ ileb. will he cunning 11. II Or, a Deut. 13. lamp. 11. "Ps. 101.1. » ch. 9. 8. ch. 29. 14. ich. 17. 2. t Ueb. <'ch.16.31. a witness nf Belial. t Heb. is a * Job 15. purging 16. & 20. 12, medicine 13. & 34.7. against ' ch. 10. 13. evil. & 26. 3. " Gen. 9.21. ch.23.29,30 Isa. 28. 7. IIos. 4. 11. ' ch. 16. 14. & 19. 12. " ch. 8. 36. ^ ch. 16. 2. > Jam. 4. 5. an ephah. t Heb. PMiitt.7.16. is not fa- 1 Ex. 4. 11. voured. Ps. 94. 9. ich. 19.25. '•ch.6.9.&12 *M!itt.7.2. 11.&19.15. il8..30,&c. Rom.12.11. Jam. 2. 13. "Job 28.12, 16,17,18,19. ch. 3. 15. & ' ch. 17. 8, 23. & IS. 16. 8.11. « ch. 22. 26, " ch. 10.29. 27. & 27. 1.3. « ch. 9. 17. t Heb. Bread of hjing^ oi*, falsehood. ich. 15. 22. & 24. 6. y Luke 14. 31. (jOr, «ch.ll.l3. spoit. » Rom. 16. 18. n ch. 11.8. II Or, Isa 43.3,4. enticeth. 'Ex. 21.17. Lev. 20. 9. » ver. 9. Matt. 15.4. t Ileb. m « Jobl8.5,6. the land of cli. 24. 20. the desert. II Or, .-'I's.112.3. candle. Matt. 25. 3, <*ch.28.20. 4. ' Ilab. 2. 6. / Deut. 32. 35. 1 ch. 15. 9. ch. 17. 13. Malt. 5. 6. & 24. 29. Kom. 12. 17, 19. -• Eccl. 9. 1 These. 5. 14, &c. 15. •cb.12.13. 1 Pet. 3. 9. 1 13. 3. & » 2 Sam. 16. 18. 21. 12. Jam. 3. 2. Loed ; and fa false balance is not good 24 'Man's goings are of the Loed ; how can a man then understand his own way ? 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is hol^, and ''after vows to make inquiry. 26 'A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 27 "The spirit of man is lithe candle of the Loed. searching all the inward parts of the belly. 28 "Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and "the beauty of old men is the gray head. 30 The blueness of a wound fcleanseth away evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. CHAP. XXL THE king's heart is in the hand of the Loed, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whitherso- ever he will. 2 "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : 'but the Loed pondereth the hearts. 3 'To do justice and judgment is more accept- able to the Loed than sacrifice. 4 ''fAn high look, and a proud heart, and lithe ploughing of the wicked, is sin. 5 'The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plen- teousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 6 -^The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. 7 The robbery of the wicked shall f destroy them ; because they refuse to do judgment. 8 The way of man is froward and strange : but as for the pure, his work is right. 9 "It is better to dwell in a corner of the house- top, than with f a brawling woman in f a wide house. 10 ''The soul of the wicked desireth evil : his neighbour ffindeth no favour in his eyes. 11 'When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise : and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked : but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. 13 ''Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 14 'A gift in secret pacifieth anger : and a rcAvard in the bosom, strong wrath. 15 It is joy to the just to do judgment : '"but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation ol the dead. 17 He that loveth || pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18 "The wicked shall be a ransom for the right- eous, and the transgressor for the upright. 19 °It is better to dwell t in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. 20 ^' There is treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 21 'He that followeth after righteousness and mercy, findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 22 ''A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 23 'Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles. 411 Of sundnj moral virtues, 24 Proud and hanght)^ scorner is his name, Avho dealeth Yiw proud wrath. 25 'The desire of the slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He eoveteth greedily all the day long : but the "righteous giveth and spareth not. _ 27 'Thesacriiiceof the wicked isabomination: how mucli more, when he bringeth it fwith a wicked mind? 28 "fA false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth, speaketh constantly. 29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he lldirecteth his way. 30 'There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lokd. • 31 "The horse is prepared against the day of battle : but *!! safety is of the Lord. CflAP. XXII. A "GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and || loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 ''The rich and poor meet together : ''the Lord is the maker of them all. 3 ''A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 11 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life. 5 ^Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward : "he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6 '11 Train up a child fin the way he should go : and Avhen he is old, he will not depart from it. 7 'The rich rnleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant f to the lender. 8 *He that sowetli iniquity shall reap vanity : Hand the rod of his anger shall fail. 9 'flie that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10 '"Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 11 "He that loveth pureness of heart, Wfor the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth ||the words of the transgressor. 13 "The slothful man saith, There is a lion with- out, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 ^The mouth of strange women is a deep pit : 'he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child ; hut 'the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them t within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That tliy trust may be in the Lord, 1 have made known to thee this day, ||even to thee. _ 20 Have not I written to thee 'excellent things ni counsels and knowledge, 21 'That 1 might make thee know the certainty ot the words of truth ; "that thou mightest answer "'c words of truth ||to them that send unto thee? 22 'Kob not the poor, because he is poor : ^nei- thei^oppress tlie afflicted in the gate : io T^ or the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those tliat spoiled them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a furious man thou shalt not go : 412 PEOVERBS. Before CHRIST about 1000. 1 Ileb. in the wrath of pride. t ch. 13. 4. "Ps.sT.se, & 112. 9. « Ps. 50. 9. ch. 15. 8. Isa. 66. 3. Jer. 6. 20. Amos 5.22. t llcli. in un'ch'cd- nrss ? i/di. 19.5,9, fllcli. A witness of lies. II Or, con- siflerefJi. ' lBa.8.9.10. .Jer. 9. 23. Acts 5. 39. " Ps. 20. 7. & 33. 17. Isa. 31. 1. ' Ps. 3. 8. II Or, victory. «Eccl.7.1. I! Or, favour is better than, rfc. 'ch. 29.13. lCor.12.21. «. lob 31.15. ch. 14. 31. '» Ps. 37. 1. & 73. 3. ch. 3. 31. & 24.1. » ch. 28.14. » Ps. 37. 37. ch. 24. 14. Lukel6.25. II Or, reward, p ch. 4. 23. 1 1sa. 5. 22. Matt.24.49. Luke21.34. Rom. 13.13. Eph. 5. 18. t Ileb. of their jlesh. '■ ch. 19. 15. •ch. 1.8.& 30. 17. Eph. 6.1,2. «ch. 4. 5,7. Matt.13.44. « ch. 10. 1. & 15. 20. Ter. 15. ' ch.22.14. and their contrary vices, 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 26 "Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he 'take away thy bed from under thee ? 28 "Bemove not the ancient || landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before fmean men. CHAP. XXIIL WHEN thou sittest^ to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 4 "Labour not to be rich : *cease from thine own wisdom. 5 t Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 6 "Eat thou not the bread of him that hath ''an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats : 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he : Eat and drink, 'saith he to thee ; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 9 -^Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 10 ^Remove not the old || landmark ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless : 11 ''For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 ^Withhold not correction from the child : for */thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and ''shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, 'if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, Heven mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 17 '"Let not thine heart envy sinners : but "be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 18 "For surely there is an ilend; and thme ex- pectation shall not be cut off. 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and -"guide thine heart in the way. 20 'Be not among wine-bibbers ; among riotous eaters t of flesh : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and ''drowsiness shall clothe a 7?za7i with rags. 22 'Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 'Buy the truth, and sell it not ; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 "The father of the righteous shall greatly re- joice: and he that begettetli a wise child shall have joy of him. 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 ""For a whore is a deep ditch ; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. Of ^mdry moral virtues, &g. 28 "She also lieth in wait lias for a prey, increaseth the transgressors among men. 29 *Who hath wo ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who "hath redness of eyes ? 30 ''They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek ^mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and sting- eth like II an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down f in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 ''They have stricken me, shall thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and fT felt it not : -^when shall I awake ? I will seek it yet again. CHAP. XXIV. BE not thou "envious against evil men, ''neither desire to be with them : 2 'For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 3 Through wisdom is an house builded ; and by understanding it is established : 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 ''A wise man f is strong ; yea, a man of know- ledge t increaseth strength. 6 'For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war : and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. 7 ^Wisdom is too high for a fool : he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8 He that ^deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin : and the scorner is an abomination to men. 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is f small. 11 Tf thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not 'he that pondereth the heart consider it f and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it f and shall not he render to every man '''according to his works ? 13 My son, 'eat thou honey, because it is good ; and the honey-comb, which is sweet t to thy taste : 14 '"So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul : when thou hast found it, "then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 15 "Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwell- ing of the righteous ; spoil not his resting-place : 16 -^For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again : *but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 17 ""Ilejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth : 18 Lest the Loed see it, and fit displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 'II Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked ; 20 For 'there shall be no reward to the evil man ; "the II candle of the wicked shall be put out. 21 My son, ''fear thou the Lord and the king : and meddle not with fthem that are given to change : 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both ? CHAP. XXIV, and Before Before CHRIST CHRIST abounOOO. aboutlOOO. l-ch. 7.12. y Lev. 19. Eccl. 7. 26. 15. II Or, as a Deut. 1. 17. robber. k 16. 19. ' Isa. 5. 11, ch.l8. 5. i 22. 28. 21. » Gen. 49. John 7. 24. 12. ' ch. 17. Is. » ch. 20. 1. Isa. 5. 23. Eph. 5. 18. t Heb. c Ps. 75. 8. a blessing ch. 9. 2. of good. t Heb. that answereth right words. 11 Or, a " 1 Kings cockatrice. 5.17,18. Lnke 14. 28. ' Eph. 4. tHeh. in the heart 25. ' ch. 20. 22. of the sea. Matt. 5. 39, 44. Koni. 12. 17, 19. i Jer. 5. 3. << Gen. 3.18. ch. 27. 22. t Heb. / knew it not. 'Eph. 4.19. t Heb. sd /See my heart. Deut.29.19. Isa. 56. 12. ' ch. 6. 9, " Pa. 37. 1., &c. &c.,&73.3. ch. 3. 31. & 23.17. ver. 19. ' Prov. 1. tHeb. 15. a man of = Ps. 10. 7. shield. 15 'The slothful hideth his hand in his 'hosom; liit grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and Ijmeddleth with strife beloiujing not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 18 As a mad vian who casteth f fire-brands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and sauh, '-Am not I in sport? 20 t Where no .wood is, there the fire goeth out : BO where there is no II tale-bearer, the strife fceaseth. 21 "As coals are to burning coals, and wood to o' ^^-"^ ^ contentious man to kindle strife. 22 "The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the fiunermost parts of the belly. 414 ^ PKOVEEBS Before CURIST al)Oiit700 'Dan. 6.18. Rom.12.15. • Ex. 23. 4, 6. Matt. 5. 44. Rom.l:!.20. '2 Sam. 16. 12. "Job 37.22. II Or, Tlie. north i^ind briiigcth fnrih rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry counte- nance. «Ps.lC1.5. »ch.lS.13 & 21. 9, 19 ' ver. 16. « ch. 27. 2. »ch.l6. 32, »lSam.l2. 17. ' Num. 23. 8. Deut.23.5. « Ps. 32 9. ch. 10. 13. ■2 Matt. 16. 1-4. & 21. 24-27. t Heb. his own eyes. II Or, violenct. t Ileb. are lifted up. H Or, -4 s he. thatputfeth a precious stone ir. a heap of stone:i. II Or, A great man grieveth all, and hi hireth the fool, he hircth also transgress- ors. ' 2 Pet. 2. 22. / Exod. 8. 15. t Ileb. iteratetk his folly. CL-b.^g. 20. Lukel8.ll. Kom.12.16. Rev. 3. 17. »ch.22.13 ■ ch. 19. 24, II Or, hi is weary. II Or, is enraged. t Ileb. flames, or, sparks. * Eph. 5. 4. t Ileb. without wood. ' cli. 22. 10. II Or, whisperer. t Heb. is silent. "•cb. 15.18. & 29. 22. » cli. IS. 8. tHeb. chambers. Before CHRIST about 700. II Or, is Imoion. • Ps. 28. 3. Jer. 9. 8. t Heb. niaketh ?ns voice gra- cious. II Or, Hatred is covered in secret. P Ps. 7. 15, 10. & 9. 15. & 10. 2. & 57.6. ch. 28. 10. Eccl. 10. 8. Luke 12. 19, 20. Jam. 4. 13, &c. t Heb. to-niorrovj day. ' ch. 25.27. tneb. heairiness. tHeb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an over- flowing. ' 1 John 3. 12. Or, jealousy. ch. 6. 34. <'ch.28.23. Gal. 2. 14. Ps. 141. 5. 11 Or, earnest, or, frequent. fHeb. trr-adeth under foot. 5 Job 6. 7. fHeb. from the counsel of Vie soul. !7ch.l7.17. 6 18. 24. See ch. 19. 7. '' ch. 10. 1. & 23. 15, 24. i Ps. 127. 5. * ch. 22. 3. 1 See Ex. 22. 26. ch. 20. 16. '» ch. ■►13. 19. n 1 Cor. 9. 7,13. » ch. 30. 16. Hab. 2. 5. t Heb. not. p Eccl. 1.8. &6. 7. 9 ch. 17. 3. ■• Isa. 1. 5. Jer. 5. 3. ch. 23. 35. t Heb. set thy heart. tHeb. strength. t Heb. to generation and gene- ration. • Ps. 104. 14. B' Of self-love and true love. 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24 He that hateth, _ || dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him ; 25 "When he f speaketh fair, believe him not : for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 II TFAose hatred is covered by deceit, his wicked- ness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. 27 ^Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue hateth those thai are afflicted by it ; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. CHAP. XXVIL Observations of self-love, and of care to avoid offences. OAST "not thyself of f to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 'Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is t heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 t Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but 'who is ahle to stand before II envy? 5 ''Open rebuke is better than secret love. _ 6 'Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy a?'e || deceitful. 7 The full soul f loatheth an honey-comb ; but ■^to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend fby hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, for- sake not ; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: /or ''better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother far off. 11 ''My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, 'that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 ''A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 13 'Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. 15 '"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewray eth itself. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 18 "Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face answer eth to face, so the heart of man to man. 20 "Hell and destruction are t never full : so ^'the eyes of man are never satisfied. 21 ''As the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold ; so is a man to his praise. 22 ''Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mor- tar among wheat with a pestle, yet wdll not his fool- ishness depart from him. 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and f look well to thy herds : 24 For t riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure f to every generation ? 25 'The hay appeareth, and the tender grass shew- eth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. Observations of impiety, CHAP. XXVIII, XXIX, XXX. and of public government. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the t maintenance for thy maidens. CHAP. XXVIIL General observations of impiely, and rellyious integrity. THE "wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but II by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. 3 ''A poor man that oppresseth the poor is li%e a sweeping rain f which leaveth no food. 4 'They that forsake the law praise the wicked : ''but such as keep the law contend with them. 5 'Evil men understand not judgment: but-^they that seek the Lokd understand all things. 6 ^Better ts the poor that walke til in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in 7m ways, though he be rich. 7 ''Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : but he that II is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 8 *He that by usury and funjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor, 9 *He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 'even his prayer shall be abomination. 10 '"Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: "but the upright shall have good things in possession. 11 The rich man is wise fin his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. 12 "When righteous men do rejoice, theix is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is || hidden. 13 -''He that coverethhis sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and iovsakeththem shall have mercy. 14 Happy is the man *that feareth always : but lie that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. 15 'As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear ; 'so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. 16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor : but he that hatetli covet- ousness shall prolong his days. 17 "A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 18 ''Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but '■'he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 19 ^He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread : but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: "but he tliatmaketh haste to be rich shall not be || innocent. 21 ''To have respect of persons is not good : for, "for a piece of bread that man will transgress. 22 II ''He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 23 'He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith. It is no transgression ; the same Hs the com- panion of fa destroyer. 25 ^He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: ''but he that putteth his trust in the Loed shall be made fat. 26 Pie that trusteth in his own heart is a fool : but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 27 'He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack : but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 28 ^'When the wicked rise, 'men hide themselves : but when they perish, the righteous increase. Before CHRIST about 700. tHeb.&/e. « Lev. 26. 17, 36. Ps. 53. 6. BOr, by men of under- standing and xins- dom shall thfij like- wise hepro- lo-nged, ' Matt. 18. •28. t Heb. without food. ' I's. 10. 3. & 4U. IS. Rom. 1.32. i* 1 Kings IS. IS, -21. Matt. 3. 7. & U. 4. Eph. 5.11. « Vs. 92. B. /John7.17. 1 Cor. 2. 15. I .John 2. 20, 27. a ch. 19. 1. ver. 18. * ch. 20. 3. \\0r, feedeth gluttons. •Job 27.16, 17. ch. 13. 22. Eccl. 2. 26. t Heb. by increase. * ZecU. 7. 11. ! I's. 66.18. & 109.7. ch. 15. 8. "• ch. 26.27. " Matt. 6, 33. t Heb. in Ins eyes. " ver. 28. ch. 11. 10 & 29. 2. Eccl. 10. 6. II Or, sought for V Vs. 32. 3, 5. 1 Johnl. 8, 9, 10. 1 Va. 16. 8. ch. 23. 17. 'Rom. 2. 5, & 11. 20. * 1 Pet,.5.8, « Ex. 1. 14, 16, 22. Matt. 2.16, " Gon, 9. 6 Ex. 21. 14 ' ch. 10. 9, 25. V ver. 6. !ch. 12.11 •ch.13.11, & 20. 21. 4 23.4. ver. 22. I Tim. 6. 9 II Or, un- punished. *ch. 18.5. k 24. 23. « Ezek. 13. 19. II Or, He that hath an evil eye hastct/t to be rich. >i ver. 20. «ch. 27.5,6. /ch.lS. 9. t Heb. a man de- stroying. »ch,13.10, * 1 Tim. 6. 6. < Deut. 15. 7, ic. ch. 19. 17. & 22. 9. * ver. 12. ch. 29. 2. I Job 24. 4 Before CHRIST about 700. tHeb. A man of reproofs. 1 Sam. 2. 25. 2 Chron. 36, 16. ch.1.24-27. ' Esth. 8. 15. ch. 11.10. & 28. 12, 28. .Or, increased. « Esth. 3. 15. "* ch. 10. 1. & 15. 20. & 27. 11. ' ch. 5. 9, 10. & 6. 26. & 28. 7. Luke 35. 13, 30. t Heb. u man of oblations. /Job29.16. &31.13. Ps. 41.1. 5ch.ll.ll. . Or, set a city onjire. A Ezek. 22. 30. > Matt. 11. 17. , Heb. Men of blood. * Geu. 4. 5, 8. lJolm3.12. i Judg. 10. 17. ch. 12. 16. & 14. 33. II Or, the usurer. "■ ch. 22. 2. » Matt. 5. 45. » ch. 20. 28. & 25. 5. P Ps. 72. 2, 4, 13, 14. I ver. 17. r ch. 10. 1. &17.21,25. « Ps. 37. 36. k 58. 10. k 91. 8. & 92. 11. 'ch. 13.24. k 19. 18. & 22. 15. k 23. 13, 14. ver. 15. " 1 Sam. 3. 1. Amos 8. 11, 12. II Or, is made naked. ' John 13. 17. Jam. 1.25. II Or, in his matters. vch.26.12. =^ch.l5. IS. &26. 21. « Job 22.29. ch. 15. 33. k 18. 12. Isa. 66. 2. Dan. 4. 30, 31, Ac. Matt. 23. 12. Luke 14. 11.418. 14. Acts 12. 23. Jam. 4. 6, 10. 1 Pet. 5. 5. ' Lev. 5. 1. ' Gen. 12. 12. k 20. 2, 11. t Heb. shall he set on high.' "i See Ps. 20.9. ch. 19. 6. t Heb. the face of a ruler. « ch. 31. 1. ' Ps. 73.22. tHeb. know. CHAP. XXIX. Observations of public and private government. t"TTE that, being often reproved, hardeneth his -O. neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 2 'When the righteous are ||in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, ''the people mourn. 3 ''Whoso loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: 'but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land : but fbe that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare : but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. 7 -^The righteous considereth the cause of the poor : but the wicked regardeth not to know it. 8 "Scornful men || bring a city into a snare : but wise men ''turn away wrath. 9 If Q, wise man contendeth with a foolish man, 'whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. 10 t ''The blood-thirsty hate the upright : but the just seek his soul. 11 A 'fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. 13 The poor and ilthe deceitful man "meet to- gether : "the Loed lightenetli both their eyes. 14 "The king that ^faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. 15 «Tlie rod and reproof give wisdom : but 'a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth : 'but the righteous shall see their fall. 17 'Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 18 "Where there is no vision, the people || perish: but lie that keepeth the law, happy is he. 19 A servant will not be corrected by words : for though he understand he will not answer. 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty ||in his words? "there is more hope of a fool than of him. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. 22 'An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. 23 "A man's pride shall bring him low : but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 24 Whoso is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul : ''he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. 25 'The fear of man bringeth a snare : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord f shall be safe. 26 ''Many seek ftlie ruler's favour; but eve7y man's judgment cometh from the Lord. 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he that %s upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. CHAP. XXX. 1 Agui-'s confession of faith: 7 The two points of his prayer, THE words of Agur the son of Jakeli, even "the prophecy : the man spake . unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 ''Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor fhave the knowledge of the holy. 415 ii, Sundry observations. 4 ''Who luith ascended up into heaven, or de- ecended ? ''who liath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thoucanst tell? 5 'Every word of God is i pure : -^lie is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 6 'Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 7 Two things have I required of thee ; f deny me them not before I die : 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; ''feed me with food t convenient for me : 9 'Lest I be full, and f deny thee, and say, Who is the LoED ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 10 tAccuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation ''that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how 'lofty are their eyes ! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 '"There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, "to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. 15 The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, t-^'^ is enough : 16 "The grave ; and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with water ; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. 17 *'The eye that mocketh at his father, and des- piseth to obey his mother, the ravens of lithe valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which 1 know not : 19 The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the fmidst of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear : 22 ''For a_ servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat ; 23 For an odious woman when she is married ; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are t exceeding wise: 25 'The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; 20 'The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; 27 _ The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them f by bands ; _ 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and IS in kings' palaces. 29 If There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going : 30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any ; 31 A lit greyhound; an he-goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thy- 416 PROVERBS. Lemuel's lesson of chastity. Before Before CHRIST CHRIST about 700. about 700. ' John3.13. « Job 21. 5. <* Job 38. 4, & 40. 4. Ac. Eccl. 8. 3. Ps. 104. 3, Mic. 7. 16. Ac. Isa. 40. 12, 4c. ' Ps.12.6, & aboutlOlS. 18.S0. & 19. 8.&119.140. « ch. 30. 1. t Heb. purified. f Ps. 18.30. ' Isa. 49. & 84. 11. & 15. 115.9,10, 11. c Dcut. 4.2. « ch. 5. 9. & 12. 32. Rev. 22. <2 Deut. 17. 18, 19. 17. t Heb. Neh. 13.26. wiUihold ch. 7. 26. not from Hos. 4.11. me. = Eccl. 10. ''Mntt.6.11. 17. t Heb. /Hos. 4.11. of my al- flleb.aJte)-. lowance. t Heb. of all the sons i Dent.8.12, 14,17. & 31. of afflic- 20. & 32. 15. tion. Neh. 9. 25, 3 Ps.104.15. 26. t Heb. bit- ter of soul. Job 31. 24. 25, 28. 1 Sam.1.10. Hos. 13. 6. '' See Job tHeb. 29. 15, 16. belie thee. • 1 Sam. 19. t Heb. 4. Hurt not Esth. 4.16. with thy t Heb. the iovffue. S071S of de- * Luke 18. struction. 11. *Lev.l9.15. ! Ps. 131. I. Deut. 1.16. ch. 6. 17. ' Job 29.12. •"Job29.17. Isa. 1.17. Ps. 52. 2. & Jer. 22. 16. 57.4. »> ch. 12. 4. cli. 12. 18. & 18. 22. & " Ps. 14. i. 19. 14. Amos 8. 4. t Heb. Wealth. °ch.27.20. Hab. 2. 5. f Gen. 9.22. » Eoin. 12. Lev. 20. 9. 11. ch. 20. 20. » Luke 12. & 23. 22. 42. II Or, t Heb. the brook. taketh. t Heb. t Heb. heart. She tasteth. t Heb. ,S7te spreadeth. V Eph.4.28. Ueb.'l3.16. 3ch.19.10. 1 Or, doubte Eccl. 10. 7. garments. 1 ch. 12. 4. t Heb. wise, made wise. 'ch.e.e.&c. « Ps. 104. 18. t Heb. gathered togctlter. llOr, have gotten riches. II Or, Jwrse. flluU.girt in the loins. self, or if thou hast thought evil, 'lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. CHAP. XXXI. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance, THE words of king Lemuel, "the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, *the son of my womb ? and what, the son of my vows ? 3 ''Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways ''to that which destroyeth kings. 4 'It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 '^Lest they drink, and forget the law, and t pervert the judgment fof any of the afflicted. 6 ^Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be f of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. 8 ''Open thy mouth for the dumb 'in the cause of all fsuch as are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, 'judge righteously, and 'plead the cause of the poor and needy. 10 IT'" Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 "She riseth also while it is yet night, and "giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and fbuyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 fShe perceiveth that her merchandise is good : her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff'. 20 fShe stretcheth out her hand to the poor : yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with || scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 *Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing ; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 26 She opened her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her house- hold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29 Many daughters llhave done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praise her in the gates. ECCLESIASTES; or, the PREACHER. CHAP. I. The Preacher sheicelh that all human courses are vain. THE words "of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 *Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; "all is vanity. 3 ''What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth away, and another gen- eration come til : 'but the earth abideth for ever. 5 -^The sun also ariseth, and the sun goetli down, and fhasteth to his place where he arose. 6 *The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continu- ally, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 ''All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full : unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they f return again. 8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it : 'the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 ''The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done : and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said. See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 I' here is no remembrance of former things; iU;ither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. 12 H 'I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven : "'this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man ||to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 " That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and fthat which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten "more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart fbad great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 *And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For «in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. CHAP. II. The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure. "T SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove X thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, 'this also is vanity. 2 "I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, Whatdoethit? _ 3 ''I sought in mine heart f to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven f all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards : 27 3C Before CHRIST about 977 <• ver. 12. ch. 7. 27. & 12. 8, 9, 10. ' Pa. 39. 6, 6. A 62. 9. & 144. 4. ch. 12. 8. « Rom .8 .20. ■i ch. 2. 2i &3. 9. « Ps. 104. 5. A 119. 90. /Pa.19.5,6. t Ileb. pantetk. 7 Jehu 3. 8. » Job 38.10. Ps. 104. 8,9. t Heb. re- turn to go. • Prov. 27. 20. * ch. S. 15. ' vor. 1. •» Gen.3.19, ch. 3. 10. B Or, to af- flict them. » ch. 7. 13. t Heb. defect. ' 1 KingsS. 12, 13. & 4. 30. & 10. 7, 23. ch. 2. 9. t Heb. had seen much. P ch. 2. 3, 12. & 7. 23, 25. 1 Thess. 5. 21. «ch.l2.12. « Iiuke 12. 19. » Isn. 50.11. ' Prov. 14. 13. ch. 7. 6. d ch. 1. 17. t Heb. to draw my fles!i with wine. t Heb. tJie number of the days of their life. Before CHRIST about 977. t Heb. sons of my house. «1 Kings 9. 28. & 10.10, 14, 21, ic. t Heb. musicalin- strument and in- struments. /ch. 1.16. > ch. 3. 22. & 0. 18. & 9.9. » ch. 1. S, 14. i ch. 1. 17. &7. 2o. J Or, in thosethings which have been air ready done. t Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than infoHy^t^c. * Prov. 17. 24. oh. 8. 1. ' Ps. 49. 10. ch. 9.2,3,11. t Keb.hap- peneth to me, even to me. t Heb. laboured. »Pfl. 49.10. t Ileb. give. " ch. 1. 3. &3. 9. « Job 6. 7. & 14. 1. P ch. 3. 12, 13, 22. & 5. 18. & 8. 15. OT,delight hit lenses. 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in thgm of all kind of fruits : 6 I madri me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees : 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had f ser- vants born in my house ; also I had great posses- sions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me ; 8 'I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces : I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the de- lights of the sons of men, as t musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 9 So ^I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem : also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and ^this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was '"vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 12 H And I turned myself to behold wisdom, 'and madness, and folly : for what can the man do that Cometh after the king? \\even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw fthat wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 'The wise man's eyes are in his head ; but the fool walketh in darkness : and I myself perceived also that 'one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart. As it happeneth to the fool, so it t happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise ? ■ Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all loe forgotten. And how dieth the wise man f as the fool. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me : for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 IT Yea, I hated all my labour which I had t taken under the sun : because "T should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise fman or a fool ? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein 1 have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity ; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he t leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 "For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? 23 For all his days are "sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 '^^ There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and thai\yQ 11 should make his 417 A time f 07' all things. Boul enjoy good in liis labour. This also I saw, that it was irom the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten here- unto more than I ? 26 For God giveth to a man that is good f in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy : but to the shiner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that 'he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. CHAP. III. The excellency of God's work. TO every thing there is a season, and a "time to every purpose under the heaven : 2 A time f to be born, and 'a time to die ; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 8 A time to kill, and a time to heal ; a time to break down, and a time to build up ; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh ; a time to mourn, and a time to dance ; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and "a time fto refrain from embracing ; 6 A time to II get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away ; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew ; ''a time to keep silence, and a time to speak ; 8 A time to love, and a time to 'hate ; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 -^What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth ? 10 "I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the Avorld in their heart, so( that ''no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 'I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also ''that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour; it-isthe gift of God. 14 1 know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : 'nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 "'That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth t that which is past. 16 H And moreover "I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there ; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, "God shall judge the righteous and the wicked : for there is ^'a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, || that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 ''For that which befalleth the sons of men be- falleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place ; ""all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again, 21 'Who knoweth the spirit f of man that fgoeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth down- ward to the earth ? 22 IT 'Wherefore I perceive that //ierew nothing bet- ter, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; 418 ECCLESIASTES, Before CHRIST about 977. t Hob. before him. Gen. 7. 1. Luke 1, 6. J Job 27. 16, 17. ProY. 28. 8. <• ver. 17. ch. 8. 6. tHeb. lo hear. »Heb.9.27. « Joel 2.16. 1 Cor. 7. 5. fireb.ioie far from I Or, leeJi. "^ Amos 6. la. • Luke U. 26. /ch. 1.3. s ch. 1. 13. " ch. 8. 17. llom.11.33. ' ver. 22. * ch. 2. 24. i Jam. 1.17. "• ch. 1. 9. t Heb. t?iat which is driven away. » ch. 6. 8. ' Rem. 2. 6, 7,8. 2 Cor. 5. 10. 2 Tliess. 1. 6,7. P ver. 1. II Or, that they might clear God and see, dx 1 Pb. 49. 12, 20. & 73. 22. oil. 2. 16. -■Gen. 3.19. • ch. 12. 7. t Heb. of the sons of man. t Heb. i» ascending. ' ver. 12. ch.2.24.&5. 18. & n. 9. Before CHRIST about 977. " ch. 2. 10. ' ch. 6. 12. & 8.7. 4 10. 14. » ch. 3. 16. &&.8. tHeb. hand. » Job 3. 17, 4c. « Job 3. 11, 16, 21. cli. 6. 3. t Heb. all the right' ness of work. t Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighhour. ^ Prov. 6. 10.424.33. « Prov. 15. 16, 17. & 16. /Prov. 27. 20. lJohn2.16. s Ps. 39. 6. t Heb. who knoweth nottobeadr monished. " See Ex. 3. 5. Isa. 1. 12, &c. ' 1 Sam.15. 22. Ps. 60. 8. Prov. 15. 8. & 21. 27. Hoe. 6. e. II Or, word. ' Prov. 10. 19. Matt. 6. 7. <* Prov. 10. 19. »N^m.30.2. Deut. 23. 21, 22, 23. Ps. 50. 14. & 76. 11. /Ps. 66.13, 14. » Prov. 20. 25. Acts 5. 4. Of oppression, envy, &c. for "that is his portion : ""for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him ? s CHAP. IV. Vanity is increased unto men by oppression. O I returned, and considered all the "oppressions that are done under the sun : and benold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; and on the f side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter. 2 'Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 "Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4 II Again, I considered all travail, and f every right worK, that ffor this a man is envied of his neigh- bour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 "^The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 "Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7 "fT Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second ; yea, he hath neither child nor brother : yet is there no end of all his labour ; neither is his-^eye satisfied with riches : ^neither saith he. For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 IF Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but wo to him that is alone when he falleth ; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat : but how can one be warm alone f 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall with- standhim; and a threefold cord isnotquickly broken. 13 IF Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, t who will no more be admonished. 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign ; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them : they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. CHAP. V. Vanities in divine service, and in murmuring against oppression. KEEP "thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, 'than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let net thine heart be hasty to utter any II thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words "be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business ; and ''a fool's voice is know7i by multitude of words. 4 "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: -^pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 ^Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin ; The vanity of riches. CHAP. VI, VII. Remedies against vanity. "neither say thou before the angel, that it was wa. error : wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands ? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities : but 'fear thou God. 8 Hlf thou '^seest the oppression of the poor,_and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not fat the matter: for ^he that ts higher than the highest regardeth ; and there be higher than they. 9 H Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with in- crease : this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them : and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding o/^Aem with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whe- ther he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 "There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14 But those riches perish by evil travail : and he begetteth a son, and thej^e is nothing in his hand. 15 "As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go : and "what profit hath lie ^'that hath laboured for the wind ? 17 All his days also ^he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18 TI Behold that which I have. seen: ''-\it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun f all the days of his life, which God giveth him : 'for it is his portion. 19 'Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour ; this is the gift of God. 20 liFor he shall not much remember the days of his life ; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. CHAP. VI. The vanity of i~ich.es without use. THERE "is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, *so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, "j'et God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it : this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3 IF If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and ''also that he have no burial; I say, that 'an untimely birth is better than he. 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing : this hath more rest than the other. 6 TFYea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good : do not all go to one place? Before CHRIST about 977 » 1 Cot. 11 10. * ch. 12. 13 i ch. 3. 16. t Heb. at the will, or,purpose. ' Ps. 12. 6. & 58. 11. & 82.1. "• cb. 6. 1. " Job 1. 21. Ps. 49. 17. 1 Tim. 6. 7. • cb. 1. 3. P Prov. 11. 29. 9 Ps. 127. 2. -- cb. 2. 2i. & 3. 12, 13, 22. &0.-.& 11.9. I Tim. 6.17. tHeb. there is a good which is comely, c£c. t Heb. the number of the days. • ch. 2. 10. i3. 22. ' ch. 2. 24. i 3. 13. & 6.2. II Or, Though he give not much yet he remem- ieretli, i£c. ' ch. 5. 13. » Job 21. 10, 4c. Ps. 17. 14. 4 73. 7. • Luke 12. 20. ''2 Kings 9.35. Isa. 14. 19, 20. Jer. 22. 19. « Job 3. 16. Ps. 58. 8. ch. 4. 8. Before CHRIST about 977. /Prov. 16. 26. t Heb.iouZ. fHeb. than the walHng of tlie soul. s Job 9. 32. Isii. 45. 9. Jer. 49. 19. t Heb. the number of the days of tilt life of his vanity. » Ps. 102. 11. & 109. 23.4144.4. Jam. 4. 14. • Ps. 39. 6. ch. 8. 7. Prov. 15. 30. & 22. 1. IJOr, Anger. » 2 Cor. 7. 10. •See Ps. 141. 5. Prov.13.18. 415.31,32. <'Ps.118.12. ch. 2. 2. tHeb. sound, ' Ex. 23. 8. Deut.16.19. /Prov. 14. 29. » Prov. 14. 17. .416. 32. Jam. 1. 19. t Heb. out of wisdom. II Or, as good as an inherit- ance, yea, better too. " ch. 11. 7. tHeb. shadow. •See Job 12. 14. ch. 1. 15. Isa. 14. 27. ' ch. 3. 4. Deut. 28. 47. t Heb. made. I ch. 8. 14. •" Prov. 25. 16. " Rom.12.3. tHeb. be desolate. • Job 15.32. Ps. 65. 23. Prov. 10. 27. t Heb. not in thy time. P Prov. 21. 22. 4 24. 5. ch. 9.16,18. 7 •''All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite f is not filled. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool ? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living ? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes f than the wan- dering of the desire : this is also vanity and vexa- tion of spirit. 10 That which hath been is named already, and itis known that itisman: ^neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 11 H Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what ^s man the better ? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, fall the days of his vain life which he spendeth as '"a shadow? for 'who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? CHAP. VII. Remedies against vanity are, a good name, patience, and wisdom. A "GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 ^It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 II Sorrow is better than laughter: ''for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourn- ing ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 'It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools : 6 ''For as the f crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool : this also is vanity. 7 IT Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; 'and a gift destroyeth the heart, 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and -^the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 ^Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the for- mer days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire t wisely concerning this. 11 H Wisdom Ik's good with an inheritance : and by it there is profit ''to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a t defence, and money is a defence : but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for Svho can make that straight, which he hath made crooked ? 14 *In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider : God also hath f set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. 15 All thing^ have I seen in the days of my vanity : 'there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that pro- longeth his life in his wickedness. 16 "'Be not righteous over much ; "neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou t destroy thyself? 17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: '"why shouldest thou die t before thy time? 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this ; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand ; for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. 19 ^Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 419 m The difficulty of getting wisdom. ECCLESIASTES. 20 'For there is not a just man upon earth, that God's providenee over all doeth good, and sinneth not. 21 Also itake no heed unto all words that are spoken ; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee : 22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. 23 TT All this have I proved by wisdom : 'I said, I will be wise ; but it was far from me. 24 'That which is far off, and 'exceeding deep, who can find it out? 2o t"I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of fool- ishness and madness. 26 'And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: fwhoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith »'the Preacher, Wcounting one by one, to find out the account; 28 winch yet my soul seeketh, but I find not : 'one man among a thousand have I found ; but a woman among all those have I not found. 29 Lo, this only have I found, "that God hath made man upright; but ''they have sought out many inventions. CHAP. VIII. It is heller wilh the godly in adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity. WHO is as the wise man f and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing ? "a man's wis- dom maketh his face to shine, and f'the boldness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, 'and that in regard of the oath of God. 3 ''Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power : and 'who may say unto him, What doest thou ? 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment f shall feel no evil thing : and a Avise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 6 IT Because ■^to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 "For he knoweth not that which shall be : for who can tell him llwhen it shall be ? 8 ^ There is no man that hath power 'over the spirit to retain the spirit : neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no || discharge in that war ; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto eyery work that is done under the sun : there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done : this is also vanity. 11 *^Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 H 'Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that "'It shall be well with them that fear God, which lear before him : 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, nei- ther shall he prolong his days, which are as a sha- dow ; because he feareth not before God. 420 Before CHRIST about 977 9 1 Kings 8.46. 2 Chron. 6. 36. Prov. 20. 9. Horn. 3. 23. lJolml.8. fUeb. (jive not thy heart. <-Rom.l.22. • Job 28. 12, 20. 1 Tim. 6.16. t Kom. 11. as. t Heb. land my heart coinr passed. " ch. 1. 17. & 2. 12. I Prov. 5. 3, 4. & 22. 14. t Ilcb. he that isgnod before God. I'ch. 1.1,2. I Or.weigh- iiig one thing after another, to find out the reason. 'Job 33. 2 3. Pri. 12. 1. « Gen. 1.27. i Gen. 3. 6, » Prov. 4. 8, 9. & 17. 24. See Acts 6. 15. t Heb. the strength. i Deut. 28. 60. « 1 Cliron. 29. 24. Ezek. 17. 18. Rom. 13. 5. d ch. 10. 4. « Job 34.18. t Heb. shall know. /ch. 3. 1. s Pro7. 24. 22. ch. 6. 12. & 9. 12. & 10. 14. [ Or, hnvj it shall be. ''P8.49.6,7. • Job 14. 5. II Or, casting off weapons. * Ps. 10. 6. & 50. 21. Isa. 26. 10. 'Isa.65.20. Kom. 2. 5, •"Ps. 37.11, 18, 19. Prov. 1.32, 33. Isa. 3. 10, 11. Matt. 25. 34, 41. Before CHRIST about 977. '•Ps.73.14. ch. 2. 14. & 7.15.&9.1, 2,3. o ch. 2. 24. & 3, 12, 22. & 5. 18. & 9.7. P Job 5. 9. ch. 3. 11. Rom.11.33. 5 Ps. 73.16. t Heb. I gave, or, set tomyheart. - cb. 8. 14. t Job 21. 7, 4c. Ps. 73. 3, 12, 13. Mai. 3. 15. •Job 14.21. Isa. 63. 16. d Job 7. 8, 9,10. Isa. 26. 14. ' ch. 8. 15. tHcb. See, or, enjoy life. f cli. 2. 10, 24. k 3. 13, 22. & 5. 18. a Amos 2. 14, 15. Jer. 9. 23. » ch. 8. 7. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth ; that there be just men, unto whom it "hap- peneth according to the work of the wicked: again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth accord- ing to the work of the righteous : I said that this also is vanity. 15 "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to he merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 16 H When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes :) 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that ^a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it ; yea further ; though a wise man think to know it^ 'yet shall he not be able to find it. CHAP. IX. lAhe things happen to good and bad. FOK all this fl considered in my heart even to declare all this, "that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God : no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 'All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked ; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacri- ficeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner ; a7id he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 IT For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they shall die : but ■'the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for ''the mefnory of them is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a por- tion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 7 HGo thy way, 'eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. iirp 8 Let thy garments be always white ; and let thy head lack no ointment. 9 fLive joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : ■'for that I's thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 HI returned, "and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For ''man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men Of wisdom, folly, riot, &c. CHAR X, XI, XII. Directions for charity. •snared in an evil time, when it falleth. suddenly upon them. 13 UThis wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : luefi 14 ''There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 'Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless "the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools, 18 "Wisdom is better than weapons of war : but "one sinner destroyeth much good. CHAP. X. Observations of wisdom, foUy, riot, and slothjulneis, t^j. -■ DEAD fflies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand ; but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, f his wisdom faileth Jiim, "and he saith to every one that he is a fool. 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, 'leave not thy place ; for 'yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth tfrom the ruler: 6 'Tolly is set fin great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants 'upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. , .^i.ii / 8 ■'He that diggeth a pit shall fall into \{r, and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt there- with ; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength : but wis- dom is profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite ^without enchant- ment ; and a t babbler is no better. 12 ''The words of a wise man's mouth are fgracious; but 'the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness : and the end of fhis talk is mischievous madness. 14 '^A fool also fis full of words : a man cannot tell what shall be ; and 'what shall be after him, who can tell him ? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 T["'Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning ! 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and "thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness ! 18 HBy niuch slothfulness the building decayeth ; and through idleness of the hands the house drop- peth through. 19 IF A feast is made for laughter, and "wine fmaketh merry: but money answereth all things. 20 H^'Curse not the king, no, not in thy || thought ; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: lor a Before CHRIST abont977. • ProT. 29. 6. Lnke 12. 20,39.il7. 26. A-c. IThess. 5.3. * See 2 Sam. 20. 16-22. ' Prov. 21. 22. & 24. 5. ch. 7. 19. ver. 18. " Jlark 6. 2,3. " Ter. 16. » Josb.7.1, 11, 12. tHeb. Flief: of death. t Ilcb. his heart. » Prov. 13. 16. & 18. 2. ' ch. 8. 3. ' 1 Sata. 25. 2i, &c. Prov. 25. 15. t Heb. from before. ■iEseb.S.l. tHeb. in great heights. ' Prov. 19. 10. & 30.22. /Ps. 7. 15, Prov. 26. 27. v Ps. 68. 4, 5. Jer. 8. 17. t Heb. the master of the tovgue. >> Prov. 10, 32. & 12. 13. tHeb. grace. • Prov. 10. 14. & 18. 7 tHeb. his mouth. * Prov. 15 2. t Ileb. multiplieth words. ' cb. 3. 22. & 6. 12. & 8.7. "18.1.3.4,5 12. & 5. 11 n Prov. 31. 4. •Ps.104.15 t Heb. ma- keih glad the life. p Kx. 22. 28 Acts 23. 5. II Or, conscience, flpire like. Luk6l9.40. Before CHRIST about 977. « See Isa. 32. 20. t Heb. vpon the. face of the waters. !> Deut. 15. 10. Prov.19.17. Matt.10.42. 2 Cor. 9. 8. Gal. 6.9,10. Heb. 6. 30. «P8.112.9. Lnke 6.30. 1 Tim.6.18, 19. ■i Mic. 5. 5. «Eph.5.16. /JohnSiS. Ps. 139. 14, 15. fUeb. shall he rigid. * ch. 7. 11. f Num. 15. 39. tch. 12.14 Kom. 2. 6-11. Or,anger. '2Cor.7.1, 2 Tim. 2.22, "• Ps. 39. 5. " Prov. 22. 6. Lam. 3. 27. 6 See 2 Sam. 19. 35. Or, the grinders fail, be- cause iliei/ griud little. 2 Sam. 19, 35. "J Job 17.13. •Jer. 9. 17. /Gen. 3.19. Job 34. 15. Ps. 90. 3. Bcb. 3. 21. * Num. 16. 22.&27.16. Job 34. 14. Isa. 57.16. Zech. 12. 1. ' Ps. 62. 9. ch. 1. 2. II Or, the more wise the Preach- er was. <£g. bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. CHAP. XL 1 Directions for charity. 9 The day of judgment to he thought on. OAST thy bread "fupon the waters: ''for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 'Give a portion ''to seven, and also to eight; 'for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty them- selves upon the earth : and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree faileth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As -^thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, ''nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child : even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the even- ing withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether f shall prosper, either this or that, or whether the}'' both shall be alike good. 7 H Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes ''to behold the sun : 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of dark- ness ; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 iBejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, 'and walk in the waj's of thine heart, and in the sight of thine ej^es : but know thou, that for all these things ''God will bring thee into judgment. 10 Therefore remove II sorrow from thy heart, and 'put away evil from thy flesh : "'for childhood and youth are vanity. CHAP. XII. The fear of God is the chief antidote of vanity. REMEMBER "now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, *when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them ; 2 While the sun, or "the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and lithe grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all 'the daughters of music shall be brought low. 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond- tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goetli to ''his long home, and 'the mourners go about the streets : 6 Or ever the' silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 -^Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : ^and the spirit shall return unto God ''who gave it. 8 II 'Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. 9 And H moreover, because the Preacher was wise, 421 The clmrch's love unto Christ. SOLOMON'S SONG. The hope and calling of the church. he still taught the people knowledge : yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and ''set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find out t acceptable words : and that which was written was upright, even words of truth, 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Befors Before CHRIST CHKIST about 977. about977. been heard » 1 Kings 4.32. is. fHeb. "• Deut. 6. words of 2. & 10. 12. delight. » cb. 11. 9. 1 ch. 1. 18. Matt. 12. 11 Or, 36. reading. Acta 17. 30, \ Or, The 31. end of the Rom. 2. 16. matter, 414.10,12. even all 1 Cor. 4. 6 that hath 2 Cor. 5. 10. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end ; and 'much II study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 nil Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : "'Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For "God shall bring every work into judg- ment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. The SONG of SOLOMON. y.i !it' ■H) I r CHAP. L 1 The church's love unto Christ. 5 She confesseth her deformity. THE "Son^ of songs, which is Solomon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth : ^for t thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 'Draw me, ''we will run after thee : the King 'hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine : lithe upright love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy floch to rest at noon: for wdiy should I be ||as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions ? 8 nif thou know not, 'O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, ^O my love, Ho a com- pany of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 'Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. ' \ "",':;', 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12 n While the King sitieth at his table, spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me ; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of llcam- phire in the vineyards of En-gedi. 15 ^'Behold, thou art fair, ||my love ; behold, thou art fair ; thou hast doves' eyes. 16 Behold, thou ai-t fair, my beloved, yea, pleas- ant : also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our II rafters of fir. CHAP. IL 27ie mutual love of Christ and his church. I ^Jfthe rose of Sharon, and the lily of the val- JL leys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so w my beloved among the sons, fl sat down under his shadow with great delight, "and his fruit was sweet to my f taste. 422 my Before Before CHRIST CHRIST written about 1014. about 1014. fHeb. <• 1 Kings ?wuse of 4.32. wine. » ch. 4. 10. tHeb. t Hob. straw me thy loves. with ap- ples. » ch. 8. 3. t lieh.Iad. jure you. « ch. 3. 5. & "Hos-ll.t. 8. 4. John 6. 44. A 12. 32. il.3.12, 13, 14. «P3.45.14, ■i Tor. 17. 15. .Tohn 14. 2. Eph. 2. 6. tHeb. 11 Or, tliey love thee flourish- ing. uprightly. ' vor. 13. 11 Or, as one that / ver. 10. is veiled. /ch.5.9.& 6. 1. s ch. 8. 13. s ch. 2. 2; *Ps. 80.13. 10, 13. & 4. Ezek. 13.4. 1, 7. & 5. 2. Lulce 13. &6. 4. 32. .John 15. 1 ch. 6. 3. 14, 15. & 7. 10. * 2 Chron. 1. 16, 17. * ch. 4. 6. i Ezelc. 16. 11, 12, 13. t ver. 9. ch. 8. 14. 1 Or, of division. 11 Or, « Is*. 26. 9. cypress. ch. 4. 13. * ch. 4. 1. & 5. 12. 11 Or, my comr panion. « ch. 5. 7. 11 Or, galleries. ' ch. 2. 7. &8.4. tHeb. I delighted and sat down, <£c. "I ch. 8. 6. "Rev. 22.1, 2. t Heb. palate. ^ 4 He brought me to the f banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5 Stay me with flagons, f comfort me with apples : for I am sick of love. 6 ''His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7 fT charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, b^ the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 8 IF The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 ''My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : be- hold, he standeth behind ourwall,helooketh forth at the windows, f shewing himself through the lattice. 10 HMy beloved spake, and said unto me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; 12 The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; 13 The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smeW. ■^ Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 14 IT O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, 4et me hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us ''the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes. 16 IF 'My beloved is mine, and I am his : he feed- eth among the lilies. 17 ^'Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou 'like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains || of Bether. CHAP. IIL The church's fight and victory in temptation. BY "night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not. 3 ''The watchmen that go about the city found me : to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 5 'I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye_ stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. T 6 IF ''Who is this that cometh out of the wilder- ness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? The graces of the church. CHAP. IV, V, VI. A description of Christ. 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's : threescore 7aliant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. 8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. 9 King Solomon made himself || a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made the pillars thereof o/ silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. CHAP. IV. Christ setteth forth the graces of the church. BEHOLD, "thou art fair, my love ; behold, thou art fair ; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks : thy hair is as a ''flock of goats, llthat appear from mount Gilead. 2 "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing ; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips ao^e like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: ''thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4 "Thy neck is like the tower of David builded -^for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5 *Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 6 ''Until the day f break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 7 'Thou art all fair, my lov-e; ^Aere ^s no spot in thee. 8 H Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon : look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir ''and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast II ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse ; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse ! 'how much better is thy love than wine ! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices ! 11 Thy lips, Omy spouse, drop as the honey-comb: •"honey and milk are under thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments is "like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A garden f enclosed is my sister, my spouse ; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 13 Ihy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits ; || camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron ; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices : 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of "living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 16 H Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. ^'Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. CHAP. V. Christ awaketh the church with his calling, "AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse : I have gathered my myrrh with my spice ; 'I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey ; I have I Before Before CHRIST CHRIST aboutlOH. aboutl014. « Luke 15. 7.10. John 3. 29. & 15. 14. II Or, nor, and be alied. drunken with loves. ■i Rev. 3.20. nor, (as some read) in me. t Hcb. passingfii. running about. ' ch. 3. 1. ' ch. 1. 15. /ch.3. 3. & 5. 12. i ch. 6. 5. II Or, that eat of. dx. ' ch. 6. G. tHeb. what. ch. 1. 8. "i ch. 6. 7. tHeb. « ch. 7. 4. a standard bearer. /Neh.3.19. II Or, ffSce Prov. 5.19. ch. 7. 3. curled. " ch. 1. 15. i 4.1. tHeb. * ch. 2. 17. sitting in t Heb. breathe. fulness, that is. fUly placed, and i Eph. 5. setasapre- cious stone 27. in the foil of a ring. II Or, towers of * Dcut. 3.9. perfumes. nor, tHeb. taken Sis palate. away my heart. ' ch. 1. 2. « ch. 1. 8. "• Prov. 24. 13, 14. ch. 5. 1. " Gen. 27. 27. Hos. 14.6,7. tHeb. barred. II Or, 6 ch. 2. 16. cypress. &7. 10. ch. 1. 14. « ver. 10. John4.10. & 7. 38. II Or, thry have puffed me up. i ch. 4. 1. P ch. 5. 1. « ch. 4. 2. /ch.4. 3. « ch. 4. 16. ' ch. 4. 11. drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O "friends; drink, ||yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2 IF I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved ''that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled : for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat ; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet ; how shall I defile them ? 4 My beloved put m his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved || for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved ; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with f sweet- smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone : my soul failed when he spake: T sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 •'The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me : the Iseepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, f that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 9 IT What IS thy beloved more than a?io^Aer beloved, 'O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more th an another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, f the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are II bushy, and black as a raven. 12 ''His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and ■]• fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as il sweet flowers : his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl : his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold : his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16 fHis mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. CHAP. VL The church professeih her faith in Christ. WHITHER is thy beloved gone, "O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside ? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 ''I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine ; he feedeth among the lilies. 4 l[Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, "terrible as an ai'my with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for II they have overcome me : thy hair is ''as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. 6 "Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7 ■'^As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; she is the 423 The churches graces. only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daugliters saw her, and blessed her ; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. 10 H AVho is she that looketh forth as the morn- ing, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, "and terrible as an army with banners ? 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and ''to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. 12 tOr ever I was aware, my soul ||made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib. 13 Keturn, return, O Shulamite ; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company ||of two armies. CHAP. VII. A further description of the chirch's graces. HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, "O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the Avork of the hands of a cunning work- man. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not t liquor ; thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3 'Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 4 'Thy neck is as a tower of ivory ; thine eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath- rabbim : thy nose is as the tower of Leoanon which looketh toward Damascus. 5 Thine head upon thee is like ilCarmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the King is fheld in the galleries. 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, or delights ! 7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes, 8 I said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples ; 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for nay beloved, that goetli down f sweetly, causing the lips II of those that are asleep to speak. 10 IF ''I am my beloved's, and "his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field ; let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards ; let us ■^see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape ISAIAH. Her love to Christ. f appear, and the pomegranates bud forth : there will I give thee my loves. 13 The ^mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O.my beloved. Before CHRIST aboutlOU. Before CHRIST aboutlOH. tHeb. B ver. 4. open. Gen. 30. 14. » Matt. IS. 52. » ch. 7. 12. tHeb. / knew not. 11 Or, set me on the chariots of my toil- lingpcople. II Or, ofMa- hanaim. Gen. 32. 2. tHob. they should not despise me. " Prov. 9.2. » ch. 2. 6. » Ps. 46. 13. ' ch. 2. 7. & 3.5. t Heb. why should ye stir up, or,why, i rr 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. 10 H^'Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The 'lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted "^in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up ; and he shall be brought low : 13 And upon all 'the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Baslian, 14 And 'upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon eyei?y.,liiigh, tower, and upon every fenced wall, j ,-; -+1 16 "And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all t pleasant pictures. 17 ''And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted "in that day. 18 And lithe idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the "^holes of the rocks, and into the caves of fthe earth, "for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth 'to shake terribly the earth. 20 'In that day a man shall cast this idols of silver, and his idols of gold, || which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; 21 ''To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, 'for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 22 ^Cease ye from man, whose ^breath is in his nostrils; for Tvherein is he to be accounted of? 425 Judah's calamities foresheivn. CHAP. III. The great confusion which cometh by sin. FOE behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, "doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah *the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, 2 'The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 3 The captain of fifty, and the fhonourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the II eloquent orator. 4 And I will give ''children io be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour : the child shall behave himself proudly against the an- cient, and the base against the honourable. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying,^ Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand : 7 In that day shall he t swear, saying, I will not be an fhealer ; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing : make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For 'Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen : because their tongue and their doings are against the LoED, to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 HThe shew of their countenance doth witness against them ; and they declare their sin as -^Sodom, they hide it not. Wo unto their soul ! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, 'that it shall be well with him: ''for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Wo unto the wicked! 'it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be t given him. 12 ^As for my people, '"children are their op- pressors, and women rule over them. O my peo- ple, 'II they which lead thee cause thee to err, and t destroy the way of thy paths. 13 The Lord standeth up "'to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye haye_ || eaten up "the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. '> ftoqu imA 15 What mean ye that ye "beat my people to pieces, and ^rind the faces of the poor ? saith the Lord God ot hosts. 16 HMoreover the Lord saith, Because the daugh- ters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and t wanton eyes, walking and || minc- ing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet : 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with •''a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will t 'discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bra- very of ^ their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their \\ cauls, and their ""round tires like the moon, 19 The II chains, and the bracelets, and the || mufilers, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the f tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and nose-jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink ; and instead of a girdle a rent ; and instead of well set hair 'baldness ; and 426 ISAIAH. Before CHKIST about V60. » Jer. 37. 21. A 38. 9. »LeT.26.26. « See 2 Kings 24. 14. fHeb. a man emi nent in counte- nance. ^Or, skilful of speech. ■« Eccl. 10. 16. t Ileb. lift up the hand. Gen. 14. 22. + Heb. binder up. ' Mic. 3. 12. / Gen. 13. 13. & 18. 20, 21. & 19. 6. » Eccl. 8.12. APs.128.2, ' Ps. 11. 6. Eccl. 8. 13. fHeb. done to him. * Ter. 4. i ch. 9. 16. II Or, they which call theeblessed. fHeb. sioallow up. ■ Judg. 8. 21. I Or, sweet oalis. II Or, spangled orTiaments t Heb. houses of the soul. •ch.22.12, Mic. 1. 10. Before CHRIST about 760. t Heb. might. t Jer. 14. 2. Lam. 1. 4. Or. emptied. fHeb. cleansed. Lam.2.10. » ch. 2. 11, 17. >> 2 Thees. 3. 12 t Heb.'ZeJ thy name be called upon us. II Or, take thou away. « Luke 1.25. ■« Jer. 23. 5. Zech. 3. 8. & 6. 12. Heb. •eauty and glory. t Heb. f ch. 7. 18. « Beut. 28. 49. Ps. 72. 8. Mai. 1. 11. <* Jool 2. 7. « Dan. 6. 6. /Jer. 6. 16. t ch. 8. 22. Jer. 4. 23. L«m. 3. 2. Ezek. 32. 8. 1 lOr, distress. II Or, toTien itislight,it shall be dark in the destruc- tions there- of about 758. " 2 Kings 15.7. ' 1 Kings 22. 19. John 12.41. Rev. 4. 2. J Or, the skirts thereof. «Ezek.l.ll. t Heb. this eriedtothis. <>■ Rev. 4. 8. t Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth. «P8.72.19. t Heb. thresholds, f Ex.40.34. I Kings 8. 10. c Ex. 4. 10. & 6. 30. Judg.6.22. i 13. 22. Jer. 1. 6. tHeb. cut off. t Heb. and in his hand live coal. * Rev. 8. 3. tHeb. caused it to touch. See Jer. 1. 9. Dan. 10. 16. t Gen. 1.26. & 3. 22. & 11.7. tHeb. Behold me. ! ch. 43. 8. Matt. 13. 14. Mark 4. 12. Luke 8. 10. John 12.40. Acts 28. 26. Rom. 11. 8. II Or, with- out ceas- ing, dc. t Heb.ftcor ye in hear- ing, dc. t Heb. in seeing. »• Ps. 119. 70. ch. 63. 17. "Jer. 5. 21. <'Mic.3.12. t Heb.dMO- late with desolation, p 2 Kings 25. 21. 1 Or, when it is re- turned, and hath been broused. \ Or, stock, or, stem, ? Ezra 9. 2. Mnl. 2. 15. Rom. 11. 5. about 742. » 2 Kings 16.5. 2 Cliron. 28. 5, 6. tHeb. resteth on Ephraim. 'ch.10.21. II That is, Thtremr nant shall return : See ch. 6. 13. & 10. 21. < 2 Kings 18. 17. ch. 36. 2. Or, cau- sey-way, t Heb. let not thy heart be tender. the land, behold, darkness and || sorrow. Hand the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. CHAP. VL Isaiah's vision of the LordJs glory. IN the year that "king Uzziah died I 'saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and II his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and "with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And tone cried unto another, and said, ''Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : t l^he whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the fdoor moved at the voice of him that cried, and ^the house was filled with smoke. 5 IF 'Then said I, Wo is me ! for I am f undone ; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, t having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off ''the altar : 7 And he t'laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying. Whom shall I send, and who will go for 'us ? Then said I, t Here am I ; send me. 9 IF And he said. Go, and tell this people, 'Hear ye lit indeed, but understand not; and see ye tin- deed, but perceive not. 10 Make "'the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; "lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and under- stand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long ? And he an- swered, "Until the cities be wasted without inhabit- ant, and the houses without man, and the land be t utterly desolate ; 12 ^And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 13 IF But yet in it shall he a tenth. Hand it shall return, and shall be eaten : as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose || substance is in them, when they cast their leaves : so 'the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. CHAP. VIL 1 Ahax is comforted by Isaiah. 14 Christ promised. AND it came to pass in the days of "Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Eezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria tis confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, *and HShear-jashub thy son, at the end of the 'conduit of the upper pool in the II highway of the fuller's field; 4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet ; fear not, t neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking fire-brands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Rema- liah,, have taken evil counsel ag,ainst thee, saying. Christ promised. 6 Let us so up against Judali, and II vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us,^ and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal : 7 Thus snith the Lord God, "It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 8 'For the head of 83^ria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin ; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, t that it be not a people. 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. -^[[If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. 10 H t Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 -'Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; llask it eitlier in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. 13 And he said. Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also ? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign ; ''Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear 'a son, and II shall call his name 'Tmmanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. , 16 'For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou ab- horrest shall be forsaken of '"both her kings, j j.ij'^ 17 IT "The Lord shall bring upon thee, and* upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that "Ephraim de- parted from Judah ; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord ''shall hiss for the fly that is in the utter- most part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in 'the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all || bushes. 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a "■razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet : and it shall also consume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep ; 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give that he shall eat butter : for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left tin the land. 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, 'it shall even, be for briers and thorns. l 4ii;n 24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither ; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns : but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. CHAR VIIL Comforl sJiall be to them that fear God. MOEEOVER, the Lord said unto me. Take thee a great roll, and "write in it with a man's pen concerning t Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And 1 took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriaht]iepriest,andZechariahthesonofJeberechiah. 428 ISAIAH. Before CURIST about 742 lOr, waken, i I'roT. 21. SO. ch. 8. 10. < 2 Sam. 8.6, fHeb./rom apenple. /See 2 Chron. 20. 20. II Or, Do ye not believe? it isbeeause ye are no'- stable. iHeh. And the Lord added to speak, Judg. 6. 36, Ac. Matt. 12. 38. II Or, make thy peti- tion deep. ''Matt.1.23, Luke 1.31. 34. ' ch. 9. 6. II Or, thou, virgin, shall call : See Gen. 4. I, 25. & 16. II. & 29.32. & 30. C, 8. 1 Sam.4.21. * ch. 8. 8. 'Seech, 8.4. "> 2 Kings 15. 30. & 16, 9. n 2 Chron. 28. 19. ' 1 Kings 12. 16. P ch. 6. 26. 1 ch. 2. 19. Jer. 16. 16, II Or, com- mendable trees. " 2 Kings 16. 7, 8. 2 Chron.28, 20, 21. See Kzck. 6.1. Before CIIKIST ftbont 742. t Heb. tn the midst of the land. • ch, 5. 6. » ch. 30. 8, Uab. 2. 2. tUeb. in malcing speed to tht spoil he hastenelh the prey, or, make speed, rfc. » 2 Kings 10. 10. f II eb. ap- proached unto. ' See ch. 7. 16. II Or, he that is be- fore the king of As- syria shall take away the riches, <£c. about 741. li 2 Kings 15. 29. & 16.9. ch, 17. 3. • Neh, 3.15. John 9. 7. /ch. 7. 1, 2,6. »ch.l0,12. " ch. 30.28. t Ileb, the fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of Jtis wings. • ch, 7. 14. * Joel 3. 9, 11. II Or, yet. ' Job 5, 12, "• ch. 7. 7. " ch. 7. 14. Acts 5. 38, 39. Kom. 8. 13. t Hell. in strength of hand. » ch. 7. 2, P 1 Pet. 3. 14, 1». 1 Ntim. 20. 12. "■ Ps, 76. 7. Lulie 12, 5. ■ Ezek. 11, 16. «ch. 28.16. Lulce 2. 34, Horn, 9, 33. 1 Pet. 2. 8. • Matt. 21. 44. Luke 20. 18. Rom. 9, 32, i U, 25. • ch. 54. 8. 1/ Hah. 2,3, Luke 2.25, 38. ' Heb. 2.13. o Ps. 71. 7, Zech, 3, 8. about 741. » 1 Sam. 28.8. ch. 19. 3. ' ch. 29. 4, ■« Ps. 106. 28. • Luke 16, 29. / Mic. 3. 6. f Heb. no morning. ' Rev. 10. 11. * ch. 5. 30, • ch. 9. 1. about 740. « ch. 8. 22. ' 2 Kings 15. 29. 2 Chron. 16.4. Assyria and Israel threatened. 8 And 1 t went unto the prophetess ; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me. Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 "For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, jl'^the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. 5 IT The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of 'Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice •'in Rezin and Remaliah's son ; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, ^671 "the king of Assyria, and all his glory : and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: • - ^ *^'l'' ' ' •hd) ,ru^ _ 8 And he shalT^dss through Judah; 'He shall overflow and go over, ''he shall reach eve?i to the neck ; and t the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Tmmanuel. 9 ^'Associate yourselves, O ye people, || and ye shall be broken in pieces ; and give ear, all ye of far coun- tries : gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 'Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought ; speak the word, "'and it shall not stand : "for God is with us. 11 TIFor the Lord spake thus to me fwith a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom "this people shall say, A confederacy; ^neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. ^ 13 'Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and ''let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And 'he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for 'a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. > -. : 15 And many among them shall "stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. _ 17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that -"hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I ^will look for him. 18 ^Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me "are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 IF And when they shall say unto you, ''Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wiz- ards 'that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living ''to the dead? 20 'To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because ^there is t no light in them, 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hunj^ry : and it shall come to pass, that when they shall he hungry, they shall fret themselves, and "curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And ''they shall look unto the earth ; and be- hold trouble and darkness, 'dimness of anguish ; and they shall be driven to darkness. CHAR IX. What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions by Christ. "KTEVERTHELESS "the dimness shall not be such LN as was in her vexation, when at the *first he ChrisPs birth and kingdom. lio-htly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and 'afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee ||of the nations. 2 ''The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and ||not in- creased the joy : they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice 'when they divide the spoil. Hfiyi i 4 II For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the ■'staft' of his shoulder, the rod of his op- pressor, as in the day of ''Midian. 5 II For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; 'ilbut this shall be with burning and f fuel of fire. 6 'For unto us a child is born, unto us a ''son is given : and 'the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called '"Wonderful, Counsellor, "The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, "The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace ^there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The *zeal of the Loed of hosts will perform this. 8 II The Lord sent a word into Jacob, an4 it hath lighted upon Israel. rc^A^. \ 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, • 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of E,ezin against him, and tjoin his enemies together; 12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines be- hind ; and they shall devour Israel twith open mouth. "^For all this his anger is not turned away but his hand is stretched out still. 13 H For 'the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Loed of hosts. 14 Therefore the Loed will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, 'in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head ; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For "lithe leaders of this people cause them to err ; and lUAey that are led of them are fdestroyed. 17 Therefore the Loed ''shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: ^for every one is an hypocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh II folly. •For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 18 H For wickedness "burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briars and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. irid" riltrr 19 Through the wrath of the Loed of hosts is 'the land darkened, and the people shall be as the t fuel of the fire : 'no man shall spare his brother. 20 And he shall f snatch on the right hand, and be hungry : and he shall eat on the left hand, ''and they shall not be satisfied : 'they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh CHAP. X. Before CHRIST about 740. and they together shall be against Judah. ^For «Lev.26.24. 2 Kings 17. 5, 6. I Chron. 5. 26. about 771. about 740. II Or, poYiulous. " Miitt. 4. 36. Eph. 5. 8, 14. II Or, to Wm. ' Judg. 5. 30. II Or, Wiere tl\ou brakest. f ch. 10, 5. & 14. 5. a Judg. 7. 22. Ps. 8.3. 9. uh. 10. 26. II Or, Ki/ien the whoU batik o/the warrior was, (£c. *cU.66.15, 16. Or, and it was, dc. t Heb. m^at. i cli. 7. 14. Luke 2. 11. ' John 3. 16. ' Mutt. 28. 18. 1 Cor. 15. 25. "•.Tudg.lS. IS. "Tit. 2. 13. Ei)Ii. 2.14. V Dan.2.44 Lulco 1. 32, 33. 1 2 Kings 19. 31. cli. 37. 32. about 738. t Ileb. mingle. t Heb. with whoU mouth. r ell. 5. 25. & 10. 4. Jer. 4. 8. • Jer. 5. 3. Hos. 7. 10. * ch. 10. 17. Rev. 18. 8, " ch. 3. 12. II Or, they that call them blessed. II Or, they that are called bles- sed nf them. tHeb. swallowed ur>. • Pa. 147. 10, 11. y Mic. 7. 2. I Or, villany. 2ver.l2.21. ch. 5. 25. & 10. 4. - ch. 10. 17. Mai. 4. 1. » ch. 8. 22. tneb. meat. « Mic. 7. 2,6. t Heb. cut. i Lev. 26. 26. « ch. 49. 26. Jer. 19. 9. /ver.12,17. ch. 5. 25. & 10.4. Before CHRIST about 738. « Pe. 58. 2. & 94. 20. II Or, to tlu writers that write grievous- ness. » Job 31.14. ' Uos. 9. 7. Lukel9.44. .< cli. 5.25.4 J. 12, 17,21, II Or, Wo to the AssyHan. t Heb. Asshur. ' Jer.51.20. II Or, though. /ch. 19.17. » Jer .34.22. tHeb. to lay them, a treading. * Gen. 50. 20. Mic. 4. 12. ' 2 Kings 18. 24. 33, &c. k 19. 10, Ac. 'Amos 6.2. ' 2 Chron. 36. 20. »• 2 Kings 16.9. « 2 Kings 19. 31. "Jer. 60.18. tHeb. visit upon. t Heb. of the greai- rtess of the heart. V Isa.37.24. Ezek.28.4, &c. Dan. 4. 30. II Or. like many people. 1 Job 31. 25. •• Jer.51.20. B Or, OS if a rod should shake them that lift it up. lOr, that which ianotwood, • cb. 5. 17. t ch. 9. 18. ch. 63. 2. Zech. 6. 12. Kev. 5. 5. ' Acts 13. 23. ver. 10. « ch. 4. 2. Jer. 23. 5. Ps. 83.18. « Ex. 15. 2. Ps. 118. 14. '' John 4. 10, 14. & 7. 37, 38. " 1 Chron. 16.8. Ps. 105. 1. II Or, proclaim his name. /P8.145.4, 5,6. a Ps. 34. 3. * Ex. 15. 1, 21. Ps. 68. 32. & 98. 1. ' ch. 64. 1. Zeph.3.14. t Heb. in- habitress. *Ps.71.22. & 89. 18. ch. 41. 14, 16. <• ch. 21. 1. & 47. 1. Jer. 60, & 61. » ch. 5. 26. & 18. 3. Jer. 50. 2. 'Jer. 61.25. <'ch.10.32. • Joel 3.11. /Ps.149.2, 6,6. t Heb. the likenesi of. A thanhsgvving for mercies. young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the II cockatrice's den. 9 'They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for ''the earth shall be full of the knowl- edge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 10 H 'And in that day ""there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the "Gentiles seek : and "his rest shall be f glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass ^in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to re- cover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, 'from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Gush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together ''the dispersed of Judah from the four f cor- ners of the earth. ' ■"^" 13 'The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim 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 fthem of the east together : 'fthey shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab ; fand the children of Ammon "snail 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 smite it in the seven streams, "and make men go over fdry-shod. 16 "And there shall be an highway for the rem- nant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; "like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. CHAP. XIL 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 comfortest me. . 2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord * JEHOVAH is my ■"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, 'Praise the Lord, II 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 excel- lent things : this is known in all the earth. 6 'Cry out and shout, thou f inhabitant of Zion ; for great is 'the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. CHAP. XIIL 1 God mustereth the armies of his wrath, 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 ■^rejoice in my highness. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, t like as of a great people ; a tumultuous noise of the The desolation of Babylon. CHAP. XIV. IsraeVs restoration. kingdoms of nations gathered together : the Lokd of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 IT Howl ye ; ^for the day of the Loed is at hand ; '"it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands i|be faint, and every man's 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 t be amazed tone at another ; their faces shall be as f 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. to For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light : the sun shall be '"darkened in his. going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. ^i • '• -J ^ ■ 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 than fine gold ; even a man than 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 be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up : 'they shall every nian turn to his own people, and flee every one into his Own land. 15 Every one that is found ^hall be thrust through ; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 16 Their children also shall be ""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 bows also shall dash the young men to pieces ; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not spare children. 19 HAnd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be fas when God overthrew "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 t wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of t doleful creatures ; and il fowls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And t the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their || desolate houses, and dragons in their plea- sant palaces : *and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. CHAP. XIV. 1 Go(Ps merciful restoration of Israel. 29 Palestina threatened. FOR the Lord "will have mercy on Jacob, and Vill yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land : "and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the people shall take them, ''and bring them to their place : and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants Before CHKIST about 712. »Zepli.l.7. Rev. 6. 17. * Job 31.23. Joel 1. 15. II Or, fall down. < Ps. 48. 6. ch. 21. 3. fHeb. toonder, t Heb. every man at his neighbour. fHeb. facet ofllu flamtt. * Mai. 4. 1. ! 1>8.104.35 ProT. 2. 22. •• ch. 24. 21,23. Ezek.32.7. Joel 2. 31. & 3. 15. Matt. 24. 29. Mark 13. 24. Luke 21. 25. « ch. 2. 17. • Hag. 2. 6. P Ps. 110. 5. Lam. 1. 12. 3 Jer. 50. 16. & 61. 9. •■P8.137.9. Nah. 3. 10. Zech.14.2. « ch. 21. 2. Jer. 51. 11. 28. Dan. 5. 28, 31. ' ch. 14. 4, 22. t Heb. as the over- throwing. "Gen. 19. 24, 25. Deut. 29. 23. Jer. 49. 18. & 50. 40. « Jer. 50. 3, 39. & 51. 29, 62. V chap. 34. 11-15. Rev. 18. 2. t Hob. Ziim. fHeb. Ochim. II Or, ostriches. t Heb. daughters of the owl. tHeb.7im. DOr, palacts. ' Jer. 51. 33. • Pe. 102. 13. i Zech. 1. 17. & 2. 12. « chap. 60. 4, 6, 10. Eph. 2. 12, 13, Ac. •^ chap. 49. 22. & 60. 9. & 66. 20. Before CHRIST about 7 12. t Heb. that had taken them cap- tives. •ch.60.14. /ch.13.19. Hab. 2. 6. II Or, taunt- ing speech, II OT,exact- ress of gold, a EeT. 18. 16. '•Ps.125.3. fHeb. a stroke without removing. ' chap. 55. 12. Ezek. 31. 18. * Ezek. 32. 21. II Or, The grave. t Hob. leaders. II Or, greatgoats. I ch. 34. 4. II Or, day-star. » Matt. 11. 23. » Dan. 8. 10. • Pb. 48. 2. P ch. 47. 8. 2 These. 2. 4. 5 Matt. 11. 23. Or, Did not let his prisoners loose home- wards. ' Job 18. 19. Ps. 21. 10. k 37. 28. & 109. 13. • Ex. 20. 5. Matt. 23. 35. « Prov. 10. 7. Jer. 51. 62. " 1 Kings 14. 10. « Job 18. 19. f ch. 34. 11. Zeph.2.14. and handmaids : and they shall take them captives, t whose captives they were; 'and they shall rule over their oppressors. 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 IT That thou -^shalt take up this || proverb against the king of Babylon, and say. How hath the op- pressor ceased, the || "golden city ceased ! 5 The Lord hath broken *the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with fa con- tinual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet : they break forth into singing. 8 'Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9 '' II Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the t II chief ones of the earth : it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? Art thou become like unto us ? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 'How art thou fallen from heaven, ||0 Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, "T will ascend into heaven, "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the con- gregation, °in the sides o± the north : 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds : ''I will be like the Most High. 15 _ Yet thou 'shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms : 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof: that || opened not the house of his prisoners ? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcass trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : "^the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children 'for the iniquity of their fathers ; that they do not rise nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off* from Babylon 'the name, and "remnant, ""and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 23 ^I will also make it a possession for the bit- tern, and pools of water : and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 24 HThe Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, 431 Ttie lamentable stale of Jloab. Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand : 25 That 1 will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot : then shall 'his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth : and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the Lokd of hosts hath "purposed, and who shall disannul it f and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back ? 28 Intheyear thaf'kingAhaz died was this burden. 29 IF Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, "because the rod of him that smote thee is broken : for put of the serpent's root shall come forth a || cockatrice, ''and his fruit shall he a fiery flying serpent. 30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety : and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Pal- estina, art dissolved : for there shall come from the north a smoke, and ||none shall he alone in his || ap- pointed times. 32 What shall one then answer the ruessengers of the nation ? That "the Loed hath founded Zion, and -^ the poor of his people shall || trust in it., , , I ■<:"?■ ^i- i CHAP. XV. ■ The lamentable state of Moab. THE "burden of Moab. Because in the night *Ar of Moab is laid waste, and || brought to silence ; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence ; 2 "He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep : Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba : ^n all their heads shall he bald- ness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth : "on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, t weeping abundantly. 4 And Heshbon shall cry, -^and Elealeh ; their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz : therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out ; his life shall be grievous unto him. "' .^; 5 ''My heart shall cry out for Moab ; II his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an ''heifer of three years old : for 'by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up ; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of f destruction. 6 For the waters ''of Nimrim shall be f desolate : for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Tnerefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the II brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab, the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood : for I will bring fmore upon Dimon, 'lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. CHAP. XVI. Moah is threatened for her pride. SEND "ye the lamb to the ruler of the land 'from II t Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird II cast 432 ISAIAH. Before CHRIST about 712. « ch. 10. 2T. « 2 Chron. 20.6. Job 9. 12. & 23. 13. Ps. 33. 11. Prov.19.21. & 21. 30. ch. 43. 13. Dan. 4. 31, 35. 6 2 Kings 16. 20. 726. « 2 Chron. 26.6. POr, adder. <> 2 Kings 18.8. II Or, he shall not bo alnnc. flOr, assemhlits, 'Vs. 87.1. 5. & 102. 16. / Zeph. 3. 12. Zech. 11. n. 11 Or. betake themselves unto it. about 726. a Jer. 48. 1, ic. Ezelc. 25. 8-11. Amos 2. 1. t Num. 21. 28. »0r, cut off. «ch.l6.12. ''See Lev. 21. 5. ch. 3. 24. k 22. 12. Jer.47.5. P.s. 72. 2. & 96. 13. & .9. / Jer.48.29. Zeph. 2. 10. i'ch.28.15. A Jer.48.20. • 2 Kings 3. 25. Or, mutter. * ch. 24. 7. I ver. 9. ..Or, plucked up. "• Jer. 48. 32. X ch. 15. 4. Or, the alarm is fallen upon, dc. " ch. 24. 8. Jer. 48. 33. p ch. 15. 5. & 63. 15. Jer. 48. 30. I ch. 15. 2. •■ch.21.16. II Or, not many. about 741. a Jer. 49. 23. Amos 1. 3. Zech. 9. 1. fulfilled. 740. 2 Kings 16. 9. » Jer. 7. 33. ' ch. 7. 16. £8.4. ich.10.16. • Jer. 51.33. about 741. /ch.24.13. JHe is threatened for pride. out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of "Arnon. 3 tTake counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon-day ; hide the outcasts ; bewray not him that wanderetn. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler, for the t extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, fthe oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 And in mercy ''shall the throne be || established, and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, "judging, and seeking judgment, and hast- ing righteousness. 6 IF We have heard of the ''pride of Moab ; he is very proud : even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath : ^hut his lies shall not he so. 7 Therefore shall Moab ''howl for Moab, every one shall howl : for the foundations 'of Kir-hareseth shall ye || mourn ; surely they are stricken. 8 For ''the fields of Heshbon languish, and 'the vine of Sibmah : the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness : her branches are || stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 9 IT Therefore "'I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah : I will water thee with my tears, "O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for lithe shouting for thy summer-fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 10 And "gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field ; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting : the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses ; I have made theif -ymto^/e-shouting to cease. 11 Wherefore ^my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. 12 HAnd it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on 'the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the Loed hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. 14 But now the Loed hath spoken, saying, Within three years, ""as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude ; and the remnant shall be very small and || feeble. CHAP. XVIL 1 Syria and Israel are threatened. 12 The wo of IsraeVs enemies. THE "burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken : they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and ''none shall make them afraid. 3 "The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria : they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Loed of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and ''the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. 5 "And it shall be aswhen the harvest-man gather- eth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm ; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 6 TF^ Yet gleaning-grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the GocTs judgments against Ethiopia. CHAP. XVIII, XIX. The confusion of Egypt. top of the uttermost bou^h, four or five in the outmost fruitful bran chesthereot,saith the LoED God of Israel. 7 At that day shall a man »look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the || images. 9 Uln that day shall his strong cities be as a for- saken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel : and there shall be desolation. 10 Because thou hast forgotten ''the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips : 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish : but the harvest shall ^e il a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 12 H Wo to the 11 multitude of many people, which make a noise 'like the noise of the seas ; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of II mighty waters ! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters : but God shall ''rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and 'shall be chased as the chaflT of the mountains before the wind, and like || a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14 And behold at evening-tide trouble; and be- fore the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. CHAR XVIII. God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians. WO °to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to ''a nation || scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; Ufa nation meted out and trodden down, jj whose land the rivers have spoiled ! 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, 'when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains ; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 4 For so the Loed said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will || consider in my dwelling-place like a clear heat II upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut ofi the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth : and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. 7 TFIn that time ''shall the present be brought unto the Loed of hosts of a people || scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hith- erto ; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, tq^the place of the name of the Loed of hosts, the mount Zion. CHAP. XIX. 1 The confusion of Egypt. 11 The foolishness of their princes. THE "burden of Egypt. Behold, the Loed ^rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt : and "the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 28 3E Before CHRIST about 741. 3 Mic. 7. 7. II Or, sun- images. »Ps.68.19. [ Or, re- moved in the day of inJiei'it- ance and tliere shall be deadly sorrow. II Or, noise. • Jer. 6. 23. II Or, many. * Ps. 9. 5. ! Pa. 83.13. Hos. 13. 3. II Or, this- tle down. about 714. « ch. 20. 4, 5. Ezek. 30. 4, 5, 9. Zeph.2.12, & S. 10. ' ver. 7. I! Or, outspread and pol- ished. |l Or, a na- tion that meteth out. and tread- etli down. t Heb. a nation of line, and tread- ing under foot. II Or, whose, land the rivers de- spise. ' ch. 5. 26. II Or, re- Before CHRIST about 714. set dwell- ing. llOr, after rain. ■* See Pb. 68. 31. & 72. 10. ch. 16. 1. Zeph.3.10. Mai. 1. 11. II Or, outspread and polished.- See ver. 2. » Jer.46.13. Ezek. 29, & 30. 6Ps.18.10. & 104. 3. "Ex. 12. 12. Jer. 43. 12. fHeb. mingle. 'I Judg. 7. 22. 1 Sam. 14. 16, 20. 2 Chron. 20. 23. t Heb. shall be emptied. t Heb. swallow up. «ch. 8. 19. & 47. 12. Or, s?mt up. f ch. 20. 4. Jer. 46. 26. Ezek. 29. 19. Jer.61.36. Ezek. 30. 12. '' 2 Kings 19. 24. t Heb. and shall not be. 1 Kings 10. 28. Prov. 7. 16. Or, white works. t Heb. founda- tions. t Heb. of living things. * Num. 13. 22. 1 1 Cor. 1. 20. "Jer. 2.16. II Or, governors. fHeb. corners. t Heb. a spirit of perverse- ness. " 1 Kings 22. 22. ch. 29. 10. » ch. 9. 14. p Jer.51.30 Nah. 3. 13. ?ch. 11.15. Zeph.3.9. t Heb. the lip. II Or, of flere.s, or, of the sun. ' Gen. 28. 18. Ex. 24. 4. Josh. 22. 10, 26. 27. ' See Josh. 4. 20. & 22, 27. "Mal.l.U. 2 And I will f^'set the Egyptians against the Egyptians : and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour ; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt fshall fail in me midst thereof: and I will f destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall 'seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I ligive over-^into the hand of a cruel lord ; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Loed of hosts. 5 ^And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 And they shall turn the rivers far away ; and the brooks ''of defence shall be emptied and dried up : the reeds and fiags shall wither. 7 The paper-reeds Dy the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, f and be no more. 8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. 9 Moreover they that work in 'fine flax, and they that weave li net- works, shall be confounded. 10 And they shall be broken in the f purposes thereof, all that make sluices, and ponds ffor fish. 11 H Surely the princes of ''Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is be- come brutish : how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings ? 12 'Where are they ? where are thy wise men f and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Loed of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, '"the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egy pt,e'z;ew || | they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. 14 The Loed hath mingled fa perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in everj;^ work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which "the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16 In that day shall Egypt ^be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear, because of the shak- ing of the hand of the Loed of hosts, ''which he shaketh over it, 17 And the land of Judali shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Loed of hosts, which he hath determined against it. 18 IT In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt 'speak fthe language of Canaan, and swear to the Loed of hosts ; one shall be called, The city 11 of destruction. 19 In that day 'shall there be an altar to the Loed in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Loed. 20 And 'it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Loed of hosts in the land of Egypt : for they shall cry unto the Loed because of the oppres- sors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the Loed shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Loed in that day, and "shall do sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they shal| vow a vow unto the Loed, and perform it. 22 And the Loed shall smite Egypt: he shall sjnite and heal it: and they shall return ei^ew to the Loed, and he shall be entreated of them, apdshajl heal th§m The eapiivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. 23 Uln that day ''shall there be a highway out of E<^ypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve Avith the Assyrians. "24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the miclst of the land : 25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed he Egypt my people, and Assyria, nhe work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. CHAR XX. A type prejtgimng the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. IN the year that "Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it ; 2 At the same time spake the Lord fby Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the ''sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, 'walking naked and barefoot. 3 And the Lord said. Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years "^for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia ; 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away j the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, 'even with their buttocks uncovered, to the f shame of Egypt. o ■'And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethi- opia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. _ 6 And the inhabitant of this II isle shall say, in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria : and how shall we escape ? CHAP. XXL The prophet hewaileth the captivity of God's people, THE burden of the desert of the sea. As "whirl- winds in the south pass through ; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A t grievous vision is declared unto me ; 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. 'Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Me- dia ; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. 3 Therefore ''are my loins filled with pain : 'pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth : I was bowed down at the hearing of it ; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 4 11 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: ^the night of my pleasure hath he t turned into fear unto me. 5 "Prepare the table, watch in the watch-tower, eat, drink : arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 7 ''And he saw a chariot with a couple of horse- men, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels ; and he hearkened diligently with much heed : 8 And 11 he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand con- tinually upon the 'watch-tower in the day time, and I am set in my ward || whole nights. y And behold, here cometh a chariot of men with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, ^Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and 'all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. 10 '"O my threshing, and the f corn of my floor : that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 11 If "The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watch- man, what of the night ? 434 ISAIAH. Before Before CURIST CHRIST atjout 714. =:cli.ll.l6. about 714. " Jer.49.28. P 1 Chron. 1. 9. 32. II Or, bring ye. l-Ps.lOO.S. ch. 29. 23. Hos. 2. 23. 110% Eph. 2. 10. far fear. tHeb. from the face. <• 2 Kings 18. 17. 2ch.l6.14. i-Ps.120.5. ch. 60. 7. t Hob. hy t Heb. bows. the hand of Isaiah. ''Zech.13.4. » 1 Sam. 19.24. Mic. 1.8,11. d ch. 8. 18. about 712. t Heb. the captivity of Egypt. " 2 Sam. 10.4. ch. 3. 17. a ch. 32.13. Jer. 13. 22, 25. Mic. 1. 11. t Ileb. nakedness, f 2 Kings t Heb. of the bow. 18. 21. ch. 30. 3, 5. ' Jer. 4. 19. 7. & SO. 6. & 9.1. II Or, tHeb. country, 1 will he Jer. 47. 4. bitter in weeping. ' ch. 37. 3. two walls for the water of the old pool ; but y i have not looked unto 'the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord ^Jod of hosts 'call to weeping, and to mourning, and '"to baldness, and to girding with sacl«;loth : 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine : "let us eat and drink ; for to-morrow we shall die. 14 "And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts. Surely this iniquity ''shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts. 15 If Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, eve^i unto ''Shebna, 'which is over the house, and say, 16 What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, Was The overthrow of Tyre. CHAR XXIII, XXIV. Godh judgments for sin. he 'that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock ? 17 Behold, lithe Loed will carry thee away with t a mighty captivity, 'and will surely cover thee. 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee Wee a hall into a f large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 20 IT And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant "Eliakim, the son of Hiikiah : 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand : and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder : so he shall ''open, and none shall shut ; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 23 And I will fasten him as ^a nail in a sure place ; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the jj vessels of flagons. 25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Loed hath spoken it. CHAR XXIII. 1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre. 17 Her restoration after seventy years, &c. THE "burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tar- shish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in : ''from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be t still, ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the har- vest of the river, is her revenue; and "she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, no7' bring up virgins. 5 "^As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish ; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 Is this your 'joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her fafar off to sojourn. 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, ^the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? 9 The Loed of hosts hath purposed it, f to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish : there is no more f strength. 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms : the Loed hath given a com- mandment II against fthe merchant-cii^y, to destroy the II strong holds thereof. 12 And he said, "Thou shalt no more rejoice, O Before CHRIST about 712. » See 2 Sam. 18. 18. Matt. 27. 60. II Or, the Lord who covered thee with an ex- cellent cov- ering, and clothed thee gorgeously, shall sure- ly, d-c. ver. 18. t Heb. tJie captivity oj a man. 'Esth.7.8. fHeb. large of spaces. " 2 Kings 18. 18. « Job 12.14, Kev. 3. 7. y Ezra 9. 8. II Ov,instru- merits of viols. about 715. » Jer.25.22, & 47. 4. Ezek. 26, & 27, & 28. Amos 1. 9. Zech. 9.2,4. i ver. 12. fHeb. silent. «Ezek.27.3, ■Jch.lQ.ia. <• ch. 22. 2. t Heb. from afar off. f SeeEzek. 28. 2, 12. t Ileb. to pollute. fHeb. girdle. II Or, cmiceming a mer- chantman. t Ileb. Canaan. II Or, strengths. 9 Rev. 18. 22. Before CHRIST about 715. >> ver. 1. Ps. 72. 9. >> ver. 1. Ezek. 27. 25, 30. fHeb. it shall he unto Tyre as the song of a harlot. 'Rev. 17. 2. 'Zocli.14. 20, 21. t Heb. oU. about 712. fHeb. perverteth the face thereof. II Or, prince. « Hos. 4. 9. » Ezek. 7. 12, 13. t Heb. the height of thcpcople. ' Gen. 3.17, Num. 35. 33. Vs. 18. 7 "Jer. 4.23, »ch.l9.14. tHeb. visit upon. pPs.76.12. t Heb.Miitt the gather- ing of pris- oners. II Or, dungeon. II Or, found wanting. I ch. 13. 10. & 60. 19. Ezek. 32. 7. Joel 2. 31. & 3. 15. >- Rev. 19.4, 6. 3 Heb. 12. 22. II Or, there shall be glory be- fore his ancients. about 712. o Ex. 15. 2. Pb. 118.28. '' Ps. 98. 1. = Num. 23. 19. •i ch. 21. 9. & 23. 13. Jer. 51. 37. «Rev.ll.l3. /ch. 4. 6. n ch.2.2, 3. '' Prov. 9.2. Matt. 22. 4. ■Dan. 7. 14. Matt. 8. 11. tHeb. swallow up. t Ileb. covered. ' 2Cor.3.15. Eph.4. 18. ' Hos.13.14. lCor.15.54. Rev. 20. 14. & 21. 4. " Rev. 7. 17. & 21. i. " Gen. 49. 18. Tit. 2. 13. » Ps. 20. 5. II Or, threshed. II Or, l/ireshed in Madmo- nah. Before CHRIST about 712. P ch. 25. 5. » ch. 2. 11. 4 ch. 60.18. = Ps. 118. 19, 20. tHeb. truths. tHeb. peace, peace. ch. 57. 19. nor, thought, or, imagina- tion. ■ich.45.17. tHeb. the rode of ages. Deut. .32. 4. « ch. 25. 12. & 32. 19. /PS.S7.23. s ch. 64. 5. " Ps. 63. 6. Cant. 3. 1. iEccl.8.12. Rom. 2. 4. 4 Ps.143.10. 'Job 34.27. Ps. 28. 5. ch. 5. 12. ,. Or, toward thy people. .Or, for vs. 2 Chrou. 12.8. " nos.5.15. tHeb. secret speech. o ch. 13. 8. John 16.21. pPs.17,14. ? Ezek. 37. 1, &c. " Dan. 12.2. 8 Ex. 12. 22, 23. Of confidence in God. 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim : and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. 12 And the ^fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. CHAP. XXVl. A song inciting to confidence in God for his judgments. IN "that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; 'salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 ^Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the t truth may enter in, 3 Thou wilt keep him fin perfect peace whose II mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever : ''for in the Lord JEHOVAH is t everlasting strength : 5 IF For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; 'the lofty city, he layethitlow; helayethit low, even to the ground ; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: -^thou, most upriglit, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, ^in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee ; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee, 9 'With my soul have I desired thee in the night ; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhab- itants of the world will learn righteousness. 10 'Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in 'the land of upright- ness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord. 11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, 'they will not see : but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy Hat the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them, 12 1 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also hast wrought all our works ||in us. 13 O Lord our God, '"other lords besides thee have had dominion over us ; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name, 14 lliey are dead, they shall not live ; they are deceased, they shall not rise : therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish, 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation ; thou art glorified : thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth, 16 Lord, "in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a f prayer lohen thy chastening was upon them, 17 Like as "a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind ; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth ; neither have ^the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 'Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. 'Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 H Come, my people, 'enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide God's care over his vineyard. CHAP. XXVII, XXVIIl. JEphraim threatened. tliyself as it were 'for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For behold, the Loed "cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her t blood, and shall no more cover her slain. CHAP. XXYII. God's chastisements differ from judgments. N that day the Loed with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the || 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 Loed do keep it ; I will water it every moment : lest aw?/ hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me : who would set -^the briers a7id thorns against me in battle ? I would || 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 11 Hath he smitten him, f 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, llwhen it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: ll'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 II images shall not stand up. 10 Yet the defenced city shall he 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 IF And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Loed shall beat off from the channel 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 outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Loed in the holy mount at Jerusalem. CHAP. XXVIIL • Christ, the sure foundation, is promised. WO to "the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose ''glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are f 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 flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 ''The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden t under feet: 4 And "the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as Before CHRIST ahout 712. « Vs. 30. 6, ch. 54. 7, 8. 2 Cor. 4. 17. " Mic. 1. 3. Jude 14. t Heb. bloods. II Or, crossing Wee a bar. » Vs. 74. 13, 14. » ch. 51. 9. Ezek.29.3, & 32. 2. « ch. 5. 1. <* Ps. 80. 8. Jer. 2. 21. « Vs. 121. 4,5. / 2 Sam. 23.6. ch. 9. 18. II Or, march against. 9 ch. 25. 4. » Job 22.21. ' ch. 37. 31. Hos. 14. 5, 6. fHeb. according to the strolce of those. * Job 23. 6. Ps. 6. 1. Jer. 10. 24. & 30. 11. & 46. 28. I Cor. 10. 13. II Or, when thou send- cst it forth. II Or, when he remo- velh it. ' Ps. 78. 38. II Or, sun- images. "• See ch. 17. 2. & 32. 14. » Dcut. 32. 28. ch. 1. 3. Jer. 8. 7. » Deut. 32. 18. ch.43.1,7. & 44. 2, 21, 24. P ch. 2. 11. 5 Matt. 24. 31. Eev. 11. 15. about 725. " ver. 3. ' ver. 4. t neb. broken. ' ch. 30. 30. Ezek. 13. 11. <* ver. 1. fHeb. with feet. ' ver. 1. Before CHRIST about 725. tlleb.su'af- imvcth. f Proy. 20. 1. Hos. 4. 11. ii'ch.56. 10, 12. A Jer. 6. 10. t Heb. the hearing. Or, hath been. tHeb. stammer- ings of lips. ■ 1 Cor. 14. 21. Or,?ie Itath spoken. 'Amos 2.4. I Gen. 49. 24. Ps. 118. 22. Matt. 21. 42. Acts 4. 11. Rom. 9. 33. & 10.11. Eph. 2. 20. 1 Pet. 2. 6, 7,8. " Yer. 15, t Heb. a treading down to it. ..Or, when 7ie shall make you to un- derstand doctrine. " 2 Sam. 5. 20. lChron.l4. 11. » Josh. 10. 10, 12. 2 Sam. 5. 25. 1 Chron. 14. 16. P Lam.3.33. 5 ch. 10. 22, 23. Dan. 9. 27. the hasty fruit before the summer ; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he f eateth it up. 5 Uln that day shall the Loed 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 judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7 II 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 judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. 9 IF ''Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand t doctrine ? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept Wmust be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little : 11 For with fstammering lips and another tongue II 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 Loed 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 IF Wherefore hear the word of the Loed, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Je- rusalem. 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 falsehood have we hid ourselves : 16 TF Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation 'a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and right- eousness to the plummet : and the hail shall sweep away '"the refuge of lies, and the waters shall over- flow the hiding-place. y 18 IF And your covenant with death shall be dis- annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be f trodden 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 only \\to understand the report. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it ; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the Loed shall rise up as in mount "Pera- zim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of "Gibeon, that he may do his work, ^'liis strange work ; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong : for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts 'a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. 437 Qod^s judgment on Jerusalem. 23 H Give ye ear, and Lear my voice ; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow ? doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the litches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in lithe principal wheat, and the appointed barley, and the ||rye in their f place? 26 II For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a thresh- ing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin ; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 28 Bread-coni is bruised ; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it toith his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the Loed of hosts, 'which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. CHAP. XXIX. A ■promise of sanctification to the godly. ¥0 II "to Ariel, to Ariel, lithe city ''where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them fkill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow : and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, 'out of the ground, and thy speech shall f whisper out of the dust. 5 Moreover, the multitude of thy ''strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be 'as chaff that passeth away : yea, it shall be -^at an instant suddenly. 6 "Thou shalt be visited of the Loed of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. 7 H'And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be %s a dream of a night vision. 8 'Tt shall even be as when a hungry man dream- eth, and behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty : or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, he drinketh \ but he awaketh, and be- hold, Ae is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 9 UStay yourselves, and wonder; llcry ye out, and cry : 'they are drunken, '"but not with wine ; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For "the Loed hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath "closed your eyes: the prophets andyour jrulers, nhe seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a jjbook ^that is sealed, which men de- liver to one that is learned, saying, Bead this, I pray thee : 'and he saith, I cannot ; for it is sealed : 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying. Bead this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 13 ^I^Vherefore the Loed said, 'Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and 438 ISAIAH. Before CHRIST about 725. II Or, the wheat in the princi- pal place, and barley in the ap- pointed place. II Or, spelt. tHeb. border ? II Or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his God doth teach him. ' Ps. 92. 5. Jer. 32. 19, about 712 II Or, Ariel, that is, the lionofGod. <• Ezek. 43. 15, 16. II Or, of the city. » 2 Sam. 5. 9. t Ileb. cut off the heads. ' oh. 8. 19. fHeb. pee}^, or, chirp, i oh. 25. 5. "Job 21. 18. ch. 17. 13. /ch.30.13. s ch. 28. 2. & 30. 30. A ch. 37.36. i Job 20. 8. ''Ps.73. 20. II Or, take ycnir pleasure, and riot. iSoo ch. 28. 7, 8. "•^1.51.21. "Romll.S, " Vs. 69. 23. ch. 6. 10. tHeb. heads: Soech.3. 2. Jer. 26. 8. PlSam.9.9. Or, letter. 9 ch. 8. 16. ' Dan. 12. 4 9. Rev. 5. 1,— 5, 9. & 6. 1. « Ezek. 33. 31. Matt. 15. 8, 9. Mark7.6,7.||* Jer.37.7. Before CHRIST about 712. « Col. 2. 22. •'Hab.1.5. tHeb. Ivnll add. " Jer. 49. 7. Obad. 8. lUor.1.19. y ch. 30. 1. ' Tb. 94. 7. i ch. 45. 9. Rom. 9. 20. « ch. 32. 15. i ch, 35. 5. < ch. 61. 1. t Heb. shall add. /Jam. 2.5. s ch. 28. 14, 22. » Mic. 2. 1. Amos 5. 10, 12. * Prov. 28. 21. iJoeh.24.3. ch.19.25. & 45. 11. & 60. 21. Eph. 2. 10. " ch. 28. 7. t lleb. shall Icnow under' standing. about 713. a ch. 29.15. » Deut. 29. 19. ' ch. 31. 1. I'a. 74. 0. Amos 8.11. « Josh.1.7 ■J 2 Chron. 31.1. oh. 2. 20. & 31. 7. t n«b. i/ie graven images of tliy silver. t Heb. scatter. «Hos.l4.8. /Matt. 6. 33 1 Tim. 4.8. II Or, savoury. t Hob. leavened, g ch. 2. 14, 15. k 44. 3. t Heb. lifted up. '■ch.60.19, 20. Before CHRIST about 713. II Or, and the griev- ozisness of -flame. t Heb. heaviness. i ch. 11. 4. 2 Thess. 2. 8. * ch. 8. 8. ich.37. 29. w Ps. 42. 4. » ch. 2. 3. t Heb. Rock, Deut. 32. 4. » ch. 29. 6. t Heb. the glory of his voice. P ch. 28. 2. & 32. 19. 5 ch. 37. 36. >• ch. 10. 5, 24. fHeb. every pass- ing of the rod found- ed. fHeb. cause to rest upon him. »ch. 11.15. 6 19. 16. II Or, against them. t Jer. 7. 31. &19.6, &c. t Heb. from yes- terday. about 713. « ch. 30. 2. & 36. 6. JSzek. 17. 15. » Ps. 20. 7. ch. 36. 9. e Dan. 9.13. Hoa. 7. 7. Ps. 12. 5. II Or, when he spcaheih against the poor in * Ps. 7. 14. judgment. ch. 59. 4. 1 Or, ie estahlished. ''Amos 6.1. ! ch. 9. 18. t Ileb. Daysahove "' ch. 49. 1. a year. t Ifcb. the fields of » Ps. 15. 2. desire. & 24. 4. •j- Ileb. in right' «ch.34.13. Hog. 9. 6. eousji^ss. |0r, hio-ning t Heb. upright- vpon, rfic. nesses. /ch. 22. 2. II Or, a ch. 27.10. deceits. II Or, tlleb. clefts, and blonds. loatch- » Ps. 119. towers. 37. t Heb. APs.lOl.SO. heights, or, Joel 2. 28. highplaces. SeeTieut. 29.23. " Rev. 14. 11. & 18.18. & 19. 3. » Mai. 1. 4. Pch. 14.23. Zeph. 2. 14. Rev. IS. 2. I Or, pelican. 5 2 Kings 21. 13. Lam. 2. 8. '■ch.32.13. Hos. 9. 6. »ch.l3.21, &c. II Or, ostriches. t Heb. daughters of the owl. t Heb. Ziim. t Heb. Ijim. II Or, night monster. 'Mai. 3. 16. about 713. « ch. 55. 12, Before CHRIST about 713. »ch 32.15. <: .Job 4. 3.4. Heb. 12.12. tHeb. hasty. *ch.29.18. & 32. 3, 4. & 42. 7. Matt. 9. 27, &C.&11.5. & 12. 22. & 20. 30, &c. ' 21.14. John 9.6,7. «Matt.ll.5. Mark 7. 32, &c. f Matt. 11. 5. k 15. 30. k 21. 14. John 6.8,9. Acts 3. 2, &c. & 8. 7. & 14. 8, &c. a ch. 32. 4. Matt. 9. 32, 33. & 12.22. & 15. 30. ''ch.41.18. k 43. 19. John 7. 38, 39. ' ch. 34. 13. Or, 0. court for reeds, tfc. * ch. 52. 1. Joel 3. 17. Rev. 21. 27. Or.for he shall be with them. 'Lev. 26. 6. ch. 11. 9. Ezek. 34.25 ch. 51.11. ch. 25. 8. & 65. 19. Rev. 7. 17. & 21. 4. 713. " 2 Kings 18. 13, 17. 2 Chron. 32.1. 710. !|0r, secretary. * 2 Kiags 18. 19, &c. tneb. a word of lips. ;; Or, but counsel and strength are for tlie war. ' Ezek. 29. 6,7. 11 Or, hostages. 2 *It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, 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 Loed, and the excellency of our God. 3 IT 'Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a f fearful heart. Be strong, fear not ; behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God, with a recompense; he will come and save you. 5 Then the ''eyes of the blind shall be opened, and 'the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped, 6 Then shall the -^lame man leap as an hart, and the -'tongue of the dumb sing : for in the wilderness shall ''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 hab- itation of dragons, where each lay, shall be || grass with reeds and rushes, 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called. The way of holiness ; 'the unclean shall not pass over it ; II but it shall be for those : the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 'No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; but the redeemed shall walk there : 10 And the "'ransomed of the Loed shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads : they shall obtain joy and glad- ness, and "sorrow and sighing shall flee away. CHAP. XXXVL I Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 JRabshakeh's blasphemous persuasions to the people. "VrOW "it came to pass in the fourteenth year of ±S king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of As- syria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Kabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's :field, 3 Then came forth unto him, Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which tvas over the house, and Shebna the II scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 4 IT ''And Babshakeh said unto them. Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest ? 5 I say, say est thou (but they are but f vain words) Wlhave counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me ? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the 'staff of this broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him, 7 But if thou say to me. We trust in the Loed our God : is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jei-usalem, Ye shall worship before this altar ? 8 Now therefore give II pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them, 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen ? 10 And am I now come up without the Loed 441 I Rahshalceh^s blasphemy. against this land to destroy it? the Loed said unto me, Go up against this laud, and destroy it. 11 HThen said Eliakini, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy ser- vants in tlie Syrian language; for Ave understand ^t: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, m the ears of the people that are on the wall. 12 If But Eabshakeh said. Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? Jinth he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you ? lo Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice iu the Jews' language, and said. Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you : for he shall not be able to deliver you. ^ 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Loed, saying, The Loed will surely deliver us : this city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus_ saith the king of Assyria, || f Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me : ''and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern ; 17 Until I come and take you away to a land •like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying. The Loed will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? 19 Wliere are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered- Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Loed should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word : for the king's commandment was, say- ing. Answer him not. 22 11 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that teas over the household, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. CHAP. XXXVIL 1 Hezekiah sendelh to Isaiah. 36 An angel slayeth the Assyrians. AND "it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and Avent into the house of the Loed. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house- hold, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. ^^ 3 And they said unto him. Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of II blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the Loed thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, Avhom the king of Assyria his mas- ter hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Loed thy God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is fleft. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 ir And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say 442 ISAIAH. Before CHllIST about 710. II Or, seeJc my favour by a p7-esent. t Ileb. Make with me a hlessing. « Zecli. 3. 10. . Or, put a spirit into him. Before CHRIST about 710. »Jer. 49.23. "Dan. 9.18. tHeb. landx. t Heb. given. o 2 Kings 19. 1, &c. II Or, prov- ocation. t Heb. found. t Heb. By the hand of thy servants. t Ileb. the taUness of the ce- dars thereof and the choice of the fir-trees thereof. II Or, the forest and /lis fruitful Jield. HezehiaKs prayer. unto your master. Thus saith the Loed, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, Avherewith the ser- vants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will llsend a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his oavu land; and I Tv^ill cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 HSo Rabshakeh returned, and found the Jcinj^ of Assyria warring against Libnah : for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard sa}^ concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make Avar with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in Avhom thou trustest, deceive thee, sajdng, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly ; and shalt thou be delivered ? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar ? 13 Where is the king of ^Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? 14 IT And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Loed, and spread it before the Loed. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Loed, saying, 16 O Loed of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 'Incline thine ear, O Loed, and hear ; open thine eyes, O Loed, and see : and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. 18 Of a truth, Loed, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the t nations, and their countries, 19 And have f cast their gods into the fire ; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone : therefore they have destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Loed our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Loed, even thou only. 21 II Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Loed God of Is- rael, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sen- nacherib king of Assyria : 22 This is the word which the Loed hath spoken concerning him ; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Israel. 24 fBy thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said. By the multitude of my chari- ots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon ; and I will cut down fthe tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and lithe forests of his Carmel. 25 I have digged and drunk water; and with the Sennacherib' s destruction prophesied. CHAP. XXXVIII, XXXIX. HezelcioMs thanksgiving . sole of my feet have I dried up all tlie rivers of the li besieged places. 26 II Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it, and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were fof small pow- er, they were dismayed and confounded : they were as the grass of the held, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted be- fore it be grown up. 28 But I know thy || abode, and thy going out, and thv coming in, and thy rage against me. 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore ''will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 30 And this shall he a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself ; and the sec- ond year that which §pringetli of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 31 And fthe remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward : 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and t they that escape out of mount Zion : the 'zeal oi' the LoED of hosts shall do this. 33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with t shields, nor cast a bank against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. 35 For I will -^defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 36 Then the ^angel of the Loed went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 37 IF So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword ; and they escaped into the land of f Armenia: and Esar- haddon his son reigned in his stead. CHAP..XXXVIIL Hezehiah, by prayer, hath his life lengthened. IN "those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, 't Set thine house in order : for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, 3 And said, 'Kemember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept fsore. 4 H Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. Before CHRIST alioutTlO. II Or, fenced and closed. II Or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, a^ndformed it of an- cient times? should I now bring it to ht laid waste, and defencec cities to be ruinous heaps? as 2 Kings 19, 25. t Heb. short of hand. II Or, sitting. 'ich.aO.28. Ezek.38.4. fHeb. The escape ™g of the house of Judah tliat rcmaineth. t Heb. the escaping. ' 2 Kings 19. 31. oh. 9. 7. t Heb. shield. /2 Kings 20.6. ch. 38. 6. 2 Kings 19. 35. tHeb. Ararat. " 2 Kings 20. 1, Ac. 2 Cliron. 32.24. » 2 Sam. 17. 23. t Heb. Givecharge concerning thy house. ' Neh. 13. 14. fHeb. witJi great weeping. Before CHllIST about 713. Matt. 3.3 Mark 1. 3. Luke 3. 4. Jolm 1. 23. = Mai. 3. 1. <2 Ps. 68. 4. ch. 49. 11. ' ch. 45. 2. 11 Or, a straight place. II Or, a plain place. /Job 14. 2. P?. 90. 5. & 102. 11. & 103. 15. Jam. 1. 10. 1 Pet. 1.24. s Ps. 103. 16. '■ John 12. 34. I Pet. 1.25. II Or, O thou that Idlest good tidings to Zion. ch. 41. 27. & 52. 7. II Or, thou thai tellest good tidings to Jerusalem. II Or, against the strong. i ch. 69. 16. * ch. 62.11. Rev. 22. 12. II Or, recompense for his work. ch. 49. 4. ' cli. 49. 10. Ezek. 34. 23. & 37. 24. John 10.11. Heb. 13.20. 1 Pet. 2.25. &5. 4. Rev. 7. 17. II Or, that give suck. » Prov. 30. 4. t Heb. a tierce. " Job 21. 22. & 36. 22, 23. Rom.11.34. 1 Cor. 2. 16. tHeb. man of his counstl. t Heb. made him under- stand. t Heb. un- derstand- ingsf Before CHEIST about 712. » Dan. 4.34. r Pb. 02. 9. 1 Tor. 25. ch. 46. 5. Acts 17.29. -• ch. 41. 6, 7. & 44. 12, &c. Jer. 10. 3, &c. t Hob. is pom- of oblation. ' ch. 41. 7. Jer. 10. 4. t Ps. 19. 1. Acts 14.17. Rom. 1. 19, 20. II Or, him that sitteth, dec. « Job 9. 8. Ps. 104. 2. ch. 42. 5. k 44.24. & 51. 13. Jer. 10. 12. «: Job 12.21. Ps. 107. 40. V Ter. 18. Deut. 4. 15, &c. ' Ps. 147. 4. «Ps. 147.5. Rom.11.33. s Ps. 103. 5, t Heb. change. » Zech. 2. 13. t Heb. righteous- ness. ' ch. 46. 11. " See Gen. 14. 14, &c. ver. 25. ch. 45. 1. tHeb. in peace. ^ ver. 26. ch. 44. 7. & 46. 10. • ch. 43. 10. & 44. 6. & 48. 12. Rev. 1. 17. & 22. 13. Israel comforted. 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 17 All nations before him are as "nothing; and ^they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 IF To whom then will ye 'liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare unto him ? 19 'The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and cast- eth silver chains. 20 He that jis so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot ; he seek- eth unto him a cunning workman ^to prepare a gra- ven image that shall not be moved. 21 'Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 \\It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshop- pers; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth the ""princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted : yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth : and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25 ^To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal ? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: ^he calleth them all by names, by the great- ness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judg- ment is passed over from my God ? 28 II Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? "there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall : 31 But they that wait upon the Lord ''shall f re- new their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles ; they shall run, and not be weary ; and they shall walk, and not faint. CHAP. XLL God ezpostulateth with his people about his mercies to the church. KEEP "silence before me, O islands ; and let the people renew their strength : let them come near ; then let them speak : let us come near to- gether to judgment. 2 Who raised up fthe righteous man ''from the east, called him to his foot, "gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings ? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed fsafely ; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 4 ''Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning ? I the Lord, the 'first, and with the last ; I am he. God expostulateth with Ms people. CHAP. XLIL The office of Christ. 5 The isles saw it, and feared ; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6 -^They helped every one his neighbour ; and every one said to his brother, t Be of good courage. 7 ''So the carpenter encouraged the il goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer lihim that smote the anvil, || saying. It is ready for the soder- ing ; and he fastened it with nails, ''that it should not be moved. 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have 'chosen, the seed of Abraham my '^friend. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant ; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10 H'Fear thou not; "for I am with thee: be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be "ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and fthey that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even fthem that contended with thee: f they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the Loed thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, "Fear not; I will help thee. 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye ||men of Israel ; I will help thee, saith the Loed, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, ^T will make thee a new sharp thresh- ing instrument having f teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaif. 16 Thou shalt 'fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them : and thou shalt rejoice in the Loed, and 'shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue f'aileth for thirst, I the Loed will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 181 will open 'rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the 'wilder- ness a pool of water, and the dryland springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together : 20 "That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Loed hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 21 t Produce your cause, saith the Loed ; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 ""Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen : let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may fconsider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 ^Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, ''do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24 Behold, "ye are ||of nothing, and your work II of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.' 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun ''shall he call Before Before CHRIST CHRIST about 712. about 712. = ver. 2. /ch.40.19. & 44. 12. •i ch. 43. 0. t Heb. Be strong. ff ch.40.19. II Or, founder. II Or, the smiting, II Or, saying of " ver. 4. /ch. 40.9. llie soder. It is good. " eh. 40. 20. 'Dent. 7. 6. ff ch. 63. 5. & 10. 15. & 14.2. Ps. 135. 4. ch. 43. 1. & 44.1. * 2 Chron. tHeb. return. ft ver. 24. 20.7. Jam. 2. 23. 'Ter.13,14. ch. 43. 5. "• Deut. 31. 6,8. about 712. <■cb.43.10. &49.3,6.& "Ex. 23.22. 52. 13. & 63. ch. 45. 24. 11. & 60. 12. Matt. 12. Zech. 12. 3. 18,19,20. t Heb. Phil. 2. 7. the men of « Matt. 3. thy strife. 17. & 17. 5. t Heb. t/ie Bph. 1. 6. men of thy ' ch. 11. 2. contention. John 3. 34. t Heb. II Or, dimly the men of burning. thy war. t Heb. qiwnch it. " ver. 10. t Heb. broken. 1 Or, •i Gen. 40. few men. 10. « ch. 44. 24. Zech. 12. 1. /Ps. 136. 6. pMic.4.13. 2 Cor. 10. 4, 5. II Acts 17. t Heb. 25. mouths. '' ch. 43. 1. 1 Jer. 51. 2. i ch. 49. 8. * ch. 49. 6. Lulie 2. 32. r ch. 45. 25. Acts 13.47. I ch. 35. 5. » cli. 61. 1. Lake 4. 18. 2 Tim. 2. 26. Heb. 2. 14, 15. '<■ ch. 9. 2. »ch.48.11. • ch. 35. 6, 7. k 43. 19. & 44. 3. «Ps. 107.35. P Ps. 33. 3. & 40. 3. & 98.1. sPs.107.23. t Heb. •« Job 12. 9. Uie fulness thereof. t Heb. Cause to come near. " ch. 45. 21. t Heb. set our heart upon them. y cli. 42. 9. & 44. 7, 3. r ch. 31. 4. II Or, liehave & 45. 3! himself Johnl3.19. mightily. » Jer. 10. 5. I's. 115. 8. t Hob. ch. 44. 9. swallow, ICor. 8. 4. or, sup up. 1 Or, worse tttan nothing. 11 Or, worse than of a viper. i> Ezra 1. 2. upon my name: ''and he shall come upon princes as ' upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26 '^Who hath declared from the beginning, that we rnay know ? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous ? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27 'The first -^shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them : and I will give to Jerusalem one that bring- eth good tidings. 28 *For I beheld, and there was no man ; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could f answer a word. 29 ''Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nothing : their molten images are wind and confusion. CHAP. XLIL The office of Christ graced with meekness and constancy. BEHOLD "my servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul Melighteth ; T have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the II smoking flax shall he not tquench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be f discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: ''and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 T[Thus saith God the Loed, 'he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; •'^he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it ; *he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein : 6 'T the Loed have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, 'and give thee for a covenant of the people, for ''a light of the Gentiles ; 7 'To open the blind eyes, to '"bring out the pris- oners from the prison, and them that sit in "dark- ness out of the prison-house. 8 I am the Loed : that is my name : and my "glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare : before they spring forth I tell you of them. 10 ''Sing unto the Loed a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ''ye that go down to the sea, and f all that is therein ; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit : let the inhabitants of tlie rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. 12 Let them give glory unto the Loed, and de- clare his praise in the islands. 13 The Loed shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war : he shall cry, 'yea, roar; he shall li prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a trav- ailing woman; I will destroy and f devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs ; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have 445 The church comforted. . not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things f straight. These things will I do nnto them, and not forsake them. 17 TIThey shall be 'turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. '18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 'Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? who is blind as he that %s perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant ? 20 Seeing many things, "but thou observest not ; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteous- ness' sake ; he will magnify the law, and make Wit honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; Wthey are all of them snared in holes, and they are hidin prison-houses; they are for a prey, and none deliv- ereth, for fa spoil, and none saith. Restore. 23 Who among you will give ear to this ? who will hearken, and hear t for the time to come ? 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers ? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned ? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: ''and it hath set him on lire round about, ^yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. CHAP. XLIIL Tha Lord comfortelh the church with his promises. BUT now thus saith the Lord "that created thee, O Jacob, *and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: 'for I have redeemed thee, ''I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. 2 "When thou passest through the waters, ^I ivill he with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : Avhen thou ^walkest through the fire, thou slialt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: 'T gave Egypt /or thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee : therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy lilife. 5 'Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west : 6 I will say to the north. Give up ; and to the south, Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth ; 7 Even every one that is ''called by my name : for T have created him for my glory, "T have formed him ; yea, I have made him. 8 IF "Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: "who among them can declare tliis, and shew us former things ? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justi- fied ; or let them hear, and say. It is truth. 10 '' Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 'and ray servant whom I have chosen : that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: 'be- fore me there was ||no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Ill, even I, 'am the Lord ; and beside me there is no saviour. 446 ISAIAH. Before CHRIST about 712. f Ileb. into straight- ^less. ' Ps. 97. 7. ch. 1. 29. & 44. 11. & 45. 16. t ch. 43. 8. Ezek.12.2. See John 9. 89, 41. ''Rom.2.21. Or, him. II Or, in snaring all the young men of them. tHeb. a treading. fHeb. for the after timet " 2 Kings 25.9. y Hos. 7. 9. about 712. o ver. 7. » ver. 21. ch. 44. 2, 21, 24. " ch. 44. 6. d ch. 42. 6. & 45. 4. «Ps. 66. 12 k 91. 3, &c, /Deut. 31, 6,8. s Dan. 3. 25, 27. '• Prov. 11. 8. &, 21. 18, II Or, person. ich. 41.10, 14. k 44. 2, Jer. 30. 10 11. & 46." 27, 28. *ch. 63.19. Jam. 2. 7. 1 Ps. 100. 3, ch. 29. 23. John 3. 3,5, 2 Cor. 5. 17. Epli. 2. 10. "> ver. 1. » ch. 6. 9. k 42. 19. Ezok.12.2, <'ch.41.21, 22, 26. P ch. 44. 8. I ch. 42. 1. & 55. 4. '■ch.41.4. & 44. 6. II Or, nothing formed of Gnd. •ch.45.21. Hoa. 13. 4. Before CHRIST .■ibout712. « Dent. 32. 16. Ps. 81. 9. « ch. 44. 8. ver. 10. =: Vs. 90. 2. .John 8. 68. f Heb.tern ■( hade? y Job 9. 12. ch. 14. 27. fHeb.iars. « Ex. 14. 16, 22 Ps. 77. 19. ch. 51. 10. « Josh. 3. 13, 16. » Ex. 14. 4, 9, 25. « Jer. 16.14. & 23. 7. ■J 2 Cor. 5. 17. Rev. 21. 5. • Ex. 17. 6. Num. 20. 11. Deut. 8. 15. Ps. 78. 16. ch. 35. 6. & 41. 18. „ Or, ostricha, t lleb. daughters of the owl. /ch.48.21. »Ps.l02.18. ver. 1, 7. Luke 1. 74, 75. Eph. 1.5,6. " Mai. 1.13. 'Amos5.25. t Heh. lamhs, or, kids. t Heb. made me drunk, or, abundant- ly moist- ened. k ch. 1. 14. Mai. 2. 17. ' ch. 44. 22. & 48. 9. Jer. 50. 20. Acts 3. 19. "• Ezek. 36. 22, Ac. n ch. 1. 18. Jer. 31. 34. f Ileb. in- terpreters. Mai. 2. 7, 8. » ch. 47. 6. Lam. 2. 2, 6,7. II Or, ?ioly pHnccs. P Ps. 79. 4. Jer. 24. 9. Dan. 9. 11. Zech.8.13. about 712. » ver. 21. ch. 41. 8. k 43.1. Jer. 30. 10. & 46. 27, 28. i'ch.43.1,7. ' Deut. 32. 15. d ch. 35. 7. Jo^l 2. 28. John 7. 38. Acts 2. 18. Babylon's destruction foretold. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no 'strange god among you: "therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. 13 ''Yea, before the day was, I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand : I will work, and who shall t '"'let it ? 14 HThus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their t nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the Lord, which "^maketh a way in the sea, and a "path in the mighty waters ; 17 Which 'bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power ; they shall lie down to- gether, they shall not rise : they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 18 IT 'Remember ye not the former things, nei- ther consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a ''new thing ; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? T will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the || f owls : because •^I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 ^This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 22 II But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob ; but thou ''hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 'Thou hast not brought me the fsmall cattle of thy burnt-offerings ; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou f filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices : but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast ''wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that 'blotteth out thy trans- gressions '"for mine own sake, "and will not remem- ber thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance : let us plead together: declare thou, that thou may est be justified. 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy t teach- ers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore T have profaned the || princes of the sanctuary, ^'and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. CHAP. XLIV. 1 Ood comfortelh the church with his promises. 7 The vanity of idols. YET now hear, "O Jacob, my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen : 2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, *and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee ; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, "Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will ''pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine ofl'spring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. 5 One shall say, I am the Lord's ; and another shall call himself hj the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. The vanity of idols. CHAP. XLV. God calleth Gyrus. 6 Thus saitli the Lokd the king of Israel, 'and his Redeemer the Loed of hosts ; ■'I am the first, and I am the last ; and besides me there is no God. 7 And 'who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid : ■''have not I told thee from that time, and have declared ii f ^e are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, ^'there is no f God ; I know not any. 9 IF 'They that make a graven image are all of them vanity ; and their t delectable things shall not profit ; and they are their own witnesses ; "'they see pot, nor know, that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image "that is profitable for nothing ? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be "ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men : let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall tear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 ''The smith llwith the tongs both worketh in tlie coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms : yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth : he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he mark- eth it out with the line; he fitteth it with planes, and lie marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man ; that it may remain in the house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he Ustrengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest : he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn : for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kin- dleth it, and baketh bread ; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto. 16 He burnetii part thereof in the fire ; with part thereof he eatetli flesh ; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warmeth himself, and saith. Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire : 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, eve^i his graven image : he faileth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me ; for thou art my god. 18 '■^They have not known nor understood : for 'Oie hath fsliut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none fconsidereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted fiesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to fthe stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes : 'a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say. Is there not a lie in my right hand ? 21 Ifllemember these, O Jacob and Israel; for "thou a7^t my servant : I have formed thee ; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. 22 T have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for T have redeemed thee. 23 'Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth : break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree Before B.efore CHRIST CHRIST about 712. about 712. «ch.l3.14. « ver. 24. ch. 43. 1,14. ver. 6. /ch. 41. 4. » ch. 43. 1. & 48. 12. Rev. 1.8,17. & 22. 13. a ch. 41. 4, 22. & 45. 21. » Job 9. 8. Ps. 104. 2. ch.40.22.& 42. 6. & 45. 12. & 51. 1.3. '>ch.41.22. » Ps. 115. 4, Ac. ' 2 Oiron. "Jer.10.5. 36. 22, 23. Hab. 2. 18. Ezra 1. 1, » Ps. 97. 7. &c. ch. 1. 29. & ch. 45. 13. 42. 17. & 46. 16. Pch.40.19. & 41. 6, Jer. 10. 3, about 712. Ac. «ch.41.13. 1! Or, witJi Ii Or, an axe. strength- ened. 6 ch. 41. 2. Dan. 5. 30. = ch. 40. 4. <'Ps.10T.16. ||0r,faM7i «ch. 41.23. courage. / Ex. 33. 12, 17. ch. 43. 1. & 49.1. ch. 44. 1. '' 1 Thess. 4,5. iDeut.4.35, 39. & 32. 39. ch. 44. 8. & 46.9. 4 ^ er. 14, 18, 21, 22. i Ps. 18. 32, o9. »• Ps. 102. 15. ch. 37. 20. Mai. 1. 11. "Amos 3.6. » Ps. 72. 3. & 85. 11. 9ch.45.20. >• 2 Thess. 2,11. t Heb. daubed. t Heb. p ch. 64. 8. setleth to his heart. ' ch. 46. 8. 5ch.29.16. Jer. 18. 6. Rom. 9. 20. t Ileb. that which comes of a tree?